this is wjz tv, wjz hd, and wjz.com, baltimore. >> from the cities to the counties to your neighborhood. now it's complete coverage, it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> shooting spree, a u.s. soldier accused of murdering afghan families on a rampage. >> good evening and thanks for joining us. the u.s. army staff sergeant is in custody tonight and accused of killing 16 civilians in afghanistan. this incident is almost certain to spark a new round of anti american protest. >> victims were covered with blankets as villagers examined one of three homes attacked. he killed 16 people including

nine children and three women. several others were wounded not far from a u.s. base in after fan stan. >> u.s. forces are providing the highest level of care for those injured. >> reporter: cbs has learned the suspect was on his first tour of afghanistan but had served prior tours in iraq. they called it an assassination and said the shooting cannot be forgiven. nato is working to help find out what happened. the shooting could not have come at a more sensitive time for u.s. after fan relations. pensions just started to ease. that incident sparked weeks of

widespread anti american protest across afghanistan that left dozens dead. there's concern now this latest event could trigger new protest and more bloodshed. >> the name of the soldier in custody has not been released as of yet. we have breaking news a college park student has been released for threatening a student. he's identified at 19 year old alex from fulton in southern howard county. according to police he made numerous violent comments on the internet saying i will be on a shooting rampage tomorrow on campus and saying hopefully, i kill enough people to make it on the national news. tonight we've learned he's in custody and undergoing a psych at rick -- psychiatric

evaluation. >> reporter: a lot of times robbers will just point a gun and demand money but the fbi says this robber is actually pulling the trig around hah that has -- trigger and that has labeled him a target. in the video you can see he pulls out a silver handgun and points it at the cashier and that's when the suspect goes behind the counter. police say that's when he fired a single shot and made off with cash from the register. police believe the robber was one of two suspects last seen in late february robbing another rural farm store. in that case, the fbi says the same suspect shot a consist -- customer in the chest.

>> there's always people here so you would think that kind of thing wouldn't happen. >> reporter: police say the robbers made off with cash and cigarettes but they say it's this man they consider violent. he's in the range of 35 years old and 200 pounds wearing a black coat with a hood. >> reporter: they're offering a 2500-dollar reward for information that helps crack the case and leads to the arrest of the suspect. >> anyone with information is told to call 410-265-8080. japan marks the one year anniversary of the deadly earthquake and tsunami that killed nearly 22,000 people. today mourners released

floating lanterns in the memory of the dead. survivors in the nuclear plant wore protective suits. actors are taking center stain in -- center stage. they're all part of an international effort to aid the theater district in japan. >> theaters around the world are going to be holding events to benefit the theater community in japan effected by the disaster. >> the event is called theaters for japan. theater communications group or tcg is the organizer. >> they put together a series of short plays that they made available to theaters to do readings of. we have decided to do something

more like a video ins at -- installation. >> reporter: 100% of the proceeds from these events are going to japanese play writes to help restore conditions around the japanese theater. donations will be needed for quiet some time. tim williams, wjz, eyewitness news. >> just look for the story at wjz to donate. a maryland priest who denied communion to a lesbian at her mother's funeral is now on leave tonight. harbor johnson and relatives asked that priest to be

removed. >> we're creating jobs at twice the rate of virginia and these cultural battles that drive us apart are not helpful on driving us forward. >> they called mcdonald a skilled leader. one of the issues is controversial bill he signed last week that requires women to receive an ultrasound before they can get an abortion. a race for the white house now moving south. candidates gear up for primaries on tuesday. rick santorum is holding strong showing for conservative christians should force newt gingrich out of the race. he's hoping for a two man race between him and romney. he's not going to ask gingrich to step -- a side. >> i think the odds are good we'll when them. >> let's not forget ron paul is

still in this. he won the wyoming caucuses. romney has a total of 454 delegates which is twice as many as paul, gingrich and santorum combined. it's not the best pick but i guess it could have been worst. tonight the basketball team learns their match up in the tournaments and players and students are pretty pumped up. >> reporter: the greyhounds cheer in excitement. the 15th seated men's basketball team will play ohio state thursday, a second seeded team. >> i'm worried because they're bigger than we are and more physical. >> reporter: this is the first time they head to the big dance

since 1994. students are stoked. >> everyone's really excited and ready to go. >> everyone's got high hopes. it's exciting, definitely. >> my dad went to school here and to see them excel on my first year coming to school, it's been a great experience. >> reporter: 6' 7 player spoke to mark. >> reporter: what's it going to take to beat ohio state? >> a few days of tough practice and getting back to the mentality we had for the tournament. preparation and execution. >> thursday's game will be in pittsburgh and wjz is your home for march madness. we have a lot more to come on the news tonight. the coast guard flies in when a cruise passenger gets sick. we'll take you inside her dramatic transport. >> pretty scary. >> and finally caught days after alegendly shooting a

deputy and stabbing a judge. a washington man surrenders. the twister caught on tape. unbelievable video of the damage the winds caused while, check that out, from the tornado. >> protesting the postal service. postal workers say this demonstration is a fight back against upcoming closure. the details are just ahead. >> i'm meteorologist brenda. we started to warm it up today but wait until you see the warm air moving our direction. we'll have that and your complete forecast after this break. ,,,,,,

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nice, mild, 47 degrees and clear in central maryland now. we have great news for the forecast. first a helicopter flies in to rescue a woman off a cruise

ship. a 47 year old woman had abdominal pains and needed medical attention. the chopper hoisted her and her husband off the deck of the ship. her condition is unknown. a macive man hunt ends in washington state and 34 year old steven has been arrested. he's accused of stabbing a judge and shooting a deputy before running away. a tip from his own mother led to his capture. >> you never know who's next door. >> police say they don't know why he was at the courthouse in the first place and his motive remains unclear. massive closures on the way for post offices across the country. how they are fighting back. >> we just want to get the mail out. >> reporter: these protesters

are home owners, business owners that always say the mail is late. >> there is one day in the week i don't get mail at all. >> reporter: they call this demonstration a fight back because the u.s. postal service shut down this processing plant in frederick last year. >> i'm sure there's changes in the postal service but they don't have to do things this extreme. >> last year they down sized or closed postal offices. >> the postmasters plan the implemented. the service delays, the lack of manpower and if he gets rid of all the employees he wants to, that's no way to save a business. >> reporter: more than 120 of the offices set to close are in maryland and virginia. >> we see a lot of hazards to

our customers and this is not about us necessarily, it is because we're going to lose your jobs but this is about our customers. >> the postal service says its proposed cuts will save about $200 million a year. >> and the postal service says it is on track to cut cost by $20 billion by the year 2015. check out this new video from a deadly tornado in kentucky. here you can see debris flying everyone in this video that was rolling. the winds reached up to 165 miles an hour last week and the video you can see how the twister knocked down trees and moved cars and here leveled some of the homes ripping the siding right off them. six people were killed in this particular twister and nearly 600 people lost their homes.

clean up efforts are still underway. it's going to take a long time isn't it? >> it really is. we haven't started our severe weather season and that's what they've already seen. those kinds of videos can really help advance the science of the weather. for us, we have nothing like that going on. it's absolutely spectacular out there today. 52 is our average. we're going to be so far above this entire week you're going to forget what the average is. looking closer and showing you everyone still pretty mild out there at least in the 40s. now, the winds turned around to the south are light tonight and will continue to bring warm our air way. it's still 60 degrees in chicago and that's going to continue to move in our direction. we have a front coming through but when the front gets out of

here, it's going to go way off to the north and so far north, this is more of a summertime pattern, it's going to keep us on the warm side of everything. the storms go out to the west and showers and thunderstorms and here's the center twirling around. it's off to the north and over us. what that means is we'll see some clouds during the day tomorrow. tomorrow night into tuesday the chance for showers and maybe a couple of thunderstorms on tuesday. then the whole front lifts over us on tuesday so it doesn't really cool us down. it's going to draw warmer air our way. wait until you see some of the numbers. out on the water, monday afternoon winds pick up out of the south. tonight seasonably chilly. 34 degrees and tomorrow we are going up to 68 and we continue to climb. we're in the 70s tuesday and 70s most of this week. adam. >> i have a feeling people will

be using sick days this week. march madness is here. we'll have more coming up next.,

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the fan's sports board, if you listen closely i think you'll hear them screaming. >> i don't want to hear them, i feel them. the dream of a lifetime. the sweetest reality for maryland's men basketball team. early this evening in north east baltimore evening a bit of high anxiety before. they learned they were number 15 seed facing number two seed ohio state in pittsburgh. >> you play every game to win. we're going to win. >> all we can do is win one game and possibly win another. ohio state, that's our tournament for us as far as i'm

concerned. >> again, ohio state and maryland on thursday. florida state beat north carolina, the number one seed in the midwest. there's jack nickelson advising dock rivers on how to act as a coach. here's colby bryant. the lakers go on to win 97-94. frank robinson had to receive medical attention but did leave escorted by the emergency medical technicians. >> thanks so much. we,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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bytes, you can send over 400 thousand e-mails or use gps after grace. all of the data you need to -- power your apps. now, buy one sam sung set for $99.99 and get another one free. good evening, welcome to the verizon 4ge bracket tv show. this is our ncaa basketball expert, i know you would rather be in the tournament, but this has to be the next best thing to being there. >> it's a pleasure to be here. >> >> going to take a look at the number one season, this year as ncaa men's basketball tournament, you have kentucky, in the east, syracuse. and in the midwest, north

carolina tarheels. kept kent has been designated as the number one seed. you have to agree with that. >> no doubt about it. the committee had a great look at the work of the teams. kentucky has been the best team in the country since the beginning of the year until now. we were rewarded for it. that's a good thing. >> >> reporter: how it will they lose the use losses as teaching tools for their teams going forward? >> i think it's the old i told you so. it's like parenting children. i told you if we didn't do this and this, we could be in trouble. it cost them basketball games, but it caused them to focus. >> >> reporter: which one is the to youest region for you? better known as the bracket of death? >> michigan state, memphis, missouri, marquette, throw in louisville. i think that's going to be a tough bracket to get out of. >> which will be the stiffest

competition? >> if they play missouri, it will be a great game. the power of michigan state and the speed andate let similar. >> in the days to come, we'll breakdown each region. when we return, tom will tell you which team is this year's best sleeper. don't go away. .

welcome back tole verizon bracket show. tom. who is this year's butler the vcu in the best sleeper in the field? >> when you look at a belmont team, the coach started out one point loss against duke. so, very difficult for you to prepare for. one of the outstanding coaches, a solid good team and you look at iota woe gets into the first four like vcu, they could be dangerous. >> >> a lot of teams this l bubble burst, today. which team do you think that got out that deer is to have be in. >> i look at the drexel dragons. i think it's a tough out for them and then you also look at seton hall, i think it is interesting because the coach there, was in iona and recruited a good number of the players there and they bumped him out of the tournament.

>> how ironic. do you think all four teams will get there? >> no, i never think that. what makes this tournament special is never works out the way you think it will. >> >> check out the bracket tv show 1:00 p.m. eastern time, live online at cbs local sports. com. don't forget coverage of the men's ncaa basketball tournament begins friday at noon. thank you for watching -- i'm otis livingston, have a great night. .