>> it is 5:00 a.m. here in the east. we begin this morning with breaking news. a deadly past 48 hours in afghanistan. new details of two attacks. an effort to derail the transition of power there. the taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack wednesday that left four americans dead, including senior members of an army brigade after an in-ssurgent detonated a suice vest. thomas kennedy and kevin griffin and walter gray were killed along with an american aid worker and afghan interpreter. and nato confirms that three u.s. service members were killed when a sgun man wearing an afghan forces uniform opened fire in the southern helmand province this morning. no claim of responsibility there yet. new details are expected and well be live at the pentagon at the bottom of the hour with more information for you. and now let's take you inside the wisconsin temple where six peoe were killed, three others wounded by a gunman on sunday. this video shot exclusively by cnn showing a stark reminder of that horrific attack, a bullet hole that punctured the door leading to the main prayer room. members say it will not be repaired. they'll keep it there forever to remind them of what happened that day. ted rowlands is live outside the temple. your camer were the only ones allowed inside and it was really moving what i've seen so far of what they were doing inside the temple, also the members gathered together. i know that you talked to some of the victims' children. give us a sense of what it was like inside and what they're saying. >> well, it was very emotional as you can imagine. people were crying, people came to pray. but there was also an upbeat sense to it. people were working to fix the temple, paint willing the temple. they replaceded t the carpet, t did replace all of -- they got rid of all of the bullet holes and there were several of them. they just kept that one bullet hole they say so that they will never forget. and talking to the people, it was amazing, you know, and you know this from being out here this week, they really are hoping that what people will take from this will be a change. and they say they really do want people to look at sikhs as a kind group of people. they say that's exactly what their religion is abo. one of the victims' family members not only addressed the victims, but also the shooter. take a listen. >> simply put, our families, his mother who left behind two beautiful boys and was the only mother, imagine losing your mother. our father, the four other victims, the people who were shot and are in the hospital, the police officer who did his job, will they are heros. they are living the american dream. the other person was a coward and at the end of the day, he should always be remembered as a coward. >> and today there will be a public memorial service here at oak creek high school, all six of the victims will be laid out in the grymnasium and they're expecting thousands of people from the community to pay their respects. >> what's so important, the sound you you just played from the son, he's someone i talked to on the phone a lot throughout this process. and the focus on the victims and not on the shooter, it's the same thing that we saw after the aurora, colorado coal shooting. people saying don't focus on the suspected shooter, remember the people. we still have three people hospitalized, would temple members, a police officer. how are they doing? >> well, lieutenant brian murphy is improving every day. will is o one of the victims is still in critical condition and having a tough time according to the hospital. but the other two are improving. >> that's good to hear. obviously our thoughts and prayers are with them today, a very important day when they'll be remembered and as you said the six bodies laid out in just a few hours. thank you. and president obama has opened up a seven point lead over mitt romney in the latest poll of registered voters. and the gop challenger's unfavorable rating is headed in the wrong direction. with less than three months to go before election day, the president 52% of the vote, romney with 45%. and here's a real concern for the romney camp. the former massachusetts governor's unfavorable rating climbed from 42% to 48% with 64% saying he favors the rich. fresh off a huge success on mars, nasa's morphius crashed and burned yesterday. no injuries were reported during that test of the cargo transport vehicle. nasa officials believe it was a hardware problem with the lander's guidance navigation control system. >> definitely doesn't look good. this just in. gas rises rise for the 12th day in a row now. now 3.67 a gallon. some really interesting developments in the case of suspect shooter james holmes. his behindset before the massacre still a mystery this morning. a judge issued no ruling on unsealing the full court record in the case against him. prosecutors agreeing with the defense team yesterday in court arguing that that full court record should stay sealed. 17 news organizations, including cnn, have asked for access to that. there was also a very strange development during the hearing. a woman had to be escorted out of the courtroom after she stood up and blurted out that she had vital information for the defense team. also holmes' landlord filed court papers yesterday to have him convicted from his once booby-trapped apartment saying he violated his lease when he alledgedly, and this is a quote, murdered numerous individuals, materially and substantially damaged the premises and booby-trapped the premises substantially damaging the property. i was standing outside that apartment, unbelievable, and it must be a legal formality that he has to file this eviction notice. >> that's what i figured. >> george zicmmerman's are planning to seek a hearing for the stand your ground defense. it if the judge agrees, key walk free. zimmer map could walk free. another development. prosecutors mistakenly releasing a photo of trayvon martin's body along with zimmerman's school records. last month, the judge ruled those items could not be seen by the public. prosecutors are now asking reporters to disregard them. and officials in louisiana want to know if an underground salt cavern is responsible for a massive sinkhole. the sinkhole is in assumption parish, it's 50 feet deep, but in one corner, it actually goes down more than 420 teeth. i've never seen one of those in person. but people had to be evacuated. jamaican sprinter usain bolt cements his olympic brilliance winning gold in the 200 meter final. jamaica actually swept the metal stand. johan blake took silver. so here the big story for team usa, do you know what it is, the women's soccer team winning its third consecutive gold medal. they beat japan 2-1 avenging their painful loss to the japanese in last year's world cup. rock on. they look so thrilled. team usa is tops in total medals. 90 with the most ghold golds, a. >> so here's what's a happening in olympic action today. the preliminaries of the men's ten meter platform diving and the men's pole vault final. also the women's final in the 5,000 meters and the men's basketball team usa taking on argentina in the semis. and this is just a great story. a history making night on the gridiron. shannon easton becoming the first female to ever owe officiate an nfl game. she was a line judge in last night's preseason game between the chargers and the packers. the league has locked out its referees and east on is one of the replacement officials. good for her. it is about time. >> there's so much media scrutiny behind this and she's so cool, calm and corrected. >> absolutely. nine past the hour. officials cranking up the atlantic hurricane forecast. seeing an active few months ahead. how many names could be knocked off the list? 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a few factors are looked at. we've already had six. we look at the water temperature its and also what's happening aloft in the atmosphere. check it for aggravated season. we do have above average temperatures in the atlantic basin, but we have dry sinking air at the higher levels. so one mitigates, one exacerbates, so does that take a to average a. potentially so temperature so here's the big outlook. coming off africa, 50% chance. maybe something developing. there's td number 7. so the water is warm, things are did getting active. there's the potential taking it south of puerto rico and towards jamaica by the beginning and middle of next week. closer to home, we're expecting major delays today in the northeast. so if you are flying new york, philadelphia, all the way down from washington to atlanta, big storms expected. so the earlier you go, the better off you'll be. >> thank you for that warning. >> always the case, the earlier you go, the better off. it's those last flights at night that are tough. >> that's right. breaking news in our top story this morning. it has been a deadly day for americans in afghanistan. nato says three u.s. service members died there today after a gunman wearing an afghan forces uniform opened fire in the southern helmand province. and thetal band is taking responsibility for an attack earlier this week that killed four americans when an insurgent detonated a suicide vest. we'll have a live report in about 15 minutes for you. a bullet hole in the door will serve as a grim reminder at the wisconsin sikh temple will seek people were shot to death. cnn has an exclusive look inside. tiles are being polished, drywall being repaired. only one bull let hole will be left unrepaired. it's right in the door leading into the main prayer room in memory of the victims. and goldn sachs is off the hook. e justice partment lat la nit deciding not t criminal charges agaithe ll str porhouse. this follows a two year investigation into the firm's bets against subprime morage securities that it was selling. a daring chopper rescue of an illegal immigrant stuck on a nearly vertical cliff in arizona. the man called 911 twice. before a customs and border patrol helicopter actually spotted him. he spent at least 11ours on that cliff before he could be rescued. he was taken to border patrol for processing to return to mexico. and can you blame a bear for taking a little spa vacation? 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