A Northwood man was convicted of arson this week, 5½ years after he started a fire at an unoccupied residence on Chestnut Street in Pittsfield.Christopher Vincent, 43, was found guilty of Class B Felony arson in Merrimack Superior Court. He was.
the loss of innocent life as well as intense anger. reporter: we ve seen a lot of grief and intense anger from a lot of members of this community since the shooting occurred. authorities still trying to figure out why john russell houser a man with a law degree and a history of mental issues bought a ticket to the movie train wreck and then unloaded on the audience at the beginning of the movie. they say he purchased it legally at a pawnshop in alabama last year. he was denied a concealed carry permit because he had a history with domestic violence and an arson conviction. in 2008 his wife took the guns out of his house because she was concerned about his mental issues. now authorities say they re looking into political blogs that houser was on. they also say that they re going through this investigation meticulously. they do admit there s a possibility they may never know exactly what took him inside and made him start firing on all the innocent people inside the theater behind me
disruptive device and killed those two people. reporter: the bomb exploded after 74-year-old john setzer a retired civil lawyer brought it inside. he was killed instantly. his wife 72-year-old miriam died later. the family pastor said no one could understand why parker would allegedly do this. his own wife of more than 20 years did not nor did his children, you ask all the questions in your own mind how. why? all of those things. and there s no answers at this point for those questions. reporter: so that is right, the man that s charged with these crimes, richard parker is married to the daughter of the retired couple that he allegedly blew up. carol, he s on $1 million bail right now awaiting his first court appearance. may i remind you in tennessee they have the death penalty and this is a double homicide. does this guy have a clean record? reporter: he has an arson
focus. and later you can t throw a generation of kids away. an icon speaking out on some alarming statistics. we ll tell you what has the grammy winner so fired up. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it s 8:00 on the east coast. 5:00 a.m. out west. thanks for waking up with us. we start in colorado where firefighters are hoping for a little help from mother nature. the waldo canyon fire has destroyed nearly 350 homes so far and thousands more are threatened. firefighters have been working around the clock to protect those homes. we ll have a live report later this hour. moving to egypt now, an historic day for people there. last hour mohamed morsi was sworn in as the new president. during the inauguration he offered a salute to the people of egypt and promised to promote unity. back in the u.s., newly released e-mails showed penn state knew they had a problem with jerry sandusky long before he was ever charged with a crime. concerns date back to an incident in
firsthand look at the damage by the wildfires. the fire in colorado springs is the worst in the state s history consuming nearly 350 homes. now we have learned one person has been killed, another person is missing. this fire is not even close to being contained. eight c-130 planes will be joining the fight. it s been four years since all eight of them aircraft were called into action. i want to go straight to jim spellman in colorado springs. talk to me about what you ve seen today. we have talked to someone that has lost everything. it s horrendous. reporter: it really is. they made a lot of progress. only 15% contained. this is the third good day in a row where they have been able to get in there and make progress against the fire. it s also allowed them to do assessments through the neighborhoods and figure out which homes have been lost. that s what led to the search that discovered the deceased person yesterday and they will still look for the missing person associated