another life lost, a teenager opens fire inside a ohio high school. new information about the shooter. good afternoon, here is what people will be talking about today. another student died following the gun violence. a teenager apprehended apprehended is ready to appear in court. manuel gallegus has more for wjz tv. >> reporter: residents are remembering the victims of a high school shooting. >> it hurts. i'm a mother. it hurts. >> reporter: a second student died from his injuries this morning. one day after a teenager opened fire at sheridan high school. school had just started when eye eye witnesses say lain pulled out a handgun and shot

fife students. lain expected to be in court this afternoon. cbs news has learned that lane claims to be a victim of bullying and warned his friends about his plans two days in advance. he was not a student at sheridan, waiting to be bussed to a nearby school. he tarted one group of kids sitting together before a teacher chased him down. students who knew lane are shocked. >> you never think of him to do this. he is so shy and quiet. he is one of those people that is not talkative around other people. >> reporter: schools are closed today and flags are flying at half staff. more memorials will be held tonight as this community mourns the victims. in sheridan, ohio, manuel gallegus, wjz.com eye witness news. >> some of those shot were waiting for buss to other nearby schools. dover del aware, a solemn home come for the major killed

in afghanistan amid growing anti-american protests in the country. mary bubala is live with more on this. >> reporter: good afternoon. it is a tragic homecoming for major robert marchanti. he worked as ad advisor helping to train afghanistan police. this weekend, one of those afghanistan policeman assassinated him and another u.s. officer inside the highly secured interior ministries building in kabul. that suspected pay back for the burning of the koran by troops at a u.s. air base last monday. the news devastating to his wife and four children who live in baltimore. before taking full time work with the national guard in 2008, marchanti spent years as a physical education teach fer

for several baltimore county schools. facebook messages are pouring in from students he taught over the years. >> he was the kind of person who came in to the room, and just calmed it down. >> when he got his job, he had two passions, one was working with kids, the other a soldier. >> he is a gentle giant. >> reporter: the death pain to feel marchanti's friends at the armory he is a 12th maryland guardsman to lose his life on the war on terror. funeral arrangements are not yet set. he will be buried at arlington national cemetery. top commander in afghanistan has now with drawn all military advisors from afghanistan ministry buildings. before prince georges county council women johnson reports to prison she is to pay a fine. the wife of jack johnson has been ordered to pay $15,000 by

next month. when she is to start serving her sentence for obstructing the investigation in to her husband's corruption. he is serving 7 years. container tax, proposal to double it. stephanie rawlings blake wants to raise it to $0.50 with a bill introduced at the council meeting. the pennies could generate millions of dollars to fix crumbling school buildings, business owners say the extra cents make no sense. >> the $0.02 tax really hit us hard. now they want to go to $0.05. it's going double the impact. >> our kids deserve better. sometimes it takes tough decisions to provide a way forward. >> if approved estimates project the increase would generate $10 million a year. the city council will have the final say. turning to the weather there is very little to come plain about this afternoon.

taking a live look outside on a sunny, seasonally cool day with a little bit of a breeze and lots of blue sky. we have complete first warning weather coverage. marty bass in the outback with a jacket on, bernadette woods in the first warning weather center. good afternoon. >> yes, another gorgeous one. we cooled down from yesterday. look at the temperatures out there. we are already up to 49 degrees in baltimore. that is our average high. we will rise this afternoon. look at the 40s around the region. 40s in the mountains. along the water today, a little bit cooler because that water is so cool this time of year. for the rest of us, we are going up a few more degrees. starting tomorrow, we will see changes around here. it has to do with another storm moving your way. look at first warning doppler, well to the west, it's gaining moisture moving in our direction, for more, here is marty. >> good afternoon, don, you are right i got a jacket on, i'm not wearing a speedo but i'm

not wearing long underwear. let's take a look at a couple of graphics, there is another storm pressing in a northeasterly direction. it's going to bring us rain and eventually mild conditions to start march. look again, what we are missing, it's going to be yet another yet of winter weather to the great lake states and states bordering the st. lawrence, all the way in to eastern canada. weather has been about location this winter. the run at the dice table, continues. we will start march mild, how so? meteorologist, bernadette woods, with the details coming up shortly. now back inside. mitt romney and rick season santorum miking closing arguments vying to convince voter he is is the best choice to face barack obama in the fall. this race will come down to the wire. here is randal with the latest for wjz. >> reporter: voters going to the polls in michigan and

arizona, mitt romney expected to pull off a win in arizona but in his home state of michigan he is stuck in a tie with rick santorum. this morning during a visit to campaign office, romney won on the attack against his chief rifle. >> i think he is a economic lightweight. >> reporter: romney spent five days crisscrossing michigan hoping to avoid an embarrassing loss. last night a boost from an un lukely supporter. rock's hit, born free, is romney's campaign theme song. rick santorum is counting on an un usual coalition to put him over the top. he has lined up support from tea party members social conservatives and asking michigan democrats to vote for him. >> i find it funny because all the pun dents are saying he is too conservative, romney run ads i'm not conservative. >> reporter: in the former senator doesn't win in romney's

home state he could still declare a victory. a strong showing for santorum in michigan could solidify the contest as a two-man race. ron paul and newt gingrich are in the hunt. gingrich is looking to the south for a chance on super tuesday, next week. >> if romney wins arizona as expected he will pick up 29 of the delegates. michigan awards delegates based on the percentage of the vote. it's possible knightler leave empty handed. a long time fixture may be going for a final spin today. last month the city terminated the lease with the owners of the carousel outside of the science center. leaders declared the right must be shut down after today. it hinted that it needs the space for other uses. still to come on wjz, eye witness news at noon, a rocky ride and landing for dozens of people in new jersey why the

pilot had to land without his nose gear. a fire ball on track at the daytona 500. details are coming up. a cool clear day out there with plenty of sunshine, stick around your complete forecast is coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

scary moments for dozens of people aboard a commuter jet had to make an emergency landing at the liberty airport. authority say the united express flight was attempting to land getting ready to, when the front landing gear would not come down. the plane landed without it skiding to a stop on the runway on its nose, nobody was hurt and passengers and crew escaped using the emergency shutes, a fiery interval after a 36-hour rain delay. that was the start of the problems, later, juan montoya would crash in to a safety truck. nobody was hurt but the fire scorched part of the track and delayed the race for two hours.

drivers couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> nascar can't catch a break. we had a prime time monday night race and we got a 2-hour delay. >> that stuff was crazy. i'm glad everybody was okay. >> despite the delays there was a winner, mat kenseth beat out dale earnhardt to take the checkered flag, second win in daytona, florida. still ahead on eye witness news, a sunny seasonal day outside here as we tick down to the end of february tomorrow. complete first warning weather forecast, 2 and a half minutes away. let's look at the midday stocks, to be followed by multi- match numbers. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

we had a front yesterday. not much to the front. it's cooler behind it. we are 49 degrees, beautiful afternoon, temperatures all going above average again. compared to yesterday at this time, it's slightly cooler, 5 to 10 degrees. that's because we have a northwest wind from yesterday. we open it up, there is colder air across the country. all of it is locked west,

that's not moving in our direction. we will cool down a little bit more tomorrow but that is more so because clouds and rain are moving our way. this storm in here, notice on the northern side, once again, snow, but that is off to north of us. storm is going to pick up moisture. clouds come in tonight and rain breaks out tomorrow. heavy at times. rain and drizzle throughout the day tomorrow. a raw day. this will move out on thursday, when it does, temperatures go back up. here is that storm coming in from the west, rain and drizzle during the day tomorrow. thursday out of here, clouds mixed with sunshine, temperatures go up instead of down behind the front. as we head in to the weekend we will watch for a second storm that will probably bring your way saturday. breezy at times, 54 for the high. tonight we are going down to 35 degrees. clouds start to come in, rain and drizzle during the day tomorrow, 48 for our high. that's close to our average, it

is going to feel cool, damp outside and we have been warm lately. for most of this winter. that gets out of here, back up in to the 60s in the five day forecast, marty will have the specifics. when another storm comes our way friday in to saturday it's in the form of rain, that will be march. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

health watch report, are sleeping pills harmful or not? researchers looked at data over two and a half year period, people who took the aids had 4 and a half times higher risk of dying. high doses associated with increased cancer risk. they looked at different medications all used to treat insomnia. if you are not getting enough of mega 3 fatty acids it could be hurting your memory.

diet low in nutrients found in fish, may cause you to lose thinking functions. people scored lower on problem solving and multitasking tests. a study suggestions having a stint implanted is no better than medical therapy for it. they looked at 8 studies involving 7000 patients over 4- year period finding people with stints to keep arterys open did not have a big reduction in death or heart problems when compared to patient whose received medication instead. check back in with eye witness news at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00, the latest on the court hearing today for a teenager accused of shooting and killing two students at a northeast ohio high school. still stranded, updating the story of the costa allegra adrift in the indian ocean. join us for the stories and breaking news at 4:00, after

dr. phil. stay with us, the 2-month forecast is coming right up. ,,,

a live look at the carousel. >> what a beautiful afternoon. marty is out there. we keep saying this, what a great season he has had to be

out enjoying the sunshine. what can we expect the next couple of days? >> i haven't worn the heavy ski coat and the ski gloves i wear when we are doing snow coverage. >> i love winter hats and haven't worn that many. >> sell them all. >> this is not normal. >> let's look at the five day forecast. starting off thursday, march 1st, look at, that after rain tomorrow, 66 on thursday. almost 65 even with showers and cold front saturday , the mid- 50s, 52 clearing out on sunday. that's called living large. back inside. don't miss the cbs prime time line up on wjz. at 10:00, unforgettable. stay tuned for eye witness news at 11:00. real life cowboys have hands full in texas after two cows make a break for freedom. it happened in houston at app livestock show. -- at a livestock show in

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