being the university's problem m it is still a problem they should be involved in. as the t entire city of aurora's problem now it is the world's prlem. all i think about how much i miss him. i miss him so much. i wouould give anything just ha one more day with him, you know? even jt an hour. >> reporter: for "nightline," i am mark greenblat in aurora, colorado. >> our thanksor that. and next up, can you really be addicted to food? we follow one woman on a 28-day plan to break free from a vicious cycle. >> announcer: abc news "nightli" -- brought to you by franklin templeton investments you tell us what you want to pay, and we give you a range of coverages to choose from. who is she? that's flobot. she's this new robot we're trying out, mostly for, like, small stuff. wow! look at her go! she's pretty good. she's pretty good. hey, flobot, great job. oops. [ powers down ] uh-oh, flobot is broken. the "name your price" " tool, only from progressive. call or click today.

it makes the universe messier. it breaks the symmetry between tho particles and makes the universe merrier placeses than it otherwise would be. this goes with my theory that the universe is infinitely a mediocre mess. science is very good at explaining how a universe like ourselves arose from almost nothing. i mean, you can-- i talked to one guy, a brilliant physicist named andrei linda, and he said it's very possible our universe was made by a hacker physicist in another universe. you just need one-thousandth of a graham of matter -- >> rose: which came from something else? >> the reason our universe is so crummy and mediocre is because it was made by an incompetent physicist hacker in another universe. the interesting thing about that scenario, if our universe were made by an intelligent being in another world the being would not be able to send a message says, "remember, i made you." as our universe blow -- >> rose: one of the things you cois describe how these people live and work. you have a really interesting

lynn fenton, who actually wrote the university's policy on threat assessment. sources say in early june she reached out to the same threat assessment team with concerns about holmes' behavior. and abc news learned that fenton contacted a university police officer going so far to break doctor/patient confidentiality. >> in a case where there is danger of imminent harm to another person there is a mandatory requirement the report be made. >> reporter: on june 10th, holmes announce hed he intended quit the ph.d. program. >> under those circumstances, threat assessment teams would have gone into acts. it is hard to imagine why they wouldn't go into action when they get those kind of reports. >> reporter: the university admits tonight that holmes was still enrolled when the shooting occurred, but sources tell us that with the paperwork for withdrawal unmotion, the university's threat assessment team never had a formal meeting and never intervened. >> colorado statute says, report tight law enforcement, report it in a way that something could be done about it they sug

jessica savage begins our coverage by showing why the university made the difficult decision. >> reporter: san jose state university for years has been a guarantee for local students, like lincoln high school senior eric sullivan, who applied to six of the california state universities this year, including sjsu. though sullivan wasn't at all concerned about being accepted to san jose state, but when news about it changing its admission requirements reached eric and his family, they began to worry. >> the fact that my backup plan might not be there kind of shocked me and i was kind of nervous, knowing that, okay, what if the other schools don't work out, what am i going to do now? >> made me think, uh-oh, what does that -- they said they were withholding certain amounts of acceptance letters because they hadn't decided if they were going to change the requirement for those local students to get in or not. and he hadn't received his yet. >> reporter: the sullivans are not alone. eric is one of the 45,000 prospective students who applied to sjsu for the fall 2012 semester, making this the se

we're learning tonight that before last month's theater massacre in colorado, officials at the university of colorado invalidated the access key of james holmes so he could no longer enter the buildings of the medical school campus. that was part of what prosecutors revealed in a court hearing today that was attended by holmes. the prosecutors are asking the judge in the case for holmes' records and e-mails from his time as a student at the university where he was studying for a ph.d. in neuroscience. they're hoping to establish a motive in the shooting that killed 12 and wounded 58 others. senior correspondent john miller is joining us. and, john, what else did we learn? >> reporter: well, scott, when prosecutors made their argument that these records are relevant to their case, they said some things we'd never heard before. they said the school records would detail how holmes failed his board exams, his withdrawal from the ph.d. program, that holmes made threats to the university of colorado campus, was banned from the campus, and ordered weapons and body armor. now, according to the pr

the collider of the shed the first light into this dark universe in the coming let's say five to ten years i hope that we find the nature of this dark matter this would be a fantastic break so coming from four percent to nearly thirty percent of understanding this would be fantastic well it's interesting well you mention this dark matter there's also you know you working on the dark matter working on the dark energy there's also this thing well but does the dealing with the dark matter dark energy does it or may it present any danger for our planet for humanity. no no definitely definitely not because how do you or you're doing how do you know that the it's a no if you don't know what you're dealing with. we know that the universe is stealing since billions of years will start matter and we start energy and what we're doing is nothing else then imitating so to speak what the universe does since billions of years was much higher which was many more effects collisions and we both still talk to each other we still exist so i see no danger well last year the research is registers the spe

now the university of colorado confirms tonight that dr. fenton does have an ongoing role from the threat assessment team, but won't say if she warned or expressed any concern to any of her colleagues, citing a court issued gag order and their fenton is not returning our calls. >> did we hear from anyone who said they were contacted by the university, including his parents? >> we reached out to the family. they said no. our expert said the family is one of the first people that should have been called upon hearing about these warning signs. >> all right, mark, thanks so much. >>> now to the civil war the whole world is watching with increasing alarm. in syria, the fight is escalating, new being called the crucial battle of the war. president assad said the fate of our people and our nation, past, present, and future, depends on this battle. and the brutality of this war could be seen up close to the outskirts of aleppo on the road to damascus. in this video on youtube today, a group of prisoners is held by rebel soldiers who claim the prison

a new investigation, raising questions about warning signs and whether the university attended by the suspect could have or should have taken action. abc's mark greenblatt is in colorado with details of the new reporting by abc news and our denver affiliate kmgh. good evening, mark. >> reporter: good evening, diane. for weeks the world has focused attention on james holmes and the worst mass shooting in u.s. history. tonight we're getting an indication that holmes's psychiatrist may have expressed concerns about him long before the shooting. for weeks the world has been wondering if there were signs this would emerge from an ordinary student. abc news has learned dr. lynn fenton, who was treating holmes, at the university of colorado, was also a key member of the school's threat assessment team. in fact, these documents show fenton actually wrote the university's policy on threat assessment. what's more, our affiliate is reporting exclusively that by early june, fenton notified other members of the team about her concerns about holmes's behavior. on june 10, three days after he bought

this is a number even larger than the number of atoms in the universe. and it's in discoveries like this, and in the ongoing pursuit of even larger mersenne primes -- or perhaps proving that no such larger primes exist -- that we find the joy, the fun, and the beauty of mathematics. it is truly the one pursuit where it makes sense and is perhaps even required to take your explorations out into the infinite, where no one has gone before. and so mathematics offers the explorer a kind of freedom, bound only by the laws of logic. we can pose our own puzzles or take on those puzzles posed by the world around us. whether large or small, each unsolved puzzle or problem is like a new mountain to be scaled, a sea to be crossed, or a new frontier to be explored. now, there's that 44th mersenne prime again. it's amazing that although we may have been aware of the primes for 20,000 years, so much about them remains unresolved. patterns have been observed, but we can't be sure the patterns continue on the number line out into infinity. we found the 44th mersenne prime

last time at the university of maryland in the chick-fil-a kiosk is getting a brisk business. there are some of voiding the rest on altogether. >> considering what the president of chick-fil-a reported, i think it is a good idea. >> protests following statements by the company's ceo opposing same-sex marriage prompted the gay and lesbian organization on campus to lodge a protest of their own. >> even if we might not be able to remove them from campus we want to signal that we are dissatisfied and we want change. >> the university has a year left on their contract. even though it is one of the top performing restaurants, the university said they are sensitive to the feelings of all of their students. >> it feels like a contradiction for the university. >> they are planning other protests throughout the year. >> there are some people who are against gay marriage. is not to say they are wrong just because they believe it. >> by not eating their food is not going to change their mind. >> the university says they will welcome any kind of protest and they will listen to all sides of

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the university is settling, and the same thing will happen here with the university of colorado. non: we will take a close eye to this and keep an eye on it. a disturbing new investigation may be shedding light on the union position. speaking with the reporter behind it all. about some of the e-mails that he said revealed the administration cut benefits for thousands of nonunion retirees, in order to save money for their union counterparts at one of the world's largest automotive parts manufacturers. olympic gold wasn't good enough for the efforts of gabby douglas. online attacks started after she won the gold. zero to 60 in three seconds. one driver landed on the pavement on a cop's foot. it's going to happen a lot faster. shannon: the mother of olympic start gabby douglas firing back at critics. the 16 year olds here has critics who claimed that her ponytail look messy. gabby douglas responded that i just made history and people are focused on my hair? showing just how tough she is, she says that her critics can deal with it because she's not changing her look. go gabby douglas.

you have to show that the university owes a duty to the general public.do that is very, very difficult. we have the same problem. >> they protected themselves -- >> the students. they owe a duty to them. but every kidded with a drug problem or a problem with violence, can you sue the university when he does something when he leaves college? it's hard to win those cases. >> what about the fact that holmes met with three mental health experts before the shooting. we know that one of them, a female doctor, raised warning. there was a question how much she raised and how far she pushed it. does it add to the problems of the university as well? we now have three. you don't have usually three people looking at you for mental health. >> no, you don't. you are on to something here. but collectively, it might have given them information to take action by going to the police. psychiatrists, social workers they are are a legal obligation to the public. >> the liability in this would be an incredible amount of money. >> a staggering amount of money if they can prove

the university can't release them. there's an emergency situation, if there's a significant threat, the team can reach out to community resources, community mental health, local law enforcement. it is also possible for the team to potentially contact holmes's parents, allowed to contact parents of dependent students. i don't know if he was dependent, but was he 24, could have been. at that point ferpa would have allowed contact with the parents there. so i think the university couldn't have controlled him once he withdrew, but certainly had options to impact on him and had control over his transcript as well and whether he could access that. it did have things it could do. i agree with barry on that. >> peter, you have obviously been through this before with virginia tech. you say you have been waiting weeks for the news to come out about who knew what and when. >> i had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach as this evolved. thinking but hoping not that we would see similar things happen and unfortunately the noteboo

>> yeah. >> director of the student union said debate and discussion is expected at the university of maryland, even over which vendors should be in the food court. the political views of the company president is only one factor. >> it happens to be one of our more financially successful vendors in the food court. it also is one of our more popular venues. it was the number one food court per sayer. >> in any case, the contracts between the student union and chick-fil-a has a year left on it. >> chick-fil-a sent us a statement saying they intend to leave the policy debate to the government and political arenas. chick-fil-a says it has an internal policy of treating every person with dignity and respect, regardless of that person's race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. maurine. >> thank you. and we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government pr

the next day, holmes' access card to the university was canceled. now, more than a month later, on july 19, the day before the shooting, holmes put a package in the mail to dr. fenton. when the package from holmes to dr. fenton was discovered in the university mailroom, investigators sent in the bomb squad fearing it contained explosives. instead, investigators reportedly found a notebook with crude drawings that seemed to suggest planning for a mass murder. while much about holmes remains a mystery, documents from the university of iowa released today give some insight. in his 2010 application to graduate school at the university, holmes wrote he had a strong desire to explore the unknown. he wrote about working at a camp where children with schizophrenia were heavily medicated, saying, "this did not solve their problems, only create new ones." in response to holmes' application, one university official advised, do not offer admission under any circumstances. today in court, holmes seemed slightly more engaged. sometimes, though, he still had that w

this is a number even larger than the number of atoms in the universe. and it's in discoveries like this, and in the ongoing pursuit of even larger mersenne primes -- or perhaps proving that no such larger primes exist -- that we find the joy, the fun, and the beauty of mathematics. it is truly the one pursuit where it makes sense and is perhaps even required to take your explorations out into the infinite, where no one has gone before. and so mathematics offers the explorer a kind of freedom, bound only by the laws of logic. we can pose our own puzzles or take on those puzzles posed by the world around us. whether large or small, each unsolved puzzle or problem is like a new mountain to be scaled, a sea to be crossed, or a new frontier to be explored. now, there's that 44th mersenne prime again. it's amazing that although we may have been aware of the primes for 20,000 years, so much about them remains unresolved. patterns have been observed, but we can't be sure the patterns continue on the number line out into infinity. we found the 44th mersenne prime

you have to show that the university owes a duty to the general public.do that is very difficult. we have the same problem once again. >> they protected themselves tsds mpleg the they protected themselves and their students. they owe a duty to them. but every kid who has a drug problem or a problem with violence, can you sue the university if he does something when he leaves college? i'm not saying you can't do it, but it's really hard to win those cases. >> and what about the other information that we found out today which is that holmes met with at least mental health experts at the university colorado before the shooting. we know one of them had raised warning and there was concern. there has been a question of how much she raised, how far she pushed it. but does this add to the problems at the university as well? you've now got three. you don't usually have three people looking at you for mental health unless something is wrong with you. >> you don't. and i think you're on to something here because collectively all of this information, when you get to

now, the campus police were informed of the alleged threats by the university. campus police were informed of the threats by holmes. >> pelley: john, this seems to be the first time we've heard that holmes made threats to the university. >> reporter: it is. that was a revelation. and i've spoken to people who are briefed on this investigation, and they have said when the rest of the information comes out, and if it comes out in this process we may learn more sooner about what the university knew and when they knew it about holmes and his violent statements that is going to be very controversial. >> pelley: john, thank you very much. moving on to the presidential race, four days before the start of the republican convention, new poll numbers give us a good picture of where the race for president stands tonight. have a look. it takes 270 electoral votes to win, and analysis today by our cbs news election team finds there are 237 likely to go to the president or leaning toward him. for mitt romney it's 206. the race will come down to 95 electoral votes that we belie

the university never contacted the aurora police. the university has not commented on the report.aring it to the 2007 shooting in virginia tech where the university was accused of ignoring warnings. >>> a survivor of the tragedy who was shot in the head is out of the hospital. she underwent brain surgery. she had plans to come to the university of maryland for graduate school this fall according to a fundraising website set up by the family. she is starting rehab in colorado. >>> the man accused of threatening to carry out a shooting in prince george's county owned an arsenal of weapons but the charge against him is not as serious as some would like it to be. it's just a misdemeanor. wendy rieger is here to explain the legal blind. >> reporter: neil prescott threatened to shoot up his office. he has 20 guns but he only charged for using a telephone. he called the pitny bows firm and referred to himself as a joker and said he was going to load up his guns and fire everybody up. they found 20 guns and 40 boxes of ammunition in his apartment. but because maryland has no felony threat

will also prohibit concealed carry students from sorry the university also prohibit concealed carry students from bringing their weapons to cultural events like football games and theater shows mass shooting after mass shooting a sensible debate about gun control is always by the same argument well what about the rights of gun owners in america enough of that debate it's time to start asking what about the rights of non gun owners people who want to go to school without worrying whether or not their classmate is armed to the teeth good on the university of colorado for speaking to that issue of the bad the virginia citizens defense league i'm trying to prevent gun violence to trying to promote it the virginia citizens defense league held a protest at a public library in virginia late last week protesting against the library's wording of virginia's concealed carry policy the protesters took the issue with a posted sign that said quote carrying concealed weapons is prohibited except as permitted by law and quote while virginia's law does actually permit guns in public libraries so acco

did the university of colorado ignore warning signs? rding to kmgh the psychiatrist who was seeing suspect james holmes was so alarmed about something he said in early june she called the school's threat assessment team to warn them. holmes dropped out a few days later. it appears there was no further action taken and police were never called. >>> an arizona law banning abortions 20 weeks into pregnancy has been blocked. it was set to take effect today but an appeal by the aclu was upheld yesterday by the ninth circuit court. the ban calls for physician toss have their licenses revoked and face jail time if they violate its terms with exceptions for life threatening situations and medical emergencies for the mother. >>> a safety recall alert. toyota announcing that it's recalling close to 800,000 rav 4s to fix a suspension problem that could cause a crash. they're model years 2006 to 2011. it also includes 18,000 lexus h 250s from 2010. there have been nine crashes with three minor injuries due to the problem. >>> odd sight in brockton,

student athletes at the university of kentucky and at the university of louisville now have their socialedia accounts monitored by coaches. if you want to play sports in louisville or kentucky, student athletes have to use a special software that alerts the coaching staff when an inappropriate word is posted on facebook or twitter. there's a list of words that will set off an alarm, for real. it's a great list. the university of kentucky, some of their words are crunk, alcohol, bamboozle, act a fool even benjamins. that's guillermo's baby's name, right, guillermo? >> guillermo: right, yeah. >> jimmy: they cannot tweet about guillermo's baby. that's weird. at louisville, the list includes panties, bartles and james and gazongas. who still uses that word? maybe they're afraid that's a gateway word to sweater melons or something. i don't know who is using that word. maybe the guys that still drink bartles and james. is that still a thing? no gazongas allowed. but you can still say it at gonzaga university, just fyi. here an interesting new art form of which i was unaware. in fact, i think w

. >> the former university of maryland honor student accused of making online threats against the school is heading to court today. >> he is expected to enter a guilty plea. we go live to college park, sources tell us that this was clearly a student at his breaking point both socially and academically. police say the 19-year-old rhode and multiple websites that he wants to go on a shooting rampage here at the university of maryland. he is expected to plead guilty today to multiple counts. police learned of the threat of a former student who used to work for the department. they say the former honor student wrote that he wanted to kill in the people to make the national news. police found no weapons in his dorm. or his parents' home in howard county. it will charge him with disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct. police say they responded to his dorm to find him in a screaming fit. he overslept and missed seeing a girl they parted. he told police he was feeling extremely stressed out. >> two hearings today in arizona could move prosecutors closer to a legal resolution. jarratt loughn

student suddenly told the university he was quitting. er the assessment team never had a formal meeting and never intervened thinking they had no control over him once he left. experts say that his exit should of been a red alert. >> i think that is a signal that you should intensify your efforts and not walk away. most well trained opera assessment teams would have gone into action. >> -- most well-drained threat assessment teams. >> many wonder if the tragedy could of been prevented. >> investigators are frustrated after a man suspected of planning a shooting rampage at his old job was only charged with misdemeanor. neil prescott is charged with misusing a telephone. he made the threat against the capitol heights business in a phone call with a former co- worker. although guns and ammunition were found in his home, prosecutors say their hands are tied because it's not illegal to make threats over the phone and maryland. it is 73 degrees. >> learn how's public service commission -- learn how d captioned by the national captioning institu

fox 5's john henrehan has more. >> reporter: at the flagship campus of the university of maryland there are nine different eateries in the food court of the adult staff student union. chick-fil-a is one of them, but company president dan cathy's public opposition to same sex marriage and company donations to conservative christian groups sparked an online petition drive among some college park students to ask the university to replace the franchise. e. >> kind of a symbol that, you know, there are places in -- you know, everyone that, you know, indirectly still affect decisions that affect lbgt individuals as 2nd class individuals and that still signals to me as something hindering our progress at the university. >> reporter: a quick survey of students eating in the food court found little support in the movement to ban chick-fil- a. >> if the students don't agree with the owner's ideology, then they can just choose not to eat there. >> i just think he's entitled to his own opinion and i mean not necessarily that i like approve of his opinion, but it doesn't really matter what i think.

student athletes at the university of kentucky and at the university of louisville now have their social media accounts monitored by coaches. if you want to play sports in louisville or kentucky, student athletes have to use a special software that alerts the coaching staff when an inappropriate word is posted on

we find out among other things that he had been essentially banned from the university of colorado campus after the police were warned about the threats that he had made. what gives here. >> it is problematic for a number of reasons. what does it say? if you are under the care of three different psychiatrists it goes to show that the university had knowledge as to his potential for doing things that would be -- represent a public danger. that's an issue. it's further an issue when, in fact, he is banned from the campus. his i.d. is taken away from them because it goes to show that there could have been other preventative measures put in place, laura, which could have potentially saved lives. that's what the problem is here at the outset. >> laura: debra, we are looking aside from this criminal case, we are looking at potential liability for the university, for the officials involved, for, perhaps, not stepping forward and doing more to keep the campus safe or keep the public at large safe. and what holmes attorneys are saying no, no, no. you can't have my school record because that would

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of colorado last year the colorado supreme court overturned the university's policy banning firearms saying it violated state law that allows gun owners with proper permits to carry weapons in all areas of the state while in an effort to work around that absurd ruling and prevent violence on campus the university is creating separate off campus housing for students who just can't live without their guns the university will also prohibit concealed carry students from sorry the universe who also prohibit concealed carry students from bringing their weapons to cultural events like football games and theater shows mass shooting after mass shooting a sensible debate about gun control is always the railed by the same argument well what about the rights of gun owners in america enough about that it's time to start asking what about the rights of non gun owners people who want to go to school without worrying whether or not their classmate is armed to the teeth good on the university of colorado for speaking to that issue. of the bad the virginia citizens defense league i'm trying to prevent