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Care of cnn, or were there any differences that you could tell? >> no, jake, from what i've been told, from what i saw, but also what i've been told by members of local pd, nypd, and fbi throughout the day, is that all these bombs look exactly the same. the bomb is about 6 to 8 inches in length. it has a cap on both sides. it has a switch, it has a power source. they have black powder and explosive material, so by luck, they didn't go off, but these could have been mechanical explosions. in other words, these bombs could also go off because of friction or heat or shock, so very, very lucky tha...

>> fair. the most critical, a 36-year-old male. they have brief again in an hour. we jumped in when we saw the pictures come up on live television. not knowing that it wasn't the police department. wire fairly safe in saying that the next briefing you see should be the san bruno local pd. i was just making a point about all the various jurisdictions. so you have san bruno local pd, you have county, you have chp, california highway patrol, and we've already seen arriving elements of alcohol tobacco and firearms, the aff office in san francisco. and notebly the fbi. during our discussion, you sa...

Somebody in austin. the atf has not confirmed that to us yet, but, of course, they're working with the fbi and the austin pd and local pd here to try to confirm this is indeed connected to that spate of bombings we have seen over the last 18 days in austin, which you mentioned is about 60 miles northeast of here. now, just after 6:00 a.m. this morning, a call came in from another fedex sorting facility near the airport in austin, that was of a suspicious package. no detonation, suspicious package. that's being looked into right now. >> what are police telling people in terms of -- i know yeste...

And handled them and i've seen them used before by fbi bomb techs, et cetera. you know, you're in a major metropolitan area. you've got the dallas pd, major atf and fbi as well as other local pd so they have a lot of resources they can bring on scene. you mentioned pamela geller who's the head or spokesperson for the american freedom defense initiative. from what i've been able to determine that, you know, law enforcement when this first happened, they very quickly moved to get her out of the area, probably considering she could be a likely target. i mean, anyone who was the spokesperson for a...

i personally have never seen anything like what the pictures show us. >> and right now, police and the atf are at suspect james holmes' apartment building. we have some live pictures for you now. they're trying to figure out how they're going to get inside and get past those booby traps that they say he set. shock, anger and disbelief as the community tries to make sense of a mass shooting inside a crowded movie theater. it was supposed to be a night of fun. 12 people are dead, 58 others injured. and the cover of today's "denver post" sums up the feeling here -- "our hearts are broke...