arming the assad regime. we have confronted the russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to syr syria. we are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from russia to syria, which will escalate the conflict quite dramatically. moscow insists any arms supplies sent to syria are not being used against anti-government protesters. the suspect in the auburn triple murder is in custody after a three day manhunt. desmonte leonard turned himself into authorities at the federal courthouse in montgomery, alabama. facing three counts of capital murder. he gunned down three people and wounded three others after a fight broke out in an off campus party. two of those killed were former auburn football players. gabrielle giffords former aide will serve out the remainder of her term in the house. barber defeating kelly by 6 points. he ll fill giffords seat until november. in virginia, george allen easily defeated three
starting point begins right now. welcome back, everybody. new details in the shocking suicide of football star junior se seau. the l.a. times is reporting his family has decided to donate his brain in order to determine if he had chronic traumatic ense encephalopathy. the report says the former linebacker s death was a suicide. doctors are unsure whether seau s hard hits on the field let to cte, that dementia like brain disease caused by tough brain injuries that many football players face, someone who is an expert on that is dr. sanjay gupta, studying the topic for years. this morning we hear that seau s ex-wife and friends, even though he was not well-known as someone who had a number of concussions they are saying we had concussions. and also saying something we heard a lot talking to nfl players, he probably wasn t vocal about him, even tried to hide them under this culture of look i m going to play hurt and not only that but if i tell people about the fact i m hurt