good morning, america, on this wednesday, october 28th, 2009. breaking news from afghanistan. suicide bombers storm a u.n. safe house and aim a rocket at a major hotel. as there is news this morning about what the president may decide america should do in afghanistan. also this morning, word that the san francisco bay bridge has been closed indefinitely, after a cable snapped on to rush hour traffic. cash to spur americans to buy golf carts? we investigate fine print in the stimulus package. and find that this may be the best cash investment of all. love and loss. patrick swayze s wife, lisa, joins other women in sharing lessons of grief and the return to life. why, why and this is it. the reviews of michael jackson s last performance are in. and we ll tell you what they say about the movie. and good morning to all of you. i m diane sawyer, with chris cuomo. robin s returning from assignment. and it seems another day brings another lethal drama in afghanistan. s
132 and bush. cover is code three. captioning sponsored by fox broadcasting company and langley productions . right notice, a community caught in chaos. one week, three high-profill in the nabbed once described as quiet. we begin with the crime alert. thank you for joining us. i m maureen umeh. i m matt ackland in for will. residents and police in the neighborhood say enough is enough. a teenager shot in a grocery store parking lot, a gunman, a man gunned down and then a deadly shooting involving a police officer and that is just in the past week. fox 5s roz plater is live in the newsroom to get us started. reporter: well, the folks tell us they have noticed a spike in the number of shots being fired in the community over the past month. now, the bullets are striking people. residents are demanding something be done. 10:30 saturday morning near 8th and tailor, several men are spotted tampering with the car. one of the suspensions pulled a gun on the gun sus
continuing our conversation as we re hearing another account of what went on inside the sweat lodge led by self-help guru, james arthur ray, contributor to the book the secret. this was a spiritual retreat, and it has turned deadly. we want to know what happened. we are finding out, we have with us ted schmidt, he is a lawyer of sydney spencer. she was inside that sweat lodge, getting his account. we have a doctor with us, telling us what happens to the body when things get hot. also with us, eric chase, criminal defense attorney. we hear this account, eric. most people hear all this and say, come on. james arthur ray set the table for this tragedy. how are you going to defend him? well, first we have to separate into two parts, the criminal part and civil part. in terms of the criminal part, and what happened in the sweat lodge, i don t think there is going to be any criminal liability. you don t think? i don t think. any type of criminal charge, you at least have to