good morning across america after another mass shooting. we now know the names of all of those who lost their lives, and we're hearing stories from those who saw it happen. also ahead, a u.s. air strike in afghanistan may have hit a medical sfimfacility. doctors without borders say three members were killed after a bombing at their trauma center. we'll go live to kabul. why the u.s. says russia is strengthening the terror group isis. a war of words between washington and moscow amid

syria's bloody war. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, i'm lynda kinkade, and this is "cnn newsroom." it's 2:00 in the morning in the small town of roseburg, oregon, the scene of america's latest mass killing. we're learning more about the victims who were students and a teacher at umpqua community college. they ranged in age from 18 to 67 years old. they lived in or near roseburg. during a news conference on friday, the douglas county sheriff revealed their names. >> the victims are lucer lucero alcarez of rose frozen -- roseburg, 19 years old. quinn glen cooper of roseburg, 18-years-old. kim saltmarsh-dietz of roseburg,

59 years old. lucas ibel of roseburg, 18-years-old. jason dale johnson of winston, 33 years old. lawrence levine of glide, 6 years old. mr. levine was the teacher. serena dawn moore of her te-- o myrtle creek, 44 years old. trevon taylor anpak of southern land, 20 years old. rebekah ann carnes of her telecreek, 18-years-old. >> each of the victims the sheriff listed have a unique life that was cut short on thursday.

alcarez wanted to be a pediatric nurse or doctor. she graduated from high school this year and was a ucc scholar. rebekah ann carnes was 18. she had just started her college career. lucas iebel was a quadriplegic -- sorry -- she and his siblings were at ucc studying chemistry. quinn glen was just 18. thursday was his fourth day of college. his family says he and his brother, cody, were inseparable. and there were five other victims, each with their own stories. their precious lives also taken away. cnn's kyung lah is in roseburg with reaction from some of the survivors' relatives and details regarding the investigation. dispatch as many ambulances as possible to the incident.

we have victims -- >> reporter: the gunman came heavily armed to kill as many as possible. >> he's in the classrooms. >> reporter: investigators say the gunman brought a steel-plated flack jacket, multiple pistols and a rifle. >> six were recovered at the school. seven were recovered at the shooter's residence, along with five magazines. >> reporter: the gunman entered the classroom and opened fire. her brother was in the next building. >> my sister is laying shot in a classroom. i'm stuck in this storage room and can't do anything. >> reporter: anastasia or anna told her family the gunman asked them one by one a single, chilling question -- >> are you a christian, he would ask them. if you're a christian, stand up. they would stand. he said, good, because you're a christian, you're going to see god in about one second. then he shot and killed them.

>> reporter: an online dating profile traced to the gunman listed his religious profile as "doesn't like organized religion." he describes himself as not religious but spiritual. anna sp anna shot in the back, shot in the spine, survived by playing dead. she saw the gunman leave something behind. >> she said he gave somebody a box, gave somebody a box, somebody who lived. >> i don't know -- >> said, you got to deliver this. >> reporter: investigators tell cnn the gunman also left behind writings representing past mass shootings, frustration with not having a girlfriend, and racial anger toward blacks. the family told investigators he suffered from mental health issues. >> i've seen this on the news before. i've seen other people we'll do this -- people deal with this. i felt horrible for them. it's something that happened to other people. now's happened to me and my son and my family.

this -- this shouldn't be happening in our country. >> thursday's massacre prompted an angry and frustrated president barack obama to reiterate his calls for tougher gun laws. he pledged to keep talking about gun violence until lawmakers do something to stop it. mr. obama said on friday, until there are tighter gun control measures, there will be more tragedies. >> levels of violence are on par between the united states and other advanced countries. what is different is homicide rates and gun violence rates and mass shooting rates. so it's not that the behavior or the impulses are necessarily different as much as it is that they have access to more powerful weapons. >> let's take a closer look at gun crime in america. according to the center for

disease control, more than 316,000 people died by firearms between 2004 and 2013. that number includes homicides, suicides, and accidents. the u.s. is not only the world's largest maker, buyer, and seller of guns but also has the highest gun ownership rate in the world. according to a recent survey, there are 89 firearms for 100 people in the u.s. even though only 1/3 of americans own a gun which means many people have more than one. robert spitser is a distinguished service professor at sonny courtland and is an expert on gun control and a pattern we see after mass shootings. >> one of the things we typically witness is that these mass shooters in particular obtain guns legally. that's a surprise to many people given what we have learned about him, that he had deep personal and emotional problems.

that these problems were on display, were known to his parents, the people who knew him. but the bar for background checks is so low nationwide, and as it's applied to most states, all you have to do is not be a convicted felon and not be judged mentally incompetent by a judge. and there are a lot of people with all kinds of mental problems who aren't caught in either of those two nets. however, there are places in america where background checks are much more meaningful and that extends to police making inquiries into the associations and friends and neighbors and work colleagues of people who apply to obtain a pistol legally or a firearm legally. and had that occurred in this person's case, local authorities would have immediately uncovered what the people around him knew, which was that this person was deeply disturbed. but since that kind of check, that kind of more thorough check did not occur in oregon and does

not occur in most states, although it does occur in my state, of new york state, he was able to obtain these guns legally. that goes to the limitations and weakness of current gun law. a hero has emerged from the horror of the oregon shooting. when the gunfire broke out, a student who is also an army veteran jumped into action to save the lives of his fellow classmates. as cnn's jake tapper reports, the student's bravery cost him physically, but it earned him the thanks of many. >> reporter: "happy birthday, tyrik," the last facebook post chris mintz made yesterday. hours later, the army veteran was shot seven times trying to save his college classmates from a madman on a shooting rampage. >> one female is shot at this time -- >> reporter: according to witnesses, mintz blocked his

classroom door and told the gunman, "you aren't getting by me." >> tries to block the door to keep the gunman from coming in, gets shot three times. hits the floor. >> reporter: mintz's aunt and cousin in north carolina are in shock. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: he was shot several more times, breaking both of his legs. >> i was there when he rolled out of surgery. >> reporter: mintz's co-worker at the ymca is hardly surprised by his friend's courage. >> it was a tragic thing, but a peace came over me. i knew who we were talking about. i knew he would make it. he's stubborn, tough. >> reporter: mintz's family says he is out of surgery and recovering from gunshots to his hands, back, stomach, and legs, but he is smiling. a witness told abc news mintz had a chance to escape but went back to save others. >> he ran to the library and pulled all the alarms. he was telling people to run, grabbing people, telling them, you have to go. he ran back toward the building

where the shooting was. >> reporter: mintz's aunt says as her nephew lay wounded, he had only one thing on his mind -- >> looks up at the gunman and says, "it's my son's birthday today." >> reporter: he was no doubt hoping, praying he would live to see another. >> just a great father. driven in that area, too. loves his son. loves his son with unconditional love, what every father should do. >> reporter: helping his classmates and community is nothing new for the army veteran who, in addition to classes, works the overnight shift at the local ymca. >> the main thing is making sure our building is clean and working. he's parts of that hard-working team. >> reporter: just weeks ago mintz posted, "i see ucc is holding training to help fight fires. i need a babysitter and the money to do it." little did he know he would end up being a hero in another way. mintz's family has set up a gofundme page to help with his recovery and have raised thousands of dollars. cnn, washington. >> we'll bring you more on this

story later this hour including new information about the shooter. while his true motive is still unknown, it's becoming more and more clear that he wanted his time in the limelight. we attorney afghanistan where an american air strike may have hit a hospital. the u.s. military says the aerial bombing in the northern city of kunduz is possibly -- possibly resulted in "collateral damage" to a nearby medical facility. in the same area, the group doctors without borders says three staff members were killed when a trauma center was hit several times. cnn international diplomatic editor, nic robertson, is following the developments. first we want to go to a reporter for "the guardian," in kabul. give us a sense of what's going on with the air strike that struck the medical facility. and did the medical staff there have any warning?

>> the air strike occurred shortly after 2:00 a.m. on saturday morning local time. the staff, as far as we're aware, did not have any warning at all. the area around the hospital was -- saw heavy fighting and was, according to local elders, under taliban control. they're saying nine staff were killed, and 37 were injured. that does not include the patients who were in the main building that was hit at the hospital. there were over 100 patients, and. they have relatives, as well. that casualty number is likely to rise tomorrow when there's more clarity over what actually happened. >> and can you give us a sense of is this trauma center inside the hospital or connected to the hospital? >> it's inside a compound where all the facilities are, it's been there for four years and has worked in afghanistan since 1980.

i was told they were given the exact coordinates to nato and the afghan military of defense. it's quite unbelievable for a lot of people here how an incident like this could happen. the compound is a big compound. it's several soccer fields large. and well known to everybody in the area. >> all right. absolutely tragic. nine now dead. let's go to nic robertson. obviously the battle for the city has been going on for days. the taliban initially said this was their biggest victory in 15 years. give us a sense of why this city is so important. >> reporter: it's the first major city that they've taken. it was the last city that the taliban lost in 2001. it's strategically important because it sits on an important highway that links afghanistan to tajikistan to the north.

kunduz is a relatively prosperous province. it's important from that point of view. the taliban have essentially been coming to the city for some time. they've taken over areas in the province north of kunduz city in the past six months. yet, the government was unable to stop them. this makes it a very important victory for them. everyone knew they were coming and trying to take the city a month ago. hundreds of people in the city protested to the governor saying, bring in reinforcements, we feel under threat. a month ago, about 2,000 families fled from just north of kunduz. all of these big indicators to the government that the taliban was coming. yet, the taliban was able to muster enough forces and trying to weaken morale in the afghan government forces that they were able to take the city in essentially a day. it means there were defections in the -- it means we understand that the army had pulled back

and that certainly there were supporters for the taliban in the city. all of this for them and their morale is a big boost. the taliban also very well aware of the significant work that msf have done in afghanistan for decades, for decades. they've been helping people who have been wounded in battle. helping victims. there are thousands, i would estimate tens of thousands of people, probably more, over the past couple of decades that have benefited from the work of msf in afghanistan. the taliban will have been aware of that, as well. we know when they first went into the city, their targets were the hospitals looking for afghan government forces who had been wounded and holed up there. >> absolutely tragic that nine people, msf staff, killed at that hospital. i understand some of the taliban have been hiding amongst civilians, wearing afghan uniforms, trying to blend in. give us a sense of the tactics the taliban used to escape

capture. >> reporter: the afghan government said that the taliban have been hiding in slicivilian houses, booby trapping them, z using human shields. and a commander said to leave the civilian population alone, no summary executions. so there's a battle of narratives going on. precisely what's happened on the ground, we don't know. we know from amnesty international, they say from reports from people in town that the taliban have been involved in summary executions. but as far as the tactics that the taliban employ across the country, they've captured afghan army vehicles. they have captured afghan police force vehicles. they do buy uniforms on the black market, they do capture uniforms and often use these as a disguise to get in and attack government forces. >> okay, nic robertson, we

appreciate your analysis of the situation there. we thank you for your time. talk to you soon. more countries are stepping up to voice concerns over russia's air strikes in syria. coming up next, we're live in the middle east with how the strikes are impacting the region. also ahead, hurricane joaquin continues to whiplash the bahamas. we'll tell you where it's headed next. the forecast coming up. and later this hour -- >> in an ideal world, i would like people to maybe not stare, maybe not freak out and run away from me because that helps me and hopefully other people who look different hopefully help them to realize that they are a member of society. >> despite challenges, this brave woman has used her rare skin condition to inspire others and has discovered an unlikely love of her life. her story coming up next.

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disaster. it's one that i reject. >> reporter: if russia continues hitting rebel forces, the u.s. wants secede, will they defend the rebels? the pentagon not willing to say if the shoons have h-- the russians have hit them. >> we don't have a clear intention. it's impossible to judge with certainty what they've done on the ground. >> reporter: gop members challenging the narrative. >> i can absolutely confirm to you that they were strikes against our free syrian army or groups that have been armed and trained by the cia. >> reporter: russia continuing its air strikes over syria even as the pentagon and moscow talked about how to ensure pilots from both countries can avoid each other in the skies over syria. >> the u.s. pilots are going to have to look after themselves. they're also going to have to be very aware of their surroundings, and they have to know where russian pilots are

flying. >> reporter: the latest russian gun camera video, the russians say it shows they are going after isis. >> can you be specific -- >> reporter: foreign minister lavrov was asked what other groups the russians consider to be terrorists. >> well, if it looks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorism, it's a terrorist, right? i would recall that we always were saying that we are going to fight isil and other terrorist groups. >> reporter: many u.s. military officials have been hoping to hear some decisions from the president about the way ahead in syria. especially on the u.s. program to train and equip syrian rebels. even the president saying that program is not working. but for now, no announcements from the white house. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. the military action will of course have an impact on the

middle east. senior international correspondent ben wedeman is covering this for us from beirut. ben, earlier this week, we saw president obama meet face to face with president putin. clearly whether it comes to syria, there's no common ground between the two. >> reporter: well, there's common ground in the -- rhetorically at least in the sense that both of them say they are targeting isis. on the ground, it's a completely different situation. what we've seen is a pattern of air strikes on areas and groups that are clearly not isis. in fact, this morning, the british defense minister said that only one in five targets hit by the russians is isis. the focus of the air strikes until now is very much in the area along the damascus/aleppo highway. a strategic road that of course links the syrian capital with the western coast. the cities of latakia where, of course, some of the russian forces are concentrated. and that's, of course, where

there's a large proportion of the alawite community to which assad is a member. clearly what we're seeing is a russian effort to bolster the syrian regime regardless of whether they're threatened by isis or others. it's significant to remind ourselves that in march a coalition of rebel forces not including isis was able to take from the syrian regime idlib and idlib province, as well. the rebels had been making some gains in the areas in western syria. so the regime in damascus clearly feeling under threat is relieved by the fact that the russians are now putting much of their firepower on stopping rebel advances. rebel advances that, in fact, isis is not taking part in even though, of course, isis is fighting the regime in other

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm lynda kinkade. here's an update of the top stories this hour. doctors without borders say nine staff members were killed when a trauma center was hit by aerial bombs on saturday in the afghan city of kunduz. according to a u.s. military spokesman, an american air strike in kunduz may have resulted in "collateral damage" to a nearby medical facility. the bodies of more than 100 victims of last month's hostage stampede have -- hajj stampede have returned to iraq. there was a repatriation

ceremony at the tehran airport. the victims returned saturday were among the 450 iranians who died in the crush of pilgrims near mecca, saudi arabia, on september 24th. at least nine people have been killed and more than 40 injured after a landslide in guatemala. heavy rains unleashed a torrent of rocks and boulders thursday, burying dozens of homes. emergency services say up to 600 people may be missing. the men who killed nine people at an oregon community college was involved in a -- enrolled in a class where he opened fire. investigators found 13 firearms linked to the shooter. six at the site of the ambush and seven at his home. all of them were bought illegally. we've learned much more about the shooter in the past day including his fascination with similar mass shootings. cnn's brian todd reports. >> reporter: he entered the classroom firing, said he'd been waiting to do this for years, then shot a professor

pointblank. that's according to what survivor anastasia boylan said. >> she said he gave somebody a box, somebody a box, somebody who lived -- >> i don't know. >> and said, "you've got to deliver this." >> reporter: it's not clear what was in the box. law enforcement officials tell cnn the shooter handed his writings to a survivor, writings saying he was frustrated with not having a girlfriend and being a virgin. according to boylan, he singled out christians during the rampage. none of that points to a clear motive for why chris harper mercer gunned down nine people. his father would only say he's devastated. >> shocked. shocked is all i can say. >> sir, did he ever -- >> i don't want to answer any questions if you don't mind. >> reporter: there are other possible clues. law enforcement officials tell cnn investigators have recovered writings believed to be from the gunman which include ramblings about his hostility toward blacks. >> these are people who suffer

from typically surplus powerlessness, if you will. they feel powerless, they feel abandoned by society, rejected. sometimes referred to as injustice collectors. they collect all the injustices that have occurred in their life and don't let go. >> reporter: law enforcement officials say the gunman's family told investigators he suffered from mental health issues. former neighbors at his apartment complex in attornetor california, say they lived with his divorce mother. a woman who hovered, was fiercely protective of her son, even with minor annoyances. >> she had a petition with complaints about the complex and that her son had anxiety issues, and the roaches were working him up. they were going to have to go stay in a motel. >> reporter: other neighbors describe a young man who kept to himself and wore the same outfit almost every day. >> he wore combat boots, distinctly. i remember black combat boots, and very camo -- military

uniform almost. >> reporter: the pentagon says the shooter did serve in the army for a month, then was discharged for failing to meet minimum standards. another possible motive for the shootings, notoriety. investigators say the gunman's writings indicate he studied other mass shooters like the man who killed six people in santa barbara, california, last year. and blog posts by a user whose e-mail is associated with the oregon gunman expressed sympathy for vester flanigan, the man who shot and killed two journalists on live television in virginia recently. the blog gushes about the infamy he achieved with the shootings saying, "the more people you kill, the more you're in the limelight." brian todd, cnn, washington. hurricane joaquin is moving away from the bahamas where conditions are expected to improve. it's left a slew of damage in its wake. bahamas emergency officials say there have been no reports of deaths or injuries. there was extensive flooding and

structural damage. thankfully, there was also a moment of relief for a dozen people on a sinking ship, trapped in the storm. >> the rescue swimmers. craft in sight. swimmer on his way down. >> the u.s. coast guard saved all 12 crew members from this cargo ship off haiti's coast. the u.s. coast guard is still searching by air and sea for another cargo ship caught in the hurricane. there were 33 crew members aboard. 224-meter cargo vessel missing since thursday. ship was headed to san juan, puerto rico, from jacksonville, florida. its last known location was near crooked island, bahamas, at the center of the hurricane bearing down on the bahamas. the crew reported the ship had lost propulsion and had taken on water, but the flooding was contained. two air force choppers were unable to locate or re-establish communications with the ship.

at this time, joaquin is not expected to make landfall in the u.s., but it will bring potentially devastating rain. cnn meteorologist pedram jevehari has the latest. let's show what's happening with hurricane joaquin. still a menacing feature parked over portions of the bahamas. the good news, it's starting to trek to the north and east. unfortunately, the indirect impacts with the system toward portions of the southern u.s. going to be significant. you look at the moisture source there across areas of the state of south carolina, we think the plume of moisture essentially exiting this feature, being drawn in by an upper level storm system parked off in place will work together to bring in historic rainfall totals toward portions of the state of south carolina in the next 24 to 48 hours. again, the hurricane itself, the direct impact mainly being associated. the winds packed with it will move away from the coastline. look toward the eastern seaboard of the u.s. 30 million people underneath flood watches and flood warnings at this hour. you go in for a closer perspective, some areas we could

see upwards of 10, potentially 15 inches. some model indications take us to the top of the charts, up to 20 inches. if you look into this, statistically speaking, this is a one in a 500-year event if you tabulate 15 inches, somewhere on the order of 40 centimeters of rainfall in a three-day period over this region of the united states. notice the rainfall intensity decreases sharply as you work north. south carolina really becomes a bull's eye for the significant flooding threat. again, across northern portions of the u.s., could still see a couple of inches of rainfall in and around new england. and that's the concern here with the flash flood potential being quite high over the next couple of days. want to show you something here. we certainly have a wind threat associated with what's going on across the eastern u.s. and the atlantic ocean now. we've got a massive area of high pressure that's parked off across portions of the northern atlantic. we have another across southern canada. to the south, an area of low pressure. high pressure and low pressure not the best of friends. you put them in close proximity, you create what we call a high or tight wind or pressure gradient.

when this happens, winds will howl, and the highest location, highest likelihood location will be somewhere around portions of the delmarva, working toward delaware bay, chesapeake bay, the convergence of the winds, how they're funneling the water in toward the coastal communities could be somewhere on the order of five, maybe eight feet above what is considered normal over this portion of the u.s. we'll send it back to you like this with an image coming out of portions, from the international space station. astronaut scott kelly sending a tweet showing joaquin from space, and look at the lights in the night here across the state of florida. pretty incredible sight. but at least the storm system moving away from the bahamas the next coming couple of hours. >> that's pedram javaheri reporting there. some experts get right into the storms to collect data that could save lives in the future. meteorologist and cnn international weather anchor derek van dam went along with one crew as they flew into the eye of the storm. >> reporter: tonight's flight

will take 12 hours. a long and turbulent flight. these air force reservists are trained to fly in these dangerous conditions, bringing along a team of scientists who collect information from the storm using these data collectors which helps predict where the storm will go and saving millions of dollars in storm preparation and, more importantly, saving lives. >> comes down to evacuate or not evacuate. emergency management, they have the tough job. forecasters, they have the tough job. we go in a storm, we get a rough ride, we collect the data. they take that information to help those guys do the tough job of making the hard decisions on who has to evacuate. >> reporter: lightning fills the darkness of sky. a few hours into our journey, sunlight reveals clouds and thunderstorms on the horizon. we are heading directly toward joaquin. we're just about to punch through the eyewall, meaning we're going into the strongest part of the hurricane. feeling winds in excess of 150 miles per hour with a category

four just like this. we've experienced severe turbulen turbulence, and there's more to come. ooze as -- as we get tossed around, our seasoned pilot assures us we're in good hands. the plane, is it structurely sound, safe? >> no, you're very safe in the 130. >> reporter: we are 7,000 feet above the northern bahamas in the center of major hurricane joaquin. this storm has been difficult to predict, but the weather data retrieved from the hurricane hunt hunters will help improve the forecast greatly. multiple drop zones are released into the sky, sending back information like wind speed and storm pressure in real time, right back to computers on board. joaquin is now pushing north. >> that's about to come up -- >> reporter: as we make several passes over the storm, a missing ship is stranded in rough swells. we dropped 600 feet to search, but thick clouds and bad visibility prevent us from finding the vessel. the hurricane hunters return to their mission seeking more data

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early exit from the tournament after wales beat them last weekend. australia have won both their matches in the tournament but lost four of their five past meetings with england. a woman who has defied the odds after being born with a rare skin condition has developed a love for rugby. she's faced bullying through school and abuse as an adult, but rather than bowing to it, she's let it empower her to follow her passions. we have the story. in an ideal world, i would like people to maybe not stare, maybe not freak out and run away from me. then that helps me and hopefully other people who look different, hopefully help them to realize that they are a member of society. >> reporter: abandoned at birth, bullied at school, and regularly abused as an adult, 22-year-old

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