>> reporter: bill weir, abc news, new york. >> way to go, bill. stay with us for "good morning captured nationwide attention, support for trayvon martin and his family reached baltimore, the rallies held here and how local lawmakers are taking a stand. later today the police chief accused of knowing about arundel county executive leopold's actions will be requested. a preview coming up. supreme court weighs the historical obama health care law, a look at whether it's valid under the constitution and what it means for you and your family. thank you for joining us. i'm megan pringle. charley crowson will be joining us live downtown following the trayvon martin rally going on there.

let's get to check on the weather, happy monday, hope you had a great weekend. >> happy monday to you too we will have changing weather for today. the rain over the weekend. at least it was the weekend. we were dry for today. we have cool and breezy conditions moving in to the picture. we look at maryland's most powerful radar, things dried out nicely. what we are going to contend with, we are going to pick up in the winds as we go through time. the winds north and west at 5- 10 miles per hour with gusts up to 16 miles an hour, in to baltimore, that's what we will be dealing with through the remainder of today. we will talk about the freeze watch we have in effect as well. let's get a check of traffic. we are starting off without fog. traffic conditions off to a nice start.

as we get a live look downtown. 895, north of charles street. we are pretty good here, wide open, towards the tunnel. first look at the beltway this morning, same scenario off to an excellent start as we get a look on the topside of 69 a, making past delaney valley road. department of public works is warning those of you living along the argon drive to harford road, a blast beginning today. controlled explosives used to breakthrough bedrock. it's part of the replacement phase. it will occur on and off all week, residents will hear a siren prior to the blast. if you live in the area, you may here echos from the explosives. it's scheduled for completion in january of 2013. today the case grabbing nationwide attention is coming

to baltimore. residents will be meeting to rally in support of trayvon martin. charley crowson is live with a preview of what is expected. >> reporter: it's been one month to the day since trayvon martin was killed in florida. outside of orlando by neighborhood watch leader george zimmerman. it's gained national attention. baltimore is getting involved with a march and rally scheduled for today. during the weekend demonstrators from half a dozen groups spent the weekend getting signs and placards prepared and ready for the message of solidarity in the death of the slain teen. many calling for the arrest of zimmerman, saying he is the admitted shooter, charged with murder. reverend witherspoon is calling for local and state law enforcement to begin examining the authorities granted to neighborhood watch groups like

the one zimmerman headed up. >> operating like qa sigh police agencies, we need to make sure they know not to put their hands on anyone and make sure the cities have enforcement on these types of groups. >> reporter: it the going to conclude near the baltimore city police headquarters. a vigil scheduled for 7:00 in front of city hall. abc2 news will have you covered on air and on line at abc2news.com. investigation in to a shooting that happened in west baltimore. a woman went outside to see what was going on and found her 18 year-old son murdered on west lafayette street. her son was shot multiple times. we will keep you posted on the investigation.

three people were inside a home around noon, when one of them saw fire shooting through the sun room. it happened at a home on green ashton court. three people got out in time. a veteran firefighter was burned on his ear and neck taken to the baby burn center, more than 1/2 million dollars damage was. a fire overtook a building, it took all available firefighters a while to put this out. the back of the building collapsed. today, police chief james tier will answer questions about an alleged actions of arundel county executive, john leopold. he is accused of using members of his police detail. when leopold made the actions lookouts while he had sex in

county parking lots. the indictment said officers told him about leopold's he did action. tier has not been charged. former vice president and eastern shore neighbor dick cheney is recovering from a heart transplant surgery. he is recovering this morning. he received a new heart saturday at a hospital in falls church he was on the transplant list for 20 months. questions are raised about whether he is too old for a new heart. some hospitals will not perform a transplant on a patient over the age of 65. challengers against the affordable health care act will begin the hearing before the supreme court. sherrie johnson is following the story with what is expected today. the u.s. supreme court takes up a historic test of when the health care law is valid under the constitution. this comes two years after president barack obama signed in to law a health care overhaul. states across the country filed

lawsuit challenging the law led by florida 26 states. it requires every american to buy health insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty. opponents say the constitution commerce clause does not give congress the power to force people to buy a commercial product like health insurance. the government defense is sweeping reforms arguing medical care is not a choice that every american will need health care at some point in their lives. >> these issues are central to whether the government can regulate anything it wants to. >> no one is saying there is a right to free load off of one's neighbor when you decide not to choose health insurance. >> states are high with the supreme court. analysts feel the justices will be able to put the political overtones aside to tackle the case. support of the affordable health care act will hold a

press conference in front of the u.s. supreme court including members of congress, doctors, nurses, patients and other whose have benefited from the reform law. the rally will begin at 8:30 this morning. after winning louisiana's primary over the weekend, rick santorum got spicy during his victory speech. what he had to say about mitt romney and catching slack this morning. severe weather forced mandatory evacuations this weekend. a look straight ahead.

big problems in parts of canada, unseasonably warm weather trickerred ice jams along the st. john river causing really serious flooding. check out this video, all you can see is ice and water. officials in new brunswick say there will be an aid program for victims flooded out of their homes. rain didn't keep these

people away from the national cathedral. they opened doors to visitors for the first time since august. crowds were able to climb up the tower, cathedral is under repairs from the earthquake we had in august. people are enjoying it. it wasn't the prettiest weather but people got a chance to get out there. >> we had rain this weekend and cooler temperatures. like you said, they got out and about. the temperatures are going to cool down more, i will show you that in a second. satellite and radar, we will clear out, lots of sunshine as we go through the day. this is what we will deal with through the overnight. a freeze warning for the areas in the light blue areas in effect from 3:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. tuesday, freeze watches for the darker blues. if you have tender vegetation, cover that up, because it is going to damage the things that have bloomed. i'm going to talk about the

situation more. now a check of the traffic with angela. how are the roads? the roads are in great shape, starting off the workweek in excellent style if you are headed out the door, you should have easy driving conditions. especially if you travel on i- 95. this is between the tunnels and the beltway on the southwest side. northbound and southbound stretches of 95, open lanes there, moving without delay. we have traffic cones if you are traveling on 95, north of the fort mc henry ton well the maintenance project there. traffic cones on 95, on the tightings bridge, in the southbound direction, we are blocking the right lane with the usual construction. questions raised targeting penn state after a report about jerry sandusky was released. it may not be the right

home, why this mom and mom want to be left alone. a live picture from downtown baltimore. as you can see, that's where rallies are staged today, downtown baltimore, we have more details on that in a live report just ahead.

president obama is in south korea taking part in a 2-day summit on nuclear security. michelle bomb be obama -- price of gallon of gas gone up $0.11 over the past two weeks. the nationwide average stands at $3.93 for a gallon of regular gas. former senator and

presidential candidate john edwards scheduled to be in court for pretrial motions, charged with six criminal counts accused of using campaign contributions to hide his affair with hunter. a march will start at 5:00 for trayvon martin. the individual it is set for 7:00 p.m. in front of city hall. jury selection could start today in the pretrial of twin brothers traverse and germane johnson. they set a pit bull on fire three years ago. the dog was euthanized. lawyers for the twins want certain information excluded. a judge will make a ruling on that later on today. rick santorum didn't hold back on his criticism of mitt romney. he tore in to the front runner while at a campaign stop in wisconsin. listen to what we had to say.

>> why would we put someone up who is uniquely -- pick anyone other republican in the country, he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. why would wisconsin want to vote for someone like that? >> santorum took a home win from the primary, wisconsin maryland and dc will hold contests on april 3rd. newt gingrich making a stop in maryland tomorrow, the republican presidential candidate will visit annapolis on tuesday. he plans to go to the state house, meet with business owners on main street. his visit one week before the primary which is set for april 3rd. lady terps are moving on. they have won ten straight. the terps will face notre dame tomorrow night for the right to

go to the final four in denver. excitement for jets fans as the team introduces tim tebow to their facility, happening in new jersey today. tebow gets ready to become a member of gangrene. there is a lot of speculation about what will happen to sanchez at a meeting ryan hinted that the jets have bigger plans for tebow, hinting he maybe playing a different position. assessment released could mean changes in the case against sandusky. the assessment conducted alleges that a psychologist told penn state police that jerry sandusky acted quote like a pedophile. this suggests that the university was warned about the former football coach but did not stop the alleged abuse. he is under house arrest as he waits for his trial on more than 50 counts of child sexual

abuse. he has pled not guilty. around the nation, testimony begins in the sex abuse scandal of the catholic archdiocese in philadelphia. sherrie johnson brings us the details. >> testimony begins at 9:00 in the sexual abuse scandal involv agro man catholic church archdiocese. he maybe the first to stand trial for covering up accusations. it goes up to the highest authority in the philadelphia archdiocese. william lynn was in charge of investigating priests accused of child abuse. we will have more on this case including the impact on the church coming up at 5:00 and 6:00 this morning. albuquerque police union is under fire for policy to give up to $400 to police officers who've shot someone. union officials argue that the policy is to help officers who

have been involved in a traumatic event. it's not a reward. the police chief wants them to come up with a better way to help officers. there is a territorial battle going noniowa, it's a conflict between businesses and a new family of canadian geese. a father goose is protective of his meat and the two eggs, they've set the nest near a busy restaurant and the papa goose will go up to anyone who comes too close to his family. it's likely will won't be peace and quiet any time soon. let's talk temperatures this morning. we are still well above average, we should be at 30s in the mid-30s now for this time of the year. the temperatures are in the 50s again. they will start to go down as we go through your tomorrow. i'm going to show you that in a second. 54 baltimore, 55 easton. 50 york. 54 frederick. the winds will be a big factor for today's as well. not bad.

they are north at 5-10 miles per hour. they will be picking up 15-20 miles per hour as we go in to the afternoon. the satellite and radar pushing that system out of the area, that was plaguing us in the middle of the nation all last week, that's out of heres we will have a cold front that dies down but dry with that. the next one will be bringing us rain across the area as we go in to your wednesday. for today, we will get sunshine in here, lingering as we go in to tuesday and the temperature coming in at 60 degrees with lots of sunshine, it will be cooler and breezy compared to the 70s and 80s we got last week. this is what i want to draw your attention to. a freeze watch in effect later this evening. we have a freeze warning in effect 3:00 in the morning to 9:00 tomorrow. that's where the areas here shaded in the lighter blue, darker blue is the freeze watch. tender vegetation is going to be in some spots, maybe killed.

try to bring it in, if you can. tomorrow's temperature, around 54 degrees. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning, we are talking about freezing conditions. i told you don't sleep on march. >> you gave us the warning. let's talk about the roads. we are starting off in a great way for those of you heading in and out the next few minutes. construction zones out of the way tbr maintenance. 695, and the bw parkway. a few cars rolling by. traffic is wide open on this stretch of 695. if you are headed to annapolis from the eastern shore, traffic flowing freely, u.s. 50 at maryland 8, from the bay bridge to i-97, 50 moving well in both directions, if you are traveling the bay bridge, the westbound span maybe closed today and tomorrow. that will be from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. as crews are doing to be

installing scaffolding for a paint project. the closures will take place for 6-8 weeks. this is going to effect the westbound span of the bay bridge. pregnancy can be an exciting time for a lot of women, there is a study that warns pregnant women about risk of a heart attack. we have details on why, coming up. the wife of army sergeant accused of killing 17 afghanistans is looking for help for her husband's legal defense. how she is doing it, coming up next. the car on the left was filled up with

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treatments. soft and cozy baby, a natural baby boutique that has green products, diapers, reusable bags and toys. check out the website at soft and cozy baby.com. investigation done by the atlanta journal constitution says baltimore school officials have done one of the best jobs if the country by fighting cheating on tests. it credits the ceo for starting an investigation and monitoring the scores. he was quoted by saying this was me feeling that nothing mattered more than the integrity of our school system, unquote. we learned over the weekend that a woman pinned in to a wall by a car last december has died as a result from the injuries. police sailorry smith passed

away saturday. it happened on baltimore national pike. police found the driver hit smith, smith, was charged with the crime. bails wife kerry said saturday, there is no way that she and her family can cover all the legal fees, she said contributions to the defense fund would help out their family and they are welcome but only from certain donors. they must grieve with their family over the lives lost and believe that in america, everyone is entitled to a fair trial. she said in time, the truth will come out. around the world this morning, there are no reports of deaths or major damage following a 7.1 earthquake that

hit chile last night. some people were injured by falling ceiling material. people in paris held a silent mar inch the wake of a shooting at jewish school. the killings of three military men. they are taking a stance against racism, antisemitism and terrorism. the gunman died. his brother is charged with conspiracy to prepare acts of terrorism and theft and says he supports his brother's actions. president of guatemala is urging a leader to agree to a plan legalizing drugs saying it could curb drug related violence and get economic compensation from the united states. mo lee namade the proposal at a sum