psychiatric beds per 100,000 people in the united states. in 1955 there were 340 peds per 100,000 for mental health care. what are we doing with people? we give them a handful of pills, we put them back on the street again. they don t take their pills and they wind up instead of the mental health community, with the criminal justice community. and this many times can be the end result. clint van zandt, thank you very much for being with me. appreciate your time. meantime in colorado jurors could begin debating the fate of james holmes as early as today. they decide if he should be sentenced to life in prison or death for fatally shooting 12 people and injured 70 others at a suburban denver theater three years ago. ahead of the deliberations, the jury heard more victim impact statements yesterday. ashley moeser shared her emotional story. she suffered a miscarriage and was left paralyzed after the attack, and her 6-year-old daughter who was with her in the theater, died.
wrenching stories. ashley moeser left paralyzed lost a pregnancy and her 6-year-old daughter veronica. did her hand reach back? no i couldn t feel it. it slipped through my hand. reporter: sure to weigh heavily on the hearts and pindser minds of jurors who will decide whether the man responsible for killing 12 and wounding 70 was sane when he did it. i was told that she had that she didn t make it that she had passed away. reporter: the jury returns to the courtroom in just a few minutes and will receive their instructions first, then closing arguments with deliberations expected to begin first thing tomorrow morning. now, the jurors are considering 165 charges. again, holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity which if the jury agrees will land him in a state mental health facility. if he s found guilty this moves to a sentencing phase and prosecutors are seeking the
and president clinton taking on a special role at the democratic national convention. and we ll talk about the quirky rule, the unfair rule that cost the americans their medal. this man caused one of our best olympians a shot at gold in london. we re going to chat a lot about that. see how you feel as well. right now mitt romney is on a plane to poend la, the last stop on his international tour. romney left israel this morning, where he gave a tough talking speech on iran. we must not delude ourselves into thinking that containment is an option. we must lead the effort to prevent iran from possessing nuclear weapons capability. we should employ any and all measures to dissuade the nuclear regime from its course. no option should be excluded. we recognize israel s right to defend itself, and it is right for america to stand with you. cnn s sarah is live in jerusalem. how is mitt romney s plan different from president obama s? first, he said he would support israel
look at the arsenal that holmes he massed. he was a very tense weekend in the middle east with the u.s. stepping up its presence around syria providing more help to the rebels. how far will our government go? we ll have a live report from the middle east. but first, of course, our top story here. the man accused of one of the worst shooting massacres in u.s. history will make his first court appearance in a few hours. police say it could take months before we know why he carried out this senseless act of violence during a midnight movie premier. 24-year-old james holmes accused of killing 12 people, wounding 58 people including mothers, fathers, members of the military, even a 6-year-old girl. eight are still in critical condition this morning. we are learning that budding scientist allegedly was planning this for months. his apartment was rigged with trip wires, gas canisters that a gun range owner was so scared by him that he rejected him a month ago. and it could hav