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By reason of instan sayanityinsanity. the prosecution presented holmes notebook filled with details about his mental state and deadly plot. jacob rascon joins me now. this was surprisingly they got to introduce this testimony. i guess the defense tried to keep it out. what do the notebooks tell us about what was going on? >> prosecution says andrea this is a window into his mind of national planning. the defense says its a lot of crazy. at first its a notebook full of questions about life death,...

Ricketts there. people are looking at this as the first conservative state to abolish the death penalty and the beginning of a national trend. >> i think the public actually voted to raise the minimum wage there. a solidly red state where often you see things happening you would not expect. >> sometimes the conservative argument. they have not executed anyone since 1997. it is costing more money and perhaps it makes more sense to get rid of it. chilling evidence presented at the trial of accus...

Nutrition starts with nut. the jury in the trial of the colorado movie shooter james holmes got a first look at the key evidence. prosecutors showed jurors a notebook belonging to james holmes filled with disturbing details about his mental state and the killing spree he plans

Why. that is the question that still haunts families of the 12 people killed. >> i can only deal with everything day by day. >> and dozens injured like jarell brooks, shot in the leg. >> theres still some things were dealing with. its not something we can get over. >> in addition to the writings in the notebook, there is video. 22 hours of holmes talking to a psychiatrist after the massacre, clayton sandell, abc news, los angeles. penn state university shut down the fraternity linked to a priv...

Hes also up for reelection this friday, but, charlie, even the head of that group change fifa says at the end of the day he expects blatter will be reelected. >> rose: thanks, jim. the public got a first look today at a key piece of evidence in james holmes murder trial. a notebook the defense hopes will help prove he was legally insane when he opened fire in that colorado movie theater. elaine quijano is following the case. >> reporter: james holmes planned his deadly attack in chilling detail,...

1st. its a very long process. if they can show that he had some type of mental diagnosis along before this not his self-diagnosis -- >> but something on record. >> yeah its kind of like a setup, in my opinion. it appears like hes trying to set up his criminal defense with this notebook. im going to write these things out. when i get caught, theyre going to show im insane. >> hes an educated guy. hes a doctoral student. this isnt some guy who flunked out of high school sitting ingting in his moms...

This has a big human toll. >> i do not personally not in martindale. just what ive seen on the local media and in the newspapers. the family that was visiting and that was missing in wimberley. other than that no. i dont. >> well thats a good thing. paula rodriguez, thank goodness for family. thank you so much for calling in. chad thank you. >> you know to understand that you have loved ones out there and you cant find them -- >> cant understand it. >> its something your heart cant imagine. >> t...

Specific taxpayers getting more sensitive information commonly found on tax returns. like where they work, salaries, bank accounts and personal family information. the irs said it has fixed the problem and that it is offering free credit monitoring for those who got hacked. like i said, bad news. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> chilling new details emerging as the aurora, colorado shooting trial of james holmes enters a fifth week. prosecution focusing on the notebook holmes mailed to hi...

Thank you very much. and next here on cnn, this disturbing notebook of accused killer james holmes. in its pages, what it reveals about why he chose a movie theater for his mass shooting. he had other thoughts. why the theater, coming up. also iraqi forces now taking back university at the edge of ramadi in this fierce battle with isis. can these fighters take on the militants? straight ahead here on cnn.

Methodically to decide what he wanted to do to wreak havoc on this community. >> does that sound line an insane person to you? >> not criminally insane. theres a defense between crazy and criminally insane. thats what people dont understand. in my opinion, you have to be crazy to go in a theater and shoot everyone. however, you may not be criminally insane which means you did not appreciate what you were doing. you did not appreciate the gravity of the offense. so i dont think hes criminally ins...