dr. george tiller in wichita, kansas. operation rescue dubbed it "the summer of mercy." dr. ller was one of the few physicians in the country performing late-term abortions for women with problem pregnancies whose health was at stake from life-threatening complications, or whose infants would be born dead or dying. but abortion foes turned tiller into an object of hate and violent attacks. his clinic was bombed in 1986. and in 1993, he was shot in both arms by a woman with a semi- automatic pistol. then, two months ago, dr. tiller was murdered, gunned down at the reformation lutheran church where he was an usher. after the shooting, randall terry said this about tiller. >> he was a mass murderer. we have to say that over and over again. he was one of the most evil people on the planet, every bit as evil as nazi war criminals. and i know that offends some people who are watching this, but it is the truth. he was a mass murderer, and he reaped what he sowed. >> moyers: in demonizing george tiller, randall terry had help from the star of fox news, bill o'reilly. for years, o'rei

dr. tiller at a reformation lutheran church in wichita, kansas. one witness says he and george tiller were chatting inside that church when the shooter walked up, pulled out a gun. that witness described the moment of the shooting. for his protection, the court is keeping him off camera as he speaks. >> there was a pop, a loud pop. and i wasn't sure if it was a cap gun or what. and then george bell, and in my mind, oh, my god. i couldn't believe what i was seeing. it was surreal. shepard: roder pleaded not guilty today but a few weeks ago he gave an interview to the associated press. and during that, he said he thought the -- that doctor tiller's shooting was justified. but he has never actually admitted that he's responsible. you'll recall protesters had targeted dr. tiller for decades. because of his willingness to perform what they call late-term abortions. and an attacker shot him in 1993. hitting him in both arms. but this time, the gunman took no chances. when witnesses say he pulled the trigger at point blank range in the middle of a church.

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dr. tiller because he performed abortions. tiller was one of the few doctors in this country who did that, who performed late-term abortions. >>> to north carolina where a drywall contractor is accused of plotting violent. >> i jihad. daniel bat trick boyd was arrested yesterday along with his two sons and four other men. federal prosecutors say boyd had trained in terrorist camps in pakistan and afghanistan. at least one neighbor says he is stunned. >> well, it's kind of scary to me, to be honest that. makes me nervous for my children. i spoke with him on several occasions and never was there any idea that he was involved in something like that or could have the capacity to be involved in something like that. >> prosecutors were not sure what boyd and the others were targeting. an indictment says they provided money, training, krptitransport, and men to help the terrorists. the men will be back in court thursday for a detention hearing. survivors and victims families want an investigation into the virginia tech shootings. they

dr. george tiller told a judge he is not guilty. he faces life in prison if convicted. today witnesses testify they saw him put a gun to the abortion provider's head inside a kansas church last month. they described seeing him pull the trigger and speed away from the chunk. dr. tiller was one of the few doctors in the nation to offer late-term abortions. >>> plaxico burress is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow testifying before a grand jury about what happened the night he shot himself in the leg at a new york nightclub last year. he faces up to 3.5 years in prison on weapons charges. he has pled not guilty in the case. >>> a judge could rule as early as tomorrow in the case of banita jacks. she is the dc woman accused of killing her four daughters. attorneys made their closing arguments in the bench trial yesterday. >>> tonight police are hoping you can help bring a missing 13- year-old girl home. take a moment to look at this picture of nancy. she was last seen last tuesday at her house in indian head maryland. her family says she has been known to hang out in par

dr. george tiller. no hi heart goes out to the tiller family. >> two weeks after the murder linds lindsey roader received this letter from her ex-husband in jail. >> my guess is that i'll never hear back from you because that would keep in character with being the grown-up spoiled brat that you are, but my true concern is with our son, nicolas. i'm afraid he is becoming or already become a spoiled brat such as yourself. if you are an adult, you'll respond. if you are a spoiled brat, you won't. >> reporter: lindsey, who says she was aemotionally abused for years by scott, did not respond. >> there's a good chance that scott will see this story or hear about the story. what would you say to him? >> scott, you had no right to take another person's life. you're not god. you're not a judge. you're not a jury. you say that you are protecting the unborn, that you did it for the children, that you were justified. if you did it for the children, why did i have to fight for years to get child support to care for

dr. tiller at a church service in may. >>> the search for more than 70 missing haitian migrants continues in the caribbean sea this morning. 100 survivors and 15 bodies were pulled from the waters, after their overloaded boat truck a reef and disintegrated in the turks and caicos islands. the migrants had been bound for florida. >>> the recession has affected just about everyone. and nation's top money man is no -- ben bernanke tack a substantial hit on his investments in 008. mutual funds and other assets that were worth $2.5 million the year before, fell to as little as $850,000 last year. nobody is immune. not even him. >>> coming up on "america this morning," white sox pitcher mark buehrle picks up whereleftft off in his perfect game. how it turned out, next in sports. ouch! ow! oops! it's neo to go!®, ready. aim. protect. neosporin® gives you infection-protection, and pain relief. neo to go!® plus pain relief. every cut. every time. .everywhere. ♪ 'cause germs do't stick on me! ♪ only band-aid® brand plus antibiotic waterproof... has antibiotic ointment .directly on the pad. d now t'

dr. george tiller. he has not entered a plea yet. they have this preliminary hearing where the prosecution has to lay out the evidence that it believes proves its case. the judge will decide if there is a case at a full trial, if and when he decides that, there will be a brief arraignment hearing. at that point, he would have to enter a plea. we expect that to happen later this afternoon. shepard: jonathan, thank you. now to an issue that literally affects everybody in the nation, health care. details can get very dry, but it is very important. president obama has been pushing lawmakers for weeks to push a health care reform bill. the plan the president supports is quite controversial and very expensive, possibly more than $1 trillion. there is no real plan just yet. the plan has not been hammered out. what we would get in return is universal health coverage for everybody. today, the president continues to make the case for the senior citizens' interest group aarp. >> i am absolutely positive that we can make the health care system w

dr. tiller and making kind of small talk when i noticed the door, that door that would be on the left there, open up. the gentleman that had exited the door had walked over and put a gun right up to george's head and shot it, and i -- i wasn't for sure because it wasn't a loud -- it was a pop, a loud pop, but i wasn't sure if it was a cap gun or what. i mean, george fell, and i said in my mind, you know, oh, my god. i couldn't believe what i was seeing. it was surreal. >> surreal and violent. roeder pleaded not guilty today to murder. while he was in the courtroom, his ex-wife was with 360's gary tuchman watching the proceedings and talking about the man she married. now in the exclusive interview you'll only see here, she described her life with roeder. she also shares with us the letter he wrote to her from jail and with the "360 follow, here's gaurry's report. >> reporter: lindsey roberts married scott roeder 23 years ago. they're now divorced, but they had a child together, so their lives have remained intertwined. but the man she married has long scared her. did you think in the years

dr. tiller entered a not guilty plea in a kansas court. loder insists the murder was justified to defend the lives of unborn children. federal police search the home and office of michael jackson's doctor. after 11 days in orbit, the space shuttle endeavour has undocked from the space station. endeavour is scheduled to land on friday. now back to, "hardball". >>> welcome back to "hardball." last night, as i said, the house passed a resolution honoring hawaii's 50th anniversary as a part of the united states, and the text of the resolution included this line. quote, whereas the 44th president of the united states barack obama was born in hawaii on august 4th, 1961, close quote. well, considering the nonsense that birthers and their allies on capitol hill have been spewing, you might have thought that there would be opposition to that line. well, guess what? didn't happen. the bill passed 378 members of congress to zero. what happened to the members of congress who had been fanning the flames to delegitimize the president? new jersey democra

dr. tiller was murdered in cold blood while standing in a church foyer.nd you'll hear from his ex-wife about what she thinks of her husband's alleged crime. >>> all that plus a new study showing just how dangerous it is to text while you drive. it's scary stuff and might make you think twice before you ever do it again. all that on "360" at the top of the hour in about 15 minutes. >> larry: we're back with general powell. okay, one of the puzzles of the world is north korea. no one knows them, who are they? what do they do, what do they think? are they going to bomb us? you know them, right? you've met with them. >> i have met with the north korean foreign minister several times during my time as secretary state. >> larry: what's your read? >> my read is this a desperate country in great need and has only one real asset that the rest of the world cares about, and that is the nuclear program. they are not going to give it up easily if at all. some people suggest they will never give it all up because then they will be -- they have nothing to trade with. an

dr. george tiller who provided late-term abortions. >>> and at 2:00 p.m.vernor arnold schwarzenegger is expected to sign the massive california budget. he may make more cuts, though, first. >>> with hotels struggling to get customers some are offering rules for a half off. how a price war may be good news in a bad economy. 88ú >>> we have new reaction this morning to a big development in the michael jackson case. a source close to the investigation now says that police think that jackson's personal doctor, conrad murray, administered the anesthetic diprivan in the 24 hours before jackson died. here's what an addiction specialist said about the claim. >> i have never heard of such a thing, a. b, i have seen propofol addiction before in an is these ol' jiks and physicians. that's the only time i've seen that because they're the only ones aware of this situation. it does not exist outside of the hospital. it's a dangerous met sin that requires careful monitoring. correspondent richard lui joins us now. let's talk about jackson's relationship with this doctor.

dr. tiller. police say tiller shot and. their witness list has 220 names.ing. >> quickly? >> just a little bit of housekeeping. i misreported yesterday. i thought lucille waylan told crowley at the scene she saw black men going into the home. she said, no, she did not say that even though it is in his police report he was told it was black men and we're moving to cumbayah. >> toure a police report is typically. >> it is not totally accurate. >> a police report is written after an investigation typically. so it would have been written following the police officers being out there. perhaps it was included that she had told him that but, again, as the 911 call indicates, she did not say that on the call. >> the interaction if it gets us to deal with the statistics on black men and police in this country, i honestly don't care what is in that police report. not that is doesn't matter -- >> so often we look at the police report as gospel and that's so dangerous. we cannot do that. that's a person who makes mistakes just as anybody else. >> you say that and we'll

dr. tiller was one first u.s. providers that provided late-term abortions.ades. >>> another set of revelations today from outside buffalo, new york. the caulk voice transcripts showed the copilot of the colgan air flight complained about being six. details from allan chernoff. >> reporter: as colgan air flight's 3407 prepared for takeoff from newark, copilot rebecca shaw sniffed in the cockpit telling marvin renslow, i'm ready to be in the hotel room. shaw had thrown as a passenger throughout the night from seattle to newark, new jersey, for the flight from buffalo. if i felt like this when i was home, there's no way i would have come all the way out here, but now as well that i'm out here -- >> you might as well, he responded. >> reporter: there's no evidence that shaw's illness caused the crash and air safety experts say there's no way to know for sure whether shaw was unfit to fly. >> every pilot has the right and the obligation to exercise their common sense and good judgment. >> reporter: but colgan air puts blame on shaw, saying flying fatigued or sick

dr. george tiller. >> yes, he was gunned down while he was an usher in wichita, kansas. right now what i'm watching is the hearing for the suspect suspected to show up today and make a plea. luminary hearing for the kansas city man just and charged with gunning down tiller. on the stand now is gary hefner. hefner actually witnessed the shooter, and with a gun, he saw the killer put the gun to the head of the doctor and pulled the trigger. we're waiting for the plea in the case. as it happens, we will bring it to you right here on happening now. jane: house democrats are working hard to get the fiscally conservative blue dogs on board. on the senate side, they're working very hard at building bipartisan support. senator charles grassley and he joins us now. thank you for being here. before we get to health care, i want to ask you, we're waiting for the vote on the sotomayor nomination to the supreme court. it looks like she will pass. you will vote no. why? >> i see her as an activist who will legislate from the bench. that is the job of the legislative branch. judges hav

dr. george tiller is due in court. the doctor was shot to death on may 31.ay morning in wichita. he was controversial because he performed late term abortions. the 51-year-old is charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of assault. he has not yet entered a plea, but that could change today. we expect that to happen today. megyn: why don't we head to outer space? the astronauts are leading the international space station. >> to have representatives from all the international partners, which made it a very special event. we wish you all a safe journey for what is left. good luck as we head back home. thank you. >> thank you earn mucvery much. we're happy to help you. megyn: you can cure the discussion between some astronauts high above the earth as they come back to what we expect should be a keros welcome to they have some technical setbacks. one of the astronauts' space suit delayed things. they got the job done. we have talked about house democrats. what has happened on the senate side? the finance committee is edging closer to a signifi

tiller fall to the ground. surrounding witnesses say they also heard the gunman say "lord, forgive me." a judge ordered rotor held on $20 million bond and set a trial date for september 21st. >> dr perform -- tiller performed aborgs at -- abortions at his wichita clinic for 31 yours. >>> and new information on the doctor who was with michael jackson when he died. manuel gallegus has more on the manslaughter investigation surrounding dr. conrad murray. >> reporter: drug enforcement agents searched the las vegas home and office of dr. conrad murray. it's the latest development in the manslaughter investigation of murray, the private physician who is hired by jackson's concert promoters. and who was with jackson when he died. >> i looked through for the items outlined in the search warrant. and if those items meet the standard what's in the search warrant itself, they will be seized as evidence. >> reporter: cbs news has learned investigators are looking for documents, computer records or any paper trail that is related to dr. murray's interaction with jackson, or any evidence of prescribing jackson drugs. this follows a similar search last week, at a houston medical clinic, where