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. he's nobody the chargedy connection with the case, but an investigation by ex-fbi chief louis freeh concludes that he helped university officials conceal allegations of sexual abuse against the former assistant football coach. we're learning more about the sophisticated booby trap inside the apant of james holmes. now the suspect in the colorado movie massacre. the bomb squad was able to defuse the trap. law enforcement officials say the aparnell was rigged to explode, it looked like something you would find in iraq or afghanistan. it included 30 homemade grenades wired to a control box, and 10 gallons of gasoline form the gas was divided among glass containers and gas cans so the explosion would spread more quickly. while prosecutors focus on the suspect, the community is focusing on the victims. jim spellman is live in aurora, colorado. i understand people are expressing their grief in what looks like makeshift memorials that have been set up throughout. >> reporter: yeah, we've heard so much about the suspected shooter, i want to show you the spirit of the community. this sign gone, not forgotten was the first sign that popped up here. ever since then it's been growing literally by the hour. some of these candles have been burning 24 hours a days ago. even before the sun is up, you can see the glowing tribute. even here on the sidewalk people are leaving messages in chalk. it goes on and on. you can see here this one sign here i think is a pretty special. real heroes wear badges, not capes, in reference, of course, to the batman movies and all the first responder that showed up. up at the top of this hill, you can see a cross made for each of the victims. people have been bringing by candles, stuffed animals, one has a skateboard. lorraine and join just showed up and brought a sign. tell us about the sign. it's an acrho anyone, pray for everyone, rely on god for comfort, always seem faith, you are not alone. we will not live in fear. >> reporter: why did you want to come here and bring the sign? >> we're part of the community. i'm a parent. it could have been my kids. you know, it's the grace of god that my baby's name is not on there. we wanted to show our love and support for our community, and that we are -- we are supportive and not going to let this change us. >> reporter: i think suzanne, that's the spirit i felt. people have been coming by. there's a prior circle going on. people have been coming by, and i've had heard that throughout the community, that people will not give into the darkness of this event, they'll not give into fear, live positively and try to remember the good things about these victims and forget as much as they can about the suspect. suzanne? >> we serb responsibility their efforts 689 jim, thank you so much. new life emerges from the tragedy. even as the victims of shootings struggle how to recover, the wife of one of the victims gave birth to their firth child today. caleb medley is still in the same hospital, in critical condition. his wife and son are doing well. mitt romney says his business experience makes him the best person to handle the economy, but today his focus is on foreign policy. the campaign is calling it a major policy address at the veterans of foreign wars convention, it comes ahead of romney's trip he's taking overseas. dana bash is at the convention in reno. first of all, he's being to go overseas, and he is going to, we assume, attack president obama on his foreign policy report during the speech, but he's going to talk about leaks of classified information. how does that relate? >> reporter: well, you're exactly right. he is going 20 go after president obama big time. we know that just from the experts that the romney campaign has released. as you know, the focus in this election has not been on foreign 308. so the romney campaign is trying to make it not so much about foreign policy, but go to the heart of the president's character and to the heart of the issue of trust. can you trust president obama with this whole question? this is in the news in a big weigh about the fact that there were a series of national security leaks that are being investigated right now in washington. what the former governor of massachusetts is going to do is quote the democratic senate intelligence chairman dianne feinstein, who yesterday said the white house understands that some of this has to be coming from its ranks. i'll give all quote from the speech they released -- let me be clear, these make the decision all the more important. what kind of white house would reveal classified material for political gain? i'll tell you right now, mine won't. he'll use familiar team like stonewalling and the buck should stop there. this is hitting at the character and trust of president obama and his administration. >> what about defense cuts? i understand that is going to be a line of criticism as well. >> reporter: it definitely will be. this is the vfw convention, there is no better audience to get a round of applause for hitting washington in general for defense cuts that are expected down the pike. as a part of last year's debt deal, they did agree, democrats and republicans, to have about $100 billion in cuts, a little more than half of that would be from defense. now republicans and now mitt romney today will really hit the president for that. but i think we should give a bit of a reality check that republicans in congress voted for this larger bill, too. 70% of the conference voted for this in order to make sure that you u.s. didn't hit the debt ceiling and make sure some spending is going to be cut. >> very controversial. dana, finally romney is about to leave for a major trip overseas, he'll be traveling tolanden, israel, policiant. give us a sense of what he hopes to accomplish by hitting those three countries? >> reporter: very interesting mix of countries. first of all, hitting london, of course, where the olympics will be. he'll be there for 9 opening ceremonies. it's a nice way to have a rah-rah american moment, but remind people he was the successful head of the olympics about a decade ago. and let's fast-forward to israel. israel has been a controversial issue for president obama, particularly within the jewish community here in the united states, and some of those key swing districts and swing states, florida, fullback. president obama, it's no secret he doesn't have the greatest relationship with netanyahu. romney has known him, ironically for years and years, so it's a way to make that connection, make the point, president obama hasn't even got to israel, and he could have because he had been in the enabled. those are some of the reasons he's going to the places he is. >> dana, thank you. we pressured it. we'll be following his journey's international trek in the days ahead. we'll have live coverage of romney's speech beginning at the top of the hour, at 2:00 p.m. eastern. here's what we're working on for this hour. the battle over big soda. new yorkers have their say today. many are not happy about the possible ban on the big sugary drinks. plus the cost of politics. there's a price to pay for all that fighting in congress. the total more than $1 billion. and you would think that all those tech execs would want us to pick up our blackberries, iphones and computers, but listen to this? 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>> reporter: yeah, and here's why, because this proposal is going to be voted on by the members of the department of health. they have been appointed by the mayor. there are 11 members. the vote comes up in september, and so he is saying look, there have been controversial proposals on posting calories, cutting transfat, also public smoking in new york city. he believes this will go through, and the american beverage association, though, is bracing for this. they are considering a number of options. they told me one of the things they are considering if this things goes through is a lawsuit. >> big gulp versus big brother, a perfect way to put it there. appreciate it, mary. she was the first person in space riding aboard "challenger." we are remembering sadry ride. ♪ ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ breathes deeply ] ♪ so clear, so bright ♪ not a cloud in sight ♪ so gold and sweet ♪ this dream ♪ ♪ [ knocking ] ♪ [ male announcer ] even the planet has an olympic dream. dow is proud to support that dream by helping provide greener, more sustainable solutions from the olympic village to the stadium. solutionism. the new optimism.™ ♪ this dream ♪ all you want to do ♪ is ride around salary ♪ ride sally ride today we are mourning as well as recognizing a woman who defines words like "hero" and "pioneer." at the age of just 61, sally ride lost a 16-month battle with pancreatic cancer. she became the first american woman and the youngest american to fly in space. ride inspired countless young women to pursue their dreams. president obama called her a national hero. former astronaut, first black woman in space mae jamison is joining us in houston. good to talk with us as always. for anybody who was not alive in 1983, it might be hard to understand just how important ride's journey was into space and what it personally meant to you as well. >> when i think about sally ride, we think about that energy that you hear in the music. i remember people played that "ride sally ride" because finally we had a woman in the united states going into space. we knew all along that women were just as much a part, had just as much a right to be involved? space exploration. so that was a thrilling moment. >> it was so exciting to see her and to see what she looked like, with all of those men. what did she mean to you personally? i know the two of you had a relationship that weren't on for quite some time. >> i actually joined the space program as sally ride was leaving the astronaut program, and i actually inherited her desk in the strange shuffle of events. i inherited her desk. i remember her running into the room saying, hey, mae, i'm gog to get all this stuff off the desk, by the way, good to meet you. that was my introduction to her. for me personally it was a yes, you can do this. sally ride came in with a group of five other women astronauts in 1978. she was the one chosen to be the first american woman in space. so i this with that she carried an incredible burden, which was to just sort of say, yeah, we can do it, and she did it very effortlessly. i think that is really important. >> she has work that continues, the 158y ride science institute that continues in san diego, this only continues what people are trying to do and what she set out to do. >> in fact, if you lookic at a retrospect tiv, she was a physicist, at a time when women weren't involved inphysics as well. she also was the leader of the ride commission, which was the report after the "challenger" accident. she went on to head and be a part of other space exploration commissions, as well as starting ride science. i think there's this continuous inedible investment and commitment to science, technology, engineering mathematics, as well as innovation and pushing the future forward. >> when you look another her and your own legacy, why do we not have more scientists. what needs to happen here? >> i think we have more than people think of, because a lot of times we don't highlight or see them. i think one of the big issues to say, yes, this is part of not only a possibility, but a reality. as we see that that reality is there, then young girls will find a the lo of the nrk to get over the hurdles that are thrown in front of them, and maybe we'll also have older males not throwing so many hurdles in front of them or people with their stereotypes of who ought to do what that will back off and we'll be able to use the full talent of our country. i think that's what dr. ride represents, a time when we were committed to the full talent of our country. >> mae, before i let you go. what are you up to now, what are you doing? >> right now i'm continuing to look into space, working on a project called 100-year starship. how do we make sure of having the capable of sending humans to another star. why do we believe in this? because i think that by working to create an extraordinary tomorrow, that we will actually build a better world today. that's what we need to do, to say we're going to take on something that's even bigger than ourselves. we will create these incredible transformations on our planet. >> that was sally ride's legacy as well. mae jemison, thank you. >> thank you as well. i'm sorry it's at this time, but thank you. doctors and nurses demanding bribes in exchange for care? 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