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fox's mike tobin is on the scene. >> reporter: hi, kimberly, hi, everyone. see this is the apartment behind me that we are talking about. you can see where the windows was broken out and first responders and the bomb crews trying to get inside the apartment and look around. you can see the big ladder truck out here. what you will notice about the ladder truck at the moment, s that it is -- [ loss of audio ] boom crews describe at its a huge boobytrap, the apartment there. [ audio interruption ] there is all sort of thing to make a lot of suspicious material in the apartment go off. what they have done right now is backed up and coming up with a plan. we have sources telling us that the plan could very well involve counter explosion. explosion directed at the ieds. the improvised explosive inside of this apartment with the intention of -- [ loss of audio ] it means there will be a huge explosion coming from the apartment. i've seen it before with -- [ audio interruption ] >> kimberly: okay. that was mike tobin live on the scene with new breaking details from

mike tobin is live with the very latest, mike? >> and jon, a lot of what the police are going to be able to look at is the purchasing, the physical planning that this guy went through at least two months ahead of the attack. and he got on the internet, in a massive arsenal. 3000, 223 bullets that he was carrying, another caliber bullet that would correspond with the the two glock side arms that they had. one was on his possession at the time and one the police chief believes he said was inside the vehicle out in the parking lot and also purchased on the internet. some300 .12 gain shotguns. all were bought legally and locally and all the background checks would have turned up as a simple speeding ticket, nothing to cause a red flag and police are also going to want to look into investigation of the purchases of the body armor. he had more body armor than soldiers wear into combat, a tactical helmet, a throat protector, a chest protecting vest and groin detector and protects the femoral arteries, it doesn't seem significant, but som

. >> we have live teams, adam housley and mike tobin are live with the latest from aurora, and molly henneberg is standing by live in washington. first we'll go to adam housley just a block or so away from james holmes' apartment and you've been hearing the explosions there, tell us more. >> that's right, we're block or so from the apartment complex, step away and give you the vantage point. the hook and ladder truck is have taken individuals to the third story apartment where james holmes has booby trapped the place. the aurora police department say they've been successful so far on a number of things. they've had three explosions, the first two hours ago, sounded like you were far away from a fireworks display. e he ago was a loud bang and it was significant. you had everybody taking cover beforehand and then the explosion took place. we're told all three were significantly successful for the aurora police department or atf, for fbi, for the massive number of agencies out here dealing with this. what they had to do was basically find a starting point to get into this apartment. the

mike tobin is at the hospital and we will have an update on the injured. and outside the courthouse in colorado, west of aurora, colorado, the scene of the crime, near littleton, colorado. what happened in court today? >>reporter: well, holmes did not have the charges filed. that comes in a week when the district attorney formerally -- formally files against judge holmes. he sat away from the defense team, and away from the rest of the people in court. the judge asked if he understood the rights but he did not answer. and, then, the judge addressed bond. >> this is a preliminary determination of probable cause to believe you committed the offense of first-degree murder, a class one fellow. ordinarily individuals are entitled to bail, given the nature of the charges you are being held on a no bond hold. >> now, once the district attorney files charges, she will have the option to add to what expected to an very long list of charges. >>shepard: some of the victim family members were in court. how are they holding up. >>reporter: an emotional day as you would

. >> mike tobin joins us from outside the apartment building in aurora, colorado. mike, it's the last couple of hours, people got the all-clear and able to move back into the area. >> it's remarkable. the people that went about their lives, and the quiet guy right above, was spending weeks and months gathering weapons, some by mail and planning the attack and rigging the apartment according to police to kill. inside the apartment, what we know now, at least 30 moment made explosives were rigged up. some of them rigged to kill whoever walked in the front door. he spent three weeks just rigging the the apartment. some of the devices were filled with gasoline, intent on starting a fire, there was a trip wire at the front door, but we also know from investigators that the living room was crisscrossed with trip wires, all went to a central control panel. some of the techniques that the local authorities and federal authorities used to get around the booby traps, the meant went through the window. you saw at that video, them working through the video and they used robots

what was going on there and if you think we are angry, we sure as hell are angry. >> mike tobin, who joins us left from outside the apartment building in aurora, colorado with the latest. mike. >> reporter: good morning, eric. well, people in this seemingly quiet neighborhood were going about their business and not paying attention to the quiet guy who lived in the apartment building behind me. police say he was planning not just the attack in the movie theatre but a second scene of carnage at the apartment. here's some of what we know was inside of the apartment building. 30 homemade bombs, a lot of these were retrofitted from fireworks and reconfigured so they'd be deadly and spent three weeks just rigging the apartment. we know how he spent at least two months on-line. making purchases, prior to this deadly attack and some of the devices were filled with gasoline, to cause a big fire when they exploded and some chemicals, and would explode when they were ultimately mixed and there were trip wires, not just the front dorks intending to set off the first bomb, there were trip wears

and mike tobin is live at the scene. what is the latest at the scene? >> right now, it's quiet scene out here, as you look, you can see what appears to be a red light burning inside of the apartment of james holmes. you can see glass is broken away. that is where the bomb squad got up there. there are reports a person stepped inside but know they stuck a camera inside of the window. they take a look at what the police chief described as a vexing problem. there is a series of trip wires hooked up to fire bombs. some kind of unnamed chemical. and jars filled with an anything rounds. and what appear to be mortar rounds, there has been discussion of sending robots inside of the apartment to possibly control detonation of whatever is inside. but police appear to be in no hurry right now to get inside of the apartment until they have a good plan for what is inside there and how they're going to diffuse thachl you heard the chief talking about getting help from the feds. there are experts can make sure there is a safe plan. what they couldn't don't want to do

mike tobin reported earlier in the day, two months he spent planning this thing. how is it that a prosecutor with all this information that we now have and much more to come, how can his defense say, i'm sorry, but my client just snapped? >> insanity is when you don't know the consequences or nature of your acts and that what did you was wrong. the prosecution has to show the planning. the calculated efforts he made to put this whole horrible slaughter in place plus his own background screams out this guy knew what he was doing. honor graduate in college and ph.d. student. his background, the planning the calculated acts he did i think the defense has a very big mountain to climb in this case. too much planning and effort. he planned it. he meant it. he meant to kill these people. he's got a big mountain to climb. >> arthel: part of that includes the fact the alleged reports that holmes set up a booby trap at the apartment whoever the first responder would be to open that door, that person would be killed. the intent to kill there, not to mention the loud noise he

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and mike tobin is live at the scene. what is the latest at the scene? >> right now, it's quiet scene out here, as you look, you can see what appears to be a red light burning inside of the apartment of james holmes. you can see glass is broken away. that is where the bomb squad got up there. there are reports a

. >> if you heard the interview that i just had with my colleague, mike tobin. there was a woman who lives beneath him who apparently he left music on and it kept repeating and repeating about midnight. and she went up to tell him to stop doing it, saw the door open or ajar, thought about going in but didn't. and then called the police about the music. the police said, we are busy with a shooting and didn't immediately respond, obviously because they were dealing with the shooting. but she was another potential victim of this, if it's the booby trap like that. >> that's -- mike tobin's information was very important because if she had opened it up, depending on how much explosive material there is, in all the different bottles and canisters there, could have blown the whole building up and the adjacent building. the soda bottles and cans that there was material in could be fertilizer like the murrah building and a trip wire and that could have an explosion that would -- cause great damage to the surrounding buildings and the people in the surrounding buildings a

mike tobin live in chicago. an example of someone not waiting for the government to do something about jobs. >> well, that's exactly it, harris. harris showr shoults the chief of starbucks launched create jobs for u.s.a. program. we are just starting to see that go into effect in east liverpool, ohio. that was once a mecca of pottery manufacturing until the manufacturing jobs all went overseas. american mug and stein there was tasked with making the coffee mugs that go along with this program. so instead of shutting the doors, that company will add 8 jobs where they are badly needed. >> it's not something in the short-term that's going to turn the city around and save us. you know, we are not going to get tax dollars for another a cop off of 8 jobs. the huge benefit right now is from the attention that it's getting for the city. >> now the mugs they make are more expensive than if they were made by cheap foreign labor about a dollar more. can you consider that an investment in american jobs, harris. >> harris: i

mike tobin is live in aurora again for us tonight. what more do we know, mike, from the reporting of foxnews.com about what else is in this notebook? >> we know that the notebook was discovered on that day that the bomb squads were examining suspicious packages on the university campus of the hospital campus here. building 500 has a mail room. the federal authorities got a warrant to search that mail room. in the mail room they found one package with the return address of james holmes. as you mentioned, it was addressed to a campus psychiatrist. it is not known by the package never arrived or was never received by that particular psychiatrist. but, if, indeed he had received it and read it. if, indeed, the details forecast the attack, that psychiatrist would have been obligated to notify authorities. >> and as an exception to the normal doctor/patient privilege, in other words, had this package been opened, this doctor may well have had information that he was duty bound to share with the public, to share with law enforcement so that

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first, let's get to mike tobin who is live at the courthouse tonight. centennial, colorado. mike, holmes didn't say one word in court, did he? >> he didn't seem to talk to anyone, not even his lawyers. you can't escape his appearance, the way he would stretch his eyes wide open and then seem like he was drifting off to sleep. that prompted a lot of questions about whether he had been sedated in jail. we got no answer. with all of the unanswered questions, the dtrict attorney, carol chambers says we are just at the beginning of all of this. >> i would say there is no such thing as a slam dunk case. it is a case where we will -- we are still looking at the enormous amount of evidence and we would never presume that it would be slam dunk. we will work very hard on this case to prosecute it just like we would any other case. >> now the death penalty is an option that chambers is leaving on the table. first she want to speak to the victims' families and explain to them that the death penalty is not necessarily the easiest option for them. then she will make a decision. she has got

mike tobin is there now aurora, colorado. we are getting new information about the suspect's next court appearance. >> and we know, shepard, that we're not going to get another look at james holmes in his orange hair at least not for the arraignment on monday. that is because the county district judge william sylvester has rule nod cameras or electronic recording equipment will be allowed in the courtroom. he didn't give a reason why. since there is a tunnel that connects the jail to the courthouse, we know we won't get another look at him. detectives, however, did get another look inside james holmes' apartment. they will went there with prosecutors. we caught them putting on protective foot wear before going into the apartment building. it looks like they wanted to get another sweep inside before opening the building up to residents. it looks like residents will be able to go back into the apartment building as early as tomorrow, shep. >> shepard: a word of spike of gun sales since the shooting. >> background checks have in

mike tobin has the latest. >> reporter: the exclusive information obtained by foxnews.com. two law enforcement sources confirm the accused gunman in the colorado movie shooting sent a notebook to a university of colorado psychiatrist at this building before the attack. one of the sources said that the notebook was, quote, full of details about how he was going to kill people. sources say it was never delivered and is unclear how long the notebook sat in the to one of the sources, police and federal agents were called to this building on the university of colorado medical campus in aurora on monday. a psychiatrist there, also a professor, received a suspect -- package from james holmes and turned out harmless and from someone else. a search of the campus mailroom turned up another package support to the psychiatrist, this time with holmes' name on it. inside the notebook were, quote, drawings of what he was going to do. the illustrations predicted a gun-wielding stick figure blowing away other stick figures. the news comes as the first funeral of one of the 12 victims was he

cause an explosion and a fire. 12 victims were killed in the shooting. 58 others were hurt and mike tobinra with the latest. mike? >> reporter: hi, jamie, we look at the live pictures of james homes' apartment the process that will take place, federal, involve the removal of at least one trip wire. as that happens, there may be as you mentioned, a controlled detonation that could produce an audible boom that people will see or hear outside of the apartment. could also start a fire. the public will be warned before that happened. and without guaranteeing a time frame, but we just heard from police saying this could happen, sooner than we expected. >> there's no time line, as i can't give you an end time, we're hope-- hoping to get in there within the next hour, that's about the only time that-- 'cause we have no idea how long any of this is going to take, i can't put an end time on it because of course, emphasize again, the importance of public safety. >> reporter: now, the police put cameras inside the apartment yesterday. so what the police chief described as a vexing problem and that wa

our mike tobin is standing by live in aurora with the latest. mike, everyone on alert. >> reporter: everyone is on alert and what we're understanding from the bomb squad and aurora p.d., the first step going into that apartment is remove a trip wire as you were talking about and it looks like what police may very well do or the bomb squad may do is blow up that trip wire and that's why they're talking about a controlled detonation once they go inside. now, they've cautioned people that that controlled detonation will produce sound and may also produce a fire and that's why the fire crews are on the scene ready to act. and a shell of intersi-- incendiary devices will be moved and examination of evidence of the apartment. and then we may get some answers as to what was in the mind of james holmes, what triggered him to spend two months amassing the arsenal that he had. more than 6,000 rounds, 300 rounds for the shotgun alone, all of the body armor, what made him execute his deadly plan here, jamie. >> reporter: all right, mike, thank you so much. i

mike tobin will have more on that later in the hour. just down the street where the suspect used to work at the university of colorado medical center, two buildings there have been secured and bomb dogs are being taken through there to ensure nothing was left at that location. then at a high school nearby. families and friends are being told about where loved ones are and being notified officially and finally at the police station we know he that is where the suspect is located and we are told again that he is not cooperating with authorities any longer and he does have a lawyer. the press conference we are expecting to begin any minute. they have been a bit late today. a lot going on. there is still a ton of evidence to collect and gather. we have been told that the weapons were purchased correctly. although i will tell you that i spoke with a federal authority here that we know well who told me that they are looking into the extra large magazines that hold a ton of rounds basically. one of those jammed in one of the rifles he was usin

. >> mike tobin is outside of the suspect's apartment ton. thanks for being with us.ng me from colorado, two of two eyewitness toss the shooting. they were together at the movie theater when the shooting began and they join me now with their account. trey, let me start with you. sorry what you had to go through. where were you guys sitting at the time this all began? >> we were probably -- we were on the right-hand side of the theater and we were probably about 15, 16 rows up from the screen where the man entered through the right emergency exit. >> did you feel this irritant we've been told about all day? >> yeah. we like -- all we heard was like banging noises and we saw the gas, the first gas tank he threw and it hit the row right in front of us. >> trey, let me go back to you. when he first came in we were told that some type of repellant, some type of eye irritant was released, maybe teargas, something to that effect and the shooting began and apparently he aimed for the back of the theater. is that what you first saw? >> well, we saw it a little differently. he

let's go to mike tobin right now,'s live in aurora, also monitoring this press conference with me, mike, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, i think the most interesting thing we heard from that press conference is that officer mentioning the fact that they are anticipating that they could get someone inside of that apartment within an hour, but no guarantees. she said the situation is very fluid, and the first thing that they would probably get inside there is the robot. the robot could very well just go in and have a look around. they've got a bunch of different uses they could use for the robot and they could reach out with a robot hand and moves things around and possibly manipulate things and also used for controlled detonation and you also heard from that officer speaking just a couple of moments ago, they're not entirely sure what is inside that apartment, they don't have to proceed quickly and they want to preserve any of the evidence that's inside of the apartment. now, you heard the police chief discussing a-- or describing that apartment yesterday as protected by a complica

mike tobin continues his reporting live in aurora with the latest details and we are learning more about what really was a fortified arsenal that holmes made in his apartment. >> reporter: we know now he spent at least two months making purchases and three weeks wiring up the apartment behind me here into a death trap and here's some of what we know was inside. 30 homemade bombs. those were fashioned from fireworks, retrofitted so they could become a deadly weapon, gasoline bombs in there and chemicals that would explode when mixed according to police and a trip wire was at the door and the living room was crisscrossed with a number of trip wires and they all went into a central control panel. even people at the theatre, 3.8 miles away from this location, said the attack seemed methodical and planned. >> the muzzle flash of the gun... at the time i thought it was still fireworks and, then i got hit here and realized it was something far more serious. it was cold and calculated, definitely and it seemed very methodical. >> reporter: steven barton, bicycling across the country with a frien

pardon me, according to some reports from our mike tobin out there on the ground that this guy holmes spent two months planning to massacre. >> sure as a medical ph.d. student he has a vast understanding of chemistry. combine that with publications on the internet, such as the anarchists cookbook, you might understand how he would arrive to this. >> and they were already able to disarm a trip wire and an a couple of other contained explosions there. and again, i want you to tell me if you can, captain. what are some of the dangers that still could possibly lie ahead for those bomb squad officials out there trying to disarm this highly sophisticated booby trap apartment there. >> again, i think the highest threat comes from the multiple layers that one can expect from this type of a booby trapped apartment and as well as any unknown chemicals that might be or shrapnel that may be attached to devices, again, the explosions not just the threat, it's what may be sparked during the the explosion. >> indeed. captain peter moreno, thank you very much for sharing your insight and i'm sure we'

. >> that is mike tobin's information was very important f she'd opened it up, depending on how much explosive material there is, in different bottles and canisters there could have blown the building up and adjacent buildings. and this soda wot bottles and cans the material was in could be fertilizer like murrow building which filled up ammonia. all have you to do is put gasoline on it and detonate witness a trip wire. and could with and that could have an explolgs -- explosion causing great damage to buildings and people in them as well as neighbor underneath. >> one of the difficult things people understand is that this occurred after midnight and bodies were left inside until 5:00 this afternoon. and that is done for investigative reasons was it not? >> absolutely. because this is a crime scene. you have ten crime scenes, 10 bodies have to be photographed. any time there is surrounding evidence would have to be collected remember, two or three years from now when this should doum trial, all that have is going to be extremely important and in showing that holmes, what he did, what

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>>shepard: we will watch the evidence and look to mike tobin for any updates. >> but first a political trip overseas, have you seen this? governor romney headed home from poland after emphasizing that poland has important economic ties to the united states and it is important to him. this was a chance for governor romney to show off foreign policy. president obama suggests it will be remembers as much for the missteps. first, for imply that great britain may not be ready to host the olympics. that created a firestorm in london. politicians came out and remarked on it. he went to israel and palestinian officials blasted him for saying israel's cultural differences made it more prosperous than the palestinians . and some reporters were told to "kiss my" and fished it and governor romney addressed the citizen with our carl cameron. >> they will try to find anything else to divert from the fact that the last four years have been tough years for our country. they have been years of item multi. we need to see a better direction taken on the part of our nation and the part of our friends in t

mike tobin is with us in aurora, colorado, this afternoon. what else do we know of the notebook? >>reporter: it was found on the day when we were reporting on the suspicious packages. the bomb squad investigated the packages. in building 500, which we showed you the video, before, the feds got a search warrant to search the mailroom. they found a package intended for a psychiatrist inside the university campus, according to authorities. they opened it. they found the notebook. according to legal experts, if this net book contains the detail we think it does, if it made it to that psychiatrist, he would have been obligated to notify authorities. >> it is an exception to the normal doctor-patient privilege. in other words, if the package had been opened, this doctor may well have had information that he was duty bound to share with the public and to share with law enforcement to avert this tragedy. >>reporter: abc news is reporting that james holmes bought his assault rifle hours after he failed a key oral exam on the university campus. >>shepard: what is the latest on the survivin

mike tobin live outside the courthouse in illinois. ke, good morning. >> reporter: bill, the lawyer for drew peterson said at the moment he is against his client testifying in this trial but he says peterson is relaxed and confident as the day of reckon something upon him. he was a bolling brook, illinois, cop who is now a notorious murder suspect at the center of a drama, filled with sex, lives and missing lives. >> are you surprised by the charge and the arrest yesterday? >> reporter: 58-year-old drew peterson has been behind bars since 2009 awaiting trial. his third wife died in 2004 in odd circumstances. police never came after peterson until his fourth wife stacey disappeared. >> we'll line up this way and head that way. >> reporter: an intense search for the mother of two led nowhere. it gave authorities reason to exhume the body of that third wife, kathleen savio. her death was initially ruled an accident but the second autopsy determined she was murdered. with little physical evidence, prosecutors will pursue, illinois's here sa

and now to mike tobin in colorado and latest on the investigation right now. mike?eporter: background checks for people looking to buy guns in colorado are now up over 40 percent. the denver post reported instructor whose give less sons you need before you get a concealed carry permit have renewed interest. we set a camera by a local gun store and the owner said handguns and ak-47's are hopping off the shelf. the customers are citing two motivation: one is personal protection. the other is a desire to buy guns before new restrictions go if place spawned by this massacre. as we speak, 3 8,miles away from this location, investigators and detectives have been back in the apartment that belonged to james holmes. what it appears they are doing, as they put on protective foot wear, what it appears they doing is giving a final sweep for evidence before they on the building back up. detectives made it clear they would do that before they allow people back in. the residents will be back in the buildings and if their bodies tonight. >>neil: we talked with the lawyer how they

. >> mike tobin is outside of the suspect's apartment ton. thanks for being with us. joining me from colorado, two of two eyewitness toss the shooting. they were together at the movie theater when the shooting began and they join me now with their account. trey, let me start with you. sorry what you had to go through. where were you guys sitting at the time this all began? >> we were probably -- we were on the right-hand side of the theater and we were probably about 15, 16 rows up from the screen where the man entered through the right emergency exit. >> did you feel this irritant we've been told about all day? >> yeah. we like -- all we heard was like banging noises and we saw the gas, the first gas tank he threw and it hit the row right in front of us. >> trey, let me go back to you. when he first came in we were told that some type of repellant, some type of eye irritant was released, maybe teargas, something to that effect and the shooting began and apparently he aimed for the back of the theater. is that what you first saw? >> well, we saw it a little differentl