good morning. i m randy kay. we start this morning with a look ahead. tomorrow former presidential candidate john edwards heads to federal court. prosecutors say edwards used nearly $1 million in campaign contributions to sdooef the public. they say he was hiding an affair and a child. the mistress is expected to be the star in the trial. she has imunit. edwards and his attorneys say he did nothing wrong. we ll have much more on the details of this case in about ten minutes. a major figure from the watergate scandal has died. chuck coleson. he was the first of richard nixon s aides to be he took his punishment, seven months in prison, and turned his life around. here he is in 1999. we ve healed a great deal from what happened in watergate, but it took a long period of time for people to recognize what they had done wrong, i apologize for what i did and to the people hi offended and after ligue prison in the mid 1970s colson founded the prison fellowship. it s now a
all at once i started getting emails from all these people telling me that i was a racist, that i was a sobero path, that i should kill myself. day yeah view. current t fires keith olbermann for missing work, and he suggests owner al gore is unethical, and his replacement? eliot spitzer. plus what speemp did you listen to? just right here. stop lying. would you guys quit distorting what i m saying? rick santorum curses out a new york times reporter. what did jeb zellany do to deserve this? i m hourt kurtz, and this is reliable sources. reporters dug up new information this week in the killing of trayvon martin. renee of the orlando sentinel obtained the controversial account of what george zimmerman told police in florida that he had been accosted by the teenager. the two exchanged words that trayvon struck a blow, punched george zimmerman in the nose, and that floored mr. zimmerman. but that account and one of the miami herald ahead, seen only to harden
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
several governors say it s okay to eat. how they plan to show support for the company that makes the product. and when you get your special starbucks drink sometimes there may be additivesyou don t know about. the special ingredient in a starbucks frappuccino. it cost 14 bucks. could this piece of artwork be much bigger in value? we will tell you how he found out and what art dealers have to say about it. that is straight ahead on thisthursday morning. thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. let s head over to lynette charles and we had a shower yesterday and you are saying winds could be a problem today too. exactly. aid little breezy out there right now. let s show you some of the winds now in westminster. northwest 14-mile-an-hour gusts up to about 34 degrees. this 34 miles an hour rather and this is happening right now. 51 with the winds out of the northwest at 9 miles an hour. 27-mile-an-hour gusts. millersville temperature 56 degrees. winds out of the northwes
the nation. i m veronica de la cruz. thousands gathered to demand the arrest of a neighborhood captain who shot an unarmed teen trayvon martin. the chief of police has temporarily step add side. nbc s jay gray has details. reporter: the cries for justice. grew a bit louder in florida. i stand before you not knowing how i m walking right now because eye heart hurts for my son. reporter: a growing pain and anger pushing thousands to this rally for a young man who couldn t be there. trayvon is my son. trayvon is your son. reporter: 17-year-old trayvon marten carrying only a bag of candy and iced tea was killed by george zimmerman. zimmerman should have been arrested that night. reporter: it s been almost a month and still no arrest despite growing questions about his claims of self-defense adding to the pain of martin s grieving parents. i pledge i will not let my son die in vain. reporter: they assigned a new state attorney and called for a task force to inv