first, we start with our focus on the victims. with me now is a family who was in the theater and survived the massacre. they were at the premiere when the killer opened fire. they join me now for an exclusive interview. welcome to you both. an appalling day for you, for those who lost their lives, for america. tell me what happened. what was the first that you knew that this was going down? the first thing that happened is he came in through the exit door, through, you know, what is being said is tear gas. it was thrown across the theater and it popped and you see the smoke coming out. it almost hit somebody. at first you re thinking, oh, it s a prank. and he walks out and comes back in and next thing you know, you just see the flashes just coming out of his gun and that s when it was like this isn t a joke, this is real. as that was happening, jamie yelled patricia, i m terribly sorry, i have to hold you for one moment. okay. the press conference down in aurora is
first, we start with our focus on the victims. with me now is a family who was in the theater and survived the massacre. they were at the premiere when the killer opened fire. they join me now for an exclusive interview. welcome to you both. an appalling day for you, for those who lost their lives, for america. tell me what happened. what was the first that you knew that this was going down? the first thing that happened is he came in through the exit door, through, you know, what is being said is tear gas. it was thrown across the theater and it popped and you see the smoke coming out. it almost hit somebody. at first you re thinking, oh, it s a prank. and he walks out and comes back in and next thing you know, you just see the flashes just coming out of his gun and that s when it was like this isn t a joke, this is real. as that was happening, jamie yelled patricia, i m terribly sorry, i have to hold you for one moment. okay. the press conference down in aurora is
i simply don t believe the framers of the constitution would have ever envisioned this disturbed young man. specifically to murder fellow americans. there are now almost as many guns in america as there are people and this could only surely lead to more senseless death. something has to be done. and that debate will start tonight. first, we start with our focus on the victims. with me now is a family who was in the theater and survived the massacre. they were at the premiere when the killer opened fire. they join me now for an exclusive interview. welcome to you both. an appalling day for you, for those who lost their lives, for america. tell me what happened. what was the first that you knew that this was going down? the first thing that happened is he came in through the exit door, through, you know, what is being said is tear gas. it was thrown across the theater and it popped and you see the smoke coming out. it almost hit somebody. at first you re thinking, oh, it s a
disturbed young man. specifically to murder fellow americans. there are now almost as many guns in america as there are people and this could only surely lead to more senseless death. something has to be done. and that debate will start tonight. first, we start with our focus on the victims. with me now is a family who was in the theater and survived the massacre. they were at the premiere when the killer opened fire. they join me now for an exclusive interview. welcome to you both. an appalling day for you, for those who lost their lives, for america. tell me what happened. what was the first that you knew that this was going down? the first thing that happened is he came in through the exit door, through, you know, what is being said is tear gas. it was thrown across the theater and it popped and you see the smoke coming out. it almost hit somebody. at first you re thinking, oh, it s a prank. and he walks out and comes back in and next thing you know, you just see the fla
survivors. this one guy, he was crawling on all fours and it seemed as if he had been shot in his back and he was just gasping for air, it was terrible. the battle wages again over america s gun laws. the shooter bought all four of his weapons legally in the last four months. this is piers morgan tonight. an act of evil that in seconds left 12 people dead. all the victims wanted was to see the new batman film. a packed theater, nowhere to run or escape from this maniac. police say the killer is james holmes, a 24-year-old ph.d. student. calmly vigil for the victims is being held right now. we re going to have all the latest developments on this tragedy tonight. first, we listen to what new york mayor bloomberg said today about the massacre. no matter where you stand on guns, we have a right to hear from both of them concretely. not just in general. specifically, what are they going to do about guns. and maybe every governor should stand up. but in the end, it is reall