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
newsroom. let s get you up to speed now on what s happening here in aurora. a community still in deep shock today. the mayor of aurora talked to reporters a few minutes ago. he s been meeting with victims of yesterday s horrific movie theater shooting. this is the mayor. one of the people i met with this morning at the hospital was somebody who was hit with buckshot in his back, broken rib, punctured lung, broken coar bone. came out his back at the base of his neck. he is doing well right now, believe it or not. that s because he got to the hospital and because the doctors and nurses at the hospital do the best job that they can do. now about the apartment where the suspect, james holmes, lived. police say it was definitely booby trapped, rigged with trip wires and some sort of explosive devices. there is still no all clear from the apartment. ed lavendara is there live for us. i ll talk with him in a minute. 12 people died almost 6 o others injured when the masked man sp
in after 16-page letter, she says that huma abedin s late father, mother and brother are connected to the muslim brotherhood. here s how she figures it. let s start with with abedin s father, again, her dead father, a man named syed abedin, who was a professor of social science and the founder of the institute of muslim minority affairs in saudi arabia decades ago. we re talking decades ago. now bachmann attributes this information to a 2002 article out of brigham young university. according to that article, professor abedin s institute had the support of another man who is a former general secretary of another group called the muslim world league. now bachmann says according to the pugh forum, the muslim world league has a history of being closely aligned in partnering with the muslim brotherhood. so that is how many degrees of separation congresswoman bachmann s claim is based on. huma abedin s deceased father started an organization, decades ago, allegedly had the support
but consequences for our foreign policy for all of us. it has a real world impact. these allegations are having an impact right now around the world affecting american foreign policy in one of the most sensitive regions on the earth, the meefts. we ll show you how in just a moment. first i want to show you what congresswoman bachmann is basing her suspicion of huma abedin on. in a 16-page letter, she says that huma abedin s late father, mother and brother are connected to the muslim brotherhood. here s how she figures it. let s start with with abedin s father, again, her dead father, a man named syed abedin, who was a professor of social science and the founder of the institute of muslim minority affairs in saudi arabia decades ago. now bachmann attributes this information to a 2002 article out of brigham young university. according to that article, the institute had the support of another man who is a former general secretary of another group called the muslim world league.
floor calling her out on it. when anyone, not least a member of congress, launches degrading attacks against fellow americans on the basis of nothing more than fear of who they are and ignorance of what they stand for, it defames the spirit of our nation and we all grow poorer because of it. now, this almost never happens. a sitting member of congress publicly scolding other sitting members, let alone members of his own party opinion in this case, senator mccain talking about congresswoman bachmann and four other members of the republican party. as we ve been reporting, they want the inspectors general of five security agencies to look into what bachmann calls the possible deep penetration, her words, of muslim extremists in the government. they re pointing fingers at a particular person, this woman, huma abedin, secretary of state hillary clinton s press secretary. implying that she may be somehow working on behalf of the muslim brotherhood. again, senator mccain today.