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Dump where some will be burned, some will be exploded. still this has been a long, hot day for the atf agents, f.b.i., as theyve been working to basically dismantle a myriad of booby traps that were designed for maximum deadly force. bomb technicians surgically remove and detonate devices inside suspected gunman james holmes apartment, a space booby trapped from top to bottom with devices designed to kill. >> this trip wire was set up to detonate when somebody entered that apartment and it was s...

About the possibility that we may want to set something up to give us an entry point. that first bomb and that first trip wire have been successfully diffused with their own little device. maybe the firefighter and the technician are looking to see if there is enough of an area to start the process, or maybe they are looking next stop to enter. fe look like it, they think there is definitely something that could go off, and thats why they are taking the extra precautions. the entire area around ...

Adam. >> are you getting a live look at the hook and ladder truck. it has gone in with the bomb tech and the firefighter. they are moving around and taking a look at the apartment complex of james holmes. they are looking through the windows of the apartment specifically. we have two different small booms here. i wouldnt call them explosions. i would call them pops. they are the lower end booms. we believe those are the two that are used to disarm one trip wire and the first explosive device. th...

Without causing any damage further to an explosion. the blast atenuates rapidly and its safely used in a confineed area. >> gregg: mwb. we talked about trip wires. u ought one with us. lets get a close up of this trip wire. what is that? whats it made of? >> its a copper wire and its a firing wire for electric blasting cap. its origin is from a former communist nation of russia, it was recovered after the berlin wall came down. >> gregg: can somebody, anybody buy this on the internet? >> readily...

>> he has all sorts of stuff inside. when you have these type of homemade bombs from covering them in the past whether it be overseas or in the middle east or here, what a lot of these bomb makers do is they have something to set it off and they have all sorts of chrapnal, bullets, things that shred and become projectiles as something is set off. from what we are told, thats the scene in this apartment. again he has balloons with powder inside. that could be gun powder. there are other items tha...

Foolish copycats out there. we know that mr. holmes is apparently a highly intelligent individual burr where does one get all of this information to be able to booby trap and rig this apartment the way he has. pardon me, according to some reports from our mike tobin out there on the ground that this guy holmes spent two months planning to massacre. >> sure as a medical ph.d. student he has a vast understanding of chemistry. combine that with publications on the internet, such as the anarchists c...

With. lets make no mistake. sergeant cassidy carson told us that trip wire led to an incendiary device. that had one purpose, the purpose was to kill whoever entered the parm. she used those words. nas true, then the mayhem that was visited at the theater complex was not the last of the mayhem intended by this alleged suspect. alex? >> mike, can i ask you -- >> reporter: you can see behind me. you can see the two guys, i dont know if they ever left that platform on top of the extended aerial, bu...

Boom associated with it. but we will give you a heads-up if this will happen. thats being assessed as we speak. thats aall i have for the update. just as i reminder to you guys, please stay on the east side of peoria street for your safety. thank you. >> all right, that is the first update of the day there from the aurora police department. and the good news is they have been very successful, at least in step one of a very, very delicate phase. they have managed to defuse the trip wire that was ...

We continue to follow the developing situation outside the colorado gunmans apartment. police say they have already defused a trip wire. theyre now reassessing the situation. they may detonate a booby-trap soon. the shooting of course left 12 people dead, 58 others injured, and the suspect is scheduled to be arraigned on monday morning. well, neighbors of the suspected gunman in aurora, they are sharing new details about james holmes. joining me now is one of those neighbors, caitlin fonzy who l...

Individual. unfortunately, a lot of the information on how to rig booby traps, how to rig improvised explosives is able on the internet and in printed materials. unfortunately, there is not a way to get all that material back. >> will they be able to quantify, rick, once theyre able to get in there and once theyre able to see what really happened, what the situation could have been? were going to be talking a little later in the day to one of holmes neighbors who actually lived downstairs, and w...