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ron mott live in reno, nevada, where mr. romneys expected to take the stage any moment. ron, do we know what else the governors going to be saying to that vfw group? >> reporter: craig, good day. we expect governor romney to hit president obama hard on foreign policy. mitt romney is off on a three-stop trip, the olympics in london, then israel and poland. what he wants to say today is that to veterans, is that the president has let the nation down overseas. while they have had some mil...

give me -- he didnt answer. i ended up with his answering service that had a rather bizarre message on it that st t started me wondering about it. >> an attorney for holmes family said shes concerned for their safety, but holmes parents are standing by their son. last night, a vigil was held in aurora to remember the victims. 12 crosses were erected to haunler the dead. michael white, a survivor of fridays massacre, questioning what motivated holmes to inflict so much pain. >> why? i m...

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...

i ended up with his answering service that had a rather bizarre message on it that started me wondering a little bit about it. >> an attorney for holmes family said shes concerned for their safety, but holmes parents are standing by their son. last night, a vigil was held in aurora to remember the victims. 12 crosses were erected to honor the dead. michael white, a survivor of fridays massacre, questioning what motivated holmes to inflict so much pain. >> why? i mean, whats going on in...

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...

defending a death penalty case in colorado? and is the possibility of a plea bargain an option as we move further in the legal process? >> like you said, miss chambers is the most likely to pursue the death penalty of any district attorney in the state of colorado. as rarely as it is sought in colorado, and has been over the years, but the factors that shell look at in whether or not shes going to plea bargain the case have a lot to do with whether or not what they uncover, as his biza...

the economy question by double digits or close that gap here. so look, hes got -- he is winning the default argument right now against the president. he is not yet winning an argument on behalf of mitt romney yet. thats a finite thing to explain. >> chris, do you think this shows some impact of the hammering from the obama campaign on mitt romney in terms of the type of business experience, the whole issue of not only the taxes but bain capital, what it does or doesnt do? >> sure. i me...

have been killed across the country today. it is a first for philadelphia as well as the united states. a judge has sentenced monsignor william lynn to years in prison, the first roman catholic official to be convicted 6 covering up claims that priests were molesting children. and graham spanier says his massive -- this is a quote -- massive and abuse as a child make it illogical to believe he would ignore allegations against sandusky. hes nobody the chargedy connection with the ca...

through the door. he had been stock piling weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition for months. no red flags were raised because its all perfectly legal. theres no system to track stock piling fire power. no laws and no oversight or regulation of internet sales. holmes purchased ammo and tactical gear online. in fact, the only red flag holmes raised was through an online application to a local gun range. the gun ranges owner grew suspicious of holmes after trying to contact him. >...

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...