Pizzas to make extra money for his family. that young dad the details of his murder were inexplicable at the time. why kill him? lure him out into the middle of nowhere, the moving of his body. what emerged is that what was likely to be the crucial explanatory detail for why he was killed was something that was taken from him once he was killed. something that turned up four days later two states away, but not before someone else was murdered as well. the young father was killed on a sunday, sunday march 17th, two days after that, tuesday march 19th at 8:47 p.m. local time, a woman in the town of monument colorado called 911, she was distraught, told the 911 dispatcher that someone rang the doorbell at her home, her husband answered the door, and the person shot her husband in the chest. he died on the scene, died in his wife s arms.
a man has been shot in the chest, not conscious, not breathing. someone rang the doorbell, the husband was shot. suspect was not still on the scene. a dark boxy shaped two-door sedan had been seen running on the street around the time of the shooting. by the time authorities showed up, the car was gone. the man who opened his door and was shot that night was tom clemens, the head of the department of colorado corrections. he was killed on tuesday march 19th of last year, so he was killed exactly a year ago told. and for two days after his killing, it was absolutely baffling and frightening. and it was possible, of course, that this was just a random killing, maybe it was a personal matter of some kind. but his job as the head of the prisons in the state and the fact that he was killed on his doorstep by someone who did nothing on the scene other than kill him, it frankly made it feel like an assassination.
Explosion at an army depot during a training exercise, and there are injuries. we ll have the latest. plus, new information on that planned attack at a college campus. details on the backpack full of bombs found in a dorm room. and a global sell-off in markets, and a vote today to bail out yet another european country. is this the reason in this country investors were looking to sell? it s tuesday, march 19th, and starting point begins right now. our starting point this morning, thousands of worshippers in st. peter s square praying for and with pope francis during his historic inaugural mass. as the pope entered without the traditional butateproof glass roof of the pope mobile. ushering a new era for the catholic church that has been embroiled in some scandals.
> this morning on world news now inaugurating francis. leaders from around the world are at the vatican as the new leader of the roman catholic church formally takes his place as pope. catholics are expecting so much from francis as the church faces so many hot button issues. it s tuesday, march 19th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everybody. more than a million people have descended upon the vatican for the pope s inaugural mass. that s our top story this half-hour. also this morning, the hot button topic for the supreme court, gay marriage. former secretary of state hillary clinton did an about face on the topic. could she be setting a new political stage with eyes on the white house. safety questions after 11 crashes involving small planes over the weekend. the fatalities, the investigation and our own look at hazards in the sky. later on our favorite reality show is back. who may be impressing the judges of dancing with the stars.
Joe, tuesday, march 19th. with us onset, we have senior political analyst mark haleprin. we ve got the president in the council of foreign relations richard haass and former democratic congressman harold ford jr. what s going on? oh, we have more. i know. i saved the best for last. thanks a lot, mika. and what is richard haass? and we ve got david ignatius coming up, as well. fantastic. yes, it is fantastic. all right. what do we have in news? hi, harold, how are you doing? what s going on? oh, really? who are you picking in march madness? it hurts me to say this because i m a michigan man, but ohio state is playing extraordinarily well. i ve got michigan state. do we have a story on cypress? or can i make chitchat with