44 days later a grand jury will not investigate the death of trayvon martin what happens next in this controversial case? hello i am denise koch in for mary and kai. a special prosecutor in florida says she alone will decide whether to file charges in the man who killed trayvon martin. [ yelling ] >> reporter: student protestors blocked the entrance of the sanford florida police department. >> we want justice for trayvon martin which means an arrest for george zimmerman. >> reporter: the dream defenders spent the past three days marching from daytona to sanford. special prosecutor quarry has decided not to use a grand jury as part of her investigation into the case she alone will

make the decision whether to arrest zimmerman. she talked to protestors in a conference call. >> she said the process will continue justice will be served but we are still here to fight for justice. >> reporter: the dream defenders say they have a list of demands and the arrest of george zimmerman is just the beginning. >> we think trayvon martin is a catalyst for a much bigger change in america, a big movement, revolution. >> reporter: the group is calling for a congressional hearing into racial profiling. >> we hope to systematically continue to face the issues america swept under the rug basta are difficult conversations to have. >> reporter: -- rug because they are difficult conversations to have. >> reporter: they say the protests will not end until zimmerman goes to trial. >> in florida, only first degree murder cases require the use of grand juries. the accused teen gunman in a bloody high school rampage is due in court what is expected

to happen at the hearing for tj lane. lane faces three counts of aggravated murder, two could wants of attempted aggravated murder accused of opening fire inside the high school on february 27th at issue is whether leap will be tried adds an a-- lane will be tried as an adult, because of a 2005 u.s. supreme court decision he is not eligible to face the death penalty. thank you adam the maximum sentence he could face is life in prison without parole. fire danger, dry conditions sky eye chopper 13 was over this 2 alarm fire in echo beach, flames came close to several homes, it is one of dozens of fires breakings out across -- breaking out across maryland. >> reporter: national weather service says conditions are ripe for explosive fire growth

we have already seen that happen. gusty winds, days without rain created dangerous dry condition and a red flag warning for most of maryland meaning why would fires could easily erupt as they did yesterday in hartford county. >> they had all this, to evacuate. >> very concerned for my house my neighbors house. property, the kids the smoke for people who have asthma. >> reporter: more than 100 firefighters responded to the 4 alarm brush fire that consumed 18-acres in jappa. >> they are bringing bulldozers in and said it may smolder for 3 to 4 days until we get some good rain they will cut it so the fire no longer spreads. >> reporter: wjz has been reporting on several brush fires including in one near the bay bridge. firefighters say most of these are not from natural causes but people accidentally causing

them. and wants everyone to stop open burning. >> there were also fires reported over the weekend baltimore, anne arundel, frederick countys in one was juried in -- injuried in any of those. and our first warning weather coverage continues with bernadette woods with more on the warnings and this is important if any relief may be coming. >> it is not that good out there winds are up once again and for the most part it is dry out there, the red flag warning in effect for almost the entire state to 8:00 p.m. tonight after that winds will back off a little bit tomorrow they all go back into effect winds will be up once again now it has been incredibly dry over 4 inches down for the year so far and rainfall deficit department sustained winds 30 miles per hour baltimore seen gust over 30 miles per hour even this past hour, but what the doppler radar -- this is

important there are a couple showers out there unfortunately it is not a real good soaking rain but we have the chance for a couple showers, tonight and tomorrow another front comes our way later on this week. >> thank you bernadette. now maryland is home to felicia's law, state lawmakers signed off on the law named for felicia barnes the north carolina teen who vanished visiting relatives in baltimore her body found months later in hartford county the state is required to publicly publish a list of missing children in the region and groups of volunteers to help with searches. it has been a busy session the most important issue facing maryland's general assembly remains in flux. jessica is here to explain. >> denise, if a final budget is not completely midnight tonight the session could be extended frustrated lawmakers are deeply divided about how to balance

the books for the next fiscal year and cut a billion dollar budget deficit the general asemihas yet to vote on other issues including the offshore wind proposal by law, lawmakers must have a balanced budget before the session can end denise. >> thank you jessica. wjz is in annapolis we will bring you live coverage on the final day of the average. stunning new statistics show more children being diagnosed with autism now a possible link between obesity during pregnancy and autism. in this health watch report, theresa explains these new findings. >> reporter: pregnant women who are obese or diabetic may increase their chances of having a child with autism. a new study looked at one thousand mothers in california and their children women who were obese during pregnancy were about 67% more likely to

have autistic children, than women who were normal weight. they also had double the risk of having a child with another developmental disorder. >> there is a general fielding some of -- feeling some of the origins of autism are in the pre natal period when the brain is developing at a rapid rate. >> reporter: diabetic mothers were more than twice as likely to have a child with developmental delays and their children scored lower on language and communication tests doctors stress this does not prove obesity and diabetes cause autism but the results raise serious concerns since more than a third of women in their child bearing years are obese. >> actions people can actually takes that the point we are trying to find modify factors, by in large genetics are not. >> reporter: experts say even if obesities and diabetes are linked to autism it would be one of many factor that is contribute to the disorder, in

oz. laing 's, theresa -- los angeles, theresa garcia. centers for disease control says now 1 in 188 children have autism. >> mike wallace is being remembered by many today. he passed away this weekend at the age of 93. america watched his hard hitting take on 60 minutes he believed no matter how powerful someone was they must answer to the public for their actions and mistakes. you can see a tribute to mike wallace next sunday here on wjz 13 at 7:00 p.m. an accident during rush hour makes a major mess on the west side of town. before 4:00 a.m. a tanker truck over turned 695, liberty road and i-70 it was carrying asphalt, the crash did cause some of that asphalt to leak. maryland department of

environment helped clean up the mess. the roadway was closed for hours no one was hurt and it is now reopened. so are there problems on the roads right now? let's check with christy breslin. hello christy. >> hi everyone. we have a problem out there 95 southbound, the off ramp to russell street is blocked off. you want to take water view over the route 2 back to 295 as far as the rest of the belt way goes north side outer loop, slowing from york road over to charles street and 10 minutes on the west side inner loop, southwestern boulevard over to 70, other accidents include, cain street, dundock avenue, harper road at white avenue and east cold spring rain at pilgrim road. now let's take a live look a bit of a delayton west side of the belt way at 70 expect 15 minutes to get through this traffic report is brought to you by virginia tourism, love is at the heart of every

virginia vacation book your next vacation at virginia.org. >> easter at the white house is so much more than egg rolls. >> they roared their terrible roar and they nashed their terrible teeth. >> whether reading part of the 134th annual easter egg roll on the south lawn thousands of children and parents took part in all the days events including the egg roll itself, the annual event dates back to 1878 when rutherford b hayes was president. still ahead, two months after her death why tax payers in new jersey are upset with whitney houston. >> between a rock and a hard place how rescuers managed to free teenagers. >> why this is such a historic

day for domino sugar. just ahead on wjz eyewitness news. sunny conditions continue, but we are dealing with gusty conditions your first warning forecast coming up ,,,,,,,,

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a terrifying fall from a cliff in ohio puts the lives of two teenagers in danger a 15- year-old girl apparently slipped while reaching for her dropped cell phone. a 16-year-old boy tried helping but also lost his footing the fall sent them nearly 70 feet down the river bank rescuers managed to pull the teens to safety both suffered only minor injuries. two firefighters died fighting a huge fire in an abandoned warehouse in philadelphia they were battling the flames when a wall collapsed on top of them trapping them inside three other firefighters were injured that fire raged two hours

before being brought under control six nearby homes were also damaged and the red cross is housing those displaced. a sweet day at the inner harbour as domino sugars received its biggest shipment of sugar ever. what will happen to that sugar. >> reporter: nearly 96 million pounds of sugar has arrived in baltimore. >> this is the largest vessel east of the mississippi, for raw sugar, of any refinery that we have had. >> reporter: it took the 600- foot long vessel, two and a half weeks to travel from guatemala. >> our main problem was whether or not she would fit with the water how much water we had here. >> reporter: it will take 16 days for all the sugar to be unloaded. domino sugar produces 6.5 million pounds of sugar a day, ships throughout the world. this is 99% pure sugar, the refining process takes out 1%

of its impurities, the iconic company will celebrate its 90th birthday next month and plant representatives say this record breaking shipment shows domino sugars will be around for another 90 years. >> getting something like this in is a sure sign, that the industry is strong, and manufacturing for us, specifically in baltimore is going to continue to grow. >> andy yeah wjz eyewitness news. and domino sugars employs about 500 people. looking at it live. >> a rough start to the week on wall street. last weeks bad news about jobs sparked a sell off here is a look at closing numbers dow down 130 points, s&p 500 and nasdaq also took a hit today let's go to new york where alexis has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> stocks fell and dow slipped

back below 13,000, after traders reacted to friday's dispointing job reports. financial stock led to sell offs a block buster deal for facebook it will buy instagram for a billion dollars in stock. it comes months before the social networking site goes public they are allowed to use filters and effects to pictures taken on smart phones it has gained 30 million users since it launched 14 months ago. >> shares of aol launched nearly 50%, it is a deal worth over a billion dollars, the company will give microsoft a license for its remaining patents. aol is trying to make up for revenue lost to familying ad dollars and lower subscriptions. avon is hoping a new ceo will give it a make over sherrie mccoy has been named new ceo

they rejected a take over from smaller rival cody. that is your money watch for more head to cbs money watch.com. in new york. more celebrations in italy, as the pope greets hundreds of visitors for easter monday, the the courtyard outside the apostolic palace was packed waiting for the pope to speak. he recalled the reason for the holiday recited an original prayer and spoke in various languages. coming up, compromised computers a virus hitting macs what you need to know about it pgh >> hi vivian you having a good time? >> yes. >> i am ron mass, springtime means a trip to sherwood gardens the story coming up here on wjz pgh >> it is a sunny day outside we need the rain, is there any in

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warning of severe weather. you can tell by the way that flag is blowing there is a lot of wind out there. >> and that camera it is shaking around. yeah, wind is the biggest thing we are noticing today, first warning doppler radar, we have a couple showers that made their way into this state, for a lot of us we are not getting the showers we need to because we are not getting those we get this gust of wind coming down and the showers evaporate on the way down. the winds going on with this front these are sustained winds in the past hour jumped up to 30 miles per hour in baltimore look at the wind gusts almost 40 miles per hour in baltimore those winds are kicking they have been the past couple days higher in some cases this afternoon because of that, because of can dry conditions we've had -- because of the dry conditions we've had and low humidity red flag warning is in effect until 8:00 p.m. today and tomorrow for all these counties it is so incredibly dry for the year we

are over 4 inches in the rainfall deficit department for the month alone we are barely into april and almost at an inch so here is our situation, temperature wise, gotten up to 67 degrees baltimore, 67 dc that has been our high so far in the day once gain above average with these fronts coming in, slight chances for showers, also, going to see temperatures come down, from the north, like ones we have had the past few months these will bring cooler air to the region. first up, chance for a few showers we do need them not everybody seeing them but seeing as they are out there we have the chance over the next couple hours that will carry other into tomorrow that front leaves us once it does there is another front behind that that will follow on wednesday this chance for scattered showers these are not soaking rains unfortunately in this case when that gets out of here then things will start to warm up once gain but still no huge chance for rain in this forecast. out on the waters with all of

this going on west winds pick up gain tomorrow small craft advisory in effect with gusty winds through 8:00 p.m. tonight pick up again tomorrow afternoon breezy, scattered showers possible. partly to mostly cloudy, 44 our low tomorrow 60 degrees, winds will be kicking once again, a couple showers possible, see more clouds than we did today, and really do need these showers, scattered shower chances not a big rain event coming our way we will keep you updated as you head through the next couple days. >> we need it before we hit summer for sure. >> don't miss tonight's prime time cbs line up hawaii five-o and eyewitness news at 11. >> scott has a preview of what is coming up tonight. >> predicting crime how police are cutting more than 20% of crimes with high tech tool that is can anticipate burglaries, break-ins and car thefts this

week on cbs evening news. the bloody conflict deepens in syria, violence spreads to neighboring countries. >> a miracle no one was killed, what the navy is doing already for 40 families whose homes were destroyed today, two men accused of shooting five people in tulsa oklahoma, go before a judge. eyewitness news at 4 continues right after this ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

4:28 a.m., 67 degrees partly sunny i am adam may here is what people are talking about right now $9 million that is the bail set by a judge for two oklahoma men charged in a deadly shooting spree, manuel reports that police are still investigating if all those shootings are racially motivated. >> reporter: a judge set bail

at more than $9 million for two men accuse of a shooting spree that left three dead and two wounded. it will give us time to make a formal charges decision. >> reporter: 19-year-old jake england and his 32-year-old roommate alvin watt will face three counts of first degree murder all victims were black. prosecutors must decide if the case reach it is level of a hate crime. >> it is preliminary to determine what the motivation was behind this, if the evidence supports that, and we believe that we can prove those elements of a hate crime, that will be considered at the appropriate time. >> reporter: revenge could be a motive england's father was shot and killed two years ago during an altercation with a black man england's fiance and mother of their baby, also recently killed herself the day before the shootings, england used a racial slur on his facebook page to describe his

fathers killer the posting said, today is two years that my dad has been gone, shot, has hard not to go on between that and sheran, i am gone in the head. manuel wjz eyewitness news. we will have the latest on the monday court appearance. fighter crash fall out the navy is paying people effected by the f-18 accident in virginia, jessica. adam, payments are being made to dozens of people who lost their homes in that crash the f-18 slammed into the apartment building in virginia beach friday destroying dozens of units initial payments start at $2,300 for each resident more going to those with families crews are cleaning up the jet fuel dumped by the pilots, investigators say this likely prevented the accident being a lot worse 7 people including the two pilots were injured no one was killed. >> maizing jessica thank you. >> early indications are the

planes suffered some kind of mechanical failure. >> police in minnesota searching for a killer after gunfire at a home day care three adults were killed early this morning at this home in brooklyn park, the suspect fled the scene on a bicycle no children were at the day care at the time but schools and businesses near that crime are locked down as a precaution. no end to the slaughter in syria s now that violence is spreading to neighboring counties, tonight monica report for wjz that a camera man in lebanon is dead and stray bullets hit a refugee plant in turkey. >> reporter: these man ran to escape bullets. a gun fight reportedly broke out between syrian forces, and rebels, killing at least two syrians and injuring several more it all happened within turkish territory activists say the violence is spilling over.

>> refugees say we are not safe here either if we had known we would have stayed and died in our country. >> reporter: a un brokered cease fire is supposed to take effect tuesday but video from activists shows fierce fighting in at least three cities, is not letting up. they say more than 08 people died on monday, -- 80 people died on monday, anti government protests continue in this yearlong up rising that left many towns and citys in ruins. the president said he would order his military out of urban areas if he gets written confirmation the rebels will disarm. the commander of the rebel army as sured the international community he will honor the un truce. despite all the promises many doubt the fighting will stop. wjz eyewitness news. turkey is sheltering thousands of syrian refugees who fled the violence un

officials estimate 9,000 people have been killed since that revolt began a little more than a year ago. rick santorum is off the campaign trail temporarily to be with his sick daughter, here you see him campaigning last week in pennsylvania, his 3- year-old bella is being treated for a rare genetic disorder her father faces an up hill battle in the race for the republican nomination, mitt romney has a nearly insurmountable lead in the delegate count now. >> police in pennsylvania and maryland are looking for a missing teenager take a look at 19-year-old max, he has been missing since thursday, last seen up in shrewsbury pennsylvania a short time after he disappeared his bank card was used in a 7 eleven. his car is unaccounted for, anyone with information is asked to call police. it attracts crabs, fish and tourists, now baltimore wants to enlarge the floating wetland outside the world trade centre

in the inner harbour they are among a handful of experiments being tried to improve the harbour's water quality these original 8 small wetland farms were launched august of 2010. kind of neat the see how they have been growing overtime. >> live lookout side right now a little bit windy, shaking around our harbour cam, sun in the city a few showers popping up in other places but the latest wjz weather and traffic together, bernadette woods is here. >> we will start out with first warning doppler radar a few showers have arrived like you were saying but not as much as we need with all the fire danger going on out there. these are coming in from the northwest, scattered showers possible, tonight into tomorrow, but also, with the front passing through it picked up the wind more because of that we do have red flag warnings in effect for almost the entire state not only through 8:00 p.m. today but again tomorrow here are the winds we are discussing 30 miles per hour sustained in

baltimore wind gusts almost at 40 miles per hour. we will have your full forecast coming up. >> thanks let's check on the roads, christy breslin is at wjz traffic control. >> hi everyone. 95 southbound a problem for you, that russell street off ramp still closed due to an over turned truck, so you might want to take 295 instead, as far as the belt way go tons west side inner loop slowing from baltimore national pike over to 70, north side of the outer loop a minor slow down from york road over to charles street, you can expect 15 minutes to get through and a couple new accidents out there, route 24, singer road, hartford county area, right through tom road at fog avenue also payne street at dundock as far as drive times go if you are travelling on the outer loop 795, to 83, 61 miles per hour average and 8 minutes to get through a live look, as you can see a bit of congestion, west side of the inner loop, this traffic report is brought to you by the cock rain firm if

you or someone you know suffer add personal injury visit them online. back over to you. >> thanks so much. started in the 1920s thanks to a local petroleum executive thousands of flowers, today ron mass reports thanks to the balmy winter, sherwood gardens is blooming earlier this spring. >> reporter: the beautiful colors of sherwood gardens are in full bloom, 6-acres of nature's beauty. >> it is absolutely breath taking, so beautiful. we love it. >> reporter: she is here with her three daughters soaking up the sun and the scenery. what do you know this year. >> tulips are definitely blooming early. because of the warm winter. >> reporter: looking at the flowers? >> yeah. >> reporter: what do you like so far? >> tulips. >> reporter: vivian is enjoying the day with her grandparents. >> we are taking care of vivian

and she absolutely love flowers so my husband thought what a great place, sherwood gardens just amazing a staple you have to do this. >> reporter: it is a family day with many students on spring break. >> kids can run around here and enjoy the color and the freedom and you know other kids and smells. it is great. fresh air, super spring. >> reporter: this super spring gives you an earlier chance to enjoy one of the wonders of baltimore, 80,000 tulips, usually don't peak until late april. >> our neighbourhood, flowers are coming out end of february. >> reporter: wow >> mm-hmm, so, it is just gorgeous. >> reporter: ron mass wjz eyewitness news. >> so pretty one of my favorite places for a packed lunch. after the tulips bloom you can pick them up and purchase the tulip bulbs the famous tulip dig is set for saturday may 26th. >> straight ahead, at 4, the video that appears to show north korea, planning for

another nuclear test what the obama administration is saying about it. murder trial in jennifer hudson's jury members. red flag alert, dry, windy conditions, perfect for brush fires we will let you know if there is any serious rain in the first alert weather forecast ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> some concern in the international community looks like north korea is getting ready for another test. they believe it is a cover for testing new technology that could be used to launch a missile aimed at the united states. >> new satellite images show north korea my be preparing for what could be a new nuclear test a report from south korean intelligence agents say, north korean officials are digging a new tunnel at the site of nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009

the report comes as north korea preparing for a major missile launch the country plans to launch a long range rocket later this week officials say this 3 stage rocket will put a new satellite into or bit as part of their country's celebration, marking 100 years since the birth of north korea's founder. the white house and others are concerned this is to help missiles reach the united states, the u.s. and other nations are urging north korea to cancel this week's launch it violates un resolutions and shows they are walking away from its promise to refrain from taking part in nuclear and missile activity. >> the only path to a better future for that country and its people is to take the actions necessary, to demonstrate that the country is willing to live up to its international obligations. >> reporter: leaders in japan

are taking no chances they are positioning military equipment along the coast and the japanese prime minister gave the green light to shoot down the long range rocket if it poses a threat to japan easter tour. -- japan easter tour. in 2009 the world criticized a long range rocket that was launched by north korea that led the country to walk away from nuclear negotiations with other nations. they are calling for police to try to find the person responsible for calling in bomb threats at university of pittsburgh studentemployees waited outside for hours after someone issue add bomb threat at the university library the school received two dozen threats since february no devices were found once again officials are offering a $50,000 reward. >> attorneys in the jerry sandusky sex abuse case will soon have less to say to the media. more on what a judge told attorneys on both sides.

>> the judge says he is issuing a gag order to make sure the trial is fair and impartial that applies town vest gators who ever worked on the case -- applies to investigator who is ever worked on the case he is charged with abusing 10 boys over a several year span. sandusky remains on house arrests and maintains his incense. >> thanks the ensuing scandal over firing of joe paterno and the ousting of the university president, jury selection begins in the trial of a man accused of murdering jennifer hudson's mother, brother and nephew the star singer is expected to play a crucial role in the trial. >> reporter: october 2008 singer actor, jennifer hudson was told her mother and brother were murdered and her 7-year- old nephew was missing. hudson returned to chicago where a frantic search was under way for julian and for

the gunman. >> neighbors in the neighbourhood reported hearing gunshots some time earlier this morning, 8, 9:00 a.m. this morning. >> reporter: three days later the lit boil's body was found inside this abandoned suv he died of a gunshot wound and police investigation, led to the arrest of 27-year-old william ball four. the hudson family knew ballfour quite well he grew up in theirneighbourhood on the south side of chicago and married jennifer hudson's older sister julia. known as flex on the street, has a long criminal history and the hudsons including jennifer didn't want julia to marry him. prosecutors say ballfour killed his ex-wife's family members because he was jealous she was seeing another man the defensesays there are no eyewitnesses and no fingerprints linking him to the murder scene which has hudson's neighbor michael jones concerned ballfour could walk.

>> a murder, especially in the black community is so easy to beat. >> reporter: three and a half years litter hudson home in chicago is boarded up jennifer has said very little publicly about the murders but recently talked to piers morgan about her mother. >> she was a wise and strong person i feel she raised us well and prepared me well so that is what i live by. >> reporter: opening statements are scheduled to begin april 23rd, jennifer hudson who is on the witness list is expected to attend. ted rollins reporting the judge and attorneys will look at 150 potential jurors. new jersey tax payers have finding out how much they paid to bury, whitney houston. security totaled $187,000, in police overtime, council say police protection and barricades were necessary to keep the huge crowds at bay but some community members say the singers family should have paid

for all that extra security. art community is mourning the sudden death of one of its most popular painters chances are someone you know has one of these paintings, thomas kinkade died friday of natural causes his paintings of cottages, landscapes, neat disney scenes are inside millions of american homes the 54-year-old is survived by his wife and four children. a very rare disorder that produces uncontrollable laughter for one little boy it is a matter of life and death. jennifer mclogan has the story. >> reporter: this is 2 and a half-year-old mathew in the midst of one of his laughing seizures they would over take his body hundreds of times a day leaving mathew confused and disoriented and parents helpless and hopeless. >> just heart breaking i mean

heart breaking to find out your child has a tumour. >> reporter: the brain legion creating the fit, and the leading authority is at north shore university hospital. >> hard to believe he could have done better. >> reporter: following two complex, extremely risky operations removing nerve masses to the top of mathew's head his laughter and spasms stopped he is eating and drinking even saying new words. >> it took a village to get here, because lot of prayers. >> reporter: mathew and his parents flew here from st. paul minnesota >> there is no word to explain how happy we are, with the result and you know, since he has surgery for almost 10 days, no seizure, no laughing, and he is becoming himself. >> i realize there is a long -- you have a long life to go but he has a lot of hope now. >> this must be thrilling for

you personally. >> it is a blessing to be involved in this. >> mathew's parents say it took nearly two years to find someone who could correctly diagnose their son's problem. >> bad news if you are a mac user there is a new virus taking aim at your computer virus is already infected a half million usually virus resistant mac operating systems, it is called flash back and can make its way into your computer to gain access to personal user information this is the largest attack ever on the mac system, c net has a step by step guide to remove this malicious software, log on the wjz.com look for the story and find a link to information. when it comes to the self- check out lanes many thieves are apparently helping themselves. according to usa today theft is five times more likely to occur at a self-check out lane than if you go to a lane with a cashier. although some thefts are

intentional a majority of them are attributed to customer error. >> major honor for one of the most powerful women in britain's family, prince carl's wife camilla is now known as dame grand cross it comes on their 7th wedding anniversary awards under the royal victorian order are given by queen elizabeth. dame. well, be careful with your barbecues tonight there is a red flag alert for most of the state, bernadette woods is updating the first warning weather forecast all that coming up next ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well, kind of sunny out there right now bernadette but at least we are getting a couple showers in part offs the state we could really use the rain >> we could we had spectacular days that is the great news unfortunately the rainfall deficit is growing high fire danger dry conditions and wind on top of it is not good news,

so first warning doppler radar and the people getting the showers out there right now, this is all part of a cold front going to pass across the state tonight and ahead of it, already a few showers across southern parts of the eastern shore, a few showers trying to break out, probably not making it all the way to the ground yet but annapolis, carlson, northern parts of baltimore county, northwest of all of that, there is more we still have that chance through the overnight hours into tomorrow before this front gets out of here. we will switch it over, sunshine is how we started out the day, here come clouds in from the west with that front and here are showers breaking out across the state. now with this front passing through it kicked up winds more than we had the last few days these are sustained winds 30 miles per hour in baltimore otherwise 15 to 20 miles per hour gusts higher than that almost 40 miles per hour in baltimore. that is why there is a red flag warning in effect statewide not only through 8:00 p.m. today winds will back off tonight but tomorrow back into

effect during those prime hours of the day 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. temperature wise, that has been comfortable 67 degrees right now most of news the 60s, 50s out west, and just dropped to 37 oakland, there is some cooler air coming as you can see 67 our high so far, above the average of 62, but below average next few days not only this front coming through but another one behind it, you see there is not a real good soaking rain which is what we need, but the chance for some showers with this front and then again so with the next one on wednesday. here is this one coming through t next one is going to follow during the day wednesday, that will get out of here for thursday, all the while the winds are going to remain high, so if you don't get a shower, to really dose the ground a little bit, you will have a high fire danger threat on the water winds remain high that proves for a small craft advisory through the evening, gain so tomorrow tonight breezy, spotty showers, tomorrow only 60 degrees more clouds around and breezy once

gain with the chance for showers, another chance on wednesday, before we dry out gain. >> slim chances we could use it. >> all right. still to come eyewitness news tonight. dry and dangerous why this weather and perfect for fueling brush and forest firethe ,,,,,,,

coming up next on eyewitness news at 5:00, weather warning. the major announcement

about the trayvon martin case investigation. and dead lock at the capital, can lawmakers come to an agreement about your taxes and how much can they come up? check in for these and much more news. wjz eyewitness news starts right now. red flag warning, more brush fires fueled by strong winds. >> is there any relief on the way from these dangerous conditions. >> good evening i'm denise koch. >> and i'm jessica kartalija. >> wjz is live in west baltimore. mike hellgren takes you around the state with