like the children in our classroom, they're very accepting of our special-needs children.ese children as, "they are different. they can't do this, or they can't do that." they're very helpful to them. i mean, when one of our special-needs children is having trouble with something, another child will go over there and help him out, or they'll tell the teacher and say, "oh, he's having trouble with that." and even so--it just-- just to acknowledge that differences aren't-- to be different isn't to be bad. child: i'm going to kill a lion. hendrick: there's nothing complicated or especially difficult about teaching in a non-sexist, multicultural environment. my grandma, she had this-- remember those collars? yes. well, she had one, but it was square around the neck, kind of. that's ok if that's what you want to wear. that will be perfect. you can make one like that. hendrick: our goal is simply to help each of our children build a foundation of positive attitudes towards themselves and towards people who are different-- a foundation based on our 4 principles of equity. ♪ oh, i

children too. it. is at least a year in. in one. year. some of the older children who work at the monastery others have left father nicholai lets his squad choose their own path. song gilenya what do you want to be when you grow up have you ever thought about it. now. that it's time already it's time to make a choice i know that he has already made her choice be honest with have you made your choice i want to be a designer or i can painter what about you. i don't know you don't know when you will be and i don't know. what about police officer police officer. why are you crying divied. the children know their father supports them and that miracles do happen ask and it shall be given seek and you will find knock and it shall be opened onto you. for instance an ordinary person very doubtful about building a church would saying he had no money or other resources and he wouldn't cope with the task but as for him he doesn't think he's going to do it he simply doesn't he's not afraid of anything. home. fa

are our children. and we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics. this evening, michelle and i will do what i know every parent in america will do. which is hold our children a little tighter, tell them we love them and remind each other how deeply we love one another. but there are families in connecticut who cannot do that tonight, and they need all of us right now in our days to come, the community needs to us be at our best as americans, and i will do everything in my power as president to help, because while nothing can fill the space of the lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need, to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories, but also in ours. may god bless the memory of the victims, and in the words of scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. >> president oba

but my children, five of my six children, got 22 vaccines. beginning in 1989, that's the thimerosal generation. that's the vaccine generation. >> daddy, daddy! >> so the mercury hypothesis had more plausibility than that for mmr because of the nature of mercury, which is known to be a neurotoxicant. but mercury poisoning does not resemble autism at all. the fact that mercury is a toxicant is not sufficient to claim that the mercury contained in vaccines can lead to autism. so it was critical, therefore, to follow up this hypothesis with properly conducted epidemiological studies. oh! >> narrator: under public pressure, public health agencies decided to act on the side of caution rather than wait for the results of such epidemiological studies. in 1999, the fda asked manufacturers to reduce or eliminate thimerosal in vaccines as soon as possible. >> unfortunately, i think it precipitated the notion that the thimerosal was doing harm. and from a parent's standpoint, that again was very understandable. why would you take something out of vaccine

earn for every children that is taken by the authorities to the children's private children's home even several hundreds of yours per day. backman is an active participant in practically every child case associated with the removal of children from russian mothers in autumn twenty twelve he did everything he could to help honest as he is a good man. yes september two thousand and twelve the finnish social authorities decided to take four children from a loss to see a. woman living very close to him. first they took three children from her when she was pregnant and when she gave birth to the fourth children the newborn child was taking police to children's home where the child was five days of. the russian woman's confusing explanation very general picture to be formed. the alleged reason for the house measures was that her eldest daughter claims to have been beaten by her sudanese father on sunday for their fishel version was that the girl's father allegedly spanked her on the bottom of the full view which up on now to national. they confused two different situations decided misapplied

in san francisco, an estimated 20,000 children under the age of 6 or over 50% of the children in that age group require some form of child-care. in this neighborhood there are about 2615 children [speaker not understood] it seems like everything is accelerated and kindergarten is the new first grade. so it's important to have a great foundation of child-care education. >> you have 30 seconds. >> okay. i would like to speak to the difference between a licensed daycare facility and a licensed childhood center of preschool. many if not most home daycare providers have no social or educational programs for the children in their care. the polka dot preschool -- will be good neighbors, respectful. thank you. >> thank you, we may have questions for you. opening it up to public comment. i have a number of speaker cards. i will call them if you would line up on this side of the room. [ reading speakers' names ] >> hello. my name is john golden. i live across the street from the proposed facility. when i moved to the potrero neighborhood 15 years ago there were bars on the windows on many of th

a lot of children. and then when you don't see people coming, what is going through your mind at that point? >> it was traumatic in and of itself, in that we all knew what that meant. this must have been what they felt on 9/11, when there was an expectation that there would be many, many injured. and when they didn't come, the innocence just compounded the tragedy of what we were facing. >> reporter: trauma teams are trained to be methodical in the face of tragedy, but for the team at danbury, the tragedy was especially hard. the two children they were treating didn't make it. and it was also deeply personal, many doctors and nurses live in newtown or know somebody who does. >> it is enormously sad. we're all grieving. i don't think there was a person here who doesn't know somebody affected. and i think there are going to be moments of great sorrow, given that they were exposed to some things that i don't think any professional every contemplates they are going to have to deal with. >> reporter: andrea,

administration so i'm absolutely against marketing to children but i think that we can even tell you about us. here for state tax was quite broad the tax is quite broad in denmark it went after raw ingredients and i think that that was a move to far butter cheese milk having to pay seventy five extra cents on a pound of butter is a bit much when you and stead go after we're done i was talking about earlier the ubiquitous. not essential products so chips donuts cookies cupcakes things like that being tax i think what he needs more sense and it's a shame in denmark rather than modifying the tax they're now saying let's abandon it completely and let's not look at sugar and i hope that the pendulum will swing back and they'll come up with a more moderate effort then i joined a jumping ahead yeah and what i want to emphasize here is that doctors in general are in favor of these taxes and doctors represent the full political spectrum as far as i'm concerned this is not a political issue this is a public health issue and we need to be very clear about obesity in our health care costs have s

these children are our children.we are going to have to coming to and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this regardless of the politics. >> president obama on the shooting. the massacre is raising new questions about the access of guns in america. joining me now is my panel. let's start with you. you were pretty outspoken saying this is time to bring in new gun control laws. >> yes. if this doesn't wake us up, i don't know what will. i was heartened that the president said we had to take meaningful action and the only thing he can do is lead a crusade for reasonable gun control legislation in congress. these massacres are taking place more and more often. we saw bay the way today a similar incident in china where a mad man attacked an elementary school in china with a knife with 22 injured children. injured, not dead. that's the difference. in the united states we have 9,000 people killed with guns last year in similar countries like germany, 170 and canada 150. there is a reason for that. >> what

, 20 children.t would make this the most deadly school shooting in united states history second only to the massacre at virginia tech in newtown, connecticut, 50 miles southwest of connecticut state capital, and 60 miles from our studio in new york city. cops identified the shooter as 24-year-old man, ryan lanza. police say at 9:30 they received an emergency call from the school right after the school, or around the town the school usually looks the doors. the killer, dressed in mock military gear, armed with two guns as he opened fire inside the school. his victims? teachers and children. >> we spotted the troopers and the newtown police entered the school and me began a complete active shooter seven including checking every door and every crack and every portion of the school. our objective was to evacuate as quickly as possible. >> officials have not confirmed the number of dead saying that they are in the process of notifying families. the officials said the shooter died inside the school. it is

as far as children, little children, kindergarten through fourth grade, somewhere between 18 and 20 children. there is a firehouse, a makeshift shelter for a lot of these families who some of whom have their children, some of whom do not. we were hearing from john king, from some of his federal law enforcement sources, that the shooter, this -- in his 20s, ryan lanza, let me quote this federal law enforcement officer, saying ryan lanza not a stranger to the school, saying that the shootings, quote, happened relatively quickly and in the same concentrated area of the school. he was not running in the halls. we're getting new information. we also know that the president of the united states has spoken with the head of the fbi. he has spoken with the governor of connecticut. he may be speaking shortly. want to take you to our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin standing by. jessica, do we have any idea if and when the president will speak? >> hi, brooke, yes. president obama is going to speak at 3:15 p.m. eastern time. that's about 25 minutes from now. he will come to the press brief

let alone children. kron four's philippe djegal sits down with a child psychiatrist who gives tips on how to walk your child through this difficult time. >> "children do know what happened in this era of social media, internet and 24/7 news coverage." >>reporter: so, child psychiatrist and director of the young adult and family center at u-c-s--f, doctor kim norman says parents should talk to their kids. find out how much your child knows about the newtown shooting. he says sometimes it's best to wait until your kids approach you. don't offer young children too much information upfront. ask them how they feel about the situation. and, pay close attention to body language. if they act out of the ordinary -- talk them through their discomfort. >> "it's very natural children will fear school. but of course, children have to go back to school." >>reporter:doctor norman says escorting your child to school the first few days back is a good idea. ease them back in. at the safe time, keep them away from televisi

. >> children, beautiful, beautiful children. who had simply come to school to learn. >> their day ended a different way than we could have imagined. as we stand here today we can't imagine what transpired there. evil visited this community today. it's too early to speak of recovery. but each parent, each sibling, each member of the family has to understand that connecticut, we're all in this together. we'll do whatever we can to overcome this event. we will get through it. but this is a terrible time for this community and for these families. our police personnel and others are doing the utmost to clear this situation as soon as possible. to return these children to their parents. or these loved ones to their fellow loved ones as quickly as possible. we'll work with all of the residents of this community. and connecticut to make sure that we do, in fact, get through this. i was mayor of stanford on 9/11. when our state lost many of its citizens and i lost a number of my fellow citizens and friends. i never thought that in a publ

with all the children. all the children. and now it's me. can't -- i don't think i can do that. >> i want to reiterate to you, george, you have these beautiful daughters and son in laws and grandchildren and everyone will be here to take care of you. is that right, ladies? >> of course. >> my job has always been to take care of other people. >> it's all right if some people take care of you for a while? >> no one takes care of me. >> stop being so stubborn. >> reporter: george still taught at the middle school where they met. in the middle of the day friday, this is how george found out what happened. >> one of the kids came up with a computer and said, something's happening at sandy hook school and your wife's been killed. >> george raced out of school and into a nightmare, like all the families of victims they want to know more. and on this day they have learned more. two teachers who survived said they were having a meeting with dawn when the shots started ringing out. >> she put herself in jeopardy, and i have been angry about that until

children. as the day progressed, you would see parents walking in pairs, walking with state troopers or fireman without a child m. of the parents were besides themselves with grief. it is just one of those things that you can't put into words so much. that fire station that becomes sort of a weigh station for many of the victims m of the victims families continues to be populated by emergency vehicles in the area. but this is just one of the stories that you look for words to sort of describe the sentiment that the people are feeling here and you're just put at a loss. >> reporter: we are still standing by, the officials have not arrived. we know they are here, they just haven't gone to the podium yet. john, you were at a location where there was one of a few vigils last night. we are at the staging area where officials are giving the press conferences. the school is over there behind us. this is a small town that can't accommodate everyone here to cover it, but david was there for -- he had th

we have found several of the children. >> you have actually found children from this?his has to be one of the most rewarding parts you do. >> when i think about this in ret retrospect once my career is over, finding the children when i know the show directly contributed to it, it's a special moment. >> and this speaks to the role of black media in terms of leadership. >> yeah. >> people actually looking to you and to offer advice and insight and leadership on these issues. how do you feel about that relationship? >> this whole process started with me years ago when i was driving trains on the south side of chicago. all the things you see happening with trayvon and others, the seeds were planted long ago. you plant the seeds now you'll be surprised what manifests later. >> how do you make sense of this? in so many ways your story doesn't make sense. about somebody who was an unpaid intern and now suddenly you have eight, nine million listeners all over the world. >> i didn't know that could happen. >> how could you? >> shortly after i started i told the general manager

>> the beauty of children the strength of children. and the kindness of a community, the goodness of parents. i want to meet their parents, speak with them. this is a very good community. it's a very tight community. i was going to the diner, a small little country diner, and u say the children. my life changed. >> gene rosen, thank you. >> thank you, gene. >> thank you for sharing your story with us. >> thank you for being here. thank you. >> there are so many questions yet to be answered about this massacre of innocent children one that haunts us all is what kind of person was adam lanza. another, what would drive a young man to do such a thing. let's get the latest of that part of the investigation from senior correspondent john miller former director of the fbi. john's in our studio. john, what have we learned about adam lanza? >> what we've learned is he was a quiet boy. friends told us as we found them through the night that he was socially awkward and in some cases he made people uncomfortable who didn't know him well and very d

children, beautiful, beautiful children who had simply come to school to learn and their day ended a very different way than any of us possibly could have imagined. quite frankly, as we stand here today, still can't imagine what traps pyred there. . >> evil visited this community today. and it's too early to speak of recovery. but each parent, each sibling each member of the family has to understand that connecticut, we're all in this together. we'll do whatever we can to overcome this event. we will get through it. but this is a terrible time for this community and for these famili families. our police personnel and others are doing the utmost to clear this situation as soon as possible and to return these children to their parents or these loved ones to their fellow loved ones as quickly as possible. and we'll work with all of the residents of this community and connecticut to make sure that we do, in fact, get through this. i was mayor of stanford on 9/11 when our state lost many of its citizens and i lost a number of my fellow citizens and friends. i never thought that in a publi

are our children.have to come together to take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies. >> what that meaningful action might be, the president did not say. he did add, though, while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need. >> james, that you. it certainly is hard if any parent out this to imagine what the fathers and the mothers of the victims in connecticut are going through right now, but our next guest understands the pain too well. beth's daughter died in the columbine shooting. her son, craig, witnessed the tragedy and managed to survive. good morning. both. i know the 13 was 13 years ago but this must bring up emotions for your family. >>guest: it did. yesterday we like reliving april 20, 1999, all over again. so much pain but my first reaction was, i was angry, very angry this would happen again especially to little children, little babies and angry that someone would take out their frustration and honor and pain on someone so inn

are our children.re going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this regardless of the politics. this evening, michelle and i will do what i know every parent in america will do, hug our children a little tighter. and we'll tell them that we love them. and we'll remind each other how deeply we love one another. but there are families in connecticut who cannot do that tonight, and they need all of us right now. and in our days to come, that community needs us to be at our best asamericans and i will do everything in my power as president to help. because while nothing can fill the space of the lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those they lost endurings not just in their memories, but also in ours. may god bless the memories of the victims. and in the words of scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. >> we

there were children consoling children of this is riding.g boy has it is-4 rabbetin--it is rentin riddi if these images are for -- riviting...a nun on this scene with mass chaos for they are descending on this fire house waiting to reunited with their children. 20 parents were told that their children were killed. catherine has more. this day was filled with raw emotion. >> yes, grant lodes told us and showed us that they were told to shut their eyes, and hold hands to get out of the school. some of the children were brought out by police. some of them carried them to close their eyes. here, again the some of the reactions from parents and students. >> it is terrifying i am still in shock. i still do not know what happened to. >> there were police officers on the roof and also in the hallways. >> id just seems on rnon real my heart is an 1-pieces. my heart is in one on thousand pieces. one of the policeman said that it is the worst that it has seen in his entire currier and these parents waiting for their children to come out of that will ho

children, there are things you can do tonight to protect children from the vulnerable emotions fromhe tragedy affecting us all. how you do that will depend on their age. if your child is 7 or under and is sitting with you right now, my advice, let them go into another room. if they haven't heard about the shooting, they don't need to know about it. you know your child best. if they're between 7 and 12, talk to them about it. don't lie, don't evade, but tell them they're safe. something like this, where someone hurts a child in school, is so incredibly rare. it never happened to mom or dad or anyone we know. and the man who did it is gone now. it's over. ask how they feel about it. tell them it's okay to be sad, that you're sad. support whatever they feel and tell them that you'll keep them safe. but sharing extra hugs will have more effect on their body chemistry than asking over and over if they're all right. for teens, watch to see how they react. ask them to talk about it. you can use this to have a real conversation. why do they think it happened? you might want to direct them t

fathers abandon children, mothers abuse children, whatever it may be, then the children suffer.society, you're always going to have dysfunctional people and you're always going to have evil. always. i don't think a lot of people understand example, doesn't understand evil. when i would tell her, hey, mom, i was in el salvador and i saw nuns get shot in the back of the head, she almost couldn't process it. she couldn't process it. you know. and i don't know whether we americans really understand the concept of evil. >> you're absolutely right that it exists. it and i can tell you that there absolutely are people, they may not be mentally healthy, they're sane and they choose to hurt others just because they want to and we have to wrap our minds around that and you're right, we can't make everybody parent the way that they should. society is not squander chances when we get them to intervene because the person has given us reason to, has shown a propensity to be dangerous. i predicted in this thing, we're going to find out there were signs all over the place. >> bill: there usuall

they have to evacuate the children in an orderly fashion. and you and your listeners have to realize too, if police have to do a very cautious room by room search because there could be another individual allegedly working with the gunman. there could be teachers and students who are hunkered down, this is what they're taught to do, if they can't escape the building, they have to hunker down indoors, hide behind furniture, in closets so state police have to do a room by room search to find any other injured, any other children that are hiding out. >> as a result of what might be a shooting there, as we are try fog get information out of newtown, contract at sandy hook elementary school. we do realize right now is they're holding the ems units, asking that no more come to the school. but at the danbury high school close by, we do not know whether these are students or whether these are administrators, whether these are teachers. but they are holding and asking that no more emsb brought there. we also understand they had other units requested

these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods and these children are our children. we are going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this regardless of the politics. this evening michelle and i will do whatever parent will do, hug our children a little tighter and we will tell them that we love them and we'll remind each other how deeply we love one another. but there are families in connecticut that cannot do that tonight. and they need all of us right now. and our days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as americans and i will do everything in my power as president to help. because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them and that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories but also in ours. may god bless the memories of the victims and in the words of scripture, heal the broken hearted and bind up their wounds. >> we have been listening

because there are many in this town who know they have their children many in town that know 20 children and six adults were killed. and some time after the next 10 or 15 minutes, they're going to hear those names and that will open up a whole new set of wounds for this town, wounds that have hardly even had a chance to start healing since last night. it's going to be a tough time in the next few minutes, john. >> i think you're absolutely right, ali. i think those names are going to make this reality all the more painful for the people here. i'm standing in front of, by the way, the st. rose of lima catholic church where there was a vigil. more than 1,000 people in this community gathered here to be together to grieve together. so many of the people here knew people who were at the school, so many people here directly affected by what went on. earlier i spoke to the father of one child who survived the shooting. and it was a tough conversation. listen to what he had to tough conversation. listen to what he had to say about how his daughter is copi with the situation and how he found out

the children were so young. we saw in each of them our own children, our grandchildren. they really are america's children. jack pinto, the same age of my grandson, he was a huge new york giants' fan and today was buried in a giants' jersey. and noah pozner, who is also 6, whose best friend, twin sister, avielle, who was in another class and survived. though, i'm sure she felt she lost her other self. these children were truly innocent. mostly knowing in their short lives just joy and little about the brutality in this world until they experienced it firsthand on friday. what gives us hope was there was also love and bravery in the educators and first responders who acted. we will remember them and pledge that their spirit will be our guiding light to act, to protect our children and our community. i yield back. mr. murphy: i thank the gentlewoman. at this time, i yield 1:30 to the gentleman from florida, mr. deutch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. deutch: i thank my friend from connecticut. i rise tonight to join all americans in grieving for t

one of the many children. 500 children believed go to this elementary school. clutching one another, as their teachers brought them to safety at the fire house. wtnh joining us coverage. >>> i want to bring in dr. richard besser, the children leaving the school, there were reports of cries and tears but no overdict screaming, they were very calm and it was the 17-year-old a moment ago who said that he had to be calmed down by people on the scene that his mother had to be calmed down, it's the adults in this situation, the older students who know the scope of this is going to be extraordinary to help them deal it with first to then help the younger members of their families who survived this ordeal. >> david, i think you're right on track. how people react to this will depend on a lot on their age, their level of development and how much they're exposed to this. very young children, may not be able to comprehend this, children under 7, to use a cutoff, don't let them hear the reports. try not let them see the coverage of this on tell vix. that repeated exposure

their own children, who are orphans, their own children who are sick, their own children who in some cases are disabled. it makes no sense in the world. i was trying to thank, the senator from missouri, what would ever possess the united states of america or any country to take their anger and frustrations out on children. and that's what the duma did. and so they are hurting their own children and we would like to urge them strongly in this resolution, which i'm going to submit for its immediate consideration on my behalf and senator blunt and senator inhofe, we would like to ask the russian government to please reconsider. there might be other actions they could take to make it clear that they're unhappy with some things that we've done, but, you know, damning are children should not be one of them, causing children to not have an opportunity for a family or an education or health care or enough food, and to please reconsider it -- be considerate of their needs. now, the 50 or so families that are in the very end of the process, we also want to ask the government to understand that

these are children who have never seen evil. these are children who are in the flower of innocence. here is a grown up dressed in camo and starts killing the children. can you imagine the children screaming and then he is reloading and the dead children and there is the children yet to be killed and in this moment just imagine the terror before he kills them. it is so unconscionable. >> geraldo: this is a fox news alert. i'm geraldo rivera live on location in newtown, connected cut. scene of the murder of 20 children. six adults teaching and caring for them. as expressions of horror and sympathy poor in this picturesque new england town for millions of americans from the white house, from leaders around the world, even from the pope himself. we ask why. why would anyone perpetrate this terror against defenseless children? why would anybody massacre boys and girls who cannot comprehend the depraved crime even as it was being inflicted against them. what sole could disregard for the precious young lives he ended on a sunny december morning in connecticut. so today as we grieve the tin

and she said this is the one of the most important things, children helping children. the pleasing blessing here is that children are very resilient. >>reporter: you wonder how the adults and parents will cope, with them reaching out. a week in tomorrow is christmas day. at what point do the children out of school get back to school? >>jonathan: the school district, classes are open, again tomorrow. in terms of sandy hook elementary, anyone's guess right now. lieutenant vance said it remains very obviously a crime scene but he also said interestingly, it is likely to remain a crime scene, in his words, for months. they do not intends to close down that as a scene of the investigation for a very long time. it remains an open question whether sandy hook elementary school will ever be re-opened. obviously there are arguments on both sides and it is a difficult question that the community will have to grapple with. >>jonathan: terrific report reporting. >> president obama spoke of the 20 victims and said that god has called them all home. today, family and friends attend f

be with the child and/or children.nd the. >> they are not afraid of him in he is big and by the way is he beautiful. i don't know if you can see his eyes, he was sitting quietly for a few minutes. is he a magnificent dog. you are not worried about a child upsetting him? he won't get upset and won't bite? >> no. is he a very -- therapy dogs one of their qualities are they need to love children. be good around all sorts of activity. he lost children because of the volunteer work doing at a local hospital appropriate to come up and be with the children to help decompress first responders and teachers as well. >> is this new having a dog come in. i don't remember seeing this kind of thing using a dog as therapy. >> no much. it's well documented. not well known many times. in spaticus case first time i considered making him therapy dog 8 months old and autistic child came up to us in new haven green. 8 years old. he stayed with us two and a half hours. he was very articulate. when he left us he aside from this, that may be

we've pulled our children tight.ou must know that whatever measure of comfort we can provide, we will provide. whatever portion of sadness that we can share with you to ease this heavy load, we will gladly bear it. newtown, you are not alone. as these difficult days have unfolded, you've also inspired us. the stories of strength and resolve and sacrifice. we know that when danger arrived in the halls of sandy hook elementary, the school's staff did not flinch. they did not hesitate. dawn hochsprung and mary sherlach, vicki soto, lauren russeau, rachel devino and ann marie murphy, they responded as we all might hope we would respond in such terrifying circumstances, with courage and with love. giving their lives to protect the children in their care. we know that there were other teachers who barricaded themselves inside classrooms and kept steady through it all and reassured their students by saying, wait for the good guys, they're coming. show me your smile. and we know that good guys came, the first responders who

we've pulled our children tight.atever measure of comfort we can provide, we will provide it. whatever portion of sadness that we can share with you to ease this heavy load, we will gladly bear it. newtown, you are not alone. as these difficult days have unfolded, we've alyou've also id us, stories of strength and resolve and sacrifice. we know that when danger arrived in the halls of sandy hook elementary, the school staff did not flinch, they did not hesitate. dawn hochsprung, mary sherlach, vicky soto, lauren russeau, rachel devino and ann marie murphy, they all responded as we all hoped we might respond in such terrifying circumstances, with courage and with love, giving their lives to protect the children in their care. we know that there were other teachers who barricaded them selves inside classrooms and kept steady through it all. and reassured their students by saying, wait for the good guys, they're coming. show me your smile. and we know that good guys came, the first responders who raced to the scene, hel