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counties to your neighborhood, now, it's complete coverage it's wjz maryland's news station. >> george zimmerman testifies at his bail hearing. what he said and the judge's decision if he he should go free. >> good afternoon here's what people will be talk about. the breaking news in the trayvon martin murder case. a judge in sanford, florida granted bond to george zimmerman. that coming after zimmerman stood up in court and apologized to martin's family. here's randall pinkston are the latest for wjz. >> reporter: murder suspect george zimmerman wore a suit and shackled as he walked into a sanford florida courtroom. in a dramatic move, at his bond hearing, the 28-year-old addressed the court. >> i wanteded to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was i thought he was a little younger than i am. and i did not know if he was armed or not. >> reporter: prosecutors questioned why he waited so

long to apologize for the shooting death of trayvon martin. >> why do you wait so long to tell them? >> i was told not to communicate with them. >> reporter: the neighborhood watch volunteer is charged with second degree murder for gunning down trayvon martin during a confrontation in february. zimmerman says it was stive defense. this was his second court appearance but his first time before a judge lester. the first judge stepped aside because of a potential conflict of interest. >> your relation to george zimmerman. >> i am his wife. >> reporter: the defense attorney called his mother, father and wife as character witnesses who testified by phone because of safety concerns. >> do you know george is a danger to the community? >> no i do not. >> reporter: prosecution asked zimmerman's wife about a past incident he had with law ep forcement. >> he say he was arrested and charged with various crimes battery of a law enforcement officer and obstructing

justice? >> yes, he has informed me of the charges. >> reporter: prior to today's hearing, zimmerman requested a meeting with martin's parents but was turned down. randall pinkston, wjz "eyewitness news." >> zimmerman will not be released today and when he is he will have to wear an ankle monitoring bracelet but may be allow to did -- allowed to leave the state. questions continue around death of a academic adviser. ron mads is live with the latest. >> reporter: police say they spotted him acting eradically on the side of the road hours before he was released on bale many police say as they took him to the hospital he attacked them and became unresponsive. four days later he was dead. toney worked for the past 10 years at bowie state. now back to you. >> thanks. toney's cause of dealt did the awaits toxicology and autopsy. a howard county community

after more than two decades police arrest a man in the disappearance of his wife charging him with murder. wjz mike schuh is live with how they say they crack the case. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: george bush the first one was president when police alleged robert jarrett began lying about what was in his backyard in elk ridge under concrete in his shed. remains of a woman who police believe is his wife christine jarrett. >> that's crazy. there was rumors around she was in the pool. >> reporter: around the time of her death, neighbors remember him in the shed pour agnew concrete floor. -- pouring a concrete floor. he reported his wife missing and they had marital problems and she got $4,000 before the disappeared from the bank. >> this was someone who cared about the community and had friends and family members and she was someone that we never forgot. >> reporter: police suspected

him but there was not enough evidence a tipster came forward and his second wife who liveshere without jarrett gave him permission to search in and around and under the shed. >> this is a case we knew it sounded suspicious. neighbors and friends told us it was a woman who wouldn't have left her children. >> reporter: as you might imagine it's shock to neighbors. >> a creepy kind of feeling that she may have been under the shed 21 years. >> reporter: coming tonight at 5 and 6, we will speak to a next door neighbor who suspected robert jarrett. mike schuh wjz "eyewitness news" now back to you. >> thanks. police suspect the body found ischristine jarrett they are awaiting confirmation. a fire in hagerstown claims a life and injuries three other people. she died after being trapped on the third floor and her father and husband and three-year-old daughter are treed for burns and smoke -- treated for burns

and smoke inhalation. a firefighter severely burned in a house fire two months ago is at home today. the volunteer sergeant is being discharged in about an hour. he is recovering there since february. he received second and third- degree burns battling a blaze. a fire later ruled an arson. in baltimore county a speed camera is the target of vandals. police say early this morning someone set fire to a recently installed speed camera on south rolling road in catonsville. no arrest has been made. investigators estimate the fire did 13,000 dollars in damage to that camera. two days ago until earth day. this sunday the inner harbor is getting help getting healthier. today 50 man-made floating wetlands will be placed in the harbor in front of the world trade center and join the original floating wetlands in place near piers 4 and 5. the wetland will naturally improve the water quality and provide

habitat for many native species that live under the water in the harbor. it's been a mild friday afternoon in our area. let's look live outside right now. the skies are pretty clear. clouds around. fair weather clouds at the moment. and no rain in sight at the moment. so what happens next? we have got marty bass in the outback section and meteorologist tim will why am in the -- william in the first warning weather center. >> good afternoon. marty and i were talking about that except for the pollen it's a beautiful day outside. but sunshine is out there right now. temperatures are reflecting a very nice spring like warmup. 67 degrees at bwi-shar marshall. 64 out in oakland and little warmer today than yesterday by 5 degrees or so in central maryland. hagerstown 12 degrees warmer than yesterday and we are on route to a high in the low to mid-70s. we do have just a little bit of cloud cover out toward the west. and you do see some rain out there.

that's the activity that will impact us later. but nothing going on in the mid- atlantic except for a gorgeous day. that's changing heading into the weekend. for more now out to marty bass. >> thanks very much. good afternoon. on that photo you saw disturbance up over the great lakes. that's an area of low pressure that's going to play into our discussion. but what we want to show you on first warning doppler weather radar is gathering moisture over east texas, louisiana and arkansas. that is a developing area of low pressure. now, we have a couple graphics for you. by tomorrow, the low that's over the great lakes will be up over eastern canada. with that counterclockwise rotation, it is going to grab chilly air from over the eastern hudson bay james bay area and start to funnel it over the great lakes and towards the mid atlantic. by sunday, that chilly air is going to be in place in the low forming down near the gulf is going to be running along the stalled cold front pulled by the big low up over eastern

canada. and we are going to get a chunk of rain. of course wjz drought watch continues to monitor rainfall totals. but if what's being printed by the computer as far as moisture is connect, by monday wjz continuing to watch rainfall totals and monitor the drought we will be all over but the shouting. looks like it's going to be real wet. how much so and how chilly it's going to get? meteorologist tim williams with the details coming up in the first warning weather segment. now back i been side -- inside. >> thanks very much. we know who will be maryland's next state school superintendent. state board of education announces dr. lillian lowery will take over the position. she will replace nancy grass mick who retired after -- grass mick who -- grasmick who retired. today a baltimore school will be honoring bill and camille cosby. st. francis academy is naming the community center after the couple. it was ten years ago they gave

$2 million to the school, the largest gift ever. cnn soledad o'brien will be in town to serve as emcee for the celebration. and still to come on wjz's "eyewitness news," the secret service scandal will more -- will more agents be forced out of their yobs before the day is through -- jobs before the day is through. starbucks drops a controversial infreedient -- ingredients from the menu and a mix of sun and clouds with mild temperatures lasting through the week. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija and marty bass and meteorologist tim williams. it's wjz, maryland's news station. i remember the days before copd.

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need a home. a schipperke. i am going to look up this breed. a beautiful dog. >> i love the socks. >> hey do you know wjz continues to. >> track. >> track rainfall totals. it's going to get wet in here on sunday and quite chilly early next week. tim william has the details. >> it's going to be a wet paw forecast for all the animals out and about this weekend. we have temperatures right now at 67 degrees. and bwi marshall and 64 in oakland and 63 on the shore and around the immediate metro. just around 70 degrees in westminster. crossing the 70 degree mark. 63 in annapolis and kent island. 63 in rock hall. it's a southerly flow around much of the state. a southeast wind around dc and southwest wind in hagerstown and that's bringing in the warmer air. calm winds at the airport but we are going to start to see a shift as marty described earlier a low pressure system that will continue to track to the east and drag a cold front

that will start fouling in moist -- pulling in moisture from the south. it will take a while to get here and your early plans tomorrow will be okay. the earlier the better he. but by mid afternoon into the overnight hours all bets are off. thunderstorms around as this front makes its way in. the showers ahead of it and it lingers so into saturday and maybe even into sunday we will have showers around but the real headline is going to be the amount of rain the next headline is the cooler temperatures. we are going to drop. keep in mind we are at 90 earlier this week. we will be down in the upper 50s heading into next week. sunset at 7:50 with a south wind at 5 to 10 knots. today 75 degrees. nice out there. overnight lows to around 52. call it a ray lewis overnight forecast and for tomorrow, 77 degrees. rain in the afternoon and martin bass will have the five- day forecast coming up in a moment. >> before the -- the rain is in the nick of time. because in a couple months it will get dry. >> yeah it will. and hot. >> and hot.

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buddy. >> don't miss the lineup at wjz at 10, it's blue bloods with tom selleck and stay tuned for "eyewitness news" at 11. for jessica i am don and tim and marty. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,