help cover what medicare doesn t pay. and could save you thousands a year in out-of-pocket costs. call now to request your free decision guide. and learn more about the kinds of plans that will be here for you now and down the road. i have a lifetime of experience. so i know how important that is. i m suzanne malveaux and this hour in the cnn newsroom, we are focusing on the courtroom hearing of the suspect in the colorado massacre, and focusing on mitt romney s trip overseas and the olympics. and now, the suspect in the colorado massacre returned to court today to face charges including first-degree murder. james holmes is the graduate student who is accused of killing 12 people and wounding 38 others. the hearing for holmes wrapped up in the last half hour. i want to bring in ed lavandara who is joining us from centennial, colorado. ed, walk us through the charges that he is faced with. sure thing, suzanne. essentially, james hmes has been charged with 142 criminal
prosecutor explains why. good morning, everyone. i m randi kay. we start with mitt romney s eventful visit to israel. he went to the western wall after he sat down with leaders like benjamin netanyahu and shimon peres. and jim acosta has been traveling with mitt romney, and he joins us by phone. mitt romney is due to give an address today and what do you believe that the focus will be on, jim? well, he is expected to say in remarks later today that the islamic republic facing an inevitable war with the west, and potentially israel if it does not give up the quest for nuclear weapons, and i can tell you that the republican contender wrapped up a visit to the western wall which is to be the jewish faith s most sacred sight. he was there for 15 minutes and approached the wall and said a note of prayer and left a prayer at the wall. ann romney was with him at the visit. he didn t make any public comments with the press, but mainly spoke to the jewish lead leaders on hand ther
life. tonight a story of what happened inside theater nine and many questions what was behind the shooting rampage that left 12 people dead and 58 others wounded. now we are learning of possible warning signs from the suspected gunman that he had been seeing a psychiatrist and had mailed her a package allegedly detailing her deadly plans but the package wasn t delivered in time. of course, we are going to also honor the heroes and the victims, the people we don t want you to forget. i had been reporting on this tragedy in aurora, colorado the past week my colleague grew driven. here is madness at midnight a search for answers in aurora. reporter: batman. comic legend. lucrative franchise. blockbuster. the dark knight rises was more than a movie for this man. it was an on session. sounds like you were anxious to see this movie. you re a fan. definitely. i ve been a comic collector for 20 plus years and one of my favorite story lines was the plot of this movie. when
the arab league says war crimes are being committed in syria. the syrian government battling rebels to control the largest city. the u.n. estimates roughly 200,000 syrians have fled the city. they say the government is stopping supplies of fuel and food from reaching neighborhoods controlled by rebel fighters. a memorial service held today for the 15 victims of a rollover crash in texas. the truck was filled with undocumented immigrants. customs, enforcement agents say they were from guatemala, honduras and mexico. a damaged front right tire is blamed for the cause. this man and this woman trieded to get married in their own church. the answer, no. the reason, because they re black. it happened in mississippi. they are angry and are doing something about it. stay with cnn. they will be with me live right here later this evening. and it s becoming a very long, hot summer for a big chunk of the country. extreme heat is making life miserable for folks in the southern plains. h
before the shooting. as chick-fil-a tries to spread its wings some cities want to clip them. we ll talk to one politician that says not in my town. good morning, everyone. i am randi kaye. 8:00 on the east coast, 5 a.m. on the west. thanks for waking up with us. just hours after the opening ceremony a chinese woman has won the first gold medal in the london olympics. she competed in the 10 meter air rifle competition and to recap the highlights queen elizabeth officially opened the 2012 games with an epic journey through the u.k. history. danny boyle was the creative mind behind the $42 million show. what got everyone talking is this skit. boyle used his movie magic to show the queen parachuting into the stadium with actor daniel craig who plays the spy in the franchise but stunt doubles were used. don t worry, the queen was not parachuting in herself. now onto the biggest competition at the olympics today, michael phelps hoping to be the first male swimmer to win the s