bill: another day, and more emotional testimony in the james holmes murder trial as a jury decides whether or not he lives or dies after being convicted of the movie theater massacre in colorado. holmes s mother on the stand asked if her son s psychiatrist ever revealed warning signs to her? did she ever tell you she had concerns because he had expressed homicidal ideation? no, never. do you wish she had? of course i do. i, of course. we wouldn t be sitting here if she had told me that. bill: wow. alicia acuna live outside of the courthouse today as the mother putting responsibility on whom? alicia? reporter: it is tough to say, isn t it, bill. the jury will have to decide this. as you saw arlene holmes became very emotional when she was asked what she thought the school psychiatrist could have done to help.
movie theater massacre in colorado. in the days after james holmes allegedly killed 12 people inside that aurora theater, jana learned police recovered a notebook holmes sent to a psychiatrist. she investigated the tip and published the story. but holmes s defense attorneys say her source violated a gag order and they want to know who it is. talk about it with dan shore, former prosecutor and associate managing director at krol. esther pan niche is a criminal defense attorney. esther, there is shield law in colorado as you know that protects reporters from revealing their sources but one of the means by which the shield can be dropped is if the information that is desired by the complaining side outweighs somehow the public s interest in knowing the information. how can the argument be made this information, you know, namely the source, the identity of the source is so
you made a good case to me to come on, but i m sick of this. i refuse it. i refuse to live in a country like this. michael moore on this show after the movie theater massacre in colorado. we are talking about guns again. why the change of mind? well, your people, your producers have called me since aurora back in july throughout the fall when there were a number of what we call now the smaller massacres. the four, five, six that are killed. i said, i told you, i m not coming back on after a gun shooting. bring in the guy that made bowling for columbine. after newtown your people ask me to come on. i have not gone on a single show to talk about this since newtown. as i said that night i m not going to be a pundit about this. i m going to be a pain in the ass about this. i m going to act, do things. for instance, this saturday night i have joined with with
rise up and say, damn it, this is not the america i m going to live in. this is too great of a country to let this happen h again. i am not going to let this happen again. i am not going to come on another damn tv show either after the next shooting, piers. i haven t done it for ten years. to be nice to you and you re a good guy. you made a good case to me to come on, but i m sick of this. i refuse it. i refuse to live in a country like this. michael moore on this show after the movie theater massacre in colorado. we are talking about guns again. why the change of mind? well, your people, your producers have called me since aurora back in july throughout the fall when there were a number of what we call now the smaller massacres. the four, five, six that are killed. i said, i told you, i m not coming back on after a gun shooting. bring in the guy that made
packed movie theater in colorado. suspected gunman james holmes will be formally charged with the murders on monday. a judge in the case has ordered the university of colorado denver not to release holmes school records. the judge says releasing the records would impede the ongoing criminal investigation. and the colorado tragedy could still keep a lot of movie fans out of theaters this weekend and put a pinch on hollywood. new research done to help film companies track their audiences finds between 20 and 25% of people say they re hesitant to go to the movies this weekend. and that could impact box office profits. and in other news this morning, as widely expected there will be no new votes on gun control this year on capitol hill. the top senate leader says the schedule is simply too packed to debate the issue. asked if the senate might debate the issue next year, harry reid said, quote, nice try. and the white house spokesman says the president will not be pushing for any new l