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 jay gray has details. reporter: federal agents tell nbc news, james holmes the suspect in the movie theater massacre told them where they could find what could be key evidence in the case. the normal neuroscience graduate student apparently told investigators about a package he sent to university of colorado s medical campus in aurora. police found the package unopened in the mail room. inside they described what s described as handwritten details about killing people. as the investigation continues, so does the mourning here. i m overwhelming by the tragedy of all of this and the senselessness of all of this, and, i mean, the people taken. reporter: people like 51-year-old gordon cowden, the oldest victim of the massacre took his two teena
pass constitutional muster and won t become law. what today s votes are all about is showing the people who sent us here where we stand. okay. so if you thought even for a minute that the senate was actually doing something today, well, poppycock. there s mcconnell to remind you it was all just posturing. thank you, mitch mcconnell. meanwhile, what was happening in the house today? i would ask the gentleman from virginia if he would be willing or let me rephrase that he would not object to a unanimous consent in the house to correct what was clearly a typographical error made by non-partisan professional staff at the office. madam chairman, this member will reserve the right to object at the appropriate time. reclaiming my time gentleman from california. nothing could be more insincere than to pick on professional staff on a typographical error. well, you just saw house democrats and house republicans fighting over whether a typo, a typo in a bill could be f
into. good morning, everybody. we begin this thursday with a difficult new day in aurora, colorado. nearly a week after the deadly shooting rampage. police with dealing with fresh evidence 2459 could point to missed clues and signals from the suspect. and family and friends of those kills are facing another day of saying good-bye. tahman bradley has the latest on the investigation and the long line of funerals. reporter: this morning, a huge clue about the suspected shooter. sources tell abc news james holmes may have mailed to the university of colorado, the school he attended until dropping out last month, a notebook detailing his plans to carry out the massacre. fox news quo quotes a law enforcement source containing full details about how holmes planned to kill people, including graphic images of people shooting and killing one another. in denver yesterday, the service for 51-year-old gordon cowden who went to the movie with his teenage children. it was hard, but
too, is a purging art scene. the question is, which one will prevail? ifill: we look at the shifting sands on capitol hill on tax cuts and paying for the health care law. woodruff: and we close with the story of the british boy who evaded security and flew alone to italy without a ticket or a passport. letch-year-old boy turns up, he s very confident, mingled with other families, presented himself to security. at that point, we should have realized he didn t have a woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the battle for syria raged today in the country s political and commercial capitals. government tanks and planes blasted whole neighborhoods, trying to rout rebel fight
streets of our cities. i believe the majority of gun owners would agree that we should do everything possible to prevent criminals and fugitives from purchasing weapons. and we should check someone s criminal record before they can check out a gun, that a mentally unbalanced individual should not be able to get his hands on a gun so easily. these steps shouldn t be controversial. they should be common sense. and president obama s opponent in this presidential election mitt romney arrived in london yesterday and sat down for an exclusive interview with nbc s brian williams. brian asked mr. romney about gun laws in america. on things like aurora, colorado, do you see why americans get frustrated at politics? they can see and hear your words from earlier in their career. people are hurting out there. perhaps they want to start a national conversation about whether an ar-15 belongs in the hands of a citizen, whether a citizen should be able to buy 6,000 rounds off the interne