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according to police, he said he was inspired by the aurora, colorado, shootings. his friends, in disbelief. >> i was shocked. i mean, he was in our house. i was really close to him. i helped him buy the rifles. he told me it was for hunting. >> reporter: police say his "twilight" terror plot, was so advanced, that lammers had bought a movie ticket. >> i was going to watch "twilight breaking dawn" with my family and friends. and it's scary to hear this now. >> and police say lammes was planning a shooting spree at a local walmart. he faces felony charges. >>> and former cia director david petraeus apologized for the affair that ended his career. the focus of the hearing was the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. petraeus said he knew from early on that the organized -- that organized terrorists were behind that attack. but the names of the groups suspected were not made public, to avoid tipping them off they were being pursued. >>> and a tragic accident in egypt has left dozens of children dead. at least 47 children were killed when a train collided w

according to police, he said he was inspired by the aurora, colorado, shootings. and described himself as quiet, kind of a loner, with homicidal thoughts. his friends, in disbelief. >> i was shocked. i mean, he was in our house. i was really close to him. i helped him buy the rifles. he told me it was for hunting. >> reporter: police say his "twilight" terror plot, was so far advanced, that lammers had already purchased a movie ticket for the sunday screening where the alleged attack was going to take place. >> i was going to watch "twilight breaking dawn" with my family and friends. and it's scary to hear this now. >> and police say lammers was planning a shooting spree at a local walmart. he now faces three felony charges, including making a terrorist threat. >>> and former cia director david petraeus apologized for the affair that ended his career during a closed-door hearing on capitol hill on friday. the focus of the hearing was the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. petraeus said he knew from early on that the organized -- that organized terror

>> the industry looked at aurora and said, is this a one off?n a couple others were interdicted. now you look at another big premiere and another active shooter scenario coming together, interrupted by his mother reporting to police. but what's concerning them is there is a model of this. you get fired from your job. you come back to the workplace, open fire and people say, well, this is the actor acting out against people who wronged them. you're isolated at school, ostracized and you see a columbine case. but with the active shooter focused on high profile event where the intended victims have nothing to do with the alleged grievances they get concerned that they are picking events simply because they are high profile and because of what fbi profilers describe as hunting behavior. they can find a confined space with limited access where they can have the victims basically trapped there. >> thank goodness for the alleged shooter's mother who stepped up and informed law enforcement. >> if you look at 98% of the cases that have been studied they

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a lot of people argued after the aurora massacre, for instance, it would be good if a lot of people inhe movie house were carrying guns, it would have been good. i don't agree with that because they could have shot each other or have a deadly cross fire. the safety brought by owning a gun is largely illusory, yes. but there are cases that somebody specifically threatens you, i'm going to kill you, and you -- if you live in new york here, you went to the police and said he told me that, some of the cops would say, get yourself a gun. then you went down to one police plaza to apply for a -- to apply for a license they'd laugh at you. when you get a driver's license nobody says you don't need a car, do they? >> right. >> well, i think that a lot of times people like me, i'm sympathetic to the arguments you're making. i think people should have a right -- law-abiding citizens should have a right to own a gun, but nra, gun owners of america, they go so far as to oppose any restriction on owning anything in any number at any time. you know, even reasonable things like trying to crack down on

she said she was concerned her son was planning a copycat shooting sim layer to the aurora dark knightises campaign. she told police her son was mentally ill and off his medication. when questioned by police, lambert allegedly confessed that he had two assault riffs and planned a mass shooting at this movie theater. he said he was inspired by the aurora, colorado, shootings, and described him as quiet, kind of a loner with homicidal thoughts. his friends in disbelief. >> i was shocked. i mean, he was in our house. i was real close to him. i helped him -- he told me he was going to use them for hunting. >> police say the plot was so far planned that he had already purchased a movie ticket. >> i was going to watch twilight breaking dawn with my family and friends. it is scary hearing this now. >> ama: lambert had been dedawned three years ago for allegedly threatening a wal-mart store clerk. he wasn't charged but was committed. >> 38 victims of the rampage in the colorado theater will divide the money collected. families of the 12 people killed and five people who suffered permanent brai

she said she was concerned her son was planning a copycat shooting sim layer to the aurora dark knight campaign. she told police her son was mentally ill and off his medication. when questioned by police, lambert allegedly confessed that he had two assault riffs and planned a mass shooting at this movie theater. he said he was inspired by the aurora, colorado, shootings, and described him as quiet, kind of a loner with homicidal thoughts. his friends in disbelief. >> i was shocked. i mean, he was in our house. i was real close to him. i helped him -- he told me he was going to use them for hunting. >> police say the plot was so far planned that he had already purchased a movie ticket. >> i was going to watch twilight breaking dawn with my family and friends. it is scary hearing this now. >> ama: lambert had been dedawned three years ago for allegedly threatening a wal-mart store clerk. he wasn't charged but was committed. >> 38 victims of the rampage in the colorado theater will divide the money collected. families of the 12 people killed and five people who suffered permanent brain da

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. >>> madrina polÍtica se llama aurora. >>> ella es educada, es una abogada, es una mujer ejemplar parade la plaza de la democracia, en nueva york, veremos dÓnde votarÁn miles de estadounidenses que residen en el extranjero. >>> decisiÓn 2012, es noticias telemundo. a travÉs de t el veredicto esta claro: todos los periódicos principales se oponen a la proposición 32... incluso la opinión: diciendo que la proposición 32 es "parcial, desbalanceada, y diseñada para favorecer a las corporaciones" por encima de las familias trabajadoras. les da más poder a las compañías petroleras y los súper pacs... mientras nuestras escuelas locales y la seguridad publica pagan el precio. así que vote no a la proposición 32. es injusta. miles de estadounidenses que votaran desde el exterior, raÚl nos cuenta cÓmo votaran quier t residen en san jumiguel allende >>> van a pensar aquÍ por quiÉn van a votar >>> lo hacemos por correo, nos mandan las tarjetas y lo hacemos privada en casa >>> como loopyo loonlanda vive california y 9 en san pi gmigue a tw allende >>> obama trabaja con su corazÓn y la gente >>> en

. >>> los abogados del autor de la masacre en un cine de aurora, colorado, presentaron una moción paraicas y psicológicas. >>> un hombre que perdió su familia por un error de un examen de adn, busca una compensación millonaria, entre los demandados está el gobierno de estados unidos. >>> miguel familia tiene que esperar más tiempo sin tener una decisión judicial de la demanda por daños y perjuiciso contra la embarcación embajada de estados unidos en nueva jersey. >>> es un caso tan claro, porque tiene que haber justicia, es muy claro el caso, es un adn erróneo que destruyó una familia . >>> la espera es porque los abogados demadaron a la jueza ,por alegada sosepcha de discriminación. >>> le dijo a mi cliente, si sigue con esto, te fallaré en contra. >>> dicha corte decida la suerte de las acusaciones en cuestión. >>> familia solicitó 100 millones de dólares al laboratorio que realizó el examen, implora al presidente barack obama para que se apiade de su caso. >>> que el presidente barack obama me mire a mí y piense lo que estoy pasando con mi familia, con un error del adn. >>> ni los a

. >>> madrina polÍtica se llama aurora. >>> ella es educada, es una abogada, es una mujer ejemplar parade la plaza de la democracia, en nueva york, veremos dÓnde votarÁn miles de estadounidenses que residen en el extranjero. >>> decisiÓn 2012, es noticias telemundo. a travÉs de t miles de estadounidenses que votaran desde el exterior, raÚl nos cuenta cÓmo votaran quier t residen en san jumiguel allende >>> van a pensar aquÍ por quiÉn van a votar >>> lo hacemos por correo, nos mandan las tarjetas y lo hacemos privada en casa >>> como loopyo loonlanda vive california y 9 en san pi gmigue a tw allende >>> obama trabaja con su corazÓn y la gente >>> en este lugar viven 12.000 estadounidense >>> no ha decidido por quiÉn votar >>> ademÁs lo que pasÓ con los, debates >>> se calculan que unos 10 millones de estadounidensees viven en estados unidos, y ver cuÁntos votan en la jornada electoral y suponen que la participaciÓn serÁ alta >>> aunque en san miguel de allende la comunidad es importante, por eso se espera una votaciÓn alta algunos dicen que hay un ganador en la contienda obama- romney >>

aurora, colorado, is where the president is at tonight. i'm veronica de la cruz in the msnbc newsroom. thank you so much for joining us. we want to get you back now to a special edition of "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> with 40 for mitt romney. politico says today enthuse wrachl is key that is key to ohio. if he keeps ohio, it's because of the automobiles and the fact that you can see automobiles on the street. you can see chrysler and dodge cars on the street. that's tangible and that is probably his best piece of tangible legislation. former dnc chair howard dean joins me. >> joining me now is howard dean, former chairman of the democratic national convention and former governor of vermont. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me on. i particularly like, you have the power that the president talked about. that was from 2004. >> indeed, indeed. governor dean, let's talk about the ground game here. there's been a lot of analysis in the months and days leading up to this. in terms of number of field offices, i mentioned

that was a medium solar flare that happened yesterday and brought a beautiful aurora this play.i am seeing a lot of images on twitter. they see it as far south as ohio. make sure you follow me on twitter and we will share those. mostly sunny and cool. 45 to 50. and we will stay cool over the next few days. let us check on traffic with steve. >> we will start with a look at 270 and one of nine a. what is good is, and no delays all the way down from frederick to the beltway. good shape along 270. we will watch the volume building. we will head to a map. still the closure in prince william county on the southbound eastbound parkway. southbound is blocked, westbound you can get by. report of an accident if you mets got a prince william county brinlkley rd. the toll road looks good, very light volume to start off your wednesday. >> thank you. it is 4:55. this is starting out to be an amazing week. you remember on monday, bryce harper won the rookie of the year award. >> and davey johnson named the national league's manager of the year. well-deserved with him a leading the nationals t

. >>> in aurora, colorado, details have been finalized for dividing up the $5 million. families of the 12 people killed and 5 people who suffered permanent brain damage or paralysis will get $2$20220,000 each and $160,000 for six people. >>> florida congressman alan west will get his recount starting in a few hours, actually. state election officials agreed to recount early ballots only from the close house race. west is 200 votes behind challenger murphy. he believes those early ballots were counted twice. >>> david petraeus on the hot seat and he wasn't talking about his affair. instead, part of the back and forth on benghazi. the battle in congress with accusations aimed right at the white house. rs by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then...it wouldn't be stouffer's mac & cheese. just one of over 70 satisfying recipes for one from stouffer's. the wheels of progress. seems they haven't been moving much lately. but things are starting to turn around because of business people like you. and regions is here to help. with the experience and service to keep

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. >>> victims of the aurora, colorado shooting will soon get relief.ecial master is deciding who gets how much? the fund was established by colorado's governor and by a local charity. a missouri man is behind bars accused of planning a mass shooting like the one in aurora. police say 20-year-old blake lambers was plotting to shoot up a movie theater but then changed his mind and decided he would target a walmart store instead. investigators say his mother called them concerned that her son was planning a copycat massacre. police say he confessed to the plot. >>> coming up later this afternoon, we'll bring you all the late breaking developments out of israel and the palestinian territories as tensions are very high. and if you're not sure why this conflict came to be, we'll break it down for you. washington still reeling over general david petraeus, affair and fall from grace.

here's the context and maybe aurora, colorado sounds familiar to you, because, in july 12 people diedide a movie theatre when a beggunman went o rampage. investigators are on the scene trying to figure out what caused a massive gas explosion, in springfield, massachusetts, several buildings are leveled and this is what is left of the strip club. that was all but owe little bbl the explosion and a neighboring daycare center was thankfully closed at the time, and the scene looks like a war zone, 20 people hurt. 11 of them firefighters. who were at the scene responding tie gas leak, they say and wiptss described what they saw: >> you heard the boom and kind of got startled for a minute and then you heard screaming and everybody within the buildings are screaming and, you are trying to figure out what, you know, what just happened, that would make a building shake like that. >> harris: and nicole jacobs is in boston at our fox affiliate, wfxt. do we have any idea what the official word of cause now is? >> reporter: no, harris, no official cause of this blast, at this hour. i can tell you,

> bay area small business owner met with the president yesterday to talk about this fiscal cliff, aurora is co-founder of an urban mushroom farm in oakland the farm was featured recently in "the chew." >>> congresswoman spwaoer introduced what she is calling her stop harming our kids resolution this morning on capitol hill. aimed at protecting minors from sexual orientation near i. the treatment -- therapy. critics call it junk science amountinging to psychological abuse. california is ahead of curve. governor brown signed a bill last month banning gay conversion therapy for minors. >>> supreme court is set to announce next week whether it will let prop 8 -- this morning -- [ unintelligible ] >>> still ahead, coverage of the storm continues, lisa argen will tell us next the -- when the next wave will hit. >>> here's a look from i-80 heavy rain east bay, break in the north bay, gusty winds and wind advisory next one to talk about, coming up. >>> plus, toxic chemicals in the living room. new study by bay area researchers on how widespread they are. >>> power ball jackpot keeps getting bigg

a pew research poll shows in 1993, 57% of the country supported gun control and in 2012 after the auroraotings 47% of the country supported gun control. the country is getting more lenient in terms of gun control laws. >> fear mongering, the nra does, is effective at raising funds. constantly in the past year before the election they were asking me and other members to contribute money to construe that president obama would be defeated because he would take away not only our freedom to have guns but all our freedoms unless he didn't win. >> i think it's -- that alone the president's position on gun control to many on the left or people who would like to see stricter gun control or at least addressing the problem, president obama has basically done nothing. >> he's been the least progre progressive and least restrictive democrat in recent memory. he seems to want to run from this issue. politically i can understand why. i'm not sure where the impetus is going to come from to open this dialog if the democratic leaders are afraid of it. the nra has everything invested in this and the democr

> bay area small business owner met with the president yesterday to talk about this fiscal cliff, auroras co-founder of an urban mushroom farm in oakland the farm was featured recently in "the chew." >>> congresswoman spwaoer introduced what she is calling her stop harming our kids resolution this morning on capitol hill. aimed at protecting minors from sexual orientation near i. the treatment -- therapy. critics call it junk science amountinging to psychological abuse. california is ahead of curve. governor brown signed a bill last month banning gay conversion therapy for minors. >>> supreme court is set to announce next week whether it will let prop 8 -- this morning -- [ unintelligible ] >>> still ahead, coverage of the storm continues, lisa argen will tell us next the -- when the next wave will hit. >>> here's a look from i-80 heavy rain east bay, break in the north bay, gusty winds and wind advisory next one to talk about, coming up. >>> plus, toxic chemicals in the living room. new study by bay area researchers on how widespread they are. >>> power ball jackpot keeps getting bigger

we are headed to the site of one in the city of aurora. a plaque recalls what happened here on july 20. james holmes a storm to the cinema -- stormed the cinema. he shot 12 people dead. we are not allowed to film close up. nearby, nancy is holding an election party. she is quite possibly the most enthusiastic obama supporter in her neighborhood. today, staff from obama's local campaign team are here training volunteers. polls indicate that american women are more likely to favor gun control than men are. she has a lot to say about the national rifle association or the nra, probably the most powerful lobby group in the country. >> mine is we need to get guns out of the hands of crazy people, and the nra is against that because every gun that they sell is more profit in the pocket. we need to protect our kids. >> both political parties are competing to win over women in colorado. in this swing state, there are more female voters than male voters. obama supporters say women should support the president because of his stance on abortion. >> i

president obama's schedule today includes a late-night rally in aurora, colorado. he's also in cincinnati, ohio. the president drew a crowd of 23,000 people this afternoon in hollywood, florida, after 24,000 people turned out last night to hear him in virginia. think about that. 24,000 in virginia last night. 23,000 people in florida today. in concord, new hampshire, this morning, when 14,000 people turned out to hear president obama, that was the largest crowd ever assembled for a political event in the entire state of new hampshire. in the entire history of the state of new hampshire. i realize new hampshire may not be big, but new hampshire is old. and this is the biggest political rally ever held in the state of new hampshire for the entire time that new hampshire has existed. we cannot be sure why more people are turning out to hear president obama today than are turning out to hear mitt romney. maybe it's just the power of incumbency. people want to hear a president speak no matter who the president is just because he's a president. governor romney's rallies

news around the nation right now surviving victims of the aurora colorado movie theater shooting are getting a huge helping hand. the medical bills are being waived. hospitals and insurance companies are working together to make sure none of the patients have to pay expenses out of pocket. it's a sense of relief for the victims. like sarah said heed to have -- she had to have multiple surgeries and stay in the hospital for a month. >> i had a big weight lifted off my shoulders. >> that's the last thing they need to deal with is with billing and everything else. >> so physicians who often bill separately from the hospitals didn't charge the patients either. >>> a thief thought coget away with great -- he could get away with gas but he caught himselfand truck on fire and crashed into a home and lucky for you it was caught on camera. you can see him stop, drop and roll trying to siphon the gas. you can see the thief jump out of the burning truck and take off running. the driverless truck crashes into another home torching the garage. lookly the man was arrested -- luckily, the man was a

july more than 20 people were killed and 50 injured during a filming of "the dark knight rises" in aurora, colorado. the teen was unarmed and didn't hurt anyone, but several people ran out after seeing him and alerted security. >>> one person dead and an officer injured. a 64-year-old man walked into police headquarters and tried to shoot an officer behind protective glass. the officers ordered him to drop the gun, eventually shooting and killing him. the injured officer is expected to make a recovery. >>> a small earthquake is causing problems in the small eastern country of myanmar. saturday morning, a 6.8 magnitude quake rocked the country. it caused plenty of physical damage, collapsing buildings and bridges, and even damaging ancient buddhist pagodas. as many as 12 people are feared dead. some of those may have happened when the quake caused a mine to collapse. >>> venice, italy, is used to water but not this much. heavy rains have put 70% of the city under water, some by as much as five feet. flooding is common this time of year in the northern city. this year is worse than most. th

. >>> in aurora, colorado, details have been finalized for dividing up the $5 million for victims of july's theater shooting. families of the 12 people killed and 5 people who suffered permanent brain damage or paralysis will get 2$220,000 each. six people who spent at least 20 days in the hospital will get $160,000 each. 13 others who spent less time hospitalized will get $35,000 each. >>> in the gulf of mexico, the coast guard is searching for two crew members from an oil platform. an explosion ripped through the platform yesterday. it is about 20 miles from the louisiana coast and it's used for production, not drilling. very little fuel, we're told, was spilled. >>> we now know the train that crashed into a parade float in midland, texas, was going under the speed limit. investigators say the conductor hit the emergency brake, but it was too late. four u.s. army sergeants were killed. the parade was to honor u.s. troops. officials say they died while help others get out of the way of that train. >>> football legend mike ditka went to the hospital after having a minor stroke last n

. >>> number four, a gun was fired inside a target store in aurora, colorado last night. police say a man in a ski mask fired one bullet into the ceiling while in the pharmacy section. he then ran outside the building before many shoppers realized what had happened. the incident is being investigated as an attempted robbery. >>> and, of course, number five, black friday. shoppers turned out in droves for doorbuster sales at stores like best buy and walmart. i was out there with them from midnight to 3:00 on friday morning. >> not me. >> early early. one interesting analyst is estimating that sales increased as much as 3% over last year. .walmart said that by opening even earlier on thursday, it sold 5,000 items per second. >> amazing. >>> it's practically become a holiday of its own, waking up from a turkey comaen an shopping for deals on black friday. the national retail federation estimates 147 million shoppers are expected to hit stores throughout this weekend. according to mcafee security, holiday shopping online is expected to climb about 12% this year to $96 billion

. >>> a colorado judge rejected a motion that would have allowed victims of the aurora movie theater massacre to look at sealed court documents. victims' attorneys were seeking access to court documents and 911 calls. the judge ruled that information could jeopardize james holmes's right to a fair trial. the 24-year-old is accused of opening fire and killing 12 people and injuring 58 back in july. >>> he says he is grateful to be alive. that's the word from a california surfer who survived a brutal shark attack by punching the shark in the nose. scott stevens is recovering after surgery to close the 14" bite wound. the shark attacked him tuesday in humboldt bay up in northern california. this is what his board looked like after the attack. he said the animal grabbed him, pulled him under and shook him all around and then stevens fought back. >> opened my eyes under water and -- and punched shark on the side of the head a couple of times until he released me. >> he says he wouldn't let the close call stop him from surfing, believe it or not. the only thing keeping him out of the water

holmes is accused of killing 12 people, wounding 58 at an aurora movie theater back in july. >>> cancer charity "livestrong" foundation is formally dropping founder lance armstrong from its name. the cycling legend stepping down as the chairman and resigned from the board of directors because of accusations that he used performance-enhancing substances. armstrong decided to stop fighting the u.s. anti-doping agency and has since been stripped of his 7 tour de france titles. >>> president barack obama is going to new york city today to see the devastation from superstorm sandy. the president will tour the city's hardest hit borough, staten island. the president toured new jersey shortly after sandy hit. but mayor michael bloomberg asked the president to stay away from new york. he said then that the president's visit would take up too many resources. >>> president obama says he is willing to work with republicans on capitol hill to stop automatic budget cuts and tax hikes from kicking in at the end of the year. investors are looking for progress on a deal to stop the u.s. from falling of

some relief for 22 of the people wounded during july's mass shooting at a movie theater in aurora, colorado. the university of colorado has made arrangements so that the patients treated won't have to pay. some costs have been covered by medicaid or private donations. in some other cases the costs were waived by the hospital, insurance companies and the doctors, as well. >> i almost didn't want to be in the hospital. i almost just wanted to say, patch up what you can and let me go, because i couldn't do it. i could not pay that. >> in all, at least 58 people were wounded that night. 12 others lost their lives. >>> arrangements scheduled today -- make that an arraignment is scheduled today for the two former penn state university administrators accused of keeping quiet about child sexual abuse allegations against former assistant football coach jerry sandusky, former athletic director tim curley and former violent gary schultz were accused in a grand jury report of conspiring to conceal complaints about that football coach. >>> there is a delay in lab work on a cold case clue from the bay ar

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we saw it in california with the fires this summer and the terrible tragedy in aurora.re no democrats and republicans during a crisis. just fellow americans. [applause] you know, we see leaders of different parties working to fix what is broken. neighbors helping neighbors to cope with tragedy. communities rallying to rebuild. a spirit that says in the end, we are in this together. we rise and fall as one nation. as one people. [applause] in boulder, that spirit has guided this country for more than two centuries. it has carried us through the trials and tribulations of the last four years. we were in the middle of two wars and the worst economic crisis since the great depression. today, because of the resilience of the american people, our businesses have created 5 million new jobs. the american auto industry is back on top. american manufacturing is growing at the fastest pace in 15 years. we are less dependent on foreign oil than any time in 20 years. home values, home construction is on the rise. and thanks to the service and sacrifice of the brave men and women in

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along with con ed >> james holmes the accused shooter in the our rock movie theater aurora...s taken to the hospital today at a " half- hearted attempt to commit suicide. he ran headfirst into a jail cell wall. he is scheduled to appear in court today but that hearing had been postponed. he's accused of shooting 70 people, killing 12 of them at a midnight screening of " the dark night rise is " in the month of july. >> some light rainfall approaching the coast with heavy rainfall expected as to go towards tomorrow. we will see light showers for the overnight. just light showers here, there and it's not all that rainfall will be hitting the ground initially but as we go towards tomorrow this will all be falling and a light rainfall. we will continue with light rainfall by 1:00 p.m. and that heavy rainfall by 5:00 p.m. guess what? this will be a series of storms pushing through three different storms coming through. >> these ride sharing have been fined $20,000 the public safety violations and to gabe slate tech report met with one of the services to get reaction. >> ride sharin

reckless homicide the crash on october the 23rd took the lives of this 13 year-old devon meadows of aurora the chargers accused him of taking his father's car for a joyride with the victim, meadows was not wearing his seat belt and was thrown from the car killed when a question to way home in the early morning hours. tonight 200 people joining and a candlelight pitcher for two people murdered in naperville. this community as grieving collectively and trying to figure out what they can do to help. naperville residents denied gathering around priorate and candlelight after a tragedy that struck this community and the hard to naperville does care about each other and they do gather together in one accord. >> charged with stabbing to children to death her seven year-old son justin into the five-year old girl she was babysitting, olivia, she reportedly was visiting a confessional before the stabbing she changed her story several times essentially admitting that she killed her son to get back at her husband today a new judge was assigned to the case it's unclear why her attorneys asked for the s

the aurora victims' relief fund said families of the 12 people killed in the five people who suffered permanent brain damage or paralysis, will receive $220,000 each. six people, who is spent at least 20 days in the hospital will get $160,000, 13 others, who spent less time hospitalized will get $35,000, each. >> brian:the rainfall brennan's really been-remnants -- the rainfall remnants near heels fo b and mount st. helena. in the santa cruz mountains. and near marin county up and over an inch for the berkeley area. and still more for tonight. with nearly one-inch in some areas here is futurecast. snowfall totals there could be one-two more inches. however, pretty high levels, of of 7,000 ft.. those are expected to fall, tonight. and tomorrow at 6,000 ft.. futurecast, there is the rainfall but watch how quickly it moves out of here. the rainfall is pretty much done by 3:00 a.m. with breaks in the overcast. with a mixture of sun and clouds for their early morning hours. and the afternoon, look for increasing high clouds. this is forecast to just bring rain showers to points of the nort

and right now, president obama is heading to his next event in aurora, colorado which will happen afteridnight eastern time. joining us former senior advisor to president regan pat buchanan. >> an excellent closing speech for the campaign. he has and he may not have the numbers but he certainly has the look of a winner. you see there, greta. >> greta: i think he would rather have the numbers than the look. >> they may be there, too. he was throughout in ohio. had 30,000 people. i see real energy and fire and enthusiasm and a sense that we can win this inning in the romney campaign. the key question is and he s doing very well among independents. the key question is can that overcome what is the superior ground game the president has always had and can it overcome the state polls that you see in realclearpolitics state by state where they show him slidely behind. i think maybe he can but i don't know how exactly how i would bet if i had to put everything i had on it. but you what did romney have to do? north carolina, he picks up florida and virginia where he is is right now and takes oh