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second degree murder, the neighborhood watch captain who shot trayvon martin in jail tonight. >> good evening, i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here is what people are talking about tonight. >> seven weeks after a 17-year- old boy was walking in his neighborhood and shot, charges have been filed against his killer. >> reporter: his first appearance since being charged for the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin. >> today we filed an

information charging george zimmerman with murder in the first degree. >> reporter: the 28-year-old zimmerman turned himself in to authorities and was arrested. zimmerman had been free during questioning. he said he shot the teen in self-defense. >> murder in the second degree. >> reporter: trayvon's parents watched the announcement with their attorneys in washington, d.c. they said it's a first step on a long road toward justice. >> we wanted nothing more, nothing less, we just wanted an arrest and we got it. and i say thank you. >> reporter: zimmerman will make his first court appearance in seminole county. >> i think anyone who would be charged with second degree murder should be scared. >> reporter: sanford's mayor is

calling for healing. and florida stand your ground law which allows deadly force in self-defense. trayvon's father says, his work is not done. >> we will continue to walk, we will march and march and march until the right thing is done. >> reporter: zimmerman is expected to plead not guilty. in sanford florida, pinkston, wjz. >> we will bring you the very latest on tv and online at wjz.com. cleared of all charges, a

baltimore jury -- twin brothers. >> reporter: twin brothers led away by jail officials after the jury finds them not guilty of animal abuse. >> the evidence simply was not there and with each witness, the state's case fell apart. >> they proved that the dog was there, they didn't prove who did it. >> reporter: this is the second time the twins have been tried for setting fire to a pit bull puppy named phoenix in 2009. the first trial ended in a hung jury, the boy's parents relieved it's now over. >> in my heart i knew, yes indeed. as a mother i knew. >> i want to get them out of maryland, i don't want them to pay any taxes here, maryland, go some where else. >> reporter: the case caused outrage. in response the mayor formed an animal abuse task force. >> we will continue to fight for the rights of animals who can't talk for themselves. we have to make sure nothing

like this happens again. >> while disappointed with a verdict -- it was a lack of that forensic evidence that jurors said led to their decision today. a star witness for the prosecution also refused to testify. live at the courthouse, megan mccorkel, wjz. >> the twins are still in custody on separate charges. fire rips through a baltimore church and investigators say it was no accident. an arsonist started the fire near two sheds that eventually caused part of a roof to

collapse. there's a $2,000 reward to find the person responsible. tonight massive brush fires are threatening a well known football stadium in new jersey. 20-foot high flames are being drawn in making conditions difficult for firefighters. working near met-life stadium. right now it is too dangerous for firefighters to attack the flames in the middle of marsh. the thick smoke forced turnpike officials to briefly close a near by road. and firefighters from 50 departments now have the fire surrounded. jefferson is not allowed in wal-mart for the next five years. she admitted today she threw bleach and other chemicals at a romantic rival. as long as she stays out of trouble, jefferson will not spend any time in jail. tonight a call for a

special session to resolve issues resulting in thousands of cuts. >> reporter: $242 million budgeted for public education including 33 million in baltimore alone, failed. >> we also failed our law enforcement officers on the front lines of reducing violent crime. and saving lives. >> reporter: $20 million in police aid and other grants, failed. >> so sadly, the operating budget was pretty much the low point in my experience here. >> reporter: budgeting for higher education, jobs and pay raises, a combined $250 million failed. >> which is really a shame. >> it's a big concern for me. >> reporter: a concern shared by county executives statewide. >> city government and school

system will be forced to implement deeper cuts. >> unfortunately we're taking a step back. >> reporter: the senate president says other wise. >> we didn't fail anybody. we didn't take a step back. >> reporter: a special session is expected to avoid the cuts. >> it's up to the governor. he's not a happy camper right now. but he'll get over it. >> how about a special session governor? >> i didn't. >> reporter: and the governor has yesterday to mention if or when he will order a special session. reporting from downtown baltimore, i'm pat warren, now back to tv hill. >> if the governor does order a special session it has to be before the new budget takes effect july 4th. the nation's top ranked hospital announced a children's

new facility. kai jackson explains what it means to baltimore. >> reporter: the hospital comes with high expectations and a big price tag. >> three, two, one. a light show on the front of john hopkins hospital on orlean street. it's not every day hopkins opens a new hospital in baltimore. >> it's about the future of medicine, it's about the care of adults and children, and it'll be a celebration about the commitment john hopkins has made to the world. there's 1.6 million square feet of space with 560 rooms. the new facility will house both current emergency rooms, all of the current's children's center and most of the adult hospital. the new hospital will have 33 operating rooms with cutting edge technology. >> this is a place that not only gives the best possible care for children and families

but we take on the toughest problems and we're the innovators. >> it took six years to build a hospital at a cost of $1.1 billion. doctors say the focus is on patients and families. >> essential for healing, the other thing we've learned is the presence of family is critically important. >> tomorrow is a ceremony basically acquainted with the -- of the billion dollars price tag, 20% apparently came from donations, 10% from the state. the rest came from bonds and operating funds, back to you. >> the hospital opens for business on may fourth. it's a blast from the past to celebrate oriole park. the same price for the bleacher seats when the stadium opened in 1992. to see which games have the cheap seats and to buy tickets go to wjz.com and click on

links and numbers. and coming up, back from the dead, the miraculous story of this little baby and the requests that may have saved her life. for the first time we're hearing the call for help and why paramedics were delayed in reaching her. two high school students appeal their suspensions and win a victory. i'll tell you how. after a cold night, a warm up is headed our way. i'm bob turk, i'll have the complete forewarning forecast coming up next. ,,,,

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it is clear and 42 degrees right now in central maryland. the complete weather forecast is coming up. dramatic surveillance video shows the chaos from a police shoot out in utah. >> stop, stop. >> the gunfire began when police arrived at the home of matthew stewart. stewart is facing aggravated murder charges. the newly released video shows stewart could not have shot all

six officers say his attorneys. the 911 phone call from the hotel where whitney houston died shows how they had difficult getting information. >> is the person not breathing. >> that's correct. >> can you get me into the room so i can get cpr started. >> no because he keeps hanging up on us. >> the minute long call reveals no other details about houston's death. they say they did not find any evidence to suggest it was anything but an accidental drowning. the coroner had already ruled heart disease and cocaine use contributed to houston's death. a miraculous story from a hospital in argentina after a premature baby was mistakingly believed to have dead for 10 hours.

her body was in a coffin, when the mother wanted one last look. the mother says she opened the coffin and heard her cry. the baby was rushed back to the hospital. the state reverses it's zero tolerance suspension. mike hellgren went to easton hospital and got this reaction from the students and parents. >> reporter: dennis and casey fought and won after school officials suspended the easton high lacrosse parents for having a pen, knife and lighter item currently used to fix their sticks, even cuffing and arresting dennis before a game last year. >> zero tolerance policy

shouldn't be in effect when making decisions regarding suspension that come down to common sense. >> do you think you will get an apology? >> an apolog -- apology would be nice but i don't see an apology coming. >> reporter: it's almost unknown of the board taking this kind of action. dennis and etzel had never been in trouble before. >> the state school board i felt really, really struck a blow against the county. the only thing that comes up is a deadly weapon. >> our superintendent and school board, every step of this has been rid -- ridiculous to anyone with common sense. >> reporter: it was traumatic for the students and families but they're learned from this ordeal. >> i will never forget about this, it was embarrassing. it's a difficult ordeal being taken away in handcuffs. it leaves a mark on you.

>> reporter: mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> the county schools had no further comment. administrator's declined wjz's request for interviews. a fortunate discovery save it is lives of six puppies in toledo. they were found in a zipped suitcase left in an alley. the english bulldog pups are now in the care of the humane society. police had no problem finding the owners because his name was still on the luggage. he is facing charges. a man was unaware of the furry visitor in his driveway. you see him walking and texting when he comes face to face with a 400-pound black bear. and off he goes. we would love to know what he was texting at that moment, the man was not hurt. the bear was eventually tranquilized and hopefully he

won't be scaring any texters. >> what did he yell when he saw the bear? >> we can't say that. >> i would think so. chilly out there. take a look at temps, this is ridiculous. 42, the windchill by the way is 36 right now. cold night at the ball game tonight. 33 dewpoint, humidity up to 70%. winds still a bit of a breeze, west northwest at nine. makes the windchill down in the 30s. barometer holding steady. right now 33 in oakland, that's the actual temperature. 39 in haguerstown. 36 in washington and 43 over in ocean city. locally temperatures or some upper 30s already and as skies are clear right now the winds have died down. we're going to see temperatures in the 30s tonight. there's a good chance, baltimore, carrol, some areas will see scattered frost in the morning. we saw some this morning.

the winds have to be very light for that to form. but we'll probably see some. cumberland there will definitely be some of that activity. 66, 36 today. the average now 53 and 41. the record 81 last year and the record low 26 degrees 1950. we do have freeze advisories to the west of us. nothing locally but not too far away. heavy enough to cause some damage to tend your plants so bring in your tender plants if you have them out. all kind of light precipitation, mainly rain and shower activity. just a few clouds, and they're breaking up. tomorrow we will see lots of sunshine. high pressure will still bring us a cool day but a little warmer than today. about four or 5 degrees. this high eventually moves across the coast. here comes warmer air friday and saturday. much warmer by the weekend. maybe a shower possible by monday as that system passes to

our northwest. definitely much warmer. northwest winds, gusty and 20 knots in the bay. so for what's left of the evening tonight clearing skies, chilly 35. some suburbs about 42 in the city. 60degrees tomorrow, warmer than today. just close to average. a little bit of a breeze but still a lot of sunshine. next five days, 65, beautiful friday. 72, 79 on sunday. maybe ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

fought the hard fight, mark is here with our wjz sports report. >> whenever the orioles play the yankees there's drama. not always a happy ending for the home team. a few orioles told me this week

they're tired of hearing how good the rest of the league is including the yankees. adding the orioles have enough talent to compete and win. well they did compete. wayne curbey lightens the mood. a couple of orioles have heard boos. jones come in to score. reynolds contributes. that's a towering 2-run home run and it's another extra inning defeat for the o's. 6-0 is the final. the yankees sweep the three game series at camden yards after the o's had opened the season feeling good with three straight wins. the o's get the day off

tomorrow then off to toronto. you can watch the o's and blue jays saturday afternoon, coverage comes your way at 4:00. jay starter ricky romero pitched into the 9th inning. pitching like that romero did not need a lot of help. boston starting their season 1- 5. so it's the o's and toronto on friday. there's talk that the ravens could be featured on hbo all access. the ravens are on the network's wish list. the ravens were the subject of that show back in 2001 after their super bowl season. women's college lacrosse, hopkins taking on virginia who

comes in ranked 12. but virginia is led by a local stand out. she is senior josey owen. she scored four times today. she has 36 goals on the year. and virginia goes on to beat hopkins 11-7 was the final. it's on the road for the o's. get the yankees out of here. toronto is next. >> okay,. >> thank you, mark. coming up it's the tastiest political protest you will see. >> with the money raised from ,,,,,,

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a unique and tasty political protest in missouri. advocacy groups held a mock

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