recovery is coming along. >>> and the clean-up still underway in la plata, maryland 10 years after the tornado hit there. the tornado cut a 24-mile path across charles county killing three people and taking out some homes and businesses. our scott broom is there live. >> reporter: residents here celebrate la plate day because from devastation came what -- la plata day because from devastation came what they're calling a stronger community. meet butch arben in front of his home. >> to this day we never ever found a single shingle on are a truss from the roof. >> reporter: and his wife penny. their house was flattened by the la plata tornado april 28, 2002. insurance rebuilt the house, but memories are everywhere. >> stuff just seems to come up from the ground. >> reporter: when it rains little artifacts are exposed like today's surprise. >> this is my wife's great grandmother's toy tea set. >> things like this are the trish awes, it's the little bitty old things -- treasures, it's the little bitty old things like your grandmother's tea cup. penny has an antique doll salvaged from the wr

the university of maryland. wusa9 is the proud sponsor of maryland day 2012. >> yeah. takes place from 10:00 to 4:00 on the college park campus and our mike hydek is pulling a very long day here to give us a preview. hi, mike. >> reporter: hey, guys, we are less than 24 hours from the biggest event at the university of maryland, maryland day, 460 plus events you can see, taste, hear, smell, even bounce. you believe they've been doing this more than a decade. joining me now is dave itellini, the spokesperson and guess who else we have. why do we have 100,000, officially a full city, of people coming here tomorrow? >> once again we open our doors to the entire community. we want to show off all the great things the university of maryland is doing as a top 10 university. >> reporter: so we're going to have food, music, scientists. this isn't just lectures and demonstrations. >> absolutely. they're all family friendly. we want people to come out and enjoy all of these free events. >> reporter: not just family friendly, free. bouncy house for the little ones, a wind tunnel on campus an

in maryland today if. will have their say in e republican presidential g with city council races. john gonzales is live outside a polling station in gaithersburg. >> good morning. we're outside bidders revise school, which will be one of the polling places in montgomery county. at 7:00 thisn morning and they will close at 8:00 tonight. 37 delegates up for grabs in maryland. according to the baltimore sun, setting officials are they predict voter turnout will be at a record low. that does not bode well for o isaps mitt romney, wh0 currently on appeal. late for hisoo rivals. the former massachusetts expected to win not only in maryland but also in wisconsin and the scene voter turnout could be very low in the free state. elected officials say that just over 76,000 maryland voters cast an early ballot. than 1000 fewer than those the 2010 gubernatorial primary. this race comes to maryland and accordingtime when, poll, romney pose an -- orrable record is at able rating record high. convince voters that he to beerate enough president. the polls open at 7:00 this morning not only in mar

maryland at 6:11. back to you guys. >>> the top of the hour we're following breaking news out of prince george's county. police are investigating is murder/suicide in capital sights. according to the department's twitter feed officers are at a home that's right near the cedar heights park in capital heights. we're being told a husband killed his wife then killed himself. we have a crew on the way and we'll bring you more information as we get it. >>> in less than one hour the polls will open in maryland and in the district. besides the local contests there's also the republican presidential primary. >> delia goncalves is following the 2012 campaign and she's life this morning in -- live this morning in potomac, maryland, good morning. >> reporter: good morning andrea, mike, you said it. the polls open here at churchill high school at 7:00 a.m. and thanks to early campaigning in the state of maryland, and endorsement by the former governor bob ehrlich, mitt romney is expected to take the state and its 37 delegates. in fact, in early voting romney already proven today ahead of the

month in maryland. a look at one local family's inspiring story and how to help out. >>> we use the internet for just about everything, so what about doing your taxes? >>> april is donate life month in maryland. donate life maryland is dedicated to saving lives through organ donations. it has given hope to a lot of people. >> reporter: meet this glen burnie resident and mother of four boys. her life changed when she lost three of them. she knew what needed to be done eye was already an organ don't north my sons, on their license, they got the heart, all three had them on their i.d. we decided once they passed, we would donate their organs. >> reporter: there are more than 2,000 people on the critical donor list and over 113,000 nationwide waiting for the gift of life. sadly, 18 people die every day waiting for that precious gift. dploa flat life maryland helps bring -- donate life maryland helps bring awareness. >> it works to support the legacy. while doe knight nate life maryland -- donate life maryland lets them donate, the foundation facilitates it. >> i had donated my three son

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of maryland today. a huge thank you to all of those who came out there to see us. wusa 9 was a proud sponsor. check out photos on our website, wusa9.com. >>> and it wasn't a complete washout for maryland today, but light rain coming through the area right now. here's a look at your sunday wakeup weather. maybe a chance for a nice little shower early in the morning. a chilly start in the 40s. but we'll be milder, temperatures in the 60s by the afternoon. i'll talk about >> even though today was a saturday, the 9 news team and 90,000 others headed to school. everyone flocked to the university of maryland for the annual open house celebration known as maryland day. wusa was a proud sponsor of the event that showcased the importance of the university to our region's culture, life and economy. >> reporter: if you ever wanted to be a tv weather caster, this was the place to be today. >> with us is arthur glover. >> reporter: that's arthur and his granddaughter and this is the phillip merrill school of journalism at the university of moreland where 9 news now helps visitors get a taste of t

pennsylvania state line to the top side of 695. megan, back over to you. >>> maryland's legislative session, it lasts 90 days in all. >> although there is a lot of work done throughout the entire session, many in annapolis say there's more work to be done and they don't have much time to get it done. >> abc 2 news' sherree johnson is here with all new reaction on what some are calling the last minute scramble. why, sherree? reporter: they've got a lot of time, but they need to get it all done. we have new reaction today from the governor and in less than a week lawmakers will wrap up maryland's 430th legislative session, but there's still a lot of work to do. so far only 59 bills have passed. this is compared to 700 to 800 bills each session for the past three years. some big items, deciding whether the state should add table games to slot parlors and also how to deal with the recent federal judge ruling that says maryland's right to carry a firearm law is unconstitutional. one of the biggest items, the $1 billion gap in the budget and the possibility of raising taxes. and we have new react

bought the winning megamillions tick net maryland. we have an outdate as fox 5 morning news continues right now. now. >>> good morning. sun is not quite up yet there. i'm sarah simmons i'm wisdom martin. the march madness has wrapped up. the university of condition ken takes it all. the wildcats raced out to and 18-point lead in the first half against kansas. the jayhawk would rally and make a game out of it but would come up a little bit short. kentucky wins 67-59 and freshman anthony davis was named most outstanding player. >> did you stay up and watch? >> no, way past my bedtime. i wanted to see it. >> i started. >> it didn't start until 9:00. >> it started at 9:23. i started watching and the next thing you know, my large was going off at 2:00 in the morning. >> good game, it looks like. >> sounds like it was -- yeah, tony won't be happy. he needed kansas to win for the pool. >> the brackets. >> he has been busted. >> lets >> let's get back to the forecast because that's, after all, what i'm supposed to do. we have a frost advisory and a freeze warning north and west of the city fo

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average temperatures for today. we look at maryland's most powerful radar. a few showers getting out of here as of now, but all in all maryland's most powerful radar is dry except if you're heading into york, pennsylvania this morning, you have one shower there and along adams county, that border. temperatures this morning 53 degrees in sikesville, we are above average there. northeast coming in right around 51 degrees. i'm going to have that easter forecast and also the opening day forecast, that's all coming up. but right now let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning. any accidents this early? reporter: yes. we are starting the morning off with an accident on 50. just got an update from maryland state police on that. and for those of you traveling around the baltimore region, just let me tell you that things are pretty good around the city and around the beltway here in baltimore. but on 50 the accident was at 404 and according to police this accident has been cleared. itreported as a fatal. that is not the case. the accident was pretty serious, but fortunately

outbreak. >>> and thank you to wisconsin, maryland and washington d.c. we won them all. >>> hattrick for mitt romney. what's next for all the candidates in the race for the republican presidential nomination. >>> and there was low turnout for maryland's primary. coming up all new reaction as we take a look at some of the local races. >> that and much more coming up on april 4th. good morning, maryland, i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. did you get outside yesterday afternoon? >> great afternoon. >> great spring day, lynette. keep it coming. >> i'll do my best. we have a few clouds, a few showers this morning trying to trickle in here. unseasonably mild temperatures, a far cry with what we started with yesterday morning. we look at maryland's most powerful radar right now. there's that one lone shower in york, pennsylvania right now. this will be diving southward into hartford county and also portions of baltimore county in the next few minutes or so. so be prepared for that. just a couple of sprinkles, no type of downpours whatsoever. right now temperatures are on the mild s

coverage. it's wjz, maryland's news station. >>> we have a winner. after 10 days of watching and waiting, the biggest lottery jackpot has been claimed. why the megamillions mystery may never be solved. >>> hello, everybody. here's what people are talking about tonight. the winner comes forward. for more than a week, rumors circulated about who has the golden megamillions ticket sold in baltimore county. tonight, we have brand-new information that may put those rumors to rest. >> reporter: national headlines have been focused on the mysterious maryland winner ever since the megamillions reached $656 million. wjz confirms late monday night, someone has come forward to claim the winning ticket sold at this 7/11. split with two other national winners, it's worth $105 million after taxes. rumors have been flying about exactly who holds that winning ticket. a single mother of seven made national headlines when she claimed to have it, but later changed her story. >> i don't know what's going on. too much. >> reporter: she told the media the ticket was hidden in the mcdonald's where she worked,

died over the past weekend. >>> in an hour, voters will head to the polls for maryland's primary. i'm sherrie johnson, live with a look at the candidates. >>> who won the mega millions jackpot? there is a woman in baltimore who claims she did. why there is controversy over her story. a live look, for our camera, down at the inner harbor on this tuesday, april 3rd. you are waking up to what is new on good morning maryland, thank you so much for joining us, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. weather a big concern today. let's see what is going on today with lynette charles. a windy, chilly day yesterday. >>> it was windy , the gusts up to 35 miles an hour, charlie, not the case this morning, that's one part of good news to deliver to you. we have freeze warning in effect and a frost advisory in effect, it's cold this morning, as you head out to the polls, really bundle up, you are going to need the heavy coat on. here is the freeze warning in effect for carol and frederick until 9:00 this morning, we look at the blues , the lighter color blues are in effect until 9:00, those are

counties to your neighborhood, now, it's complete coverage it's wjz maryland's news station. >>> murdered confidential. unanswered questions surround an arrest in the murder of phylicia barnes. >> the latest on the man indicted in connection with the teenage's death. >> hello, again i am don scott. >> i am jessica kartalija. >> phylicia barnes her sister's ex-boyfriend is in charge charged with the murder. but we know little about the evidence against him. whoa stay on the investigation with mike hellgren live with closer look. >> reporter: good afternoon. michael johnson was the last person to see phylicia barnes alive. police and prosecutors have not detailed the evidence against him including why they indicted him now after suspecting him for months questions continue toswill around the case -- swirl around the case of michael johnson. johnson was indicted on a single count first degee murder. but the city's -- degree murder. but the city's top prosecutor revealed little about the case about how she died and moat knife we feel confident with the evidence and agents we hav

degrees in march. late april noe and we have areas west virginia and western maryland. winter weather advisory mainly andthe highest elevations possibly 6 inches at the very high ridgetops out west. 43 degrees in the district, rain around the beltway, especially in the west of 95. it is cold. it will be cool and gusty today. 37 right now in leesburg and on throughout the day. for the high temperature with gusty wind. some improvements over the next few days. the nasty weather is expected to taper off today. of the northeast are bracing for a treacherous conditions. watch coverage continues with john gonzalez. seasons powerful late- already addressed areas from the florida keys all the way to new england. several states remain under a flood watch. . region, more heavy rain is expected throughout the day. showers bring mayflower's. >> temperatures dropped as the paststarted falling this after if months of warm, dry weather. people had to dig in their closets for winter gear. >> freezing. >> all last week it was pretty steady whether and everybody wearing shorts. need our winter jackets

pronósticos, el precandidato mitt romney arrasa en las primarias de maryland y el distrito de columbia. -un sistema de alta presión se mueve al área con probabilidad de lloviznas para mañana. -en copa libertadores cruz azul mexicano busca su pase frente al deportivo táchira. www.atmedios.com >> sulema: comenzamos esta noche con los resultados de las elecciones primarias en washington, maryland y wisconsin. las encuestas apuntaban a que mitt romney sería el ganador en estos dos estados y en el distrito y así lo fue. estamos desde la sala de satélites con los detalles de lo ocurrido. >> reportera: una jornada electoral sin inconvenientes en la región, las votaciones cerraron a las ocho de la noche y el conteo preliminar indica que mitt romney continuó como líder en la contienda por la nominación republicana. en washington y maryland la jornada electoral se caracterizó por una baja participación de votantes. algo que se esperaba pues un territorio tradicionalmente demócrata. en maryland el ganador es mitt romney con 48% de los votos seguido por rick santorum con el 30% indio

maryland it continues to be a megamystery. it got stranger today. there was a press conference called. the lawyer did all the talking. the woman who claimed to have won said nothing. >> the lawyer said he does not know if his client has the ticket, nor as he seen it. edward smith had a news conference that was first delayed by an hour because her blood pressure had spiked. the reason given for the medical prob lernlings the stress she's under-- problem, the stress she's under. >> have upseen the ticket? >> no. i cannot say with certainty this ticket exists. i would caution anybody until it's presented that it does exist. >> the maryland lottery responded to the statute toc -- status. as of now the winning ticket remains unclaimed until someone walks into the maryland lottery with a ticket that we can verify. we will continue to wait. attorney edward smith said he will wait to go to the maryland lottery until some of the media attention dies down. kelly swoope, abc2 news. jamie? >> we're looking at a miracle here. >> he is the mayor of dallas. look at the city now. torn up. no d

talking snow out in western maryland. >> unbelievable. >> sharon has traffic right after marty's first warning weather. >> let's talk real quick, first doppler weather radar, steady rain the past half hour move into the region. as a matter of fact, here is some heavy rain advancing toward what would be east columbia. if you will, we still have this low, and it is almost circulating right over us. right now. and when you start expanding this out, wow, now you can really see what is basically coming down, out in western maryland. and in about five minutes, i will show you a picture of maxim maryland that will blow you mind on the 23rd of april. 45 degrees. 12 degrees chillier than this time yesterday morning. 50 at lunch. a high of 51. the normal, 68. don, take it away. >> watch. >>> sharon has been using the number 24 a lot this morning, as in route 24. here she is at wjz traffic control. >> route 24 at hickory bypass. the first accident. the second one on u.s. 1 at maryland 24. and that is blocking all lanes. if you're headed out on the beltway, speeds are looking good but the ro

. >> a clean sweep on tuesday for mitt romney with big wins in maryland, washington, d.c., and wisconsin. >> tara mergener joins us live with that story. romney's y's -- mitt rivals have no plan to leave the race. >> four candidates still remain. >> and thank you to wisconsin, maryland, and washington, d.c. we win them all. [cheers] >> with three more wins and half the delegates under his belt, mitt romney is forging ahead. >> tonight i am asking the good people of pennsylvania, new york, rhode island, delaware, and connecticut to join me. join me in the next step toward that destination of november 6. >> while newt gingrich and ron paul have scaled back their campaigns -- >> thank you so much. >> a defiant rick santorum seems undaunted by a string of setbacks, his eye on his home state of pennsylvania, where he clings to the lead. >> half the delegates in this process have been selected, and who is ready to charge out of the locker room in pennsylvania for a strong second half? [cheers] >> while pressure is mounting on romney's rivals to clear the way, the republican national

coverage. it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> planes down. >> i ran on the back porch and i seen the plane. >> a navy flight plummeted and burst into plane on virginia beach. >> the chaos on the ground and the people still missing tonight. >> hello, everybody. i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about tonight. >>> two jet planes crash into homes. three people in the homes are still unaccounted for. tara mergener has the latest from virginia beach. >> reporter: this was the scene just moments after a navy fa-18 fighter jet crashed into a two- story complex in virginia beach. the thick, black smoke filled the air while the tail smoldered in the rubble. witnesses could tell the aircraft was in trouble. >> it was like a skittering where it was popping and then stop. and then we just saw the plane go down. >> reporter: another eyewitness said this photo of the jet was dumping fuel. its nose was angled upward, apparently to slow its speed and then just fell from the sky. >> the front end of the plane just went down and then, boom. >> shortly after tak

, 11:30 and we should remind you the polls are open for another two hours. back to you. >> maryland sixth congressional district is one of the hottest contested races of the election. that's because back in december, maryland's legislature approved a redistricting plan that reshaped the conservative sixth district to include parts of liberal leaning montgomery county. andrea joins us live with more. this is kind of a game changer, andrea. >> anita, in fact that redistricting led to confusion today with what is described as a moderate number of voters showing up at the wrong polling places. that despite public hearings and voter notification cards sent to each of the 99,000 voters affected. >> i guess it can be confusing, but we do what we have to do. >> confusion didn't keep miriam from the polls. >> it makes me mad when people complain and they don't vote. >> at one montgomery county polling place this afternoon, there were nearly as many tennis players turned away as there were voters showing up. >> things are slow and as i tell everybody, i vote each election so i can complain if

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

in southern maryland. hollywood, st. mary's county, gaithersburg, .73 inch. andrews air force base, 1.28, fairfax, the district of columbia, the heavier rains south and east of washington. temperatures in the upper 30s in northern montgomery county, frederick county, into western maryland. and right now, it is snowing. see this little white patch? it's april 23rd for crying out loud. it's snowing in allegheny and garrett counties. western allegheny and garrett counties. this is going to be with us off and on throughout the day. the rain and a look at snow, winter storm warnings, they could get a foot of heavy, wet snow in western maryland. trees with leaves on, we could have power outages and tree limbs coming down there. and i'll show you the forecast for this monday ahead, the next 12 hours in ten minutes. angie? >> all right. thank you. >>> continuing breaking news coverage in florida. george zimmerman is free on bond this morning. he was released from jail just after posting a $150,000 bond. let's go straight to jay gray. he is live in sanford, florida. good morning, what's the

we speak right now. with me is greg shipley from the maryland state police break at this school has been cleared any more schools been cleared so far? >> rob, there has been one other school clear. two schools out of the seven have been cleared. we are courting law enforcement response to the other schools. special operations personnel this year, bomb detection dogs, as well as local law enforcement. we will be working methodically to clear all of these schools. >> with this many schools, you've got to have a lot of dogs, and therein lies the problem. you have got to call in a bomb sniffing dogs from all around de area. >> we have a k-9 teams here from as far away as ocean city and prince george's county and other departments in between. >> can you talk about the note? two teachers found it a hand written note, i am understanding. is that correct? can you tell us what it said? >> it was a handwritten note. we don't be specific about the exact language, but it said there was a bomb in this school as well as other schools in kent county that would detonate today. >> two schools have b

maryland football star, vernon davis, who plays professional football, for the san francisco 49ers. vic? >> police suspect he may be responsible for many as four similar attacks. >>> nearly 30 million dollars. that is how much the family of baltimore native yeardley love is seeking for her killer. >> reporter: and denise, love's family is seeking damages for the murder of yeardley love. >>> george huguely was convicted in february of second- degree murder and grand larceny, in connection with the death of yeardley love in 2010. in a civil lawsuit, sharon lover claims huguely failed to use ordinary care, for an accident, which he is responsible. >> huguely is an adult. what he does, he's responsible for. so if they get a judgment, it would be against him. and then i don't know whether he has no pocket or what the lawyers call deep pocket. >> reporter: legal analyst says the love family is suing for $29 million, based on statistics that show yeardley would have lived another 59 years, had she not had a fateful run-in with her former boyfriend. >> what they're asking for is a half a m

maryland's mega millions winner called a press conference that turned mega bizarre. she wouldn't talk. >> i cannot say that this ticket exists. >> reporter: bullpen the day before, mirlande wilson told me the whole family was overjoyed about the prize. >> they're excited. it's a different life for me. >> i think what she wants to do is raise her children and go on about herb business. somebody else started this ball down the hill. >> reporter: now a new rumor is swirling that a man from glenn bernie is a big winner. his mom bagged about it. no one has come forward. >> a lot of strange claims were being made. we know there was no shortage of photo shop tickets. >> reporter: wilson now wishes she never told anyone anything. >> she still wants to go back to her life and be anonymous. let's be human about this. it's just money, people. oh and what's she -- >> reporter: oh, and what's she paying her lawyer? so that clears everything up, doesn't it? well, we're going to continue to follow this story. all these claims, no one has come forward. until they do we don't know exactly who the winn

talking about today. symbols of hate being found on the university of maryland college park campus and has police search for who is responsible wjz and gigi barnett are live with the latest on their investigation. good morning, gigi. >> reporter: good morning, don. good morning, everyone. well, there were two separate incidents of hate on campus at the university of maryland and it all happened in the last few days. now police there are turning to video for help. words of hate scrawled inside an elevator in the building on the college park pack campus. >> that is really scary and unexpected too. >> to see that happen is shocking. >> they are especially upsetting for some. >> it is disheartening to know that people will dedicate their energy to just hate on -- not even a specific person, just a general group of people. >> days before a building supervisor found a noose inside a construction area and campus police are now looking into both incidents. >> in both cases they are actively following several leads, interviewing whoever might have some information on it. >> in an e-mail to stud

university of maryland today. we'll be right back. >>> we want to give a huge thank you for all the folks who came out to see us at university of maryland today. of course, 9 news now was a proud sponsor of the event at the campus. check out photos at our website, wusa9.com. it's back to school for nine news now today and 90 others who flocked to the university of maryland for the annual open house celebration known as maryland day. wusa is a proud sponsor of that event which showcases the importance of the university to our region's culture, life and economy. scott broom brings us some of the sights and sounds. reporter: if you ever wanted to be a tv weathercaster. >> two, one. reporter: this was the place to be today. >> and with us is artha glover. winds northwest 10 to 20 knots. reporter: that's arthur glover and his granddaughter bree ann norris. this is the film journal at the university of maryland where they get a taste of the tv business and the magic green screen where we do weather. >> and that's maryland day. [ cheers breablght >> i think you did a britt good job for a b

half hours, maryland will vote in the primary election. >> sherrie johnson is live at one of the polling sites. what is going on? >> reporter: we are here live at hazelwood elementary middle school, one of the many polling sites in the area. it's maryland's primaries many voters will head to the polls at 7:00 this mornings to cast ballot for gop candidates as well assetel a handful of congressional contests as well. maryland republicans offer up 37 delegates to one of the candidates and voters could help mitt romney, the front runner or choose another candidate. i have dr. john bulloch of towson university joining me living as political science professor, thank you for being out here was, we appreciate it. >> good morning not a problem k happy to be here. >> reporter: let's talk about how maryland ranks. >> we are not one of the fist primaries but not one of the last. we are an important state. there is a certain leaning as far as democrats versus republicans that's the attention the candidates, gop side have been giving towards the state of may recall. >> reporter: mitt romney ,

someone has come forward to claim their part of the maryland mega millions jackpot. the news conference the lottery commission has planned. >> good morning, maryland. >> we have a weather alert this morning. another red flag warning. now, it may look clear outside but the lack of rain has created dangerously dry conditions. >> we'll have the latest on the fires but first let's get a check on that wind and the forecast. what we could be expecting on this tuesday. >> good morning, everyone. yes, we do have another red flag warning that goes in effect today, but we're also going to be dealing with the dry and windy conditions. right now we are cool and breezy. things are going to start to pick up just like they did yesterday as we go more into the afternoon and that's why this red flag warning will be in effect at lunch time until 8:00 p.m. this evening. you can see all the areas here shaded in the red color. we're look at the winds right now, not doing so bad but pretty much on the light side. calm, but like i said, these gusts will be up to about 35 miles per hour just like we

works for you "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >> i don't know what my reaction is going to be. it's going tore hard to see the guy who took my -- going to be so hard to see the man who took my sister away. >> no justice, no peace. >> new developments to trayvon martin case. what baltimore city police prepared for and dozens marked for his teen. >>> the congressman is bringing business and schools together to prepare students for crease in science he, technology and eng -- science, technology andengineering. >>> a live look at the inner harnor. april 11th. good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us. chilly out there. >> i couldn't decide yesterday whether to wear shorts or pants because it was kind of windy and chilly and it's going to get colder. >> let's get a check with meteorologist lynette charles. good morning. >> good morning. you don't want to wear the shorts today charley. we are going to be windy and we have a windy wednesday on tap for us. breezy this morning just like -- just like yesterday and winds will pick up going through the day.

>>> your awatching the station that works for you, good morning maryland at 4:30. >>> it's been five years since the virginia tech shooting massacre. today friends and family remember loved ones lost. one survivor is taking a stand on capitol hill. >> a officer injured on the job. how a officer is doing this morning. and video from the scene. >> major delays expected on the jfx this morning with road construction. coming up, i am sherrie johnson with a live look at the road conditions. >> those are the stories straight ahead. i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. let's head over to lynette charles because throughout the country weather was the big story. >> yes. weather is the big story with all the severe thunderstorms and tornadoes out there. there are more across the middle of the nation. but here at home, it's milder temperatures. this morning and then mostly cloudy and try is what we look at through the the day. right now, prawrs 60s elk -- right now, elkton at 60 degrees. ellicott city 67. this scenario will stick with us throughout the day. the temperatures will fl

tuesday morning drive. back over to you. >>> primary day in maryland, polls open in less than two hours. let's look at the map for you, wisconsin, dc are holding primaries as well. sherrie johnson is live with new information. what is going on? >> reporter: that's right. it's maryland's primary day, we are at hazelwood elementary, one of the many polling sites. today, a lot of marylanders will head to the polls, they have big decisions as far as the gop candidates as well as highly contested congressional candidates as well. we have those races going on. maryland republicans offer up 37 delegates to one of the askeddeds in the primary -- candidates in the primary. they could help mitt romney or choose another candidate. this morning i have dr. john bulloch from towson university joining me live, a political science professor. thank you for being here. >> good morning, happy to be here. >> reporter: let's talk about the gop candidates and mitt romney, how important is this for him to grab maryland? >> he wants to win maryland. he has been here campaigning previously. again, again, it's i

. >> the maryland woman who claims she's the winner of the the mega millions jackpot does not want more attention. but does she have the ticket? mike is at the mcdonald's where she works. >> reporter: we don't know if she has the ticket. there's a new report she hid the ticket somewhere in this mcdonald's. her press conference seemed to raise more questions. the woman who claims she's maryland's mega millions winner called a press conference. she wouldn't talk and her lawyer said he doesn't know. >> i have not seen the ticket. >> reporter: the day before mirlande wilson told me the whole family was overjoyed about the prize. you told your kids, are they excited? >> they're excited. it's a different life. >> i think she wants to raise her children, love them and go on about her business. somebody else started this ball down the hill. >> reporter: now a new rumor is swirling that a man from glen bernie is a big winner. his mom bragged about it. lottery officials say it's time for a reality check. pointing out no one has come forward. >> a lot of strange claims were being made. there

house. >>> it was low turnout for maryland's primary. coming up all new reaction as we take a look at some of the local races. >>> taking a live look this morning down at the inner harbor, our camera downtown on this wednesday, april 4th. you're waking up to what's new in maryland. thanks so much for joining us, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. let's head right over to lynette charles. we know about the storms in texas, can we get a repeat of yesterday. >> i wish i could give you a repeat. more clouds out there today, charley and we're already starting to see that. we do have a few showers possible this morning, but we will have unseasonly mild temperatures, so with the clouds we're seeing, these temperatures are being held up this morning. we look at maryland's most powerful radar as of now and basically we are dry. we had a few renegade showers that pushed through earlier this morning. those are gone, but i'm not going to rule out the chance even as we go into the afternoon for some more showers to pop up in the forecast. mainly we will stay dry today and get a few peek

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-called doomsday budget featuring cuts from public schools and services marylanders use every day. many expect the governor to resolve the budget crisis. republicans say maryland will do just fine with the austerity measures and it will save maryland taxpayers $20,000 a day to not have legislators back to annapolis. >> people around here seem not to care about the expenditures of the citizens of maryland. >> that is not the budget that i have produced, so "happy" is not the word i would use to describe it. that is better than the huge cuts to public safety and affordable college. >> the governor says there's no sense of calling a special session unless there's an agreement. new details about the prostitution scandal involving members of the secret service. we're now learning how many women are believed to be in hotel rooms with those agents just before president obama a ride for a summit. tara mergener has more details on the story. good morning. >> good morning. the fallout from this incident continues. the big question in washington -- was national security compromised? presiden

woman in her 50s, all who work in the maryland public school system. one is an elementary teacher, another a special ed teacher. the third works in administrative support. all three were multiple jobs to support their families. >> if it cannot be you, these are precisely the people you want to see win the lottery. >> the announcement comes after more than a week of rumors and speculation and false claims by people who said they had the winning ticket. >> they all did comment that they had been watching the news, privately laughing among themselves and texting back and forth that other people were claiming to have the ticket when in fact, they knew where the ticket was. >> they realized they had the winning ticket on the night of the drawing. they make copies of it, locked in a safe, and contact -- contacted a financial planner and an attorney. they all said they plan to return to their jobs but have already made some decisions on what to do with their lump-sum of nearly $35 million each. >> one is taking a backpacking trip through europe with their brother. another winner wants to

forecast for maryland day. wedlock about that and take you through the weekend. >>> -- we'll talk about that and take you through the weekend. >>> one tornado left a path of death and destruction, a look back at the effort to rebuild still ahead. >> but first the virginia dmv pulls a man's vanity plates after saying they are profane. we'll tell you what they say and why the man believes the agency is the one out of line, the story up next. >>> now to breaking news out of washington d.c., if federal prosecutors get their way former council member harry thomas jr. could be looking at pretty serious jail time. both the prosecutors and defense attorneys have failed their sentencing recommendations and the prosecutors it turns out are asking for 46 months behind bars. that's almost four years. defense attorneys say 18 months would be more appropriate. thomas pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $350,000 from city money earmarked for youth sports programs. that sentencing is set for next week. >>> virginia issues more personalized license plates than any other state in the country, but now

dying to know who won the megamillions jackpot in maryland. lottery officials say no one has officially stepped forward but people are gossipping about who they think may have won. according to the "new york post" owned by the parent company of fox 5, the winner is a mother of seven and work at a baltimore put county mcdonald's. she says she bought the ticket on her own but her mcdonald's coworkers say it was part of a pool. her colleagues say she won't share the money but wilson's friend says she's not like that. >> if she won, she ain't that type of person. she's been working with us for a number of years. my son been going up there all the time. she is nice to him. she has seven kids. she need it. i can't seer keeping all that money to herself if she won. >> seven kids, she needs some money there. the megamillions jackpot climbed to $656 million. the three win being tickets sold in kansas, illinois and maryland. they will split that amount. >>> to politics now, people in maryland and the district head to the polls today to cast their votes for the presidential primary as w

maryland, d.c., and a closer contest in wisconsin. >> his rivals say they have no plans to leave the race. tara mergener has more. >> good morning. mitt romney continues to pull ahead of the pack. four candidates remain. >> thank you to wisconsin, maryland, and at washington, d.c. >> mitt romney is forging ahead. >> tonight i am asking the good people of pennsylvania, new york, delaware, and connecticut to join me. join me in the next up towards the destination of november 6. >> newt gingrich and ron paul have scaled back their campaigns. rick santorum seems undaunte.d >> half the delegates have been selected and who is ready to charge out of the locker room for a strong second half? >> pressure is mounting for his rivals to clear the way. the battle has benefit. >> we have a process that has allowed us to accumulate more volunteers, more people going to caucuses, which is going to help us defeat barack obama in november's . >> the next round of contests is on april 24. >> the president mentioned mitt romney in a speech yesterday. >> he did mention mitt romney by name for the first t

>> live, local, late-breaking. everywhere you are. 11 news at noon. >> maryland lottery officials will hold a press conference to discuss the status of the unclaimed mega millions jackpot. there was a press conference wednesday held by the lawyer of the woman who claims to have the winning ticket. the reason for the press conference was to tell the media they had nothing to say. he could not save for a fact that his client was a winner. >> that is absolutely the case. i cannot say with any certainty that this ticket is good. until it is presented to the lottery commission, i would caution anybody that it does exist. >> mirlande wilson, the wall mendelian opposed has identified as one of the winners, has yet to -- the woman the washington post has identified as one of the winners, has yet to claim to be a winner. a witness claimed --refuse to take the stand after saying she would rather serve time than testify. the dog died of her injuries in 2009. the state of maryland will decide if it will retry a man accused of murdering his twin brother. he was accused of killing his brother i

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. this hour we do have results from the republican primaries in washington, d.c. and maryland. polls in both of those places closed an hour ago at 8:00 p.m. eastern. in maryland nbc projects that mitt romney is the winner by a significant margin. in maryland we have 9% vote in. mr. romney with 53% of the vote. mr. san to rtorum with 27% of t volt. in washington, d.c. mitt romney is projected as the winner. mr. santorum didn't bother putting his name on the ballot. ding beginning and ron paul behind him. rick santorum not an option for district of columbia republican voters today. in wisconsin, polls have just closed now at 9:00 p.m. eastern. nbc news is characterizing the race in wisconsin as too early to call but with mitt romney leading rick santorum. the call right now in wisconsin, it's too early to call. the wisconsin republican primary is 100 years old today. actually, yesterday it's 100 years old. the first time wisconsin had a primary was april 2nd, 1912. republicans picked bob three years ago. they picked a guy named george norris. it was not until wisconsin republicans had bee

baptist church in colombia. maryland center ben cardin is expected to attend. within 100 facebook friends have far off as the story broke. after most of the stuff that has come out about this case, it is impossible to agree with either side. if i admitted to pulling the trigger, regardless of self- defense, should i not be in jail? >> the trial the two accused of setting fire to a pet -- to pitbull continues today. lowell melser is live with the latest on today's testimony. >> the case has entered its second week and is moving in a very slow pace. we only heard from a handful of witnesses earlier today. testimony monday morning was taken up entirely by baltimore police sergeant in charge of the case he said that he was able to identify travers and tremaine johnson on police surveillance video. the sergeant told the court that the two people seen running away, burning dog on the video were the johnson brothers. he said that he knew so because of their mannerisms, which she was familiar with from his six years on patrol in the 1600 block of north gilmore were the burning occurred. the serge

morning, maryland, and wisconsin are headed to the polls. they will cast ballots in the republican presidential primary. maryland and d.c. open at 7:00 and close at 8:00 tonight. maryland and the district are holding closed primaries. partyeans only registered members. rick santorum criticized the of pulling out. romney is not a very effective communicator. mitt romney says it's time to start focusing on president and not the other candidates. >> president obama is cutting critics somen during the republican presidential contest. but he took exception to a that romney made on the weekend claiming that he is weak in protecting american paula broad. the president said that its 2004 democratic convention speech was american exceptionalism. maryland and d.c. voters will on several other races today. maryland will whittle cabinets from the u.s. senate and house. voters in d.c. will choose a city council candidates as well as at a candidates and representatives. marion barry is facing four democratic challenger is today. if he is worried, he is not letting it shall come. don't have a rec

counties to your neighborhood, now complete coverage. it's wjz maryland's news station. >>> george zimmerman is releasedunder the cover of night. attorneys fear for his safety. good afternoon and here's what people are talking about today. the man accused of killing the unarmed florida teen is out of jail today. george zimmerman walked out on bond overnight and his location is now a closely gared-- gared secret. here randall pinkston with the latest pour wjz. >> reporter: george zimmerman said nothing he's walks out of a jail. he appeared to be wearing a bulletproof vest under his jacket. zimmerman's attorney is keeping his client's location a secret. >> we have not had any active threats recently. but the concern is that there is such a ground swelling of opposition to mr. zimmerman's position or what they believe his position to be that we are concerned about it. >> reporter: zimmerman claims he shot trayvon martin in self- defense bro prosecutors believe he is -- believe -- but prosecutors believe he is dilly of second degree -- guilt every second degree murder e has to obey dus