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On courtroom surveillance cameras. >> in all my years on the bench, i havent had to use the panic button before. but i pressed it on that day. >> latasha williams. >> march 22nd, 2011. las vegas, nevada. judge jackie glass, a veteran in the 8th judicial district court, is presiding over a competency hearing for 36-year-old latasha williams. >> she cant leave the courtroom. >> months earlier, williams was arrested for two counts of child endangerment and first-degree kidnapping when she allegedly...

>> elizabeth wanted to see him there in court and to face him when she testified. and he was too big of a coward. >> he wouldnt stay. >> he would not stay in there. he would sing or do whatever and ended up being in this remote room. but at least he had to hear it. >> after she telephones at mitchells competency hearing, elizabeth leaves utah for an 18-month latter-day saints mission to france. steeped in her faith, she talks of taking the mormon rite of passage. >> i know that there is a god an...

Gabby giffords. loughner is due in federal? tucson for a competency hearing. if a judge finds that loughner understands the charges against him a plea deal could move forward tomorrow. alicia acuna is live in the tucson. hi. >> reporter: hi, patti ann. today could come down to how jared loughner handles himself and there are a lot of ifs. the doing nosed schizophrenic has not been in court for more than a year. he has been receiving treatment in a missouri mental hospital since last summer. the ...

planet. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were learning much more about the shooter and the victims in the sikh temple slaughter in wisconsin. ill speak wit oak creek police chief coming up live. well hear exclusively from two men who lost their mother in the killings. first, were getting new details on the weapon. our own brian todd is joining us now live. hes in oak creek, wisconsin. brian, youve been tracing the gun. what are you finding out? >> reporter: spoke to th...

times, if you can believe it. david mattingly is joining me with more on those stories and much more on this case. the wounded officer, lieutenant brian murphy, how is he doing now? >> reporter: well, yesterday, he was listed in critical condition. today, the hospital says there is no change in that. he was shot eight to nine times. he was the first officer to arrive on the scene and actually ran to the aid of a person who had been shot there in the parking lot when he was ambushed by ...

Demonstrate that he is severely, severely schizophrenia. his behavior at the time of the incident and subsequent to, all the way through most of these proceedings. his last court proceeding he was pulled out of the courtroom by the u.s. marshals for his rants and raves. this is a guy who is clearly incompetent. and if you can secure a conviction for the prosecution and spare his life fro for the defense, and spare the family of having to testify and go through the agony, its a rare find and gem ...

tackle the victim. six victims dead along with the gunman. david mattingly, what is the latest? >> reporter: well, heres what we know this morning. we have a law enforcement source who is involved in the investigation telling us that the shooter was an army veteran and at one time it was believed to be a white supremacist. we know the witnesses at the temple describe him as a white male, bald, wearing a t-shirt, dark pants with april tattoo that says 9/11. all of that together, we have...

worshippers clinging to their faith as we learn more about a gunman and what may have motivated him. im brianna keilar in for zoraida sambolin. >> im john berman. new details about the deadly shooting spree. seven people dead including the gunman. this morning we may have a motive for this massacre. the temple leader who was shot when he tried to tackle the gunman and save others. law enforcement officials spent the night examining the suspected gunmans home. we dont have his identity ...

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and president clinton taking on a special role at the democratic national convention. and well talk about the quirky rule, the unfair rule that cost the americans their medal. this man caused one of our best olympians a shot at gold in london. >> were going to chat a lot about that. see how you feel as well. right now mitt romney is on a plane to poend la, the last stop on his international tour. romney left israel this morning, where he gave a tough talking speech on iran. >> we m...