looking at the enormous amount of evidence. >> reporter: the district attorney said her office will consider pursuing the death penalty and consult with the families of the victims before maybing that decision. >> family -- making that decision family members of several victims -- decision. family members of several victims were in court saying they just wanted to see the suspect face to face. david sanchez's pregnant daughter escaped the massacre without injuries and is due to give birth today, but her husband is in critical condition after being shot in the head. >> everybody need to pray for them. >> reporter: the aurora police department released holmes avenue booking photo this afternoon and a lawyer representing the suspect's parents told reporters their heart goes out to the victims and their families. >> the family has elected not to discuss james or their relationship with james at this time. >> reporter: security was tight when the suspect faced the judge today. police stationed snipers on the courthouse roof. holmes is being kept in solitary confinement.

theresa garcia, cbs news. here in washington d.c. the senate observed a moment of silence for the victims of the movie theater shooting and over in the house denver's congressman jared polis thanked all those who sent their prayers and support to the families. >> one of the grave dangers stemming from our love of sports is that the sports themselves can become too big to fail, indeed too big to even challenge. the result can be an erosion of academic values that are replaced by the value of hero worship and winning at all costs. >> that, the message from the ncaa today as it handed down unprecedented sanctions against penn state. there the punishment for penn state's failing to act in the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. under the ncaa ruling penn state has to pay a $60 million fine, must vacate all football wins since 1998, 112 games, and the team is banned from playing in bowl games the next four years and will lose 10 of its

25 scholarships per year. >> there's no price the ncaa can levy to repair the grievous damage inflicted by jerry sandusky on his victims. however, we can make clear that the culture, actions and inactions that allowed them to be victimized will not be tolerated in collegiate athletics. >> the ncaa is allowing any current or incoming player to transfer to other schools without penalty meaning the players will not have to sit out a year as they might usually. that announcement created a i have emotional morning for -- a very emotional morning for students at penn state, faculty and fans at state college today. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in state college where today's ncaa penalties were a new opportunity for outpourings of emotion and self-reflection. >> it hurts because it feels like one of my family members is being slandered and disgraced. >> was she crying because the

statue was taken down or little kids were getting raped? that's ridiculous, don't you think? >> not only victims got a bad break, but kind of so many people involved in this university who bought into it, you know, kind of its virtues. >> this whole town is going to pay. >> reporter: on main street where some storms still have joe paterno memorabilia the prospect for diminished football weekends may mean economic pain. >> this town that treated joe paterno like a god, the whole kind of apparatus around him was not to be questioned. i think that all of this just goes to show that you shouldn't worship a human being. >> reporter: at penn state scott broom, 9 news now. >> paterno's family released a statement about the decision today reading in part, "the sanctions game the legacy and contributions of a great coach and educator without any input from our family or those who knew him best. punishing past, present and future students because of sandusky's crimes does not serve justice. this is not a fair or

thoughtful action. it is a panicked response to the public's understandable revulsion at what sandusky did." joining us now to talk more about today's sanctions is donald dell, a lawyer, sports agent and marketer and was also an all american tennis player at yale. thanks for coming in. let me get your first reaction, not enough, too much, about right? >> i was really shocked at the extent and depth of it. of course, it's all a balancing act, is it fair or not? it just depends on which side of the table you're sitting on. when you're there thinking about those children for a long, long time from 1998 to 2012, 14 years that evidently he was left to run free when some of them could have or should have known, but this is worse than a death penalty. here it's four years out of bowl games and players can transfer which i think is fair to the players very and then 15 scholarships only a year. they're out of football the next four years or longer.

>> washington post columnist mike wise is already lambasting the ncaa for not going with the so-called death mountain saying happy valley should be quiet on saturday afternoons for at least a year. >> they're going to be quiet a longer time than one year. death penalty i know you don't play, but now they'll be out of action at least the next four or five years where they won't be competitive. >> you think that's almost worse, having a bad team that can't go to bowls is almost worse than no team. >> exactly. >> what about the soying of all the penn state football -- voiding of all the penn state football wins? did you imagine they'd go there? >> when i heard it this morning, it kind of stunned me because the sad part of this is the joe paterno who was a fabulous coach and fabulous person isn't around to defend himself. he can't speak or answer or explain. >> a lot of folks say nobody was around defending those kids. that's what joe should have been concerned about. >> that's the other side and i think the case proved that when he was found guilty of 45 crimes. >> let's talk about the authority of the ncaa.

this was not something that had anything to do with the football program itself. it was how the football program reacted to malfeasance and crimes by somebody connected with the program. should the ncaa have that kind of power? >> i think clearly mark emmert, president of the ncaa, is trying to regain some of that lost power. they've been inched away. when they talk about to me student athlete and you look at all the students that leave one year mostly in basketball, it's not really student athletes. >> you think this is the ncaa trying to reassert itself in term of control of college sports? >> absolutely. they're trying to send a message and have extended their authority to stay we're going to police our colleges against certain evils. clearly they had a risk case to jump in on because it was so one-sided and horrible to those children and to the image of penn state. >> some good points. thank you. appreciate your time. we want to know what you think. is the ncaa's punishments appropriate or do the sanctions

hurt too many people who were never involved in the coverup or the crime? e-mail your thoughts to mcginty's mailbag, the address mcginty'smailbag@wusa9.com. coming up in a minute hiv no longer passed from person to person, that is the goal of the research now being talked about as the district hosts the huge interference aids conference. >> up next barack obama and mitt romney shift their presidential campaigns back into high gear. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punished. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

that ad probably reminded you of this, but we'll tell you anyhow. it's back on the campaign trail today for the presidential candidates. the two put their campaigns on hold following the colorado shooting, but today romney was in colorado looking for support from small business owners. >> if you're em moyeing people and -- employing people and hiring people, i want to see you do better because i want to see more people have good wages and beer benefits. >> president obama spoke -- better benefits. >> president obama spoke in reno, nevada, paying tribute to four men and women who served in the military. >> these young patriots were willing to serve in far away lands, yet they were taken from us here at home. yesterday i conveyed to their families a message on behalf of all americans. we honor your loved ones. >> president obama is on a three-day campaign swing through the western states. as we told you, the suspect

in the theater shooting james holmes made his first appearance in court today and our andrea mccarren is in aurora, colorado, on this story. i understand we have new information just in this evening. >> reporter: yeah, derek. it has been a very interesting day and this new information comes from the university of colorado, denver where james holmes, the suspect, was grade wait student. student-- was grade wait student. two ups -- a graduate student. two ups pack ages arrived at the has been today leading to evacuations of the two buildings. the two packages were deemed safe, but it's been an interesting day as the university examines its potential role in the suspect gathering all this material allegedly to set the booby traps at his apartment as well as to carry out that horrific massacre. also the university today addressed questions about a

possible accomplice. there has been discussion about a classmate, one of james holmes' rare friends, that may have assisted, but as of today the university is saying he is the sole suspect. he did not get any assistance. we also learned more information about the program itself. it is apparently very elite. only five or six students a year are accepted and james holmes made it through his final exams. >> i want to take you quickly back to that package you said came in today. was this a package from james holmes and why did it spark an alarm? >> reporter: no. it was one of the many packages that had been addressed to him. of course, law enforcement is investigating newspaper packages delivered both to his apartment -- numerous packages delivered both to his apartment as well as the university where he worked as well until withdrawing the end of june. that's why that raised such alarm. we're also learning new details about his background. apparently he was an

undergraduate at the university of california riverside, but we now know during his undergraduate years he actually worked as a camp counselor working with underprivileged children. >> there has been some gun control blowback at least on the east coast about this. some of us around here are amazed at the amount of ammunition. we keep hearing that figure 6,000 rounds. to us non-gun owners, that may sound like a lot, but what do people out there say? >> reporter: i've spent the last two days visiting a number of gun ranges in the state. of course, the gun owners who legally conceal and carry here believe had somebody been armed in that movie theater and been legally -- there was actually apparently a sign on the door prohibiting anyone from concealing and carrying in that theater. that has been a big topic of debate. many people believe, gun advocates in particular, that had somebody been armed, this horrific attack would not have gone on so long. >> andrea mccarren live in

aurora, thank you. today's hot and muggy weather has storms popping up all over the place, the full forecast coming up. >> but first top researchers and activistses and more descend in the d.c. area -- activists and more in the d.c. area.

for the first time ever

d.c. is hosting the international aids conference. tens of thousands of people, everybody from aids activists to scientists to patients are meeting right here this week to talk about the disease and how to stop it from spreading. this year's focus, treatment as prevention and many say new research gives them hope of a day when hiv is no longer passed person to person. that week long conference is bringing a lot of attention to d.c.'s aid epidemic. rates of infection for some groups in the district are among the highest in the world, the rest of that story from anita brikman. >> in d.c. we have two or three people infected every day. so it's a very serious epidemic. >> reporter: senior deputy director gregory poppis says 3% of the district's population is infected with the virus that causes aids and half of all people in the united states who are hiv positive live in 12 major cities, so d.c.'s woes are not unique. our numbers aren't the worst but they aren't the best either. >> urban america has a serious

epidemic. black america has a serious epidemic and gay america has a serious epidemic. so d.c. has a complex epidemic. frequently we're compared to africa, oh, d.c. it's like africa. actually we're very different. >> reporter: the doctor says the needle exchange program for iv drug users has helped slow infection rate and get some addicts into treatment, but the best weapons are widespread free testing and getting more people who are hiv positive on medication that keeps the virus suppressed. >> the whole purpose of this medication, it kind of locks the virus in the cell. it keeps it from spreading. so if it's not spreading in your body, it's less likely to spread in the community. so treatment has become prevention. >> reporter: from a scientific standpoint with the medications we have now, how has life with aid changed? >> it's -- aidses changed? >> it's changed -- aids changed? >> it's changed tremendously if you take your medication. >> reporter: good news, but

the idea that aids has lost some of its lethal grip can make people complaint about safe sex, something that simply can't happen if we ever hope to wipe out new hiv infection for good. to mark this international conference coming to d.c., mayor vincent gray authorized all the district's 30,000 employees time off to take an hir screening test if they so choose. i'm anita brikman -- an hiv screening test if they so choose. i'm anita brikman, 9 news now. virginia is now asking the federal government to help pick up the tab for last month's derecho storms. governor mcdonnell is asking for help to cover about 27.5 million bucks his state and local governments had to spend to clean up. a total of 47 virginia counties, cities or towns declared emergency during the derecho. sadly the threat of more storms coming our way tonight, some of which could be severe. so the 9 news now weather team issued a code yellow alert. could this upgrade to code red if the storms are really bad?

>> i don't expect that to happen today because we're not seeing that much on the radar, derek. between now and 10:00 we have a chance for some showers and some big storms to come through, but right now it's been fairly quiet and we may be lucky and it stays quiet all night. here's a look at live doppler 9000 hd, not a lot of action, cloudy skies. most of the action flew by south of us into charlottesville, now into richmond where you see those clusters of storms and the lightning associated with it. here's a live look at your live weather cam brought to you by michael and son, beautiful shot of the white house, temperature 89, mostly cloudy conditions, dew points dropped a bit to the mid-60s at this hour. right now temperatures elsewhere upper 80s in manassas, 84 fredericksburg, gaithersburg also in the mid- 80s. so we just have the potential for some strong storms tonight. if we do see them, damaging wind gusts are the main things to watch out for. tuesday will be hot with more storms.

some of those storms could also be strong. wednesday is less humid, looks really nice and thursday we'll be hot once again. here's a look at your futurecast. you can see we can maybe see some pop-up showers and thunderstorms. if those storms produce, we may see locally heavy rainfall. after 10:00 i think that threat is pretty much over. overnight early tomorrow morning we'll see some really sunny conditions to start out the day, but then more showers and storms are possible, especially tomorrow afternoon and in the evening. we got a cold front coming through which once that comes through that means cooler drier air. that's why wednesday looks really nice. so tonight mostly cloudy, a chance for some showers and thunderstorms. some could be strong. lows will be in the 70s. lows overnight 706 degrees in downtown, 70s for leesburg, frederick and gaithersburg. now tuesday morning take your sunglasses and umbrella. as we start out mostly sunny and mild, but by afternoon may see increasing cloudiness and a chance for showers and thunderstorms.

highs will be 90 to 95 degrees. our zone forecast. we start in maryland, oakland 73 your high, cumberland 87, hagerstown around 90, in downtown near mid-90s and annapolis in the lower 90s. here's a look at your next three days. code yellow tomorrow because of the heat and also the chance for thunderstorms. wednesday green, less humid, lots of sunshine, temperatures in the upper 80s. check out your next seven days. thursday we're hot again, 95 degrees, chance of some showers and storms once again. friday also a chance for just a stray storm maybe, temperatures in the lower 90s. the within also looking not too bad temperaturewise and also still a chance for some showers and storms. i was reading a blog earlier today. some meterologists think tomorrow we have another chance for a derecho tomorrow afternoon. >> no. >> but that's just a blog. we're not going with that, but we are thinking we could also see some strong storms tomorrow as well as we're still in that severe threat tomorrow afternoon.

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rick writes the terrible shooting in colorado is all over the news. reporters and self-proclaimed experts are giving opinions. what no one has yet to address is what kind of mother takes a 6-year-old little girl to a midnight premier of an r rated movie in the first place? believe me, we've all had that very same thought. when he it last friday. it was just a lot more urgent things to talk about at the time. then there was this from john in chantilly, virginia, on whether or not the dark nature of the batman movie in question could have had anything to do with this awful crime. people make movies to have an influence. ask michael moore or al gore anyone who documents with film some burning social issue. movies sometimes have unintended influence. movies influence people. moviemakers should be held accountable for their movies more than normal influence, but self-proclaimed comic nerd robert said he still doesn't know what might have inspired james holmes even with his bizarre hairstyle. the joker's hair is green, not red. there is no way to connect this

man's horrid actions to the movies or comics in any way other than it just so happened batman was the midnight premier he chose. as a fellow comics nerd i appreciate your point, but i think the larger issue is the dark and violent nature of some of our most popular entertainment that might inspire a sick mind. that's my take. we appreciate yours at mcginty'smailbag@wusa9.com. that is our report. i'll be back here at 11:00 tonight along with anita. we'll see you then. bye bye.

now, "entertainment tonight," the most-watched entertainment news magazine in the world. >> the accused killer in the movie theater massacre shows his face in court today. appearing dazed, his hair dyed red and orange. was he imitating the joker? fwl >> enjoys killing people, mowing them down. >> plus, a survivor watching the arraignment. >> don't kill him. that's too easy. >> and reveals his harrowing story. >> she was dead. her eyes were wide open. then, the first photos of the batman stars as hollywood remembers the victims. >> it's the most devastating thing. >> breath knocked out of me. >> our hearts go out to the families. it's really sad. is michael jackson's mom missing? where is katherine jackson and who filed a missing persons report? then, sylvester stallone says good-bye to his son. somber images from the weekend funeral for sage stallone.