all straight ahead in the newsroom. u.s. military investigators believe the soldier charged with killing at least 16 afghan civilians in kandahar returned to his base between killings. army officials now believe staff sergeant robert bales killed people in one nearby village, came back to his post, left again and killed people in another village. nine children are among the victims. this timeline is reportedly based on interviews conducted at the scene. barbara starr is on the phone with us now. barbara, this news that sergeant bales probably made two trips in that killing spree, why is that a factor into what happened, how investigators are trying to piece together what happened and how? reporter: well, you know, fredricka, one of the things investigators want to know is, did anybody see him come and go. did anybody know that he might have been acting outside normal military behavior. if he came back, indeed as they now suspect, was he seen, did he talk to anybody, wha
welcome aboard, folks. it is 7:00 in the east and we start with a fox news alert. west virginia senator robert byrd has passed away at the age of 92. a democrat who served as the longest serve member of congress. a spokesman for the family says he died peacefully 3:00 a.m. at a hospital in fairfax, virginia. he had been in the hospital since late last week for a heat related illness. chris turner is on the phone right now from washington, d.c. with the latest on the senator s passing. good morning to you, trish. i know you ve been covering capitol hill for some time and you were sending out e-mails bright and early this morning after the passing of the senator. good morning, gretchen. sure was. kind of surprised i got up and it was unusual last night, i have to say. senator byrd who, you know, has been ill for quite a long time. his staff has taken to communicating with us solely by e-mail. they would blast out a relief and i was really surprised when they put up they set up re
u.s. history has died. he passed away at the age of 92, early this morning, at a hospital in fairfax, virginia. going from the poverty of coal mining country, in west virginia, to the height of power. it was quite a rise. because of those wonderful people? west virginia, this foster son of an impoverished coal miner one of the great state of west virginia has had the opportunity to walk with kings and to meet with prime ministers, and to debate with presidents. martha: there you have it, there s a picture of the young robert byrd, when he was in west virginia, as a child.