she was 18th was a day of new beginning. the first day of preschool. very excited and pam was talking to her. reporter: the daughter they adopted from india was about to have another milestone. good-bye. we got in the car, and you know, i stopped taking. reporter: they were going to meet her at her new school. the same shoot, a 34-year-old mother and scientist wore that morning. she would only drive 300 feet from her home that day before she was attacked by two men at a stop sign who wanted her 1990 bmw. at that stop sign, rodney runs over and punches her through the open window. reporter: james lily gives an account of the chilling encounter in a new book called fatal destiny. bernard miller who was standing in the median ran across to help get her out of the car. reporter: pam jumpedded up, and reached through the window to get her daughter, but her arm got caught in the seat belt. and soon she would be draggedded by the two men who sped off in her car.
their trust. they will for ever be tainted by the fact that they were violated. she asked the jury to send michael gardner away for a very long time. now both counts of sexual battery carry a 1 to 20 year sentence and the object penetration carries a 5 to life sentence. the jury is obviously having difficulty reaching a unanimous decision on the sentence. in fact, they are just back from a 20 minute break they took and they are trying to come to some consensus on that. when they have it, we ll report back to you. i m peggy fox reporting live. back to you. it s been a gut wrenching case from the beginning. thank you. anita. we are following breaking news out of southern california where former nfl star, junior seau is dead. after an emergency call from a woman who said she was his girlfriend. they found the 43-year-old with what police believe to be a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the chest. seau was a probowler and played most of his career with the san diego chargers.
thousands. and delta destruction. flooding ravages communities along the mississippi, forcing thousands to evacuate. and threatening to destroy entire towns. we re live as the forecast calls for more rain early this thursday morning, may 12th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning. sun just coming up there. i m erica hill in washington. good morning to you, erica. good morning to you at home. i m chris wragge in our new york studio. we have a lot to get to including details from osama bin laden s public diaries. we are going to start things there. let s go back to you. chris, we have. you can imagine, the diaries, a hot topic of conversation here in the nation s capital. we on the set of face the nation. one day after our town hall meeting here in washington talking all about the economy with president obama. we are going to bring you that in our next hour. a fascinating day. the president answering important questions from the audience and people at home an
flooding ravages communities along the mississippi, forcing thousands to evacuate. and threatening to destroy entire towns. we re live as the forecast calls for more rain early this thursday morning, may 12th, for more rain early this thursday morning, may 12th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning, sun just coming up there. i m erica hill in washington this morning. chris, good morning. good morning to you. i m chris wragge in our new york studio. got a lot to get to today, including details from osama bin laden s private diaries recovered when he was killed. erica, i know you ve had a very busy day, busy couple of days down in washington. that s where we re going to start today. we have. and you can imagine, those diaries also hot topic of conversation here in the nation s capital. we are on the set of face the nation. our thanks to bob schieffer for letting us borrow it for a second day in a row. it is one day after our town hall meeting here in washingt