Fort Hood, Community Mourn Shooting Victims; Tropical Storm Ida Menaces Mexico, Cuba
T.J. HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: Hello there, everybody. From the CNN Center, this is CNN SATURDAY MORNING for this November the 7th. I'm T.J. Holmes.</s>BETTY NGUYEN, CNN ANCHOR: Yes, good morning, everybody. I'm Betty Nguyen. Thanks so much for starting your day with us. It is 6 a.m. right here in Atlanta; 5 a.m. in Fort Hood, Texas, where the investigation continues this morning on that massacre on the largest U.S. military post. Now, this morning, we're going to take you live to Fort Hood for the latest developments there. And you're also going to hear from family members of the victims.</s>HOLMES: Now also something interesting, really, on the heels of that shooting. We have our guy, Mario Armstrong here. He's a radio and tech expert we use here on the weekends, a friend of our show. Well, he's going to show us something: software that actually detects gunshots. Business owners can buy this, install it and when it detects gunfire, it will alert you almost immediately. We'll going to explain this.</s>NGUYEN: Yes, it's pretty amazing technology. And we also want to hear from you today. So send us your thoughts on the Fort Hood shooting. We want to air your comments throughout the morning. So send them in. You can hit us up on our blogs, Facebook, Twitter. Also weekends@CNN.com.</s>HOLMES: Also this morning, health care. A big weekend for health care. And the president -- this is how you know how big of a weekend it is -- he is making a rare appearance on Capitol Hill on a Saturday. Yes, he's urging House Democrats to pass the health-care reform bill this weekend. We're going to break down some of the major sticking points that could slow down the passing of that health-care legislation. But let's start with Fort Hood this morning, the tragedy there in Texas. What we know now -- here we are, two days after that Fort Hood shooting. Investigators say Major Nidal Hasan fired more than a hundred rounds from two handguns on Thursday. We do now know that two dozen of the 38 people who were shot remain hospitalized. Hasan was shot four times himself by a police officer. He has been taken to Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, where he's under heavy guard and in critical but stable condition at this time. The flag-draped remains, meanwhile, of the 12 soldiers and one civilian killed Thursday were flown to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware last night. Autopsies will be done there. Let's go now to Fort Hood and get the latest now on Major Hasan. Our Sean Callebs is there for us. Sean, good morning to you. We're starting to get more details about just how horrific of an event that was. Sean, you hear me OK, buddy?</s>SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I hear you fine. We're -- we are learning a bit more about it. We're learning more about the weapons that he used. One's called an FN 5.7. It's called a "cop killer." I mean, just -- just think about that. Talking about more than 100 rounds were fired. Also, a .357. And more than a hundred rounds were fired. Forty-six of the -- of those actually found victims. So there 46 gunshot wounds here yesterday. It very -- it happened in a very short period of time. The first responders were on site in fewer than four minutes. So it gives you an idea of just how fast all of this was unleashed. And we're learning more about Hasan -- you're exactly right. A neighbor said he heard some noise overnight -- excuse me. It turned out to be him giving away his furniture in the middle of the night. And then later, investigators talked to his neighbor. This was a neighbor who let him use his wireless service a couple of times in the middle of the night. This neighbor was also a maintenance worker here on base, but he did not show up for work the day of the shooting. So he was talked to for about four hours, and he told authorities that they were -- that he told us that authorities wanted to know more than just that wireless service, why he allowed Hasan to use that. We do know authorities also took the neighbor's laptop as well. And Hasan was somewhat of a creature of habit. We know that he went to basically the same convenience store in the shadow of this post a number of times. He had coffee and has browns virtually every morning. And there's some CNN exclusive video we have of him going in there in what would be a traditional Middle Eastern, Arab garb going in there that morning. Later on, some pictures of him wearing scrubs as well. And then, boy, that shooting, T.J., just being unleashed at 1:30 in the afternoon. And just the -- the heroism we're hearing from people who arrived at the scene, both the first responders, also soldiers who were next door, some at a graduation ceremony. Others just heard the screams, the shots, and came to get whatever they could. So that's what we're learning about Hasan. You're exactly right; he remains in a comalike state in a hospital right now. He has not been charged with anything yet. But, of course, he certainly will be down the road --</s>T.J. HOLMES: All right. Our Sean Callebs for us at Fort Hood. Sean, we're certainly going to be checking in with you a bit later. Thanks so much.</s>NGUYEN: Well, we're also learning about the victims of this massacre. And among them, 22-year-old Specialist Jason Dean Hunt of Tipton, Oklahoma. J.D., as many knew him -- that's his sister, Leila William (ph). Well, we're going to show her to you in just a second, because she spoke last night with our Larry King.</s>LARRY KING, CNN HOST: Leila, you can expect someone who goes in the Army, goes to Iraq, OK, you're hardened for the worst. But you certainly never expect him to die at his base, right?</s>LEILA WILLINGHAM, BROTHER KILLED AT FORT HOOD: I just want to say that, you know, because it didn't happen overseas or it didn't happen in a combat situation doesn't make him any less a hero, because my brother was the kind of person to jump in front of a bullet for somebody. And I really feel like, you know, I don't know the details, but I know my brother, and I know he was -- he was very brave in this situation.</s>NGUYEN: Just so very tragic. Well, Hunt served a tour of duty in Iraq. Sixty-two-year-old Michael Grant Cahill was the lone civilian killed in this rampage. Cahill was a physician assistant who had suffered a heart attack just two weeks ago but returned after one week off for a recovery. His sister talked about learning that her brother was killed.</s>MARILYN ATTERBERRY, SISTER OF MIKE CAHILL: I got the call that he was dead. But they don't know any particulars. And then, about 40 minutes later, my little sister Becky (ph) called from Oregon and said he had been shot and he is gone.</s>HOLMES: Well, we are expecting to get more information today about the Fort Hood shootings and also more about the conditions of those who have been shot. We're expecting one news briefing at noon at Scott N. White Memorial Hospital in Temple with the commander of Fort Hood. Also, the Texas governor, Rick Perry, expected to make remarks there as well. The other press conference we're expecting is around 6:00 Eastern Time at Fort Hood. That one will be conducted by the base public- affairs officer. And those shootings at Fort Hood changed the lives, as we know, of so many people now. And tonight, a CNN primetime special continues the search for the answers. The post, the suspect, the wounded, a CNN special investigation: "Inside the Fort Hood Shootings," tonight, 8:00 Eastern. Some of our top stories also we're keeping an eye on. House negotiators on both sides of the abortion issue worked late into the night but failed to reach an agreement on a sticking point to the Democrats' health-care reform bill. So as a result, lawmakers are expected to vote today on an amendment that would ban most abortion coverage from the public option and other insurance providers in a new marketplace setup. The president is scheduled to visit Capitol Hill hoping to help close the deal on the health-care reform legislation. He'll be meeting with House Democrats later this morning. Floor debate scheduled to begin in less than three hours. Final vote could be pushed back until tomorrow.</s>NGUYEN: Well, we are getting new information in that workplace shooting in Orlando. And according to CNN affiliate WFTV, the suspect's mother tipped police off to where he was hiding. Police say Jason Rodriguez went to her apartment after he opened fire at an architecture firm where he used to work. One person was killed in the shooting yesterday; five others wounded. Take a listen to some of the eyewitnesses.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They said, 'The shooter's coming. The shooter's coming.' People were falling out of the elevators to get out.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So I'm coming out of our suite. She's running towards me, telling me to get back in, there's gunfire. And you could smell the gunfire.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was a little unnerving. It was a little unnerving. We started -- you know, you think the worst, and you call in your families, and your families are calling you. And the phones are going crazy, and just started hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.</s>NGUYEN: We're also hearing that Rodriguez could be in court as early as today to face charges.</s>HOLMES: All right. Let's bring in Reynolds full</s>NGUYEN: Oh! Yes!</s>HOLMES: ...Reynolds Wolf this morning.</s>NGUYEN: Is this casual Saturday? What's up?</s>REYNOLDS WOLF, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Going for the Steve McQueen look. Going for the</s>NGUYEN: Oh nice. OK.</s>WOLF: Hey guys, we're keeping a sharp eye on the tropics. Got a -- a big storm we're dealing with. You may have heard about it earlier this week. This storm is actually called Ida. It was once a hurricane; it had some interaction with parts of Nicaragua and Honduras. It has weakened a little bit. Right now, it is moving north of Honduras. Winds about 45 miles an hour, gusting to 60. And there's a chance this may strengthen a little bit. Will it become a hurricane later today? Well, it's got a long way to go. And speaking of way to go, people wondering, where is this thing headed? Well, the latest path we have from the National Hurricane Center -- let's expand this a bit. This show today's forecast. Tomorrow, we're going to be seeing this storm make its way to the north. As I put this into motion -- again, this is the forecast from the National Hurricane Center. Brings it right just to the -- the east of Cancun, just to the west of Cuba, going past the Yucatan peninsula and then moving into the Gulf of Mexico as we get into Monday and Tuesday. Now keep in mind, right now, the forecast does not have it making landfall anywhere in the United States. But a lot can certainly change in the next couple of days and hours. We're going to keep a very sharp on it. The hurricane season ends, of course, for the Atlantic basin, in late November. So again, certainly although things have been kind of quiet this season, certainly not a time to let your guard down. We'll keep a sharp eye on it for you. Let's send it back to you guys at the news desk.</s>NGUYEN: All right. Thank you so much, Reynolds. We'll be checking in very shortly.</s>HOLMES: And as we said just a bit ago, President Obama heading to Capitol Hill to push Democrats to pass health-care reform bill. But what do average, everyday citizens think of that bill? Well, they think that maybe they should start over. After all we've gone through...</s>NGUYEN: ....all the debates, all the town halls...</s>HOLMES: Tear it up.</s>NGUYEN: ... all the protests, all the supporters -- oh my goodness.</s>HOLMES: Start over. Yes, we got new polls that will explain what we're talking about.</s>NGUYEN: Plus, more on our top story. Josh Levs is tracking that shooting at Fort Hood on the Internet. I know a lot of people have been weighing in on this tragedy.</s>JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They have. We're hearing a lot. And what we're going to do is, we're going to take you inside Fort Hood to show you where all this happened. Also, where the alleged gunman lives. Also, other shootings at U.S. bases that you might not know about.</s>HOLMES: All right, Josh. Thank you. Also, want to take a look at some of the victims of Thursday's shooting. That is Michael Pearson there. He's from Bolingbrook, Illinois. Twenty-one years old. Died in that shooting. Also, another, Aaron Thomas Nemelka from West Jordan, Utah. Nineteen years old. He enlisted in '08. He was set to deploy to Afghanistan in January. Also, Specialist Jean Dean Hunt from Tipton, Oklahoma. Twenty-two years old. Enlisted in the Army in 2006. He turned 21 in Iraq. He chose to re-enlist. Dedicated the next six years to the military. Recently married. Set for his second deployment to Iraq. Also, Amy Krueger from Wisconsin. She joined the military after the September 11 attacks. Also, Francesca Vellez from Chicago. Twenty-one years old. She was three months pregnant.