defense side probably sent to the state hospital in pueblo for those examinations. and if he continues to be nonresponsive, he can be given as happened in the jared loughner case in arizona psychotropic drugs to try to restore him to sanity so he can be ruled able to help in his defenses. so all those things are down the line. this morning was just the initial proceeding in this entire case. just advising him, an advisory proceeding advising this defendant of the charges that will be lodged against hill him. do we know whether the defendant is on any type of prescription drugs? he certainly lookedhill him. do we know whether the defendant is on any type of prescription drugs? he certainly lookedill him. do we know whether the defendant is on any type of prescription drugs? he certainly lookedll him. do we know whether the defendant is on any type of prescription drugs? he certainly looked him. do we know whether the defendant is on any type of prescription d
medek, a green bay packers mom. and 27-year-old john thomas larimer, a petty officer in the navy, the youngest of five siblings. he was an outstanding ship mate, a valued member of our navy team, and an extremely dedicated sailor. reporter: finally, the oldest victim, 51-year-old gordon cowden, a devoted father, at the movie with his two teenagers. 12 lives lost to their loved ones and the world. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, aurora, colorado. and so so much healing that needs to be done here. you can see in that last shot from kristen s piece, that there were white crosses, 12 of them brought here by a man from illinois who also brought crosses just 13 miles down the road to columbine during that tragedy and now, perhaps you can see people starting to gather behind me for this vigil tonight. miguel almaguer has been here in
sophisticated setup inside that apartment that could have been very deadly. because of that, authorities now say that they feel that the major threats that were inside that apartment have been diffused, and it s not totally safe yet, but they can begin the process of removing all of the explosive materials that were inside holmes apartment and they re beginning to take that out. but what s been clear to them, there s been a great and deliberate process by josh holmes to buy all of this material, get all of this material ready, and thoroughly plan out this attack. the police chief in aurora talked about that just a short time ago. we ve become aware that our suspect over the last four months had a high volume of deliveries, commercial deliveries, of packages to both his work and home address. we think this begins to explain how he got his hands on all the magazines and the ammunition yesterday, that we talked about yesterday. we also think it begins to explain some of the m
absolutely not. they are letting officials pass police lines, fire trucks, police officers, atf into that area. but at this point in time, obviously, no civilians, floano reporters allowed, but i ll ask if they re going to send those robots and cameras back in. i think from what i understand, they might have to do that, because they re going to have to shut down traffic in that area, and they don t want to risk any human life, but that could happen as early as this morning. poppy, thank you very much for the update from that apartment complex. now let me bring in jim spellman. he s been here at the theater overnight. and jim, good morning to you. what has been the what has the activity been like overnight? have people been coming to pay their respects at all? people have set up a makeshift memorial here, candles litigant, like you would almost see like in the foyer of a church. it was about 5:00 last night that authorities were able to get the last of the bodies out, we
the victims. heartbreaking stories from their families are hitting home with all of us. we ll share some of those stories throughout the morning. let s get right to our poppy harleararlo harlow, though. she is at holmes apartment, at that apartment complex for us this morning. poppy, what is the activity taking place there this hour? reporter: good morning, randi. it s really picking up. what you see behind me, if you can make out those busted windows on the third floor of that complex, that is james holmes apartment on the third floor. i want to play you some video now that we just shot. what i can tell you is that the denver bomb squad has arrived in the past half hour. the arapahoe county bomb squad, as well as the adams county bomb squad, all local here around denver, just arrived, as well as atf. i just spoke with one of the atf members. we re going to the try to get someone on camera right after this. they have just arrived as well, so they re preparing to assess th