some public comments in a few minutes and we will have that for you live of course on cnn. the president is going to speak not long before a citywide gathering of people here in aurora. they will pray, they will honor the people killed, and they will be together. at the scene where the people of aurora are beginning to gather right now. take us there. what is expected to happen where you are later? reporter: well, in about 90 minutes, this prayer vigil will begin. we re already beginning to see people gather in this rather large square. if you look behind me, you can see there are chairs set up and people are standing around this area. there is a stage set up. a podium. what we are expecting to hear today is a community trying to come to grips with what has happened. trying to moveeyond the actual shooting and work on becoming a community of healing. we re expecting to hear from the governor, the mayor, as well as victims. victims families, people who were inside there. sh
spch spodak. you still stand by your deal. highlights from the virginia senate debate and a conversation with the candidates, democrat tim kaine and republican george allen. i m candy crowley and this is state of the union. joining me is colorado governor john hickenlooper. governor, thank you so much for being here. catch me up now on the state of the investigation. well, the investigation continues. we had access to the apartment of the suspect. they got a lot more information, they re going to continue to put it together in the case. and what have they found in the apartment that might be useful or are they learning anything more about this suspect? you know, they asked for me not to talk about this. i think they are learning more, you know, moment by moment. but like in any investigation, like this, they re trying to make sure they are getting all the information first before they release it publicly. sure. is there anything that you can tell me about that
from a navy notification team. alex sullivan s friends called him a gentle giant. the young husband loved to cook. he was celebrating his 27th birthday at the theater where he also worked. he would have celebrated his first wedding anniversary tomorrow. also in the audience, jessica ghawi, the aspiring sports reporter narrowly escaped a mall shooting in canada just last month. now the country is grieving the loss of their lives and the deaths of seven others whose dreams were cut short. somebody shooting in the auditorium. 315 and 314, there is at least one person that s been shot, but they re saying there s hundreds of people just running around. as soon as we heard the first shots, my sister immediately grabbed my arm and wanted to leave as quick as possible. it was terrifying. i just remember thinking, i m not going to die in here. me and my kids, we are not going to die in here, i need to get them out. everyone was kind of in an ethereal state, just puzzled, won
al asad s brother-in-law, his defense minister and security adviser. that kind of blow is this? it not only speaks to those individuals. we should cry no tears for their departure. assad now has to look around 360 degrees and try to determine where his weak points are. he s probably going to see that it is very, very weak in a number of places. so my suggestion is, and it s not based on any intelligence right now. but if you re looking if past is prologue, we can see assad to get out of the country. probably looking for some way to depart. maybe russia is facilitating that maybe through proxies so assad and his family can disappear. then what you ll really see on the ground in damascus is complete chaos in terms of revenge killings. old and new animosities coming out, opposition forces that are galvanized for the departure of assad but have not come together in terms of what they want syria to look like coming forward. so it will be an incredibly chaotic scene as assad
not the suspect whose name we will tell you and we will tell you what we know about him coming up. but the 71 people he s accused of attempting to kill. 12 who have died. we know only one so far by name, this woman, jessica ghawi, a journalist and blogger who also went by the name of jessica redfield. she narrowly escaped a shooting last month in toronto. she was 24 years old. i ll talk to her brother shortly tonight in the hour ahead. she s the only fatality identified so far. we would tell you more of their names, more of who they were, because we think it s important tonight to focus on the victims in this. yes, we ll tell you about the shooter and, yes, we ll talk about how he got access to weapons. all those kinds of debates perhaps can wait at least for though hour. we want to focus on the victims and those who have survived. there were military personnel as well in the theater, in theater number nine, at the century 16 complex last night. one sailor s unaccounted for,