. >>> four people are dead after a shooting rampage in suburban pittsburgh. a man strolled into the back of an exercise class at the l.a. fitness center in bridgeville last nht. he pulled out two guns and killed three women and himself. at least nine other women were injured. >>> a man is dead after he was hit on the bwi parkway. this was in lanham. the ban was attempting to cross the northbound lanes and he died on the scene. it is unclear why he was on the highway. >> he was trying to cross the parkway and he was struck by a vehicle. we're trying to find out what happened. >> the driver did stay on the scene to talk to police. the stretch was shut down but has now been given the all clear. >>> a memorial service will be held for the four people killed in the helicopter crashed on i- 70. it will be held in frederick were three of the victims worked. investigators are still trying to find out what caused that crash. >>> numerous national night out events were held last night. police and residents got together and shared their concerns. they have been taking p

will be scattered around the rockies. >>> as we reported earlier, a lone gunman walked into a suburban pittsburgh health club and opened fire. four people, including the gunman are now dead. police are still trying to figure out the motive. allison morris of our pittsburgh station reports. >> reporter: police left the scene here at the l.a. fitness at collier township in the early morning hours today. they have been investigating a shooting that took place shortly after 8:00 on tuesday. they say a man walked into an aerobics classroom where more than 20 people were taking a class and opened fire. >> as i was laying on the floor, i started calling 911. i had the officer on the line. and he's like, ma'am, i can't hear you. i'm just like, please, we're at l.a. fitness. these a guy shooting. >> reporter: trainers figured out it was a gunman. another trainer came and said, there's an exit this way. people were running. we didn't even know how to get out. >> reporter: dozens of gymgoers poured into the parking lot of l.a. fitness outside of pittsburgh tuesday night, after police say a gunman walked int

we are learning more about the 48-year-old man who opened fire at a suburban pittsburgh fitness center tuesday night, telling four men and then killing himself. in a -- killing four women and then killing himself. >> my objective is to be real and then the emotional and to be able to a motion like like with people. >> 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

. >>> in suburban pittsburgh, police are trying to figure out what triggered a shooting spree inside a health club. three women died when an armed man fired 52 shots before turning the gun on himself. abc's aaron katersky reports this morning from grijville, pennsylvania. >> reporter: the gunman walked into an exercise class, turned off the lights and started shooting. >> they were in a pilates class or something like that. they turned the lights out. and the shooting started. >> i could see flashes in the dark. that's when i realized someone was using a firearm inside there. >> reporter: the l.a. fitness club is located in bridgeville, pennsylvania, outside pittsburgh. people who worked out at the club said they always felt safe and often brought their children. one witness said the gunman was the boyfriend of one of the victims and was trying to kill her. >> she was shot through the leg. she was bleeding a lot. i think it was an ex-boyfriend. she kept saying he's going to kill me. he's going to kill me. >> reporter: strangers did what they could until ambulances and medical personn

we now know the gunman who went on that deadly rampage at a suburban pittsburgh gym had no criminal record and no history of mental illness. but his chilling online diary, reveals a tortured, lonely man, fueled by hatred. >> 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 dea

. >>> loneliness and a lack of a girlfriend led a man to walk inside a suburban pittsburgh health club and open fire, killing three women. that is according to police and a web diary the gunman left behind. as wic johnson reports, the man posted his deadly plan on the internet. >> reporter: a suburban gym near pittsburgh is now a place to grieve. police say the 38-year-old fired 40 bullets into an aerobics dance class before turning the gun on himself. >> he just had a lot of hatred and was hell-bent on committing this act. >> reporter: the instructor of the class, mary primus doesn't want her face shown on camera. she's ten weeks pregnant and was shot twice. at first she was confused when the man opened fire. >> i didn't know what the sound was, then i saw people running and screaming and falling to the floor. >> reporter: he left a rambling message complaining about how he never spent a weekend with a girl and how he hadn't been sexually intimate in years. he started an on-line diary last year first planning the rampage for january, but then he changed his mind, writing, i chickened

we are learning new details about the deadly jim attack in suburban pittsburgh. the gunman bought and guns from the same gun dealer who sold the virginia tech shooter a gun. the gun dealer is raising -- begun giving as cooperative with investigators. >>> when sonya sotomayor is sworn in tomorrow at the west -- as the 111th to pin court justice, he will be the first hispanic justice and the first high court member to have her of taking televised. she won confirmation yesterday despite conservative opposition. the vote was 68 to 31. she will be sworn in by chief justice john roberts. >>> drivers can still get good deals for trading gas-guzzlers' in for more fuel-efficient models, at least through labor day. president obama signed the $2 billion infusion for the cash for clunkers program into law today. the senate passed the yesterday, the house the week before. the program burned through all its original funding for just one week. >>> time to head back to school, and top health and education officials have released guidelines for how to combat the swine flu. they s

even more disturbing details have come to light about the man went on a murderous rampage at a suburban pittsburgh fitness club. now more on his troubling blog. >> george so danny left a trail of clues to his motivation, including video posted on you tube year-ago. >> my objective is to be real and learn be emotional and to be able to emotiolly connect with people. >> if it is an up close and personal look over his frustration of not being able to get a girlfriend. >> women will be really impressed. they come over here, there is reading material. >> 1 buccola "how to date young women for men over 35." jahant two typed notes in his bag at the scene. >> the complaint over never spending a weekend with a girl. he has may be had sex a few times in his life. >> what may have been his final entry, he left this message. "at the gym i saw a woman i liked. i see her at the parking lot sometimes. occasionally she makes good eye contact and smiles. get a friend like her and nighttime action, i would cancel my plans or put them on hold." on tuesday put his plan into action. kirsty made two practice rounds to

. >>> we are learning more about the gunman who opened fire at a suburban pittsburgh health club. he didn't have a relationship with anyone at the club. >> reporter: police say 48-year-old george sodin fired four bullets into anaerobics dance class, killing three women before turning the gun on myself. >> it is easy to hide my emotions from myself one more day. there you go, one more day. and one more day turns into one more year. >> 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: the instructor of the class doesn't want her face shown on camera. she was ten weeks pregnant and shot twice. at first she was confused when sodini opened fire. >> at first i didn't realize what the sound was, and then i saw people running and screaming, and then people fell to the floor. >> reporter: police described him as a lone shooter. he left a rambling message here at the gym claiming he hadn't spent a weekend with a girl and hadn't been sexually intimate in years. >> my objective is to learn to be real and to learn t

a memorial service held tonight for the three women killed in a suburban pittsburgh fitness center. community members came together to remember betsy gannon, a radiologist, 37-year-old, jody billingsley, a physical therapist, and heidi overmier, a single mother. two youtube videos and ought biographical website called crazy george, shed light on the gunman's lonely life. and his yearning to find love. >>> laurie drew has been told she can use the internet. the missouri woman accused of using myspace to harass a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide. convicted of related charges last fall. her conviction was thrown out last month. today a federal judge modified her bail so she could use computer and internet to find a new job. fire fighters responding to a house fire in the alexandria section of fairfax county got a surprise. the house contained dozens of snakes. the reptiles belong to a teenager who lives there. omostf the snakes died in the blaze. a few including a boa constrictor survived. the fire was accidental caused by an extension cord. >>> still ahead -- twitter goes back o

. >> in suburban pittsburgh people shaken by a deadly shooting rampage in a health club paid tributee victims. dozens of people turned out for a vigil in memory of the three women who died offering prayer, lighting candles and observing a moment of silence. flowers were left outside the health club. four women shot in the attack are still recovering in the hospital. >> firefighters in southern california are getting control of a wind-driven brushfire. at one point it was burning dangerously close to about 50 homes in winchester. mandatory evacuations were ordered. that has been lifted and the damage was very limited. so good news there. now for your friday forecast. thunderstorms from the dakotas to illinois which could turn severe later in the day with large hail, damagiine wd and tornadoes. heavy rain for eastern oregon, idaho and montana and scattered showers in northern new england. >> a high of 81 in boston, 84 in baltimore and 91 in miami. 77 in salt lake city. mid 70s in fargo. 90 in st. louis. cooler than normal in the northwest. just 66 in seattle and 67 in boise. >> well, h

. >>> police in pennsylvania say the man who opened fireuring an exercise class at a suburban pittsburgh health club killing three women did not have a relationship with any of the victims. investigators say george sodini had four guns with him. he actually used three of them in the attack. he was a member of the l.a. fitness club. he killed three women and wounded nine others before killing himself. >>> it was an emotional homecoming for two american journalists held for more than five months in north korea. they were convicted of entering the country illegally. they were kept apart most of the time and fed rice with rocks in it. the journalists were pardoned after former president bill clinton's surprise visit to north korea to win their release. >>> president barack obama toured an r.v. factory in indiana today to push his economic stimulus plan. he unveiled grants for $2.5 billion to -- [ inaudible ] obama also hopes to create thousands of jobs -- [ inus [ inaudible ] >> i promise you we will pass reform by the end of this year because the american people need it. the american people

we begin with breaking news in suburban pittsburgh.alth club. >> it appears the gunman targeted at least one of the victims, thought to be an ex-girl friend. a chaotic scene as a shopping center in a quiet pittsburgh suburb turned into a crime scene tuesday night. witnesses say a man burst into an l.a. fitness center and walked into an all-women's aerobics class, shut off the lights and opened fire. >> what happened was they were in a pilates class or something like that and they turned the lights out and all of a sudden the shooting started. >> i could see flashes in the dark. that's when i realized someone was using a firearm inside of. >> the suspect had who two guns. the victims had no warning? >> 15 people were shot, including one would who said the shooter was her exboyfriend. strangers did what they could to help those injured until ambulances and medical personnel arrived on the scene. police discovered the suspect's car in the parking lot and are searching it for clues. >> those officers are still trying to determine a motive

the gun fire, the victims and a disturbing motive in suburban pittsburgh >> and putin's physique.ged russian prime minister can barely wait to show off his vacation snapshot. it's thursday, august 6th. >> announcer: from abc news, there is "world news now." >> mr. putin trying to prove he's a manly man. >> he is, though. he's pretty buff. >> he's almost reached the average life expectancy for a man in russia. he's got to prove he's virile still. >> look it is to me. >> much more of that skin coming up this half hour. i'm jeremy hubbard. >> i'm vinita nair. freed journalists luna lee and laura ling are enjoying family time after four months of being held in north korea. >> the women arrived home yesterday to california to a joyous reunion and hearts full of gratitude. here's kate snow. >> reporter: they waited 140 days for this, the joy of reunion captured by a 4-year-old skipping to greet her mother. euna lee's daughter hannah had been asking for her mother all these months. her father kept telling her mommy's on a business trip. laura ling's mother couldn't stop hugging her, stro

police say four people are now dead after a gunman walked into a suburban pittsburgh health club last night and opened fire. they say two women died at the club. a third woman died on the way to the hospital. the man, believed to be the gunman took his own life at the scene. >>> an airplane carrying former president bill clinton and two journalists freed by north korea is about an hour away from landing in los angeles. euna lee and laura ling had been serving 12 years of hard labor after being convicted in june of entering north korea illegally. the women had been detained since march. >>> the fbi has now joined the investigation into a baltimore county couple accused of sexually assaulting children using them nor porn for pornography. shannon honea and john nicklas were arrested last week after police found evidence of child porn in their middle river home. john nicklas's ex-wife confirmed to abc2 he does have one son and two young sisters and police are looking into whether those children or any other relatives were victimized. according to court documents the assaults happened in t

with a history of being rejected by woman before he murdered three and killed himself at a suburban pittsburgh gym. and it's an expensive procedure tens of thousands of americans have every year for back pain. now new research says it doesn't work. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. it was the reunion they could only dream about during the 140 days they spent behind bars in communist north korea. today, free and back home, laura ling and euna lee cried tears of joy and they hugged their families in burbank, california. their release came after a face-to-face meeting between former president bill clinton and north korean leader kim jong il. the white house today described it as a private humanitarian mission for mr. clinton and secretary of state hillary clinton insisted u.s. policy on north korea and its nuclear program will not change. bill whitaker begins our coverage tonight. >> reporter: as the plane carrying journalists laura ling and euna lee and former president bill clinton approached the airport in burbank,

. >>> neighbors say the man who opened fire in a suburban pittsburgh fitness club was anti-social and a loaner, that's how they describe it. 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 hi

. >>> we have a breaking news update on the deadly shooting spree inside a suburban pittsburgh healthlub. it happened tonight at the l.a. fitness club inside a shopping center in bridgeville. reports from the scene indicate now five people are dead, including the alleged shooter. more than a dozen people are said to have been wounded, some seriously. witnesses say man walked into a latin dance class in the aerobics center, turned off the lights, and started shooting. >> and by the time i realized, i looked over and i could see flashes in the dark. and that's when i realized that someone was actually using a firearm inside of there. >> as always, we'll have more on this story as new details become available online overnight at abc2news.com. and on "good morning maryland" starting at 5 a.m. >>> in 2 your health tonight, imagine this. you go to the doctor and then you're referred to another physician, and now you have to worry about your records and lab reports getting transferred. kit be quite a hassle. but as health reporter kelly swoope tells us, it doesn't have to be that way. >> hel

police in suburban pittsburgh now say the man behind a shooting spree at a fitness club left a trail of hate before leaving a trail of bullets and bodies. they say the 48-year-old referred to plans for the shooting in his online diary and left a rambling letter at the fitness club full of anger and frustration toward women. last night sodini walked into an all female aerobics class and opened fire. he killed three women, injured nine others and then killed himself. >> i didn't realize what this town was, then i saw people running and screaming. and people falling to the floor. >> he had a lot of hatred in him. he was hell bent on committing this act. and there was nobody going to stop him. >> police say he was a member of this fitness club but had no known relationship with anyone in particular in that class. >>> well, here's a name you haven't heard in a while. lin et, squeaky thumb. back in 1975 she was convicted of pointing a gun at president gerald ford in sacramento. after 34 years in prison she's  about to be free. august 16 is the day she'll get out. for the record, she first

it was in suburban pittsburgh.fore taking his own life. at least ten others were wounded. some critically. it happened in bridgeville. that's not far from downtown pittsburgh. cnn's susan candiotti traveled there overnight. you arrived on the scene and are getting new information at this hour. what are you learning? >> reporter: we're learning even more information about the alleged shooter who has been identified to us by a law enforcement source as george sodini, age 48 years old. as you recall as we reported earlier, a note was found in his gym bag. now the police will not say anything about it, but according to one of my sources, i don't have a direct quote but i am told that in it, he discusses his hatred for women. now this appears to go hand-in-hand with a blog that we have been studying written by the alleged gunman in this case in which he discusses plans for carrying out what he did this day, plans that seem to go back to december 2008. again, in january of this year, and then an entry from monday of this

. >>> four people are dead after a shooting rampage at a health club in suburban pittsburgh. a man strolled into the back of an exercise class in bridgeville. he pulled down two guns and started spraying bullets, killing three women. at least nine other women were injured, some of them critically. >>>>> police are investigating e death of a pedestrian on the bwi parkway. police say the man was attempting to cross the northbound lanes when he was struck. authorities are trying to figure out what he was doing on the highway. >> he was trying to cross the highway. we're trying to find out what went on. >> the driver of the court did stay on the scene to talk to police. it is all clear now. >>> a new report is set for release rating the district's progress on the aids epidemic. >> it praises the school system for one program aimed at curbing the program. pamela brown has details. keyboarding. >> the city is making some strides in some areas -- good morning. they have the highest hiv and aids rate in the country. they still have a long way to go when it comes to prevention and edu

with a history of being rejected by woman before he murdered three and killed himself at a suburban pittsburgh gym. and it's an expensive procedure tens of thousands of americans have every year for back pain. now new research says it doesn't work. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric.

the deadly shooting inside a sobor ran -- suburban pittsburgh health club. the store called is there live with the latest. he will talk exclusively -- lester holt is there exclusively and will talk to witnesses. and lisa ling and euna lee are heading home now after former president bill clinton secured their release. those stories and more when we get started on today. >> just ahead, we will take a look at weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. stay with us. >> we have an accent coming in on northbound -- i-95 at 32. and delays in nearby-70. an accident partially blocking the ramp there. was down no. between false, and the right lane closure due to a water main break. here is a live look at traffic in wye marsh where things are doing ok. >> -- white marsh where things are doing ok. >> we will get up to 95 degrees for sunday and monday. we will call back down in the meantime. partly sunny skies today. a nice morning and then showers and storms developing late this afternoon. there is a front to our afternoon. unsubtle starting lat

i was in suburban pittsburgh covering that suburban shooting at the gym. we're learning more about the shooter. he posted a youtube video diary, and we'll try to find out what was going on in his mind. we try to find the warning signs. >> it is mazing that these people are blogging about this. and he blogged about this earlier this year, saying he had the guns, and actually went there and then he chickened out. >> yeah, back in january. but again, who read it. >> that's exactly right. also coming up, do you have any phobias? >> yeah. how long is the show? >> me, too. big, big fear of snakes, spiders, anything that is creepy and crawly. well, there are a lot of people, of course, millions who suffer from serious anxieties whether it is spiders, as we mentioned, or large crowds. we're going to tell you thank you identify if your fear is a bigger problem than you might think and give you some pointer on how to cope. plus dr. nancy is going to be here to answer some of your questions if you suffer from some of these anxiety >> a lot of people suffer from tech

ineowmellsog arfo ine> mellsog ow breaking news right now out of pennsylvania, a shooting at a suburban pittsburghsub. the sources say four people, including the gunman, are dead. that is in bridgeville, pennsylvania, a witness says that the gunman came in the back door of the fitness club and just started shooting. we'll watch the story and bring you more information as we get it. >>> and there is two billion more in the cash for clunkers that is at issue. it will likely pass. lawmakers believe they will vote in favor before the summer recess starts. the new money is needed since the consumers burned through the first amount of money. >> this is the one stimulus program that i believe has been the most popular. because the money gets out quickly. the car purchaser gets the money in the form of a rebate. the car dealer sells automobiles. car salesman are flooded with people trying to buy automobiles. >> four of those top five automobiles made by foreign manufacturers. the house has already passed the bill. if for some reason the senate doesn't pass it by friday, the program could come to a quick ha

at a suburban pittsburgh center. it was an l.a. fitness. you have seen those all over the country. now, we can show him to you. 48-year-old georges sodini. looks like an average guy. on that blog, now removed from the internet, he left diary entries. this gets interesting. what it reveals is what really pushed this man to the edge. let me share some of these with you. listen to this entry here. you ready. sodini wants to kill, he says. he is writing about his exit plan. that's what he calls it. december 28th, 2008, i will shoot, he says. tuesday, january 6th at 8:15. that's when he is planning to do this, to kill these innocent people. i have a list of to-do items to make. that so-called exit plan was delayed several times. in the blogs we have been reading, he chickened out. he was afraid of what death was going to be like. that's what he said, he was afraid of what death would be like. last night, he didn't chicken out. he walks into the l.a. fitness. he goes into a latin dance aerobics class. he turns ott the lights so the room is pitch black and then he starts shooting 31 times

a deadly shooting inside a suburban pittsburgh health club. a gunman walks into an exercise class, turns off the lights, and opens fire. three women and the shooter, dead. at least ten other women injured. >>> heading home. two american journalists imprisoned for 4 1/2 months in north korea are on their way back to the u.s. this morning an exclusive interview with secretary of state hillary clinton about their case, and how her husband negotiated their release. >>> and abdul out. it's official, paula abdul announces she is leaving "american idol" after eight seasons. and her bosses at fox are wishing her the best "today," and her bosses at fox are wishing her the best "today," wednesday, august 5th, 2009. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and welcome to "today" on this wednesday mark. i'm meredith vieira, lester holt is in for matt lauer. he has made his way to the l.a. fitness center in bridgeville, pennsylvania, overnight, the scene of that tragic health club shooting. good morning to you, lester. >> meredith, good morning to

hundreds turn out last night to remember the three women killed inside of a suburban pittsburgh gym. a wake will be held this morning. nine others were hurt when an emotionally troubled gunman fired. >>> 70 people were killed after a typhoon struck taiwan. rescue crews are searching for survivors, possibly trapped under tons of mud and rock. officials rescued 300 people trapped by floodwaters. >>> and now to say good morning to kim martucci. relief, how do we spell it today. >> in the form of rain showers and some cloud cover. by the way, i have a tip, already people are contacting me about they gardens jan in reedville said she planted her garden in pots and set them three feet off of the ground and that kept the ground hogs out of eating her produce. >> we have a rabbit in the backyard. >> silly rabbits. trick are for kids. great to have you with us. you are minding me on facebook and sending in weather pictures. let me share one with you from last night. this is spooky clouds a new cloud classification. if you take any weather pictures send this them to us at the station. here's t

. >> reporter: pennsylvania gunman george sodini was a member ever the suburban pittsburgh health club where a shot a dozen women killing three and then himself. the writings on his personal website reveal a man who felt he didn't belong at all. >> he had a lot of hatred in him. he was hell bent on committing this act. >> reporterinvestigats said sodini had a web blog which showed he longed to be with a woman but hadn't had a serious girlfriend in 25 years. he even listed his own death as august 4, 2009. investigators also believe the shootings were planned at least nine months in advance. >> we know that he targeted this aerobics class by the mere fact he had the schedule and had the aerobics class circled in his home. >> reporter: investigators say sodini was carrying a handgun and had three more weapons inside a duffel bag when he entered the aerobics class, turned off the lights and began shooting dozens of rounds. a witness says she noticed him when he walked in since there were only women in the class. >> i heard gunfire an i turned around and there he was holding up a gunpointin

man walked into an exercise class in suburban pittsburgh and did not say a word before unleashing a burst of bullets. >> there are reports he went into an aerobics class at l.a. fitness, turned off the lights and started shooting. everyone started running for the exits. a man described the scene. >> i believe she was probably about 26, 27 and they get shot through the leg. she was pleading a lot. i don't know. i think it was the ex- boyfriend. she just kept saying he's going to kill me, my ex-boyfriend. >> police haven't said if the shooter was the he can boyfriend of one of the victims. at least 10 others were also hurt. >>> now, to a developing story. the two american journalists released from north korea are expected to arrive home in los angeles this morning. yesterday, former president bill clinton traveled to north korea to secure the release of laura ling and euna lee. they were captured nearly five months ago. kim jong il ordered lee and ling pardoned after meeting with president clinton. >> bringing in somebody like president clinton who is took placely involved in dealing with n

fitness center in suburban pittsburgh saying a man carrying a duffel bag walked into a room where an exercise class was taking place, fumbled around for a minute or so and then without warning pulled out two guns and began spraying bullets. the gym wapacked. more than 70 people attempting to take cover. some killed instantly. and others pleading for help. >> i was working out and i heard a bunch ever gunshots and just seen everybody run. >> i helped carry the one girl out. she got shot in her thigh and kept saying she was going to die. >> reporter: the dead included three women and a suspect who apparently turned the gun on himself. investigators are trying to figure out who some of the victims are at this point. >> as you can imagine in a fitness club, they don't have i.d.s on them. we're having trouble identifying some of the people. >> reporter: authorities are refusing to discuss a potential motive for the shootings but witnesses are saying the gunman seemed to know where he was going and who he was targeting. >> one witness says a woman screamed that the shooter was her ex-boyfr

police say a man walked into an exercise class in the suburban pittsburgh fitness center late last nightlled two guns out of a duffel bag and fired 52 shots. four people, including the gunman, are dead. 10 others are injured. several people inside helped carry the injured to safety. >> somebody was running out of the men's locker room and i just seen a girl laying down right outside the locker room. me and a couple guys from the gym picked her up, carried her over here and she was laying down, kept saying she was going to die. >> she told me he's going to kill me. it's my ex-boyfriend. he's going to kill me. >> police have not released the names of those killed or the shooter. they are still working to nail down a motive. >>> new information this morning on a frederick county football field set on fire. fire officials have just called the eyewitness news room to say three people are under arrest for setting the artificial turf on fire at middletown high school. those under arrest are from the rival brunswick high school and all three are 17 years old. we're told it will cost around $20,0

it was at suburban pittsburgh. three women shot and killed before a gunman turned the gun on himself. alison cartville is there with the latest. tell us what you know, alison. >> good morning, dylan. what we know at this hour is the associated press and other media outlets have identified who they believe to be the shooter in this case as a george sodini. a 48-year-old man from scott township. these claims are bolstered by the discovery of a blog site under his name where entries on that site began back in november of 2008 and continued right up until august 3rd of 2009. and in those blogs, there is very disturbing evidence of this man's plan to carry out an act such as this. he talked about his hatred and anger towards women. he talked about his hatred and anger towards his family and he even spoke of how he did dry runs of this event. in an entry marked january 6th on 2009, he said, it is 8:45 p.m. i chickened out expletive. i brought the loaded gun, everything. hell. he repeats that type of entries throughout th

cyst we have new details in the deadly shooting in a has the latest club in suburban pittsburgh.man apparently kept a blog detalling his let read and disappointment with women. he openly talked about rejection and his loneliness saying he had not had a girlfriend since 1984. tuesday being he unleashed his anger on an exercise class killing two women and wounding nine more. >>> also this morning, as we check out our stop sisterries, the senate has reached a deal on saving the cash for clufngers program. today, lawmaker will vote on a plan that would add $2 bill wrong to the popular rebate program. this will give shoppers until labor day to trade in their gas guzzlers for a new ride and take advantage of a rebate up to $4,500. president obama says awful the prom's $1 bill wrong would have run out by friday had the senate not stepped in. >>> the full senate is set to vote today on judge sonya sotomayor's nomination to the u.s. supreme court. democrats hae a majority of vote to confirm her without republican backing. sotomayor will replace justice david souter. she will become the fi

. >>> we're learning more about a man who walked into a suburban pittsburgh health club and opened firege sodini is his name. he left behind a rather chilling blog and on that blog he complained he had not had a girlfriend in 25 years and not a single woman in the country found him attractive. the 48-year-old computer programmer killed three women, wounded nine others in the health club last night before he shot and killed himself. >> and five people were injuried in a serious car extent on pennsylvania avenue in southeast washington this afternoon. two people were trapped. two were taken to the hospital by helicopter. this happened at the intersection of pennsylvania avenue and a alabama close to where mayor fenty was prepared to hold a press conference. >>> comingp on "news 4 at 6:00," several were injured. >>> a man had to go to the spital after being bitten by a poisonous snake. >>> and we're going to hear what the military had to say about the two russian attack subs cruising off the coast in the u.s. >>> mayor fenty has reimbursed the city $36,000 for a party on monday night. he s

police say george opened fire to the health club in suburban pittsburgh on tuesday night he alleged murdered nine women. tonight we are hearing from him himself and seeing him as well. thanks to video messages he posted on the internet before that rampage. >> it is easy for me to hide from my emotions one more day. take a long drive in the car. listen to some music. daydream, or just do some mundane tasks around the house that really doesn't need to be done that's not too important. shepard: the video, roughly a minute long. he spends much of that time discussing his feelings. >> so, what my objective is to be real and to learn to be emotional and to, you know, to be able to emotionally connect with people. shepard: another video provides a tour of his home. >> this is my house from the street. here is my car. shepard: much of this recording relatively uneventful. >> open it up. oh, someone left it unlocked. that's not good. inside, ok. it's my big screen tv. 32-inch. it's my computer. to the right is my bedroom. shepard: listen to what he says next. >> looks pretty clean. i'm sure she will

at this hour, we're learning more about the man who police say went on a shooting rampage in suburban pittsburgh. police say the gunman blogged about his desire to kill and about his problems with women. three women were killed and nine others were wounded before the man took his own life. officials say more than 30 people were in the aerobics class when the gunman turned the lights out in the room and fired at least 5 rounds. is he identified as 40-year-old george sodini. police say he was a member. he blogged about years of rejection from women, hatred from his mother and brother. he writes at the time he chickened out. police talked about a note he left in his gym bag. >> he basically says that he complains about he's never spent a weekend with a girl. he's never vacationed with a girl. he never lived with women. he's maybe had sex a few times in his life. and he goes on like this. according to the note, the second note that we discovered, he had practiced runs at the la fitness center. he had been there before. from the investigation, it showed that yesterday, he was there three times. >> jo

crime and gun violence back in the headline today after last night's deading shooting at a suburban pittsburgh health club. it's been largely forgotten issue in recent years. that may change. my next guest is virginia senator and retired marine jim webb. good to see you, sir. >> good to see you. >> senator webb, you recently passed a major revision, sweeping revision to our g.i. bill, the most sweeping set of new benefits for veterans. now, you're taking on another major issue, crime. but doesn't it seem like the kind of issue a democrat would take on. what exactly are you proposing that we change in our crime policy? >> well, i think it's time we have a complete look at our criminal justice system, all aspects of it. i've held hearings for more than two years on the difficulties we have in this country right now with mass incarceration, with what happens inside prisons, with the notion of increased danger in the neighborhoods from gang activity. at the same time, we're locking up so many people who probably don't belong in jail. it's an extremely complex issue so i decided at the end of last

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. >>> more than 300 people turned out last night for a vigil outside the suburban pittsburgh fitness center where a gunman opened fire tuesday night. three women killed, nine others injured in that attack. >>> surprising autopsy results from billy mays released. cocaine contributed to his sudden death. the primary cause was heart disease. mays family is questioning the report saying it contains speculative conclusions. >>> and a california company is recalling more than 800,000 pounds of ground beef on fears it may be tainted with salmonella. at least 28 people have become sick in california, colorado and wyoming. officials are also invest getting this in at least eight other states. some of that beef was sold at sam's club and safeway. >>> eunice kennedy shriver is in critical condition at a cape cod hospital this morning. the sister of president john f. kennedy and founder of the special olympics previously suffered a series of strokes this year. shriver's husband, children and grandchildren are now at her bedside, including daughter maria shriver and husband california govnor arno

. >>> the gunman that opened fire at a suburban pittsburgh health club documented his trouble with women can't understand why women ignored him and hasn't had a girlfriend since 1984. he began planning the health club attack last year. he was a member of the club but did not have a relationship with any of his victims. >>> a lawyer for former louisiana congressman william jefferson says he will appeal jefferson's conviction on bribery, racketeering, and money launders. a video shows jefferson accepting a suitcase filled with $100,000. jefferson accepted more than $400,000 in bribes for brokering deals, mostly in africa. he faces more than 20 years in prison. >>> there was a possible announcement in london this morning of a possible break in the long-running search for madeleine mccann. cbs news correspondent elizabeth palmer has that story. >> reporter: a retired detective hired by the mccanns and the cb family's spokesman announced they had a new lead today. 3-year-old madeleine disappeared in may of 2007 from the family's vacation resort in portugal. in spite of a vast police search an

now to the latest on the gunman who killed three women and wounded nine others in that suburban pittsburgh health club. and the troubling messages that filled his home videos and online blog. nbc's mike taibbi is in bridgeville with more. mike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. how are you? you know, it appears from studying the internet that george sodini spent many, many years examining his own increasingly unhappy life before spending the last year arming himself in the assault that he carried out tuesday night. just before the shooting started, police say he called his mother to tell her he was about to kill people, and expected to die himself. in videos posted on youtube, sodini had talked about what he wanted. >> my objective is to be real and to learn to be emotional and to, you know, to be able to emotionally connect with people. >> reporter: but he admitted that on any given day he hid from his emotions. >> and there you go. one more day. and one more day turns into one more year. >> reporter: finally, in the past year, he purchased at least three of his four handgu

. >>> police in suburban pittsburgh say four people are dead and several others injured after a shooting rampage in a health club. the man walked in, said nothing and pulled out two guns and started shooting. the gunman is among the dead. >>> i-295 is open after a man was hit with a car in landover. it happened at 9:00 last night. a pedestrian was trying to cross the northbound lanes of the vw parkway near route 450. that's when a car slammed into him and killed the man. they say the driver stayed at the scene. >>> it is an amazing story that is changing many lives. doctors here in the washington area performed a 14-way kidney swap to help patients in need of a transplant. >> today some of the patients involved in the swap will meet for the first time. megan mcgrath is joining us with the details. >> hi, megan. >> reporter: good morning. it is the largest kidney swap of its kind. 14 people were involved. patients from georgetown university hospital as well as the washington hospital center. seven people donated kidneys. seven people received the kidneys. they created an organ pool of sor