foot planted, the significant forces on the bones led to it coming through the soft tissue. reporter: overnight, in a two-hour surgery, doctors successfully reset his tibia and inserted a rod into his leg. ware s friends and family tweeted this picture. he ll likely need a significant amount of rehabilitation. to regain his mobility. reporter: in an essential way, he never left the team s side. a teammate donned his jersey. with the win, it was on to the final four in atlanta, the hometown of kevin ware. it s not often that the best team in the tournament is seen as the sympathetic favorite. his teammates really rallied behind him last night. people were talking about the injury to joe theismann in football. he should be back in about a year s time if everything goes well. he rallied around the team. it was incredible. win the game. and they did. josh, thanks very much. the latest on the manhunt in texas for the killers of a district attorney and his wife gunned
here in the district but a few off to the south and east into calvert county, parts of autopsy arundel county. light showers continue to kind of fade off to the south. mostly quiet with a mixds ofd s more showers in the afternoon forecast as well. 59degrees. check out your winds now of the north and east at 12. forecast for today, more of the same. highs in the low 70s with some sunshine and clouds. back to you. checking our top stories now, jury selection will get under way in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial. the judge shot down a last ditch effort to delay the trial. sandusky is charged with abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. he denies the allegations. d.c. is in a battle over the federal immigration program called secure communities. phil mendelsohn is introducing emergency legislation today. d.c. leaders maintain the deportation program encouraging racial profiling and increases the chances that immigrants will not report crimes or come forward with immig
now, he is locked in a battle for third. for all the candidates, it will be another day of frantic campaigning, with the caucuses now just five days away. the clock certainly ticking. abc s tahman bradley tracking all of them. all of the developments from washington this morning. tahman, what is the latest? reporter: good morning. mitt romney will spend the day in iowa arguing he is the most electable republican. and he can t think of a reason why he won t win the state. it s been a campaign of ups and downs in iowa, with a number of candidates looking like they ve been anointed. but it looks like mitt romney is the person to beat. at least for now. for a while, romney thought about skipping the iowa caucuses. not anymore. i m running for president. if you get a chance to caucus, remember the name mitt romney. thank you. reporter: romney is benefiting from the remarkable collapse of the gingrich campaign. according to a new cnn/ washington post poll, romney tops th
will be another day of frantic campaigning, with the caucuses now just five days away. the clock certainly ticking. abc s tahman bradley tracking all of them. all of the developments from washington this morning. tahman, what is the latest? reporter: good morning. mitt romney will spend the day in iowa arguing he is the most electable republican. and he can t think of a reason why he won t win the state. it s been a campaign of ups and downs in iowa, with a number of candidates looking like they ve been anointed. but it looks like mitt romney is the person to beat. at least for now. for a while, romney thought about skipping the iowa caucuses. not anymore. i m running for president. if you get a chance to caucus, remember the name mitt romney. thank you. reporter: romney is benefiting from the remarkable collapse of the gingrich campaign. according to a new cnn/ washington post poll, romney tops the state. ron paul comes in second with 22%. and rick santorum has surg
we want to start with breaking news right now. tiger woods is returning to golf after a four-month hiatus. woods himself is saying that he ll play at the masters, which is beginning next month in augusta at the augusta national. susan candiotti is following the latest developments for us and joins us live. what do you know? hi, christi. his agent released a statement on tiger s behalf just this morning. here s what he says in part, and as everyone expected he d be returning to the masters. here s what tiger is saying. the masters is where i won my first major and i view this tournament with great respect. after a long and necessary time away from the game ifeel like i m ready to start my season at augusta. he goes on to say the major championships have always been a special focus in my career, and as a professional, i think augusta is where i need to be, even though it s been awhile since i last played. he goes on to say i have undergone almost two months of inpatient ther