we're told the two most experienced in that office, dan king and tamara bradley. and there are only three people on death row in colorado, two of them were put there in arapahoe county. and so what we're going to see today will be brief, but it's really just the start of a very long process. the next thing will be the formal arrangement and charging. there is a law here in colorado that gives you 72 hours to officially put the charges out there. you would think that there would be at least a minimum of 70, ranging from murder to attempted murder. and then there are a couple of key questions ahead. one, competency. is he competent to stand trial? meaning, can he assist in putting together his own defense? the bar for that, much lower than what we're probably going to be looking at, which most experts say will be a defense of insanity. in the meantime, in this community, there continues to be bafflement. why? why would he do this? right now there are no clear answers. there may not be. and in fact, legal experts will tell you that in a case like this where there is

savannah guthrie made this point, ngi, not guilty by reason of insanity defense by his counsel, dan king and tammy brady. they had time to think about that. they won't have to decide and announce whether they'll choose that level of defense or that kind of defense until the arraignment and that's some time away, at least a couple of months, because the charges next monday and then a preliminary hearing after that and then finally the arraignment. there's still some time away the beginning of a long process. >> will we know on monday whether he's going to be -- where he could possibly be sentenced to death? >> reporter: no, no that won't be announced. it's after the arraignment the clock starts, within 60 days after that the d.a. has to decide and announce whether she'll seek death penalty and only do that with victims' families and survivors, and that's not an easy or unanimous decision. it never is in these cases. >>> up next, scorch earth. time running out for the house to pass the farm bill. by the way, it would mean much-needed help for americans and farmers suffering in a horrible d

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the man you saw walking over there was dan king, he is one of three people from the public defender'sice who has been say signed to this case. doug wilson is the state public defender, tamara brady, the chief trial deputy. let's talk a little bit about what we just saw going on in there, rick. anything out of the ordinary? anything you'd take note of, particularly? >> well, the judge was willing to take on some procedural issues right now, which is somewhat unusual, but not surprising in nature, given the nature of this case. i think what's important to note, number one, is that the defense is already asking for access to the crime scene and there was a reference made to defense experts. so they want to get into that theater, they want to get into that apartment, and apparently the judge has granted that with 24 hours' notice. the other key thing, of course, is that the charges will be returned a week from today. the defense did not object to increasing that timing. and then, of course, there was the nonissue of bond. he will, of course, remain in custody. >> and craig silverman, you'

his main public defender will be a dan king, assisted by tamron bradley.ienced in the public defender's office but as you can imagine, they have a huge hill to climb. first of all, you have all the witnesses in the theater. you the have the arrest. you have the suspect who police say pointed them to that apartment where they found all those booby-traps that took several days of the world's leading experts to disarm. and we also know that threw going to having that trail that they're finding. not only in 6,000 rounds of ammunition that police say he ordered over the internet to be delivered to his home and to his school, the guns that were purchased four guns over the last couple of months, but also the computer you mentioned. we are told they did remove his personal computer from his apartment and there will be potential will i a lot of evidence there. let's talk a little bit more about what's going to happen in that courtroom. there is at least some suggestion, it's having, isn't it, we have not yet seen a booking photo for james holmes. his lawyers may b

. >> and the other main public defender assigned to him dan king handled all of the interactions with the court while tamara brady sat next to him the entire time. >> and don, i understand that you have information on a couple of fronts, but first of all, describe for us what he was like when heas in custody, his behavior in custody away from the cameras. >> well, when he was in custody, we are told that in the jail, he was acting erratically, that is his eyes were sort of rolling around, and these are from the published reports and also from the inmates who had been released from the detention center right here where we are standing and he was spitting at people, and spitting at the police officers and through his jail cell. they had to keep him in solitary confinement in there, and also, too, that he was under suicide watch in this detention center and will be. he, again, placed in protective custody, and obviously, in solitary confinement, because they are afraid that he might harm himself, but again, you saw his behavior, suzanne in the courtroom, and it was very odd. also, they a

king doing viral. >> you will understand why the people lost their jobs. dangerty has the story. >> reporter: a burger king employee in may field heights standing in two lettuce bins, pretty gross and here are the pretty predictable reracks from people we -- reactions from people we showed this to when they left the drive-thru. >> i guess i'm going to throw my food away. that's not good. >> that's disgisting, oh my goode ew. that's repulsive. i'm not eating there. ever again. >> oh my god. ew. >> i always had good service and good food here and i don't know what to tell you, i'm really surprised by it. >> reporter: apparently they posted it online as a prank but never removed the digital signature. ever heard of it whenever you take a digital photograph, information is always attached to which ever picture you take. if you post that picture online that info goes with it. so people have the ability to see when you took the picture, what kind of camera it was taken with and whether you newsed a flash or not and some programs will even show you a map. it may be i

. >> on that visit to ghana in '57, i think it was chief dan, i think was his name, that was the first time that my father met martin luther king jr. because he was at the inauguration. >> right. he was there. >> the independence day, independence from britain. that's when my father's relationship with king began so that was a very historic trip. >> and then from there we went on to the ivy coast, the president boneit and his wife greeted the president and mrs. nixon, thousands of people, a great motorcade all the way. it was unbelievable. that was the same time, 1972, not much, but it was just a stopover, so to speak. and then just a month later, the nixons went to china, on that historic visit. several weeks ago, the nixon foundation and the u.s. institute for peace had a day-long symposium marking the 40th anniversary of that trip. and secretary hillary clinton was the final speaker, the keynote speaker at the end of the day. and she made a point of saying, right at the beginning of her remarks that while this event was celebrating and marking the 40th anniversary of president nixon's trip to china, it was also the 40th anni

. >> the king flag's discovery, dozen roller coaster riders were stuck on the new superman ride. inspectors found nothing wrong . >> i am dan tonight. >> abc 7 news reporter joins us with more. vick? >> cheryl, so far park officials tell us they have no clue or idea why the ride suddenly broke down yesterday. earlier today they said cal ocea was there. they will give the okay to resume the ride when their investigation is over. >> park officials hut down the mar quee ride today. a big disappointment for many. it is closed for the day. that is sad. i was stoked to ride. everyone else in the family was like no, no. yeah, come on >> maintenance workers checked the superman roller coaster and ride this moing looking at the wheels and track. >> we have determined that it was not a mechanical issue to the ride or the track at all. yesterday, 12 riders were

king george vi in 1952. >>> you can catch the opening ceremony right here on nbc 4 in two days. dant you ready with live reports from london. go to nbcwashington.com for the latest on the london olympics. >>> a new survey says swearing at work could cost you. the harris interactive survey shows 64% of employers said they would think less of an employee who repeatedly swears. 57% would be less likely to promote someone who curses in the office. 51% of workers said they curse at work. the majority say they do do it in front of co-workers and their boss. most co-workers say they are less likely to swear in front of clients. >>> well, when you work in this business, sometimes a couple of curse words slip out. >> that's some mouths in this line of work. one lady on facebook said she worked with someone who did that and didn't think they realized they were doing it. >> uncontrolled. you have to watch your mouth. waking up to some temperatures we have not seen in

dan kerman has been following the hearing on might get has an estate on tonight's testimony. >> as we have been falling all along the ethics hearing continues fifth if we continue to hear from the kinge venture of ross mirkirimi. she is talking about her role in her conversations with his wife. we are expecting to hear from her but so far that has not happened. lopez into mercury meter live separately around five fee of syria lopez is expected to be asked about the bruise on her arm and her decision to allow a neighbor to take a video of the bruised. the investigation led to have meeting guilty to false imprisonment which caused the mayor to follow -- caused the mir to fire him. they will make a recommendation to the board of supervisors. remember it takes nine of a lever that have never both from office. this hour his campaign manager is testify about her conversations with lopez will have a full report coming of tonight at 11:00 p.m.. a stabbing suspect has died after being shot by san francisco police. maureen kelly begins our team coverage with how it all started. >> shortly before 10:15 a.m. there was a violent confrontation between to temporary if police working in the back of

king. >> bill: unlike the down-home sloppiness of the regular crew here. >> elegantly sloppy. >> peter ogborn and danrian bowlding. the big question everybody asks in power these days, do you -- the big question everybody is asking, do you have power. >> we're at the center of power. we live right here. our lines are buried. that's two things. our lines are buried. nothing knocks down our power. >> bill: just the trees come down and knock down our houses. >> they smash cars but they don't deprive us of power. >> bill: good to see you yesterday on a sad note on the 4th -- tuesday right after our show, actually later in the day, we learned about the death of -- one of the greatest tv stars ever, andy griffith. mayberry the sheriff. he was -- he was the redneck everybody could love, right? >> yeah. he was fundamental part of ourchildhoods. i remember anyway. i didn't live in a town like this but i kind of wanted to. >> bill: it was at a time when there were so many bad things about the south we were hearing about and yet -- and here comes andy griffith. again, everybody could sort of identify with. very