. >> columbine. >> i really identified with what eric and dylan went through. th they were my heroes. >> aurora. >> this stuff builds up over time. >> sandy hook. >> if i had an assault weapon, things would have been much worse. >> why did they do it? joshua cooke says he has the answer. he is known as the matrix murderer. >> i would see myself in that role. >> the teenager who picked up a shotgun and killed his parents in their suburban virginia home. now joshua cooke tells his story in an exclusive prison interview with piers. >> i don't blame anyone but myself. >> the crime, the confession and a warning about the next adam lanza. >> these people were ticking time bombs. >> this is a special "piers morgan live" inside the mind of a killer. >> good evening. it's been ten years since joshua cooke did the unthinkable. on february 17th, 2003, the then 19-year-old picked up a shotgun, pointed it straight at his mother and father, and pulled the trigger, killing them both. how could he murder his parents? why did he do it? for a decade, joshua cooke has kept the mo

i go i normally get blamed for this you know it's like why we blame for columbine because that. was the best face or test at the time because i put myself in the wrong villain because i think villains are the key to any good story but leave a story with the bible you would do or smash shooting no absolutely not why you wouldn't tell them because i happen to have a song in the matrix i just come out and they're shooting and i had a video on t.v. called rock is that kids were able fans of me i think they probably thought that i was too much of a sissy because i was wearing lipstick i don't really know i don't know is going to wear you much you got a bad rap for that yeah it was kind of put my whole career on hold lot of people don't know about it because i had to really take an active stance legally against a lot of a lot of news places for using romance and it's trademarked most likely miles it's just it will. but i had to put a cease and desist order so now people don't talk about it so in some ways i feel. mad that you know. other than bowling for columbine which a lot of peopl

i go i know i'm going to blame for this you know it's like why we blame bill columbine because that. was the best face to test at the time because i put myself in the role villain because i think villains are the key to any good story but it leaves you with a bottle it would do or smash should english no absolutely not why you wouldn't tell about bees i happen to have a song in the matrix that just come out and they're shooting and i had a video on t.v. for rock is that kids were able fans of me i think they probably thought that i was too much of a sissy because i was wearing lipstick i don't really know i don't know if you were you much you got a bad rap for that yeah it was kind of put my whole career on hold lot of people don't know about it because i had to really take an active stance legally against a lot of a lot of news places for using marilyn manson which is a trademark slightly miles it's not really just an example. but i had to put a cease and desist order so now people don't talk about it so in some ways i feel. mad that you know. other than bowling for columbine which

columbine had already happened like five months before that. there were quite a few similarities between my case and that, like i was wearing a trench coat. >> and behind some murders, a person you thought you could trust. >> i just remember when i woke up, first thing i said was, today is the day. >>> more americans are incarcerated today than ever before, and now when we go behind the walls of maximum security prisons, we see a greater cross-section of inmates than ever. >> i mean, obviously they're the ones that the moment you meet them, you know they're dangerous and belong in prison, but we're also finding more and more inmates who have committed murder who look like the guy next door, just an average, normal guy, and it's really left us puzzled. i mean, what would lead a guy like this to kill someone? >> at 27 years old, adam drake looks more like a college dorm resident than a maximum security prison inmate. >> you seem awful happy and perky. >> i am always happy and perky. >> but when we met him at the limon correctional facility in col

. >> investigators say the shooters in the newtown and columbine trackeds -- tragedy were all shooting game fanatics. he says all he wants to do is make his invention great. >> americans are hooked on tv. no big surprise there but a new study found that americans spent less time at work last year and more time watching tv. the average american spent three hours and 32 minutes a day at work-related activities, down two minutes from the previous year. and jumped to five hours and 22 minutes, almost three hours of tv watching. >> today people were outside because it was nice and warm, but nice to be cool inside sometimes. >> leigh: and temperatures and our weather pattern will definitely see some changes in the next 24 hours. live doppler 7hd right now showing you the clear sky inland but the low clouds and the high clouds sitting just off the coast. i'm going to take you up to the north coast. 're getting sign office change as live doppler 7hd already picking up a little bit of moisture. this band of clouds, folks, will be headed towards the bay area by tomorrow, and that is what is goin

. >> investigators say the shooters in the newtown and columbine trackeds -- tragedy were all shootinghe says all he wants to do is make his invention great. >> americans are hooked on tv. no big surprise there but a new study found that americans spent less time at work last year and more time watching tv. the average american spent three hours and 32 minutes a day at work-related activities, down two minutes from the previous year. and jumped to five hours and 22 minutes, almost three hours of tv watching. >> today people were outside because it was nice and warm, but nice to be cool inside sometimes. >> leigh: and temperatures and our weather pattern will definitely see some changes in the next 24 hours. live doppler 7hd right now showing you the clear sky inland but the low clouds and the high clouds sitting just off the coast. i'm going to take you up to the north coast. 're getting sign office change as live doppler 7hd already picking up a little bit of moisture. this band of clouds, folks, will be headed towards the bay area by tomorrow, and that is what is going to bring us a

i do it because what happened in columbine should have happened in my neighborhood, and it did not. there was no one there for me when this happened to me. [applause] there were no counselors, and nobody come into my house to ask me questions about what happened. the already labeled my son in the papers as a gang member. they labeled him as a drug dealer. no be had came to me -- no media came to me to ask me about my child. the people in my community seamen visible -- seemed invisible, and that seems unfair. i do because i want to see justice. i want to look at the person who killed my son and asked him why. why did you kill my son? what was so -- what did he do that allow you to shoot him point blank with four bullets in the face? what would make you do such a thing? i want to meet the individual, to let him know i have already forgiven you. if i had not for giving you, i would not be here today. i have to forgive you, but i want to know why. why do i want to know why? i want to get you killed, too. kurds people -- hurt people hurt people. apparently, you are hurting. you had to be

i want you to think about to the time after columbine and think what happened after that incident happened. there was a wave to put metal detectors in schools and all of this security. i will tell you folks in two different schools and having confiscated many weapons it wasn't a metal detector that brought it to my attention. it was a student. they were the most effective because they're ubiquitous. they are everywhere. they know who has what in the backpack and if you extrapolate that to bullying we can't be at home when they are logging in. students will know who posted what and if we can build the resiliency in the student body and move from the paradigm where it's okay to post those things and you're a big guy because you have a picture of a naked teeneen on your phone and to a culture it's not scpook you're hurting somebody and somebody will bring that to the attention of an adult that can intercede. i think that is what we're trying to develop and system and students understand it's not okay to hurt each other and whether it's words or pictures. that can only happen with what george

respond for calls of service and they have to decide in real time and certainly since the advent of columbine and the officers waited now whenever there is on going or serious injury or loss of life the officers don't wait. they have to go in and figure it out and god bless that we have great supervisors that take charge of the scene and the officers are making split second decisions and i have to commend the sergeant because when it comes to trainers he sets the bar pretty high and maintains a standard few can but he does and tocey yokimono was there and all 30 copies and like you dr. marshall i like to see them but it was dizzy looking and this is consistent and the officers do a great job with all the general orders. >> all right. thank you. any public comment? we're not voting on it tonight but at the community meet ing but we wanted to do that before that. >> i think the chief brought up. this is 12 pages. is this thing on or not? it's difficult for a police officer in pursuit to actually use this unless he memorized it seven days a week. two, i have driven police cruisers as a taxi driv

i want to be clear that the approach that our nation has taken to date is out of the ashes of columbine. we refer to it as an outside approach. what most schools did back then was try to secure a school from ingress, guns coming in and sro's and cameras can stop the guns but they can't stop the kids who bring in other weapons, weapons of bias, weapons of grudges from the neighborhood, values from home. we need to have a different approach. the approach we are talking about is a relational approach. it's an inside out approach, an approach really based on empowering young people not to be consumers but to be contributors in their own schools, not to be the problems but to be the solutions because clearly we've learned and know that we cannot legislate compassion and we cannot punish our children into being kind. we've tried. we've spent billions of dollars with policies that are punitive, not restoretive, policies that punish but don't give young people the opportunity to correct and to fix the harm. so one of the lessons that our organization, community matters, has done for 12 years ha

record but a faculty member at zawahri's high school says she once raised concerns "he could be a columbine-typefter he threatened teachers and students. it's believed zawahri's rampage began about a mile from campus when he killed his father and brother at a home that went up in flames. debra fine was his next victim. she was shot four times when she tried to stop the gunman from carjacking another driver. >> i just sped up in my car and i yelled. >> reporter: what did you yell? >> i yelled "no." i just yelled no." >> reporter: then you realized he was turning his attention to you? >> yes, i did. very fast. and then i saw his eyes, i saw him point and i -- then i knew. then i knew that he was really going to shoot. and when i heard the explosion i knew it was a bullet. >> reporter: it's not clear where zawahri got his weapons. we learned today police have been unable to trace the gun. scott, there will be a candlelight vigil on campus tonight for the victims. the class of 2013 will graduate tomorrow. >> pelley: carter evans in santa monica. carter, thanks very much. there is nothing like the si

on the hypocrisy, aurora happened before the movie, columbine before the movie, chicago, every day, wherethen, why is it now. >> never about the handgun crime, is it. >> never about the handgun crime in cities with gun control. >> he is very worried about greg gutfeld. >> he has body guards for what? >> he apparently thinks -- he pays armed body guards to sit outside his house. >> can we talk about madonna? she was on good morning america, talked to her about guns. check it out. >> that choreography drew criticism with the actress who relied heavily on guns. >> did you ever think about not using that. >> that's like asking people not to have guns in action movies, guns don't kill people, people kill people. >> several movies delayed releases because of shooting at sandy hook. >> that's not going to change the situation. it all comes from fear and ignorance and people not really raising their children and paying attention to what's going on. >> eric, she echoed the nra like slogan. guns don't kill, channeling her inner conservative. >> good stuff, madonna. >> in the tank, madonna. you have

i represent a coalition of milies going back to columbine and weare saying that that money was given by a very generous american public and it was intended to go to them. together we are standing and saying that th is exactly what should happen. >> here is what hapened. americans we vy generous. they gave him $15 million to many charities. but the biggest one, the one thatas the lion's share was united way of western @%nnecticut. after the tragedy, that partular charity sat back and decided to create am kind of foundation to put this money in. they studied the issue, all of this going on over the st six months. that seems to me likeit's a lot of time to be waing for this moy to be distributed. >> it certainly is. is actually one of the longest distributions that w have seen. a lot of time the money is spent off to a separate organization and the pals are put together. the challenging part is that there are people who specialize in this veey painful process. the who know how to do this. the presumption that is completely ut of the depths and how to handle this kind of situation can fi

record, but a faculty member at his high school once raised concerns that he could be, quote, a columbine-type shooter after he threatened some teacher the -- teachers students. >>> with two chainsover atlanta was outside a pot dispensary on howard street yesterday. three hispanic men confronted him and five members of his document one of the suspects pulled a gun. police say that suspect fired a shot. no one was hurt. the rapper handed his wallet and cell phone over to the crooks who took off in a gray car. the rapper was in town for a concert at oracle arena. no arrest so far. >>> a san jose grass fire brought traffic to a near stand still this afternoon. it happened just after 1:30. the fire spread about 40 feet up an embankment a sound wall prevented it from spreading. two neighbors were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. >>> a marijuana grow operation went up in smoke in a san francisco outer richmond neighborhood. firefighters found the stash early this morning after a fire broke out in the back room of the house. no word on how it started. the renters weren't home, but one inve

these murdered 6 and 7-year-olds and say we can't do anything when the facts are the facts that in columbine if we had universal background checks they may not have gotten the guns. if we had limits on magazine clips there would be people alive in aurora and tucson and 20 kids got shot at in sanity -- sandy hook and they died because of that. there is a political infrastructure built around the gun issue and i'll tell you colleagues in the senate that went the wrong way back in april are looking for a different path forward because they don't want to go against the mayors against illegal guns and gabby giffords and more. that may give us a path to get a bill on the senate floor. >> they need some of these people to stand up to the nra as it always does has another threatening attack add, attacking for a bill that would have strengthened background checks which seems to be the least that's happening. let's watch the nra add. >> remember this tv add? i'm joe mansion, i approved this add because i'll always defend west virginia. >> as your senator i'll protect the second amendment rights. >> he

we know adam lanza was addicted to call of duty, we know the columbine killers, same thing. interviewed a guy who shot his parents and this is what he had to say. watch this. name is joshua cook. >> a lot of these shooter games, when i would play these games, i just -- it did a lot for me mentally where i could release my aggression with these games, and i could almost bring my fantasies to fruition the way i would just immerse myself in these games. sometimes i would play them 12 to 15 hours a day without leaving my room. >> i mean, it was pretty clear he felt there that this was a direct link. and my sense is if people are slightly disturbed to start with, these games can make them more disturbed and potentially trigger them doing something. i don't see how this, which is, you know, like an ar-15 shot in houston, looks a bit like it, fires like it, how is that not to a disturbed mind, and this is a sniper rifle. >> yes. >> how are these not going to make people like joshua cook, adam lanza and others, immediately i hate this. >> i agree with you. we had this discussion. >>

i hear that same resolve and the voices of boston, and those i talk with from aurora, tucson, columbine, and blacksburg. i marvel every day at the conviction expressed by those in newtown that we will make something good from that evil act. still today, 140 days after the event, the commitment to do good continues unabated. in fact, i am pleased and proud to witness the great diversity of effort, even if some efforts appear to diverge from the norm. the importance for me is that everyone finds their voice, and uses their talent, whatever it is to improve the lives of the common good. newtown is a special place. i think that we are basically good and kind. given the choice, i believe that each of us individually and collectively would more often than not choose the good act over the evil act. i believe we do not like it at all when the balance between good and evil is tipped away from us. our security is at stake when evil gains too much ground. when that evil happens in a place like sandy hook elementary school, it brings fear to all of us. if a school known to do all the right things t

we'll never forget what happened in tucson, in oak creek, virginia tech, portland, milwaukee and columbine. and as we remember the precious lives lost, we must also renew our determination to work together to make sure that such a tragedy never happens again. as a survivor of the tucson shooting that tk place on anuary 8, 2011, as the grandfather of children the same age as those who were slaughtered in newtown, and as a member of congress, i'm committed to taking the reasonable action to make sure that we prevent future deaths and injuries om such mass shootings. after the awful shooting and deaths in newtown, the sunday following i was reading a newspaper about the tragedy and i saw a photograph of one of the children that was killed and as i looked at that photograph of this little 6-year-old girl looking back at me from that page with my granddaughter the same age, i have to tell you that i sobbed along with my wife. i think no grandparent and no parent in this country could have had any other reaction. weust take action here to make sure these mass shootings neve occur again. while th

. >> john: the academy award winning documentary bowling for columbine made kmart stop sell guns. how is it virginia tech,. aurora and the countless other shootings have changed nothing even as the public says they demand an end to the violence? nothing seems to be making sense at this point. the prying eyes of the nsa have created a world where we see no one less than michael moore joining glenn beck in saying the obama administration has lost credibility. are we in america to call this progress? it is not just strange bedfellows. it is like an orgy at the "star wars" cantina. i'm pleased to welcome academy award winning filmmaker michael moore to "viewpoint." great to have you here. >> thanks for having me. let's clear up the glenn beck thing. >> john: you're not bffs now? >> i read the story the last week because we both spoke out against the nsa spying. but the difference between glenn beck and myself is that when bush did it, he was okay with it. >> john: exactly right. >> he's not okay with it now. now, as bill maher says, president blacken stein is in charge. >> john: sluct

it -- he shot the movie after -- before sandy hook happened, yeah, but it was after aurora, after columbineig deal? he's been an advocate for gun violence for this long. for some reasonly found a conscience before this ridiculous movie comes out? i don't get, it but it's not the first time hip crassy has flown forth from the hollywood hills. i promise you that. >> that was like a preacher, not the first time hypocrisy has flown forth from the hollywood hills. what do you think about the point hogan made? aurora, colorado, that horrific shooting that happened. sandy hook happened. and now several months later he's saying he's not going to promote it. >> i think there's a change. there are certain moments that are -- >> a change of how he snngs. >> change of heart. an evolution. i take him at his word. i think he's sincere. i think he should be applauded. actors endorse everything from sneak force condoms. that's what actors do. and the fact that he's standing for something -- he could be sued, as i'm sure paul the comment. maybe other producers won't work with him. it's a win/win. let's be h

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a look at the previous incidents whether it's newtown, whether it's virginia tech, whether it's columbine list, mental health has been the linchpin, if you will, that we don't talk about. so what members of congress and the president as well as community leaders need to do is roll up their sleeves and figure out what needs to be done in that critical area. when you take a look at gun control and the legislation on the books if we were to quite frankly, enforce all of the laws on the books these issues still would happen. so we have to take a look at mental a little bit. >> there are people pushing. the vice president is going to connecticut. nothing on background checks or mental illness. senator manchin has been reaching out to senators to convince them to support of altered measure in the coming months. aisha has to happen? >> i think the president has to use all of the latitude he can and the pawer he can to crack down on gun violence. unfortunately, we have a congress like you just mentioned and we have republicans who want to sit on their hands and do nothing and think has is going t

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the shooters of columbine were video game shooters.s harmful. >> did i make it too good? sometimes i wonder. >> reporter: kotkin admitted it's not for everyone, especially children. he's going beyond his critics. >> i can't think of this person or that person, moyer wife, even. i have to think, how can i make this great? how long my reality is i'm not hurting anyone, i can do it. >> if the delta 6 does hit store shelves, gamers will be able to use it to play all xbox or ps3 games. and with an adapter, it can also be used with a pc. >>> a little girl who got a new adult lung transplant is recovering from her surgery. we'll tell you how she's doing, after the break. oh, he's a fighter alright. since aflac is helping with his expenses while he can't work, he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it! yes! aflac's gonna help take care of his expenses. and us...we're gonna get him back in fighting

it should be every day because in columbine the guns that were bought to slaughter those high school students were bought outside of the background system intentionally so because the person that bought them knew if they went into a legitimate gun store they wouldn't be able to purchase the guns that were being requested and so they went to a gun show around the background checks system. we know different laws would change things because in aurora, the shooter went in with a 100-round drum and the shooting stopped and people escaped including a couple of my constituents because the gun jammed. they had trouble switching these massive, massive ammunition clips. and in newtown we know the power of the gun that was used. i mean, these assault weapons are all over the place today. they have become commonplace but it doesn't belie the fact that they still have a power to kill that few other guns do. so much so that adam lanza walked into that school that day, fired over 150 rounds, shot 20 kids and not a single one of them survived. every kid that he shot died, in part because of the powe

we'll never forget what happened in tucson, in oak creek, virginia tech, portland, milwaukee and columbine. and as we remember the precious lives lost, we must also renew our determination to work together to make sure that such a tragedy never happens again. as a survivor of the tucson shooti that took place on anuary 8, 2011, as the grandfather of children the same age as those who were slaughtered in newtown, and as a member of congress, i'm committed to taking the reasonable action to make sure that we prevent future deaths and injuries from such mass shootings. after the awful shooting an deaths in newtown, the sunday following i was reading a newspaper about the tragedy and i saw a photograph of one of the children that was killed and as i looked at that photograph of this little 6-year-old girl looking back at me from that page with my granddaughter the same age, i have to tell you that i sobbed along with my wife. i think no grandparent and no parent in this country could have had any other reaction. we must take action here to make sure these mass shootings never occur again. whil

according to investigators the shooters in the newtown, virginia tech, norway and columbine tragedieshis cannot hurt anybody. this is electronics inside of this. this is just a regular controller. >> reporter: but training the player to hurt someone. >> well, you have a point there. have i made it too good? sometimes i wonder. >> reporter: the controller is not foreeveryone, especially children. he says he's looking beyond his critics. >> i can't be worried about this person or that person or my wife even. i have to think, okay, how can i make this great? as long as it's my morality, i'm not hurting anyone, i can live with it. i can do it. >> he says he's not hurting anyone. >> yeah. >> hard to -- hard to imagine. >> there are a lot of parents, and he acknowledges there will be some parents who say, there's no way my kid should have this. that's why it should be player 17 and older. look at video, the kickback, when complete, should be enough to shake your arm as if you're really firing rounds. >> realistic. >> hopes to have it out by christmas. $300. he tells a story that's important

we'll never forget what happened in tucson, in oak creek, virginia tech, portland, milwaukee and columbine. and as we remember the precious lives lost, we must also renew our determination to work together to make sure that such a tragedy never happens again. as a survivor of the tucson shooting that took place on anuary 8, 2011, as the grandfather of children the same age as those who were slaughtered in newtown, and as a member of congress, i'm committed to taking the reasonable action to make sure that we prevent future deaths and injuries from such mass shootings. after the awful shooting and deaths in newtown, the sunday following i was reading a newspaper about the tragedy and i saw a photograph of one of the children that was killed and as i looked at that photograph of this little 6-year-old girl looking back at me from that page with my granddaughter the same age, i have to tell you that i sobbed along with my wife. i think no grandparent and no parent in this country could have had any other reaction. we must take action here to make sure these mass shootings never occur again. w

i hear that same resolve and the voices of boston, and those i talk with from aurora, tucson, columbine, and blacksburg. i marvel every day at the conviction expressed by those in newtown that we will make something good from that evil act. still today, 140 days after the event, the commitment to do good though theunabated. initiatives for good differ in scope, it matters not. in fact, i am pleased and proud to witness the great diversity of effort, even if some efforts appear to diverge from the norm. the importance for me is that everyone finds their voice, and uses their talent, whatever it is, to improve the lives of the common good. newtown is a special place. i think that we are basically good and kind. given the choice, i believe that each of us individually and collectively would more often than not choose the good act over the evil act. i believe we do not like it at all when the balance between good and evil is tipped away from us. our security is at stake when evil gains too much ground. when that evil happens in a place like sandy hook elementary school, it brings fear to al