weather forecast. eyewitness news saturday morning starts now. we are getting a look at the scope of the devastation in japan this morning, as a massive rescue effort is underway to find survivors of the disaster that rocked the entire pacific. good morning, welcome to eyewitness news this saturday, i'm gigi barnett. we'll have more on the situation in a moment, but first. >> good morning to you. those pictures and this whole situation is as fascinating as it is horrible. it's one of those things as much as you see, you never know how devastating nature can be, and that is really a reminder. we have in sight, some scientific insight if you will, on that devastation and we'll share that with you as welcoming up. we also have a very nice day shaping up here today. temperatures going up to 60 degrees. we're looking at clear skies, a calm day, drying out today, much better than the last two days. yesterday not so bad, today we will see more sunshine, calmer winds. temperatures 10 degrees above normal. 60 degrees today, temperatures in the 30s, a good bit of sunshine. the skies skies are clear right now. overnight lows in the 30s. we'll have your complete forecast in a few moments. first here's what people are talking about this morning. in japan a massive rescue operation is underway after yesterday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake and the resulting tsunami. the biggest concern right now is that a nuclear power plant damaged in the earthquake. just a little while ago, an explosion at that plant sent smoke high into the air. officials say there is a possibility of a meltdown because the cooling system failed. wjz has complete coverage of the disaster. we'll have reaction here in maryland in just a moment, but first alex demetrick has more on the developing situation on the grounds in japan. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. damage assessments are underway in japan, experts there are saying it is enormous. hundreds of people are dead, many more are missing. at this hour another possible disaster is unfolding. >> japan may be on the verge of a nuclear meltdown a day after the country was rocked by its biggest earthquake ever. the 8.9 magnitude quake knocked out power to the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant located 150 miles north of tokyo, the explosion sent walls of a building crumbling after the plant's cooling system failed. >> the type of event occurred that is one of the most serious things that can happen in a nuclear reactor. >> a meltdown would not affect anyone 6 miles outside the radius. people were plucked from roof tops in areas hardist hit. the powerful quake unleashed a violent series of tsunamis, including a 23-foot tall wall of water that swept away everything and every one in its path. the entire pacific were put on alert, but in japan hundreds are dead, unknown number of people are missing. >> it was terrifying. i've never felt a quake that strong. >> reporter: large after shocks are still hitting the region, measuring above 6.0. aid is pouring in to help the tens of thousands of people who lost everything. japan is no stranger to earthquakes, but experts say the devastating difference this time around was the killer tsunami that followed. officials set the death toll in japan at 540. local media reports are estimating 1300, and still hundreds more are missing,. gigi. thank you. a complete coverage continues. weijia jiang caught up with marylanders worried about family and friends overseas. >> good morning, everyone. we spoke with several marylanders who say watching those images role in is gut wrenching because they are waiting to hear from loved ones this marylander is trying to focus, but he says it's hard, because many loved ones live in japan. he woke up to these terrifying images. >> surprise, shock, and scared, watching the whole thing. >> he tried all day friday to reach family members in tokyo, but the phone lines have remained busy, he's not sure if all his relatives are safe. >> i have a brother and sister, i can't talk to you yet. my wife has no one to talk to. >> reporter: a long time baltimore business owner can empathize, he spoke with his 27-year-old son in tokyo, but he is worried about extended family in sendai, the hardest hit area. he experienced many earthquakes himself growing up. >> when they're coming, you can tell. sometimes you cannot move because it is shake sock much. >> reporter: and one man who grew up in washington, d.c. sent wjz these pictures of tokyo's airport, he says it shook too from aftershocks, thousands including him are stranded. >> i found one of the columns that were supporting the ceiling, it was just holding on to the column, and then people were running from everywhere to grab the columns as well. it was a very restless night. >> reporter: that gentleman tells wjz his flight along with several others is delayed indefinitely so they continue to wait at the airport. more hair rowing those waiting to reconnect with family. weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. and stay with wjz for complete coverage of the disaster in japan. for instant updates log on to wjz.com, click on news and then click on world. and coming up at 6:30 we'll have a closer look at some of the damage on the west coast of the u.s. back here in maryland the rain has passed, but still there were big flooding concerns in parts of the state overnight. the dam on the susquehanna river rose above flood stage. 23 floodgates are still open and the dam is operating under spill conditions. but the water levels are expected to recede as the morning moves on. people in nearby areas were taking the uncertainty in stride. >> well, this has been here for about 300 years, this little town, and its still here. it's flooded a lot of years. so i don't think it's going anywhere any time soon. >> it was a similar scene elsewhere in the state yesterday. in frederick county, wide stretches of roads were under water. submerging some pastures and cropland. warnings went out early enough to avoid rescue and property damage. the actress who starred at snoop on the hbo series the wire remains behind bars this morning. a judge denied felicia pierson bail on charges of conspiring to sell heroin. she and 63 others were arrested this week in a wide ranging drug sweep. the judge ordered no bail for pierson because he believes her job as an actress makes her a flight risk. he was murdered while defending his sister and last night a northwest baltimore, family and friends celebrated the life of a local teen boxer. >> now you came out. >> 17-year-old ronald gibbs was a nationally ranked amateur boxer. investigators say his sister was involved in an argument on west garrison street when they were both stabbed. police arrested and charged 30-year-old terrance simms with murder and attempted murder. a young man is fighting for his life this morning after a dirt bike accident in west baltimore. police say the man ran his bike into a truck in the 2200 block of mchenry drive yesterday evening. medics rushed him to shock trauma where is he listed in grave condition. police are still investigating the cause of the crash. maryland lawmakers were on the verge of making history to become the sixth state in the country to allow same-sex marriage. now those efforts are all but dead. kelly mcpherson explains how the bill fell and what happens next. >> reporter: good morning, gay marriage advocates really believed that this was going to be their year. but friday afternoon, it was clear that 2011 was not the time for gay marriage in maryland. same-sex marriage supporters pushed the bill faster and farther than ever before. it passed senate committee, passed a senate vote, passed the house committee, but fell short in the full house of delegates. no vote will be taken. >> the bill has been recommitted to committee. >> reporter: i was very excited last night. and looking forward to today. and very anxious about today whether it was going to go through or not. >> reporter: it's likely the bill will die in committee, thanks to vocal opposition. >> people who have been e-mailing me say is this going on in the state maryland? it actually is. you have to speak up an let your voice be heard. >> reporter: this couple has been together for four years. they are not losing hope for another chance to legally marry in maryland. >> i have no doubt that it will happen. we just got to get more people involved. >> i'd like him to be able to come in the hospital room and visit me when i'm in the hospital. he can't do that as a partner. as a husband, he could do it. >> reporter: and other supporters. >> i don't think it's going to happen overnight. >> i was dreading the referendum that would come up afterwards. who is going to loss there, i'd rather it lose now than go through all that. >> reporter: legislators and people against gay marriage have said all along if this bill did pass, they would bring forward a referendum for voters to decide on gay marriage in maryland, but now that looks like it will not happen either. reporting from mount vernon, kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. governor o'malley supported the bill. he issued a statement last night saying that he remains committed to working with all marylanders to ensure that rights are protected equally for everyone. no deal, the deadline came and went without a new nfl collective bargaining agreement and add midnight the owners locked out the players. this is the league's first work stoppage since 1987. earlier in the evening the players union cleared the way for individual players to sue the nfl. the players have requested an injunction to block the lock out. coming up at 6:30, sports director mark viviano takes a look at what this means for the chances of nfl football in the fall. and in this morning's spring training report, the orioles star brian roberts has anomer scheduled today to look at his ailing back. the manager says the team is not worried but roberts missed more than half of last season with a back injury. and listening to the sports analysts everyone says if you've ever had any back injury of any kind, it takes a little bit of time to rebound from that. and you're not bending down trying to catch speeding balls and throwing them across a field. >> and your back and your seat, you don't know how important they are until they go out. >> you're really in trouble at the same time. >> hopefully they'll get it together. you know, we're only three weeks away from opening day. we need everybody to be in full health. >> get well. get well. >> guess what you lose tonight? >> don't tell me. >> well we all loss it, misery loves company, an hour of sleep. daylight savings time starts tomorrow, resumes tomorrow morning at 2:00 a.m. by this time tomorrow it will be an hour earlier. >> okay. you know what, if you promise more sunshine, i'll give up the hour of sleep, that's a trade-off. >> lots of sunshine. >> that is the pay off. we are looking at of course nice conditions this week, but yes daylight saving time before you go to bed tonight, set your clock an hour ahead. we spring forward tonight into tomorrow. we're looking at pretty comfortable temperatures into tomorrow. temperatures today 10 degrees above the average, which is about 50 degrees. we'll be up to 60. 36 right now at bwi marshal, 27 the dew points, 69% relative humidity with a southwest wind at 6 miles per hour. 29.99 and rising, the barometer as high pressure is building into the region. 31 degrees in oakland, 37 in cumberland, 31 in ocean city and in elkton and every one in the mid-30s, except for rock hall, which is up to 41 degrees. winds in from the south, and southwest, and that will bring in mild air. just a light breeze out there, but with the help of the sunshine and warmer air it will continue to dry the ground out from the rain that we got just two days ago. some areas seeing as much as 4 inches, some a little above that. but the low that brought the bulk of the rain and the front associated with it, well to the northeast now. a little air wrapped around that low and tapping into cold air. brought just some light snow showers across central pennsylvania. we got a few clouds out of that, but going into this morning, clouds are all out of here for most part and the skies are clear. we will see a good bit of sunshine today, mild air builds in. with another front moving across the northern tier of new england and central pennsylvania tonight into tomorrow, we could very easily see a few clouds. but that front comes through dry. we will not see any precipitation out of it, but it will be a nice weekend shaping up. your sunrise 6:24, sunset 6:10. we will adjust all these times tomorrow by one hour. we get an extra hour of sun slight light into tomorrow. the next high tide 11:48 this morning. the forecast today goes up to 60 degrees, plenty of sunshine, breezy, clear skies, mild temperatures. 39 tonight, clear to partly cloudy and tomorrow we're going up to 56 breezy with sun and just a few clouds out there and then 50 on monday. 52 on tuesday, 58 and 60 on wednesday and thursday. looks like a nice week ahead. and next sunday first day of spring. a lot of stuff going on. i'll give you an hour today, and spring next sunday. >> that's a promise. >> okay. still ahead on eyewitness news saturday morning, i'm ready for sunday already, playing with heavy hearts, a high school basketball team in michigan plays for the district title one week after the death of their star player. monkey business you don't believe why a virginia woman says she tried to sneak her marmosett into court. here's yesterday's winning lottery numbers. we're back in just a moment. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning. saturday, march 11th, i believe it is now. we're looking at, is it 12? well, after i set my clock ahead one hour, it will be the 12th. we're looking at a pretty calm day today. yes, it is the 12th. yes we do set our clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed tonight. daylight savings time resumes tomorrow morning sunday at 2:00 a.m., clocks bring forward one hour. you lose that one hour of sleep, but you will gain the sunlight. we will have a nice weekend to spring ahead. our forecast today goes to 60 degrees, 60 with partly sunny skies. tonight 39 degrees, clear to partly cloudy, breezy. that breeze will dry us out from all the rain we had. breezy with sun and clouds tomorrow. mid to upper 50es, your complete five-day forecast is coming up. thank you, tim. first back to other stories people are talking about. after much debate and delay in wisconsin, the governor there has signed a new law, stripping most state workers of collective bargaining rights. the move ended weeks of fiery debate that thrust union rights into the national spotlight. democratic senators left the state to keep republicans from voting on the measure. the gop was able to pass it in their absence with a legislative loop hole. the governor says the bill is needed to fix a $3 billion deficit. a domestic violence case involving mel gibson comes to a sudden conclusion. >> hitting a woman when she is holding a child in their hands, breaking her teeth twice in the face, what kind of man is that? >> you're so angry now. >> you're going to get it. >> you deserved it. >> you're going to answer one day boy. >> gibson pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor battery charges yesterday a move that allows him to avoid jail time. a judge sentenced him to three years probation and community service. an emotional win for a michigan high school basketball team on and off the court. with hundreds of fans the high school won the district championship last night. the school was rocked by the sudden death of its star playing wes leonard a week ago. wes collapsed on the court after the team's final regular season game. just when you thought you heard it all, a story like this comes along. this palm sized marmasett was confiscated from a woman, trying to sneak past security with the critter hidden in her bra. it requires constant attention and wants to study law. the upon key wants to study law. the monkey shops for clothing. it is wearing a dress. >> coming up on eyewitness news this saturday morning you know what it is, ♪[ music ] >> they are the maryland fourth graders who are becoming an internet sensation. we'll introduce you to them when we ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, five days of first warning weather, 63 today, 60 on monday after dry front moves past the north of us, drops us back a little. 52, 58 and backup to 60 next weekend. a talented baltimore city class has gone viral. students created a rap song about the msa test around the state to make sure that their classmates do their best. >> weijia jiang has more on the local internet sensations. >> reporter: at george washington elementary in baltimore. >> use part of the story in your answer, right. >> reporter: every morning, mr. boyd david mcgraw delivers a message over the intercom to take the msa. >> you know what it is, read it, mathematics. >> the song is going viral. >> when i pass msa, that's something. >> reporter: in 2008 a state investigation found the school's msa booklets were extensively tampered with to get past the scandal, the principal asked for a music video and posted it on youtube where it has gotten nearly 7000 hits. >> we needed to build their confidence i know in baltimore we love rap music. i chose the most popular rap song. >> to the tune of black and yellow, the class members talk about getting a good nights sleep and eating breakfast. >> every time i have pressure on the msa, i start singing the song my pressure goes straight away, i'm just taking a really test. >> when somebody says msa, i sing the song. >> reporter: and the music has another role too. >> it feels like you're being one of the family stars. >> hey, you know what it is, read it, mathematics. >> reporter: and the principal says her colleagues across the state are calling her asking her for copies of the school versions of the song so their students can learn it too. weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. the first set of msa, a statewide assessment exam wrapped up this week. students cannot breathe a sigh of relief yet. more tests are economy dual for next week, which may seen a second drop of the rap cd. coming up on eyewitness news saturday morning, we are following the danger of a nuclear meltdown in japan as rescue efforts continue into their second day. >> reporter: i'm mike schuh in owings mills, the key to dealing with high gas prices may be as close as your next new car. i'll tell you why when eyewitness news continues. no deal, nfl owners and players fail to see eye to eye in efforts to hammer out a collective bargaining agree. i'm mark viviano, i'i',,,,,, ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] bursting with mouth-watering real fruit and refreshingly blended with creamy low-fat yogurt, mcdonald's strawberry-banana and wild berry smoothies are 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mild day, clear skies out there, just a light breeze. light breeze from the southwest, which will bring in a very mild airflow. the sun is already up. it's going to be a really nice day. we need to kind of a day off the week we've had as far as rain across the area. inner harbor calm. we have flood warnings in effect for areas around the susquehanna and the monakasee in hagerstown and montgomery county. 60 today, partly sunny, breezy, overnight lows in the mid to upper 30s. clear to partly cloudy skies with a light breeze. 56 tomorrow, breezy and sunny. and just a few clouds out there. and we'll have your complete updated five day forecast in a few moments. first here's what we'll are talking about this morning. the scenes are heart breaking after a monster earthquake strikes japan leaving hundreds dead. wjz is live with more on the dire situation in japan. alex demetrick has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, as the hours go by the crisis in japan seems to be getting worse. first the country is hit by an earthquake then an enormous wave, all eyes are on a nuclear power plant that could be on the brink of a meltdown. >> japan may be on the verge of a nuclear meltdown a day after the country was rocked by its biggest earthquake ever. the 8.9 magnitude quake knocked out power to the fukushima daiichi power plant, located 150 miles north of tokyo. an explosion reportedly sent walls of a building crumbling after the plant's cooling system failed. >> the type of event that occurred there is one of the most serious things that can happen in a nuclear reactor. >> reporter: officials say a meltdown wouldn't affect anyone outside a 6-mile radius. nearby residents have been evacuated. along the northeast coast, rescue crews plucked people from roof tops in some of the areas hardest hit. the powerful quake unleashed a violent series of tsunamis, including a 23-foot wall of water that swept away nearly everything and every one in the path. the entire basic was put on alert but waves were not as bad as expected. in japan hundreds are dead and an unknown number of people are still miss. q. it was terrifying, i've never felt a quake that strong. >> reporter: large after shocks are rocking the region, many registering above 6.0. aid is pouring in from around the world to help the tens of thousands of people who lost everything. japan is no stranger to earthquakes, but experts say the devastating difference this time around was the killer tsunami that followed. >> currently the official death toll stands at 540. news media on the ground i japan estimate that number could easily double in the next couple of days. >> thank you, alex. those tsunami waves didn't take long to reach american shores. violent waves caused serious damage on the west coast, pulling boats loose from their docks and docks loose from harbors. a man taking pictures of the waves from the beach was swept out to sea. waves hit on hawaii's big island. in kona the water rushed over roadways and hotel lobbies. guests were moved to higher floors. in maui witnesses say 7-foot waves flooded many low lying areas. stay with wjz for complete coverage of the disaster in japan. for instant updates, log on to wjz.com. click on news and then click on world. a dark day for football fans as the deadline expires without a new nfl collective bargaining agreement. now, as the players union desert face, a new fews,. >> far apart in attempts to hammer out a collective bargaining agreement, the players play their legal hand. they have decertified as a union, which allows them to sue the league, they filed the suit friday night. >> no more players union, means no more collective bargaining and individual football players can now file suit against the nfl's owners to prevent a planned lock out. so talks breakdown after nearly three weeks of mediated negotiations. the players say the owners failed to present enough financial evidence to justify the players having to give up nearly a billion dollars in salaries. the owners say the players walked away from a good offer. >> we made an offer to them today, to basically split the difference between the two sides. we made that approximately at 12:00 o'clock, and at 4:00 they came back and said that it was in sufficient. >> reporter: you had a lawyer from the national football league say what we should have done was just split it with them and walked away. walked away with earning less in 2011 than players made in 2009. >> now the owners say they still hope to talk to the players in an attempt to solve their differences of the players lawsuit against the league includes the names of ten nfl stars, tom brady and peyton manning among them. back to you. thank you, mark. stay with wjz for complete coverage on the nfl labor dispute. we'll keep you updated now that appears the season could be in jeopardy. turning now to the civil war in libya, where leader moammar gadhafi is gaining ground. relentulaless air strikes on opposition forces helped leaders recapture a key oil town as the u.s. and nato allies weigh options in the conflict including establishing a no fly zone. during a press conference yesterday, president obama said the world community was slowly tightening the noose on gadhafi. as mike schuh reports, analysts say the ongoing conflict is driving up gas prices here at home. >> reporter: here it goes again, we're well on our way to $4, a personal pain at the pump. >> this is cbs special report. >> reporter: the sudden rise has risen to the top, the president sends a message on the topic. >> we're adapting, we're producing more oil and importing less. our automakers, for example are manufacturing more fuel efficient cars. >> reporter: in fact he says we're using 7% less oil now than the last price shock in 2005. the president says that long-term the key to energy independence are these hybrids and other cars that get much better gas mileage. this is a midsize ford hybrid, 41 miles a gallon, $32,000, it's just what buyers are looking for. >> i would say 20, 25% of our customers now are coming in saying listen i was thinking of holding off trading in my gas guzzlers, 17, 18-mile her gallon car, because if gas goes to $4 a gallon i can't afford work anymore. >> i get 20 miles to the gallon in my car and we're looking at 27 to the gallon. >> reporter: that's enough of a bump? >> oh yes. >> reporter: should it top $5 a gallon, no matter what we drive? >> i'll park it. mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. >> the president says he is prepared at that tap the country's emergency oil reserve is if necessary. he is looking at expanding oil exploration and drilling off the mid-atlantic choas coast. police are looking for a young mother hoodie appeared with her son. no one has seen or heard from stephanie jones since she left her home four weeks ago. jones moved to the area from new york looking for a fresh start. investigators believe the woman may be a victim. anyone with information, police are asking them to give detectives a call. police need your help finding a pair of brazen gunmen in a home invasion in harford county. it happened in abbington, a woman was expecting a visit from her mother when two men in ski masks forced their way into her home and ordered her to drive to a bank and withdraw money. the suspects got away in a older model red cherokee, with a right rear bumper, call (410)836-5428 if you have information. in a few weeks charm city will once again play host to hbo camera crews. hbo executives say they will begin to shoot the film game change here in the spring. game change is based on the book with the same name and follows senator john mccain's 2008 presidential campaign. actress julieann more will play sarah palin. the film is expected to create jobs for 160 local production crew members and 1800 local actors and extras. terps basketball fans needed a game change. terps fans can put the dancing shoes away until next year. the men's basketball team could not get past their heated rifle, the duke blue devils in the acc tournament. the defending national champions got a boost from kyle singler, terps loss 89-71 likely ending their ncaa tournament hopes. we are gear up for march madness, the ncaa tournament starts next week. we invite you to try your hand at the wjz annapolis challenge, you can challenge the wjz crew, plus radio personalities from 105.7, find the link under quick links at wjz.com. the first place to see all the teams make the tournament is here on wjz. watch the special ncaa collection show this sunday night, tomorrow night at 6:00 on wjz. don't be upset, you always get upset if you're not included, it's not fair because you know all these results, and everyone would pail. >> i know who is going to win. i know who will win, so i can't tell you. >> you apartment play. >> that would ruin everything. >> until next time. >> we can't to remind you first off this is the weekend to shift your clocks. we spring ahead. >> and check batteries, that's the key thing, smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, this is the weekend to do it. we lose an hour of sleep, the trade-off is? >> sunshine! >> we get some today. >> we get a gorgeous day today. the trade-off for all the rain is the sunshine today. going up to 60 degrees. it's cool out there now, but calm. the sun is out, skies are clear. 36 right now is the temperature at bwi marshal. 69% relative humidity with a south wind warming us up nicely and graduately 6 miles per hour. 29.99 is the barometer reading. across the state everyone one from the range of 30 in the oakland to 31 in ocean city, 30 in elkton, and a reminder too, the susquehanna river still hitting its banks, rising because of all the matter settling in from the north and sinking into all the tributaries up and around the susquehanna, heading into the dam, and we are going to be watching the flood warnings in effect still for cecil and harford counties as a result of that until later this afternoon. we expect the water levels to start to subside. the temperatures around that region, 36 in bel air. we showed you we have 40 in northeast maryland, 41 in rock hall, 35 in the nation's capital. 38 in the state capital. that wind from the southeast -- southwest i should say southwest will help warm us up nicely through the day up to about 10 degrees higher than our normal high which is about 50 degrees this date. we do have a bit of a low pressure system still out there spinning up in the northeast and the cooler air wrapped around the north and western edge of that is interacting with the great lakes, bringing light snow showers up around central pennsylvania. we are not seeing much of that. even the clouds that we saw as a result of that have dissipated in the overnight hours. the skies are pretty much clear right now. milder air moving across the region through this evening. and into tomorrow, 60 degrees today, staying in the mid 50s tomorrow but with a very dry front moving through by sunday into monday. we will see the temperatures drop back. no real precipitation associated with it, but the temperatures will take a hit. we'll go back to 50 degrees, and moving up, near 60 by next weekend. actually,let me give you this tease, we'll be closer to 70 by the weekend next week. that's how we will gradually warm up. small craft advisory in effect at 11:00 today through late tonight, next high tide at fort mchenry 11:38. sunrise today is 6:21, tomorrow sunrise at 7:21, already adjusted it so you'll have an idea of how we shift ahead. we're looking at 60 today, overnight lows around 39 with clear to partly cloudy skies. tomorrow going up to around 56 degrees and then for the next five days we're going to 50 on monday, 52, 58, 60 and then by friday into saturday, 65 and then by saturday about 70 degrees. still ahead on eyewitness news saturday morning, damage assessments are underway in japan with enormous destruction to parts of the country. we'll look at some of the most dramatic video from the last 24 hours when eyewitness ,,,,,,,,,, a live look over the -- what is that? carnival let's get on it. >> welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning, it's 37 degrees and clear outside. japan is still reeling from the strongest earthquake there in a century. hundreds are reported dead and that number is expected to rise as rescuers reach remote areas. here are some of the sites and sounds from the hardest hit places. >> reporter: a massive wall of water, devastating tsunami swept ashore on japan's northeastern coast, surging well inland, sweeping away cars, boats, homes anything in its path. >> japan has known about the threat of tsunamis for a very, very long time and they -- there is almost no case that i can think of where a coastal city is not behind some kind of wall or built atop some kind of abutment to bring it far higher than the level of sea level, but that's what is precisely so frightening about these photos, because the water looked to be overwhelming a lot of these measures that have been put in place. and i don't think this is any kind of statement about ill preparedness, it's a statement to how powerful this earthquake was and how powerful the tsunami is. >> these are some of the places that took the one-two punch, first the quake and then the tsunami. we're looking at these pictures now from the airport where people have gone to the highest ground they can possibly find. >> just watching this wave hit and cars and buildings and houses being swept away in it, i think we're going to see a significant number of casualties, especially in the northern part of the country where the quake was epicenterred. >> and wjz will continue our complete coverage of the disaster throughout the morning. for instant updates log on to wjz.com. click on news and then world. still ahead on eyewitness news saturday morning. >> reporter: i'm suzanne collins, three carroll county mothers see a need and turned it into a successful business. i'll tell you what they're ,,,,, three maryland moms, not soccer moms but lacrosse moms were sharing a bottle of wine when they had a great idea. >> some of my best ideas after a bottle of wine. as suzanne collins explains, that was a year ago and now their business is booming. >> reporter: lacrosse helmets can cost $150 armor. so it's too pricey for many parents when their children need more than one. >> one plays lacrosse for a club team, and he also plays rec ball and ball for school. and there was no way i was going to spend the money to buy three helmets. the three carroll county mothers whose sons are all into lacrosse in a big way, brain stormed a solution, why not make a lid? a skin out of span text that you could pop over the school helmet then everyone could look the same? >> it's distracting when everyone has a different helmet, different logo, school, you put the lids on they're all the same. >> slick lids' business is really heating up, especially after they showed it off at the national lacrosse convention in baltimore. >> we had people all over the country asking about football, softball helmets, baseball helmets, the biggest one people are attracted to were hockey helmets. >> the slick lids moms branched out from lacrosse recently and making them for riding for example, this one is for snowboarding and was a big hit in wyoming at a ski area, internet orders are coming in from across the country and canada. >> a great answer to this economy and people can't be spending that kind of money on helmets. >> their slogan, put a lid on it. suzanne collins, wjz eyewitness news. >> cute. put a lid on it. the women say high schools that don't have big sports budgets are buying lids so their teams can all match. >> that's your next christmas. >> put it lid on it, gigi. i'll buy you one. >> how about that? >> okay. i probably won't put a lid on it. i'll put a lid on it. >> she never does. she never does. >> when we come back, tim will have the exclusive eyewitness news first warning five day forecast. >> we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,, five days of first warning weather, 60 degrees today, 50 tomorrow with a dry fronts moving through to the north. temperatures drop but no rain on monday 50 degrees and 52. 58, 60 and then the mid-60s and near 70, the progression heading into next weekend. well, from the windsy city to the emerald isle, chicago is getting an early start to its st. patrick's day celebration. waters all over the city are already turning green today. this fountain outside the city's famous daily plaza was the first to go green and the river will follow later today. the city is doing more than just dying its waterways, the st. patrick's day parade starts at noon. i don't know how i feel about green water. >> green beer, you know, i guess any lib we had can turn green. well, yeah. >> you see my point now? >> when you say it's kind of all makes sense, yeah. >> happy st. patrick's day anyway. >> that is it for our first hour of eyewitness news saturday morning. there is still another hour of eyewitness news coming up right away. we're back after this. ,,,,,,,,, coming up next on eyewitness news, deadly disaster, new concerns of a nuclear meltdown in japan, while that country is still realing from yesterday's powerful earthquake. >> good morning, everyone, many -- parts of maryland were still in danger of major flooding overnight, but those fears may be realized. we'll have more on that. taking a live look outside, the skies are clear this morning. could we see warmer weather on the horizon? meteorologist tim williams has the answer in his first warning weather forecast. and good morning, welcome to eyewitness news this saturday. i'm gigi barnett. i'm tim williams. temperatures in the 30s area wide, a very mild and wonderful saturday. anything you plan on doing outside, today is the day to do it. we're drying out, the inner harbor is clear. we're looking at a light breeze across the region from the southwest, a mild air mass. with the sun it will be a really nice day. temperatures get about 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. we're starting off in the 30s. your forecast high goes up to 60 degrees today through the afternoon. temperatures will gradually go up. it will be a nice weekend shaping up. we'll remind you daylight saving time begins tomorrow. we'll talk about that in a moment. we'll have your complete forecast in just a short time. thank you, tim. first here's what people are talking about this morning. in japan today a massive rescue operation is underway after yesterday's 8.9 magnitude earthquake and the resulting tsunami. the biggest concern right now is a nuclear power plant damaged in the quake and the aftermath. just a little while ago, an explosion sent smoke high into the air. now officials say there is a possible meltdown at that power plant because the cooling system failed. wjz has complete coverage of the disaster. we'll have reaction here in maryland in just a moment. first, alex demetrick has more on the developing situation in japan. alex, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, damage estimates are really just getting underway in japan, one official is saying the destruction is enormous. hundreds are dead many more are missing, a new disaster could be unfolding. japan may be on the verge of a nuclear meltdown a day after the country was rocked by its biggest earthquake everthe 8.9 magnitude quake knocked out power to the fukushima daiichi power plant, located 150 miles north of tokyo. an explosion reportedly sent walls of a building crumbling after the plant's cooling system failed. >> the type of event that occurred there is one of the most serious things that can happen in a nuclear reactor. >> reporter: officials say a meltdown wouldn't affect anyone outside a 6-mile radius. nearby residents have been evacuated. along the northeast coast, rescue crews plucked people from roof tops in some of the areas hardest hit. the powerful quake unleashed a violent series of tsunamis, including a 23-foot wall of water that swept away nearly everything and every one in the path. the entire pacific was put on alert but waves were not as bad as expected. in japan hundreds are dead and an unknown number of people are still miss. it wasterrifying,, i've never felt a quake that strong. >> reporter: large after shocks are rocking the region, many registering above 6.0. aid is pouring in from around the world to help the tens of thousands of people who lost everything. japan is no stranger to earthquakes, but experts say the devastating difference this time around was the killer tsunami that followed. >> currently the official death toll stands at 540. news media on the ground i japan estimate that number could easily double in the next couple of days. >> thank you, alex. . >> complete coverage of the disaster of japan continues. weijia jiang caught up with marylanders worried about family and friends overseas. >> reporter: good morning. we spoke with several marylanders saying watching those images are sit wrenching because they're waiting to hear from loved ones in japan. >> a master in judo is trying to focus, but he said it is hard, because many families members in japan. he woke up to see these terrifying images. >> i keep seeing it over and over and over, tsunami, surprise, shock, scary, watching the whole thing. >> reporter: he tried all day to reach family members in tokyo, but he says the phone lines have remained busy and he is not sure if all his relatives are safe. >> i have brother, and a sister, i can't talk yet. wife too, she have no one to talk to. >> reporter: a long time baltimore business owner can empathize, he spoke with his 27-year-old son in tokyo, but kyoto is worried about extended family in sendai, the hardest hit area, he experienced many earthquakes himself growing up. >> when they're coming, you can tell, sometimes you cannot move because it's shaking so much. >> reporter: and one man who grew up in washington, d.c. sent wjz these pictures of tokyo's airport he says it shook too from aftershocks, now thousands are stranded. >> i found one of the columns that were supporting the ceiling and literally was just holding on to the column and then people were running from everywhere to grab the columns as well. it was a very rest less night. >> reporter: that gentleman tells wjz his flight along with several others is delayed indefinitely so they continue to wait at the airport. of course more hair rowing, those waiting to reconnect with family. weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. stay with wjz for complete coverage of the disaster in japan for instant updates log on to wjz.com and click on new and then world. coming up at 7:30 we'll have a closer look at the damage on the west coast of the u.s. some breaking news now, this morning out of new york, more than a dozen people are dead after a major tour bus crash. this is the scene in brooklyn where the collision sent the tour bus crashing on to its side. details are coming in, but one new york fire department official says 13 people were killed. as you can see the roadway has been completely shut down. wjz will bring you more as the information comes in. back here in maryland the rain has passed, but there were still big flooding concerns in parts of the state overnight. the a dam on the susquehanna river roads above flood stage after midnight. 23 floodgates were open this morning and the dam is operating under spill condition. the water levels are expected it recede this morning. people in nearby port deposit were taking the uncertainty in stride. >> well, this has been here for about 300 years, this little town, and its still here, it's flooded a lot of years. so i don't think it's going anywhere any time soon. >> it was a similar scene elsewhere in the state yesterday. in frederick county, wide stretches of roads were under water. submerges pastures and croplands, but the warnings went out early enough to avoid rescues and property damage. the actress who star as snoop on the hbo hit series the wire remains behind bars this morning. a judge denied felicia pierson bail on charges of conspiring to sell heroin. police arrested her and 63 other suspects this week in a wide ranging drug sweep. the judge ordered no bail for pierson because he believes her job as an actress makes her a flight risk. in a few weeks charm city will once again play host to hbo camera crews. the new film game change will be shot here in the spring. game change is based on the book by the same name and follows senator john mccain's 2008 presidential campaign. actress julianne moore will play sarah palin. the film is expected to create jobs for 160 local production crew members and 1800 local actors and extras. in this morning's wjz spring training report, another setback for orioles star boy an roberts. he has an mri scheduled today to look at his ailing back. the team is not worried but roberts missed more than half of last season with a back injury. he's young, little ben-gay. >> you said it earlier, your back goes out, forget about it. >> and you mentioned and your feet. just integral parts of your body. >> we never pay attention to. >> true until something happens. have a little ways to go, about three weeks before opening day. hopefully everyone will be in game form. we'll have sunshine. sunshine, tim. >> if we stay with this pattern and we, you know, continue with these temperatures above average and without the rain, snow could be gone for the season, you know opening day might not be too bad. knock on a whole lot of stuff, not just wood. you know, right now we're looking at a comfortable day, 60-degree temperatures, a gradual warm up after a setback earlier in the week. that's going to be -- even that setback will be a comfortable one for us. we don't have any precipitation in the forecast, nothing too major, although we have slight chances here and there through the week. the temperatures will be comfortable. 37 the temperature at bwi marshal, relative humidity 66%, winds from the west, southwest at 7 miles per hour. barometer is now rising at 30.00 and across the state we have temperatures in the 30 to 40-degree range. 31 in oakland, 38 in elkton, 432 in ocean city. every one in central maryland is between those numbers. mid-30s from westminster 36, bel air 36, kent island 38, rock hall, one of the warmest spots at 41. annapolis 38, dc at 35. winds are in from the southwest, a very light mild airflow. that will help warm us up through the day. the low pressure and front associated with it, that brought us rain a few days ago, well to the north. look at the rotation here moving into canada. you still see a little flow tapping too cold air and interacting with moisture across the great lakes. that brought us a little cloud cover yesterday. you see in this clouds here. that has lifted in central pennsylvania. what we will watch now reason the skies clearing with another chance of a weak disturbance moving through sunday into monday. that comes through without any precipitation, it drops the temperatures back, cooler air filters in. 60 degrees today, mid 50s tomorrow, then with that front moving through our temperatures go back to 50 and then a gradual warm up to next week takes us to 70 by this time next week. these are your new sunrise and sunset times for tomorrow. remember, we set our clocks ahead one hour before we go to sleep tonight, we spring ahead. sunrise today was 6:21, tomorrow 7:21 as we spring ahead for this year. southwest wind on the bay at ten to 15 knots, gusting to 20. small craft advisory at 11:00 and stays with us through late tonight. today going up to 60 degrees, partly sunny and breezy, mild. overnight lows in the mid-30s, cool to partly cloudy, tomorrow 56 breezy, sun and a few clouds. 50 on monday. 52, 58, 60. if we extended that out 65 on friday and 70 on saturday. and again, next sunday is the first day of spring. so we're right on target. came through. >> thank you. i try my best. >> much more to come on eyewitness news saturday morning. playing with heavy hearts, the high school basketball team in michigan plays for the district title one week after the death of their star player. monkey business you don't believe why a virginia woman says she tried to sneak marmasett into a courtroom. should restaurants be more dog friendly? i'll have that story coming up. first yesterday's winning lottery numbers. good luck, we're back in just a moment. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning, on this saturday, march 12th, in our continuing devastation in japan, we want to give you an idea of scientific reasons for why this thing happened. let's give you an idea of where it happened, 250 miles northeast of tokyo of course, it happened at 5:46 their time, 12:46 eastern standard time. the epicenter was 15.2 miles below the surface of the ocean and of course this was an 8.9 magnitude quake. the way these happen, that is an area called the ring of fire, very active, 25,000-mile range of very active pacific coastline with 450 volcanos on it. this is two shapes the eura asia plate and the pacific plate, they send a rush of water straight up. when that goes up, it has to go some place after it maxes out at the top and in this instant it went toward japan, sending a 23 to 30-foot wall of water, basically a tidal wave. in the the history of the world, japan's quake was the fifth strongest quake at 8.9 since the history of records have been kept in the united states and across the world. the fifth largest. here at home we're looking at a nice day shaping up. 60 partly sunny, breezy and pleasant. tomorrow 56 breezy with sun. your five day forecast is coming up. first back to other stories people are talking about. after much debate and delay in wisconsin, the governor there has signed a new law stripping most state workers of collective bargaining rights, it thrust union rights into the national spotlight. democratic senators left the state to keep republicans from voting on the measure. the g-op was able to pass it in their absence by using a legislative loophole. the governor says the bill needed to fix the state's $3 billion deficit an emotional win for a michigan high school basketball team on and off the court. with hundreds of fans the high school won the district championship last night. the school was rocked by the sudden death of its star playing wes leonard a week ago. wes collapsed on the court after the team's final regular season game. just when you thought you heard it all, a story like this comes along. take a look at your cell vision set. this palm sized marmasett was confiscated from a woman, trying to sneak past security with the critter hidden in her bra. she did have an excuse, apparently the seven week old monkey requires constant attention and wants to study law. thee monkey wants to study law. the monkey shops for clothing. it is wearing a dress. she dressed appropriately for court at least. i wonder how far she is on the harvard law degree. >> from monkeys, to dogs, there is a new idea to increase business for restaurants across maryland. some state lawmakers want to allow diners to eat with their pets if they're outside, even monkeys? >> even so. >> adam may reports some restaurants have been quietly doing it anyway. >> reporter: right now a handful of restaurants with outdoor seating allow people to bring their dogs. technically that is illegal, but maybe not for long. around baltimore a lot of restaurants use dogs for marketing, when it comes to meal time, man's best friend is usually forced to stay home. >> whenever we travel we take them with us. we've had dogs for years and years and years they're part of the family. >> the owners of these dogs hope their pets get european style rights. >> i spent some time over in austria, everybody always had their dogs, there would be the dog under the table next to you. >> reporter: you like to see that in baltimore? >> definitely. >> reporter: if it were a wednesday this skateboarding dog could stop for yappie our at shukers. >> people bring their dogs down, a bowl of water and dog treats. >> an old state law prohibits dogs at eateries, even outside. there is a bill under consideration in annapolis to reverse that. >> i'm 100% for it. >> reporter: the owner of mount vernon's city cafe allows the owners to dine with their dogs outside. >> if they know where the law stands in the future that would bring out more dog lovers and dogs. >> reporter: and good for business? >> very good for business. >> reporter: the little does have some supporters, it has a long way to go in the general assembly, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. restaurants can face fines from health department if the department enforces the old laws. still to come on eyewitness news saturday morning. healthy eating, how baltimore is providing nutritious food to those who need ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, baltimore city leaders are becoming serious about food, with the healthy food initiative. >> as kai jackson reports it's an effort to get nutritious meals to those in need. >> reporter: spinach, kale, and radishes, it's all fresh and home grown by the real food farm project. >> what do you think the importance of all this is? >> to get people to eat healthy, fresh food. >> reporter: that's the same goal for baltimore city, getting citizens to eat healthier, fresher foods one plate at a time from the field to the fork. >> we come out here like in the school program and come out here and plant seeds and water them and take care of them. >> the healthy food initiative is a partnership with middle and high school students in baltimore who have been growing the foods you see since 2009 in houses. the united way of central maryland and a former ravens cheerleader are partners. >> teach our young people healthy eating habits, reducing obesity and diabetes and heart disease and helping our citizens lead healthier, happier lives. >> together we will teach families literally how to do it, how to eat healthy, how to make the right choices. >> reporter: over time the real food farm project hopes to have 12 hoop houses up and even open field farming. their kids and teachers subscribe to the idea that you feed a person from the farm and you feed them for a day, you teach them to farm and you'll feed them for a lifetime. >> they can learn how to grow their own plants from their own back yards or they can learn how to come to the lake clifton and buy our fruits and vegetables. >> i don't care if it's one container, two by 3-foot space they're growing food of their own, that would be a success to me. >> reporter: kai jackson wjz eyewitness news. the real food farm is a project of baltimore's civic works. >> you can purchase food from their winter harvest through the end of the month. >> i'm hungry. very nice. still to come on eyewitness news saturday morning we're continuing to follow the danger of a nuclear meltdown in japan as rescue efforts into their second day. >> reporter: no deal, nfl owners and players fail to see eye toe eye in efforts to hammer out a collective bargaining agreement. i'm mark viviano, coming up i'll explain what it all means and what happens next. good morning i'm kelly mcpherson, gay marriage advocates had thought 2011 would be their year. coming up we'll explain what is standing in the way of legalizing ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the scale of destruction in japan is becoming more clear this morning, with hundreds of bodies in areas hardest hit by yesterday's earthquake. welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning, i'm gigi barnett. we will continue our coverage of the devastation in japan in just a moment. >> i'm tim williams, it's the bottom of the hour. temperatures in the 30s area wide. we have a nice day shaping up. clear skies, calm witness conditions. a light breeze and a nice saturday shaping up. almost spring like saturdays go, late winter, this is the last -- well not the last weekend but one of the last saturdays of winter, and 60 today. starting in the 30s. nice sunshine and a light breeze. we'll have your complete forecast in just a few moments. thank you, tim. here's what people are talking about todaythe scenes are heart breaking after a monster earthquake strikes japan leaving hundreds dead. wjz is live with more on the dire situation in japan. alex demetrick has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, as the hours go by the crisis in japan seems to be getting worse. first the country is hit by an earthquake then an enormous wave, all eyes are on a nuclear power plant that could be on the brink of a meltdown. >> japan may be on the verge of a nuclear meltdown a day after the country was rocked by its biggest earthquake ever. the 8.9 magnitude quake knocked out power to the fukushima daiichi power plant, located 150 miles north of tokyo. an explosion reportedly sent walls of a building crumbling after the plant's cooling system failed. >> the type of event that occurred there is one of the most serious things that can happen in a nuclear reactor. >> reporter: officials say a meltdown wouldn't affect anyone outside a 6-mile radius. nearby residents have been evacuated. along the northeast coast, rescue crews plucked people from roof tops in some of the areas hardest hit. the powerful quake unleashed a violent series of tsunamis, including a 23-foot wall of water that swept away nearly everything and every one in the path. the entire pacific was put on alert but waves were not as bad as expected. in japan hundreds are dead and an unknown number of people are . still missing. it was terrifying. i've never felt a quake that strong. >> reporter: large after shocks are rocking the region, many registering above 6.0. aid is pouring in from around the world to help the tens of thousands of people who lost everything. japan is no stranger to earthquakes, but experts say the devastating difference this time around was the killer tsunami that followed. >> currently the official death toll stands at 540. news media on the ground i japan estimate that number could easily double in the next couple of days. >> thank you, alex. those tsunami waves didn't take long to reach american shores. violent waves caused serious damage on the west coast, pulling boats loose from their docks and docks loose from harbors. a man taking pictures of the waves from the beach was swept out to sea. waves hit on hawaii's big island. in kona the water rushed over roadways and hotel lobbies. guests were moved to higher floors. in maui witnesses say 7-foot waves flooded many low lying areas. stay with wjz for complete coverage of the disaster in japan. for instant updates, log on to wjz.com. click on news and then click on world. a dark day for football fans as the deadline expires without a new nfl collective bargaining agreement. now, as the players union decertifies. a new legal fight begins. sports director mark viviano has more on what this means for the upcoming season. still far apart in attempts to hammer out a collective bargaining agreement, the players play their legal hand. they have decertified as a union, which allows them to sue the league, they filed the suit friday night. >> no more players union, means no more collective bargaining and individual football players can now file suit against the nfl's owners to prevent a planned lock out. so talks breakdown after nearly three weeks of mediated negotiations. the players say the owners failed to present enough financial evidence to justify the players having to give up nearly a billion dollars in salaries. the owners say the players walked away from a good offer. >> we made an offer to them today, to basically split the difference between the two sides. we made that approximately at 12:00 o'clock, and at 4:00 they came back and said that it was in sufficient. >> reporter: you had a lawyer from the national football league say what we should have done was just split it with them and walked away. walked away with earning less in 2011 than players made in 2009. >> now the owners say they still hope to talk to the players in an attempt to solve their differences of the players lawsuit against the league includes the names of ten nfl stars, tom brady and peyton manning among them. back to you. thank you, mark. stay with wjz for complete coverage on the nfl labor dispute. we'll keep you updated now that appears the season could be in jeopardy. without a trace, police are looking for a young mother had disappeared with her infant son. no one has seen or heard from stephanie jones since she left her relative's home two weeks ago. jones family members say she moved to the area from new york looking for a fresh start. investigators believe the woman may be a victim and they're asking anyone with information on her whereabouts to call police. police need your help finding a pair of brazen gunmen behind a home invasion in harford county. it happened in abbington, police say a woman was expecting a visit from her mother when two men in ski masks forced their way into her house and ordered her to drive to a bank and withdraw money. the suspects got away in an older model red jeep cherokee with a white rear bumper. if you have any information call the harford county sheriff's office at (410)836-5428. maryland lawmakers were on the verge of making history to become the sixth state in the country to allow same-sex marriage. now those efforts are all but dead. kelly mcpherson explains how the bill failed and what happens next. >> reporter: good morning, gay marriage advocates really believed that this was going to be their year. but friday afternoon, it was clear that 2011 was not the time for gay marriage in maryland. same-sex marriage supporters pushed the bill faster and farther than ever before. it passed senate committee, passed a senate vote, passed the house committee, but fell short in the full house of delegates. no vote will be taken. >> the bill has been recommitted to committee. >> reporter: i was very excited last night. and looking forward to today. and very anxious about today whether it was going to go through or not. >> reporter: it's likely the bill will die in committee, thanks to vocal opposition. >> people who have been e-mailing me say is this going on in the state maryland? it actually is. you have to speak up an let your voice be heard. >> reporter: this couple has been together for four years. they are not losing hope for another chance to legally marry in maryland. >> i have no doubt that it will happen. we just got to get more people involved. >> i'd like him to be able to come in the hospital room and visit me when i'm in the hospital. he can't do that as a partner. as a husband, he could do it. >> reporter: and other supporters. >> i don't think it's going to happen overnight. >> i was dreading the referendum that would come up afterwards. who is going to loss there, i'd rather it lose now than go through all that. >> reporter: legislators and people against gay marriage have said all along if this bill did pass, they would bring forward a referendum for voters to decide on gay marriage in maryland, but now that looks like it will not happen either. reporting from mount vernon, kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. governor o'malley supportedd the bill. he issued a statement last night saying that he remains committed to working with all marylanders to ensure that rights are protected equally for everyone. don't miss out on easy ways to save money when it comes to your home of the mary bubala has ideas on being an energy saver. >> reporter: good morning, today's energy saver focuses on your refrigerator door. if the seal is not air tight, you're wasting energy and money. that's because your refrigerator is the biggest user of energy in your home. test the seal by closing the door over a piece of paper or a dollar bill so it's right in the middle. if you can pull the paper or bill out easily the seal needs to be replaced. i'm mary bubala, wjz 13 trying to help you be an energy saver. thank you, mary. for more information on how you can be an energy saver, go to wjz.com, scroll down the right-hand side of the page, and then click on our special section. turning now to sports, terps fans can put their dancing shoes away until next we're. the men's basketball team could not get past duke. the blue devils in this tournament took this game. they played down in the acc tournament in greensboro, north carolina, the defending national champions got a big boost from kyle singler, the terps loss to duke for the third time this year and this likely ends their ncaa tournament run. >> despite the terps lost we're gearing up for march madness. the tournament starts next week. we want to invite you to try your hand at the wjz annapolis subaru challenge, challenge mark, stan, bob, bernadette, jessica, mary, adam or me and radio personalities from 105.7, find the link under quick links at wjz.com. the first place prize goes on to see which team -- actually, what did that say now? don't forget, the first place -- oh the first place to see which teams make the tournament is right here on wjz. not first place is watching wjz, you can watch the special ncaa selection show tonight right here at 6:00 on wjz. we can say we're number one. >> we're number one. and first place prize you get to watch channel 13. there you go. there is your prize right there. all right. you have a top pick yet? >> i don't have a top pick yet. i watched north carolina come back yesterday and win at the buzzer against miami. we were watching that in the back there. if it's going to be that kind of a season, i mean,. >> nail biter. >> i don't know. i have no idea. i flip a coin and do like some people do, take which mascot would beat the other in a fair fight. >> you know his strategy, you know who to beat. >> you know what my picks will be. we'll see. we'll see. my pick is just that we have some nice weather heading into opening day for the orioles. if we keep this trend up, just around 70 by this time of next week, we're sitting pretty. we have to keep our fingers crossed and buy our time. >> it will be nice into next sunday, the first day of spring. it looks like we're shaping up for a nice run here weather wise. 37 our temperature at bwi marshal. 66% relative humidity. winds from the west-southwest at 7 miles per hour. and we also have barometer rising now at 30.00. across the state temperatures ranging from 31 in oakland to 42 in ocean city. 41 over also in rock hall on kent island we have 38. 37 in columbia. around the state temperatures are reflecting a bit of a southwesterly flow. the air coming from the southwest will help gradually warm us up nicely to temperatures close to 10 degrees over our normal high for this time of year, which is around 50 to 51 degrees. low pressure spinning around, still associated with that front that brought us all the rain two days ago. it's interacting with the great lakes. it brought us a little cloud cover in the afternoon yesterday. that has lifted to the northeast. that is all clearing out. we have clear skies out there now. our next chance of a front comes through dry and just far enough north of us, around central pennsylvania and across new england that it really just drops our temperatures back a little bit sunday into monday, but even that only means we go to 50 degrees and we start gradually warming up toward 70-degree high by next saturday. these are your sunrise and sunset times tomorrow. adding one hour to both of them because again tonight we spring forward. we are looking at 7:21. today sunrise was 6:21. small craft advisory on the bay at 8:00 today. southwest winds on the bay 15 to 20 knots, gusting to 25. breezy and just very delightful today through tonight. tonight's 39 degrees, for tomorrow we're looking at temperatures around 56. 50 on monday, 52 tuesday. 58 and 60 on thursday and this is a reminder, clocks go ahead tonight, before you go to bed, set it one hour ahead. spring forward, daylight saving time resumes tomorrow at 2:00 a.m. check your batteries, smoke detectors and carbon monoxide. >> knock that out too. still ahead, spring is coming and with it warmer weather. >> dr. bill howard, is here to talk about some of those warm weather medical myths and tell us if they really need to -- if they work or if we need to worry. and damage assessments are underway in japan today with enormous destruction to parts of that country. we'll take a look at some of the most dramatic scenes from the last 24 hours when eyewitness news saturday ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a live look over baltimore inner harbor this morning. back to eyewitness news at 7:46, it's 37 degrees outside and quite clear. japan is still reeling from the strongest earthquake there in a century. hundreds are reported dead and that number is expected to rise as rescuers reach remote areas. here are some of the sites and sounds from the hardest hit places. >> reporter: a massive wall of >> we will continue with our complete coverage of that disaster throughout the day. we'll bring you that in a few moments. if you want to check on our website go to wjz.com, click on news and then click on world. let's go back to it now. >> reporter: a massive wall of water, devastating tsunami swept ashore on japan's northeastern coast, surging well inland, sweeping away cars, boats, homes anything in its path. >> japan has known about the threat of tsunamis for a very, very long time and they -- there is almost no case that i can think of where a coastal city is not behind some kind of wall or built atop some kind of abutment to bring it far higher than the level of sea level, but that's what is precisely so frightening about these photos, because the water looked to be overwhelming a lot of these measures that have been put in place. and i don't think this is any kind of statement about ill preparedness, it's a statement to how powerful this earthquake was and how powerful the tsunami is. >> these are some of the places that took the one-two punch, first the quake and then the tsunami. we're looking at these pictures now from the airport where people have gone to the highest ground they can possibly find. >> just watching this wave hit and cars and buildings and houses being swept away in it, i think we're going to see a significant number of casualties, especially in the northern part of the country where the quake was epicenterred. still ahead on eyewitness news saturday morning, you can go swimming after eating or is it okay to eat mayonnaise left outside? those are some of the questions when the weather gets warm. do we need to be concerned? dr. howard has the answers when we ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, well, we turn the clocks forward tonight. sunday is the start of the spring. all the signs are there for summer is ahead. >> and to dispel some of the myths that come with the warm weather, we turn to dr. bill howard from union memorial hospital. and we are going to talk about some of those things, you always hear. jumping in the pool after eating,. >> all those, now, it's quiz time. >> all right. >> a number of these are false, a number are true. you guys can take turns. last time i think gigi won. >> gigi cheated i think. >> all right. you can go first. the question is since winners go first. if you get food poisoning after eating chicken salad at a summer picnic, mayonnaise is usually the culprit, true or false? >> you have to tell me. >> mayonnaise is not the culprit. >> i'm saying it is. >> it is not the culprit. it doesn't go bad, it contains acid, kills the bacteria, we're talking commercial not homemade. >> i'm down one. >> sweat contains a lot of salt so you should probably increase your salt intake in hot weather. i would say that is probably true. drinking like gatorade and electrolytes. >> can we actually agree? >> the way he read the question, it is true. you should increase a little bit. i've had the question, i said markedly, you don't increase a lot. because you don't lose a lot of salt. you think you do, but you don't. increase a little bit though, you're both right. >> sounds good. >> along with that, when you're hot and thirsty after exercise you should drink cold water not luke warm water. >> drink cold water. >> it is cold water. you think -- you are told you get cramps on it, not true. if you drink cold water that cools you off in and of itself and besides if its cold, you drink more. luke warm, don't drink it. >> i worked in florida, people say when you work down south, your blood gets thin you handle heat better. people from the south, in texas and florida? >> i'm saying true. >> you're used to it. >> can we pass? >> no you cannot. i'm going to say, i'm going to agree with tim. >> it is true. because you acclimate to it. it is completely true. >> theme song, all right. >> okay. so you will sweat less as your conditioning improves. >> i think you're going to sweat more. >> i say less? >> she's right again. you sweat mother because a way of cooling and so as you get in shape, you are more efficient in your cooling by sweating more. once again, gigi. >> how about eat less food in the summer? i say that's true. >> that you need less food in summer than winter. >> i'm going to disagree. >> gigi is right again. really? these are all guesses. >> eat the same all year long. it takes as much energy to keep cool as it does to get warm. so you need the same amount of food. another myth. >> you're a winner in my eyes. >> you and me, gigi, who needs you. >> when he comes back and when we come back he'll have the exclusive five day. we'll be back in just a moment. we'll be back in just a moment. come back tim, you're when i joined the national guard, i never thought i'd be saving lives. i put on the uniform and i have a whole new outlook on life. country, community, family-- that's what matters most to me. if that matters to you, go to 1-800-go-guard.com. adam: we need a good night's sleep. kim: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over the top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. i'm feeling sleepy already. nighty night. just a reminder daylight savings time begins tomorrow 2:00 a.m., set your clocks before you go to bed tonight. that's our report for saturday morning. i'm gigi barnett. for dr. bill howard who is wearing his duke blue devil wearing his duke blue devil blue, i'm ,,,,,,,,,,,, feeding a family of five, it's a challenge. especially with the two growing boys. they just eat and eat and eat. when i go shopping, i look for the specials. i'm looking for the real deals. i know they're going to save me money and that's something i appreciate. save more with giant's frozen food event. spend $100 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