killer s identity, the three fingerprints found on the bedroom window screen at the churches house. at the same time, latent print examiner tom carney took a fresh look at these prints, too. he was new to the el paso county crime laboratory. he came from miami where he learned something not many others knew. the fbi s fingerprint database did not contain the prints of everyone in the united states who was convicted of a crime. he knew right away that they had not, all these afises out there had not been searched. to the best of my knowledge only two afis systems had been searched. i just assumed that it was a centralized network, and tom carney was the one that really opened our eyes on that. generally, the fbi stores only the fingerprints of criminals convicted of major crimes, not those convicted of minor crimes like burglary or
major spike in cases of west nile virus. health officials say it is the biggest rise since 2004. so far we ve seen 240 cases across the country with four deaths. the cdc says the cases have been in texas, mississippi and oklahoma. august is traditionally the peek month for wes nile. the virus is carried by mosquitos. to colorado now, where the university of colorado has hired an independent investigator to probe the school s handling of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. holmes was being seen by university psychiatrist, lynn fenton. cnn affiliate reports that she had concerns he might be a danger to others and told her colleagues but holmes dropped out of school before any investigation was before. in oakland a brick was thrown through a window of a obama office. reports say several car windows were broken as well. to oklahoma now and the wildfire disaster there. there are at least four major fires burning this morning, hundreds of homes are being threaten the
somebody. we all know there is a fingerprint database and there is not a toe print or fingerprint database. they would have to get a court order to take a footprint and do the comparison and is the comparison done the same way as a fingerprint? yes. that kind of comparison is done the same. yes, since it s not been used in court that much, it still would be admissible and you would get a known print from his foot and compare it to any prints you find at the crime scene. fascinating to follow. gene, thanks for being with us. thank you. after all the optimism we heard yesterday that a new containment cap could stop that oil from flowing into the gulf. now, word that not one but two delays. the latest bp will stop drilling its relief wells for 48 hours. and then the other delay, integrity tests were supposed to start yesterday, but the experts decided more analysis is needed