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>> is heroism the sort of natural human response? would any of us behave the same way when under fire like that or are these people really special? >> everybody has potential to enact her reism. we often think of it being police officers or firemen, only superheroes our true heroes when most heros are everyday people, there isnt anything uniquely different about them than anything else. we done see consistency against age or gender. across social lines were seeing people take on heroic acts. >> ...

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...

defuse or detonate explosives the suspect set inside. through the window of his third floor apartment, they can see a web of trip wires, and a living room full of about 30 homemade ieds strung together with firecracker shells. there are also jars of black powder and liquid accelerant, cans of gasoline, too. at 10:33 a.m. progress. >> we have been successful in defeating the first threat, which includes defeating the trip wire and the first incendiary device. >> reporter: a robot driven...

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...

Wanted the neighbors to call the cops who would go do his house, they would on the door, and, boom, and all the explosives could go off and all the resources of the town would be at his hour with dead police officers and dead firemen and he has time to execute everyone in the movie theater. there is no jury that will give him the luxury of being incarcerated in a hospital for life versus being incarcerated in jail. or getting the death penalty the rest of his life. what the prosecutor said, she ...

>> its hard. it really is hard because so many of us know, if you dont know the victims you know people who know the victims. and its hard. i mean, i think everybody -- everybody in this community felt like we got kicked in the gut. i mean, i heard about it, you know, early friday morning and just sad, sickening feeling. but you get together with friends and family and neighbors and realize theres things to be hopeful for and this is a good community and so -- >> what have you seen in this commu...

Investment. and remember when we went out and put 370 billion dollars to keep firemen and teachers on the payroll. lets call that what it was, it was a bailout of the states. it wasnt an investment, and misconstrued the whole concept. the thing were talking about, were just not getting a bang for the buck and thats clear. >> i think youre underestimating-- im not sure that the government should play venture capitalist. but the economy doesnt know whether a venture capitalist makes a bad known or...

Government. >> absolutely. >> neil: adam. >> i agree with you up to a point. i agree that he did draw a stark political point, charlie. where i disagree, the message is not that you need to rely on government, government will do it for you, we need more government. the message was, dont kid yourself that you were able to accomplish this without the-- >> dont kid yourself. >> the f.a.a., keeping your planes safe. without the many things that the government does to make a just society. >> and adam...