george sodini was in pittsburgh.o this is something he clearly wanted to spend time and money youtube videos that he made himself, that he made as kind of homework for the seminar. he uploaded them to youtube. one of them is like a self-guided tour around his house. he's saying things like, look at my house, i think it's nice. i think women would like this. that was made as a homework exercise for that seminar. so the woman who looked at it could go online and comment on what they saw. give him some pointers on how to make his house nicer for women. at some point he was really trying to do this. but this was all, you know, a little while ago, a year, year and a half ago, something happened after that. >> okay. so since you mentioned it, abbi, i believe we have that clip. this is, again, george sodini, kind of, as abbi said, giving us a tour of his house. as he's talking, he's hoping it's going to impress a woman someday. let's listen. >> two-inch. my computer. let me pan out a little bit. computer is connected to the

. >> the target of george sodini's rage, women. john berman has the latest from bridgeville, pennsylvania. >> reporter: police say george sodini had no relationship with any of the women he shot here. george sodini said he had no relationship with any women at all. we know that because the 48-year-old law firm systems analyst tried to tell us. in a soul-spilling blog. a road map to murder. why do this to young girls? he asks. just read below. in december of 2008, he writes, no girlfriend since 1984. who knows why. i'm not ugly or too weird. no sex since july 1990, either. the l.a. fitness club member fretted over appearance. december 29th, 2008. just got back from tanning. been doing this for a while. i actually look good. i dress good. am clean-shaven, bathe, touch of colon. yet, 30 million women rejected me over an 18 or 25-year period. he said he first considered his deadly plan in the summer of 2008. but in january 2009, he actually game close. i brought the loaded guns. everything. hell. but by july, he was back at it. girls a

he has been positively identified as george sodini. d and from the investigation thus far indicates to us, shows us that mr. sodini had this intent to do this harm to these individuals with, he had no relationship with anybody in that club that we know of. he went in the club and just opened up firing and ultimately shot 12 people. we have a listing of all the victims and on the same list has him listed as the act, mr. sodini. we'll provide that list of names to you rather than me standing up here and reading it off. it gives you the name of the victim, the three that are deceased and others injured by gun shot wounds. we just got off the phone with mercy hospital. there were several taken to mercy. one has been released. there are three others. their condition has been upgraded to serious. hopefully there's no one else we're aware of with life-threatening wounds. there was a note found on mr. sodini when we processed the scene. i can give you some of the information that was on it. he basically says that he's -- he complains he's never

she was distressed to learn from george sodini's chilling web diary he had his eye on her daughter. he writes, wow, i just looked out my front window and saw a beautiful college-age girl leave bob fox's house across the street. police say he opened fire on an all-female aerobics class. the instructor is ten week's pregnant and she was shot in each shoulder. >> i put my head down and tried to hold my breath because i was afraid if he saw me breathing he would shoot again. >> reporter: a individual jim is planned tonight for the six women hospitalized and the three who lost their lives. cbs news, pittsburgh. >> still to come when 9 news now continues, they gave auto company bosses a hard time over private jets, but now lawmakers on captiol hill have three new jets, and guess who's picking up that tab? we'll be right back. tough times call for tough measures and while congress is being tough on some they are not being tough on themselves some think. they were blasted for flying too washington aboard private jets only to walk off the tarmac and beg lawmakers for bailout money. now congr

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but george sodini was a tortured soul with deep psychological problems. they were apparent in the provies that he produced at his home in pittsburgh and then posted on the internet. a profile develops of a gunman who was badly in need of help, but never received it. as john berman now reports. >> in pittsburgh tonight, a vigil for the three women killed. for the families torn apart. and an outward display of emotion over the destruction caused by a man whose twisted inner life is coming into greater and greater focus. >> it is easy for me to hide from my emotions for one more day. take a long drive in the car. listen to some music. daydream. or just do some mundane task around the house that really doesn't need to be done, that's not too important. and there you go, one more day and one more day turns into one more year. >> that lonely sigh in a youtube video posted by george sodini a year ago. and then in a second video, a house tour. he shows off his home, bragging how it might look to the women who would never come inside. >> pan to the other side. spe

we now know what george sodini says pushed him over the edge. but was there any way for anyone else to know? >>> plus this -- >> get off me! >> everybody back up! >> people at a health care town hall get disruptive and sometimes violent. some in the country are even ending up going to jail. we want to hear from you. twitter, facebook, myspace or ireport.com. >>> new york state police are retracing a mother's road trip up to the moment when she veered into traffic, killing herself and seven others. they are narrowing the time line for when diane schuler made have begun binge drinking. she was reportedly sober when she began her drive on july 26th and officers say schuler was fine an hour later when she stopped at mcdonald's. but the autopsy said she may have had about ten vodkas and was high on marijuana when she crashed just north of new york city killing herself, her 2-year-old daughter, her three young nieces and three men in an suv. boy, what a terrible story. schuler's 5-year-old son survived that crash. >>> evil can't function any other way

george sodini said he had no relationship with any women at all. it was a lonely, lonely man behind this bloody, brutal act. >> i just couldn't believe it. like i couldn't believe it. i just ran. >> i thought i was going to die last night along with the other people. >> he came in, shut the lights off like a coward and started shooting. >> it was an act, perhaps months or years in the making. >> he had a hatred for women. >> we know that because he tried to tell us in a soul-spilling blog, a road map to murder. why do this to young girls he asks? just read below. in december of 2008, no girlfriend since 1984. who knows why. i'm not ugly or too weird. no sex since july 1990 either. >> first thing that comes to mind really is the pain that he was in. the fact that he was so isolated and angry and upset, and ultimately how much pain he was experiencing from not having relationships. >> the l.a. fitness club member fretted over appearance. december 29, 2008, just got back from tanning. been doing this for a while. i actually look good. i dress good and

months before tuesday night's shooting, george sodini was planning it and writing about it.y to go in january but says he chickened out after bringing loaded guns to the gym. by may 5th he was ready to try again, saying he had started to drink after 20 years to take the edge off his exit plan. august 3rd, monday, he took the day off to practice his routine and make sure it's polished. he said he needs to work out every detail because there's only one shot. he wrote maybe soon i will see god and jesus. as for his blog he said i will not be embarrassed because, well, i will be dead. he also wrote bitterly about his family. thanks mom and brother and dad old man for totally ignoring me. his parents divorced in 1981. team 4 caught up with his father at his home in butler county. what can you tell me about your son? >> i got nothing to say. >> reporter: how do you feel about what happened? it mus be awful. >> i have nothing to say. >> reporter: in his blog sodini says his pastor told him he could commit mass murder and still go to heaven. after the shooting pastor rick knapp told

all were at an aerobics class in a pittsburgh area la fitness when gunned down by george sodini. he ended the rampage committing suicide. >>> new dna tests show a texas man convicted for life in prison for a sexual assault may not have committed the crime. earnest sonjays is free after serving 23 years behind bars. a judge ordered him released in part because tests showed blood stains on the alleged vibts's plants could not have come from him. >> i always told, you know, people that knew me in prison, you know, that i was innocent. when you're in prison, you know, when you tell the same story, the first thing they say, you know, everybody, everybody say that. i used to be mad. but like, you know, to have -- the past is the past. >> he is the sixth convicted man released after results from the

yesterday at this time, i told you about how george sodini had left behind a blog.very dark on-line diary about what he planned to do which is walk in to a gym and open fire on young women. now comes news that on-line trail doesn't stop there. turns out the alleged killer posted videos also on youtube. i want to show you two of them right now. the first one was posted a year ago and what you are about to see is george sodini talking straight to the camera in a clip he called hide from emotion. let's listen. >> it is easy for me to hide from my emotions for one more day, take a long drive in a car. listen to some music, daydream or just do some mundane task around the house that really doesn't need to be done that's not too important. and there you go. one more day and one more day turns in to one more year. >> reporter: now, in another video, posted to youtube, george sodini takes us on a four-minute long tour of his home and he starts on the outside and walks inside and while inside he shows off his big screen tv, his computer and a bunch of his matching furniture

>> report shooting a dozen women and killing himself in a suburban pittsburgh fitness center, george sodini attended his frustration on the internet. >> it is easy to hide my emotions for one more day. >> his rambling entries track is mounting anger and disappointment with life, all of it focused on his inability to connect with women. he detailed his deadly plan for all the world to see. like everything else in life, the world paid him a little attention. >> one more day turns into one more year. >> some focus on the angry loner, and nine women recover from the injuries. this woman lost her sister, heidi overmier. >> we are focusing on her. we cannot go back and try to figure out why this man did this. >> that is exactly what authorities will have to do, on raffle the life of the george sodini and his last act -- on ravel the life of george city and his last act. >> back in baltimore, the newest indictment against baltimore mayor sheila dixon will be pushed back -- will push back for corruption trial a few months. a judge has rescheduled the case to november 9 to give attorneys more time t

he's identified as george sodini. wrote of his anger and frustration toward women saying he hadn't had a girlfriend in 25 years. this is how he dealt with that rage. horror at a health club in pittsburgh. a gunman opens fire killing four and wounding at least nine others. >> the man walks in with a duffel bag, apparently a member of the club. goes into an aerobics room where he opens fire with several handguns apparently that were found beneath his body. >> abc news has learned the shooting suspect is 48-year-old george sodini of scott township, pennsylvania. according to disturbing writings, sodini apparently posted on the web, this horrific crime is something he'd been planning. >> i want to take you back eight months ago. he writes, "many of the young girls here look so beautiful as to not be human." december 24th, "no girlfriend since 1984." he's talking about himself, how he doesn't have a girlfriend. it is a constant theme with this guy. who knows why? i'm not ugly or too weird. no sex since july 1990. december

. >> reporter: george sodini all alone before a camera. >> one more day turns into one more year. >> reporter: you hear the pain in his sigh, and on his youtube video posted one year ago, you hear more of his obsession with younger women. >> when i'm 10 to 20 years older than she is, she has to feel good about this thing. >> reporter: and in a second video, during a house tour. this book, "how to date young women for men over 35." one young woman he mentions coveting in his blog neighbor patrica cohen's daughter. >> you know, he is probably looking out his window and saw her getting into her car. i mean, that's my daughter he is talking about! >> reporter: in a separate older website, crazygeorge.com, you see pictures of sodini in happier times. and an interview with himself asking, "have you ever been in love." >> reporter: the answer? >> hell yeah, lots of times, i am still single so obviously nothing ever worked out. >> i think he was conflicted, i think he wanted a relationship with women, but he was also rejected by women. >> reporter: sodini was a computer expert, he had severa

. >> reporter: george sodini, in his own words, about his struggles with emotion. and "gma" has discovered what may have been sodini's last gasp online. a hidden message about women he met at the gym, buried deep inside his website's html code. a haunting message. at the gym, i saw a woman i like. i see her at the park and ride sometimes. occasionally she makes good eye contact and smiles. to get a friend like her, and for nighttime action, i would cancel this plan or put it on hold. at least for a while. that posting, like so many others, seems to show the conflict sodini, a systems analyst at this pittsburgh law firm, felt about his relationships with women. police believe those feelings are why targeted an aerobics class. in a december posting about l.a. fitness he would later target, sodini wrote, many of the young girls here look so beautiful, as to not be human. very edible. but while sodini said he did have occasional dates, he struggled to connect. >> i never met a girlfriend. i never met a friend. >> reporter: his writing shows that in the last year, he see

george sodini committed suicide after the shootings on tuesday, as did the virginia tech gunman who bought a .22 caliber handgun from tgs com in february of 2007. that was two months before he killed 32 people at virginia tech. >>> four philadelphia police officers fired for a beating caught on tape in may have now been cleared of abuse charges by a grand jury. the district attorney says the suspects were resisting arrest. although they are seen on the ground at the time of the may 5th incident. the fraternal order of police will now work to get those office evers reinstated. >>> still to come on 9 news now, a top taliban leader is reportedly killed by american forces. coming up next how this could make a big difference in turning things around in afghanistan. >>> the cash for clunkers rebate program gets a fuel injection on captiol hill. i'm nicole colins in washington. details ahead. fa >>> a top taliban leader in pakistan was reportedly killed in a cia missile strike on his farmhouse along the afghan border. a u.s. intelligence official says there are strong indications he is dead and t

police say 48-year-old george sodini walked into the l.a. fitness center last night and walked into a class and shot 50 rounds into the class after turning off the lights. at least one person who knew sodini said she had an inkling that he might have been responsible. >> when i was watching this last night on tv and they talked about the car, that's when i saw it might have been him. because of that's his car they were going through and just because he was just kind of a strange person that seemed to, i don't know, just as i said latelily siny lily since i hadnm i didn't know what was going on. >> apparently sodini kept a web page where he wrote about years of being rejected by women. he also wrote about other plans of violence at this gym but said he chickened out. >>> singer chris brown will be sentenced today for brutally beating his ex-girlfriend rihanna. he's expected to get five years of probation and community service. the judge may let him serve his probation in virginia, that's where he's from. but in june brown pleaded guilty to fel

george sodini left somewhat of a road map of his descent into madness online in a blog. it shows pattern of distur benz, and a real intent for damage. he claim hess didn't drink alcohol for 20 years and struggled to find a girlfriend. he begins with a question. why do this to young girls? in november, he writes, planned to do this in the summer. but figured to stick around to see the election outcome. this particular one got so much attention. and i was just curious. many of the entries focus on his desire to have a girlfriend. like this one from december. who knows why, he writes. i'm not ugly or too weird. later that month he writes, flying solo for many years is a destroyer. just before the new year, he says his workouts at the gym help his unhappiness. my anger and rage is largely gone since i began lifting weights. in early january, he write, i chickened out. i brought the loaded guns, everything. in may, he says, i was so eager to do this last year. then, i know i will never enjoy life. it is difficult to live almost continuously feeling an undercurrent of fear, wo

when we come back, we'll hear from george sodini again. he pulled off such a heinous act. he's going to take us inside his home, and the heart of the tour of this house is how it should impress women. we'll take your calls, 1-877-tell-hln. >>> my computer. let me pan out a little bit. computer is connected to the stereo, which i listen to my mp3s and everything else. pan to the other side, speakers on each side. they're large. they double as end tables. okay. couch and chair, they match. the woman will really be impressed. come over here. there's some reading material that we're all familiar with. >> that was george sodini, the man who killed three women, shot nine others before killing himself. this is at a gym just outside of pittsburgh. always with him in the back drop is how women rejected him. we have our panel standing by. here's an e-mail coming in from melissa in indiana. i think when he said that 30 million women rejected him, it's because he may have been on a dating sirt where 30 million women are signed up and none, or few, were interested. brian, that's to you

>> 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 the aerobics classroom tuesday night and firing more than 30 shots. killing 36 haerld heidi obermier, a mom. 37-year-old jody billingsley and 49-year-old elizabeth gannon who worked at a local hospital. her friends are in disbelief. >> she can't be gone. it couldn't

what police officials say tha -- one police official says that george sodini did what he set out to do and there is little anyone could have done to stop it. >> are infants and toddlers to young to learn water survival skills? tonight at 11:00, melissa carlson exposes the controversy over infant swimming. >> the video can be difficult to watch. she is only nine months old, but her mother believes she's learning a lesson that can save her life if she absolute -- if she accidently falls in the water. >> if something happens, god forbid, she will know what to do. >> the class is for children as young as 6 months old. it may give parents peace of mind, but some doctors don't think it is a good idea. >> from a public health perspective, it is sending out a wrong message. >> tonight at 11:00, are infants and toddlers to young to learn water survival skills? and why some believe that these classes cause a bigger problem. >> a familiar face on tv's ultimate reality show will not be back next season. find out who will be leaving "american idol." and rachel alexandra will make an appearance away

attack hinking of the attack since la since last summer. 48-year-old george sodini wanted de till womenere. an someone was shooting a gun t.side the gym! surreal. >> reporter: and there is nothing anyone could have done latin ent it. >> reporter: around 8:00 p.m., ten minutes into the latin impact danss ctila, sodini walks in the bacofheoo rm wearing gym clothes. he unpacks his bag, turns out elf.lights, and opens fire. chaos. he fires 3 handguns, 36 shots, leaving 3 women dead, 9 injured, before shooting himself. killed were heidi overmier 46, elizabeth gannon 49 and jody billingsly 37. lisa lisa myl and stacey falk survived. >> >> i just saw him shooting around the room. think 's the image -- i think that w that will stay with us forever. >> i think that is the image oo watl waystay wh us forer. >> repr:orte it's an image sodini, a systems analyst at a re cteha, mohang t for more than a year, described in an extraordinary, murderous online blog. "who do this? second look anywhere.c just read below. girls and womedoevn t n'en give me a second look anywhere. there is something blatantly

george sodini put it all down in his blog. >> we are in the process of looking at that block to see if we can come up with anybody who saw these readings and why they did not contact anybody. b the blog documented his comings and goings with women. "no girlfriend since 1984." >> i never met a girl friend. >> in january, he wrote to "i chickened out. i brought the loaded guns and everything. the killings unfolded just as he planned. >> he goes in the room. he shuts off the light. he says in one notes that he had planned on shutting off the lights. >> he fired 36 bullets, killing three. the aerobics instructor survived shots in each shoulder. >> she just announced that she was pregnant and it would be her last class. >> the governor said it was clear that someone with his mentalproblems should not have had guns. police are investigating whether anyone knew what he was planning to do with them. >>> there are conflicting reports about what happened during a minor crash involving mayor fenty over the weekend. if report claims his city-owned lincoln navigator hit another car on sunday night.

on tuesday, 48-year-old george sodini entered the la fitness in bridgeville with four guns. he killed three women before taking his own life. he did not have a relationship with any of the victims. nine others were wounded in the attack. >> imagine this. you're browsing on craigslist and you find an ad saying your house is for rent. the problem is you didn't put it there. well, that's exactly what happened to a woman in prince william county, virginia. she's not alone. police say cases like this are popping up everywhere. jackie bensen has more. >> reporter: beware of criminals on craigslist. that's the message from prince william county police, after two incidents involving online classified ads, one of which has resulted in an arrest. 19-yr-old ivan gilliam of dale city has been charged with armed robbery in a scheme to rip off people responding to a craigslist ad for a $400 flat screen tv. >> the vicms arrived. they would rob them, threaten them with a rifle or a shotgun, and relieve them of their money. >> reporter: police also point to the case of ashley pollard. she wa

before the shooting george sodini, a 48-year-old loner put it in his blog. >> we're in the process of looking at the blog to see if we can come up with anybody who may have saw the readings and if they did why didn't they contact somebody. >> reporter: the blog documented his alienation from women. girls and women don't even give me a second look anywhere. there's something blatantly wrong with me. no girlfriend since 1984, no sex since july 1990. >> i never met a girlfriend. i never met a friend. >> reporter: in january he wrote i chickened out, i brought the loaded guns, everything. hell. police say it's unclear anyone read the blog, george sodini was a computer expert, to access it you had to enter the date of death. the killings unfolded as he plans. >> he goes in a room, shuts off the light, says in one of his notes that we recovered from his house that he had planned on shutting off the lights. >> reporter: he fired 36 bullets, wounding nine women and killing three. mary primace, the aerobics instructor survived shots in each shoulder. ?re just announced -- she just announced sh

george sodini had allegedly planned the crime for a long time, angry and resentful over his inability to attract women. so he turned his rage on a room full of women in an exercise class, killing three and wounding nine. he then killed himself. abc's lindsey davis is in bridgeville, pennsylvania. only minutes after the latin dance class began, 48-year-old george sodini walked in and turned the lights out. >> he came in, shut the lights off like a coward and started shooting. >> reporter: at least 36 gunshots. >> heard these loud booms, and all of the sudden i realize that it was shots, like someone was shooting a gun inside the gym. surreal. >> reporter: heidi overmire was 46 with a 15-year-old son. >> i wish i was there to help you, to be for you like a bigger brother. >> reporter: mary, the aerobics instructor was shot once in each shoulder. >> she just announced last night that she was pregnant and it would be her last class. >> reporter: mary and her unborn child survived. four people, including the shooter, did not. the shooting went just as he allegedly planned in his blog some

that you're too nice. >> reporter: sitting in rapt attention, george sodini. you see sodini in an exercise on meeting women. sodini refers to steele in one of his videos. >> r.d.s. says i have approximately 15 more years to be successful at this. >> reporter: we know sodini was not successful. an old website of sodinis, crazygeorge.com, we se more. you see his cat. he interviews himself and asks, is the glass half-empty or half-full? he says, half-full? he also asks, have you ever been in love? he says, hell, yeah. i'm still single, so nothing worked out. all of this is part of sodini's script. >> reporter: mass shooting is a crime of notoriety. that means a person puts more attention in how they're going to be regarded and understood afteterward. >> reporter: we learned that the last phone call he made from outside the fitness club was to his mother. then, he went inside and committed mass murder. murder that will be mourned here forer. we pced calls for r. don steele. that did not get through. we've sent e-mails to him. and we haven't heard back. robin? >> al

police say the man has been identified as george sed -- sodini. he was on a mission, hell-bent on shooting people. brought four handguns in a gym bag. left notes inside, talking about his hatred for women. he had blogged about his loneliness, rejection, growing rage. want to hear from you on this story, call in, 1-877-tell-hln is the number. we want to start with jordan solomon. she witnessed the shooting. was in the class when it happened. and thankfully she's okay. jordan, we're so glad that you were able to get out alive. tell us what happened last night. >> well, i went to the classroom, and i just thought i was going to go for my first latin impact class. and i was sitting towards the back, or standing actually towards the back towards the door, and about 15 minutes into the class, a man walked in, looked like he was ready to work out. he had a sweatband on and everything. workout clothes. he brought a large black duffel bag. he set it down in the back of the room. kind of where i was standing. and he shuffled around for a little while. and t

george sodini wrote he hadn't been with a woman in 19 years and wanted to end his misery.ke spoke to a young woman who was in the class when it happened. >> i thought nothing of it other than this is a strange man who wanted to work out with a bunch of girls. i didn't really understand. and a couple minutes later, all the lights went out and i wasn't sure if it was part of the routine or -- the lights just blew. but 30 seconds later, he started firing and i didn't -- i've never heard a gunshot before other than on the television and i turned around and i saw him standing there holding the gun out towards the front of the room and i just ran. >> get the latest developments on "prime news" starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern right here on "hln." >>> nearly 185,000 cars have been sold under the cash for clunkers program, but get this, at least one dealership in texas is telling its customers to bring their cars back at least for now. their new cars. one customer says that the dealer told her that it couldn't get any of its federal rebates approved. >> i'm driving it a for a week, y

problem with most of the guys in the room, that you're too nice. >> reporter: sitting in attention, george sodini. see sodini in a pretend exercise on meeting women. >> sodini's own blog revealing he planned his killing spree for months. >>> we go from the tragic to the inspiring. soldier dana bowman last both legs in a skif diving accident 15 years ago. today, bowman jumped into the sky once again. a message of hope to his fellow vets. watch this. >> what an amazing sight this is. it's beautiful. waiting to get -- yeah, let's just watch. >> wow. >> there he is. dana bowman just landed here. how did it feel coming down here? >> awesome. coming into walter reed for organizational day for the army, they took great care of me like they're doing for our soldiers today. >> bowman, himself, did his rehab at walter reed. >>> jen genxers remembering the man -- >> 59-year-old john hughes, director of films like "16 candles." >> he set such a standard for what high school was going to be like. when i was watching those movies at 10 years old. when i got to high school i was like, this is it? >> you remembe

police have identified this man, george sodini, as the attacker. on his blog, he talks about plans to carry out the same type of violence at the gym earlier this year, only to, as he put it, chicken out. our senior correspondent rick leventhal at the scene of the shooting. rick, what do we know about that? >> well, shepard, shooter george sodini claimed twice before he carried guns into this gym, planning to master women. he wrote on his blog back on january 6 i can do this. he wrote leaving work today i felt like a zombie just going through the motions. then -- >> apparently, he came back in may and finished the job last night, shep. shepard: on this same blog, rick, we get a sense of what may have driven him to this sort of violence. >> he was clearly a loner with a hatred of women. claimed he hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984 and hadn't had sex since 1990. he also wrote two days before the shooting the biggest problem of all is not having relationships or friends, but not being able to achieve and acquire what i desire in those or many other ar

. >> george sodini belonged to that gym, had gone there at least two times during the day on wednesday. his online blog shows he plotted the attack for nearly a year. we're also learning more about the three women killed in that shooting, including 46-year-old heidi overmier, a single mother. an exclusive interview with her sister coming up just ahead. >> also ahead this morning, the latest in the murder case prosecutors are building against casey anthony, the florida mother accused of killing her toddler caylee. her parents and brother have been questioned under oath by prosecutors. we'll ask george and cindy anthony's attorney if they'll be forced to testify against their own daughter. >> and later, we'll call it the hit man hoax. police play along with a florida woman who they say tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband. turns out the hit man was actually an undercover cop. they let her think the plan was carried out and they caught her reaction on tape. well now she is behind bars. we're going to have more on that coming up. but we're going to begin with chilling new details on

police near pittsburgh say they questioned and served george sodini a week before the rampage. a bus passenger reported lay saw a man with a grenade and that sodini matched that description, but sodini was let go because the witness couldn't identify him as the man. police won't say whether they found any grenade in sodini's home. george sodini killed himself at the la fitness center just outside pittsburgh. >>> a cash for guns campaign went over so well in fresno, california, police had to shut it down in less than three hours. the city traded gift cards for guns. police quickly burned through $35,000 worth of cards and had to turn people away. >> these are firearms that are being used on the streets of fresno to do drive-by shootings. they're in the hands of the wrong people. >> it doesn't matter whether you're getting gang bangers in here or not, you're getting guns off the streets. >> police collected 447 guns and they plan to do it again. what do you think? is that a waste of taxpayer money or is it an effective crime-fighting tool? what are the implications? e-mail at cnn.

today we're getting a bit of a closer look at george sodini's home life and everyday routine. this is all in his own words here. people say an online diary chronicle the plan nine months in the making. sodini wrote that he hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984, hadn't slept with a woman in 19 years. also, he had bitter words for his mother and called his father a useless sperm donor. now, two undated youtube videos have surfaced. and up with of them apparently narrated by sodini shows the inside of his two-bedroom home. at one point he talks about a matching sofa and chair and says, quote, women will really be impressed. as he scans the room, a book titled "date young women" can be seen on a table. at one point sodini turns the camera on himself to describe how he's able to emotionally disconnect. >> it is easy for me to hide from my emotions for one more day. take a long drive in a car, listen to some music, day dream, or just do some mundane task around the house that really doesn't need to be done that's not too important. and there you go. one more day. and one more day turns

media reports identify the gunman as george sodini.he was 48 years old and lived a few miles from the la fitness club. authorities say he walked into an exercise class last night and fired 50 shots. three were killed and nine others injured. >> it was very surreal. it didn't hit us until like right now, and then when we saw the girl over here collapse, that's when we were -- it was -- nobody knew it was gunshots. everybody stood there. >> investigators believe sodini had a grudge against women. he had a website in which he posted rambling messages about how he was tired of rejected. >>> keeping our eyes on the skies this morning, it is sunny now but some part it is of the area could see a lot of rain and maybe storms today. tom is up in storm center 4 with the details. hey, tom. >> good morning. we've had clouds on the increase out of the south and west this morning, and out of the southwest we see showers. we see this area of blue. we get light rain now just about to come into madison and greene counties and into culpepper county and

they say 48-year-old george sodini referred to plans for the shooting in his on-line diary and left a rambling letter at the club venting his anger and frustrations to women. he walked in to an aerobics class and opened fire and then killed himself. three women died and nine others were injured. >> i didn't realize what the sound sound was and then i saw people running and screaming and people falling to the floor. >> reporter: he had -- >> he had a lot of hatred in him and he was hell bent on committing this act and there was nobody going to stop him. >> reporter: police say he was a member of the fitness club but unlike earlier witness reports they do not believe he had a relationship with anyone in the aerobics class. >>> the follower of charles manson who pointed a gun at president ford will be freed in ten days. in 1975, he was convicted of pointing a gun at president ford in sacramento, california. now, after 34 years in prison, she is about to be set free on august 14th. she first became eligible for parole in 1985. >>> former cram william jefferson has been viced on bribery ch

george sodini and what experts are learning about him from his own words.was a loner, kept to himself. meantime, he's providing troubling details on his own from his website. among the things he wrote last december, no girlfriend since 1984. who knows why? i'm not ugly or too weird. authorities believe that was what he called the shooting. on may 18th, he wrote -- he also wrote about a domineering mother, about his older brother bullying him when they were children and a church pastor who told him quote, you can commit mass murder and still go to heavy. joining us now, clint van zandt. clint, this from this blog, this man blames everything and everyone for the actions he chose to carry out. what does it tell you? >> it's like so many of these individuals when we look at the mass murder. it was always somebody else's fought. this guy kept making -- and it burst. >> we're used to people having suicide letters, but this guy having this dark, web blog, he knew people would find it, he wanted people to find it. what's the point of it for him? >> less than 40% of

but george sodini did what he said he would do on the web. he said he came to the club with guns ready to carry out this sick plan but he, quote/unquote, chickened out. authorities say he came here three times yesterday, and the third time he walked in, and he went back in this building here, went back in the aerobics area, went in, very calm turned out the lights, pulled out three of his four guns and just started firing. he killed three women. nine others wounded. auorities say three of them still in serious condition. but, really, they're trying to put together this map's twisted last days and his thoughts based on his internet, his rambling internet writings, and authorities say it is pretty terrible stuff. he said he hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984. he wondering why 30 million women in the united states, none of them was attracted to him. deadly rampage. jim? >> brian, bebeyond the internet, what are people who knew the gunman saying about him? >> reporter: well, it's sort of the cliche. you go to the man's neighborhood. he was a quie

pay less. >>> hello and welcome back to s 4" at 4:00. >>> neighbors describe george sodini as the man who opened fire as anti-social. there's also word that he kept a web page where he blocked about years of rejection by women and detailed an earlier failed attempt to carry out a shooting at that same gym. three women were killed before the gunman took his own life. >>> all high schoolers in the district will have the option of getting tested for sexually transmitted diseases. this program started last year at eight schools and organizers discovered that 13% of the students tested positive f std. they're calling the program a positive step in the city's efforts. >>> harry reid urmged colleagues to pump another $2illion into the popular cash-for-clunkers program program or they might miss some of their break. it encourages them to turn in their gas guzzlers and turn it in for a new more fuel-efficient vehicle. it's already helped more than a quarter new americans buy new cars. >>> this has been an amazing and emotional day for two american jury roomists. laura ling and euna lee are bac

george sodini had written that he had not had a girlfriend in 19 years. tonight, one husband is giving thanks. >> is a miracle. i am just lucky. the whole thing was a tragedy. but we are worried for everybody else. >> sixem rn alitspsem rai em hospitalized, including an aerobics instructor. she is pregnant, but doctors said the baby will be just fine. >>> tonight, marion barry and donna watts-brighthaupt'snk appears to have grown stronger. >> this is much more than a giant packet of email, it is a record o the ups and downs of the relationship that goes back to about august of 2008 and it may reveal why marion barry hired his ex-girlfriend. publicly, marion barry has said his former girlfriend donna watts-brighthaupt was well qualified to do consulting for the district. but these documents, 276 pagesol itinerary, shed light on the complicated personal and professional relationship. marion barry offers to help with money and a job, writing, "i told you today i thought i could work out a way for you to work 20, 25 hours per week, $5,000 per month. i would p