[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> our big story tonight, a 13- year-old girl found dead under a pile of plastic bags found by her own brother. we are at police headquarters. sheldon, what do we know so far? >> note that she did what most teenage girls do. she went out on saturday night with some friends, but unlike her friends, she did not come home, and now they are trying to figure out who left her body in the alleyway. >> we figured something happened

because she did not come home, and that is not like her. >> she went roller skating with some friends last night but never came home. her family reported her missing, but her brother founder under some trash bags. >> they walked the alleys and stuff. they had been walking the alleys all night and all day trying to find her. >> that is crazy. that is the last thing, finding a kid in some trash. >> she does have some signs of trauma, but we are not sure what she was killed from. that will determine tomorrow at the autopsy. >> her mother was visibly upset as she made her way back to the crime scene. she was visibly upset. >> she was a good kid. she went to the school right here. we never had any problems. she was just a really good kid. >> it saddens my heart. it does.

i pray for the whole neighborhood anyway all of the time. >> whoever did it, they have got to live with it for the rest of their lives. their conscience. >> now, homicide detectives are investigating, and the autopsy is scheduled for sometime tomorrow. we are live at police headquarters in downtown baltimore, wbal tv 11 news. >> and breaking news at 11:00. take a look at the picture on your screen. the sheriff's office tells us this three-year-old girl was left behind at a chuck e. cheese tonight. her name is harmony. they need your help to find her guardians. harmony tells officials that she has a sister. if you know anything, called the sheriff's office. now, to our other top story, the cleanup effort after those deadly tornadoes that swept across 12 states, killing more than 30 people.

entire towns are simply gone. jay gray is in indiana tonight with the latest. >> there is an eerie silence that hangs over the emptiness. the quiet that comes with nightfall after a day filled with the sounds of survival. the morning of chain saws. so many sifting through the rubble by hand. >> people from everywhere coming to help. >> searching for anything that may be left of lives shattered by the storm. >> it will get much better faster if everybody does a little bit. >> for more than three dozen families, it cannot get better. their loved ones are not coming back, the grief that now includes a toddler who was found fighting for her life in this field. her mother, debt, and two brothers already dead. today, she also passed away after being pulled from life- support.

a grandfather spoke just around big decision. >> we are going to pray. i am going to tell her that it is time for her to meet her mommy. >> it is the kind of hard makes the many must work through now as they prepare for anything but a normal monday here. the message seems a bit obvious. most of the high school has been wiped away, but then there are signs across tornado alley of just how difficult it is going to be to survive. jay gray, wbal tv 11 news. >> closer to home, it is a chilly night in baltimore, taking a live look from tv hill. meteorologist john collins is standing by with a look at what looks like to be a wet weekend. john? >> that is right. not terribly wet but on-again, off-again rain or even snow activity. intercivic and really as far as

we are concerned in the early part of the week. we are giving a hint that we could see a flurry overnight. some of this activity has been persistent over pennsylvania. it edges closer to us. around hagerstown, they are getting some flurries. and there is also something coming at us out of the mississippi valley that we will show you later in our main weather cast that includes maybe somebody getting some rain or snow tomorrow. we will talk about it all, coming up with the insta-weather plus almost winter like forecast in a few minutes. >> all right, john, the maryland women's basketball team won the tournament today and the automatic bid to the tournament. pete gilbert joins us. >> they say it is tough to beat a team three times inning single season, and that just made it all that much sweeter for the

terrapins. maryland held off georgia tech and a last-second effort to tie the game, winning its record 10th acc championship, 68-65. the m.v.p.. now, two weeks to get ready for the n.c.a.a. tournament. there will be a one or two seats coming up for march madness. plus, a look at a couple of other teams still fighting for their chance to dance. >> we are just two days now from super tuesday, the biggest days so far in the republican presidential campaign. mitt romney is coming off of his victory yesterday in the washington caucuses. we have our 2012 report. [cheers and applause] >> stumping across the south today, mitt romney is hammering home his business background, looking to take a divisive -- decisive back -- lead.

>> it is what i do. >> while rick santorum struggles to regain momentum. >> we are doing as well as anybody in all of these races. >> with 11 contests this super tuesday, there is the battleground of ohio. the latest poll shows mitt romney gaining on rick santorum. there matchup is now a statistical dead heat, but because santorum failed to complete the paperwork, he may not be eligible for more than one-quarter of the delegates. >> it is tough for us, only because there is the money disadvantage, but we have got a great grassroots campaign. we are hanging in there. >> throwing her support behind mitt romney, former first lady barbara bush, who recorded a message for voters in vermont and another area. >> we have known them for years and believe he is the best man to run the country for the next

four years, and she will make a great first lady. >> eric cantor indoors mitt romney on "meet the press. >> he has put forth a pro- growth plan for the future, the only one. >> the largest delegates up for grabs the super tuesday, georgia. >> we have worked very hard to make sure we can carry georgia, and all of the polls indicate we will carry georgia. >> for the latest on the rays, check on our web site and click on the politics tab. a man from upstate new york was arrested for threatening to kill president obama and elementary school teacher from saratoga, springs, charged with making terrorist threats. the secret service intercepted 2 billion messages. they say he posted the messages on a white house message board. he was tracked down and arrested. meanwhile, the president making sure that the world knows that

the u.s. is considering all options to make sure that iran does not have a nuclear weapon, and he says that using force he hopes is not necessary but that it is not out of the question. >> i do not have a policy of containment. i have a policy to prevent iran from having a nuclear weapon. >> iran insists its program is for peaceful purposes. we are keeping an eye on the dangerous situation in syria. the red cross continues to try to get into help people killed by the military, but the government will not let them in. a report from beirut. >> for the third straight day, and international red cross has not been able to enter a district, in particular area they want to get to as being described as one of the most hard-hit areas in the seven weeks during the crackdowns in the province. they were able to distribute some of the aid and that they brought with them to those who

sought refuge in nearby villages and towns. here in nearby lebanon, supporters of the syrian revolution took to the street in a rally in downtown beirut, but they're also supporters of the syrian government, and there was a very strong military presence. the lebanese government has been successful in keeping the criteria outside of lebanon, but as that drags on, there are growing concerns about how long lebanon can keep that. >> coming up, a beloved fixture at wbal, and some very good news to share. we have the details straight ahead. plus, cardinal of brian back in town giving thanks. there was a special mass today as the people in baltimore welcome to the cardinal come. >> there is a clipper out in the ohio river valley that is making snow out there and could be a

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>> right now, baltimore city police are investigating a

deadly shooting in northeast baltimore. police say 42-year-old man was shot multiple times and is just after getting into a fight at the nearby 7-eleven. so far, no arrests have been made. it is a huge turnout for a fund- raiser, many of showing up to honor the memory of wbal's ron smith. they gathered for dinner and a celebration. his wife announced the pancreatic research fund at john hopkins has raised over $58,000. they say they will use the money to raise awareness of the deadly stages of the disease, and they are grateful. >> it was a great turnout. we had folks, and open up their pocketbooks. we are really appreciative of the support of our efforts. >> team reason says they look forward to more fund-raise hours that they have planned in the future. cardinal o'brien celebrated a

special mass here at home, to show his gratitude to baltimore. the mass was at the cathedral of mary arcola in baltimore. he thanked others for their support during his tenure as archbishop, and he also defended the sanctity of marriage and the rights of catholics to live out the moral convictions of their faith. people said they were grateful for the work that carnal o'brien has done. >> i am so proud of him, for what he had done for the catholic community in baltimore. he has done a great job. >> a successor to replace carnal o'brien as archbishop has not yet been announced. it has been nearly one year now since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in japan. today, they held a memorial service to remember the victims. the earthquake caused a massive tsunami, wiping out a local elementary school in one town. 70 students and nine teachers

died, five still accounted for. the education board has taken responsibility and apologizes for not realizing the danger that the christmas -- that the tsunami could have caused. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> a mix of sun and clouds, and this mix has been continuing. earlier today, some of those clouds tried to produce some flurries. most of them evaporated. there were some reports up near the pennsylvania line. we do see some snow showers. we may pick up a flurry overnight tonight. there is a cool front. it is sagging to the south and washing out, but there is enough air that is helping to stir things up. that is not the end to this story. some very light stuff. let's take a look first at what happened during the day today. the typical high is 50. 48 at the airport. 50 downtown. the morning lows were 40 and 44,

although it is colder than that right now, down to 36 at the airport and 39 downtown. 36 in salisbury. right at the present one in frederick and in the 20's in western maryland right now. is a little bit of activity off to our northwest. some of this could produce some flurries, nothing major. we have not seen many of these this winter. most of them missed us. this one has got some snow shower activity in it, and the trajectory is to move to the southeast and east. most of it will pass to the south of us. this will be one of those situations where we will be on the north edge of this clipper. here we see the mix of rain and snow as it moves into the ohio river valley out of illinois, and again, it will track just to our south. the question is, how far south. there is more out to the west that we will have to deal with,

as well, but let's just concentrate on what is going to happen this month. mostly cloudy skies, may be a free or two. west winds at 10 m.p.h.. here we track the weather system. there are some clouds just south of down on our futurecast. here is the bulk of snow to the south of us and right up to the baltimore area. we could see some snow or some rain mixed in with and, just briefly touching the area and then moving on. the farther north you go, the less of a chance to see some snow. but there could even be some accumulation out there, so clouds and sun, a shower or rain shower in the forecast. we are not expecting any kind of accumulation of any significance out of this. the wind about 10 to 15. the high temperature, and again, the statewide forecast calls for the bulk of this note or the mix

to be to the south of us. to the west, they have a chance, too, with highs in the 40 parts to be as. the most significant accumulations will be in virginia and west virginia, where they could see two to 3 inches of snow. a small craft advisory on the bay. the 7-day forecast, that activity to the south of us. light is what we're going to college for the baltimore viewing area. 45 on tuesday. look at this, wednesday, thursday, almost on friday. temperatures up near 60. >> all right, thank you. kudos to the maryland women, for sure. >> a baltimore native out of st. francis academy, his specialci

>> the maryland at new a 6.5-

hour bus ride followed them. there was an upset loss. adding to the long legacy of maryland excellence, the acc tournament. it did not come easy. the best scoring day of the career of thomas, no small thing. the acc player, knocking it down, a career high 29. marshall, all of the way to the rack for two. 25 points. 62-61. tied at 63-63, she goes all of the way. no one stops her. maryland never trailed again. marshall. you've got to look at it for the tide. maryland hung on. 68-65. m.v.p. honors. and now, the n.c.a.a. tournament. also, the women pulled off an

impressive upset. they knocked off the topsy boston. but michelle dominated with 25 points. they face albany on the road next saturday for the american east crown and a trip to the tournament. as for the guys, comcast center filled up one more time as they hoped to play spoiler and to say goodbye to an four-day warrior. mosby in joining a genuine moment on senior day. the st. francis graduate had it going pretty well. a nice drive, right to the heart of the virginia defense, and later in the first, the fans, he passed it. and this is. he feeds mostly, knocks down three. 17 points, 41-40, virginia. in the second half, virginia pulling away. two of the 20. they have a lead.

when he does best. knocking out three. 10 seconds left, tied at 61-61. almost the shot of the year for maryland. over time, mike scott. a career high 35. marilyn comes up short. the career at college park comes to an end. >> i cannot imagine where i would be without him, coaching this young team. >> became bad and overcame adversity in the second half. as a player, i tip my hat to the teammates are making that moment special. >> still, the acc tournament for them on thursday. in springfield, mass., convincing the kids is a fine place to visit -- visit.

its first bid in 18 years. in double overtime. they had to reinvigorate the trends, and they responded. more than a three-point shooter. hanging in the air. walker. he is a senior. loyola. second half. pulling away. the show, 21. loyola the winner. 70-60. they face airfield monday night for the chance to dance. >> is one of the goals we have had since the beginning of the season, and it is like a dream come true, but we still have one more game. >> onto a golf where tiger woods has played pretty good this year. he started nine shots off the lead, but he darn near stole the show. on the 17th hole for birdie. the bear trap.

six under, after you are off the lead. the eagle. it is just more fun when he is in the mix. two off the pace of rory mcilroy, who stole the show right back. he becomes the world number one with the victory. and in nascar, jimmie johnson off to a rough start this year. fourth in phoenix. they fell flat. one ran out of gas. hamelin cruised to the wind. greg was third. the daytona 500. nice to have a fairly drawn a free race. please stay with us. another check of the forecast coming up.

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