suspect s apartment now, just moments ago, a controlled detonation of sorts. you heard the boom there. all we understand is that police actually yelled fire in the hole three times after placing some sort of wiring through the window by way of bomb experts that were in a bucket that were lifted to that third floor level. they placed some sort of wiring in there and we understand from our security analysts who we spoke to last hour who was explained to us that a device would then be shot into the window when they felt like we had a good point of view. so you heard the boom there. still unclear from the police department whether this was mission accomplished. we don t know if they actually hit their target. we hope to hear more details and we are hearing from former assistant director of the fbi tom fuentes. you ve had familiarity with scenes like this involving the detonation of bombs, explosive, et cetera and you just told us in the last 15 minutes how remarkable, you thoug
trapped to kill. plus, stories of heroism among the gunfire, and chilling tales of survival. i was just thinking, we ve got to get out. just a few millimeters in or sent meters in, and i don t think i would have left the theater. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. right now, explosives experts in aurora, colorado, are putting themselves in harm s way. they are trying to make sure the apartment left booby trapped by the suspect in the colorado shootings is finally saved. a few hours ago, we watched as crews carefully placeded a robot in the apartment and then waited for it to set off an explosion to take out the triggering devices for the many bombs and accelerants left inside. the suspect, 24-year-old james holmes, will be spending tonight in a county jail in suburban denver. he s scheduled to appear in court monday morning. a couple of hours ago, police disclosed holmes received
politics in washington could push america over a fiscal cliff and quite possibly into a recession if congress doesn t act. economists now say that the so-called fiscal cliff has now overtaken europe as the biggest threat to the u.s. economy. in other words, our homegrown storm has a bigger chance of causing a hurricane here than the actual hurricane that s blowing our way from europe. now i ve been bee rat berating on this show to head off a series of tax increases and spending cuts mandated to take effect on january 1st. congress couldn t come up with a better deal to raise the nation s debt limit last year. i am not alone in my calls. the federal reserve chairman and the international monetary fund are warning congress to act before it s too late. if you get hit by another recession, you ll join me in pointing my finger directly at the political partisanship that is poisoned your path to economic stability and prosperity. now if i were a politician, i would not want to be p
newsroom. let s get you up to speed now on what s happening here in aurora. a community still in deep shock today. the mayor of aurora talked to reporters a few minutes ago. he s been meeting with victims of yesterday s horrific movie theater shooting. this is the mayor. one of the people i met with this morning at the hospital was somebody who was hit with buckshot in his back, broken rib, punctured lung, broken coar bone. came out his back at the base of his neck. he is doing well right now, believe it or not. that s because he got to the hospital and because the doctors and nurses at the hospital do the best job that they can do. now about the apartment where the suspect, james holmes, lived. police say it was definitely booby trapped, rigged with trip wires and some sort of explosive devices. there is still no all clear from the apartment. ed lavendara is there live for us. i ll talk with him in a minute. 12 people died almost 6 o others injured when the masked man sp
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