>> susan, live with us this morning from collier township. we thank you so much. >>> joining us now also is richard walker, who was at the gym when the shooting started. good morning. >> good morning. >> what did you hear first? and then what did you see thereafter? >> i heard -- it was a couple of gunshots. you wouldn't think they were gunshots. seen two kids run into the gym. next thing you know, we kept playing the basketball game. five seconds later, nine more gunshots went on, screaming and everybody. 20 or 30 kids started running in the gym. >> there were kids present as well then last night in this gym? >> yes, there was, several kids. >> right. soon thereafter then, you start to see people who are clearly wounded. what did you do then? >> once everybody started evacuating the gym, i seen one victim that was shot in the leg. picked her up and carried her about 50 yards from -- outside the gym. >> was she wounded pretty severely? >> yeah. at that time, she was. she was losing lots of blood. it looked pretty bad. >> yeah. what was she sa

fitness in collier kounship in western pennsylvania just south of pittsburgh. these pictures from wtae. we're going to continue to follow these for you. there's also more breaking news on top of you tonight. at this moment, euna lee and laura ling are air born. here they are in the tarmac after almost five months in north korean captivity. finally they're on their way back home. their release and pardon, secured by the former president today. his trip and talks with north korean dictator described as a humanitarian mission. but there are reports they involved weeks of preparation. consultation with the white house and the state department. one south korean said he did not go to negotiate he went to reap the benefits of north korean. what if anything was offered, beyond a photo op or two for the dear leader in dispute. we'll keep digging that for you. and more on what went into the story. it's a welcome chapter that's starting to bewritten. euna and laura, as we mentioned now, somewhere every over the pacific. randi kaye joins us now with the latest. >> we're in

fitness center where the shooting took place in collier township after 8:00 tonight. evidence they can. we saw them earlier in the evening going from car to car all through the parking lot looking for any information. obviously they were trying to find the shooter's car. this middle-aged white man who walked into the fitness center, started firing, killing at least five people, including himself. we heard tonight from so many witnesses who were inside the building at the time. we're talking about big, strong guys who were working out, doing their thing with their head phones on, the same kind thing they do probably four, five days a week. those guys were very scared, very shaken up tonight when those shots rang out inside the l.a. fitness center. here's what a couple of them had to say to me earlier. >> i was right beside the room where it all took place. i seen everybody running. i took off my head phones at that moment and i kept hearing shot after shot repeatedly. that's when i realized there was a gun going off. >> reporter: did you not want to believe at first th

that's about it. >> i want to ask gary, the collier measure said -- then we'll get to questions. >> it'sery difficult times bring out the best in people. i want to start out by thanking chief who contacting me upon the situation. the way we responded as well as the neighboring communities, it was like a lightening flash. everybody was there to help. i asked what could i do to help. he said if you'd man the phones, i'd appreciate it. there were call frs everywhere. our commissioner showed up. they asked what they could do. they wanted to be very helpful. today, they're involved right now in the community, talking to people and wanted me to extend the invitation to collier residents. anyone who may have a problem, who wants to discuss this further before going to professional help, if they want to stop by the community building, i'd be happy to talk and give the information that i have and happy to confirm. again, as tragic as it was, it was handled very, very well and i couldn't be more appreciative for that. >> question. what's the status as far as -- firearms he had -- >> he did. >> in

what the shooter may have said in an in collier township, rypem in collier township, pennsylvania that story coming up. tfa [ closing bell ] >> on wall street today, stocks gave back some of what they gained earlier this week. the dow finished the day down 39 points to close at 9280. the nasdaq fell 18 points, and the s&p 500 lost 2. >>> the senate's top democrat says a significant majority of the u.s. senate is now ready to move forward for the $2 billion extension for the cash for clunkers program. majority leader harry reed says senators will have to stay past the schedule ed august recess if they want to make changes to the bill. the house approved the additional funding last week. the new money will allow a half million more americans to receive up to $4,500 to trade in their gas guzzlers for more fuel-efficient models. >>> president obama toured an rv factory today in indiana, and he told workers there that his economic stimulus plan is now providing $2.4 billion in taxpayer grants to create electric cars. and he says that is creating tens of thousands of jobs. >>> it took just o

whit johnson, cbs news, collier township, pennsylvania. >> another entry from the blog linked to the shooter posted on monday said i need to work out every detail. there is only one shot. tomorrow is the big day. >>> when the new season of "american idol" kicks off in january, the show will be back down to three judges. after eight seasons on the number one-rated show. paula abdul tweeted she is not coming back making the announcement by the web site twitter. producers say they are saddens that abdul decided not to return. auditions begins in two days. >>> singer chris brown is scheduled to be sentenced for beating of his girlfriend rhianna. he is expected to have five months of probation and probationary work. he could serve his probation near his home in virginia working on roadside cleanup or similar jobs. >>> live look outside. meteorologist bernadette woods will be back in two and a half minutes with our first warning weather forecast. >>> first a look at today's midday stocks and last night's megamillions numbers. >>> welcome back, everybody. what a great shot out there. what a

fitness at collier township in the early morning hours today. they have been investigating a shooting that took place shortly after 8:00 on tuesday. they say a man walked into an aerobics classroom where more than 20 people were taking a class and opened fire. >> as i was laying on the floor, i started calling 911. i had the officer on the line. and he's like, ma'am, i can't hear you. i'm just like, please, we're at l.a. fitness. these a guy shooting. >> reporter: trainers figured out it was a gunman. another trainer came and said, there's an exit this way. people were running. we didn't even know how to get out. >> reporter: dozens of gymgoers poured into the parking lot of l.a. fitness outside of pittsburgh tuesday night, after police say a gunman walked into an aerobics center, turned off the lights and opened fire, killing three women before he turned the gun on himself. >> there's four deceased, including the probably shooter and nine with serious gunshot wounds, ranging from being treated and released at the hospital to critical condition.

. >> reporter: whit johnson, cbs news, collier township, pennsylvania. >>> on the "cbs money watch" most stocks traded higher in asia. claire leka is here with more. >> good morning to you, karen. >>> asian stocks headed higher overnight. japan's benchmark nikkei rose 1.33%. hong kong stocks added 1%. back on wall street, investors took a breather from the market's recent run-up. the dow jones industrial average begins the day down 39 points. the tech heavy nasdaq fell 18. july sales figures from the nation's retailers are due out this morning. we also get the latest weekly jobless claims numbers. new reports show the job market isn't growing yet, but at least its decline is slowing. that's the message from payroll services form adp's report. the private employer slashed 371,000 jobs last month, but that number was higher than expected. the losses are a clear improvement over earlier months. between april and june, monthly employment losses average near 500,000. but another report by an outplacement firm showed companies planned to hand out more pink slips in july for the first time in s

in collier township, pennsylvania, wjz eyewitness news. >> police say he had practice runs before tuesday's fatal shootings. someone at that time gym had even shown him how to turn off the lights without realizing what his plans were. some much needed federal stimulus money he is making its way to a local general motors plant. our media partner the baltimore sun reports the alison plant in white marsh could receive up to $105 million out of a pool of more than $2 billion. but there are strings attached. the money must go towards electric car projects. part of the obama administration's initiative to encourage more fuel efficient cars. >>> $700 million that is the size of the hole in the state budget. the only solution could be cutting programs, or worse, cutting jobs. eyewitness news is live in mount vernon. kai jackson explains, the problem has opened the floodgates from the public as marylanders give the governor a piece of their mind. kai. >> reporter: that's right, denise. there are no easy answers to maryland's budget shortfall, but if you would like to throw your two cents into the de

>> i do want to ask gary, the collier township manager, to say a few words. get to the questions. >> thank you. >> it's amazing. these very difficult times really do bring out the best in people. i initially want to start out by thanking the chief who contacted me upon his call on the situation and the way we responded as well as and the county that came involved. it is like a lightning flash. in less than a half hour, there were calls from france and germany. our commissioner showed up. they asked what they could do. they wanted to be very helpful. anything that we would want them to do or the chief would ask them to do, they would be happy to do it. today, they are involved right now in the community talking to the people. they wanted me to extend an invitation to all the collier residents, anyone who may have a problem, who wants to discuss this further before they would go to professional help. they want to stop by the community building. i will be hair, open door, not a problem. be happy to talk and give them the information we have that i can confirm. a

fitness center in the suburb of collier.g, walked through the back door of the gym and opened fire. >>> iran confirmed the arrest of three american hikers who crossed from abiraqi kurdish region. they have been charged with illegal entry. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and swiss diplomats urged iran to provide information on the missing americans. >>> authorities say toxicology report found a deadly wrong way driver had high levels of marijuana in her system when she crashed her minivan and twice the legal limit of alcohol. a bottle of vodka was found in the wreckage. she killed herself, her children and three oers. >>> in the white house press room president obama shared his birthday spotlight with helen thomas who turned 89 today. president obama served the cupcakes up with a plug for his health care reform plan. >> helen wished for world peace, no prejudice, but she and i had a common birthday wish. she hopes for a real health care reform bill. i will leave it up to you, helen, how you want to distribute the cupc

. >> it will not be long before students crowd the hallways of schools in collier county. some students and parents have already marked their calendars to come back for august 24 only to learn that the first day of school will be later on august 31. that was news to this parent. >> i think it is good because it helps me get ready for school for them. it gives me more time. >> school officials say the august 24 was never in stone and admits there was a reason for making a change. >> as we worked on the calendar development for the coming school year, we realized that we would have some conflicts in the schedules if we started as early as august 24. >> parents who knew about the changes still welcomed the new start date. >> i love the date because it gives us an extra week with the kids. we can get them ready for school. they will enjoy it. >> the reactions are risk -- mixed among some. >> i was excited. i am not upset. >> you like it later? >> i like to spend time with my mom. >> others are trying to get the word out by newsletters and e- mail addresses. tim tooten, wbal-tv

the first call to the collier police was at 8:16 last night. it was just a matter of minutes from the time he came in to the time he committed the murders. just starting shooting people in the same room that he was in. >> investigators say sodini walked into the l.a. fitness center. there's a picture of him. last night he turned off the lights at an aerobics session and opened up about 50 rounds. three women were killed before sodini killed himself. what makes it more chilling. it wasn't his first attempt. there was practice runs yesterday. entries in a diary he kept showed he plan a rampage in jan but couldn't go through with it. it is 6:40 p.m. an hour and a half to go. god have mercy. i wish life could be better for all and the crazy world could run smoother. bye. later that night. it's 8:45 p.m. i chickened out. i brought the loaded guns, everything. hell! then an enter from only two days ago. i took off today, monday, and tomorrow to practice my routine. i need to work out every day tail. there's only one shot. >>> the nightmare is over fo

police say a gunman walked into an aerobics class in collier, pennsylvania, and started firing. he is also dead. police say that they found a note in the shooter's gym bag but they won't say if he wrote it. >>> seven terror suspects in north carolina are expected back in court today to continue a detention hearing. that including a man and his two sons. yesterday the prosecutor played tapes of the dad talking about the struggles or muslims, honor of martyrdom an his disgust for the u.s. military. his wife says he's innocent. those are some of the headlines. i wanted to check in with you. robin meade. >>> two are returning and flying on former president clinton's jet and are on their way back home. correspondent richard lui joins us. he helped north korea's leader. >> first kim jong-il's photos may have quashed the rumors that his health was failing. some suspected he was dying. kim also gained some rpt in north korea. clinton is the highest profiled visitor in nearly a decade. kim jong-il wanted president clinton to visit north korea. that was in 2000. that never happened. analy

. >> reporter: rollman shades like the one that nearly killed collier with the cord running along the back. even a typical horizontal blind like this one can pose a hidden danger if the cord comes loose providing enough of as into to strangle a baby. the fix is to attach a plastic clip up here to prevent the cord from moving. now the consumer products safety commission is announcing a nationwide recall. 5.5 million blinds soemd under various names. >> parents need t understand that these are hidden dangers that a child can get and strangle on these cords very quickly. >> reporter: manufacturers are already designing child practice blinds and shades but the retailers say the recalled shades should be returned or repaired now. >> if you are not sure if you happen to have those kinds of shades or blinds in your home, suggestion is go to those weites we mentioned. the retailer's weite. they have all the information they need about the recall and you can go to the consumer product safety commission's website which has been beefed up, i would tell you, over the course of the past few months

in collier township, pennsylvania, whit johnson, wjz "eyewitness news." >> police say his 4600 pages was to end his misery at the gym. the 48-year-old computer programmer did not have relationships with any of his victims. >>> as we told you at the top of the newscast a violent crash in west baltimore. let's go back to captain mike perry with details. mike? >> reporter: hello, sally. we're on west lexington street at calhoun where early information of this very, very serious crash involving police activity. we know that allegedly a car was stolen from in front of the lexington market. it occurred just after 3:00 this afternoon. now, police are alleging that the operator of that stolen vehicle was driving at a high rate of speed westbound on lexington street crossing calhoun when it struck a vehicle broadside. this was a civilian vehicle that just happened to be driving by. you're looking at that vehicle now. we know that there was one driver inside of the horrible mess rescued from the scene and taken to shock trauma. the condition of that operator is not known at this hour. the oper

mourners held a vigil friday night in collier township. family and friends comforted one another. a memorial of cards, flowers and balloons is near the shooting site. now residents are just praying for the health of those who survived and hoping something like this never happens again. >> it could have been any one of us, and anywhere any time, but that was a scary thing. >> i want to go on. i want to be able to go back in the gym and work out and remember these ladies because we're working out together. >> the gunman killed three women and nine others were hurt. two of the victims were laid to rest today. >>> a montgomery county firefighter arrested in an online sex sting, but he's not the only one. new at 10:30, find out who else was taken down. >>> plus -- >> imagine trolling the internet and finding the perfect house to rent. the problem is, you already live there. coming up, we'll tell you how to avoid te stlalatest iernet scheme. >>> troue in the drive through. turns out, some of the best sounding menu choices may be the wrong choices. we are sorting out the good from the ba

it happened late last night in bridgeville in collier township near pittsburgh. police say the death toll is at 4 including the man with the gun. here is tara mergener with wjz. >> reporter: the l.a. fitness center was packed with as many as 70 people last night when the trouble began. >> it sounded like someone was hitting a racquetball at first then it kept repeating and echoing. everybody ditched and ran as fast as they could and that's all i heard, just bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang. >> reporter: witnesses say the gunman casually walked into the gym dressed in exercise bag. he opened fire after taking two guns out of a bag. >> he didn't say anything, just walked right to the room where the shootings occurred as if he knew exactly where he was going, pulled the guns out and started shooting. >> there was chaos. those who could ran. >> everybody was running out of the men's locker room and i just seen a girl laying down right outside the locker room and knee and a couple other guys from the gym picked her you, carried her over here and she was just la

a six-foot, 120-pound dolphin leaped out of the water and right into the boat off the coast of colliercounty, florida. the people in the boat kept pouring water on it to make it feel kchbl before finding help to get the dolphin back out into the water. the dolphin spent more than an hour on the boat and was not hurt. >> new today, several domestic carmakers didn't fare so well in the latest round of low-speed crash tests. in tests conducted by the insurance institute for highway safety the bumpers on the new 2010 ford fusion dropped from a marginal to a poor rating. the bumpers on gm's chevy malibu also remained in the poor category. some foreign carmakers, however, did marginally better. the 2009 honda accord, the hyundai sonata and the mazda six all performed better than their 2007 models. >> facebook's not just for keeping in touch. now you can use it to find a flight. american airlines has added a fare finder feature to its facebook application called travel bag. users can search for the airline's lowest fares without navigating away from their facebook pages. you can also share se

. >> my mom used to say, this place looks like collier's mansion. they were these famous hoarders back in the 30. for you, jennifer, what was your lowest point during all this? >> the lowest point was probably the loneliest point right before we actually reached out to get help and, you know, you're just facing yourself and facing the house and facing the stuff and having no clue where to start or where to go. >> and you're not alone in this. your husband has this affliction, as well. >> yes. >> when did you decide you really needed to get help? >> well, we had actually been cited by the city. they had come and they looked at the house, and there was a good chance that they would come back, and, you know -- >> and if they came back, what was going to happen? >> well, i didn't know. but of course as a mom with three children my worst fear was that they would have taken our children. and i mean, if, you know, i couldn't have blamed them, i guess, if they had. >> have you figured out at what this point what made you aquire all this stuff? what triggere

susan koeppen is live in collier township this morning. >> reporter: good morning. in his online diary, george sodini talked about his frustration and anger with women. this morning two videos on youtube apparently posted by sodini himself. >> it is easy for me to hide from my emotions for one more day. >> reporter: this video shows george sodini talking about the need to work on his emotions in order to attract women np in another video, sodini gives viewers a tour of his home. >> the couch and chair, they match. women will really be impressed. >> reporter: despite his best efforts to impress, sodini couldn't understand why women ignored him. former brother-in-law joe perello says sodini could never click socially. >> i never met a girlfriend. i mefr met a friend. >> reporter: in an online diary he began last year frustrated with women, sodini began planning the murders at the gym. >> he just had a lot of hatred in him, and he was hellbent on committing this act, and there was nobody going to stop him. >> reporter: police say sodini with four handguns walked into t

i did see a poll but showed 8% of people did not know whether collier was a state -- did not know whether a hawaii was a state. >> those who identify themselves as feeling very negative toward this president. it is 25%. it seems that there is an emergence of -- >> you said white-collar? >> those who identify themselves as white collar workers. there seems to be an emergence of people who very strongly feel negatively. at the inauguration, it was only 6% who said that. >> i do not think the president ever believed that all the people would agree with him all of the time, or even that all the people would agree with him the majority of the time. i think you can have the effort to talk about issues differently, to disagree on issues without being disagreeable. to have those types of discussions. to talk about how we deal with issues that have not been confronted four yearr years. you'll still launch a 100% of the people all the time. he will not get the most of the people all the time. the president will continue to reach out to republicans and democrats for ideas, both in washington and out

this marks the third time in the last 14 years that alpa has been awarded to the collier trophy, ande are the only organization that has continued to do so. we continue to respond to incidents and accidents with an experienced team of experienced alpa pilots and staff. alpa safety teams respond quickly when the calls came in after the continental accident in denver, at the accident in buffalo, and the fedex accident in japan. the outpouring of support did not support there. our critical incident response team provided critical support and assistance to pilots and their families affected by those incidents. the critical incident response program, cirp, is one of the five pillar committees that make up alpa's pilot assistance committee, most often working behind the scenes, the assistance and support the peace committees -- paramedical, cirp, professional standards, canadian pilot assistance -- provide is in it a valuable benefit to our members. alpa's role as the voice of airline pilots on capitol hill and in parliament is unwavering. this year, alpa has testified before several subco

, they are continuing to investigate this tragedy and provide support and assistance to the -- to collierhip. the medical examiner has identified the deceased as conducting autopsies today. the crime lab is processing evidence from the crime scene as we speak. the department of human service is providing counseling to the victims and their families. the county has arranged for counseling for anyone who has been affected by this tragedy and would like to speak to a trained professional. here is where i will ask for some of your help. there is walk-in counseling. it's available at 437 railroad street in bridgeville. there is a number they can call. 412-221-3302. that address is 437 railroad street in bridgeville. also result crisis network is also providing walk-in counseling. that number is 1-888-796-8226. and anyone who directly witnessed the shooting or the aftermath inside the fitness center can contact the center for victims of violent crime 24 hours a day. their number is 412-392-8582. there will also be a press release handed out that will give information from all of the departments

susan candiotti, cnn, collier township, pennsylvania. >>> all right.members of lozetas, they've earned the reputation as the most feared thugs of the mexican drug cartels. we'll show you why the u.s. is offering a $50 million reward for their capture. welcome to the now network. right now five co-workers are working from the road using a mifi, a mobile hotspot that provides up to five shared wifi connections. two are downloading the final final revised final presentation. - one just got an e-mail. - what?! - huh? - it's being revised again. the co-pilot is on mapquest. - ( rock music playing ) - and tom is streaming meeting psych-up music from meltedmetal.com. that's happening now with the new mifi from sprint, the mobile hotspot that fits in your pocket. sprint. the now network. deaf, hard of hearing and people with speech disabilities access www.sprintrelay.com. >>> all right. we hear a lot about escalating violence along the u.s./mexican border, right? nearly all of it drug related. well, much of the carnage blamed on narco gangsters called los zeta

the rule right now was that if you were physically aboard the ship on december 7 collier remains to be interred on the ship. we are working on a program so that anybody that was out of the ship's crew on december 7 could have that privilege. that is number one. the second thing is that way back in about 1981, or before that, my son was an ensign on a ship here in 1976. i thought it is just too bad that nothing has ever been done so that the fellows that were on the ship december 7 could not go back here and have a memorial service or something like that. so i worked on that, and succeeded. in 1981, we probably had about 75 or 100 people who were either survivors of the arizona court former ship's crew, going way back to 1960, or their relatives. we got that thing started, and we repeated in 1986, and in 1981 we had 300 people out there. this is the way it is. yesterday we went back to the ship for the reunion, which i always do on the first day we went in -- first that again. we had a beautiful memorial service. how to get the government -- in 20 years i learn how to get the government

the rule right now was that if you were physically aboard the ship on december 7 collier remains to be interred on the ship. we are working on a program so that anybody that was out of the ship's crew on december 7 could have that privilege. that is number one. the second thing is that way back in about 1981, or before that, my son was an ensign on a ship here in 1976. i thought it is just too bad that nothing has ever been done so that the fellows that were on the ship december 7 could not go back here and have a memorial service or something like that. so i worked on that, and succeeded. in 1981, we probably had about 75 or 100 people who were either survivors of the arizona court former ship's crew, going way back to 1960, or their relatives. we got that thing started, and we repeated in 1986, and in 1981 we had 300 people out there. this is the way it is. yesterday we went back to the ship for the reunion, which i always do on the first day we went in -- first that again. we had a beautiful memorial service. how to get the government -- in 20 years i learn how to get the government

more often due to the fact that women are more likely to work part-time and thus be eligible for in collier health benefits. what is the unemployment rate for women? >> the unemployment rate for women is a 0.1%? >> what is the unemployment rate -- the hundred one that rate for women? we do not break out the broader underutilization numbers by gender. >> our report yesterday reported that young women are facing high unemployment. 50.7%, and they are less likely to have employer based health insurance. by what industry is the segment of the population that is employed? >> i don't really know. >> you would not know the current unemployment rate. the average length of unemployment is increasing as unemployed workers are having trouble. how is this impacting women? which you have that permission? >> yes. i think -- do we have it broken down by gender? >> i do not think we have the long term broken down by demographic and permission. 01 and i have fully participated in the job loss during this recession and so i would say they are probably well represented in the long-term unemployed. >> i see th

the smartest dog, hold on, is -- >> it's a border collier boarddy collie. >> border collie. >> collies the poodle. and the smartest breed is the border collie. >> i wonder why. our lola is a golden doodle. >> they're not on there. she does not make -- >> she's a poodle -- >> do not try tolend them and put them on the list. >> she's a golden doodle. >> but they only have -- >> a doodle means a poodle. she's a golden poodle. she's both. >> she's eight or nine. >> oh, my gosh! they'rehe best of both breeds. >> you heard of the snuggies for people. they have snuggies for pooches. i don't know why. >> there's the pooch. >> you can bond even more with your little pooch chi. your precious poochie. >> i wonder if dogs like wearing clothes. >> i think if they're cold they like to get warm. i don't know what's going on over there. >> what are you doing? >> what's going on over there? >> i'm just asking. >> if you guys are having a better show than us, we would like to be in. >> we do like the snuggies. all right, what's sarah got? go people are reacting to the question you asked about secretary