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it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> tracing the threat. how police tracked a warning of a shooting rampage from an internet message board. >> to a student at the university of maryland college park leading to his arrest. >> hello, again. i'm jessica kartalija. >> and i'm don scott. >> the student who police say made threats at the shooting of the university of maryland remains hospitalized are you we are learning new information about the investigation this noon. >> reporter: the 19-year-old is getting a psychiatric evaluation after anonymous postings on the internet. alexander song, an honor student, placed threats of shooting rampage on campus anonymously online and they try to alert people on message boards with taking them seriously enough to report them leading to an arrest. >> he was very emotionally distraught to the point of

shaking and crying. >> i actually found out from one of my good friends who saw the article firsthand and read it. >> he said that he immediately was scared. >> if you are joking, you better speak up, because you are scaring me and i'm going to alert some authorities are yet laugh out loud, go ahead, you don't even know what campus i'm talking about. >> between late saturday night and early sunday morning, police tracked the messages on his computer. >> we had to work throughout the night to actually make contact. >> he reportedly told friends he was stressed. he told police that when they came to his dorm after reports he was making lots of noise just days before this incident. he had no weapons when he was taken into custody. >> they really got on top of it

as soon as they saw a news of that. >> he is from fulton in howard county. wjz eyewitness news. >> police have charged him with a misdemeanor that carries a 26 months in jail turned. >> strong word from baltimore city's top cop. >> when we act in this case with this, we are going to be ready to ensure that justice is done and i think that is what people want. >> officer john wood has been suspended while police investigate his actions following the death of monae turnage. two of her young friends are accused of accidentally shooting her while playing with a gun. they are charged as juveniles are you. a coach has been cleared with sexual abuse charges. scott peer was accused of having with a 16-year-old girl he coached on the cross country team.

prosecutors have dropped the charges saying it's not illegal for part-time school system employees or volunteers to have with students as long as the students are at least 16. >> this never should've happened. i committed no crime. i just want to get back and do what i've always done. i hope i get that chance. >> he has not yet said if he had a sexual relationship with the team in question. >> anger boiling over in afghanistan after a u.s. soldier allegedly killed eckstein afghan civilians. as president obama promises a full pentagon investigation, protesters have already taken to the streets. we report with the very latest. >> reporter: protesters chanted death to america as they marched through the streets in eastern afghanistan. they are demanding a public trial for the u.s. urgent witnesses say murdered 16 afghan villagers,

many of them children. the demonstrators want u.s. troops to leave their country. and in what appears to be a revenge attack, militants opened fire on afghan officials attending a memorial service for the victims. an afghan soldier was killed and two others wounded. military is not releasing the names of the alleged shooter area cbs news has learned he's a 38-year- old father of two. eyewitnesses claim they saw him gray -- drag a young boy and shoot him in the mouth. fence secretary leon panetta says he could face the death penalty. >> these kinds of events and incidents are going to take place. they have taken place in any war. >> the shooting comes weeks after the muslim holy book was burned on a military base in afghanistan. and after soldiers were seen on videotape urinating on taliban corpses. the u.s. is scheduled to pull most u.s. forces out of afghanistan by 2014. officials are reportedly

reconsidering the timetable. according to the new york times, talks are underway to withdraw 20,000 troops by the end of the year. wjz eyewitness news. >> just a short time ago while speaking in the rose garden, president obama says the u.s. use the killing of afghan citizens just as seriously as though they were americans. he also vowed that the pentagon will follow the facts of the case wherever they may lead. >> turning to the weather where it is feeling, looking, and smelling more like spring up there every day. even though the official start of calendar spring is still eight days away, you are taking a live look outside over the warmest winter days i recall. is it going to stick around? complete coverage for you. marty bass from the outback in his short sleeves, and media -- meteorologist bernadette woods turned. >> that afternoon. take a look at these numbers. you saw the sun return. it's warming up big-time. 72 degrees already in baltimore. look at all of those 70s out

there. if you are immediately along the water, it is cooler. all of the water temps are still in the 40s. compared to yesterday at this time, yesterday we started to wire it up. 10 to 15 degrees warmer except over here. this one of these in place. there is a chance for showers. not everyone is going to see that and there's nothing on radar at this point. for more on the current war, let's send it to marty. >> and observation for you. good afternoon, everybody. it's beautiful here in the outback. believe it or not, when i saw 72 pop up, it was shocking. here is the observation. when a cloud advances in front of us on this time of the year, i'm sure you've noticed you get a little bit of a chill. not whatsoever. it still feels mild. let's take a look at how the midweek squares away. but i want you to know is in a lake worth continues to strain

toward the east coast, but you see those -- you see the moisture forming down south. those little green blobs are not in honor of st. patrick's day. as we looked for the weekend, it looks like we may have showers and green shading over the mid- atlantic on st. patrick's day. you may be wondering what the weekend is looking like. meteorologists learned that woods talks about dropping temperatures and maybe some rain. >> republicans are ready to release their own version of the state budget or in maryland house republican caucus says the current version offered by governor martin o'malley doesn't have enough spending cuts or your last week the budget committee approved changes to that proposal raising income taxes and splitting teacher pension costs with local government. the democrat controlled senate will debate the budget proposal mid week. >> the polls are open in the deep south as voters cast ballots

for the republican presidential nominee. today's results could be a make or break moment for one former front runner. here is daniel nottingham with the latest for wjz. report net newt gingrich promised he won't stop campaigning until the republican convention in august. >> i do not believe the other two candidates can beat obama, and i believe this is the most important in our lifetime or that i will not leave the field. >> in order to keep his campaign afloat, he needs a strong finish in today's alabama and 50/50 primary. the former speaker is coming on the south to deliver a comeback. but the longer he stays in, the more delicate tea costs rick santorum. both men are claiming to be the only conservatives in the race. santorum says it's time for gingrich to call it quits. >> gingrich will not go down. i went up, took my beading, and here i am. >> the latest polls in alabama

and mississippi show a tight race between gingrich, santorum, and romney. the former governor is hoping even one victory in the south will help him luck in the nomination. >> voters have been slow to embrace ronnie. he tried to turn that around to listing the help of jeff foxworthy and hammering away at president obama's policies. >> i think it's time to send the president to washington who can fix things in this country. >> a new cbs poll shows 73% of primary voters expect romney will end up as the republican nominee. perhaps they will have made up their mind. daniel nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> in addition to alabama and mississippi, hawaii voters weigh in today. they hold their caucuses tonight. >> to sports now. two local universities go head-to-head in the first round of the ncaa tournament. fans watched the turks as they

learned their title goes to the navy. they are transient in the second national title in the last seven years. and we want to invite you to try your hand at ease bracket challenges. you can challenged us plus radio personalities from one of 5.7. final link under quick links at wjz.com. >> i have studied the brackets. i have not picked as of yet. >> still to come on eyewitness news at noon, aggressive negotiations. why leaders almost came to blows during some peace talks. >> and another warm afternoon shaping up area is it fair to say your complete local forecast is coming up? in a complete coverage continues

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angry south korean leaders got into a shoving match with security as they confronted the north east politician. the guard safely escorted the man out of building. they were arguing whether doctors should be sent back to the north. >> a mechanical test of the world's busiest airports in the 737 crashing off the runway. this is the snail that jackson airport. the passengers were onboard the plane has suffered serious damage. is that the incident, the airport is running normally this afternoon. >> here's a site that could scare even the most diehard beach lover are you a start -- a shark feeding frenzy caught on camera not far off australia. about 50 sharks are seen sitting on a school of tuna and some other big fish. dubai beaches were also

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>> complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >> welcome back, everybody. take a look at these numbers. absolutely incredible considering this is still march. 72 baltimore, 72 hagerstown, even 72 in cumberland. immediately a longer water we talk about the past couple of days. today's temps are still in the 40s. still already above average and we keep on warming this afternoon. the winds are generally out of the south and southwest and continue to bring this warm air our way. you notice the strong part of the country is still very warm. 67 kansas city and 60 in chicago are you there is some cold air coming into the west. it's going to continue to pump up in our direction and keep us on the warm side. along with that, there is a front that passed through this morning. a few showers with that. that got out of here but the front still hasn't completely cleared. until then please, a chance for

thunderstorms this afternoon. here is that boundary as it crosses through in the heat of the day. even when that is out of here, we remain in a warm air mass for tomorrow into thursday and you will see another front, the way as we head into the early weekend. even with that from coming, noticed the jet stream is way up to the north and that keeps the warm air in place. so here is our forecast for today. just incredible. 78 degrees for a high. thunderstorms possible as we head through the afternoon and tonight 50 for a low, very mild. tomorrow we go up to 75 degrees. that son is out of here. the average is still in the low 50s. we will have your five-day forecast coming up. >> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, they are designed to help you real -- help you heal, but older americans may want to stay away from these pills. the details coming up. >> and wjz 13 is always on. here are some of the stories we

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>> welcome back, everybody. this is incredible. we will send it out to a gorgeous outback with marty. >> it absolutely is. it was interesting, i was at the lacrosse games this weekend. i've got a sunburn. i am standing here right now and honestly i could use some protection on my face right now. it is this beautiful. it is that time of the year. we are approaching that start of spring. wednesday, thursday 75 and 74. chance of showers late friday. essentially, 70 both days. mid-sixties on sunday. we will throw it back inside.

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