finish his customer s need in one season. back to you. reporter: elizabeth, thanks very much. that s it from here in new york and let s toss it back to jon scott in aurora, colorado. jon. jon: gregg, thank you. a town essentially swallowed by a mudslide, buildings wiped out and that s not all that s been lost. we ll have that ahead. and as president obama conveys our nation s sympathies to the people of aurora, we re reminded of the comforting role that presidents play in times of tragedy, present and past. the crew of the space shuttle challenger, honored us with their lives and we will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them this morning. as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye, and slipped the surly bond of earth to touch the face of god. hey america, even though she doesn t need them, lisa rinna is wearing the new depend silhouette briefs for charity to prove how great the fit is
we ll examine the frenetic coverage of the movie theater shooting. conservative commentators join the call for mitt romney to reduce his tax returns. is there right in revolt against the republican candidate? plus, yahoo! taps google executive marisa maher as its new ceo and it s been downright adoring. google geek to yahoo! ceo, and she s going to be a first-time mommy. with so few female bosses in silicon valley, is the press putting her on a pedestal? i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. perhaps the single worst thing that news organizations do after a crazed gunman opens fire on a crowd is rush to judgment about the affiliation or beliefs of the shooter as abc news did. there s a james holmes of aurora, colorado, page on the tea party site, as well, talking about him joining the tea party last year. we don t know if this is the same james holmes. but james holmes of aurora, colorado. it turned out to be someone with the same name. and abc and
the scorched earth partisan 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 home-grown storm has a bigger chance of causing a hurricane here than the actual hurricane that s blowing our way from europe. i ve been berating congress on this show to pass legislation now to head off a series of tax increases and spending cuts mandated to take effect on january 1st. because 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 sr. has poisoned your path to economic stability and t
the accused gunman, 24-year-old james holmes, will make his first court appearance tomorrow. what s the likely procedure when holmes appears in court? jean casarez from in session on trutv gives us a preview. every state is a little bit different in what its criminal procedure laws are regarding the courts. now in colorado, james holmes should have his initial appearance on monday and this in colorado is called an advisement. well, it is very constitutionally based. it is very short and what will happen is that the defendant will be aprides of his constitutional rights. if at that point formal charges have been filed, he will be read his charges. now if he is charged with first degree murder, which it is obviously believed he will be, that is not bondable. so there will be no expectation of bond. if he has not been formally charged, there will be another advisement later on where he is apprised of those formal charges. now what happens after that is that in about 30 days t
the victims. heartbreaking stories from their families are hitting home with all of us. we ll share some of those stories throughout the morning. let s get right to our poppy harleararlo harlow, though. she is at holmes apartment, at that apartment complex for us this morning. poppy, what is the activity taking place there this hour? reporter: good morning, randi. it s really picking up. what you see behind me, if you can make out those busted windows on the third floor of that complex, that is james holmes apartment on the third floor. i want to play you some video now that we just shot. what i can tell you is that the denver bomb squad has arrived in the past half hour. the arapahoe county bomb squad, as well as the adams county bomb squad, all local here around denver, just arrived, as well as atf. i just spoke with one of the atf members. we re going to the try to get someone on camera right after this. they have just arrived as well, so they re preparing to assess th