planet. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re learning much more about the shooter and the victims in the sikh temple slaughter in wisconsin. i ll speak wit oak creek police chief coming up live. we ll hear exclusively from two men who lost their mother in the killings. first, we re getting new details on the weapon. our own brian todd is joining us now live. he s in oak creek, wisconsin. brian, you ve been tracing the gun. what are you finding out? reporter: spoke to the gun store manager, wolf. new details on that weapon that authorities believe was used in this shooting. that information comes from the gun store manager who is still shaken by the experience. subject down! officers down! i need ambulance. we have one officer shot. 7512 subject with a gun, balding, white t-shirt. officer down. reporter: it was less than a week before this carnage that suspect wade michael page stopped here and picked up the .9-meter pistol. according to the mana
now almost up 30 cents in just a month. what s behind the price at the pump and what you ll be paying come labor day. the big one. startling new report out saying oregon could get rattled by a major earthquake just like the one that struck japan. a 9.0, not if, but when is the northwest ready? and robin hood, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. the mythical character now front and center in the political fight over your taxes. the president has a brand-new punch line aimed at mitt romney. it s like robin hood in reverse. it s romney hood. sherwood forest hasn t seen anything like this. newsroom begins right now. and good morning. thank you so much for joining us. i m carol costello. we begin with new details of heroism emerging this morning from that deadly shooting rampage near milwaukee. satwan singh was president of the sikh temple, and he died trying to protect his fellow worshippers. he was armed but only with a butter knife. police say he saved liv
that. a packed show ahead. take a look at the photo, we have joe lieberman and christine todd whitman, olympic gold medalist dan o brien and the infamous, is that the appropriate word? honey boo boo from toddlers and tiaras. starting point begins right now. good morning, happy tuesday to you and thank you so much for being with us. in our starting point, disturbing revelations about the man police say is behind the deadly wisconsin sikh temple shooting, including word that an organization that tracks hate groups had been monitoring him for 12 years. police looking into the 40-year-old s ties to white supremacists, these photos of a page in front of a swastika are from facebook and myspace page that has since been taken down. he was the front man for a white power rock band. neighbors say he was antisocial. like a recluse almost. didn t talk to us. i would say hi and he would go she was nice and when he moved in, she just changed. you could tell he was running
i could preach that one. i would be thrilled about paul ryan and preach it until the cows come. that would be a choice. it would be exciting. al would like to see rick santorum on the ticket. that would be a winner. that would be bliss. that would be great for you. if they pick paul ryan you ll do a week of shows on paul ryan. rob portman, barely an hour. pick paul ryan you would have to come on at 5:00. let me come on and debate it for an hour. i would love it. we should do that. stick with us, al sharpton. i will defend paul ryan all day. up next, campaign sloganearring, on how president obama and mitt romney are each desperately trying to prove they re the one that can save the economy, but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? good morning to you, mika. when i left you on friday we had our incredible heat wave we were dealing with and tropical storm ernesto. we weren t sure if it had a chance to head for the u.s. or not. over the wee
because apparently we saw an early report or heard an early report someone had called a police station in the area, or called the temple itself, and asked what was the busiest time of the day. so whoever did this clearly wanted to have maximum impact. that s scary. in case you re wondering what the suspect used, it was a .9 millimeter semiautomatic handgun there. we re probably going to see that gun control debate heat up again this week. and so it should. so we ll see. also, more tragedy on this monday morning. a pair of deadly lightning strikes is responsible for at least one death after a nascar race. storms rolled in forcing the race to be called off. two separate lightning strikes killed one fan, a 41-year-old man, and injured nine others who hid in a parking lot behind a grandstand. tropical storm ernesto is still trudging across the caribbean this morning stirring up 50-mile-an-hour winds. the storm is expected to drench honduras for much of the day. it will strengthen p