here shaded in the red color so if your traveling are taking you to pennsylvania, maybe even delaware, new jersey, more of the same, even virginia and west virginia, so you can't escape it. you don't want to flick your cigarette butts outside the window. make sure you put them into a container that will squelch them. but we'll be dealing with the dry weather for a while. as we look at maryland's powerful radar it's dry as of now and unfortunately it looks like it will stay this way for a little while. temperatures will dip down to be chillier but that's not the important thing. we need the rain in the forecast for us. we're also dealing with some breezy conditions. the current winds right now sustained at about 5 to 10 miles per hour. these will pick up as we go throughout the day about 10 to 15 miles per hour but we could be seeing gusts up to about 25 to 35 miles per hour just like we did yesterday. it's going to be a very gusty day on tap. i'll talk about our next chances of some showers in the first

forecast but right now let's get a check of that forecast with angela. well, you know, spring break is finally over. today is the first day back to school and back to work for a lot of folks and we can tell. as we look at our traffic cameras around the area, starting to see an increase in volume around the west side of 695 and a little bit on the north side. you will see a collision onmeric boulevard at 695. crews have already been dispatched there. so hopefully it will be out of your way soon and a live look at 895 here, things are wide open and looking great for you between the i-95 split and the tunnels. back over to you. the special prosecutor in the trayvon martin case has decided there will be no grand jury. will george zimmerman be arrested and if so, how ? >> new this morning today at 5:00 p.m. there will be a youth assembly in downtown baltimore. protesters will march to city

hall to speak out about justice for trayvon martin. a florida grand jury will not hear the martin case. zimmerman launched a website to raise money for his defense and living expenses. we're hearing zimmerman's first public words since the shooting. he posted he's been forced to leigh his home, his school, his employer and his entire life. sources close to the investigation say charges could be filed against zimmerman within days. the unarmed florida teenager was shot and killed on february 26th by zimmerman who claimed self-defense using florida's controversial stand your ground law. >> and what that means is that the state must go forward and be able to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt so that it makes the case in general, more difficult than a normal criminal case. >> now, in the meantime sanford is the city that's on edge. the city and surrounding countys are at a heightened state of alert. back to you. 5:32 and today in d.c. in

honor of martin representative on the commission of black men and woi ps will host a round table discussion called lessons in the life and death of trayvon martin. well, the two suspects in tulsa, oklahoma, those two that terrorized the black community have confessed to the crime. all of the victims were african american. one motive may have been that england was avenging his father, his death. he had been shot by a black . >> the evidence of the online stuff and some of the things that were said leads me to believe that that was totally a hate crime. >> it will be up to the district attorney to determine whether hate crime charges against the two will be filed. a little closer to home the 6-year-old from prince george's county is dead. he accidentally shot himself

with a gun. he found the weapon in a backpack at his grandmother's house. >> i just heard her screaming. a couple of ambulances came. i never seen so many police cars in all my life. >> it's sad for anybody, but a 6-year-old, his life just begun for him. >> well, the backpack police say belongs to a 20-year-old. that man who lived in the home is not related to family. he wasn't home when the boy shot himself and he was taken into custody last night. still trying to get new details following a deadly accident in anne arundel county. two pim died while police say it was only one. it happened just before 6:00 monday on route 424 in davidsonville. a gold cadillac and a silver accord were both involved. police in indiana say that there is a man who is accused of coercing teen boys into sending him sexual videos online and now we know some of those kids are from maryland. they were the target of these attacks. the fbi says investigators found

exclusive videos on richard fink binder es oocomputer. he told the teens he would release those clips on the internet if they didn't follow his instructions. police say there could be as many as 100 vi. a new study out says omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils do not help people with a history of heart disease. it may fight blood clotting, hardens of arteries and inflammation but those theories have yet to be confirmed conclusively. the first national summit focusing on the issue of prescription drug abuse will be housed. the event is being held at the walt disney world swan resort in orlando. and for all the latest health news you can always find it on abc 2 news.com. that's our website. look under the news tab, then click on health. our top stories right now,

keeping your kids lice free, getting your skin ready for free and autism links to a mother's health. a close call for a home and it was the scene of a bb gun and those dysfunctional family fun. >> this popular holiday classic and the house is still standing despite a near disaster. plus, we'll get you caught up on the very latest in oklahoma where at least two tornados touched down. more on what's going on out across tornado alley. and today will be cooler than it was yesterday, but even cooler weather is on the way. details coming up. >> and just how busy will the tuesday morning drive be? we're following one accident and we'll have details coming up next.

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now good morning maryland. >> police in washington are warning people to not help this fugitive. a man is on the run and staying connected with friends through facebook. his name is travis nick kolson. he ran for police when they tried to arrest him for failing to check with a correctional

officer. updating his facebook account a friend wrote quote, cops all over you. the response from the man was yeah, got away, thanks bro. the hunt is underway for the man in minnesota who killed three people at a daycare center. a mother called to report a suspicious person near the building. the bodies were found shortly thereafter. >> firefighters spent all monday morning the house is a classic holiday movie, a christmas story. people who lived there weren't home so they took their kid to disney land. crews think the fire started in a bedroom and could have been the result of an electrical problem. >> what has gotten accomplished thus far and why it's taking so long. >> and who will be joining in on

the annual cherry blossom parade coming up this weekend. >> as we head to break this morning you are waking up to what's new in maryland but we're heading down to atlanta this mo. >> olympic park. we will be right back.

welcome back. severe weather pounding parts of oklahoma. two confirmed tornados so far. the damage is bad and people have been hurt. we're tracking the latest for you this morning. >> we've learned at least two people were hurt when these tornados hit. one was cut by glass when hail knocked out windows in her parents' car. the other was an inmate caught

on the back by a hailstone. you can see the huge dark clouds. the national weather service is reporting at least two tornados touched down in north western oklahoma yesterday evening at around 5:30. hail the size of softballs damaged a county jail and a number of vehicles. the county sheriff says hail broke every skylight in that jail and caused the roof to leak. you can track the latest on severe weather on our website. if you go to our main page here and look under the weather tab you'll see something that says tornado alley. if you click on that it will bring you to this page. you can follow everything up to the minute that's going on when it comes to tornados. we have tornado storm chausers out in the midwest and they post -- they're constantly posting updates. if you scroll down here we have a running feed of what they catch, all the video and pictures that they shoot during severe weather that hits. again, you can find that under tornado alley on our website at abc 2 new.

meanwhile close to home this morning dry conditions have made brush fires a continued problem across the state of maryland. homeowners in anne arundel county were sweating it out yesterday. the fire came within 40 feet off of homes in echo drive. the firefighters had to work around stony creek. stay tuned for good morning maryland 6:00. we'll have the latest on these conditions. fire officials say a vacant northeast philly warehouse has been cited several times for fire code violations and court action was underway when that caught on fire yesterday. that led to the death of two firefighters making sure that the flames were out when the building collapsed. now firefighters are looking into whether criminal negligence in that case is warranted. 12 jurors and six alternates have been seated for the trial of a man accused of killing jennifer hudson's family.

14 people were selected on monday. he's accused of the death of hudson's mother, brother and nephew. occupy protesters in florida plan to protest today the carnival shareholder's meeting in south beach. there is a large disparity between what top executives are paid compared to other workers. and organizers have announced the lineup of celebrity guests joining in. you're going to have several celebrities on hand. it includes entertainers finalists from american idol and more. they are going to be cohosting

the parade taking place coming up saturday. how will the weather be for that? >> oh, it's -- >> you like that huh? >> we're not going to give it away. we'll talk about the weather for today because we do have another red flag warning in effect. dry air out there. we need the rain. >> so windy yesterday. >> it was. >> ridiculous >> and we'll do it all over again for today. we're going to get blustery just like we did yesterday. we do have lots of -- well, let me rephrase that. we don't have a lot of moisture out there. that's why we're looking at these dew points that are dry right now. dup points in the 30s. this is dry air that we're contending with and it's going to go down. these dew points will be in the 20s before the day is over with. we will have that northwesterly breeze in here once again and speaking of that breeze, while we're seeing it right now we do have a 5 miles per hour sustained wind now in baltimore. 8 in new york.

7 in hagerstown right now and these sustained winds will jump up to about 10 to 15 miles per hour and we will be seeing those gusts up again until 30, 35 miles per hour as we go throughout the day. so with that we do have a red flag warning and that goes in effect at lunchtime today and it lingers until 8:00 this evening and that is for all the areas here shaded inno carrierringcon0

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. president obama is scheduled to be in florida today speaking about the economy and attending three campaign fund raisers. mr. obama will deliver remarks at the university before attending a fund raiser in hollywood. the fbi will announce today a new addition to the fbi's most wanted list. there have been two vacancies on the list. a u.n. imposed deadline for the bloodshed to end in syria. the cease fire plan seems all but certain to fail. across the country activists reported more than 125 people killed in the last two days. popular shoe designer is urging everyone to lose their shoes. one day without shoes is organized by toms shoes. they're asking people to spend a day or part of their day without

shoes. i wish i would have done. i would have worn my toms shoes today. stay with us. the nfl commissioner is standing his ground over the new orleans saints and their bounty program. >> what this could mean to the coaches and players during the draft pick. >> and ground beef, chicken, these are foods you eat often but you may rethink it. details on that. and lice, also a group of students jump into action when the bus driver passed out at the wheel. and breezy this morning but the winds will pick up as we go throughout the day. how windy it's going to get, coming up. and a lot of activity around the beltway. we'll have details on your tuesday morning drive coming up next. thanks.

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