Newsroom in a document faxed to abc news this morning after the shootings, flanagan blamed his rage on racism and on bully because he was gay. He called himself a human powder keg just waiting to go boom. It was about 6 45 this morning when 24yearold reporter Alison Parker and 27yearold photographer adam ward were simply doing their jobs, conducting a live interview for the morning news for station wdbj. Thats when the gunman struck, parker screaming as she tried to run and wards camera falling to the ground but still managing to of the suspect. We have learned that flanagan was a disgruntled former reporter for the station who went by the name Bryce Williams. He had been fired two years ago and was described as difficult to work with. This is an individual who came to work for us as a reporter and about two years ago im thinking we had to separate him from the company. Reporter we have also learned this afternoon that flanagan sent a 23 page fax to abc news two hours after the shooting and even phoned the network as police were chasing him. In the document flanagan called the recent Church Massacre in charleston a Tipping Point for his rage, also blaming bullying that he faced as a gay black man. He also expressed admiration for the mass killers behind the Virginia Tech and columbine massacres. In one line from this apparent manifesto flanagan wrote, quote, why did i do it . I put down a deposit for a gun on 6 19 15, the Church Shooting in charleston happened on 6 17 15 and, quote, what set me over the top was the Church Shooting and my hollow point bullets had the victims initials on them. Flanagan was disturbed enough to post a facebook and twitter about the incident, including horrific video of the actual shooting which we will not show. In one tweet after the shootings he wrote, quote, alison made racist comments. Meanwhile stunned colleagues left grieving this afternoon both alison and adam were in relationships with coworkers and they had worked closely together for about a year. A friendship forged in the grueling hours of morning tv. We are all in a state of shock here. You can hear people behind us in the newsroom crying. I mean, its just really hard to we are holding it back too. Yeah, its really hard to even comprehend. Reporter without a doubt. After being spotted by police, flanagan eventually crashed his car into a median along interstate 66 in virginia. He was taken to a local hospital with that self inflicted gunshot wound and died about 1 30 this afternoon. David. Thank you, rob. We are learning more about the victims now. Alison parker and adam ward was just starting contrary careers in journalism. Parker had just moved in with her boyfriend while ward was newly engaged to the morning show producer at the station. Shirleen allicot here with much more on these two young journalists. Shirleen. Two promising young lives cut short. We may never be able to make sense of their deaths, one thing is clear, the two were far more than just coworkers at affiliate wdbj. Think worked together every morning. I wanted to go through a sleep study to see if my job impacts how i snooze. Reporter the colleagues described the exuberance the two brought to their work each day. She was ex she was smart. Adam was the same way and they worked together as a team for a long time. Adam was the kind of guy who, if he were on the way home and knew of something that needed to be done, he would turn around and go do it. In salem, adam ward, news 7 sports. Reporter adam had been with the station for several years working his way up from Production Assistant to video journalist. The most thrilling thing i have ever done, took a trip to the grand canyon with my family and we went horseback riding down the grand canyon. Reporter alison was hired full time a year ago, a 24year old chasing her dreams in tv news. And both of them have fallen in love had fallen in love with coworkers. Adam was engaged to our morning producer melissa aunt. They were planning their wedding. Alison and our 6 00 reporter we were together almost nine months. It was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrated her 24th birthday. Alisons father andy parker sharing that pain. He issued this statement saying, in part, barbara drew an iron numb, devastated and i find my grief unbearable. Alison was our bright shining light and it was cruelly extinguished by yet another crazy person with a gun. She excelled at everything she did and was loved by everyone she touched. Alison grew up in martinsville virginia, adam started at the station in july 2011 following his graduation from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and state university. They had their whole lives ahead of them, liz. They had so much to look forward to. Shirleen. Thank you. As for the third victim in the shooting, Vicki Gardner listed in stable condition right now after undergoing emergency surgery for her gunshot wounds. Gardner is the executive director of the Smith MountainLake Regional Chamber of commerce. She was being interviewed by parker about tourism in the area when the gun fire erupted. As vicki has been a champion for us for the more than a decade, we are going to be a champion for her through this and we are going to get together as a community and Stay Together and make it through this. Well, gardner was called a shining light in the community. Her family is with her right now at the hospital. President obama did not specifically mention the shooting during an appearance on today but White House Press secretary josh earnest spoke about the use of guns in america. Another example of gun violence that is becoming all too common in communities large and small all across the united states, and while there is no peace of legislation that will end all violence in this country, there are some common sense things that only congress can do. And former congressman and victim of gun violence herself, Gabrielle Giffords had this to say on twitter, horrified to hear that two young journalists were shot and killed doing the job they loved, praying for the wdbj family. We invite you to stay with eyewitness and abc news as we learn more about the suspect and victims in the shooting. You can find more information on our website, abc7ny. Turning now to the other news of the day and it is also unfortunately tragic, divers have found a sunken fishing boat off the coast of new jersey. Crews found debris from a vessel this morning in the sandy hook channel. It is believed the captain, tom anderson, went out on his boat and was on board when it capsized yesterday afternoon. His family has not heard from him since the boat went under. Friends and other fishermen are still waiting word of his fate. Come by every day, have a cup of copy, chitchat, maybe ask me and my captain for tips and stuff like that. Sad. Happy go lucky, always smiling, nice guy and its a shame what happened. Well, searchers suspended the search for today because of dangerous water currents. They will resume their search tomorrow. A cabdriver and father of 10 dead this afternoon, the victim of an apparent robbery. 57yearold ahmad picked up a passenger in new jersey a passenger that police say was after money and armed with a gun. New jersey reporter toni yates with all the details. Toni. Reporter yes, indeed, david. And now a 10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the suspect in this fatal armed robbery. As you said, a father of 10, a loving husband, that family forever changed because of this. Someones First Impression of my dad would think that like hes like strict and always like aggravated by something but like when you really get to know him, he had a heart, you know. Reporter ahmad alicemar could barely speak outside the familys home hearing his mother inside moaning, crying at the killing of her husband. The elder alicemar shot in the head last night during an attempted armed robbery. He had driven his cab to pick up a fare which turned out to be an armed gunman. Alicemars manager at station cab company says the cars have no partition and no camera but he says he knows alicemar was too strong willed to have given in to the suspect. We seasonal dont ever tell them to resist and a lot of times they just have to use their common sense and unfortunately some of these guys are pretty strong willed and they are going to do what they want to document i think that was the case last night. Obviously reporter investigators say the cab kept going down the street after he was shot, crashing into a parked car, injuring two people inside. The suspect is he scraped but his left his the suspect escaped but left his gun. The family torn to pieces today. You only get one dad, you know. Reporter such a tragedy, and alicemar had only about 100 on him at the time. Coming up at 6 00 we are going to hear from the wife of alasmar who speaks about her husband worked 28 days out of the month to provide for his family. Live in rahway, channel 7 Eyewitness News. A developing story on wall street and relief for investors across the country. Stocks on wall street today staging a remarkable rebound. U. S. Stocks surged most of the day. By the close the dow posted its third biggest one day gain ever but it comes after a costly six day losing streak sparked by concerns over chinas wavering economy. Heres a live look right now at the big board, the dow surged a little bit more than 619 points today to close at 16,285. We have new information about a violent altercation on a plane after it landed at kennedy airport. Police have charged both women involved in a fight that broke out on the plane. It happened this morning on jetblue flight from jamaica. Police say 61yearold Jean Valentine of brooklyn tried to climb over another passenger when that woman pushed her off, valentine, police say, punched her in the face. Police also say that valentine also scratched a male passenger with an eyebrow razor. At that point the other woman pepper sprayed valentine. Valentine charged with assault. Both women are charged with weapons possession. Six people were treated for pepper spray exposure in the end. A judge not hiding his disgust today as he sentenced colorado Movie Theater shooter james holmes to life in prison without the possibility of parole. After sentencing holmes to 12 consecutive life sentences, one for each victim who was killed in the rampage back in 2012, the judge bluntly told Court Officers to, quote, get the defendant out of my courtroom, end quote. Courtroom which was filled with family members of the victims erupted into applause bringing to an end a grueling threeyear case. I just want everyone to know that the trial is over and that thing will never see the light of day again and i believe justice has been served for our family. Homes state appointed attorneys blame the massacre on his schizophrenia and dilutions, they claim holmes was obsessed with mass killings since childhood. A problem is so bad the city is taking drastic measures to fix it. Who is stealing road signs in ridgewood . We are going to let you know about the plan to get them back. And she was out walking her dogs when a wrong turn sent her tumbling more than 100 feet down. Coming up next, see the high stakes rescue that brought a woman to safety off the side of a cliff. And im meteorologist lee goldberg. It is a magnificent afternoon, high and dry. Maybe a little too dry. I will give you the weather maps, there is brush fire in carney, new jersey, westerly wind 10 to 25 miles an hour, the humidity is low and we have been dry. Thats a danger the next couple of days. Meanwhile if youre traveling open the windows. No ac necessary. Its the ultimate outdoors night for any sports and out and about comfy as can be. You will love the sevenday ac its 4 16 right now. Time for a check on traffic on this wednesday afternoon. This is a live picture of bqe, pretty busy near kent avenue and brooklyn. Check the hudson river crossings at the holland tunnel outbound, 20 minutes at the lincoln tunnel about 15 and at the George Washington bridge inbound looking at about five minutes. Well, one of the men who tackled a gunman on a french train is back home here in the u. S. Anthony sadler walked off a plane at Sacramento International airport with his parents. Sadler and two friends also from sacramento along with a fourth american helped subdue the gunman on friday. Sacramento is now planning to honor its three local heroes with a parade. The surge of migrants from the war zones in the middle east continue to create big challenges for european countries. Today police in hungary used tear gas near a Refugee Center close to the serbian border. They were working to control more than 2000 people who have crossed the border over the last few days. Many of them are fleeing the war in syria. The hungarian government working to increase Border Security at this time. Turning now to politics and the race for president and Republican Donald Trump finding himself involved in yet another feud with a journalist at an Iowa Press Conference yesterday the billionaire politician took on jorge ramos, an anchor at Spanish LanguageNetwork Univision and fusion. Ramos repeatedly tried to interrupt the News Conference by asking trump about immigration. After an exchange, ramos was removed from the News Conference, however, he was later allowed to return. Meanwhile, Democratic Front runner Hillary Clinton taking a dig at trump and this fiasco. Clinton visiting a Community College in iowa today saying voters should not be distracted by the republican front runner. She also said that other candidates from the party are just donald trump without the hair, her quote. Clinton also acknowledged immigration saying that agriculture nationwide is heavily dependent on immigrants. Now to a Daring Rescue caught on camera. Coast guard crews rescued a woman and two dogs after they plunged from a cliff in north california. The woman and a man were walking the dogs when they found more than 100 fell more than 100 feet down a cliff in san mateo county. The man managed to climb out but the woman was trapped. Rescuers had to bring workers in to help reach the woman. The helicopter hoisted her to safety and she is now being treated at the hospital. Scary pictures. What are you usually saying to yourself, dont look down, just hold on really tight. Dont look down. Goodness. Glad they are okay, though. Of course. Speaking of okay, lee, i have not seen you look so okay in such a long time. Look at you, well rested, youve got the jacket off. Listen, i mean, the bar for a top 10 day has been set so high now this summer because we have had 20 top 10 days. What do you do . Today is a little breezy and the sun went in for about five minutes so not a top 10 day anymore. Take it off the list. Exactly. Amazing, more of this to come. Its very comfortable, honk if you like the low humidity and thats what we have this afternoon. Take a look at a picture as we go outside and look at our beautiful skyline and some fair weather cloudiness off to the south, a few patchy clouds come in from time to time and a couple of shadows over the empire state building, we are at 82, but that pair of threes with the humidity, its glorious. Westerly wind 17 to 25, bit of a problem with the low humidity and the breezes, we have brush fire danger and the pressure is on the fall. The high today 85 right in line with that accuweather forecast. As we look at our temperatures now, you know while we are comfortable and pretty close to average in many spots, look at the 72 in monticello, part of the area, the far northwest suburbs on the fringe of some of the coolcanadian air which has come in upstate. The dew points which were in the 70s in parts of the area yesterday have dipped down into the 50s so youre talking invigorating to pleasant. Gorgeous. Planner through the evening hours, mostly sunny skies, mainly clear overnight, breezy in the early even and then the wind backs off to about five to 10 miles an hour. 67 to start the day in new york city, but some 50s north and west, about 78 by noon and into the mid80s during the afternoon and if youve noticed some fair weather clouds this afternoon, youre going to see a little bit more of that tomorrow afternoon, call it a partly sunny afternoon. You see it today, its not a lot of cloudiness on long island, but you have some fair weather clouds over the catskills and into northwest new jersey, and just in the past hour a few fair weather clouds over the five boroughs into middlesex and Monmouth County as well. Its an enormous area of low pressure which is swirling around hudson bay, over on the eastern fringe of that right now we are going to have to deal with its indirect influence over the next 48 hours so that means comfortable humidity, temperatures normal to maybe even below normal tomorrow and then that will lift out of here and the humidity will start to come back over the weekend. But look at these numbers upstate. I mean looking at 60 central new york, 60 in cleveland. So we are just on the fringe of that cool air but going to take the scenic route and lift to our north so we dont get too cool but the next couple of nights will be cool in the suburbs. After we go through an 83 degree day tomorrow, a fine finish to the workweek at 84. The humidity will start to increase as we go into the upcoming weekend. Mostly clear and very comfortable tonight in your accuweather forecast, mid and upper 50s in suburbs north and west so open the windows, 67. Tomorrow pleasant with sun and some patchy clouds. I would say a little bit more than you have seen today and about 83 degrees. Tomorrow night comfy, once again, that will be our coolest night with 50s in many suburbs. Now, of course the wild card in the longrange fo