stepping down. thompson will leave the organization next month. brinker will surrender her ceo title to focus on fundraising, focus on planning, and this is the latest fallout from komen s decision earlier this year, a couple months ago, to stop funding planned parenthood, a decision reversed after quite a bit of backlash and in a couple minutes we ll talk politics behind today s shakeup with laura bassett, the huffington post reporter that broke the story. we can soon find out the mindset of the man police say killed 12 people and hurt 58 others in the shooting rampage in a colorado theater. he is due in court this afternoon. they want investigators to hand over documents and a package that holmes sent to his psychiatrist at the university of colorado. the package was seized by authorities under a search warrant last week. the defense says it is privileged doctor/patient communication. new developments in the sikh temple massacre, the final shot went into his own head. f
more of the same as the gas prices continue to tick higher and higher. zoraida? thank you vermuch. a major shake-up at the nation s largest breast cancer foundation this morning, susan g. komen for the cure. the president liz thompson and founder, nancy brinker, stepping down from their post. it s being seen by many as just more fallout from komen s decision earlier this year to briefly suspend funding for planned parenthood. and the next hour of early start, we ll talk about the politics behind the komen shake-up with laura bassett. the political reporter from huffington post. the mindset of the man behind the aurora, colorado theater killings. james holmes is expected back in court this morning. public defense lawyers wand investigators to hand over the packet of documents that he sent to his psychiatrist. the package was seized by authorities under a search warrant last week. the defense says it s privileged doctor/patient communication. holmes is charged with ki
the california fire that s about to burn a hole in millions of wallets. this was the scene monday at chevron s richmond, california oil refinery. a huge toxic blaze partially shutting down production at one of the region s biggest gas suppliers. not a good time for that to happen, it s expected to send the pump prices skyrocketing on the west coast and beyond. ed levandera is live in dallas, texas. it s not just about gas prices, it s about people and health concerns in that area, as well, right? reporter: there s no question, people there who have been up close with the refinery fire that started on monday, and is still not quite back up to full production. have been dealing with the effects of that. but if you re like me, you ve noticed over the last few weeks already, as you pull into the gas station, hey, something is not quite right. but that s because the national average of gasoline prices has risen to $3.63 a gallon, up almost 30 cents in the last five weeks. so qui