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station. >> back in court. >> the retrial of twin brother ascaused in a dog death is now underway. >> hello again, i am jessica kartalija. >> i am don scott. >> here is what people are talking about today, two brothers accused of setting a pit bull on fire are on trial for a second time. we are live at the courthouse. weijia jiang has the challenge attorneys are facing in court. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. prosecutors expected to present opening arguments today but that may not happen because a jury has not been sat, even though this is day two of jury selections, the problem is so many people in the city have not only heard about this case they have formed a strong opinion about it. when this pit bull was intentionally torched people across the country were outraged and it is that publicity now creating a

challenge in court. 20-year-old twin brothers travis and trumaine johnson have been tried once. it ended with a hung jury. a single hold out could not be convinced to convict. on thursday morning jury selections resumeed for a retrial. the judge called for a pool with 80 potential jurors 40 more than usual. he expected to disqualify many because they already heard about what happened. once they are seated they will see much of the same evidence presented during the first trial, including video defense attorneys tried to have thrown out earlier this week unsuccessfully. animal welfare advocates are closely watching. >> we hope that there is a good verdict in the case but either way this case has brought enormous attention to animal abuse here in our city and we will be here. >> in fact thosed advocates are sitting outside the courtroom and eager for this

retrial to began and hope it sends a strong message about animal abuse. >> the most serious charge the johnsons face is animal cruelty, a felony that could send them to prison for three years. >> newly released video of the man who shot and killed trayvon martin is raising knew questions about his claim of self-defense. here is randall pinkston reporting for wjz. >> reporter: this video obtained by abc news shows george zimmerman in handcuffs taken into the police station. zimmerman told police he shot trayvon martin in self-defense after the teenager allegedly punched him and slammed his face into the concrete but the attorney for the martin family says the video tells a different story. >> there is no evidence from that video that he beat his head against the concrete. there is no visible evidence his nose is broken. >> his father is speaking for the first time and says his son's nose was broken, former judge robert zimmerman told fox

45, trayvon martin got on top of him and just started beating him, other than zimmerman no one has come forward but some neighbors heard screams and called 911. >> so you think he is calling out for help. >> yes. >> the question is who. zimmerman's father insists it is his son's voice but zimmerman's father say it was his voice. >> that is my baby. >> they are hiring an analyst to analyze the calls. >> they are still investigating and say it will take time and asking for patience. >> a student suddenly collapses and dying during phys. ed class, derek valcourt is live with how classmates are remembering her. >> reporter: they held a moment of silence this morning for her, several students were also

spotted wearing her favorite color ping took school in her memory. the tribute was set up on twitter. school officials say the 17- year-old collapsed and died yesterday while jogging on the school track. the school nurse and an ambulance were called to the scene and she was taken to southern maryland hospital where she was later pronounced dead. back to you. >> no details on the cause of her collapse or death have been released. >> five former counselors at the old bowling brook preparatory school will not be going to trial in connection with the death of a teenager there. they were charged with wreckless endangerment. his mother telling us now she will never have closure. >> i have no faith in the justice system right now. someone needs to be held accountability for what happened to him. >> prosecutors now say the charges were dropped because of an investigator on the case,

detective doug epperson is under investigation for perjury in an unrelated homicide. >> the pope makes his case to free a maryland man imprisoned in cuba. we have learned that the pope did in fact ask for allen gross' release during a meeting with cob ban officials. gross, who lives in montgomery county and grew up in baltimore, is serving a 15 year sentence after being convicted of spying 0 in the cuban government. the pope got involved after the obama administration asked for his help. gross claims he is innocent. >> -- get your vote in before next tuesday's primary you better hurry up. the early voting period ends tonight at 8:00. this is the first time maryland has offered early voting for a presidential primary. the winner on the republican side gets all of maryland's 37 delegates. the governor is expected to vote early and do so sometime this afternoon. >> and a beautiful spring day around the state again after yesterday afternoon's

thunderstorms. taking a live look at our harbor cam the sun is shining and there are little to no clouds in sight and what clouds you see are those fair weather variety we all like to see. so will conditions stay this way? >> let's go over to first warning weather center and meteorologist tim williams. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. the sun is out. a comfortable afternoon shaping up. it is going to be breezy right on through the afternoon and evening. take a look at our temperatures right now. 58 degrees at dwi marshal, 63 ocean city, 41 oakland. cooler than this time yesterday, actually 7 degrees is a little bit more than a wii bit. cumberland and oakland, 21 and oakland 21 degrees cooler today than yesterday. they are closest to those northwest winds bringing us these colder temperatures, the northwest wind is bringing in drier air, it is behind the thunderstorms that rolled through here yesterday so we are seeing drier air but it is coming off the great lakes and from canada and is bringing temperatures down from

yesterday. we hit 72 yesterday. today we are only going into the 60s. how long will this trend stay with us and what can we expect into the weekend? we will have that answer in your complete first warning forecast, don. >> the number of people seeking unemployment benefits has dropped to the lowest level in four years, the labor department says 359,000 people signed up for benefits last week, down 5000 from the week before. it could be a sign of improvement in the job market although analysts say there is a still a long way to go. >> a local company heads to the new york stock exchange to make their market debut. [ bell rings ] >> baltimore's millennia rang the bell. shares are already doubling. >> breaking news about that

record megamillions jackpot, maryland lottery officials tell wjz just moments ago the jackpot has grown from 500 million dollars to 540 million dollars, the cash option is now 389 dollars, the drawing is tomorrow night. the jackpot could go up from here. >> i wonder how much of that was our wjz contribution to the pool? >> 300 dollars or whatever it was. >> oh, my gosh, unbelievable. still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, suspicious item, a man get detained at the philadelphia airport, why he is now being questioned. >> five years old legal trouble cost come to an end today for lindsay lohan. >> grab those shades the sun is shining, skies are clear, meteorologist tim williams is updating the first warning weather forecast. >> coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija, and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist tim williams.

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police in philadelphia are questioning a man who appears to have taken fireworks to the airport with him, this morning he was detained after scanners spotted a suspicious item in his carry own bag, the bomb squad was called in and deemed

whatever it was safe. they are still investigating. today the jet blue captain who had a meltdown in midair has been charged with interfering with a flight crew, during the flight clayton osmon came into the passenger cabin and be anyelling something about a bomb and other things, the co-pilot had locked him out of the cockpit moments before and it was passengers and flight attendants who restrained him. he is undergoing evaluation and could face 20 years if prison. >> a father drives through smoke and flames to get his children out of the of the wildfire burning in colorado and it is all caught on video. >> there it is. >> oh, my god. >> okay, we are out, we are out, we are out. >> you can see the smoke and flames as the man drives his children to safety. the wildfire is still raging there today, two people have died, one woman is missing. officials have apologized for the fire that started as a controlled burn before it spread out of control. >> the supreme court debate on

the healthcare reform law has moved behind closed doors, during arguments a majority of the justices expressed concerns over the portions of the law requiring all americans to buy health insurance or face a penalty, opponents argue without everyone buying insurance the rest of the law doesn't work, the high court is expected to rule sometime in june. >> lindsay lohan's court appearance later today could be her last. the probation officer sent another good progress report to the judge confirming she did complete 480 hours of community service and counseling. the judge in her case has said her probation would end today if she met her requirements. she will stay on informal probation for two years over her shoplifting conviction. >> still ahead a breeze in the air, but the warmth -- the air is warming up this noon. your complete first warning weather forecast now just two and a half minutes away. >> but first here is a look at today's midday stocks and last night's winning lottery numbers. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

now the weather, the complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >> a beautiful afternoon shaping up. a good pit of sunshine out there, the winds are pretty sustained through this afternoon. they have been in the double digits all day long and bringing in that northwest wind, chilly toward the western

edge of the state but 70 -- 54 the temperature out there right now. it was in the 70s in our western quadrant if you want to call it that of the state yesterday and now things have cooled down and kind of leveled out. we are going from 46 in oakland to 63 in ocean city. around the metro area 58 columbia 59 annapolis and kent island and 57 rock hall, in the 60s today, got to 70 yesterday but the northwest flow is tapping into chilly air around the great lakes and canada, 21 mile per hour winds around dc. the gusts have been up around 30. we have 26 over the last hour or so. twin in cumberland and 16 mile per hour gusts and elkton and 23 mile per hour gusts over the last hour at bwi marshal. the winds are coming in behind a front that brought some thunderstorms here. that line pretty distinct and it dropped right on through the

state yesterday afternoon. you can pretty much follow the line of that disturbance as it moved across the state and down out of sight really. it started to dissipate as it moved south of the region. behind it however we had warm airlifting as another front approaches from the west. this one is going to be responsible for potentially thunderstorms late tomorrow night and into saturday morning. and then we do start to see some improvement quickly. by saturday afternoon we may see sun peaking through, not like last week, where saturday and sunday were both pretty much gray and a washout. we will have a better chance of seeing a nice day on sunday but we have to get through those thunderstorms on saturday. high tide at 12:30. tomorrow morning our your small craft advisory is in effect until 6:00 p.m. going up to 62 today, 37 tonight, tomorrow 60 degrees, partly sunny, we will have your five-day-forecast coming up in

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in today's health watch report scientists are trying to find ways to personalize cancer treatments. the hope is to use them in the most effective ways. the emotional pressures put on dispatchers who lead to symptoms like post stress disorder. researchers say the findings highlight the need on the need for better training. >> be sure to tune in, we will bring you the latest on the

retrial of baltimore twins in the burning death of a pit bull and more on the trayvon martin shooting death, please join us for these and more right after dr. phil. >> stay with us, that five-day- >> stay with us, that five-day- forecast that takes us through

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course what april 6th our home opener. >> a week from tomorrow. >> a week from tomorrow. take a look 60 degrees tomorrow, thunderstorms potentially on saturday, sunday april fool's day, 70 degrees, mid-70s on monday, by the first few days of april we are already into 80 degreesful we will continue to see if that trend continues. if it is 80 degrees the first day of home opener that is incredible. >> that would be so nice. >> yes , don't miss the primetime line up, and stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11. >> a junk store find turns into treasure for a man in ohio. he went shopping in a theft store and bought what he thought was a run-of-the-mill dime store print of picasso but when he got home it turns out it was signed by the artist and it turns out only 100 was made and his is now valued at up to

$10,000. >> very cool. >> so even picasso posters are worth something. >> uh-huh, very cool. i love his work. >> uh-huh. >> thanks for watching eyewitness news on wjz 13. maryland's news station. i am jessica kartalija. >> don scott. >> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,