new developments in the shooting death of unarmed florida teenager, why two agencies are asking questions. details emerging about the path of a soldier accused of killing 16 people. he was in trouble with the law before he joined the army. women are headed to the sweet 16, how the lady terps did last night, who they are going to play coming up next. thank you for joining us, i'm megan pringle. charley crowson has the day off. meteorologist, lynette charles, is here. how is the weather looking? >> it's foggy out. there we are dealing with a couple of showers, this is what we have for you. there are the showers i'm talking about. trying to break apart now, if you are going to be heading around tommy town, carroll

county, you need to have the rain gear, union bridge. south, montgomery county and also we are looking at i-270, it's wet. freeways or the interstates are going to be labor day on the slick side, you want to take it easy. we do have two mile visibility in baltimore, that's updated from the 3 and 4 i showed you earlier. take it easy on the roadways and speaking of the roadway, let's head over to angela with a check, good morning, is the fog causing accidents this morning? good morning, yes it has. we have had a couple of incidents this morning. we are looking good. we have a travel advisory for those of you who travel towards the capital beltway, the funeral procession is going

on. here is a life look at the beltway on the southeast side, traveling to the bellway on the bw parkway, 295, pace is picking up, no delays to report. driving from lorel up to the beltway, here is a live look north of baltimore, i-95. patchy fog this morning. volume building in the southbound direction of 95, as you make the drive through rosedale, headed to 695. before we get to the news of the day at 5:32, queen ann's county is on a 90-minute delay. there is no morning prek. we have information about a developing story of a 17-year- old african american male who shot and killed in his home in florida. the man who confessed to the shooting has not been arrested. this morning, we are learning new information in the case. sherrie johnson is here with the latest. >> new this morning, federal prosecutors and fbi have opened an investigation in to the

killing of 17-year-old tray von martin. the justice department will dispatch officials to florida to investigate and address tension in the community. neighborhood watch volunteer, while walking to his father's fiance's house. the teen's parents say they believe race was a factor in their son's death. family members say the police have shown disregard for justice. protesters gathered at the courthouse to demand justice. 911 calls were released. hear someone yelling for help, a voice analysis will be conducted to see who was yelling for help. the operator told zimmerman not to follow tray vop. neighbors called 911. when police arrived trayvon was dead. he was carrying a bag of skittles and ice tea he bought from a convenient store.

zimmerman has been charged. he told police he shot the teen in self defense. police have no evidence to refute his story. back to you. we want to know what you think about the story. we posted it on the facebook page. read it. it's getting a lot of attention. head to the fan page, give us your thoughts, we are curious to know what you think. u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 civilians tells his lawyer he can't remember the massacre. he recalls some details before and after the killing but a lot happened -- a lot of it he could not remember. he will be charged as early as thursday. those who know the staff sergeant still can't believe that the 38-year-old husband and father of two, could

slaughter innocent villagers. >> i feel sorry for the guy and his wife, that he snapped over there. i think he did. >> nails are complicated with the the side of his life. documentes are viewed by abc2 news, he enlisted in the army at the same time he was a financial advisor. a 25-year-old is asking lawmakers to raise taxes on smokeless tobacco and cigars. the man developed a cancer of the mouth at the age of 17 and advocates against tobacco use will be with him when he speaks in annapolis today. lawmakers are hashing out a proposal to increase taxes on cigars and smokeless tobacco.

people are recovering after pulled from the ocean while off of the shores of california. one of these people, a good samaritan, was trying to help. a sheriff's chopper pulled a father and son and a man who tried to help them from the waters. the boy followed his friend in to the water and struggled to get out. the father and good samaritan jumped in. the problem with this beach is that visitors can underestimate the strength of the water. >> what typically happens, if folks go out there, even if they are intending to stay knee deep or waist deep, it's steep, if they lose footing, they start floating and get carried out. >> the victim suffered from hypothermia but should be okay. celebrating the ends of the season in pennsylvania with a little friendly competition. it's the pond skimming contest at blue mountain ski resort. they tried hands at racing down a mountain and making it over a

makeshift pond. if you were able to make it across like that woman did, you were getting bragging rights and a t-shirt. the price for not making it across, a dip in the water, which imagine is very, very cold. one of your favorite dance competitions is back for another season. how this season is already standing out? we are talking about dancing with the stars. who impressed the judges with dance moves? details just ahead. amazon has a deal for you. get a $10 gift card for half price.

now, good morning maryland. >> 20 minutes away from 6:00, thank you for joining us. season premier of dancing with the stars was last night. before it was over, it was called the most competitive season yet.

they fox trait trothed to 26 out of 30 shockingly high. julia white and kimson got the same score for the same dance. no one gets eliminated tonight. that happens next week after 12 teams get to dance again. amazon will be selling $10 gift cards for $50 today for anyone that visits amazon local.com. this is an on line retailers answers to sites such as groupons and living social. they are looking to draw in new and existing customers with the discounted gift cards. hoping that customers will check out the company's offers from spas, restaurants and other businesses as well. first day of spring, that means it is time to line up for your special treat today. where you can get your favor italian ice treat and it's not

going to cost you a thing. details straight ahead. after two weeks of being courted by teams, manning has a home. whose jersey the quarterback will be wearing soon. we'll be right back.

good morning maryland. >> the baltimore county school board wants to build a school on the site of what is mays chapel park off of padonia road in the timonium area. a lot of people are against the idea. sherrie johnson is here to tell us why. >> tonight the school board will vote on this proposal. it's no secret overcrowded schools have been an issue. the board came up with a blan to relieve the overcrowding by building a school at mays chapel park. more than 200 people showed up at a public hearing last night to voice concern. many of them against the proposal. the playing fields and walking trails although mays chapel park are used by people who live close by and elementary school would take half of the site. some worry that's too much. the school system does own the land. administrators say they have

planned to put a school here, parents whose children attend 7 overcrowded schools agree with the proposal. the board will vote tonight on this issue. back to you. how often do you text? chances are your teens can outtext you, no doubt about it. not surprising. the number from a study shows that 63% of teenagers text at least once a day. the average teenager will send out at least 60 texts a day. research shows that older teenage girls send and received 100 text messages everyday.

ereaders are gaining in popularity. you might not be retaining what you read op your kindel or nook. people who read bocks on ereaders remember less and less. the reasoning is that people usually rememberwa they read by navigating through pages and recalling the experience. when you are studying for a test it might be wise to get out a paper back book. if you get annoyed by shutting down your ereader or tablet before you take off and landing a plane, there maybe good news. federal aviation administration is reconsidering its ban on electronics while in flight. however, the test could be years to come and has to be completed through smart phones. it was a record smashing weekend for apple. the company said monday, it had sold more than 3 million of its

new i pads, just since friday. that's the most successful launch yet for the tablet. the ipad 3 has a higher pixel count and faster processer than predecessor but may have a problem. buyers posted on apple's message board saying the ipad gets warm, even hot during use. maryland terps are headed to the sweet 16. the women's team beat out louisville 72-68. payton manning could be introduced as the newest member of the broncos. after two weeks of courted by teams he recollects chose the mile high city. this more than likely pushes tebow owl of town. denver is taking a bit of a gamble since manning struggled

with neck injuries and conflicting reports on how long he will be in rehab and how comfortable he is with throwing a football. it's not the bachelor but abc has a new reality show taking place in baltimore. it's called ball boys, follows the sports memorabilia business at robbys first base in baltimore. it features negotiation, buying and selling of unique memorabilia at the store and at off site locations. the show will have sports legends from jim brown to pete rose. premiers saturday the 24th. cherry blossom starts today. see the flowers at piece blooms get there soon. experts say they will reach the peak blooming period this week.

it's celebrating 100th anniversary. japan gave 3000 cherry trees to the capital. the festival is scheduled to last five weeks. celebrate the fist day of spring, ritas is giving away free italian ice all day long. the doors at most locations open at 10:00 this morning. choose from the 50 different flavors. i know what we are doing as soon as the show ends, we will have to wait until 10:00 but i'm in. >> i'm so in. you wonder why spring is my favorite season. we are dealing with temperatures that are mild. check out 60 harford. good morning to you. 58 degrees in manchester. good morning. emmitsburg, 59. chester town 55. more of the same in centerville, southersville 53, elkton, your temperature at 57.

the fact is, though, we are dealing with visibility issues again, just like yesterday. reduced outside because of the fog, holding tough to the one mile visibility in easton. again, we had delays across the eastern shore. two mile visibility in baltimore, four frederick and york. we are starting to see the showers diminish this morning, now sliding in to pg county, montgomery county. in to the afternoon, we do have a chance for them popping up again, that's a possibility like they did yesterday. then that will be the same scenario in to thursday. here is your hour by hour forecast, as we have the fog by 8:00 a.m. rather, 73 degrees by 4:00 p.m. check out great pictures sent in by linda of canton, we see fog out there, she took this yesterday morning. if you want to send pictures, charles@wmar.com, include name, city and brief description. now let's get a check of the

traffic with angela. we have been monitoring the cameras, especially from the eastern shore. seeing patchy fog in harford county. if you are making the drive from bel air, let's get a live look at traffic flow out there. this is a live look at 95, south of mountain road, not bad on some stretches of 95. traffic moving along at a decent pace. choose pulaski or philadelphia. traffic volume continues to build. like on the north side. this is a live view of 695, old court. the funeral procession for our fallen maryland military officer has left the beltway, on i-95, heading towards the bellway, a quick note for mta users, scattered bus delays. rail lines moving on time. today a special honor for hollywood stars. stay with us after 40 years in

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qeens elizabeth expected to make a rare speech. the only time she will ak nowm her diamond jubilee. hilary clinton will knowledge transportation secretary ray loo hood to celebrate amelia ehrhardt. she disappeared 75 years ago, a search is scheduled to take place in june for the wreckage of her plane. hollywood will honor the muppets. miss piggy, piggy, kermit and all friends will be out celebrating. this could insides with the dvd release of the muppets. g