the hotel with agents. we re told it s secret service, undercover agents and uniform officers. what officials are telling us is that at no point was the president s security compromised. these are individuals, according to the sources, who were part of the broader security team and not part of the president s security personal detail. this of course taking place even before president obama came here to cartagena colombia. a couple of things, president obama has been updated on this investigation. in addition to that homeland security secretary also has been updated. this incident i m told by one u.s. government source took place on wednesday, and then on thursday was when about a dozen of these secret service personnel were relieved of duty and sent back home and this investigation got under way. fredricka? and you mention the president has been informed, has it been a distraction? it clearly is an embarrassment for the secret service but what about for the white house over
little unusual for tulsa, oklahoma. we have organized, several agencies have become involved. we have a lot of officers dedicated to this. we ve formed a traffic force for this specific series of crimes, because these crimes occurred in a relatively short period of time and in a really close geographical location as well. with those things in combination, that s what s so alarming to us. on the heels of everything else, we need to make sure this is quickly addressed and resolved. this took place in a close geographical location. now, tell me about the circumstances of the shooting. are you saying all the victims were shot in different locations, different circumstances? what led up to them? yes, they were all shot in different locations. we re not absolutely sure about the circumstances as of right now. the one thing that we do know for certain is in one of the scenes in which the victim survived, he was able to give us a little bit of information about what transpired. t
home before taxes $2 18.6 million. it s a record jackpot. it s much, much bigger than that $390 million figure from 2007. so these are some really lucky people. we had a chance to speak with the maryland lottery director about the kind of device they give to winners. let s listen to what he had to say. our advice to the winner, to the extent we give any advice is good advice. hopefully they will reach out to trusted advocates for them financially and legally. then at an appropriate time come in and make a claim on the ticket. now, of course it s only been a little over 12 hours since this person would have found out they won the personal locally. according to maryland law people don t have to take part in publicity, some other states. we may never find out who is the lucky winner here, fredricka. that might be the smartest strategy. suddenly you get new friends and relatives. meantime store benefits as well. 7-eleven is hoping to cash in for themselves? that s right.
a.m. in the west. good morning. i m randi kaye. millions lined up to win big and guess what? it looks like three winners in different states will split the jackpot. a chemical linked to breast and prostate cancer has been found in many of your household products and we ll explain what it is and how to get it out of your home. some of you may be planning a trip to sunny florida or what about war-torn libya. yes, it s happening. i ll explain. first let s talk about what everybody s talking about today. three winners will split the million dollar jackpot. the winning numbers are right here for you. 2, 4, 23, 38, 46, mega ball 23. our athena jones is in baltimore county watching it all unfold. what do we know about the 7-eleven there in maryland where that ticket was sold. reporter: we re just outside the city of baltimore. we know at about 7:15 p.m., someone came in and used that red machine back there to buy a quick pick ticket. that s the ticket that picks the numbers
all straight ahead in the newsroom. u.s. military investigators believe the soldier charged with killing at least 16 afghan civilians in kandahar returned to his base between killings. army officials now believe staff sergeant robert bales killed people in one nearby village, came back to his post, left again and killed people in another village. nine children are among the victims. this timeline is reportedly based on interviews conducted at the scene. barbara starr is on the phone with us now. barbara, this news that sergeant bales probably made two trips in that killing spree, why is that a factor into what happened, how investigators are trying to piece together what happened and how? reporter: well, you know, fredricka, one of the things investigators want to know is, did anybody see him come and go. did anybody know that he might have been acting outside normal military behavior. if he came back, indeed as they now suspect, was he seen, did he talk to anybody, wha