i've had it. < why would kelly kill reena virk? she didn't know reena virk.nal record. she didn't even know half of those people there. so you tell me why all of a sudden she's going to get that anger and she's going to go across a bridge and kill someone? i don't think so. could be down between warren glowatski and kelly ellard and the jury is going to decide. >> but the jury did not decide. it was a mistrial after a hung jury. and in 2005 kelly ellard went back to court for a third time. catherine murray was the prosecutor for both the second and third trial. >> we have evidence from people who saw kelly coming over the bridge and then going back again. we called probably eight, nine, ten people that she confessed to. >> kelly ellard's defense has always been that her schoolmates repeated gossip and rumor and conspired against her. but the jury did not agree. they found kelly ellard guilty of second-degree murder. she was again sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after seven years. coming up -- a decade after reena's murder, warren gl

but reena's life was not changed forever. it was taken. leaving for her parents an eternal emptiness. >> some people say forgive and forget. i have learned that forgiving can be done. but something like that is really hard to forget. we'll never forget. but we have forgiven.

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diane. >> reena ninan reporting in. and reena is just joining us here at abc news. we thank you so much. >>> and now to politics. because this is it, 24 hours to battleground michigan. it's "your voice, your vote." and what could be the tipping point in this republican race. tonight, two candidates locked in the duel to the finish. rick santorum and mitt romney. and we're going to tell you about both gains and gaffes in the last last 24 hours. but starting us off, abc's david muir says mitt romney's looking more confident than he has. david. >> reporter: diane, good evening. in this crucial home state of michigan for mitt romney. as you mentioned, there was a bit of a spring in his step today when he took the stage. this campaign is looking at poll numbers that, while very close, are showing momentum where they want to see it, on mitt romney's side, in this 11th hour, when it counts the most. on the eve of what could be the most pivotal primary yet, mitt romney tonight is making his closing arguments. but many say this is a case that should have been easier to make.

abc's reena ninan joins us with more from chardon, ohio, good morning to you, reena. >> reporter: goodwaking up to the news that another student has died, bringing the death toll to two. there are three other students fighting for their lives in nearby hospitals. the fbi and police are combing through surveillance video, trying to learn more about the final moments. and exactly what happened. we are learning that t.j. lane, the suspected shooter, is in reportedly in solitary confinement. police won't confirm that he is in fact the shooter. students say he may have been a victim of bullying. he wrote a post in december on his facebook page that said he longed for the world to bow at his feet. and he said in the end, "die, all of you." a hearing has been set for 3:30 this afternoon. schools will remain closed. some of the public here are wondering whether or not authorities will release 911 tapes to give them a better sense of what happened during those last moments of the shooting. josh? >> reena ninan in ohio. thank you for that. >>> the other breaking story on the morning. it will be

here's abc's reena ninan. >> we have an active shooter at the high school. >> reporter: the terror began early this morning in a normally quiet suburb of cleveland. >> repeat, active gunshots at the high school. >> reporter: inside the cafeteria at chardon high school, where 1,110 students go to school, kids were settling in for breakfast around 7:30 this morning when a boy stood up and started shooting. nate mueller, a junior, was having breakfast when he heard a loud pop. >> and i turned around and i looked and he was standing above this table pointing his gun. >> reporter: the shooter sprayed the room with bullets, hitting at least five students. >> and he took one more shot. i turned around to go around and that's when i felt it hit my ear. >> reporter: he and abc's cleveland affiliate identified the teenage gunman as 17-year-old t.j. lane. >> you see your friends, there's blood, people screaming, everybody's running in different directions, and you're just trying to get out. >> i was literally like 20 feet away, not even, and i saw him -- i'm in shock. >> reporter: some ran. others

in chardon, ohio, reena ninan, abc news. >> and reena will have more on "good morning america." >>> as black history month ends today, the contribution of slaves is being remembered in washington. a new stone marker remembers the slave labor that helped to build. the original chisel marks by those that built the build rg still visible. >>> time for the weather across the nation. snow from the dakotas to new england. severe storms in the south rngs with hail, gusty winds and tornadoes from memphis to raleigh. showers and thunderstorms along the gulf coast. snow in the cascades, northern rockies, lake tahoe and reno. >>> 37 in minneapolis, 55 in chicago. 57 in kansas city. 70s from dallas to atlanta. and 47 here in new york. >>> coming up, apple appears ready for another major announcement, it's just days away. >> get in line folks. >>> and then the latest on the crippled cruise ship making its way to shore. >>> and two different sports but so much in common. the new bromance between tim tebow and jeremy lin. >>> overseas markets were higher overnight on good news from the u.s. after the

>> reena, thank you again for your reporting. >>> now, we have big health news for everyone. shortly before we came on the air, a headline about statins. one in four americans 45 and older takes them. today, the fda will announce it will slap new safety warnings on the packages, including a warning about confusion and memory loss. and abc's dr. richard besser is on the case. >> reporter: rena takes a statin to lower her cholesterol and help her heart. >> my father tied of a stroke. and my brother had a massive heart attack. >> reporter: tonight, word that the fda will put a new label on her bottle of statin pills. memory loss, confusion. a rise in blood sugar, which can lead to diabetes. and drug interaction that cause muscle damage. the concern is disorientation, not knowing where you are. statin users have reported the side effects for years. but the numbers are finally high enough that the fda is taking action. still, doctors tonight stand by the benefits of statins. >> even with these warnings, the benefits of these drugs far outweigh the risks when they're given to the r

abc's reena ninan joins us from washington this morning.d morning to you, and welcome, once again, to abc news. >> thank you so much, dan. it's great to be here. the defense team has been trying to prove that while the university of virginia lacrosse player may have been out of control, he never meant, or even thought about killing yeardley love. for weeks, the prosecution portrayed huguely as an alcoholic. with a violent temper. friday, the defense tried to show he wasn't the only one with a violent streak. and that the relationship was always rocky. >> he was out of control. but he never meant or never thought he killed yeardley love. >> reporter: the defense showed the jury video taken from a restaurant surveillance camera the night before yeardley love died. she was holding hands with george huguely, laughing, and chatting up his family. huguely's aunt, who was with them that evening, took the stand. describing loved a very sweet. a nervous-looking huguely listened to the testimony. his immediate family, in the largest numbers yet, fill

welcome and good morning, reena. >> reporter: all right, ron. thank you so much. this was the olive branch the white house needed to extend to religious groups. particularly the catholic groups. we're learning this morning that the head of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops believes it's not enough. in a letter to all u.s. bishops, cardinal timothy dolan says the new mandate does not meet their standards and they'll work to repeal it. the president announced his new health care revisions yesterday. saying it will provide women contraceptive coverage, regardless of where they work. the burden will be on the insurance companies, rather than religious organizations to reach out and offer contraceptive care free of charge. the white house knows this issue may not be over. republicans are likely to try to paint the president as anti-religion. and while he won 54% of the catholic vote in 2008, this is likely to alienate catholics in key swing states like ohio, pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. >> thank you very much, reena ninan in washington. >>> jerry sandus

good morning, reena. >> reporter: good morning, george. we're learning more about t.j. lane. he's reportedly in solitary confinement. schools here are closed today. minutes ago, we received word that another one of his victims died, bringing the death toll to two. this morning, police and the nib are reportedly poring over surveillance video showing the chaotic moments as 17-year-old t.j. lane allegedly pulled out a hand gunn in the cafeteria and opened fire. >> we have an active shooter at the high school. repeat, active gunshots at the high school. >> reporter: 16-year-old danny parmentor killed. four others wounded. nate was eating breakfast when shots were fired. >> we heard a loud pop, like a firecracker almost. he was standing above the table, pointing his gun. he took one more shot. >> reporter: he saw the flash of the handgun's muzzle. a bullet grazed his ear. >> it was terror. everything just went tunnel vision. you see glances of your friends laying all over 2 place. there's blood. people screaming. everybody is flung different directions. you're just trying to get

reena ninan, thank you. go to ron for the other stories. >>> hi, again, dan, bianna. >> hello, there. >> good morning, everyone. >>> in the news, nelson mandela said to be in good spirits this morning after being taken to the hospital after complaining of abdominal pain. the 93-year-old has made few public appearances in recent years. >>> in afghanistan, protests over the burning of korans have turned deadly again. thousands of people flooded the straights for a fifth day. two foreigners were killed at the interior ministry in a shooting at the capital this morning. >>> a clarification of a story from yesterday. we reported that sears is closing 1200 stores. the company says it is not closing the stores. rather spinning them off to the 1,200 outlet, hometown, and certain hardware stores. they'll become a new company. >>> finally, a penny for your thoughts. about 100,000 for a traffic game. about $1,000 worth of pennies poured out on to a highway in tulsa, oklahoma, after the back door of an armored truck fle

reena ninan is in charlottesville with the latest. good morning, reena. >> reporter: hi, elizabeth. this morning, george huguely is in the county jail awaiting transfer to a state penitentiary. overnight, he was sentenced by jurors for 26 years for the murder of yeardley love. >> reporter: as george huguely's family left the courtroom, his counsel, the youngest of the group was visibly shaken. a few hours earlier, yeardley love's mother and sister took the stand to help influence the jury's sentencing. breaking down in tears, love's sister telling jurors that the murder was the absolute worst thing in the world that could have happened. that's the phrase that sums up my life. when asked about the emotional impact of the murder, sharon love, yeardley's mother, sobbed. sometimes you think you can bear it and do something positive. she said. somed days, it's unbearable. it never goes away. her voice almost inaudible as she added, every year that goes by, i'm afraid i'm forgetting a little piece about her. huguely listened. head down, as his attorneys told jurors he had made mistakes. h

. >> reporter: in washington reena ninan, abc news. >> it's hard to believe the jury will not pay attention that message, that e-mail, "i should have killed you." and the fact the lawyers admit he did contribute to the death but didn't cause it. certainly a verdict that at the very minimal was a negligent homicide seems highly unlikely. >> yeah, i don't understand -- you contributed to the death but didn't -- >> but didn't cause it? >> if you contributed, then that was premeditated. >> it's legal minutia. but clearly he played a role. so i can't imagine the jury would not consider many things going into that deliberation room for sure. >>> in other news this morning a dust storm is now being blamed for a big crash out in west texas. gusty winds kicked up so much dust it brought visibility down to zero. an 18-wheeler overturned first. then about a dozen other trucks, cars, and suvs piled up after that. two people were injured and the highway had to be closed for hours. >>> and temperatures are hovering near the 60 degree mark from nashville to raleigh today, but crews are still working to re

abc's reena ninan reports from chardon. >> reporter: desperate 911 calls from a school under siege. >e had shots fired, gunshots. massive gunshots. >> chardon high school we need police up here. there's somebody with a gun. >> reporter: police announced two more students shot in the school have died. russell king and demetrius hewlin, seen here in their yearbook photos. a third student, daniel parmertor, died just hours after the shooting. 17-year-old suspect t.j. lane on his way to court. prosecutors say lane confessed to the crime but offered no explanation for what drove him to kill. >> he admitted he went in the school cafeteria and fired ten rounds on a group of students sitting at a cafeteria table, that he did not know the students but he chose them randomly. >> reporter: but why? few clues so far. abc news obtained court records showing both lane's parents have a history of domestic violence. in 2002 his father was charged with attempted murder. there have been conflicting reports lane was bullied in school. he's been described as a quiet teen. >> he was a good student in scho

abc's reena ninan has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the prosecutor tells abc news they plan on charging the alleged shooter, t.j. lane, as an adult. the 17-year-old stands accused of murdering three students and a fourth is still in the hospital. meanwhile we're hearing more from the chilling 911 calls for help. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> we just had -- we just had a shooting at our school. we need to get out of here. >> reporter: the 911 calls paint a picture of the chaotic moments as t.j. lane unleashed his rampage. >> we got shots fired. multiple gunshots. >> i saw him take out two. then i was gone. >> you do know you have a right to counsel and you're represented by mr. faranacci in this hearing, is that correct? >> yes. >> reporter: in court, lane appeared chai, saying only yes, sir. prosecutors say he's someone that's not well and he admitted to the shootings. saying he chose his victims randomly. taking a pistol and a knife to chardon high school. removing the gun from a bag around 7:30 monday morning then firing ten sh

abc's reena ninen joins us from washington this morning. welcome to abc. >> thank you so much, dan. team has been trying to prove that while the university of virginia lacrosse player may have been out of control, he never thought about killing yeardley love. for weeks, the prosecution portrayed loougly as an al colollic. the defense tried to prove that he wasn't the only one with a violent streak. >> he was out of control. but he never meant or never thought he killed yeardley love. >> reporter: the defense showed the jury video taken from a restaurant surveillance cram the night before yeardley love died. she was holding handing with george huguely, laughing, and chatting up his family. hugue huguely's aunt, who was with them that morning, took the stand. describes love as sweet. a nervous-looking huguely listened to the testimony. his immediate family filled up three rows in the courtroom. the dpens brought a forensic expert. he said he could not find every day her head was slammed against the wall from the wall in the bedroom. that contradicted the prosecution. >> you have a bat

if you're a little bit confused, reena ninan joins us to connect the dots and clarify for us.morning to you. >> reporter: that's right. the attention hasn't been on the victim or the accused in this trial. the past few days, the focus has turned towards the widow. >> andrea sneiderman. >> reporter: she's the widow of the man shot to death in their son's day care parking lot. the prosecution and defense were united in getting her banned from the courtroom. >> i'm going to ask her removed from the courthouse. >> reporter: this, after bizarre behavior in the courthouse. right in front of the judge and jury, she hugged and kissed one of the witnesses, her close friend for the past ten years. her testimony alluded that sneiderman may have been having ai an fair with her husband's killer, hemy neuman. she went into the witness room when told not to enter. >> she's making statements, that's not true, that's a lie, you weren't there. i've almost turned and snapped and told her to shut up. >> reporter: instead, attorneys agreed to bar her from court. she may be brought back to testify

reena ninan, abc news, chardon, ohio. >> scary. you know, rob, we had talked about listening to some of those students in the pierce, they're very familiar with the alleged shooter. but at the same time, he didn't even go to that school. he went to a different school for behavioral problems. and it's almost interesting to note as if they think he went to school with them. >> right. it's strange. but also strange, and unfortunately this had become such a familiar scene since columbine in '99 but there always seem to be clues on facebook, twitter, notepads, and how come no one picks up on this stuff and targets these kids and watches them? how could he get a gun into the school? now they're going to have that big debate, metal detectors, but don't want the schools to feel like prison. we've seen so many times it's amazing, some clues that get missed. these kids just don't randomly decide. there's always a build-up that we seem to ignore until this happens. it's frustrating. >> tragic. tragedy. >>> now to a major sports headline. matt

reena ninan is in charlottesville with the latest. >> reporter: hi, elizabeth. this morning, george huguely is in the county jail awaiting transport. he was sentenced to 26 years for the murder of yeardley love. [ crying ] >> reporter: as george huguely am family left the courtroom, his cousin was visibly shaken. a few hours earlier, yeardley love's mother and sister took the stand to help influence the jury's sentencing. baeking down in tears.love's so that the murder was the absolute worst thing that could have happened. sharon love, yeardley's mother sobbed. sometimes you think you can bear it and do something positive. some days, it's unbearable. it never goes away. her voice almost inaudible as she added, every year that goes by, i'm afraid i'm forgetting a little piece about her. huguely listened. his attorneys told jurors he made mistake. his life at the time of love's death was immersed in a lifestyle of sport, sex, and alcohol. >> we are, of course, disappointed with this verdict. but we have been pround to represent george in his fight for fairness ove

reena ninan has the story. [ screaming ] >> reporter: it was a stage collapse that happened in an instaptkilled, 58 injured, including an 8-year-old girl. as fans awaited sugarland. >> what went through your heart and mind? >> i wept. we are forever connected. to those people because of the evening that we shared and the moment that we shared and the tragedy that we shared. ♪ even more than faith >> reporter: but now some victims and families say they don't think sugarland is taking their fair share of the blame, after they attorneys claim the victims were partially at fault. a civil lawsuit was field. they allege sugarland and the companies involved in the stage's construction failed to provide a safe area and ignored the weather. the band's attorneys countered saying that the sudden storm was an act of god. and that some or all of the plaintiff's claim eed injuries were their own fault, they assumed their own risk by attending the show. >> it's been hard enough dealing with the loss, being hurt, having several surgeries. then to hear them not take responsibility partly for keeping us ou

for "good morning america," reena ninan. >>> time for the weather.mpion, you warned us about the potential though in the northeast yesterday. >> that's right. when last we left you, a storm that may be a snowmaker. let's put it in motion and see what the models are saying. this is soaking rain. houston, 2, 3, maybe 4 inches of rain. so will good parts of the deep south. here's where the snow line goes. it's kentucky, west virginia, kepts out through, right now, we think just barely making it to central new jersey for the measurable snow. about 1 to 6 inches. that's a good sign. every reason to watch, because just one move or wiggle in the path of the storm could make a big difference for who gets snow. you saw how narrow this band was. this is definite, new orleans, montgomery, houston, san antonio, all getting soaking rain. potentially 3 to 5 inches of rain. one of the heaviest we've seen all season. >> and it's >> and it's a big southern soaker this weekend. as with every other storm of the winter, it can't connect to the old air. >>> i'm headed to

abc's reena ninen covering the story for us.morning. >> reporter: it's a murder trial centered around the death of a man known as a devoted father and son. why is the court questioning what his wife did or didn't know before his death? prosecutors presented evidence suggesting that andrea snyderman could know more about her husband's death before he died. neuman admits to gunning down rusty sneiderman in this day care parking lot this 2010, saying he and andrea were romantically linked. >> i didn't know what happened to rusty until i got to the emergency room. >> okay. >> no one told me what happened to rusty. >> reporter: prosecutors questioned her testimony that she first learned her husband had been shot when she arrived at the hospital. calling andrea's father-in-law to the stand. >> around 9:30 in the morning, andrea called us and said, rusty had been shot. she was so, so sorry. >> reporter: sneiderman's former boss is the one accused of murder. with both sides of the court casting doubt on her story this week, you might th

reena ninan, a new member of our team, has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.ey asked for the trial to be dismissed. the judge denied the motion. the defense team began the days by setting up one crucial point. university of virginia senior yeardley love died by accident. they're arguing she suffocated on a pillow, covered with her own blood. where she was found face down. they brought in a medical expert to support that claim, but didn't explain how love ended up that way. defense attorneys have maintained all along that george huguely was in the room with yeardley. he knocked down the door, shook her, may have grabbed mer by the neck. but he did not kill her. and huguely claims she was fine when he left. the defense could be facing a tough battle. medical experts testified severe trauma to the head caused her brain to hemorrhage. injuries that according to these experts, could not have been self-inflicted. >> the prosecution has done great job of showing how the medical evidence fits with the testimony evidence from earlier in the case. it's been very powerfu

for "good morning america," reena ninan. >>> time for the weather. potential snow in the northeast? >> that's right. when last we left you, a storm that may be a snowmaker. here's what the models are saying. this is soaking rain. houston, 2, 3, maybe 4 inches of rain. so will good parts of the deep south. here's where the snow line goes. it's wisconsin, into west virginia, cuts out, through, right now, we think, just barely making it to central new jersey for the measurable snow. about 1 to 6 inches. every reason to watch, because just one move or wig until the path of the storm could make a big difference for who gets snow. this is definite, new orleans, montgomery, houston, san antonio, all getting soaking rain. some dense fog advisory with effect until 8:00 a.m. and other was a pleasant windut you will feel the pick up. 39 did in the debt -- 49 in the district. not that this sentiment, sunny winds low to mid 50's but hour.25 miles per moral and 53 and looks is likely on sunday. >> and it's a big southern soccer this weekend. with every other storm

the southeast, across missouri, the multiple floods, the challenge is to respond to hurricane ike reenaare both from the national guard and each of your state guards of the lead to a mutual aid with the ability to reach out and talk touch all of those teams will build on a national homeland security dollars gave us a much more effective response to those survivors so as the funding stream is collapsed down, it isn't that the eligibility for these various projects goes away. it merely eliminates the individual satisfied for each category. it says as governors and with your security areas, are you prioritizing those issues to your jurisdictions in the context of how does that better prepare us for the nation to respond to catastrophic sometimes unthinkable even squawks it may be play on words but instead of asking what am i doing for my major city, what are we doing in that city that contributes to the national preparedness, how does that play into shortfalls we may see among the states? previously we talk about a regional approach, but the grants never drove that because you get the gran