went off. they re analyzing the pieces now. they will try to get what you might call a signature of the twice to see if it s similar to other devices here or oversees, but their initial take on looki the buildings, injuries, pictures of the explosion, they zwrieb the devices as thankfully crude with less power than might have been contained in something of that size. on that point, on the nature of these explosives, obviously those of us who are watching this footage over and over again of a bomb going off in a civilian environment, it looks huge, but can we get a perspective on the size and power of the bomb? how we might compare to to those in a war zone, ieds or military
look at the arsenal that holmes he massed. he was a very tense weekend in the middle east with the u.s. stepping up its presence around syria providing more help to the rebels. how far will our government go? we ll have a live report from the middle east. but first, of course, our top story here. the man accused of one of the worst shooting massacres in u.s. history will make his first court appearance in a few hours. police say it could take months before we know why he carried out this senseless act of violence during a midnight movie premier. 24-year-old james holmes accused of killing 12 people, wounding 58 people including mothers, fathers, members of the military, even a 6-year-old girl. eight are still in critical condition this morning. we are learning that budding scientist allegedly was planning this for months. his apartment was rigged with trip wires, gas canisters that a gun range owner was so scared by him that he rejected him a month ago. and it could hav
absolutely on edge, every unattended package from everything looks suspicious. people to take delivery of their own mail, their own orders from fedex and other places. shannon, this adds a different layer to it. it really shows you how afraid people in the city of austin are, not only residents but also law-enforcement officials as well. we are set up in a gas station parking lot at a normal street corner that has now cleared. this was the scene of mass confusion tonight in austin. what are the chances something like this would happen in the middle of this serial bombing case that s right on the front page and on everyone s mind. you just heard, a press conference not long ago, that it was an unexploded military ordnance. military paraphernalia that within a donation box at this goodwill store when the employee went to handle it, it was an incendiary type device. it started to catch fire.