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Edition. He showed his victims no mercy, but late today, james holmes life was spared. The jury that convicted him of murdering 12 people and wounding 70 in a colorado Movie Theater massacre sentenced him to life in prison. Mark strassmann is at the courthouse. Would the defendant please stand . Reporter 15 weeks of trial brought james holmes to the jurys judgment. The court will impose a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Reporter no one denied that holmes was resp...

Strikes and the failure of a u. S. Program to build an army of syrian rebels, mr. Obama is ordering in about 50 special operations troops to step up the war against isis. U. S. Forces have struck inside syria before in lightning raids, but these troops are in for the long haul. The white house says theyre advisers, not combat troops, but they will be in harms way. David martin is at the pentagon. Reporter a pentagon official said American Special forces will spend up to 60 days at a time in the ...

Because the proud young muslim boy who built it almost wound up in jail. Instead, hes headed to the white house at the invitation of the president. Heres Mark Strassmann. I made it to impress my teachers. Reporter on monday Ahmed Mohamed brought to school this homemade digital clock, a Circuit Board wedged inside a pencil case. He showed it to his engineering teacher but told us it was his english teacher who got alarmed when the clock beeped inside his backpack during class. I brought the clock...

Died, and they cant even begin to put a number on the damage done by an estimated 11 trillion gallons of water. Today as the sun came out and the water slowly began to recede, we heard Amazing Stories of survival. And David Begnaud is in south carolina. Reporter for angela cole, coming home was hard. Oh, god. I cant even breathe right now. Oh, my god. This is just. Reporter but she does appreciate that her family is alive. She snapped photos on her phone as the water was rising, and her family k...

And this is our western edition. We begin tonight with republican president ial politics, which these days means the latest on donald trump who is now dominating events where hes not even appearing. Mr. Trump was originally scheduled to be the keynote speaker tonight at the annual redstate gathering in atlanta, which is a meeting of influential conservatives, but that was before he seemed to suggest that a female debate moderator questioned him aggressively because she was in a hormonallyinduced...

Six deaths on the roads. Travelers are stranded at airports. Store shelves have been wiped out. Six states have declared emergencies and accumulations could reach three feet. We have a team of correspondents. First well go to kris van cleave in washington. Kris. Reporter scott, this is not a region known for handling a lot of snow well. The snow has started and overnight will come the heavy winds. The front end of an epic blizzard swept into the frigid Nations Capital this afternoon as hundr hin...

Get the United States congress to tighten gun control laws. The president was announcing what he would do by executive action without congress when the memories of these victims, 20 first graders from newtown, connecticut, six or seven years old, choked mr. Obama in midsentence. Every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. And, by the way, it happens on the streets of chicago every day. Pelley there have been 13 mass killings during the obama presidency. And republicans voted against gun...

Assaulted while in the captivity of isis, the Islamic Terror Group whose atrocities include the beheading of three americans. Mueller, a humanitarian aid worker from prescott, arizona, was captured two years ago in syria. Isis claims that she was killed last february in an allied air strike. Now, u. S. Officials say women once held with mueller claim that she was sexually assaulted by the leader of isis himself. Heres Major Garrett. Reporter Kayla Muellers parents learned of the grim details in ...

Mississippi and alabama, the 16th, 17th, and 18th People Killed this week by tornadoes that swept across the south. In alabama, where another twister touched down christmas night, nearly 200 roads are closed due to flooding, and the threat of extreme weather is not over yet; the South Central u. S. Faces everything from more tornadoes, to blizzard conditions; while parts of the midwest and northeast could finally get their first real taste of winter early next week. We begin tonight with Mark St...

Today the American Cancer Society revised its guidelines for screening for Breast Cancer, a disease that kills 40,000 american women every year. It now says that women should get their first mammogram years later than previously recommended. We asked our dr. Jon lapook whats behind this change. Ready . Reporter ready or not, today 49yearold Kimberly Taylor finally got her first mammogram. I really took the advice of the doctor at first in consideration, but it was very confusing. Reporter in rec...