. you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland" at 4:30. the shooter in the death of trayvon martin is in court. what happened when george zimmerman asked to meet with martin's family. >> the folks leaving and being fired. didn't surprise me one bit. >> more reaction from a local lawmakers following the release of three secret service agents, plus a local tie in to tell you about. >> reporter: i am sherrie johnson live at towson university. why is this woman lying with bruises and pain? details and information coming up. >> that and much more on this friday, april 20th. good morning. i am charley crowson. megan is off today. let's get to a check of the forecast for your friday morning with meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning, charley and everyone. it's going to be a quiet friday on tap for us. cool this morning with areas of patchy fog out there. mostly clear and dry conditions

ahead for today. we look at dry conditions on maryland's most powerful radar as of now and it will stay that way going into the afternoon. sunshine and mixing with clouds going through the afternoon. right now, temperatures you need the jacket as you head out and about. 51 in annapolis. good morning to you and jessup at 41. and darlington 49. and the winds are nice and calm. so the temperatures are exactly what you will be getting. i will talk about the wet weather that's needed as we go into the weekend but right now the traffic with angela. good morning and how are the roads? >> reporter: good morning. hopefully the roads will stay the way they are. calm for the start of the friday morning drive. as we head outside and get a live look at interstate i-895, this is just south of o'donnell street. we are moving pretty well on interstates and secondary roads. and let's get the first look at 695. a live look on the west side as baltimore national pike. no early troubles and you

should be in good shape on all stretches of the baltimore beltway. 4:32 and today george zimmerman the confessed shooter in the death of trayvon martin will appear in court a bond hearing is set for this morning. he asked to meet with martin's family but they declined. stay tuned for good morning maryland at 5 and 6 for a live report from florida where we will have the latest on the developing story. also this morning, residents in ash burn says their neighbors is a secret service agent among the scandal. david chainey is known as one of the 11 agents accused of taking part of a night of wild partying including a strip club and prostitutes while preparing for president obama's visit to colombia last week. neighbors say they can't imagine he was a part of this. >> people tend to put blame on people right away because what they hear in the news and i believe that once the facts

come out, you know, things may be different. >> mr. chaney called the sheriff department to keep people off his property. officials close to the investigation say a review board is being speced to be created to determine if the scandal is an isolated incident or part of the agency's culture. baltimore lawmaker gave his take on the scandal. >> we heard the terms now wheels up rings off. this is cultural. are you worried about that? >> i am hoping it's not. i am concerned about it being cultural. if it is cultural, then we have got to change the culture. if it is normal, then we have to change the normal. >> again, a total of 11 secret service agents are accused in the scandal many three resigned the posts and many more are expected. another case a crack in a cold case straight out of the pages of edgar allen poe. the body of a woman whose husband said she was miss 2-g 1 years ago has been found and he is charged with the death. christine jarrett disappeared

in 1991 and neighbors say they suspected her husband robert jayet had something to do with hit -- jarrett had something to do with it. police did too but they didn't have ough evidence to search the property until wednesday when they searched the shed and found the body in concrete. >> it's a little part of me that wished she stayed alive and having fun but i would go back to immediately no, she would never left her boys. >> robert jarrett is charged with first and second degree murder. he is held at the howard county detention center without bond. and police are searching for suspects who were tied to an -- tied a essex family and robbed them. a week ago two masked men forced the dad and two girls into the home. they were tied with up duct tape and shoved in closet. a neighbor called police saying they saw men loading ?awf gold sedan. more -- loading stuff into a gold sedan.

today towson university are giving students a taste of the action and sherrie johnson is live to explain what's going on and gib us a tease a -- and you gave us a tease. >> reporter: that's right. we are here at towson university where we are preparing for operation stat. we have hundreds of volunteer students working on a mock drill exercise to educate people on what to do in case of a earthquake. this morning i have colonel wayne nelson with the maryland defense force joining me live. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> reporter: first of all, tell me a little bit about what is going on here today. you have a lot happening. >> we have a lot happening. we are just beginning. the scenario is an earthquake hit the towson area at 10 p.m. yesterday. we have been about 18, 20 hours ago, and a number of agencies have been arrested -- alerted and a disaster has been declared. the maryland defense force has been asked to respond with the national guard and other units to support the field treatment site here. >> reporter: i see this young

lady on the cot. you are going all out. this looks realistic. >> that's one of the primary goals is provide a realistic experience to train the nursing students in triage and other students and give them an exposure to what a disaster experience might feel like. >> reporter: what's going on here in this gym? i see the cots. >> later on, you will see this will look different. there will be four treatment areas. the main education goal is to train nursing students in five- star triage and students will be walking wound and walking worried and students with stress and a psychological unit to help them with psychological first aid. many will have light injuries and will go to a green area through the yellow up to the red area where they are in trouble and they need be to be treated or transferred to an area hospital which is overwhelmed. >> reporter: and time does it kick off? for us right now, but the main triaging is 8:30 this morning. >> reporter: all right.

thanks so much. very important information. what you need to know to keep your family safe in case of an earthquake. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. ocean city will be decked out in pink for a worthy cause. this morning, you will hear from two organizers for a big race for the cure and the -- in the susan g. komen. earth day is sunday. we will tell you how to enjoy the danger -- water without the danger. we are back in a bit. as we go to break a live look at new york and the freedom tire. it's #:37.

it's 4:39. new this morning, new video into the abc 2 newsroom of a two alarm fire. all this take place in reisterstown courtesy of michael that happened at a apartment complex because of future care around 2 this morning on reisterstown road.

there's no word of the cause or injury. we will stay on this and bring you updates throughout the day. spring is here and with that comes earth day. whether you are family boater or sailor or fisherman there's need to know tips to keep the waterways save. so if you feeling your -- fueling your boat, don't top it off and clean up your trash and put it in reusable trash and containers. don't hose it off on the side of the boat. and spending of those waterways, good news for crabs. a survey by the department of natural resources found the bay's juvenile blue crab population is at highest level. numbers haven't been this high since 1993 and i know lynette you are exciteed about that because you like the crabs. >> i love crabs. >> how are you this morning? >> doing well how are you. >> doing well. weather wise you came in with a reprieve be a if you are -- and if you going to do anything tomorrow do it early but you backed off a bet.

>> yes. showers and thunderstorms more likely in the afternoon and evening. and into sunday the eastern shore unfortunately we have the race looks like we will be seeing more rain across the area. so let me show you what's going on on your friday to get you out the door. we have a little bit of patchy fog out there. we are looking at baltimore. 9 mile visibility. we want to get to the 10. it's out there and look at frederick. one mile visibility more of the same in culpepper if you are traveling to virginia. salisbury and dover around one. so we have the patchy fog in some spots. temperatures i would grab the jacket as you head out the door this morning. not the heaviest coat but you will need it because temperatures in ellicott city is below for this time of the year. we should be around 44, 45 and millersville around 45 degrees and still have to talk about the rain in detail and all that is comingp-- coming up but right now let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. how are the roads this early. >> reporter: good morning. the roads are in pretty good shape. we have a zone actually on 95 set up in the northbound direction in the left lane just

after dundalk avenue. we are blocking all the way up to eastern by moving well once you get past that point. heading towards the tunnels. no early traffic troubles on 695. as you can see here at bw parkway interchange, also traveling through ann ay good especially on u.s. 50. not much to get in your way on 50 traveling through annapolis to i-97. back to you. a health alert. new research showing certain foods can reduce your risk of a stroke. what they are and how doctors are determining the long-term positive effects. details in a few moments. the length a mom is going to to help her daughter get ready for prom. you are waking up to what he's new. as we go to break, a look at downtown baltimore. we are watching good morning maryland. come back. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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president obama hosted the wounded soldiers project at the white house. the soldier ride is a four day convenient wounded veterans take in cycling for 25 or 50 miles. and an inspection of the dc metro defibrillators is expected to be wrapped up. they order all 46 to be checked after a deviceed used on a man had an insufficient battery charge. that man died. comedian bill cosby will be in baltimore to have a community center named after him and his wife. st. francis is renaming it because of their med mit -- commitment to education. university of maryland students are chowing down on buffalo wings raising money for cancer research. five-person teams are competing in the wing-a-thon to see who can eat as many as possible in a half-hour. today at 4:20 is a holiday for the use of marijuana. the ice cream company jp litch

is launching gluten free vegan ice cream some including hemp based flavor. if you increase the amount of low fat deary in your diet you might -- dairy in your diet you might decrease the risk of a stroke. they think the fortified vitamin d may have something to do with it or the milk protein but more studies need to be done. >> it's important we consume low fat dairy but we want to remember there's not just one magic food to help prevent increased risk of heart disease later on in life. >> doctors say low fat deary products are one piece of the ever growing puzzle. three steps can save your life. about 900,000 americans will suffer a heart attack this year. the first lesson is don't ignore your symptoms. and the second and third is start to chew an aspirin immediately to thin your blood and call an ambulance. it can start treating right away in a matter of seconds.

parents are upset after the kids got a tour of a locked up department at a police station. parents say they signed the consent forms not knowing there was part of a kindergarten class field trip. the police chief says the lockup is standard for every tour and they are allowed inside the holding area and an individual cell but at no point was a child locked up. and the mother in texas is now forking over a lot of cash for her daughter's high school prom. tammy day created a dazzling display with hopes of getting her daughter to win prom queen. now campaigning for this. the billboard is the beginning. they also says she is -- she says she's taken out newspaper ad and recruited a local restaurant for help. spending more than $1500 in advertisements to make sure her daughter is voted prom queen. we have a handful of freebie friday deals. listen up. if you use skin care products origin says bring in your bottle and get another one for free. other deals at abc 2

news.comcourtesy of free sample mama. free toddler welcome kit for signing up for the beech nut e news learnt if you are a petcopals member you can get a free coupon for -- coupon for free dog or cat food. log onto our website and follow down to the free sample mama for deals you are sure to take advantage of. let's go back over to lynette. would you like to get free dog food? >> exactly. that's what i was going to ask for. you know me so well i love it. i think you will like the temperatures. we are cooler than what we were yesterday. but we are pretty much seasonable and should be around 45 for this time of the year. grab the jack as you head out. 47 in baltimore and 45 in easton and 54 now in dc. we are seeing 50s in hagerstown as well. and 43 degrees in york pennsylvania. good morning to you. visibility we do have reduced visibility now in baltimore coming in at 9. one in frederick so that's the dicey spot this morning if your travels take you that way or if you make your way out of

frederick. sliding over into dover and heading into delaware dealing with patchy fog around that area. this will burn off nicely as we go through the remainder of the morning and we will get sunshine in here. it's going to be another sunny day on tap for us mixing with cloud cover as we go into the afternoon. high pressure is going to do its thing for us and it slides off towards the east making its way for another system to work its way in just in time for the weekend. we will be seeing wet weather in here. but it's not going to be a washout. future trend is going to pick up on the fact we will see scattered showers trying to work their way in as we go later into saturday afternoon, saturday evening and we see some ran across the area. and then by sunday, most of the rain looks like it stays in to southern maryland and along the eastern shore. so eastern part of maryland so that is where we are looking at the wet weather for the most part. 73 for today. sun and clouds is what i am going with. it's warmer for today. by tonight, that temperature coming in right around 55 degrees. so the clouds will be on

increase and mild. let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. and we are starting without noaccidents is that correct? >> reporter: traffic flow mock along well. we are -- moving along well. we are looking pretty good. at the tunnels for maintenance has road closures but we are okay looking live at 695. on the north side of the beltway between 795 and i-83 it's all clear. on the inner loop as well as outer loop lanes between i-83 and i-795. traveling north of baltimore on i-95 here's a live look at tidings bridge. got rid of the overnight work zone and we are blocking one lane with overnight maintenance that will continue through the morning in the southbound direction. but still moving without delay. charley back over to you. if you don't have plansocean city could be the place to be be. susan g. komen is holding the 5k run walk taking place on sunday. this morning, we have got brittany fouler and lenor with us who's with me brittany or

lenor. >> brittany how are you -- >> how are you doing? >> good how are you. >> all right. you are over on the eastern shore getting ready for this event with no mall feat was it? >> it's been fun. it's been great. as you can see we are in ocean city. the race is on sunday. we are going to be starting bright and early at 6 a.m. and so far, everything looks great on the boardwalk and we are excited and ready to go. >> putting this together, and getting respondents for the inaugural walk who has that been? >> we have had a great response. the goal was 3,000 participants and we have hit that and we actually hit 3200 people last night. so, people keep trickeling in. registration is staying open until 1 p.m. on saturday online. we have walkup registration at the convention center in ocean city and people can come and register on race morning starting at 6 a.m. so, we are ready and we are encouraging everyone to come enjoy "ñthe. >> comb hains been in the --

en. and join us. >> komen has been in the news was there a concern for people not coming out and supporting comb en. >> this is an inaugural i was so we weren't sure as far as the numbers and how much support. we were planning for 3,000 people and we hit that number so we are happy with the support we have seen. >> all right. now we have to understand rain is possible in the forecast for for people making their way over? >> we are on rain or shine. we will be down in the race village where, you know we are encouraging everybody to come out. we have some covered tents and there will be a little shelter in case we have rain. but, we are going off rain or shine and when you come to the beach you are expected to get wet by going in the ocean. so if you get a little wet because of rain, come on down anyway. >> so be it. quickly brittany people who maybe want to register late or be a last-minute stragelers how do they find you. >> go online to www.komenmd.on

the rg/oc and register -- www.komenmd.org/oc and register there. >> thanks so much for the time. we will check in later. we also have a living for this at our website abc2news.com. go and there check out the inaugural 5k run/walk in ocean city for the susan g. komen. coming up former mayor sheila dixon was the butt of all jokes. how she used this opportunity right there for the roast and toast helping raise funds for one baltimore nonprompt. more than 22 -- profit. more than 22,000 acres scorched and what officials in russia say started a number of wild fires. you waking up to what's new now and next with news weather and traffic. you are watching "good morning maryland.

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at 4:30. today marks 13 years since the massacre at columbine in littleton colorado. it was the scene april 20th, 1999 two seniors killed 12 students and one teacher. they injured 21 others. this is known as the fourth deadliest school massacre in u.s. history. the penn state campus where officials say they have written several checks worth more than $3 million to the family and estate of the late football coach joe paterno part of the employment contract with the college. but the lawyers for the family says they didn't sign away their rights to sue. three million dollars are for bonuses that covered the season and the bowl game and paterno's career weams fired in november -- career. he was fired in november and he died of lung cancer in january. we showed outschedule and now it's called-- you the schedule and it's scald the fourth hardest in the national football league. they face 11 quarters hebacks named to one pro bowl game and 8 games against teams of

playoff teams from the past season. the 4th hardest in the nfl season. ravens cornerback says it's tough but "it's a skeed yiel for the baltimore -- scheduled for the baltimore ravens" to see the schedule head to abc2news.com. we know running is a great way to stay in ship but -- shape but whether you are a distance runner or new to the sport it's important to learn how to avoid injuries. new runners can can prevent injuries -- can prevent injuries by following these steps. >> it's important when you start a new activity whether it's running or bicycling that you gradually inscenes the -- increase the intensity on a gradual base nice don't forget to stretch and make sure you have-- >> don't forget to stretch and make sure you have supportive sure. running was not going to help mayor sheila dixon last night. she was in the hot seat and it was a roast and toast at the baltimore comedy factory and nothing i say this again,

nothing was off limits. [audio not understandable] >> okay. if you didn't hear that i will read it back to youch the bible says the lord blesses those who help themselves and you surely did that. that was a quote and a sound bite. mayor was found guilty of stealing gift cards meant for the poor and sat in a chair and scribbled notes throughout the event. >> i learned a great deal that i really can't discuss right now. but it will happen in time. but it won't happen tonight. >> kurt said if she were a white man she would be mayor dixon says she has no plans to run again and the money raised for that event will go to one of her charities the agape house. you need a new ring tone? nasa is coming out with one of their own a preview at 5:10. the president has a new costar on hand who is going to be playing a starring role in the

president's campaign sweeps stakes at 4:40. classrooms may be quiet today. what students are protesting with the silence coming up at 5:56. the man who confessed to the norway massacre revealed playing video games like call of duty helped him plan the bombing and shooting rampage. he says he used the game for target practice. and cruise ship sales pass a opportunity to help fishermen in distress. people aboard the carnival star princess says they potted three men -- spotted three men drifting in the water and told the crewsmen but they kept ongoing. fire fighters in russia are trying to get a handle on wild fires across the siberian coastline. fires destroyed villages and endangering others. mo deaths have been reported just yet. more than 22,000 acres have been effected. officials say the original fire was triggered by local residents burning trash. time to start