life. he ll be rich enough to run while not being very rich, but in some ways he s too populous with the republican party. mitt romney, john mccain george w. bush, the party tends to elect a less populous kind of more elitist person and that s going to be a big challenge for huckabee. he has a strong appeal with down scale voters evangelicals, doesn t have a lot of appeal in places like new hampshire and florida and that may be the death nail for him. perry bacon and kasie hunt thank you both for being with me this morning. here s something you don t see every day, elton john testifying before a senate panel on global health programs. when he s not busy being a rock star, sir elton is active in a program he created, sir elton john aids program. there he is about to testify on capitol hill. oh the paparazzi even in washington, d.c.. also by the way, expecting to hear from the mayor of baltimore any moment now.
my overall impression was that he was quiet and a little socially awkward but definitely somebody who had the caliber to be in the program. reporter: holmes dropped out one month before the attack after failing an exam. the prosecution clearly trying to make a case here that perhaps the motive was his failed academic dreams and not any case of mental illness. there was also a lot of technical testimony yesterday about the explosives that were left in his aurora apartment. today we re expected to hear from another professor of james holmes. testimony resumes in about an hour. janet shamlian thank you so much. an update on the man accused of kidnapping and killing a university of virginia student last year is facing capital murder charges. that means jesse matthew, jr., could face the death penalty if
people to engage in healthy behaviors, so we know people are going to be using intravenous drugs and that s how these infectious diseases are being spread. if you look back at the literature as far back as 2004 the w.h.o. found compelling evidence using the needle exchange program reduces the risk of transmission of hiv. later studies suggested the effect was more modest but either way we know that and the cdc released a report in 2011 that showed one case of hiv prevented in this country is a reduction in $178,000 per person. i think that in and of itself you know exacts i should say, speak for themselves in that regard. so walk us through exactly what these programs do. so there s two basic ideas or two kinds of formulas that they use. one is called a needle exchange program or syringe exchange program, which means that clean needles are handed out to individuals in order to get new needles, they have to bring back
exactly like a war movie. i was obviously very frightened but i didn t scream. i don t remember saying anything except i love you and please make it stop. there was just so much screaming and so much gunfire. reporter: holmes is charged with killing 12 people injuring 70 others at the suburban denver theater nearly three years ago. we re live outside the courthouse in centennial colorado. good morning. holmes former professor apparently testified tuesday. what did he say? reporter: jose good morning to you. he was brought on as a character witness as prosecutors try to prove holmes was sane. he described him as being highly intelligence, someone who had the chops to be in this program but also as being uncomfortable around other people and that was problematic for the time of research that was needed for this type of program. here s what he had to say.