barry petersen reporting from colorado springs, thanks. turning overseas now, today major world powers plea meeting in gentleman they extra agreed on paper anyway to a plan aimed at ending the syria uprising, called for a transitional government to be established but the role of syrian dictator bashar al assad is still left open, as elizabeth palmer tells us that deal itself is already under fire. th reporter: some of the most powerful diplomats in the world came to geneva for these talks, but in the end, their new peace plan for syria sounded a lot peke the old peace plan which has failed to stop all-out civil tor. >> time is running out. we need rapid steps to reach agreement. t. reporter: but how? more than 14,000 people have now been killed in this conflict, and the violence is escalating. in an attack today, opposition teghters claimed more than 30 people were killed, when a government mortar landed on a funeral procession. eace pg in today's peace plan orlains who or what could make government troops and the d position fighters lay d

barry petersen with military families on retreat in the rockies captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> good evening, scott is off tonight. i'm anthony mason. the sun is showing no mercy. the mercury soared again today in the central and eastern united states with temperatures in the 90s and over 100. the weather service put out a heat warning for much of the region including illinois. the temperature in chicago hit 103. breaking a record that had stood for more than a century. and the heat wave may be aggravating a crime wave. there were 22 more shootings in chicago overnight, five of them deadly. so far this area the city has had 272 homicides. dean reynolds has more now about crime in the heat of the night. >> reporter: the victims of chicago's increasingly bloody summer are trapped now between a plague of gangland violent-- violence and the onset of triple digit heat. 10-year-old kitanna peterson was out late tuesday night on the far west side playing in a fire hydrant when she was shot. a stray bullet went through her wrist and abdomen. >> y

barry petersen, cbs news, beijing. >> glor: next up, pension hardball, the choice one city offered to its firefighters and police. >> glor: one measure of the weak economic outlook comes from moody's which estimates states and cities across the country have $2 trillion worth of unfunded pension liabilities. john blackstone takes a look at how california's state capital is handling it. >> reporter: jennifer bland gave up a career in veterinary medicine to become a cop. >> i really felt a call to help people. >> at this sacramento firehouse, todd filbrun echoes that sense of duty. >> firefighters put their lives on the line every day and make sacrifices. >> the sacrifices of public safety workers in sacramento were rewarded with generous pensions, which are now crippling the city budget says marsha fridge of the california foundation for fiscal responsibility. >> $500 million we are in debt on these pensions. public safety in cities is what is driving the pension costs increase. >> so sacramento gave its public safety workers a stark choice pay more for their pensions or face big job cu

barry petersen explains from beijing. >> reporter: it was the worst flooding in 60 years. but a lot of chinese think layecials at first downplayed the death toll to minimize the bad news. originally reported at 37, it suddenly changed after questions on on the internet, and was raised om 77. and some don't believe that number either. and there were other questions. did city officials do a bad job planning the drainage system in hhis high-end part of town with ilot of new skyscrapers? instead of answering the a blogger s a blogger said they only know how to turn on the tap of tsitive propaganda. that was quickly deleted by authorities. on there are other questions about beijing's building boom, beyond potential faults in the drainage system, mostly focused on the quality of so much going up so fast. >> even when people buy luxury gndos in china, they joke about how they are not going to last very long, because they haven't been built to last. in reporter: one area that had no flooding in beijing was around the forbidden city, once home to emperors. its drainage system was d

barry petersen, bring us up to speed on what happens next.i know the president gets there this afternoon. just kind of run through that for us. >> reporter: well, there are a couple things going on, bob. as you mentioned, president obama is going to come here. he's going to meet with government officials. more importantly, he's going to meet with families of the victims, and i think talk with them, express his concern. later this evening, on an equally personal note, the city of aurora is having a huge vigil. and they want to make it clear that anybody can come to this. they want the police to come, any family members, friends, ordinary people. i think this is a chance for people to express what they've been doing since this tragedy began, which is to somehow in some way get a part of this and get through it in their own way. and then tomorrow morning, we have the first court appearance of the suspect. we don't know how-- what he's going to say, if anything. we're not quite sure how that's going to unfold. but i want to mention in that light,

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barry petersen begins our coverage. >> reporter: the 12 dead have now all been identified. the youngest victim six-year-old veronica moser-sullivan. her mother was shot in the throat and chest and remains in critical condition. and aunt struggled in church this morning as a pastor talked of the shooting. >> and this whole-- . >> reporter: also among the dead 18-year-old aj boik at his high school last night, some who gathered from overwhelmed by his death. long time friend jordan crofter was at the movie with aj. >> out of anybody in that movie theatre, he was the last one to deserve anything like this. >> reporter: with six victims still in critical condition, aurora's mayor steve hoggan has seen many of them and warns that the death toll may rise. >> it is possible we might see more casualties. >> reporter: late yesterday authorities detonated explosives found at holmes apartment and in an exclusive interview today on "face the nation", aurora police chief dan oates quashed rumors of an accomplice. >> all the evidence we have, every single indicator is that this is all mr

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barry petersen was in the courtroom with holmes and, barry how did he seem in person? >> reporter: well, i have to say scott, it was really sort of eerie to be there. he seemed so unvovled. it was almost chilling, because we're talking about the fate of his life. frankly, i had a hard time taking my eyes off of him. you keep staring at that face, looking for some clue as to why this happened. he, on the other hand, seemed uninterested and when he was offered a chance to speak he turned it down. >> mr. holmes, do you have any questions about that initial advisement? >> judge, we've advised mr. holmes (inaudible) >> thank you, mr. king. >> reporter: the hearing's purpose was to inform holmes of charge he is would soon face. >> you've committed the offense of first degree murder, a class one felony under colorado law. >> reporter: the prosecutor will file those charges by next monday and the public defender is expected to soon file a motion for a mental health evaluation-- routine in these cases. >> you shall refrain from contacting, directly or indirectly communicating w

barry petersen was in the courtroom, john miller is on the investigation. tnn state is hit with crippling penalties and joe paterno is wiped out of the record books armen keteyian on the fallout from the child sex abuse scandal. >> sports themselves can become too big to fail. in the penn state case the results were perverse and sultnscionable. ci pelley: a pioneer has died. sally ride, the first american woman in space. and john blackstone on the survivors of the aurora massacre fighting for their lives. >> he needs to get better

joining me first is barry petersen with what we're learning about some of those who died. barry. >> reporter: the effort today has been to identify the dead. so far names of 11 of the 12 victims, and the release of every name is news that is devastating to family and friends. on his '27th birthday, alex sullivan had much to celebrate-- his coming one-year wedding anniversary, and from the batman premiere he tweeted, "oh, man, one hour till the movie and it's going to be the best birthday ever." then came the chaos. his desperate father, tom, captured in this picture, hunted for word. >> call me. find my son, call me! >> reporter: late last night, the worst news possible-- alex was dead. he was one of the victims remembered at his makeshift memorial. also killed was matt mcquinn, also 27. when the shooting started he jumped on top of his girlfriend, samantha yower, shielding her from the gunfire. she was shot in the leg but his last wish was granted-- she will live. john blunt also gave his life for the one loved, push, girlfriend jansen young after a seat before she was sho

bob orr will have the latest on the administration of the shootings and barry petersen will remember those who died. lee cowan will take us to aurora for our sunday morning cover story. >> a shooting at century theaters. >> it was cold, it was calculated, and it was deadly. >> i'm so sorry for the other families. and all of the mend and women dead who didn't make it. >> even suspect's home was rigged with explosives to raise the death count even more. >> there are those who don't even want to speak the gunman's name preferring instead to speak of the victims. >> as we will later on sunday morning. >> we do have other more hopeful stories to tell you about this morning, including hot wheels from rita braver, all about kids stepping up to the children of hurdling downward. >> for generations, the soapbox derby made veteran racers out of nervous kids. >> i was just like oh, i am kind of scared but after that, i was like i have got the power! >> later on sunday morning, the saga of the soapbox derby. >> peter frampton is a name from the rock 'n' roll past who is making a name for himself

first we'll turn to barry petersen. >> reporter: for theater goer this is started as a very special night for the many fans of batman movies. the suspect bought a ticket for the 12:05 a.m. special premier. law enforcement sources tell us holmes dyed his hair like batman's foe the joker. >> i was in the second row. >> reporter: shortly after the movie began, corbin date saw someone get up and leave through an emergency exit. >> i noticed a guy who was sitting to the far right went out to the emergency exit, which is unusual. >> reporter: parked outside the door was holmes' car. inside, an arsenal. he put in a helmet, bullet-proof vest, leg protection and armed himself. >> an a.r.-15 assault rifle, a remington 870 shotgun, 12 gauge shotgun, and a .40 caliber glock handgun. >> reporter: aurora police chief dan oates. >> i imagine i will be asked how many rounds were fired. my answer is we have no capability now of calculating that number. there were many, many rounds fired. >> reporter: at roughly 12:30, the suspect reentered theater nine through the emergency exit door to the right of the m

barry petersen is at the scene in aurora emt joins us with the latest. good morning, barry to you.d morning. well, as you mentioned, there are now 12 people dead. i don't quite know how to characterize that that that's good news. initially, they said that 14 people had been killed. we're still holding at roughly 50 people wounded being treated at six area hospitals. suspect in custody. they have searched his apartment which is not that far from here looking for explosives. i would say that we have talked with some of the eyewitnesses. we're going to share some of their stories. i've spoken with a couple of eyewitnesses just a few moments ago. >> i was with my younger sister and a friend, mike, and sheala. we decided there's something not right going on. we got up and as soon as we walked out the door, we saw several police officers with just different guns, like shotguns. i don't even know. i've never seen cops holding guns like that. we walked to the left, and we just saw pretty much everything wasn't even under control at that point. there was just people just scattered around. t

massacre suspect in court james holmes appeared dazeened and was prevented from speaking by his barry petersenurtroom, john miller is on the investigation. penn state is hit with crippling penalties and joe paterno is wiped out of the record books armen keteyian on the fallout from the child sex abuse scandal. >> sports themselves can become too big to fail. in the penn state case the results were perverse and unconscionable. >> pelley: a pioneer has died. sally ride, the first american woman in space. and john blackstone on the survivors of the aurora massacre fighting for their lives. >> he needs to get better because he needs to be a dad. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. it was a strange and jarring picture. we got our first look today at the man accused of the worsz mass shooting in

barry petersen is on the scene in aurora to bring us up to date. what can you tell us?16 critical, 33 injured. the youngest victim a 3-month-old baby. the eyewitnesss tell us they're sitting, watching the movie. an emergency door opens on the right-hand side. the gunman comes in. he throws some sort of gas canister, maybe teargas, something like that. there's an explosion. then he begins to open fire. now he is apparently somebody involved with explosives because the police almost immediately go to where he lives in aurora to an apartment building. they eve been searching this andment building. they're very nervous about what's inside it because of the possibility of explosives. we hear more about that now from the aurora police chief, daniel oates. >> right behind us, the building with the sign there that says one and studio apartments is the residence of the subject who was arrested this morning. he lives on the third floor in the back. his apartment is apparently booby trapped. we have a whole bunch of bomb techs from all different agencies. we have pictures from ins

barry petersen with military families on retreat in the rockies captioning sponsored by cbs this is thenews" with scott pelley. >> good evening, scott is off tonight. i'm anthony mason. the sun is showing no mercy. the mercury soared again today in the central and eastern united states with temperatures in the 90s and over 100. the weather service put out a heat warning