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Shootings before this incident in this state. this is a large massive shooting that took the lives of 12 people, 70 people injured. couple hundred inside that theater. so, there's a sense of connection to what happened here. a sense that can be felt across the country. >> miguel almaguer, it is good to have you here. thank you very much. and jonathan blunk was one of the 12 victims who lost his life on friday. he leaves behind two young children. my conversation with their mother after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life.

Considered to be a lapse. so he really needs to be here, not just for political reasons, but out of a sense that people throughout the united states are traumatized by this. and they need his presence. >> jonathan, thank you. i also want to bring in two reporters who have been covering the tragedy here in aurora. marly slauson and denver post reporter curtis lee. mary, how important do you think it is for the families to have the president here? >> it's a symbol of national outpouring, of support and compassion for the victims of this very unexpected crime. >> there we see the president coming...

of aurora is talking to people a lot about this weekend. don, back to you. >> okay. ed, before we -- before i let you go, i want you to talk about more about the people who are there and about the booby trapped apartment. they said yesterday that they thought that all of the explosives were out of the apartment, but are the people that you are speaking to, are they comfortable going back into their homes at some point? >> they have been. in fact, all of the buildings around here in the immediate area that had been evacuated for initially after police and investigators arrived here on...

apartment. >> we spoke last week, moved closer. we're 90 feet or so from the front of the complex. go across the street, this is the complex where everything has been focused since early, early yesterday morning. if you look through the window, you'll see one of the investigators inside. there are atf agents, f.b.i. agents, and the aurora police department. they put up black plastic over the windows. you can see where they knocked the windows out throughout the day. that's part of the way they had a chance to look inside assess the situation. we know about the explosions. you can see...

apartment. >> we spoke last week, moved closer. we're 90 feet or so from the front of the complex. go across the street, this is the complex where everything has been focused since early, early yesterday morning. if you look through the window, you'll see one of the investigators inside. there are atf agents, f.b.i. agents, and the aurora police department. they put up black plastic over the windows. you can see where they knocked the windows out throughout the day. that's part of the way they had a chance to look inside assess the situation. we know about the explosions. you can see...