a land mark sex abuse trial starts in philadelphia unveiling the operation of the archdiocese. how children's complaints could have been buried for decades. the death of tray von martin, i'm charley crowson, live downtown, we will tell you what organizers have planned for later today. their first trial ended in a hung jury, twin brothers will face a judge once again in an animal cruelty case. first let's look from our camera, down at the inner harbor on this monday, march 26th. hope you had a wonderful weekend and good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm megan pringle. you saw charley crowson live this morning. we will check in with him in a bit. first a check on the weather with lynette charles. we have been spoiled with the weather you say it's all good. >> well, it's got no going to be that bad. sunshine in here for today. the 70s and the 80s we were

used to last week, those are no longer. temperatures will plummet. i will show you something in a second. let's look at maryland's most powerful radar. over the weekend, we dealt with wet weather, needed the rain gear. not for today. nows as you step out the door, temperatures are quite mild once again. 52 degrees in glen burnie, ellicott city, edgewater 49 degrees, the winds are pretty calm this morning, they will pick up as we go through the afternoon. this is when the bottom drops out. we have a freeze warning and a watch, this goes in effect elly tomorrow morning, you can see it for the lighter blues there, that is where you are looking at your freeze warning. crops will get killed in those areas as we go to the south in to southern baltimore and also arundel, in to howard county, that's where you are looking at your freeze watch. there is a possibility for some dead crops there. bring them in, protect it. let's send this to angela with a check of the traffic. good morning. good morning. heading out the door, all of

our arterys heading to 695 are clogging up. b, rubber necking delays from the earlier accident. also, i-70, not prop attic, things are -- problematic, things sluggish. speaking of the harrisburg, here is live look at shawan, drive through cockeysville, delays around belfast, shouldn't be too bad for you. most major routes now, packing in and some showing no exception right here, i-97, glen burnie, maryland 100, northbound travels are pockets of slowing to the 895, 695 split. new chapter in the beginning of the history of the catholic church, a church official maybe the first to stand trial. sherrie johnson has more. >> this is new unchartered

territory here. this morning, at 9:00 a.m., testimony begins in the sexual abuse scandal involving philadelphia archdiocese. this will be the first time a church official could stand trial for covering up for priests accused of sexually assaulting children. the accusations go up to the highest authority in the philadelphia archdiocese. william lynn was in charge of investigating priest acoosed of child abuse for the archdiocese. he is the first official criminally charged with knowing about abuse, but conspiring to cover it up. it's a case that's had twists and turns including allegations recently ordered documents shredded. one of the codefendants defrocked the priest and pleaded guilty admitting to raping a 10-year-old alter boy in 1999. >> the catholic church, to my knowledge, has the most

expensive comprehensive program dealing with people going to work there in the catholic church or working as well as volunteers. >> this is about held account for doing despicable acts. >> the key to the case could be the credibility of the alleged victims who will testify. assessment received and released by nbc news could mean changes in the case against former penn state coach, jerry sandusky. it was conducted in 1998, alleges that a psychologist told penn state police that jerry sandusky acted quote like a pedophile. this suggests that the university was warped about the -- warned about the coach. sandusky is under house arrest, as he waits for his trial on more than 50 counts of child sex abuse. he pled not guilty. the governor of mississippi is expressing sorrow about the deaths of two college students

in his state. 21-year-old wisconsin man was shot to death by a mississippi state university in the dorm on saturday, three suspects fled the building. on sunday, a freshman died from being shot in the face. there is no suspects in the case. the governor says he is saddened about what he learned about the loss of the students. students. this is grabbing serious attention. a policy within the union gives $500 to police officers who have shot someone. some people say this is a reward and officials say it's meant to help officers involved in a traumatic event like shooting someone. the money is not a reward they say but the chief wants them to come up with a better way to help officers. we have learned that a woman pin in to a wall by a car

last december, she has died from injuries in that accident. police say that lori smith died on saturday, the crash happened on december 23rd on baltimore national pike. police found the drive that hi smith, was at fault at the time of the crash. the investigation is still on going. jury selection could start as early as today in the retrial of twin brothers, traverse and tremay johnson, they are accused of setting a pit bull named phoenix on fire three years ago. the dog was euthanized. the lawyers for the twins want certain evidence excluded from the animal cruelty trial, the judge will have that ruling today. he has been performing his comedy for 32 years now. gallagher is hanging up his slenl hammer and all of -- sledge hammer and all of his other plots. plus, it was a center piece

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designed submarine travel to the depth of more than 35,000 feet. he is only the third man to reach the bottom and the fist to do it solo. comedian known as gallagher says he is ending his comedy club career and going to focus on improving his health and working on bigger projects. it comes weeks after gallagher suffered his third heart attack. stay with us this morning, your abc2 news to go is coming up. first, charlie. live in baltimore, city organizers are planning a move at a rally for trayvon martin. the man killed in florida a fvlm month ago today. supreme court weighs historic obama health care law, a look at whether it's valid under the contusion and what it means for you and your family. the last week of march is going to bring freezing

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good morning, this is your abc2 news to go, i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. we have a busy monday morning for you. charlie is live , the details on a rally planned in baltimore in support of trayvon martin and his family. people are already lined up for today's supreme court hearing on health care. more detail on that, sherrie johnson has the latest developments. let's get a check of the weather with lynette charles. we are stepping outdoors with temperatures to above average, 45 chester town. columbia 51. centerville 54. the winds are calm this morning, they will pick up as we go in to the afternoon, out of the north and west at 10- 15 miles per hour. gusts up to 25 miles an hour. we are looking at a freeze warning and a watch that goes

in to effect this evening. let's get a check of traffic. a lot of volume out there, monday morning, busy and traveling through pasadena, a headache if you are traveling on route 10. route 2s i should say in maryland right now, having a closure, maryland route 2, between hamburg and pasadena road. take light avenue. foincident or delays on i-95, arbutus and the tunnels. traveling i-95, columbia, delays causing a problem for you northbound and southbound, tack on an extra 10- 15 minutes to the drive times. people are calling for change following the shooting death of a florida teenager. a rally is planned in downtown baltimore. charley crowson joins us live from city hall to tell us about the rally. >> reporter: good morning, it has been one month since 17 year-old trayvon martin was shot and killed in sanford, florida by george zimmerman.

he was the head of a neighborhood watch group. many people across the country gathering in support of the dead teen. baltimore having the rally scheduled for today, expecting hundreds out today at the intersection of pratt and light streets. they will talk about the changes needed to take place towards more equal rights for all in the city of baltimore. many people we spoke to, getting ready for the event scheduled for today. say tissue of what happened in florida involving trayvon martin, was motivated by race. listen. >> if he was young and he was wealthy and white, he wouldn't have been looked at as being suspicious, people can wear the wrong clothes. young people in general targeted nowadays. people are suspicious of young people. >> reporter: one of the things too, we have to keep in mind all facts of the case have not

been made public. president barack obama called for a thorough investigation in to the matter. the department of justice, they launched a civil rights probe in to the shooting and the grand jury that will examine all of the evidence involving the case, is scheduled to meet april 10th. live with the rally at 5:00 and a individual ill vigil at city hall at 10:00. >> today senator ben carden will join leaders of the civil rights community at a rally to end racial profiling. it start at 1:00 in front of the center for urban families in baltimore. members of the black caucus of maryland will hold a press conference, calling for justice. caucus members will stand in solidarity with black caucuses from around the nation in demands for answers in the on going investigation of the 17 year old. that rally starts at 1:30.

civil rights activists and leaders are calling for calm around the nation. the parents of trayvon martin prepare to speak at a community meeting. they had a vigil last night in churches around the nation. worshipers honored the 17 year old by wearing hoodies to the services. george zimmerman , the watch volunteer who shot martin is claiming self defense. many aren't buying it. >> (inaudible.) trayvon martin's family will speak during a town hall meeting. rick scott says he has formed a task force to review law in the wake of this shooting. zimmerman has not been charged with the crime. today president obama, his health care law will be tested in the supreme court. it has been called the most

critical legal decision in a lifetime. the argument is whether mandating ever american by health insurance is constitutional. sherrie johnson is here to tell us what happens today. >> today the u.s. supreme court takes up a historic test of whether the health care law is valid under the contusion. this comes two years after president barack obama signed in to law a health care overhaul. it's been a big issue in his presidency. some 26 states filed lawsuits challenging the law under the current law, it requires you to buy health insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty. critics say it's too much government control and overbearing and damaging to the economy. taxes and regulations will hurt small business owners and the law will not reduce skyrocketing medical costs. the state of florida is leading the fight against the government. >> these issues are central to whether the federal government can regulate anything it wants to. >> no one is saying there is a

right to free load off of one's neighbor. >> the stakes are high with the supreme court taking this case months before an election. analysts feel the justices will be able to put the overtones aside to tackle the case. back to you. today police chief james tier will answer questions about the alleged actions of arundel county executive leopold. prosecutors say in some cases making them act as lookouts while he had sex in county parking lots. the indictment says officers told him about leopold's action and he didn't do anything. tier has not been charged. the department of public works is warning you if you live along argon drive to harford road this is going to be blasts you will hear today. controlled explosives are used to breakthrough bedrock, part of the next phase in the sewer replacement work along the herring run. residents will hear a siren

before every blast. if you live in the area, you may here muffled echoes from explosions the maryland house of delegates expected to vote on a measure aimed at curbing a dangerous trend targeting aircraft. they will have stiffer pen alabamaties for people who sign laser pointers in to cockpits. flying is getting more expensive. the congress will change the security fee from 2.5 dollars per segment of the trip to $5 each way. the airlines say that would hurt the recovery. they raised the prices as much as $30 per round trip. congratulations to the maryland terps, the women's basketball team. 81-74, advancing to the finals

for the first time since 2009. the terps will face notre dame tomorrow for the right to go to the final four in denver. later on this week. five things you need to know, pretrial motions are scheduled for former u.s. senator john edwards. no winner in the mega millions drawing. the jackpot is is $356 million. cash option of $255 million. baltimore ravens wide receiver is taking a trip to east east africa. he is traveling with a former player, fitzgerald. tebow will will be introduced as a new york jet. jets have scheduled a press

conference for today at the new jersey facility, ryan hinted that tebow may take on another role besides quarterback. today's first lady, michelle obama will welcome school children to joint her for the white house kitchen gardens spring planting. it's the first since roosevelt's wartime victory garden. it will be a good day for gardening. tonight, that's when it's not so good. for all of the gardening that was done previously, things could be killed. i hate to say ta, we have the freeze warning that's in effect for all the light blue color. for southern baltimore, also arundel county sp howard county, viewing area here, under a freeze watch as we go through late evening in to tomorrow morning. things aren't looking so good. i will show you the freezing temperature in a second. we are not looking although any type of freezing. we are mild this morning as we step out and about.

the temperature at 51 baltimore. future trend, not picking up on a lot. plenty of sunshine for us, continuing in to tuesday, and then wednesday approaches with another cold front with that, that's where we will have the chance for showers and a rumble of thunder to work in to the picture. this is what we have for hour by hour, lunchtime, the temperature around 57 degrees, it will be breezy for today. this 60 i'm forecasting is going to feel chillier that that. the winds will be becoming out of the north. great picture time, walter sally of manchester sent this in. one of my weather watchers. this is from columbia lake on saturday. he calls this signs of spring, celebrating his god daughter's sweet 16 birthday at the sheridan. see all of the spring blooms there. send the picture to charles at wmaar.com. check out the seven-day forecast here with the showers

moving in as we head in to late wednesday. now a check of the traffic with angela. good morning. good morning, we have a cho sure northbound lanes of maryland, route 2, pasadena, accident clean up. seeing a lot of heavy traffic, volume now for those of you traveling 95 southbound, capital beltway, bw parkway, heavy through lorel powder mill road. drive on 95, between 695 and the tunnels, heavy if you are traveling southbound towards white marsh boulevard. this is the topside of 695, delays to providence road. few minutes away from 7:00, which means good morning america is coming up. thank you for joining us.

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