a flurry of manchester and state police are seen racing to the hartford are seen racing to the hartford distributor, a beer and wine wholesaler, after a 911 call, concerning an active shooter on the property. >> the call was very, very brief it said somebody's been shot. and there's a victim down. >> reporter: unfortunately as the story would unfold, the word victim would become plural. >> it couldn't happen at a worse time of day. you have the third shift coming off, the first shift coming on. the office staff there. the sales staff there. and it just couldn't have happened at a worst time. all the drivers are picking their loads. >> reporter: not long after the call, it was learned the shooter was an employee, a driver, 34-year-old omar thornton, who showed up to work facing a disciplinary hearing with company management and teamster union officials. police say he was given the option to quit or be fired. shortly thereafter, he pulled out a began and start shooting. >> he was alive when police responded. police units started to clear the building, evacuate the victims. it appears he w

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i used to go down to hartford and test him. we had him in montreal for a week. >> did he remember you at any time. >> oh, no, he never. even when i would go down to hartford and typically would spend three days. and during those three days, i could spend a session with him that we're talking across this table, i was talking and working with him and i would go back and it would be after lunch i would meet him and he would just look plankly. i want to exercise he was an extremely plight person. >> how did you discover there was any memory capability. >> well the challenge for me was whether he could learn something, you know. this was obviously a challenge. you can't just say, you can't learn until you've tried. so i would go to the, over to the psychology department at mcgill. i was in montreal and pick up three tests i would choose two or three tests, take the night train to hartford, spend three days working with hm and i would be putting his papers, going through all sorts of tests. various learning tests. >> what did you fin

. >>> earlier this morning outside a connecticut town outside hartford, a driver for a beer distributorship opened fire on his co-workers. when the shooting ended, nine people were dead. now everyone in the community including the gunman's family is trying to figure out what happened. peter alexander joins us now from manchester, connecticut. peter? >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. that staggering death toll stands at nine this evening, including the shooter, and at least two people are still recovering from their injuries. police are keeping reporters away from the crime scene. for this small connecticut community, the news was shocking. >> we've had a tragedy in the state this morning. >> reporter: the shooting happened just after 7:00 this morning, a family-owned beer and wine manufacturer. 34-year-old omar thornton had just finished a disciplinary hearing with company management. >> at the conclusion of that interview, he was given an option to either resign or be terminated. he was being escorted from the building when the shots rang out. >> reporter: he saved the last shot fr

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bubba 51st in the world had his first victory in hartford. a little over a month ago in a playoff. really in good form. that is a good looking putt. excellent lag. three, three for bubba watson on the first two holes. >> martin kaymer has to be thinking i must make this because bubba has a huge distance advantage on the 18th hole. >> for sure. the big hitter on the 18th back into the breeze, 500-yard par 4 coming up. martin kaymer is no slouch when it comes to distance but a much more controlled player. fairways and greens type of a guy. yes. what a putt. wow. both players one under through two holes now. that was a huge two now for martin kaymer at 17. unbelievable strength of character right there. they will go to the last one under par. as peter kostis said slight advantage to bubba watson with the length. but getting it in the fairway is great too. he led it perfectly. we will be seeing a lot more of this young man. he will be a star in those ryder cups in years to come. let's go to 18 tee. jim: you make birdie there, i will make birdie here. we come to the last hole, at least

omar thornton called 911 after shooting ten co-workers, eight fatally, on tuesday morning at hartford distributors in manchester, connecticut. >> state police. >> yeah. this is 911? >> yeah. can i help you? >> this is omar thornton. the shooter in manchester. >> yes. where are you, sir? >> i'm in the building. you probably want to know the reason why i shot this place up. the place here is a racist place. >> yep. i understand that. >> they treat me bad over there. and treat all the other black employees bad over here, too. so, i just take it into my own hands. and i handled it. i wish i could have gotten more people. >> yeah. are you armed, sir? do you have a weapon with >> >> reporter: thornton opened fire after an early-morning disciplinary hearing, where he was forced to resign when he was faced with videotaped evidence that he was stealing beer. >> this is a horrible situation. i understand that. >> you don't need to calm me down. i'm already calmed down. i'm not gonna kill. >>dr: he had smuggled guns in the building in a lunchbox. >> how much ammunition do you have with you? >> i

. >>> well, this comes to us from wvit nbc 30 in hartford, connecticut, where it was better late than never for the 2000 women's gymnastics team. ten years after finishing fourth at the sydney olympics, the women received bronze medals. the original recipients, china, had their medals taken away after officials determined a member of that team was under age at the time. as one american team member put it, the long awaited moment was, "definitely a dream come true." i'm lynn berry and this is early today, just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> one show in china is sure to make a splash. the world's biggest water-based show has found a new home in china at a casino. a mix of martial arts, dance, and gymnastics took five years to plan and cost over $200 million. it includes a 3.7 million-gallon tank. that's larger than five olympic swimming pools and 77 dancers from 18 countries. >>> elephants are definitely cute, but baby elephants are downright adorable, just like this one born at a zoo in austria last friday. don't be fooled by his small stature. this little gu

eight fatally and two others were treated at hartford hospital. >> as many as 70 people were in the warehouse when the shotting rampage began. >>> here's how it looks in the gulf of mexico where bp engineers are pumping mud into the blown-out oil well hoping to seal it permanently. the procedure is called a static kill that was briefly delayed by a hi hydraulic leak. if it works the thick drilling mud will push the crude oil back to the natural reservoir beneath the floor of the gulf and then, depending on how well that holds crews could begin to seal the well with cement. then the focus can shift entirely to clean-up. >> we need to be sober by the fact that a lot of oil is stopped and we're not dealing with a day-to-day threat anymore. we need to assess the long-term impact on the ecology, the environment and the gulf. >> meanwhile, bp continues to drill a nearby relief well to enensure that the damaged well stays plugged. >>> an east bay landmark is gleaming because of a paint job. part of a barttering program, an alternative way for businesses to pay for goods and services during this down

the president of hartford distributors said today thornton was fired on the morning of the shooting because he was caught stealing beer. ross hollander said no claims of racism were ever brought to the company's attention and he added thornton had been "embraced as a member of the company." meanwhile, down in the gulf, it's the announcement everyone has been waiting for. it came today, day 108, b.p.'s blown-out oil well has finally been plugged. a layer of cement now sits on top of it. mark strassmann is in new orleans tonight. mark, i know there's still a lot of cleanup work to do, but the static kill actually seems to have done its job. >> reporter: and if anything, katie, it did it better and faster than expected. officially, no one involved with killing this well will say it, but with any luck this leak is over. for five hours today, out in the gulf, b.p. pumped cement right down the well's throat and sealed it. >> i think we can all breathe a little easier regarding the potential we'll have oil in the gulf ever again. >> reporter: a mile below this boat, b.p. has finally plugged the le

. >> reporter: it was a horrific beginning to the work day at hartford distributors. during morning shift change at the family owned beer supplier, 34-year-old omar thornton opened fire on his colleagues. >> they found a victim when they first entered the building. >> reporter: it would be the first of many. authorities say thornton, a driver for the company for about three years, was asked to resign this morning after reportedly being caught on camera stealing beer. while being let out of the building, he started shooting. >> you got the third shift leaving, first shift coming on, all the salesmen are in there getting ready to go out in their various routes. yeah-- it couldn't have been a portion possible time. >> reporter: a source tells cbs news that just before 7:30 a.m. thornton used a handgun to shoot the two men who fired him. he then proceeded to the warehouse. as employees were loading beer on to trucks, thornton allegedly ran along the loading platform selectively shooting, killing some and sparing others. in all, he killed eight people before turning the gu

police say a shooter killed eight people before shooting himself this morning at the hartford beer distribution company. one witness says thorton was cool, calm and cold as ice during the shooting. at least three people were injured, one is reported to be in critical condition. >> it happened at the worse part of date. because you have the second shift coming on. the sales staff there, it couldn't have happened at a worse time. >> reporter: a union official says thornton was caught on video stealing beer and was being forced to reseen. the mother of thornton's girlfriend says thornton had complained of being racially harassed. >>> and a procedure that could permenantly plug the broken oil well, the latest on that. >>> and i'll have your latest conditions. coming up >>> work will continue in petaluma tomorrow to repair a busted line that caused the road to buckle between western avenue and east washington street. the water department tells ktvu that the old water line gave out due to normal wear and tear. >>> on the gulf coast tonight, bp has finally launched it's static kill strategy. i want to

surrounded by hartford distributor employees, the company president adamantly denied thornton's claims. >> i can state to you unequivocally that no such claim has ever been brought to the attention of our company. no such claim has been pursued under hartford distributors internal anti-discrimination and harassment policy. >> reporter: while thornton was telling a dispatcher his story, his co-workers, including a wounded victim, were frantically making their own 911 calls. >> what's going on, who got shot? >> somebody got shot, i got shot. >> stay there and we'll come to you, all right? >> help me, please. help me. >> reporter: company officials say moments before the shooting thornton was forced to resign tuesday morning. after being shown surveillance video that they say showed he was systematically stealing beer and reselling it. >> did he used to work there? >> yeah, i just fired him. >> today? >> today just now before he started shooting. >> reporter: when thornton started shooting, five employees tried to warn their fellow workers or try to stop him, including jerome rosenstein w

this happened in manchester which is about ten miles east of hartford. >>> timeday it could be decided whether to put a medical marijuana tax measure on the ballot. if approved by voters the measure would improve a 10% tax giving the city the highest cannabis tax in all of california. critics were saying this would be an unfair burden on patients. also today the san francisco board of supervisors will consider expanding the city's ban on plastic bags to all types of stores. three years ago san francisco became the first city in the nation to ban the use of plastic bags at large supermarkets and chain drugstores. now it may expand the ban to all stores. the proposed new law would take effect in march of next year. >>> san francisco police are stepping up patrols trying to stop people from stealing from businesses and then reselling the merchandise. retailers say they are targeted by shoplifters who grab items from cosmetics to alcohol, then take the stolen goods to an area around seventh and market street where they are sold on the black market. >>> your time now 6:16. the result of a n

this coming at the hartford distributors in manchester, connecticut. state police say they shot the gunman after he apparently shot seven other people. we will keep you updated on this and let you know as things change. on the other side of the world, we continue to monitor days of flooding all over southeast asia. india, these pictures in many ways the least worst in the region. monsoon rains have swollen rivers. let's take you around south asia at least 1,00 people have been killed. perhaps as many as 2 million are homeless. american troops helping out, they are racing to the area not just to help out but to make sure they help out before the taliban and other fundamentalists. this has been a political issue as well who can help the most. also out of pakistan. we don't know much more other than the video you are seeing here, other than it is the rescue of a small child. villages have been swept away. one thing they are worried about is the concept of illness after the dead bodies are uncovered. this has historically been a big problem. >> amazing vid

. >> tonight, i'm leaving after the show and ozzy is doing philadelphia saturday, sunday he's doing hartford so yeah i go out whoever i can. >> jimmy: when you go to the shows, do you watch ozzy and play close attention, or are you sick of it because you have seen it so many times? >> i never get sick of it never. no. >> jimmy: you're excited. >> sure, the greatest thing in the world for him is to go out there and the audience, you know, love him. and i feel good for him when i see that. so i want to be there and share that. >> jimmy: i like that. but the other bands, are they like, different when you're there compared to -- well i guess you wouldn't know. do you feel like people are on their best behavior when you come. >> it's weird because the older i get, the more respect i get. motry crew is on the road with us right now. the last time they wur with ozzy, it was 25 years ago. then, they were crazy. it was like hell for me. >> jimmy: what did they do that bothered you specifically? >> they got my husband arrested like three times. they kidnapped them. he was with them when he snorted a r

during his disciplinary hearing, hartford distributor's executives say omar thornton seemed calm, as they showed him a video of him stealing beer. they say he quietly signed a letter of resignation. then pulled out a gun and started firing. >> i'm in the back paper storage closet. >> okay. stay back there. we will come to you. all right? >> help me, please. help me. >> ma'am, we are on the way. please, stay down. stay low. all right? >> reporter: the shooting was over in minutes, leaving eight people dead and two wounded. according to his uncle, after the shooting, thornton called his mother. "i killed the five racists that was there bothering me," he said. then, debating whether to kill himself, he told his mom, "i love you very much. i want you to take care of yourself. i want you to stop smoking. when police arrived at the scene, he turned the gun on himself. thornton's relatives and friends say he finally cracked after suffering racial harassment in the predominantly white work environment. >> he knew the people who was bothering him was still going to bother him. so bothered him

just getting this video of police outside of hartford distributors in manchester connecticut. a man possibly an employee, walked into the business and started shooting. police have confirmed the suspected shooter is among the dead. we're hearing that at least two other people were killed. no word yet on how many people in total were hurt. >> countrywide financial has agreed to the largest payout so far in the mortgage meltdown. it will pay $600 million to settle shareholder lawsuits. a judge has given preliminary approval to the deal. it will end several class action suits that claimed countrywide loosened standards for loans during the housing boom. countrywide would admit no wrongdoing and executives named in the suit would be cleared pending final approval. >> a southern california kayaker has a terrifying story. he was kayaking off the coast when a 15 foot shark rose out of the water and began chomping down on his tiny boat. >> his head was huge. and it bit down and it held on to me for about 10 to 15 seconds. i was actually screaming like a little girl. >> understandably.

are developing story out of hartford connecticut and manchester a press conference happening right now doctors treated three people were wounded in the workplace shooting just to bring it up to speed one victim is in fair condition, the second is in serious, the third was a fatal shooting. the person to die. >> we are ready to be able to handle more. >> or they brought in by ambulance? >> all came ground by ambulance. >> why were those 3¢ here? >> we are asked how many critical we can take there is a radio call we said up to five end there is a scene commander who disk determined to go is where and how they get here. we will try to have updates if we can update as we go we're certainly trying if you want to stay around and do live shots. if he knew more through the day we can try. >> one of the places the victims were taken three brought here as we heard earlier one unfair when in serious undergoing surgery now the third victim to die at hospital. one confirmed death in the shooting this morning apparently a worker at the distribution plant called and to be let go according to police

big-time hartford baptist church in detroit. please welcome the rev. christian adams. [applause] >> we bring you greetings from detroit, michigan. we thank god for the hundreds who have boarded buses and made the drive from detroit, michigan, and from every state. we're going to march against injustice. people ask us why we are still marching in 2010. well, before i answer, my mind goes back to september of 1963, after the march on washington we had a terrible tragedy. the dream turned into a nightmare. a little girl was blown up, murdered in birmingham, alabama, at the 16th street baptist church. when martin luther king, jr. preached the eulogy, he said that even though the little girls were dead, they were living and speaking to the politicians that served their constituencies the stale bread and spoiled meat of racism, speaking to the clergy that were hiding behind the stained glass windows, speaking to all that stood passively on the sidelines instead of engaging in the struggle for justice. they are speaking to us today. they are telling us to march on. that is wh

cbs news correspondent whit johnson is in west hartford, connecticut with more this morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, democrats will be watching today's races very closely. not just to see who wins, but to see if republicans can maintain that high energy, high voter turnout sweeping the country heading in to november. last minute campaign calls are being placed. >> i'm calling to encourage you to vote for karen handel tomorrow. >> reporter: and it's republicans that are answering. a recent pew research study shows gop enthusiasm is at a record high. 77% say they're certain to vote this year compared to 65% of democrats. >> anger is a real mote traitiv. >> reporter: high unemployment and a stalled economy will likely play a major role in today's primary. also fueling excitement, campaigning by stars like sarah palin. >> so, georgia, are you towayouo bring it on? >> reporter: palin rallied for karen handel. her opponent nathan deal is backed by former presidential candidate mike huckabee. >> it's so important that we elect her. >> reporter: out west, john mccain rallied support in

. >> company officials from hartford distributors denied omar's claims of racism saying he never filed any complaints of discrimination. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> what a chilling story. went into the union meeting and resigns. comes out and says i'm going get my lunch box. that's when he got his gun. >> awful story. >>> near st. louis this morning, a tragic story. two young people dead after a horrific highway pileup involving four vehicles, two of them school buses. packed with kids. cbs news correspondent ben tracy joins us from st. louis this morning with the latest on thursday's crash. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this was supposed to be a fun field trip for members of a local high school band. instead 40 of them, nearly 40, ended up at this hospital in st. louis. after their school buses were involved in a terrifying crash. if you saw this along the road, you couldn't help but stop and stare in disbelief. >> i'm seeing it but didn't see it. >> reporter: two buses, cab of a semi, a mangled mess of metal once a pickup truck. the driver of that truck, 19-ye

east of hartford. police say that several people are down, but they're not clarifying that they're not saying people how many have been hurt or how bad the injuries are the state police and other surrounding towns and state authorities have been called to the scene, this is a work the shooting. not a lot of information is that right now. live pictures coming in through it to you. other headlines, pakistan's largest city became a scene of the unrest with the governors vehicles shot and said the bridge is after 37 shooting deaths. this is video of just one of those vehicles on fire in the middle of the street. a prominent lawmakers assassination in a mosque is what some of these six of a roll of revenge attacks. then people have been arrested police and military troops have been dispatched but a less direct gunfire can still be heard and fires can still be seen burning in the street. meanwhile a catastrophe continues to bark and then uses of the area of pictures showing the widespread nature of the flood

. >> as an employee of hartford distributors, omar thornton was embraced as a member of our team. >> reporter: meanwhile, other previously unreleased 911 tapes the terrified pleas for help, pierced with gunshots. >> marissa get out of there. get out. barbara, get out. [ phone ringing ] >> come on. >> 911. 911. >> reporter: in thornton's final moments, the dispatcher desperately tries to keep him talking. >> all right. i guess this conversation is over. i have to take care of business. tell my people that i love them. and i gotta go now. >> reporter: we're hearing now from one of thornton's ex-girlfriends. she told the associated press that thornton had a history of racial problems with co-workers. and that he believed he was being denied pay raises because of his race. she said he told her, i'm sick of having to quit jobs because they can't accept me. robin? >> all right, clarissa, thank you. the 911 calls, absolutely chilling. thank you. >>> want to turn, now, to the deadly school bus crash. a crash witnesses say happened in a blink of an eye. turning what was supposed to be a fun-f

on tuesday morning at hartford distributors in manchester, connecticut. >> state police. >> is this 911? >> yeah, can i help you? >> this is omar thornton, the shooter over in manchester. >> where are you, sir? >> i'm in the building. you probably want to know the reason why i shot this place up. this place here is a racist place. >> yep, i understand that. >> they treat me bad over here, they treat all black employees bad over here too. i had to take it into my own hands. i wish i could have gotten more of the people. >> yeah, are you armed, sir? do you have a weapon with you? >> oh, yeah, i'm armed. >> reporter: thornton opened fire after an early morning disciplinary hearing in which he was forced to resign when confronted with videotaped evidence that he was stealing beer and selling it. >> it's a horrible situation, i understand that. >> you don't need to calm me down. i'm already calmed down. i'm not going to kill anybody else. i just wanted to tell my story. >> reporter: he had smuggled guns into the building in a lunch box. >> how much ammunition do you have with you? >> i got -

host: next call comes from hartford, connecticut, republican line. please go ahead. caller: i was just wondering, are you jewish? host: what does that matter, color, seriously? -- why does that matter, caller, seriously? that is so inconsequential and so unnecessary. tony, bill ahead. cal -- go ahead. you with us? i am not sure where tony went, either. next caller. you are on with the oregon attorney general. caller: thank you for c-span. it is good. my question is why is insurance being voted on and voted in by people who do not pay for insurance, who pay for less than 1% of their income and force premiums on people who pay, some of them as much as 50% of their income code to insurance -- goes to insurance. we need to get rid of the insurance companies and go to a public option where everyone pays the same rate regardless of their income as a percentage of their income, just like taxes should be and are not. thank you. host: attorney general kroger, if you could address that, if you are more than a welcome but also to put a legal twist on that -- you are more than w

host: rick, hartford, conn. good morning. caller: i hope you will allow me to complete my call. good morning. first of all, you seem to be portraying an image that our government is doing everything it can. it is not. it has been missing in action, we know that. we need troops on the border to protect us, seal the border and then developed the border for long-term maturity. two, you said it is not illegal to be in the country. it is not a crime to be here illegally. i heard from an attorney who had an interest in expressing in the put like that because he was going to make money. you, sir, have just used sophistry. it is illegal to be in the country if you are undocumented, and it is illegal to enter the country illegally. for due to say that it is not illegal to be in the country illegally -- i do not know what you are talking about. you seem to be misrepresenting the facts. guest: there are two things here. it is illegal to be in the country undocumented, but it is not a crime necessarily. if you park illegally, it is against the law, but it is not yet a crime. i am trying to

this is courtesy of w.cctx in hartford. >> and i love you. [laughter] i think some of my most fondest memories of this campaign trail will be little ones like that. showing up spontaneously and doing those things. the really warms my heart because i am a sucker for kids. [laughter] a lot to thank all of you for being here tonight, and a special thanks to my family, some of whom could not be here. my friends here, my tireless staff, and to all the volunteers, all the many of you, all of you. because certainly without the efforts all, all of our volunteers, i would not be standing here tonight having completed a two rounds of the three we have to go. i also want to thank my opponent cahow -- my opponents who ran a terrific races and their loyal supporters were their hearts out for candidates in whom they really believed. this was a very competitive, compassionate, and heartfelt campaign. but at the end of the day, we are all part of the republican family, the connecticut family. as we all know, families do not always get along and they do not a

host: rick, hartford, conn. good morning. caller: i hope you will allow me to complete my call. good morning. first of all, you seem to be portraying an image that our government is doing everything it can. it is not. it has been missing in action, we know that. we need troops on the border to protect us, seal the border and then developed the border for long-term maturity. two, you said it is not illegal to be in the country. it is not a crime to be here illegally. i heard from an attorney who had an interest in expressing in the put like that because he was going to make money. you, sir, have just used sophistry. it is illegal to be in the country if you are undocumented, and it is illegal to enter the country illegally. for due to say that it is not illegal to be in the country illegally -- i do not know what you are talking about. you seem to be misrepresenting the facts. guest: there are two things here. it is illegal to be in the country undocumented, but it is not a crime necessarily. if you park illegally, it is against the law, but it is not yet a crime. i am trying to

jon metz, the guy from just outside hartford, connecticut, working in his basement one day trying to clean out his furnace got his arm stuck in there, ended up stuck for three days, infection set in. he attempted to cut off his own arm to save his life and free himself. jon is doing remarkably well. he's going to give us an update on his condition and some exciting news for him in just a little while. >>> later on on "today's money 911" our panel of experts will help you reduce your debt to mortgage questions. all that and more coming up on "today's money 911." >>> we have a lot to get to. >> we, we do. >> let's go inside. carl quintanilla filling in for ann at the newsdesk. he has the headlines. >>> good morning to you, matt. good morning, everybody. thousands of uncounted absentee ballots could hold the key to tuesday's biggest primary surprise. the alaska republican senate primary. sarah palin backed underdog joe miller, a slim lead over lisa murkowski. in. >> announcer: senator john mccain surviveded a tough challenge by j.d. hayworth. also in arizona ben quayle, the son of forme