kyle ray is pastor of kentwood community church in suburban grand rapids. >> i think there is a danger with going overboard in interfaith dialogue. there's the great potential for universalism where we begin to believe that all roads lead to the same place. the reality is that if you would talk to major religious leaders, jesus makes some exclusive claims that can kind of muddy the water when it comes to interfaith dialogue. >> it's quite the opposite of putting other faiths down. if you're solid in your faith, then it doesn't have to be necessarily the only way or truth. it could be a clear truth for us, and we can be solid in it, but then have other people be solid in their faith. >> reporter: city officials estimate that as many as 30,000 of grand rapids' 189,000 residents have attended interfaith events this past year. community activist ghazala munir says the city has come a long way since her two children were the only muslims in their school. in the 1990s, she tried to establish an interfaith group for mothers, but ran into resistance from other muslims. >> people were not reall

double shooting at that gun lodge, police say the suspected shooter who's 25-year-old eddie ray ralph took off in kyle's pickup truck. then they said that he went to his sister's house and told her and his brother what had happened, and then left that house. that's when the sister called the police. police put out an all points bulletin and tracked ralph, the suspect to his own house. now, the home was ringed, according to what one police lieutenant told me, with at least a dozen police officers. they tried to talk the suspect

the gunman accused of killing kyle has been identified as eddie ray routh. he is in custody facing two counts of capital murder. earlier i spoke with one of kyle's friends, jason kos, about the man he called a war hero. >> he and a friend took a marine that was suffering from ptsd to a gun range to shoot and as a way that he always did giving back and, you know, it was certainly him taking his time to help, again, help war heroes. >> he had quite a reputation in the field as one of the most lethal snipers out there. how did he handle that? >> you know, he viewed, chris viewed it as his job and he was protecting his brothers, frankly. he as a man was quite contrary to that because he was incredibly loving father and charismatic and really caring person. so, it's quite a contrast from what he did as his job and tours of duty. >> we are not naming the suspect in this case, but do you know if there was any connection at all, or believed to be any connection between chris kyle and this suspect? >> no, ma'am, i have no idea. >> was this shooting range somewhere tha

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it was just after 3:00 in the afternoon on saturday that chris kyle, chad littlefield, along with eddie rayth, arrived here at the rough creek lodge, sprawling 11,000-acre resort. it wasn't until about 5:00 that a hunting guide on the grounds discovered kyle and littlefield's bodies. by then, eddie ray routh was long gone. they were found in a remote part of the resort, far from any witnesses. near the bodies, several different types of weapons were found. >> right now it appears that he used a semiautomatic handgun. >> reporter: police say after the shootings, routh jumped into chris kyle's truck and drove almost 70 miles to the town of midlothian to the home of his sister. investigators say routh confessed to her he had just killed both men. according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by wfaa tv, routh told his sister that he had just traded his soul for a new truck. after he left here, she called authorities and told them all about it. when eddie ray routh left his sister's house, authorities say he kept driving east and ended up at his house in the town of lancaster, another 24 mi

hasn't made any comments to law enforcement as to why he did. >> reporter: kyle's friend, chad littlefield, and the suspect, eddie rayove to the gun range together in a pickup truck. less than two hours later, kyle and littlefield were dead. routh fled to his sister's house, and she called police and he was eventually caught. routh is an iraq war veteran, leaving the marines in 2010. kyle, who wrote "american sniper" talked about his duty to those he served with is ktvt last year. >> my only regret, the guys i couldn't save. every shot i took, i felt extremely justified. >> reporter: kyle became a fierce advocate for vets, starting a foundation to help those suffering from ptsd. that may be why kyle and littlefield went to the gun range with routh. >> he works with people who are suffering from issues who have been in the military and this shooter is possibly one of those people, that he had taken out to the range to mentor, to visit, with to help him. >> reporter: kyle's friend, travis cox, says that's just the kind of man he was. >> the man he was, when he came home, if i could describe him in any way, he was a ser

of fort worth, chris kyle and craig littlefield were gunned down at the rough creek shooting range yesterday afternoon. the suspected gunman is identified as 25-year-old eddie ray roth who kyle reportedly was helping with pa post traumatic stress disorder. he took off in a truck but was quickly captured. reports say he turned on kyle and littlefield and shot them at point blank range. kyle served four tours in iraq and for his service he was awarded two silver stars and five bronze stars. the former seal also wrote the best-selling book, "american sniper". the auto biography of the most lethal sniper in u.s. military history, a book that details his 150 plus kills of insurgents from 1999 to 2009. we'll have a lot more on this developing story with a live report later on in the next hour. >>> and there's some major developments on the growing crisis with iran to tell you about this morning. iranian official saying tehran would welcome direct talks with the u.s. coming after a response to remarks yesterday by vice-president joe biden. mr. biden said that the door is still hope for possible direct -- open for possible direct talks after a week of increased threats

kyle was killed saturday afternoon. he was once known as the deadliest sniper in the u-s and authored the book american sniper. police say eddie ray routh shot kyle and another man chad littlefield. routh was captured after a brief chase near his home in lancaster. routh's sister said he admitted shooting kyle and littlefield but didn't explain to her why he did it. he faces one count of capital murder and two counts of murder. however police said he may have been suffering from a form of ptsd.president obama is on the road today. taking his case for gun control to the american people. the president will be speaking this afternoon at a minneapolis police special operations center. he'll be talking about ideas to reduce gun violence. such as universal background checks, and limiting the size of gun magazines. analysts are divided over how effective the president's campaign-style effort will be. he left to combat a very interest group effort. president obama has not done a good job building relationships with congress. he needs to do that before he starts putting external pressure on them. she had been missing for more than a week.

details about the iraq war veteran charged with killing a former navy seal sniper, chris kyle and his friend. eddie ray ralph told a relative he traded his soul for a new truck. last night he became aggressive in his jail cell and was shocked with a stun gun and restrained. he's currently on suicide watch. >>> president obama on a crusade now to curb gun violence. today he made his first trip outside the beltway pushing his new campaign. he was off to minneapolis, once nicknamed murder apolis because they had some shooting deaths. he praised the city's turn around achieved in part through tougher background checks and more men for at risk youth and offenders. that's what president obama hopes to see nationwide, but he will need the congress in his corner. >> i need everybody who's listening to keep the pressure on your member of congress to do the right thing. >> this is the first of several trips the president plans to make to hopefully put pressure on a sharply divided congress. >>> new tonight, a little breather for the nation, at least financially speaking. president obama has signed into law a bil

kyle? >> well, police in texas have one suspect in custody. eddie raya marine corps reservist, 25 years old, who apparently, according to reports, was suffering from ptsd. now, chris kyle and other veterans there in texas would often try to independently help those with ptsd by taking them to shooting ranges to sort of blow off steam. now, according to officials in texas, this was the first time that kyle and his friend had met eddie ray routh at this shooting range about 50 miles outside ft. worth on saturday, when suddenly and allegedly, routh opened fire with a hand gun at point-blank range allegedly again killing both kyle and the other former service member. now, routh is in jail, he's expected to be charged with two counts of capital murder at this time, and according to law enforcement officials, the exact motive is unclear. again, it's suspected he was suffering from ptsd. we don't have that officially from anybody, but exactly what triggered that shooting incident is still in question. and there are also some questions being raised about what p

authorities say former navy seal chris kyle known as the american sniper was gunned down at a rural texas shooting range allegedly by a u.s. marine. 25-year-old eddie ray rouse is now facing murder charges. he turned his weapon on kyle and his neighbor chad littlefield before using kyle's pickup truck as let get-away car. >> drove to midlothian where he went to his sister's home and told his sister and brother-in- law what had he just done. >> an automatic handgun was later recovered at rouse's home. he was a decorated corporal deployed to iraq in 2007 and haiti in 2010. he is currently on suicide watch in custody. >>> day six of an ongoing hostage situation in midland, alabama. investigators continue to work with accused captor jimmy lee dykes hiding out in an underground bunker with a 5- year-old boy with medical needs. he is wanted for killing the boy's bus driver and taking the boy hostage. dykes has been working with investigators getting the boy medicine, toys and food. >> we don't know why if we're ever faced with this as a community as a whole. >>> the edge on d.c. now, police looking for the person who stabbed a man to his death inside his nor

: a frantic call to police from the sister of iraq war veteran eddie ray routh charged with killing former navy seal sniper chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield on a texas shooting range. kyle, littlefield and routh got to the rough creek lodge 3:15 saturday. an hour and a half later a worker at that sprawling range found two bodies covered in blood with multiple gunshot wounds. cops say the suspect, former marine reservist eddie ray routh, shot both men several times with a semiautomatic handgun before taking kyle's truck and driving to his sister's house. >> he says that he killed two guys. they went out to a shooting range and it's like he's all crazy. he's psychotic. >> reporter: according to police documents, routh told his sister that he traded his soul for a new truck. routh has refused to meet with own family and his court-appointed attorney. he's held on $3 million bond and is on suicide watch. during that same 911 call routh's brother-in-law sharing the gunman's health diagnosis and recent stay in a mental hospital. >> he's recently diagnosed with ptsd. >> when did he get out of green oaks? >> about a

former marine eddie ray routh is accused of killing kyle and a friend at a gun range earlier this monthmonth. >>> a nightmare for more than 3,000 passengers stuck on a carnival cruise line is almost over. the ship has been drifting in the gulf of mexico after an engine room fire on sunday. a passenger phoned her husband and said not all of the bathrooms work and people are getting sick. the ship is being towed to mobile, alabama, and should be there by thursday. >>> on the "cbs money watch," mistakes on your credit report and a new place to wager bets at an atlanta casino. we have more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning you to, anne-marie. a weakened yen propped up stocks in tokyo. the kospi fell .25%, and the hang seng is closed for the lunar new year. >>> earnings season is winding down. coca cola, general motors, and pepsico will publish earnings later this week. the six-week rally on wall street took a pause on monday. the dow fell 21 points to 13,971. the nasdaq slipped about two. >>> better check your credit report. a new government study found about 25% of consumers have an

year-old eddy ray ruth a veteran who reportedly suffers from post traumatic stress disorder now facing multiple murder charges. we have been following the story. what do we know? >> chris kyles americann as remost lethal sniper and another man were both creeked at the rubbing creek lodge roughly 60 miles southwest of fort worth texas yesterday. texas authorities believe eddy ray ruth of lancaster shot kyle and his close friend chad little field shortly in the afternoon. he was a corporal in the marines deployed in iraq 2007 and served in haiti 2010. he lived on reserve duty. a motive for the shooting remains unclear but ruth suffered from ptsb. he may have taken him to the range in an effort to help him cope and he turned on the two men shooting him at close range. after the murders ruth drove to his sister's house and told her and her husband what happened at the gun range. they called law enforcement who went to his home to make an arrest. he fled but was caught after a short pursuit an automatic hand gun was recovered at his home. >> a true american patriot who appeared right here on fox news not long ago. >> he had made several pier rances he always talked about his lov

sniper chris kyle and a friend at the shooting range. eddie ray routh, 25-year iraq war veteran, is charged with killing chris kyle and chad littlefield over the weekend. authorities say routh may have mental health problems and is on suicide watch. >>> as many as 15 people are being questioned in the disappearance and death of a new york city woman in turkey. turkish police say sarai sierra died from a blow to her head. her body was found saturday near the remnants of an ancient city wall in istanbul. the 33-year-old mother of two was last heard from on january 21st, just before she was supposed to fly home from her solo vacation in turkey. >>> amazing recovery for teen activists malala yousafzai. a video message has been released, showing her speak out for the first time. malala was shot in the head by the taliban last october in her native pakistan. she was oshot for her outspoken advocacy. >> today i can see that i'm alive. i can see you. i can see everyone. and today i can see that i'm getting better day by day. >> just an incredible young la

eddie ray route is facing two counts of murder. chris kyle and his friend were killed at a gun range. kyle rote the book "american sniper." he detailed his 150-plus kills. police believe routh may be suffering from mental illness. a tour bus accident leaves several passengers dead and dozens more injured. it happened sunday evening in southern california just east of los angeles. the bus was leaving the big bear mountain resort area heading for tijuana, mexico. it appears the bus collided with a truck on the mountain. we are told a people have died from the accident. john harbaugh praising the 49ers this morning on "today." brother they love continues when joe flacco was given the credit for the wind. >> our next chance of snow could cause problems for commuters tomorrow. of using toothpaste to clean a denture. but dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can grow and multiply. polident is specifically designed to clean dentures daily. its unique micro-clean formula kil

kyle works with people that are suffering from some issues that have been in the military. and this shooter is possibly one of those people. >> reporter: the suspect, eddie rayine. police say he shot kyle and a friend, chad littlefield, with a handgun. routh allegedly confessed the murders to his sister. police took him into custody saturday night near his home in a dallas suburb after a brief chase. kyle served four tours in iraq. he was considered by many to have been the best sniper in u.s. military history with more than 150 confirmed kills. he retired in 2009 to return home to his wife and his two children. >> she means the world to me. and especially, you know, those two little kids that i didn't really have an opportunity to get to know. i wanted to make sure that they knew their dad and knew how much i loved them. it's time for me to step back from the military and give them my all. >> reporter: the sheriff's office says routh became aggressive overnight and had to be shocked with a stun gun and then restrained. he's being held on $3 million bond and is now on suicide watch. anna warner, cbs news, dallas. >>> lightning struck twice for an arkansas co

more details from a police affidavit on this. >> it appears that chris kyle, long with his friend, chad littlefield, and eddie rayt, arrived at the rough creek lodge around 3:15. they went off the firing range and it was not until an hour and a half later worker at the lodge went to the range, found kyle and littlefield, both apparently shot, when the cops arrived, they said they found both men clearly dead. covered in blood. multiple gunshot wounds, and numerous firearms at the range. not that that would be unthundershower. hand guns and row valve0s. routh has fled the scene and gone to his sister and talked about selling his soul for the new truck. that might have been the seemingly senseless motive. we're also hearing that routh has refused to meet with members of his own family, and also hiscourt-a pointed attorney. >> kyle had co-authors for the book. >> we spoke to one of them today. we talked to jim, a writer, not a vet, co-author on the book, american sniper. he became very friendly with chris kyle as a result of this. clearly admired him greatly. and he talked to me about learning that chris kyle had bee

eddie ray ralph is accused of killing chris kyle and his friend on saturday. they used a stun gun on ralph on sunday when he was being unruly in his solitary confinement cell. >>> a bipartisan group of alabama lawmakers is moving to exonerate nine black men who became known as the scottsboro boys. they were convicted of raping two white women. today, lawmakers will introduce a resolution to exonerate them. a second bill would lead to posthumous pardons. only one of the men was pardoned when he was alive. >>> here, it was an all-star tribute to mayor ed koch. clinton said koch had a big brain but a bigger heart. michael bloomberg said koch would be loving all the attention he was getting from so many political heavy-hitters. koch died last friday, at the age of 88. >> boisterous he was. >>> time for a look at the weather across the nation. rain from seattle to northern california. up to six inches of snow in the cascades and northern rockies. light snow around minneapolis, chicago, detroit and pittsburgh. also, snowing this morning from philly to boston. shower

texas authorities believe eddy ray ruth of lancaster shot kyle and his close friend chad little field shortly in the afternoon. he was a corporal in the marines deployed in iraq 2007 and served in haiti 2010. he lived on reserve duty. a motive for the shooting remains unclear but ruth suffered from ptsb. he may have taken him to the range in an effort to help him cope and he turned on the two men shooting him at close range. after the murders ruth drove to his sister's house and told her and her husband what happened at the gun range. they called law enforcement who went to his home to make an arrest. he fled but was caught after a short pursuit an automatic hand gun was recovered at his home. >> a true american patriot who appeared right here on fox news not long ago. >> he had made several pier rances he always talked about his love of country and the duty he felt to his fellow service members. he was the best selling author of the auto biology call. the story he wrote the details here are of his 150 plus kills of insurgents in iraq. he also helped create the victim cares foundation

kyle works with people that are suffering from some issues from being in the military and this shooter is possibly one of those people. >> reporter: the suspect, eddie ray routh, is a former marine. police say he shot kyle and a friend, chad littlefield, with a handgun. routh allegedly confessed to the murders to his sister. police took him into custody saturday night near his home in a dallas suburb after a brief chase. kyle served four tours in iraq. he was considered by many to have been the best sniper in u.s. military history with more than 150 confirmed kills. he retired in 2009 to return home. his wife and two children. >> she means the world to me and those two little kids that i didn't know, i wanted to make sure they knew how much i loved them and it was time for me to step back from the military and give them my all. >> reporter: in an affidavit the suspect is now quoted as telling relatives that he traded his soul for a new truck. the document also says he told them that he wanted to get to oklahoma to avoid texas authorities. >> pelley: anna, thank you. at its peak last night the audience for last night's super bowl reached 164 million. but

sniper chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield met with another marine vet, 25-year-old eddie ray routh. and it ended tragically with kyle and littlefield shot dead multiple times of a remote area of a gun range near ft. worth, texas. police say they were found nearly two hours later by a guide at the range. about 25 to 30 other weapons were found at the crime scene, including ak-47s and long guns. investigators say routh drove off in kyle's pickup and headed to his sister's house. there he allegedly told her and his brother what happened. he left, and the two called police. when a team arrived at his house, they say that routh was sitting out front in kyle's pickup truck. a hostage negotiator tried to talk him out, but he took off down the road. and here is how a witness describes it. >> i was scared. i'm sitting below the window line. i was peeking out. they had four shotguns on him, i believe. it's dark out here, so i real hi did the best counting i could. and the next thing i know, a little time passes, he starts up 2 truck. and then adds he rushes down the road, and they all t

texas authorities believe eddie ray ruth of lancaster shot kyle and his close friend chad little field shortly after 3:00 in the afternoon fleeing the lodge area in kyle's stolen pickup truck. he was a dedicated corporal in the marines who had been deployed in iraq in 2007 and served in haiti in 2010. currently listed on reserve duty. a motive for the shooting remains unclear. but ruth apparently suffered from ptsd. according to friends, kyle may have taken him to the range in an effort to help him cope and ruth turned on the two men, shooting them at close range. after the murders, texas authorities say ruth drove to his sister's house and told her and her husband what happened at the gun range. they called law enforcement who went to ruth's home to make an arrest. ruth fled but caught after a short pursuit and automatic handgun recovered at his home. >> harris: kyle, a true american patriot had appeared on fox news not long ago. >> exactly. he had made several appearances here on the network. he always talked about love of country and duty he felt to several service members. kyle was

at excused shooter is believed to be a troubled soldier that kyle was trying to help. they say eddy ray routh is believed to have turned and shot the men in the back and then fleed in kyle's pickup truck. truck. >> well, i don't think anybody knows why. they all went out there together in thehicle. it is my understanding that the suspect may have been suffering from some type of mental illness from being in the military himself. i understand he was a marine for four years and may have been suffering from some complications from that. i'm not sure. >> reporter: chris kyle left the navy in 2009. friends say he dealt with his own post-war struggles and established a charity to help other vets. thoik authorities believe routh's mother may have been the one to reach out for help for her son. -- texas authorities. >>> still ahead, as a tense hostage situation in alabama enters its seventh day, more details emerge about the suspect and how he is treating the boy he is holding captive. >> more super bowl headlines. this is a live look in baltimore this morning. that is a reefens sweatshirt. oh,

officials in texas say ready ray routh shot chris kyle, author of the best selling book american sniper chad littlefield. he's become increasingly aggressive with the jailers and were forced to use a stun gun on him. it happened at a shooting range. it's believed that the shooting stemmed from an argument over kyle's truck. >>> we're learning that the daughter of the late u.s. senator strom thurman has died. she announced in 2003 that she was the daughter of thurmond. the former presidential candidate who supported segregati segregation. she was 22 at the time. she kept her father's identity a secret until he died. she worked as a teacher in los angeles for years. she was a mother of four children and was 87 years old. >>> arizona senator john mccain is under fire this morning for what some are calling a racist tweet. mccain tweeted about mahmoud ahmadinejad saying he wanted to be the first iranian in space. he wrote "wasn't he there just last week" referring to the country launching a rocket with a monkey into space. michigan republican justin a mash responded calling it racist and tel