and the answer on part c is yes. >> is. >> hogan we the jury, find the defendant james egan holmes guilty of attempted to commit murder in the first degree after deliberation. part b is left unansweredansweredanswered and the answer on part c is yes. adan we the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty of attempted to commit murder in the first degree, after deliberation. part b is left unanswered and the answer on part c is yes. verdict form count 27, attempt to commit murder in the first degree after deliberation, brandon axelrod we the jury find the defendant -- >> now we the know the jury is finding him guilty of the attempted murder. >> thats again, there are 140 attempted murder charges two for each of the people who were injuried and you are hearing the name of those injuried and right now they are going to the attempted murder charges and on every single one the jury has found james holmes guilty. earn surprise that the jury did not buy the not guilty on anything. >> not with only 12 1/2 hours of deliberation, it was clear the jury has rejected one side interpretation of t

we the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty. part b is left unanswered. part c is answered yes. verdict form count 6 murder in the first degree after deliberation, john larimer, we the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. part b is left unanswered. the answer to part c is yes. verdict form count 7, murder in the first degree after deliberation matthew mcquinn. we the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. part b is left unanswered. and the answer to the question on part c is yes. verdict form count 8 murder in the first degree after deliberation, mckayla mennic. we the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. part b is left unanswered and yes to part c. count 9, murder in the first degree after deliberation, veronica mosher sullivan we the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. part b is left unanswered and the answer on

james holmes is about to learn his fate three years after he admittedly opened fire inside a colorado movie theater during a midnight film killing a dozen people. holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. we have our analysts our correspondents and news makers they're all standing by to cover these breaking stories. but first let's go to chattanooga, victor blackwell is on the scene for us with the very latest. victor. >> reporter: wolf the fbi evidence response team has just pulled in attempting to find out exactly why the man who's accused of pulling off this two-scened attack pulled this off today. his name mohammod youssuf abdulazeez we know from sources, 24 years old. we know there are local, state and federal authorities here on the scene, not just the fbi but also the atf here on the scene. we've seen dozens of bullet holes inside the military recruitment center here at this highway location. the attack started we're told just before 11 a.m. local time where several shots were fired by abdulazeez from his convertible and then drove to another location a naval center

the shooter james holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. it has been nearly three years to the day since holmes killed 12 people and injured 70 others. this happened during a showing of the dark knight rises. you can hear the judge he's not going to bring the jurors in yet so we're going to go ahead and let him continue to give the courtroom instructions. we had bring this to you the moment it happens. you will not miss a thing right here on fox 29. >> let's get a check of your weather. beautiful day outside. couldn't get much better actual actually. >> you can hear the judge. we won't get to weather right knowledge it's beautiful out there. we'll get to scott williams in a little bit. a car crash flood a building on the 1700 block of welsh road in northeast philadelphia. luckily, it's abandoned non one was in it at the time. >> now, let's get to scott williams out live at the oval and scott, are you still playing table tennis out there. >> he was before. >> well, lucy and iain right now playing table tennis but take look at this line here.

verdict form count five murder in the first degree after deliberation we the jury find james eganagan holmes guilty. part b left unanswered part c answered yes. verdict form count six, murder in the first degree after deliberation, john larrimer will we the jury find the defendant james eagan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. part b is left unanswered. the answer to part c is yes. verdict form count seven, murder in the first degree after deliberation matthew mcquinn we the jury find the defendant james eagan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. part b is left unanswered. the answer to the question on part c is yes. verdict form count eight, murder in the first degree after deliberation michaela medic, we the jury find the defendant james eagan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. part b is left unanswered. and the answer to part c is yes. verdict form count nine, murder in the first degree after deliberation, veronica mosier sullivan. we the jury find the defendant james eagan holmes guilty of murder in the

we the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. part "b" is left unmarked. part "c" reads, did the defendant use and threaten to use of deadly weapons. yes. verdict form. count three. murder in the first degree after deliberations. jesse childress. we final the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. part "b" is left unanswered. and part "c" is marked yes in response to the question that i mentioned a couple of times already. verdict form count 4. murder in the first degree after deliberation. we the jury find defendant james egan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. part "b" is left unanswered. and part "c" is marked yes. verdict form count five. murder in the first degree after deliberation. we the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. part "b" is left unanswered. part "c" is answered yes. verdict form count six. murder in the first degree after deliberation. john larrimer. we the jury final the defendant james egan

. >> guilty verdict in colorado for james holmes. thank you both. president george h.w. bush is in the hospital. spokesperson is here it to go "on the record" also. "on the record" is tracking every single development on the murder of our four marines in tennessee. we will bring you more behold, these are two wind turbines. can you spot the difference? the wind farm on the right was created using digital models and real world location-based specs that taught it how to follow the wind. so while the ones on the left are waiting the ones on the right are pulling power out of thin air. pretty impressive, huh? now, two things that are exactly the same have have never been more different. ge software. get connected. get insights. get optimized. when you're not confident you have complete visibility into your business, it can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. at&t's innovative solutions connect machines and people... to keep your internet of things in-sync, in real-time. leaving you free to focus on

charles: breaking news we're waiting verdict any minute in trial in colorado of theater shooter james holmes, he killed 12 people, injured 70 others, about 3 years ago. we'll bring it to you when details come out. >> now we turn to another tragic shoots today. 4 u.s. marines, shot, killed on u.s. soil. the go up man is also dead, that is what we know, gunman has been identified 24-year-old muhammad youssef abdulazeez. officials believe he was born in kuwait, it is unclear if he is a u.s. or a kuwaity citizen, several others injured. >> i just received a briefing from fbi director and my white house team. we don't know all of the details. we know that what appears to be a lone gunman carried out the attacks, we identified a name. and at-this-point a full investigation is taking place, the fbi will be in the lead, works closely with local law enforcement. we've been in contact with department of defense to make sure our defense facilities are properly vigilant as we sort through what happened. and as details of the investigation precede, we'll make sure that the fbi as well as local law enforc

a live look inside where a jury reached a verdict in the murder trial of james holmes, the man charged with killing 12 people and winning 70 inside a colorado movie theater three years ago. the vertical be announced in a matter of minutes and we will be there to let you know the moment it is released. maureen: the confessed cousin -- gunmen in the ralston church massacre will go to trial next july. a july 11 trial date has been set for dylann roff. nine counts of murder and three cats of attempt to murder in that's much shooting out wide -- inside a historically black charleston church. prosecutors are not said if it was a cadet multi--- if they will seek the death penalty. leon: police now say the man accused of killing katherine and sheila lyon intended to sexually abuse them. this revelation comes one day after police charge lloyd welch in the case. they are increasing pressure on his relatives that includes a cousin that police believe help burn the girls bodies and the uncle who said he saw welch willis one of euros. -- welch molest one of the girls. >> examined your conscience. l

we will keep you up to date. >>> guilty on all counts in the trial of james holmes. e jury rejecting the insanity defense. they will decide if holmes gets life in prison or the death penalty in the trial sentencing phase which begins next week. let's get more on the verdict from cnn's ana cabrera in centennial colorado. >> reporter: christine, jury of nine women and three men deliberated for 12 hours before returning guilty on all 165 charges, including first-degree murder as well as attempted murder. they did not buy the claims that james holmes was insane at the time he opened fire in the packed movie theater almost three years ago killing 12 people and wounding 70 others. the jury sat through 11 weeks of testimony. they heard from 250 plus witnesses, including dozens of victims, college professors and mental health experts. they considered thousands of pieces of evidence before reaching the verdict. it was the moment that loved ones and survivors have been waiting for for years. >> as soon as you heard the first guilty we knew the dominos would fall. it is what we

. >> guilty verdict in colorado for james holmes. thank you both. president george h.w. bush is in the hospital. spokesperson is here it to go "on the record" also. "on the record" is tracking every single development on the murder of our four marines in tennessee. we will bring you more information as we get it straight ahead. when you do business everywhere, the challenges of keeping everyone working together can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. at&t has the tools and the network you need to make working as one easier than ever. virtually anywhere. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. >>> breaking tonight, four marines murdered right here in america. fox is trafficking all the developments as the fbi investigates whether this is terrorism. fbi taking you back to tennessee in moments. developing at this hour president george h.w. bush, bush 41 it is in the hospital. war hero and former u.s. president taking a fall at summer home in maine. just hours ago his doctors speaking to the

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some of those people still have bullets lodged in their bodies they were shot by james holmes as he hasmitted his defense team says if it weren't for his schizophrenia, this crime never would have happened. also in the courtroom right now robert and arlene holmes james' parents. they have sat almost emotionless through this entire proceeding. now we've come down to the final 20 minute of waiting for this jury of three men and nine women to hand down their decision. >> i mentioned we'll have live coverage of that coming up in the next hour on special report. we've just gotten this on the suspect in chat new gatanooga, his year book quote, my name causes national security alerts. what does yours do. the search is on now for any who might have been accomplices or to find out with ahat exactly his motive was. special report with bret baier right after this. my lenses have a sunset mode. an early morning mode. and a partly sunny mode. transitions® signature™ adaptive lenses... are more responsive than ever. experience life well lit®. ...upgrade your lenses to transitions® signature™ it would

. >>> and a jury convicted james holmes for killing 12 people at a colorado movie theater. >>> plus araffic stop that ends in tragedy. police say a woman committed suicide notice her jail cell but her family suspects foul play. >>> you are watching al jazeera america, thanks so much for joining us this morning. live from new york city i'm morgan radford. federal authorities are searching the computer of the gunmen who opened fire in chattanooga, killing four marines. officials say as of now they have not found an extensive online presence for the man gunman. they do believe, however, that he acted alone. we have mike viqueira live for us in washington with more on the federal investigation, but first we go to jonathan betz who is live in chattanooga. jonathan what are investigators saying this morning? >> reporter: the big focus this morning is what could have sparked this attack. investigators still unclear what motivated this gunman to open fire. but they do add there is nothing at this point that indicates he was tied to any international terror organizations. the major described t

first degree after deliberation. >> after less than two days of deliberation, the jury in the james holmesrial returned with a resounding verdict guilty of murder in the first degree for each and every person killed in the aurora theater. now, holmes faces the death penalty. during the three month trial prosecutors put 200 witnesses on the stand and painted a picture of a calculating killer. >> one person came there to slaughter them. >> on july 20 2012, in aurora, colorado, holmes entered the midnight premier of the summer blockbuster the dark knight rises armed with a shotgun rifle and pistol. he killed 12 and wounded 70 others. holmes admitted to the killings and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. his lawyers say he was in the throes of a psychotic episode when he carried out the attack. prosecutors pursued the death penalty for the now 27-year-old graduate student. >> he tried to murder a theater full of people to make himself feel better. >> jurors had to decide whether he was legally stage when he walked into a theater wearing a gas mask and body armor. he opened fire. police

if james holmes is found guilty, the next step will be a sentencing phase. if he is found not guilty by reason of insanity, the case is over. joel waldman, fox news. >>> that big oil spill back in may along the southern california coast was the subject of a house committee hearing today in washington, d.c. pipeline break and spilled near santa barbara are raising new questions about the hazardous materials safety administration. the agency completed 26 of 42 reforms required under a 2011 law. the company commit -- the committee wants to know whether this cblthed to the break -- contributed to the break. 100,000 gallons of oil spilled into the ocean killing hundreds of birds and sea lions. >>> a company in sacramento is using moisture in the air to create clean drinking water. pacific airwell created the machine that's a high-tech dehumidifier. tulles the water out -- it pulls the water out of the air and cools it. lawmakers were shown the machine. the machine can create 600 gallons of water a day. >> it can provide water into streams and lakes because it's u

. >>> and a jury convicts james holmes in colorado. >>> plus a traffic stop ending in tragedy. police say a woman committed suicided in her jail cell but her family suspects foul play. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city i'm jonathan martin. this afternoon we are learning the names of two marines killed by a gunman in chattanooga, tennessee. one of them was an iraq war veteran from massachusetts. he is one of four marines killed when a gunman opened fire on two military facilities before he died. police are pouring over the suspect's home and computer to try to figure out a motive. jonathan a short time ago i understand you spoke with the police chief there. what are they telling you there? >> reporter: i did, jonathan. the big focus and question is what may have motivated this attack at two military sites that left four marines dead. authorities right now seemingly coming up empty for firm answer at this point. an early search of the suspect's digital footprint has not revealed any firm clues of what may have sparked this rampage. so authorities are digs t

here james holmes and his attorneys literally fighting for his life here. sterday from a parade of people from holmes' past his childhood piano teacher, a high school friend teachers, camp counselors trying to put a human face on holmes, and the defense will now continue with likely experts, psychiatrists who can talk more about his mental illness, which four psychiatrists have already testified to as a mitigating factor where he should get life in prison, they say, and not the death penalty. >> thank you, sir. >>> meanwhile, my colleague, the host of this show jose diaz-balart, is on assignment in laredo, texas. he joins us with an update on a couple major political stories. good morning. >> good morning, thomas. good to see you. we have been here in the laredo area since wednesday night, reporting about the border. following here, the visit by presidential candidate donald trump, he arrived here thursday afternoon. he was greeted by protesters and supporters. and flanked by body guards. apparently, his campaign said he was coming despite the great danger.

of course the defense is arguing that james holmes was completely insane when he went into that moviele and injured 70 more, armed to the teeth and dressed in protective clothing. the prosecution countering that holmes knew every bit of what he was doing, planned this for a long time, suggesting don't believe anything that the genius neuro scientist graduate student was doing. and the jurors also heard very emotional testimony at times from the survivors of the victims of this attack. the judge saying that he expects that the jurors will begin their deliberations midweek next week. >> let's talk to hln legal analyst joey jackson. how convincing do you think the defense had been to claim that holmes is insane? >> good morning. listen, the reality is whenever you have a doctor in a courtroom, it could be very compelling. doctors certainly have a level of education, a level of expertise and certainly can with very persuasive in terms of telling a jury what their client, and that is the defense, what they want to hear. the defense has done its job in terms of laying out the issue for ment

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>>> a verdict thursday in the colorado movie theater massacre trial. >> we find the defendant james holmes guilty of murder in first degree. >> after ten weeks of testimony, it took jurors 13 hours to decide the fate of holmes. the sentencing phase starts wednesday and could take weeks. jurors decide if he should get life in prison or death penalty. >>> a traffic violation led to a woman's death. sandra was stopped by police for changing lanes without signaling. this this video shows her arrest but not the moments living up to it. authorities say she was argue men tif and charged with assault on a public servant. three days later, she was dead in her jail cell. the fbi and texas rangers are investigating. >>> coming up on seven minutes past the hour on this friday morning, let's get down to business. landon is here. >> good morning to you. after hours trading on thursday following earnings that easily beat wall street forecast. more people clicking on paid ads. hulu is trying to become a stronger rival to netflix. the wall street journal says the app free option could launch this fall and

jurors in the colorado theater shooting trial deliver a verdict to james holmes.one spending time outdoors in 17 states. new concerns about a disease spread by deer ticks and how to spot warning signs. >>> and later in "the skinny," emmy snubs. the nominations are out for the best in television and it is not good news for the blockbuster hit "empire" or superstar kerry washington. it's friday, july 17th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >>> and we do begin now with the latest on that deadly shooting rampage in chattanooga, tennessee, a gunman opening fire at two military centers just minutes apart. >> four marines were killed and three people wounded. a 24-year-old gunman is also dead. he's been identified as mohammed youssef abdulazeez a naturalized american citizen from kuwait. and this morning, the motive still unclear. our coverage begins with abc's jim avila. >> reporter: bullet holes and shell casings at the military recruiting center where the rampage began. 10:45, a man in a silver ford mustang converti

this is a gut-wrenching experience for so many people involved this since james holmes took to the theaterel and do you think the community feel it is family and friends of jessica specifically would like to see holmes receive the death penalty? >> i think so. i think that knowing that he is not on this earth is just another piece towards their healing. unfortunately, i mean loss of life -- i mean but this -- in this instance, i did see an interview from one of the family members earlier that you know she was just saying i can't think anymore about this guy. he is an insignificant part of my life. this is over. just one more step towards, you know healing that you can just hope to get to a place where, you know you can get through each day without feeling that gut wrenching feeling of remembering and knowing that you know, just going through this. being a friends -- >> yeah. >> -- with jessica and her family and going through the experience of this it's -- i can't explain other than it's -- nobody should ever feel this. and just to go through what we have all gone through and for the famil

. >>> the penalty phase is next this the trial of james holmes.hursday he was convicted on all 165 counts against him, including first degree murder. as paul beban reports, that was what families and victims were hoping for. >> reporter: after a trial that lasted almost three months with thousands of pieces of evidence testimony from hundreds of witnesses. this was the verdict that so many have been waiting for, guilty on all counts james holmes convicted in the deaths of 12 people in that aurora theater, and the wounding of 70 more almost three years ago. an emotional outpouring here after the verdict was read and family and friends and relatives came out of the courtroom. >> i don't want to say vindicated, but i was certain that's what it was going to be. i felt that only an insane juror could find otherwise. seriously. you would not come back with any verdict but guilty. >> and for a person who is anti-death penalty, i totally agree -- i feel the sentence that he -- that he may get -- which is the death penalty is the only penalty that -- that

yesterday and as joe walledman reports they are back at it again today trying to decide whether james holmes was legally insane or not when he opened fire at a showing of "the dark knight rises." >> reporter: the country waits to hear what a jury has to say about james holmes' mental state when he killed a dozen people nearly three years ago. more than 400 people under fire at a crowded colorado movie theater. 12 dead, 70 injured. this one man is facing 24 counts of murder and 140 counts of attempted murder. and after 11 weeks of testimony will soon find out what the verdict will be. >> everyone's admitted he committed these acts. it's just about whether he knew right from wrong. >> reporter: a panel of nine women and three men are deciding james holmes mental state on that july 2012 night. they are free to ask questions which they did on their first day of deliberations. jurors are not being sequestered as they have not been throughout the entire trial. >> if i was a judge i would sequester the jury. it's a tremendous inconvenience to them. i understand that but when you are talking about a

i imagine we could hear from james holmes' parents this afternoon? s what we're waiting for right now. the defense team told the judge that bob and earlene holmes will testify today. right now, the prosecution is fighting the admittance of letters his mother wrote to her son. in them she says things like she knows he didn't know he was mentally ill. she prays for the victims and knows her son didn't choose to do this. al the judge plans to rule on that soon. also the judge will ask james holmes if he plans to testify. shep. >> i wonder what's going to happen there. attorneys for james holmes appear to be trying to paint him as just a perfect child, anyway. >> right. and the point by the defense is he grew up a normal kid in good schools, great neighbors and mental illness intervened and sent him to the theater three years ago. here's the second grade teacher. >> james was very friendly. very considerate. very playful. he was exuberant. the other children always liked to play with jimmy when it was recess time. >> as you mentioned other people have ref

just like you know, we saw james holmes do in 2012. when we see somebody act out like this it can be defiance. it can be anger. it can be revenge. there could be a number of motives and we'll try to understand that in the days and weeks ahead. hopefully to find ways to intervene in the lives of people who might act out like this, that we could stop another terrible act in america. >> clint van zandt, what's your reaction to the information we have now from more than one eyewitness saying that the movie was getting started. and the shooter just stood up seemingly in the middle of the theater, and just started firing without saying anything and apparently without seeming to direct the fire to any individual. >> we have a lot yet still to learn on this, lawrence. we saw a situation in florida in january 2014 where a 72-year-old former police captain pulled a gun in a movie theater because he was upset over an individual who was texting on his phone during the movie. that former police officer shot and killed a man and wounded the guy's --

. >> we the jury find the defendant james egan holmes guilty of murder in the first degree. >> is the death penalty next for the convicted colorado movie theater shooter? his fate is now in the hands of the same jury that found him guilty. >>> you have absolutely no clothes on? >> and a controversial arrest. a police officer arrests a woman in mer home while she's wearing no clothes. this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, july 17th, 2015. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning it's still unclear why a gunman opened fire at two military sites in chattanooga, tennessee. four are dead and two servicemen and a police officer were hurt. mohammod youssuf abdulazeez was killed. police say he acted alone. so far he's not been linked to any terror group but they believe it was an act of terror. officials say he had numerous weapons. kenneth craig has more from chattanooga. >> reporter: and this is where the tragedy began here at the strip mall. you can see this morning it's the center of a agreeing memorial and a huge outpouring of support from this commu

family members of convicted mass murderer james holmes broke their silence yesterday.ey took the stand hoping to save him from the death penalty in colorado, this after hearing months of witness testimony and the horrors of his shooting spree. here's nbc's jacob rascon. >> i still love my son -- >> the mother of movie theater gunman, james holmes is pleading for mercy. telling the jury she had no idea her son would carry out one of the worst mass shootings in america. >> i would have been crawling on all fours to get to him. he's never said that he wanted to kill people. >> family and friends who called the gunman jimmy described his upbringing in california as typical. >> he was happiest when he was playing soccer. prosecutors are asking the jury to sentence the shooter to death. defense is lobbying for life in prison. and mental health experts on both sides agree he is mentally ill. >> he didn't ask for that. skits fren ychizophrenia chose didn't choose it. >> for 59 days they have sat feet from their son but a world away. finally breaking their silence, the holmes f

. >>> the verdict is in, the jury taking fewer than two days to decide the fate of james holmes for killing 12 people in a colorado movie theater nearly three years ago. >>> inside lockup, president obama gets personal on a historic trip into a federal prison for his push to reduce sentencing for many non-violent crimes in this country. >>> and survivor story, she walked away from a small plane crash that killed her grandparents then hiked through the wild for nearly 48 hours. tonight, her dramatic tale in her own words. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. our country appears to have once again been struck by an act of terrorism. the question tonight, from w four u.s. marines are dead, gunned down by a lone shooter during attacks on two u.s. military facilities seven miles apart in tennessee. the gunman identified by authorities as mohammod youssuf abdulazeez was also killed. the motive for the attacks unknown. the justice department only saying this is being investigated as an

the jury, the trial of james holmes is finding him guilty on every count he has faced. they found him guilty on the murder charges. they are also pointing him guilty on every single one of the attempted murder charges. they reached up to count 65 you will hear the judge name the person that was under owners anded as part of the charge, we will get a taste of that listen. >> verdict form, count 63, attempt to commit mutter in the first degree, denise axelrod, we the jury find the defendant guilty of attempted to commit murder in the first degree an deliberation there you have it, leading up to 164, karen there's a denver attorney that specializes in criminal defense for juveniles and adults were you surprised. >> you know, it was a difficult issue for the jury to decide to determine whether the defendant mental illness rose to the level of the definition of legal insanity. they had to find the prosecution has to prove beyond all reasonable doubt that even though he was mentally ill that that illness did not cause him to be unable to distinguish right from wrong and the j

it seems to me which expert the jury chooses to believe could determine the fate of james holmes here>> absolutely. good to be with you. look it's a battle of the experts in the case but it's going to come down to commonsense. the prosecution evaluated mr. holmes their conclusion was he had mental illness, no doubt, it was a severe mental illness, no doubt. also schizophrenia. however, under the law, as insanity is legally defined, those experts concluded that he was indeed sane. he knew the difference between right and wrong. when the defense called their experts, when they ultimately got to the case surprise surprise. the experts hired it by the defense concluded that yes, had he severe mental illness. however, he didn't know the difference between right from wrong. there are two professor who is are educated and present well wachlt. what are you left with? oftentimes in the beat tell of the experts, the jurors are able toen could clued other thingsed based upon their commonsense, which reminds them not to leave at the door look at the plotting the premeditation, the buying of weapo

lawyers for james holmes have argued that he is not guilty by reason of insanity. but prosecutors insist he knew exactly what he was doing. nbc's jacob rascon has our report. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: three years ago this month, james holmes opened fire inside a packed colorado movie theater, killing 12 people and wounding 70 others. this week the jury begins deliberations after more than two months of testimony, more than 250 witnesses, most either survivors -- >> i told him that i loved him and that i would take care of our baby if he didn't make it. >> reporter: or first responders. >> by the time we pulled into the hospital, she stopped talking and she lost conscious -- >> reporter: defense attorneys admit holmes carried out the attacks, but argue he was legally insane or didn't know the difference between right and wrong. showing this video of him walking into a wall, they argued he should be found not guilty by reason of insanity and locked up in a mental institution. >> i do not believe that without the delusion and without being mentally ill, this would hav

barry petersen is at the courthouse. >> reporter: this was the moment for james holmes' family to literally plead for his life. his father, robert holmes jr., was questioned by the defense attorney. he showed baby pictures and videos of a grandmother giving five-year-old holmes a hair cut, all an effort to soften the image of the mass murderer. >> do you still love him? >> yes, i do. >> why? >> well, he's my son, and, you know, we always got along pretty well, and he was always-- he was actually an excellent kid. >> reporter: before the shooting, he said he had no inkling of his son's mental illness. >> prior to july 20, 2012, had james ever confided in you any suicidal or homicidal thoughts he was having? >> no, he never expressed anything like that. >> didn't have any idea he was having these disturbing images in his head? >> no, i had no idea. >> reporter: his mother, arlene, will also testify. deeply religious, she has published a book of her prayers since the shooting, including one saying, "you lived so that we could understand you and others could study you and learn to prevent futur

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closing arguments for the movie theatre shooter james holmes and he opened fire in a theaterer threers ago and killing and injuring people and has plead guilty by reason of insanity and paul what has happened so far today in court? >> well, david, after 11 weeks of testimony and almost three years as you mentioned since the act itself it all comes down to closing arguments will begin later today and we had a long morning of instructions to the jury very specific, very detailed going through charge after charge specific instructions as to what the jury can and cannot consider and started 9:30 local time and didn't wrap up until a while ago and prosecution and defense had questions for the judge and now they are in recess so closing arguments will not begin until sometime this afternoon after lunchtime and the arguments will last two hours for each side and the prosecution will have a chance to offer rebuttal. the prosecution has reserved 30 minutes of their two hour allotment for that rebuttal after the defense, david, and may stretch all the way through the end of today before we act

that jury convicted holmes today after two days of deliberations. >> we the jury find the defendant james eagen holmes guilty of murder in the first degree. >> holmes could be put to death or sentenced to life in prison. he killed 12 and injured 70 others when he opened fire inside a movie theater. he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. the jury decided he was capable of knowing right from wrong. >> the d.a. took a lot of time to emphasize how deceitful, how deceptive james holmes was. that didn't go just to insanity. that also went to character. >> the fourjudge reminded jurors no the to talk to anyone about the case until returning next week for the sentencing phase of the trial. >>> really nice night out there for outdoor dining in center city. comfortable as we head into friday. don't get too used to this. the heat and humidity are coming back. sheena parveen is tracking the changes. >> today was perfect. how about tomorrow? >> if you like today and you thought it was perfect, you are really going to like tomorrow. the low humidity the comfortable temperatures those are going to

the next ten minutes or so about again this phase one of a three-step process to decide whether james holmescide and unanimously agree that there was at least one aggravating factor in at least one of the counts that holmes was convicted of. so that could be the fact that a child was killed and that -- whether he intentionally killed a child. whether the murders were particularly heinous or not. it's widely expected because the defense didn't contest there was at least one aggravating factor that they will proceed past this and then move onto the next phase chl the next phase is mitigation. were there mitigating factors like james holmes' mental illness. is that enough of a mitigating factor to outweigh the aggravating factors that would argue for the death penalty? and then if they do decide that the aggravating factors outweigh the mitigating factors, they move onto the third phase which is basically witness -- victim packet, i should say. and then the jurors are asked to make a moral determination whether he should receive the death penalty. in each of these phases, the jury has to agree

other family and friends of james holmes testified he was polite, shy and never sought attention. ath sentences must be unanimous. if all 12 jurors don't agree holmes will spend the rest of his life in prison. >>> and we take another live look inside the hayward police department right now where we are awaiting a news conference on more information on the funeral which is set tomorrow for officer scott lunger. we are told that it should be happening any moment now so we will keep an eye on it and w >>> back live now to hayward and police chief diane irvin updating us. >> a lot of people are asking how is the hayward police department doing? we're doing. we're staying incredibly busy putting together the most epic honorable celebration of life tomorrow for sergeant scott lunger. we are so blessed to have such a robust peer support group here in our police organization with our allied agencies our police department psychologist has been by our side as we have worked through truly the darkest hour in our police department's history. for that i am so grateful. a lot of people are askin

was james holmes' movie massacre an act of murder or madness?cabrera looked at the situation 12 hours after the deliberation. >> reporter: james holmes never denied being the killer. in fact he admitted in a videotape mental evaluation that he wanted to kill as many as possible. >> well the dead can't be repaired. or come back to life or be -- normal. >> reporter: a packed theater full of innocent victims. a father and mother an aspiring sports caster even a 6-year-old little girl. emotional testimony from more than 50 witnesses and testimony both to a close almost three years after the movie murder massacre. >> look at the evidence and hold this man accountable. >> reporter: the prosecution argued it was cold-blooded murder at the hands of the 24-year-old neuroscience graduate student. he had lost his job and the person he loved. a killing attack that was planned months in the making. >> the evidence is clear that he could not control his thoughts. that he could not control his actions. and he could not control his perceptions. >> reporter: pub

. >>> also developing out of colorado today p the fate of james holmes.o give instructions to the jury to guide their deliberations into whether holmes should be sentenced to die for killing 12 people in a crowded movie theater. closing arguments are set to begin not too long after that. msnbc scott cohen covering the case from centennial colorado. walk us through process in that courtroom. >> sure thomas. we expect very shortly the judge will begin to deliver instructions in this next phase of this multi-step process to determine whether james holmes should get life in prison or the death penalty. and in this step, they will be weighing what they've been hearing over the last several days. the testimony from the defense including the sometimes emotional defense testimony yesterday from james holmes' mother. >> i still love my son. yes. i would have been crawling on all fours to get to him. he's never said that he wanted to kill people. >> the question for the jury is -- at this point now is whether those so-called mitigating factors, whether it's just pl

there was the particle of james holmes. in fact it was bobby trapped and that was a very dangerous situation for police. so i'm wondering as you listen to scanner traffic and you listen to the reporters and what they're covering, if the focus now is all based on this movie theater or if they believe that there might have been somebody else involve. and there might be other areas of concern in and around "ñ lafayette. >> no. like i said. the information i'm getting is the same stuff that you guys are, the same stuff that you are carrying. so as far as i know, it is the movie theater. i'm not there. i can't speak to what's going on. all the information i'm getting is what you're getting from the reporters. >> yeah, daniel, you apparently also covered the aurora shooting. any similarities that you know of here? anything coming out of there that we should know about? >> it seems like this, as you can see are very chaotic. and there's a lot of information that gets thrown around almost instantaneously thanks to twitter and the r

the theater smooting out there, james holmes has been convicted in the murder of 12 people. about 12 hours of deliberation to return the guilty verdict. jurors apparently not convinced the defense argument that holmes was mentally ill. one man who lost his son held up a t-shirt showing the 12 victims. >> they're dirt bags who kill real people. okay? these are real people and real families. and there are 70 or 80 people that are really injured and injured for life when you guys all run. >> the injury will be hearing testimony in the penalty phase of the trial next wednesday. that could take a month. a trial date set for the suspect charged in the charleston church massacre. 21-year-old dylann roof sat quietly in a packed courtroom as he learned he'll stand trial next july accused of gunning down nine black parishioners last month. prosecutors have not said if they'll seek the death penalty. >> a texas grand jury will be looking into the death of a woman found hanging in her jail cell. her family and friends are asking how a routine traffic stop could have ended so tragically.