easter weekend. and it's looking like, you know, the run is going to start here by mid week or so. today though a little chilly. we are looking at sunshine, blue skies, but a cool breeze coming in from the north. it's helping to keep our temperatures down a little bit at least for today and into tomorrow. then we start a bit of a transition. 30 right now is our temperature at bwi marshal, 14 the dew point, relative humidity 50%, wind from the north at 3 miles per hour. the barometer, rising, temperatures in the toss, 25 in oakland, 28 in bel air, 34 in kent island and 35 in annapolis. everyone just love freezing now for the most part or close to it. we're not going to go up above our normal temperature for this time of year. close to 50 degrees. we'll level out at 50. the culprit you're looking at it here the cold wind from the north is coming around high pressure sitting up just north of the great lakes, southeastern canada. it is the cold air wrapped around the high that is bringing us chilly temperatures. we're tapped into the same cold air they are in detroit, chicago, boston, everyone pretty much in those colder -- under the colder air mass. the milder temperatures heading to ward atlanta, kansas city, start to see temperatures in the 40s. we are all going to be really leveling out here by mid week. our next rain maker is here tomorrow afternoon, moving across the plains states. this will get here, start to see the clouds increase by tomorrow afternoon. would not be surprised to see showers in our western states by tomorrow afternoon. lingers through tomorrow evening into monday. and then we'll start to see clearing. with this front coming through, we'll see milder air lift up into the region. we'll see rain staying with us, temps will start to level out in the 50s and 60s, warmer air comes in behind it. with that warmer air, we hop leaps and bounds over these 50s and 60s and 70s almost into 80s by next week. our next high tide is the forth mchenry is 5:23, with a northeast wind on the bay at ten knots, bay temperature right now 47 degrees. only going to 50 today with sunshine, 33 tonight, with a moonlit sky and a good bit of star light out there. and then breezy with increasing clouds tomorrow. rain in the afternoon, 52 degrees our daytime high. for the next few days, we are going up to 61 on monday, 56 on tuesday. 64 on wednesday, 72 on thursday. the trend continues again upper 70s to near 80 degrees by friday into saturday. this is a trend we like. >> we like this one. we wish we could keep this for a while. >> hold on. hold on. >> hold on as long as we can. >> there is more to come on eyewitness news saturday morning. a mysterious find. where a world war ii era plane was discovered and how it may have gotten there. nba star learns his sentence, will there be jail time for washington wizards guard, gilbert arenas? i'm mike schuh live downtown, this is ana, they will addition today to be part of the street performing crew at harbor place for the entire year. let's go out to break and watch these artists do what they do when eyewitness saturday morning news continues. >> wow, those are some moves. man. >> you got those moves? i was doing that during the commercial break. >> first, here are yesterday's winning lottery numbers. good luck everybody. we'll see tim's moves when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning. mellowing you into the last saturday of march. we've dodged march without any may i don't remember weather occurrences. the next weather event we have is just rain coming into tomorrow afternoon. temperatures 30 degrees, 23 in oakland, 38 in ocean city. old temperatures courtesy of high pressure to the north. we get to 50 degrees. you can say goodbye to chilly temperature the rest of this week, we'll talk about it in just a few moments. gi? >> first back to other stories people are talking about. a piece of history is discovered in the woods of oregon. loggers found the wreckage of a world war ii navy bomber. park rangers closed off the area as they search for pieces of plane and possibly the remains of a pilot. records show that at least three planes of that type crashed in the area during world war ii. there were two active naval air stations in the area at the time. there will be no jail time for suspended washington wizards player gilbert arenas. the former all star was sentenced 30 days in a halfway house after pleading guilty to gun charges. arenas brought several guns into the locker room after a dispute over a gambling debt. he must serve 400 hours of community service. if you didn't know if this was the first week of spring, spring is actually international bubble week. that is one texas woman's favorite time of the year. >> she is called bubble lady for good cause. she has entertained children with her show for more than a decade. >> she shows kids to make bubbles with dish detergent and parents' permission. >> wow. >> fantastic. i'm easy to please, easy to entertain. i could sit and watch that for a long time. >> fascinated, wow! >> look at that! >> free entertainment abounds in baltimore's inner harbor. we'll find out what it takes to become an acclaimed street performer. mike schuh is checking out the auditions in the amphitheather this morning. >> reporter: it's unbelievable and good morning to you both. this is tu before bolt he is a noodle, unbelievable what he can do. with me is carmel, i tried hard, she is going to help pick the street performers this year. when you have people that talented, how do you say no to people? >> i know we're always looking for great acts. we're excited about the acts we have today. we have the regulators, we have a couple musicians, a couple of magicians. so an assort. of street performers at harbor place. >> reporter: how many people will perform down here throughout the year? >> we have 30 performers on our roster, we don't need acts but we're looking for great talent all the time. >> what time are auditions is it public, how many will show up? >> everyone is invited to join us starting at noon. we'll be here until 2:00. we're looking at about ten acts today. the regulators and tubolt is not one of your performers. he is auditioning. this is the type of caliber who are auditioning, how good are the folks employed? >> it is going to be a great day, everyone should come out and check out performers for this year. >> reporter: i'm going to slide over to him and keep my distance. what is it that you are doing right now? man of many talents? >> this in itself is popping, and that's more so popping, my personal form. every street dancer, every performer, everybody has a personal style within the form they find. 'cause street dancing is an art, something that's been in baltimore for years. >> reporter: you're a baltimore bullet? >> born and raised here. excuse me. a crew, we are auditioning, you know to connect with the community. we're putting in the work. we're to have an original cultural activity going on day and night, people who devote themselves to a dance artform, they express themselves. it's a way to make a family, to make friends, and find a talent you didn't know you had. >> reporter: so he also does this for the schools. he does workshops. will teach people. when we come back in a half hour, we'll have tubolt and see down there, that is mike, mike locks, he is going to tell you how to lock. so bring it back and we'll see you when eyewitness news continues. >> popping and locking. >> popping and locking. >> mike, last time i moved like that, i think you can relate was on the ice with some grocery bags. >> he was popping a lock. >> i was moving all kinds of crazy ways. >> reporter: graceful. >> oh yeah. we're looking forward to it. mike, thank you very much. reporting live from the inner harbor amphitheather at harbor place. >> get your pop and lock ready. >> there is more to come on eyewitness news saturday morning. >> reporter: a pen station icon is replaced and another one will soon be leaving. i'm andrea fujii that story is five days of first warning weather, 50 degrees today, rain this afternoon, lingering into monday. we look for 52 tomorrow, 60 on monday, 62 tuesday. sun returns next wednesday, thursday, and the weekend, 60s, 70s and 80es by the end of the week. penn station changes are on the way as amtrak up grades its communication system. >> a station icon will miss her job but it's time to make way for the digital age. >> philadelphia, new york, new york. >> reporter: to many passengers sharon green's voice is penn station. >> she has a very unique of pronouncing word and announcing thing and she has a lot of excitement. >> i appreciate that. i try to make their days pleasant. >> reporter: she has been making announcements for near 330 years. come next week she'll be replace with a computerized voice. and that's not the only change. these old signs are gone, replaced in january with computer screens. the baltimore aberdeen and new carrollton stations are part of amtrak's pilot program to ding advertise the nationwide system. they say it's necessary to comply with the americans with disabilities act. an automated voice will announce changes and departures at the act same time the computerized screen changes to help the visually impaired. some passengers say the changes disrupt the station's ambience. >> it's more efficient, but it's less i guess nostologic. >> i like the older one better. >> reporter: after the transition sharon will still have a job and knows there may be emergencies. >> i'm not sure it will be foolproof, every now and then i might have to step in. >> reporter: passengers sure hope so, saying changes may be necessary, but it leaves them a little less to look forward to. >> she has a great voice and, you know, you get used to. these routines you have every day. >> all aboard please. >> andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> philadelphia's all aboard, okay. philadelphia's 30th street station and the providence train station are the only two left now with old sign technology. >> baltimore's old sign is now in storage at the b and o railroad museum. >> i like the noise, you look up and see what was changing. things do change. >> they do. go with the flow. so we are. still to come on eyewitness news saturday morning. >> fighting for his life, what may have caused a local honors student to suddenly collapse. paramedics mistake they pronounced a maryland man dead when he was really alive. details on the investigation coming up. and a $20 million scam, how police say a theft ring preyed on businesses and consumers in baltimore county. all of that is next when eyewitness news saturday morning ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, ñ welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning. i'm gigi barnett. >> i'm tim williams. >> temperatures around freezing on 7:30 on the last saturday of march. march is a scary month. bye-bye march. >> march is a month that anything can happen. and while you don't like time to fly too much, march can leave as quickly as it wants to. april will be here by next weekend. with april comes spring like temperatures. we will take them. we are waking up to temperatures around freezing, blue skies, sunshine today. very chilly day, below our normal. average temperature this time of year 58 degrees. we will top out today around 50. we will not -- we won't even approach it. it will be in the 40s for most of the day. we have a warm upcoming, it starts by mid week. we'll have that in your complete updated first warning forecast. thank you, tim. first here's what people are talking about. demonstrators made their voices heard demonstrating outside the basilica. suzanne collins reports supporters are turning to the radio to criticize the baltimore archdiocese. >> reporter: the announcement that the archdiocese would close 13 area baltimore schools, has many parents, teachers and students upset, they're paying and praying for airtime. >> reporter: ascension school and cardinal gibbons hold a candlelight vigil. they learned their schools are among the schools to close. >> stop this educational bloodletting. >> you have to keep fighting, can't stop fighting. >> reporter: the archdiocese rejected a proposal from gibbons supporters to turn that high school into an independent catholic school. some parents feel the church leaders gave them false hope. >> they said there were options on the table when there was a large group and then when the small group was there, there were no options on the table. >> reporter: there is another controversial, request. calling for a boycott on tithes. >> i'm asking for you to withhold or reduce your contributions to the church. >> reporter: this concrete contractor has paid on five radio stations, he says the archbishop is a fine man but very ill advised on the school closing. >> the archbishop's solution to the financial problem is appalling. i cannot sit by and let the children of our city schools suffer to remedy our fiscal woes. >> reporter: the owner of the has adopted a city catholic school that's closing and running camps for needy kids. he says the archdiocese should have been raising money for schools instead of raising money for the basilica. the archdiocese says it will hurt the charity work. >> he is telling people to decrease contributions, that only hurts the people we serve. >> i've seen a great many intelligent people asking ask well educated people ask for good faith negotiations since this happened and they're not getting it. the only thing they're getting is no. >> reporter: schuster and others say they will give $700,000 to the archdiocese if they will keep open six baltimore city catholic schools. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you, suzanne. the archdiocese says it has tried to meet with schuster since the radio ads began. schuster says he has not heard from them. family and friends will say goodbye to a man who was gunned down on his way to work. carlos williams was shot several times in his comcast repair truck on sunday. no arrests have been made. his family will hold a funeral later this morning at the antioch baptist church on st. paul street. comcast workers say they will be there also enforce to give williams a 100 truck processio police arrested 15 men in what federal agents are calling a $20 million theft ring in baltimore city and county. federal agents raided more than 30 local pawn shops on thursday. investigators federal investigators say the shops were selling stolen products that had been shop lifted or taken from delivery trucks. some items were also resold to consumers on the internet. >> it's a massive criminal operation that was preying on businesses and consumers in baltimore county. and the u.s. government took money from more than nearly 60 bank accounts as a result of the federal seizure warrant. federal investigators say more arrests may be on the way. and an investigation continues in the valley state park after a train derails during the baltimore howard county line. csx officials say eight cars went off the tracks around 8:00 friday morning. the train was traveling from cumberland to philadelphia. csx is looking into the cause. no one was hurt. maryland pilot richard dryer is fortunate to be alive after his single engine plane crash procession. landed in the south river. but the site of the aircraft going down thursday had callers flooding the 911 system. >> an airplane just crashed. >> he just went right behind, i don't know if he went in the water or hit the mountain. >> i'm on the other side of the trees, i can't see where the guy went. >> you know for sure he went down. >> yes, the plane did not come back up. >> and the 76-year-old pilot refused treatment at the scene. federal investigators say a small mechanical problem caused the sudden drop into the water. county paramedics are on limited duty this morning after they pronounced a man dead when he was really alive. officials say the medics responded to a home in glen ardnin, and pronounced the man dead. more than an hour later investigators saw the man move. paramedics returned and took him to the hospital. no word on his condition right now an internal investigation is underway. an annapolis high school student is fighting for his life after collapsing during a pick up basketball game. friends said he had just received a big scholarship from a local university. >> 18-year-old jeremy blackstone was set to begin howard university in the fall. thee teen's facebook page told friends of a $90,000 scholarship he had recently received. today those friends are sending jeremy get well messages. this after the team suddenly collapsed during a pick up basketball during a friend's birthday party sunday afternoon. jeremy is still in critical condition. >> he was just a really nice guy, general, you could tell with his friends and stuff. it's really sad, yeah. >> doctors believe jeremy may have suffered a heart attack on the basketball court. but his family says jeremy seemed healthy. >> he has a little asthma, but he's a pretty good athlete, good student, goes to school and everything, he hasn't had any major problems. first time open the hospital i believe in his life. >> jeremy is a straight a student at annapolis high school and a student athlete. counselors will be on hand for students who need help. >> he was a well liked student, we have counselors, school psychologists there for all the kids if they want to just talk. >> and jeremy is a member of the national honor society and youth ministry. people have wondered with former governor bob ehrlich will make a run for his old job. he is talking about the speculation with wjz. >> i can't confirm or deny any date today. >> you're not denying? >> i cannot confirm or deny. i've always wanted to say that, by the way. >> i haven't given it a lot of thought. we're focusing on jobs, job creation and improving conditions for businesses to create jobs. it's childish. clearly people with different view. despite all the hedging sources tell wjz ehrlich will run for governor taking on current governor martin alley. ehrlich is expected to make the final announcement on april 7th of the turning now to sports the madness that is march continued last night as duke blue devils took on purdue. it was a tight game through the first half as duke tried not to become the latest top seed to get knocked off of the tournament. in the second half the boilermakers often stalled and duke runs off with it. turns out the final score blue devils 70 boilermakers 57. they play baylor in the elite eight in the next round. on the other half of the bracket, michigan state took on one of the tournament's great teams, northern iowa off a big win against kansas. northern iowa didn't have enough to stop the barton offense. the clock strikes midnight for northern iowa. michigan state wins 59-52 they will face tennessee for a spot in the final four. late games. >> i always wonder where they get the mascot names from, the boilermakers for purdue? >> i don't know, i'm sure if you go to the websites i'm sure they have the history. >> i saw that this week. >> you know, i don't know what a boil maker necessarily is. i know that there were some people who said if you couldn't decide who to pick with the team, pick the fiercest mascot. >> the orangemen. a big orange. >> a spartan and boilermaker. i don't know. but spartans are obviously tougher. we have to hang tough through the last few days of march. a few chilly days, a wet day this weekend, things start to really look up. high pressure, with the graphics are trying to tell us, the picture says the whole thing, clear skies, sunshine, high pressure to the north is pushing cold air into our region. we will recover to a degree. temps get up to 50 degrees. we will see teens to the north, 20s right now is what we're dealing with area wide. we got down to 26 degrees across parts of central mayor lands. we are leveling out around freezing, 31 at bwi marshal, 50% relative humidity, north winds are keeping us chilly at 3 miles per hour. the barometer is rising at 30.31. 25 in oakland, 38 in ocean city, everyone somewhere around those temperatures, 30 in columbia, 35 in annapolis, 34 in kent island and in rock hall. 28 in bel air and 33 down in dc. winds are calming down in our western suburbs, we have a 10 miles per hour wind toward the dc suburbs, 12 in pax river and ocean city. calm readings around parts of the area, still when the winds are blowing in from the north we're tapping into this cold air, every one in our region seeing it, boston 25 this morning, 26 in detroit, 34 in chicago. milder temperatures toward kansas city and heading into dallas and down toward the southwest. the plains states are where our next weather make certificate coming from. we will start to see clouds from this disturbance moving into our region by tomorrow afternoon followed by showers. with that we're going to see the temperatures going up a little bit. it takes a lit of a southerly sweep. as moves across the state, it brings warm air into it, mild air to begin with, warmer air follows after this front gets out of here by monday. so with that, temperatures will start to skip up here by tens almost everyday ming into next weekend and by this time next weekend, keep in mind we will be 50 today, 30 degrees warmer this time next weekend than we are right now. this is how it all shapes up, 7:25 is the sunset time, northeast wind on the bay at ten knots. temperatures around 50 degrees today. trying to get across the room here. i took the wrong route, 31 degrees would moonlit sky tonight, tomorrow 52 breezy increased clouds and afternoon rain. looking at temperatures going up to 56 by tuesday -- well stop off at 61 monday, 56 tuesday, 64, 72 and then we'll be up around 80 degrees, gigi, by friday into saturday of next week, easter weekend. >> gigi, you might as well have said chocolates. >> that good, huh? >> chocolate, there you go. >> chocolate, next weekend is a chocolate. don't miss out on easy ways to save money on utility bills. mary bubala has ideas on being an energy saver. >> there is a new way to compare your energy use to other homes across the station. head to the energy star website and find out your score with their home energy yardstick. you will enter your last 12 months of utility bills and the square footage of your home, you will find out where you rate with neighbors and those across the country. you will also get custom energy saving tips. i'm mary bubala, trying to help you be an energy saver. thank you, mayory, still ahead on eyewitness news saturday morning, do it yourself decorations how to bring a festive touch to your home during easter and passover holidays. >> chocolate there. >> chocolate! >> reporter: i'm mike schuh downtown at the amphitheather, these are the regulators auditioning for part of the street performer group down here for the anniversary of harbor place. we will hear and talk to them, you will ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 7:45, it's 32 degrees. well, the street performers at baltimore's inner harbor put on a show of thousands of tourists every year. this morning you can have a chance to join them. wjz and mike schuh are live at harbor place amphitheather where they're holding the annual street performer auditions. mike is out there doing popping and locking and stuff. mike? >> reporter: this is mike, he is a long time performer here. ever since they started doing this, but what is also going down here right now is they are having auditions for some of the new performers, and one of the people -- 'cause we have mike and tubolt, who are there down here. >> trying to help out. >> and dallas is here. can you guys show me using the music we have here what you can do? >> all right ♪[ music ] >> reporter: mike is a locker. i don't know what dallas does, but he is going to show me. ♪[ music ] look at this, look at this. yeah. >> reporter: all right. you are pretty -- one of the judges here is going to be the long time performer, mike, when you see something like this, how can you judge this, this is so awesome. >> one of the things i'm looking for right away is can i do it. the answer is no. that's a big thing for them to be in the program. seriously we're looking for professionalism, talent, clean, wholesome family fun. we're looking forward to see if these guys can bring it. >> reporter: it appears they can. they are auditioning at noon today. the 30th anniversary of harbor place. they have 30 different acts. they are going to have a number of people. it is open to the public today at noon. come down here and you will see these unbelievable men do what they do when they do it to you. >> i'm like a poet now. sending it back to you guys. q. is that ureterallent, mike? >> reporter: beg your pardon? >> is that ureterallents, popping and locking? >> there we go. i just learned something. michael has skills. in the newsroom he pops and locks. >> i see. i'm impressed. i'm impressed. >> thank you, mike. every move, will be accompanied with an ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch. >> you have to stretch before dow it. 32 degrees down there and they're doing that. no warm up. nice! still ahead on eyewitness news saturday morning. >> easter and passover are just around the corner. we'll have do it yourself tips on decorating your home for the holidays. that's next when we ,,,,,,,,,,,, well, we've already passed the force day of spring and that easter and passover are almost here. andrew zill joins us with his company, you are a master designer. you are showing us now some ways to really spruce up our decorations for the season. >> this is prettiest our studio has ever looked. >> thank you very much. we have some fun things here today. starting with for passover the bag, which is hiding the matzo. it will be fun to show kids can actually embellish, have funs with, paint make out of felt using sheers, stickers and a myriad of different ways to do it, hide the matzo and the kids get to go find it and it's a dessert treat. q. going i can't do that in my home. you are saying it's really not. >> these topiary balls, most people look at carnations and so i don't think so. when you use 100 of them packing into an oasis ball which you can get at arts and crafts stores, and you cut them short and pop them in. that's all there is to it. keep filling it. you can buy them where they have cages on them so people can take them home. >> wow. okay. that's a nice gift for a party. >> you make it easy. >> little practice, all in the wrist. >> messy factor i'm thinking children, and the paints and felt, you are saying you might get dye on your fingers. >> it's a fun, it's a cut and paste project. i fun to do before dinner or over the weekend before passover starts monday. >> how do you get ideas? do you say we're going to stick with eggs, flowers, how do you get ideas? >> a little research. for instance, the eggs here i thought it would be fun to show people ostrich eggs are easy to find order on line 15 to $20. they come like this, you can gold leaf them, silver leaf them, almost make your own faberge eggs. >> you said this is rhinestones, and silver leaf. >> you have over here a very nice completed basket and you have is it moss? >> we started with a grapevine wreath and added some fresh moss to it by hot glueing it around the base. you can keep it for years to come. these eggs will last forever. they come hollowed out. along with regular hard boiled he can that is you dye like regular easter egg dye and glittering them with glitter. >> if you secure everything, this can be a wreath for the door or a centerpiece for a table. >> it can be either way. the or kids themselves are live, most people think orchids are delicate. if you put them in a water tube they last a couple folks. >> featsinc.com is your web site people can contact you for ideas as well. >> absolutely. >> do you have to eliminate the peoples and the chocolate? >> never. never. my favorite is making peeps dioramas. >> contact him for that. andrew, zill great ideas. thank you for being here. >> featinc.com. we will bebe,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 50 degrees today, 52 it will with rain arriving in the afternoon through monday. 61, and 56 the return of the sun wednesday and thursday, up to near 80 by the end of the week. that is our report for this saturday morning i'm gigi barnett. >> i thought you were -- >> you have to dress yourself up too. >> pretty in pink. >> you see what you started here? >> you have to start somewhere. >> for andrew zill i'm tim williams. thank you for watching we'll see you tonight after ncaa 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