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Us. if main thing im waiting for right now is some type of statement from police officers. >> i hate to interrupt you. we are getting new information. aurora pd put on their facebook page that the shooter has been apprehended. again, aurora police department has put on their police department that the shooter has been apprehended. your take, josh. >> thats a good sign. a large facility like this, officers responding they dont know where the threat is. the fact they are able to confirm answers th...

Foot officers, motorcycle officers, you can spot the guy chasing them, or guys, and stop it. when you get in these large buildings, everything is complicated and it puts angst on it. you dont know, and aurora pd is on it, i always hope they will fizzle. >> i want nothing more than to be wrong. we just got word now from the school district, there are reports, this is a note to participants an akive shooter at the pratt building, were holding all district students here for safety. the district has...

Murdering 12 people and wounding dozens more. alicia acuna is live with the latest outside the courthouse. this is difficult to hear the details what transpired in that movie theater in july. even for veteran police officer detailing the story it has been very emotional. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: it has been particularly for them. sergeant matthew files was on the stand yesterday and is on the stand again today. he is the third member of law enforcement. he is with aurora pd,...

The people ran out and somebody actually win out and said theres somebody out there shooting. and they are killing us is what he said. then they came back in. we went through the top stairs at the back of the theater and as soon as we got up at the top the aurora pd was there quick. they were coming in with shotguns and they were clearing the building and they got us out. but then when we got out is when you really saw what happened because we didnt see anybody shot in our theater and at any tim...

Police chief should be commended. >> the aurora p.d. usually has a cop stationed at this very theater. >> they didnt but they were within a minute and a half from the time the first call came in to the time they were on the scene. meanwhile lets get to headlines. scary moments at an arizona movie theater. several people seeing "the dark knight rises" saying this guy, michael williams was acting strangely. he was carrying a backpack and appeared to be intoxicated. one person tried to confront him...

Or federal officials, who are they? >> reporter: ill step away and give you a chance to look at the scene. we have the ambulance from the local ambulance service. fire department that is stationed all the way around the complex. firefighters would be responding to any fire or smoke which we have not seen. they are ready to go with breathing apparatus you would need to fight any situation like that. we changed our position so you can better see the hook and ladder truck. this is where the federal...

>> so, all right, so thats the brief overview, i know you guys have tons of questions and again, were still planning a two oclock briefing today over at our -- where you were yesterday evening at our amc building on alameda. again, well be here, available for any updates, any breaking updates and well send those out via twitter. >> whats your handle the people to follow on twitter, the public. >> oh, our twitter is @aurora pd. >> are you able to tell us if youre sending somebody in or a robot, a...

the victims. heartbreaking stories from their families are hitting home with all of us. well share some of those stories throughout the morning. lets get right to our poppy harleararlo harlow, though. she is at holmes apartment, at that apartment complex for us this morning. poppy, what is the activity taking place there this hour? >> reporter: good morning, randi. its really picking up. what you see behind me, if you can make out those busted windows on the third floor of that complex...

he lived alone, kept to himself. but james holmes was also a one-time ph.d. canned tate and an honor student. more on the man now in custody. plus -- >> i personally have never seen anything like whathe pictures show us is in there. >> trip wires, gas canisters, booby-traps. an apartment so dangerous law enforcement still cant get inside. well take you live to the suspects building. its saturday, july 21st. good morning, everyone. im gary tuchman. a little over 24 hours ago the nation ...

trapped to kill. plus, stories of heroism among the gunfire, and chilling tales of survival. >> i was just thinking, weve got to get out. >> just a few millimeters in or sent meters in, and i dont think i would have left the theater. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." right now, explosives experts in aurora, colorado, are putting themselves in harms way. they are trying to make sure the apartment...