The sweet 16. Action picks up again on thursday. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 23rd. Announcer from abc news this is world ws now. Okay. You heard me there talking. I always have a lot of march madness questions. This is going to be an enlightening month for me. Im really going to learn about march madness this year an you have taught me a lot. How many did we start nuf the tournament. 68. And how many now. 16. Next weekend how many . Eight. Close enough. Final four. Oh final four. Half of that. Wheres the final four this year . In philadelphia. Phoenix. Name two number one seeds. Ohio state and we love her. We do. Back to sports in a is second. Forget about all of that. We have to get to new orleans. A story when the emails start to pop up about what was happening we were scratching our head. What is happening in new orleans at the airport right now. A machete attack in the new Orleans Airport. The suspect was carrying a bag of explosive sfwls police are stil
American troops from a group linked to isis. The online post names names, addresses and much more urging attackers to take aim at the men and women who put their lives on the line every day for their country. We get more from clayton sandell. Reporter their names are real and so is the threat. 100 military men and women, army, navy, air force, marines appearing on what amounts to a hit i worry this increasing sophistication by these islamic terrorist organizations to manipulate social media to their ends is a worrying trend. Reporter the military says they are notifying people who appear on that list. One of those service members, who does not want to be identified tells abc news, this is just a way they are trying to intimidate us and its not going to work. I wouldnt say im scared. Its just part of this new war against an enemy with a different, more developed capability than what we have faced in the past. It now appears that online post has been deleted but the damage maybe done. Cl
A recent owner of several Charlottesville restaurants pleaded guilty Friday and was fined $100 for improper driving for striking and seriously injuring a pedestrian in March. But the repercussions for
to many. he s known for his combative no compromises conservative stance. his crusade against obamacare two years ago led to a 16-day government shutdown. new developments in the case of a university of virginia student taken down by law enforcement officers outside of a bar. they say the student was drunk and belligerent but the owner of the bar is speaking out saying that s not what he saw. abc s linsey davis reports. his head is bleeding. his head is bleeding. reporter: a new account of what happened in the moments leading up to this disturbing scene. uva student martese johnson under arrest, bleeding from the head. i go to uva. i go to uva. i go to uva. reporter: after the 20-year-old johnson was carded and turned away from a pub, alcohol beverage control agents restrained him claiming he was belligerent and agitated. charging him with public intoxication and obstruction of justice. the co-owner of the bar kevin badke is speaking out. disputing that account. i didn t th