that loud pop you re hearing there, this is the bomb squad carrying out a controlled detonation at the apartment complex where the suspect lived this as they slowly work to enter the booby trapped apartment of the suspect james holmes and a police spokesman made this announcement. it s been successful in disabling a second triggering device. although not certain, we are hopeful that we have eliminated the remaining major threat. however, we will not know this until we enter the apartment. we ll bring in ed eleven dara just outside that complex. now all the teams that they have here at the apartment complex which is that red brick building, now those teams that are on the ground because of that detonation, they used a water shot, which is like a water bottle that detonated and that allowed them to kind of get control of all the trip wires and various jars and things they were seeing believed had explosive materials that could detonate and cause serious injury if not kill
neck-in-neck with his top gop rivals. james carville and david are standing by. we ll talk about that. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. a new wave of fury may be about to explode in afghanistan after a u.s. soldier allegedly walked out of his base and went on a house to house shooting rampage. 16 civilians are dead, nine of them children. military authorities say the soldier acted alone and turned himself in. vowing revenge for the killings, a statement from the taliban calls u.s. forces and i m quoting, sick-minded american savages. u.s. officials are voicing deep sorrow. let me say that like many americans, i was shocked and saddened by the killings of innocent afghan villagers this weekend. we send our condolences to family who have lost their loved ones and to the people of afghanistan. this is not who we are. and the united states is committed to seeing that those responsible are held accountable. let s go straight to kabul with sara sidner stan