>> an absolutely devastating afternoon and evening in the dallas-fort worth area after several tornadoes touched down. they tossed tractor-trailers' in the air like toys. >> amazing video there. preliminary estimates say that perhaps 6-12 tornadoes touched down and more than a dozen people have been injured. >> taxes under attack. >> it is throwing 18 uighurs. >> the raw power of a massive tornado played out on live tornadic -- on my television today in texas. tractor-trailers' of 60,000 pounds and cost hundreds of feet in the air. >> this is something i have never seen before. >> this section of tornado alley is no stranger to twisters, but few have ever seen anything like

this. multiple tornadoes tossing everything in their path. >> we saw it in the midwest, but it is another thing when it is this close. >> hours after the storm, it is still hard to believe, those tractor-trailer's twisted, tossed to the side, neighborhoods tattered and torn. neighbors now clinging to each other. >> look at this car inside this house. >> the wood from the back fence was going that way, so i pulled back in. i heard a thump, turn around, and here was distraught. >> many say early warnings and the graphic pictures like we saved their lives. >> i saul anuzis had been on the ground for 10 minutes. -- i saw on the news it had been on the ground for 10 minutes. >> at dfw airport, hundreds of flights were canceled and more

than 110 planes damaged by hail. a vicious rounds of storms, an ominous warning that a tornado season now moves toward its most traditionally violent months. there is a curfew tonight in lancaster. the clean up in what is sure to be a long and difficult recovery will begin in earnest tomorrow morning. >> today was primary day here in maryland, not a lot of people seem to notice. tonight on the democratic primary for center, center been carden has won easily, as was expected. he has 73% of the votes. his closest contender has 17% of the vote. 73% of the vote, businessman john delaney is ahead with 55%

and roscoe bartlett is winning on the republican side with 44 percent of the vote. many political insiders say it is unusual for an incumbent to win a primary with less than a 50%. now to the big race. governor mitt romney has taken all three of the primaries, including here in maryland, wisconsin, and the district of columbia. steve handelsman has tonight's complete commitment 2012 report. >> winning in maryland and d.c. was assumed. mitt romney big try tonight is in wisconsin. >> when you drive home tonight, and you stop by the gas station, take a look at the prices and ask yourself, four more years of that? >> today's primaries were winner-take-all. romney won all ages, men and women in wisconsin, even the tea party vote. a big loss for rick santorum.

he gets you, if any, delegates, but back home in pennsylvania, he denied it is game over. >> we have reached the point where it is have time. half the delegates in this process have been selected. it is ready to charge of the locker room in pennsylvania for a strong second half? >> president obama was throwing campaign fastballs and aimed at mitt romney and the deep spending cuts he backs. >> it is laughable. i repeat what i said before, it is not class warfare, it is math. >> one more chance, pennsylvania in three weeks. santorum still leads in the polls in his home state, but romney is on the rise. steve handelsman, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we are hoping he would check out our new interactive map that shows the results county by county. see how your county voted on

wbaltv.com. >> the voter turnout in maryland today was lackluster. >> administrators say it will be lucky to get to 25%. kerry cavanaugh saw that in person today. she joins us live from baltimore county. i take it the parking lot was never crowded today? >> it was not. if you showed up. 2:00 this afternoon, it looked pretty much the same. as you mentioned, voter turnout was lower today. they are guessing the term that will average just over 10% across the state. you cannot blame the weather for keeping people away from the polls on this beautiful spring day. boaters' trickled in to cast their ballots in maryland's primary election. >> i have never not voted since i was eligible to vote. i think it is important.

it is part of being a citizen of the country. it is what enables me to have a say in government and to be able to influence it in some small way. texted officials estimate that around 10 percent of registered voters cast a ballot with the turnout peaking in 16% in conservative maryland -- conservative western maryland. officials did not expect people to pack the polls given that maryland is a heavily democratic state and the president is running for reelection. joe got up at 5:00 a.m. to vote for ron paul. he is disappointed that just over 100 people came into his polling place. >> how long have you been out here? >> like 13 hours. >> are you staying until the polls close? >> yes. i have been here since 6:00. >> an average of 3% of eligible

voters to the damage of the opportunity to cast a ballot early. >> we had about 7400 voters, which is not good. >> what we saw today was a sharp contrast to the primary back in 2008 when the democratic nomination was up for grabs. about 40% of voters came out to decide between barack obama and hillary clinton. >> a handwritten bomb threat forced school officials to shut down all kent county public schools today. investigators evacuated the schools after to teachers at a middle school found a note around 8:00 this morning. it said that bombs had been placed at seven of the county schools, prompting officials to call in bomb sniffing dogs to search the building. >> school officials immediately evacuated the high school students who were already in school, turned away the middle school students who were arriving at this facility, and

called all the elementary schools, canceling schools here in kent county for the day. it could have been a prank, but it could have been real, and we have to approach these things as if they were real and respond accordingly. >> no one was injured. police did not currently have any suspects in connection with the threat. >> life without parole was a sentence handed down today for the brutal sexual assault and stabbing death of 15-year-old jason madison in 2009. jayne miller has the details. but short of the death penalty, the sentence dante parish handed today was the most severe he could get, life with no chance of parole. he murdered 15-year-old jason matheisen in 2009. the boy was stopped in the closet of an upstairs bedroom. pillowcase had been jammed in

his mouth, his throat was cut, and he had been sexually assaulted. >> i am very grateful that he will not be able to hurt anybody else. >> jason was a good student who wanted to go into medicine. prosecutors said jason had to shuffle from one home to another because he was gay. in court today, jason's mother took exception. i son was never homeless, she said in a statement. the statement was read by another family member. >> jason was always welcome in his mother's home. she never put him out because of his sexuality. she knows in her heart, jason knows, and his family knows. >> dante parish said nothing in court today. the judge cited a scottish prayer. he called him a danger to his friends, society, and even his

enemies. jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news predicts a vigil at towson university for remembers of two students who died of the weekend. one appeared to be the result of medical issues and the other is the result of a hit-and-run accident. kai reed was there as the popular students were honored. >> a sea of candles lit up towson university as hundreds of classmates and friends honored to members of the university family. >> any state and dying is a tragedy. texted is dying in the same day -- any student dining is a tragedy. texted is dying in the same day is hard for us. >> 20-year-old bailey was walking saturday morning when he was hit by a car. he died at the scene. the car kept on driving and

police are still looking for the older style card. >> we are staying strong. once we figure out who it is, we are not going after vengeance, we are just trying to figure out everything so we can let his family rest and know what happened. >> timothy coyer was an army veteran who served two tours in iraq. >> he was the best friend of many. he treated everyone in our chapter like a younger brother. whenever we had any trouble, he was the one you would call. this has shaken us up pretty badly. >> the like from one can always pass throughout the crowd and they shared a prayer. >> we are trying to help everyone out as we can and make sure everyone gets through this.

kai reed, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the deadline for the state budget is quickly approaching in annapolis. we'll have details coming up next. >> nervous credit card owners across the country after an announced security breach. what you should know to protect yourself. >> we have a little rain in the seven-day forecast. partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the

>> time is running out for the general assembly to agree on a budget plan. state budget talks broke down

today and conferees canceled their later session. the senate version would raise the bulk of revenue from the across-the-board personal income tax increase. senate president mike miller warned that the gap is so wide, the general assembly may have to extend the april 9 adjournment date. the push back on legislation to make and store discount the six slots opinion in the state. among opponents, the ceo of caesars. the measure were also allow casino operators to keep 90% of the proceeds from the table games. house ways and means committee has not yet scheduled a vote on this bill. with the recent security breach for some visa and master card owners, it makes you wonder how much of your financial information is at risk. >> it turns out the answer is pretty much all of it.

how can you better protect yourself? >> we may just be names and numbers to scam artists, but behind every credit card is a person that identity thieves would love to rip off. stephanie thomas had her debit card stolen and someone took money straight from her bank account. >> i am so angry. >> what should you do if a stranger starts making charges on your credit or debit card? the first thing, let the car company know that something is wrong. then, make a police report. >> put it in your files. >> chances are the scanner has already racked up bills on your stolen card. the you have to pay it back? >> you are only responsible for the first $50 in losses. no credit card company since 1999 has tried to enforce that. they will probably take care of it. >> it doesn't matter how careful

you are with your personal information. if there is a breach along the line somewhere with your credit card, you become the victim. the best thing to do is go through your bills every month. that is not always easy to do. >> i scan id, but i am not very careful. i do not sit and look at every charge. >> we sit down together and literally check every single thing. >> that is good, because identity thieves do not have to steal your wallet to get your information. they just need to hack into the credit-card data stream, whether your local bank or a card processor thousands of miles away. >> officials say you should report unfamiliar transactions to your card company as soon as you see them. if you wait too long, those charges may be, irresponsibility. >> the 100th anniversary of the titanic.

items recovered from the boys are going on the auction block. -- from the voyage are going on the auction block. it includes a locket recovered from the pocket of a ballet for a wealthy hotel owner. >> you can see the water damage. this is an authentic deck chair from the titanic that was salvaged from the ocean in april 1912. >> the auction goes live able 19th. you can find a link on our website, wbaltv.com. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> temperature started out this morning in the lower end of the

30's. went up close to 70 in the afternoon, a big temperature swing from the morning to evening. we even saw frost in some neighborhoods. low pressure is coming in from the west. a couple of rain showers have developed, nothing of significance out there. we are watching some light showers coming down out of pennsylvania. i doubt it will be a big problem for the drive time, but there could be a couple of light showers and sparkles when you wake up tomorrow morning. cloud cover starting to thick enough little as the system comes in from the west. we will miss most of this. those tornadoes down in texas, that is where most of the energy is. only a 30% chance for a couple of showers and thunderstorms. 53 at the airport right now. temperatures fairly uniform, may be dropping back another 10 degrees into the 40's. partly cloudy with a slight chance for a rain shower late

tonight. if you are up early tomorrow morning, there could be a little bit of rain in some neighborhoods. from 40 in the colder spots to near 50 degrees downtown. tomorrow, the system passes out of us and we will see a slight chance for a couple of showers developed as this goes by. the main part of the storm will pass out of us with some strong thunderstorms in the southeast part of the country. there could be a repeat of what happened today in texas across the southeast, so keep an eye on that. it should stay south of us. it will be close to 70 degrees and then the winds will shift to the north and cool things off as we head toward the end of the week. the forecast tomorrow, a mixture of clouds and sunshine. the redesigned -- 30% chance of a shower and maybe a thundershower. on the bay tomorrow, a little choppy. they water temperatures are now in the low 50's.

high tide tomorrow at 5:04. it will cool off at the end of the week, a particular's on thursday and friday. for the orioles' home opener, not the best day for baseball, but it will not be cancelled by the weather. 68 -- 58 for a high temperature. we will keep the slight chance for showers and on easter sunday. the best chance for rain by for will be monday or tuesday. >> tony, we will celebrate regardless of your forecast. the women's national championship game was a tight one in the first half. trying to get in light of baylor's run to history. we will check on that, coming up next in sports. >> hello, america. it is tuesday, april 3. tonight's jackpot is an estimated $12 million. you must match these five white balls plus the gold megaball.

let's see if we can make a millionaire tonight. 38-11-35-52-41. tonight's megaball number is 40. if no one that is all six numbers, friday's jackpot will be worth $20 million. be worth $20 million.

>> the nfl put on a rather extravagant show today in new york to unveil new uniforms as nike takes over for reebok with apparel. curiosity was high, but traditions of the nfl only some minor modifications. a few changes to the caller of the jersey. these days to take part in the off-season workouts but the possibility exists that he will stay home.

pitching today in the final spring training workout to earn a spot in the rotation for the season. he gave up just one run. he missed sometime this spring with a sore elbow. but showalter is in charge. he could come to baltimore in a couple of weeks. he looks forward to contributing very soon. the red sox hope for a good start to 2012. bailey will have some surgery come -- thumb surgery. we watch the maryland women to see if they could reach the elite eight in college basketball. however, there were no match for

notre dame. they blew past everyone into history tonight. they coordinated unlike any other. the irish may be the best play card in the country. britney inside, moving the ball down. you cannot stop it. odyssey is a pretty good point guard, too. a great spend and the spanish. patiently waiting, not sit down. maori would leave injured in the second half. -- mallory would leave injured in the second half. she had 26 total points, 13 rebounds. baylor rose 40-0 to win the national title.

masters week, truly a golf tournament unlike any other. it is a little embarrassing. scores this week at the masters my tackle luster off the historic shine. saw conditions will allow players to attack the course like never before. rory mcilroy cannot wait for another shot. tiger woods looks a lot like his old self and sounds like him, too. >> i feel like i am hitting the ball much better than i have. it is very straight. my iron game is improving. everything is heading in the right direction at the right time.

>> that is the guy we used to see. >> stay with us. we have tony up with a look at the forecast, right after this. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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>> tomorrow we will still be hanging around 70 degrees, but then we will drop into the 50's.

70 tomorrow, 59 on thursday, 58 on friday for the orioles' home opener. there'll be a storm passing south of us so a couple of sprinkles could make it this far north. not what you would call perfect baseball weather, but we have seen worse. >> and that is all for 11 news tonight. good night. we will see you back here tomorrow. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- ♪

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