but it's a gusty type of day. maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. we will have some change with that. i will talk about that coming up. but right now let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning. any accidents out this yet. >> reporter: good morning. good news no accidents so far. very uneventful and a nice quiet commute as you head out. getting a jump-start on the traffic this morning. we are looking pretty good especially through the city on interstate 95 or 895. here's live look at 95. this is just north of the beltway. south of caton avenue. we are moving without delay and, of course, all lanes are opened. traveling on u.s. 50 however, we do have a right lane blocked in the eastbound direction on the bay bridge. debris is out there. hopefully we will get that out of the way. also the start is a good one on mta systems. running on or close to schedule on the buses and rails. megan over to you. a survey looks at social media and body images and the center for eating disorders at shepard pratt and they say there's a fair amount of people

who feel self-conscious. >> the center conducted a surveyand the information was we leased -- released today and sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: the report says social media changed the way some people view themselves. facebook is so public that it he creates a new hyperself- awareness. the survey says 75% of those polled said they were unhappy with the bodies -- with their bodies and 51% says using facebook makes them more focused on their bodies or weight. some are obsessed about how they used to look. half of those polled avoid social events because of possible facebook photos. doctors say social flat forms gives rise to physical insecurities. >> facebook may be another step in our culture that promotes self-consciousness about appearance and feelings of low

self-worth about the body and those are significant factors of proliferation of eating disorders. >> reporter: 600 people between 16 and 40 took part in the survey. the sent are for eating disorder says to help fight the problem simply take a break from facebook every now and then and we have reached out to facebook for comments. so far, we have not heard back. you can log onto our abc2news.com face back page and check out the story in the slide show. megan back to you. we have done it but what if if not your time is running out. starting friday, all facebook users will automatically have their pages upgraded to the new timeline. what's your opinion? we want to know on facebook. choose to have a cover picture for the profile see old posts and photos and status updates all it kicks off beginning friday. if your child plays sports this survey may surprise you. 84% of children surveyed said they would like to quit or they wanted to quit at one point

because it was not any fun for them. here's another troubling part. 1/3 of the children wish adults weren't watching and they said parents made them nervous and they yelled too much or put pressure on them to win and 42% of the kids say they would rather play video games because they are more fun. more kids in baltimore city public schools are starting kind canner garden ready to learn. results from the report shois more than 70% started with kills behavior and knowledge to succeed. that's a 10% increase from last year. school officials attribute the growth in school readiness to the expansion of pre-k classes. happening today, treasury secretary geithner testifies before the financial services and general committee. he is spending about the treasury department's responses to the foreclosure cries he is and mounting student loan debt. a:33. a -- 5:33. a 37-year-old man is on the road to recovery after

undergoing a 36-hour face transplant. the rains formation is remarkable. look at your screen. this is before the surgery he lost his nose and lips and ability to speak from a gun accident in 1997. now look at this. this is what he looked like six days after the transplant. this is the two-face transplant the hospital -- the second one the hospital completed. doctors say it was one of the most extensive ever. >> he put the mirror down and thanked me and hugged me which is a wonderful gift to give him. ever since that day you can see we will restore the 15 years he lost and making him a functioning member of society. >> doctors say norris is exceeding expectation and they were kick to thank the family of the donor. their generosity gave norris and 5 other people new lives. group of passengers were blocks away from the bus stop when something went wrong. >> how a good samaritan helped a bad situation not get worse

for those on board the bus. >> a case of mistaken identity in upstate new york. find out what happened to a 76- year-old man trying to eat his breakfast. >> and temperatures are back above normal this morning. but how high would that mercury soar? details coming up. >> reporter: and beltway traffic very light so far this morning. but we have an incident on the bay bridge. details coming up next. ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories.

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now "good morning maryland." welcome back. quite a ride for people on the greyhound bus in california. the bus had to be stopped because flames were shooting out the back. take a look. >> how did it catch on fire. >> i don't know. >> how did you realize it was on fire? >> someone behind me come up. >> that's tha is from the bus driver who says another driver saw the -- that is from the bus driver who says another driver saw the fire and pounded on him. no one was hurt and the driver says it looks like the cause may have been the result of mechanical failure. >> talk about a big mistake by the police department near syracuse. 76-year-old fred skinner was eating breakfast when officers

barged in his home and broke his door. they realized they were at the wrong house after breaking in the door and having him in handcuffsch he was reimbursed for the broken door. environmentalists are trying to limit damage of a train derailment in -- derailment in northern indiana. the one of the scars caught fire. -- one of the cars caught fire. so far none of the chemicals reached a lake and no injuries. happening today, crime victims are planning to rally at the capitol building in mississippi to speak out against the former governeer pardons. one of the attending is glenda walker. her son survived being shot in the head by one of the men pardoned by barbour before he left office. she says she is helping to get the word out. grocery stores stopped selling it and the company suspend operations. >> coming, why governors and lieutenants plan to tour one of

the remaining pink slime production plants. >> also ahead, if you are planning to get away for spring break, what you should know to stay healthy on your trip.

now "good morning maryland." how safe sur car if you are a woman? -- safe is your car if you a woman. the -- for the first time the government is using female crash dumbies. >> the results have revealing concerns and we have more from has loss. >> reporter: this is the new female crash foot dummy 4 foot 11 somethingly smaller than the male counterpart and is teaching us something startling. women run a greater risk of being hurt in frontal and side crashes. take a look at these 2012 toyota crash test. male dummy is in the driver's seat what car hits the wall you see him lung forward to meet the air bag which deflates burying his face and absorbing the impact but look at female dummy on the passenger side. remember, she is smaller and her seat is closer to the air bag. the air bag ends up hitting her

and doesn't deflate. pushing her head down and snapping her neck back. watch it again. keeping in mind a woman's neck is generally less muscular than a man's with a threat of injury greater. >> for the smaller, lighter woman, you need a better design of the seat itself. >> reporter: car companies are required to give not just an overall safety rating, but a specific one for women in the front passenger seat. and the result, cars like the 2012 toyota suv and the acura tl four-door got high marks for male drivers but under the safety ratings they received 2 stars for female passengers. toyota said the new ratings do not mean the vehicles are less safe. the safety ratings are a safer cars.gov and the hope, the new female dumbies make all drivers smarter and safer. abc news, los angeles. >> spring break is here and doctors want to make sure you don't catch a cold while on

vacation. doctors at the cleveland cline he can say if you do get sick a. day or two before your trip, the flu vaccine won't help you. if you can't canceled or delay plans doctors say it's best to stay away from others so you don't spread the virus around especially on your flight. >> we can't stuff them in the seat back pocket with the other information so that's going to allow somebody else so take a plastic bag and be responsible for getting rid of your own contaminated tissues and things like that. >> don't leave the used clen exon the -- kleenex on the seat and carry hand sanitizer and try to keep your hands away from your face to decrease the risk of spreading the virus. according to a report from the tresh cry department congested roads cost drivers $100 billion a year in wasted fuel and lost time. that report says poor conditions in roads cost the average driver around $4 hundred unfor overall vehicle

maintenancech the department of transportation says it needs 85 billion dollars during the course of the next 20 years do boy -- to bring existing highways and bridges in a good -- existing highways and bridges into a good state of repair. >> with gas creeping up you may think about buying a high bread but but is it saving you money? >> i think i am hearing a year and a half two years because they are higher up front. >> maybe 4 years i would say. >> according to edmonds.com you need to own it for between 7 to 10 years to recoup the savings on gas before you buy think about your tax breaks and how you drive. if you want a prius but don't do a lot of highway driving it may not be worth it. and because you have the gas engine more than a electric one so a few things to keep in mind if you are thinking about buyingion. governs and lieutenant governors from four states are touring the state -- the plant

producing the pink slime. the ammonia treated additives has been used for year but became on target because of activists seeking to having it banned. the unemployment rate could take a few years to get back to normal according to ben bernanke but says the u.s. financial system looks stronger and threats from europe's debt crisis look less worrisome e says the jump in gas prices should have a moderate effect on the growth of the economy. time for sports a tough loss for lady tear pens. notre dame blew them out last night. this was in the raleigh final. notre dame earned the second straight final 4 berth. thomas scored 17 and hawkins and devon had 10 points a piece. today, marks the beginning of the 2012 major league baseball season official will getting underway with the official opening day. but you may not have known it.

baltimore fans that's going to be friday april 6th and the o's will play the twins at the yard but today it's the seattle mariners taking the athletics first pitch 6:10 from tokyo japan. listen to this. the tallest man in the world apparently it's tough for him hecan't find shoes that fit and they cost about a thousand dollars a pair. look at him because he stands about 7-8 and his last pair of shoes that he had have no support. ehas 15 foot surgeries in the past three years and believes that -- he has had 15 foot surgeries in the past three years and believes a good pair of shoes would help him so rebox said they would make a pair for $15,000 so he started a website to collect donations. >> 1500? >> this says 15,000. >> hold on 15,000 dollars. reebok come on guys. >> wow. >> he needs a pair of shoes.

>> wow. >> i can't imagine being that tall. we were talking about height and the average height of a woman. >> i am 5-10. >> yeah. we know. >> yeah. we know. >> stop it. >> we were talking about this with the crash test dumbies. 4 feet 11 seems short. >> it does seems short so in contrast and igor and our producer says 15,000 dollar because it's one of the things that makes you go back and look. >> a double take. >> what's that? this could be an opportunity for under armour. >> there you go. >> charley. >> get out there. >> how about my opportunity to do weather right now is that okay. >> and wear comfortable shoes while you do it. >> i have my comfortable shoes on. no heels for me. we are looking at temperatures right now coming in above average. a different day than yesterday. yesterday we were freezing. we had a freeze warning in effect but not today. these temperatures 41 degrees

in cockeysville good morning. more of the same manchester good morning. and 42 in columbia and rock hall. 47 degrees close to 50 in chestertown and also in northeast. and 44 degrees right now in centerville. shadyside at 46 so good morning. and as we go out the door, well, it's a little bit breezy out there. and the winds will pick up more as we go into the afternoon. these are sustained winds right now. at about 10 miles an hour, in winchester. and i am seeing gusts in the afternoon up to about 30 miles an hour. so we will have another breezy day on tap. the only difference is it won't be that cold wind and it will be more of a warming wind and that's going to boost temperatures. we have a cold front that's going to try to slide through the area a little bit later this evening. and then that's what's going to bring in a chance for showers and thunderstorms. but, we will start to dry out get more sunshine as we go into tomorrow. but as you head out you can't get back home make sure to grab the rain gear because you could

be getting wet going through the day. for today, that temperature coming in right around 72 degrees. it will be a warm one. tonight temperatures coming in at 50 degrees and mild but still quite breezy. and here's the forecast as we head into tomorrow. 629 sun cloud mix and it will be a little cooler but still above average. let's check the traffic with angela good morning how are the road look. >> reporter: good morning. roads are in great shape. we want to update you on the bay bridge situation. all lanes are opened. had an incident with debris blocking a lane eastbound but we are back up to speed and moving well, there. now the pace is picking up for those heading out on 695 right now. this is a live look at north side at green spring avenue inner loop light outer loop heavy making the drive from towson heading to the pikesville region. heading down to 495, on i-95 make your way through howard county, your commute time is so slow right now, and it gets slower heading towards prince george's county. and a live look as we see of 95. this is north of maryland 100

in columbia. but around baltimore, still not too bad. especially around the beltway as far as drive times are concerned. we are still at 6 minutes on the top side from bel air to providence and on the west side a 7-minute drive from 759 to i- 70. charley back over to you. if you parent you know how hard it can be to get little ones to eat breakfast consistently. >> how the governor is trying to help make breakfast a part of your school day. if you haven't seen it before where you can go to catch the body guard on the big screen a one night only showing. we will give you details when "good morning maryland" continues we are new what he happening all around maryland. back in a bit. 3q

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and welcome back. governor o'malley host a number of state educational lead force breakfast set for 8:30 at maryland statehouse. will promote the first class breakfast initiative looking to make breakfast a priority in maryland schools. the circus ins in town so have -- is in town so have lunch with an elephant. they will dine at world's largest vegetarian buffet lunch kicks off at noon at lexington market. and marking the 20th

anniversary, for one night only, you can watch whitney houston 1992 movie "the body guard" in theaters. the anniversary is more than month after she was found dead in hotel. show times in hanover and columbia. rocker aerosmith will hold a press conference discussing the upcoming global warming tour. it kicks off june 16th in minneapolis and the wapup is in tacoma washington in august. it's the first tour in two years. stay with us this morning. >> much more coming up in the 6:00 hour of "good morning maryland." how some parents are able to tell if their child is showing up for class. >> you may have some -- see new deliveries in your mail. how the post office plans to handle those close treat tiring. titanic rere-- close to retiring. >> titanic being he released in 3-d. lynette. >> and temperatures are on the rise. i will tell you when you will

be able to see them fall. details coming up. and as traffic patterns continue to build we will let you know how the drive is from owings mills with a live look at the northwest expressway.

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