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a paper lantern into the river to honor the people of the hiroshima atomic bombing in world war ii and 70,000 people died instantly, and today is the 67th anniversary. the next hour of the the next hour of the newsroom starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm john berman filling in for suzanne malveaux. and this hour, we are learning more about the white supremist background of a man who gunned down six membersof a sikh temple in wisconsin, and we are hearing from the relatives of the people killed. >> he left this world protecting the people and the world, and now we want to know who is going to protect our hearts from this pain. >> the police say that the gunman ambushed the officers and
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gunned down people during their sunday services. he was identified as wade michael page, and some sources say he was a army member and discharged because of patterns of misconduct, and the gunman was killed in the rampage. brian todd joins us from oak creek, wisconsin, where moments ago, the police held a news conference and, brian, walk us through what happened. >> well, john, some riveting new detail of the suspect, and some of the detalils that you just mentioned. again, to recap for the viewers, this is a picture of the suspect, wade michael page, 40 years old and solve of the information we learned in the news conference a few moments ago that he does have a criminal record, and officials would not go into detail, but they said he did have contact with the law enforcement in the past, and they are adamant at this point, and confident that he is the only shooter involved, but here
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is another picture that they released. this is a person of interest. a white male average height who police and federal law enforcement authorities say showed up at the scene after the shootings and acted suspiciously and they want the public's help in finding this man and they say he acted suspiciously and left the scene, but they rei reitera that wade michael page acted alone and no reason the believe at this moment that he had any new collaborators. some details of how this shooting went down and incredible detail, and the police chief john edwards said that basically the suspect ambushed the lead police officer who was the first one to respond and shot him at very close range eight or nine times and that officer is lieutenant brian murphy, 51 years old and 21-year veteran of the police force a a member of the tactical teams here as well and in incredible
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det detail the police chief said that when, after the suspect was taken down by the other officers and the initial exchange of gunfire, his fellow officers ran to try to help lieutenant murphy, the first officer hit there, and lieutenant murphy waved them into the temple and told them to help the civilians there. he had been shot seven or eight or nine times, and waved them into the temple and incredible act of heroism as reflected by the police chief. and general information, we learn ed th learned that he may have worked for somebody who made parks for welding supply companies and worked nights and that is a landlord of his who we spoke to, and my colleague ted rowlands reported that he may have worked a as delivery person, and other detail and general information given on the suspect at the news conference held by the police chief moments ago.
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take a listen. >> as far as some of the information obtained on him, i know that there's much that has been put out in the media already regarding him. and some of that we are looking at. we can say that he was in the military. 1992 to 1998. he had a general discharge, and that he was ineligible for reenlistment. i want to make it perfectly clear right now that he is the only shooter that was involved at the temple. >> and to add to the detail of the military career, we have been told by pentagon officials that page was discharged after a pattern of misconduct and served as a technician for army hawk missile systems and became part of the psychological operations teams, and we are piece together details of the suspect's past, john. >> well, thank you, brian todd, on the ground at oak creek, wiscons
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wisconsin. our drew griffin is digging deeper into the background of the shooting suspect, and drew joins us live. i understand that the southern poverty law center who tracks hate crimes has had page on their radar for some time. >> yes, since 2005 when the white supremist band scenes, the skinhead bands who go around and then in 2005, this is when apparently the suspect began his own band called end apathy. we know this because he has his own website obviously, and other promotions, but the group was frequently with other major hate group bands, john. on stages with what would be the big time players in the white supremist music movement, and in 2010 wade michael page gave a interview to the record label of the white supremist label, 56,
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and i want to throw up one quote from the interview. this is from page according to the lyrics. the topics are sociological issues, religion and how the value of human life has been degraded by being submissive to the tyranny and hypocrisy that we are subju kate d to. what is important about the white supremist punk bands is that it is where the movement of the hate groups recruit and go to the festivals to recruit new kids into the movement. >> i was looking at the song titles and one is "definition of hate." so they were not trying the i hide their feelings, drew? h. >> absolutely not. they had tattoos and we heard from the police that they knew he was from a hate group just based on the tattoos, and we
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don't have detalils, but they ae specific to hate crimes. i have not been on the the web side, but i hear they are herrifhe horrific talking about other specific indications of hate crimes, and i don't know what these were, but i know he was on the same stage with other hate-filled bands. >> drew griffin, thank you so much. so much more to learn about wade michael page, and i know you will be looking into it. one of the heroes is this man seen in this facebook photo who is the president of the temple. he was killed when he tryied to tackle the gunman and he was shot in the back. this morning on the "early start" i spoke to the niece and nephew about what he meant to the community. >> he was an amazing man.
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he left this world protecting the church, protecting the people, and now we are trying to figure out who is going to protect our hearts from this pain. >> he was definitely one of the most dedicated individuals i could ever see, and one of the most happiest people in the world. and he did so much to create this community, to create this temple, and to help involve those in the community, and are the what we understand, he basically fought to the very end, and suffered gunshot wounds while trying to take down the gunman. he was a protector of his own people, and incredible individual who showed his love and passion for our people, our faith until the end. >> and we understand that he was shot while trying to tackle the gunman, and truly, you know, a hero in this tragic, tragic episode.
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kanwardeep, i understand that in the midst of the chaos in the tragedy of your family, you were on the scene helping the police to talk to witnesses there, and translate for some of those who do not speak english so well, and what did the people inside of the temple tell you that they saw? >> i mean, there was a lot of commotion, so people didn't have the most clear picture and didn't remember exactly how many gunshots they heard, but some of the ladies making the food for the congregation in the kitchen overheard some gunshots and some of them went down into the basement to where the kids were playing to protect the kids. one of the husbands was one of the leaders, and the religious leaders of the temple, and he went to go see what had happened, and unfortunately, he was also -- killed right on the
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spot. just a great man. his family just came from india three weeks ago, you know. you see a man so happy to see his kids and his wife, and now he doesn't have that. >> moments of extreme loss, but also some moments of heroism there. the shooting in wisconsin prompted police in new york to step up security at sikh temples and the police say it is a precaution against any possible v violence and they say there has been no specific threats against the sikh violence. but sikhs say that since the 9/11 attacks they have been targeted for hate crimes being mistakenb for muslims. and the president says that the people in oak creek must know that they have the thoughts and prayers of the people of the country, and my administration will provide whatever is necessary to the officials responding to the tragic
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shooting and moving forward with an investigation. while the shooting is a horrific act of violence, it is not isolated. hundreds of attacks have been reported against sikhs since 9/11, and wasn't to talk to the leader of the sikh organization about the rise in violence. that is ahead. this is what else we are working on ahead in this hour. talk about excited and i mean really excited. nasa scientists react to the touchdown of the rover on the red planet. and hear why the search for life on mars is a big deal. and why olympian ryan lochte says he will miss the rivalry with his buddy michael phelps. do you believe him? and we will hear from the last surviving member of the "enola gay" on this anniversary of the hiroshima atomic bombing. it's eassist.
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and wondered, if there is life on other planet, because the rover curiosity reached mars this morning where it will search for signs of life. chad myers joins me now, and these are amazing numbers, chad. eight months in space and 354 million miles travel and $2.5 billion spent in, and it all came down to the short period of time dubbed seven minutes of r terror when they tried to land this thing the size of a small car in an area of this big, and nothing like this has ever been attempted, has it? >> no, and people ask me, why didn't they use a really big parachute, and they did. they slowed it down from 1,000 miles an hour with a parachute to 30 million miles, but the atmosphere is not enough to slow down the drag. you know how the astronauts there had plenty of slowdown power with the parachutes, but this rover did not have enough
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sl slow-down power, but this is the size of a football field. you will hear this, gale crater, and it is seeing the other vehicles from space are seeing the strata, the layers in the ground here and kind of like what you will see at the grand canyon and you see the different colors and the different colors means different layers or times that the atmosphere was there. this is a very difficult process. it came in at 13,000 miles per hour, and seven minutes later, it had to be down to zero miles per hour, and the burn slowed it down and then the parachute deployed and came down for a while, and the heat shield had to be released and after the heat shield was released, this little backpack blower guy here, and it looks like a parachute here coming out flies off and lands, and it is amazing. i have pictures here of what it looks like. it is kind of like a sky crane
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they called it with wires lowering it all of the way to the ground, and when it landed on the ground, it was on the ground for 14 minutes before we knew it, because that is how long the signal took to go from mars back toett ettarth. those are the minutes of terror, and they knew it was on the ground, but they didn't know how many pieces. >> and you mentioned the gale crater and that is where the scientists thought they had the best chance to find life, but how will the rover curiosity go about detecting the signs? >> well, ten instruments on this, and a couple of instruments have been used on other rovers, but not like this, and there is a sensor to sense the oxygen or in this case looking for methane, and methane coming from living beings or anything biological, because when it degrades and starts to go away, it puts off methane. looking for that. any methane in the air and something great there? if there is something like that, they also would be able to dig
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into the dirt to have a hammer drill, and pick it up and put it in a spectrometer and analyze it. i don't have any doubt in my mind that after the instruments are finding things, we will have found life on mars and maybe not living, but this could be a billion-year-old dinosaur bone, but i believe that we will with this rover in this place find something. the reason why they put it in the crater is because it is a deep spot, and if there is ever waters, it will go to the deepest spot, and that is why they put it there and maybe an ancient lake. >> and so they are making here by chad myers a joe namath-type prediction that we will find life. so that of course, brings up the question, is there life on mars? or maybe jupiter? it is one of the most profound
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mysteries that we deal with as humans everyday, and that might, i guess, what physicist lauren krause grapples with. he also is the author of "a universe from nothing." you are in australia, and getting new pictures of the mars rover for the nasa scientists back in california right now, right. and what i want to know is this, life on mars, what is life on mars look like compared to say life on earth in your vision? >> well, of course, we don't know, because we have not discovered it, but what is surprising if it weren't our cousins in fact. i don't know whether i would make a guarantee like your previous guest about life exist ing on mars, but i would be surprised if we didn't find fossil evidence and find it is our cousin, because what we have discovered is that no planet is an island and material goes back
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and forth between mars and the earth all of the time and which can find the meteorites all of the time from mars and in the 10-month voyage microbes could survive, so it is reasonable to expect that life from one planet polluted the other. and the thing that is interesting is that life on earth may have originated on mars, so martians may be us. >> so those are the cousins and albeit tiny bacterial cousins, but youb surprise eyou would bet does not come back to earth? >> yes, because the idea that mars was hotter and wetter early on could support life is true, and it could mean that life could thrive and exist on other planets with s witwhich would exciting possibility. what would be more surprising if it does not have the same pairs in dna as us, and that would be amazing, because it would mean independent evolution of life on
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another planet, and as we try to look out to the solar system, we have discovered literally thousands of other planets around other stars. most of the stars in our galaxy have plants around them, and there are ofver 100 billion stas in the universe so we want to know are we unique or is life ubiquitous. and of course, if we discover another microbial life on another planet, and there won't be dinosaur bones, but if we discover a different form of life with different genesis, we can expect that the life is virtually teeming in the universe, and if it comes from somewhere else which would be the ultimate discovery. >> lawrence krauss joining us right now, and excited like every other scientist on the
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planet. sort of like a scientist mardi gras today. and back here on earth, nasa is making news for a new climate change study. they say that global warming is affecting the weather with reseeing like heat waves and a "washington post" piece that accompanied the study, james n hanson writes that our analysis shows that for the extreme hot weather of the recent past, there is no other explanation other than climate change. and one racecar driver is dead after the 85,000 fans were told the take cover as the severe storms took the area, and the race was stopped at the 98th lap which is halfway through the race. and the record-breaking michael phelps says this is the last olympics for him, but his teammate, ryan lochte says he
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at the olympics today, american gold medal gymnast gabby douglas was in action on the uneven bars, but she has not been performing as well as she had been. she finished eighth. and beth twiddle won and also today a doping violation as prompted the international olympic committee to disqualify a nicolas delpopolo from judo competition. he was tested positive for a can any bus byproduct. and he quitting on top of the world, and who is that? the most decorated olympian of all time. u.s. swimmer michael phelps, and check out what he told our becky
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anderson. >> i am done. i don't know if people really believe me, but i am actually finished. i am retired. >> d-o-n-e, done. >> yes. i'm done. and becky talked to felphel teammate ryan lochte, and this is what he said. >> if i had to give a grade scale, i always feel like i'm an a-student so i would give myself an a-minus. >> my goodness, the two golds and two silvers and a bronze and you set the standards very high. you were up against michael phelps -- >> i am done. i don't know if people really believe me, but i am actually finished. >> d-o-n-e, done. >> yes. i am done. >> there it is again, done. just for extra emphasis, done. and a shooting spree takes six lives at a sikh temple. this is not the first time they
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it was a quiet sunday morning in a milwaukee suburb, but then at the sikh temple, a tragedy unfolded. deborah feyerick has the story. >> reporter: the reading of the holy book was almost over when the shooting started. >> i u thought i heard shots. can you confirm that? >> reporter: people inside of the temple ran to hide. >> and she kept saying they are out there, they are out there. >> reporter: calls poured into 911. >> i need an ambulance. i dot no see -- i do not see the shooter anywhere but come in behind me. >> a gunman came into the parking lot started shooting and shot the people standing out front, and entered the temple and opened fire. >> reporter: community members
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say that the community leader was shot trying to tackle the gunman. witnesses say that the gunman went to the kitchen and may have turned up the gas before exiting. >> the gunman tor people doing this went into the kitchen and are trying to blow it up. >> the man in the parking lot is a white t-shirt. >> reporter: one of the first police officers to arrive was ambushed while helping a victim. >> a 20-year veteran was ambushed and shot multiple times. >> the officer was shot eight to nine times at close range with a handgun. >> the shooter then taking aim at another officer who returned fire. >> i need an ambulance. >> we have one officer shot. >> our officer did engage that individual, and the individual is deceased. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. teams and tactical units from around the oak creek area converged search searching the temple building
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not knowing if more shooters were inside. >> just small kids, and others inside. >> reporter: the gunman was taken to a trauma center, and others who waited to pray waited and prayed. the police were looking for a motive and evidence, and leaving a community wondering why. >> deb feyerick has been covering the story since the beginning and joining me now live is deb feyerick. did the police fire a warning shot at the suspect in the parking lot? what we are learning now is that they did issue commands to the gunman. it appears they either told him to drop the weapon and open d fed fire on some of the squad cars, we are learning then ultimately they shot him, because he was holding a gun and active shooter, and we are learning more about him, spent six years
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in the military and discharged for misconduct. it means that the performance was okay, but the behavior was not. >> and the police were there and think knew that there was going to be trouble. they had the rifles with them when they arrived at the scene. >> yes, when you arrive at a scene, you use whatever you have in the car, whatever you have, and clearly the fact that he was willing to shoot at a police officer, i mean, that is attempted murder, clearly, nothing was stopping him to do what he wanted to do. >> thank you, deb feyerick, for being here. sometimes the horror of a tragedy can lead to enlightenment. it led to a discussion of sikh members here in america. but we are finding that unfortunately, this type of violence threat is wub that has the grown since 9/11. let me ask you this, why do you
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believe that the group haseen targeted over the last 11 years for the hate crimes? >> it is not only the sikh communities that have been targ targeted, but the distinct look that we have to give those perpetrators a little bit easier target, because they are not well educated and misunderstood. this isolated incident in my personal opinion, and i don't believe it is an attack against only one community unless we go to the bottom of that one an find out what this perpetrator had in his mind. >> do you think that this is a reflection of some kind of climate in america or do sikhs face these challenges all over to the world? >> it is not new to us. we came from india, and he are known over there as nation builders and we have a role over here to play. let me say one thing here to look being americans, we are americans first, and this is
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un-american what happened yesterday. we have been fighting over there for the liberty of others just like in iraq and the security of our own home is at stake. >> it is an odd question to ask somebody to explain their faith to me in a sound bite, but a lot of people here in the u.s. have not had a lot of experience with sikhism, so can you give us a basic understanding of the ris regio region? >> it is a relatively new religion, and the fourth largest tenets are that we believe in hardworking and sharing with others who are less fortunate and worship the god, the almighty, and those are the basic principles laid out by the founder. you just took the name, i belong to a local guawara, and we are
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here to spread mission that we are a community who believe in developing humanity at large. regardless of what you believe or what your religion is or the race tor or your color or creed. >> what is the responsible? i know there are 25 million sikhs worldwide, and how big of a response has there been to the tragedy in wisconsin? >> all toef community is hurting, and everybody taking it as a surprise that american soil, this kind of an act is a horrific act, but at the same time we are community who stay calm and telling the kurds and everybody not to be panicy or reactionary and let us give everything to the law enforcement authorities so that we can demonstrate, and get out of the terror or out of this bad
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times, and we can still come out as a peaceful and hardworking commu community which i think should be our goal. we can country building in every way an american dream. we are here in just not here to survive b tobut to succeed. >> we hope you achieve those dream, and our thoughts are with your entire community. thank you for joining us. going to politics, former secreta secretary of state condoleezza rice is going to speak at the rnc. who else is on the list? to go where no fifth grader had gone before. ♪ and she flew and she flew, into the sky and beyond. my name is annie and i'm the girl who dreamed she could fly. powered by intel core processors. ♪
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mitt romney and the republicans raked in more than $100 million in july, and that is the second month in a row they have passed the $100 million mark. and president obama's campaign raised less than the romney team doing $75 million. let's get the lat est on the
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campaign money war. and shannon travis joining us live from washington. this is the third month in a row that the romney team has outpaced the obama team, and how significant and how worried is is the obama campaign? >> well, it is significant, because it comes with bragging rights saying that you are raising more money than the opponent, but practically speaking, modern day campaigning requires money, and the question of whether the obama campaign should be worried you remember the fund-raising in the last month where they said that he will be outraised in the campaign and he was talking about the super pacs of the romney group that it is the super pacs and they are about to raise a billion to defeat president obama and groups like americans for prosperity and crossroads and gps, karl rove's group, so that the president and the election team are watching closely the numbers. they know they have to keep the
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race very, very close, and it is sig 1/2 kand a worry, but they f -- significant and a worry, but as long as they keep the fund-raising totals close, it is not a worry. >> and we are told that condoleezza rice will be a sp k speaker at the rnc, and any other speakers? >> well a potential clue as to the running mates and how it will pan out, we have names here hot offf of the presses, john. condoleezza rice, and the new mexico governor susana martinez and south carolina governor nikki haley, and they were three names in the rumor mill as romney vps and he won't be the running mate as we look at the list. and mike huckabee is on the list, and ohio governor john kasic, and john mccain and florida governor rick scott, but another thing to note is the names not on the list or announced yet, governor chris
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christie and marco rubio, and rob portman, the ohio senator, and tim pawlenty is the former minnesota governor is not mentioned on the list and potentially being vetted as running mate running mates, and john, some people not mentioned on the list is newt gingrich and senator ron paul, and other camps that would like to see them having spots. >> we also don't know who the keynote speaker will be, and that news is coming soon. thank you, shannon. we will look live at the big boardt the new york stock exchange, and we want to find out why the market is up, and why there could be some choppy days ahead. ?! you've got to be kidding me. [ derek ] i've never seen a road like this. there's jagged rock all the way around. this is really gonna test the ats on all levels. [ derek ] this road is the most uneven surface, and it gets very narrow. magnetic ride control is going to be working hard. the shock absorbers react to the road 1,000 times a second. it keeps you firmly in control.
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s summer with the debt ceiling debacle and the credit rating for the u.s. notched lower. this week, it is a light week for reports that are market movers, but it does not mean that things are going to be calmer hooshere, because when f people are trading, it could cause bigger swings here. and europe is a wild card and any unexpected moves there could move the market. and the federal reserve and the equivalent in europe, ecb did not take any steps towards any stimulus last week, and that turns the focus to investors and that the fed's last chance to make any stimulus before the presidential election. john? >> let's talk about the olympics here, because along with the golden medals, there is gold in the bank, and michael phelps has made millions in endorsements and looks like a new sheriff in town with an awfully big smile. >> yes, the sheriff is a young lady named gymnast gabby douglas who is 16 years old and has a
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today marked 67 years since the u.s. dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima. it killed 140,000 people. the plane that dropped the bomb takes us back. >> if you were of that age at
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that time, you knew you're going to be in the war. i know i didn't want the army. i knew i didn't want the navy because that was in the army. i had just a bit of flying experience. i loved it. my name is theodore van kirk and i was a major. i think i probably flew about 15 missions out of england. then i got transferred down to north africa where i completed the rest of '58. if you made 25 missions, you were either the luckiest person alive or the german pilots were lousy shots. in my case they were lousy shots. i was sent down to new orleans. i got a call.
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i met tibbets before i flew the first mission out of england. he saved my life a couple of times. he says i'm organizing a new group. he says i can't tell you what it's about but if it works we're going to end or shorten the war. he said i want you to be my group navigator. i got orders to report to the silver plate project in utah. we trained primarily to make the rapid turn in running away from the bomb. that was our primary training. that was our biggest worry was getting away from the bomb. how do you get away? you drop the bomb. it goes this way. you go this way but do you hadded to make a rapid turn.
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you're at 30,000 feet now. he's in a 36 degree bang which is a very sharp angle. >> three, two, one, now. >> we knew the time was approaching and everything else because they had test explosions. they finally briefed us for the bomb, for the mission and everything else. they briefed us we were going to go drop the atomic bomb. go get some sleep. how they expected you to tell you you're going to drop the first atomic bomb and go get some sleep is beyond me. tib -- we obviously didn't
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sleep. >> what fascinating piece of history. "cnn newsroom" continues right now. thank you very much. i'm alina cho in for brooke baldwin. police are looking for a person of interest in connection with a deadly shooting in a sikh shooting. police revealed details of the shooting in suburban milwaukee. we know the gunman is 40-year-oldade wchael , an army veteran. victims ranging from 39 to 84 who died at the scene. the gunman killed by police fire. a police officer shot eight to nine times at close range. despite his wounds just listen to what he did while bleeding to help save others. >> as they approached him, he waved them off. he had been shot nine times. one of them very serious in the neck area.
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he waved them off and told them to go into the temple to assist those in there. >> perhaps one of more surprising elements release today by investigators that person of interest. while police believe wade michael page wa the only shooter. they are looking for this man. thai did not say what his involvement might be. take a look at this. neighbors tell cnn that these are pictures of page performing in what's being described as far right band called end apathy. we have all new details. we have details on how it all went down minute by minute. >> reporter: the reading of the sikh holy book was nearly over when the shooting started. >> thought i heard shots. can you confirm that? >> reporter: people inside ran to hide. >> she just kept saying they're out there. they're out there. >> reporter: calls poured into 911. >> need an ambulance.
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i do not see a shooter anywhere. i am on the, just come in behind me. >> the gunman came into the parking lot shooting. shot people who were standing out in front, entered the temple and opened fire. >> community members say the temple president was shot trying to tackle the gunman. a priest and six warshipers among the six dead. witnesses say the gunman went to the kitchen and may have turned up the gas before exiting. >> the gunman or people doing this ran into the kitchen and tried to blow it up. >> man with a gun in the parking lot. white t-shirt. >> reporter: one of the first police officers to arrive was ambushed while helping a victim. >> 20-year veteran was ambushed and shot multiple times. he was shot eight to nine times at close range with a handgun. >> reporter: the shooter taking aim at another officer who returned fire. >> the subject is down.
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>> we have one officer shot. >> our officer did engage that individual and the individual is deceased. >> reporter: they searched the temple building not knowing if more shooters wered in. >> pray for the people inside. they're small kids. >> reporter: police rekocovered single handgun. the wounded were taken to a local tra muma center. relatives and friends waited for words. authorities searched the home looking for evidence, looking for a motive. leaving a community wondering why. >> we want to go live to the scene right now. david matingly is in wisconsin. david, tell us about this person of interest. what do we know, if anything,
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about him? >> reporter: well, this could be nothing. it is unusual and authorities quantity to get to the bottom of it. they are circulating the photograph of this man. he showed up at the scene shortly after the shooting occurred. he obviously does not go to the temple. they want to know who he is and why he was there. they didn't get chance to talk to him to interview him. the police didn't before he left the scene. this is why they are putting this picture out. they want information about him. they want to know why he was there at the time. at the same time they're trying to be reassuring to this community that there was one gunman and one alone that carried off these killings. >> obviously the investigation is ongoing. we're still looking for that motive. having said that, this is an active crime scene today. what is going on there today, and what kind of clues do you think investigators are finding?
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>> reporter: they're not being specific at all about what they're coming up with. we do know that they don't have enough to come out and publicly state with a great deal of confidence the motive behind this. we do know they've searched the temple completely. they have done a very thorough search of the man's parking lot. it was tense situation. they evacuated some of the neighbors for a brief period of time. they told people in the neighborhood to stay in their homes. nay were able to get into the apartment without incident. they brought out boxes of materials. they would not say what's in the boxes. >> all right. david matingly on top of it all for us. thank you very much. we're learning much more about the gunman. a picture of 40-year-old wade michael page just released this afternoon.
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take a look at this. neighbors say that these are pictures of page performing in what's being described as a far right band called "end apathy." what are you finding out drew? >> this is a white neo-nazi band. he was deeply involved. there is such a thing out there. they've been tracking this guy since about 2000 when he appeared on the stand. we talked with the director of the splc. here is what he hadded to say about the suspect. >> this man has been in the thick of the white supremicist scene for a good dozen years. we've been tracking him for over ten years. >> i also talked with an author of the book we looked at.
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why it's important is because that's how they recruit. that's how these hate dprups recruit. they play rock n roll music. given his level of participation, he was deep inside this music scene. >> the name of his band is end apathy. in 2010, he gave an interview to a record label. he said the topics vary from sociological issues, religion and how the value of human life has been degraded by being submissive. he does have a minor criminal record in his past, drunk driving, but no violence. >> no violence. interesting. i know you'll couldn't to look
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into his past. investigators have not states a motive. what is certain is that followers of the sikh religion are all too familiar with hate crimes. there's been more than 700 assaults against sikh's. there's about 25 million members of the faith. 700,000 of them live in the united states and that makes sikhism the fifth most popular religion in the world. at the half hour we're going to speak with the editor of cnn's bopular belief blog. he's going to explain faith and why they are mistaken for muslims. we'll bring you the latest on what's going on in wisconsin and the latest details on the gunman. we have a lot more to cover.
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nasa has a listen to rejoice. a $2.5 billion rover makes impressive pictures. we will bring those to you. another high level defection from syria. the prime minister leaves his country and the regime of bashar ass assad. plap
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welcome back. talk about a chipper monday. how's this for the start to the workweek? watch. >> touch down confirmed. we're safe on mars. >> they're just happy to be done with the weekend. no, that's not the case. these are engineers, scientists, technicians and the like at nasa's jet propulsion lab. one or two wiping away tears as well. here is what the celebration is about. this is nasa animation portraying one of the biggest successes of the space age. it happened around 1:30 a.m. eastern time. we're looking at the complex, high spe dissent of a moving
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laboratory on to the surface of mars. it did make it. that's why everybody is so happy. take a listen to white house science advisor. >> if anybody has been harboring doubts about the status of u.s. leadership in space, well, there's a one ton piece of automobile american ingenuity, and it's sitting on the surface of mars right now and it should put any such doubts to rest. >> all right. the so-called curiosity rover is at work as we speak. it's already sending back pictures from a location on mars known as the gale crater. here with me is james ray. he's with the georgia institute of technology. he was part of the huge team of scientists who worked on this.
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we want to talk about the mission on mars in a moment. first, i want to talk about this incredible landing. seven minutes of terror. one described it as winning an olympic gold medal. tell us a what happened at 1:30 in the morning. >> seven minutes of terror, you'd like it would be the longest seven minutes. for me it went by quickly. we watched simulations of this happening, the heat shield burning up. the sky crane dropping the rover down to its safe landing on the surface and to see it go by. the ending was positive. >> this was 11 years in the making. it was almost textbook. it rally landed between a rock and a hard place. >> that's right. it laed in crater but crater that has a mountain inside of
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it. it landed at the bottom of the mountain. >> let's talk about the rover itself. it's about the size of a mini cooper. it weighs about a ton. it's being described as not a human but it has eyes, ears, mouths, arms and feet. what is it able to do over the next 687 days? >> it's everything you would hope for. it's everything you could hope for pu also if ybut also if you were able to take samples to your laboratory. it can tell us whether there's organic matter in the ridiculouses which could be a sign of past life. there are other ways to produce
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or beganic but that's one of the pray mare things we're looking for as evidence of whether life existed. >> beyond little green men, i read this quote. of all the gin joinlts why should life occur only on plan earth. some life form might be discovered this time. >> curiousty is not looking for evidence of life. it's looking for an environment that could have inhabited. if we don't find evidence for life, that doesn't mean the mission was not successful. it doesn't mean nasa doesn't have a gold medal, as you said. it's possible looking for fossils and the capability to detect organic matter.
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>> it will be there for 687 days, which is a martian year. >> the definition of a year is just how long it takes your planet to orbit the sun. it takes earth 365 days. >> that was my suspicion. that's how much time we think we have. whoep that we might have more time than that. the first time and opportunity, we are supposed to have three months on mars. we still have one going today. >> thank you for your insight. we'll be watching curiosity as it roves around mars. thank you so much. wildfires in oklahoma are contained for now. officials warn of the high risk today with triple digit temperatures in the fact. a new development in the case of a church which refused
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refused to marry a couple because of their race is apologizing. the church released a statement saying this wrong decision resulted in hurt and sadness for everyone. both the pastor and those involved have expressed their regrets and sorrow for their actions. charles wilson calls it an insult and an elaborate lie. they were married at a church nearby. investigators are looking into the death of andy reid. someone found the body of garrett reid yesterday. he was 19 years old and grew up with the team. >> i've watched andy try so hard with his family over the years. he just, excuse me.
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he cared so much about his family. >> authorities said there were no signs of foul play. our affiliate reports that garrett spent some time in a drug rehab program while serving time for causing a car crash while under the influence of heroin. a lightning strike kills a nascar fan. officials say nine others were injured. fans were warned to take cover on sunday. heavy rain forced nas ed nascap the race. a police officer caught on camera stealing not once but twice from goodwill. investigators say back in may, the officer was seen loading up his police cruiser with donated stuff outside the store in florida. officer bryce miller was to be terminated from the force but he retired before the punishment was handed down.
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new details released in the sikh temple shooting that left severals dead including the gunman. this is the beganmgunman.
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40-year-old wade michael page. cnn obtained these pictures. neighbors they they show page performing in a band called end apathy. one of more surprising elements released today is this picture right here. someone that authorities are calling a person of interest. police believe that wade michael page was the lone shooter, they are looking for this man. despite the violence against their own, sikhs around the nation are calling for peace. we want to turn to dan simon. he's live at the largest sikh temple in the nation in san jose, california. what's the reaction been from there? >> reporter: well, obviously, people here are horrified by what happened in wisconsin. there's a member here that has a
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relative that was shot at the temple in wisconsin. he's expected to survive. we went a couple of hours talking to members and getting a feel for how they will deal with what happened there. basically, they're going to be talking to local governments, talki inin ining to school dist. they want to try to educate people about sikhism. people mistakes muslims for being sikhs. the religious couldn't be anymore different. that's what they want to focus on. they did put out a statement that says the sikh religion teaches people respect for all faith. they gave their lives to uphold the right of people of other religions to practice their faith. that's what sikhism is all about. it's the most tolerant of all the religions out there. they want to get the word out about what sikhism is. >> which is an important message
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to get out there in the days and weeks after the shooting. having said that, there has been tighter security around sikh temples in new york city and other cities. is that the case out there and are there any special services planned at that temple? >> reporter: they're going to be holding some kind of candle light vigil in the coming days. they haven't firmed up a time. there's no security here. they believe that sort of counter intuitive to what this temple is all about. this has opinion here since 1985. it's the largest sikh temple in the united states. it's the largest in all of north america in terms of the number of worshippers and the sheer size of this facilitfacility. they believe this is a very inclusive community. they haven't had many incidents here over the years. they don't feel like extra security is warranted.
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>> dan simon, thank you very much. 25 million people around the world follow the sikh faith. that includes 700,000 right here in the united states. for many of us, this is the first time or maybe the first time we've heard of sikhs. we learn more about the fifth most popular religion in the world. eric, what is it that we should know about the sikh faith and how it differs from the muslim faith? >> here in the united states there are about 700,000 to the sikh faith community. it begins in india about 500 years ago. it comes out of a time period in
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india where hinduism is popular. we see some references to islam as well. what's important for people to know is there are three key tenants that are important. one is to meditate on god. another is to live honestly and work hard and the third tenet is to serve the community. that's what we saw in oak creek where the shootings were. the women were in the kitchen preparing the meal which is so important for sikh members to share with their neighbors and friends. it's a meal that's open to everyone. >> eric, one of the five articles of faith from what i'm reading here is long, uncut hair that some men and women will wrap in a turban. wearing it as so many sikhs do is part of the reason, you say, that they've been targeted for
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hate crimes. >> absolutely. both men and women who are strict adherent to the faith, keep that hair long. that makes them a target. muslim men don't wear turbans. in arab countries in the middle east that's what you see. when we saw the terrorist attacks of 9/11, a lot of al qaeda leaders wore turbans. in the ten years since 9/11 when people who were out looking to commit a hate crime against muslims they targets sikhs accidentally because they thought they were muslim because they were wearing a turban. experts who have studied these hate crimes say any time we see a rise, it's the sikhs that face the brunt of the hate crimes.
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it's great example of how we see this playing out here in the united states. >> i think it's important to note that first person that was murdered after 9/11 on september 5th, 2001 was a sikh man. he was a gas station owner and the man who killed him is serving a life sentence. thank you for joining us. across the world in syria, more than 17,000 people are reported dead since the violence began last year. 17,000 people. today one of the people closest to bashar assad has turned against the dictator. we're going to take you live inside jordan where syria's prime minister has apparently defected. machine plap
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39 minutes after the hour. in the midst of a growing civil war the prime minister of syria has left the country and condemned the assad government as a terrorist regime. the question is, where did he go? hold that thought because we believe we have the answer. first i need to tell you about a bomb attack in damascus. the syrian rebels have shown they can strike inside the capitol. across syria today, more than 100 people have died in fighting between government forces and rebels. that includes 30 deaths in aleppo alone, syria's largest city. >> reporter: we saw part of the town where there's destruction. we came under some sniper fire. we're entering the area. we met some nervous fighters
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with the army who are trying to tell civilians to stay away from maj major roads. basically every four or five minutes we heard loud explosion. as we drove into this, we went through an area that's controlled by the government. it's normal amount of traffic. people on the streets. the rebels are telling us they control as much as 60% of the city, but clearly they're severely out gunned. >> back now to the mystery surrounding syria's prime minister. by all accounts now he's syria's former prime minister. he has released statement
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announcing his defection and a host of reports put him in jordan. that's where we find barbara starr. what are you hearing about that? is the former prime minister in aman? >> reporter: it's confusing. he has defected. he has left the regime. where he has wound up and where he is at this hour remains something that is somewhat confusing. the opposition forces had made statements earlier today that he was coming to jordan or in jordan. the government a few hours ago issuing a former statement saying he's not in jordan, at least not yet. he may be on his way to a persian gulf country like
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cutter. whatever is going on this is a very important defection. the highest ranking tsunni member. it's possible he had been planning to get out all the way along. >> barbara starr live. thank you very much. he is a gold medal winner and a police officer. one kenyan athlete is accused of stabbing a woman. siri, what's my day look like?
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welcome back. an olympic gold medallist is under investigation accused of trying to stab a woman while on date. he took gold on sunday. he was arrested and charged in kenya just a week before he came to london for the olympics. a deputy police spokesman said he claims he is the victim of attempted extortion and that police have not given him a fair hearing. charges have been withdrawn pending further investigation. > becky, good to see you. you mike with michael phelps a short time ago.
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lucky you. >> reporter: i did. it's amazing. we're into the second week of the olympics here. i'm just watching sanya richards-ross going through the semi finals. the athletic stadium absolutely alive. if there's one stand out story across this olympics and this ten days of events to date, it has to be michael phelps. 18 gold medals. 22 olympics medals. four of those here. the big question on everybody's lips off four olympics in 2000, is he going to go on in competitive sport. everybody said he wouldn't. i thought i'd ask him again. this is what he said. >> i'm done. that was my last race and this is my last olympics.
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i'm ready for the next chapter in my life. >> when your great friend tweets i'm betting michael phelps isn't done and cared to wager and you fired back, i would love to. >> whatever she wants to bet. >> how would you assess your performance? >> i've done everything i wanted to. i don't think that's too bad to look back on your career and be able to say that. >> reporter: how could you argue with that? a quite phenomenal man. gracious and charming. big lad. knows his stuff. you know and i know there are times this this job when you really feel privileged an bless to shake the hand of greatness and that's how i felt earlier on today. we'll see the 400 mens.
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for the united states, you don't have anybody up for the medals at all for that. i think seven gold medals at the olympics since 1920. this time it's the trinidad and tobago runner. take a night off and get back in front of the tele tomorrow. >> gabby douglas is trying to win gold in the uneven bars too. that should be happening shortly. >> reporter: that's right. >> michael phelps which i find extraordinary. you with so lucky to sit down with him. 18 gold medals. 22 total. it says that according to the new york times that if he were a country, he would be number 36 just ahead of argentina. just to put all of that into perspective. most decorated.
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>> th >> reporter: that is amazing. this guy knows his stuff. i asked him, why he'd gone on so long. he said i want to be perfect and i want to finish it out the way i started my career. remarkable stuff. >> unbelievable. he had a slow start but did he finish strong. great to see you. tough assignment but somebody's got to do it. what started out as a reward for southwest customers goes haywire. we're here at walmart with anita and her two daughters. is that your phone bill? sure is. let's see if we can go inside and save you some money on your plan. you ready? sounds great! can you tell them about straight talk? sure. with straight talk at walmart you get unlimited talk, text and data for only $45 a month. but do i get the same coverage? oh yeah. it's on america's best networks. sounds great to me.
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all right. southwest airlines attempts to thank its facebook followers by charging them half price fares. it's backfired after a number of customers were accidental billed multiple times for a single flight. in some cases as many as 30 times. kind of defeats the purpose. alison kosik joins me.
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how did this unravel? >> i'll tell you what, this was a big fat headache of a computer glitch. that was the problem. southwest calls it website performance issues. they were offering promotional fares in this facebook celebration. some customers were charged over and over again. southeast is trying to make this right. it's giving refunds. it's going to honor the original fare. southwest will take care of the fees. you'll have to do a little leg work. a bit of headache there. >> all right. talk about a pr nightmare. what is driving stocks today? >> right now looking at some nice gains for the dow. it's up 77 points. today is about a year in the
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