berman. nice to have you. i m zoraida sambolin. up first, the shooting rampage in tucson, arizona, takes a dramatic step this morning. jared lee loughner now facing a lifetime in prison after pleading guilty to a shooting that killed six people and almost killed a former member of congress, gabrielle giffords. under the plea deal loughner will be sentenced to life in prison with no parole but will avoid the death penalty. the u.s. attorney prosecuting the case says loughner s mental state was a big factor in this decision. the doctors who have treated and observed mr. loughner since the shooting agree that he suffered from a severe mental illness. that is severe schizophrenia. at the time of the shooting and before the shooting. the fragility of his continued competency to stand trial was taken into account. we re live in tu san. we re used to seeing loughner s picture we just showed on the screen. you saw him in the courtroom yesterday. how did he look to you? report
earth. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administration s policies, but with support from an unlikely ally he s raising the stakes today. here s our national political correspondent jim acosta. reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make it easier for the poor to receive welfare checks and to help make his case he s getting some help from an old rival. they just send you your welfare check. reporter: even though his ad accusing the president of weakening work requirements for welfare recipients got a pants on fire from politifact and four pinocchios from the washington post, mitt romney is doubling down on the claim. this is to help people go to work so they can stop drawing a welfare check and start drawing a paycheck. reporter:
of the biggest lost and found collections in the world. it has been around for 200 years, and we don t know who lost them or where. the next hour of the cnn newsroom, don lemon starts newsroom, don lemon starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com hello, everyone. don lemon here, and suzanne is off today. this hour in the cnn newsroom, we are going to focus on exciting new pictures coming back from mars and new details into the investigation of the wisconsin shooter. police say now that he killed himself. right to the news right now. a couple of grainy pictures have the space guys all fired up at nasa, and they should be fired up. these are the first color images beamed back to earth from the mars rover called curiosity, and the latest earth visitor to mars. nasa says it is in great shape and working perfectly. so far. john zarrella, and the jet propulsion laboratory in california. and john, i have been watching you for days now and i stayed up and watched wh
planet. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re learning much more about the shooter and the victims in the sikh temple slaughter in wisconsin. i ll speak wit oak creek police chief coming up live. we ll hear exclusively from two men who lost their mother in the killings. first, we re getting new details on the weapon. our own brian todd is joining us now live. he s in oak creek, wisconsin. brian, you ve been tracing the gun. what are you finding out? reporter: spoke to the gun store manager, wolf. new details on that weapon that authorities believe was used in this shooting. that information comes from the gun store manager who is still shaken by the experience. subject down! officers down! i need ambulance. we have one officer shot. 7512 subject with a gun, balding, white t-shirt. officer down. reporter: it was less than a week before this carnage that suspect wade michael page stopped here and picked up the .9-meter pistol. according to the mana
tonight the victims, the heroes and the gunman. let s go outfront. outfront tonight, terror at the temple. this community is reeling and wondering why six people were shot dead and three others wounded. tonight we re learning much more about the alleged gunman and the victims. police have identified the suspect as 40-year-old army veteran wade michael page who had connections to white supremacist groups. and here are now some pictures that we ve just gotten in to cnn. these are from page s old myspace page. obviously, can you see him in front of a flag with a swastika. the image you re looking at now is fairly recent, from february of this year 37 the death toll from yesterday s shooting now stands at seven including the suspected shooter. three people are in the hospital tonight after a chaotic scene captured in this call to 911. i thought i heard shots. can you confirm that? man with a gun in the parking lot. man with a gun. ambulance up! subject is down. i need a