finish what he started right now, you know, i just laid there and i thought, this is it, this is it. he says he felt a curtain of darkness falling and just as quickly it was as if the sun came out. tonight, he ll tell you about how dark turned to day. he knew he would make it out of that theater alive. we begin with another report. an update on an important story we ve been following for months now. try to get answers keeping them honest. we told you about a number of supposed charities which have raised many of millions of dollars but when we examined their tax filings we haven t been able to find much of any of of that money going directly to the people or groups they claim to be helping. one charity called the disabled veterans national foundation we found has sent a shelter for homeless veterans thousands of bags of these. coconut m&ms. as absurd as it sounds, as insulting it is to common sense and most importantly to america s wounded warriors, there s an organizati
strongest possible termshe heinous atrocities that occurred in aurora, colorado. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 25, 2012, the gentleman from colorado, mr. perfect mutter, and the gentleman from colorado, mr. coffman, will each control 15 minutes. mr. coffman: we can never explain nor fully comprehend evil. but last friday we were reminded of its existen. the face of evil emerged when a cold-blooded calculating mass murderer trapped unsuspecting movie patrons packed in a darkened theater in my hometown of aroara aurora, colorado. today on the floor of the united states house of representatives we pause to again remember the victims of this horrendous crime and to hon the courage of so many who put their own lives at risk to limit the carnage. the victims who lost their lives in the early morning hours of last friday are veronica moser, age 6. alex teves, age 24. jessica ghawi, age 24. alex sullivan, age 27. matt mcquinn, age 27. micayl
thought going through my head was he s just he s going to finish what he started right now, you know, i just laid there and i thought, this is it, this is it. he says he felt a curtain of darkness falling and just as quickly it was as if the sun came out. tonight, he ll tell you about how dark turned to day. and in barely a heartbeat, he knew he would make it out of the theater alive. we begin with another report. an update on an important story we ve been following for months now. try to get answers keeping them honest. we told you about a number of supposed charities which have raised many of millions of dollars but when we examined their tax filings we haven t been able to find much of any of of that money going directly to the people or groups they claim to be helping. people like disabled veterans. one charity called the disabled veterans national foundation we found has sent a shelter for homeless veterans thousands of bags of these. coconut m&ms. as absurd as i
and at that point the first thought going through my head was he s just he s going to finish what he started right now, you know, i just laid there and i thought, this is it, this is it. he says he felt a curtain of darkness falling and just as quickly it was as if the sun came out. tonight, he ll tell you about how dark turned to day. and in barely a heartbeat, he knew he would make it out of the theater alive. we begin with another report. an update on an important story we ve been following for months now. trying to get answers keeping them honest. we told you about a number of supposed charities which have raised many of millions of dollars but when we examined their tax filings we haven t been able to find much of any of that money going directly to the people or groups they claim to be helping. people like disabled veterans. one charity called the disabled veterans national foundation we found has sent a shelter for homeless veterans thousands of bags of these.
discussed. also, we have now seen the first of 12 funerals. gordon cowden was the oldest victim. he was 51 years old. he took his two teenage children to the movies last thursday night, and he never came home. dan harris, abc news, centennial, colorado. thank you, dan, for that. you have to wonder here, was the fact that he failed this key oral exam, and then went out and got the rifle was that really what triggered it? some kind of academic failure. he was a gifted kid by all accounts. he did well in school, really one of the brightest of the bright here. but if that rifle that he bought after failing the exam was growing because he already had an arsenal by that point. so, something actually happened before he failed the exam to kind of start this behavior. you have to wonder what was that? this breakup, alleged breakup? the academic troubles, what fueled all this? i think it was interesting that he sent this package that had the very specific drawings