jacob shaffer was sitting on his front porch when police arrived at his house to arrest him. officials did say some of the victims were related. >>> the annual meeting of the national governor's association continues today in biloxi, mississippi, despite low attendance. only about half of the states are represented. 16 democratic governors and 9 republicans made the trip. >>> those are the top stories right now. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: thank you, caroline. nevada is one of two states that set up a special veteran's court for nonviolent offenders. casey stegall with some of the controversy that is picking up. >> the veterans courts modeled after drug courts. they have been set up in a number of cities around the country and we have heard reports about the success of the courts in rehabilitating drug offenders. that is where this idea was born and it is two fold to provide legal services for special segments of society like veterans that commit nonviolent crimes. judges will use a softer criminal justice approach to rehabilitate the offenders, not incarcerate them. ne

jacob shaffer is accused in the murders. >>> we have heard politicians debate this issue for years, but the argument over guns is happening everywhere, even in churches. last night, we introduced you to a pastor in kentucky, who invited his congregation to bring their guns to church, as a celebration of their second amendment rights. tonight a very different view on guns from a priest in chicago. abc's barbara pinto is on that story. >> reporter: in the worst chicago neighborhood it llis a tocommon. the sound of gun fire, and sirens, a litany of lost lives. turner, killed by a stray bullet while giving her dog a bath on her grandmother's porch. >> i realized life is short. you don't know when you're going to go, so, just live your life. >> reporter: in the first six months of this year, more americans were killed on the streepts of chicago than in afghanistan or iraq. >> i've had four funerals of young children this year. 13-year-old going to the store. a 15-year-old killed on a bus. >> reporter: all guns? >> all guns. >> reporter: this father is taking aim at gun violence. pfleger is u

jacob shaffer was arrested in fayetteville, tennessee saturday. he was suspected of killing his wife, her son, brother, father, and a teenage neighbor. all were stabbed to death. the type of weapon has not been identified. another man in huntsville, alabama was also among those killed. he was beaten to death. a family friend says the family did have their fights but he never imagined it would come to this. >> i've known him for ten, 11 years. as far as seeing something like this, you can't pick him out of the crowd. i've known him. we've had our ups and downs of course like friends do. we haven't been friends probably for the last year and a half. >> investigators say the victims died either friday or saturday, possibly because of some sort of domestic dispute. >>> michael vick is a free man. an attorney for the former nfl star says he was released from federal custody today after spending two months under house arrest. vick served 23 months for a federal dog fighting conviction. his future very much in doubt. nfl commissioner roger goodell who ba

alabama and five in tennessee, including his wife, her son, her father and her brother. 30 gerald jacob shafferted at home -- at the home, rather, of one of the shootings. >>> israel will go ahead with a jewish housing project in predominantly arab east jerusalem. that's despite opposition from the united states. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel has sovereignty over all jerusalem and jews have the right to settle anywhere in the city. the obama administration has warned that new israeli settlements will hinder the middle east peace process. >>> and already under attack from reformers, iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad is now catching flack from hard liners as well. it is all because of the man that he picked to be his first vice president. hard line critics say the new vice president is too moderate because he once said iranians are friends of all people, even israelis. iran's state-run press tv claims the new vice president has already resigned, but that can't be confirmed independently. >>> all right. police say may have a new clue in their investigation into friday's indonesi

saturday afternoon tennessee authorities arrested 30-year-old jacob shaffer of fayetteville and are charging him with homicide. >> it is a tremendous crime scene. >> police say they believe the motive for these killings is domestic. so far the victim's names are not being released. >>> now to the latest on the economy and a look ahead to next week. on monday the conference board will release its index of leading economic indicators. experts predict a moderation for june's numbers. this week a dozen major companies including microsoft and coca-cola will tell us how they're faring in this recession. >>> on tuesday, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke updates on where the economy might be headed. last week we saw a sharp decline in the number of people filing initial claims for unemployment. we'll see new numbers on existing home sales and consumer sentiment. >>> for some perspective on what's happening this coming week, i'm joinld live by rick newhan with u.s. news and world report. good to see you. >> good morning. >> first of all, we saw goldman sachs and three of the nation's biggest bank

small town slaughter of six people in a murderous rampage that spanned two states. 30-year-old jacob shaffer is held in the lincoln, tennessee county jail on five counts of murder. police say they saw him sitting on the porch at one of the crime scenes, accused of killing his wife, her 16-year-old son, her brother, her father, and a 16-year-old family friend. friends of shaffer's wife said they thought trub was brewing. >> i know that she was having problems with him and she was already having her own personal problems as we all do to deal with -- you know, she kind of had a hard time in life but she was a very kind hearted person and definitely loved her children, loved her family and was a typical concerned mom. >> a sixth and still unidentified victim was found at a business in huntsville, alabama. shaffer is yet to be formally chargeded in the death. investigators believe it was domestic related. >>> new developments in the home invasion that claimed the lives of two foster parents near pensacola last week. the associated police is reporting the 26-year-old daughter of melanie billings p

saturday afternoon tennessee authorities arrested 30-year-old jacob shaffer of fayetteville and they're charging him with homicide. >> one of the worst crimes lincoln county has ever seen. >> police say they believe the motive of the feelings is domestic. so far the victim's names are not being released. >> in italy the trial for american student amanda knox is now in recess until mid september. testimony for the defense this weekend wrapped the trial before a two-month break. the pause illustrates the key difference between the american and italian judicial systems, a pause that's not sitting well with knocks's parents. nbc's john yang joins us live from london with more. john, this is a little hard for any american to understand, you're getting to a crucial part of the trial and they say, well, we're going to go on vacation for a couple months. >> reporter: that's right, chris. there are all sorts of differences in these two systems. for instance, they only sit two days a week, only have trial sessions two days a week. this trial has been going on since january. one reason it's taking

. >>> new developments in a murderous rampage. 30-year-old jacob shaffer is held in a tennessee jail on five counts of murder. police say they found him sitting on the porch at one of the crime scenes. he's accused of killing his wife, her 16-year-old son, her brother, her father, and a 16-year-old family friend. friends of shaffer's wife say they thought trouble was brewing. >> you knew she was having problems with him. she kind of had a hard time in life, but she was a very kind-hearted person and definitely loved her children and loved her family and was a typical concerned mom. >> a sixth and unidentified victim was found 30 miles away at a huntsville, alabama, business. shaffer has yet to be formally charged in that death. investigators believe the motive behind the murder was domestic related. >>> a lender that keeps the lights on at nearly 1 million small and medium businesses could get a bailout, but not from uncle sam. bondholders are reportedly cutting a big check for the struggling c.i.t. group after the government failed to give it more funds. poppy harlow is in new york

town in a slaughter of six people in a murderous rampage that spanned two states. 30-year-old jacob shaffer is held in the lincoln county, tennessee, jail on five counts of murder. police say they found him sitting on the porch at one of the crime scenes. he's accused of killing his wife, her 16-year-old son, her brother, her father, and a 16-year-old family friend. friends of shaffer's wife say they thought trouble was brewing. >> i knew that she was having problems with him. as she was already having her own personal problems, as we all do, to deal with. she kind of had a hard time in life, but she was a very kind-hearted person and definitely loved her children and loved her family and was a typical concerned mom. >> a sixth and unidentified victim was found 30 miles away at a huntsville, alabama, business. shaffer has yet to be formally charged in that death. investigators believe the motive behind the murder was domestic related. >>> a lender that keeps the lights on at nearly 1 million small and medium businesses could get a bailout, but not from uncle sam. bondholders are reportedly

jacob shaffer was arrested yesterday.in two homes in fayetteville, tennessee. also a sixth body was found in a business about 30 miles away in huntsville, alabama. affiliate wvtf reports that one of the victims was the suspect's wife. a family friend says the couple's relationship was shaky. >> i knew that she was having problems with him, and she was already having her own personal problems, as we all do, to deal with, you know. she kind of had a hard time in life, but she was a very kind-haerkind kind-hearted person and loved her children and loved her family and was a typical concerned mom. >> officials are only saying the killings were related to a domestic dispute, and some of the victims were related. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused a train crash in san francisco. dozens of people were injured when one city train slammed into another at a boarding platform. it happened yesterday. four people appear to be severely injured. a railway spokesman says investigators are now looking into possible mec

the husband, jacob shaffer is in custody facing six counts of homicide.and her sons, brother and father are among the dead. >>> scared i won't be able to go home. it is very unnerving to be a prisoner. >> a u.s. soldier held by the taliban speaks in a newly released video. private first class bowe bergdahl seen for the first time since his june 30th capture in southeastern afghanistan. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joining us now live with the latest on this. barbara, likely to get more details about this in coming days. remind everybody what we know at this point. >> reporter: indeed, heidi. private first class bowe bergdahl, 23 years old, of idaho, was captured back on june 30th. if you look at the map, he was captured in a remote, rugged area on the afghanistan-pakistan border in a place called paktika province, where he was stationed. by all official accounts, he simply left his combat outpost with other afghans perhaps trying to walk into a town or village. we don't really know, and was captured at that point. now we see this 28-minute vid

jacob shaffer was arrested in tennessee on saturday he is suspected of killing five people there, plusther man in huntsville, alabama. police say the victims included his wife, her son and other family members. >> i have known him for 10, 11 years. and as far as seeing something like this you can't pick them out of the crowd. you know? i've known him, we have had our ups and downs, of course, like friends do. we hadn't been friends probably for the last year and a half. >> investigators believe that the victims died either friday or saturday, possibly because of a domestic dispute. >>> if you were busy this weekend, may not have heard that walter cronkite died. the broadcast news legend died friday in new york after a long illness. his funeral will be held thursday. fellow news anchor dan rather says cronkite was the consummate journalist and held an important role for an entire generation. >> for the so-called boomer generation of americans, walter cronkite represented a time line of their life. civil rights movement, kennedy assassination, vietnam, space program, just in that whole p