as 17-year-old t.j. lane, a sophomore and student at a nearby school for at-risk kids. he's accused of targeting a table of students at a school cafeteria. authorities have searched his house. lane is due in juvenile court this afternoon. recent facebook postings by lane hinted at his dark side talking about, quote, death. not just stalking you, but inside of you. even using the line, quote, die all of you, unquote. the school remains closed. flags flying half staff across the state today. people in the community coming together last night for a vigil. and this, sound from police dispatchers as the horrific scenes unfolded at the school. >> chardon, we have three students down in the cafeteria at this time. we still don't know where the shooter is. also there's a fourth one down in room 200. >> student named mueller gradesed by a bullet in the ear describes the attack and what he saw. >> he took one shot. he didn't say anything the entire time. he took one shot and then that's when we looked to see what was happening because it sounded like a firecracker almost. i saw him shoot which hit one of my other friends that was sitting at the table with us. and then as i was turning around, that's when he hit me. >> ted rollins is in chardon, ohio, this morning. let's start with the alleged shooter's family. what have we heard from them? >> well, they are speaking through an attorney, deb. they are saying that there was no way that really they could have predicted this. they say they are sorry to the community. they say they are grieving along with everybody else. take a listen to what the family attorney said publicly last night. >> any idea why this happened? >> he's -- let me say this, he's a very confused young man right now. he's very confused. he's very upset. he's very distraught himself. this is a very scary circumstance that i don't think you could have possibly even foreseen himself in the middle of. >> how is his state of mind when you spoke to him? what is he like now? >> very upset. very, very scared and extremely remorseful. >> reporter: t.j. lane will make his first court appearance at 3:30 local time, deb, in juvenile court. it remains to see if the prosecution will ask if he moves up to adult court status at that hearing. again, that coming up in a few hours. meantime, there is no school today in any of the schools here in chardon. >> ted, i understand that there are surveillance tapes that were inside the school that captured the shooting. have police described what they show right now or is it still too early? >> reporter: well, we haven't seen the tape, but someone who has seen the tape talked to the cleveland plain dealer and this person lays out what is on this tape that is pretty extraordinary. apparently you can see everything. according to the person that's seen the tape told them that you see t.j. lane walk into the cafeteria, sit down by himself at a table, then get up and pull out a gun from a knapsack or some sort of bag, walk up to another table where three students are sitting and shoots one of them in the head, one of them in the back, and one of them in the abdomen then walks and starts to make his way out of the cafeteria. at that point he comes in contact with another student, the female student, joy rickers, 18-year-old who is in serious condition this morning, and shoots her apparently because she was in the way. then apparently you can see that teacher run him out of the school. what you can't see on the tape, according to this individual that has seen it, is daniel parmertor. it's unclear where or when he was shot. >> ted rowlands is there. interesting, the second person who died apparently according to a witness had recently begun dating t.j. lane's ex-girlfriend. so police investigating that aspect of it as well to see if that could potentially be the motive. thanks, ted rowlands. coming up ali to talk about how social media can give too much information, especially in dangerous situations. and for the first time in more than two weeks, voters again having their say in the republican presidential race. for front-runners mitt romney, rick santorum, the stakes pretty high. a total of 59 delegates up for grabs today in two states. arizona is winner takes all. michigan will divide its delegates based on the results. considering it's the state where romney grew up, it is a critical weigh station that desperately needs to regain momentum. cnn's paul steinhauser is in detroit. suzanne malveaux joining us at the arizona state capitol in phoenix. let's begin with paul. too close to call right now, correct? >> reporter: very correct. just about every poll here taken in the last week or two indicates it's up for grabs. this is from american research group. it came out yesterday. that's pretty close. rick santorum at 36%. mitt romney at 35. you can't get much closer than that, deb. that's why every vote really matters here. as you mentioned, we're in bloomfield hills. this is where mitt romney grew up, where he went to elementary and high school. voting been underway since 6:00 a.m. about three hours ago. and here's what makes michigan interesting. it's an open primary. that means republicans, so can independents and democrats can vote in the primary. there's a lot of talk about democrats crossing over trying to deny mitt romney a vote in this case. so is the santorum campaign. take a listen to this automated call from the santorum campaign making a pitch to democratic voters. take a listen. >> on tuesday join democrats who are going to send a loud message to massachusetts mitt romney by voting for rick santorum for president. >> reporter: santorum campaign standing by that robo call. the candidate himself backing it up. i tell you, mitt romney pretty upset about all of that. calling it dirty tricks. take a listen to what he 15id in a tv interview. >> senator santorum did something today which i think is deceptive and a dirty trick which is he's put an ad out there sounding like a labor ad telling labor folks and democrats to go vote against me and to vote for rick santorum. >> reporter: well, romney himself is going to come before cameras in about 1/2 hour from now, take questions from reporters. i have a feeling he'll be talking about this. we'll have live coverage. >> absolutely no question about that. interesting, mitt romney has to win michigan because if he doesn't, arguably it goes against his premise which is that he is the candidate who can actually beat president obama. the candidates all there in michigan, not arizona. how come, slam dunk in arizona? >> reporter: to a degree. the polls there are not as close. remember, michigan, 30 delegates at stake. it's proportional. you don't have to win here to grab delegates. that's why you see a lot more traffic from the candidates, romney, santorum, even ron paul cam page here. newt gingrich hasn't made many visits to michigan. deb? >> paul steinhauser for us. thanks so much. we'll be following you. now we'll go to arizona. suzanne malveaux at the state capitol in phoenix. how is the race shaping up there? >> reporter: actually, the voting centers just opened about an hour ago. the winner takes all here, 29 delegates. now romney so far a slight edge in the lead here. not surprising. last go around 2008 he came in second place to senator john mccain but back then, deb, that is when he had the endorsement of one tough sheriff. it's that sheriff here that essentially has made immigration a hot button issue this go round. >> so very nice to meet you. >> thank you. >> reporter: sheriff joe ar pay owe, the self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in america. >> why don't you run for president? >> reporter: we found him selling pink underwear at a local art fair. he first made them famous when he forced inmates in maricopa county to wear them along with pink handcuffs. his tough stance on crime and illegal immigration has made him a king maker among the republican candidates. many have come to him to kiss the ring and win his coveted endorsement. >> michele bachmann, herman cain and of course perry i campaigned for him in iowa, which i see a lot of iowa people walking by. romney called me briefly. >> reporter: for now arpaio is being coy while he enjoys the attention. >> reporter: everybody's come to you. they need your support. they want your support. are you going to give it before the tuesday primary? >> no. >> reporter: no? >> no. >> reporter: not even a hint? >> no. >> reporter: it's hard to take two steps without someone approaching him with praise. he's also known for banning movies, coffee, cigarettes, and porn from his prisons, all in the name of saving taxpayers money, like the $20,000 he says he saved by cutting salt and pepper from his prisoner's diets. >> can i shake your hand? you keep up the good work. >> thank you. >> i'm an immigrant and i did it the right way. >> reporter: but it's arpaio's tough stand on illegal immigration that has drawn a line in arizona's desert stand. the justice department accuses him of making random stops, searches and arrests. many hispanics we talk to here agree. >> they pull you over and you ask them how can i help you? what did you do? they say -- they start just asking for your i.d. and stuff. i've experienced it. anybody that says that it doesn't happen, they're hypocrites or they just don't want to believe the truth. >> always stopping the latino community or always going, targeting the row income community. >> reporter: but the sheriff is standing his ground. >> i am the sheriff. i'm going to enforce those laws. some people don't like it, go get another sheriff. >> reporter: speak to some of the hispanics here who accuse you who say, i've been unfairly pulled over. i've been unfairly targeted by your office. >> these are isolated incidents. there's no systemic racial profiling. i know it. and i want the justice department to prove it. let them prove it. >> reporter: the issue is so hot and so did i advice sieve among voters here. even this phoenix couple that's been together for eight years can't see eye to eye. >> i don't think there's racial profiling. >> i've been a victim of it. are you kidding? >> i live by a home depot. illegals stand up there all the time was annoying as can be. they come up to your car. you felt unsafe. >> how can you look in a car and tell if somebody is illegal or not? >> reporter: so that, as you can, is really a hot issue. it's an emotional issue among voters. they're all paying very close attention to what the candidates have to say about immigration and their policy, but they're going to have to rely on what these candidates said. nearly a week ago at the cnn gop debate. since then they've high tailed out of arizona. so we'll see if the voters actually feel neglected and take it out on them as well. it will be very interesting to see how this particular issue plays out and how they vote today. >> the question, clearly what happens in arizona could be sort of the first firing shot as to what happens around the rest of the country vis-a-vis immigration. suzanne malveaux, we know you have a lot coming up. thanks so much. cnn tonight, two more opportunities for someone to separate themselves from their republican competition. coverage of the arizona and michigan primaries begins at 6:00 eastern with the special edition of "john king u.s.a." that's followed by cnn's complete live coverage of results at 7:00 eastern with wolf blitzer and the best political team on television. syria's government is stepping up its shelling attacks. opposition groups in syria say at least 57 civilians have been killed today. there are also reports that the bodies of nearly 60 men were near homs. journalists are restricted from syria. details aren't clear. a british journalist has escaped sir yeah paul conroy was wounded in the same attack that killed american journalist marie colvin. the sunday times newspaper said he was smuggled into another country. >> let's see what zain verjee says with a look of some of the headlines. zain, the european union trying to at least cut off syria financially. >> reporter: yeah, they are. they're really imposing much more targeted sanctions where they really hope there will be some kind of impact. let me just give you a flavor of what the international newspapers are saying today. i picked three. this is what the international "herald tribune" has as its headline. it says, arm syria's rebels. it says, it's going to get worse before it gets better. no one can put this genie back in a bottle. this is the mother of all fights. assad regime is finished. when it dies is the only question. take a look at "the national." it says an economic bloodbath will test assad's staying power. the fate could yet be decided by economics, not intervention. if opposition could convince syria's men and women that their businesses would fair better, the regime may crumble from within. take a look at the china daily. its headline, syrian people's true friend. this is a scathing attack on u.s. foreign policy. it says, despite its efforts to brand itself as the protector of the arab people, the u.s.'s conduct lacks any moral backing. history's sure to be the judge of the u.s.'s interventions into the internal affairs of the arab world. just a few of the headlines of what the newspapers around the world are saying. >> so interesting since syria is heralding the fact that everyone voted for constitutional change which essentially keeps president al-assad in power and denies the parties that have opposed him from running in future multi-party elections. zain verjee there in london. thanks so much. ohio's accused school shooter t.j. lane is expected in court later today. what charges could he face now that a second student has died? 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>> i'll be honest with you, everything from aggravated murder which in that state incorporates a premeditation right on down to assault causing bodily injury. it's really critical to do some csi at this point, crime scene investigation, to find out how he got the gun, what he did with the gun, where those people were sitting, how they were shot. there is a lot that still sort of needs to come into play before i think we'll know the full scope and menu of the charges that this young man is facing. it is extraordinarily serious, deb. also, that state used to be a death penalty state. there's a moratorium. you can face life no parole. life, no chance of ever getting out if you're convicted of a top count. >> what's amazing also is that in the beginning when this first broke people thought it was a random shooting. as witnesses came forward it seemed to be a more targeted shooting, which obviously goes to your issue of premeditation. the things that he posted on either facebook or twitter, can those be used as evidence against him. >> oh, can and will. you absolutely know it. we all the time see these things coming into court cases. they're trying to figure out state of mind. his -- some people might have looked at his facebook postings as sort of dark poetry. when someone dies and you are accused of it, all of those things come in to try to determine what your mens rea a is. more critical than that is is what those witnesses are going to be able to tell us. they're going to be able to paint a picture of just what exactly transpired in that cafeteria and make no mistake, premeditation can be formed in one second. you don't necessarily even need those facebook postings. you can have things that transpire right then and there that conceal your doom. >> yeah. you and i have both sat in court cases where lawyers, defense lawyers have argued, well, it's only when they pull the trigger does it actually then come to fruition. up until then you can still get out of it. how could he get his hands on a gun? you're supposed to be 21 years old. you don't need a permit or license though. what's the situation? >> some unusual circumstances in ohio. i was looking at some research. you don't need a permit to buy one, which is kind of different, but you do have to have a permit to carry one. if you're a gun seller, you can't sell to someone under the age of 21 unless that person either does shooting sports or hunting and can be proven thus. i think there's also some background on this young man that shows he was an after individuavid hunter. that lawyer you mentioned, when lawyers talk about pulling the trigger. his lawyer has been on television talking about remorse, sad. not so sure that's the best thing. right now he's looking at the possibility of perhaps even mounting an insanity defense. that becomes more difficult when you suggest he knows something was wrong. >> absolutely. especially because when you look at the facebook postings and you hear some eye witnesses who knew him, yo