funeral services for heidi overmier and elizabeth began no gannon and jody billingsley funeral will be wednesday. all were at an aerobics class in a pittsburgh area la fitness when gunned down by george sodini. he ended the rampage committing suicide. >>> new dna tests show a texas man convicted for life in prison for a sexual assault may not have committed the crime. earnest sonjays is free after serving 23 years behind bars. a judge ordered him released in part because tests showed blood stains on the alleged vibts's plants could not have come from him. >> i always told, you know, people that knew me in prison, you know, that i was innocent. when you're in prison, you know, when you tell the same story, the first thing they say, you know, everybody, everybody say that. i used to be mad. but like, you know, to have -- the past is the past. >> he is the sixth convicted man released after results from the

been identified as 46-year-old heidi overmier, 49-year-old elizabeth gannon, and 38-year-old jody billingsley. >>> the father of missing florida girl hallie cummings has been arrested and charge with burglary and assault. he will appear in court today. putnam county officials say he was arrested after a fight with his wife's brother if they haven't said what the argument was about. cullings' wife misty was reportedly the last one to see 5-year-old haleigh cummings on february th. she said the little girl vanished after being tucked into bed in her father's mobile home. >>> police in idaho say the death of robert man well is being investigated as a homicide. they go on to say there's no evidence the 8-year-old was abducted by a stranger. >> the body of the boy found in the new york canal on monday has been positively identified this afternoon as that of 8-year-old robert manwell. preliminary results from the autopsy give us reason to believe that 8-year-old robert manwell's death was not an accident. >> now, a 7-year-old neighbor girl says she and robert played on the swing set on july 24th. t

. >> jody billingsley liked tending to her yard. >> she was nice and sweet and friendly. >> what are the loose ends here? police say they don't know for sure whether anyone even read george sodini's blog. the fbi is now looking into i. if someone had been reading it, authorities say they should have said something to somebody and then perhaps something could have been done to ease his debilitating, dangerous and now deadly pain. i'm john berman for "nightline" in bridgeville, pennsylvania. >> john berman reporting on a crime that's become all too familiar. our thanks. >>> changing gear, when we come back, an emotional homecoming for two american journalists and the delicate diplomacy that led to their safety. five co-workers are working from the road using a mifi, a mobile hotspot that provides up to five shared wifi connections. two are doloading the final final revised final presentation. - one just got an e-mail. - what?! - huh? - it's being revised again. the coilot is on mapquest. - ( rock music playing ) - and tom is streaming meeting psych-up music from meltedmetal.com. that's

community members came together to remember betsy gannon, a radiologist, 37-year-old, jody billingsley, a physical therapist, and heidi overmier, a single mother. two youtube videos and ought biographical website called crazy george, shed light on the gunman's lonely life. and his yearning to find love. >>> laurie drew has been told she can use the internet. the missouri woman accused of using myspace to harass a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide. convicted of related charges last fall. her conviction was thrown out last month. today a federal judge modified her bail so she could use computer and internet to find a new job. fire fighters responding to a house fire in the alexandria section of fairfax county got a surprise. the house contained dozens of snakes. the reptiles belong to a teenager who lives there. omostf the snakes died in the blaze. a few including a boa constrictor survived. the fire was accidental caused by an extension cord. >>> still ahead -- twitter goes back on line after a worldwide outage. but was your personal information ever at risk? a peek into your perso

gannon, overmeyer and 37-year-old jody billingsley were killed when 48-year-old george sadini openedire during an during an aerobics class. michael vick spoke at a meeting of the humane society of the united states near atlanta today. cameras were not allowed inside but those who attended the meeting told reporters that vick said he was sorry for what he did and that now he is a changed man. vick spent 23 months in jail for running a dogfighting ring out of his virginia home. car buyers and dealers are cashing in on that cash-for-clunkers program but car repair shops say it is costing them business. some shop owners and mechanics say people who would normally be getting their cars fixed are now buying new ones instead. >> because they're taking, say, a $2,000 car that's only worth $2,000 -- yeah, it might need $1,000 in repairs, but now they're getting $4,500 from the government, so why wouldn't you get rid of that car? >> yesterday president obama signed legislation extending the program into labor day. meteorogist steve rudin is here and i guess weshould enjoy this pretty pleasant

. >> jodie billingsley and elizabeth fwanen were killed. the third victim is heidi overmier but we don't have her picture to show you. police say he made a phone call around the time of the shooting, so they're looking for the person he might have called and anyone who might have known about his blog. >>> imagine you buy a great condo in a high-rise but out of 32 floors, you're the only tenant. that's what happened to one couple in fort meyer. that's left them very lonesome. >> i tell people at home and they say it's your own building. it sounds great, but, you know, it can be eerie at night. it's like a horror movie. >> some owners have been able to move into the sister building next door. they won't agree to let him swap out his unit. they're still working on i. the biggest worry is security. he checks the locks on the front doorses of the big building every night. i was reading a bunch of news articles about this. basically there's no trash chute. he ha to open and unlock the door when he comes in. he's got the whole pool to himself, but

it's paying tribute to the lives he cut short. 49-year-old betsy gannon, 37-year-old jody billingsley, a physical therapist and 46-year-old heidi overmier, a single mom. lives ended in a violent flash remembered today by those who loved them. as sodini's website contained additional information that is password protected, but it could be important as they continue their investigation. bridgeville, pennsylvania, brian moar, nbc news. >>> a vigil is scheduled for this evening in pittsburgh in memory of those three women killed in that shooting. >>> u.s. officials are still trying to secure the release of three americans detained in iran. the u.s. has no diplomatic ties with iran so swiss officials are handling the negotiations now. two men and a woman have been held since last week. kurdish police say they came upon the.n.s u citizens in foreign iraq friday. it's believed the americans went hiking near the border the next day and accidentally strayed into iran. most analysts believe iran will eventually release the americans, but it may take weeks of delicate negotiations. foreman presi

. >> the gunman murdered three well, elizabeth gannon, jody billingsley and heidi overmier. nine other people were injured. tonight three of them are in critical condition. there are many other clues to his rm page, clues left in the gunman's own words. jeanne meserve has more tonight on the killer's chilling online journal. >> reporter: george sodini was silent before taking his own life. but in his online diary the 48-year-old spoke volumes about the carnage he was to inflict. why do this to young girls, the journal begins. just read below. i kept a running log that includes my thoughts and actions. indeed, he did. he called his killing spree his project and it began months ago. on november 5th, 2008, he wrote, planned to do this in the summer but figured to stick around to see the election outcome. and in an entry from december 22nd, an apparent reference to the plot and the women at his gym. time is moving along. plan to have this done already. many of the young girls here look so beautiful as to not be human. very edible. the journal also reveals his desperation and lon

reporter: his victims, radiologist elizabeth betsy gannon, 49. 37-year-old physical therapist, jody billingsley, and 46-year-old single mom, heidi overmier. of the nine women injured by gunfire, three are still listed in serious condition. all are expected to survive. ann? >> all right, mike taibbi this morning. mike, thanks so much for your reporting. our best wishes to all of those who are still recovering from this. >>> there is some encouraging news this morning and it's about the economy. job layoffs are easing. new claims for unemployment benefits dropped more than expected last week to 550,000, and that is a drop of 38,000. the senate is expected to approve a $2 billion extension of the cash for clunkers program today. consumers would then have until labor day to trade in their gas guslers and get new car rebates of up to $4500. >>> and look at this. a dolphin near naples, florida, went on a people watching excursion on tuesday. the six foot long bottlenose jumped out of the water and landed on the deck of a woman's boat. passengers kept the dolphins wet until wildlife officials showed u

visitation for jody billingsley happens tomorrow. you can see women dressed in their gym clothes running on you of the building and into a restaurant next door. they pleaded for help and had an employee call 191 to try to help out. new york state police are retracing a mother's road trip up to the moment when she veered in to traffic killing herself and seven others. they're narrowing the time wlip for when diane shulller may have begun binge drinking. she was reportedly sober when she began her drive and officers say schuler was fine an hour late when she stopped at a mcdonald's, but the autopsy report says she had more than ten vodkas and was high on marijuana when she crashed just north of new york city killing herself, her 2-year-old daughter, her three young nieces and three men in an suv. her 5-year-old son survived the crash. >>> a cocaine controversy with billry mays. an autopsy says the drug contributed to his death. but mays' family is saying, wait a minute, they never saw signs of cocaine use and now they're thinking about

a visitation for jody billingsley happens tomorrow. >>> here is new surveillance camera video from outside that gym. can you see women dressed in their gym clothes running out of the building and into a restaurant next door. they pleaded for help and had an employee call 911. can you imagine? every time a tragedy like this happens we ask how, why, and what kind of person does something like this? neighbors and co-workers describe gunman george sodini as quiet, even unassuming. this is a forensic psychologist. doctor, thank you for joining us tonight. you say george sodini is not a psychopath. explain that to us. why do you say he's not a psychopath? >> you don't become 48 years old violent a stable job and live in a community without any overt psychiatric symptoms and be characterized as a psychopath. clearly what he did was pathological but i think he was an odd, isolated but relatively normal guy who did an unspeakable act. >> relatively normal? is there such a thing when people say? you're a functioning alcoholic or you're a functioning drug dealer, can you be a functioning psychopath?

a funeral for 37-year-old jody billingsley will take place on wednesday. all three were killed when gunman george sodini opened fire during a latin dance class. sodini shot and killed himself. >>> authorities are assessing all the damage from a reported tornado touchdown near minneapolis. the storm produced heavy rain and hail. lightning strikes in the storm are blamed for two fires. no injuries have been reported but several cars and buildings were damaged. power's been restored for thousands of customers. >>> there are tropical storm warnings out for hawaii. the national weather service reports hurricane felicia will likely weaken to just a tropical storm as it approaches the big island of hawaii. authorities still closing down beaches there and suggest residents prepare for heavy rains and the possibility of flash flooding. >>> still ahead, a fire truck crashing into a home. you'll hear why investigators think this mess could have been avoided. >>> plus new trouble on the road for the crash for clunkers program. that story coming up here on msnbc sunday

killed were heidi overmeir, 46; elizabeth gannon, 49; and jody billingsley 37.isa and stacy survived. >> i saw him shooting and the room. that's the image -- >> that will stay with us forever. >> reporter: it's an image sodini had been conjuring for mo than a year, described in an extraordinary murderous onlinebl. og why do this to young s,rl he asks? girls and women don't even give on smelod ec okywanre.he there is something blatantly wrong with me. no girl friend since 1984, no sex since july 1990. >> he clearly resented the women who had rejected him or resented women in general because they weren't willing or able to have a relationship with him. >> reporter: patricia cohen was a neighbor. erevne nw ke h t never knew he of i would have invited him over re. >> repter: in nember 2 ayheans snepl ay ss planned to do this in isd around tsee the eltion tick outcome. then in january he says i chickened out. i brought the loaded guns, everything, he t irbuthips trthd tbut his third trip to the gymf the diand after run throughs on monday, he did it. his last line is

there was a 46-year-old, elizabeth again, from pittsburg, and jody billingsley.s, i spoke to many members here, as was the shooter, and asked them if this changes the way that they live their life. one woman i spoke to was the are you angry today? >> no, i am just sad. i am sad that there are people in this world like that. what can you do besides pray for them? >> she says her life has changed forever, and so have many others because of this. jane: thank you. jon: now for a behind-the-scenes look at a new tool helping border patrol agents in mexico. it is a ford operating base. kids aged to faster access to the border, more time to patrol, and a place to rest. kris gutierrez is inside this new facility. so what is it like? >> welcome to the fob, the home away from home for these border agents. we are making our way out of the kitchen, into the living area. over here you can get internet access. they communicate with their families through e-mail here. you c@í even believe some stress here by working out. this is one of its kind in terms of fob's. the majority of

killing 36 haerld heidi obermier, a mom. 37-year-old jody billingsley and 49-year-old elizabeth gannon who worked at a local hospital. her friends are in disbelief. >> she can't be gone. it couldn't have happened that way. >> you couldn't ask for a better friend. >> reporter: in a note, sodini complains he never spent a weekend with a girl, never lived with a woman, and only had sex a few times. a prayer vigil is planned for tonight in honor of the three women killed and the nine who were injured. maggie? >> susan koeppen. thank you, susan. joining us now is patricia cohen, who lived across the street from the killer for the past 12 years. patricia, good morning to you. >> good morning, maggie. >> i know that you and your fiance bob lived directly across the street. now to find out this man, george sodini, was essentially the killer next door, what is that like for you? >> really devastating. just knowing that he was doing the things that he did and the journal he was keeping, to say he was going out for young girls and knowing what he said on july 23rd about my daughter, it's just so

. >> reporter: jody billingsley, 38, liked biking and tending to her yard. >> she was a beautiful girl. very sweet. very nice. very friendly. >> reporter: as for survivors, mary, the instructor, 10 weeks pregnant. she was shot twice. once in the shoulder and once in the back. her husband said she played dead, knowing she couldn't make it past sodini. instead, she focused on holding her breath. once she got to the hospital, her husband didn't know if she would make it. but thankfully she and the baby survived. >> it's scary to see her like that. but it was good to see she was awake and breathing right. >> reporter: and their unborn child, too. at least one happy ending to this tragic tale. people have been dropping off flowers here at the gym since yesterday. and there is a much larger candlelight vigil planned for tonight. diane? >> all right, john. our thanks to you. >>> as we said, a psychiatrist is looking at the tape right now, to see if there are lessons to be learned. >>> we turn, though, to that emotional scene yesterday. the two, american journalists, returning to california, w

reporter: his victims, radiologist elizabeth betsy gannon, 49. 37-year-old physical therapist, jody billingsley, and 46-year-old single mom, heidi overmier. nine other women were injured by gunfire. three of them still listed in serious condition. all are expected to survive. lester? >> mike taibbi this morning. thank you. connie monick's sister heidi overmier is one of the women killed in that shooting. she is with us now exclusively. connie, good morning. thank you so much for coming on with us. we appreciate it. >> good morning. >> heidi's co-workers had noted that the minute they heard the shooting at la fitness they worried that she might be there. did you have the same concern? >> yes, i did. as soon as my brother had called and said that there was an incident there, i knew heidi had been just recently really gotten into this dance class that she had been at when the accident had occurred. >> and you know, we hear so many of these shootings in places that we wouldn't expect. when you heard about this, how do you process it? how do you process your own peace of mind? >> well, we just reall

heidi overmeyer, elizabeth gannon, and jodie billingsley, a 48-year-old woman, all of them living aroundsuburb of pittsburgh. nine other women were shot. this bhan was a member of the gym. he had gone in there twice before with a loaded gun, plotted to shoot women in that very exercise room and as he put it chickened out. last night about 8:15, about 15 minutes into the dance class, he walked in there, stood in the back of the room, reached into his bag, turned the lights off and began shooting. and of course mass chaos ensued. trace: i want to go over some of the stuff you have been reporting all day, rick. he said women just don't like me. he goes on to say he hadn't had a date since 2008, that he hadn't had sex in 19 years. he says there are 30 million desirable women in the united states, and i cannot find one of them. clearly, this guy was off balance. >> well, he said he hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984 and he couldn't figure out why. he thought that he was normal. and good looking. and i guess a catch. but when you read what he wrote on that blog, it paints a very different pict

last night a memorial service was held for 49-year-old betsy gannon, a radiologist. 37-year-old jody billingsleya physical therapist, and 46-year-old heidi overmier, a single mother. meanwhile, two youtube videos and an autobiographical website called crazy george is shedding more light on the gunman's lonely life and his yearning to find love. >> well, let's hope the redskins can get healthy before the season begins. the injured players' list seems to get longer and longer. >> dan hellie has your sports minute. >> good morning, everybody, your sports minute starts with the redskins at training camp where injuries are starting to pile up. santana moss felt a tug on his hamstring and sat out the afternoon practice yesterday. meanwhile, second year receiver devin thomas tweaked his hammy again on the first play of team drills. it's the same hamstring he hurt last year. for now, thomas is the leading candidate to start opposite of santana moss. >>> in baseball, the nationals completed a three-game sweep against the marlins, all star ryan zimmerman went 4 for 4 with three rbi, leading the nats to a