both john muhammad and the younger lee malvo were prosecuted in 2003. pleading guilty and he got life imprisonment. john muhammad was convicted, sentenced to die and his execution is scheduled for november 10, 2009. right around the corner literally speaking. how does his former wife the author of the brand new book scared silence feel about that. mildred muhammad joins me in new york along with judge janine pirro. scared silent. do you believe that there were opportunities for you to contact the authorities but you were too frightened by the domestic violence perpetrated by john muhammad perpetrated on you. >> i named the book scared silent not because i was so scared i didn't do anything. i was scared because i had to work under the radar so i would not be detected. so everything i did including contacting the authorities and making sure that they understood and knew that i was a victim of domestic violence because i had the physical scars to prove it. >> the domestic violation allegations were rejected by the authorities and they did not listen when

sniper john allen muhammad will be executed on november 10th.irginia officials announced that yesterday. he will be given a lethal injection. mohammed's lawyers are asking for lem enscy because they say he has a severe mental illness. >>> remember the pilots who overshot the minneapolis airport? they have had their licenses revoked in a harsh letter, the faa said the captain and first officer endangered the public while they were on a personal frolic in the cockpit. >>> the decision is effective immediately but the pilots have ten days to appeal it. welcome back. i'm natasha curry in for robin meade. 30 minutes past the hour. now 31. >>> president obama will sign a law today making it a federal crime to assault someone for their sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. the measure is named for matthew shepherd, a gay wyoming teenager who died after being beaten in 1998. it's also named after james byrd jr., an african-american man dragged to his death in texas the same year. >>> the dea has released the names of three agents killed in

the state of virginia has set a november 10th execution date for john allen muhammad.s suspected of planning a string of killings in the washington area in 2002 that left ten people dead and three wounded. he was convicted after fatal shooting at a gas station in na manassas. >>> were stocks on wall street able to snap a two-day losing streak? susan lisovicz has trading details. we hope so susan. >> well, you kind of have a mixed session richelle on mixed economic readings. the good news is we didn't have any kind of the losses that we saw over the last two days. it is the first back-to-back triple-digit losses since june. we didn't see anything like that. we did have the energy sector help to lift the dow but just marginally higher. dow ticking up to 9,882. the broader s&p dipped .3%. let's get to the economic reports. the housing sector continues to show signs of stabilization. home prices rose for a fourth straight month in august. the s&p case schiller index also showed 19 of 20 metro areas improved on their year-over-year declines. still, people are concerned abou

sniper john allen muhammad will be executed on november 10th.ginia officials made that announcement yesterday. they say they gave him a choice about how he died but he did not choose so he will be given a lethal injection. muhammad's lawyers are asking for clemency because they say he has a severe mental illness. >>> bob van dillen joins us right now, meteorologist. what do we got today? i know we have some stuff that was left on the lower southern parts of the country but now is a nor'easter we're worried about? >> it's moved up. we looked at the snowmaker across the rockies. i want to show you the northeast now. many travel delays out there. if you're at the airport scratching your head, here's the reason why. a a couple low pressure centers at the surface. this is just off basically the delaware coast. that should form into one storm just offshore from long island. something we're watching in the next couple of days. heaviest rain this morning pulling into central new york in towards new york city t will get into boston, too. let me show you

john william lomax iii. all together four men have been arrested. muhammad was also arraigned today. he's charged with conspiracy to commit assault. none of the four suspects is a student at the university of connecticut. howard was stabbed to death october 18th during a fight outside a dance on the campus. the entire football team went down to florida to attend his funeral. >>> investigators are hoping a time line will lead them to missing virginia tech student morgan harrington. virginia state police say she was spotted outside a university arena between 8:30 and 9:00 local time on the evening of october 17th. she left the arena during a metallica concert and was denied re-entry. she was last seen at 9:30 p.m. local time on a bridge in charlottesville. she walked across two parking areas to get there. last night her parents appeared on nancy grace. >> what do you know about her telling her friends inside that she might get a ride home? >> i know that she did tell them that she could get a ride home is what we believe. i don't know what that means. i can't think that morgan would le