thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and the community. the nra will not have any further comment until all the facts are known. tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern, ann curry will anchor a special dateline and then chris jansing at 10:00 p.m. live from aurora, colorado. i m craig melvin here for tam ron hall. catch us every friday 2:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. the cycle is next. something to me that nobody else could do you walk into a conventional mattress store, it s really not about you. they say, well, if you wanted a firm bed you can lie on one of those. if you want a soft bed you can lie on one of those. what we do is, we provide the exact individualization that your body needs.
city hall. okay? thank you very much. that is aurora county police chief daniel oates giving us the latest on the theater shooting in colorado. we have gasolined a fair amount of new information. 71 people were shot according to the police chief. we know 12 of them died. 59 people were injured. the suspect s name, james eagen holmes. he is 24 years old. the chief telling us that until this point the only interaction he had with police there, a speeding ticket in 2011. jay gray standing by there for us in colorado with the latest. jay, what can you tell us. reporter: let s talk first about the scene outside the theater. investigators are still here and say they will be here for quite some time. this is going to be a very tedious, thorough investigation inside the theater where this
campaign events in the sunshine state. he used his only morning event in ft. myers to share his condolences with colorado and a grieving nation saying this is not the time for politics. meanwhile mitt romney echoing the same sentiment during an event in new hampshire. he also cancelled a planned series of interviews. both campaigns pulled their political ads in colorado as well. nbc news white house correspondent mike viqueir ark joins us. the president immediately went to the west wing for a meeting with the vice president, the fbi director, robert muller, kathy rumler the white house council and valerie jarrett to review what they know and what they can do. we had an announcement that the president issued a proclamation instructing that all american flags be flown at half staff
career. that s the kind of person she was. mike, thank you for sharing your thoughts about your friend jessica ghawi. i appreciate your time. we are sorry for your loss, sir. thank you for taking a moment to talk about her and let the world know that we lost a good one. we lost a lot of good ones. thank you. we did. thank you, sir. new york, just one city where officials are now scrambling to beef up movie theater security. the feds also trying to reduce the possibility of a copy cat. we are going to have the latest on that part of the story as our coverage of the tragedy in colorado continues. it was total chaos. there were people running, screaming, saying my friend just got shot, my sister just got shot. just everywhere. everywhere you turn. you know, people were just in
jersey. it s case-by-case in paramis for example there will be security as well. all precaution their. just given the nature of what happened in colorado and how shocking and upsetting it is. we see it from time to time. the bus bombing in israel. beefed up security at synagogues and jewish areas for a time. they take a look and say it s a smart thing to do. they are taking extra measures a as a precaution. jonathan dienst, thank you very much. appreciate your work. new york mayor michael blumberg pointing to the tragedy in colorado to make his case for tighter gun control. he s telling the men running for president to wake up. instead of these two people,