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types love to talk and text, how much do they love it? we have the numbers this morning. the fist day of spring, let's look at the inner harbor. already in the 60s. thank you for joining us. i'm megan pringle. charley crowson is off today. fog is a big story this morning, please keep in mind that the bottom of the screen , we will let you know about delays. meteorologist, lynette charles, is standing by. the fog is creating problems this morning. >> it is creating problems this morning. it's the first day of spring. we have showers to talk about this morning. let me show you what is going on, as of now. the showers starting to dive down in to montgomery county,

see it along i-495, if your travels are taking you that way to the south, you are seeing heavier rain around white oak, more along i-95, again, it's going to be slick this morning. also, it is going to be on the foggy side. just lake we had yesterday, visibility is reduced to one mile in baltimore, three miles in easton. we have delays this morning. now, let's get a check of the traffic with angela. slick roadways and foggy conditions, not making for a good commute. not a good combination. dealing with the fog this morning. it could be a slippery commute out. there live to a picture, to show you, this is what it is looking like in queen ann's counties u.s. 50, very, very low visibility in the area. we are seeing westbound delays on 50s to the chesapeake bay bridge, folks are taking their time. this morning, a very slow drive on southbound i-95s heading towards the capital beltway

this is a live view, through columbia, prince georges county. southbound 295ing the bw parkway, maybe a better bet this morning. we have new information for you this morning, developing story, about a 17 year-old african american male who was shot and killed near his home in florida. the man confessed to the shooting has not been arrested. we are learning new information in the case. sherrie johnson is here to tell us what the latest details are. >> this is the case that's gained national attention. a lot of people are talking. new this morning, federal prosecutors and fbi have opened an investigation in to the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin, the justice department will send officials to florida to investigate and address tension in the community. martin was shot and killed by a watch volunteer, while walking back to his father's house from sanford. the parents say they believe race was a factor in their

son's death. family members say the police have shown blai tent disregard for justice. this weekend 911 calls were released on the tape, you can hear someone yelling for help, a voice analyst will be conducted. the operator told zimmerman not to follow trayvon but he didn't listen. neighbors called 911 to report a fight. when police arrived, trayvon was dead. he was carrying a bag of skittles and an iced tea he brought from a convenient store. there is a hole in my heart for my son. he was a baby. he was my baby. i don't understand why somebody can just take his life. >> zimmerman has not been charged. he told police he shot the teen in self defense. police have no evidence to

refute his story. we want to know what you think. we have been getting comments on line. a few on the facebook fan page. join in on the conversation. we want to know what you think. soldier accused of gunning down 16 afghans is days away from being charged. robert bails met with his attorney and his trial will be here in the united states. victims and witnesses to the massacre will be allowed to testify. bails wife issued her first statement saying their family is vugeling to make sense of what he is accused of because it's out of character for the man i know and admire, end quote. a prank and now landed a south carolina man in jail. customers at best buy store got an eyeful when they saw porn on a big screen tv. police say he used a signal

from a tablet compute tore stream the video -- computer to stream the video. police are not laughing. >> it's not something that's funny, especially when there are children involved and bystanders that may not want to view the material. >> the suspect is charged with disorderly conduct. crews are saving three people from strong tides in this video. a 11 year-old boy followed a friend. his father and a man jumped in to save him but caught caught. a chopper had to be used to pull all three to safety. they suffered from hypothermia but expected to be okay. nasa mission to space maybe grounded. that doesn't mean you can't check out what is beyond planet earth. find out which a list celebrity is taking a trip to outer space and how much he paid for a seat. battle for the best burger,

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thank you for joining us this morning. oprah winfrey is scaling back, laying off 30 people at her cable channel, own. the queen is restructuring operations. it's difficult to make the decision to cut jobs but it needed to be done for the network's long-term success. own canceled rosy o'donnell talk show because of lackluster ratings. wendys is the number two burger chain. they edged out burger king in sales for the first time in the chain's history. wendys made 8.5 billion dollars in the united states last year alone. the chain still is way behind first place mcdonald's, which

made more than $34 billion in annual sales. this is far out. ashton kuchar is headed to space. he reserved a $200,000 seat on a virgin spacecraft. it is not clear right now if he will take flight. the aircraft is in test mode. when it's cleared for takeoff, they will fly 60 miles above the earth's surface. abc2 news to go is coming up next,. >> making homeownership a reality. what h be happening this morning that's going to change lives for 30 new families. . parents want to alleviate school overcrowding and residents want to save the park. the latest on a new school proposal being built coming up.

good morning, this is your abc 2 news to go. we have a lot going on, sherrie johnson tells us about a controversy going on right now in baltimore county. linda so, live in northeast baltimore, with habitat for humanity story. volunteers are break ground for new homes, a live picture from washington dc, the cherry blossom festival kicks off. the fog causing delays. be sure to check the bottom of your screen for school delays that are happening. that's where lynette charles comes in. she has a check on the weather. good morning, today is the first day of spring , we have the patchy fog and showers and storms across the area, too. we look at maryland's most powerful radar. we can see showers and storms diving down in to dc. we are talking about the cherry

blossom festival. we can see around silver spring, a little bit of lightning across the area. that's going to be the scenario along i-95 and 495, a slick commute for you. that's one side of the story, the other side of the story, reduced visibility, foggy once again along the eastern shore. delays four mile visibility and baltimore one mile visibility. with that fog, let's get a check of the roadways now with angela. good morning, any accidents due to the fog and the slick roadways? we are not seeing accidents on our major key routes. that's the good news, police are busy with fender benders and city police, extra caution out there, lynette charles mentioned the fog. this is a live look of u.s. 50, making the drive towards queens town. it's going to be a slow ride with the dense fog on the eastern shore. the closer you get to the bridge, we are running in to

westbound delays on u.s. 50, slippery conditions for those of you traveling on i-95, pretty much from to 495, capital beltway, you are going to hit the brakes on southbound i-95, suggest the bw or southbound 29, as alternate routes this morning. flags lowered in honor of a soldier killed in the line of duty. o'malley ordered u.s. and state flags be flown half staff for major robert martianty, he was killed in a government building in afghanistan. martianty will be buried with full military honors happening at arlington national cemetery. we are expecting a news conference in annapolis. it's about the tobacco tax. a 25-year-old believes chewing tobacco caused him to develop oral cancer and asking lawmakers to raise the taxes on smokeless tobacco like cigars

as well. he is scheduled to speak at a x÷ news conference today. advocates say lit stop children from using tobacco. baltimore county school board wants to build a school on a site off of padonia road. sherrie johnson is here to tell us what they are upset about. >> a lot of different opinions. tonight the school board will vote on this proposal overcrowded schools have been an issue. the board came up with the plan to help relieve overcrowding in the area by building the school at the park. more than 200 people showed up at a hearing to voice concern, right now the playing fields and walking trails are used by people who live close by. an elementary school would take up half of the site. some worry that's too much. the school system does own the

land. administrators have always planned to put a school here. parents who attend overcrowded schools in tow zonks lutherville and timonium agree with the proposal. >> once again , the board will vote tonight on the issue. back to you. education partnership between maryland and italian schools is going to be renewed today. the superintendent is headed to washington to sign mar referendum on this. this will come as no surprise, teens love to text. the research center found 63% of all teens exchanging text messages everyday with people

in their lives including parents. according to the study, the average teen sends 60 test message as day. older teenage girls tend to send and receive 100 text messages everyday. sports news, big accomplishment for the lady terps, they are heading to raleigh for the women's tournament. facing off against texas a and m after butting louisville last night. -- beating louisville last night. not the bachelor but abc has a new reality show taking place here in baltimore. it's called ball boys. it follows the sports memorabilia business at robbys first base, a store in baltimore, featuring negotiation of buying and selling meme memorabilia, at the store and off site locations. there will be ledge endses from jim brown to pete rose, they will stop by the store and join

in on the debates and smack talking. ball boys, if you are curious, premiers saturday. today a press conference will be held to formally introduced payton manning as a bronco. after two weeks of courted by a number of teams he chose the broncos. many say that's going to push tebow out of town. habitat for humanity is building 30 homes in baltimore city. today, begins a marking of it all. linda so is live at orchard ridge to explain what is happening today. >> reporter: yeah, at 10:00, they will be breaking grounds on the new field, 30 new homes will be built. john with habitat for humanity joins us this morning. tell us how this is going to change. they are going to move quickly. we have 30 new town homes being built. it's going to make a big impact. get rid of the empty land and

get houses on them. we will match everything in the existing neighborhood. it will be a cohesive look. >> reporter: you got involved in high school. you have been with the organization for years. tell us, it's got to be rewarding watching team become homeowners, other wise they wouldn't be able to do it. >> you meet fun people. homeownership is a big goal for a lot of people. when they work on the job site you get to hear the stories and seeing them finish goals and move in is regarding. >> reporter: when will everything be done? >> we are looking to have people moving in by the end of tcfriyear, 9-10 months, if everything goes well, weather and everything like that. hopefully by the end of the year we will have people in here. >> reporter: thank you for joining us again. they will be breaking ground this morning. the mayor will be here. in 9 months, 30 new homes for 30 families. linda so, abc2 news.

live pictures from london as the queen prepares to address parliament. this is a rare occasion , the queen made a similar peach to mag her jubilee in 1977. her golden jubilee, 2002. this is her diamond jubilee, 60 years of being in power in england. the queen marking this unique occasion, addressing parliament in london. that's what is happening. five things you need to know, in washington secretary of state, hilary clinton, will join transportation secretary, ray la hood, in an event to celebrate amelia ehrhardt. she disappeared 75 years ago, a search is scheduled to take place in june for the wreckage of the plane. reception is held tonight at the white house for ireland's prime minister, he and barack obama will meet following a wednesday st.

patrick's day lunch. puppets joining a list celebrity on walk of fame. miss piggy, kermit and others received their star. muppets have been in show business for 40 years now, they deserve the star. and cherry blossom festival in washington dc. check out the booms. experts say the blossoms will reach the peak blooming this week. it's scheduled to last five weeks. one way to celebrate the start of spring, italian ice, stores are giving customer as regular ice of their choice today. this marks the 20th annual free ice day. we are going to take a live picture of austin, texas. it's dark out there, they are

dealing with major flooding. that is the big story today in texas. here, we are dealing with fog. exactly. they have severe flooding expected for the rest of today. it's going to go maybe in to tomorrow. they could receive up to 12 inches of rainfall. yes, a foot of rain. heres we are dealing with temperatures, looking at the rita story. it's mild enough to eat ritas as of now. they don't open until 10:00 this morning. i will be there with meagan. 55 easton, the fog, the big story. we have one mile visibility in baltimore, four easton, 6 york, frederick 4 and hagerstown, 7. the satellite and radar picking up on showers we got this morning. woe have a one, two punch, over and over again, lots of clouds hovering, the rain is pushing down in to dc as of now, which is not a good thing. we have the cherry blossom festival for spring. future trend picking up on the

fact we have a chance for isolated showers and a rumble of thunder, to roll in as we go in to the afternoon, just like we saw yesterday. our hour by hour forecast, keeps us on the warm side again, 73 degrees is what i'm forecasting. just like yesterday, if the clouds hold steady, the temperatures will be a little bit down and if we get sunshine in here, yes, we will boot the temperatures again. the flow makes it difficult to forecast the temperatures, but we know we will get warmer though, as we go in to thursday and friday. let's get a check of traffic with angela. good morning, reduced visibility is what we are talking about with the fog. we are seeing our usual delays around 695 on the topside and west side. also southbound 795, showing very slow traffic, as you make your qa from owings mills and eastbound i-70 on your approach to the west side of the beltway. a live look at the foggy conditions for those of you making the drive on 95, heading in to harford from cecil county

at the tightings memorial bridge. weather and traffic update in 30 minutes.