we did have is a bit of a storm roll through around 3. >> we did get showers and thunderstorms. luckily they were under severe limits. for today, no severe weather whatsoever. no type of thunderstorms. we will stay dry but we are going to be dealing with mild temperatures this morning but cooler this afternoon so we have a little bit of everything out there. but more spring like for today i will say. now we look at temperatures coming in at 55 degrees in towson. and more of the same in catonsville and ellicott city coming in around 54. once again just like the days previously well, we have the winds as the big story except they will be out of the northwest today at about 10 to 15 miles an hour sustained and then we will get gusts up to about 30 to 35 miles an hour as we go into the afternoon. maryland's most powerful radar is dry now. and it will stay that way as we go through the remainder of today. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. and good morning everyone. as you head out the door this morning, not a lot of difficulty on the roads cleared an earlier accident we had in the city on elmont. police off the scene. we are moving pretty well around the beltway. going to a live shot of some of the traffic flow out there this morning, we are on the harris bug expressway i--- harrisburg expressway. this is maryland 137 on left side of the screen, the southbound lanes is where the volume is increasing. but no tap of the brakes so far as you make the drive to the top side of 695. traveling through the city a. live shot the of i-95 at o'donnell street. the medical call at 95 and boston street a lot of flashing lights on the off-ramp and brief delays as you make your way there. as far as travel times we are in great shape entering the harrisburg. five minutes from the shawan to the top side. same on i-95, 6 minutes from white marsh going through rosedale headed to the belt'way and 6 minutes from bel air to providence and outer loop north side and west side we are beginning to pack in but still, moving at top speed from 795 to i-70 it's a 7 minute drive. megan back over to you. today hundreds of build members along with parents, students and teachers will stage a rally downtown. they are calling on the mayor to increase funding for after school programs. the march is set at 4 today we are told buses will be letting people off at rash field and participants will be going to the inner harbor to the convention center. we have new details this morning about moments after a neighborhood watchman shot and killed a florida teen trayvon martin. >> george zimmerman's father speaking out about what his son is saying happened on that night and trayvon's martin's girlfriend is talk. >> reporter: martin a16-year- old girlfriend spoke with abc news and says she was on the phone with martin before the shooting and he told her he was being followed. we also know from the police report that responding officers said they found zimmerman bleeding and grasping. and zimmerman claims trayvon martin punched him and slammed his head to the ground before shooting him. but martin's parents and their lawyer says the video is proof zimmerman is lying. this is video and you can see zimmerman arriving at police station but there's no blood or bruises. the lead homicide investigator in the case had recommended zimmerman be cadged with manslaughter the night -- charged with manslaughter the night it happened but the state attorney's office says there was not enough evidence. today another rally is planned in dc to protest shoot to kill laws such as florida stand your ground law. zimmerman is claiming sek defense and has not been -- is self-defense and has not been charged. zimmerman's father who asked us not to show his face says marten attacked hisson. >> he said something to the effect you are going to die now or you are going to die tonight something to that effect. he continued to beat george and at some point george pulled his pistol and did what he did. >> reporter: tomorrow students at central michigan universityin alabama a&m plan to hold a candlelight vigil to remember martin. linda so, abc2 news. a florida couple has been -- decided to leave after tweets incorrectly listed their address and belonging to george zimmerman. director spike lee is among those who retweeted the message. he since apologized. elaine and david mcclain received hate mail. >> we got out of the house. it's just too scary. we are living in a hotel happening to eat our food out and we are afraid to go home. >> they are in their 70s and have a son who is named william george zimmerman and he is no relation to the 28-year-old accused in the death of trayvon marten. things were heated when a illinois congressman bobby rush wore a hoodie protesting the death of trayvon martin. >> just because someone wedoes hoodlum. you have shown. >> the member will suspend. the chair must remind. >> he was kicked off the floor and ushered from the podium. the hoodie violates the dress code for the house. a live picture of the u.s. capitol. the house will vote on a republican budget plan combining big cuts to safety net programs for the poor with a plan to overhaul medicare. we will let you know what happens today. closer to home governor o'malley cast his ballot in the primary election and will do it at public safety training facility on northern parkway. early voting began saturday and ends today. maryland's primary is set for april 3rd. now to a developing story here in baltimore, 17 year oldisaiah simmons died in 20 07 while attending bollingbrook school. >> no criminal charges will be charged against five counselors who restrained him. this news not sitting well with his family and sherrie johnson is here with reaction from his mother. what is she saying. >> reporter: the family is very upset by this whole thing. it's been going on for five years now. carroll county prosecutors have dropped reckless endangerment charges against five former juvenile facility staff members in the death of isaiah simmons e died in 2007. he was sent to the closed bollingbrook school in carroll county because he was found responsible for a robbery. the cobles were charged in connection with -- counselors were cadged in connection with restraining -- charged in connection with restraining him for more than three hours before he stopped breathing. they waited more than 40 minutes before calling 911 and the states attorney says there's several problems with the case. the lead investigator in the sheriff office faces allegation of a misconduct in a separate case and the prosecutor says that would make the testimony unreliable. but simmons' family attorney says lea no value on an african american male's life in 93% white carroll county. -- says there's no value on a african man's male's life in --american's male's life in 93% white carroll county. >> i am heart broken to see today and. [audio not understandable] >> reporter: the family's lawsuit again the state and bollingbrook school was settled about two years ago a new school has opened on the site of the former bollingbrook school. back to you. a backup pastor at a local church is waking up in jail. this guy at bay city ministries frank small is charged with sexually abusing a girl in the congregation. appears no one at the church knew he was a sex offender or register as a sex offender. >> i would have never thought about it. preacher starts crying and turns around and do something. >> if you have information about small you are asked to call the harford county child advocacy center. all right. baltimore ravens wide receiver and a former teammate from when he was with the cardinals are in east africa bringing awareness about food crisis. >> we will hear from them via skype and leto now -- let you know about their mission. health news could the secret to shedding pounds lie in your morning cup of coffee. details coming up next. >> also video this morning of a family desperately trying to escape a fire. the wild fire going on in colorado. lynette. >> and the wind is acting like a bad house gets. it won't -- guest. it won't leave. details coming up. >> reporter: and another incident on i-95. coming, we will check your drive coming in from harford county on the north side this morning. >> reporter: in today's tech bites it appears facebook is getting radity to first public sale of the stock. the social network has asked for a halt to the private trading of the shares and plans to hold the initial public offering in may. it is expected to be the biggest internet ipo ever. living social customers can now order take out food without using the phone. the site is launching the service today and 26 u.s. markets and customers will pay with a credit card that's on file with living social. and two new ultra book computers are tame taking a.m. at the mac book air and the dell and samsung series 9 are small light weight devices featuring larger than expected screens and ed likes both. >> light and good looking and i like that they boot up quickly and come to life quickly after you put them asleep. >> reporter: he was disappointed in the battery life of both. those are your tech bites, many rob nelson. now "good morning maryland." two people are dead and one woman missing after a huge wild fire ravaging parts of southwest colorado right now. >> yeah. pretty dramatic sound and video as the family tries to escape the flames. take a listen. >> daddy. >> we are going to be fine. >> mommy. >> where's mom? what you stopping for? [ beep ] >> oh. >> there it is right here. >> okay, my gosh. >> it's okay. we are out. we are out. >> wow. >> that has to be stairy. fire started as a controlled burn before it spread out of control a lot of people saying weather was to blame. weather wise here we got a drenching yesterday around 3. >> thundershowers and showers rolled through and today the big story is the wind. we have been breezy and today we will get gustsy. let's talk about the current -- gusts gusty. let's talk about the winds -- gusty. let's talk about the winds. 15 right now in york. and these are going to get gustier going throughout the day. but check out the gusts we have right now in place in baltimore. 26-mile-an-hour gusts right now. 25 in york. and now let's go outside. i want to show you federal hill. we have that flag flapping old glory. you can see it. that's a big flag and you can see it waving in the wind. that's going to be the scenario as we go through the remainder of today. right now, temperature wise, you are stepping out the door and want to know how to dress? you don't need the heaviest clot coat in the closet. temperatures in the upper 50s. we have dropped a bit since when we started and that's to be expected and going throughout the day, temperatures only reaching the low to mid-60s still above average but much cooler than what we were yesterday. high pressure building in behind the cold front. the difference between thespart -- parting low pressure and high pressure bringing the wendy conditions for today. we will be seeing sunshine mixing with clouds and then as we go friday evening overnight saturday, that's when we have the next chance for rain in the forecast. that gets out of here. so saturday afternoon, into sunday, looks to be dry. mild today with the temperature coming in right around 62 degrees. and here's a check of the 7-day forecast for youch as we remain in the -- for you. as we rain in the 60s going into monday we could get warmer coming in around 70 degrees. let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. got rid of that medical call on i-95 at boston street. we are clear on the off-ramp. looking pretty good now for the most part. traveling through the city on i- 95, but let's head up north for those making the drive in from bel air. no delays yet and if you elect to take i-59 southbound side looking good past mountain road. now continuing to the white marsh rosedale region a stalled car is on the northbound side and it's attracting some attention. but a lot more cars southbound now. and you will need a few extra minutes of your travel time on i-95 from white marsh to the top side of the beltway. going to take you about 7 minutes now also a beltway traffic just keeps building on the north side here 8 minutes. and as you make the drive over to providence and west side closer to 10 minutes from 795 to i-70. it's 16 minutes after 6 and we have encouraging news on the medical for the a report says u.s. -- medical report front. a report says u.s. cancer rates have fallen. cancer death rates have dropped by more than 1%. officials say it's due to better screening treatments and advancements and people taking steps to reduce unhealthy behaviors. what you are looking at coffee beans, and they say that might be the key to lose some pounds a study found that a small group of overweight people lost 10% of the body weight after eating less than a ounce of ground green coffee beans they combined it with a low fat diet and exercise. researchers suspect the substance in unroasted coffee beans probably helped burn fat. he stationed in afghanistan but that didn't stop a soldier from witnessing a special delivery. specialist brook holland's wife gave birth in michigan and didn't leave the virtual bedside thanks to skype. >> when he first came out and i saw him on mary's stomach i lost it. i absolutely teared. i was sad and happy at same time sad i can't be there but so fortunate and happy to have a beautiful son now. >> that's a beautiful baby. he hopes to meet his son in person very soon. the dress code is changing for women's beach volleyball. >> coming, stay with us. now they will be allowed to cover up more. we will tell you about the new rules and how it is changing coming up next. >> and what's an elephant's favorite app? the answer coming up in a bit. plus how elephants can now send text and tweets. they have facebook pages too. back in a bit. and welcome back to "good morning maryland. baltimore rain wide seen and kwon boanld and larry fitzgerald are on a four-day trip across ethiopia and east africa raising awareness over a food crisis. they arrived earlier this week and this morning boldin joins us live via phone and it's a little after one in the afternoon there. thanks for joining us. how are things going so far? >> >> it's been an experience. you know i am learning a lot. we came over initially for the effort you know they have been going through a drought for the past three years. and you know we came over for relief to help out and try to understand as much as possible what they are going through and which ways to help. >> what have you seen in the two days and what did you share that you've experienced since arriving there two years ago? >> we have experienced a lot. today we are at at pretty much a school for farmers where they are teaching new technique as far as how to farm that land because as you can imagine, with the drought it's been difficult. but they have programs in place now where they are teaching a local farmers how to adapt to the conditions here. yesterday, we went to a small town where we helped build retainer walls because of the drought people are experiencing soil erosion and because of that, they are not able to you know point education and reap a harvest from it. so. >> quickly. >> go ahead. >> this is not a small venture we are talking about millions of people affected by this inethiopia. >> yes. we are talking over 13 million people affect by the drought. >> how can people in the states donate and take part? >> they can go to the the website and find out more information and if they want to donate they can do that as well. >> all right. baltimore ravens wide receiver joining us live by phone fromethiopia. be safe and continued efforts in the off season. there's the information on the screen donate to the oxfam and go to abc2news.com and that's and kwon boldin joins us live. >> your 10 bucks go a long way. 6:24. the biggest alcohol drinkers in the world are in europe acoring to a new report from the world health organization that says europeans consume about 2 1/2leaders a -- liters a day equaling 3 standard drink a day and that drinking is a growing problem. especially health wise because more than 40 recognized alcohol related conditions come from it. when the women beach volleyball players compete in this year's summer olympics in london some might not be seen wearing the bikini outfits we have seen in the past. the international volleyball association is allowing shorts and short sleeve tops. they are wear the bikinies or body suits to accommodate players from cultures with more modest believe. the opening ceremony is friday july 27th. if you think your fingers are too big for the keys on your smart phone imagine how a elephant feels. >> we are now featuring an elephant with the certain smart phone and texting and who better than cnn jeanne moos. take a look. >> reporter: imagine your caller id showed peter the elephant calling from his smart phone. peter is the star of a viral ad for samsung galaxy note. his notice favorite are the apps that make noise. >> >> reporter: ed robinson is cofounder of the adagency -- ad agency that greed up this ad to go up with the bigger is better slogan. look at his wipe it was who the in thailand with an actress holding the phone and the elephant's trainer alongside. >> it has no training and turned up and presented this via the elephant and how they have been interacting. >> reporter: they shot for three days as peter got more and more engaged,ed ad agency was inspired by all the other web videos of animals using touch screens. who wouldn't find a beard dragon lizard inspiring as it plays and dogs are scratching like mad. is this anyway to treat an ipad? they have an i paw don'ty feel like doing this to your device. during a morning talk show at radio station wmmr, monkey named bubba went nuts on one guy's iphone. >> easy monkey. >> reporter: who cares about the phone, bub' big sin was stepping on a button and disconnecting a live call with ryan seacrest. peter the elephant on the other hand was a gentle giant. they had to modify the stylist with wood so he could grep it. is that a portrait of the otherelephant. they are not dumb enough to do what we humans do excuse me. texting while walking whether it be off the pier or into a shopping mall fountain. it's funny when it's not you. and to have you think technology is -- and if you think technology is intimidating look what it did to this camilleian. the devices can take a licking and sometimes the owner is not as smart as the smart phone. jeanne moos, cfn. -- cnn new york. >> who knew a frog could turn viral. >> i never seen a frog bite anyone. stay with us this morning, a woman taken to the hospital after being attacked on her way to work. >> it was not a mug are but a goose. we have a report of this woman's injuries when we continue on this thursday march 29th.