geen, everyone. out front tonight, we have breaking news. new details are coming out about the army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilians, including nine children. now, this is that house to house rampage that happened yesterday. and here is the very latest about the suspect. we have learned that the staff sergeant is in his 30s and was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury after a vehicle rollover accident in 2010 in iraq. now, he was treated for that and then found fit for duty. he has served several tours in iraq. this, though, was his first deployment to afghanistan. now, we also know that he s a qualial qaeda qualified infantry sniper, which means he s trained to kill at 800 meters. he remains in nato custody tonight. we do have some new details about how the u.s. military learned about the i think ncide what happened as soon as they found out. chris, what more can you tell us? one of the biggest tipoff was when these afghan villages showed up at th
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afghanistan. we re going to get a live report from kabul. also the race for president heads to daytona where a big race of another kind is also taking place. tonight is oscar night in hollywood. once again, comedian billy crystal taking on the toughest job in show biz. we start with the search for a gunman in afghanistan blamed for killing two ranking u.s. officers inside the heavily for the fiortified ministry of law enforcement. nato is pulling advisers from minute tris and it suggests it may have concerns over secure how secure facilities are. nick, this is really like some one walking into the pentagon or the justice department, going into an office, and then opening fire. what are you learning? reporter: the afghan justice department, yes. we re learning interesting details from senior afghan counter terrorism official about this gun man, apparently an employee of the interior ministry. registered out a pistol, went to this secure area of the ministry called th