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To help the families. i appreciate your offer as well. >> have you heard from the president, yet? >> they have called to express their condolences. they have called other office as well as the chattanooga city mayor's office as well. >> we stand at the ready. thank you for joining us on "new day." >> thanks so much. alisyn? >> the president, admitting he could have ended up behind bars when he was a young man. what prompted him to make that statement? we'll discuss. your baby's chubby little hand latches onto your finger so hard it's like she's saying i love you. that's why aveeno's oat formul...

Was shot and is still in the hospital and i think for me -- i got to spend a little time at the hospital with some of the victims and their families. and we need to remember that there were a lot of victims yesterday and certainly we need to support all of the families. >> mayor, andy berke we know you have a long day ahead of you. our condolences. >> thank you. we have development in another big story. the jury took 12 hours and convicted movie theater gunman james holmes of killing 12 people wounding 70. the jury will decide whether holmes will live or die. jurors rejects claims that he wa...

Continues to be treated as an act of terrorism. we want to bring in now the mayor of chattanooga andy berke. we're so sorry for the tragedy that your city is enduring. >> thanks. we have a proud tradition with our military. we're called "the volunteer state" for a reason. we spend time with the families of military on a regular basis, not just in times of tragedy. i know everybody went to sleep last night with their hearts broken. >> we have to focus a bit on the horror of what happened. but i know for the past 28 hours you have been focused on the heroism. can you tell us about that? >> whe...

Volley of fire started. at that time we went into what we call an active shooter drill. we got down on the ground and moved to a secure location in the back of the office barricaded ourselves in and waited for the all clear. >> now he said he was barricaded in the back of the office. there were five people total inside this building. amazingly all of them survived. it was the second location andrea, as you mentioned where the four marines were killed. you can see behind me the fbi is on the scene. they're taking the lead in this investigation. and investigators have been here throughout the ni...

Hearts are broken for the families of these individuals. we know that we still have others who are injured in our community. and really as a city that has a connection to the military, we're called the volunteer state for a reason. it is really very difficult for us to expect to accept that something like this could happen in chattanooga, tennessee. >> andy berke, the mayor of chattanooga. i really appreciate your time, sir. obviously, as i said, a day like no other in chattanooga. the whole country is thinking about your city and saying prayers for chattanooga tonight so thank you for being w...