it was loud. >> and in new haven, connecticut, the family of annie le has filed a wrongful death lawsuito protect women on its campus. le was killed in a research lab in 2009. the university says the lawsuit has no merit. cnn's senior legal analyst jeff toobin will join us in a few minute with more about this case. >>> in parts of new york and new jersey hit hard by hurricane irene, there some are changes to the start of the school year. in new york, some delays. in newark, new jersey, concerns over mold means a temporary reassignment of students to other schools. >>> do you remember this guy? richard reid, the infamous shoe bomber. he plead guilty almost a decade ago for trying to ignite explosives in his shoes aboard an american airplane. he changed our security process forever. but guess what? there's a chance you may soon be able to leave your shoes on. former inspector general for the department of transportation joining us now via skype from charleston, south carolina. mary is this really going to happen? >> well, it's not happening right now. in the future, it will because what ts

as a result annie le died this very tragic death. >> he didn't have a criminal record. we basing this on? how should the university have known? >> there's a couple of answers to that. and i don't want to play all the evidence out here on television because our system is designed to have the evidence presented in the courtroom and not on tv. i will tell you that there is very strong evidence that yale in fact did know that this man was threatening to women in particular. and as matter of fact one of his supervisors at the lab where he murdered annie le was his brother-in-law and his sister also worked for yale. they both would have known about his dangerous propensities. and yale should have responded accordingly to prevent this from happening. mary, you've been a friend of the family for some time. at any point in the three years that she'd been at yale had annie complained of feeling unsafe as she said, anything about a specific threat at the university? >> that's a great question. she was very concerned about the safety at yale. she was involved in projects where she

the family of 24-year-old annie le filed a wrongful death law suit against yale.as found strangled to death in 2009. she was set to wed her fiance on that day. her family claims the school failed to protect women on campus. raymond clark is serving a 44-year sentence for the murder. he was the lab technician at yale. >>> a bay area man is accused of leaving his 1-year-old baby boy inside of a hot car. 47-year-old serge chelicoth is behind bars on $50,000 bail. witnesses reported seeing the child strapped into a car seat with the windows rolled up. when the witnesses reportedly confronted the father, he lowered the windows and returned to the pub. the baby boy is back with his mother. the father will face child cruelty charges during his arraignment tomorrow. ♪ >> it's a painful reminder of american history. this sunday marks the tenth anniversary of the september 11th attacks. and since then, countless men and women have decided to join the military. cheryl hurd talked with the father of a fallen soldier who is now dedicating his life to make sure no one forgets t

the family of annie le of placerville filed a lawsuit today. yale officials say there's no basis for the lawsuit and no additional security measures could have prevented the killing. the 24-year-old le was found strangled to death inside a lab on september 14th 2009. that is the date she was supposed to get married. a research technician in the same building raymond clark iii is now serving 35 years in prison for her murder. >>> it's the newest tourist attraction here in the bay area. we've been following the building of a huge statute called remember them. ever since the artist first started making it with 60,000 pounds of bronze. it's 21 feet high and it was officially unveiled today. the statute is located right next to the fox theater in oakland. janine de la vega is there now and shows us what that statute looks like. >> it is big and it's located here in a new uptown neighborhood. you can liken it to california's own version of mount rushmore because it shows the faces of heros and humanitarians. >> reporter: hundreds of people erupted in

annie le was a grad student in 2009 when she was killed at a lab at the ivy league school.he suit contends the university failed to adequately protect women on campus. yale officials say the suit has no merit. >>> and the suspect in the home invasion murder of a 96-year- old man will appear in court this afternoon. prosecutors say text messages connect 33-year-old juan cortinas to the 2009 saratoga murder. cortinas was already in custody on charges stemming from a july restaurant robbery in sunnyvale. >>> some people in richmond have had enough with banks that don't take care of foreclosed properties and some of those properties have literally become dumps with garbage and even dead animals. the bank is supposed to board up or maintain foreclosed homes or face fines of $1,000 a day. but city code enforcement officials say banks get around that by leaving the home you until the name of the foreclosed homeowner and neighbors say it's time to take action. >> we will foreclose on you. if you foreclose on you, we'll foreclose on you: we'll take our money out of bank. >> city cod

. >>> the family of yale graduate student annie le is filing a wrongful death suit claiming the universityomen on campus. le was killed in a research lab in 2009, her body found stuff inside a wall. school officials say the suit has no merit. >>> imagine going through airport security without taking your shoes off. it may soon be possible. the department of homeland security says new technology will allow them to drop the shoe removal requirement, but there's no word yet on when that will happen. >>> that's the news you need to start your day. "american morning" is back right after this. donahoe. >>> welcome back to "american morning." they are some of the most stunning pictures of the moon's surface that we have ever seen. check this out. nasa's lunar reconnaissance orbiter, launched back in 2009, captured these high-resolution images of the apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites. you can see the flags and the footprints. they're identified with a little bit of script. there you go. the astronauts made in much greater detail, along with the tracks from the moon buggy. the images were released

. >>> now an update of the family of annie le.he was killed by a technician in a research lab in 2005. for updates on these, go to cnn.com. >>> the government spending millions to dead people. we'll explain next. >>> it's about half past the hour. here is a look at the stories you may have missed. four people have died in texas wildfires. more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed since sunday. the biggest fire right now is in bass drop county. fires have been burning in texas now for nearly 300 days. >>> a major development in the kelly thomas case. a story we have been following closely. you may remember thomas is the homeless man in fullerton, california, beaten to death by police officers. the family and the attorney is set to have a news conference to release the medical records and release what may have killed thomas. that will be at the top of the hour. >>> a legal victory for italy for exchange student, amanda knox. the judge today turned down a prosecution request for new dna testing in the case. knox is fighting to have h