hell hoe and thank you for joining us. -- hello and thank you for joining us, i'm j.c. hayward. the judge granted bail of $150,000 for george zimmerman. the man who was charged in the death of trayvon martin. zimmerman appeared in court this morning and he took the

stand to apologize to martin's family. randall pinkston has the latest now from the courthouse in sanford. >> reporter: murder suspect george zimmerman wore a suit and was shackled as he walked into a sanford, florida courtroom this morning. in a dramatic move, at his bond hearing the 28-year-old addressed the court. >> i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am and i didn't know if he was arm on the other hand. >> reporter: but probation reports questioned who want -- prosecutors questioned why did he wait so long. >> why did you wait to tell them? >> i was told not communicate with them. >> reporter: he's charged with second degree murder for gunning down 17-year-old trayvon martin. during a confrontation in february. zimmerman says it was self- defense. this was zimmerman's second court appearance but his first time before a judge kenneth lester. the first judge had to step aside because of a potential

conflict of interest. >> and your relation to george zimmerman. >> i'm his wife. >> reporter: they called his mother, father and wife as character witnesses who testified by phone because of safety concerns. >> did you believe that george is a danger to the community? >> no. i do not. >> reporter: the prosecution asked vimmerman's would have -- zimmerman's wife about a past incident he had with law enforcement. >> did he tell you that he was arrested and charges with various crimes, battery on a law enforcement officer and obstructing justice? >> yes, he has informed me of those charges. >> reporter: prior to today's hearing, zimmerman requested a meeting with martin's parents but was turned down. randall pinkston, cbs news, sanford, florida. >> zimmerman will not be released today. and he will have to wear an ankle monitoring bracelet when he is released. zimmerman may be allowed to live outside the state of florida. sky 9 was over the scene of

a deadly crash involving a taxicab. police say the passenger in the cab was killed and medics rushed two people to the hospital. the click occurred in the westbound lanes of the dulles access road. twisted metal and broken glass still litter the road and police will investigating. one student is in custody and another has been hospitalized after a stabbing at fairmont heights high school this morning. police rushed to the campus in capital heights for a report 06 two girls -- of two girls fighting after classes began. investigators are trying to determine exactly what sparked the fight. the victims' injuries are said to be not life-threatening. a 4-month-old murder that occurred in white oak. no know one has come forward. police believe that someone in the neighborhood knows exactly what happened to a local rapper.

delia goncalves has details. >> reporter: police spent the morning passing out these fliers to neighborhood hoping the witness who was standing hat the bus stop will eventually come forward. >> he's supposed to be shining right now. shining right now. >> reporter: instead, smith's friend, franklin amobi is dead. gunned down just two days before his 25th birthday. it was december 27th. amobi also a local rapper who went by the name of frank diggie was getting into his car heading to work just after 6:30 a.m.. he was shot from behind the suspect fired several more rounds and he collapsed. >> somebody has to know something, the neighborhood is too small and too inclosed. >> reporter: police think so too. >> their investigation has revealed that there may have been a witness to this homicide. >> reporter: police say an older hispanic woman who spoke little english witnessed the murder and quickly got on the z 6 or z 8 hear on the 11,400

block of stuart lane. she told the butt driver but he -- bus driver but he never got her name. >> anybody who loved this man, they need to get up and help. they need to speak up. for this man. >> reporter: crime solvers increased the reward to $10,000. anyone with information about the crime is urged to call montgomery county police. all tips can remain anonymous. in white oak, delia goncalves, 9news now. a howard county man has been accused of killing his wife more than 20 years ago. police say robert jarrett's -- robert jarrett's second wife recently give investigators permission to search his property after he moved out. human remains were found in concrete under the floor boards of a tool shed in the backyard. according to police, they belonged to christine jarrett. robert jarrett reported his wife missing january of 1991 but never let police on his

property. the secret service prostitute scandal has already forced three agents out of a job and more agents could be gone by the end of the day. danielle nottingham explains how the lie detector test result could play a key role in this investigation. >> reporter: the secret service investigation into a scandal involving prostitutes could cost more agents their jobs. >> i don't see how those who are involved in this should be able to continue in their work. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the results of the polygraph tests given to the agents who've already had their security clearance suspended could be in today. those results likely determine if more already filed. >> as the evidence builts then the director has sufficient evidence to push them out. >> reporter: two of the three agents have been identified as supervisors greg stokes who was fired and david chaney who retired. >> i would sure love to get -- >> chaney who was once on sarah

palin's detail posted a picture of him and palin on facebook commenting quote -- >> reporter: on fox news, palin responded. >> well, check this out. bodyguard you're fired. >> reporter: palin is joining a growing chorus of republicans questioning how the white house is handling the scandal. and president obama's leadership. >> he's really got to start cracking down and seeing some heads roll. >> reporter: the white house has maintained it has confidence in the current secret service director mark sullivan. he has been briefing the white house and congressional leaders throughout the investigation and promises to take action if he has evidence of wrongdoing. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> still to come when 9news now continues, crab lovers rejoice. because crisis could drop -- prices could drop following news that maryland's blue crab harvest is reaching record numbers. >> and we'll have a story that is sure to make you smile. see what happens when a local

soldier returns home from the battlefield.

i'm one-on-one with my delegate, craig zucker from montgomery county. i'm delighted of the him on the show today but maryland lawmakers are on a collision course with holding a special legislative session. what's happening, what didn't

happen explain it to us. >> well, i think right now on a course to eventually having a special session. we did pass a budget but as a result of passing the budget we're not having any type of revenue package and it went into a doomsday scenario with more than $500 million worth of cuts on top of $800 million that we've already cut. i'm very optimistic we will be called into a special session to help working families. but what we lose in transition is here is always of the good stuff that we -- all the good stuff we did do. we pass a capital budget that creates over 44,000 jobs and we have pieces of legislation that will help the most vulnerable in our community and one of them is the child identity theft lock bill that will provide first time opportunity for parents to actually proactively freeze their childs' credit. >> that's your bill, it's bill 555 is that correct? >> correct. >> let's explain to people why this is so important. >> because right now we see a trend where more than 140,000 minors have been victims of

identity theft in the united states each year and this bill gives them every opportunity to proactively contact the "consumer reporting" agencies and freeze their child or dependents' credit in an effort to prevent identity theft. >> because generally you don't find out that a child has his or her identity stolen until the child becomes an adult or applies for credit. it could go for years. >> that's exactly correct and it's also a reason why they're targeted because they're inspect and it takes so long to realize that they might have had the identity stolen. this is a way where parents are take this on and i was proud to be a sponsor along with john astel the senate sponsor of the bill. >> a great bill. we're going to keep our eyes open for the special session. it affects of course members of the state. heavily. lot of things could be cut. could be some changes made. so we know you're going to be looking out for us delegates.

>> we will. we will. >> okay, thank you. you have cotom back okay? -- to come back okay? >> looking forward to it. well, the ninth annual blue jeans ball is coming up on sunday at the marriott wardman park hotel that's going to be live music. auction items and great food. and it's for a wonderful cause. the capital area food bank one of my favorite charities. and you can hear my interview with the founder lynn bran lee. just go to jchayward.com. nice interview. all right, coming up, howard has the weekend forecast. >> all right, j. c. we can only take this weather through the weekend that'd be gorgeous but that's in the going to happen. we need the rain. let's take outbreak with a look at the -- you to break with a look at the allergy forecast. grass is moderate. weeds and mold are low. we'll be right back. you're watching 9news now at noon.

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day. pay $199.99 and you're going to get a 32-inch hi-def tv and save $130 on this online only deal plus you're getting free shipping. there are limited quantities available. and finally, for a friday, how about learning to cook with beer? $79 will get you a three hour cooking class all of that incorporating brews into foods like cupcakes. this is at living social's new d.c. clubhouse, 918 f street. a couple of days available and this deal can be found on living social. if you have an offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from you on facebook. i'm jessica doyle, 9news now. i want to show you a story now that is guaranteed to pull at your heart strings. i promise you. it is about a homecoming for a local soldier. and surae chinn has all the details. >> christopher.

i think abby's right in there and that's my wife. >> reporter: petty officer first class christopher anxiously waits backstage to surprise his family. >> i can't wait to see my wife and kids. >> reporter: home early from a year long deployment in cuba. >> i miss the hugs. >> reporter: his family doesn't know he's just a few steps away. >> they have no idea you're here. >> not a clue. >> reporter: his family is being honored today. his children take the stage for karate demonstration. dad was a nervous wreck gets ready to take the stage. when dad walks out. >> how about you sir? >> oh my gosh! [ applause ] >> daddy! >> oh come here. >> they're getting me all choked up now. >> i can't believe it.

>> really, really, really, really, really good. it's stay with me. >> i just under thed around and i'm -- turned around and i'm like oh my dad. >> reporter: five other kids were awarded today that still long for mom and dad but today these two can stop waiting. in northwest, surae chinn, 9news now. >> isn't that a wonderful story? i love those great homecoming stories. okay, and we're glad to have them back with us. i love crabs by the way. and maryland's crab population has come back in a big way and that means cheaper prices. authorities say the blue crab population is at a 19 year high. and they estimate that there are at least three quarters of a billion crabs in the chesapeake waterways. strict conservation measures imposed a few years ago appear to be paying off. >> it's important that the scientists listen to the watermen and it's important

that the watermen listen to the scientists. >> one of the clearest indications the health of the bay is not a hopeless cause is the rebound of late of this blue crab population. >> in addition to lower prices for consumers, local watermen stand to profit because the huge harvest means fewer crabs imported from other places. good news all around. >> i try to eat them every -- every weekend. and i love the swamp dogs. either jumbo or swamp dogs. oh. it's right up there. it's right up there for me. >> paper on the table and just going to town ripping them apart. >> yes, yes, hard shelled crabs yes. >> saturday morning plans they should be all right. but into the afternoon and evening that's when things will start getting a little dicey and then sunday, sunday could be rather wet especially east and i'll explain in just a moment but this afternoon, looks fantastic. as temperatures will be climbing into the mid 70s. might even see a few upper 70s

when the mix of sunshine and a few clouds out there and a southeast wind at 5 to 10 miles an hour. upper 60s by 9:00 and been watching just a few clouds come up parts of the delmarva. virginia here to parts of the shenandoah valley and northern virginiad not a pristine sky and some of this is on the high cloud level but still enough sunshine to come down and our temperatures shot well into the 60s and even 70 in fredericksburg. 66 in easton across the bay. 69 in frederick and looking outside on the michael & son weather camera. dew point at 50 and been there all day and a south southeast wind at 8 miles an hour. our weather headlines, well a fabulous friday underway. you know that if you've been outside. cold front tomorrow. that's going to bring us the chance for storms and showers more so in the afternoon and evening than in the morning and then an sunday, a nor'easter is

coming up the coast and this track will determine whether or not we see a little rain or a lot of rain on sunday it looks like the heaviest rains will be on the eastern half of the area. whether or not they'll get over to the i-95 corridor or stay away the bay, that's the only question we have. that's the cold front that i was talking about the that is coming for saturday. ahad had of it, southerly flow is going to keep us mild. tonight it won't be in the low 40s like this morning. it will be in the 50s to near 60. and maybe a shower in the mountains and then tomorrow morning, showers well west of us. we start dry so you got some morning plans it should be okay but by midday. out in the i-81 corridor southwestern virginia, there are some showers. maybe some rumbles of thunder that will be increasing through the afternoon and evening hours. this is with a saturday evening with the rain. and then we watch that nor'easter coming off the coast on sunday. some areas could get an inch or two of rain out of this maybe even more depending on the exact track. mid 70s today, 50s to 60s

tonight. tomorrow upper 70s with the afternoon and evening showers and storms. a chillier rain on sunday and 58. monday still cool. you know there could be some mountain snows moving in by monday? yeah. that's going to be that chilly behind the system with some showers tuesday still unsettled and 55. stick around, we're going in the kitchen. got a local maryland dish to tell you ant. 9news now at noon -- about. 9news now at noon returns in just a moment.

from special exhibits and

businesses and science to cooking demonstrations that's just a sampling of the activities at the university of maryland's maryland day on saturday, april 28th. that's a week from tomorrow. 9news now is a sponsor of maryland day and with me now this is chef john gray. hello john. >> hi. >> he's with the university of maryland. this guy is a senior executive chef and he's changed everything on campus and some great demonstrations next saturday i understand. >> we're doing a smoked chicken pot pie with a sweet potato clust. >> this is a traditional maryland twist on it you were telling me before we came on. >> absolutely, we took old classic maryland recipes and making them a little bit healthy and show you how to cook it and give you some samples. >> i should make a crab pot pie? let's go with the chicken today. >> smoked chicken pot pie. some feat vegetables here and smoked -- great vegetables here and smoked it in thyme, rosemary and olive oil. you can buy that in any supermarket with the smoked chicken. then the great nice vegetables.

saute up the vegetables. >> i love butter? >> i love butter you get the nice little brown texture into it just like i have there. >> and i don't have got a bunch. vegetables, it -- you've got a bunch of vegetables, it doesn't have to be these per se. you can use whatever's in season? >> like you said zucchini, yellow squash, asparagus, whatever is in season especially here in maryland. we have a great summertime with some really interesting vegetables that grow. okay. so step one is get your vegetables going. we are going to saute those. >> 30 seconds by the way. >> our sauce going here. we've got flour, make a quick roux. >> what are you doing with the sauce? >> we're going to mix it and layer it on top. normally cook this for five minutes and add our stock. let that thicken up a little bit. >> you got the roux and

vegetables and you made a sweet potato clust? >> we've got it here, it's already made. basic crust which is mashed sweet potatoes, we're going to layer everything in a pan. and -- we've actually got one in right now. >> john, we're out of time the recipe is on the website. wusa9.com. maryland day next saturday. 10:00 to 4:00. jc? >> good job howard. thanks for being with us. come back and visit us at 5:00. have a great weekend. [ captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ]