look at the arsenal that holmes he massed. >> he was a very tense weekend in the middle east with the u.s. stepping up its presence around syria providing more help to the rebels. how far will our government go? we'll have a live report from the middle east. >> but first, of course, our top story here. the man accused of one of the worst shooting massacres in u.s. history will make his first court appearance in a few hours. police say it could take months before we know why he carried out this senseless act of violence during a midnight movie premier. 24-year-old james holmes accused of killing 12 people, wounding 58 people including mothers, fathers, members of the military, even a 6-year-old girl. eight are still in critical condition this morning. >> we are learning that budding scientist allegedly was planning this for months. his apartment was rigged with trip wires, gas canisters that a gun range owner was so scared by him that he rejected him a month ago. and it could have been a lot worse. had a rife well a 100 round drum magazine not jammed. >> we begin with jim spellman in colorado where we'll see the shooter appearing in court. the big question is why. we still have no answer there right, jim? >> that's right. he's not been cooperating with police while he's been in jail here over the last three days. he's in a essentially solitary confinement for his own protection over the last few days. we don't expect a lot to happen at today's hearing. it is an initial advisement. these are very short. the next step will be the state will have to decide what exactly to charge him with. we know he'll face at least 70 charges, one for each shooting victim. he'll then have a competency hearing. that is different than an insanity defense. this is just the beginning. police are still investigating and building their case. here's aurora police chief dan oates speaking about that. >> we're focusing on anyone that knew him and statements he may have made. >> we're building a case to show this is a deliberatetive process by a very intelligent man who wanted to do this. >> reporter: now it wasn't until saturday evening that they were able to clear the apartment and get in there and begin really treating that as a crime scene, get whatever evidence they k they took a laptop computer. they'll sort through that to see if there were other people involved and what other aspects of this case might become part of the legal case they're putting together in the courthouse. >> jim, i know in the very beginning his family released a statement. we did see his father who had traveled to the area. do we know if his family is with him now? >> reporter: we know the father has been here over the weekend. we may see him today in the hearing. we know that later this afternoon at some point the family's attorney in san diego is planning to have some sort of press conferen. we may learn a little more from their side. we vice president heard anyth g we haven't heard anything from him yet. >> anything from his mother at all? >> reporter: she put out a paper statement a couple days ago. i don't believe we've heard anything from her. i believe she's still in southern california. we haven't seen her here that we witnessed at least anyway. >> all right. jim spellman live outside the courthouse. thank you very much. coming up at the bottom of the hour, we'll speak to ray lopez, a retired fbi agent, an expert on bombs and bomb disposal about what was inside the suspect's booby trapped apartment and how much damage it could have done to police, firefighters, and his neighbors had they tripped the wrong wire. with so much attention on the alleged killer, it is important to keep the victims in our hearts and minds. president obama visited the community of aurora, colorado. the message, the country is thinking of you. he met with the victims and families yesterday. this white house photo showing the president hugging stephanie davies who helped keep her friend alley young alive. he was there as a father and husband, not just as the president. >> i had a chance to visit with each family and most of the conversation was filled with memory. it was an opportunity for families to describe how wonderful their brother or their son or daughter was. and the lives that they had touched and the dreams that they held for the future. >> the community now beginning to heal. when we left you friday, we only knew the number. now we know the names and we know their stories. >> and thousands gathered at a vigil overnight to remember the victims and pray for those who were still injured this morning. one of those recovering in the hospital right now is 25-year-old ashley moser. she had taken her own daughter to the midnight movie. tragically, as we know, veronica was killed. her mother slipping in and out of consciousness had no idea about her little girl's death until this saturday when her family finally broke the devastating news. so sad. she was crushed. she is expected to recover from her injuries. cnn's poppy harlow is live in aurora right now. this had to be very emotional overnight. >> reporter: it was incredibly emotional. it was also uplifting, john. i've been here since friday covering this tragedy. yesterday was different. the vigil was different than anything else. thousands turned out. they have, i think for a l of people begun the healing process. we saw heart shaped balloons released into the air. candles being lit. the family members were present there on the stage. they did not speak, interestingly. that was left to representatives of the government and also different pastors who gave prayers for the people. we didn't hear from family members. what stood out to sme is something that steve hogan said. he said the pain is still raw but reclaim our city in kindness and compassion. that makes you think of the process of forgiveness. how does that begin here? i talked to different people at this vigil last night about just that. >> forgiveness isn't always only for the person that you're forgiving, that committed the crime. that is also for yourself and part of that healing. if you can't forgive someone you hold in your heart, then you're going to stay angry. >> i think of the little girl that was killed. my daughter is 1 year old. i have a 3-year-old daughter myself. so i don't think it can be forgiven. >> part of the prayers this morning were not only for victims and families and for first responders and for everybody that's helping but for the shooter and his family because for me personally and for our belief system, it's not our place to judge and not forgiving only puts us in a place where we can't move forward. >> reporter: so a variety of emotions when it comes to forgiveness. i was pretty blown away that most of the people i talked with said we have to forgive not only, you know, for all of the victims but for us as a community to move forward. and also as you mentioned the president some rarts themarks t stood out to me, he said "he'll wipe away every tear from their eyes and that shall be no more." we need to start healing. we need to start moving forward. but we'll never, ever forget this. >> poppy harlow in aurora where they are showing an enormous capacity, extraordinary capacity for forgiveness. thank you, poppy. a lot of courage, right, to be able to face that. if you want to help out go, to givingfirst.org. there you can find several nonprofits supporting victims andthe aurora movie theater shooting. the hammer set to fall on penn state. just a day after the statue of joe paterno came down, coming up what the naacp is expected to do in the wake of the jerry sandusky child abuse scandal. i wiped the floor with the guy! not really. i would've been fine with 0% for 36 months, but i demanded 60. no...i didn't do that. it was like taking candy from a baby. you're a grown man. alright, see you at home. 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>> reporter: good question. good morning. we're right across the street from where that statue had been. there is no doubt about it. according to our source, the ncaa is really going to hammer penn state with sanctions. so bad, as a matter of fact, that even though they are not getting the so-called death penalty, not being able to play football this fall, the source said penn state might have wished for the death penalty given the sanctions were going to impose which include significant and unprecedent the actions, fines of $30 million, a loss of a number of scholarships that could really hurt in terms of recruiting players for many, many years to come. we're also talking about the loss of postseason action, bowl games, for example, and much more than that. they are going to try to do this according to the source with as little impact on players as is possible because they realize they had nothing to do with the jerry sandusky scandal. >> i am sure will is going to be a lot of dialogue about which would one would have been worse, death penalty or the sanctions announced. you mentioned behind you they took the statue down. what's in its place? >> reporter: yes. all you can see now, of course, is a tarp and people have, you see the image of where writing was on the wall before the statue, where the statue had once been. you are also seeing a few signs of support for joe paterno, flowers left behind. so it is clearly still huge source of controversy on this campus and will be for many years to come. we'll hear that ncaa announcement at 9:00 eastern time. >> we're looking forward to that. cnn's susan candiotti, thank you very much. it is now a quarter past the hour. let's get you up to date on all the news. christine romans is here with the headlines. the man accused of one of the worst shooting massacres in history will make his first court appearance in a few hours. 24-year-old james holmes accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58. he's being held in isolation right now. police say he is not cooperating. but they continue to uncover some twisted new clues. a deadly accident 100 miles southeast of san antonio, 11 people killed, 12 others injured when police say one pickup truck veered off u.s. highway 59 and slammed into two large trees last night. police say it was a one vehicle accident. 23 people were loaded inside both the truck's bed and cab. border patrol will assist with this investigation. radioactive fallout from japan's nuclear plant may cause as many as 2500 cancer cases worldwide. 1300 cancer deaths. that's according to a study by scientists at stanford university. and there's an investigation by japan's ministry of health, labor and welfare into reports that workers at the damaged plant were told to use led covers over their detection devices to hide the severity of the radiation release. now you see it. now you don't. the implosion of an old 17-story hotel in new orleans known as the grand palace, look at that, captured in dramatic video from several different angles. 400 tons of explosives to bring this down in a matter of seconds yesterday. demolition took place to make way for the new university medical center to replace charity hospital. remember charity hospital? it closed after hurricane katrina. >> everyone loves a good implosion. >> i'm fascinated by it. all that smoke and all that stuff in the air, i don't know. >> controlled destruction. >> controlled destruction. like us here. >> exactly. >> thanks, christine. >> all right. it is now 17 minutes past the hour, everyone. we're getting a look at the morning papers around the country right now. in the headlines everywhere about the shootings in colorado. one thing that many people are asking, is you know, the weapons this guy used. it turns out that one of the rifles, an ar-15 assault weapon might have been banned ten years ago under the assault weapons ban signed under president clinton. it was allowed to expire in the year 2004. something else people are talking about, the magazines. he had an extra 100 round magazine he used on that assault weapon. there is legislation discussed the last few years to ban magazines like that to allow so many rounds to be used at once. again, that legislation has gone nowhere in congress. >> this is going to start up again, right? everybody is really upset about this. the shooting suspect was able to assemble an arsenal of over 6,000 rounds by shopping online. the newspaper that is supporting this "new york times" and what he had was over 6,000 rounds that he ordered on the internet. 3,000 rounds of handgun ammunition, 3,000 rounds of assault rifle and ammunition for a shotgun. he got it within four months. it was a cost of $3,000. police say it was easy as ordering a book from amazon. ammunition sellers are not required to report sales even large ones. the question is, is this a large one? >> "new york times" has interesting stats overnight. one gun owner saying he can burn 500 rounds on the shooting range. that same man had a quote in the "new york times" saying i consider 6,000 rounds running low. >> yeah. >> on ammunition. >> yeah. we're all shocked by it. but, you know, this seems pretty common, actually. >> you get an extended look at our top stories. head to our blog. coming up, gas prices creeping back up again. timing is everything in an election year. christine romans back with a much closer look. ave diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have six grams of sugars. with fifteen grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. 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