robert bates. how deep he was in debt. coming up next. we have new information this morning on the florida teenager shot and killed last month by a neighborhood watch volunteer, find out the latest in this investigation. it's an empty field now, but that's changing in a few hours, i'm linda so, what will be happening here thanks to habitat for humanity. it's tuesday morning, thank you for joining us. i'm megan pringle. charley crowson is off today. lynette charles is here. it's a little wet and foggy. as bad as yesterday as far as the fog? >> it is going to be as bad as yesterday. showers and storms to talk about. before that, happy birthday of spring everyone. looking at maryland's most powerful radar. we can see the showers coming in to carol, frederick, we zoom in, around mount airy, if you are going to travel along i-70,

it's wet. demascus getting in the rain and thunder, lightning as well. what we want to talk about is the visibility issues this morning. it's reduced, especially along the eastern shore, easton. six mile visibility in baltimore. let's get a check of traffic with angela. so far, not a problem as of yet. we will be following this as we were yesterday morning , the fog could be an issue for your morning drive today. also we have a big funeral procession, that may impact the morning drive. we will follow that when it starts at 5:00 along with maryland state police. looking pretty good, especially traveling through the city. 95 and 895 and i-83 looking good in to downtown baltimore. a live shot, 695, farford. we will keep -- harford, we will keep you posted regarding the processional that includes

the drive on the beltway. we have new information this morning in a developing story about a 17-year-old african american male shot and killed near his home in florida. the man confessed to the shooting and has not been arrested. this morning, we are learning new information in this case. sherrie johnson is here with the latest. >> meagan, we have learned within the last couple of hours, prosecutors and the fbi opened an investigation in to the killing of 17 year-old trayvon martin. the justice department will dispatch officials to investigate and address tension in the community. he was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer while walking back to his father's fiance's house. the teen's parents believe race was a factor in their son's death. family members say the local police have shown disregard for justice, protesters gathered monday at the courthouse in seminole to demand justice.

this weekend, 911 calls were released. you can hear someone yelling for help. a voice analysis will be conducted to see who is yelling for hope. the operator told zimmerman not to follow him. neighbors called 911. when police arrived, he was dead. he was carrying a bag of skittles and an ice tea bottle that he bought from a convenient store. >> there is a whole in my heart for my son. he was a baby. he was my baby. i don't understand why somebody can take his life? >> zimmerman has not been charged. he told police he shot the teen in self defense. now police have no evidence to refute his story. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. we have new information this morning about robert baits, he is the soldier

accused in the massacre that left 16 afghanistan civilians dead. he owes 1.5 million dollars from a arbitration ruling that found him guilty of security fraud. he was a stockbroker and it doesn't appear to be his only testimony woe. baits family has been forced out of their home in washington state. it was on the market. moving vans were seen outside the home yesterday. he is held at fort 11 worth kansas. charges have not been filed as of yet. house arms services committee will be held regarding the developments in afghanistan following the massacre. that's going to take place at 10:00 in washington. marine corp.general commander and the acting defense under secretary will be testifying among others. flags lowered in honor of the soldier killed in the line of duty.

governor o'malley ordered flags be lowered because of ra shanty. the shooter was an alli who toned. he will be buried today with honors at arlington national cemetery. in ohio a judge refused to release court documents that may relate to abuse, dependency or custody issues involving tj lane, he is accused of killing three students inside an ohio high school. it happened near cleveland, according the newspaper, the judge said the release of records could sway jury pool if lane is tried as an adult. a hearing is set for later on next month. in baltimore city, police say that a teenager is recovering from stab wounds after a fight broke out downtown on saturday night. this is a video from the weekend. see it's chaotic, the teens were running through forcing police to pull in squad cars

and other districts to gain control. >> 10 individuals for disorderly conduct, assault, curfew violations and required an extra presence of police officers to be pulled in from other parts of the city. 4:35 right now, today is a big day for gop candidates, another primary, this time in illinois. the candidates are changing their tunes for voters in the midwest. the economy and jobs are no longer the top items. instead, rick santorum is talking birth control, mitt romney is talking gas prices. santorum hopes to have a win in illinois to reduce some of romney's momentum. romney, after spending three days, is hoping to show he is leading in the gop pool. mitt romney will be heading to our area, the republican presidential candidate will be in maryland on wednesday for his first public event, holding

an american legion post 109, that's on old sulfur spring road. arbutus' former governor and romney is expected to be there at 3:30 in the afternoon. baltimore city, mayor stephanie rawlings blake introduced new legislation. this would drop the property tax by $0.20 per $100. the value by 2020. while this plan is similar to her proposal, this plan relies heavily on lots revenue to make up the difference. the state of maryland will hear a personal story in favor of the smoking tax from a fan named van buren. he is 25 years old. he has disfiguring surgeries, one removed half of his neck muscles and part of his tongue. it's because of oral cancer. he says antitobacco advocates will be hold agnusing, a news

conference today. the baltimore county school board is expected to vote on a controversial proposal to build an elementary school in what is now mays chapel part. school officials are trying to relieve overcrowding on the corridor. hundreds of people turned out, most of them protesting this plan. we will be following the board's decision tonight, we will let you know what happens. 4:38 right now. thieves are targeting women's health clinic in the south and taking on this crime and many believe it's politically motivated. we will tell you why. the calendar says winter is over, it's not the case everywhere. we will take you to places where they are getting double digit snowfall. a live look at austin,

texas, they are dealing with the rain. more on our forecast coming up.

take a look at this, this is not something you see everyday. snow in the desert. a winter storm took residents in flagstaff, arizona by surprise. snow totals 10- 14 inches over the weekend. schools are closed and more snow was headed there overnight in to this morning. weather watchers tell you, don't drive through standing water, we hear that all the time from our weather people. one driver, though rs put to it the test, going, going, gone. this driver in tulsa, oklahoma, storms are barely through the midwest got stuck. heavy rain put the area under flash flood warnings. the driver was okay. a jeep came by and picked him up. we hear that all the time,

don't drive through the standing water. >> we hear it and people do it. i don't know if they think they are going to make it through, you saw what happened to the car. turn around, don't drown. lots of rain and thunderstorms across the southern plains. flood warns, flash flood warnings in effect for the area, dealing with tornado watches as of now. they have everything across the area. very heavy thunderstorms, pounding this area, it's stationary, not moving. it's training, moving over the same places. now, as we go closer to where we are, we are dealing with a little bit of shower or thunderstorm, lightning with the cell. it's weakening a little bit. as we look in to carol, frederick, that's where the rain is coming down as of now. we are dealing with foggy conditions this morning as we have 100% humidity, the air is saturated. temperatures are mild. it is soupy outside. i'm going to talk about the warm up in the forecast, the first day of spring, lots to talk about. stick around, right now, let's

head over to angela with a check of the traffic and fog a big concern again. we are dealing with the fog, we have been seeing a bit of it on the cameras. we are dealing this morning with a traffic advisory for the fallen military officer's procession that will begin at 5:00 a.m., i want to give you a heads up, this will start on harford, knot, to the bellway, once we are on the beltway, we will travel west to tow zonks 59 on the southwest side, down to the capital bellway, take the capital to national cemetery. that will begin at 5:00 a.m., we will keep you posted. dealing with fog again this morning. a live look attics 9 95, north of the beltway. a look at the harrisburg expressway. yesterday we couldn't see york at all. a little bit better driving. driving conditions for you on to parkton this morning. he wanted to help put illegal

gamers out of business, a second job a mayor took. a big festival in dc, kicks off, early start. a sneak peek just ahead. a life picture of downtown baltimore, again, it is nice morning out there, 61 degrees. more weather just ahead at 4:44, we'll be right back.

britain's queen elizabeth expected to make a speech today, the only time the queen will acknowledge her dialed jubilee. hilary clinton will join transportation secretary, ray la hood at an event to celebrate amelia ehrhardt.

a search is scheduled to take place in june for the wreckage of her plane. nothing says spring like pink and white flowers deck kateing the basin. the festival starts today. 1million expected today to check out the blossom. rita will give away free italian ice at all locations nationwide. this marks the free ice day for the company. hollywood will honor the muppets, miss piggy and kermit will be out for a ceremony. a high school student found a way to get the word out about bullying, a problem at her school and reached out on a website for help. she posted a plea and asked for advice on how to make the

school more aware for a problem. after she posted she went to bed and by morning, had a thousand responses. people reached out to the school. the next day the bully had been identified. >> it was helpful in this case. media presents a wide array of changes for a school system like ours, 76,000 students and 120 schools. >> the boy has been charged with the juvenile citation for harassment. sports news this morning, big accomplishments for the lady terps, they are headed to raleigh for the women's tournament, facing off against texas a and m. they won 64-59, adding to the 9-game winning streak. abc has a new reality show, it takes place right here in baltimore. it's called ball boys. follows the sports memorabilia

business. the show features negotiation of buying and selling of unique memorabilia, at the store and off site locations. the show will have numerous sports legends, talking jim brown to baseball great pete rose, stopping by and joining on the debates and smack talk, ball boys for example you are curious, premiers saturday. a press conference will be held to formally produce payton manning as bronco. after two weeks of being courted by a number of teams, mvp quarterback, manning, chose the broncos. health news, this morning, a warning to go along with the warm weather. ticks can be carrying lime disease and maybe out earlier this year. it comes from a shortage of acons that wipe out the mice. they are looking for other mammals to bite including you and your pets.

wear tick repellant and perform daily checks if you are in the woods. a study show there is will be an added benefit to working out for women. researchers from indiana found some women can expert or gasms when they are -- or gasms when they are doing certain exercises. weight lifting and yoga. 40% of women surveyed claimed it happened to them more than ten times. police are investigating break ins at two medical facilities, authorities are wondering for the crimes are politically motivated. two offices have been broken in to in the last two weeks. the thieves took laptop computers, all laptops stolen contain professional and personal information of more than 1000 doctors. the part that has law enforcement think they are connected is because they are

lobbying against antiabortion bills by the general assembly in the state. this morning, the mayor of a town in alabama has kept secret from his residents. he worked under cover for the fbi. he was working to put illegal gamers out of business. harris was wearing wires for the fbi and made an agreement with the now defendants to keep quiet about gaming facilities. the plea deal was entered on thursday in exchange for a lesser sentence. a school district in massachusetts could be getting ready to happened out condoms to middle schoolers. the policy was approved by the first round of voting.

a committee voted 5- 1 in favor of the policy, aimed at preventing sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy. springfield, massachusetts has the second highest infection rate in the state. wendys is moving up in the fast food chain according to research, it beat out burger king for the first time in sales, ever. wendys made 8.5 billion dollars last year, the chain is still way far behind mcdonald's, which made more than $34 billion in sales. a full report will be released next month. take a look at this winter is over, but don't tell that to these peers. they celebrated with friendly competition, the pond skimming contest, skiers and snowboarders try racing down a mountain and making it over a makeshift pond. those that did it got a t-shirt

and bragging rights. if you don't make it across, a dip in the water. imagine the water is chilly. >> i would have to do that for something more than a t-shirt and a little bit of money. less talk about the cold air. we are dealing with warm weather, there has to be cold air trapped somewhere. it's west at this time. we have a trough digging across the west. we have a ridge that's building in across the east and we are trapped in under the weather. with the cold air, cold enough to support snow across the west, the arizona snow, flagstaff, that fell yesterday, and as we head further towards the east, across the middle of the nation, to southern plains, thatry dealing with severe weather, tornado watches across the area and flooding in to the area as well. as we zoom close at home, we have a shower of ourselves to

talk about and a little thunderstorm. lightning reported with the storm in to carol county and frederick county. this will diminish, fizzle out, through the remainder of the morning. we are left with clouds and at the surface, like we saw yesterday. we have foggy conditions this morning, we have 6-mile visibility in baltimore, one in easton, i won't be surprised if we have delays across the eastern shore like yesterday. frederick 4-mile visibility and i don't go at 3. future trend picking up, not a whole lot. i'm not going to rule out the chance for an isolated shower or thunderstorm this afternoon like we saw yesterday. the last day of winter, first day of spring, similar, as we head in to thursday, few clouds, all in all, temperatures, quite warm once again. here is your hour by hour forecast, 59 with foggy conditions. temperature around 73 degrees

by this afternoon. today is the first day of spring. in to wednesday, 74, we get warmer as we go in to thursday and friday. temperatures close to 80 degrees. it will be cooler, temperatures in the 60s. that is well above average. let's get a check of the traffic with angela and the big concern, once again, it's like a carbon copy of yesterday. how are the roads? a carbon copy of yesterday. not as bad as the spots we were watching yesterday. we have a couple of live shots to show you in a moment. in the meantime, starting with an accident, ordinance road, arundel county police on the scene. a live view of the beltway on the south side, looking good, all the way around to the east side for example you choose the key bridge in your route this morning. u.s. 50 at st. margarets.

reduced visibility. use a little bit of extra travel time if you can on your commute this morning. we have new information this morning concerning the deadly attack at a jewish school in france. how authorities this morning are handling the case and what they have motivated the shooter. one of the signature events leading up to the olympic games is happening in a couple of months. who gets the carry the flame this year? details coming up next. a live picture from new york city, different perspective, this is the torch atop the statute of liberty. we'll be right back.

new details about the shooting attack at a jewish school in france. antiterrorism investigation has been opened up. a gunman started shooting

students inside the school yesterday killing four people. it's the latest act of violence targeting minority's french nrár"ent. minority's french 6 people are dead after a ship sank off of the coast of taiwan that ship started to go down after leaving port on monday. media says heavy fog and seas may have caused the accident. crew members were rescued and coast guard members are searching for two missing people. members of a cuban dissident group are free after detained by security forces. the group known as ladies in white protests after every sunday mass to demand the government pree prisoners jailed for politically motivated crimes. 30 were arrested during a march where they tried to walk down the streets of their normal routes. 8000 people will take part in the carrying of the olympic flames torch relay leading up to the london