and i got to go now. >> reporter: the owner of the company denied the charges of racism. >> omar thornton was embraced as a member of our team. >> reporter: police found thornton in the warehouse shortly afterwards, dead with a gunshot wound to his head. rob and vinita? >>> thornton's employers said he never filed a claim with them or union agencies. but they will now investigate his actions. >>> the newest supreme court justice, elena kagan, will get a personal congratulations from president obama. she was confirmed by a wide margin. but as jonathan karl reports, that doesn't mean her critics went away quietly. >> reporter: the tally is 63-37. >> reporter: elena kagan was easily confirmed in a vote the president hailed as historic. >> for nearly three cinchries there wasn't a single woman on our highest court. >> reporter: kagan faced attacks from republicans, who branded l judicial experience. >> her lack of judicial experience, striking. >> is not suited. >> does not have the gifts. >> she is unlikely to exercise judicial restraint. >> reporter:highly partisan. all but five republicans

tonight, he tells the associated press that omar thornton was as cold as ice as he began firing his gun chose to quit his job, rather than be fired. and pulled out a gun and started shooting. news 8 talked with steve hollander on the phone tonight. he did not want to go on camera. >> here is what we know now about this deadly shooting. gunfire broke out at hartford distributors in manchester, after 7:30 this morning. manchester police say nine people are dead, including the gunman. the gunman has been identified as omar thornton of emfield. two people were treated at hartford hosp >> very sad story. the latest we're hearing now is some of the victims involved in all this, were people at this plant for something like 30 years. they were on th ♪ skinny, so skinny >>> and welcome back, everybody. we need to send some get well wishes to the queen of soul, aretha franklin, this morning. apparently, she fell and broke some ribs. suffering some serious abdominal pain. we don't have details on how she fell or why. she did have two concerts scheduled here in new york city and brooklyn, coming up

them and i got to go now. >> reporter: the owner of the company denied the charges of racism. >> omar thornton reporter: police found thornton in the warehouse shortly afterwards, dead with a gunshot wound to his head. rob and vinita? >>> 14 federal investigators will look into a fatal chain-reaction crash on a missouri highway. two school buses packed with teenagers plowed into a pickup truck and semi that had already collided. the impact launched one bus into the air and onto the pickup and the other onto the semi. two teens died in the crash. >>> the head of president obama's council of economic advisers has one more month left on the job. christina romer is resigning so she can go back to work as an economics professor in california. the white house says romer's resignation was expected and president obama has thanked her for what he called extraordinary service. >>> by a senate vote of 63-37, elena kagan has been confirmed as a supreme court justice. five republicans supported her while one democrat voted against her. after a celebration at the white house today, kagan will be formally sw

mark worked with omar thornton. he wasn't at the plant during the shooting but his son, also an employee, was and escaped. >> when i heard his voice, what a relief, you know. just to know he was okay. >> reporter: family members who had loved ones killed were taken to a local high school. the mother of one victim says she saw her son and kissed him good-bye, not knowing it would be for the last time. manuel gallegus, cbs news, manchester, connecticut. >>> the first federal judicial ruling on same-sex marriage is expected today. the ruling concerns california's proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage. voters approved prop 8 five months after the state supreme court legalized same-sex marriage. one legal expert says he has no doubt prop 8 will be thrown out. >> i would be very surprised, based upon what i saw of the trial and based upon what i saw of the interaction of judge walker, particularly in the closing arguments of the lawyers, if judge walker did not say that it's a violation of the 14th amendment equal p

omar thornton is shooting people. >> in all, delivery truck driver omar thornton killed eight people and wounded two more before taking his own life. the shooting erupted after thornton learned he was losing his job. family members say thornton had complained about racial harassment at work. >>> a disclosure from the u.s. marshal service has reignited the debate over body scanners used at airports and more and more at courthouses. the transportation security administration has insisted that scanned images of passengers cannot be recorded or stored. but the marshal service now admits that it saved tens of thousands of such images taken at a security checkpoint at a courthouse in florida. >>> now to amazing caught on tape footage of the dash cam of a maryland police cruiser. the officer was chasing a carjacked suv last month and finally cornered it on the bridge. the officer figured the suspects couldn't escape. >> because driver's side door is pinned on the car and passenger side is pinned on the bridge. i'm like, they can't get out. they can't even run. next thing i know, i see the re

omar thornton is shooting people. i just got shot. >> reporter: when steve hollander called police early tuesday morning, the company vice president was already a survivor. grazed by two gunshots, one in the jaw. >> bleeding all over the place. >> okay. how many people got shot? >> i don't know. >> okay. you don't know. and you're shot where? >> in my head. >> you're shot in the head? >> yeah. >> reporter: hollander hid in an office as the gunman, 34-year-old omar thornton, continued his rampage. >> he's still shooting. i hear guns out there. >> he used to work there? >> yeah, till i just fired him. >> today? >> today. he's in the parking lot chasing people. >> he's in the parking lot chasing people. >> reporter: his wife, susan hollander, is still stunned. >> it's just shocking. it's still shocking. it's unbelievable. >> reporter: it would be the deadliest workplace shooting in connecticut state history. nine dead, including the shooter. >> i can't believe the guy is gone. >> reporter: police say during a disciplinar

. >>> omar thornton shot and killed eight coworkers before taking his own life tuesday, but before he killed himself, he called 911 and calmly explained his motives to the emergency operator. this is an edited version of the chilling conversation. >> this is omar thornton, the shooter over in manchester. >> yes. where are you, sir? >> i'm in the building. you probably want to know the reason why i shot this place up. this is a racist place. >> yep, i understand that. >> they treat me bad over here. and treat all other black employees bad over here, too. so i took it into my own hands. to handle the problem. i wish i could have got more of the people. >> thornton also said he was relaxed and wouldn't kill anyone else. and asked the operator to tell his family he loves them. >>> in other news, elena kagan will be sworn in as the 112th justice of the united states supreme court on saturday. kagan was confirmed by the senate thursday and she'll visit the white house today for a ceremony to mark her confirmation. the former solicitor general will be the fourth woman to serve on the court.

right now our focus is on the families. >> reporter: clearly omar thornton was a troubled man, but lester, tonight police are just trying to figure out exactly what it was that set him off. >> peter, thank you. >>> turning now to some extreme weather, and it's been a very hot summer across much of this country. but in the words of one meteorologist today, the heat index, what it feels like is getting pretty outrageous. that combo of temperature and humidity can make it seem much hotter than the number on the thermometer. it could hit 113 degrees in some places. now, this searing heat turned to tragedy for some teenagers in louisiana. ron mott joins me now from new orleans. ron? >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. the high here in new orleans got into the 90s, but could have been much worse if not for the cloud cover we saw most of the day. elsewhere around this state, sadly, a worse possible scenario. >> the river's a dangerous place. >> reporter: the pictures of shock and grief clearly display the pain. six teens ages 13 to 18 drowned in the red river trying to get a break from the

omar thornton is shooting people. i just got shot. >> you're shot where? >> in my head. >> i'm in the back paper storage closet. >> okay, stay back there. we will come to you >> again, those calls coming in today. people close to thornton, including his girlfriend, say he was the victim of racial tauntso the company denies it. and in a farewell message to his mother, thornton asked her to stop smoking. >>> some of the richest, most powerful people in america made a pledge today, spurred on by two famous philanthropists. the challenge? give away half their fortune. bianna golodryga tells us who signed on. >> reporter: $249 billion, the equivalent of almost $1,000 for every american, is how much these 40 americans are worth collectively. and today, they pledged to give at least half of their wealth away. >> we probably called somewhere between 70 and 80 people on the forbes list. and it was a very soft sell. >> reporter: warren buffett, together with bill gates, personally called their fellow billionaires, even hosted private dinners, in hopes of convincing

. >> reporter: the final words of a killer, the chilling 911 call from omar thornton moments after he shot eight of his colleagues in cold blood. >> this is a racist place. >> i understand that. >> they treated me bad over here and treat all other black employees bad here, too. so i took it into my own hands and handled the problem. i wish i could have gotten more of the people. >> reporter: but at a press conference today, the family-run company was unequivocal about its treatment of the shooter. >> omar thornton was embraced as a member of our team. >> reporter: also in attendance, hollander's brother steven, who was shot twice in tuesday's d d deadly rampage, and placed this call to 911 from inside the facility. >> you're shot where? >> in my head. >> shot in the head? >> yeah. >> reporter: as the investigation pushes on, accusations persist from those close to thornton that he was the victim of constant racial taunts at work. the company has said repeatedly that thornton never filed a complaint with them, the union or any anti-discrimination agencies. even so, they're launching th

after killing eight of his co-workers, omar thornton called 911 to explain why he did it. he told the dispatcher he worked at a racist company. calmly explaining what happened. and how he wish he could have, quote, gotten more people. clarissa ward is in manchester, connecticut, with the chilling tapes. hi, clarissa. >> reporter: good morning, george. the chilling final words of a killer. omar thornton sounds eerily calm after killing eight of his colleagues in cold blood. >> state police. >> yeah. this 911? >> yeah. can i help you? >> this is omar thornton, the shooter over in manchester. >> reporter: before taking his own life, thornton called 911 to explain his killing rampage. >> they treat me bad over here. and they treat all the other black employees bad over here, too. so i just take it into my own hands. and i handled the problem. and i wish i could have gotten more people. don't try to calm me down. i'm not going to kill nobody. i want to tell my story, so you can play it back. >> reporter: from the calm and deliberate tone of his voice, it was clear he was prepar

he was one of the eight men killed by omar thornton.e grief and the unanswered questions. >> nothing really can prepare us for something like this. >> reporter: families still mourning the senseless shooting, police say, took workers by total surprise. during his disciplinary hearing, hartford distributor's executives say omar thornton seemed calm, as they showed him a video of him stealing beer. they say he quietly signed a letter of resignation. then pulled out a gun and started firing. >> i'm in the back paper storage closet. >> okay. stay back there. we will come to you. all right? >> help me, please. help me. >> ma'am, we are on the way. please, stay down. stay low. all right? >> reporter: the shooting was over in minutes, leaving eight people dead and two wounded. according to his uncle, after the shooting, thornton called his mother. "i killed the five racists that was there bothering me," he said. then, debating whether to kill himself, he told his mom, "i love you very much. i want you to take care of yourself. i want you to st

>> this is omar thornton, the shooter over here in manchester. >> reporter: thornton insisted he was finished with his rampage and tried to explain his deadly actions. >> you want to know the reason i shot. basically this is a racist place. >> yep, i understand that. >> they treat me bad over here. they treat all the other black employees bad over here too. so i just took it into my own hands and handled the problem. >> reporter: union officials say thornton who filed complaints about other work rules never filed a complaint about racism. surrounded by hartford distributor employees, the company president adamantly denied thornton's claims. >> i can state to you unequivocally that no such claim has ever been brought to the attention of our company. no such claim has been pursued under hartford distributors internal anti-discrimination and harassment policy. >> reporter: while thornton was telling a dispatcher his story, his co-workers, including a wounded victim, were frantically making their own 911 calls. >> what's going on, who got shot? >> somebody got shot, i got shot. >> stay t

say nine people were killed at a beer distribution company in manchester, including the gunman omar thornton. company officials say torn ton worked there as a driver and was being -- thornton worked there as a driver and was being resigned there. >>> full senate hearings are underway for supreme court nominee elena kagan. cities are gearing up for the national crimeout prevention nights. one bay area community is going to try something new. >> reporter: in san francisco, a supervisor has an idea to extend a plastic bag band to certain businesses. our real national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of up to 40%, having that many customers shouldn't be a surprise. so ask a neighbor about state farm, then call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. >>> oakland police are investigating a shooting at an a

. >> police officials release a chilling 91 call from omar thornton moments after killing eight co-workers. >>> hot enough for you? 105 in little rock. 104 in dallas. a deadly heat wave leads to warnings in 18 states. we have the latest forecast "early" this friday morning, august 6th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> very good friday morning to you. i'm erica hill. >> the heat in the headlines this morning. relief here. but bad in much of the rest of the country. we will get to that, too. wyclef jean, music superstar, announced this week he's running for president of haiti. we have an exclusive interview this morning. our betty nguyen sat down with wyclef and talked to him about what his plans are. >> looking forward to that. we want to get you to this. supreme court justice elena kagan. sworn in tomorrow after the senate voted yesterday to confirm president obama's nomination. cbs news chief legal correspondent jan crawford joins thus morning from washington. the confirmation was pretty much expected but very divisive at the same time. >> well, that's exactly right, erica. it was basic

and we are now hearing the frantic 911 calls from the beer distribution center where driver omar thorntonpened fire yesterday, killing eight co-workers, and then himself. >> i'm in the back paper storage closet. >> okay. stay back there. we'll come to you. all right? >> thornton's girlfriend said he had complained to her about racial harassment on the job. company officials are denying those allegations, saying he went on a rampage after he was fired for stealing beer. >>> the daughter of former new york city mayor rudy giuliani has been arrested for shoplifting. police say caroline giuliani was caught on surveillance camera, pocketing about 100 bucks' forth of makeup at a n cosmetic store. police released the harvard student, after charging her with petty larceny. >>> a police officer in maryland said it was something like out of a monster truck show. take a look at this. he was chasing a carjacked suv. and he thought he had the suspects cornered. that is when the driver threw the suv in reverse and went straight up on to the police car, before tipping over. one of the three, young suspe

cell phone photographs, showing racial slurs on the bathroom wall of the factory behind me, where omar thornton went on his shooting rampage. it was 7:45 when the first 911 call came in. thornton's boss shot in the head. >> sir. stay on the line. okay. how many people got shot? >> i don't know. >> okay. you don't know. and you're shot where? >> in my head. >> you're shot in the head? >> yeah. >> what's your name? >> my name is steve hollander. >> okay. and what's the name of the person shooting people again? >> his name is omar thornton. >> reporter: employees desperately ran for cover. >> i'm in the back paper storage closet. >> okay. stay there. we'll come to you. >> help me please, help me. >> are you hiding? >> yes, i am. >> stay down where you are. we'll be there in one second. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: as the investigation continues, those close to thornton insist he was a gentle man, pushed over the edge by constant racial taunts at work. >> it was not a random shooting. he knew the people that was bothering him. >> reporter: kristi hannah was thornton's girlfriend of nine years. she a

manchester police say 34-year- old omar thornton was called into a meeting this morning. he was told he could either quit or be fired for allegedly stealing beer. that's when he pulled out a handgun, started shooting coworkers before turning the gun on himself. those coworkers who survived say they couldn't believe it. >> who they're saying did it is like one of the quitest shiest people around. >> thornton's relatives said he complained of racial harassment at the company. according his family thornton called his mother from the scene and said, "i shot the racists, i'm killing myself." >>> this is fire through a russian village raging around a passenger. passengers were volunteers who went to the region to help firefighters. they got out safely. more than 150 of the 250 houses in the village burned. russian leaders have declared a state of the emergency in seven provinces. those fires killed at least 40 people. >>> here in the bay area parents at a school destroyed by an arson fire are trying to force the the state to require sprinklers for renovation. trace elementary s

today police released tape of a 911 call from the gunman, 34- year-old omar thornton. he placed the call minutes after he shot eight coworkers to death and just before he took his own life. the tape is four minutes long. we've cut it down for time and content. >> couric: chilling. the president of hartford distributors said today thornton was fired on the morning of the shooting because he was caught stealing beer. ross hollander said no claims of racism were ever brought to the company's attention and he added thornton had been "embraced as a member of the company." meanwhile, down in the gulf, it's the announcement everyone has been waiting for. it came today, day 108, b.p.'s blown-out oil well has finally been plugged. a layer of cement now sits on top of it. mark strassmann is in new orleans tonight. mark, i know there's still a lot of cleanup work to do, but the static kill actually seems to have done its job. >> reporter: and if anything, katie, it did it better and faster than expected. officially, no one involved with killing this well will say it, but with any

police say suspect omar thornton was worried he'd lose his job. today's violence is unlikely to quell the gun control debate and more likely to add fuel to the fire, because in a country where guns can be found in nearly half of all households, a new generation of activists are clamoring to carry guns just about everywhere. guns they say will make us all safer. as my co-anchor terry moran now reports. >> reporter: the statistics tell there are about 50 million gun owners in america, close to half of all american households possess guns. more than 200 million guns all told. and we buy about 4.5 million more guns every year. whether you like it or not, for better or worse, it's a fact. america is an armed nation. and to gun owners, the vast majority of whom are law abiding citizens, that's the way it was meant to be. >> we're just out here, like i said, exercising our rights. just here to have a good time. >> reporter: now, more than ever, many gun owners are proudly, aggressively asserting their rights, reaffirmed by a conservative supreme court, t

truck driver omar thornton shot eight co-workers to death at a beer distribution company before then mself. thornton had accused his employers of racism. >>> a 14-year-old boy is under arrest accused of starting a brush fire north of los angeles. the fire spread across 40 acres and threatened about 50 homes before it was finally contained. police say the boy admitted dropping his lighter in a field while trying to light his marijuana pipe. the boy and a friend tried to put out the flames but they failed and then they ran. >>> bp says the cement sealing its blown-out well in the gulf of mexico is solidly in place. pressure tests show it is holding firmly. now engineers can begin drilling the final 100 feet of relief well that will permanently seal the leak. crews will drill 30 feet at a time and say that work should be done by next weekend. >>> the state of louisiana has set next monday as the official opening of the fall shrimp season. federal health authorities say they'll continue testing the safety of all seafood from the gulf but they insist all the samples they've tested so far s

the teamster's union identified the gunman as omar thornton. a driver for a beer and wine distributor in manchester, connecticut. police say thornton was going to a meeting with management at the beer warehouse at 7 this morning when he opened fire. 8 people were killed and two others were wounded before thornton then killed himself. his union said thornton had been caught on video stealing beer. >>> a recent solar flare-up could cause some rather heavenly sights. and scientists say that increased activity is only the beginning. as jim vargas reports, the phenomenon could cause all kinds of problems during the comes months. >> reporter: this animation depicts a solar mass ejection where tons of solar plasma are blasted into space. the first was due to reach earth tonight. it's nuclear and dangerous. much of it is deflected by the earth's magnetic shield. the closer to the poles someone is the brighter the shows. they're called the northern and southern lights >> if you live in the north of the united states you might be able to see the northern

service is being held for victims of that deadly shooting rampage at a beer warehouse. 34-year-old omar thorntont and killed eight coworkers yesterday before killing himself. police say he had two handguns on him and a shotgun in his car. the first call to 911 came in just minutes after thornton had been fired from his job. thornton's family says he complained he was the victim of racial harassment at work. his former employer denies that. now to some extreme weather around the globe. russia's sweltering through its hottest summer in 130 years. it's also dry, scores of wildfires have killed 50 people. the smoke has drifted hundreds of miles to moscow. today the kremlin was shrouded in smog and doctors advised people to stay inside. meanwhile, more rain is forecast in northwest pakistan where monsoon floods have killed 1,500 people. 2.5 million have fled their homes. today the obama administration promised to send more aid to pakistan on top of the $10 million the u.s. has already pledged for this disaster. still ahead on the "cbs evening news," putting it out there. wannabe pop stars auditioning

omar thornton called his mother after the rampage.. he was forced to resign tuesday for stealing beer and apparently smuggled weapons in his lunchbox. >>> barnes & nobel is putting itself up for sale. a sign of how technology is changing the way we buy books. the shift from traditional books to e-books has cut into the retailer's profit in recent years. >>> in medical news america's waistline continues to expand. government figures show 72 million americans are now obese. 2 million more than just a couple of years ago. that's nearly 27% of the population. >>> finally, a special delivery for a woman in houston. 30-year-old veronica real mayorga gave birth to a rare set of quintuplets. it took two minutes to deliver the babies. who, unlike most quints are in very good health. there are only 100 sets of quintuplets in the world. now, there are 101. >>> now, let's look at what "world news" is working on for tonight. here's diane sawyer. diane? >> hello, juju. one of the stories we hope everybody watches "good morning america" will see. a

during morning shift change at the family owned beer supplier, 34-year-old omar thornton opened fire on his colleagues. >> they found a victim when they first entered the building. >> reporter: it would be the first of many. authorities say thornton, a driver for the company for about three years, was asked to resign this morning after reportedly being caught on camera stealing beer. while being let out of the building, he started shooting. >> you got the third shift leaving, first shift coming on, all the salesmen are in there getting ready to go out in their various routes. yeah-- it couldn't have been a portion possible time. >> reporter: a source tells cbs news that just before 7:30 a.m. thornton used a handgun to shoot the two men who fired him. he then proceeded to the warehouse. as employees were loading beer on to trucks, thornton allegedly ran along the loading platform selectively shooting, killing some and sparing others. in all, he killed eight people before turning the gun on himself. >> i just hear the names and it just... it's very sad, you know? lost a lot of friends

when when 34-year-old omar thornton began his shooting spree at the family-owned beer and wine wholesaler where he had worked for two years as a driver. he was on his way out of a disciplinary hearing and had been asked to resign over videos that showed him stealing beer. by the time he finished, eight people were dead. for fami for family members of the victims, it was a wrenching day, as they waited for news. dead, vic dead, victor james, a ers and old man who left behind two daughters and two ital in critic one victim is still in the hospital in critical condition. when police arrived at the scene, thornton turned the handgun on himself. >> he was no different than any driver over therr there. .ou went, pick a load and you go >> out and do your job. him. >> reporter: thornton had at least five guns registered to listed n center as one ofge, he listed hoffman's gun center as one of his interests. tcy.ad filed bankruptcy. and according to the mother of his ex-girlfriend, had complained of racial harassment rassment >> i think he just had his breaking point. he had enough of it. he called

the shooter, omar thornton, was a former driver of the company. he was called into a meeting on tuesday but brought with him two pistols and a shot gun and opened fire on his unsuspecting coworkers. listen in to one of the calls. >> there's people running all over the place. i see him. he's shooting at within -- at somebody else. he's shooting at a girl. >> police say thorpe ton ended up shooting eight people fatally and wounding others before taking his life. >>> san francisco police arrested a man outside of jelly's club. prosecutors have not filed charges against him. this is pending further investigation. the victim, lee farley, of richmond was shot to death outside the club last night after an argument outside. the board of san francisco revoked that club's lease. >>> the san francisco board of supervisors just gave the city's entertainment commission, the power to close down nightclubs. this is after a string of recent violence including several shootings outside the nightclubs and different parts of the city. this the past, they can only su

the officer offered thornton a safeway out but he refused. >> where in the building are you, omar? not going to tell you that. when they find me, that's when everything will be over. thornton and the company >> thornton was found dead in the beer distribution warehouse. thornton's union and the company said he never filed a complaint over racism and was fired for stealing beer and selling it. >>> it is a new pilot program designed to keep muni riders safe. community ambassadors, they are now stepping in because of the high number of crimes committed at or near bus and train stations. joe vazquez went to san francisco to show us how this new buddy system works. >>> reporter: wearing a bright green vest and armed with just a cell phone, 12 community ambassadors are now stationed at bus and train stops in areas of the city that have struggled with violent crime. >> people will feel less vulnerable, and when they look around them they will see young people and older people. they are to make them feel safer and less vulnerable. >> reporter: back in march, a surveillance camera captured

mark, thank you. >>> accused gunman omar thornton was, quote, cold as ice when he opened fire at his on shot and killed eight people at a beer distributor and then took his own life. he had been forced to resign from his job for stealing beer. his family said he blamed the actions on racial harassment. >>> in the gulf of mexico what's described by bp as a significant milestone in the efforts to permanently stop the leaking oil well. don teague in grand isle, louisiana, with the details. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. this is what people along the gulf coast have waited months to hear. bp has effectively plugged that well. the static kill has been working. what they have been doing is using med they pumped into the well beginning at 3:00 yesterday to hold down the oil, to literally drive the oil back down the well. it's now reached the static pressure level. they now need to decide whether or not to pump cement into the well at this point or use the relief wells primarily to pump the cement. either way, they are very near killing this well for good and they have co

the gunman omar thornton was a driver for a beer distribution company.s going to a meeting with management yesterday when he opened fire. eight people were killed and two others wounded before he killed himself. the company says he was calmed in because he had been caught on video stealing beer. his family says he faced a lot of racial harassment at work and snapped. union leaders deny those claims. >> today a group founded by the reverend pat robertson says it will file a petition against a commission in new york city that cleared the way for the construction of the mosque just two blocks from ground zero. yesterday the landmark's preservation commission refused to grant landmarkto a building the developer wants to tear down in order to build an islamic center. critics are saying that would disrespect the memory of those killed at the hands of the islamic terrorists back on september 11th. >>> the san jose city council has decided to let voters decide whether to impose a tax of up po 10% on medical marijuana. if the voters approve it san jose would have

the shooter is 34-year-old omar thornton.e say he was called into a disciplinary meeting with management on tuesday but brought with him two pistols and a shotgun and opened fire on his unsuspecting co-workers. >> breathing a lot? >> yeah. people running all over the place. okay. i see him running out. he's running away right now. he's still shooting. he's shooting at a girl. >> frantic employees took shelter in offices and closets during that rampage. police say thornton ended up fatally shooting eight people and wounding two others before taking his own life. authorities are still investigating what made him snap. >>> your time now is 5:45. federal prosecutors have reportedly intensified their criminal investigation of cycling superstar lance armstrong. according to the new york times the feds have questioned several cyclists and former teammates who reportedly said and they're backing up claims that lance armstrong participated in an encouraged doping to get an unfair advantage. lance armstrong denies any wrong doing. he d

in the facility's parking lot.the reopening comes eight days after police say company driver omar thornton people to death, wounded two others and killed himself. it all happened after he was shown video evidence of place i was as wondrous as the missing after cars are sucked away, this goes for seven people or inside the three vehicles that are caught in a flash flooding to have been in canada for one is still not been found to that is not leaking from a fast-moving water to recede to resume their search stars stand-up to 6 in. of rain fifth >> heavy rains are pummeling china with floods had a hearty killed more than 1100 people a dozen others are listed as missing. falling earlier storm that left three villages buried under mud and water. emergency crews are working to deliver clean water to the survivors, a memorandum activists are warning their russian fires the wild fires could move into the areas affected by the chernobyl nuclear disaster pressure has 7 in. up patrols with more soldiers and volunteers helping firefighters you can see that that smoke in the mass. officials are warning

. >>> the shooter yesterday was omar thornton. was a driver for a beer distribution company in manchester. police says he was going to a disciplinary meeting with management when he opened fire. the company says thornton was culled -- was called into work that day because he had been caught on video stealing beer. >> we believe he was being offered an opportunity to quit or be terminated. while being led from the facility, that's when the shooting erupted. >> relatives of the gunman says he faced a lot of racial harassment on the job and he just snapped. but union leaders are denying those claims. >>> well, coming together to fight against crime is the message of the national night out event. last night, residents in vallejo did just that. despite the city's recent cutbacks. citizens on a patrol was just one of the groups at yesterday's block party and say this has led to the training of more citizens to help patrol the streets and answer non- emergency calls. >>> let's head to sal for a check on the traffic. how are things lookin

as the gunman, omar thornton, was still in the middle of his attack, he was eerily cool, according toice. but this morning the story is as much about heroism as it is about loss. including the employees who tried to warn their coworkers and physically stop the gunman. here now some of those calls for help. >> 911 -- >> shooting. >> what's going on? >> somebody got shot. i got shot. >> reporter: when he called police early tuesday morning, the company vice president was already a survivor. grazed by two gunshots. including one to his jaw. >> there's blood all over the place. >> okay. how many people are shot? >> i don't know. >> okay. you don't know. and you're shot where? >> in my head. >> he's still shooting. he's shooting a girl. >> reporter: hollander and dozens of coworkers at his family-owned beer whole saler hid as the gunman, 34-year-old omar thornton, continued his murderous rampage with two handguns. >> i just fired him. >> today? >> today just now before he started shooting. >> at times police say, picking and choosing his victims. >> oh, my god, i'm in the back storage pape

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