milwaukee. split between the sikh temple and the suspect's home six miles away. overnight, we learned more about the suspect, sources telling abc news he's believed to be a skinhead or a white supremacist in his 40s. he used a semiautomatic handgun to kill his victims on sunday, including the president of the temple preparing for the day's services. >> a lot of family, children, adults there getting ready for the day. he was preparing his lecture. >> reporter: several people were shot outside the temple. then the suspect entered the morning service that was just about to begin. >> the shooter loaded the gun again and went into the building. >> reporter: the first officer to arrive on the scene was a 20-year veteran of the oak creek police department. he was helping a victim when he was ambushed by the shooter. >> multiple rounds were exchanged. the officer was shot multiple times. the suspect, the shooter was also shot. >> reporter: the gunman died in that exchange. three other victims are in critical condition.

being treated at a local hospital. among them, the police officer, already being called a hero. as a matter of procedure, the atf served a warrant at the home of the suspected shooter. about six miles from here. no explosives were found. rob and sunny? >> are we learning anything else about a possible motive? it seems so random. >> reporter: well rg that's right. you both mentioned it up at the top. we believe he was a 6'0" bald male in his 40s. he had several tattoos on his body. right now, investigators are trying to piece together what exactly his motive was. sources are telling abc news they believe he might have been connected to a skinhead, a white supremacist group. >> scary. all right, t.j., appreciate the live report, live there in wisconsin for us. thanks again, t.j. and some background now. there are more an 250,000 sikhs

in the united states. with about 30 million followers around the world. the men are recognized for the distinctive turbans they wear over their long, uncut hair. the religion teaches that god is there for everybody and we're all his sons and daughters. new developments in another shooting. sources say jared lee loughner the suspect in the tucson rampage will enter a guilty plea tomorrow. he's accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others, including former congresswoman gabby giffords. at a hearing tomorrow, a court-appointed psychiatrist is expected to testify that loughner is competent to enter a plea. turning to weather this morning, beginning with nascar fan who died after being struck by lightning. a strong storm blew through the pocono area yesterday. forcing the day's race to be called off. two separate lightning strikes

killed one fan and injured nine others. they struck in a parking lot behind a grandstand. in oklahoma, crews battling a dozen or more fires are getting a slight break from the weather. temperatures will be only in the 90s today and tomorrow, rather than well over 100. some residents were allowed to return to their homes in the town of glencoe. where at least 50 homes were destroyed. one of the residents was interviewed when he saw his home start to go. >> nobody was hurt. >> right now, you consider yourself lucky. though we have a flare-up going on right there. >> yeah. oh, no, no, no. >> investigators are trying to figure out what touched off the fires. they believe one of the cases may have been arson. tropical storm ernesto swipes by honduras today. with some drenching rain there. the storm is churning in the caribbean with 50-mile-an-hour winds. it could turn into a hurricane before making landfall tomorrow.

near the belize/mexico border. it's on track to move across the yucatan peninsula. into the gulf coast. the water in jamaica was so choppy yesterday several fishermen had to be rescued. new details are being revealed about a near midair disaster off new york. federal investigators say mistakes by a distracted controller led to an extremely close call last year. an american airlines boeing 777 with more than 250 people on board was barreling straight at a military cargo jet at about 22,000 feet. an on-board collision avoidance system warned the pilots to make last-second maneuvers. secretary of state hillary clinton will have lunch with the former south african president, nelson mandela, who celebrated his 94th birthday last month.

well, time now for the weather from across the nation. a much nicer day in the northeast. stormy in virginia and the carolinas. the heat wave continues in the plains. thunderstorms in the southwest and northern rockies. >> 80s along the pacific and east coast. heat building in the rockies and plains. 97 in colorado springs. 102 in phoenix. and when we come back, an airline promotion backfires big-time. apologies and refunds are on the way. >> i know you love that story. also, a half century after her death, marilyn monroe is still a bombshell in the business world. her estate, with some very impressive figures. and then a house swallowed up by a river. we'll show you where buildings are simply being swept away. @ññ?

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welcome back, everybody. there are some disappointing news this morning about social security. for the first time, those who recently retired or are about to retire will not get back as much from social security as they paid into the system. it's because the ratio of workers paying into the system to those collecting is decreasing, just as baby boomers begin to retire. southwest airlines has hit some turbulence. the company is now issuing

refunds to customers who were charged multiple times for a single price. it started as a sales promotion to celebrate 3 million facebook fans before a software glitch clipped the airline's wings. they will compensate customers for overdraft fees. apple and samsung are back in court today over the copyright infringement lawsuit. apple claims samsung has copied some of their designs and features for the iphone. apple has been revealing some secrets. they want billions of dollars in damages and a ban on some samsung products. it seems to be batman forever at the box office. "the dark knight rises" was tops for the third week in a row. it took in 36 million bucks. the new "total recall" movie took in $26 million. and the family-friendly flick, "diary of a wimpy kid: dog days" was third. it brought in about $15 million.

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landslides and deadly flooding batter that country. this is one of hundreds of homes that collapsed or washed away. after days of torrential downpours. at least 30 people have been killed, including three firefighters who were trying to rescue the stranded. more than three dozen people are still missing. now for a look at morning road conditions. wet and windy highways in the carolinas. a slick commute in the south to new orleans and east texas. thunderstorms drench roads in the four corners of the southwest. if you're flying today, airport delays possible in charlotte, atlanta, new orleans, and miami. well, this is exciting. scientists at nasa are flying high this morning celebrating a successful landing on mars. >> this is a very cool moment. cheers -- wait for it -- went up as soon as the team learned that the rover, curiosity, had touched down on the red planet after a 350-million-mile journey

that took more than eight months. clayton sandell is at the jet propulsion lab. in pasadena. good morning to you, clayton. we know you're on a delay. good to have you with us live this morning. >> reporter: good morning, rob, good morning, sunny. this mission was eight years in the making. it traveled 352 million miles. went through seven minutes of terror. early this morning, it all came down to just one moment. the mars curiosity rover made a flawless landing. after a harrowing seven-mint plummet to the ground, using technology that nasa had never tried before. >> that rocked. seriously, is that cool or what? >> reporter: on the way down, the craft transformed six times. 76 explosives fired in perfect choreography. then a rocket-powered backpack lowered the rover to a gentle touchdown. the rover almost immediately began sending back these

pictures from the surface of the red planet. >> that great things take many people working together to make them happen is one of the fantastic things of human existence. >> reporter: curiosity's mission is to probe and zap its way around the gale crater, looking for past or present life on mars. >> i hope for kids today, actually, for everyone today, that this landing of curiosity on the surface of mars will lead people to think about the great science ahead of us and to go on and do great things. >> reporter: the mission was risky, with a $2.5 billion price tag. a worry nasa can now leave behind. >> we're going to continue not only exploring mars but the solar system and the universe. >> reporter: curiosity will now get a full health check out. and scientists hope to begin driving it around mars and begin exploring here in the next few

weeks for a mission they hope will last at least two years. rob? sunny? >> we saw the reaction from nasa and the folks over there. how big a gamble was this mission? >> reporter: you know, scientists were trying to lower expectations a little bit in the days leading up to this landing. it was a $2.5 billion mission. they needed it to go just right. there are not that many mars missions in the hopper coming up. this was an important mission for them. looks like they'll get a lot of good science out of it going forward. >> clayton sandell, live for us in california this morning. thank you. ♪ well, there is less than a week of olympic competition left to go now. we start our update with the world's fastest man. >> and that's still usain bolt of jamaica. he defended his men's gold in the 100 meters by running the

second fastest time ever. his training partner and fellow jamaican, johan blake, came in second. american justin gatlin was third. meanwhile, on wimbledon's center court, it was andy murray brushing aside roger federer to win the gold title. he lost to federer just last month in the wimbledon tournament. after winning, murray called the tournament the best week of his career. and back on the track, it was sonya richards ross winning the first gold in the women's 400 meters. she did it in dramatic fashion. only taking the lead in the race in the final 50 meters. she adds her gold to the bronze she won in the same event four years ago in beijing. >> with that, here is the medal count. as we enter day ten of the games. china leads the u.s. by just one medal. the chinese have won two more golds than the americans.

and after a very successful weekend, great britain, much to the delights of the entire country, they're now in third with a total of 37 medals. and finally, michael phelps, he's entering the second day of his retirement from swimming. he finished up in london with four golds and two silver medals. >> along the way, he became the most decorated olympian ever. 22 medals, 18 of them gold. he says there's no way he'll be back. >> i can look back at my career and say i've done every i wanted. there's no need to continue and drag it out or force things. i'm happy. i'm satisfied. i went out the way i wanted to go out. it's time to move on. >> healthy attitude. he said he's going to stay active in swimming, promoting it whatever way he can. retired at 27. that sounds nice. so nice. he earned it. that's for sure. coming up next, "the pulse." going from olympic gold to striking it rich. >> gabby douglas, one of the

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i really care about these things, and i want to be doing what's best for my body and for my teeth. welcome back, everybody. time to check "the pulse" this morning, the stories you'll be talking about today. and we're going olympic-style this monday. >> we start with the blade runner. oscar pistorius of south africa. he won't be in today's men's 400-meter final. after finishing last in his

semifinal heat. >> he fought for the right to run in the first place. some said his artificial legs gave him an advantage. however, his games may not be over. he could be back on the track in a relay event. one of the more inspiring moments of the games watching him do his thing. >> no question about it. >> absolutely. and some olympians are already hearing the cash registers ringing thanks to endorsements. one who may not be cashing in is missy franklin. word is she'll forego endorsement deals to be able to swim in college and remain an amateur. >> but all-around gold medal gymnast gabby douglas has already inked a deal to be on the boxes of corn flakes. she could make up to $10 million in endorsements in the next few years. >> wow. >> it's amazing. the olympics catapults them. all that money rolls in. hope she gets good people around

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learned the hard way that there's more to winning than just scoring a goal. >> he had to make a public apology to his fellow airline passengers. here's abc's ron claiborne. >> reporter: from flight attendant freakouts like this american airlines worker. >> get out of my way! >> reporter: to steven slater's infamous bleep you to a rude passenger. and alec baldwin's words with a stewardess over a game of words with friends. to the general public baiehavin badly, we have grown accustomed to an impolite attitude on board. now a sew -- show of civility. >> my fellow travelers, today, i address you with great remorse. >> reporter: 17-year-old lacrosse player max breedlove was traveling to a tournament. he thought he could beat the first come, first seat system. by boarding before his group was called. he had no idea he was about to be busted. >> we have a young man we would

like him to apologize to the plane for cutting in line. >> reporter: it was then that a voice over the p.a. system asked him to come to the front of the plane. >> at first, i felt awkward. oh, come on. during the boarding process, i took advantage of this airline's kindness. while some of my teammates were called to the front of the line, i was not. and yet, i cut in line, i hope you will all find it in your hearts to forgive me, for i am just a young man that thinks i am smarter than i am. [ laughter ] enjoy your flight. and remember, fly southwest because they let my coach do this for me. >> thank you, max. >> he had a bad moment. we called him out on it. >> my coaches taught me a valuable lesson in life in a creative way. just be patient. >> i think he learned his lesson. no teenager likes to get embarrassed in front of his friends.

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good monday morning. august 6th, hope had you a great weekend. i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. we knew you had a great weekend, look at this tan, you were in hawaii, you look great. this morning we are learning more about the gunman who turned a peaceful sunday morning into a massacre at a sikh temple outside of milwaukee, wisconsin. >> the shootings are the work of a white supremacist or skinhead. t.j. winick joins us live. >> reporter: good morning. the fbi has taken the lead in this investigation. seven people in all killed at this temple behind me yesterday. three people