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counties, to your neighborhood, now it's complete could, it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> app afghan shooting spree, 16 civilians are dead after an american soldier goes on a rampage. >> now u.s. forces hope to contain retaliation. >> good afternoon, i am don scott. >> i am jessica kartalija. >> here is what people are talking about today, the taliban fighters are vowing revenge after a u.s. soldier kills more than a dozen people in a shooting rampage in southern afghanistan. here is danielle nottingham with the latest for wjz. >> reporter: afghan security forces stood guard on the streets of kandahar, concerned about retaliation for a u.s. soldier's shooting rampage. u.s. officials took an army staff sergeant into custody after he reportedly left his base around 3:00 in the morning sunday and walked to two nearby villages then went house-to- house shooting civilians.

afghan officials say 16 people died in all. three of them were women, nine were children. he dragged the boys by their hair and shot them in the mouth this woman said. other witnesses say after the killings the shooter set the bodies on fire. >> those family members will demand revenge. they have to have it for the sake of their honor, for the sake of their families, for the sake of themselves. >> afghan president karzai called the killings unforgivable. the president promised him a full investigation and those responsible will be accountable. the pentagon has not released the suspect's name but we have learned he was assigned to a special forces unit on what is called a village stabilization operation where troops develop closer ties with local leaders. this was the suspect's first tour in afghanistan. but he served three tours in iraq. he was based at fort lewis in

washington state. at the white house danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> some of you will recall the serial sniper john allen muhammad was also stationed at fort lewis. he was executed in 2009 for killing 10 people. >> the university of maryland college park avoids what could have been a tragic day on campus after a student there threatens a mass shooting, that student is now in custody. andrea fujii has the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: campus police arrested 19-year-old alexander song of howard county after he wrote on line i will be on a shooting rampage tomorrow on campus. hopefully i kill enough people to make it to national news. stay away from the mall tomorrow at 1:30. university of maryland department of public safety arrested song on sunday and he was taken to an area hospital for a mental evaluation. campus police worked through the night alerting students of the threat. the police chief released a

statement saying the incident was taken extremely seriously and all efforts were put forth to bring a speedy and save resolution, the website describes song as a member of a campus research program and scheduled to graduate in 2014. >> andrea thank you. school officials say song has so far only been charged with a misdemeanor. >> a baltimore city police officer is suspended after being accused of theft. ron matz has the latest. >> good afternoon. believe it or not this all stems from a trip to the grocery, investigators say her daughter is a cashier at the food depo and she undercharged her mom for groceries. a security guard from the store noticed the cashier incorrectly entering prices and turned her in. early was only charged 100 dollars when her bill should have been more than 400. she has been charged with

attempted theft and her has been charged with conspiracy. >> early is on suspension pending an internal affairs investigation. police in washington, d.c. are searching for a man who opened fire inside an ihop. police say first a fight broke out in the pancake house and a man was shot. he is still in critical condition this noon. witnesses say the man with the gun and the woman with him walked out of the restaurant and got away. >> republican presidential hopefuls focused on the south ahead of tomorrow's primaries in alabama and mississippi. bigged a shab has bigad shaban has the latest. >> reporter: mitt romney is celebrating his birthday on the campaign trail. >> thanks. >> reporter: one of two southern states holding republican primaries tomorrow. >> i think it is time to send a president to washington who can fix things in this country.

>> reporter: rick santorum is spending time in mississippi. the other state where they will head to the polls. a new pole shows he leads the poll with 34% supporting him. romney trails just behind with 30%. santorum's lead is within the pole's margin of error. newt gingrich and ron paul are still far behind. but the poll also shows most republican voters, 73%, expect romney will win the nomination. >> this primary is very very important. >> tomorrow's primaries are critical for gingrich, who is resisting calls to drop out of the race. >> at some point it becomes irrelevant whether he is in the race, i think this race is going to become a two person race. >> gingrich maintains he will pull out wins in the south. >> i represent the regan tradition of large ideas, he represents being a team player on a washington team. >> santorum has momentum with a win in kansas over the weekend. >> i like grits. >> but he still lags behind

romney in the delegate count. beg gad shab shab, ad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> if you have not registered today is the last day. >> those going to thes to the to the festival will have good weather. japan gave cherry trees to the capitol as a good will gesture that has endured. it will last 5 weeks. it appears winter could be over weeks ahead of schedule. take a live look outside. it is another gorgeous day and we can look forward to warmer temperatures this week. for more on that we have got marty bass in the outback and meteorologist bernadette woods over in the first warning weather center. a great afternoon bernadette. >> good afternoon to you don and everybody out there. and it is pretty incredible. we keep saying it but it is

still winter. temperature-wise we are already up to 63 degrees, the cooler spots at 59. compared to yesterday at this time we are 5 to 15 degrees warmer and this trend is going to continue. high pressure is in control. it will keep us dry at least for now and will continue to pump warmth in our direction. for more on that we send it out to marty once again this winter enjoying the outback. hello. >> hello, hey, just real quick i know that trees and flowers are blooming but for the first time we are seeing these little seasonal flies that trout fishermen at the gunpowder love to encounter and put on their hooks and make lures out of. i mean hundreds of them out here right now. they know the season has changed. as far as our weather, this beautiful lunch hour is going to well start to change through the afternoon. we are going to see clouds dive into the area. there miss weather down to the lower left-hand-side of your tv screen that is moving our way. what you are seeing around charleston, columbia,

pittsburgh, lifting north of the area. what is going to come up the 95 corridor and cruise through dc, baltimore and philly is forming toward bristol and atlanta later. we are going to have showers, bedtime through tomorrow. not steady heavy rain but showers. but what is coming up from the south, because weather is ultimately is where is the air come from, is going to rock your world, wait until bernadette woods tells you the daytime high tomorrow. we will do that during our first warning weather segment. now we will throw it back inside. >> orioles hall of famer frank rob bun son is recovering after a health scare. according to the l.a. times robinson was feeling dizzy during the game yesterday between the lakers and the celtics. he left escorted by medical technicians, he is reportedly resting at home and is expected to make a full recovery. the loyola greyhounds will take the national stage in the ncaa tournament on thursday, they found out yesterday they

will face ohio state in pittsburgh. the game will be thursday night around 10:00. this is the first time loyola is headed to the big dance since 1994. of course, we want to invite you to try your hand at the wjz bracket challenge. you can challenge matter, mark, stan, bob, bern, tim, mary, don and me plus radio personalities. >> something i still have to do. >> i do too. >> still to come a deadly crash in indianapolis, a school bus hits a bridge with students on board. >> gone, gone, gone. the only way you will get an ipad 3 when it goes on sale. >> plus you heard bernadette say it warmer days are coming. your forecast coming up. >> complete coverage continues

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former penn state defensive coordinator jerry sandusky will be the topic of a pretrial hearing today, a judge will decide how much information prosecutors have to share with his attorneys before his trial on child sex abuse charges, the

68-year-old is facing 52 criminal counts and is on home confinement until his trial in mid-may. two people are dead, including a student after a school bus crashes in indianapolis. it happened just before 8:00 this morning. police say the bus hit a pilar under a railroad bridge. as many as 50 students ages 5- 16 were on that bus. the driver of the bus, along with one student was killed. two other students are critically injured. >> i am sure you have noticed more money coming out of your pocket at the pump. according to the survey the average cost of a gallon of regular gas is up 12 cents in the past two weeks and averages 3.81 a gallon nationwide. here in maryland expect to pay a penny less than that, an average of 3.80 per gallon, up 10 cents from a week ago and up a quarter from this same time last year. >> movie star and human rights activist george clooney is

heaped headed to capitol hill, he is scheduled to testify regarding the situation in sudan. clooney is could co-founder of the organization that works to return the return to full-scale civil war between northern and southern sudan. clooney has appeared before the committee twice before. well, if you are in the market for unipad three and have not already ordered one you are out of luck, the orders or preorders rather have already sold out. apple has had to push back the expected shipping date on those preorders by as much as three weeks because of the high demand. the ipad 3 will go on sale at apple stores on friday but why may have to camp out in line to actually get your hands on one. do you have one? >> we have one in the house, i don't get to use it much. >> i don't know. i have the 2 but i don't know what the significance is. >> we have one and it still seems to work.

still ahead it is looking more and more like spring outside and your complete first warning weather forecast now just two and a half minutes away. >> and first here is a look at today's midday stocks. ,,,,,,,

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kind of weather it is only getting better. when we show you the five-day- forecast. here is where we are right now, 63 in baltimore. look at all of these 60s, it is cooler along the water, still in the 50s, water temperatures in the 40s so it is going to take time to warm up, otherwise look at all these 60s. a southwest wind in effect is going to continue to bring warm air our way. take a look west, where this is coming from, 60 already in chicago. it is 68 in memphis and that is the air moving in our direction, there is a front that will move through before we tap into another round of warmth but even when that goes through the whole jet stream is way up north like we see in the summer so that is going to keep this warmth in our area. here is how it looks, here is that storm that is going to weaken as it moves our way and is moving off north so we will clipped with a chance for showers tonight and tomorrow and maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow but that gets out of here and brings warmer air our

way. here is that front lift off to the north. gets out of here for midweek. high pressure returns, sunshine return and so does that warmth. so here is the forecast for today. we are going up to 69 degrees. it is actually spectacular out there. tonight a chance for showers with clouds in place. only 50 for our low, which is actually close to our average high for this time of year. tomorrow look at that stuff and look at your television if you aren't. 76 degrees is our high for tomorrow. chance for showers and maybe a thunderstorm or two but if you like the 70s, 70s are sticking around in this forecast. we will have that 5 day coming up. >> nice job. you know why? because it is bern's birthday month. >> march is just wonderful. >> it is. >> -- birthday month -- >> -- up to that -- >> -- oh, yeah -- >> -- that's right -- >> -- coming up too -- >> -- holiday -- >> -- month -- >> -- at noon we hoped you moved the clocks forward yesterday. now you got to hear how losing that one hour could be bad for your health. >> wjz 13 is always on.

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in today's wjz health watch, springing forward might be bad for your health. a professor at the university of alabama at birmingham says the monday and tuesday after changing the clocks could actually be dangerous.

it is associated with a 10% increase in heart attacks. the professor says it is still unclear why that happens but some experts believe it has to do with sleep depravation. they have a better understanding now of that and it help them. >> be sure to check in at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00, we are following the story on the killing of afghan civilians and whether it will change u.s. war strategy. new developments today in the penn state child sex abuse case. join us for these stories and all the day's breaking news today at 4:00, that is right after dr. phil. >> please stay with us. your five-day-forecast is next.

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welcome back to eyewitness news at noon. yeah, we are going to see returning warm temperatures leading toward st. patrick's day but 76, 72, 72, and 79, the week before the week that winter ends that is scorn from the red zone folks now we throw it back inside. >> yeah. >> 20 degrees above average. >> i am loving it.

>> loving. >> it all right, don't miss tonight's primetime line up. at 10:00 an episode of hawaii 5- 0 then please stay tuned right after for eyewitness news at 11. >> thank you for watching. >> i am jessica kartalija. >> don scott. >> for marty bass i am bernadette woods, have a great day everybody. enjoy this weather and we will back here toward,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,