planning much much more. they say his assault rifle jammed and that forced him to switch to other weapons. then there is his apartment. cops say he rigged it to blow up and kill anybody who entered. one source says the police think defendant may have intended a diversion to distract people. that would blow up. sending all the police and fire to his apartment. giving him more time to kill at that theater. swat teams diffused the explosives. formal charges could come next week. prosecutor says her office is considering going after the death penalty that decision could take months and require consultation with the victims families. greta van susteren was inside the courtroom today and joins us outside of aurora, colorado. start with the death penalty. what do we know? there is a great possibility when you kill that many people, there is a great possibility. when you talk to the community and you find out that, you know, all these people are very angry, obviously very heart broken. ther
went to olive garden heard about soup and salad. still working to trap it using muffins and dingdongs for bait. snoop is no longer a rapper. is he now calling himself newspaper lion and working on ragae album for real. the music web site pitch fork called reincarnated due out this year. the band is called the jungle and make live debut next month at a concert in toronto. before we go our team s top five things of the day. number five music super star mariah carey set to join american idol as one of the new judges. jury selection began excop accused of killing third wife drew peterson also suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife. number three harsh and unprecedented punishment against the penn state university football program. the latest fallout from the jerry sandusky s child abuse sex scandal. number two, a lawyer fort patience of the accused colorado shooter told reporters they support their son. number one, the world got its
signs of trouble. they tell us that the suspected shooter passed a background check and had excellent academic credentials. even got a government grant to help pay his tuition. tonight, investigators are reportedly looking whether the suspect used our tax dollars to purchase his weapons. team fox coverage continues. adam housley at the crime scene aurora, colorado this afternoon. the prosecutors in this case have not said much of anything. but police said that a suspicious package showed up at that university, right? yeah, shepard. in fact, the university has been watching things very closely since friday. we know they shut down the two research facilities where james worked. they brought in bomb dogs. they told everyone who worked there when they came back to work on monday that anything they weren t expecting. if they found any packages, anything kind of odd to notify authorities. that s what happened today two. different packages that showed that up people that worked there weren
antonio. investigators say as many as 23 people, including at least two children had packed into that single pickup truck. 11 died at scene. at least nine others hurt. investigators say the victims may have been undocumented immigrants and that it could be days before they figure out what caused that crash. i m shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. the suspect in the colorado movie massacre appearing in court today for the first time. james holmes appeared to be a mess. he was unshaven, his hair some weird mix of orange and red. didn t talk at all during the proceedings. let the lawyer answer the judge s questions. observers note that he appeared groggy as the judge outlined the severity of the case. prosecutors say the suspect shot 70 people friday at a sold out screening of the new batman film. 12 victims died, including military members. a man celebrating his birthday, and a 6-year-old girl. but cops say the suspect was
defendant but the attorney for the defendant s family. why do they have an attorney and what was that about? they don t need an attorney. they are not charged with anything. i suspect they are so hounded by us in the media that they are grateful to have someone to sort of stand up and diffuse the attention from them. they don t need a lawyer. they probably feel like they need some sort of protection. nonstop people trying to get ahold of them. certainly they must feel some sense of shame or criticism because it is their son who is being accused of this incredible atrocity here in colorado. shepard: greta van susteren live on scene. we will look for you tonight on the record 10:00 eastern 9:00 central. incredible stories of survival are emerging from that tragedy. 17-year-old girl was sitting in nearby theater one next door to theater 9 when a bullet tore through the wall, went from 9 to 8 and hit her in the face within days she