thank you so much. it was a pleasure. chris actions were brave and when groups of people are suddenly faced with an unimaginable choice to save yourself or help save someone else. it s a decision that can happen in a split second. randi kaye reports. reporter: july 20th, 2012 a shooter opens fire inside a movie theater in aurora, colorado. 12 people are killed, three die saving others jumping in front of a bullet including jonathan blunk, 26-year-old father of two. he s killed after taking a bullet for his girlfriend. he laid on top of her. he said get down and stay down and pushed me onto the ground on to my belly and he passed away saving my life. he was a true hero. psychology professor says people who risk fir lives for others have a certain makeup. you have to be the kind of person whose first impulse is to help and also need to be the
chris actions were brave and it s something we have seen before. when groups of people are suddenly faced with an unimaginable choice to save yourself or try to help someone else. it s a decision that can happen in a split second. randi kaye reports. reporter: july 20th, 2012 a shooter opens fire inside a movie theater in aurora, colorado. 12 people are killed, three of them die saving others jumping in front of a bullet including jonathan blunk, 26-year-old father of two who served in the navy. he s killed after taking a bullet for his girlfriend. he laid on top of her. he said get down and stay down and pushed me onto the ground on to my belly and he passed away saving my life. he was a true hero. psychology professor says people who risk their lives for others have a certain makeup. you have to be the kind of person whose first impulse is to help and also need to be the kind of person willing to go with your gut. if you re a rational
james holmes. now again, it s been three years since the day he committed the crime, july 20th, 2012. and these jurors have sat through 15 weeks of testimony from 306 witnesses. they deliberated for about seven hours before coming back and saying they were unable to reach that unanimous verdict. but the prosecution all along had been arguing and pushing for the death penalty saying justice is death. the defense urged mercy. and their argument was james holmes was mentally ill when he committed the crime. and he still suffers severe mental illness. in fact, there were several experts throughout this trial who testified that holmes does indeed suffer severe mental illness. and so the doefs telling jurors you can t kill a sick person. perhaps that was part of what made the deliberations difficult and the reason they did not reach a unanimous verdict. but in the end, again, life in prison without parole for the man convicted of one of the
from tom sullivan whose son alex was killed on his 27th birthday. he talked about the frantic search for his son in the early morning hours of july 20th, 2012. before that robert wingo whose ex-wife rebecca was killed gnatin the massacre. the couple shared custody of two daughters and robert wingo described the impact of the loss of the daughters mother. she was oh of she was fearless around intelligent, strong willed and those are some of the things that while they ve been instilled in the kids, it s that s not a model that they have on a day-to-day basis anymore. defense attorney for holmes rebecca his told the jurors in hopinge opening statements in this phase, not to answer dealtth with death. they will have tomorrow to decide james holmes fate.
martha: the president initially expressed outrage there could be any nefarious i don t remember on the part of the irs. the irs needs to prove there wasn t, which they say there wasn t. they need documents in order to do that. congressman, thank you very much. good to see you. bill: more to come on that, 27 past. a judge blocking a pro-life group releasing new undercover videos of planned parenthood. hillary clinton reacts. our political panel will take this up in a moment. martha: the mother of colorado theater shooter james holmes took the witness stand, saying that her son went from a happy boy to a mass murderer. he never harmed anyone ever, ever. until july 20th, 2012. as you sit here today, do you still love your son? i still love my son. hey america,