he killed women and children in two separate villages. greg black has reaction on the shooting. >> reporter: president obama called the killings tragic, and shocking. the white house says he called afghanistan president karzai to offer condolences. the head of a coalition aimed at uniting afghanistan's tribes is weighing in. >> reporter: the military says the suspect is from joint base lewis mcchord in washington state. a coffee house near the base owned and operated by veterans is planning a vigil today. a worker and former soldier gave his take. >> if this guy is traumatized, he is sent overseas, he is a time bomb waiting for something to go off

>> reporter: a distance learning professor believes multiit will tours of duty are taking their toll. >> many of them are on the third, fourth or 5th tour of duty. i said, what can you expect? >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid is weighing in. >> our troops are under tremendous pressure. it's a war like no other war we have been involved in. we are on the right track to get out as soon as we can. >> reporter: i'm greg black reporting. >> 60% of americans war in afghanistan is not worth its cost. the survey done by abc news and washington post indicated 54% of americans want to pull troops from afghanistan even in the afghanistan army is not adequately trained to carry on the fight. the united states and the al es, plan to pull out troops by the end of 2014 and handsover security operations

to the army. baltimore city police officer is in trouble this morning after she got in quite a bargain at a local grocery store. sherrie johnson is here with the details of what happened. >> it's a bargain that landed 41-year-old darlene early in trouble. we have new information. she has been suspended. the baltimore city detective faces administrative hearing to figure out if she will be paid during the suspension. i placed a call to the manager. seeria anderson , the cashier was fired. this happened on friday night, darlene walked up to the register in northeast baltimore and got quite a deal. she had 75% of her total bill knocked off, a charging document lists 60 items expensive baby formula, chicken wings, chicken breasts and sticks , the bill would have been $4400 but became to over 100 bucks. the police detectives daughter was behind the register. anderson is charged with theft and early is charged with

attempted theft. a security officer was monitoring the check out counters and noticed the problem. >> they expect me to obey the laws but they are not obeying it. it was a bold move, but i don't condone it. >> attempted theft is a misdemeanor but a police spokesman says it's a question of trust. the state of the city address will be delivered tonight. the speech will showcase accomplishments of the prior year and highlight key points the budget. maryland senators will continue debating a bill to outlaw smoking in a vehicle with a passenger younger than 8. after supporters of the bill appeared to realize they voted in error , the amendment was overturned. proponents said while secondhand smoke is harmful to

children of all ages, limiting the ban to children under 8 will make the law easier to enforce. head to our facebook fan page and let us know what you think about the smoking ban for kids in cars if kids are younger than 8. a california preacher admitted his mistake and said he is getting out of the forecasting game. the day of rapture predicted by harold camping passed without calamity. his second date was october 21st. that came and went. quote we humbly acknowledge we were wrong camping and staff wrote to a letter of support irs and posted on the website. this is video that you have to see to believe. surveillance cameras from two different buildings caught violent tornado in kentucky. the winds quickly became violent knocking over trees, moving a car and pulling pieces right off of a house. randy was in the basement

taking cover and the cameras outside of his house were rolling. powerful tornados taking everything down in its path. down the street, surveillance at a pharmacy was rolling. and customer rides out the storm in the parking lot. republican presidential hopefuls are duking it out before primaries this the states of alabama and mississippi. rick santorum won the kansas caucus saturday. he nudged out newt gingrich and saying he needs to step aside. santorum said a head to head contest between himself and mitt romney should occur sooner rather than later. they ditched plans to campaign in kansas and focused on the southern states. this president has not succeeded. this president failed. that's the reason we are going to get rid of him in twef 2012.

rom any leads in delegates right now. important news, if you want to vote or change party affiliations before the presidential primary here in maryland. the deadline to register is tomorrow at 9:00 p.m., you have to fill out a voter registration application and hand deliver or mail it to local board of elections. primary day is tuesday, april 3rd. facebook is a great way to keep up with friends and post pictures. >> even if you find your husband is married, find a friend suggestion led a woman to the discovery. the washington man is facing bigamy charges. his first wife discovered on facebook that he had been married to another woman without bothering to divorce her. >> the woman called her estranged husband's mother and an hour later allen showed up at her apartment and told her he fixed the problem. she called police. he is facing bigamy charges. whitney houston's only child.

>> how she maybe looking to change her name. >> new details. four legged friend in virginia clawing his way to higher office. maryland's most powerful radar is quiet. i will tell you when it gets active, the details coming up. pretty quiet drive on the east side. coming up, a look at the drive through pikesville this morning.

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actor and activist george clooney set to testify before the senate committee on foreign relations on wednesday, he will discuss the situation in sudan clooney is the cofounder of the satellite project, a organization works to stop the return to full force scale of civil war between northern and southern sedan. whitney houston's only child maybe changing her name. she wants to drop her father's name and be known as christina houston. she tried to change her name years ago but her mom stopped

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update to a story we brought you a few weeks ago, action taken against a priest who denied communion to a lesbian at her mother's funeral. >> we learned the archdiocese placed the priest on leave for engaging and intimidating behavior. she was denied communion because the father had an issue with her sexual orientation. she says the priest walked off the alter when johnson went up to give the eulogy and refused to accompany her mother's body to the cemetery.

the archdiocese apologized. johnson wants the priest to be removed so others will not suffer that same treatment. linda so, abc2 news. turned out to be an early morning for governor o o'malley. he focused on key issues in the president race. >> the issue is creating jobs and expanding opportunity. i think the cultural don't like to use the term wars, these cultural, devicive web issues, roll wac of womens rights and actress to contraception and voting rights, roll back of workers rights, all of these things that take us back are not strengthening our economy, and creating jobs. >> the governor of virginia appeared on the show. when you hit the road, use extra caution, not because of the weather, the driving conditions, but because of daylight saving time.

aaa says some people may not be alert this morning, because they lost an hour of sleep when the clocks sprang forward. that happened yesterday. a traffic safety report by aaa found a drowsy driver was involved in 1 of 8 crashes. moms listen up, gerber recalled the powdered infant form louisiana related to good start infant powder gentle form louisiana it may smell bad. get in touch with gerber for a full refund. the pain at the pump continues this weekend, according to the most recent bloomberg survey. gas prices jumped $0.12 in two weeks. expect to pay $3.78 a gallon. the uncertain future of crude oil are having the biggest impact and the maintenance projects on the west coast refineries. abc2 news is helping you to

save at the pump, head to abc2news.com, to finds the lowest gas prices in the area. click on the traffic and gas prices tab. are you hoping to score a new ipad. you may have to wait. a new ipad is in high demand, they pushed back the shipping date as far as three weeks in some cases. if you've ordered your tablet expect it by march 19th. it will be in stores on friday. something to keep in mind. major rental car companies are making new additions that could help you avoid the high price at the pump. u.s.a. reports, they are offering more electric and hybrid rental options. there is a catch. the higher rates of those rental cars could cancel out your savings on the gas. might not be worth it. if you are going to shop at ann tailor, they are bringing changes to the stores. >> plans to have more affordable prices, greater depth than the key fashion

lines. we will keep you posted on that. >> are you excited? >> overwhelmed. today is the two year anniversary of the exploit initiative. plan to double the u.s. exports by 2014 and baltimore is one of the 50 largest markets in the country. under secretary of commerce for international trade, sanchez will be at the world trade center today and tour the port of baltimore. if you are tired of the same old kind of politicians, a new candidate maybe what you need. >> his name is hank, he is a cat. his owner, o leery, ran him as a write in candidate in the race as a joke. when the four legged under dog or cat got nine votes he decided to run. the platform is simple, he supports job creation, and spaying and neutering your pets. he refuses to run negative ads.

if they receive donations they are going to use that portion of the money for animal advocacy groups in the area. >> i like that. what do you think? >> everybody should be like hank. temperatures 36 degrees, baltimore. 41 easton. 28 york, pennsylvania. we are looking at the mid-40s in to winchester. the future trend picking up on clear skies as we go through the rest of this this morning. we will see the clouds beginning to pick up in to the area. the fact is, we have a chance for showers, to work in here, i put future trend in to motion, and mainly gets in here as we go through midnight basically. if your travels are going to have you on the road, be prepared for wet weather move in. it willinger in to tomorrow morning in time for rush hour, that definitely is possible and also we have a chance for maybe a couple of thunderstorms to pop up. i will be here, hopefully

nothing turns severe, maybe a rumble of thunder in the forecast. as we go back and put this in to motion, high pressure building in. that's why we will clear out in to wednesday and also thursday, we will be seeing lots of sunshine and also the temperatures are going to warm up. speaking of the temperatures, here is your hour by hour forecast as we see it will become breezy as we go in to noontime and as 4:00 rolls arnold, nice and mild out there, temperature around 66 degrees, we will become overcast as we go in to the evening. as we look at tomorrow, that temperature around 74, mostly cloudy and warm. showers definitely a stray shower is possible. let me take you outside right now, see what is going on here in to miami. coconut grove is looking dark this morning, very windy. you can see the cameras shaking. the winds east, at about 15 miles an hour, with gusts up to about 20 miles an hour. luckily, no type of winds across the area right now. it is not affecting the roads,

speaking of the roads, let's head over to angela, she has a check of the traffic and things were busier earlier. >> looking busy. folks heading out this morning, got traffic advisory for those of you traveling towards the capital beltway fox you take 295, bw, you may want to choose an alternate route. accident at maryland 450, southbound 295, 4-car collision, police, fire officials and rescue on the scene, this will get worse, i- 95, maybe a better choice for you. here is a look at 695, 295, looking good. live look on 95, white marsh, southbound lanes packing in there. traveling in the city, a look at 95 north, not bad here, of course a tap of the brakes as you approach the tunnels. drive times, not bad, especially 83. 95, white marsh to 695, recovered nicely from the crash there on the bellway's topside, 6 minutes to providence and the

west side, not seeing slowing yet, 7 minutes from 795 to i- 70. 100 years of scouting, gill scouts sell prate a century of -- celebrate a century of service. also ahead, japan one year later, how far the country has come since a devastating earthquake and tsunami last march. ♪

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the american journalist killed in syria will be laid to rest in long island. he was killed last month in a rocket attack. he was a long time reporter for britain's sunday times. protest march scheduled for today around the georgia state capital. hear our voice is opposing what they call denial of basic health care for women. they are advocating parenting free tom for all women. judge presiding over jerry zap san sexual abuse case called a hearing. it will dross huh prosecutors

will disclose before the beginning of the trial scheduled to start in may. experts will convene discussing the deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck japan. ambassador to the united states will bay among the keynote speakers. happy birthday to lynette charles and the girl scouts of america. the troop was organized 1912 in georgia. the group maintains the mission to build girl's courage, confidence and character. place of worship, having seniors give up hard earned cash. nick cannon talks about health scare and what he is doing to stay healthy.

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