malik richmond, one of the two teens convicted in a 2013 steubenville rape case that got national coverage. the local sheriff calls the attack cold-blooded attempted murder. i urged him years ago to carry a gun. if you re sitting on a bench, you need to carry a gun because there are so many nut cases that want retaliation. officials are drawing no connection between the steubenville rape case and the shooting. richmond s son was told just a few weeks ago he could not play college football this season after his status as a walk-on generated outrage at youngstown state university. now to stunning images from monday s total solar eclipse. check this awesome shot out from nasa. hard to top that. this was the scene in madras, oregon, where it started. how about being in the sky? alaska airlines tweeting out this fascinating image of the eclipse. cool.
just a few months ago, there was the big melee that got national coverage. so there s always something going on here. usually it s something pretty fun. a lot of parties, a lot of memories made by island vista, utsb students and students at santa barbara city college. they had some horrible memories made overnight. a lot of them getting up this morning, just two weeks away from finals, shaking their heads, thinking, how could this happen? thank you very much for that. on the heels of that report, let s bring in jim cavanaugh. so, jim, there s this youtube video being examined as part of the investigation. what are police hoping to learn from the suspect s motives? what about copycats who might be inspired by this kind of violent attack? great question. copycats are real. people that are holding grudges or suffering some mental illness can see things in the news and want to act out.