tv News ABC March 26, 2012 5:30am-6:00am EDT
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i'm megan pringle. here is lynette charles with a look at the weather. >> good morning, everyone. hope you had a fabulous weekend. it was a little bit on the wet side. as we look at the most powerful radar, we are dry. lit stay that way in to the afternoon. we will get lots of sunshine in here. temperature in churchville, 52 degrees, more of the same from chargesville and cumberland. the winds as well. winds northwest, 5-10 miles per hour. we are watching a freeze warning and watch in effect for the light blues and dark blues. details are coming up. now a check of the traffic with angela. how are the roads? it is getting busy. we found a closure that may impact the drive on maryland 10, thcounty, northbound, ramp to 695, outer loop closed with emergency construction work, you will need to work around that by taking the southbound ramp, if you are traveling in the city torsion the tunnels, -- traveling to the tunnels, nor
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of the city, i-95s the drive through rosedale, knot of maryland 43, that's the southbound dregs on the left side of your screen, with that increasing volume and as far as delays go, we are seeing some south of the city on 95 through howard county, southbound, but also northbound making the drive past maryland 100, you can avoid all of this by taking the mta, checking in with mark jones, we are on time with the rails and buses. it is a story that reached all of us in some way. the death of trayvon martin that caused a national outcry in a show of solidarity is planned here in baltimore. charley crowson is live this morning at city hall with more on the events planned for tonight. >> reporter: groups will begin gathering around 5:00 on pratt and light street for a march.
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they are rallying in the death of trayvon martin, he was shot and killed a month ago today by george zimmerman. he is the head of a neighborhood watch group in sanford, florida. this has been getting national headlines for the past several weeks. groups calling for him to be arrested and charged with martin's murder. hundreds of demonstrators getting together in baltimore, marching in solidarity for the dead 17-year-old teen. some people are calling for a peaceful move towards a resolution to the problem. others are saying they are angry. listen. >> outrage as a community. we join the entire nation as being outraged. we are angry. >> reporter: there is a petition circulated calling for zimmerman's arrest. all details of the case have yet to come forward. that will be worked out by
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florida, the state police in florida and the fbi is involved in the investigation as well. a vigil will be held at 7:00 here at city hall in downtown baltimore, we will have you covered on abc2 news and abc2news.com. we are live at city hall, charley crowson, abc2 news. members of the legislative black caucus of maryland will be speaking out about the case. they are going to stand in solidarity from around the nation in the demands for answers in the on going investigation of the shooting death of trayvon martin. the conference is set for 1:30 at lawyers mall. leader in florida appealing for calm to a town hall meeting set for tonight. on the death of tray von martin. there is a solemn vigil held. there was one held sunday night as they remembered the teen
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gunned down. worshipers honored trayvon martin. the 17ier old 17 year old was wearing a hoodie when he was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer claiming he shot him in self defense. >> trayvon's family will will speak during a sanford town hall meeting. look at the people camped out in washington dc, hoping to get a seat to hear the supreme court argue over the constitutional of the health care reform law. lines began forming friday morning. arguments began and expected to last through wednesday. patient protection and affordable care act known as obama care was signed in to law two years ago. jury selection could begin as soon as today in the retrail of twin brothers accused of
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setting a pit bull on fire. lawyers for the boys want a ruling. the jury selection might begin today. the brothers are accused of setting a female pit bull on fire in march of 2009. the first trial ended in a hung jury. the lawyer does not want video of parts of the attack to be allowed as evidence in this case. today a measure aimed at stopping a dangerous trend targeting aircraft is set for final vote in the state house. it's expected to win the passage, the bill seeks stifferrer penalties for people who shine lasers in to aircraft cockpits. in recent years, the first responders, have been temporarily blinded while conducting searches or medevac flights. dick cheney is recovering
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from a heart transplant from surgery this morning. questions are raised about will he is too old for a new heart. cheney received a new heart on saturday at a hospital. he is on the transplant list for more than 20 mnts. some hospitals will not perform a transplant on a patient over the anal of 65. other centers will perform on patients as old as 72. he had five heart attacks over the course of his life. say good-bye to amway arena, 620 pounds of explosives took down the building, it took 15 seconds to destroy. there it goes. onlookers cheered as the building came down in a cloud of dust. once the clean up is complete, it will make a way for a plan to create aville j, high-tech residential areas and offices. if you were up surfing
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good morning maryland. probably a lot of tired teenage girls this morning, justin bieber's new song, boyfriend, dropped overnight . its off the pop star's new album, believe, the song went viral on the web. twitter exploded with tweets with fans expressing live. cameron dove to the deepest points of the ocean. this is video testing out the
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equipment for his expedition. he started the bottom of the marina trench, 7 miles below sea level in the pacific ocean. he is collecting samples as part of the national geographic research expedition. he is only the third man to reach the bottom and the first to do it solo. you may have heard reports about companies asking for your facebook password. now two senators are calling for an investigation in to the practice. a landmark sex abuse trial starts in philadelphia unveiling operations of the catholic archdiocese. a look at how childrens complaints were buried for decades. ♪
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new chapter beginning in the history of the catholic church, an official maybe the first to stand trial for allegedly covering up for priests accused of sexually assaulting children. sherrie johnson has the story. >> this morning at 9:00 a.m., testimony begins in the sexual abuse scandal involving the archdiocese. the first time a church official could desand trial for covering fop for priests accused of sexually assaulting
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children. the accusations go to the highest authority in the philadelphia archdiocese, willian lynn was in charge of investigating priests accused of child abuse for the archdiocese. the first catholic church official criminally charged with know about abuse but conspiring to cover it up. a case that's had twists including allegation recently deceased philadelphia cardinal ordered documents shredded. >> the precedence will be an important case involving a hierarchy of the catholic church. >> worse than the abuse itselfs to know somebody could have stepped in and stopped it. >> the key to the case could be the credit credibility of the alleged victim whose will
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testify. u.s. gave $860,000 to the families of people in afghanistan for those killed. $50,000 for the 16 people killed as well as $10,000 for each of the 6 injured. the american official who handed over the money to the family said it was not compensation but the u.s. government offing to help those victims and families. a legal defense fund for robert bails has been established as the family says they cannot cover all of his legal fees by themselves. the topic of employers asking for your facebook password during an interview has certainly become a hot topic. two u.s. senators want the attorney general to step in. they want eric hold tore investigate whether employers asking for passwords is a violation of federal law. reports surfaced of agencies asking for job seekers for social media credentials.
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it's alarmed privacy advocates but the legality remains murky. gas prices rised $0.11 in two weeks. the national average is creeping closer to the $4- gallon mark. in a lot of places over $4 for regular gasoline. the cheapest gas is in tulsa, oklahoma, $5.58 a gallon. log on to our website, abc2news.com, and click on the traffic tab at the top of the home page and click on gas prices. find cheaper prices around town. time for sports news this morning. maryland lady terps are closer to the final four, beat texas am 81-74 yesterday. they have won 10 straight. they are back to the regional
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finals for the first time since 2009. the terps will face the winner of the notre dame game tomorrow night. one of the greatest boxing giants of all time passed away. he died of cardiac arrest at the age of 75. he wrote 80 books, starred in a handful of movies. after college he went to law school before getting in to writing. bold season heading to east africa tomorrow raising awareness about drought and salmon affecting 13 million people across the region. he will be traveling with a former teammate, larry fitzgerald who, is a wide receiver for the arizona cards. they will be there for four days. in november they taped a public service announcement about the growing r relief funds
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in the region. are you tared tired of working? nobody won the mega millions. we will let you know what is going to happen. be $356 million. the cash option, $255 million, not too shabby. the drawing is tomorrow night. let's go in on tickets. we can split $355 million. >> we would be black and blue, people would beat us up in here. let's talk about black and blue, let's talk about blue on the map. you can see in the northern tier states, that's where we are seeing the blue colder temperatures, that will trickle down in to our area, colder air coming in from canada as we move through the overnight. for today, we will deal with the breezy weather as well. now, not too breezy , the winds north at 3 miles an hour,
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baltimore, 7 easton. more of the same in dc. 7 in york, 9 hagerstown, they pick up to 15 miles per hour, maybe gusts up to 25 as we go through the day. satellite and radar, not a lot to see, the clouds are drifting towards the south as well as the wet weather we got over the weekend. we pretty much needed it. we don't want to be in the drought. we have to keep with the trend. future trend in to motion, we will see that wet weather working its way back in to the picture as we go in to the middle of the week. plenty of sunshine for today and altomorrow k get out this and enjoy it. the temperature for today will come in around 60 degrees, this is much cooler than what we had been dealing with. it's above average. there is what we are going to have for tonight. 32 degrees. temperatures below where we should be, we will have the freeze watch, the freeze warning in effect. tender vegetation could be affected by this. by tomorrow, the temperature coming in at 54 degrees. let's get a check of the
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traffic with angela. good morning. we will put you in on the pool, too. >> i was thinking about that. i was wondering if you would mention it. thanks ladies, i appreciate that. let's get a check of the traffic, see how the drive is coming in. harford police on the scene of one accident, route 24, ring factor road. it's starting to get crowded on most of the key routes, pulaski, i-95 building but moving at a good pace from bel air. south of the city, kayton and 695, if you are traveling on 95, howard county, sluggish conditions in both directions on the west side, a live look at 695 and i-70, starting to pack in on the outer loop lanes. we will update you with congestion. follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. it is tebow time again. the quarterback is putting on a jersey today what his role will be as a new york jet and what
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president obama is in south korea taking part in a two day summit. scheduled to take part in a welcoming ceremony this morning. later today, attending a summit on nuclear security. pretrial motions scheduled for former u.s. senator john edwards, edwards is charged with six criminal counts alleging he used contribution to hide an affair from rielle hunter. a live look at the capitol this morning. the national organization for women, the national action network and the national womens law center will hold a rally today to support the affordable health care act. the supreme court will hear three days of testimony about the constitutionality of obama care. tebow arrives in new york. the jets scheduled a press conference at their facility to introduce their newest player.
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ryan hinted that tebow may take on other roles than quarterback. first lady, michelle obama will welcome school children across the country to join her in the fourth annual white house kitchen garden spring planting. this is the first patch since elinore roosevelt wartime victory garden. two students are dead following a violent weekend in mississippi. the latest on the investigation there and what officials are trying to find out about who is responsible for the killings. a union says it's been their policy for 2 years. how it compensates officers who shot someone. i hope you didn't pack away the winter coat because you are going to need it. details coming up. we are following one accident in bel air, we will let you know about delays up next. land o'lakes spreadable butter with canola oil
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