diane? >> okay, jon. there will be more on this and so much else on sunday, when george stephanopoulos sits down with the republican contender newt gingrich. and obama campaign adviser, david axelrod. he will get their predictions for super tuesday. >>> and we have been reporting this week on the tiny town of chardon, ohio, where a gunman opened fire on other students in the school cafeteria this past monday. tonight, abc news has learned more about a possible motive for the shooter. 17-year-old t.j. lane. one of the students he killed wiz dating his ex-girlfriend. prosecutors originally said lane chose his victims at random. >>> and overseas, now, to syria. the crackdown by the assad regime on the uprising has taken an especially brutal turn. at least 12 people, many of them children, were killed, when government forces launched an apparent mortar attack against protesters. and we've heard that they've beat back the rebels in homs, the heart of the protest. it's a big victory for assad. some say he's bee

diane. >> all right. covering this for us all weekend long, ginger zee reporting in, thank you, ginger. >>> now, across this country, "your voice, your vote." the super tuesday showdown. ten states vote tomorrow. the biggest prize, ohio, where a new poll shows mitt romney has surged to 34% over 31% for rick santorum. it happened at warp speed. a ten-point swing toward romney in just one week, signaling that tomorrow could be that decisive day he has dreamed about. but has the tone of the republican primary irreparably hurt the party this fall? abc's david muir's in zanesville, ohio, tonight, david. >> reporter: diane, as you know, the stakes could not be higher on super tuesday eve here. you mentioned the tone of this campaign. today, we heard from two republican women, former first lady barbara bush, very honest, about what she has seen in this campaign so far. and then late today, ann romney herself talking about her family's wealth. today, in a rare and candid moment, mitt romney's wife, ann, was asked

they're still friends today. >> diane kept to herself. me and my friends were the only friends that she hung out with at that time. she had a whole other secret life. it was kind of a known fact that we didn't ask her about it. you could always tell that she was holding something back. >> reporter: but that something is a mystery. even to diane. she doesn't understand what's happening within herself. she just knows something is off. her life finally starts coming into focus, when she sees a tv talk show. the subject? transgenderism. >> it was overwhelming. it left a lot of questions to me. and i think after that, i always felt more messed up, weird, wrong. because i knew now i was even more different than the people i was around. >> reporter: diane has stumbled across her elusive answer. but it would be several more years before she's ready to admit it. then, there are other young girls who know from an early age exactly what's happening to them. girls like patricia. >> i was very pretty. blonde-haired. blue-eyed. and the cashiers at the

diane? >> all right, ginger. thank you. another long night in the midwest. >>> now, we turn to a different kind of gathering cloud. this one is around the nation's big banks. the second-largest bank in the country has been conducting a quiet test in three states, slipping in a new fee to gauge the anger of customers. abc's matt gutman, who was front and center on that $5 fee from bank of america last fall, is on the case again tonight. >> reporter: four months after bank of america very publicly retreated from its $5 debit fee, it may be charging towards new ones. considering the possibility of rolling out nationwide new fees for new customers. up to $25 a month for certain accounts. the bank quietly launched programs in three states, arizona, massachusetts and georgia, last year. charging up to $9 for its most basic account. it used to be free. and $12, to $25 on others. the company says the tests are still ongoing. adding that, so far, customers approved. not what we found. >> i feel like

welcome diane. [applause] >> thank you everybody in thank you so much for coming to this. i want to see, where is mr. cahill senior? he purchased by the way 250 books and distributed them to the entire class of 1949. [applause] thank you very much for that and i think eddie got tired of showing off his super bowl ring last night and is officially in fact rooting for the feature is. i don't think we established that. i am a very timid giants fan and so i will quickly move on to the book itself. i thought i would just talk a little bit briefly about why this story intrigues me so much, a little bit about the reporting process and bring it forward to today because i think that this what -- open the floor to questions. i will admit first of all sadly i'm not a holy cross grad which somebody thought naturally that i must be in an alumnus of the school. the way i came across the story was sam grayson one of the men in the book. we were just having a lunch and it was the same day that ted wells was a front-page story in "the new york times" representing scooter libby at the time,

diane, you think this is garbage. you don't think data with the cherished memories and is trustworthy. >> i trust every part, but i am putting my faith. >> i accept that. and lastly, bill, i did not look up the twitter name of the woman. quite frankly, i don't care. >> i am guessing nobody will. >> i bet somebody else. >> you can look up agnes schulz and she may follow you. you know who else is following me, josh charles. >> you leave what josh charles and i have alone. >> he is thrilled to know how much you care. >> go away. >> lady gaga is dead -- tired of people throwing stuff on the streets. keep america clean. and spoiler alert, what is the starbucks ingredient? >>> welcome back. starbucks, more like star insects. i could have said star bugs, but i didn't. i decided to go different. 234* order to reduce the artificial ingredients, the coffee giant used a unique extract made of bugs to provide its frappuccinos with a bright pink color. the extract which i refuse to name comes from ground up dried bug bodies found

diane swonk, diane, as gas prices have increased, the president's approval rating has decreased. i'm not one to make direct correlations, but there's been really nothing else that might have caused this. there's a clear breakdown based on where americans fall in the economy. your thoughts -- let me show you a poll first. a cbs/new york times poll shows among those making more than $100,000 a year, the president's approval rating has replamained relatively flat. meanwhile the approval rating for those making 30 to 50,000 a year dropped by 16 points. diane, is this a clear illustration that we've got two americas on two very different recovery tracks? >> i think we've got at least two americas on two different recovery tracks. i do think there is a different -- a very big difference between those at the very high income strata and what they feel they're very insensitive to gasoline prices. where those at the lower end of the income strata are not only having to deal with gas prices every week, day in and day out, most of them don't have the alternative of mass transit, most major c

[applause] >> thanks very much, diane. that was really terrific. and certainly puts it all in perspective as we reflect as a community on an important era in time in the holy cross history. and certainly the determination of father brooks, certainly his leadership has meant an awful lot not only to those talked about in the book, but many of us here in the room. and i can't help but just tell this one little vignette that perhaps the last time father brooks was here, um, a young woman asked, well, father, what was the talk down in the jesuit residence when the college, when the vote was taken to go coed? and he paused very, very briefly, and without hesitation replied: well, we thought we'd all died and gone to heaven. [laughter] so he's meant an awful lot to an awful lot of people and just recently, just as recently as yesterday there was an op-ed piece in the boston grope. if any -- globe. if any of you missed it, it was a great piece about father brooks in yesterday's globe. so i'd certainly like to thank the harvard club for everything they did

>> reporter: diane, good evening. we do know that romney did win hawaii. but as you point out the headlines and the questions today, all about that case he made in the south. so many voters, not convinced. >> i got started right this morning, with a biscuit and some cheesy grits. >> reporter: mitt romney took his fight to the south. but rick santorum swept it. romney came in third. romney did win wealthier voters. earning $100,000 or more, chose romney. voters earning $50,000 or less, santorum. and today on fox news, romney was asked about criticism he doesn't connect. >> you were talking about, people ask you about football. and you talk about how you know the nfl owners. people ask you about nascar and you talk about how you know some racing owners. you talk about ann's two cadillacs. and people say he can't relate. he's so rich, he can't relate to the rest of us. why do you deep doing that? >> megyn, guess what? i made a lot of money. i've been very successful. i'm not going to apologize for that. >> reporter: romney argued this country wants someone wh

>> reporter: diane, that's right. abc news can confirm that investigators have found alcohol near where the staff agent was living. a defense official says, quote, we believe that alcohol was involved. tonight, here in afghanistan, the pressure to hold someone accountable for this is mounting. today, the backlash began. hundreds of furious students held the first major protest since the massacre. and in the village where it happened, militants tried to kill the afghan investigation team. president karzai's own brothers were pinned down as they met victims' families. they offered $2,000 to each family and asked for patience. but right now, patience and the sense of security are gone. what kind of life can you lead, this man asks, if someone can enter your house and kill you? that fear isn't confined to this area. it is spreading. today, many afghans are so worried about the future, they're abandoning their own country. applications for asylum are up 20%. and the fear tonight, diane, is that as the backlash spreads, mor

diane? >> wild swings in weather. thank you, clayton. >>> and some wild swings in politics, as we've been seeing a wild ride for mitt romney. last night, he took six of the ten states up for grabs in super tuesday. but as one person put it, he's winning votes, but not necessarily love. and that's the mission team romney is tackling tonight. it's "your voice, your vote." and abc's david muir is on the trail with romney. david? >> reporter: diane, good evening, from boston. at romney headquarters today, confidence that this nomination is now theirs. they say it would take an act of god for these other candidates to catch up. that might be so. but after super tuesday, a sobering wednesday of sorts, this race still far from over. and we asked, at what cost? tonight, call it the romney reality. over a million more votes and more states won than the other guys. yet, the finish line is still far off. and like a groundhog who sees his shadow, romney woke up today and saw -- >> i'm going to stay in the race. we're doing really

but, diane, as you and i know, that's not the number americans are looking at. they're looking at the pump, as we drove up to it with so many today. >>> we all know the calendar says this is the last week of winter. but feeling more like memorial day. more than 230 records for high temperatures had been broken since friday. and more will fall as the week continues. the warm weather this winter has created an unexpected savings for millions of americans. but not all the news is good. here's abc's sam champion. >> reporter: the month of march is following the rest of the winter as one of the warmest ever on record for the nation. just take a look at this. in chicago, the average temperature in march is 45 degrees, but today the windy city was at least 20 degrees warmer than that. and in wichita, which sees an average march temperature of 57 was over 70. this is new york central park last winter, where a whopping 61 inches of snow fell. making this warmth even more confusing by comparison. and this is central park today. after only 7 inches of snow all winter long,

diane?> well, chris, as you said, the damage and destruction spread all the way from you in harrisburg, across to harveyville, kansas. population 200 in that town gathered. and every, single one of them felt this destruction from tornadoes. abc's clayton sandell tell us the story that feels straight out of "the wizard of oz." >> reporter: debbie roberts and her husband were home with their 8-year-old grandson, michael, when the twister hit. >> the patio door here came in on me. and i'm knocked back to here. and grab ahold of this. >> reporter: all of a sudden, the windows blew out. and the tornado started to suck her grandson outside. >> when he got up here, he went airborne. >> reporter: and came all the way -- >> and came all the way over here. and hit the coffee table and screamed. and rich reached out to the scream and caught him. >> reporter: michael's grandfather barely saved him. the family dog went flying out the window but survived. >> none of this matters. mike's okay. we didn't lo

she's a former chief economist at the labor department; and diane swonk, senior managing director and chief economist for mesirow financial, a firm based in chicago. she joins us tonight from new york city. in 2010 when the economy was struggling to add jobs we had guests on like you who said you can't look at any one month and say much of anything. but now that we've had three straight months of high growth, a year and a half of net job creation, is it safe to get into the water and start talking about a pattern, something we can really hold on to? >> i think so, ray. when you as you said you don't want to put too much weight on any single month worth of data. but it is important to start doing a little bit of addition and looking at what we're seeing on the employment front, having three very strong months of robust job growth well beyond the number of jobs we need to keep pace with the growth of the population, on top of 17 months of adding jobs every month to the economy. seeing the unemployment rate coming down, even as more people are entering if into the labor market, seeing wa

diane eastabrook reports. >> reporter: for the past six months, the m.f. global scandal has consumed john roe's life. the veteran trader founded the commodity customer coalition last fall to help m.f. global customers like himself recover their missing money. roe hopes tomorrow's hearing before the house financial services committee will determine if m.f. global committed fraud. >> what we want to do is we want to establish that there was either general criminal intent or there was intent after the fact, that someone did something and then covered it up because they knew they had committed a crime or broken a rule. >> reporter: an email suggests former c.e.o. john corzine directed some customer money into a company account at j.p. morgan chase to cover a shortfall. at the time, j.p. morgan asked for assurances the moneyas m.f. global's to use. roe wants the subcommittee to question bank witnesses about why it kept the money when it suspected it might belong to customers. >> if you knew there was a problem with the transfer and they refused to swear to you

diane, what is going on with you? >> i am on bill imus and now during regular appearances on fox and friends first from 5:00 to 6:00 on fox newschannel. >> excellent. terry, what is going on with you these days. >> an update on my dog, toby. it is important, shut up. oh i am on fox news, no i am not on fox news and my dog does president -- doesn't have cancer. there was a 10% chance she doesn't have cancer and she doesn't have cancer. hi toby, i love you. >> joe, upcoming gigs? >> i love talking about it too after a cancer dog update. i will be at the comedy club on tuesday night and thursday night. 9:00 shows. >> excellent. the dog didn't have cancer though so it is good. >> still smoking though. >> i would like to point out if there are viewers at home who wish to take the incentive and create say a three-minute real of hooker office with my plot and send it to me, we will show it on the air. remember, hooker office ssments

thank you for being here as we celebrate the publication of fraternity with author diane brady. an exceptional and accomplished journalist, diane has done all of us a great gift in telling the story of father bob brooks and extraordinary group of black students and how they are tied together at holy cross in the late 1960s to help shape their lives and changed the course of history. as one reviewer commented, eternity brings to our attention for the first time an unsung hero of the civil-rights movement. another called the book incredibly inspiring, noting that diane captured the story not just of a group of amazing black men and their mentor but an era. senior editor at bloomberg business week diane first wrote about this time at holy cross history in the 2007 article for business week and has worked since then to expand the story into a book. we are delighted she is with us today to share her experiences researching, interviewing and writing "fraternity". we are equally delighted to welcome eddie jenkins who is over here to my right, who is one of the prominent men featured in

diane? >> thank you, rob. >>> coming up next at 6:00, dick cheney is in intensive care tonight after major surgery. >>> and some of the biggest names in sports are speaking out about the death of florida teenager trayvon martin, who was gunned down by a man who is still free tonight. and people went in record numbers to see "the hunger games." we'll show you why this movie has a local angle to it, as well. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) there's no doubt in my mind that komen's funding helped saved my life. the 3-day is my opportunity to help save others' lives. (woman) i'll never stop walking, not till

diane is a chief economist. as gas prices have increased over the past month, the president's approval level has decreased. there's been really nothing else that might have caused this. there's a clear breakdown based on where americans fall in the chee. your thoughts? let me show you a poll first. a new york times poll shows those making more than $100,000 a year, the president's rating has reed relatively flat. are you suggesting they don't feel the pain at the gas pump. those making 30 to $50,000 a year, the approval rating dropped by 16 points. is this a clear illustration that we have two americas on two very different recovery tracks? >> i think we have at least two americas on two recovery tracks. there is a very big difference between those at the high-income strata and what you feel they are insensitive to and those at the low-income of the strata are not only having to deal with the prices day in and day out, most major cities don't have it as an alternative and in fact i know people that have had to t

diane? >> all right. jake tapper, thank you so much.nd on the gas prices the president mentioned, a kind of break today. after 39-straight days, going up today, that streak ended. and the average price of a gallon of gas went down, ever so slightly, by 0.3 penny. to $3.76 a gallon. and by the way, that's still a record high for the month of march. >>> and that is not the only thing down today. stocks took a tumble, down over 200 points. the biggest one-day drop this year so far. wall street experts blame new worries about ending the financial crisis in greece. >>> and we have an answer, tonight, to a global detective story, a mystery. today, it rocked the shadowy world of internet hackers. the fbi said one of the most feared hackers has been an informant, spilling secrets that led agents this week to bust a notorious hacking ring, that had announced its intentions through videos, like this one you see here. and was responsible for major break-ins of government and corporate computer systems. the fbi says the informant is a self-taught p

diane talk about the economic crisis. i would add to that the incredible number of african-americans in jail today. more jail than in college and we have an extraordinary problem in america we have to address. so there are more rivers. don't look at us as some memorial, some old guy that did some degree 40 years ago. that was our river. this is your river now it's a chance jump in. thank you very much. >> i can't top that. [applause] you know, the other thing that's interesting which which came up last night with clarence sso is what is happening but is is is will networks, the elementary school network, such in the cities that charter schools have come in to perhaps fill the void there, but i think there's a real sense of loss. i think these men feel and a lot of people feel this is a real stepping stone for a lot of urban families to get their kids the type of education, and the type of discipline and values that would help to make them leaders to society and there's a certain wistfulness but that network is not as stro

diane? >> hard to believe. all right, thank you, rob. >>> a fire in san francisco's bay view district this weekend is being investigated as a possible arson. it started at an empty house on oakdale avenue last night and spread to neighboring homes, forcing about 30 people out of their homes. neighbors say they saw a ball of fire and smoke filled their homes immediately. one woman says if it wasn't for a man walking by on his cell phone, people may have died in this fire. >> he was on his phone and he said -- we said, it's on fire, so he turned around and he start knocking on doors and that's how these people got out. other than that, we have a lot of fatalities here. >> she also says the building had been empty for years and that this fire was just bound to happen. the battalion chief says abandoned buildings present a particular fire hazard because the flames can burn for a long time and spread to other buildings before anyone notices. >>> nbc bay area news has obtain and exclusive copy of a letter that state

but make no mistake, diane.antorum needs to score big here today, if he's going to have any chance of capturing the republican nomination. >> and jon karl and david muir will be standing by all evening as the results come in. i want to bring in george stephanopoulos right now. so, is mitt romney is nominee? >> almost certainly, i think. look at what we know right now. mitt romney will win the most states tonight. he will win the most delegates. at the end of the night, he will be the only candidate to win enough delegates to get it locked up before the conventions. he can secure the claim to the nomination, only if he does beat rick santorum in the big battleground state of ohio. that's what everybody is watching tonight. >> you and i have been going over the exit polling. you say there's a vulnerability here. >> we can see the challenge. tonight in ohio, voters will go to the polls. they believe that mitt romney is the most electable. 53% think he has the best ability to beat president obama. but when you ask w

diane?thank you, matt. >>> and as we mentioned, the president spoke in unusually personal terms. the white house said he had been expecting a question, had thought a long time about his answer, an answer that evokes a conversation a lot of african-american parents have with their sons. abc's pierre thomas tells us about private warnings some parents give about unspoken rules. >> reporter: just about everybody in the black community is talking about trayvon martin. >> that could be any of us, you know? any of our children. our brothers. >> i don't want to be like treyvon martin's mom, burying my child. >> reporter: today, suburban moms racine tucker-hamilton and lagreta dennis are giving their sons specific instructions for survival. the uncomfortable conversations, necessary for generations, still taking place. >> once they started looking like men, which is about 14 or 15, even though they're children, i basically told them, now you're perceived as a black man in society. >> reporter: even

diane? >> thank you, rob. >>> coming up next at 11:00, former vice president dick cheney received something today he's been waiting two years for. we'll explain that. >>> also, many people across the country, including some of the biggest names in sports, are speaking out about the death of trayvon martin, an african-american teenager. a neighborhood watch volunteer killed him in florida and has not been arrested. >>> and "the hunger games" broke box office records this weekend. we'll introduce you to the actress from the east bay who landed a role in the blockbuster and got her first big break. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] off limits? not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, you can have brownies again. ♪ fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. carol. fiber makes me sad. oh common. and how can you talk to me about fiber while you are eating a candy bar? you enjoy that. i am. [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. >>> nb

i'm diane dwyer. we begin in afghanistan where an investigation is underway in to what caused an american soldier to reportedly shoot and kill 16 innocent people. the president of afghanistan is calling it an act of terrorism. the attack happened in a vlage near his military base in southern afghanistan. nbc's francisco reports the shooting is straining the relationship between the two countries. >> reporter: 16 civilians, including six children and three women were killed during the night time shooting spree. the killing happened several hundred yards from the military base in kandahar. a serviceman based at lewis movie mcchord in washington state is in custody accused in the slaying. afghan president hamid karzai called the incident, quote a terrorist act and will never be forgiven. president obama phoned karzai to express his condolences and insisted this act does not represent america's military. >> it was a senseless tragedy. the larger problem will be this is a spark landing on this tinderbox of

hello, kimberly. >> hello, diane. instead of foeksing on their disabilities, this program focuses on their abilities. it's all-incluns sk, hoping to kinder garden to 12th graders in los altose and mountain grew. it started by two moms. their daughters and friends were interested in acting, but there was no place to do it. that's where youth drama for all was born. today was their first performance. new york new york, a play they have been working on for the last six months. it was dead kalted to a family of a sunny dale woman who killed her 22-month-old son before taking her own life. she was overwhelmed. the director of the program said they understand the critical need for a support system when you have a special needs child. they need someone to call if you're at a breaking point. >> we really feel for the family in sunnyvale because we have such a supportive community as you'll see here. and we're fortunate that we can come here, we can talk to one another, and when i hear that somebody doesn't have that, it break

with the group's integrity intact, marcia and diane must push on without him.rapy group depends on the men opening up to one another. >> you work on developing group that has intimacy and trust, and i think any time somebody exits from that group, that that causes some concern, and may actually change some of the dynamics. >> diane and marcia are concerned about how brook's absence will affect the group. but their primary focus is on what inmate brook is missing. >> i'm sad that ron left. initially for sure, you know, because he's part of the group. he had a lot of work to do. he had spoken openly about his crimes. we were just getting there. >> i said a lot of prayers. i thank you for being a part of my life today. >> this week, marcia and diane have invited victims of violent crimes to share their personal stories with the men. >> so the format today after check-in, each survivor will take half-hour, 45 minutes to tell their story, and then you all will be able to ask questions, and then we'll go to the next person. remember, that you have the right to ask an

>> it's about the madness, diane. ladies style. the cal bears opening ncaa tournament play with a bang. >>> plus where in the world is alex smith? what does that meanilssibity poilibity of peyton manning? the tdetails ahead in sports. >>> the peyton manning murmurs are getting louder. the 49ers are much in play to get the hall of famer which would mean the end for smith in san francisco. dolphins are in the market for a qb, more so now that one of their targets, matt flynn, signed with seattle. no details on meeting other than it lasted 5 1/2 hours. smith is coming off his best season as a pro, but apparently he should not expect a hero's welcome in miami. frank gore has always been a big smith supporter and said this to the "associated press." quote, it's crazy, i'm waiting for whichever happens. i know coach harbaugh and the general manager feel good about what they're doing. moore went on to call manning the best ever to play the game. >>> the tough thing about being an eight or nine seed in the ncaa tournament, you win one, a t