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Cnn hero -- >> there's no time to waste. >> the top ten cnn heroes of 2015. >> it's an honor to be recognized. >> this is an amazing honor. >> thank you. >> join anderson cooper sunday night at 8:00. >> it's a special night, sunday, december 6th at 8:00 p.m. eastern. tom p of the hour, i'm popp harlow. moments from now, the man accused of killing three people at a colorado planned parenthood clinic is expected to stand for the first time before a judge. robert dear will make his first court appearance since friday's standoff. that deadly stand off lasted six hours. three lives were taken, fi...

From colorado springs. nbc's blake mccoy. >> reporter: good morning to you, jose. robert dear, that 57-year-old accused gunman, is being held here on no bonds. he will make his first court appearance here later this afternoon via closed-circuit television. he's of course accused of killing three people, injuring nine others in that shoot-out at the planned parenthood on friday. here's what we've learned about the accused shooter. we traveled up to his home about an hour from here. he lived in an rv on a piece of property, largely stuck to himself, according to neighbors, was a bit of a recluse...

First court appearance via video link and police are playing this one very close. we heard statements that the guy dear may have made but police are not releasing information about the murder weapon and sealing the warrants and not providing information on the weapon or a time line of events or the motive of the suspect. why such a tight lid on the security. >> they probably have information regarding the background on the individual that they are regular willing to give us. the investigation is ongoing. everyone has to stop finger pointing and start uniting it and not dividing it. no politica...

For us. thank you. we're also learning new details about robert dear's troubled past and his run-in with law enforcement. our justice correspondent pamela brown has been working her sources. she's joining us here in "the situation room." pamela, what have you learned about this alleged shooter's past? because we're learning more by the hour literally. >> that's right. i was speaking to officials today. there have been fbi investigators working with local investigators, speaking to those colorado but also in north ly in carolina where he lived around a year or so ago before moving to colorado. ...

Friday's shooting at a planned parenthood clinic appeared before a judge. dear wore a protective vest and said very little. victim's family members were in the court watching the proceedings on the monitor. he faces charge of murder in the first degree. minimum sentence life in prison, maximum death. dear shot and killed three people on friday. a police officer, a mother of two and iraq war veteran. stewart was in the clinic with his girlfriend. he was shot after stepping outside and then running back in to warn others. >> i believe that's his military instinct, leave no soldier behind or civi...