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Walk. >> very interesting. thank you for much ryan. pleasure having you on. >> reporter: thanks for having me. coming up jurors heard the most critical piece of evidence yet. his notebook. what james holmes wrote. plus, what police say a pilot was doing before he crashed his plane in a florida airport with his child on board. it is one of the stories we are following and updating around the nation this morning. (vo) maggie wasnt thrilled when ben and i got married. i knew itd take some time. a...

Trail. but fiorina was actually taking questions from the media, clinton was inside playing up her southern charm. listen carefully. okay, well apparently we dont have that. but what you would hear -- well play it for you later -- is hillary clinton throwing down her attempts at a strong, strong southern accent. of course, hillary clinton grew up in chicago, she lives in new york. shell head to florida later today. she has events in three counties over the next few days. well get that sound bite...

Out west the colorado movie shooting trial is resuming right now in a suburban denver courtroom. you see images live images from the courtroom as they are getting started this morning. for the first time jurors are getting a crucial look at the defendant, james holmes notebook. its filled with the horror he was planning to carry out. jacob rascone has the details. >> reporter: the meticulous plan of attack considering various venues like an airport. when the pros and cons of theaters, the exits,...

>> reporter: a notebook revealing the meticulous plan of attack considering venues like an airport and biological warfare and serial killing, weighing the pros and cons of different theaters and exits. he writes what is the meaning of life or death? he examines his mental state, and a self-diagnosis of a broken mind. eight pages, over and over why. >> the prosecution, the notebook is evidence of meticulous rational planning. for the defense, the notebook is a whole lot of crazy. >> reporter: the...

A diary of a mass shooter. also critical. perhaps the most critical piece of evidence in this trial. starts with pages and pages of questions, talking about life and death the value of good and evil. then he comes to his self-diagnosis says highs skitfrenic, has a -- schizophrenic, has adhd, and calls it a mass murder at the movies. diagram after diagram of the theater. considering other venues like an airplane. the prosecution says its a manifesto for murder. the defense says its a whole lot of...

Key piece of evidence in this trial. both sides are going to try to use it to their change. the prosecuting is going to try to show this all of this was premedicated it was planned. he knew the difference between right and wrong. inside the notebook a number of maps positives and minuses, which theater hell used based on exits, also police response times. i want to show you one page where he writes showing his despair, what is the meaning of life? what is the meaning of death? another page shows...

Carried out his plan, armed with a rifle, a shotgun and two handguns. >> good morning, everyone. >> reporter: in court today, the jury heard from people who were in theater nine. jansen young was there with her boyfriend jonathan blunk, who was killed almost immediately. >> did you see his face? >> yes, his face was turned toward me. >> were his eyes open or closed? >> they were closed. >> did you ever see him take another breath? >> i did not. >> reporter: it was over in less than ten minutes. ...

Self-diagnosing a broken mind. one word over and over why? >> 12 people were killed and 70 injured in the july 2012 attack at the crowded theater in aurora. let me bring in former defense attorney. thank you for your perspective. eight pages of the word why, over and over again, talking of a self-diagnosis of a broken mind. how crucial is this going to be in this defense, to say he was sane at the time of the shooting when you have this notebook? >> both sides are going to use that notebook to t...

You are waking up in the middle of the night hearing planes overhead reaching for a suicide belt not knowing if youre going to be infiltrated and killed. you are in a war zone. actually the realities of the day-to-day life really disprove this utopian idea. >> i came here alone and broken. youve raised my status as a woman. >> the words mask brutal reality of being a life and mother in a war zone. the bird of ja inform nah, it seems, lives in a paradise of her own mind. cnn, london. theater sh...

You could say, okay heres the sign and if they show that then theyre not faking it. again, what im looking for is a thread of logic through their thought processes. if i can find that logic, then i start to question is this really a thought disorder? is this really a broken brain? does this person have schizophrenia? >> so we know these jurors have been handed this 29-page notebook that was mailed to holmes psychiatrist. were looking at some of the pictures. theres stick figures, both standing a...