it has been significantly reduced. we still have bomb technicians and evidence response recovery folks that literally have to go in there and handle unknown substances with potentially explosives or incendiary outcomes. an extensive amount of evidence is in the process of being collected. and we will bring this portion of the investigation to a close. and allow the families back in their homes here probably by tomorrow. all evidence will be sent to the terrorist ex-ploes device analytical center at the fbi's lab at quantico. and this is an ongoing operation. we ask for your patience and with the professionals putting themselves in harm's way currently as we speak, our hearts are with them and our hearts are certainly with the victims and their families. okay. with a few caveats, i will take

some questions. this -- just a second -- i want to reemphasize what the chief said yesterday. this case will be tried inside a court. okay? so i have to be very careful with my responses. i do not want to jeopardize a future prosecution. [ question inaudible ] >> so again i'm not going to elaborate on this. we have done some field tests but we are sending that evidence back to the fbi lab at quantico. they will make the definitive conclusion as to what those substances are. >> can you talk about your personal experience with this? >> i'm sorry. say again sir? [ question inaudible ] >> a very good question. it was an extremely dangerous environment. if a neighbor or an unassuming pedestrian would have walked in that door, or god forbid a first responder, they would have sustained significant injuries

and/or lost their life. >> agent, will you speak of preserving that crime scene and the delicate process of making sure that you didn't disrupt things you would want to look at down the line? correct. so as we went through the operation today, it was very, very calculated. it was in a very phased approach and prebriefed to everybody involved. so the robot made entry. we were able to get rid of the first obstacle or the trip wire. we then were analyzing that first unknown device either improvised explosive or incendiary device. once we were past that phase, that robot was then looking around for evidence that it could pull out of there. the reason for that is if something should go wrong in the next phase of operations, unplanned, we would have lost that evidence. so it was very slow and methodical progression but all in an effort to preserve the evidence at each phase of the operation. again, i'm not going to go --

what i want to protect are the tactics, techniques, and procedures that law enforcement has in its tool kit so i really don't want to discuss that. i appreciate that question, though. >> would you talk to us about what you saw at that scene and what you've been briefed about based on your own, extensive, personal experience in law enforcement? give us perspective from your department. >> i appreciate that question. so it was certainly a sophisticated device. i don't really want to comment too much further on the sophistication of the device, itself. again, that will be made known by the experts at the lab and then it will be put forward in a court of law. but, yes. i have a lot of overseas experience and a lot of experience responding to critical incidents and i've dealt with improvised explosive devices in many theaters before. this was certainly challenging for all involved. and again, i want to applaud the heroic efforts of that joint bomb squad here.

they operate almost, you know, each and every day in a collaborative environment and it just went seamlessly. then we rolled in those national assets. thank you. [ question inaudible ] >> again, there is, unfortunately, quite a bit available on the internet but we don't want to go into any of the tactics and procedures mr. holmes may have done because we don't want to jeopardize the prosecution. i'm going to turn it over to chief oates at this point and ail remain for some questions afterwards. chief oates? >> okay. thank you, jim. we've got some other material to cover. i have new information for you with regard to the investigation. when you become aware that our suspect over the last four months had a high volume of deliveries, commercial deliveries of packages to both his work and home address, we think this begins to explain how he got his hands on all the --

the magazines and the ammunition yesterday that we talked about yesterday. we also think it begins to explain some of the materials that he had in his apartment. you know, one of the things we are processing as you might expect as law enforcement are potential defenses. what we're seeing here is evidence of i think some calculation and deliberation. so we thought we'd share that with you. we are running down all those leads. this is an example where the partnership with the fbi is so great. you know, if we find out that our suspect ordered something from someplace in washington state, for instance, i don't have to figure out how to find out what that was or talk to someone at that location. i can talk to my friend jim here. he's got assets all around the country. we can run down that stuff quickly. we've got some work to do getting subpoenas in some cases but it is a hopeful area of investigative lead for us.

our tip line is working well. as of today we have received 84 leads as a result of tips. there are all different kinds of leads. it may include phone calls from people who knew the subject. those kinds of things. we're working very hard and very closely with the fbi to run down all of those leads. again, i'll offer the tip line. anybody who knows anything about our suspect or anything about these events. 720-913-stop. it's the crime stoppers line. or 720-913-7867. with regard to thetheat, the major crime scene, weave completed a thorough search of that facility for any further hazards and there are none. we are in a good shape there. were working on and have removed all the personal effects that were left behind. as you might imagine, things that were left behind by people as they fled. there's a whole lot of material there. when we spoke to some of the out the need togeh stuff ba. it can include wallets and i.d.s

and handbags and shoes and clothing. and basically our goal is, now that it's all been removed, the beginning process on monday, we're not sure howkly we'll get this done but r hpe to start to make t stuff available to the victims and their families provided any individual piece of personal effects has no additional forensic link that requires us to hold it as evidence. we will work through our crime lab and victimvos the families egin toake that avlable to thefamilies on monday. with regard to our challenges on patrol we are hopeful to get back to normal operations patrol operations, early as 5:00 p.m. this evening. while going back to the theater. we think we'll be out of there in terms of our forensic work by monday. we're ki es available r the denseto come in and look at the location and we're hoping to hand the theater back to the business owners for

resuming operations whenever they choose. we hope to hand it back to them on wednesday. so wpee stop th12-hour tours anget back to normal police operations at 5:00 p.m. today. i was talking to chief murphy our patrol chief, ken murphy. he can't say enough and i can't say enough. all the senior leadership of the oughor all that we ha put oucops through and our civilian support staff through and the organization in the last 48 hour. just extraordinary work. we're so proud of them. we're happy that we're going to try and get back to some semblance of normalcy beginning this evening. some interesting new developments with regard to with me today, by the way, soof the dignitaries here include, again, colleagues eddie trager the special agent in charge of the alcohol, tobacco and firearms is here. with me also is doug abraham. dougbraham is chief of police for the university of

colorado anschutz medical center complex. doug and i talked today. there was me activity on that campus as a result of the suspect's involvement in that campus as a student. there were concerns about what he might have had access to. as you may or may not know the folks in colorado may not know that is among other things a research facility. and out of an abundance of caution, doug and his police department andcampus, there was that he had access to any dangerous materials whether any dangerous materials were missing but over the last 24 hours they have done a thorough search of all their biohds radioactive materials that are used for research on that campus and they have confirmed that everything is secure, that he had no access to any of those materials and that nothing is missing. now, yesterday some nonessential rsonnel in somf their

research facilities wethe facility for the day and the reason was not that there was a threat in case you've heard any rumors. the reason was that those facilities could be swept by bomb dogs and they borrowed quite a few bomb dogs from our federal and local friends and did a thorough search of those facilities and as we had hoped there were no hazards found. so that was done out of the abundance of caution and not because there was any hint that anything was actually wrong. today business is as usual on the university of colorado anschutz medical center campus. with regard to mr. holmes a lot of questions about motive. we're not going to talk about motive but i will reassure you that again with the assistance of our friends in the fbi, the fbi behavioral analysis unit is fully plugged into this investigation, and those folks are very, very talented at what they do and over the coming weeks and months they'll be working very closely with us to try and figure out what his motivation was. but again, whatever we find out in that arena we'll present that

in court and that'll be to help us in terms of getting justice for the victims. now, back to the paris location i just want to emphasize, the question was asked earlier. again, we talked about motive. we talk about defenses. we talk about deliberation. make no mistake. okay? this apartment was designed, i say, based on everything i've seen, to kill whoever entered it. okay? and who was most likely to enter that location after he planned and executed this horrific crime? it was going to be a police officer. okay? make no mistake about it. what was going on there and if you think we are angry we sure as hel are angry. what has happened to this city, to these wonderful people who lived here, and also what he threatened to do to one of our police officers. we'll see how that plays out in court but there is no question what the intent was behind whoever designed that device for whoever opened the door.

okay? we don't expect any more briefings with regard to that location. here's what we expect will happen the rest of today. we are hopeful that our explosive folks will get done there by 7:00 tonight. if they are successful and if we remove all the explosive hazards, we are hopeful we will allow the occupants of the other four buildings, not the principal building, the other four adjoining buildings or nearby buildings will be able to return to their homes sometime this evening. evidence recovery will continue to take sometime. and so and including some of the other hazardous material that might be in there so we're not quite sure when we'll be able to get the residents of that building back in. hopefully that will be no later than tomorrow. and again, i can't thank enough our friends in the fbi and the bomb squads from arapaho county, denver, and adams county. now, at this time my colleague and the leader of the fellow

bunch of heroes, the firefighters in the city of aurora, chief mike garcia would like to make a few remarks. mike? >> thank you, dan. i'd just like to make three brief points on behalf of the aurora fire department. the first is our heart felt condolences go out to the families and the victims. this senseless and shameless act of violence. we truly feel for the families and victims and our prayers are with you. the second point i'd like to make is how proud i am of our firefighters. what's gone by the last 48 hours, the last couple days, it just is mind boggling for me. i really don't know what to say or how to say it but the professionalism, the courage of our firefighters is just remarkable. i'm very proud of you. b well done. but it takes more than just

firefighters. it takes a team. in aurora, it begins with our dispatchers. it's the police. it's rural metro. it's the hospitals. and it's courageous citizens that stepped up that night. we could not have done this by ourselves. any fire chief will tell you, you have limited resources. no matter how much we train. i also want to give a thank you to the international association of firefighters, fire chiefs, our state fire chief organization as well as our metro fire chiefs. the help and offer they gave us through this time is remarkable. i'd like to give you or share an example. the new york fire and police department, they contacted us and they said one of the lessons they learned after 9/11 is you have to take care of your own.

and that speaks volumes and may be common sense but they acted. they sent a team of their specialized professional counselors and they're with us today. that speaks volumes. thank you. >> if waunt to continue to listen to this press conference involving a lot of layers of law enforcement go to cnn.com/live. when we come back we'll also hear more about the victims of the 12. we're learning more about some of the individuals who were killed in that shooting early yesterday morning there in aurora, colorado.here because in this business, there are no straight lines. only the twists and turns of an unpredictable industry. so the eighty-thousand employees at delta... must anticipate the unexpected. and never let the rules overrule common sense. this is how we tame the unwieldiness of air travel, until it's not just lines you see... it's the world.

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the press conference continues to go on in aurora, colorado at the municipal center. we're hearing from the fbi and also local authorities from police and fire and synopsis that they have completed the search of any hazards of the movie theater in which that tragic shooting took place and they believe they may be able to reopen that theater by monday. meantime, they've also continued to search the booby trapped apartment which belongs to the suspect james holmes. they say that it was indeed, according to the police chief, this apartment was designed to kill whoever entered it. however, according to the fbi they believe that they've eliminated any of the major threats. however, they continue to search through that apartment. you're looking at pictures of the location. they will soon allow residents

to go into four of the other apartment unit buildings near this apartment complex somewhere within the next 24 to 48 hours. however, the main apartment building where the search continues, that will continue to be an off limits zone for any resident as the fbi continues to conduct its investigation. of course, if you want to continue to watch the live press conference that is still ongoing you can go to cnn.com/live. meantime, we are also learning more information about the victims. 12 people killed, 58 injured. nick valencia is with us now and has been able to tell us a lot about seven of the victims. now there is an identity animation for an eighth victim. what can you tell us about that person? >> we were expecting and anticipating the aurora police department to mention the names of those deceased. we've been working the phones all day and spoke and and off with the aurora police department throughout the day. we haven't gotten the actual list just yet. now the denver post has released an eighth name an eighth victim

of the 12 killed in that shooting in that mass shooting in aurora, colorado. 32-year-old rebecca wingo originally from quinlan, texas was living in aurora, colorado working at joe's crab shack according to her face book page. she is a mother of a couple of kids there and we saw a post on her father's facebook page where he says, i lost my daughter yesterday to a mad man. my grief right now is inconsolable. i hear she died instantly without pain, however the pain is unbearable. so, fred, again, to recap, an eighth victim now we're hearing about. of the 12 killed in early friday morning in aurora, colorado, 32-year-old rebecca wingo originally from quinlan, texas was living in aurora, colorado. she is now being listed as the eighth victim. >> tragic. thanks so much. appreciate that. we'll have much more of our continuing coverage of this massacre at a movie theater right after this. i have to know the weather patterns. i upgraded to the new sprint direct connect.

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the shooting in aurora, colorado is now the largest mass shooting in u.s. history. it's sending shock waves throughout the country. in washington the department of homeland security held a conference call with officials from the commercial entertainment and shopping mall industries. they outlined security measures that could be taken to prevent something like this from happening again. some theaters like this one in new york are adding dozens of security officers to prevent a copy cat attack. athena jones is just outside a theater in silver spring, maryland. what is being said there? >> hi, fredricka. well, outside this theater they've already had a stepped up police presence since early this morning. we've seen police cruisers come by, stay for a while, then leave. we spoke to a few movie goers who said that early this morning at the first showing at 8:30 there were police outside making sure people feel secure. this is not of course the only theater that is stepping up

their police presence. this is the regal cinema group. cinemark, amc, several big movie theater operators across the country are saying safety is the top priority so they are stepping up monitoring and reviewing security procedures to make sure people feel safe. >> and the showings of this batman movie, they are taking place at that theater? >> reporter: that's right. here they began, the first showing was early this morning at 8:30 a.m. the movie is being shown on about a dozen screens at this theater, roughly every 20 minutes or so. we spoke with one movie goer today asking him what his reaction was to the events in colorado. most of the people we've spoken with said they were not too concerned. let's listen to what this one movie goer had to say. >> i think it was an isolated incident and stuff happens. i don't want to get too scared and fearful. >> i think the guy was a little bit crazy so, you know, stuff happens. hopefully the family is okay and

pray for them and everything will be okay with them. >> reporter: and so he was one of the people who told us that they believe that the authorities in this area are going to keep movie goers safe. montgomery county is following in the foot steps of new york and los angeles and orange county. several of the big cities around the country that are stepping up their attention they're paying to movie theaters just in case. they want to make sure they can prevent any sort of copy cat attacks. fredricka? >> it is really kind of a tight rope, isn't it, for the -- those who run the movie theaters, who want to have security in place just in case but at the same time having security in place might make some movie goers feel a little uneasy. >> that's true. you know, it's really interesting. when you think about a movie theater, i mean, they don't have metal detectors. i mean it's a pretty open environment. you walk in and so we, as i mentioned we've seen the police

come. come and stay for a while and go. most of the people we've spoken to here believe this was an isolated event. they are not too concerned. they say that happened a long way away. here we are in a place where we feel secure. but again, i mean, it's the sort of thing that this incident has shown us how delicate and difficult it can be to keep these sort of soft targets safe. >> all right. thanks so much from silver spring, maryland outside a movie theater there. appreciate that. all right. well, thanks so much for being with us during our continuing coverage. we are going to continue to look into the investigations of this massacre at a movie theater in aurora, colorado. i'm fredricka whitfield. my colleague don lemon picks it up from here live from aurora. ♪ the one and only, cheerios