president of a west virginia energy company is pleading guilty to charges stemming from the chemical spill that left 300,000 people without water. at a freedom industries facility in charlestonwest virginia, it sent the toxic chemical into the river. robert has more on today's hearing, and robert, what kind of punishment is this gary southern facing? >> reporter: well, you know in court today, the judge said that he could face 30 days, or up to three years. we'll see when the sentencing comes down in mid december, and $300,000 in fines. and if you look at it, that's about 1 dollar per amount of people that couldn't drink water for weeks here in charleston, west virginia. 300,000 that is. and we have been trying to talk to mr. southern since this all went down in 2014. this is the guy that famously came out in a press conference last year with a bottle of water, and as reporters were asking questions to him, he kept drinking the water when all of the people here couldn't drink it or bathe in it. quite an ego he has, so we decided to do a little full full-court pressure ofull-court. >> we're not going to be talking to the media. >> mr. southern, are you the example of a greedy

after that he came to mississippi for a book festival and then he went to charleston virginia, we had an event and fundraiser one night and he is very generous. he's a red sox fan, i'm not, i mcardle fan, we both hate the yankees so we have some common ground somewhere. a lot of booktalk, lotta baseball talk, gossipy talk about other writers, yes other writers, yes he's my buddy. host: you mentioned e-books and the popularity with the e-books, as a writer do you profit off of an e-book? guest: not as much as i should. i have a very nice deal with random house. it's a better deal than what most writers have, most writers don't get enough from the world of e-books, i'm not complaining. but it's something that writers are continually looking at, having split the time with an e-book, was it fair breakdown what should amazon get question mark which of the publisher get, what should the writer get? amazon wants more, the writers want more, so it's an ongoing battle that has not been decided yet. personally i can't complain, most writers are not getting enough. amazon can make a strong argum

virginia. robert ray, al jazeera, charleston, west virginia. >> meanwhile the epa is opening a recovery center in durango to help residents deal with a toxic spill there. the boaters are back out on the water now that it is clear. for two weeks sludge from a former mining site turned the river orange, the river is now safe for recreation but people should avoid drinking the water. gusting dry winds are kicking up dozens of wildfires across the west, and cruz are struggling to keep up. and in washington state 200 active service members are fighting the wildfires. >>> dozens of homes have been destroyed east of seattle. and entire towns have been forced to evacuate. >> the mastiff mobilization includes an aerial assault from firefighters. smoke jumpers leaping into rugged burning terrain in idaho while planes in oregon tackle dangerous flames. in california the fires are punishing. 300 homes are threatening santa margarita. resources are stretched nationwide as they fight blazes. but relief is on the way. soldiers from washington state have been called in to help. for some it's simply too late.

the high temperature comparison saturday, 70's around the great lakes, 86 in charleston, west virginia. we are watching the cold front, this next front affecting us monday. it's so far west that it's a long time before gets here. also, a little bit of cloud cover, scattered showers, possible thunderstorms. more clouds expected tomorrow. the temperatures up, still comfortable humidity levels. monday, the heat will pickup, the community will be up, but not enough winter for widespread showers and storms. backing up, restart the forecast, overnight tonight, a closer view. the worth 50's at the crack of dawn -- lower 50's at the crack of dawn, beautiful for running. temperatures, the community still comfortable, 88, 90 in some spots. , the beach boys tomorrow. if you have picnic plans before the show begins at 3:00 am in the shade just fine, but during the show what will be warm. you will want to have the sunglasses and sunscreen. arrived front, set to monday. we will need the help of the thentains to spark up and th widespread showers and thunderstorms. we are hard-pressed to get anything

. >> he talks about the charleston shooting, virginia tech, as well. adam went to h.r. with me one time. >> i remember dillen ruth saying he wasn't crazy, he was just racist. is he racist? >> which person? he feels like he's the victim of racism hiesh. frequently and typically, they're people who live alone, don't have lots of friends, don't have support systems in their lives. and they don't have people around to give them a reality check. he had said that this was about race. but you don't think that race played a role here? why is that? >> i had some time to think about that. we were discussing this earlier with wolf. i felt that this was a larger issue, as opposed to an issue just of race. i think certainly, did it play a role in this person's mind? clearly. but the larger issue is it played a role in someone's very sick mind. certainly mental health has to be a part of this. >> here's a guy who has repeeted frustrations of failures of life. he gets to the point where life is miserable. he feels he's been mistreated and he wants some pay back. you can't force someon

head all the way west to the ohio valley to see clouds raising in towards pittsburgh and charleston west virginia cloud cover will arrive for the second half of the weekend. for tomorrow high pressure is anchored just to the east. that means winds will start to turn out of a southerly direction on saturday. still a lot of sun. a tad more humid but not bad. 88 degrees. and then in high starts to pavement low pressure develops just off of our coast and then another low pressure carving its with through the great lakes between the two low low pressures we're kind of squeeze played so we'll see a lot of degree clouds here on sunday. still a decent amount of sun but a very filtered sky with that milky white appearance. more humid with that high temperature of 90 degrees. at the shore if you're heading there for this weekend the ocean is still warm in the 70's. saturday sunny and beautiful, 82 degrees. sunday 84 under partly sunny skies and if you're heading to the poconos, this last weekend before labor day weekend, 78, low humidity, just a few clouds saturday and on sunday very warm, 81 degrees with

robert ray, al jazeera, charleston, west virginia. >> a 17-foot wide sinkhole in florida is said to be refilled today. it's in the same spot where a man died two years ago. he was asleep when the floor collapsed beneath him in 2013. his body was never recovered. the property has been fenced off, the house demolished and hole filled in. the sinkhole reopened because of heavy rain and severe dry spots that caused the ground to weak june a decade after hurricane katrina tore through new orleans, the government claims widespread success in rebuilding the city. residents say many of them have been left behind. >> even 10 years later, abandoned homes and overgrown lots are easy to spot across new orleans joanne incredible amount of change. >> the mayor said the city's all out war on blight is working, cleaning the most visible scars from the storm. >> we've taken blight down faster in this city than anywhere else in america. we created a public forum for citizens to come to. >> following cat arena, city leaders estimated there were more than 45,000 blighted properties in new orleans. in five

the killers in colorado, charleston, connecticut, and now virginia all young men who had few restraintstheir lives. if you do not believe in anything, anything goes. so the next time you hear a pundit saying gun control or stricter mental health monitoring or whatever else they come up with is going to stop the senseless murders of human beings, no, you are being deceived. only a society that insists all human life is valuable and a mass media that promotes the message of that will begin to see a turn away from violence. it's all about the philosophy of loving your neighbor, not the myth that centralized government can preevent barbaric behavior. it cannot. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction. joining us now from boston dr. karen ruskin a psychotherapist and dr. keith ablow a psychiatrist. dr. ablow, what say you? >> bill, i will have to agree in general with you because the truth is that psychiatry itself has strayed away from its spiritual roots. the two things aren't entirely different. what are we doing with really good psychotherapy and even the use of medi

high pressure controls, just east of the charleston, west virginia.hat will continue to pull on down to the south east, over the next 12 to 24 hours. so surface maps look like this coastal low which brought clouds to the new jersey shore yesterday, now it is pulling off to the north east in the canadian mar times. they will see rain out there. coastal maine, and, rough surf out there as well. but for us back here in the delaware valley, all is quite it this sunday morning. we will see slight breeze out of the northwest. that is bit. for monday we are tracking this storm right here. this is a potent area of low pressure which will create severe weather for high planes in the heart land of the nation. that will weaken as it moves east but is there still quite a bit of energy associated with this as it pulls through. we will watch this closely. it can spawn severe weather come tuesday afternoon. that front sits overtop of us. now good news with this front is once this crosses the area regardless of whether we see severe weather, air behind this is nice a

he latches on to the charleston case and virginia tech, copying those things as his method for revenget there's a rubric of revenge that overlies this action here, and i'm sure it goes into deeper psychotic, you know, discussions that the doctor can give you. >> what do you make of the filming of all this horror? we have the pictures. it's done on live tv. maybe on purpose. he knew they were out there doing a live shoot. he also knew he was going to come out there with his cell phone and film the whole thing. he wanted everybody -- we're not going to show it here. some networks may. he wanted everybody to see the act of murder. >> well, three things, chris. he's in the business. he was a reporter. he filmed things. he was an anchor in one of the stations. so he was in the news business. so that's a natural forum. second, it's just a technology revolution, everybody's filming everything. we're filming the police officers. police officers are filming us. everybody's filming everything. but the third thing, he wants that word out. he wants his side of the grievances out. he wants to put i

however, if you look down to charleston and roanoke, virginia, underneath that warm front dewpoints are in the 70's and that's the air mass we'll be dealing with tomorrow. once that warm front lifts through. so, future tracker showing as we head through the overnight hours, we'll have a combination of that warm front combining with moisture from the atlantic and something also known as a low level jet. it's a ribbon of air about 5,000 feet in the atmosphere. it helps transport moisture and provides some lift to support storms so we could have a very stormy early start to the morning commute on tuesday. so, this is what's a heads. some late night storms with heavy downpours, could cause some localized flooding and also vivid lightning. dogs and children maybe weeing you up in the wee hours of morning. i'll talk more about that and what's behind that system in the full accuweather forecast. monica. >> thank you cecily. >>> before you head out the door be sure to check 6abc.com/weather. there you'll find live satellite and rada radar imagery matches. remember to follow our team of meteorol

. >> reporter: it has been a year and a half in the making since west virginia residents here in charlestonnine counties were affected by a chemical spill that went into the elk river. five executives pled guilty already, and the main guy gary southern has pled guilty to charges. we caught up with him and his attorney as they walked into the court a little earlier. are you the example of a greedy executive who doesn't care about people? >> sir, excuse us. >> reporter: even those the executives have pled guilty and will face fines and possible jail time, many people still want answers from government agencies. they wonder why the entire area smelled of licorice, and why some of still having nausea. >>> meanwhile in colorado the epa is opening a recovery center near durango to help residents deal with a toxic spill there. boaters are back out on the waterway now that it is clear again. for two weeks toxic sludge spilled from a former mining site turning the river orange. officials say people should still avoid drinking the water. >>> crews in alaska are still searching for men who were swept

the shooting complaining of racism and bullying, referencing shootings at columbine, virginia tech, and in charleston. the church shooting was the tipping point, he writes, "but my anger has been building steadily. i've been a human powder keg for a while, just waiting to go boom." flanagan had been fired from wbdj 7 two years ago taking the news so badly police had to be called. >> he was sort of looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to. and eventually, after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. >> reporter: in a statement today plan began's family says it's with heavy hearts and deep sadness we send our deep condolences to the victims. they are praying for the recovery of vicki gardener and add words cannot express the hurt we feel for the victims. >> hallie jackson, thanks. we're learning more about the two young victims killed. details from co-workers, friends and loved ones that watch in horror and somehow found the stleb strength to report on a tragedy involving then own. >> reporter: alison and adam were a team working together every morni

the shooting, complaining of racism and bullying, referencing shootings at columbine, virginia tech, and in charleston. "the church shooting was the tipping point," he writes, "but my anger has been building steadily. i've been a human powder keg for a while just waiting to go boom." flanagan had been fired from wdbj 7 two years ago taking the news so badly police had to be called. >> he was sort of looking out for people to say things that he could take offense to. he -- and eventually, after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. >> reporter: nbc news has obtained court documents showing adam ward, one of the victims, videotaped part of flanagan's violent outburst the day he was fired. for investigators here this hits home. the local sheriff had been watching this morning's broadcast when the shooting happened and had just been interviewed by alison and adam a few weeks ago. lester? >> hallie jackson tonight, thanks. and we are learning a lot more about these two young victims killed. many of the details coming from their co-workers, friends, and loved ones who watched in

brings in columbine and virginia tech and charleston. he's not after only them.he's after everybody else and like clint said, he'll film it, broadcast it. proud of it. he wants you to be on his side and will die. you're going the find out he was right in the final analysis. of course he wasn't. that's what he's trying to prove. a sad, sad case for journalists. you know, we are proud of all of our journalists in democracy. this is heartbreaking to see it happen. it is interesting to see what else the investigation turns up. is there anything else we could have done to stop it? maybe there will not be. >> these two reporters simply doing their job another innocent civilian simply participating in an interview ambushed in cold blood. jim, clint, anthony, stay with us. the final act of photo journalism of adam ward and the social media on all of this. stay with us. do you like the passaaadd? it's a good looking car. this is the model rear end event. the model year end sales event. it's year end! it's the rear end event. year end, rear end, check it out. talk about tu

vester flanagan says he was motivated by the racism he saw in the charleston church shootings...and that he admired the work of the virginia tech and columbine shooters. he talked at length about his decision....in a 23 page fax sent to abc news....but the seven on your side i-team has also done some digging to find out more about the shooter. we've learned flanagan went by the name bryce williams on air. we know the 41-year-old worked at at least six television stations in his career....although his linked in page indicates he never spent more than two years with any company. seven on your side found court records that show flanagan sued two of his former employers...includi ng w-d-b-j - in a recent dispute over wages following his dismissal. he also sued a florida station owned by our parent company - sinclair broadcasting in 2000...claiming discrimination after working there one year. both cases were dimissed. flanagan shed some light on his motive based on that detailed document sent to abc...in which he calls the virginia tech shooter "his boy"...saying he put down a deposit on a gun after the charleston church shooti

facts complained of racism, bullying and referenced the shootings at columbine, virginia tech, and, most recently, charleston. "the church shooting was the tipping point but my anger has been building steadily. i've been a human powder keg for a while, just waiting to go boom." the two journalists he killed were a team. >> if i walked into the office in the morning and the first person i saw was either adam or alison, i got a smile on my face because they were always that way. >> reporter: both grew up in the area and both found love at the station. the shock and sadness of today still surrounds the station and the community. the head of the local chamber of commerce, vicki gardner, at last check remains in stable condition. she is expected to recover. in moneta, virginia, dave wagner, nbc news, back to you. >> as we mentioned, alison parker and adam ward were in relationships with colleagues. their significant others each have ties to our area. tonight, one of them issued a statement on social media. melissa ott posted on facebook earlier to want, ott was engaged to photographed a dr adam ward. she started

virginia tech and columbine shooters. williams, an african-american, points to the charleston church massacre. he says the church shooting was the tipping point. i have been a human powder ker for a while waiting to go boom. he claims he was the target of racism in the workplace and previous employers blocked him from getting a job. writing, i tried to pull myself up from the bootstraps, but nothing. it does not work that way. meds? it's too much. for more on the shooting and the gunman's troubled history, let's bring in brian todd in roanoke, virginia. >> reporter: alison and miguel, we have more information on the shooting. authorities say he left this location and drove to the roanoke regional airport where he switched cars. he drove nearly 200 miles up to route 66. heading east to washington when a state trooper spotted him through the license plate of the car. the trooper approached him. he refused to stop. he went off the road and they observed a self inflicted gun shot wound. investigators were able to track his movements through his cell phone. we have new threads in the investigation

let's go to mark in charleston, west virginia, independent line. caller: good morning.nks for having me. for every one is of these killings that make big headlines nationaly, there are literally 10,000, maybe more, all you have to do is go to youtube and download the videos of lesser incidents of police brutality. there are so many videos now with the widespread use of cell phone cameras. you can literally download, i don't know -- one time i spent eight hours, i was sick with the flu, and literally spent eight hours watching nothing but video after video of police brutality than thedegrees killings you hear about. i was wantingnt to make is i'm a physician's assistant, and there's no doubt in my mind that we need to test these police for a legal steroid use -- illegal steroid use, which would explain scientifically some, not all, of their aggressive behavior. , a last point i want to make couple of colors back, he made a really valid point -- other races have not had to go through what blacks have had to go through. to compare asians that come over successfully, that's

in a 23-page fax, the killer praises mass killings like columbine and virginia tech, and says the recent racist shooting in charleston was the tipping point. my inker has been building steadily. keg, for a while. >>> a one-time tv reporter turned killer would have one last appearance, seen dying on a stretcher en route to a hospital. flanagan was pronounced dead at the hospital this afternoon. police say he bought two glock handguns in july and they're trying to determine if he was after the tv station specifically or specifically wanted to targets that reporter and photographer. >>> and people who knew alison parker and adam ward, said they were go-getters, already making a name for themselves. ray villeda has more. >> they were killed on live television. tonight we're hearing about the moments after the shooting and how their loved ones found out. outside the wdbj 7 in roanoke, virginia, a growing tribute. in nearby churches, vigils for the two murdered journalists. wen date night alison parker's boyfriend remembers the last words. >> she texted me good night, sweet boy. >> after that text, a life-changing phone ca

charleston, the movie theaters. you name it. sit's got to stop. >> virginia medical officials say parker and ward were both shot in the head. as for ward, his funeral arrangements will be set. his ceremony to celebrate his life is scheduled for tuesday. >>> coming up on news 4 new york at noon, fallout following the ashley madison website hack. who's out at the company. and the great hair debate. what donald trump did during campaign event to prove he does not wear a toupee. here at humana, we value sticking with things. when something works, people stick with it. more people stick with humana medicare advantage. cause we stick with them. humana medicare advantage. the plan people stick with. >>> final good-byes today for a security guard killed last week on the job. he was gunned down at a federal office build g on varic street. the private memorial takes place this afternoon. last night, many friends and co-work co-workers remembered the father of three as an incredible human being. >>> in georgia, a university student is dead following a shooting on campus. the school says christopher stark, a junior from the atlan

charleston he would look like defeat. if he came back into the field without extra men, he would not be able to fight greene again. cornwallis decided he would go into virginia and take a british army that was in virginia. he took command of the british army of virginia and then ultimately ended up at yorktown, surrendering to the forces of the continental army. general greene would still remain command in the southern and he would ultimately march as a conqueror into charleston, s.c.. the city of greensboro is named for nathanael greene. we have this wonderful statue behind me of general greene on the horse at the time of the revolutionary war. general greene was one of the major heroes of the revolutionary war. -- his conduct in the war was exemplary. he was able to put men in the field and keep them into the field, and the militia saw the general greene was not going to sacrifice their lives meaninglessly. hadowing the war, greene not only the respect of the generals and politicians, but the respect of all the common militia soldiers involved in the war. general greene stopped what would have been a total british victory in the south. general greene was t

suicide note sent to abc news, he praised past mass killings like virginia tech and columbine, and says the racist shooting in charleston and a black church was why he acted now. why did i do? i put down a deposit for a gun on june 19th. the church shooting in charlest on happened on june 17th. >> this gentleman was disturbed in some way of the way things had transpired at some point in his life. it would appear things were spiralling out of control. >> reporter: shock across the local virginia area where the shooting happened. and across the nation. all the way to the white house. >> this is another example of gun violence that is becoming allutoo common in communities large and small. >> reporter: friends o athe suspect say they're sad the one-time aspiring repenter who would at times cover as one-time news man. >> he's not the kind of monster, not the one i knew.oevidently something snapped in his mind. i don't know. >> after fleeing the shooting scene, police tracked him using technology, including license plate readers. several patrol cars followed him and closed in. he drove off the highway into a ditch and shot h

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virginia tech shoot calling him his boy. he also mentions the shooters in the columbine high school massacre and the charleston church shootings calling them heroes. lucy? >> chris, we are learning more tonight about the victims. reporter alison parker and photojournalist adam ward parker had just turn 24 years and was dating chris hurst who's an anchor at the tv station. ward was engaged to the morning show's producer melissa ott who watched from the control room as all of this played out. today was ott's last day at the station she was heading to new job. meanwhile parker's father has spoken with the washington post. he said that his wife first learned of shooting in a text message from the station. he says they didn't know their daughter's condition but they feared the worst when they did not hear from her. he told the post quote, my grief is unbearable. the third person shot this morning vicky gardner she has survived. parker was interviewing her about toy tourism when the shots rang out. gardner is the executive director of the smith mountain lake regional chamber of commerce. she's in stable condition after under going e

leak that put the unpronounceable chemical that has never been tested, into the charleston water supply, again in west virginia, have been charged and several of them have pled guilty. the jensen brothers, perhaps the most sympathetic because they had a really smart lawyer. sold cantaloupe infest evidence with listeria. they met guilty but didn't serve any jail time. but still those two food prosecutions have convinced the industry, thank goodness, because we're not implementing a food safety modernization act -- that if you hurt people, people get sick off the food that you send out, you can face criminal charges. there's some common characteristics here. i just want to run through them quickly because my ultimate goal is to make these kinds of behaviors a component of the guilty mind you need to have to be prosecuted for a crime. they're very widespread you. see them when you look deeply into all of these incidents, and there have been thousands of pages of very detailed, very careful, very objective reports, have been written about each incident. you look into them, you can gather a few threads in your hand

in it he blames today's violence on the charleston church shootings, praising the columbine and virginia tech shooters, claiming he was a victim of sexual harassment and bullying at work, picked on for being a gay black man. yes it will sound like i'm angry. i am. and i have every right to be. but when i leave this earth, the only emotion i want to feel is peace. the church shooting was the tipping point. i've been a human powder keg for a while just waiting to go boom. as you might imagine, the violence has left this town in shock. >> rick leventhal, thank you. joining us, alison parker's boyfriend and coworker chris hurst and her father. thank you for being here tonight. let me start with you, andy. how did you find out this morning that something had happened to alison? >> megyn, someone from the station, one of the producers sent us a text that said there were shots fired and they hadn't heard anything from alison. they didn't know if anyone was hurt. but, you know, something had happened. and you know, my daughter calls me every day, or called me every day. she was, you know, she lo

saying he was motivated by the racism shown in the recent charleston church shooting and expressing admiration for the guantanamo in the virginia tech and the columbines many kers. -- columbines massacres. the colleagues are forced to mourn as they continue covering the news. >> we are in a state of shock here. you can hear people behind us in the newsroom crying. it's hard to -- >> it's really hard to even comprehend. jeff: parker's boyfriend the wdbj evening anchor tweeted the heartbreak and a picture calling alison the most radiant movie he ever met and consoling adam ward's fiancÉe who worked as a producer at the station. >> i can't tell you much they were loved by the wdbj7 team. they both were in love with other members of the team here. our hearts are broken. jeff: vicki gardner the tourism official who was being interviewed by ward and parker this morning was also injured during this shooting. she remains in stable condition surrounded by family and friends at an area hospital. live in moneta, virginia, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. kimberly: now after a short chase, the shooter vester flanagan was caught in northern virgin

administration for our mad shooters, including the ones at virginia tech and columbine high school, but his final motivation was the june charleston church massacre. in that shooting nine people were at a bible study at a historic african-american church, gunned down by a white gunman. the letter says, in part, quote, the church shooting was the tipping point, but my anger has building steadily. i've been a human powderkeg for a while, just waiting to go boom. in recent weeks, someone using the name bryce williams has been calling abc news to ask for the fax number. today at 8:26 a.m., that fax arrived at abc from someone named bryce williams. about 10:00 a.m., more than three hours after the shooting, someone identifying himself as bryce called to say he had shot two people and the police were after him. >> the fax arrived well after the shooting took place. evan perez, thank you so much. >>> investigators are trying to trace every move that gunman made, trying to understand why he would want to take these two young lives. we're going to speak about how they're developing the idea of a motive next. >>> >>> but first wall street s

what we are understanding is he referenced the charleston shootings as a trigger. he also mentioned the virginia tech shootings and the columbine shootings. the quote i saw from it was -- the church shooting was the tipping point, but my anger has been building. i've been a human powderkeg, waiting to go boom. >> thank you for being here, saying the kind words. we appreciate that. >> thank you. >>> they were not beginners, but they were at the beginning of their careers. both of them had big plans personally and professional. we have a closer look at their lives, joe. >> alison and adam were special people. while it's been a supremely sad day, but we've also been thinking about their talents. alison was smart, dedicated to her work. adam was a capable photographer, going the extra mile to get the job done. extremely plight. he always said yes, ma'am and sir, even after he considered you a friend, and the two of them had a lot in common. >> think worked together, both alison parker and adam ward were natives. >> alison grew up in martinsville, adam in salem. she loved the outdoors. adam attended

charleston. he also made reference to the murders at virginia tech several years ago. he said the shooter there was "my boy" like someone he admired. and he spoke about that shooter as having killed more people that were killed at colombine by dylan klibold and aaron harris. was he studying other mass murderers or killers? >> reporter: nothing -- i haven't had a chance to review the entire i believe it's 23 page fax that he sent. but what is striking about the virginia tech comparison is in this part of virginia, that particular crime shook everybody. just about everybody knows somebody who went to v.t. in blacksburg. it is not that far from here. so that is a very unsettling comparison. again still no word on where he might have been going. his social media posts kind of cut off after the police caught up with him. and he ended up shooting himself and dying in the hospital. but no word on who he might have been modelling himself after just yet. but who knows what else is out there. >> unbelievable. >> online. >> peter, thank you for that update. we'll take it around t

he put the initials of the charleston church shooting victims on the bullets that he used today. he praised the virginiamass killer, the columbine high school killers. he says he was being attacked for being a gay black man. he shot three white people today. >> right. >> why is that not a hate crime? >> well, because of the fact that the workplace violence offender is clearly delusional. they make up their own sense of reality and they struggle with their sense of identity. so they don't like who they are. they make up something that will envision them as a victim, as the quintessential victim. it's a finger pointing. now, hate crime is something where he clearly was motivated by sense of race, color or creed. >> but he was. he says that the charleston church shootings were his tipping point. >> right. the tipping point for attention seeking. he saw the attention that was received from that shooter all over the country. and that particular shooter was glorified on the news, in his eyes. that's why he picked this time of the day to shoot these two people. >> you say he's not a sociopath and that was this

abc says he cited the charleston massacre as his tipping point and reportedly praised the virginia tech shooter. today, governor terry mcauliffe brought up virginia tech on wtop radio. he said it's time to strengthen gun background checks. >> think of virginia, we had one of the worst tragedy is ever at virginia tech. we had a horrible history. common sense. the answer to the blogger, yes, i keep trying, but it doesn't see the light of day doesn't get through the jeep assembly, doesn't get through the house of delegate, they don't want any changes. >> mcauliffe says he will continue to pressure the general assembly to take up that issue. >>> we are also learning more about those two young journalists that were killed and their professional lives brought them happy inspects their personal lives. wendy rieger with that side of the story. >> if you've ever worked in a small office you know what it's like, your co-workers quickly become your family. that's how it is in most news rooms, especially the smaller markets where people are young and just starting their careers. the public learned

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was motivated by the shooting in the church in charleston, south carolina and what sent me over the top was my church shooting. flanagan called the virginia tech mass killer his boy and expresses admiration for columbine high school killers saying i have been a human powder keg for a while saying anger has been building steadily. >> they worked together every morning for a little over a year and colleagues say they both came into work with smiles on their faces. parker's boyfriend tweeted they were very much in love and had just moved in together and had plans to get married. the couple recently celebrated an anniversary. >> when we had our six month anniversary she made this scrap book and put all of the pictures for the first six months. >> adam ward was engaged to a producer in the control room when those shots were fired. her colleagues were going to celebrate her new job before the two moved away. the last journalist to get killed in the united states was in oakland. editor and chief of the oakland post. he was ambushed while going to work in 2007. bailey was targeted because of his reporting on the financial dealings of a business.

how many massacres do we have to have at virginia tech or church shootings in charleston or movie theater shootings in lafayette, louisiana, or shooting of journalists here in roanoke before the public cries out and says what it is that they want us to do. we just haven't reached a consensus on this in america in my opinion. >> it is interesting what you say about these tabloid covers though, mr. mayor. you say in some way maybe they can show the horror of gun violence and maybe something will be done? >> i guess, again, i would say that was the effect that matthew brady had 150 years ago on the american public. they're horrible pictures, i would guess. i've not seen them. the shooting itself was live on television here in roanoke. i didn't see it. i saw the film afterwards. it's horrible and sickening and maybe it will cause us to think about the horror of gun violence in our country and how it seems to be more and more prevalent. and innocent people are dying. i knew alison parker. i knew of adam ward. i didn't deal with them as closely. she was bright and intelligent and she just had a

basis for all of their complaints and anger and we saw that in charleston and unfortunately seen it in my own home state here of virginiam: the much deeper question, we can't cover here in a couple of minutes. this business about are we becoming -- do we value life less now? is social media, hollywood, you know, xbox games, what is it? is our culture changing to the point we don't value life as we used to? >> i think our culture is rejecting absolutes in general. most americans, i'd like to believe, believe there is such a thing as truth and absolutes and that life is sacred, from the womb to the tomb as we say. but i think there are a lot of people who are rejecting that notion that everything is up for grabs, and that includes life itself, and maybe being famous is more important than doing what is right toward one fellow human beings. it's a sad direction which we're going and frankly a dangerous direction that in other cultures led to mass genocide, and some people think america could be poised to face the same problems if we don't rein it in and come back to truth of the founding father, truths are unchanging becau