are shutdown and expect closures in the vicinity. topside of the beltway, we are moving well on all stretches of 695, this is at harford, traveling in harford on the bel air bypass, northbound lanes of route 1 shutdown at 24, accident clean up. a live look at the capital beltway, north of maryland 650, we are shutdown on the outer loop of the capital beltway, between georgia, still no access fromson 29. george zimmerman has been release ed from a florida jail. he was wearing a electronic monitoring bracelet as he left the jail. this is video as he was leaving the facility. his destination is still unknown as a result of keeping his safety. he is awaiting trial on second degree murder charges. he says he shot the 17-year-old

in self defense. there is a similar case locally. some are calling it a case of racial profiling. two brothers are accused of beating a black teenager during neighborhood watch patrol. sherrie johnson has more on the story. >> reporter: in a few hours, the trial is set to begin for two brothers accused of beating a is a-year-old black teenager. the brothers were part of a community patrol organization in northwest baltimore. it happened in november of 2010, when the brothers were pa trelling a north docks jewish neighborhood. the brothers are white and claimed self defense. they said the teen was holding a nail studded board. the teen was walking on fall staff at 12:45 when a car pulled up and two males began driving next to him. the men followed him before jumping out of the car and

surrounding him. he says, they grabbed him and threw him to the ground and hit him in the head and said you don't belong her. the brothers' attorneys say there were other crimes in the area and thought the teen was a suspect. they are hoping the trayvon martin case will draw attention to racial profiling when it comes to neighborhood watch programs. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. evacuations, detours, power outages, the situation in canton, crews were fighting a warehouse fire. linda so is live on more with what happens now. we learned new information in the last 10 minutes, correct? >> reporter: we got off the phone with bge. they tell us crews have been working overnight to restore power. when the fire broke out, it knocked out power to a transformer and left 1500 homes in the area without power. everyone, almost everyone has

been restored. we have 62 homes that are left without power but told the power should be restored to everyone by 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. back here live, you can see fire crews are on the scene. this is 9 hours after this warehouse fire broke out. they are spraying water on the warehouse, they are doing that to douse hot spots in the area. woe are told this fire was brought under control at midnight. crews went in the building before 1:00 this morning, the warehouse was completely burned out. they are trying to figure out what caused the fire. this is what it looked like when crews got here at 8:30, this is the eastern plating company on bayless. it's a chemical plating company that specializes in coating metal. the fire reached 3 alarms and several homes evacuated on tune street when the high winds kept fueling the fire. a transformer outage we told you about knocked out power to

1500 homes, we are told that power should be restored to even by 7:00 or 8:00 this morning, we spoke with the captain, in chag on the scene, he tells us crews will be here at least through 7:00 this morning, so if you live in the area of the 1200 block of south bayless, you should expect road closures as you are headed out this morning. opening arguments start in the trial of john edwards. he is accused of conspiracy, issuing false statements and violating contribution laws. he was so determined to hide his pregnant mistress, he tapped two supporters for hundreds of thousands of dollars to cover up the affair. his lawyers called the case crazy. the payments were gift from friends and say nothing to do with the elections. he was trying to hide the affair from his wife, and not the voters they say.

>> i regret the pain and harm that i've caused others. i did not break the law. i never, ever thought i was breaking the law. >> experts say the government has a difficult unprecedented case to prove in the agenda of campaign finance. new information this morning, regarding a missing 6- year-old arizona girl. investigators are suspicious about the entry point of the girl's home. isabelle mercedes went missing from her bedroom friday. police are trying to figure out if she was abducted. they wouldn't say in the point of entry was a window or door. >> you don't think anything like that would happen to you. you wake up and you are in the scenario. everything goes through your mind. you are angry up and set and

frustrated and confused. opening statements set to begin for the man accused of murdering three of jennifer hudson's family members, her mother, brother and nephew were killed. call the next story an early mother's day gift. a son comes home to see his mom. >> mc intee decides to rig up a whole scheme to surprise her. >> he got a tv crew to make his mom think they were taping a segment about recycling. with a quick confirmation phone call, he goes to the restaurant for a surprise. take a look. >> i'm speechless, i don't know. >> he will be home for two weeks before returning to afghanistan. the family of ailing bg

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last fall. diamond is preparing to kick off a summer tour in june. police officers often used to helping people cross busy streets but ducks? one officer stopped his cruiser helping a mother duck and ducklings cross the street. mom took coaxing as she stopped to quack at the officer. if you have a computer that has been infected, the fbi has a warning for you. >> coming up, what you need to know to keep your software and your equipment safe.

now, good morning maryland. >> welcome back. total of 6 secret service members lost jobs amid allegations that members of a presidential advance team has become involved with prostitutes. sherrie johnson has

information, including response from a local lawmaker. >> representative elijah cummings is speaking out. the obama administration has come under fire. some republicans have raised questions about the involvement of the staff. the incident happened while the agent were on a security detail before president obama's trip to columbia for the summit of the americas. 6 secret service members left their jobs, five employees are on administrative leave and had their security clearances temporarily revoked. cummings says president obama responded appropriately. >> i think that he is doing enough, i think he acted decisively and got folks out of columbia the moment he out about this. he stripped them of their security clearance and he suspended them and they've taken action. already 6 have left the service. >> it was a high ranking woman

at the agency who heard about what was going on and blew the whistle. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. consumer news, seems we are finally get a break at the pump. lumberg survey says the average price dropped a nickel over two weeks. it's at $3.91, the first decline in the u.s. average since december. here in our state the average is $3.90 a gallon. we are working with you to safe money. log on to abc2news.com, under the traffic tab, find gas prices and click on that, we will have a list of the lowest prices in the area. you may not be able to get on lane this summer, the fbi warning all computer owners to check for a type of malware called adns changer. similar to a virus. pcs infected with dns changer

were used by hackers for fraud. agents caught those responsible, however a temporary solution keeping the machines on line will go away in july. check your computer by visiting fbi dove and searching for d -- fbi .gov and search for dns changer. half of college grads are jobless or under employed. bachelors degree holders are scraping by. strong demand in science, education and health, but the arts and humanitys, those fields are floundering. minnesota man gets creative on a job hunt. he used a billboard to grab the attention of employers. the billboard featured his picture and a caption hire me. the 22 year old paid $300 for the 8 second spot, displayed

for 24 hours. he sent out resumes and getting no response. >> he has said he received a few leads. towson university unveiling a memorial for students in military. the university's first ever military appreciation day will be held today in towson. students are organizing a ceremony including a tribute to timothy coyer, a student and member of the army national guard who died last month in his apartment. are you thinking about retiring? you may want to pack up and move south at least to a college town. according to a report, one of the best places to retire based

on climate and affordability, small southern college towns. number two, memphis, tennessee, number one city on the list, tallahassee, florida. all warm places. might be nice to escape there, our weather, not so nice. >> we need it. we have watches and warnings out there right now as we head back in to western maryland, also in to western pennsylvania. further points southward, we look at the pink, that's a winter storm warning in effect. we could see 6-12 inches. allegheny, garrett county, looking at heavy snowfall totals. see that the temperatures cold enough to support the snow. a windchill making it feel like

23 degrees. let me show you what is going on in garrett. we have snowfall, already out there, this is 68 at u.s., this is the east view there, snow already on the ground, it will be falling from the sky today. check out what we have here at home, temperatures are still a little bit on the chilly side as we look at 39 kingsville. manchester coming in around 38 degrees. with the wind gusts up to 27 in kingsville, arnold 23, 24 subtlersville, feeling like we are in the 30s. not only the breezes and rape we are contending with, we have patchy fog. this is the story for today, we have the area of low pressure up the coast here, we have an upper level low in to west virginia on the backside

wrapping in snowfall across the area. we will begin to dry things out, we will be cloudy still as we go in to too many. now a check of the traffic with angela. good morning, lots to talk about. you are correct. getting reports from folks traveling across the bay bridge, windy conditions. the rain out there, we are dealing with a lot of incidents. the accident on the capital beltway, a crash overnight on the topside outer loop of i- 495, the capital and we are still not able to access the capital beltway from southbound 29s a closure on the outer loop. that's impacting the drive on southbound 95, heavy there, also. southbound on the bw parkway as you approach the capital beltway. baltimore, moving well, especially towards the tunnels. no delays northbound or southbound, 895, a live look at

695, delaney, crowded on the outer loop sides , the north side moving well between parkville and towson on the outer loop. the latest on the search for a new york city boy who has been missing for three decades. details planned for a rally today before the supreme court takes on a controversial law out of arizona. details when good morning maryland continues. what'll it be?

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as a a 6-year-old boy who went missing years ago, a meeting is set to resume today. members of religious groups will gather to for a 2-day vigil opposing antiimmigrant laws. 100 leaders will gather under the spirit they say of all people of faith to welcome the stranger and love thy neighbor. when president obama delivers remarks today at the holocaust he will announce grants for companies to help create new technology to warn

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