criminal history that goes back to 2001. prior convictions include grand theft, assault with a deadly weapon and resisting a peace officer. the attack sunday upsetting for regular customers of this family run store. oh, my god. yeah that s horrible. i live right down the street so i ve been coming here forever. but hopefully she s going to be okay then. reporter: this is eileen freer reporting. vicious. and the suspect now facing possible charges of attempted murder and being held on $500,000 bail. attempted murder for a bottle of beer! it s awful. mind boggling. the woman was a little something else going on there. must have been something else going on. let s turn to politics now. our latest abc news poll on the presidential race which brings encouraging news to the obama campaign. the president now leads likely gop nominee mitt romney by seven points. last month our poll put them in a dead heat. our poll also shows far more women voters support the pres
faris. and i m rob nelson. for more than one part of the country today, today will be a battle with mother nature. the southern plains are bracing for severe storms, in the wake of funnel clouds that blew across western oklahoma. two fierce tornadoes touched down there. and along with that threat, hail the size of grapefruit, punching holes in cars and roofs. no serious injuries have been reported. along much of the east coast today, red flag warnings from north carolina all the way up to new england. thousands of acres are already burning. and on new york s long island, several homes have been destroyed and entire neighborhoods, now, have been evacuated. and in new jersey, bone-dry conditions and fierce winds have been threatening homes. doze dozens of people have joined firefighters to head off a disaster. now, march was confirmed as the hottest on record. each of the dots show a record smashed. more than 15,000 in all. incredible number there. the weather service
faris. and i m rob nelson. for more than one part of the country today, today will be a battle with mother nature. the southern plains are bracing for severe storms, in the wake of funnel clouds that blew across western oklahoma. two fierce tornadoes touched down there. and along with that threat, hail the size of grapefruit, punching holes in cars and roofs. no serious injuries have been reported. along much of the east coast today, red flag warnings from north carolina all the way up to new england. thousands of acres are already burning. and on new york s long island, several homes have been destroyed and entire neighborhoods, now, have been evacuated. and in new jersey, bone-dry conditions and fierce winds have been threatening homes. doze dozens of people have joined firefighters to head off a disaster. now, march was confirmed as the hottest on record.f the dot smashed. more than 15,000 in all. incredible number there. the weather service predicts a warmer tha
for more than one part of the country today, today will be a battle with mother nature. the southern plains are bracing for severe storms, in the wake of funnel clouds that blew across western oklahoma. two fierce tornadoes touched down there. and along with that threat, hail the size of grapefruit, punching holes in cars and roofs. no serious injuries have been reported. along much of the east coast today, red flag warnings from north carolina all the way up to new england. thousands of acres are already burning. and on new york s long island, several homes have beenand enti destroyed and entire neighborhoods, now, have been evacuated. and in new jersey, bone-dry conditions and fierce winds have been threatening homes. doze dozens of people have joined firefighters to head off a disaster. now, march was confirmed as the hottest on record. each of the dots show a record smashed. more than 15,000 in all. incredible number there. the weather service predicts a warmer th
it. brought it on yourself. all right, moving on now. a washington state third grader who accidentally shot a classmate has now written a pretty striking letter of apology to her. amina bowman nearly died that february day. but this week, she finally left the hospital. and there s hope that the letter will help heal both of if children. absolutely. keith eldridge of our seattle station komo has more. reporter: dear amina. i m sorry i hurt you because i brought a gun to school. i did not mean for anybody to get hurt. so begins the letter written by the third grade boy who had a gun in his back pac go off, striking bowman. he was ordered to write the letter by the court but it was a real good thing for him when he did it. why is that? he has guilt over what happened to amina. he never intended that to happen. reporter: the boy goes on to say, i wish no one got hurt. i wish you were out of the hospital playing basketball and going back to school. part of that wish ca