little unusual for tulsa, oklahoma. we have organized, several agencies have become involved. we have a lot of officers dedicated to this. we ve formed a traffic force for this specific series of crimes, because these crimes occurred in a relatively short period of time and in a really close geographical location as well. with those things in combination, that s what s so alarming to us. on the heels of everything else, we need to make sure this is quickly addressed and resolved. this took place in a close geographical location. now, tell me about the circumstances of the shooting. are you saying all the victims were shot in different locations, different circumstances? what led up to them? yes, they were all shot in different locations. we re not absolutely sure about the circumstances as of right now. the one thing that we do know for certain is in one of the scenes in which the victim survived, he was able to give us a little bit of information about what transpired. t
saturday morning. it is saturday, 11:00 a.m. right here on the east coast. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. we now have a face and a name to go with the u.s. soldier accuse of killing 16 afghans in afghanistan. also a dramatic change of where he s being held. he s lying on the ground. oh, my god. a hysterical woman reporting the shooting death of a teen in florida. police finally released the 911 calls in the trayvon martin case. and new video of the tornado that barreled through henryville, indiana, earlier this month. all that coming up this hour. this morning we know the name of the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians and where he s being held. the suspect is army staff sergeant robert bachlles. he s now in custody at ft. leavenworth in kansas by himself. he s married, a father of two kids. this was his first tour of duty in afghanistan but he s done three tours in iraq. here s what neighbors had to say about him. completely shocked. i w
who once spoke out against the killing of civilians in a war zone. sergeant bales identity had been withheld for six days because of the pentagon s concerns about his security and that of his family. athena jones is live for us out of washington. what more do we know about bales, his state of mind before his recent deployment to afghanistan? reporter: certainly as you mentioned he s 38 years old. he s the father of two young children. he had deployed to iraq three times, was on his fourth deployment to afghanistan when this shooting rampage that he s accused of occur. if you talk to his lawyer and we ve heard from his family, his neighbors and friends, they all say that he s a family man, a love husband and they are shocked by hearing this news that he s accused of this. let s listen to what his friend and his neighbor had to say. he had such a big heart too because he was in the financial world as a financial adviser. he couldn t even take that, like losing people s mon
cnn saturday morning. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. in the west. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. here s what s happening now. as rockets pound the city of syria, help is on the way to try to slow down the bloodshed. i m not responsible for this plane crashing. a flight attendant threatens crash on an american airlines flight. we ll talk to a passenger who shot this video. and check out this new video showing a tornado striking kentucky. look at that roof blowing right off. it was part of the killer storms that hit the nation last weekend leaving a huge path of destruction. new violence in syria is overshadowing high-stakes diplomatic efforts to stop the bloodshed. assad sat down with general kofi ahman in damascus today but even as they talked peace, activists say tanks and artillery attacks the city. nic robertson is there talking about this. they re calling today s talks positive. do you see any progress here? reporter: certainly not on the gro
is a critical i think state to win to say look, i am going to be the inevitable nominee, but then gingrich comes out and said either romney will have to figure out how to win the south or won t be the nominee, can romney be more than just a regional candidate? keep your eyes on tennessee as well. that could be another bellwether state as well. as we mentioned yesterday, virginia is going to be romney s. but 437 delegates are on the table today in super tuesday. some delegates up for grabs the whole season. huge, huge ramifications today. and of course stay with abc news as we cover super tuesday returns. george stephanopoulos will join diane sawyer yet again for our coverage tonight. be sure to tune in early tomorrow morning as well right here to world news now for a full wrap-up. and one more program note to pass along. abc news will have live coverage of president obama s news conference this afternoon. our coverage will begin at 1:15 p.m. eastern time. i m sure it s purely coi