in the race for the republican presidential nomination. romney scored a narrow comeback victory in the michigan primary holding off a strong challenge by rick santorum. in yesterday s other primary in arizona as expected romney posted a convincing win. but romney eeked out a hard fought victory in his native michigan where he and santorum had been running neck and neck. susan mcginnis has details. in northville, michigan. good morning, susan. good morning, betty. mitt romney just narrowly escaped what would have been a very embarrassing defeat here in michigan, his home state. winning here and in arizona gives him new momentum heading into future races and it s calling into question rick santorum s longevity. mitt romney moves on with renewed momentum. to next week s super tuesday. thank you. last night he went two for two. he won the primary in arizona and narrowly defeated rick santorum. in michigan. we didn t win by a lot but we won by enough and that s all that
first as we do every morning, we begin with a lock at today s eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. thank you, michigan. when a win. this is a big night. thank you, guys. mitt romney regains republican momentum winning primaries in arizona and michigan. we didn t win by a lot but we won by enough and that s all that counts. mitt romney winning closely in his home state like charlie sheen barely winning a primary in a hooters. he may have to use his backup plan for future more monies to posthumously bap advertise him president. months ago they didn t know who we are, but they do now. my daughter is okay. a tornado outbreak in the plains kills at least one and levels a small kansas town. the extent of the damage and i m sure you ll be surprised also that more people weren t hurt. that was right by the shooter when he pulled the gun. who was the shooter? his name is thomas lane. the accused ohio school gunman admits pulling the trigger as three famili
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. the only good evening. the only thing that could have made yesterday s school shooting in ohio any worse happened today. two more students have died of their wounds in that attack, an even more crushing blow for a community outside of cleveland that s absolutely torn apart. while today was the accused gunman s first court appearance, and while we hear more about him, nothing will bring back what those families and this town has lost, including the sense of safety at school. we begin there tonight. kevin tibbles is in chardon, ohio. kevin, good evening. t.j. lane was here to say i m sorry, i m sorry, just after a judge ordered him held in custody for his own safety and that of this community. is in chardon, ohio, ribbons in the high school colors and condolences for the town of 5,000, devastated by the loss of three of its children. there s a student with a gun. reporter: today, police released dramatic 911
ohio have suffered the death of a child. as the toll in the high school shooting there rose today to three today. russell king jr. and demetrius hewlin, both 17, died of their wounds. 19-year-old danny parmertor died yesterday. bob orr tells the suspect in the shootings made his first court appearance. reporter: accused gunman t.j. lane was wearing a bullet proof vest and was flanked by heavily armed officers as he arrived at the juvenile court in chardon, ohio. inside prosecutor david joyce told judge timothy grendell lane had admitted firing ten shots. the 17-year-old suspect sat quietly with his grandfather and two aunts outside the camera s view, and spoke only briefly when questioned by the judge. you understand, t.j., that you have the right the remain silent with respect to any of the allegations pending in this court at all times? yes, sir. yes, i do. reporter: after a short 20-minute hearing lane was returned to juvenile detention. and was said to be snifflin
it s just hard to fathom he would do such a thing. what i was trying to deal with yesterday, that morning i was sitting on a bus with a boy who had the intent to kill people, and that s just frightening. jonathan, when we think about, as you pointed out, you had no idea what was about to come in the early morning hours of the first period yesterday, and as you talk about seeing t.j., what s been revealed now is this young man has a pretty troubled family life. his father has been arrested several times. there s also questions about whether or not that he was bullied by students within chardon high school that may be a motive for why he opened fire in school yesterday. when we talk about the losses of 17-year-old russell king jr. as well as the other classmate, daniel parmertor, do you know of the relationship lane had with these students? i do not.