making news this morning, scare at sea. >> new developments at night in another cruise chip saga. an italian liner adrift in a water infested with pirates. a shooting inside a school cafeteria. police look at an ominous posting on the alleged shooter's web page. and winter's wrath. dumping snow in the west and ready to hammer the midwest with blizzard conditions. and the wait is almost over. who made the cut for the new cast of "dancing with the stars"? the answer just hours away. good morning, i'm meg oliver

in for paula faris. >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. breaking news about the cruise ship in waters infested with pirates. >> they were off the coast of madagascar when they lost power due to a fire in the engine room. >> at this hour, a french fishing boat is towing that ship. it won't reach land until tomorrow. a helicopter is on the way with food and communications equipment. the boat is a sister ship of the "costa concordia," which crashed off the coast of it ll lay month, killing 25. a yet heading to newark liberty airport was forced to make an emergency landing. the united express jet came down on its rear wheels and the nose of the plane. 71 passengers had to exit via

the e emergency chute. classes are canceled at the ohio school where a shooting took place yesterday. people gathered to remember the person who died. >> a quick-thinkening coach probably saved several lives by chasing the shooter from the school. >> reporter: here in the western suburbs of cleveland, five students shot monday morning in chardon high school. one didn't survive. >> we have an active shooter at the high school. repeat, active gunshots at the hoobl. >> reporter: the call came in at 7:38. nate was in the calf fear ya when shots rang out. the alleged shooter was 17-year-old 16789 j. lane, sitting at a table by himself. >> we heard a loud pop, like a

firecracker almost. he was standing on the table. >> reporter: he saw one friend fall on the table and another plying on the floor. >> it was terror. everything just went tunnel vision. you see glances of your friends laying all over the place. there's blood. people screaming. >> reporter: teachers locked their classrooms. students ran for cover. a school football coach chased the shooter out of the school. >> he didn't seem any different. just how he would be on a normal day. he didn't show any expression on his face. he was just t.j. >> reporter: the alleged shooter was an outcast who had been bullied. a motive at the time remains unclear. rob and meg? >> we're learning new details

about the suspected shooter. he attended an alternative school in the far way. late december, he posted a poem on his facebook page that read, he longed for only one thing, the world to bow at his fooet. and he ended ominously, die all of you. his family expressed sympathy overnight to the family of the boy who died. it's "your voice, your vote" with michigan and arizona on the line today. tahman bradley is in washington to break it all down. a lot riding on today. >> reporter: this is an absolute must win today in michigan for mitt romney. for rick santorum, it's his chance to reset the race and to rally the republican party behind him. a loss for romney might be

devastating. polls show the race is neck and neck in michigan, which is astonishing because romney has dramatically outspent him. santorum is labeling romney as an unacceptable nominee. michigan -- this is a big battle there because there's so many blue collar wovoters there. the kinds than republicans and democrats will try to attract in november. >> many democrats can vote in that state as well. what kind of outcome is newt gingrich hoping for? >> he'sing looing -- he's looking ahead to super tuesday next week. he got more financial support from a supporter. he has to be selective about

where he campaigns. his money is tight. he polls third among republicans. >> fall from grace from a few weeks ago. thanks, that mahman. >> you're welcome. millions are bracing for a powerful blizzard. snow starts in colorado and utah. then the storm is expected to dump up to 18 inches of snow in fargo, duluth, and the upper peninsula in michigan. road crews are gearing up. drivers braving the storm can expect whiteout conditions and high snow drifts. that same storm is dumping heavy snow in the rockies. snow is tapering off in the mountains around los angeles and san diego. many drivers in the grapevine area of california were caught offguard. >> the price we pay to mother

nature after a mild winter. lelt's look at the rest of the weather. high winds, hail, a chance of tornadoes from oklahoma city to kansas city. showers along the gulf coast from new orleans to jacksonville. a wet 47 in seattle. 57 in sacramento. 30s in fargo and the twin cities. 72 in dallas. miami climbs to 84. atlanta, 66. 47 here in new york. 45 in boston. and still ahead after the break, a new recall involving birth control pills. what to look out for. first water, then fire. a fuel struck delays the daytona 500. it didn't end until early this morning. and where to find free pancakes today.

welcome back, everybody. oil prices are falling as weak demand offsets fears that iran might disrupt the global supply. crude was trading below $108 a barrel. gasoline averages $3.72 a gallon, the highest it's ever been in february. but the falling oil prices were good news for the markets overnight. tokyo's nikkei average rose 89 point today. hong kong's hang seng was up 351 points. in london, the ftse opened

lower. on wall street, the dow hit 13,000. didn't manage to stay there. ending down a single point. the nasdaq gained 2. more of us are doing something about the annoying bank fees. almost 10% switched banks last year. a third of those surveyed said it was because of the fees. many customers don't feel they're getting good enough service to justify what the banks are charging them. who better than gordon gekko to fight greed? michael douglas is in a new campaign on insider trading. he asks for those with knowledge of these crimes to report them. >> i love seeing that old school cell phone. your next car may have a rearvie cram in it. the announcement is expected to be thaed that all cars will be

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so long. the race didn't finish until today. espn news has more. the 54th running of the daytona 500 finally took place on monday night. rain delaying it for more than a day. zwret d jet dryers got the track dried. second lap, the big one. didn't take long to have a massive fileup. jimmie johnson into the wall. slides down the track, david ragan collected. danica patrick, also trevor bayne damaged. lap 160. that's juan pablo montoya, loses control of his car and slides into one of those jet dryers on the track. a huge explosion. montoya and the driver of the jet dryer truck would walkway. the cleanup would take two hours and five minutes. monto montoya's car in flames.

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updating the day's top stories. a crippled cruise ship is being towed back to port in the pirate invested waters off of southern africa. the boat lost power after a fire. a critical day in the mitt romney campaign as voters head to the polls in two states. he faces a challenge from rick santorum. >> a powerful blizzard is bearing down on folks in the north today. whiteout conditions and road closures. looking at the rest of the weather. rain and thunderstorms from chicago to memphis and oklahoma city. and finally from us this story has some legs no doubt about that. or nakt leg, singular.

most of the buzz from last night's oscars is about angelina jolie's lovely leg. >> reporter: it wasn't even nominated. she stole the show. >> here are the nominees for adapted screen play. >> reporter: rather, her right leg made the show. the winners adapted their stance to hers. this was no wardrobe malfunction. she favors the leggy look. she knew exactly what she was doing. she struck that stance often enough that her legs started to multiply with the help of photo shop and twitter. while the oscars were on the air, @angie's right leg has followers.

the tanks would surely have stopped the their tracks for angelina's leg. the pepper spray guy would have stopped shooting the students for a good lk. her leg tiptoed into the last supper. nudged the row boat across the delaware. one tsa small step for man. one giant leap for angelina's leg. the writer with the leg up on everyone was immediately called on the carpet for it. >> you're the first to start a huge trend called jolie-ing. >> i wanted to show everyone what it meant. it was like, oh, she's standing great. i'm going to stand like that, too. >> reporter: she struck a pose and got some attention. but not necessarily the reaction she was looking for. with angelina's right