the middle of the night. he walked to two nearby villages, broke down doors, shot, stabbed and burned afghan civilians. in total, the number we have is 16. 16 people are dead. that includes nine children. it s a horrible turn of events in afghanistan and sarah is live for us in the city of kabul. sarah, i know this massacre happened near kandahar. tell us what happened. reporter: we re hearing from villager villagers in the western district of kandahar province, those villagers are describing a very horrific scene that happened early on monday. they said the soldier kicked through their doors, and in one case the mother says he dragged out one of the people inside the house by the hair and shot and killed that man right in the doorway, and then went on to start spraying the house with bullets. we ve been seeing pictures coming out of the area that are absolutely gruesome. we re seeing a picture of a toddler that is wrapped up that looks to have a bullet wound in the head. w
army staff sergeant accused of the unthinkable. walking off base and executing 16 civilians, nine of them children. the sergeant is a qualified sniper trained to hit and kill people at a distance of eight football fields. let s go to chris lawrence. what else do we know about this accused gunman? he s a combat veteran that did three tours in iraq. on the last tour in 2010, his vehicle rolled over. he suffered a traumatic brain injury. the army treated him for that. he was diagnosed and declared fit for duty. he s a married man, a father of two. over the weekend, the military moved his family, his wife and kids on to the military base in the state of washington for their own protection. now, as to what happened here, he left the base, his combat outpost at 3:00 in the morning. the afghan guards noticed he was gone. noticed him leaving. they called their american counter parts. it raised alarms. the americans put a search party together to search for the soldier. at the same
killings tragic and shocking and vows to hold the killer responsible. the suspect is on his first appointment in afghanistan after several tours in iraq. a live report from kabul just moments for now. and it s a rainy monday in mississippi and alabama, including the park where mitt romney appeared with comedian j jeff foxworthy. he learned to ay all. he likes grits. now he s side by side with the most famous red neck. the fact that you would stand here in this pouring down rain to listen to the next president of the united states [ cheering ] meanwhile, rick santorum is coming off a big win in the kansas caucuses, aiming to symptom newt gingrich from building on his win in georgia on super tuesday. both men are fighting to be the more conservative alternative to front-runner romney. gingrich addresses an energy form in biloxi later this hour. gas prices back up again. the national price of self served regular shot up 3.5 cents over the weekend to $3.80 a gallon. a mon
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steve forbes. and the economy is getting stronger. he may be right. but we have passed this way before. sorting it out with alice rivlin, former director of the office and management and budget. steven moore of the wall street journal. dan balz of the washington post. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. presidential campaign and democratic sources confirm members of the president s re-election team told top congressional leaders this week, no re-elect money will go to house or senate democratic election coffers. at least until after the election. although the president and top officials will help in other ways. sounds like every man for himself. joining us this morning, one of the lawmakers who spoke to the president s campaign team, senate democratic leader harry reid. thank you so much, senator, for being with us. my pleasure. i want to start out, though, in an entirely different place in the world. that is in afghanistan where this morning w