dr. jerry umanos. the other two victims, a father and son who were guests of dr. umanos.fe was also shot and hurt. he is in critical condition in the same hospital he attacked. we should report that after the hospital attack in kabul, two civilians were killed. another 13 were hurt including six soldiers when a motor bike packed with explosives went off in the capital of the southern provence of zabul. joining me now is lauren petty. she's with our nbc station in chicago wmhq and she's been talking to people who knew dr. umanos where he worked in chicago. this is one of his coworkers said. >> it will be tough. dr. umanos loved patients and the kids loved him and especially the parents, you know? so it's going to be rough. it's going to be rough on everybody, so imagine the staff. i can't imagine what it's going to do to the patients. >> lauren, you conducted that interview. what more can you tell us about dr. uman orc s. >> craig, it was heartbreaking just standing here in the street where dr. umanos worked for 25 years. that woman was just walking down the street with te

dr. jerry umanos. jerry is from chicago. >> this is dr. umanos two years ago interviewed by a station about his life-saving work. >> this baby has done well for how small the baby was. >> what are the child's chances in kabul without cure being here? >> most of these kids would be dead. >> reporter: the philadelphia- based christian organization that runs the hospital treats 37,000 patients a year, including 60 children annually with cleft palate. near the entrance of the hospital dr. umanos was gunned down as he greeted two other americans, a father and son and afghan security guard opened fire on the group at close range killing them all. umanos' wife volunteered in afghanistan got the call along with her son early this morning at the couple's chicago home. >> our family has suffered a great loss. our hearts are aching for our loss. we're also aching for the loss of the other families as well as the loss and the multiple losses of the afghan people. the attack is one of so many targeting recently. the violence has scared away some eight o

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dr. jerry umanos. and he is from chicago. >> reporter: this is dr. is baby has done remarkably well for how small the baby is. what are the baby's chances in kabul without you being here? >> most of these kids here would be dead. >> reporter: the philadelphia-based christian organization that runs the hospital treats 37,000 patients a year, including 60 children annually with cleft palates. but near the entrance to this hospital dr. umanos was gunned down as he greeted two other americans, a father and son. an afghan security guard opened fire on the group at close range killing them all. dr. umanos's wife, who also volunteered in afghanistan, got the call along with her son at the couple's chicago home. >> our family has suffered a great loss. our hearts are aching for our loss. we are also aching for the loss of the other families, as well as the loss and the multiple losses of the afghan people. >> reporter: it is one of the many targeting westerners lately. the violence has understandably scared away some aid organizations. but jerry umanos's wido

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dr. jerry umanos. he split his time at a hospital in chicago and working in afghanistan training other doctors in that country. a colleague at the hospital where he worked in chicago said his presence will be deeply missed. >> dr. umanos saw a lot of patients, and the kids loved him and especially the parents, you know? so it's going to be rough. it's going to be rough on everybody, so imagine the staff, i can't imagine what it's going on do for the patients. a spokesperson for the pennsylvania-based cure hospital which ran the facility in afghanistan also addressed the shooting moments ago. >> at this time, the investigation is ongoing and we are working closely with authorities. cure international remains committed to serve the people of afghanistan. please join us in praying for the families of the victimses and those affected by the shooting as well as the peace in afghanistan. >> officials say the guard also shot himself. this is the second brazen attack involving a member of the afghan security f

dr. jerry umanos, who was there to treat afghan children. we have more on this from charlie d'agata. >> reporter: the three americans were shot dead by one of the men that should have been protecting them. an afghan security guard turned his gun on the group at a hospital run by a u.s. christian charity. another american was wounded and the gunman is now in custody. among those killed, dr. jerry umanos, a pediatrician from chicago, who had been working at the hospital for nearly ten years. jan skitima was jerry's wife of 34 years. >> jerry always wanted to serve under-served populations. afghanistan was just one of them. >> reporter: a father and son who were visiting the hospital were also killed. operating in kabul since 2005, the hospital specializes in providing care for women and disabled children. it also trains afghan doctors. today's shooting is the latest in a string of attacks that have targeted westerners, all amidst the uncertainties of next month's afghan election and on the eve of a u.s. troop withdrawal. three weeks ago, an af

umanos and others in the hospital. his wife says the family loves the people of afghanistan and holds no grudge against the alleged shooter. for more on dra doctor who worked together for seven years at the chicago hospital. welcome. >> good morning. >> good morning. tell us about dr. umanos and why he felt compelled to volunteer his time in a dangerous place to help the children of another country. >> well, jerry wanted to serve people. he was a servant at heart. wherever there was a need and he felt like he could be a part of it and be a part of the solution, he wanted to do it. at our health center on the west side of chicago, he came there to help serve a need there. and he helped to train myself and other young doctors. i started working with him right out of residency and he helped to make me into the pediatrician that i am today. so wherever there's a need, he wanted to be there to train other people to do the work and then he saw afghanistan as another opportunity to do that. >> his wife came out with such touching comments. she said, you know, we've suffered a great loss but we still love the people of afghanistan. we don't regr

dr. umanos. a fourth was wounded in the attack. gunman was an afghan police officer assigned to guard the hospital, protect everyone there. what happened? what did you learn? >> the information still so sketchy, wolf, another instance by all accounts of an afghan security official, someone in a security uniform take their weapon and turning it on civilians. this time against american medical personnel that had been in afghanistan working at this major hospital in kabul that had really been trying to do some good in this very troubled country. we have seen this before, sadly. quite recently, just a couple weeks ago, two american journalists for the "associated press" also gunned down, one killed, one badly wounded when an afghan policeman security official turned his weapon on them. security is now what afghanistan is all about as it faces this crossroads, they are about to announce the election results for president in that country. there's likely to be a runoff, but the guy in the lead is the former foreign minister, abdulla, abdu

dr. umanos saw a lot of patients and the kids loved him and especially the parents. so it's going to be rough. it's going to be rough on everybody so imagine a staff -- i can't imagine what it's going to do to the patients. >> the taliban has not claimed responsibility for this attack. chief foreign affairs correspondent richard engel is here in new york and joins me in the studio. thank you for being here. there's no indication thus far that this is anything but a lone gunman, right? >> there's a pattern. i think there's probably standing orders now at this stage and we keep talking about the taliban. there's many different groups and this police officer who was assigned to protect the hospital had previously been serving in host province. it could have been affiliated with many different groups or one of many different groups or inspired by the groups or a lone gunman, not first time this happened. it seems to happen more frequently, which suggests that there's some sort of standing order. don't wait for an attack. if you see an opportunity, if you see foreigners a

dr. jerry umanos moved to afghanistan in 2005, saying he felt called to help children there. he was among the three americans killed when a security guard opened fire outside the cure international facility. >> our family has suffered a great loss. our family and friends have suffered a great loss. and our hearts are aching. while our hearts are aching for our loss, we're also aching for the loss of the other families as well as the loss and the multiple losses that the afghan people have experienced. >> officials say two of the other victims were father and son. an american woman shot is being treated. authorities are still questioning the gunman, trying to figure out a motive there. >>> and no departure yet for attorney general eric holder. the nation's top law enforcement officer plans to stay in his job at least through the fall midterm elections. that is according to the justice department. but the 63-year-old holder has made it clear that he will step down before the end of president obama's second term. he was recently hospitalized for an elevated heart rate. >>> the h

dr. umanos yesterday. >> we are aching not only for ourselves burk aching for the multiple losses that the afghan people have experienced. we don't hold ill will toward afghanistan in jgeneral or even the gunmen who did this. we don't know what the history is. >> he was working at a children's hospital in kabul when a security guard killed him and two other americans before turning the gun on himself. his closest friends and colleagues were reportedly then operated on the shooter, saving his life in the same hotel and in the same hospital that he attacked. >>> in a change of plans. michelle obama is not going to be addressing seniors at a graduation in topeka. she is going to be speaking the day before. because students and parents complained that combining all five high schools would limit the seating for the family and friends and now the first lady is going to speak on may 16th. >>> and come up today, players in chicago are huddling to cast what could become a landmark vote. should players be allowed to form a union and could they ultimately lead to college athletes being paid. >> and t

dr. jerry umanos and two visiting american doctors. the white house condemned the attack. the u.s. embassy saying those killed were humanitarians. this deprives the citizens of afghanistan valuable medical expertise. umanos, a pediatrician and father of three, volunteered in kabul for years. back home in chicago friends and family remembered. >> i know jerry would also really like everybody to know about his love for the afghan people, and our love for the afghan people. >> he was such a great person. such a warm spirit. you couldn't ask for a better person. >> reporter: today's tragedy is the latest case of afghan security forces killing unarmed americans. earlier this month, a policeman open fired on two associated press journalists, killing one of them. the u.s. military has long been targeted by so-called insider attacks. but u.s. forces are now leaving afghanistan. we watched them hoist away equipment last fall, so militants increasingly hit non-military western targeting including a kabul hotel last month, killing nine. civilians including medical workers and journalists stil

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dr. jerry umanos spent nine years in afghanistan saving the lives of children. he worked in a nicu unit in kabul run by the christian charity c.u.r.e. he was shot dead thursday in his own hospital by policeman, thousands of miles from his family in chicago. >> our family has suffered a great loss. our family and friends have suffered a great loss. and our hearts are aching. >> reporter: they released these pictures of precious moments together. dr. umanos was killed with two american friends, yet his wife says they forgive. >> we don't hold any ill will towards afghanistan in general, or even the gunman who did this. >> reporter: in afghanistan, the innocent are increasingly targets. 2-year-old abu shot four times, lost his parents during an attack on a hotel last month. now even doctors caring for children are in the firing line, but they will not leave. >> this doesn't shake our resolve to continue to love the children of afghanistan. the children of afghanistan did not do this. >> reporter: his charity even says that after the attack, fellow medics stepped in

dr. umanos. >> he was an american doctor who was working in this hospital for the last seven years.this hospital whom i know personally and i met him twice at least in the last couple of years. he was very committed and dedicated to the hospital and to overall health care in afghanistan. let me say that this is a very tragic and sad incident happened in the premises of a hospital, and we have all been very moved with this event. >> witnesses say the afghan gunman, that police guard, turned the gun on himself, but he did survive. currently he's in surgery. police in afghanistan don't yet have a motive, but they assured me -- the health minister assured me there would be a full investigation. >>> the bluefin 21, 90% done with its underwater search for flight 370, and still after six weeks, no sign of that missing plane. complicating the mission, the sheer amount of garbage floating around in the indian ocean. cnn's randi kaye gives us an inside look at one of the largest floating trash heaps known as the indian gyre. >> the debris that you might see, you know, in our homes, all around

dr. jerry umanos moved to afghanistan in 2005 after he practiced in chicago.trained afghan doctors. the guard turned the gun on himself but survived and is being questioned. two of the other victims were father and son. >>> israel has called off peace talks with the palestinians because of the agreement made between two rival factions. israel says it would freeze negotiations until the palestinians new pact is reversed or collapses. palestinian factions intend to form a new unity government in the next few weeks but israel says it would not resume talks with any government that backs hamas. >>> did you sea this? a little girl took dad's job hunt straight to the first lady. 10-year-old charlotte bell was with her mom at the white house's annual take your daughters and sons to workday. mrs. obama called on one of the girls for a question. >> my dad has been out of a job for three years and i wanted to give you his resume. >> how about that? you saw there the first lady reacted by giving charlotte a hug and she took the resume, we're told, with her when she left

dr. keith rose worked with umanos. >> i'm sad for him and i'm sad for the people that he worked with becausethose that worked with him loved him. >> reporter: though he spent much time aprbroad, he maintain pthat catered to low-income patients. he compared his patients there to those in afghanistan, children in need of help. >> he told me of a baby on a ventilator and knew when he went home, the power would go out overnight and so there would be no baby in the morning. >> a few weeks ago an afghan police officer shot two associated press journalists killing one. the runoff for the presidential elections are just a few weeks away. >> not only is it dangerous abroad certainly working but reporting and congratulations on your overseas press club award for your reporting. >> that's very kind of you. thank you. >> a hijacking scare overnight on a virgin australia flight to bali. the plane took off to brisbane, australia. a drunk passenger banged on the cockpit door trying to get in. that was enough for the pilot to issue a hijack alert. the man was arrested when the plane landed in bali. no one w