the big question will be, will they impose the death penalty on him? greta: late today we heard from holmes mother. family attorney read a statement from her. this statement is to clarify a statement made by abc media, i was awakened by a call from a reporter from abc on july 20th about 5:45 in the morning. i did not know anything about shooting at that time. he asked if i was arlene holmes and my son was james holmes who lives in aurora, colorado. i said yes, you have the right person. i was referring to myself. i asked him to tell me why he was calling. he told me about a shooting in aurora. he asked for comment.
i told him i could not comment because i did not know if the person he was talking about was my son. i would need to find out. greta: who wants to talk more to the parents, the defense or the prosecution and what are they going to ask? i think that both sides certainly are going want to talk to the parents. one of the things that i want to know from the parents is what kind of a psychological psychiatric record that this guy may or may not have had through thinks childhood and adulthood. this abc reporter may have caught this woman by surprise. i m willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. when she said i think you have the right person. the answer we want to draw, the inference we want to draw is
i told him i could not comment because i did not know if the person he was talking about was my son. i would need to find out. greta: who wants to talk more to the parents, the defense or the prosecution and what are they going to ask? i think that both sides certainly are going want to talk to the parents. one of the things that i want to know from the parents is what kind of a psychological psychiatric record that this guy may or may not have had through thinks childhood and adulthood. this abc reporter may have caught this woman by surprise. i m willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. when she said i think you have the right person. the answer we want to draw, the inference we want to draw is
crime? i can t go that far. i don t know that if it were a liberal group or some other group that they could assiate it with, because what they were trying to do was to get identification. and if they could have found another way to identify this person i don t think it was some plot jon: you don t think they re trying to smear tea party i have no evidence, i know that s what right-wingers would like you to believe. they want to make a political issue out of this. i don t think that s appropriate, and there s no evidence to show that s what s going on. yes, it was wrong, yes, the correction could have been more front and center. but conservatives want to use this to play the victim, and i think that s inappropriate. jon: well, and then there was the phone call that abc made early in the morning to holmes mother outside in san diego, apparently woke her up at 5:30 in the morning. here s what her lawyer, the family s lawyer, had to say about how that phone call transpired. thi
the big question will be, will they impose the death penalty on him? greta: late today we heard from holmes mother. family attorney read a statement from her. this statement is to clarify a statement made by abc media, i was awakened by a call from a reporter from abc on july 20th about 5:45 in the morning. i did not know anything about shooting at that time. he asked if i was arlene holmes and my son was james holmes who lives in aurora, colorado. i said yes, you have the right person. i was referring to myself. i asked him to tell me why he was calling. he told me about a shooting in aurora. he asked for comment.