researchers. give us a little control for more contentment? nod a bad trade. claire shipman, abc news, new york. >> taliban promises revenge after 16 are killed in afghanistan. the latest details coming up. new information this morning in to a woman denied communion of her sexual orientation. what is happening now to the priest. a new study unveils the dangers of stairs for parents and kids, i'm linda so, why kids are likely to be hurt when carried by a parent. it's lynette charles birthday. i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. let's go over to the birthday girl, and say happy birthday.

thank you, dry and partly cloudy skies. cool but not cold. we are dry, we will stay that way in to the afternoon, all five sweeps are scanning the skies. not picking up on a lot. we should be at 31, 32 degrees for this time of the year. the temperatures are above that. 44 centerville. aberdeen 38. bel air 29. the winds are nice and calm. it will become breezy, southerly flow, the temperatures are going to bump up a little bit. now a check of the traffic with angela. how are the roads? good morning, the roads are looking great for your birthday. happy birthday. good morning to everyone for the monday morning drive. excitement in the traffic center, i saw action on the way to work. traveling on northern parkway,

a work zone set up, i stopped and talked with the guys. they will be there blocking two lanes at falls road. not causing too much of a problem so far this morning. looking good traveling through the city on 895. all lanes are open and moving freely. traveling throughel 3, jfx, no work zones or delays to slow you down this morning. unforgivable, that's what karzai is calling the massacre of afghanistan civilians. president barack obama, you can see him on the phone calling karzai to express shock over the shooting rampage sunday. 3 people and 9 children were among the 16 people killed. the shooter turned himself in. we have a breakdown of the events. >> sherrie johnson is standing by with the latest. what have you learned? >> the taliban is vowing revenge. the fear now is that this latest incident could set off a

fresh wave of violence, worse than we have seen in the past. the u.s. embassy is warning foreigners to keep a low profile. u.s. government has condemned the bloodshed. no one knows why a u.s. soldier went on a murder spree. he killed 16 people, most of them children, five others were wounded. the soldier less his base for aville nag the dead of night. -- village in the dead of night. the killings come at a time when u.s. and afghanistan relations are in full crisis mode. weeks ago, angry afghans filled the streets after a koran burning. six soldiers were killed, all by afghanistans. >> we deplore any attack of the u.s. armed forces against innocent civilians and denounce all violence. >> the killing of 16 villagers by an american soldier could hurt efforts to allow a long- term u.s. presence in the

country. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. little closer to home, university of maryland student is undergoing psychiatric evaluation after he posted a internet threat claiming to go on a shooting rampage hoping to kill as many people as possible. alexander song face as misdemeanor charge of disturbing school activities. officers arrested him yesterday. the message also warned people to quote stay away prom the mall end quote. a priest who denied communion to a lesbian at her mother's funeral has been placed on leave. archdiocese apologized for the priest's actions. the family is asking the archdiocese removes the priest. they say the priest's actions violating policy but action would remain confidential because it is a personnel issue. a police detective will find out if she will get pied

while on leave. -- get paid while on leave. she got 75% knocked off her grocery bill. it happened at the food depot in northeast baltimore, that's where early bought $400 in groceries. however she paid $100. charging document ts say a store security guard was watching the transactions when he realized the checker, anderson, was knocking down the price. anderson is early's daughter. the guard stopped early on the way out. >> they expect me to obey the law, but they are not obeying it. >> early was charged with attempted theft. city firefighter who was injured while trying to knock down a house fire is recovering from injuries this morning. it happened saturday at a p 800 block of fulton avenue. the fire went to two alarms and spread to the home next door. the people were able to get out

safely. officials said an officer fell and had minor injuries to his knee and treated at mercy medical center. no word on the cause of the fire. public and presidential hopeful rick santorum nudged newt gingrich to step aside. he argued it should happen sooner. newt gingrich is predicting victories in tomorrow's events. newt gingrich and santorum are attending a gulf coast energy summit today. romney will not be attending. he will be at an event in alabama. o'malley and mc connell debated about how economic and social issues are playing out. they were asked about the subjects in meet the press. >> what we all look for in the president of the united is someone with steady capable

leadership, a calm hand at the helm and president obama provided that leadership. >> o'malley says candidates have been spending more time pandering to the extreme right wing ideal ole jis and focusing on jobs and the economy. o'malley says it's a manufactured issue. if you feed your baby gerber, we have a recall. >> they are pulling good start infant formula. great day for a parade, how the city is celebrating st. patties day and a look at the forecast.

hail damage in hawaii, golf ball sized hailstones denting cars and damaging roofs.

it happened, five inches of rain came down in two hours. we have really perfect weather for st. patty's day preview. celebrations started. baltimore had the parade saturday. it started in mount vernon. we might be wondering what is in store for the actual st. patricks day. >> st. patties day is going to be a warm day. that's good news. i will show you that in the seven-day forecast. right now, check out the satellite and radar, we see showers and thunderstorms all the way up towards the midwest, down to the gulf coast states. we can see it across the middle of the nation as well. kansas city missouri, chance for isolated showers and thunderstorms through this morning and the afternoon. we are also going to be dealing with the fact that well, we are pretty much dry, closer to home, we have cloud cover

across the area. we will stay dry until maybe the overnight hours and in to tomorrow morning, that's when we will see change in the forecast. we are dealing with the warmer temperatures this morning, the cooler temperatures, not as cold, that's going to be the scenario throughout the day. warming up to the 60s and we jump to the 70s. all the details coming up. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning, everyone. starting with a couple of accidents this time, one causing slowing on i-95, just north of the city, first we want to get a live shot of traffic flow, 95, south, not moving bad at all, north of the beltway on the southwest side, northbound and southbound, moving without delay. the other crash is in the city at presston and washington street. if you are traveling on 95, north of the city, we are seeing slow traffic southbound between mountain and white marsh. two lanes blocked with the accident and it is causing

early delays. no major back ups. just a brief tap on the brakes. why are veterans having to wait to get the help they need? a local story of interest coming up. charges have been dropped against an oregon man trying to kidnap his boss and why the suspect thought it was funny. that story just ahead. a live picture of downtown baltimore, we'll be right back.

funeral mass held in new york for american journalist killed in syria. he was killed during a rocket attack. lawyers for jerry sandusky will be in court. a judge will decide how much information should be turned over to the attorneys in that case. sandusky is charged with 52

counts of sexual abuse. trial of former rutgers university student, he is accused of videotaping his roommate as he engaged in intimacy with another man. gas prices have gone up $0.12 in two weeks according to the latest survey. the increase brings the average price of a gallon of gas of regular to be $3.81. girl scouts turns 81 years old today. it was started in 1912. 3000 marched over the bridge celebrating the anniversary. linda so is here to tell us about a study showing the alarming number of kids sent to the er for stair related injuries. >> what is interesting about

the study is found kids under 5 were hurt while carried on the stairs by a parent. doctors at the center for injury research teamed up with childrens hospital and found a million children younger than five were treated in the er from 1999 to 2008 for stair related injury. 25% of those kids who were hurt were less than a year old and hurt when the parent was carrying them down the stairs. doctors say you should put up babe gates at the top of bottom, use rails and make sure the stairs are clutter free and be mindful when you are carrying your baby around the house. >> when a child falls with their parent, they are falling from a higher height than if they were standing on the stairs and at a risk of the parent falling on top of them. >> the study can be found in the journal of pediatrics. recall to tell you about,

gerber recalled powdered infant formula, gerber good start gentle powder infant formula in 23.2-ounce plastic packaging. gxp1684, and expiration date of march 5th of next year. it doesn't pose a health risk but might have a foul odor. the company is offering a recall. this is tony harris, bench pressing 400 pounds. he has multiple sclerosis. he will likely be in the record books, going to attempt to be the strongest man with ms. it's ms awareness week. as troops return home from war, more and more veterans are finding themselves to need treatment for mental health issues. many have to wait long periods of time before getting the help they need.

paul spent his tour in iran investigating ied and suicide bomb attacks. he had a hard time coping and learned he had ptsd. he contacted the veterans affairs last may. he says the doctor didn't perform a full evaluation and gave him meds. the handbook says new patients must receive an evaluation and treatment planning within two weeks. the department's survey found the process is takeing too long. lawmakers are putting pressure on the va to improve the measures. >> when a veteran has the courage to stand up and ask for help, va must be there with timely access to care and the right types of care. >> va is reviewing services. greyhounds gearing up for the big game in pittsburgh against the ohio state buckeyes. they beat fairfield last week

in the metro atlantic conference. tipoff 9:50. if loyola pulls off the upset, they will play the winner. president barack obama's reelection campaign is trying to make money off of march madness with old version of the ncaa tournament office pool. visitors at the website barack obama.com are invited to pick the winners for the tournament match ups. anyone who fills out a brack set invited to donate money to the obama campaign. hearing set for brett favre and the new york jets. two massage therapists filed sexual harassment complaints against favre and the team in 2008. the hear willing call for a representative to be removed from the complaint based on new evidence. around the nation, former florida representative running for congress got in a bad

accident. grayson was not hurt when he ran a red lite and hit a bus. someone was taken away in an ambulance. spring in massachusetts are looking for a fan who bit off part of a basketball coach's ear. it happened friday after a catholic youth organization game. the fan punched the coach of the winning team and bit him. oregon, charges have been dropped against a man trying to kidnap his boss. the district attorney dropped the charges against him last week, saying there was not enough evidence to prosecute. when asked about the charges, he laughed at them. >> i actually laughed because i was never accused of that before and saying i even had a gun, i've never owned a gun in my life. i don't even think a toy gun. how she came up with the story

is just beyond me. >> they are investigating and feel he will quote engaged in behavior that would alarm most people unquote. he has 8 restraining orders against him in other cases. elizabeth smart is using her experience to help child abuse victims after being kidnapped from a salt like city utah home. she spoke at a fundraiser as a safe passage helping child abuse victims during the weekend. smart heads up the elizabeth smart foundation dedicateing to preventing crimes against children. back another well known name maybe changes. tmz reporting christina wants to drop her father's name and be known as christina houston. she tried to make the anymore

years ago. two miles beneath the surface of the atlantic ocean, a look at the ship wreck, sonar pictures of the debris span as few miles. the 100 year anniversary of the titanic disaster is april 15th. new ipad is in such demand it may push back the shipping day as far as three weeks. if you ordered the tablet, expect it by march 19th. it will be in stores come friday. going back to the titanic story, you give me a hard time about being a history geek. it was the first thing i geeked out about was the titanic. >> you haven't stopped since. >> i was 10 years old. robert found the titanic. i haven't stopped since. >> still going strong.

we will get in to the 60s for today. we will boost the temperatures. before then, let's talk about the temperatures right now. we are at 37 degrees in to baltimore. where does your eye take you? right in to the 61, st. louis, 60 nashville. speaking of st. louis, let me take you out there, we have a live shot where they are dealing with mainly dry skies but have the potential for showers and thunderstorms through the rest of this morning. then things will begin to dry out. let's show you what is going on in terms of the wet weather. on the satellite and radar, we have wet weather that's going to be pushing through. middle of the nation, this will work towards the east and that's why missouri, st. louis, has a chance for showers and thunderstorms, closer to home as of now, we are nice and dry, but, this will begin to march off towards the east, we will get in on the potential as we go through tonight and also tomorrow. future trend picking up on what

is going on, this is doing a good job. working in to the overnight time frame, we have the chance for showers in the forecast. this will continue as we go in to tomorrow morning. pretty much things will fizzle out. i will keep a chance for a rumble of thunder in the afternoon. all in all, you can see things dry out nicely. a couple of clouds around, wednesday, high pressure will build in across the area, we will see plenty of sunshine once again on tap. let's take you hour by hour. by 8:00, temperature around 40 degrees. cool, not cold for today. breezy, the winds will begin to pick up out of the south 55 degrees by lunchtime, by 4:00 p.m., nice and mile, i'm forecasting a high around 66 degrees today. with the cloud cover as we head in to the evening, we will begin to become overcast and won't be able to drop off too much. forecast in through your tomorrow. we will warm up nicely with the temperature coming in around 74 degrees. we look at your seven-day forecast, and yes, you can see it there leprechaun as we go in

to st. patties day. we will see how that goes. tell me about the traffic right now. any accidents? a couple of accidents, one in the city, but city police worked quickly and cleared that one out of the way at washington and preston. we are on the scene of this accident on southbound 95, white marsh, blocking lanes and a live shot in a moment. i want to show you where things are not looking bad, southeast of the city. if you are traveling on 695, looking good on this stretch of 695, passing the bw parkway. we had a look at the bw parkway, northbound and southbound, moving well through as you make your way towards the capital beltway, southbound. northbound heading up to 695. for a live view of the accident location on i-95, the accident is as you approach white marsh, we are blocking two right lanes with this crash, and of course

police on the scene there. not causing major back ups right now, just brief delays for those of you making the drive on southbound 9 a. in the meantime, use caution on the heels of daylight savings time. drivers are warned to watch for drowsy driving. aaa says drivers who lost an hour's sleep over the weekend may not be fully alert during today's commute. a 2010 report shows browsesey drivers are involved in one of six crashs and in one of eight they cause serious injuries. watch for symptoms like drifting out of lanes and having trouble focusing. back over to you. what led to an explosion and what authorities are saying. a mini shuttle found. a look at this unusual rocket.

gaza and israel fighting showing no signs of letting up. one rocket hit a empty school. air strikes killed three during the weekend including a boy. this is the worst violence in a year and touched off by israel's killing of a top militant leader. explosion hit a bus station saturday injuring dozens of people. they were rushed to a hospital. four people are feared to have died. no word on what sparked the blast thrntle man