mitt romney is in maryland today fresh off his decisive win in the illinois primary. halfway to the delegate finish line. hundreds of french police surround an apartment where a gunman remains holed up. he s accused of killing seven people in a series of shootings. authorities say they expect him to give up soon. another strong aftershock in mexico. it measured 5.0 on the richter scale. it s the latest of several aftershocks to follow yesterday s 7.4 magnitude earthquake. 500 homes were damaged and 11 people injured. you won t be able to find that so-called pink slime at safeway anymore. the grocery store chain says it won t sell anymore ground beef made with it. safeway says customer concern drove its decision. you re looking at a picture of atlanta under all that pollen. this is what you need to know about pollen counts. a reading of 120 is considered extremely high. levels above 5,000 have been registered in many parts of the southeast this week and no relief is ex
you have no chance of winning. and he fought. he won 11 states in 1976. i might add just parenthetically, that if we happen to win illinois, that will be the 11th state i ve won in this collection. though ronald reagan did lose in 1976. but his spokesperson believes in a different outcome in 2012. they put out a memo called santorum path to delegate victory. he s been promising victory for weeks. we re in this race and we re in it to stay. we have won in the west, the midwest, and the south. and we re ready to win across this country. we feel very good that we re in a position to still win it right out. and if we have to go to an open convention, we like our chances just as well. we are going to win this nomination before that convention. obviously we re in this to win. we re going to come out with illinois and a huge surprise win. i guarantee you that we will win this nomination. here s where it begins to fall apart. governor romney has a 2-1 advantage in delegates so
they have lines you can call in before you take your kids on a trip. get me up to speed on the elderly. didn t they change? they did. we re talking limited screening, too. people over 75 at a couple of airports, four, can keep their shoes on, a light jacket, they can go through the metal detector or screening device to try to avoid that pat-down. this is part of eliminating the pools of risk as the tsa calls it. a kinder, gentler trip for the rest of us. thanks so much, lizzie. it s the top of the hour. i m ashley banfield. time to get you up to speed. several big developments in the investigation into the florida teenager trayvon martin. that case is going to a grand jury in seminole county, florida. and the department of justice and the fbi have opened up their own investigation into this case. last hour the martin family attorney said the teenager was on the phone with his girlfriend just before he was shot. the dots have all been connected. arrest george zimmerman
will open in illinois and the outcome of this primary could be critical. total chaos. and a deadly shooting at a jewish school in france triggering fears of a possible copycat attack in this country. police in new york and other cities on high alert. once again, severe weather overnight. this time in texas, a tornado touching down right near san antonio. take a look at that. reports of significant damage this morning. this is part of a slow-moving line of storms stretching from texas all the way to minnesota. those storms also bringing some really heavy rain to oklahoma. take a look at your screen. don t do this at home, folks. don t drive through that stuff. floods in tulsa and other parts of eastern oklahoma. you re lucky, buddy. you re lucky that you could get out of your car and get out of that next one. flash flooding into tomorrow. someone always tries. i guess you underestimate how deep it is. and how much it s moving. one minute past the hour. he was 17 ye
the story and she has a live report. the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians will meet with his lawyer for the first time today. staff sergeant robert bales arrived at ft. leavenworth, kansas, a military prison over the weekend. in afghanistan, people are outraged and now there is speculation u.s. troops may be leaving the country even sooner. officials in france are warning jewish organizations to be vigilant because a killer could be targeting jews. today a gunman opened fire on a jewish school, killing four people. it is the third shooting in the area in just ten days by a man riding a motor bike. police say the cases may be releted. threat of severe weather again today in the midwest. photographers caught this thin white funnel cloud touching down in oklahoma. severe storms roared through the area over the weekend. officials think several tornadoes touched down. think about this. schools giving free condoms to kids as young as 12 years old. the spr