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from a navy notification team. alex sullivans friends called him a gentle giant. the young husband loved to cook. he was celebrating his 27th birthday at the theater where he also worked. he would have celebrated his first wedding anniversary tomorrow. also in the audience, jessica ghawi, the aspiring sports reporter narrowly escaped a mall shooting in canada just last month. now the country is grieving the loss of their lives and the deaths of seven others whose dreams were cut short....

i personally have never seen anything like what the pictures show us. >> and right now, police and the atf are at suspect james holmes apartment building. we have some live pictures for you now. theyre trying to figure out how theyre going to get inside and get past those booby traps that they say he set. shock, anger and disbelief as the community tries to make sense of a mass shooting inside a crowded movie theater. it was supposed to be a night of fun. 12 people are dead, 58 others ...

Were not here to conduct an investigation or to do anything else, just to preserve the peace. there are other investigative agencies that are here. >> did you say other family members have arrived or family friends? >> family friends. >> to your knowledge, no other family members are in the home other than the woman? >> there are other family members that reside here. they are still here, and the people that you see coming in have been friends of the family. >> there are other family members liv...

Msnbc news contributor. first joining me on the phone is anthony mai. he lives in the same neighborhood as holmes family in san diego and has known the suspect james holmes all of his life. anthony, what can you tell us about james holmes? did you ever see any signs that he was capable of this? >> you know, when he -- when i was around and when i see him, you know, he sound like a normal guy, you know, living a normal life. you know, nothing big or anything. he was a bit quiet sometimes. i thoug...

Including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, are businessing for any number of scenarios. >> i am comfortable the secretary and chairman are very much engageed and tuned in to what we should be doing or not doing there. and, im sure they are able to give the commander in chief good advice on what we should do. >>reporter: the diplomats are in contact with the syrian rebels. we were told there was contacts overnight. one thing the u.s. is stressing to the syrian opposition, is that in any...

>> gretchin: you were in the reserves right now. and in 14 yores. what was it about your military life that made you want to encourage it for yourself and active doubt. >> benefits that it offer experience and training and made mow a better person and i want tod pass that on to him. my father and grand father and brothers are in the military and i wanted it like a family tradition and out of them, i am the only one who got to sign up with my son. >> gretchin: it is special to see you together. j...

Washington, dc. james? >>reporter: today is president obamas first townhall on the campaign trail and he used it to urge voters in ohio to the as tie breakers in what he called the "stalemate," in washington, an appeal to the independents who often decide elections. he stopped off to sample the eats in cincinnati, and today he claimed to have kept his promise of four years ago to cut taxes for the middle class. >> i want all the resolution to notice that. because sometimes you hear all these cra...

Thats what kirsten and these other democrats in the senate want to do. >> senator gillabrand is not the only one that wants to push this forward. i want to tell you, i researched this and senators james web who is a democrat and joe lieberman who is an independent but caucuses as a democrat, they are against this. they say they will not support these tax increases or as the president is saying tax cuts. >> if we keep the tax cuts for everyone, it is an increase. it is just less of an increase of...

Are heavier than others so make sure youre helping each other out. also make sure youre shuffling your chains. the last thing you want is for you to step on each others chain and then have a little incident. you guys can participate whether you like it or not. its up to you. were not going to make you do it, but its pretty much your choice. okay? go ahead and line up. pick up your chains if you have to, ladies. >> the burials are coordinated by a local catholic church and knights of columbus vol...

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