and stuff, but we re not friends. he s just very anti-social. he doesn t he doesn t want to know me. he doesn t want to make friends. he just keeps to himself. reporter: even the would be killer s own family called him a loner. a lot of questions still surrounding the motive, what he might have been thinking going into that night, but authorities still say that they have no motive or any kind of clue as to what he was thinking and why he might have been stockpiling this weaponry. they are going through his computer going through any writings he may have left behind to see if those would shed any clue as to what his motive might have been as well. ed, thank you. and today is the first day of spring, but for much of the country it sure feels like the dead of winter. this is what they re going through in new england after a late season. the snowstorm dumped several inches there. snow and cold temperatures are lingering in the upper midwest as well. so let s go straight to jennifer
appointed to that post two years ago after serving in the missouri corrections department for over three decades. he is survived by a wife and two daughters. and according to a local affiliate police do not have a suspect or a motive for the killing. you know, we will continue to follow this story for you and bring you the latest developments. in other news, police in orlando releasing new evidence of what could have been a massacre on the university of central florida campus. a 911 call from the suspect s roommate may have put an end to a potentially deadly attack inside a ucf dormitory. police have released images of suspect james oliver seevakumaran detailed get a detailed checklist. they have also put out a video showing the moment the officer discovered the suspect s body. cnn s ed lavandera is live in orlando. good morning to you, ed. reporter: good morning, zoraida. well we ve heard from that roommate who first stared down the would-be killer in this case who lived in this dor
that was cool. american morning continues right now. after the deluge, i m christine romans, tropical storm lee now a tropical depression, but still, packing plenty of rain after dumping a foot on parts of the gulf coast. i m carol costello. right now massive wildfires threatening to burn down thousands of homes in texas. it is the worst fire season in state history and it s far from over on this american morning. all right. good morning, everybody. it s monday, september 5th. labor day. welcome to american morning. ali is off today. happy labor day. i hope you re not laboring. i really do. up first this morning, tropical storm lee now downgraded to a tropical depression but it s still a major rainmaker as it moves across the southeast. the storm dumping a foot of rain along the gulf coast. it also spawned several tornadoes including one in mobile county, alabama. it ripped the roof off of one home, uprooted trees, and brought down power lines. here s what lee
because of a slow-moving and strengthening tropical storm lee. it is keeping people guessing about what it s going to do. also this morning, is this any way to teach kids about the events of 9/11? a coloring book where kids can color in pictures of the towers burning or of a navy s.e.a.l. shooting osama bin laden. it s real, folks, and the publisher will be here to explain why he thinks this coloring book is a good idea. an illinois congress member calls president obama idiotic. what he says he really meant to say. it s saturday, september 3rd. i m t.j. holmes. let s start with the tropical storm. it is whipping things up in the gulf of mexico. there are several states of emergency that are in effect. mississippi and louisiana getting their ducks in a row right now just in case that water starts rising. take a look at what is happening in grand isle, louisiana. the rain is already there. people are preparing for more and maybe a lot more. listen to the mayor. you can t
extremely busy over the last few weeks and exhausted at this point. one firefighter was killed friday afternoon in the fire where everything had become so smoky and so much fire that visibility was zero. and that firefighter was hit by a truck. it kind of goes to show you just how dangerous these situations are. not just because of the fire but because of all the manpower that s being used to put out the flames here. another day of low humidity, high winds gusting 20, 30, 40 miles an hour, depending on where you are. and that s just a recipe for a dangerous situation, carol. boy, you re not kidding. not just in rural areas, either. the city of austin now threatened. ed lavandera reporting live from texas for us. the heads of the faa and the air traffic controllers union kick off a cross-country tour today where they will chat one on one with tower staff. this follows several cases of controllers falling asleep on the job recently. the latest one happened saturday in miami. in a joi