it's gotten foggy in the harbor. marty is in the first warning weather center. >> we're not seeing rain right now. we are seeing fog. temperature and dew point are that close to each other. let's take a look at the numbers. 65 right now on tv hill with a 62 dew point. 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. still occasional showers now and through the day. 72 at a lunch on a way to a high of 74. here is sharon gibala with traffic control. >> if you are just about the head out we have a bunch of problems, possible rain related. two accidents, one of them 95 at 175, the left lane of the off ramp is blocked. you're looking at an inner loop ramp to eastbound 70, an accident there. on a city street are we have an accident at hillside avenue. fire activity in the city still blocking mcclean boulevard. take pairing parkway instead. a chemical spill in the city at bel air. 56 is the slowest spot on the west side of the beltway. there's a look at 95 at 175. we have an accident near there, but that doesn't seem to be slowing things down. remember, wjz 13 is always on so for traffic information log onto wjz.com. here is what people are talking about. the mother of slain florida teenager, trayvon martin comes to baltimore. back many february he was shot -- back in february- -- february he was shot and killed by george zimmerman. >> good morning. trayvon martin's mother got a standing ovation and warm welcome when the pastor introduced her as the mother of the new civil rights movement. it's a roll sabrina fulton never wanted. >> she was over when he will with. ed by -- overwhelmed by support. >> it's so easy for me to cry every day but i can't because i have work to do. >> she spoke nearly 3 months after her son was killed by george zimmerman. sgltsz my heart is -- >> my heart is filled right now to see all of you. >> founder dr. ja mel bryant spent weeks at her side following the death of her son and helped channel out rage into protest rallies and into marchs. >> it's just overwhelming to see how many people this effected. >> fulton's co-workers donated 34 weeks worth of time off while she dealt with the tragedy. >> we couldn't think of a better person to really give strength to thousands of women across this city oh on what it mean -- on what it means to have god's brace on your life even in situation you can't understand. . >> i ask god to bless you all. i say thank you all. >> trayvon martin's mother made it a point to hug dozens of people that lost their family to violence. >> zimmerman remains free on $150,000 bond when i will he awaiting -- while he awaits actually. four people are recovering after a boating accident. the vessel crashed into a piling near key bridge. the coast guard rushed the boatest ers -- boaters to the hospital. sad news from the music world. one of the founding members of the bee gees has died. robin gib passed away last night following a long battle with cancer. he helped power 1970s hits. dead at the age of 62. security in chicago remains tight after police and protesters battle outside the nato meeting yesterday. inside the member countries are working out a plan to leave afghanistan but keep it secure. >> protesters charged police and police fought back. four officers were injured in the clashes and more than 40 demonstrators were arrested. >> if that's what they wanted, to get arrested, so be it, they can say i'm proud, i beat up a cop. >> more demonstrations are expected today as nato officials wrap up their meetings in chicago. president obama's goal so keep member countries from pulling troops out before the 2014 dead like. 20 -- deadline. >> we will stand together united. >> france plans to do just that. >> the french president says his country will complete its with draw by the end of this year. nato plans to wrap up combat a year early. general john allen head of forces in afghan tan warned that -- afghanistan warned troops may be needed. ed -- needed. >> they intend to take advantage. >> today the head of the countries will decide how they will support afghanistan after the troops with draw in 2014. perhaps just as important -- >> in these didfficult economic time -- difficult economic times we can work together. >> who will pay for the mission which is expected to cost $4 billion a year. >> the tal ban has issued a statement urging the nation's fielthing in afghan -- fighting in afghanistan to follow france's lead. a strong earth wake rocked northern italy. six people are dead this morning. cell phone video captured the after math. it's the strongest to hit italy in 3 years. rescue workers are still going house to house checking to see if more people aren't buried. jury deliberations will continue today in a man charged with the murder of a dentist. they have to decide if they believe the prosecution witness who says she hired dante jeter to kill her boss. hickman pleaded guilty and will get a lesser sentence for her testimony. police have identified the man fatly shot by an officer. maurice holloman was killed saturday after he reached for an officer gun after a struggle. officers responded about a meant man. -- mental man. the rules caused land record to convict -- landlord to convict pit bull owners. monique griego is live this morning. >> local pit bull owners came here to show off the dog's softer side. they believe the dog is being unfairly targeted >> maryland pit bull owners want the world to know that this is how a well behaved pit bull acts, especially the highest court which says they are dangerous. >> it's discrimination against the breed. that's not intelligent. facts should be apparent before a decision like that is made. >> the be more dog organization has hosted this event for the last 4 years. they say it's a friendly way to crush the myths about pit bulls. this year has added meaning. >> thousands upon thousands of interaction people have with dogs and the majority of those do not end up in a dog bite. >> the number of pit bull attacks seem to be adding up. >> he came under the gate and bit my leg. >> 10 -year-old dominique was attacked by a pit bull. >> he grabbed my leg. he start started shaking me around and dragging me around the alley. >> dominique's case brought the matter before the state's court of appeal. >> there's a lot of dogs that are going to end up in shelters and a lot of families hurt by this. >> reporter: be more dogs says instead of tougher penalties maryland should be pushing for more education for owners an more training for the dogs. >> thank you. the group says it plans to continue the court's ruling. the oriels began a three game series -- will begin a three game series with the red sox tonight at home. they wrapped up their series in dc yesterday. they jumped out a early 3-0 lead. brice harper sparked the come back for the nationals. they lose 9-3 but take the series. >> now boston. >> again . >> they don't want to see us coming. swept out last time. >> i understand. >> they're on a roll. no team in baseball wants to play the oriels right now. rerack that tape. let's listen to that again. no team in baseball wants to play the baltimore oriels right now. we haven't said that. if you were born the last time they had a winning season, you'd be a junior in college right now. if you started first grade last time they had a winning season you'd be a junior in college. >> got you. >> live in the present look to the future. they are rocking the orange. it's a great day. it's kind of merky. we have some shower activity around. day part shows occasional showers will be with us through the day, tonight and tomorrow. 72 at lunch on a way to -- on the way to a high of 74. ron matsz is with us right now. >> reporter: one of the reasons we do manic monday is to give you a smile. you guys said you always wanted to come down here for manic monday. you're here. don scott and marty bass are here this morning. >> i'm looking good. >> that's unbelievable. >> that's on a part of it -- that's only a part of it. chapel hill elementary school, give yourselves a big hand. when the eyewitness news morning edition rolls on, manic monday. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, shower activity in northern virginia through the 95 corridor . 64 now, 93% humidity. shower got in about 11:00 last night. shower activity continues in the region. it will remain with us through the day. i think steady shower activity will be earlier than later. 55 oakland, 62 cumberland, 63 elkin, 66 dc, 65 packs river, bel air 63, westminster 61, annapolis 66. it has nothing to do with tropical storm al -- alberto. we're going to have a frontal boundary move through tomorrow night into wednesday. that's going to help clear the coast of clouds an showers and put up a block on alberto that is going to go out to sea. models confirm what we talked about. that's not a big storm, but it's the first of the season. 74 going to be your high today, the normal 75. tomorrow we'll call for a high of 78. now we start looking towards memorial day weekend. wednesday still slightly unsettled, 80. 84 on thursday with sunshine. friday and saturday sunshine, both days to kick off memorial day, 3 shy of 90. that's rocking. your rush from sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> one of those problems that is still there is 95 southbound at 175. the left lane of the off rafrn -- ramp is still blocked. south central , that one is going to be at east lumber. another accident on erdman avenue. we still have that chemical spill at bel air road. there's a look at your speeds on the beltways, some early delays. 50 is your average with a 13 minute drive time. there's a look at the jfx. the roads are wet but traffic is moving just fine. a look at 95 at 175 shows traffic still moving there despite that accident. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. see why now is the time to make the jufrm to toyota -- jump to toyota. back over you do. ♪ it's another manic monday, i wish it was sunday. that's my fun day. ♪ >> let's go straight to ron matz. good morning. >> reporter: this is fabulous. we want to say hi to everybody we saw at the preakness on saturday. one of the most memorable days in the history of baltimore sports for a lot of different reasons. all right. let me say hi to kelly in westminster. i hope you're doing great. ladies and gentlemen, manic monday at bells point í chapel hill elementary school. >> [cheers. ] >> reporter: look who is here, don scott and marty bass. >> here is the five day forecast. >> reporter: don, what do do you want to say? >> let's talk about that traffic. >> reporter: look at this. we've got everybody here. we have the sun paper, bso musicians, the crab mccormick and company, baltimore city police. michael fells in the back. let's welcome the manic monday major stephanie rawlings black back there. we have oriels fans, ravens cheerleaders, ravens fans, science center, john hopkins doctor an nurse, a blast player. look at this, charm city roller and a baltimore oriole bird. we've got the baltimore zoo keeper e, baltimore black eyed susanne, preakness jock y, ravens cheerleader and it's ron matz. look at this. >> look at that. >> does he have tennis shoes on? >> reporter: no, but he's working on it. by the way, if i had a son he would look like this. what's your name? >> michael. >> reporter: you look very nice. you talk just like me too. all right. this is dye. you're going to be blown away by this. tell us about the kus -- costumes. >> they choose the costume they wanted to be. these kids came up with their own ideas. >> reporter: that is awesome. give yourself ves a big hand. chapel hill elementary. you took home the valentino four or five years ago. >> it's still there and shining. >> reporter: big hand, mr. harry the bus driver. thank you mr. harry. >> thank you. >> reporter: we have the coach tony luther, dusty and dale is with us. let's show the crowd. we have a big crowd this morning. i'm telling you what, thank you for coming down. all right. luther, let me hear those magic words. >> the music if you please. >> >> reporter: here with go, ready to rock out on manic monday, like maroon 5 in the infield. . >> how about that? >> if you see one guy in a sport coat, that will be me. here we go. standby. >> museum ♪ [ music ] ♪ -- ♪ [ music ] ♪ . ♪ 6 o'clock already, i was just in the middle of a dream. ♪ ♪ i was kissing valentino by a crystal clear ie lal yankees stream. i can't be late, i guess i won't get paid ♪ ♪ these are the days when you wish your bed was already made ♪ ♪ it's just another manic monday. i wish it were a sunday. that's my fun day. i don't want to run day, it's just another manic monday ♪ >> that was great. >> all right . >> that was great. >> what -- that was large. >> reporter: don and marty, great job. >> we're not done with them, by the way. sglsh -- >> reporter: we're not? >> we're going to have them throw it to the break. >> reporter: ron matz, thank you very much. >> we love coming here. >> reporter: we love having you. we want to invite you back for the manic monday melt down in november. all right. are we ready to go? >> yeah. just have carroll zoom in on them like it's the two shot on the set and have them say we're taking a break and coming back with more of the eyewitness news morning edition. >> reporter: say that. >> we'll be back after these commercials. >> reporter: close enough. give yourself ves a -- give yourselves a big hand. chapel hill elementary, perry hall. agents, be on the lookout for aliens. one small black cocoa creme iced coffee. uh-oh! let me out of here! try dunkin's new black cocoa creme iced coffee and call star-star-d-d for a text to capture your alien today. nest up this morning. -- next up this morning, trayvon martin's mother is speaking out . what she has to say is coming up. >> good morning. pit bull supporters show a different side of the breed. coming up, the court ruling they hope to change. >> traveling for the holiday while cutting on distance. how americans are compensating for high gas prices. >> we are seeing delays out there on our roads. we will check out our traffic cameras and see if we see them there as well. >> the lost years, that's the latest novel from mary higgins clark. she joins us on coffer fee with -- coffee with when so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. mmm-hmm. and just leave your phone in your purse. i don't want you texting, all right? daddy...ok! ok, here you go. be careful. thanks dad. call me -- but not while you're driving. ♪ [ dad ] we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. ♪ glad you made it. start by choosing from over 30,000 used cars and trucks. it's 6:30. the fog settled the last half hour has lifted a bit. marty is in the first warner weather center. >> take a look at the radar. we don't have any ground fog trying to head up. it's just a shower day start. rain came in at 11:00 last night. notice that eastern flow. we have a sea breeze set up. 64 right now on tv hill. that is going to be about 9 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. by lunch 72 going to a high of 74 still with showers around. what awaits you on the way to work or school, here is sharon gibala. >> wet roads effecting traffic this morning. we have cleared up the accidents on the major read ways. y -- roadways. we have one in the city on erdman avenue. if you are heading out in the city a semical spill at bel air road. there's a look at your speeds on the beltway, down to 39. we can take a live look outside at the best side of the beltway, plenty of brake lights through the rain drops. on 95 just north of white marsh, there's another look. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. now is the time to make the jump to toyota. back over to you. at the top of the news, the mother of slain florida teenager, trayvon martin comes to baltimore. it was back in february the 17 cerealed was -- 17 dwreerld -year-old -- 17-year-old was shot and killed by neighborhood watch participant george zimmerman. >> trayvon martin's mother got a standing ovation when the pastor introduced her as the mother of the new civil rights movement. it's a roll sabrina fulton never wanted. >> she was overwhelmed by support. >> it's so easy for me to cry every day but i can't, i have work to do. >> she spoke to the baltimore congregation nearly 3 monthses after the death of her -- months actual after the death of her -- after the death of her son trayvon martin. he was shot by george zimmerman. >> my heart is filled right now just the see all of you, just to see baltimore, just to know your pastor stands behind me. >> the founder dr. jamal harrison bryant spent weeks at fulton's side following the death of her son and helped channel protests, rallies and marchs. >> it's just overwhelming to see how many people this effected. >> fulton's co-workers donated 34 weeks worth of time off for her to continue to receive a paycheck when i will she deal with the tragedy. . >> we couldn't think of a better person to give strength to thousands of women across this city on what it means to have god's brace -- grace in your life in a situation you can't understand. >> i'm speaking for my family, myself, i ask god to bless you all. i say thank you all. >> trayvon martin 's mother made it a point to personally hug dozens of people in the church audience who lost their own family members to violence. >> zimmerman remains free on $150,000 bond. chicago police are bracing for me violence today after clashing with protesters outside the nato summit yesterday. more than 40 people have been arrested and 4 officers hurt in the scuffle. the clashes came at a end of a long march through the city towards the venue for the summit. inside the summit, they agreed to put troops in a more supporting roll by 2013. the only man convicted in the locker bombing has died. it killed 270 people. his release in 2009 following a terminal cancer diagnosis set off out age around the world. back here, four people are recovering after their boat crashes into part of the key bridge. the coast guard says the vessel hit a bridge piling before 10:00. four people were on board and taken to the hospital. no word on their condition. local pit bull owners show off their dogs kinder and gentler nature in response to a recent court ruling they say unfairly targets that breed. monique griego is live with the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. pit bull supporters don't believe the dog is born dangerous. now they're hoping law makers will reverse that ruling. >> maryland pit bull owners want the world to know this is how a well behaved pit bull acts. especially the highest court which says they are dangerous. >> it's discrimination against the breed. that's not intelligents. -- intelligents. i -- intelligent. i think facts should be apparent. >> the be more dog organization has hosted this event. this year has added meaning. >> thousands upon thousands interactions that people have and the majority of those do not end up in a dog bite. >> he came under the gate and bit my leg. >> in june a pit bull mauled a 78-year-old woman almost killing her. in 2007 dominique was attacked by a pit bull in front of his house. >> he grabbed my leg. he start started shaking me around -- started shaking me around and dragging me around the alley. >> dominique's case brought the issue before the state of appeal. >> there's a lot of dogs that are going to end up in shelters and a lot of families hurt. >> reporter: lawmakers are expected to take up that ruling during the next session. >> advocates have started an online petition. investigation continues after a coke can tail was found at the scene of a fire. the blaze broke out on what was supposed to be a vacant house. one person has been taken to the hospital but is expected b to ed -- expected to be okay. police are looking for three men who robbed a motorist at gunpoint. a man was driving when someone flagged him gun. a man pulled out a gun and him and two others jumped in the car. there's no suspects in the case. gasoline prices are expected to have a big impact on the upcoming holiday weekend. millions of americans say they still plan to travel for memorial day. distances may be shorter. >> despite record high gas prices many americans still plan to travel for the memorial day weekend while others are staying close to home. >> i'd love to go away but can't afford the gas prices >> today's average is $3.66. that's down 30 cents from a month ago. the national average is $3.72. >> the travel twist, many will reduce their distance. >> going to family's house. >> so you're saying close? >> yeah. >> trip le a projects 8.4 million americans will travel from home. >> the good news is that we're seeing gas prices come down as they typically go up. nothing about this year in gas prices has been typical. >> more than 2.5 million holiday vacationers are traveling by air. that's a decline of 5.5% from last year. the average distance is 642 miles round trip. >> many analysts believe we have actually seen the peek of the prices and that motorists may con to see prices in -- continue to see prices in the range. >> the weekend is defined as the weird between thursday, may 24th and monday, may 28th. >> despite a recent kick up if gas prices we're still paying 30 cents less a gallon than a month ago. people in the western u.s. and japan were treated to a rare solar eclipse. you can see the run of fire out line as it crosses the sun. this is the first time a ring of fire eclipse has been seen in the u.s. since 1994. the oriels return home to host the red sox tonight after winning their opening series in inter league play. they went for a sweep over the nationals yesterday. avry put the birds on top 3-0, but the nationals scored nine unanswered run including the first homerun for pitcher steven strasburg. they take the series 2 games to 1. i'll have another has arrived at belmont park in new york after winning the first two jewels in the triple crown. it won by a neck at pimlico. trainer doug o'neil says he's confident his force horse will be -- horse will be the first to win the triple crown since 1978. >> you never know when you see young horses what they're going to develop into being. he has the heart of a champion and the mind of a champion. >> they are following their normal practice, after the race they're at their next venue. >> everyone had a had a hand putting that event on -- everybody that had a hand putting that event on, the entire weekend is on as firm as solid a ground as it's been in decades. >> it looked good on tv. >> we could talk about an a plus day. let's just ring it up. it was an a-plus day for baltimore and for maryland. >> yeah. >> thank you . let's take a look at the doppler. getting some rain today, tonight, tomorrow. frankly some unsettled weather into thursday. a very fine memorial day weekend. we have a high of 74 today. we've got a tropical storp we have to deal with, alberto. we'll discuss him and his effect if any on our weather in the mid atlantic. coming up on coffee with, mary higgins clark joins us. she has a new novel called the last years. some might say it's rather edge did. she's going to explain it to us. sharon gibala has traffic control. stay r,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it is a damp, gray start. where it's not raining it's merky. 64 at tv hill. temperature and dew point virtually next to each other. we have a strong eastern flow. western maryland it's 55. 63 cumberland, oakland, 60 elkin, mid 60s dc and pack river, bel air and rock hall 64. it'sen easy forecast -- it's an easy forecast. we have this mois dhur down to the -- moisture that was down to the southeast that pushed in. we'll have a great memorial day weekend. memorial day is on the clock, it's already here. that is alberto, right now sitting off of jacksonville, florida. frankly, frankly it's going to head out to sea. that front coming through is going to help put a nice block on a zest small, tropical storm. 74 today, some drizzle around. 62 our over night low. tomorrow still some showers around with a high of 78. slow clearing on wednesday, 80. 84 on thursday. friday and saturday, three shy of 90. don, take it away. let's go straight to sharon gibala with traffic control. >> good morning. pretty busy out there. we've been picking up problems left an right. the rain is not helping things. an accident on the beltway on the outer loop. no official delay on the topside. we have an accident on 295 at southbound at randall mills boulevard. another crash in the east, at urdman avenue and a chemical spill in the city at bel air. if you're headed out on 29 southbound, some debris in the road. major delays on the west side of the beltway, 30 is your arch. there's a look at -- is your average. there'st a look -- there's a look at 295. a look at the west side, it's jammed. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. visit today an see why now is the time to make a jump. back over to you guys. this morning's coffee with is with mary higgins clark. the satellite interview is fourished by sigh mon and shuster. >> welcome to the eyewitness news morning edition. how is it going? >> it's going very well with. thank you. -- very well, thank you. >> let's talk about your book. your body of work speaks for itself. your resume gets you jobs at any high school in america. you have tackled a couple big issues in this book. when you sat down to write it did you think to yourself, man, do i want to get involved in this? >> yes. when my editor asked me, he said i thought the book was a biblical background. let's say a letter written by highest court. i said that's crazy. it was written by christ against the background of the murder. i thought it will be awful. i was drawn to it and drawn back to it. i thought, you know, supposed byly cal skoal lar has been missing by 600 years, the letter written by christ to joseph. shortly after that the byly cal skoal lar is found shot to death if his study. his wife, who has alzheimer's is in the closet covered with blood, holding the gun saying so much noise, so much blood. ill thought, it is a -- i thought, this is a story i can tell. >> this the first time you put always i'mers in a book and -- alzheimer's in a book and is there a reason for it? >> yes, it is. people are dealing with alzheimer's victims. my nephew has his mother-in-law living with him for 3 years. he said he's woke up and she was stairing at him. sometimes she thinks he is her ex-husband and other times she's sweet. hearing all this, i thought it would be interested to do the alwayszheimer's. -- always timeers alzheimer's. it will help the understanding of it and also i think it contributes to the telling of the story. >> you have to fight the fact that you can make the alzheimer's victim an easy target. >> not book they said there's no other reason. she found pictures of her husband with another woman with and knew she was having an affair. that night at dinner she had been ranting to him about it and angry and wouldn't talk to him. when he's found dead a few hours later, here is the housekeeper and the aid having to say, yes, she was very bad that night and very angry. >> by the woi, -- by the way, there's a letter from christ. >> can you imagine how valuable that would be sm >> beyond value. >> if somebody had seen it, an expert had appraised it an realized it's financial value, the profeser or -- professor is troubled baz they said it is -- because they said it is the missing one. he's troubled at one of them, but -- -- about one of them but doesn't say which one. the daughter says she had to figure out who he showed it to. >> i'm surprised this book isn't a lot thicker. >> our satellite time is running short. after the efforts you obviously pult into this are -- put into this are you taking a vacation? >> what i'm which i -- i'm chilling out with is the computer an the next break. >> stay off of facebook and work on that book. >> you bet. >> you were -- you're a delight. thanks for being with us >> thank you. >> you know what, einstein saidif you have knowledge of a subject you can't say it simply. this book is 950 pages. glsz -- >> that's quite a book. >> it sure is. we're takeing a,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 5 minutes until 7:00. >> here is the doppler. we have shower activity continues to stream through the area. it's going to be with us through the day, most of the day and most of tomorrow. a high of 74 this afternoon. mid 60s now. here is sharon gibala with traffic control. good morning. we've had the accident on the topside of the beltway; now we have delays behind it. another accident to talk about, 295 southbound at randall mills boulevard. a chemical spill in the clearing stages at bel air. watch for some debris on 29 southbound at u.s. 40. delays on the topside, 44 your average. delays on the west side, down to 26 mile answer hour. we have that accident -- an hour. we have that accident on 95 and a look at the west side of the beltway behind the rain drops. this traffic report is brought to you by home paramount pest control. back over to you, don. in the news, local pit bull owners put their dogs on parade on federal hill to show off the breed's kinder nature. maryland's high court ruled that they are dangerous. many owners called that discrimination. stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. complete news, weather and traffic still ahead this morning. once again, afghanistan is the big topic of discussion during the final day discussion during the final day of a nato summit in c,,,, but they can be really well thexpensive.ted a puppy, so to save money i just found them a possum. dad, i think he's dead. probably just playin' possum. sfx: possum hisses there he is. there's an easier 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