that the special relationship is special. the white house didn t fully appreciate the shared history we have. some see that comment as having some racial overtones. it is getting strong reactions from both campaigns. jim acosta is live on the ground in london right now. probably not the quote that mitt romney wanted to see when he got on the ground in london. reporter: that s right, john. i mean he just touched down in long do london yesterday when the controversy greeted him. an unnamed romney adviser quoted it. the rest of the news media could not confirm. that it was interesting to see the aeb obama campaign seize on comments. a statement coming from vice president bide ben this. vice president biden putting out a statement through the obama campaign yesterday saying not surprisingly this is just another feeble attempt by the romney campaign to score political points at the expense of this critical partnership. this assertion is beneath a presidential campaign. the ro
i mean, was this somebody who taught him? was this somebody that he actually sought counseling from? if it s the professor that we believe it to be, it was somebody who taught a series of courses that he attended, including neurological disorders and ironically, schizophrenia. but we don t know what their relationship was. there are real questions there about there is information that he failed on an oral exam and that caused his withdrawal from the program. but we re far from knowing, was the professor the person who he failed the oral exam in front of? was it somebody else? again, because of the gag order it s a very difficult environment for reporting. and in terms of, what have you been able to find out in terms of what s in the notebook? well, very little. and there are questions that remain. we re told there s verbiage kind of a pent-up, was the phrase used, writings about shooting people. and that there were some very rudimentary images in there of a shooter and
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party knowledge of the olympics, including the last stand of the great american beach volleyball team of misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings. that s later in the show. plus, herman cain continues his arc on the daily show, the one where he pretend to be the president of the united states. we ll show you that clip a little bit later. as always, i want to know what you re doing up at this hour back home. e-mail me or tweet me and let me know what you re doing up at this hour. we begin with the news. police say the suspect in the colorado shooting massacre has led investigators to what could be a major piece of evidence in the case. nbc news has learned the alleged gunman sent a package to the university of colorado s medical center prior to the attack. the suspect recently had dropped out of that school s neuroscience program. according to law enforcement officials, the package contained writings about killing people. police recovered it on monday after responding
and we re going to begin this morning with a possible explanation. new information has surfaced about the suspected gunman in last week s colorado theater shooting that claimed 12 lives. law enforcement officials say james holmes mailed a package to the school he attended containing detailed writings about killing people. nbc s jed gray has details. reporter: federal agents tell nbc news james holmes told them where to find key in evidenc the case. the former neuroscience graduate student apparently told investigators about a package he had sent to the university of colorado s medical campus in aurora. police found that package on monday unopened in the school s mail room. inside they discovered what s described as handwritten details about killing people. as the investigation continues, so does the mourning here. i m overwhelmed by the tragedy of all of this and the senselessness of all of it. i mean, good people taken. reporter: people like 51-year-old gordon cowden,