nomination is his, if he pulls off an illinois upset. spring nearly sprung. what the heck is this? no joke. more in an a foot of snow on the ground in flagstaff, arizona. more on the way, too. bizarre. a major late winter storm shutting down the interstate 40 for nearly 200 miles. in nebraska and oklahoma, the trouble is tornadoes. look at this. storm chasers captured this twister in the town of willow, oklahoma. reynolds wolf is tracking all of the severe weather. >> dozens of occupy wall street demonstrators arrested in ugly pictures in lower manhattan. they're trying to reoccupy the park. and how sweet it is. the sweet 16 is set after 11th seeded north carolina state, upseeded georgetown. up next for n.c. state, kansas on friday. we begin with breaking news from france. three people, two children, have been killed on a shooting outside of a jewish school in toulouse, france. several people were reportedly injured by this gunman. security has been ordered tightened at jewish schools. it's not clear if these shootings could be connected to other shootings at soldiers earlier on. jim bitterman is on the phone from paris. give us the details on the injured and those who were killed. and exactly who this shooter could be, jim. >> that's what police are looking at this morning. basically, ten minutes after 8:00 this morning, local time, as students were gathering in the jewish area of toulouse. in fact, a gunman came by on a motor bike and shot into the crowd of about four or five people. reports are that two students were killed and adults killed and several injured in addition to who was killed. police are looking into what connection there might be to two earlier shooting instances involving soldiers in the toulouse area. the operation looks similar. a motor bike involved. the gunman comes by and shoots. in one case, shot at one soldier and killed him. in another case, a gunman shot at three soldiers. two of the soldiers were killed and another severely injured. police have at least the potential serial killer on the loose in toulouse. the interior minister of france will be headed that direction to toulouse this morning to see what reinforcements he can give to the local police. >> jim bitterman reporting from paris, about an incident from toulouse. the israeli foreign minister making a comment, being horrified by what transpired in france today. we'll have more on that as it develops. three minutes past the hour now. mitt romney, taking a step towards clinching the gop nomination, after a victory in the puerto rico primary. he got 83% of the vote in puerto rico yesterday. santorum, in the single digits. 20 delegates for romney. he is hoping to parlay the win into latino votes moving forward. >> those people who don't think that latino won't vote for a republican, need to take a look in puerto rico and see there that conservative principles and latino voters go together. if we stand for something, conservative principles that bring growth and good jobs. that's why we're going to win. we're going to get latino voters to help us out. >> let's look at the delegate scoreboard here. romney, 518. santorum, 239. 54 delegates at stake tomorrow in illinois. and polls show romney with a slight lead. paul steinhauser, a trouncing. let's look at puerto rico and we'll move forward to illinois. >> here's the difference between the romney and the santorum campaigns. santorum was down in puerto rico for two days. and got in trouble over the spanish language and the controversy over whether they should make english the official language if they were to become a state. look at this statement from the santorum campaign after the loss in puerto rico. it says, rick santorum has a consistent core. and he showed that when he went to puerto rico and took an unpopular stance about english being the language of american. and we all know that mitt romney will say and do anything to get votes. this is another example of that. you can imagine, the romney campaign doesn't agree with this. and they say that romney has not flip-flopped at all on this issue. and they disagree with the santorum campaign. a slice of the nastiness you can see between the two campaigns. >> let's move forward to illinois now. santorum says if he wins that, he's got the nomination. romney says, he's ahead. >> we said michigan was a must-win for romney. the next week, ohio. this week, you can say, yes, it's illinois. a moderate state. a different feel than what we saw in mississippi and alabama. you saw mitt romney change his strategy. he wasn't supposed to be campaigning there until today. sundays are usually a slow day for mitt romney. spent the whole day there. you can see, illinois is a crucial state for mitt romney to win. louisiana coming up on saturday. that's a more conservative state that santorum will win. keep your eyes on illinois. >> thank you very much. six minutes past 5:00 on the east coast. happening this moment, a major late winter storm causing some major headaches. yes. arizona. i'm not kidding. arizona. look at your screen. in flagstaff, more than a foot of snow is on the ground. we could get another foot later today. the storm is forcing closure of interstate 40 for nearly 200 miles. that's from kingman all the way to east winslow if you're keeping score. >> great skiing there. >> in arizona. and great condos in new york. get yourself a winter condo in connecticut. other parts of the country are seeing warm temperatures, as well. reynolds wolf is in the weather center. what's the deal? >> we do have a crazy mix, which makes weather interesting. the snow in parts of arizona, interesting. but not unusual at all. many of us have the perception in arizona, you have tucson. you don't think about the northern half of the state. and that certainly was the case this weekend. in arizona, you had 26 inches of snow. well over a foot in ft. valley, flagstaff and belmont. big bear city in california, got 20 inches of snowfall. some places a little more. and great for all of the skiers in big bear. we're going to see a difference in parts of the central and southern plains. look for a chance of severe storms. already storms in oklahoma and texas. and parts of the appalachians, seeing rain in pittsburgh. but the big chance of severe weather will take place in the southern plains as that frontal boundary sweeps to the east. into louisiana, as we fast forward today into tuesday. one big issue we're going to have is the heavy rainfall we'll see in texas. six inches of rain falling at a rapid rate. some places could see up to a foot or more over the next 24 hours or so. a huge concern for a lot of people. the other thing you were talking about is the big change of temperatures. in the west, it's been the cold. but in the east, a huge ridge of high pressure, 85 degrees in memphis. in chicago, recovering over st. patrick's day. 79 degrees. in new york, 72, the expected high. >> 72. what month is this? what month are we in? >> hard to believe, but we're in march. >> i hate to say no complaints. i do have complaints. it's supposed to be cold when it's supposed to be cold. >> send her the e-mails. >> it is nine minutes past 5:00. this just in, are you ready? we bring you this live. the national price for gas, rising to $3.84 a gallon. gas is selling at least 4 bucks a gallon. alaska, california, connecticut, new york and washington, feel your pain. that's the level analysts start changing some of their spending habits, as well. the steep rise in gas prices have become a weapon for republicans to use against the president. but are there promises? or just politics? coming up at 6:15 eastern, we're going to talk to jim burkhart and get answers there. christine romans is watching the markets for us this morning. they closed mixed on friday. the dow and the nasdaq closing lower but not by much. the national average closed up by 1.5%. stock futures are down ahead of the opening bell this morning. >> normally, i'm listening to the details and processing them. but i can't think of anything other than apple. >> apple. i know. 9:00, the company is having a conference call. and everybody wants to know what apple will do with its huge cash horde. apple has $98 billion in cash sitting in the bank. >> say that again. >> $98 billion. apple builds it through subcontractors in china. ships it all over the world. and they're making things that we never knew we needed. but can't live without. apple is up 40%, 50% every year. look at the stocks. you see the shares of apple computer, just this year, are up almost 45%. we crossed $500 a share about a month ago. and then, crossed $600 a share four weeks later. sitting on this cash, in just the fiscal quarter of the annual year, $16 billion. in cash. money that goes right into the bank. a lot of analysts are saying they think this company is going to get a dividend. shareholders of the company will get a little money back. maybe 2%. maybe 2.5%. a lot of tech companies give money back to their investors, to their shareholders. that's what folks are hoping will happen here. it will make apple more valuable. you have the mutual funds and all the value investors and investors who want to get a return back for holding their apple shares, instead of the stock going up and up. >> i wonder where the top is, although, right? >> that's such a good question. there's two adages on wall street. one is the trend is your friend. and the trend in apple is up. anybody who has been selling apple all the way up is pulling their hair out. the other adage is, trees don't grow to the sky. they can't go up forever. is apple worth it? does it continue to be worth $300, $400, $500 a share? if they can penetrate the entire world with their products. if they're competitors don't find a way to saturday to eat into some of their momentum. the momentum is there for apple. but the news today, will there be a dividend? we'll find out at 9:00. >> thank you so much. 12 past 5:00 on the east coast. we're giving you an early read for stories you should watch today. robert bales, accused of killing 16 afghan civilians, he's expected to meet face-to-face for the first time with his attorney today in kansas. the first time he gets to talk to his lawyer, john henry browne, who has made media appearances. the owners of the new york mets head to court today. a jury will decide if they looked the other way while reaping millions from bernie madoff's ponzi scheme. the stakes are enormous for victims and the team. and the duchess of cambridge -- that was ridiculous. she is delivering her first public speech this morning. it will happen in over two hours at a children's hospital facility. catherine will tour the building, meet the staff and plant a tree to commemorate the opening. >> diana was the people's princess. i wonder if they dubbed her anything yet. >> she has the same aura. >> to connect. >> one thing i notice all the time, and maybe it's just 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"john carter" was third. and trivia question, ladies. which big, huge star got his start in the tv show, "21 jump street"? remember? >> johnny depp. >> i know. it says how old we are. >> i never get that stuff. >> i loved that show. >> you jumped on that so quickly, i figured you were 100% right. >> if i didn't get it right, my entire former country where i emigrated from, that was a canadian production. >> was it? i didn't know that. there you go. >> useless trivia of the morning. the president's wealth care reform law and the decision could come down to a single vote. the court is split between four liberal justices and five conservatives. and the white house is weighing its options on how to get that crucial fifth vote of approval. jeffrey toobin has all of the details. >> good morning. >> what i'm gathering is that the supreme court has to decide over the challenges to obama-care. and it has to do with some clauses that are critical in the constitution. >> just one clause. one clause that matters. >> the commerce clause? >> the commerce clause. >> or the other strange -- >> don't worry about the other. it's the commerce clause. it's not the main part of this case. it's about the commerce clause. >> what's it about? >> congress has to act under its authority in the constitution. something in the constitution has to say congress has the right to pass any law that it passes. and the authority that it uses in most of the laws that it passes relating to the economy, is the commerce clause. in article one, the constitution says, congress has the right to regulate commerce among the several states. what does that mean? what is the commerce power? traditionally, that has been a very broad brand of power, when it comes to health care in the country. we have medicare. medicaid. the united states government has been deeply involved in regulating health care for decades. the question in this case, is the individual mandate, the part of obama care that says everyone has to have insurance. >> no matter what. you have to buy it. >> correct. and the question is that constitutional under congress' power. i read an article this week that the answer is clearly yes because the national market for health insurance is unusual because everybody is under that market. if you buy health insurance, that's how you pay for health care. but if you don't buy health insurance, you'll still be treat bade hospital if you fall in the street and get hurt. everybody will pay for your health care. >> when it comes to acting on the supreme court, we have nine justices. four of them are liberal, considered to be, you know, falling in line on the liberal side. you can see them on the left. appropriately so on the left-hand side of your screen. on the right-hand side of your screen, five of them, considered to be mostly in the right-hand corner when voting on issues. the one that's critical is antonin scalia. that's why i brought up that necessary and proper clause because there's some people watching this, jeff, who say that the briefs and the direction that obama and the justice department are taking, seem to indicate that's how they they can get their conservative vote. >> in this case, the scope of federal power has been something that the supreme court has dealt with for decades. this came up in the new deal. certainly justice kennedy who is the swing vote in these cases, have voted to approve broad federal powers. the possibility here, and it's a legitimate possibility. these conservatives might join the liberals in upholding obama care because there's different roots to get there to find constitutional justification. you could find the commerce clause. federal taxing power is also broad. the odds favor this law being upheld. there's different ways to do it. >> you ever thought of teaching for a living? >> no. >> you should. i would take your class. i would give this up all of the glamour to take your class. jeff toobin, lovely to see you. >> nice to break it down into english. you're right. >> 24 minutes past the hour. ahead, more weather. california, a town there is digging out. a massive mudslide in that area. i think they're predicting more rain. they're praying for no rain this morning. did you hear about rick santorum's bold prediction? he says he will be the nominee if he wins illinois tomorrow. my daughter's grabbing some yoplait. lemon burst, blackberry harvest, pina colada... i can't imagine where she is... orange creme... 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