the massacre inside that colorado movie theater now appears to be only part of the horror that was planned. a law enforcement official who seen video of the suspect, james holmes booby trapped apartment tells cnn it was rigged with more than 30 homemade grenades and ten gallons of gasoline. the source says that would have created a fireball knocking out walls engulfing the entire building in flames undoubtedly killing many more people. cnn s ed lavandera is joining us now once again from aurora, colorado. ed, what else are you learning? there are new developments emerging even as we speak. reporter: well, there s a great deal going on behind the scenes, but now there s a great effort to make sure that the principle players and many of the people involved in these investigations no longer speak publicly about what is going on. the judge issuing a gag order. ever since that has happened, it s become much more difficult to be able to report on this story and to keep up with w
face-to-face with an accused killer. this is the public s first look. james holmes, his hair dyed red and orange, looking dazed and sitten unshaven and handcuffed beside one of the public defenders assigned to his case. he didn t speak. he didn t look at any of the family members. he never took their eyes off him. more family members watched in an overflow courtroom on closed circuit television. want to remind you of exactly what this young man is accused of doing. striding into the darkness of a movie theater jammed packed with people waiting for a midnight screening of the dark knight rises. armed to the teeth. threw a gas can to the unsuspecting crowd. 58 people injured. 17 still in hospitals. the nation is left with the question, how could this happen? is there any way to make sure it doesn t happen again? joining me now, a man who says mitt romney and president obama have obligations to take a stand on gun control. new york mayor bloomberg. thank you for joining me. yo
different from the process here in california. here in california, if someone is arrested for a crime, such as murder, the district attorney s office first files a complaint, alleging what the charges are, and then files the complaint. the first court appearance is an arraignment where the accused enters a plea of not guilty and therefore a preliminary hearing takes place. they look at what evidence the prosecution has, and to make a determination as to whether there s probable cause to believe, number one, that a crime was committed, and number two, that this person committed that crime. if there s sufficient evidence to hold the person to the charges, that an information, a more normal document is filed, and the process starts again with another arraignment, and ultimately a trial by jury. sorry. in colorado, the initial appearance is not the arraignment, but an advisement of bond return hearing. and at that time, the defendant is told what his rights are. and if charges ha
i personally have never seen anything like what the pictures show us. and right now, police and the atf are at suspect james holmes apartment building. we have some live pictures for you now. they re trying to figure out how they re going to get inside and get past those booby traps that they say he set. shock, anger and disbelief as the community tries to make sense of a mass shooting inside a crowded movie theater. it was supposed to be a night of fun. 12 people are dead, 58 others injured. and the cover of today s denver post sums up the feeling here our hearts are broken. how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me hundreds of people came together last night in front of the theater in vajil to mourn and remember those lost. and we re still learning more about the suspect, 24-year-old james holmes. take a look at this picture. it comes from the adult sex site adultsfriendfinder. police believe this may be a picture of holmes, but investigators haven t co
against so many people? colorado police and the fbi have been all over james holmes apartment today, slowly and carefully since the front door was rigged to trigger a bomb. we re going to live to the apartment building in just a couple of moments. let s go to breanna keeler. don, the worst drought in more than 50 years is crippling farmers in the midwest. half of the states in the region are reported to be in severe to exceptional drought. that s the region that produces about 75% of the nation s corn and soybean crop. the drought is especially hard on livestock. many ranchers having to sell off their herds early. with the focus on the colorado movie massacre, the relentless gun violence in chicago is going almost unnoticed. but in the past 24 hours, 21 people have been shot across the city. three died. police are blaming a gang fight for the latest killing. and in syria, rebels are making slow but steady progress against government forces. that s noticeable especially alo