a very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. we begin this hour with new details about the victims and also the gunman in that deadly mass shooting at michigan state university. first, the three people killed who have now been identified and so young, 20-year-old brian fraser, 19-year-old arielle anderson and 20-year-old alexandria verner. the 43-year-old gunman we ve learned apparently did leave behind a note and a criminal history that includes a gun charge, but what is still unknown this morning, the motive, and also how he got the firearm, which was reportedly used in the shooting. you look at pictures of their kids you think of their poor families. also ahead this morning, former south carolina governor nikki haley makes the first stop of her 2024 presidential campaign, we re going to take you live to charleston, south carolina, and just in a key report shows that retail sales surged in january, beating expectations. more signs of a ve
we also heard a gentleman and you may have heard him just before we came to you who said he wouldn t plant anything in the ground for at least a year. he s very concerned about soil contamination. i ve spent some time on the local ohio epa website looking at what s being put up by the on site contamination folks. i am not finding in my search information on soil testing. is the soil being tested? erica, it is, and let s just you know, what we should say up front is we are shifting into the cleanup mode and so, number one, we ve issued a letter of liability to norfolk southern. they will be responsible and accountable for this cleanup. and as we do the testing and as we conduct the cleanup we will be able to inform the public as to when it s safe for some of these various activities that they like to pursue. this is fresh and we understand everyone is concerned. sure. but we are with the community. right.