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thafntion so much for joining us, i'm mike hideac in for jc hayward today. mitt romney picked up a pair of wins, arizona and michigan and then he immediately hit the road. he's in ohio today, a swing state and part of super tuesday
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next week in campaign 2012. all four candidates are betting heavily on this next round of contests. randall pinkston is at the white house. he has the latest. reporter: mitt romney took the stage in toledo, ohio, using the boost from his two wins last night to launch his super tuesday push. >> and so you're going to have a choice in ohio about people running for president, first in our nomination process. do you want someone who spent his life in the private sector, who understands where jobs come from? or do you want someone who spent his career in washington? reporter: the former governor won big in arizona and managed to pull off a much needed victory in michigan. he's ahead in the delegate count, but rick santorum put up a big fight in romney's home state. >> and the people of michigan looked into the hearts of the candidates and all i have to say is i love you back. reporter: polls show santorum leading in the key swing state of ohio where he's already been campaigning. the gop candidates' next contest is the washington state caucuses saturday, then comes
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super tuesday when voters in 10 states head to the polls. newt gingrich is looking south for a comeback. he essentially skipped arizona and michigan, focusing instead on this round of voting. >> the odds are pretty good we're going to carry georgia. reporter: ron paul remains hopeful that he can win in states like north dakota which hold caucuses instead of primaries. next tuesday 10 contests could go a long way in determining which republican will face president obama or they could set the stage for an even longer primary battle. randall pinkston, cbs new, the white house. and the super tuesday tv wars are already under way. mitt romney and the super pac supporting him has already spent $3 million, combined on tv time across the state of ohio already. the virginia house of delegates will be considering once again an abortion bill today. this is the one requiring women to have an ultrasound before getting an abortion. the senate approved the measure already.
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this is the version of an external ultrasound in it. the invasive internal ultrasound that was in the bill, that provision was rejected last week. the current version of the bill has the support of governor bob mcdonnell. he spoke about it yesterday on wtop radio. >> it was just making sure that before a woman makes one of the most important decisions of her life and people in pro-life agree with that, that it is a very important decision, let's simply give the woman all of the information that she might want or need to have and there's also a medical purpose and that is to be able to establish the gestational age which is already required in medical practice, under the law an ultrasound will actually allow you to pinpoint that. >> also yesterday the governor signed a bill repealing the law that limits virginiaons to purchasing just one handgun per month. that law had been in effect since 1993. at least five people were killed and more are feared dead after violent storms barreled through the nation's heartland. the governor's of kansas and
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missouri have declared states of emergency and right now six other states are bracing for those same violent storms. mike corkoran has more. reporter: a possible tornado ripped apart home after home in the small town of harveyville, kansas. richard newman was watching tv when the powerful storm hit. >> and all of a sudden, bang, it's just like a shotgun went off. i told my wife get on the floor, and she says i'm there. reporter: search crews went door to door looking for survivors. at least three people were critically injured. >> there were a couple of houses that we had to actually pull people out of that were trapped inside. reporter: the national weather service says a line of powerful storms and tornadoes caused heavy damage in kansas and missouri. here in missouri the tourist town of branson took an especially hard hit. the storm damaging or destroying hotels, theaters and even the welcome center. the storm flipped vehicles and ripped the siding off buildings. >> pretty wild. the wife came and got me, i was in bed, actually, i had to be at work in the morning and all
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i said was a green light and they said to run downstairs. reporter: rescue crews pulled several victims from their homes. they plan to inspect every damaged building today, making sure everyone is accounted for. mike core koran for cbs news, branon, missouri. >> that same storm system is headed our way. will it be nearly as violent? we know rain is on the way. let's get to meteorologist howard bernstein, he has the forecast. >> mike, we've had breaking amounts of rain, dulles set a record for february 29th. we're in a lull urks but we potentially will be seeing more storms over the next few hours. so if you have outside errands to run, now would be a good time to get them done. want to go to live doppler 9,000 hd and over towards the southeast and east. from churchill south still some moderate rain. this sufficient is moving east at -- this stuff is moving east about 45 miles per hour. even places in annapolis we're seeing it shout down. maryland in calbert county, we're seeing it shut down here. in about 20 minutes you'll get into this lull.
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down in st. mary's county, look how intense the system is to leonardtown. this is going to be traveling to the pax naval air station. notice in montrose, you folks in the northern mek have to deal with this as well. colonial beach, this is just about outta here. but we're not done yet. look at this on the satellite and radar. this is the batch of rain we just had this morning, back into western pennsylvania and west virginia. a lot of lightning showing up here from i-80 south throughize 79. this will be coming through and potentially maybe a third line will be having to deal with before the day is over, we get to midnight, let's say. after midnight things settle down. it's also kind of chilly, we're holding into the low- to mid- 40s here, la ray is up to 54. so we're going to slowly climb this afternoon into the upper 40s, potentially the low 50s for highs. but more showers and storms, and i'll let you know whether or not we're going to set the record for washington and what that record is when i see new a few minutes, plus we're going to talk about the upcoming
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weekend. it's looking like a 50/50 weekend right now. mike, back to you. >> howard, we'll see you in a little bit. a judge has delayed the start of two trials resulting from the deadly metro line crash back in 2009. both wrongful death cases were scheduled to go to trial next month, but judge reggie walton delayed one trial until october, the other one until november. metro and several other companies involved in crash lawsuits have settled with seven out of the nine families where people were killed. we have a commuter alert for you now. it's a new way for metro bus riders to stay on top of things. metro has a new e-mail and text alert system set up for the buses. the transit agency says it'll give you up-to-the-minute information on delays, even route changes. and you can customize those alerts to your specific commute. up to four bus routes at once, all on your phone. sign up for the program on metro's website. well, tonight is the second of six public hearings on metro's proposed fare hikes. this one is at mary ellen
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henderson middle school in falls church which is just walking distance from the west falls church metro station. there's an open house tonight. that starts at 6:00. the forum starts at 7:00. you can get a list of all the fare hike hearings by going to wusa9.com and clicking on the morning news tab. a new pentagon report is rubbing salt in old wounds. first some families who lost loved ones during the 9/11 attacks. partial and unidentifiable remains from the pentagon attack were sent to a landfill. 184 people were killed when the american airlines flight 77 slammed into the pentagon. abe scott's wife was one of the last victims identified, only parts of her body were found. the defense department assured scott that any unidentifiable remains would be buried at a mass grave at arlington national cemetery. >> this has definitely opened up some old wounds. now, a followup investigation on military remains that were mishandled at dover air force base is what
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led to this most recent discovery related to the 9/11 families. well, if you got pulled over for going 105 miles an hour on the beltway, willing to bet that you would not get the same punishment as the woman you see here. prince george's county councilwoman karen tolls just got a warning for going that fast. she was pulled over on the beltway last wednesday near branch avenue around noontime. she got a $90 fine, that was just for an unsafe lane change. again, just a warning for going 105 miles an hour. county police say that warning is consistent with the force's rules. by the way, the speed limit where she was going 105, 55 miles an hour. still to come when the news continues, see how a homecoming between a marine and his long- time love is raising eyebrows, awareness and some confidence in some communities. but, first, here's a teacher who chased off the alleged gunman in monday's deadly school shooting in ohio.
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welcome back to the news at noon. a high school coach in ohio it being credited for stopping the gunman in monday's school shooting there. frank hall is a teacher and assistant football coach at chardon high school. he chased the suspected shooter, t.j. lane, out of the cafeteria
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after the boy allegedly opened fire. hall is not allowed to talk about exactly what happened, but he does have a message for the community. >> i just want to say that i'm sorry for these families, for the victims. i wish i could have done more. >> 17-year-old lane has admitted to randomly firing 10 rounds into the cafeteria. he told authorities he stole the gun from his uncle. three students died in that attack, two others are still in the hospital. howard is coming up next with the forecast in the newscast. >> that's right, mike. outside right now it's still kind of chilly. the cool dampness cuts through you. we're in the 40s right now. we take a break with a look at doppler 9,000 hd. the first batch of rain quickly exiting to the south and east. already a heavy round of showers near cumberland. that's the second round. we'll have details on the full forecast when 9 news now returns.
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standards of conduct when it comes to public displays of affection. the couple says they respect those standards, but they say this was a homecoming event and they were celebrating like everyone else. otherwise when in uniform, sergeant morgan says no public displays of affection are appropriate. the air and space museum is getting ready to welcome the space shuttle discovery, the longest-serving of any of the five shuttle orbiters is due to arrive in virginia april 17th. the boeing 747 will carry discovery from kennedy space center to dulles airport on that day. and in the following days, the shuttle will head to nearby you hadbar hazi center. the shuttle will be escorted in a parade by the u.s. marine drum and beugle corps and a contingent of astronauts. i cannot wait because we love that place. >> i had a thrill of being at the last shuttle launch last july, so to see this here now, and as mike said, it's one of my favorite museums. >> agreed. so flying which we know
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one of our coworkers is doing today is an issue possibly because of heavy rain. >> and potentially some strong winds and more storms country. at the ground it hasn't been too bad, but still kind of chilly out there. i've got some questions, leap year, not too many weather records, what's the wettest leap year or leap day in washington? we're going to start with that. we may make a run at it later on. maybe we've had half inch to 3/4 inch of rain here, tough to tell. it looks like we've had that much. i know at dulles, we've had.80. so i think we're a shoo-in for number two because. 56 in 1944 should be pretty easy to beat and 1/3 of an inch back in 1968. we are on our way and heather at the national weather service office in sterling, thank you for that. looking at the day planner for the afternoon, mid- to upper 40s here over the next few hours. we're slowly climbing into the upper 40s, but it has been a tough go of it.
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i think we're just cloudy here for another couple of hours. by 3:00 i think that's when the lull will be ending. showers and storms returning and they could be on and off through the evening. winds out of the south, 10 miles an hour, eight miles an hour, we're going to get into some slightly warmer air. not sure if we're going to make 57, but thing low 50s, maybe mid-50s will be possible, but it could be after dark when we hit those highs. this morning we looked at all of these showers and storms, and where you see the lightning, generally south of us, we had reports of thunder in places like manassas. look at this second line now with all the lightning from western pennsylvania and especially into west virginia. this is marching east. and behind it in ohio and kentucky, yet another potential third wave of moisture we'll be looking at. and here you go with a local look, everything starting to sweep east of washington d.c. cumberland into garrett county now, looking at a little lightning your way. here's a live look at doppler 9,000 hd. there are the showers returning to western maryland, so another couple of hours they'll be back here. south and east this stuff is racing quickly away from us,
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east d.c. seeing the heavy showers now. this stuff is moving east at about 45 miles per hour. weather service put out a little marine statement about that, but east and south towards oxford and cambridge dealing with the heavy showers there, also seeing it now just about out of calbert county, st. mary's county, the southern half of the county seeing the heavy stuff, but up towards mechanicsville, you're about done. and down through the northern neck, gotta get through this, maybe another 30 minutes or so. big picture, this suicide bomb is really crankin', by the way, temperatures running in the 40s to 50s in the south and west. we have the tornado watches across the ohio and tennessee valleys. all of this is moving east, so we'll be dealing with a couple more waves of moisture, and then behind it, a very warm, windy day tomorrow. you'll notice a second line here coming back this evening with more showers and storms that will clear us as we head toward midnight. so as we look at the next three days, low 50s today, but this may actually happen after dark with showers and storms possible until midnight. tonight we're only going to
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drop off to about 50. tomorrow upper 60s. it'll be windy and warm with a west wind maybe 30. by friday 60 with an afternoon shower possible with more showers friday night and saturday. colder sunday and monday and sunday night maybe a little clipper might come across. yes, we reintroduce some snowflakes for the forecast. yes, march can be a little up and down like that. we have an owl and a couple of other neat animals in the studio. mike will introduce you to them when niep news now returns.
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so what should you do if you find an injured animal in the roadway? spring is just about here and the chances of that happening are starting to increase now. with me now is dr. belinda burwell, she's the director of blue ridge wildlife center, did i say that correctly? >> yes. >> which is northern virginia's largest wildlife rescue hospital. and, boy, do we have a beautiful guest along with us today. tell us who this is. his name is seymour, is that right? >> seymour. yes, he's a bart owl and he's an example of what we do at the center. we rescue injured and orphaned wild animals and give them the care they need and release them back into the wild. seymour, unfortunately, injured his wing on a barbed wire fence and injured it so badly that he's handicapped. so he could not be released back in the wild. he stays with us, and participates in education programs. >> poor thing seems a little nervous right now. >> it's his first tv appearance. we can understand. and as we were talking now that spring is approaching, a lot of animals, wild animals are
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starting to have their babies and they could -- there could be an issue, whether -- one of the things you said you wanted to talk about is tree removal. there's an issue of concern there. tell us why. >> a lot of the native wildlife nest in and around our homes and when we're doing yard work or cutting down trees, we can disturb their nests and they can end up homeless. so we do get an orphaned baby squirrels, orphaned owls, orphaned wood peckers and we can certainly -- if we can prevent cutting down trees between, say, march and september, we can decrease the incidence of these homeless animals. >> and the trees would be a better -- a better time to cut down the trees would be when? >> fall, late fall. >> speaking of trees, this little guy, look at him. this is an example. this is a southern flying squirrel. >> he's going to peek his head out of the little blanket here. >> she came in when the tree
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that contained their nest was cut down. >> we can tilt it to the camera so you can see a little bit. look how cute that is. she and her brothers at that point became orphaned. their mom ran off and couldn't be found. so they came to the center and we raised them. the brothers were released, and she unfortunately is missing most of her tail, so they use their tail -- these are flying squirrels, but they don't really fly, they glide, and they need that tail for stability, so she was handicapped. she stays with us and also participates in programs. >> again, cut the trees down more so in another season other than spring. >> if you can, yeah. >> one more animal to show, one of the other concerns, we were talking about this when we first met today. it's that as you're driving down the road, more and more as we head towards springtime, there may be more animals in the road, so use caution there, among them possums. >> yes. >> you said there's a major reason why possums head to the road which i never knew. >> yeah, possums are part of the cleanup crew for the environment. they are our natural garbage men. i hate to say that because they're wonderful animals, but they clean up environmental
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waste, but they will also eat litter. >> don't litter ought your car window. that attracts possums and other animals to the road. >> we've got about 15 seconds. if you'd like more information, visit wusa9.com. we'll link you to their website. that's it for noon. we'll be back here at 5:00. you can check us out at any time at wusa9.com. have a great day, everybody.
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