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let's get specifics from tahman bradley, he's in washington with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rob, paula. the jobs report expected to show good news. that presents a challenge for president obama. if the fragile economy does not keep creating jobs every month, the opponents will pounce. today's monthly jobs report is expected to show the economy getting stronger. >> the consensus estimate is just over 200,000. some go up to 250,000. >> reporter: if so, this would be the third straight month the country added more than 200,000 jobs. despite the anticipated gooz news, there are stins recovery remains slow. the number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to 362,000. gas prices have soared to a record high. republicans blame president obama. >> since this president has been president, the cost of gasoline has doubled. he says, well, it's not my fault. we've gone from yes, we can, to it's not my fault. >> reporter: the president took office, the unemployment rate was 7 .8%. it wept up to 10%. it's now at 8 .3%. gas prices a

>> tahman bradley, live for us this morning. thanks. >>> the u.s. soldier suspected of killing intercept afghans has now been flown to a facility in kuwait. there are nolonglong-term detenn facilities in afghanistan. the man's name will be released once charges are filed per military policy. >>> we learned overnight that the afghan man who tried to attack defense secretary lowon panetta's plane as it landed died overnight. he tried to crash his truck into h plane, drove into a ditch and then got out and set himself on fire. >>> newly leaked e-mails are provided a very different picture of syria's ruling family. the private messages show president assad bypassing rules to download songs from itunes. this took place against the backdrop of a major government uprising. >>> the bloodshed in syria was one of the topics that democrat nate e -- dominated a meeting between the prime minister of britain and the president. >>> the president and the prime minister changed into tuxes last evening to sit down for a state dinner, the biggest one ever thrown by th

paula and t.j. >> tahman bradley live in washington. thanks for that report, tahman. >>> well, the shooting suspect san 11-year military veteran. he had served four tours in iraq before going afghanistan. >> abc news' martha raddatz says all of this will figure into the investigation. >> reporter: think about it, in the last eight or nine year, this soldier has been gone about half the time from his own family. there's absolutely no excuse for what happened, but they are going to look into mental stability. was he suffering from posttraumatic stress? you've seen in the military over the years, a huge spike in suicides, a huge spike in posttraumatic stress. so, yes, that's exactly what they'll be looking at. >> so many questions still to be answered. we'll get a live update from the white house later this morning on "good morning america." >>> and rising gas prices are hurting president obama in the polls. an abc news poll released overnight finds that 65% disapprove of the way mr. obama is handling the issue. just 38% approve of the way

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we begin the coverage with abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: in amarillo, texas, the captain of jetblue flight 191 carried off the plane in handcuffs after his co-pilot made an emergency landing amidst this terrifying scene on board captured by cell phone video. passengers holding down the captain identified as clayton osbon. sources say osbon began acting erratically, flipping switches and appearing confused. the co-pilot tricked the pilot and locked the door and radioed emergency. >> jetblue 911, emergency. >> can you give me a more specific nature of this medical emergency so i can pass it on to the ambulance crew. >> reporter: a third passenger slipped into the cockpit to help. the pilot beam aggressive yelling about al qaeda and a bomb. >> he became aggressive. he kept saying iran. he did it. >> all i could think of is my wife and my children. >> reporter: dave gonzalez, a former corrections officer from new york put the captain in a choke hold. >> i was still on this guy until we landed the plane. >> reporter: gonzales and his fellow passengers sat on the captain tying him up with

tahman bradley, abc news. thankso tahman for that report. >>> it's day two of the supreme court session on obama's health care plan. they will look at the heart of the case. it's the provision that requires everyone to carry insurance or pay a penalty. a decision in this case is expected this summer before the november elections. >>> pope benedict is flying to havana to meet with president raul castro, and possibly his brother, former dictator, fidel castro. he performed mass in santiago last night. 14 years of john paul's historic visit, he urged cuba to become a more open society. he will have another mass in havana. >>> after weeks of record-shattering warmth, a cold front is threatening plants from the midwest to the mid-atlantic. freeze advisories have been posted in 11 states. those who planted early, scrambling to protect their garden. farmers could also suffer a whole lot of damage, which is not good for all of those farmers over there. >> that's what they're worried about. the early spring. and one mo

abc's tahman bradley has the latest details. >> reporter: from the air, the destruction shows the cleanup is going to last for a long time, in tennessee, the town is picking up after a twister, 300 yards wide, traveling at 120 miles an hour left destruction. >> we're just cleaning up now. >> reporter: overnight, a winter storm system moved into henryvil henryville, indiana. tornado ravaged members have to deal with snow. although the first baptist church was ravaged, neighbors dealt with debris to gather and we're ship. >> there's still a lot of chaos, a lot of loss. >> reporter: among the dead, the entire babcock family of peeken, indiana. mom, dad, two kids, 14-month-old ngel, foundndndndndndndndndndnd >>> making news in america this morning. more pain. >> a one/two punch. snow is now headed to the tornado zone. it is not getting any easier for the survivors in one storm-ravaged community and across that region, the death toll still rising. >>> tough talks from president obama about iran's nuclear threat. ahead of a critical white house meeting he said no actions are off the take. >>> t

tahman bradley, abc7 news. >>> for us this weekend calming down. >> very quiet. a lot of snow, a lot of rain, much needed in both areas. looking forward to a fine weekend if you like spring warmth it also means pollen will return. high amounts of pollen and mold throughout the weekend. breezy up on vollmer peak clear from emeryville across the bay bridge into san francisco. two days snow total, soda springs, alpine meadows, squaw valley, two feet, two feet, one to two inches sierra more than two feet there south lake that know about a foot we go from a foot to three feet in the lake tahoe region impressive. all is quiet up there. clear sky mid to upper 30s napa, santa rosa, redwood city, livermore, concord everybody else low to mid 40s. monterey bay upper 30s monterey santa cruz and gilroy 41 watsonville and salinassyíç. sunny, dry and warmer today. warmer than average afternoons throughout the weekend, chance of rain next week. as far as today, check out the 24 hour temperature change everybody on the positive side warmer. hayward, oakland, san jose, santa rosa

tahman bradley has the latest on the suspect current fully u.s. custody. >> reporter: photos from the scene show the carnage. as many as 16 afghans, including nine children and three women, gunned down in the middle of the night. they killed a child says this mother. nato officials believe a rogue army staff sergeant apparently carrying an automatic weapon and a pistol left his base, went to a nearby village and shot victims at random. >> we can say definitively this was an individual acting alone, not with authority. we have the individual, the suspect in custody, u.s. custody. >> reporter: this morning investigators are interrogating the alleged shooter, a 38-year-old soldier from fort lewis, washington. president obama said said it is tragic, shocking and does not represent the exceptional character of our military and the respect the. is has for the people of afghanistan. >> -- >> i can't think of anybody in the world who kills children is okay anywhere in the world, much less when you are wearing that american flag. >> reporter: the shooting

tahman bradley, abc news. >>> you almost don't know what to say looking at that.you think about the nice weather we have here stark contrast. >> you realize they were warned a day in advance, 12 hours in advance, minutes in advance and still you can't get away. you still have the structure to put up with that kind of wind that's a very unfortunate or to be caught outside you have to have all safety measures in place and still sometimes it is not enough. back at home, calmer, beautiful weekend, spring-like if you like that. here's one of those pieces of fog sliding out of the north bay along the east bay shoreline as we look from vollmer peak back towards san francisco. what you can see we have fog, 37 santa rosa, 40s until we get to antioch 52°. monterey bay mid to upper 40s low to mid 40s inland. let's talk about ma is going to happen more clouds cooler breeze off the ocean light showers likely tonight coolest, fastest winds tomorrow, wind advisory above 1,000 feet tomorrow from noon into midnight, gusts up to 40 to 55 miles per hour tomorrow. today fastest winds

>> tahman bradley in washington. thank you, tahman. >>> our other big story this morning. another powerful tornado zeros in on the midwest. this time in southeastern south central michigan. >> here's what it looked like last night as the twister descended on the town of dexter. you can hear the people behind the camera planning to take cover if it comes their way. by the time it was over, more than 100 homes were damaged. tara edwards from our detroit station is there. >> reporter: walking through the subdivision, you can see it is truly a disaster area. the tornado that ripped through tore off second floors of homes and leveled a couple of homes. >> we have a couple of windows here knocked out. >> and it hit -- i thought it only hit on this side of the house from what i was listening to, until i walked out and saw the garage was missing. >> reporter: bob moved into his home in 1999, when it was brand new. he's amazed at the destruction the twister left behind. >> it just kept swirling. it didn't look like it was moving. >> reporter: many mothers here said they heard the w

tahman bradley live from washington, thanks for that report, tahman. >>> luckily, incidents like this are very rare, still, it does raise the question of whether flight crews are properly screened. >> we asked abc's aviation consultant john nance about whether changes are needed. >> we have a lot of screening that goes on when anybody is hired. especially pilots. it's very good. until somebody comes on line and comes off of probation. then there's kind of a neural network everybody is in effect watching everybody else. not in an "i'm suspicious of you" form, but in terms of knowing what's going on. that's one of the effective methods. maybe we need to look at ratcheting that up a bit. >> questions have been raised about the pressure that pilots are under in the airline industry. we'll get into that coming up on "good morning america" we'll also talk to the passengers who jumped into action. thank god for those folks and tune in to "gma" for that. >>> and promising news for president obama in his bid for a second white house term. a new poll shows a widening gap between the president a

. >>>> abc's tahman bradley joinss live, now, from washington, with more on this. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, rob and paula. even though mitt romney has been outspending rick santorum by a wide margin, santorum has managed to keep things close, even winning a few races. but not in illinois. this time, it was a big win for romney. mitt romney added to his delegate lead by winning a decisive victory in illinois. >> what a night. thank you, illinois. what a night. wow. >> reporter: this is romney's third, big state win in a row, after the candidate squeaks out victories in ohio and michigan. in his victory speech, romney shifted his attacks back to president obama. >> after years of too many policies and not enough jobs, historic drops in energy and historic rise in gas prices, it's time to say these words. this word, enough. >> reporter: exit polls show that romney was lifted to victory by voters with households earning more than $100,000 a year. and voters who see him having the best chance to defeat president obama. the candidate continued to st

tahman bradley, abc7 news. >>> 4:44. californians have been paying more than the national average of $3.82 at the palm 7. there are indications -- indications that gas prices here may have peaked. analysts say we pay more than rest of the country because we run on a tight supply and demand balance. a month ago prices going up as states shutdown as they transfer into summer-blend. an expert says things are changinging with wholesale prices dropping 51 cents in last three weeks. >> if things stay where they are we could see another 20, 30 cents come off our prices over the next month. they are coming back online we are starting to get more supply out of refineries in california it is possible we are getting more supply out of refineries outside the state. >> the professor says we can see gas in california drop below $4 in the near future. >>> a helicopter makes a crash landing near highway 101. why police say the pilot narrowly averted a major disaster. >>> popular water slide in the east bay set to close may get a repriev

tahman bradley, abc news. >> relentless weather. abc news has a team of reporters spread out across the disaster zone, including chris bury. he'll give us a snapshot of the new normal in harrisburg, illinois. >> reporter: you can see how powerful this tornado was. this home, among hundreds destroyed in the town of only 9,000. the mayor told us he heard the sirens go off. and then, he knew in his gut that something awful was going to happen. at least six people were killed. entire shopping malls flattened like pancakes. homed ripped apart. cars turned asunder. the damage took only a few moments to inflict. it may take many, many months to rebuild. chris bury, abc news, harrisburg, illinois. >> and mild temperatures where chris is. but this massive storm hit other states with a wintry vengeance. from the dakotas to new england. powerful winds stirred up whiteout conditions. many schools were closed, flights were canceled. and thousands of people lost power. >>> a second wave of snow is zeroing in on upstate new york and new england to

we begin our coverage with abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: the anger over the shooting death of trayvon martin, an unarmed black teenager, continues to intensify. >> justice. now. >> reporter: last night, thousands marched in several cities across the country to show their outrage. at a new york city rally, trayvon's parents demonstrators. >> tra demonstrators. >> trayvon martin did matter. i just want new york to know that we're not going to stop until we get justice for trayvon. >> reporter: the tragedy happened february 26th in sanford, florida. the 17-year-old was returning to a gated community, after buying candy from a convenient store, when a neighborhood watch volunteer began to follow him. >> these [ bleep ]. they always get away. >> are you following them? >> yeah. >> you don't need to do that. >> reporter: the man, george zimmerman does anyway. he confronts trayvon. a struggle ensues. then, a single gunshot. >> there's gunshots. >> i'm pretty sure the guy's dead. >> reporter: zimmerman, claiming self-defense, has not been charged for the shooting. as the justice department in

tahman bradley, abc7 news. >>> "good morning america"'s sam champion is in harrisburg, illinois he willave updates on those storms on gma coming up after our newscast at 7:00. >> seems like there's been this sort of tornado magnet through that part of the country this past year. >> last couple of years, good point eric. seems like tornado alley has shifted a little, tomorrow could be worst than the last two days especially atlanta, louisville and stuff it is that time of the year welcome to march everybody. we are talking about snow and even showers, nothing like what they see in the midwest and southeast. here's a look at downtown san francisco, low clouds, a lot of moisture we just need that trigger to squeeze it out and bring some of those raindrops out of clouds into our neighborhoods. you can see it on live doppler, moving southbound from eureka to ukiah right now. that is going to move in from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. i would expect an increase if the coverage of showers more than just santa rosa reporting light rain now. mid to upper 40s until you get to mountain view, los g

abc's tahman bradley reports from washington. >> reporter: the streets of sanford, florida, remain tense. and in cities across the country, the calls for justice are as loud as ever. >> justice. justice. >> reporter: as the rallies for slain 17-year-old trayvon martin continue, new information about the teenager and new information about what the shooter told police have emerged. abc news has learned, martin was suspended from school at the time of the shooting, for being caught with a plastic bag containing trace amounts of marijuana. >> they killed my son. and now, they're trying to kill his reputation. >> reporter: trayvon's shooter, neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman has not been charged. he claimed self-defense. his attorney said martin was the aggressive, not his client. >> i think he's surprised the magnitude, the way things have taken off. it's become a national issue. >> reporter: the incident began in the evening on february 26th, when zimmerman saw martin, thought he was suspicious and called police. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do

tahman bradley, abc7 news. >>> new orleans saints are trying to decide who will be their head coach afterthe nfl commissioner punished the team for their bunny program suspending the head coach for one year. sean peyton is out for the season and will not be paid his seven million dollar salary. the saints will be giving up two second round draft picks. former defensive coordinator greg williams suspended indefinitely. new orleans' defensive players were paid bonus money to knock out opponents then lied about it. 22 targeted opponents including quarterback rogers, favre and cam newton. >> you should be aware of something like that in your organization that's his direct responsibility as supervisor of coaches and players he should have known what was going on in his organization. >> punishment for any saints' players involved will be determined later the league is still re -- reviewing the case with the player's association. >>> mitt romney didn't have much time to enjoy his illinois victory. he's now being criticized after one of his top advisers compared the campaign to an etch-a-sketch.

tahman bradley reports, new details are emerging about robert bales' life. >> reporter: the civilianlawyer for the army soldier accused of murdering 16 after again civilians says his client has little memory of what happened the night of the massacre. attorney john henry brown says staff sergeant bales has memories before and after the incident, very little in between. with his client likely facing charges this week, brown spent several hours yesterday meeting for the first time with details at the military facility in fort leavenworth. those who know the staff sergeant can't believe the 38-year-old husband and father of two could slaughter innocent villagers. new details about a more complicated side of bales' life have emerged. according to documents, bales end listed in the army at the same time he was facing questions about his work as a financial adviser. bales was accused of cheating an ohio couple out of their lifesavings and was ordered to pay more than a million dollars in restitution. the money was never paid. military officials say bales had been drinking night of the inci

>> tahman bradley live in washington. thanks, tahman. >>> in related news, the top commander in afghanistan is expected to tell lawmakers today, that the u.s. must stick to its current war strategy. general john allen could face tough questions on capitol hill. it's the first time the general has spoken to congress, since the violence surrounding the koran burning and last week's shooting of those civilians. >>> a nationwide manhunt is under way in france, following that country's worst-ever school shooting. mourners in the southern city of toulouse, left flowers and other items in memory of the three children and a rabbi murdered at a jewish school yesterday. the gunman got away on a motor bike. the gun was used to kill three military paratroopers in what was considered a racist attack last week. >>> back here at home, now, to the republican presidential primary happening today in illinois. mitt romney has a slight lead in the polls over rick santorum. karen travers has a preview of today's race. >> reporter: mitt romney

tahman bradley, abc 7 news. >> thanks so much. nationals fans are eager to don't have the team play ball. and apple is defending its battery life. >> apple is responding to criticism over the new ipad's battery indicator being misleading. some say there's a discrepancy between the charge indicator and the power that is actually available. and apple executives said when the batter is 100% charged, it automatically discharges some of the power and then charges back up again. he says it operates on ios which is the same as the iphone and ipad touch. the world of harry potter is now in electronic form. the electronic books are available on jacky rowland's -- on the author rowling's web store. now you can play the book on many devices. national tickets are opening day are now going for an average of $81 each right now. that is much tighter the last year when it was $52. that is business news at bloomberg headquarters in new york. the linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. not a good start for tennis star. she w

tahman bradley, abc 7 news >> . thanks so much.ay will be a busy day for the president and british prime minister david cameron as they will hold meetings of the white house all day and attend a state dinner tonight. the presidents of the prime minister to honor last night where they watched western kentucky beat mississippi valley state in basketball. that game was in ohio in dayton. >> the jury in a wrongful death lawsuit against virginia tech will likely get the case today. the defense rested its case today. the parents of two students killed in the 2007 shooting are suing. they say their daughter should and survive if a warning was issued sooner. meantime, friends of the montgomery county college students are trying to prevent him from being deported to columbia. jorge and his family are in the u.s. illegally. immigration officials placed them in a detention center last week. he has a 3.5 grade point average and wants to become a surgeon. his friends plan to rally this afternoon at 3:30 at rock hill town. center ice town rinks

reporting live in northwest tahman bradley. >> thanks. we dodged the worst of it, but heavy rain and high water said rescue crews through montgomery county. our photographer caught emergency workers on the way to rescue stopping to a veteran driver from her car along 277 after getting stuck. she was not hurt. >> taking a look a day ahead. a prince william county judge will decide if a suspected east coast rapist is competent to stand trial. aaron thomas attacked 17 women from virginia to connecticut over a decade. his lawyer says his client is refusing to communicate. he faces life in prison if convicted. maryland is hours away from becoming to legalize same-sex marriage. >> governor martin o'malley will sign a bill into law, while opponents move ahead with an effort to force the bill to or referendum. brianne carter is in annapolis with a preview of today's historic event. >> some people in maryland field is day is long overdue. this afternoon governor o'malley will sign the bill into law. the last week the senate narrowly passed a measu

reporting live in the west tahman bradley, abc 7 news. >> it's 5:33.ig victory for supporters of same-sex marriage. today the governor of maryland will sign a bill into law legalizing civil unions if. opponents plan to fight the law. brianne carter has more on the ongoing debate. good morning. >> good morning. for some people in maryland this day is long overdue. this afternoon governor martin o'malley will sign the measure legalizing same-sex marriage in maryland. last week the senate narrowly passed the measure. this comes just a few days after the house passed the issue. this will be the eighth state to allow same-sex marriage, the first below the mason-dixon line on the east coast. this has been a contentious fight from beginning. opponents are not backing down, promising to put the issue on the ballot in november. both sides agree they believe perhaps this will come to a referendum. according to washington post that effort is underway. the state board of elections approved the language opponents can use when trying to collect the signatures needed

tahman bradley has the latest from the soldier's lawyer. >> reporter: the lawyer for the u.s. sergeant accused killing 16 after again civilians is painting a better picture of the man. john henry brown says date before the shooting his client saw a -- fellow soldier's leg blown off. >> at this base he was at somebody was gravely injure the day before the alleged incident. -- way affected all of the soldiers. >> reporter: the incident has not been independently confirmed. brown described his client as a highly decorated soldier with no past misbehavior the soldier and his family thought he was done fighting. >> he was told that he was not going to be redeployed. i think it would be fair to that he and the family were not happy he was going back. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell "the new york times" the suspect snapped the night of the massacre, under strain from stress related to his deployment as well as domestic issues home, a claim brown denied. >> i don't know where it came from it is offensive to the family and to us there is some sort of suggestion that there was discord

tahman bradley reports that more fema teams are fanning across the area trying to survey the damage.wns across the midwest and the south, mother nature brought a new headache. snow blanketed crushed houses in indiana, kentucky, and tennessee, making if the tornado cleanup difficult. >> in the middle of all this. >> we lived through the tornado , so we will the tornadosnow. >> this video shows the panic and the fury of the monster twisters. in indiana, a memorial to remember an entire family including 16-month old angel who was the only member of the family to a survivor tornado but later died. >> we love all those kids. such a young family. they were so good. >> in harrisburg, illinois, some residents have discovered picking up may help them heal. >> if you wanted to go way, clean up. >> and one family is in the process of finding a place to live after they were tossed from their mobile home by air tornado. as the family recovers, they found something priceless. >> this is what i gave my wife 10 years ago. >> president obama will speak at a joplin's high school commencement in the mi

tahman bradley is live in north west following this. good morning. >> good morning.ter a reprieve yesterday. places that were hit hard earlier in the week are in the danger zone once again. severely battered the midwest and south overnight waited for the second round. the storm's expected today could be worse than the system that left behind this path of destruction. >> everything in the house is gone. >> at least 33 tornadoes touched down in seven states across 750 miles. more than a dozen people killed. survivors are picking up the pieces of their shattered lives. photographs of children, a family bible a teddy bear. and they are grieving the loss of loved ones. >> we've known each other since we were -- they have known each other since they were 12 years old. >> amanda was caught in a tornado with winds at 170 miles an hour. she lived by their friends did not. >> i got on my knees. >> dale lost his home and his dog is missing. i don't know where she is. i hope she's not in a pile of rubble. >> president obama called the governors of six states yesterday afternoon

. >> tahman bradley has more. >> reporter: this morning, towns across the midwest are picking up afterong the places hardest hit, harrisburg, illinois, 175 mile an hour winds, two football fields wide left six dead, homes shredded, strip mall ened -- flattened entire buildings knocked off foundations. in harveyville, kansas half the homes destroyed storms moved from nebraska, across kansas and missouri into illinois and kentucky. tornadoes touched down in the country music mecca of branson, missouri destroying this hotel and theater. the destruction is enormous, but the worst may be yet to come. meteorologists predict another strong system could hit friday with the midwest and south in the bull's-eye. tahman bradley, abc7 news. >>> "good morning america's" sam champion is in harrisburg, illinois he has the latest updates on gma and that is coming up in 13 minutes, right after our newscast. >>> near tornado alley, not classic tornado alley that we know but close enough i guess. >> this time of the year tends to be more to the south, upper midwest heart of the -- pretty unusual. as far a

tahman bradley, abc7 news. >>> how bad is the threat today? out a handful of high risks that's the highest level of alert they will give for tornado outbreak that's what we have. i have a graphic here look where that high risk is northern kentucky and tennessee, lexington, louisville and nashville that means there is going to be super cell thunderstorms with long track tornadoes in that area and then could you see the moderate risk around that and then the slight risk that guess back to missouri, arkansas and -- goes back to missouri, arkansas, louisiana to the coast of the carolinas, very big area, almost a third of the country covered by the threat of severe weather today. here at home quiet. they told me they were going to show me just some red bridge i couldn't figure out what bridge were they going to show, beautiful bridge, golden gate bridge. let's talk about temperatures mid to upper 30s napa, concord, redwood city and los gatos low to mid 40s, then we have temperatures upper 30s to low 40s around the monterey bay inland. let's talk ab

tahman bradley has the latest on the suspect who is now in u.s.stody. >> reporter: photos from the scene show the carnage. as many as 16 afghans, including nine children and three women, gunned down in the middle of the night. they killed a child says this mother. nato officials believe a rogue army staff sergeant apparently carrying an automatic weapon and a pistol, left his base, went to a nearby village and shot victims at random. >> we can say definitively, this was an individual acting alone, not with authority. we also have the individual, the suspect in u.s. custody. >> reporter: this morning investigators interrogating the alleged shooter 38-year-old soldier from fort lewis, washington in a statement president obama say the incident is tragic, shocking does not represent the exceptional character of our military and the respect the u.s. has for the people of afghanistan. >> i can think of anybody in the world who say -- i can't think of anybody in the world who say killing women and children is okay anywhere in the world. >> reporter: the

tahman bradley reports, new details are coming out about robert bales' life >> reporter: the civilianlawyer for the army soldier accused of murdering 16 afghan civilians says his client has little memory of what happened the night of massacre. the attorney says staff sergeant robert bales has memories before and after the incident but little in between. with his client likely facing charges this week, brown spent several hours yesterday meeting for the first with bales at the military facility. those no know the staff sergeant still can't believe he could slaughter innocent villagers. new details about a more complicated side of bales' life have emerged. according to federal documents, bales end listed in the army at the same time he was facing questions about his work as a financial adviser. bales was accused of cheating an ohio couple out of their lifesavings and was ordered to pay more than a million dollars in restitution. the money was never paid. military officials say bales had been drinking the night of the incidence. his lead attorney says bales told him he only had a couple

tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: for residents of battered towns across the midwest and south, mother nature brought a new headache. snow blanketed crushed houses making the cleanup difficult. >> like a one-two punch right here in the middle of all this. >> we lived through the tornado, weave live through the snow. >> reporter: this tape shows the monster twisters. >> come on, go, get out, get out! >> reporter: in indiana, a memorial to remember the entire babcock family, including 15-month-old angel, who was the only member of the family so survive. she later died. >> for such a young family, they were so good. >> reporter: in hard-hit harrisburg illinois, some residents see that picking up may help them heal. in dallas county, missouri, one family is take steps to rebuild. they're in the process of finding a new place to live after being tossed from their mobile home. as the family recovers from wounds, cody found something priceless. >> an engagement ring i gave my wife ten years ago. >> reporter: word from the white house that the president will comfort residents who were

tahman bradley explains there's more bad weather ahead. >> tornadoes and thunderstorms blasted across seven states including kentucky where this man's home was in the bull's- eye. >> it is an accumulation of over 20 years of marriage. it is just stuff. >> in harrisburg, illinois, six people were killed by a powerful tornado with wind at 170 miles an hour. this couple's dog will come up as the storm hit. >> he was shaking uncontrollably. i heard the noise and the door opened and closed it. >> a twister left three people dead in eastern tennessee. they are picking up the pieces in branson missouri. tornadoes destroyed if peters and damaged hotels in the main tourist areas. >> hundreds of people could be walking around at any given time. >> in harvey ville, kansas, in full clean up mode. in the next 24 hours a new round of tornadoes could be on the way for areas already hit. abc news, kansas. >> in our area, a sunny skies this afternoon after a day full of rain. adam caskey has a look at the forecast. >> in the belfort furniture weather center yesterday they picked up over two inches of

tahman bradley joins us with more. >> reporter: mitt romney realizes that the south is tough territory for him. he calls it an away game. he's hoping for a road victory. today, voters in two solidly conservative southern states make their choice for the gop nominee. alabama and mississippi pose a big test for mitt romney. >> i've been getting hugs from the southern girls. >> reporter: recent polls show a tight race. rick santorum is hoping for a clean sweep. >> the people many mississippi and alabama want a conservative, for sure. >> reporter: newt gingrich is hoping for a comeback. he's getting help from chuck norris. >> hello, this is chuck norris. >> reporter: with gingrich and santorum signaling they're in this for the long haul, today's outcome probably won't change the runners the race. >> well, that would preclude, of course, rick santorum. rick santorum is not a person who is an economic conservative to my right. >> reporter: for his part, santorum is sticking to his main argument. >> you want to elect the most electable conservative, first elect a conservative, because that's

. >> we're joined by tahman bradley in washington with more. >> reporter: the lawyer for the accused soldier says he doesn't have all the facts. he offered new details into the soldier's mind set the night of the rampage. the lawyer for the u.s. army staff sergeant is painting a better picture of the man who allegedly carried out the massacre. the day before the shoot, his client saw a fellow soldier's leg blown auto >> we have been informed at the small base he was at somebody was gravely injured before the alleged incident. it affected all of the soldiers. >> reporter: the incident has not been independently confirmed. brown said his client is a highly decorated soldier with no past misbehavior. they thought he was done fighting before he was deployed. >> he was told he was not going to be deployed. he and the family were not happy that he was going back. >> reporter: officials tell the new york times that the suspect snapped under strain from stress lelted to his deployment and from domestic issues back home. >> i don't know where it came from, it's quite offensive to the family a