happening now in the newsroom. picture of the morning, color curiosity red. successfully landing overnight to cheers, hugs and tears. nasa erupting with pride this morning. an amazing feat and an amazing view. deadly strike at nascar. lightning killing one and injuring nine others. severe storms forcing 85,000 fans to run for cover. startling new images from space showing just how much pollution crosses the pacific into america. nearly half of all the smoke and dust and ash and pollen above us coming from more than 7,000 miles away. and bad behavior to bolt. someone threw a beer bottle a beer bottle at jamaican olympic sprinter usain bolt. who does something like that? newsroom starts right now. and good morning to you. thank you for joining us this monday morning. i m carol costello. we begin with new details on the bloody rampage at a sikh temple and the man who opened fire. as mourners lit candles and honored the six people killed, a troubling image emerges of
the shooter who brought death and horror to a sikh temple in wisconsin was a u.s. army veteran discharged more than a decade ago for misconduct. authorities say the gunman may have had ties to white supremacists, and neighbors say he played in a far right wing punk band. we re learning more about how the shocking rampage left six victims and the gunman dead. brian todd is joining us from oak creek, wisconsin, right outside milwaukee. brian, what s the very latest? reporter: wolf, we have important new information. we have names of those who played pivotal rolls in the event and new details on the shooter s past at the temple. she can t escape it. an indelible moment of horror. she says she was among the first to see the shooter as he started his ram pain at the sikh temple of wisconsin. she says she was parking her car when she saw the suspect. now identified as wade michael page, approach the lead priest near the entrance. did he say anything to the priest? no, no. h
tackle the victim. six victims dead along with the gunman. david mattingly, what is the latest? reporter: well, here s what we know this morning. we have a law enforcement source who is involved in the investigation telling us that the shooter was an army veteran and at one time it was believed to be a white supremacist. we know the witnesses at the temple describe him as a white male, bald, wearing a t-shirt, dark pants with april tattoo that says 9/11. all of that together, we have a local law enforcement official saying ty were approaching this as a case of domestic terrorism. now late into the night last night, about 5 miles from here, they were searching a house believed to be the home of the shooter. they were approaching it cautiously. i was out there until very late last night watching this going on. the evacuated the houses nearby, the house they were shooting that they were going into. they were also getting the people in nearby streets to stay in their homes. t
temple was an army veteran. we will have more details ahead in a live report. syria s prime minister has fled to jordan. opposition leaders say that ree haw di jihad has fled, and israeli television says he was fired. he is the highest official to have left hasan al assad s regime. and officials in damascus say that several people were injured at a television station, but the station did continue to broadcast. you hear it there, syrian jets have been fire pounding a city of aleppo, as thousands of troops get in position around it. people are fearing a full-scale assault is imminent. a militant attack in a sinai peninsula has killed 15 egyptian soldiers and masked gunmen with weapons mounted on the cars enb tered the checkpoint near egypt and gaza and israel. israel says that the forces killed about five gunmen who crossed over into its territory in a armored vehicle. they sent gunship s s to the ar hunting for the militants they believe are behind the attack. the secu
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