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stinson beach at 63. santa cruz, 78. gilroy will be 88. great night for baseball, it will be clear and quiet. temperatures dropping down to about 58 degrees. if you are heading to the sierra this weekend. temperatures in the low 80s from tahoe and sunshine, few more clouds on sunday. slight small chance of some thunderstorms in yosemite saturday and sunday. temperatures in the upper 90s. here is your accu-weather seven-day forecast, we'll jump ahead to that and you can see right there. temperatures in the 90s inland from saturday all the way through tuesday. low to mid-80s around the bay
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and 50s to near 70s at the coast best day to get sunshine at the coast will be tomorrow. then they'll gather on monday. >> cheryl: thanks very much. we want to recap our top story. we're hearing police officers calls at the scene of that deadly shooting. take a listen. >> we got another person, shot in the leg. i got people running out in the field that are shot. >> we have multiple victims inside the auditorium. >> i got a child victim, i need rescue at the backdoor of theater 9 now. >> 12 people were killed. katie marzullo has more on the story. >> no ties to the military but we have learned members of the military are among the wounded. the theater is near buckley air
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force base. as for the suspect we learned from a neighbor of his parents that his mom is a nurse and dad is manager of a software company and he does have a younger sister. >> this is james holmes. they said he had been in the graduate program there in neuro sciences but he dropped out in june. we have learned he is originally from san diego. the mother is inside. his dad has left for colorado. a san diego police lieutenant anyone else to the family to the crime. >> our hearts go out to the friends and family of those involved. they are cooperating with the law enforcement and they did for your patience. >> this cellphone video shows one bloody victim amid the chaos. survivors were telling what they witnessed after he threw a gas canister inside the theater. they say he had at least four
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weapons. >> i saw with my friends and people i didn't know get shot. >> i was calling out. they say don't go over there. he is trying to everybody that trying to get out of main doors. >> i saw people that were shot and bleeding all over. i saw them bringing out a little kids. >> holmes acted alone. a threat persists. he said there were explosives at the apartment and that has turned out to be true. >> the pictures are pretty disturbing. it looks sophisticated how it's booby-trapped. >> they evacuated five nearby buildings and police teams could be out there for days working to disarm the explosives inside. meanwhile, president obama has put his campaign on hold and maude these remarks. >> our daughters together movies what if they had been at the
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theater as so many kids do every day. michelle and i will be fortunate enough to hug our girls a little tighter tonight. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney issued a statement. he said people should take a moment to grieve, remember and reach out and help. romney and president obama have suspended all campaign events today and they have both asked to suspend all political advertising. >> one of the victims killed in the shooting have narrowly escaped last month at a toronto mall. jessica redfield was aspiring sportscaster. she sent the final tweet just before the start of the movie. she left for remember denver to pursue a sports broadcasting career. >> a ama daetz is heading to colorado right now and she will begin filing reports starting at 4:00. stay with us for continuing
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coverage. on the colorado theater shooting. we'll have the latest developments online for you at abc7news.com. any breaking news updates on twitter as well as our facebook page facebook.com/abc news. from all of us, thank you so much for joining us. we'll have another update on the colorado movie massacre at noon. we'll join programming in progress. [ male announcer ] if you're ready to get more from your tv service, now's a great time to get at&t u-verse tv. make the switch! [ megan ] call now to get at&t u-verse tv for only 29 a month for six months -- with a total home dvr included free for life. plus add hbo and cinemax and get the first three months free. [ male announcer ] with u-verse tv, you can record four shows at once with a total home dvr
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we responded up there fairly quickly after we identified him. our investigation determined that his apartment is booby-trapped with various incendiary and chemical devices and apparent trip wires. 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 we've evacuated residents to a safe distance that includes five buildings in the area being evacuated. we've been asked how many folks in the theater. we can tell you there were four showings of the bat man movie and all were sold out and we have interviewed close to 200 witnesses. that is the best i can tell you. question about social media. please as responsible journalists. we are analyzing some media that is out there about this event. i can tell you that we are
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already finding there are lot of pranks. even someone that called a national media and represented to be me. our colleagues in the adjoining mall have closed the mall for the day out of the cooperation and spirit of the cooperation of the investigation. >> with that i'd like to introduce district attorney to make a few remarks. after she makes some remarks, special agent in charge will make some remarks and then i will take some questions. >> good morning. i first want to emphasize what a tremendous response there has been from law enforcement and especially from the aurora police department for this incident. i wanted to thank them for their support. with this many victims, we have two concerns. one is providing information
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that they need and providing resources that they need. we will, at this point in time, victims should be contacting the aurora police department and looking for resources on the police website. as the case goes to court next week, they can contact -- we have set up a contact e-mail account so we can get information out as quickly as possible and resources available on our website. i wanted to say the aurora mental health center have agreed to stay open 24 hours a day. they may have problem next week, people may have a problem several months down the line but they should seek resorts. it's to be expected. if there are financial issues, that should not stop them. we want to make sure we are getting out whatever our victims
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in this case need. with that, i'll turn it over to special agent. >> good afternoon. i want to reemphasize what the chief has talked about. we had a tightly integrated investigative response. f.b.i. currently has hundred folks on the scene closely integrated with the aurora police department. >> you are listening to the police chief speak. also the governor and mayor and district attorney the f.b.i. special agent in charge. we'll return to that programming and press conference. but i heard some remarkable things i had not heard before. @@
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opened fire at the opening 6 the movie. here is what we know right now. 12 people have been killed. 59 wounded in one of the deadliest mass shootings in history. some members are members of the u.s. military and it's not known yet. the youngest victim is three-month-old baby. the new movie opens here, as well. terry mcsweeney and amy hollyfield are standing by. let's begin with you in san francisco, amy. >> i have a new development to tell you about. we saw a san francisco police officer pull up about 20 minutes ago, parked here at the entrance. he sat here for about 20 minutes and just drove away. we are starting to see evidence of more security here at the movie theaters where this movie is showing. it was showing here throughout the night and there were people that enjoyed ignorant bliss for
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a while. some of the people watching the showing of batman were be a immediate blackout and didn't hear about the mass shooting in colorado. >> no one said anything. there wasn't like a rumor or a murmur going on. we were all pretty much in the geek zone, i guess. that is horrible. i don't really know what to say. my heart goes out with the families. >> those waiting for the 8:00 p.m. show heard about it online. one woman saw it on the facebook page and word spread. >> it certainly was a damper. it's unthinkable what happened, it was deliberately planned attack that is should be a joyous occasion. >> she was waiting for information about friends while she waited in line for the
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movie. >> hoping everyone i know and being part of the community myself, living in colorado, there is a pretty good chance someone i know has been directly involved. >> while she was consumed with the news, others try to block it out. >> i try not to think about it. you know you have to push on. i've been here almost 12 hours. i'm not going to let that ruin anything for us. >> the 8:00 show let out and they understand that the attack was part of show. the smeef dark and grim. some people tell me they were thinking about the victims while they watched batman. >> theaters around the country are increasing security in the wake of that massacre. terry mcsweeney joins us from san francisco. >> what aim any in front of that theater, san francisco police
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officer sitting there for 20 minutes is an indication what has changed here in san francisco. police are changing the way they do business as what happened in that theater. there is going to be more patrols in and around theaters. take a look. a san francisco police department spokesman tells me the reason it's done is on the side of prevention. there is no known threat to be a copycat in colorado. that incident from colorado appears to be an isolated incident still, but this is what people can expect if they go to a movie theater this weekend. >> san francisco police department is increasing patrols throughout the movie theaters in the city. we wanted to make sure that people will attend these movies without the fear of violence. our job as law enforcement to make sure po to provide safe and security. >> san francisco police stepping up patrols and telling me, it
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would like the public to do what you can do to help out. if you got a bad feeling something isn't right, tell an employee at a theater or if you are fairly certain this is something besides a small prank, call police they will not be far away, far closer than usual. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >> "abc 7 news" reporter a ama daetz will file reports starting at 4:00. stay with us for continuing coverage on the colorado theater shooting. we will have the latest developments online for you as well at abc7news.com. get breaking news on twitter and our facebook page. we have breaking news happening right now in east oakland where sky7hd is overhead an intense manhunt for one of
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two armed robbery suspects. other is in custody. police are using dogs and searching door to door on hamilton street. nick? >> what we've seen here today is a lot of confused neighbors, people are walking out of their homes and saw the heavy police presence. they do have one suspect in custody. we're blocked from the coliseum bart station. oakland police have cordoned off between hamilton and 76th avenue. details are scarce. just after 9:00 this morning, oakland police received a call about a robbery near the coliseum bart station. these pictures you are seeing gives you an idea they are searching the it's not clear if the robbery happened on the bart property or simply near the station but when police arrived they saw two suspects fitting the description of two american wanted.
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as officers approached the suspect the two men took off on foot. oakland police were able to capture and define one male suspect. inside in custody. second suspect took off on foot and they believe he is hiding in the area since we have been here, we have seen the use of canine units going door to door looking for their second male suspect. ironically there will be a press conference today held by city leaders and oakland police department on areas related to gun crime in the area. we'll have an opportunity to speak to them about that. at the intersection, there is still an active hunt for a male suspect. the second male suspect is in the police car behind me. again we believe these are two men who are wanted and in two earlier robberies. nick smith, "abc 7 news." >> suspended san francisco share ross mirkarimi and his wife can
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be together after a judge. the domestic violence case against mirkarimi can be provided and now they can be reunited as a family. >> how do you feel? [ laughter ] >> we are extremely happy. very emotional reunion. he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence that led to miss suspension as sheriff. she will return to venezuela to take care of her sick father. time now for meteorologist mike nicco and look at the
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