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Punishment, but it ought to be on the rapist. >> it was the phrase, legitimate rape, that was the focus of the president today as he was asked in an unscheduled appearance today whether he thought akins remarks were emblematic of the republican position. >> rape is rape and the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape were talking about doesnt make sense to the american people. >> as if for mr. akin, he took to the air waves trying mightily to apologize. >> le...

Onto his candidacy. >> greatly appreciate it. we have more from missouri congressman todd akins, his appearance in the past hour on huckabees radio show. lets play it for you now. >> i really made a couple of serious mistakes here that were just wrong and i need to apologize for those. first, i might say that i have always been committed to pro-life and it was because i didnt want to harm the most vulnerable. likewise, i care deeply for the victims of people who have been raped and theyre equall...

and were taking a lesson from the people of aurora themselves, the governor of aurora and the president of the united states. >> i had a chance to visit with each family. and most of the conversation was filled with memory. it was an opportunity for families to describe how wonderful their brother or their son or daughter was. and the lives that they have touched. and the dreams that they held for the future. i confessed to them that words are always inadequate in these kinds of conver...

behind. taking a lesson from the people of aurora themselves. from the families and from the president of the united states. >> i had a chance to visit with each family. and most of the conversation was filled with memory. it was an opportunity for families to describe how wonderful their brother or their son or daughter was. and the lives that they have touched. and the dreams that they held for the future. i confessed to them that words are always inadequate in these kinds of convers...

day here in aurora as people here merge from shock and descended into grief. theyre being confronted by the grotesque cartoon-colored image of the man police say was behind their nightmare. we will, of course, update you on the alleged gunmans day in court and the many days in court ahead for him. tonight though and throughout our many nights ahead, the main story will not be about that person. were giving the suspect as little air time as we can. giving him as little publicity as poss...

survivors and the heroes. and many heroes have emerged from this horror. in this, were taking a lesson from the people of aurora themselves, from the mayor of aurora, the governor of colorado, and the president of the united states. >> i had a chance to visit with each family. >> most of the conversation was filled with memory. it was an opportunity for them to describe how wonderful their brother or son or daughter was. and the lives they had touched and the dreams they held for the f...

And the lives that they had touched and the dreams that they held for the future. i confessed to them that words are always inadequate in these kinds of situations, but that my main task was to serve as a representation of the entire country and let them know that we are thinking about them at this moment and well continue to think about them each and every day and that the -- that the awareness that not only all of america, but much of the world is thinking about them might serve as some comfor...

>> back to you. >> the president also making a visit to aurora to offer his support. kelly wright joins us live with the details on that. president obama offered hugs, tears and the nations sympathy to the grieving family in the shooting rampage. the president met with the families which treated the 22 people injured. 12 dead and 58 wounded after visiting the family they spoke about the suspect james holmes. >> i also tried to assure them that although the perpetrator of this evil act has rece...

Voice mail. last night thousands turned to honor the victim. the mayor read aloud each of the victims name. president obama yesterday afternoon flew into aor ra to meet with the victims families and to show his support. >> i con fessed to them that words are always inadequate in these kinds of situations, but that my main task was to serve as a representative of the entire country and let them know that we are thinking about them at this moment and will continue to think about them each and ever...

Evil act is in jail. and hell never hurt another person again. >> its so good of you to take the time. i know you have a vigil that you helped organize and you want to be a part of it so state representative rhonda fields, so wonderful to see you. >> thank you so much. >> again, helping to organize this memorial for victims of the mass shooting. and again, were waiting for the president. he is expecting to come out of the university of colorado to speak shortly. there we see some of the police o...