>> reporter: inside, ten people are dead. >> we need rescue inside the auditorium. multiple victims. >> i got seven down in theater nine! seven down. >> i've got a child victim. i need risk at the back door theater nine now. >> chilling moments for sure. authorities have said little about what they believe was the motive behind the massacre. the death toll now stands at 12. 58 wounded. we'll have more on the shooting investigation in a moment. thanks for starting your morning with us. we have much more ahead on cnn "sunday morning" which starts right now. if you're just waking up this morning, let's catch you up on what's happening here in aurora, colorado. overnight, we found out that police interviewed an associate of suspected gunman james holmes. a spokeswoman says the person is not a suspect, and there's no reason to believe that he was involved. also, police now say that they've removed all the booby traps from james holmes' apartment and performed a controlled detonation of some of the explosives. others were burned. many residents who were evacuated were allowed to return home. police say the evidence shows holmes may have been planning the attack for months. and he wanted to kill or hurt anyone looking for information about him in the aftermath of the attack. we now know the names of all 12 people killed in the tragic shooting. many were under 30 years old. the youngest victim just 6. police say the theater where the shooting took place will remain closed until at least wednesday. that gives them time to complete their investigation. holmes' defense team will get access by tuesday. today is an important day for people here in aurora, colorado. president obama is headed here thchb the this afternoon to meet with the victims' families. jim spellman is near the complex where james holmes lives. what do we know it the president's visit and his agenda today? >> reporter: the president will arrive later this afternoon. we expect him to meet with the families of the victims and perhaps some of the wounded and local leaders here. that comes before the vigil later in the evening. the president not expected to speak at the vigil. he'll depart and head to san francisco early in the evening. randi? >> and as far as tomorrow, what can we expect from this arraignment? the suspected gunman is going to be in court for his first hearing. any news on what to expect from that? >> reporter: well, the court documents are sealed at this point. so we don't have a lot of insight. we haven't heard publicly what exactly is going to happen at the hearing. they could potentially charge him. if not, they'll have to deal with detaining him. perhaps some sort of bond hearing. it will be our first chance to get aook at him up close. we should know a lot more about how the state -- how the state of colorado will proceed with their case against james holmes after that hearing tomorrow morning. >> and yesterday they spent hours trying to get inside the apartment. they eventually did. police have been gathering the evidence there. we're hearing new details also, jim, about exactly these booby traps were. what did they find? >> reporter: well, we know that there was at least one trip wire set up at the front door. the police chief here in aurora described it as designed to kill the first person who went into that -- into that door. then there were many more in there. some of them described as being similar to -- to fireworks with golf ball-sized diameters that would shoot off, some are described as incendiary devices that would have caused fire. took them the better part of two days to render this apartment safe. unbelievably complex web of these -- iedsi improvised incendiary devices. they are trying to use evidence to advance the case. >> yeah. they were certainly careful about trying to keep some of that and not detonate everything there so they would have evidence left. jim spellman, thank you very much. the attack has left many wondering if it is time to beef up security at movie theaters. in new york some theaters are doing that. one made big changes well before friday's massacre. >> reporter: police vehicles are now posted outside new york city theaters showing "the dark knight rises." the nypd says it's not responding to any specific threat, rather hoping to prevent any copycats. >> we're just concerned that someone perhaps seeking no notoriety will attempt something similar. we always that when a -- a high-profile event happens. so we're doing this to sort of raise the comfort level of people who are going to the movies. >> reporter: at one multiplex theater outside new york city, security goes beyond comfort level. it's been using metal detectors for more than two decades. >> i actually feel safer coming to the movie theaters knowing there's a metal detector. feel more safe. >> reporter: the detectors were installed in 1990 after gunfire broke out on the opening night of "the godfather part three." one person killed, three people injured. the valley stream theater, according to a security consultant, was one of the first theaters in the country to install the detectors. he says certain factors were considered. >> we look at crime statistics in and around the area to see what type of crimes have occurred. is it a high crime area, does it justify certain level of technology or -- you know, additional measures that might not be needed in another area. >> reporter: in the mass shootings in aurora, authorities say the gunman entere through a fire exit. former fbi assistant director and cnn contributor tom 15 tofu. >> you're not talking about someone who brought weapons in through the front of the theater, the ticket-taker entrance. >> reporter: individual chains declined to discuss specific security measures. their umbrella group, the national association of theater owners, said in a statement members are working closely with local law enforcement agencies and reviewing security procedures. the national association of theater owners says it doesn't have a number of how many theaters in the u.s. use metal detectors. one immediate change in security, though, here at amc theaters is that movie-goers will not be allowed in the theater wearing costumes or masks. mary snow, cnn, new york. we'll have much more from aurora. let's go to our headquarters back in atlanta where jennifer westhoven has a look at other stories making headlines. good morning again. >> good morning, thank you. when we come back, we'll look at how norway is memorializing its own victims a year after a deadly attack. 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>> reporter: well, it certainly looks to be, jennifer. over the last couple of weeks, you've not just seen regular rank and file members of the army there defecting, continuing to detect it the opposition and joining the rebel free syrian army. you also saw a little over a week and a half ago the defection of the most senior general, a brigadier general who fled the country. beyond that you've seen diplomatic defections. former ambassador to iraq left, as well. that taken in with the fact that there's fighting in damascus, that now there's fighting in ilepo, commercial hub of syria, is putting cracks into the idea that the syrian regime is invulnerable. a lot of questions as to how tenuous the grip that bashar al assad has on power remains. also, one other thing -- last week you had an stloeexplosion damascus that killed four of the top syrian officials. all those signs put together, people asking just how much power does bashar al assad hold in the country. >> speaking of damascus, we're getting conflicting reports about what exactly is happening there. can you tell us what you know about the fighting there? >> reporter: it's interesting. you know, oftentimes we see in the syrian conflict, we hear from opposition activists because we're not able to report from inside syria, the syrian government will not give us visas. but we have reports today of fierce fighting in the capital. several days that intense fighting has been going on. there's one neighborhood in particular, the passion activi t activists telling us it's been shelling by helicopter. there are heavy casualties. the syrian regime for its part on state television, they were saying that although the syrian regime was going after armed terrorist groups in the capital, that life was normal in the capital. in fact, we even saw at one point they put up pictures of the round-about neighborhood of the capital as if to say everything is fine. they cut into soap operas that run during the holy month of ramadan as if to announce to the world everything is fine in the capital. we've gotten things under control. it's worrying for the regime that the fighting in the capital has opinion as intense as -- has been as intense as it has been these last several days. >> how about in aleppo and reports of violence there? that city had escaped a lot of the violence before. >> reporter: that's right. we've seen signs in the last few months that maybe the city wasn't as much of a stronghold for the assad regime as it used to be. it started in march when there started being university demonstrations. anti-regime demonstrations. this is the commercial hub of syria, aleppo, the economic lifeline for the bashard al assad regime. many since the beginning of the uprising said if aleppo goes, there goes the assad regime. they can't continue without the hourhouse of the country. today we're getting reports that the free syrian army has changed tactics, marching on aleppo. that they intend to focus energies on going after the city. they say that will be the death blow to the bashar al assad regime. >> interesting as we hear reports about what could be a power shift there between the regime and the rebels. thank you very much. this morning we're getting conflicting reports on michael jackson's mother, katherine jackson. the 82-year-old was reported missing late saturday. now then her son jermaine tweeted she's fine and resting in arizona. the missing persons report comes a few days after we learned of a big fight going between mrs. jackson's advisers and some of her children over money. finances and legal affairs. joining us from san diego is cnn's alan duke with the latest on this. some of the developments are coming via twitter. mrs. jackson's lawyer is saying she fears for mrs. jackson's safety. do we know that she's okay, alan? >> we don't know if she's okay. what we do know is that a missing persons report was filed late saturday night by her nephew, trent jackson. trent jackson is closest to her because he's her driver, her assistant, essentially her valet. handles a lot of her businesses. he's been concerned the past week since he hasn't seen her since then. but what most worries him, her lawyer, is the fact that prince, blanket, and paris, have not been able to speak to their grandmother. in fact, this morning early this morning, paris took to her twitter account and said, yes, my grandmother is missing. i haven't spoken to her in a week. i want her home now. if anybody sees grandmother, please call authorities or this number -- and gave her security guard's number. she's very upset, i understand even got into a -- a shouting match of sorts on the phone with janet jackson who -- who told her she couldn't talk to her grandmother because her grandmother was resting. now it sounds like if she's resting she's okay. what the lawyer says, what the manager says and what trent says is they're concerned because it's not like katherine jackson to -- to not talk it them in a 24-hour period. now it's been a week. she left her calabasas, california, home a week ago with older daughter rebbie bound for a concert in albuquerque. she didn't show up. they want to know what's up with that. >> that's a very fascinating story. we'll keep watching updates on that. we'll be back with more coming up. you tell us what you want to pay, and we give you a range of coverages to choose from. who is she? 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