>> announcer: live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning. welcome to "today." it's 7:00 a.m. on the west coast, 10:00 here in the east on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, i'm savannah guthrie. it is a grim morning around here. we're following that breaking news out of colorado. it is a tragedy. witnesses say a gunman dressed in black and wearing a gas mask walked into a showing of "the dark knight rises," released some sort of tear gas canister and then opened fire on the crowd. >> this happened around 12:30 a.m. local time in the denver suburb of aurora about ten miles from denver. police say ten of the victims died right in the theater. the alleged shooter identified as 24-year-old james holmes was arrested at the scene without resisting. he lives in aurora. investigators are searching his apartment at this hour, looking for explosives because he told them that he might have explosives in his home and his car. police are expected to hold a news conference a little later this morning.

but so far, aurora's police chief says there is no evidence of any additional shooters, and the fbi says there's no indication the incident is tied to any terrorist organization. >> we've talked to a lot of witnesses this morning who have designed an absolutely terrifying scene. a man who was at the front right of the theater came in right near the right-hand part of the screen, fired something into the air, and then opened fire on the crowd. according to investigators and our own pete williams, he was heavily armed with at least four weapons on him in addition to the tear gas, he was wearing a gas mask, dressed in all black and appeared to have a bulletproof vest. >> a lot of questions because according to just about every eyewitness, he came in through an emergency exit. normally, as you know, those exits cannot be opened from the outside. but one eyewitness described seeing a man inside the theater get up, use a cell phone or at least pretend to use a cell phone and then go out through that emergency exit. he said he thought it was

unusual at the time. and a short time later, that emergency exit opened again. this time entering the room was a man dressed in black from head to toe with a gas mask and weapons. kusa's jayce larson is on the phone joining us on the phone from near the scene. jayce, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. right now from the fbi and the atf as well as local police are trying to get to this person's apartment to see if there's anything inside that could be explosive. they have indicated that that is the case. right now there is a ladder from a fire truck that has been elevated into the air, and it's up to the third floor of a brick building. and we can't quite see whether there is anybody at this point going into a window as we had seen earlier in the day. they had been actually using some type of camera on the end of a pole to stick into one of the apartments. it looks like now they have moved to a different apartment. the big question out here is are

there any explosives in that apartment, and we simply don't have that answer at this point. >> and obviously, they're taking this very carefully. we saw some images earlier on, jace, of a robot unit, a remote-controlled robot, being used, still in darkness outside that movie theater going into that car and opening the trunk and opening the side doors. and then later we saw police officers -- here's the footage i was talking about where they went in looking for explosive devices. we have been told by pete williams they did not find them. again, we'll learn much more about this when we hear from the police at a news conference in just a little while mountain time. jace larson, thank you very much. >> we want to get to jennifer seger. she was inside that packed theater when the gunman walked in and pointed the gun directly at her. jennifer, good morning. thank you for joining us again. if you would, please take us back through what happened. what you heard and what you saw. >> as far as i could see, this

gentleman came in through the right-hand side. i was in the second row. i was in the second row in the front. and there was another girl in front of me, and i was on the second row. i was the only other person on the right-hand side. he came in and i thought he was part of the show. i honestly didn't think he was a bad guy, somebody who was going to hurt anybody. i thought he was just being theatrical because he was dressed up like some of the guys that are in the movie. he at that point threw a canister of gas, tear gas or something like that. it looked like a little grenade. he threw it into the crowd, and it exploded. and then it just had gas everywhere. and it was making me cough. it was making me just tear up. it was just really bad. at that point he went ahead and shot a fire to scare everybody in the ceiling, and everybody knew at that point it was the real deal. >> jennifer -- >> at that point -- yeah. >> i was going to ask you, i know probably time stands still at a moment like that, but can you estimate how long this whole incident took, how long the shooting took place? >> yeah, i can't put a time on

it. honestly, it felt like forever. maybe 15 minutes or 20 minutes of just pure chaos, you know. it's enough to last you a lifetime, honestly, especially when somebody puts a gun in your face, you know what i mean? he had put the gun in my face. and at that point, i had five seconds to do something, and i just jumped deep within the aisle and curled up in a ball and tried to duck and cover at that point. he opened fire on people right behind me. and the gun shells were falling on my forehead. i was trying to remain calm. you know, i told all the people in the aisle, just crawl. just crawl, you know. try to get out of here. we've got to get out of here. i couldn't breathe. i was freaking out. all you hear is ladies and children -- children like a 6-year-old kid got shot. i'm 22 years old. why did he spare me? why did you take me instead of that 6-year-old kid? that was the worst for me. there was dead bodies everywhere. there were people hurt everywhere. there's blood and guts everywhere. i was just trying to get out, you know. as people were trying to escape, apparently they were running back inside saying no, we have

to come back inside because he's going to shoot people that are trying to escape, and he did. so it was just a back-and-forth thing. finally once he got out, i was about ready to collapse. i said i couldn't breathe anymore. i was having a panic attack. tear gas was getting into my lungs. i finally started crawling my way out. i saw a 13-year-old girl on the stairs. there was a gentleman i nudged into. i didn't know if he was dead or alive. i heard him moaning. as a trained emt, i started taking his pulse. i knew he was on the verge of death. i tried to pull him. they were, like, let him go. the gunman's coming back. he's going to shoot you. i got scared and ran. at that point all the cops came in with their guns. i don't know how he exited. and everybody's kind of confused about that. i have no idea. i was staring at the ground trying not to get shot at that point. there were so many people in there that were hurt at that point. >> you talk about being -- you talk about, jennifer, being curled up in a ball. and there were these brief

moments where he was reloading that weapon or those weapons. although i know there was screaming and chaos and panic during those times, you know, were people jumping up trying to run out while he was reloading? >> yeah. yeah, exactly. no. all you hear -- it was pure silence. and when he was reloading, and everybody was trying to fight for their lives and screaming at that point. it didn't matter who it was. he didn't have an agenda. he was going to shoot whoever was in his way. it didn't matter, babies, dads, moms, little brothers. he was shooting whoever. it didn't matter. and it was just pure chaos. it was scary because i had gunshots, you know, over my head. for all i know, he would have shot me in the back, you know. >> jennifer, i'm obviously struck, i think, as all of the people listening to this by your story of that man who was on the ground that you tried to help and then were forced to flee. do you know by any chance if that man survived? >> i have no idea. i mean, as far as -- i was just

thinking about, you know, maybe i know somebody in there. maybe somebody -- like one of my people i care about is hurt. and i had no way to know because everybody dropped their cell phones. everybody dropped their wallets pwallets. they were running for their lives. he looked 18. he still had a whole lot of life to live. i pray that he's okay. >> jennifer, unfortunately for you you came face to face with this man. did you say anything? how was his demeanor? how did he look to you? what was his build and his dress? >> right. he never said a thing. he just threw the gas can. and his demeanor -- as far as i could say, he was probably about 6 foot, 6'3", 185, 200 pounds, very muscular, very strong looking. he doesn't have anything exposed, no skin color, no nothing. he had like a regular gas mask on to be able to breathe. he had a rifle. that's all i saw. apparently he had more weapons.

i had no idea. all i saw was a rifle in my face. he looked like he was from the s.w.a.t. team, you know. so i can imagine how he could escape and not get caught because, you know, he looked similar to what a s.w.a.t. team would look like. >> well, if there is any good news, he did get caught, and he's in police custody. and jennifer -- >> thank god. >> -- i hope you don't feel guilty about having to leave that person behind in there. you did what you had to do at the time. >> yeah. and it was just kind of an instinct for me. i would have gladly given my life for that man if it came down to that. >> jennifer seeger, thank you for sharing your story with us this morning. >> no problem. >> again, the suspect has been identified as 24-year-old james holmes. let's go to nbc's justice correspondent pete williams who's been gathering information through the fbi and other law enforcement sources throughout the morning. pete, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning. we're told that he was born december 13th of 1987, 24 years old, apparently had lived in aurora, colorado, for the last year or so.

but there's no record of any criminal association with him. he wasn't on any kind of terror watch list, no list of militia groups or extremist groups. he was basically unknown to law enforcement. and aurora police say the only record they ever have of any contact with him was a traffic ticket in 2011, sometime last year. he has no military history. we don't know exactly when he came to the aurora area. but the car that was outside the movie theater, which is apparently the one that he drove to the theater, had tennessee plates on it. so they're trying to figure out why that is, what his connection, if anything, was to tennessee. his parents were living in san diego. authorities have been in touch with them. witnesses say that when he came in after he set off this tear gas or smoke bomb, he began by firing one of apparently four weapons that he came to the theater with. he started firing a shotgun. now, that's one that fires pellets through a cartridge that spray out in a kind of a

pattern. and then when he had fired the shotgun, he then picked up a rifle and resumed shooting with that. he also had a handgun with him and apparently another handgun that was still in the car. now, one of the very odd things about this man is that he didn't either turn the gun on himself, which sometimes happens in these situations, or tried to flee. he was, in fact, arrested, standing right near the car that he apparently drove to the theater right near the door that he used to get in. he told the police that there were explosives in his car and his apartment. they didn't find anything in the car. they're still searching the apartment very carefully right now to see what's in there. he's not in any, as i say, any of the kind of databases. and so they're still trying to figure out the biggest question here, matt, which is what was his motive? he's given no indication of that whatsoever. >> the firearms he brought into that theater, pete, and i'm not a firearms expert, but i do want to mention that a shotgun can

also have a single slug in it. you can put a shell in it that has a single lead slug in it, and those can be devastatingly dangerous if they hit somebody. but yes, i think most often they do have various-sized shots in them. but again, we're going to learn more about this when we hear from the police in a short while. pete williams, thank you very much. by the way, before i let you go, you showed us some footage before, and i'm going to ask the control room to cue it up. this is the footage that we see from the helicopter of what this suspect was wearing when he was arrested. >> right. and you can see the mask at the top. you can see the bulletproof vest that he was wearing. and everyone says that that's how he was dressed, all in black with a mask on his face which obviously was a gas mask, and then bulletproof vest as well. and there's the white car. that's right near the exit to the theater. that's the one that he said had explosives in it. you showed the robot. they searched that and didn't find any. but nonetheless, they're

assuming that there may be in the apartment because the word i think he used to the police was that it was booby-trapped. >> pete williams, our correspondent in washington, pete, thank you very much. we have a new statement from warner brothers which is the studio that produced "the dark knight rises." it says, quote, warner brothers and the filmmakers are deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident. we extend our sincere sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims at this tragic time. >> we're getting word from here in new york that the new york police department is stepping up security at theaters that are showing "the dark knight rises" after this colorado massacre. we have this part of the statement. "as a precaution against copycats and to raise the kmfrlt levels among patrons in the wake of the shooting in colorado, the new york city police department is providing coverage at theaters where "the dark knight ris rises" is playing in the five boroughs, the five boroughs of manhattan. that according to police commissioner ray kelly in a statement that was released just a short time ago. president obama released a

statement as well, and he's expected to make additional remarks from florida later this morning. and our kristen welker is traveling with the president. kristen, good morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, savannah. well, we are learning at this hour that president obama has called the mayor of aurora to extend his condolences. president obama has been briefed by counterterrorism adviser john brennan as well as his chief of staff. now, president obama will address the tragedy as his previously scheduled campaign event here in fort myers, florida. we expect him to do that at the very top of his remarks. and then he has canceled the rest of his events for this day. he's going to head back to the white house. he did have a campaign event scheduled in orlando for later on this day, but that has, again, been canceled. president obama will make remarks here and then head back to the white house. i want to read you a little bit of that statement that you mentioned, savannah, that president obama put out a little bit earlier on this morning. he said, "michelle and i are shocked and saddened by the

horrific and tragic shooting in colorado. federal and local law enforcement are still responding, and my administration will do everything that we can to support the people of aurora in this extraordinarily difficult time. we are committed to bringing whoever was responsible to justice, ensuring the safety of our people, and caring for those who have been wounded. as we do when confronted by moments of darkness and challenge, we must now come together as one american family." so, again, president obama set to address this tragedy at 11:20 this morning. he was notified about these incidents at 5:26 this morning. he has been kept abreast of the developments. and again, he will be heading back to the white house so he can continue to stay on top of this developing situation and monitor the situation from the white house. savannah? >> nbc's kristen welker traveling with president obama this morning. we also have a statement from the presumptive republican nominee, myth romnitt romney. "ann and i are deeply saddened by the news of the senseless violence that took the lives of

sa people in colorado and injured dozens more. we are praying for the families and loved ones of the victims during this time of deep shock and immense grief. we expect that the person responsible for this terrible crime will be quickly brought to justice." i should mention this is a statement that came out earlier, and we have had revised estimates of the death toll here. that's obviously a developing situation. and mr. romney's expected to address this when he holds an event a little bit later this morning. >> this is the story for obvious reasons that we're spending the bulk of our morning covering. there are other headlines, though, as well. let's go over to the news desk with natalie. >> good morning, matt and savannah. as the situation in syria deteriorates, the civil war, president bashar al assad made his first televised appearance in weeks. he was seen swearing in a new defense minister on state tv. the successor to one of the four top officials killed in a bombing in damascus on wednesday. this morning the syrian national security chief also died from wounds sustained in that blast. syrian activists say more than 310 people were killed across

the country thursday which would make it the deadliest day since the syrian uprising began 17 months ago. to some important health news now, whooping cough is rising at epidemic rates in this country. as the u.s. is set to have its worst year for the potentially fatal illness in more than 50 years. some 18,000 cases have been reported nationwide so far, killing at least 9 children. health officials blame the outbreak on vaccine protection wearing off. officials are hunting for the identity of a suicide bomber in bulgaria who detonated on a bus packed with israeli tourists, killing himself along with six others. u.s. officials say iranian militant group is behind the bombing, and israel is vowing retaliation. iran, however, denies any involvement. this as bulgarian officials say the suspect had tried to rent a car and was denied because his fake michigan driver's license raised suspicions. he reportedly spoke english with an accent. a suspect in an attempted

kidnapping caught on tape has turned himself in to philadelphia police. 33-year-old carlos fago faces a number of felony charges. police believe he's the man seen in the security camera video from tuesday grabbing a 10-year-old girl who was walking with her 2-year-old brother. the girl escaped with superficial injuries. and a new study out today shows risky private lending has sent student loan debt soaring, spiking from $5 billion in 2001 to more than $20 billion in 2008. the government report says the ballooning debt mirrors the subprime mortgage crisis. tit is now 7:19 pacific tim. let's turn it over to matt, savannah and al. >> mr. roker, what can you tell us about the weather? >> we look out west, and we see we'll be looking at severe weather, risk of strong storms throughout the plains. wet weather streaming into the coastal pacific northwest region, interior showers in the northern rockies. as we look at the forecast for

you, los angeles going to be 86 degrees today. but you get into the southwest, phoenix, 107 degrees. boise gets up to 96, as does billings. denver, colorado, 101. seattle, cool, showery and 69. medford, oregon, will see a high of 87. the rest of the country today, we do look for a risk of strong storms out to the east, especially from the southeast into the mid-atlantic states. as we said, the western plains will see severe weather. look for sunshine but sizzling conditions into the central midwestern regions anywhere from 100 to 110 degree heat indexes from denver to kansas city on into salt lake. that's what's going on aroun >> you made to the friday. good morning. the time is 7:20. this is san rafael completely blue above the low deck of clouds. situated right at the coast and into the bay this morning. we have a good looking day shaping up at the coast. 70 degrees in san francisco, you'll be warm today in sl of the inland cities. the peninsula nice and mild, 81

in los gatos. 81 in san jose. hot out to the east bay, 90 in concord, 88 in livermore. about 91 in gilroy. even warmer as we head through the weekend. and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, thanks very much. we'll have much more from new york and aurora, colorado. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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7:30 now on the west coast on this friday morning, july 20th, 2012. it is a sad and tragic morning. a mass shooting at a movie theater in aurora, colorado. at least 14 people are dead. 50 others injured. one of the victims being treated at the children's hospital just 6 years old. with a good morning to all of you, i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. it has been a grim morning. if you're just waking up and getting caught up on the news, a gunman walked into a movie theater, opened fire. there have been mass casualties in aurora, colorado, which is just outside of denver. >> that's right. this happened just after midnight. it was a midnight showing of

"the dark knight rises." a packed theater, actually three theaters in a complex showing that same movie when that gunman came in through an emergency exit through some sort -- threw of tear gas canister and then opened fire. leeann greg is in aurora. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. there's kind of an eerie quiet here at the mall, the theater where this took place is behind me. it's the century 16 movie theater in the aurora town square. the numbers have been changing all morning. currently, we're told, that 12 people are dead and 38 are injured. so those numbers are luckily being downsized. one suspect is in custody, 24-year-old james holmes who apparently gave himself up willingly. there were three showings at around midnight. people had been lining up for hours to see the premiere. the shootings happened in theater number nine. the gunman entered the exit door shortly after the movie started,

and then he threw some kind of a smoke bomb. he said nothing. then he opened fire. at first, witnesses said they thought it was all part of the show. he reportedly had one assault weapon and two handguns. right now his apartment is being searched because he apparently told authorities that there were other explosives at his home, which is not far from this mall. the people in the theater were taken to a local high school for questioning. authorities want to look at their cell phones and try to find any information, possibly pictures, that would help them with this investigation. another briefing is expected within the next hour and a half. so we should learn more about this terrible tragedy then. >> nbc's leeanne gregg in aurora, colorado, thank you very much. our pete williams has been doing some good reporting this morning on the addle shooter who's been identified as james holmes. pete, catch us up to date. >> well, he's 24 years old, born december 13th, 1987.

and beyond that, we don't really know much about him. he's apparently lived in aurora, colorado, for at least the last several months. police say their only run-in with him was a traffic ticket in 2011. otherwise no criminal record there. he wasn't on any kind of watch list. authorities are now at his apartment. now, we've seen them try to go through two windows. this is the second window where they've driven that fire truck, the hook and ladder truck there, so that the officers can pry the windows apart and get in that way. they're reluctant to open the door for the simple reason that he's told them it was booby-trapped. this was earlier video that showed them at a different window. so it's not clear whether this is the same apartment and they're just looking at different windows or whether this is a different apartment. but in any event, i don't believe they've gotten in there yet. but there was no explosives found in his car. he apparently had four guns, three of them in the theater. a shotgun, a rifle and a handgun. and then an additional handgun

was found in his car. there's no history that he was in the military. no connection there. you know, the odd thing, i think, as i've said before is that he was just standing there when this was all over. he didn't try to run away. he didn't shoot himself, which sometimes happens in thiese incidents. he was just there. authorities right now are searching to find whether he posted anything. there have been some rumors that there were internet postings but nothing confirmed. we don't know of any facebook site or anything else. and the only reason i bring that up is that in past events like this, sometimes the people responsible have posted something. but authorities say they can't confirm anything of that nature. now, the car, the white car he was driving, had a license plate from tennessee. so they're trying to pursue that connection as well and find out precisely, you know, whether he was in tennessee, where the car came from. that's still being pursued, savannah. >> pete williams, thank you so much. i want to bring in nbc news

analyst clint van zant right now. he's a former fbi profiler. he joins us on the phone. clint, we know some things here. we know this was planned. this does not seem like a crime of passion. the weapons were gathered. the outfit was assembled. some sort of plan to get into that theater through an emergency exit was devised. of course, he had to have that tear gas canister. what can you kind of create in terms of a profile based on what we do know? >> well, matt, so far, this appears to be the thing that the fbi director and others are most worried about in law enforcement, a lone wolf. whether he's a terrorist in his own mind or whether he had some other background. know that as of this point, the fbi says they have no link with international terrorism. so what we may have, for example, realize we're just three days away from the one-year anniversary of that terrible shooting in norway where so many young people were killed on that island by a

gunman in somewhat similar garb, in kind of a uniform, carrying multiple weapons, a very cowardly act then, a cowardly act here in colorado that's taken place where once again we may have just someone's fantasy world who has actually collided with the world of reality. and unfortunately, murder and mayhem once again has been the result. >> you talk about a fantasy world. according to the reports we have heard, when he was arrested outside that theater complex, he told police that in his car, there were explosives or explosive materials. that's why we saw that remote-controlled robot going into that vehicle. it turns out, according to the reporting we've done through pete williams, that there were no explosives in the car. why would someone boast of something like that when they're already apprehended and they know it's not going to be true? >> sometimes, matt, an individual will either -- will further embellish what he's done. if we can believe that, i mean, it's terrible, we have 12 dead, at least 38 injured, as you've

reported to include 6 children. but, again, he probably has no way of knowing how much chaos, how much mayhem that he has created. and, you know, pete has been excellent this morning in his reporting. one of the things law enforcement considers, matt, and while you may see the windows being knocked out of two apartments, because on the off chance there are a booby-trap, there is a trap on the front door or the windows, law enforcement will many times in an apartment building choose to go through the wall of an adjacent apartment knowing that that may be the safest way to get in. that may be something they're contemplating right now. >> and clint, is it at all unusual that a guy who was willing to go to this extent to inflict damage and injury and death on others would not have any kind of a troubled past other than a traffic ticket? >> no. again, it's not. what's interesting is, matt, we've heard one remark allegedly associated with his mother in

san diego where she was called and asked about this incident. and she says, "yes, you've got the right person. i'm on my way to colorado now." well, that could mean a number of things as we try to look at the tea leaves. it could be simply she's heard the name. she knew her son was going to go to the premiere. so she just says, yes, i have to deal with reality. or perhaps based upon his age, that's an age where some mental health issues would be obvious, especially those close to us such as his parents. so there may be something where the mother, the parents, family members, knew there was issues going on but never, never expected it to be acted out in this degree. >> of course, that's unfortunately a tragic story we've heard with parents in the past involving some of these horrific shootings. clint van zandt, as always, thanks so much. >> let's get the weather forecast from al. >> today starting your weekend off, we've got a risk of strong

storms mid-atlantic states down into the southeast. also in the western plains. for tomorrow, the heat continues in the midwest. it will be sizzling with temperatures 95 to 100 degrees from the dakotas all the way down into missouri. and we're looking at a few showers, hit-or-miss thundershowers through the southeast. sunday, more of the same. sizzling from the plains down to texas. hot interior sections of california into the desert southwest. sunny and mild in the pacific northwest. nice and warm, plenty of sunshine, great lakes across into the northeast and new england. that's what's going on around here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good friday morning to you. taking a live look over the san mateo bridge looking really good here. the layered stratus clouds are clearing out. your temperatures this morning are really comfortable, we're at 60 in sunnyvale and san jose. meanwhile, we've got the upper 50s in san francisco. 57 degrees right now in napa.

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brother. >> we began by asking him to describe what happened. >> so i was the fourth row from the top of the theater. i was on the opposite side of the top exit. i was on the same side that the shooter came in. he was -- but he came towards the lower -- i mean towards the front exit. so i was sitting there watching the movie about 20 minutes into it, i saw a tear gas can fly over the audience. i didn't really think anything of it. there was smoke emitted. and then i heard a loud bang and saw a flash. and i just thought, you know, maybe -- >> we're going to pause, bring in some stations for a special report. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. here is matt lauer. >> and good morning, everyone, i

am matt lauer along with savannah guthrie. president obama is about to deliver remarks on the deadly shooting in colorado. he is down in fort myers, florida. he was alerted to this situation somewhere at around 5:30 this morning. and has since made some comments on it but is expected to speak more. >> the president has released a statement expressing his, of course, shock and sadness about this event. he's in fort myers, florida, for what was supposed to be a campaign event. let's listen to the president. >> thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you. well, let me first of all say -- let me first of all -- let me first of all say how grateful i am for all of you being here and how much we appreciate everything that you've done. i know that there are a lot of

people here who have been so engaged in the campaign, have sacrificed so much. people who have been involved back since 2007 and -- and so i want all of you to know how appreciative i am. and i know many of you came here today for a campaign event. i was looking forward to having a fun conversation with you about some really important matters that we face as a country. and the differences between myself and my opponent in this election. but this morning, we woke up to news of a tragedy that reminds us of all the ways that we are united as one american family. by now, many of you know -- many

of you have heard that a few miles outside of denver in a town called aurora, at least 12 people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a movie theater. and dozens more are being treated for injuries at a local hospital. some of the victims are being treated at a children's hospital. we're still gathering all the facts about what happened in aurora. but what we do know is that the police have one suspect in custody. and the federal government stands ready to do whatever is necessary to bring whoever's responsible for this heinous crime to justice. we will take every step possible to ensure the safety of all of our people. we're going to stand by our neighbors in colorado during

this extraordinarily difficult time. and i had the chance to speak with the mayor of aurora as well as the governor of colorado to express not just on behalf of michelle and myself but the entire american family how heartbroken we are. even as we learn how this happened and who's responsible, we may never understand what leads anybody to terrorize their fellow human beings like this. such violence, such evil is senseless. it's beyond reason. but while we will never know fully what causes somebody to take the life of another, we do know what makes life worth living. the people we lost in aurora loved, and they were loved. they were mothers and fathers. they were husbands and wives. sisters and brothers.

sons and daughters. friends and neighbors. they had hopes for the future, and they had dreams that were not yet fulfilled. and if there's anything to take away from this tragedy, it's the reminder that life is very fragile. our time here is limited, and it is precious. and what matters at the end of the day is not the small things. it's not the trivial things which so often consume us and our daily lives. ultimately, it's how we choose to treat one another and how we love one another. it's what we do on a daily basis, to give our lives meaning and to give our lives purpose. that's what matters.

at the end of the day, what we'll remember will be those we loved and what we did for others. that's why we're here. i'm sure that many of you who are parents here have the same reaction that i did when i heard this news. my daughters go to the movies. what if malia and sacha had been at the theater? as so many of our kids do every day. michelle and i will be fortunate enough to hug our girls a little tighter tonight. and i'm sure you will do the same with your children. for those parents who may not be so lucky, we have to embrace them and let them know we will be there for them as a nation. so, again, i'm so grateful that all of you are here.

i am so moved by your support. but there are going to be other days for politics. this, i think, is a day for prayer and reflection. for -- so what i'd ask everybody to do, i'd like us to pause in a moment of silence for the victims of this terrible tragedy, for the people who knew them and loved them, for those who are still struggling to recover, and for all the victims of less publicized acts of violence that plague our communities every single day. so if everybody can just take a moment.

thank you, everybody. i hope all of you will keep the people -- >> president obama wrapping up some comments in fort myers, florida, this morning in what was supposed to be a political rally which turned into some comments about the tragedy that has taken place overnight in aurora, colorado. the shooting of 12 -- the killing of 12 people, the injuring or wounding of some 38 to 40 others. >> mitt romney has also released a statement on the shooting. it says, quote, ann and i are deeply saddened by the news of the senseless violence that took the lives of 15 people in colorado and injured dozens more. we are praying for the families of the loved ones of the victims during this time of deep shock and immense grief. we expect that the person responsible for this terrible

crime will be quickly brought to justice." i should mention that statement came out earlier this morning and that the death toll has changed as the course of the morning has gone on. and mitt romney is also expected to address the remarks a little bit later. >> and just in the last several minutes, we're starting to get some more details on what took place from the police out in aurora, colorado. let's listen to some of the information they just gave forward. >> what we have is we have a whole bunch of bomb techs from all different agencies. we have pictures from inside the location, and we are trying to determine how to disarm the flammable or explosive material that's in there. so that's why we're here. we could be here for hours. we could be here for days. trying to figure out how to get in there. obviously, we're very concerned about getting in there to get whatever evidence there is. but the pictures are pretty disturbing. it looks pretty sophisticated in terms of how it's booby-trapped. so that's why we're here. we've evacuated, we've consulted

the experts. we've evacuated five buildings total, and we believe that's a sufficient evacuation for what we see inside. but beyond that, this could be a very long wait. we don't know how long we'll be here. that's really all i have to say. i don't believe there's anything else to say right now. i don't even know. >> how is it booby-trapped? >> we're not going to get into that. we owed you the courtesy of a briefing as to what's going on, a more thorough briefing of the entire matter will be probably 11:00 or noon today. and that will be down near the incident scene. thank you very much. thank you. >> this is starting to make a lot of sense now. obviously, you've been watching these photos, these images throughout the morning of law enforcement officials trying to find a way into the apartment believed to be of the suspect, 24-year-old james holmes. he told police when he was taken into custody that there were explosives in that apartment. police now believe, in fact, that was accurate information, that the apartment is booby-trapped, to use their term. and they are going to very

carefully try to get in there to assess the situation. pete williams has been talking about this throughout the morning as well. and pete, it looks like he was a man of his word at least when it came to the apartment. >> and that this is exactly what he thought would happen and perhaps even hoped would happen, matt, because he was standing right outside the theater right next to the car that he drove to the theater to carry out the shooting. he didn't try to run. he didn't flee. he just stood there. and then when the police took him into custody, he said there were explosives in his car, which there weren't, and then he said there were explosives in his apartment. and we just heard that there apparently are. you know, this is playing out apparently the way he intended it to. we believe that he had four weapons when he went to the theater, a shotgun which apparently he fired first after setting off a tear gas or smoke bomb canister. and when that -- when he fired the shells from that, he then picked up a rifle and started firing with that. he also had a handgun, and there was an additional handgun in his

car. now, very little is known about his background or why he would have done this. there's no word that we've heard from anyone on what his motive was. no military service. no criminal background in colorado. just a traffic ticket a year ago. his parents lived in san diego. he had apparently been in aurora, colorado, for the past year or so. the car he was driving had tennessee license plates. we're not sure exactly what that connection was, matt. >> pete, it is a little odd when you think about it, a man who had just taken, you know, more than a dozen lives, perhaps, and injured so many people in the shooting in the theater, all of a sudden warning police officers that there were explosives in his car and in his apartment as if to somehow lessen the risk to those people. it doesn't seem like it makes a lot of sense. but none of what's happened overnight in aurora, colorado, seems to make sense. >> as you mentioned, we will have more throughout the day on msnbc. brian williams will on much on "nightly news." he'll be live in colorado and there will be a special edition of "dateline."

that concludes this nbc special report. i'm savannah guthrie with matt lauer. >> the time 7:56. good morning. i'm jon kelley. this morning san francisco suspended sheriff and his wife will be asking a judge for permission to see each other privately. an attorney is asking a judge to change a protective order so she can have face-to-face time with her husband ross mirkarimi. the order has prevented the couple from being together since mirkarimi was charged with bruising his wife's arm during an argument. lopez says at this point she does not consider the incident as domestic violence. the incident has prompted mayor lee to suspend mirkarimi from office. the ethics committee will decide whether to suspend him. >> happy friday, jon.

happy friday to you at home. coastal fog this morning but we're nice and clear already here in san jose. heating up as we head into the weekend action near 90 degrees returns today. then we sizzle as we head into saturday and sunday. mid-90s, even the upper 90s in some of the warmer bay area cities. 90 in concord, about 81 in almaden valley. saturday up to 91, 94 for sunday. then we'll slowly start to drop off in temperature but increase your humidity monday through thursday. getting close to the olympics here on nbc. let's check your drive. >> not so exciting the slowdown but it's there. southbound 680 the accident on the shoulder as you are south, slowing from 242 out of concord to walnut creek down to 24, that will saturday to break up over the next 20 minutes. the bay bridge, minor slowing and we have a live look, across the golden gate bridge there is

fog. an earlier accident has cleared. slowing to the north side of that fog. back to you. >> a little thick out there. thank you. for the latest make sure to check us out on bay area facebook.

ment. what we have is a whole bunch of bomb teches from a whole different of agencies. we have the picture from the location and we're determining how to disarm the flammable or explosive material that is this there. that's why we're here. we could be here for hours. we could be here for days trying to figure out how to get in there. obviously we're very concerned about getting in there to get whatever evidence there is, but the pictures are pretty disturbing. it looks pretty sophisticated in terms of how it is boobie trapped. that's why we're here. we have evacuated. we have consulted experts, we have evacuated five buildings total and we believe that's a

sufficient evacuation for what we see inside. but beyond that, this could be a very long wait, we don't know how long we're going to be here and that's really all i have to say. and i don't believe there is anything else to say right now. >> how big is the apartment? >> i don't know that right now. >> how is it boobie trapped. >> we don't know that. a thorough briefing of the entire matter will be 11:00 or noon today down near the incident scene. thank you very much. thank you. >> friday jormorning, july 20th 2012. you're looking at aurora, colorado. that suspect told police when he was taken into custody, this 24-year-old james holmes, that there were explosives in his home, and in his car. they found none in his car. but, boy, they have been looking into the windows of that apartment, using cameras and looking through all kinds of entrance possibilities and they

apparently have found what appears to be a sophisticated boobie trap in that apartment and that has stopped them cold this could take hours or this could take days. >> and it may be that it is quite a feat for them to undo whatever is in there. they have to take every precaution. they don't know if it is just something for show or if it is the real thing. and they have evacuated what sounds like a rather large area around that apartment building. let's get to kusa's will ripley on the phone from aurora. good morning. what can you tell us ? >> there have been multiple scenes unfolding. there was the movie theater where the shooting took place around 1:00 this morning. the midnight show under way and chaos at the theater, 10 people killed there, another two died on the way to the hospital. the other chaotic theme was multiple hospitals around town, we had emergency rooms full of patients, all came in at once,

hospitals had to activate their disaster plans, had to call in doctors who were at home asleep and reallocate resources from other departments in the hospital and then you had the waiting rooms filled up with family members and standing room only, people frantic for information, which just didn't come for several hours. then, of course, what happened -- what is happening now at the apartment complex with the discovery of what cou be explosive devices at the suspect's home, indicated. so it really just doesn't seem to stop here. every hour there is a new development, a new twist and we learn something new about this horrific, horrific attack. >> you know, i'll ask you, and i flow is probably no way to answer this, but we're talking about this suspect, 24 years old, with only a traffic ticket in his recent past. and you have to wonder how he comes up with the kind of information and knowledge he would need to rig some kind of a boobie trap in an apartment like this, will. >> if you think about it, there was so much planning that went into this. the planning at his apartment complex, presumably telling

officers to go check it out and then the fact he was able to get in through an emergency exit in the theater. he had a gas mask, tear gas and all those weapons including another weapon, that rifle, discovered in his car. this was a well orchestrated, well calculated attack and investigators have been talking to holmes for several hours overnight, trying to figure out what his motivation might have been for doing this. people who have been caught in the middle of it just can't believe something like this would happen. this was a movie theater full of families, with young children, some of them dressed up in costumes, excited to see this movie. it was an event, the theater was packed, and midnight movies will never be the same for many, many people, certainly those in that theater overnight. >> some of the people who were in the theater and uninjured were taken to a school in your area called gateway high school where i know they have been and have been debriefed by police officers so that those police officers could get as much information as possible. i'm hoping and i would imagine that there are also grief

counselors and some kind of therapists available to those people in that center as well. >> there are. grief counselors and therapists available, not just for the victims and the survivors of this attack and their families, but also for the medical personnel. i was speaking with the medical director at one of the hospitals that took in 15 patients overnight, four still in critical condition right now, he said in his decades of practicing medicine in states all over the country, he's never seen anything like this. i asked him how he's feeling. he said, frankly, i'm numb. it is something that people have never seen before. and so there are counselors available for everybody affected by this. >> certainly nothing seen before in terms of this scale. as we understand it, will, this is a theater that had a lot of young people in it. and some children in some cases. >> yes, i mean, the patients at the hospital, where i'm stationed right now, the majority of them were teenagers. these are high school students who were texting and facebooking all week saying let's get together, let's get a group together, let's go see this movie. i interviewed --

>> will, we're losing you. maybe just a bad cell connection or something. we'll try and get back to you in just a couple -- can you hear me no huh? >> yeah, can you hear me now? >> yeah, go ahead, you can continue. >> this was an event for teenagers and their friends, also a family event. i interviewed a husband and wife who brought their 7-year-old daughter, all three were shot and they still don't know how their 7-year-old daughter is doing right now because she's in a different hospital than the parents. just something you can't even imagine. >> all right, will ripley of kusa, will, thank you very much. 17-year-old tanner coon was inside the movie theater in aurora with friends as the shooting began. tanner has been sharing his story with us throughout the morning. it is heart breaking and it is chaotic. tanner, first of all, how you are you doing? you know, we have spoken to you several times throughout the morning and i think in the very early hours it seems as if you were very calm and maybe perhaps in shock, and then the last time we spoke, it seemed as if this

was starting to rattle you a little bit more. >> yeah, i mean, you know, when it was actually happening, it just felt like a dream. i felt like this isn't really happening, and, you know, as the evening -- as the day has progressed, it is just starting to piece itself and i'm starting to wrap my mind around it and starting to feel more real. >> are you starting to recall new images or different images from your time in that theater? >> not necessarily different, but definitely ones that i didn't recall earlier. >> and for example? >> for example, i did see a silhouette the first time he did -- i mean, i looked back and noticed the some silhouette when he threw the canister. and as i was getting up, to leave the place, i noticed a man hunched over in his chair and i presumed he was dead because everyone else was running toward the exit. >> talk about some of the people you were with, tanner, i know you were with a friend and that

friend's 12-year-old brother, did you all manage to get down into the aisle end of the seats in the same location? >> yeah, we were in the same location, we were both -- on the fourth row from the top, and we were all -- we all got out okay. i was really talking to the younger one, the 12-year-old, who he was really distressed, was freaking out during it and, you know, he just was really distraught. >> tanner this gunman walked up the aisle on the side of the theater, were the people on the aisle sitting closest to the aisle, the ones that seemed to, you know, take the brunt of this? were people in the middle of the rows in safer positions? >> well, see, i really can't say. i mean, the guy was really shooting sporadically. he was aiming anywhere. i would imagine if somebody moved in front of him, he'll aim there, he was -- i would assume he's looking for movement and just shooting wherever.

it was just bullet after bullet after bullet. >> you described for us a little earlier as you tried to get out of that theater, slippin as it turned out, you slipped on blood and actually ended up right next to a woman who had been shot. >> yeah. i was trying to get out, i landed on top of this lady after slipping on the blood, i shook her, said, we got to go, we got to get out of here, and there was no response, no movement. so i presumed she was dead and i just kept going on. >> you're fortunate to be alive, tanner. we thank you so much for sharing your story with us. our best to you. >> thank you. >> just heart breaking to see as the morning has worn on, you can see how the reality of what he witnessed -- >> i think he was in shock earlier this morning, i don't mean technically, but i think it is sinking in now. >> he witnessed enough horror for a lifetime, that's for sure. well, just about 20 minutes ago, president obama was at a previously scheduled campaign

event in ft. myers, florida, and he commented about the shooting. let's listen to some of his remarks. >> this morning we woke up to news of a tragedy that reminds us of all the ways that we are united as one american family. by now, many of you know, many of you have heard that a few miles outside of denver in a town called aurora, at least 12 people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a movie theater. and dozens more are being treated for injuries at a local hospital. some of the victims are being treated at a children's hospital. we're still gathering all the facts about what happened in aurora, but what we do know is that the police have one suspect in custody. and the federal government stands ready to do whatever is

necessary to bring whoever is responsible for this heinous crime to justice. and -- we will take every step possible to ensure the safety of all of our people. we're going to stand by our neighbors in colorado during this extraordinarily difficult time. >> that was president obama a little earlier today in ft. myers, florida. the associated press is reporting that the university of colorado medical school said the shooting suspect was a student at that medical school, but withdrew last month. that according to the associated press. >> and you can speculate as to what might have caused him to withdraw from that medical school, but it doesn't make any sense now. we simply don't have the information. chuck todd is nbc's chief us who corresponde white house correspondent. it was an unusual situation for the president there in ft. myers as he switched from a political event to an event that was more

about trying to bring some healing to people who were suffering. >> look, they were trying to -- their minds were changing as the morning went on. the president was awoken just before 5:30 in the morning to be informed of what happened in aurora. he was in west palm beach. he had done a -- this is part of a two-day campaign trip in the state of florida. they decided to keep one event going in ft. myers, so he got on air force one, flew to ft. myers because they felt the need that the president needed to speak, playing the roleconsoler in chief which presidents do in times like this. it is one of those things that in hindsight they didn't have at that moment, but they canceled their events in orlando, all the campaigns, by the way, the romney campaign, the obama campaign, they're all suspending tv advertising in the state of colorado. it is a battleground state.

the president is on his way back to the white house. i wouldn't be surprised, matt, if we hear from him again today, considering, again, they felt he should say something this morning, that was their only venue to do it and in hindsight, having it at a campaign event was a little awkward. >> it does seem as if that could have been avoided had a handler walked out there and told that crowd we please would ask for your silence as the president walks out, no cheering, because of the nature of what he is about to say. it just seems like that could have been orchestrated better. >> you know, matt, in their defense, on one of these things, on one hand, you assume the crowd knows what is going on. and i think they made -- they probably made an incorrect assumption there. everything about how quickly this event moved, how quickly it moved up, we didn't even get the normal timing that we get of saying two minutes and he'll walk out, none of that. a lot of this got rushed and you do get the sense, again, this was a trip, the campaign was

running, not the white house. they are -- they tried to create this chinese firewall, if you will, between the campaign and the white house. >> for some of the people in the room, that's the first time and maybe the only time they ever lay eyes personally on the president of the united states and it is hard to contain excitement at a moment like that. >> they were invited to a campaign rally. they were there because these are the most passionate supporters of the president in ft. myers, in southwest florida. so it is that -- and i think at the time, you can guess, i know how the folks, that they would assume that the crowd would react sort of properly if you will. >> okay, chuck todd, chuck todd in washington, i believe, this morning, washington, thank you very much. >> we should mention that mitt romney also released a statement saying he was saddened by the events in colorado. he's expected to address the shootings a little bit later today. we'll have more on the situation in colorado in a moment, but we want to check the day's other top stories. natalie morales is at the post at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning, savannah. good morning, matt. good morning, everyone. we begin with the escalating

crisis in syria. president bashar al assad made his first televised appearance in weeks. he was seen swearing in a new defense minister, the successor to one of the four top officials killed in a bombing in damascus on wednesday. the security chief died from wounds sustained in that blast. syrian activists say more than 310 people were killed across the country thursday, which would make it the deadliest day in the 17 months since the syrian uprising began. to important health news now. whooping cough is rising at alarming rates in this country as the u.s. is set to have its worst year for the potentially fatal illness in half a century. some 18,000 cases have been reported nationwide so far, killing at least nine children. health officials blame the outbreak on vaccine protection wearing off and are urging adults, especially those around infants, to get vaccinated. federal authorities in at least six states are investigating whether a

traveling hospital technician is to blame for infecting more than two dozen patients with hepatitis c. david was arrested thursday at the massachusetts hospital. one official describes him as a serial infector, accused of posing 30 patients at various hospitals to the liver destroying disease. police say they found empty syringes and needles in his vehicle. the department of defense says a u.s. marine from rancho cucamonga, california, died in combat in afghanistan. 23-year-old corporal joshua ashley was a canine handler for special operations. he was on patrol with his military dog thursday when he was killed binprovized explosive device. officials are hunting for the identity of a suicide bomber in bulgaria who detonated on a bus packed with israeli tourists, killing himself along with six others.

u.s. officials say hezbollah is behind the bombing and israel is vowing retaliation. iran denies any involvement. this as bulgarian officials say the suspect tried to rent a car and was denied because his fake michigan driver's license raised suspicions. he spoke english with an accent. a suspect in an attempted kidnapping caught on tape has turned himself into philadelphia police. 33-year-old carlos figueroa-fagot faces a number of felony charges. police believe he's the man seen in the security camera video from tuesday, grabbing a 10-year-old girl who was walking with her 2-year-old brother. the girl escaped with superficial injuries. it is now 8:17 on the west coast. back over to savannah, matt and al. >> a lot of people in philadelphia happy to hear that news because that had a lot of people concerned down there. natalie, thank you very much. mr. roker, how is the weather looking? >> we start with our friends in the pacific northwest, where they're seeing some wet weather today as we look at moisture

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8:30 on a friday morning, 20th of july, 2012. we are following breaking news in aurora, colorado. at least 12 people have died in a mass shooting at a movie theater there. the suspect identified as 24-year-old james holmes. he is in police custody now. his family in san diego, california, just released a statement saying their hearts go

out tos they involved. and good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie with matt lau lauer. this is an active investigation, a developing story. at this hour we have police officers who are outside an apartment building in aurora, colorado, an apartment that appears to contain ex-ploplosiv and it appears to be booby trapped, it may be hours or days before they're able to gain entry. and make those devices no longer work. >> they were warned about there when they took this guy in custody. he said there were explosives there. he is a man of his word. here, it is interesting, though, that there don't seem to be a lot of other words coming from this man. oftentimes, unfortunately we covered stories like this in the past, and oftentimes there is some kind of a posting on a facebook page or something or a letter or some kinds of writings that give you a hint as to what was going through the mind of the alleged shooter before he or she went into these situations.

and yet according to pete williams, we haven't seen that, the federal officials don't know of any of that. >> a real cipher. there is only one law enforcement run-in, and that's a traffic ticket. >> right. and yet he clearly wanted to create even more chaos, leaving behind this bobby tr ybooby tra alleged booby trap at his apartment so after he created the carnage inside the theater, there would be the potential for more loss of life if the police went to his apartment. pete williams is our justice correspondent. and he's been following this story along with us all morning from washington. pete, what do you want to add? >> reporter: i think the way to describe this is to say the investigation is basically going on in three places. at the theater itself, where authorities are now going through, recovering obviously those who were killed, very carefully checking to pick up every shell casing, thoroughly exploiting the evidence there,y additional evidence, a gun

apparently, the second place is the apartment building you talked about and the third place is in san diego where he apparently grew up, he was a high school student there, then came to aurora, colorado, and we believe was in college, was a student at the time. now, earlier we had heard there were tennessee plates on his car, that apparently is not the case. there is apparently no tennessee connection here. that's an early first report, that sometimes happens in these situations, and was wrong. there have been some internet postings, but these are apparently hoaxes, matt. we have been running down quite a few of these in the last couple of hours. people who claim that there was credit for this before the shooting started, but as far as we can tell, those are bogus. so the motive here is still, as far as we know, a complete mystery. >> assuming that this guy had to take into consideration the possibility that he would be killed in the act of committing these crimes, in your experience, though, pete, isn't it unusual that there isn't some kind of letter or some kind of

explanation left behind by someone who commits a crime like this? >> reporter: it is unusual. it is not unheard of, but, you know, you remember the virginia tech shooting, in that case, the shooter actually sent a video, he made a video and had written some materials which he sent to nbc news. in the case of the tucson shooting, the man who jared loughner, left behind some writings to indicate he was in a sense sort of obsessed with gabrielle giffords, the congresswoman, so seriously wounded in that shooting. it is early in the investigation. but so far as afar as we know nothing like that has surfaced. >> pete williams, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> we're going to take a turn and turn to jason larsson who works for kusa in colorado. what can you tell us? >> reporter: i'm here at the scene where the suspect's apartment is just behind me

there. it is the red brick building on the right. we have several fire engines that are out here, they have run hoses, they are -- the hoses are now full of water. this is a just in case scenario here, we're told. they have one of the ladders up in the air going all the way up in the air. the second one behind it. those are prepared to spray water on the building if that booby trap would for some reason detonate. when i was speaking with the police chief here from aurora, he told me they could be here for days, they could be here for hours. he just didn't know. i tried to press him and find out what those booby traps are and he would not give us any more information other than to say that they were sophisticated. it was the word he used, sophisticated. we know that they have been able to take a camera and put it on a pole and look into one of the apartments back behind me here, one of the third floor apartments. when they did that, they told us they could see inside but they will not tell us what they found. we're starting to see the scene grow a little bit here in terms of the number of people that are

out here. i think that gives us, matt and savannah, a real feel for how serious this situation is, and how serious it could become as well. >> and, jason, we mentioned that five buildings in that area have been evacuated, yet we see a very busy street behind you. are police not concerned that this -- that whatever is inside that apartment building could have a wider range than where they have currently evacuated? >> reporter: that's a great question, and one we kind of have been asking ourselves as well. we tried to ask questions at briefing and they wouldn't answer any of our questions. but this is one of the busy streets here in aurora, the suburb of denver. we believe that if something happened over there, we would be safe over here, they seem to have indicated that to us by asking us to move on this side of the street, however, if we wanted, we could walk on the sidewalk on the other side of the street as well. there is nothing saying you can't do that. so i don't have a great anser. >> jason, we appreciate you trying and i'm sure you'll get

us some information on that. we want to go to aurora hospital now where a nurse is holding a press conference. let's listen in. we are obviously having some trouble connecting to the audio source from that hospital. hopefully we'll get back there in just a second. it is interesting what jason said, here you have an explosive device, they believe in there, some sort of a sophisticated and the traffic is flowing smoothly on that road, 50, 60 yards from the building. let's go back to the hospital and see if we can listen in now. >> i can tell you that when the first trauma surgeon responded this morning to the first case, obviously she wasn't aware of anything else that was going on when she heard more about what was going on, she said it was

just automatic. er staff called, she didn't have to say anything. they basically called. everybody they needed to help with as far as getting the patients secure that they were going to need, she said it went very smoothly, it was not chaotic at all, just well organized a organized. >> did you have to call extra people to be in right away? >> yeah, we did. as soon as we heard there was a -- don't quote me on this, but once we knew there was going to be more than one victim coming, we just went ahead and called in our -- we have backup surgeons for trauma, for anesthesia, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, we're here. it was just awesome. >> how many people -- >> it is really hard to say. you know, physicianwise i would say there was at least 5 to 6. staffingwise, the numbers are

too huge. our sister facility sent some icu nurses, or personnel to help out, that's all i can think of right now off the top of my head. [ inaudible ] >> actually, once they realized they were getting more than one patient, i was, i think they said everybody was here within 15 minutes. it was very quick response. [ inaudible ] >> horrific injuries. i mean, you know, i don't know how else to explain it. it is horrific. [ inaudible ] >> myself, personally, no. i was not here when you had your other incident in the past. >> were all of the injuries gunshot wounds? >> the majority. and blast injury.

>> blast? >> i'm not sure. i'm not sure if it is blast from gunshot or explosive. >> how are you able to let the families know? >> they're in there with their -- we do not keep families from their patients. they are there with them now. >> they are there in the room? >> yes, yes, yes. and while they were in the er, we have personnel that can go out and update families, let them know what is going on and the or as well. we have the waiting room out there, that they can go sit in and the physicians can come out and update them as things are going on in the or. >> i know you -- [ inaudible ] >> yes, absolutely. we're starting to see some of it already, right now. they will bring in help, like counselors and stuff to help the staff to get through this

grieving process as well. we'll provide it for the physicians. and we are -- the family is also asking for that same type of help and we're prying that to them as well. it will be devastating for everyone involved. [ inaudible ] >> there is still one pending. it is something we have to return. >> the number of patients and their conditions. >> i think somebody else has that information. [ inaudible ] >> it is jodie taylor was our first surgeon coming, first that responded. jodie. j-o-d-i-e. >> dr. landsville, director of emergency services is going to talk to you and give you the status on the patients and the

conditions that they're in and then we can take additional -- >> an update of what i have at this point. 15 total patients, eight have been discharged. we have seen and treated and discharged to their families in very good condition. we had seven admissions which i referred to earlier. five have gone through the surgical process, some are still in surgery in recovery or in intensive care units. and one person is going to be in the process of getting surgery here very shortly. we had ages of 16 to 31 from my understanding. and no fatalities. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> i'm aware of five patients in critical condition at this point. >> five in surgery earlier. >> five have gone through the surgical process and are in the process of finishing up surgery or are in recovery and one

scheduled for surgery very shortly. >> eight discharged in very good condition. what does that -- >> they were stable enough to go home. all of them had their evaluation by our very good emergency staff, emergency physicians here. those injuries and exposures were evaluated, treated and deemed appropriate for home care. >> blast wounds, is that like a shrapnel kind of wound. >> i think that's what she was referring to. i'm not aware of some kind of explosion there, but high caliber equipment that was used by this individual, certainly there was exposure to shrapnel, things flying in the air, we did see patients with injuries such as that. [ inaudible ] >> i don't have the specific update with them, but certainly their injuries and wounds are of the life threatening and critical nature and certainly getting top notch care at this point. >> you're listening to a

briefing in aurora hospital, medical center where they say they had 15 patients brought there after this tragic shooting. eight were released. they have five who were gone -- have gone through the surgical process already. one soon to go through surgery. and ages between 16 and 31 years old. >> thankfully no fatalities at that particular medical center. we want to bring in jordan ghawi on the phone now, his sister jessica was inside the theater. jordan just left the hospital where he was visiting with another victim. good morning to you. can you tell us what happened with your sister, jessica? >> good morning, matt. what i've been told, i received a phone call this morning approximately 2:00 a.m. central standard time from my mother who was crying and i could get out of her that something had happened to my sister. i was able to get a name of a mutual friend with my sister at the time of whatever incident occurred. speaking with him, i was advised that they were indeed at the midnight showing in aurora of

the new batman movie, and a gunman threw some sort of incendiary device and opened fire on the crowd, speaking a mutual friend once and what appears to be a fatal injury to my sister. again, we have no confirmation from aurora pd. this is just firsthand reports. that's all we know right now. >> jordan, our hearts go out to you as you deal with this unimaginable loss. what can you tell us about your sister, jessica? >> tenacious, vivacious. you can add almost any moniker to my sister and she would fit it. she had a passion for life and that exuded in the people around her. you could feel it, you could feed off of it. we weren't always close. it is my little sister. 16 months younger than me, but she held a special place in my heart and she'll remain there. >> jordan, it is matt lauer.

d do you know if your sister was takenen to treated at one of the hospitals or do you know -- >> unfortunately, matt, i haven't had any information from any of the authorities down here. the only information i have is that firsthand report from the victim that i went and saw you at children's just a while ago. i had contacted aurora pd and next of kin contact, but to my knowledge, she has not been transported and it sounds like her wounds sustained on the scene were what they would consider a black tag in triage. i doubt she would have been transported from that scene if the statements are confirmed. >> how old was your sister, jordan? >> she's 24 -- she was 24, would be turning 25 in november. >> jordan, there are no words in a moment like this and we appreciate you coming on and speaking to us and know that our hearts are we you and our condolences and sympathies. thank you for being with us today. >> i appreciate it. thank you, all. >> we'll be back in a moment.

we're getting confirmation that james holmes, the 24-year-old suspect in this shooting did in fact, this is from the university of colorado, did, in fact, graduate the neuroscience program at their medical campus. we heard earlier in a report from the ap he had in fact dropped out of that program last month. the u of c not commenting on that but saying, yes, he was a student at their medical campus. >> neuroscience program. let's switch gears, talk to al about the weather. >> all right. as we first of all talk about the weather conditions in aurora, it is going to be a difficult day for the rescue workers and the emergency service workers. 82 degrees right now. winds out of the southwest. no clouds. sunny skies. later on today, the temperatures will be climbing up to 100 degrees. light winds, but sunny and hot,

but the rest of the country, strong storms making their way through the western plains and the southeast even & into tand mid-atlantic. good morning to you. 8:50 now on a friday morning. the bay bridge, the cloud cover clearing quickly. we should be completely clear in san francisco over the course of the next hour or so. all that sunshine coming in a little bit earlier. temperatures today will end up warmer by about 3 to 5 degrees from yesterday's high. 82 degrees today in redwood city, 77 in fremont. for the upcoming weekend, the mid-90s return to your inland cities. next week a little cooler with more humidity. and that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks very much. we're back in a moment.

we scherr the shock and sadness. we stepped our prayers and deepest sympathies to their loved ones and all of those affected by those tragedies. those theaters were crowded with people who were waiting to see this movie, the third in the trilogy come out for months. it was applied night showing. the theaters were packed. they had been waiting online. the theater started just after midnig midnight. about 25 minutes later is when

this happened. >> it was packed for that midnight showing. we had a statement from warner brothers a little earlier and we understand that the premier in paris of the dark knight rises has been canceled in light of the events in aurora. >> that's right. and extra security precautions are being taken in new york in the five burroughs of this city when that movie is being shown. the police commissioner saying there will be extra security on hand while that movie is playing. >> and of course, what we don't know, and is the biggest question of the hour, what is the motive of the gunman? did everything to that theater? because it was just an opportunity or does it have something to do with the movie? we will continue to cover the story. first this is today on nbc. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.

. we're continuing to investigate a tragic shooting in colorado. we will continue our coverage. but first, your local news and the weather forecast. good morning to you. 8:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. giants and a's fans have been known to snap at each other and this morninging proof of the rivalry crossing species. last night the a's tried to set the world record for the number of dogs at sporting events. when the comcast sports net cam

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. good morning on a friday morning. the 20th of july, 2012. you're looking at the scene in a section of aurora, colorado. that's just outside denver about 10 to 12 miles to the east of the metropolitan denver area where a gunman went on a shooting rampage last night at a movie theater. it was a midnight showing of the "dark night rises." that gunman killed at least 12 people, injuring some 40 or 50 others. many of those are still in surgery or have just gotten out of surgery. some are in critical condition. i'm matt lauer in studio 1a alongside savannah guthrie and

al roker. one of the things we know is that this story did not end when that shooter was apprehended. he warned police he had left explosives first in the car and then the apartment. the car turned out not to be true. when police went to his apartment about four miles from theater and started to look in the window, they didn't walk in. they looked in the window with cameras and mirrors and found something very disturbing. >> this is a live seen as you can see. we've got officers assembled outside the building. there are explosives inside the apartment. they refer to it as booby trapped. they said it could take hours or it could take days before they're able to make this situation safe. they've evacuated five buildings in that area. as you can see, it appears that some members of the bomb squad may be thinking about making an entry into the building. >> that suspect, 24-year-old james holmes gave up without any kind of resistance.

he was found outside the theater. police quickly apprehended him. he was wearing the outfit he had worn inside that theater when he committed the shooting. those clothes were taken off of him. we had some footage a little while ago of those clothes laying on the sidewalk, including what appeared to be a bullet-proof vest and a gas mask. then he was taken into custody. nbc's justice correspond pete williams has been following this and tracking it from washington all morning. and let's just remind people, this is a murder investigation. the police in aurora take the lead but the fbi has a role as well. >> the fbi, atf and a number of other agencies will be involved with this. the reason is because there is no federal murder statute. murder is a state crime and the feds will be giving their ample support. and i think it is fair to say the investigation is going on in a number of places, there at the theater, there at the apartment, and in san diego where apparently grew up. the police said the fbi will be looking for whatever in his back

ground might have caused this to happen. that remains one of the big mysteries. what was his motive here? did he have mental problems? did he have a grudge? was he trying to make a statement? we don't know. we do know that he came to colorado last year. he apparently enrolled at the university of colorado. was at the medical school there. and then for some reason that we don't know, he with drew earlier this year but he never had any run-in with the police. the only possible record of him is a traffic ticket that the aurora police issued in 2011 but no other criminal record. no background. no known association with terror groups or other extremist groups. he just sort of pops up out of nowhere to law enforcement and does this for reasons that they clearly don't understand. obviously, it is something that he had planned because of what he was wearing, as you just said. the gas mask, the bullet-proof vest. one of the things they'll try to figure out is how he got in that exit door.

he came in the exit door of the theater. we've seen pictures of that door. they typically have no door handle or any way to open it from the outside. they're just blank. so there were some witnesses who said they saw a person on a cell phone go out that door. was that the shooter? did he jimmy the door open so he could then get dressed with his gear and then come back in? that's something they'll have to check out. you know, why he did this, we don't know. when he bought the weapons, we're still not sure. they're tracing the weapons. he is 24 years old. he is a u.s. citizen. he would have had a legal right to own them assuming he purchased them legally. >> pete williams in washington. thank you very much. there are other stories we're covering as well. natalie is at the news desk. good morning to you. >> good morning. we begin with a crisis in syria. this morning the u.n. security council unanimously approved a one-month extension.

staff are in syria work o'a solution to the violence. meantime, president bashar al assad was seen on tv swearing in a new defense minister to bring in the new one killed in damascus on wednesday. three other top officials also died. the syrian activists say at least 310 people were killed across the country thursday. and thousands of syrians are fleeing to neighboring lebanon. health officials say the number of cases of whooping cough is rising at alarming rates in this country. an outbreak on track to be the most severe in the u.s. in more than 50 years. nearly 18,000 cases of a potentially deadly illness have been reported nationwide in the first half of this year and at least nip children have died. health officials blame the outbreak on vaccine protection wearing off and they're urging adults, especially those around infants, to get vaccinated. a 4-year-old cancer patient whose father turned down her make a wish trip to disney world

will now get to go after all. mckenna may will get to make the trip after battling leukemia more than half her life. but her father said he rejected the trip because her daughter' cancer is in remission and said the trip should go to terminally ill children. once news of the story spread, so many donations poured in that her mother and grandmother can now pay for the trip to disney world for themselves. it is now 9:06 on the west coast. back to you. >> thank you. mr. roker has a check of the weather. >> some showers in the pacific northwest. we're looking at more wet weather in the southwest. a little leftover moisture from what was tropical storm fabio. we also expect to see temperatures really start to climb. interior sections of the west. denver will see a high today of 100 degrees. we'll be looking at a high of 100 degrees as well in salt lake. look for a risk of strong storms making their way from the southeast into the mid-atlantic

states. a risk of strong storms also out good morning to you. only 9:06 now. what you can tell from this live picture of san jose, completely clear conditions. a little hazy, but definitely a clearer start than we've had all week so far. temperatures are warming nicely as well. san jose, we're at 65 degrees, in san francisco you're at 61 degrees. 63 in livermore and just 62 degrees up in santa rosa this morning. headed towards the 90s this afternoon inland. as we head through next week, a touch cool we are more cloud cover. >> thank you very much. for the first time we're seeing the man who allegedly pulled the trigger and killed 12 people inside that movie theater in aurora, colorado. this is a photo of james holmes. he is 24 years old. he is in police custody. he is a former medical student at the university of colorado who dropped out, according to

some reports, within the last couple months. as we mentioned, he is the man who told police that he had booby trapped his apartment or at least left explosives in his apartment. police are now trying to enter that residence. we've got kusa's jason larson outside the apartment. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. we believe this person was a student at the university of colonel, denver. he was a student and may have dropped out. when he was in college we have confirmed that he was in fact a newero science student. the scene is very much the same as it has been the past 20 minutes or so. we did see some firefighters get up into the ladder truck that is behind the one that is the closest to us here where the bucket is. it appeared as though they were taking both video and still pictures of the roof of the apartment complex where he

lives. i'm told they believe if this would detonate, if the booby traps would go off, they believe they have enough of an area evacuated that they could contain the blast in this area. five residential buildings are evacuated and there are two business buildings where no one has been allowed to go in. at least at this point. the police chief tells us that he could be here for hours or he could be here for days. he describes these booby traps as very complex. >> thank you very much. we're hearing now that perhaps this photo that we're seeing of james holmes comes from the university? >> i believe it was released by the university of colorado. he was as we mentioned, until recently, a member of the graduate program there studying ne you were ro science and we believe this is from the university of colorado. >> maybe a school i.d. photo or something like that? >> exactly. apparently he come from the san diego area but had been living in the colorado area recently. we're going to have a lot more from aurora, colorado. including a dramatic account of the shooting from a woman who

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. we want to show you the picture once again. this is james holmes, 24 years old. a former medical student at the university of colorado. he is the man police have in custody. he is the alleged shooter from that cinema. that theater complex in aurora, colorado, overnight. we know that 12 people are dead. some 40 or 50 have been wounded

and natalie, we're seeing this photo and his face for the first time. the people, if this in fact is the man who did this shooting, the people in that theater never saw his face. they only saw his eyes because he was wearing a gas mask when he walked into that theater. >> what we know about him now, this photo released by the university of colorado of denver, apparently he was a medical -- he was actually a neuroscience phd student who dropped out a few months ago. i think the question everybody is asking today is, why he would do such a thing and how he could carry out such a horrific attack that was clearly well planned. matt, he had all the gear including four different kinds of weapons on him at the time of the shooting. also, the tear gas that he released into that theater. >> that's right. jennifer seager was one of the people watching the "dark night rises." we talked to her and asked her

to describe what she saw in her. >> as far as i could see, this gentleman came in through the right-hand side. i was in the second row. i was in the second row in the front. and there is another row in front of me and i was in the second row. i was the only person on that side, on the right-hand side. he came in and i thought he was part of the show. i didn't think he was a bad guy. somebody who would hurt anybody. i thought he was just being theatrical. he was dressed up like some of the guys in the movie. at that point, he threw a canister of gas, tear gas or something like. that it looked like a little grenade and he threw it into the crowd and it exploded. it had gas everywhere and it was making me cough and tear up. it was just really bad. at that point, he went ahead and shot a fair to scare everybody in the ceiling and everybody knew at that point it was the real deal. at that point -- >> reporter: i was going to ask you. i know time probably stands still at a moment like that but can you estimate how long this whole incident took? how long the shooting took

place? >> yeah. i can try. it felt like forever. it maybe 15 minutes, 20 minutes of just pure chaos, you know? enough to last you a lifetime, honestly. especially when somebody puts a gun in your face. do you know what i mean? he put the gun in my face. at that point i had five seconds to do something. i just jumped deep within the aisle and curled up in a ball and tried to duck and cover at that point. he opened fird fire on people right behind me. the gun shells were falling on my forehead and i tried to remain calm. i told the people in the aisle, just crawl, just crawl. we've got to get out of here. i couldn't breathe. i was out. all you hear is ladies and children, children like 6-year-old kid got shot. i'm 22 years old. why did he spare me? why didn't he take me instead of that 6-year-old kid. that was the worst for me as far as i could see. there were dead bodies everywhere. there are people hurt everywhere. blood and guts everywhere. i was just trying to get out.

as people were trying to escape, apparently they were running back inside saying no, we have to run inside because he will shoot people trying to escape and he did. when i got out, i said i couldn't breathe anymore. i'm having a panic attack. that tear gas is getting to my lungs. i started crawling out and on the way out i saw like a 14-year-old girl dead on the stairs. it was the most devastating thing i've ever seen. and there was a gentleman. i didn't know if he was dead or alive but he started mourning. i have emt training so i was taking his pulse to see if he was okay. he was on the verge of death and i knew i had to get him out of there. i tried to pull him. let him go, let him go. the gunman is coming back. he's going to shoot you. i got scared and i ran. i don't know how he exited and everybody is kind of confused about that. i have no idea. i was staring at the ground trying not to get shot at that point. there's so many people in there that were hurt at that point.

>> you talk about being curled up in a ball. and there were these brief moments where he was reloading that weapon, or those weapons. and although i know there was screaming and chaos and panic during those times, were people jumping up while he was reloading? >> yeah. it was pure silence. when he was reloading and everybody was trying to fight for their lives and screaming at that point. and he was just, it doesn't matter who it was. he didn't have an agenda. he was going to shoed whoever was in his way. babies, moms, dads, little brothers, he was shooting whoever. it doesn't matter and it was just pure chaos. it was scary. i had gunshots over my head. for all i know, he would have shot me in the back. >> jennifer, i'm obviously struck, as all the people listening to this by your story of that man who was on the ground that you tried to help and then were forced to flee.

do you know by any chance if that man survived? >> i have no idea. i mean, i was just thinking about maybe i know somebody in there. maybe somebody, like somebody i care about is hurt and i wouldn't have a way to know. everybody dropped their cell phones. everybody dropped their wallets. they were just running for their lives. as far as that goes, i hope and pray that man is okay. he was 18 years old. order looked around that age. and he still had a whole lot of life to live and i pray that he is okay. >> unfortunately for you, you came face to face with this man. did he ever say anything? what was his demeanor? how did he look to you? what was his build and his dress? >> right. he never said a thing. he just threw gas can. his demeanor, as far as i can say, he was probably about six foot, 6'3", he was probably about 185 pounds, 200 pounds. anywhere between that and very muscular, very strong looking. he doesn't have anything exposed. no skin color, nothing. he had a gas mask on. like a regular gas mask to be

able to breathe. he had a rifle. apparently he had more weapons than. that i have no idea. i just saw a rifle in my face. and, it looked like he was from the s.w.a.t. team so i can imagine how he could escape and not get caught. he looked similar to what a s.w.a.t. team would look like. >> if there is any good news, he did get caught and he is in police custody. >> thank god. >> i hope you don't feel guilty about having to leave that person behind in there. you did what you had to do at the time. >> yeah. and it was kind of an instinct for me. i would have gladly given my life for that man if it came down to that. >> that was our interview a little earlier this morning with jennif jennifer seager. it is beginning to set in, to what they witnessed. we should point out as well that savannah is headed to aurora, colorado, as we speak. she'll be reporting from there. spicy chicken mcbites. how so? you gotta bring the heat.

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good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. obviously the circumstances of what was scheduled to be a campaign event have changed here. governor romney is expected to take the stage within the next couple of minutes. he'll be joined by a vice presidential candidate who is being considered. it will be a short series of remarks by the governor himself for addressing exactly what happened in colorado today. he put out a statement earlier today with his wife saying that he and ann are deeply saddened by what happened there referring to it as a senseless act of violence. he added that he expects that the person responsible for this terrible crime will be quickly brought to justice. obviously, this changed a lot of the political anticipation that existed this week. many people were thinking this may be the day where the announcement of a vice presidential candidate was confirmed. as he came up on the stage for that to take place. clearly it won't happen today. his wife ann had an event scheduled today.

a campaign event schedule in michigan. that, too, has been canceled. the governor will be here for a short time. making a few remarks, shaking hands and that will be it. >> peter, i'm here with natalie and some other politicians are weighing in as well. new york mayor michael bloomberg urging president obama and mitt romney to speak out on tougher gun control. again, we are waiting for mitt romney to be talking up in new hampshire. hopefully that's coming soon. we're waiting for more from law enforcement officials as they continue to try to search the apartment of this suspect. 24-year-old james holmes who has apparently allegedly booby trapped his apartment with explosives. there's the photo of the man who is in police custody who it seem will be charged with the murder of at least 12 people out in colorado. we're back with much more after your local news and weather.

good friday morning to you. 9:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. police announce three more arrests in what is being called the largest porn sweep ever in northern california. in all, 15 people are now in custody, and we were there when officers swooped in. more than 165 detectives took part in what's being called operation chickenhawk. the santa clara county-wide effort to low case and arrest child pornographiers. >> people that thought they were in the privacy of their own home, unfortunately, they chose to trade child porn online. often time that's happening through decoy operations where they're trading with undercover

police officers or federal agents. >> the san jose police department is the lead agency in all of this, but the operation does include detectives from santa clara, mountain view, los gatos, the fbi, and homeland security. police are searching for two men in connection to a string of credit card thefts across the bay area. they've committed at least five burglaries a tilden regional park in berkeley and several more in half moon bay, all since december. police say they break into cars while the owners are out in the park, then they quickly use those cards to buy expensive electronics.

welcome back. 9:28 now. we've got a good-looking weekend shapinging up, not too hot but certainly warmer than it has been and perfect conditions today in san francisco. you'll hit about 70 degrees there, 82 for redwood city and 73 degrees, not bad, for the beach in santa cruz. but remember that shark sighting, yeah, you want to stay out of the water and on the sand. at the end of this weekend, temperatures climb even more so,

up to 94 degrees by sunday. 9:28. in the heart of rush hour. let's check the drive. look over to the maps and see slowing eastbound 24 to the caldecott and 880. a live look past the coliseum, tee cie the volume of traffic there. not a lot of problems. high street and north slowing into the 40s and 50s there. the south bay, san jose, sorry, bay ridge first, the metering lights are on, cash lanes backed up, fastrak not a problem. and here's the south bay. no problems here. easy drive except for 101 around the airport, laura. back to you. thank you very much. thanks for joining us.

. we're back now with more of today on a friday morning. the 20th of july, 2012. this is the face of 24-year-old james holmes. he is the suspect now in police custody in that horrific shooting in aurora, colorado, last night. at that movie theater, the century theater complex. moviegoers going to see a midnight showing of "dark night rises," the new batman movie when a gunman, we think it may be that person although he is the alleged gunman at this period. walked into the theater, detonated some kind of a tear gas device, and then opened fire. i'm matt lauer alongside natalie

morales here in studio 1a in new york, joined also by al roker. i want to mention a couple things. he grew up in san diego. according to some reports, when his mother was contacted by a reporter earlier this morning, she said something, and i'm paraphrasing here to the effect of, yes, you've got the right guy. now, you can read a lot into that. whether she knew her son was troubled or she was simply reacting to the fact that his name matched the name of her son and she knew he was in aurora, colorado. but it is somewhat disturbing. this is the home in san diego, california. >> and obviously police are talking to anyone and everyone right now who knows this young man. 24-year-old james holmes, as you see the police outside that home right there in san diego where he grew up. we know he has been living in aurora, colorado, for some time now. even attended the university of colorado at denver. he was a neuroscience phd student.

clearly a very smart young man. but also, police are saying that he appears to have also been a calculated, an alleged calculated killer here because he did come armed with a lot of weapons into this theater. apparently was there and aiming his gun at people with no, just a complete random shooting. >> yet with very little or no resume, if you will, when it comes to law enforcement. this is not a guy that has a long and troubled history with the law. according to most reports, he was issued one traffic ticket. that was about a year ago. we have not at the moment found any postings on a facebook page that show any kind of rage or any kind of statement as to motive and why he might have done this. we are waiting for mitt romney, the presumptive nominee of the republican party for the presidency, to come out of the campaign stop in new hampshire to speak in a little while. we've heard from president obama this morning already talking about what is a senseless act and the need to pull together as

an american family this morning. >> what is interesting, he said that his car and his apartment booby trapped. car not, but obviously they said what they called a sophisticated device is in there which is why they haven't gone in yet. >> they figured that out after they got to the scene of where this guy was supposed to live, about four miles from the shooting scene. they took a fire truck hook and ladder rig. you can see it there. they went up and started looking in windows before prying the screens off and opening them very carefully. because they were told there were possibly explosives inside that apartment. they didn't want to walk through the front door fearing it was booby trapped. and they saw this sophisticated device and that's why they are not going in until they're sure they know how to handle this situation. >> and taking all the necessary precautions there, as you can imagine. clearly this is a story that is

developing. many different crime scenes here so to speak. and justice correspondent pete williams is joining us from our washington bureau. what more are you learning this morning? >> well, a couple other things. he did go to this university of colorado and neuroscience program and got there last year. and the school says he was in the process of withdrawing. now, i don't know precisely what that means. why he was withdrawing. whether he was having problems of his own but he was in the process of withdrawing. as for the shooting scene itself, authorities are trying to trace the weapons. we know he had four guns in all that he arrived with and aurora police say he took three into the theater. the one he fired first was apparently a remmington shotgun. a pump action 870. this is one of the most popular shotguns in america. probably safe to say, millions of them in circulation. he had a smith and wesson ar-15

type weapon. some people call these assault weapons. these are the kinds of rifles that can accommodate a large magazine. a large ammunition clip. we don't know from the authorities yet how many rounds he had with him. and then he had two handguns, both made by glock. one was a .40 caliber and i don't know the size of the other and we're trying to figure out whom they were purchased from. but in colorado, they're all legal to purchase. >> we're at a scene of that movie theater complex and the area where james holmes was arrested. you kind of took us through the clothes lying on the ground. he was arrested without a struggle. without resistance. and they immediately took the clothing off of him. that includes what we saw on the ground there. a bullet-proof vest, what appears to be a gas mask. this guy came prepared. >> yes. one of the odd things is that he was just standing there.

some witnesses say he went outside the theater and was shooting at people as they came out. in any event, by the time police got there, shortly after they got the first 911 call at 12:39 a.m. this morning, mountain time, he was just there. the police department is apparently very close to where this theater is in aurora. a suburb of denver. he didn't try to run away. he didn't try to shoot himself as some people do in these situations. he was just standing there. and then he told the police about the booby trap in his apartment. so he clearly had thought this through well in advance, taken all these steps to arm and defend himself with the bullet-proof vest, the gas mask, and then the material there in his apartment. once again, it is booby trapped in case he didn't survive as a final message. we don't know. and we still have no idea what the motive was. whether this was a mentally disturbed young man. whether he was trying to make a statement or had a grudge.

we just don't know. >> all right. pete williams in washington. he's been extraordinarily helpful on this story with us all morning. thank you very much. let's switch gears and get a check of the weather from al. >> thanks so much. let's find out. first of all your weekend starting with today. we'll see a rick of strong storms saturday. along the southeastern atlantic coast into the gulf coast. sizzling hot from texas plains into the southwest. then on sunday we expect to see more wet weather along the southeastern atlantic coast. the hot weather continues in interior california, the southwest into the central rockies and northern rockies. warm and sunny skies across the great lakes into the northeast good morning to you. 9:37 now. friday morning. good-looking weekend ahead, especially if you're waking up with us in san francisco where we have partly cloudy conditions. those clouds will continuously clear as we head throughout the day. for the next three days all the way through the weekend, holding on to the 90s inland. that means the 80s bay side.

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you and savannah had the opportunity to speak with corbin who was inside the theater at the time and here's how he describe that chaotic scene. >> i was sit go in the second row from the screen about five feet away from when the gunman came into the theater. >> so you came very close to him. what did he do as he walked in that theater? did he point the gun in your direction? >> as he walked into the theater, the gun was not pointed in my direct but he did throw a gas can into the audience behind me. i thought it was a part of the stunt of the movie. and the gas can went off. and then gunshots started going off and then i wept to the floor to crawl my way out. >> what did you hear after that? i understand if you're on the floor, there's not much you can see. can you describe what you were hearing? >> they were just single gunshots. none were rapid fire. i heard a lot of people screaming. a lot of people ahead of me were screaming out. i was trying to keep them calm and quiet so we can make them out safely without being noticed

as much as possible. >> what can you describe in terms of the aftermath? what you saw in terms of victims who were injured? >> in terms of the victims who were injured, as i was crawling on the way out, i saw people laying on the ground, on the stairs, undetermined if they were still alive or if they had already passed. i wasn't too sure. outside, and outside in the parking lot, there were police cars everywhere, ambulances everywhere, people crying, wondering about those who were still inside the theaters. >> i know when you're in a chaotic situation like this, time is difficult to judge. time stands still, i'm sure, for a lot of people. can you give me a sense for how long this took place? how long this gunman was actually firing in that theater? >> i want to say the gunshots started firing at least for about 15 or 20 minutes. >> 15 or 20 minutes. and were police officers entering the theater or trying to enter the theater during that

time? >> i could not tell. i was still on the ground. the theater was still dark and people were trying to get out ahead of me. >> i know he was wearing a gas mask. did you get a good look at him or did the mask completely cover his face? >> the mask completely covered his face. the only thing you could see was his eyes. you could only identify his height and his figure. he was wearing all black. and there was nothing else. >> that was a little earlier as we to to one of the people inside the theater. we are waiting for mitt romney to gather at a stop in new hampshire. peter alexander is traveling with the romney campaign. i understand we just heard a prayer. what else can we expect? >> reporter: not right now. governor romney is here with a crowd of a couple hundred people. we heard a prayer, an open prayer led by a local priest here at the congregation in

concord, new hampshire. we are at a place where they were hoping to have a campaign stop heading into the weekend to try to take advantage of the momentum in the political campaign. clearly things have changed right now. they've pulled down all campaign ads. the romney campaign has done, as has the obama campaign in colorado right now. mr. romney and his wife ann put out a statement a short time ago. they said they were deeply saddened by the defenseless violence. they said they were playing for the victims and the families. we speck him to be out in a matter of moments leading this group with a couple remarks. there will be no political statements. he is expected to shake some hands and then head home for the weekend. expected to be here. his family has a vacation home. this change the circumstances of this campaign a lot. there had been a lot of speculation that there might be a vice presidential pick noupgsed this week. it appears that won't happen and romney had an event scheduled in michigan. that event has been canceled as well. and now clapping from the

audience as they prepare to receive him. under some very different circumstances. >> good morning. thank you for joining with the senator and me on this very sad day. and thank you to father christian for beginning this gathering with a word of prayer. our hearts break with the sadness of this unspeakable tragedy. ann and i joined the president and first lady and all americans in offering our deepest condolences for those whose lives were shattered in a few moments, a few moments of evil in colorado. i stand before you today, not as a man running for office but as a father and grandfather, a husband, an american. this is a time for each of us to look into our hearts and

remember how much we love one another. and how much we love and how much we care for our great country. there's so much love and goodness in the heart of america. in the coming days, we'll surely learn more about the lives that have been lost and the families that have been harmed by this hateful act. we'll come to know more about the talents and the gifts that each victim possessed and we'll come to understand the hope and the opportunity that has been lost. our hearts break for the victims and their families. we pray that the wounded will recover and that those who are grieving will know the nearness of god. today we feel not only a sense of grief but perhaps also of helplessness. but there is something we can do. we can offer comfort to someone near us who is suffering or heavy laden and we can mourn with those who mourn in

colorado. this morning, colorado lost youthful voices which would have brightened their homes, enriched their schools, and brought joy to their families. our prayer is that the comforter might bring the peace to their souls that surpasses our understanding. the apostle paul explained, blessed be god who comfortth us in all our tribulations. that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble. what we do know is how evil is overcome. we're seeing that greater power today in the goodness and compassion of a wounded community. grieving and worried families in aurora are surrounded with love today and be just by those who are with them and holding them in their arms. they can also know that they're being lifted up in prayer by people in every part of our great nation. now and in the hard days to come, may everyone of them feel

the sympathy of our whole nation and the comfort of a living god. there will be justice for those responsible, but that's another matter for another day. today is a moment to grieve and to remember, to reach out, and to help. to appreciate our blessings in life. each one of us will hole our kids a little closer. linger a bit longer with a colleague or a neighbor. reach out to a family member or friend. we'll all spend a little less time thinking about the worries of our day and more time wondering about how to help those who are in need of compassion most. the answer is that we can come together. we will show our fellow citizens the good heart of the america we know and love. god bless you for being here and sharing together this moment of sorrow, and god bless the united states of america. thank you.

>> mitt romney addressing a crowd of supporters in bow, new hampshire. what was supposed to be a rather upbeat campaign stop turned into something much more somber because of the events out in aurora, colorado. and mitt romney echoing the same sentiments we heard from the president a little earlier. >> using in fact some of the same words. senseless, tragedy, hearts breaking with sadness as we again mourn the loss of 12 people and another 30 to 40 injured in aurora, colorado. we'll have much more just ahead. but first these messages and your local news. read between the lines ♪ ♪ i know a blessing in disguise ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] you know the difference between paying more and getting more. that's value sense. at scott we're all about value. introducing the scott shared values program. get deals like free movie rentals, free admission to family attractions and more. use your value sense. sign up at scottbrand.com.

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holmes. we'll have much more. >> we have savannah guthrie headed there. and they'll have complete coverage. here you see the picture of james holmes as we are just learning more about his identity and still yet to be determined possible motive. we're back in a moment.

some of the images we've been showing you all morning long, the tragedy in a movie theater in aurora, colorado. there is the man being held as a suspect by police. 24-year-old james holmes. motive still unclear. and that will do it for us on the very busy news morning. and again we'll have the very latest throughout the day on msnbc. savannah guthrie, brian williams, all headed to arecord, a colorado. >> there will be a special

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9:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. signs went up this morning warning swimmers to stay out of the water at a couple popular beaches pap 14-foot great white shark was spotted about 20 yards off the seascape around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. the shark apparently swam away but not before a pilot managed to snap that photo that you saw right there from the air. >> it was in the zone where people swim. hundreds of kids in the water and i was thinking to myself, yeah, let's make a bigger deal out of this than normal because people should know that he's there, and if we can prevent something, that's good. >> got to play it safe. the warning signs will stay up over the weekend advising visitors that swimming, surfing, and other water sports are not recommended. the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren. >> fortunately, that's going to be our warmest beach city today, but of course you're safer on the sand than in the surf. 70 degrees in san francisco today, about 82 degrees in redwood city, 73 in santa cruz. in san jose, talking about the

low 80s. meanwhile, a return of the 90s in the east bay, concord today getting rather warm, warm enough for you to have to kick on that a.c. later on. highs about 4:00 p.m. at the end of the weekend, mid-90s return. but no real heat in terms of triple digits. i think we'll see the upper 90s and that's about it on sunday. here's mike and your drive. we have no real big slowing, but we have spots. looking at the south bay and northbound 101, really the issue here, also northbound 880, typical spot the last to clear for the south bay. oakland, 880 past the coliseum, starting to slow down now from the coliseum north about fifth where there is a stall in the middle of the freeway. your second lane that will have to get cleared, it's only been there about ten minutes and look at backup. this is lighter at the bay bridge toll plaza partially because of the holdup in oakland. back to row. for the latest traffic and news updates, check out nbc bay area on facebook.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television hey, everybody. we are so glad you're with us. this is try day friday, july 20th. the summer is going too quickly, hoda woman. >> one week away from the opening ceremonies of the london olympics. >> i need to pack my parka. i need a raincoat, rain hat and it's cold. layers, baby. thank you for that. >> you're welcome. happy to help. what are you going to be doing? s. >> people are sending in their things.

we are going to use some of their ideas. there are interesting suggestions of what stories i should cover in london. we are going to put them all in order. >> i had a nice dinner with an old friend regis and joy philbin. >> i heard of them. >> he wants to know when you're leaving again. all kinds of moisture just emanated from you. >> careful. >> you would think you could control your bodily functions. >> uncle. there is a new trend if you don't like mowing your lawn. if neighbors are complaining, here is the good news. it's trendy. "wall street journal," according to them, homeowners are adopting the shaggy chic look. >> it's called a tough economy and people don't want to pay their landscapers. >> they are planting long hair meadow, whatever that is. >> long-haired meadows in their

backyard. most people don't mind them in the backyard. people mind them very, very much. hey! >> landscapers are say iing tha it's something they do in public places now and it's becoming, people look at it going, that looks great, maybe i should do that at home. >> it's not as easy as it looks. there are different kinds of gardens. i prefer a natural english garden to a very manicured. i don't like elephants in my trees. you know those topiaries. >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> trees that have been cut into shapes. >> all right. >> what's the point of that? i do think it's because of the economy. >> you do. okay. it could be. "wall street journal" is saying they are looking at things and saying it's trendy. people are noticing these all in their neighborhood. >> we have pictures, i believe.

somebody took pictures. they are going to remain nameless. >> they may come through. >> that just looks unkept. >> that is not what i call a long-haired meadow. >> oh, lord, let's not get picky here. that does not look bad. that is not bad either. >> they are not manicured, all right. >> i'm sorry it's not edged perfectly. we have monitors, we can see. >> some people have all kinds of fetishes and apparently one of our friends has one. >> here is the thing. a lot of people were understanding your problem when it came to sleeping and not getting enough sleep. >> i'm not alone. i'm sorry for everybody because there is nothing more frustrating. >> national sleep foundation came out and said about 25% of people have a problem getting to sleep. these are the main things that impact your sleep the most, whether in a good way or bad way. if you have a bad pillow, that ruins the night's sleep. room temperature. it's the only time i like it cold. >> you like your hoodie on. >> i do.

>> partner snoring. darkness in the bedroom. >> partner snoring is probably the hardest one, i think. >> and partner movements. children and pets, except for bambino. bambino is the easiest little animal in the whole world. look at him. he gets on the bed and he doesn't move. he's just the sweetest. we smush all night. >> here is something else. remember the doctor -- >> no. remember when the doctor was here, the sleep doctor a couple of weeks ago and gave me that noise machine? i took it home and i was trying it. i was sound asleep. i wake up, nothing. the next morning i noticed somebody came and pulled the -- frank said, i said why did you pull the plug, to frank? he said, was making noise. it's supposed to make noise. it makes noise so i can forget

that you're right there snoring, moving around, doing weird things with bambino in the bed. there goes another -- >> did that work though? >> yes. i used it last night. i love it. >> what do you listen to, rain? >> last night it was rain. the big thunderstorm we had the other night put me in the mood. >> here is what some couples are doing. if they can't sleep because one snores or moves too much, they are doing separate bedrooms. that is something builders are doing. they are doing two master bedroom suites next to each other so the husband can sleep in one. >> that doesn't mean they are not having intimate times and doesn't love one another. the older you get and the more trouble you have sleeping, you really just want to rest. you will do almost anything to have one. you know what i'm saying? >> i do. >> you sleep like a baby. >> i conk out and i don't even know what's going on. >> that's people with no conscience. >> what are you talking about?

>> it's people like me caring about the world up all night praying for people, prying for the condition of the world, praying for their friends who are lost. no, you could care less about anybody. you are out for eight hours. >> i can sleep on a plane. you're up going through notes, reading, looking at me sleeping and i'm out. i can snore the whole time. this is so fun. >> and drool. >> i do not. there's an app i have to talk about. it's a cool thing. kathie lee will love it. it's called tap to rap. you're going to freak. get ready. i'm going to tap it. look what happens. kathie lee sings everyone has a story. ♪ kathie lee sings every every every ♪ kathie lee sings every every every ♪ kathie lee sings everyone has a story ♪ kathie lee sings everyone has a story

♪ kathie lee sings everyone has a story ♪ kathie lee sings everyone has a story ♪ >> when does the song start? >> this is it. go like this. isn't that fascinating. >> now you do one. okay, start over. okay. tap it and say just one quick sentence. wait. go. >> hoda has no conscience. >> oh, it doesn't work. that's weird. broken. anyway, let's move along. you're hysterical. >> the five best small towns in america, maybe you made the list. "usa today" named them, most beautiful. >> they are bardstown, kentucky. >> visitors can learn the history of bourbon. >> most patriotic gainesville of texas. the next one is santa fe.

>> best food. >> all right. >> variety of cultures who live there including native americans, spanish and europeans. >> friendliest place on earth, murray, kentucky. >> kentucky. >> a hub for outdoor activities, hiking. we have to talk about this woman because there is a 600 pound woman in the united kingdom. she has a unique way of losing weight. do you know how she loses weight? she lost 100 pounds. she shed the weight by having sex. ♪ let's get it on >> she did. she claims she lost 100 pounds by sexercise. she and her ex-husband have sex between two and seven times a day. >> it's never just once. and never none. it's always two to seven. >> that's her exercise. so she dropped 100 lbs by having sex with her ex-husband every single day.

>> she is down to -- she is 600, used to be 700. >> at least it's going in the right direction. i'm fascinated why she is back with the ex-husband. >> i don't know. >> i know why. she got the guinness book of world records for heaviest woman in the world and he missed her. >> he likes that. some people, that is one of the things they are crazy about. >> remember, we had the woman on rebecca weinstein last week. she had written a book called "fat sex." which you said is awesome. so you know. you told me that and you cannot lie because you're on tape saying it. >> that i like fat guys? i do. and i told you they make you feel slender. i'm 5'9" and weigh 148. i like to feel small. it feels good.

everyone has an issue. let's go into your friday funny, shall we? what is it? >> this is from sandra day on facebook. i like this one. a husband who has six children begins to call his wife mother of six rather than her first name. the wife is first amused by it, laughs. she thinks it's cute. few years down the road the wife gets bored, tired of it. mother of six, what's for dinner? finally, while attending a party with her husband, he jokingly yelled out, mother six, i think it's time to go. the wife immediately shouts back, i'll be right with you, father of four. >> that's a good one. you know what it's time for? bobbie's buzz. she's got a great buzz today. >> adorable. >> i do. i have a buzz that is going to run over, but it's school. before we started lush, this company that makes the hand made soaps and products. coming out with their first-ever color collection. emotional brilliance. you're supposed to go into the

store. they'll spin the color wheel. it's launching tomorrow. kathie lee and hoda both picked the first three colors they were attracted to. kathie, your first color here was gold. it says your strength is fantasy. okay? >> oh. i knew it. >> your need is to be dynamic and your talent is to be healthy. >> hoda, she picked the bright colors on this end. your strength is motivation, the blue. your subconscious need is to feel powerful. >> i do have that. i think i have that. >> your talent it that you're lifted so you lift people spirits, which i think she does. sara did it, too. your strength was drive. your subconscious need was to feel secure. we picked the same color. your talent was focus. >> i like that. >> this is really cool. i love you can go to a lush store or go online if you can't

get to the store and do this. >> the first color you pick is the most important. >> order of the color you are pick. you find your strength, subconscious need and talent. >> what else do you have here? >> these are great ways to get glow without the self-tanner. how do you get the color without the self-tanner? this is something i swear by. the face product is a five-in-one. they have a body so you can get a little glow. cover-up blemishes on your leg. if you're going to use spf, this has a bronzer but is not a self-tanner. one genius idea called the back packet. check this out. somebody invented this so you can put lotion on your back. >> nice. thank you, b.t. coming up next, sultry voice, actress and prominent poker player, jennifer tilly. she does not miss a beat. >> i didn't know anyone ate that stuff.

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actress and professional poker player jennifer tilly starred in more than 50 films. her newest is a sexually-charged movie called "30 beat." >> the film follows 10 singles around new york city as they do that thing called hooking up. jennifer plays erica who is a psychic who regularly has hook-ups with a bike messenger named diego. >> i don't think it would ever work anyway, not with the bc world. >> what's that? >> don't tell me you haven't heard of it. that's what this is, isn't it? no stringed attached, no dating, no relationship? >> yes. >> yes to what it means or yes to the rules? >> both. >> okay then. >> hey. is that a little too much cleavage for the morning? >> you should have seen the

cleavage i had on earlier. i decided to be discreet because this is a national show, after all. >> and a high class one. >> and i'm wearing black which is very slimming, so -- i didn't want to overpower the two of you. i thought maybe you would be all wearing colors, but you're all very neutral. >> happy to see you. >> nobody gave me the dress code here on the "today" show. >> this film is risque. >> but not graphic. >> yes, it's not graphically risque. it's classically risque. i hope we are not losing viewers out there. there is a little bit of acting and every ten minutes you see somebody's body, somebody's boobs. just enough to keep you going while you're eating your popcorn, then you stop, it's over and you start eating your popcorn again. >> is that what it's come to now? would any audience today sit through "citizen kane" and love it? >> i didn't know there were going to be really deep questions this early in the morning.

i think if they sliced it together with a little boob and butt every ten minutes the audience would sit through it. >> you're the psychic. >> i play erica. she is bitter and melancholy. everybody in the film is half her age and looks gorgeous in natural light and she doesn't. as you get older you see yourself on screen and you're like, i used to be so beautiful, but what happened? it works for this show. my character is getting left by men. they took up with her. she never wants to get involved because she sees the future and she knows in the future they are going to leave. she can be angry and mean because they are going to leave anyway. i wish i could see the future with some of my ex-boyfriends. >> let's talk. >> i have the gay bipolar conman boyfriend. the bitter,s angry, englishman.

>> been there. >> one that was a virgin, but i took care of that. >> can't say i did. hoda did though, five times. >> stop it. >> five times. >> hoda. did you put him back together each time? >> it wasn't the same guy. >> when did the wheels start falling off this train? tell us about the poker-playing side of you. >> the poker-playing side is the real me. the me you see on the morning shows being convivial. >> see, that is how i get the guys to not pay attention to the cards. i put on a pushup bra and a very, very low top. this is my advantage. the men can't dress like that. i have an edge there. women have an edge because they are psychic. i can't read the other people. sometimes a person will be

thinking and i'll see a bubble over his head and it will say "jack-10." i won over 700,000 lifetime. i probably lost more than that. >> does the irs know that. >> i fill out my tax forms like any good american citizen. >> you are so fun. >> you're a complete delight. thank you for coming. we love having you. >> nice to see you. >> "30 beats" opens today in select cities. sara is revving up the crowd. with no added sugar. just one glass equals two servings of fruit. very "fruit-ritious." or try ocean spray light 50, with just 50 calories, a full serving of fruit, and no added sugar. with tasty flavors like cranberry pomegranate and cranberry concord grape, it's like a fruit stand in every bottle.

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thank you. i'm thrilled. when you start a project like that, you never dream where it's going to take you or how long it's going to take. everybody that writes for the musical theater has a dream that it ultimately comes to broadway. i'm still pinching myself a day later. i really am. thanks for asking. it's called "scandalous." >> buy a ticket immediately. >> actually, august 20th. >> hoda, will you make an appearance in this show? >> you'll see me from the front row. >> amy from oklahoma. >> my daughter and i were wondering with all the charity work you both do, just what is the most rewarding that you've done and why? >> i like to give to breast cancer. it's personal for me. so i know when i give i'm connecting to people who have been through the same thing. >> i like the work we do with children whether it's child help battling child abuse or cassidy's place and cody house in new york which was for children of all kinds of disadvantaged situations. thank you, guys. >> we'll be back.

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10:28 on a friday morning. take a look at how clear it is over the city by the bay. something else you'll notice, just about glassy out there on the bay with very light winds. that's going to be the case for the entire weekend. we're going to see less cloud cover each morning and really light winds. so great beach weather. just want to remind you, though, santa cruz, they just saw that great white, you want to stay on the sand. temperatures this morning, comfortable readings, 74 degrees in fairfield, 60 in oakland, 68 degrees in san jose. headed towards a really nice afternoon. and you can see what's left of the low cloud cover, now just spanning along the peninsula up through marin county but clearing quickly. highs work out like this, right about 77 degrees in oakland today, 82 degrees in redwood city, 79 in livermore. for the upcoming weekend, temperatures start to climb, getting a little more muggy around here, more cloud cover but a touch cooler monday through wednesday. laura, back to you.

we just found out there is a local tie to the gunman in the colorado shooting massacre that killed 12 people. a live report on nbc bay area at 11:00. hoda and i can agree on two things. we both love good music, but that does depend on the definition of good. and we love a good competition, especially between the two of us. >> elvis durand, host of the nationally syndicated radio show "elvis durand in the morning." has come here to test our musical knowledge. >> i've got old school and new school questions. i'm not going to say who will answer. you ready to play? >> we are ready. >> hands on buzzers. all right. name the artist who sang this 1965 famous song that topped the r&b charts.

♪ rescue me >> i haven't given you the multiple choice. >> no. you know it. >> aretha franklin. >> give us multiple choice. >> gladys knight, fantellabaggs, aretha franklin. everyone thought it was aretha franklin. in 1983, michael jackson song -- >> "thriller." >> no. >> continue. >> do we disqualify her? >> no. >> he unleashed the moon walk while performing this song, was it "beat it" "thriller" or "billy jeans." >> "billie jean." ♪ billie jean not my lover >> when you sing, we all lose. >> do i have zero?

>> you're not doing well. let me do one i know you'll get. finish the lyrics to this show. >> good. i know it. what is it? >> shoddy had apple bottom jeans -- >> boots with the fur the whole club was looking at her she hit the floor shorty got low low low ♪ >> you got it. >> give me a point. >> you didn't sink about the booty getting a whack though. name the title of this 1974 song which is also the opening theme to our nbc hit show "the apprentice." here we go. >> "shack." >>. ♪ money money money >> it's "for the love of money."

"shack?" >> the movie, the exploitation movie? >> did you know this actually from timothy 6:10 a bible verse, from the love of money is the root of all money. >> it's not money that is the root of all evil, it's the love of money. >> broadway. the title song "oklahoma" was featured in this first written musical by richard rogers, oscar hammerstein ii. ♪ o what a beautiful morning ♪ oklahoma where the wind comes whipping around the plain ♪ and the raging wheat ♪ sure smells sweet "when the wind comes right behind the plain ♪ >> it's the raving wheat sure smells wheat when the wind is behind the plains ♪

>> i change lyrics. ♪ hodawoman it through me off. >> the worst game ever. this actor is seen in this fat boy's slim 2001 video weapon of choice, called one of the best movie star appearances in a music video. i'm going to show it to you. guess this actor here in this video. watch this. ♪ you can blow with this ♪ you can blow with that ♪ you can blow with this ♪ you can blow with that >> who was that? >> matthew mcconaughey. >> no. he's on "saturday night live" a lot. he always insists on having a dancing role in every movie he's in. >> will ferrell? >> oh, no -- >> come on. we don't have all morning. >> we don't know, elvis. >> christopher walken. >> our eyes aren't working. double or nothing, last one.

>> what is the most downloaded song ever on itunes? "poker face" by lady gaga, "i got a feeling" by the black eye peas" or "piece of me" by britney spears. >> "piece of me" by britney spears. >> no! >> the one with william i. pit. >> no "i got a feeling" by the black eye peas. >> i lost. i lost. >> kathie lee and i are ready to pack it in. >> find out which one is better stuffing our suitcase right after this. i'm a marathon runner,

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you look forward to taking a vacation, but packing has you paralyzed. never has me paralyzed. the stuff you want to take is piled up on your bed and you have to figure out how to get it in your suitcase. >> apparently, there are tricks of the trade and elizabeth gray is the editor in chief of "martha stewart weddings." >> nice to see you. >> there are tricks to make packing better and easier. >> you don't want to look like you're fleeing the country. that comes from working from the bottom up. when you think of your shoes, start from the bottom, put them on the bottom of your suitcase outline. on the edges. you never need more than three pairs of shoes. >> how do you know that? >> a flat, being a sandal. >> you don't know kathie lee. you want good walking shoe, a heel or wedge, a flat and sandal. you want to put in good basics. these are your bottoms, white jeans, black pants. you roll them. >> why?

>> it takes up less space. >> suggestion i find you don't get wrinkles that way. >> a good tip, remember to keep the weight of the bag by the wheel wells so you're not having the airport flip-flop going. >> i didn't think about that. >> you want to take dresses. a great sundress and maxi dress. >> you put them inside one another? >> we layered them and put them on top. these are the things wrinkle prone. leave them like that. add your colorful tops that go with the neutral tops that go with the basics. roll them up and put them there. a pair of yoga pants. >> you practiced. it all fits just right. >> it does. >> what about your jewelry? >> first you want to fold these up. >> we'll help you. >> perfect. then for those, if you don't have a jewelry roll, use tissue paper. it's a great way to have your

necklaces so they don't get snagged. >> i put mine in a ziplock bag. >> i can't believe we are doing this segment. martha would be proud. >> that's your lingerie. >> lingerie, make-up is good. >> i would have put that further down because that will wrink the the top. >> we'll have a pack-off. >> you'll give us 30 seconds. where's the stuff? >> start from the bottom. >> you've got to get three pairs of shoes. are those your shoes, kath? you'll be the judge. >> okay. ready, set, go. ♪ >> i have a feeling you'll take a lot of heels. >> are we really doing this segment? >> there you go. >> get some jeans. what did you say?

how many pairs of jeans? >> we are picking our outfits? >> i don't have time to take it off. [ buzzer ] >> that was ridiculous. >> i think we have a tie. >> okay. >> all right. that was fun. come on in. >> did anybody learn anything? >> what did we learn? >> not the to do it the way you do it. >> thank you, jerry. >> all right. give martha our love, all right? >> are you doing what you were born to do? >> we'll help you figure it out. [ female announcer ] what makes florida's natural orange juice taste so uniquely fresh and delicious? is it the rich florida soil? or the perfect blend of sunshine, rain, and temperature? maybe it's the fact that florida's natural oranges are never imported.

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you find that. it is called "one big good afternoon, everyone. at this hour, authorities say 12 people are dead, 38 injured, although that number may also rise up to as many as 50. a suspect is in custody. identified as 24-year-old james holmes. until last month, he was a ph.d. student at the medical school at the university of colorado. police bomb squads are currently at the suspect's apartment building working on what officials call sophisticated boo booby-traps inside. we want to go to aurora.

good afternoon, miguel. >> reporter: good afternoon to you as well. this incident happened just after midnight at around 12:40 in the morning. according to several witness, the suspect, james holmes, walked through the back door of this movie complex apparently wearing a gas mask. he walked in through the back of the movie entrance, threw a smoke bomb and then shot a single gunshot into the air and as folks realized there was panic and this was a real and serious situation, many began to run for the exit. that's when we were told the suspect opened fire on as many people as he could possibly hit. many of those suspects were transported to six area hospitals. the suspect was arrested and taken into custody. harry, i'll throw it back to you in new york. >> speaking this morning will be the governor. governor? >> obviously there are no words

that can express the intensity of this tragedy. hearts are broken as we think about the families and friends of this senseless tragedy. i do hope people can -- i mean, this is the act apparently of a very deranged mind. this is a safe city and a safe state and a safe country and we need to recognize that we can't allow people that are abborations of nature to take away what we enjoy. president obama called me this morning. i think his words are the same. there's not one of us that

doesn't read or hear of this story, certainly anyone who has children, and think about it being your child in that movie theater. your cousin's child or your neighbor's child. and that reality makes the pain and the grief too intense for words, but we can't let it keep us from our lives. so we will -- colorado is a state that's always come together and supported the entire community. aurora is one of the great cities not just in colorado but in this country and without question they have the right leadership and police chief oat oates, and we will come back stronger than ever in this. it's obviously going to be a very hard process. with that i'll turn it back to

the mayor. >> thank you, governor. clearly this is a tragic day for this community and for this city. as tragic as it is for the community and the city, it is an absolute horror for all of those people who were in those theaters and their families. our hearts go out to them. we will always wish that no matter how much we do now that we had done more. we need to thank everybody who responded as quickly as they did. the police department, fire department.

the hospital staff in the emergency rooms. everyone that addressed this situation deserves to be thanked. i want to thank also all of the jurisdictions that have contacted me this morning offering whatever help we need. whether it's from denver or state of colorado or the united states government. we have taken a blow today but we will get back on our feet and we will move ahead. if i can say anything to our citizens particularly to those

folks who have kids no matter whether they are small or teenagers, it's talk to them. talk to them. they're going to feel this and it's going to come out and we have to do our duty as parents and as civic officials and as caregivers whether it is aurora mental health or any other organization, we have to talk to our kids and let them know that this is an isolated instance. it's tragic. it's horrible. but it's isolated. we've got to talk about it. it's a tough day. i'm joined back here by a number of the aurora city council members, state senators, state representatives, other members of the community. we will all come together.

we'll survive this. but there's no way around it. it's tough. you can't have that many people die and not many more people be injured in an absolutely senseless situation and not see it as anything but tough. with that, i would like to introduce police chief dan oates. >> thank you, mr. mayor. also joining us here today besides the mayor and the governor is the united states attorney john walsh from the district of colorado, and special agent of the fbi in colorado and carol chambers, the district attorney for the 18th judicial district. i'll give you a briefing. i will ask district attorney chambers to make some comments and you'll have to excuse me, but i have a lot of notes here

and there's a lot of information to impart to you. our suspect's name is james eagan holmes. date of birth, 12/13/87. he resides at 1690 paris street in aurora, apartment 10. i'll be discussing the situation at his apartment in a few minutes. his history with the aurora police department is one traffic summons for speeding in october of 2011. we have no other criminal history on mr. holmes. this event began at 0039 so 39 minutes after midnight the first calls came into 911. i'm told by a colleague, you can describe it as hundreds of calls coming in within roughly one minute to a minute and a half, police officers were on scene and apprehended mr. holmes in the back of the theater.

there were approximately 25 officers on scene within minutes. they spent besides searching the theater a good portion of their energy on taking victims and placing them immediately in police cars and driving them to local area hospitals. in the end, with the assistance of our colleagues in law enforcement in in community, there were around 200 officers on scene here. mr. holmes was apprehended outside his white hyundai parked in the back of the theater and he was apprehended with three weapons in the car and one was left at the scene inside the theater. the weapons are as follows. an ar-15 assault rifle, a remmington 870 12-gauge shotgun

and a glock handgun. we believe they were used in the scene and another handgun was found in the car. we're not sure if that was used in the scene. we have no capability of calculating how many rounds were fired. there were many, many, many rounds fired. our best available count on injuries as of right now is that 71 people were shot and that 12 are deceased. two died at area hospitals. and ten are deceased in the crime scene at this time and we are making best efforts to identify and remove those ten. there are many critical patients and i'm not in a position to give you any update on the 59 who were injured. we believe that as part of this assault, mr. holmes setoff two

devices to distract the crowd. they ignited in some form and released some sort of irritant or smoke. and we know that his car was parked nearby in the back. victims were taken to six area hospitals, university of colorado hospital, swedish hospital, denver health, rose medical center, medical center of aurora, children's hospital, and parker adventis. we're not looking for any other suspects. we are confident that he acted alone. however, we will do a thorough investigation to be sure that's the case. at this time we are confident that he acted alone. during the shooting in the one particular theater, theater number nine, some rounds penetrated into an adjoining theater and we know at least one person was hit inside the

adjoining theater. the suspect was dressed all in black. he was wearing a bolistic helmet, a throat protector and a groin protector and a gas mask and black tactical gloves. over 50 detectives responded to the scene including 150 to 200 police officers and deputies and over 50 victim advocates to work with family members. and all our federal partners are here and we deeply, deeply appreciate their help. we've asked the community if there are any tips, any observances, any witnesses to this event that we haven't already contacted that they call our tip line. 303-739-1862. in addition, for those in the community who feel traumatized by this event, we have a hotline

being offered for mental health for counseling. the phone number is 303-617-2300. the crime scene is rather large. it includes numerous cars in the parking lot. we're doing our best to get them released to the owners of those cars as soon as possible. we will be here for some time. with regard to the residence, mr. holmes lives at 1690 paris street. we responded up there fairly quickly after we identified him and our investigation determined that his apartment is booby-trapped with various chemical devices and apparent trip wires. so we have an active and difficult scene there. it may be resolved in hours or days. we simply don't know how we're going to handle that. i will tell you that we've evacuated residents to a safe distance and it includes five buildings in the area being evacuated.