. >>> the husband of diane shuler is speaking out for the first time.e new york woman who drove the wrong way on a highway and crashed, killing eight people, including herself. police say she was drunk and high at the time. something her husband insists is not true. >> reporter: with an attorney and family around him, daniel met with report ergs to say his wife was a responsible woman who would not drink and drive. >> she's not an alcoholic. something medically had to have happened. >> reporter: but toxicology reports diane shuler downed the equivalent of 10 shots of vodka and smoked marijuana before her mini van, going the wrong way on a highway for aost two mis, hen crashed into an suv, killing her and seven others. >> and i'm not saying that test is wrong yet. but something had to happen. this is not a woman who would jeopardize five children. >>reporter: daniel shuler insisted when he left his wife the morning of the fatal crash she was fine. shuler's attorney said he may ask for a second independent autopsy as his client struggles to make sense of

the medical examiner's report found that diane shuler's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. shuler, her two young daughters and three young nieces died july 26th. three men in the suv shuler hit also died. shuler's 5-year-old son survived the crash. >>> the term "thumbing a ride" has a new meaning now that drivers are texting while they're driving. now expert says the dangers of texting and driving have really gotten out of hand. tonight the governor wants us to think about taking texting off the road. diana avellar has the story. >> a tow truck in a pool. a car plowed into it in pieces. both drivers in the hospital. all because of an accident police say was caused by texting. >> and i watched the tow truck ram into the white car at full speed in my rear view mirror. >> reporter: accidents like these are the driving force behind a september summit announced tuesday by transportation secretary ray lahood. >> the public is sick and tired of people being distracted and causing accidents. >> i think they should stop. that's why i pulled over because i have a phone convers

it was diane shuler's van that caused the crash last month. the crash killed shuler, her daughter, three nieces and three men in another car. according to an autopsy, shuler was both drunk and high. well, >>> well, this is part of the mess left behind when a powerful quake hit tokyo this morning. one person was killed and several dozen hurt. a mountain of boxes with empty bottles collapsed, and the glasses shattered. the company has not yet counted the damage, but estimates more than 10,000 of the bottles smashed. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton isn't known to lose her cool, but that's exactly what happened at a press conference in africa this week. as abc's gloria riviera shows us, it all started with a question about her husband. >> reporter: it happened at a press conference in the congo. secretary of state hillary clinton thought she was being asked for her husband's opinion on foreign policy. an interpreter had mistakenly translated a student's question. what does mr. clinton think through the mouth of mrs. clinton? >> the look on

. >> reporter: diane shuler's husband strongly defended her against accusations of drunk driving. >> did you know her to go to bars? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: but police say the 36-year-old had more than ten vodkas and smoked marijuana within an hour of driving the five children back from a camping trip. when her minivan crashed head- on into an suv, eight people died, including shuler, her daughter and nieces and three people in an suv. the family of two of the victims in the suv, michael and guy are considering starting a lawsuit against her relatives, saying they should have stopped her. >> it's hard for me to believe that the family did not know that this woman had an alcohol problem or a drug problem. >> reporter: shuler says she grieving for the family as he grieves for his own. >> it's my little girl. she is gone. i don't know what else to say about that. >> reporter: but the family's attorney had a lot to say about diane's medical conditions. he suggested diabetes, an abscess on her mouth and a lump on her leg could all be possibilities to explain her erratic behavior.

community can come to grips with the horrific highway crash that took the lives of 36-year-old diane shuler, her 2-year-old daughter, erin, and her nieces, 8-year-old emma hance and 7-year-old allison and 5-year-old kate. warren hance, father of the three older girls that died, went to pieces when he tried to thank the hundreds of mourners for their support. the speakers blared outside where a hushed crowd hung on his every word. >> love your children. cherish your children. cherish your children. and don't ever forget. >> eight people dead, including these three little girls. mommy, drunk and stoned, according to toxicology reports. tonight, police hone in on daddy, not only that, but blood is not thicker than alcohol. apparently, family cutting all ties with the woman's husband. back to eileen la palma with 1010 wens, and also to ahman ali, the journalist from the reporter news who was there at the crash. out to you, aman, what can you tell us about cutting ties? >> well, according to the attorneys for one of the victims in the crash, he said that the hance family, the father of the three

. >> a 36-year-old mother, diane shuler, drove the wrong way for nearly two miles on a new york highway with five children inside her minivan. they struck an suv with three adults head-on. eight people were killed. authorities revealed schuler had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. equivalent to ten drinks. that she also had traces of marijuana in her system. >> how do you put five children in a car when you are a mother and you're drunk? how do you do that? it's incomprehensible. i can't even -- we have children. i would never, ever do something like that. it's just -- it's crazy. >> i go to bed every night knowing, my heart is clear, she did not drink. she is not an alcoholic. listen to all that. she is not an alcoholic, and my heart is restless every night when i go to bed. something medically had to have happened. >> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. a florida beach beauty marries her dream man and the newlyweds all set to live happily ever after till death do them part. what the 26-year-old beauty didn't plan on was that the h

. >> diane shuler had a blood alcohol content of .19%.egal content is .08%. >> a grieving husband defends his wife who investigators say was drunk and high when she caused a crash that killed eight people. >> she did not drink. she is not an alcoholic. >> reporter: shuler's attorney claims there could be other reasons diane became disoriented. a stroke, diabetes, even suggesting the abscess in her mouth and suspicious bump on her legs were clues of a major medical problem. wednesday, lawyers for three of the victims in the other vehicle raced doubts of how shuler's family didn't know about her condition. >> i believe there's a strong fragrance of criminality in this matter. it's inconceivable that nobody in the deceased driver's family was aware of the fact that she had a drinking problem or a drug problem. >> so could she have hidden her drinking, her drug use from her family? that's tonight's big question. howard samuels, executive director of the wonderland drug treatment center. lisa bloom. dr. jorge rodriguez, board certified in inte

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this woman, 36-year-old diane shuler, entered a crowded highway driving the wrong way.the car was demolished, killing her four children, including her own daughter, and three men in an oncoming car. all told, eight dead because of miss schuler. authorities say she was very drunk, had marijuana in her bloodstream as well. the question is if her husband and others close to her knew she was impaired, do they have any responsibility legally for the tragedy? joining us now from philadelphia, julia morrow, former prosecutor. today it was announced the bastardi family -- the three men, a father, son, and another guy who were killed by schulerer, they will skew relatives of diane shultz because they say the woman was so loaded after coming from some kind of family gathering, they had to know. and you say what? >> well, the only relative they could possibly sue, bill, is her husband, the father of the children. let me just get her brother out of the way. she called him from the road at 1:00 a half an hour before the accident, said she was dizzy, she was disoriented, she didn't k

diane shuler drove nearly two miles in the wrong direction before colliding with another vehicle. er, her daughter, three nieces, and three men in the other vehicle, were all killed. and the revelation has sparked an important discussion of women and alcohol. we're going to do that now. joined by psychologist pelusi. >> men are still the biggest offenders but women are closing the gap. i think what we're seeing is that women are feeling a sense of pressure, loneliness and alcohol is a tricky thing because it helps you feel better in the moment but it has a very negative spiral. so people start getting more and more dependent on it and it's hard to tell, you know. you can hide it. you can hide your alcohol dep d dependenc dependency. >> to the point of almost leading a double life, which is what is suggested by the toxicology reports on diane what what her husband witnessed. is it that possible to hide it? >> it seems strange, but it doesn't surprise me she might be able to get away with it. remember the driver for princess diana henri paul had a blood alcohol level of three times t

blood tests show that diane shuler had more than 10 drinks of alcohol in her system and had smoked marijuana just 15 minute before the crash. she was taking a van load of kids home from a camping trip. she drove the wrong way on a highway. she crashed into an suv. the woman, her #-year-old daughter and three nieces were among those killed. >>> the bill that will put $2 billion more into the cash for clunkers program will likely pass the senate before freeway. lawmaker on both sides of the aisle believe they will vote favor before the summer recess starts. the new money is needed after consumers burned throughthe first billion dollar budget. the house has already passed the bill. >>> a noble networking no no for one branch of the military. the marines now banned from going on facebook, myspace or other social networking sites on government computers. the order was issued of coursive immediately because of possible on-line security threats. the marines are still free to visit those sites on their personal computers. >>> american idol, randy, simon and paula have brought balance to the judges t

they say that diane shuler seemed fine and sober. that contradicts toxicology reports that say she was drunk and shigh. >>> a new report by federal aviation officials reveal the problem that could have caused air france to crash in june and it may be more widespread than previously believed. the report shows that speed sensors failed on at least a dozen recent northwest flights making it impossible for pilots to know exactly how fast they were flying. all of the malfunctions occurred on airbus jets. >>> today the u.s. economy heading in a new direction. the july jobless rate dropped from 9.5% down .1 to 9.4% while this is the smallest drop in a year the news helped the dow continue its rally now that unemployment is down and stocks are up, are we moving from recession to recover? matthew miller, senior editor for "forbes." it's good news. okay. you're putting it in perspective. give us the perspective. i'm all about saying, yeah, let's hear trumpets. >> you're colleagues on cnbc are doing the same thing. it's a sign of hope. the jobl

they released their toxicology report yesterday, and it says that diane shuler had as many as ten drinks in her system and high levels of marijuana when she crashed her minivan into two other vehicles. >>> an ohio woman just made a total stranger's wedding dreams come true. her daughter recently called off her wedding but she already had the gown and six bridsmaid dresses. instead of selling them, she decided to give them to a woman. >> thank you. >> i'm happy to do this. the wedding should be a wonderful, wonderful time. >> i went and picked the dress, but i didn't have the money to buy it, so i was just going to -- then they called me and everything. so we were kind of back to square one. >> the bride-to-be says the dress is just like something she would have picked out, and it fits perfectly. i'm really happy for her. isn't that a great idea? >>> 35 minutes past the hour. there's rain. it's in a city. that's no fun for the morning rush. but where? >> we're changing moods right now from severe weather. we had tornado warnings near little rock, now it's just heavy rain and hopefully the

plus, a husband of diane shuler is holding a news conference later today, she is the woman who droveer minivan the wrong way on the highway, killing several people. and we will tell you why braised goat, if that is your pleasure, is turning up on more menus. a taste test you cannot miss, coming up. jane: now to lodi, california. a heated debate over public prayer. before every council meeting, an indication is given. claudia is in the bureau. >> you can forget about potholes and traffic problems. the biggest concern out there has been what to do about this two-minute prayer opening every city council meeting. >> local pastors have given indications for decades, but now christians are complaining. >> we want people to feel comfortable when they come into the meetings. >> groups advocating separation of church and state argued that they are violating the constitution, and their own policy of using only nondenominational in vocations. now, they're fighting to keep god in city government. >> we will ask the mayor to defend the prayer in jesus's name in court. we think we can win this if

witnesses now tell police diane shuler stopped at a mcdonald's that morning and seemed fine.mamajuria, when did she light up? hours later the snuburbajuur lo island mother drove the wrong way on the ta tonic parkway killing herwn daughter itnieces another car and herself. something had happened. >> she couldn't jeopardize her children. >> reporter: the toxicology report doesn't lie and shows her blood alcohol level .1% twice the legal limit and high on marijuana. the attorney says dne schuller may have been disorient bawd of medical problems. >> one of them was an abscess almost two years old. she had diabetes at various levels. >> reporter: the crime lab ruled out a stroke, heart attack or other med condition. the family's legal team also has a new theory about a bottle of vodka found at the crash scene and they laid it out on "today." >> they were known, because they were not drinkers, to carry the same bottle of vodka for the whole season back and forth, because daniel liked to have a drink every once ina while at home. >> reporter: according to the "new york post" one of

toxicology results show diane shuler's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when she drove the wrong way down the highway. she died in the resulting crash along with her 2-year-old daughter and three young nieces. her 5-year-old son survived. >>> federal officials are planning to tackle the growing problem of distracted driving. transportation secretary ray lahood wants to gather a panel of experts to determine what to do about drivers who text behind the wheel and use other electronics to pose dangerous and deadly distractions. safety experts need to make recommendations on driver education and traffic law enforcement during a summit next month in washington. >> the majory of americans want to make sure when they get in the automobile and are driving down the road the other person who is coming at them is not distracted. we know these distractions cause accidents, cause death, cause great injury. >> d.c., maryland and virginia have passed legislation to ban texting while driving. >>> space shuttle "discovery" is one step closer to the visit to the international space

a toxicology report now reveals that driver 36-year-old diane shuler's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. police say she drank vodka and smoked marijuana before getting into the minivan to take her young son and daughter and three nieces home from a weekend camping trip. she ended up heading the wrong way on a suburban parkway for nearly two miles before slamming into an suv. >> diane schuler had a blood alcohol content of 0.19%. the legal limit for intoxication in new york state is 0.08%. >> reporter: shocking news from the police during tuesday's press conference. >> around that level of alcohol you also start to get what's called tunnel vision, where your perception is changed. >> reporter: police recovered a broken vodka bottle at the scene and reported that alcohol was not the only substance in her system at the time of the crash. >> toxicology also reveals a high level of thc in her blood. thc is the active ingredient contained in marijuana. >> just one of those things that tragic no matter which way you look at it. >> reporter: these could be the first of man

diane shuler's action killed eight people last month in new york, including her 2-year-old daughter andhree young nieces, though tests reveal that shuler was drunk and high on marijuana at the time, her late husband says it is not true. >> i go to bed every night knowing my heart is clear, she did not drink. she is not an xolic. she not an alcoholic. my heart is rested every night when i go to bed. something medically had to have happened. >> daniel shuler and his attorney suggested that gestational diabetes or an abscessed tooth could have caused diane's behavior. the medical examiner says there was no evidence of a stroke, heart attack or aneurism. >> funerals will be held this weekend for two of the three women killed in a suburban pittsburgh fitness club. last night a memorial service was held for 49-year-old betsy gannon, a radiologist. 37-year-old jody billingsley, a 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 yearnin

new york state police say that this woman, diane shuler, had a blood/alcohol limit more than twice the limit. let's listen. >> as you all know, an autopsy was performed a week ago monday by the medical examiner's office on the body of diane schueler. the operator of the 2003 ford van who was responsible for this crash. the toxicology from that autopsy shows that diane schueler had a blood/alcohol content of .19%. in addition, the autopsy revealed that diane schueler had approximately six grams of alcohol in her stomach, alcohol that had yet to be metabolized. toxicology reveals that she had a high level of thc in her blood. thc is the active ingredient contained in marijuana. the level in her blood was 113 nano grams per milliliter. in conjunction with the collision reconstruction unit's detailed examination of the van, investigators recovered a broken bottle of vodka. our investigation is continuing at this time, and in effort to further establish all the details that led to this crash, including attempting to identify as many witnesses as possible, to the operation of diane schueler'

>> diane schuler's brother who lost three of his girls released a statement this afternoon saying he would never have let his daughters travel with somebody who might jeopardize their safety. shuler'sband plans on holding a news conference tomorrow. >>> canadian authorities are investigating a hard to believe youtube video discovered by a local media. it shows a small boy driving a car by himself with ad dumts cheering him on. our internet reporter, abbi tatton shows those details. >> this is a child so young he can barrel see over the steering wheel. you can hear an adult male egging him on. he is saying, smile for the camera, which the boy does. later, the camera zooms to the back seat where it appears there are people, including children, not wearing car seats. if that wasn't enough, the video was then proudly uploaded by someone claiming to be the boy's father to youtube. police in quebec, canada, have identified this was shot in their province. they are investy gaiting it, seeing if any charges will be brought. canadian tv did talk to someone saying he was the boy's father. he said the reaction was overblown because his son wasn't going that fast but he regrets posting it to y