mind. we are going to be take ag little taste to see what is there for the first time that this scale in human history. but as the rover curiosity searches for life on mars, here is something to ponder, are we is something to ponder, are we earthlings the real aliens? captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morn, everyone. i m randi kaye, and it is 8:00 in new york, and 5:00 in los angeles. thanks for starting your morning with us. it is day two for the romney/ryan team, and they are taking the message on the road in a bid to inspire voters across several states. we are getting the exclusive details of how he made it on the ticket from the romney aide who led the search. the first swath was made with a broad group of people and then we narrowed it down and got more information and personal information from each of the potential candidates, and then mitt took these candidate dossiers and he thought about them. he read all of them word-for-word and we narrowed it down
all the pomp but none of the pressure. want to know the best job in the country? we ll have one comedian s take. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. thank you for starting your morning with us. we begin in syria where rebels are braces for what could be a final showdown with the government military. the government troops are advancing on the city of aleppo. warplanes and tanks have been pounding the commercial hub relentlessly. opposition fighters say they have surrounded aleppo s highest point, where regime forces are already holed up. senior international correspondent ben wideman is in syria. reporter: clearly, the syrians far outgun the rebels. and the concern is that we are really on the verge of a major government counteroffensive to win back control of aleppo, syria s biggest city, and its commercial hub. of course the concern among syrian officials in damascus is that if aleppo falls, that s really the end of the game the fighting is forcing a surprise move
prosecutor explains why. good morning, everyone. i m randi kay. we start with mitt romney s eventful visit to israel. he went to the western wall after he sat down with leaders like benjamin netanyahu and shimon peres. and jim acosta has been traveling with mitt romney, and he joins us by phone. mitt romney is due to give an address today and what do you believe that the focus will be on, jim? well, he is expected to say in remarks later today that the islamic republic facing an inevitable war with the west, and potentially israel if it does not give up the quest for nuclear weapons, and i can tell you that the republican contender wrapped up a visit to the western wall which is to be the jewish faith s most sacred sight. he was there for 15 minutes and approached the wall and said a note of prayer and left a prayer at the wall. ann romney was with him at the visit. he didn t make any public comments with the press, but mainly spoke to the jewish lead leaders on hand ther
contact with james holmes was weird and even bizarre. the first known victim of the aurora, colorado mass let s get to drew griffin who joins us now in denver on the theater shooting jessica ghawi. phone. what are you learning? interesting thing. james holmes replied online on june 25th to join a private gun according to witnesses she died from a gun shout wound to the range out in colorado about a head. after narrowly escaping half hour drive from where he was living. injury in the toronto shooting and the owner there called back and got a message on james jessica ghawi reflected to her holmes message machine that he friends how fragile life is. described as very weird almost as if the person leaving the message was drunk, just weird are you a friend or family and bizarre, a deep gutteral member of one of the victims? we invite you to share remembererances on cnn.com/i forced voice on the message report. tell us about a vigil that you machine. he said to his staff thi
suspected killer that gets most of the attention. eric harris and derrick klebold from columbincolumbine, and and vick from norway and in fact, today is one year anniversary of that killing. but the names we should be hearing are the names of the victims. we want to start this morning by remembering those who lost their lives friday morning as told by those people they left behind. it is not surprising to me that his first thought would be her. i mean, that is what a man does, he protects his loved ones. i m very proud of him. we are going to miss him. just a great kid. talented kid. very talented. a lot of gifts make people laugh, always make people smile. a gentle giant is the way we looked at him. the sweetest smile you have ef seen. she got prettier as she drew old older. in the blink of an eye something happens and completely changes everyone s life, forever. she was a great kid. she was just finding herself. she would never harm anybody. she did not dese