la pierre may, may have damaged the nra's case. by virtue of how that friday press conference went over. miguel? >> barbara starr, thank you very much in washington. >>> and now, to the fiscal cliff. and we are just about to go over the edge. congress has left for the holidays. if they don't get a deal done soon, tax increases and budget cuts will hit after the first of the year. earlier, republican congressman, steve la tourette said the president has been too focused on tax cuts for the rich. but he did leave the door open a little. >> i'm okay, you president, you can tax the rich people. but come up with some spending cuts, we're borrowing $1 trillion a year and he has not. >> indiana senator joe lieberman said he's more pessimistic than he's ever been that a deal will get done. >> in the aftermath of the house republicans rejecting speaker boehner's so-called plan b, the first time that i feel that it's more likely that we will go over the cliff than not. and that, if we allow that to happen, it will be the most colossal conseq

control than wayne la pierre and how they run the nra in washington.hink that president obama tried to speak to those members by not going after the nra not attacking them, by saying that the nra people who are members of the nra you know, support of a lot of these measures he's talking about. he doesn't want to come and take their guns away as the nra has said in their advertisements. >> eliot: right. >> that message was really directed at the members hey you agree with us. >> eliot: i think one of the more interesting moments in the politics of this spring is going to be on friday when we see how the nra reacts to the horror of the shooting in newtown. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> eliot: is the second amamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamam >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital. jennifer >>>> it's these "talking points" that the right have about "the heavy hand of government". i want to have that conversation. really! you know, i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their c

pierre? >> reporter: diane, tonight, the fbi believes it has stopped a plot of home grown terror that while in its early stages, could have been deadly. tonight, two ft. lauderdale men are in custody, accused of plotting to detonate a bomb in the u.s. homeland. the two men, brothers raees and sheheryar qazi, are identified at naturalized citizens from pakistan. sources tell abc news, this was not a sting. and that the younger brother had been in contact with overseas radicals, possibly connected to al qaeda. the indictment accuses the men of attempting to provide lodging, communications, equipment and transportation in a conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. and sources say, the fbi found evidence the younger brother had been monitoring recent fbi sting cases, so authorities say infiltrating the alleged conspiracy was a nonstarter. >> and pierre, i know this is still a developing story, but any indication of how many others might be involved? >> reporter: diane, this case is active

wayne la pierre fights that tooth and nail. they think that 70% of them believe that if you are on a terroratch list and therefore can't get on a plane with you an me, they shouldn't be able to go to a licensed dealer and buy a gun, but today they can. that, the mainstream of the nra is people like my dad, who want to have guns because they have a good time going out to shoot because they want to hunt, because they want to be self-reliant and be able to defend themselves in their homes. that's not where the nra is today. >> suarez: i haven't seen the polling numbers yet but i would guess that you would get a much higher result if you asked people do you think it's reasonable to have security guards armed in schools. >> sure. i mean with the situation being what it is today, when there are as many guns as there are people in our society, people want to do anything to keep their kids safe. my son is about the age of kids in that school, one of whom was shot 12 times. but the circularity of the argument that the nra has been makin

hooked it up with pierre for the late touchdown. then he runs in the two-point conversion himself, and we're headed to overtime. after a defensive stop, a 64-yard richard crawford punt return, there is this. perfect still. a 34-yard field goal to win the game. the redskins win it 31-28. afterwards here is robert griffin iii, who is not fearing the worst. >> i'm not a doctor, but i know what acl feels like, and it doesn't feel like acl. so we won the game. you know, everybody is praying for me. you know, i feel pretty good right now about the whole situation, so, you know, i'm not too nervous bii will definitely be praying during the mri. >> robert grif yn iii feels pret good. he did have a serious limp going into his press conference. somebody had to pick up his car for him. so we're going to find out more about robert griffin iii coming up tomorrow. we will hear some player reaction on one of the biggest wins. >> do we have to look at that play again with the knee? that's tough to watch. >> i know. >> i love when he said, i screame

i want to bring in pierre thomas, our senior jos correspondent. pierre, we know that very early on, the president was notified. jake tapper is in the briefing room. but in the meantime, take us through how the president is briefed, how quickly this information is getting to him and we know the governor of connecticut now briefing the parents. >> the way this unfolded the fbi, you know, they have local offices throughout the country, the local fbi office was notified about the shooting, they sent personnel to the scene, then that information made its way to the fbi director. the fbi director than informed the president of the scale of the event and how horrific it was and that's how we understand this went down. we're also getting some additional information about the shooter in this case. we are being told that he's an identified as a 24-year-old. we'll be gathering more information to give to our viewers as we get more detail. >> pierre, i have been handed some information that's been sent out for our viewers, we have an internal e-mail system th

briefly leaves the game, comes back in and hooks up with pierre garcon for gain of 22. down to the baltimore 16-yard line. they're moving the chain, but the pain is a little too much. so mike shanahan says it's better if you come out. let's put kirk cousins in for the final few plays. cousins doesn't miss a beat. 29 seconds left, pumps and fires, pierre garcon, i see you, front of the end zone, the touchdown. redskins pull within two, but the game comes down to this two- point conversion. cousins runs the quarterback draw in from two and he scores. redskins come back. they tie the game at 28-28 and force overtime and e ravens ball first and redskins defense forces the three and out on the punt return another rookie's time to shine. richard crawford in for brandon banks takes it 64 yards to the baltimore 24-yard line. it sets up kai forbath for the 34-yard attempt. mind you, he is a perfect 14-14 on the year. that's including that game winner from 34 out. it's a 31-28 skins win, their fourth straight. after the game but before his mri griffin says he felt the knee would

here's abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas. >> the nra has blood on its hands! shame on the nra! >> reporter: the nra leader had barely begun when protesters blamed the powerful lobby for the nation's epidemic of gun violence. >> nra, stop killing our children! >> reporter: but the nra was defiant. after remaining silent in the wake of the worst elementary school shooting in the nation's history, wayne lapierre was on the attack, blaming others for the recent carnage. high on the list, violent video games. >> there exists in this country, a callous, corrupt, and corrupting shadow industry that sells and stows violence against its own people. >> reporter: nra officials insist new laws restricting gun owners, including a ban on assault rifles, won't work. the primary solution the nra offers, armed security in every school. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun. >> reporter: critics pounced. >> the nra's blanket call to arm our schools is really nothing more than a distraction. >> reporter: new york city mayor michael bloomberg

alan saint pierre from norml.t the pot legalization laws in colorado and washington which have kicked in and taken effect. what does that mean? and jim demint saying i'd rather be anywhere but in the united states senate. >> the first. >> on the this friday, other headlines making news, we know that wraprapper snoop lion t formerly known as snoop smokes a lot of weed. the artist participated about a chat since it became legal in colorado and washington and he admitted to smoking 81 blunts a day. he also said willie nelson is the only person whoever out smoked him in a day and as far as for legalizing and taxing marijuana, he says he is all for it. >> impossible. it's. >> you could not smoke 81 in a day. >> if you were awake for 18 hours out of a 24 hour day -- >> let's be honest. if you are smoking a lot of pot you are not awake for 18 hours. >> you would have to smoke over four joints an hour. >> not joints, blunts, which are big urn er than joints my pothead friends tell me. >> not even willie nelson. >> dude, i

our thanks to çójuju and david d pierre for their reporting.morrow, the final night of our special coverage. we'll hear from the nra as well as new york mayor michael bloomberg. thank you for watching, everybody. see you tomorrow. >> dicky: up next on "jimmy kimmel live" -- >> jimmy: justin bieber and selena gomez have broken up. she was cheating on him with general petraeus. >> dicky: jessica lange. >> jimmy: was king kong nice? he seemed like he was really nice. >> congratulations, everybody, i'm now on a downward spiral. >> baby, baby, baby and call me in the morning.

to pierre garcon. he fools kris johnson. they get the two-point conversion. quarterback barack -- over time. the ravens went three and out. it was disheartening. sam cook -- there he goes. it credit to a sam cooke for tracking down the pont returner. it was more than enough to set up things for the kicker. 34 yards. this kid is 13 for 13 in his career now as a kicker. the redskins waived cundiff to make room for him and it's worked out well. john harbaugh, summon up. -- sum it up. >> it's tough row here. four challenging games. we are fighting through all of the things you fight through at this stage as if the ball team. it's a tough loss. it's going to be a fight for the division championship. that's what we're fighting for right now. we have a very good number team in our stadium and we are ready to go. >> returned to the lineup after three missed games at home for the san diego chargers. third quarter, but at this one. of the hind quarters of his alignment, a touchdown for san diego. my goodness. there he goes. 27-10. intercepted, his first pick at home in

s and hits pierre gore -- he pumps and hits pierre garcon with the touchdown. the skins in two and they need to convert the two-point conversion and the keeper, the quarterback draw, cousins does his best rg3 impersonation lunging in for the tied ballgame 28-28. he comes off the bench cold and sends his team into overtime where in o.t. after the defense held they force a punt and another rookie making an impact, richard crawford in for brandon banks and he casts it out 64 yards down to the baltimore 24-yard line setting up mr. perfect, kai forbath. forbath has yet to miss a field goal this year from 34 yards out. he keeps his perfection intact, drills it right down the middle. redskins win 31-28 in overtime, their fourth straight victory to improve 7 -6 on the year. following the game mike shanahan talked about the decision to take griffin out of the game and hand the reins to cousins. >> talked to the doctor and it felt like it was in the best interest for him not to come back in, but he wanted to. we had to keep him from going back. in he was fighting to get

wayne la pierre attacked the press, the game and movie industry, and unnamed politicians for basically getting this story wrong, and he issued a range of criticisms. he staked out his organization's solution to this problem. ultimately as more guns. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. i call on congress today to act immediately to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every single school in this nation. >> there you have it. the nra called on congress to fund armed guards at every school in the nation and propose that a former prosecutor lead an nra effort for that program. look, this was not a press conference because will pierre refused to take questions from the assembled reporters. he was interrupted twice by protesters criticizing the nra and advocating -- >> there's a petitioned on the white house website calling for more semiautomatic gun control. >> i will do everything in my power as president to advance these efforts because if there's even one thing we can do as a country to protect our children, we have a r

. >>> national rifle association head wayne lap pierre is not backing down.aybe you watched this on i on meet the press" over the weekend when he had a chance to soften his organization's message, and he chose not to. >> if senator feinstein's ban is that going to pass? >> i think that is a phony piece of legislation, and i do not believe it will pass for this reason. it's all not on lies that have been found out. >> nra consultant asa hutchinson, a former republican congressman, is also standing from arguing that there's no need to re-evaluate the nation's gun laws. >> what i will say in terms of further gun control legislation is that that is the wrong part of the debate. i think the focus should be on school safety. >> with me now is karen finney, and msnbc political analyst and former dnc communications director as well as joe watkins, a republican strategist and former white house aide to president george h.w. bush. it's great to see both of you today, and, karen, i want to start with you on this because ultimately when we look at who the nra is trying t

your reaction to wayne la pierre what is it?> i come from pennsylvania, and i have great respect for hunters and an individual who wants to have a gun to protect their home. i have a beautiful 11-year-old daughter, and i want to grow up in america where she appreciates the freedom to own a gun, but i don't want her to grow up in an america where she feels the only way she can be safe in her school is to be able to have an armed guard there or an armed guard on a bus that might take her to independence hall for a school trip. after 31 years in the military, being associated with weapons, that as a senator -- as justice alito said, have you a right to a gun but there limits to that right. those sorts of military weapons should not be in the hands of our citizens, to hunt deer or for a criminal. and the last time we had an assault weapons ban, alex, in 1994, within two years, the amount of -- the percentage of murders of police officers by assault weapons dropped from 60% of all murders to 0%. it does have a practical impact. it's

cousins finishing off the drive with a touchdown pass to pierre. and fresh off the bench that forces overtime and mr. automatic after a long punt return this kid is special. forebath 11 for 11 on field goal attempts. redskins stun the ravens 31-28. dave owens has been out at fed ex field all day and joins us now live from landover. dave, i bet that crowd was rocking out there this afternoon. >> reporter: yeah, kb, 81,000 plus here at fed ex field they were almost going to blow the roof off a this place no doubt about that. if there was a roof. you know what i am getting at. i will tell you what i don't remember a better game here at fed ex field and i been here for 4 plus years covering the redskins. as you said, rgiii out cousins is in. and what's the extent of the injury? they are calling it a knee sprain. rgiii addressed that after the game. >> i knew as soon as i got hit as i screamed like a man of course, but, you know, i knew it hurt really bad but like i said it didn't feel like an acl or anything like that. >> well he still has the sense of

today wayne la pierre defends himself. >> when that horrible monster tried to shoot his way into that school, if a good guy with a gun was there, he might have been able to stop them. >> reporter: the massacre as sandy hook has led some supporters to call for guns in schools. the nra supporters blame the media, and the lack of mental health care are having none of it. >> you're saying they shouldn't be part of this at all? >> congress will debate, but i think it's not part of the ultimate solution on this. >> reporter: at least one school district in new jersey will place armed guards in schools to the disapproval of the governor. >> you don't want to make this an armed camp for kids. i don't think that's a positive example for children. >> reporter: a poll shows a majority of americans continue to favor more restrictions on gun ownership. that may be the reason other americans are flocking to gun stores. shelves empty in this north carolina store. >> we've never seen anything like this, we have the christmas business, the hunting season business, and now the political business. >> pi

so they had a lot to be unhappy about pierre >> what happened in virginia? >> tobacco for the most part. tobacco was the biggest crop. they had to send it to england. and essentially, you had to send it to britain and you generally had to take back -- you could not get all your money. they got what they thought was a better price. there were unable to get the marked up. they could not sell directly to france or hollander spain. there were -- they did not like the junk there were sent back in trade. you could not have a currency in the colonies. you basically had to cobbling together from various sources. you had to get the gold or silver from the spanish caribbean or somewhere else. you had to issue certain types of notes that colonies were allowed to issue. but basically your whole currency was not really there. so businesses was hard to conduct. they were anxious to expand to the west with settlements. the king was trying to stop anybody from going over the appalachians. so they had a different set of concerns of than new england. >> what do you think woul

i want to get p both of your reactions to la pierre's announcement. >> weird.that a fair reaction to it? yeah. i think -- i think, you know, nra has never been good about understanding the mood of the moment. i think that it was the -- case yesterday. i think will is going to be action on gun control. i think will are some, you know, common sense areas where both parties can agree. in fact, even most gun owners in the country would agree with moving forward on some really common sense actions. putting armed guards in schools is not something i think the country is going to -- they will rather see the investment with maybe more teachers or maybe improving class size and things like that. >> karen, what did you think? >> i thought it was very disconnected and not only from reality but as tony pointed out the majority of gun owners. if you look at the polling that has come out over the course of the last year, nra members, gun owners themselves, agree with the idea of doing background checks. what i found surprising, some would say i shouldn't have been surprised,

abc's pierre thomas to tell us how powerful these weapons are. and just how easy they are to get in this country. >> reporter: extremely powerful. the assault rifle used in this type of shooting typically carries about 30 rounds or so. but it could carry up to 100 rounds or more. it can fire a barrage of bullets in seconds. that's why those children were killed so quickly. they're easy to buy. you can go to a local gun store and buy these guns within minutes after a background check. >> i know you're going to stay on the scene and report in the coming days. pierre thomas with us here tonight, thank you. >>> tonight this evening, another child's eye view, we hear from the children inside that school, and this evening it's 9-year-old ethan and 9-year-old ben, twins brothers, who were in different parts of the school when the shots rang out. >> everyone thought that it was an animal. when we heard gunshots, we all huddled into my teacher's office. everybody was quiet. when the policeman came in to get us, he told us to close our eyes and do this. >>

cousins came into the lead, the team the final two plays of regulation connecting with pierre garcon.seconds to go. going for the tie. they tuck and plunge in for the conversion, a huge moment for the backup to rise to the occasion and lead his team to an overtime eventual kai forbath winning field goal and the victory, kirk cousins, a perfect 2-2. >> still a challenge to come out here after standing in the cold for three quarters and be ready to go, but fortunately i had 10 guys around me doing their job at a high level and it made my job much easier. >> kirk is a great quarterback. he's preparing very well. we have a lot of confidence in him. he has a strong arm, knows the playbook as well and knows the defense with the coaches and quarterbacks. he has a live arm. it's no real drop off. kirk just can't run as fast, but he reads defenses, sits in the pocket and throws. >> throughout the week griffin's knee will be monitored to see if he can get next sunday to visit the cleveland browns. our lindsay murphy with more on the play that hushed the crowd. >> reporter: the redskins' fourth

hitting pierre garcon from 11 yards out.the skins then need the up...sinnswho it the game goes into overtime.in the extra period... the ravens watcc whatthappens..ookie yards... only punter sam koch stoppedda touchdown right there.the skins run a few kai forbaah... who kicks the 34 yard field goal to beat the ravens 31 to 28.afterwards.. coach harbaugh had this to say: 3 the loss is frustrating on so maay levels, so you knnw theefans want to talk about -t &p joel d. smith is live at panera in towson with fan reaction and moreefrom the players too... including why the ravens couldn't stop that pwo pointtconvesion... even that's right guys.... let's go to theefirst time the ravens thought it was over!!! .despprately gets r-g-3 scramblinn.. .desparately gets nailed by haloti na-taaand he's hhrt... he triid to stay in the game for a few plays, then left in favor of anotherrrookie.... kirk ccusins.... who executee the rest of the comeback!!!but let's talk aboot thatttwo poiin conversioo. many say it wws a gutsy caal by the redskins... we spoke to ed reed aft

because wayne la pierre the head of the n.r.a. makes a very convenient target because he's so outrageous but a lot of people are making a lot of money off the gun industry and a lot of people are doing very well politically by being allies of the gun industry so you have you have it for example severus capital which is run by steven feinberg the republican contributor which owned the group that owned both bushmaster and remington which makes the military version of this adaptive combat right so that's really a weapon of mass destruction so it's getting government money manufacturing these rifles as well as getting money by selling them to civilians. in an unrestricted way you've got. you've got steve schwarzman who is the head of blackstone group who famously said we're getting rid of the hedge fund tax loophole would be like hitler invading poland he's been a financial advisor to the cold gun manufacturers all down the line there are a lot of people making a lot of money off the gun industry and by the way i specifically said in

advocating some kind of change some kind of measures and gun control i'm not sure you know wayne la pierre works for a nonprofit get paid almost a million dollars a year to advocate primarily on behalf of whatever the global merchants of guns want it's not clear what wayne la pierre would do that would actually signal any willingness to give ground or result policy in this area certainly the n.r.a. position with alec has demonstrated a lack of reasonableness just last year the n.r.a. pushed for a model bill through the american what is this change council's task force that would bar cities from barring machine gun that is automatic firing weapons that as long as you push the trigger down will fire implicitly until you run out of ammunition this is not the policy these are the policies of a regional organization the policies of an organization that has taken an extremist position time and time again some so that holding my breath for the n.r.a. to be reasonable but i do think is responsive to their citizens are going to have to not duck and i have to stand up for these children and for the

abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas, join us with the details. pierre? >> reporter: good morning. the two ft. lauderdale men are accused of plotting to detonate a bomb in the u.s. homeland. the suspects are brothers. raees and sheheryar qazi. identified as naturalized citizens from pakistan. sources tell abc news, this was not a sting. and that the younger brother had been in contact with overseas radicals, possibly connected to al qaeda. the indictment accused the men of attempting to provide money, lodging and transportation, and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. and sources say, the fbi found evidence that the younger brother, had been monitoring recent fbi sting cases. so, authorities say infiltrating the alleged conspiracy was a non-starter. one law enforcement source described the young man's intent as serious. but the source said, the attack was not imminent. >> okay. pierre thomas, thanks for that report. >>> and we have breaking news overnight from overseas. a new provocation from north korea. the secretive nuclear nation says it w

ceo wayne la pierre not giving any ground. he says all schools should have armed police officers. this is what he said on nbc. >> if it's crazy to call for putting police and security in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy. i tell you what the american people -- i think the american people think it's crazy not to do it. >> i want to bring in richard feldman, former political director of the nra. now president of the independent firearms owners association. thank you for joining us. appreciate it. before the nra gave its statement on friday, you said you thought they might do something other than what they did. say they supported banning high-capacity magazine rounds. were you surprised they didn't do that and called for even more guns? >> well, you know, i think the first thing we need to do in this country is take a little step back and start being nicer to one another. let's lower the rhetoric, we're all americans, all in this, and we all want to resolve the problem. no one wants to see the kind of horrific massacre that occurred last week. we have different

we want to talk more about the law enforcement aspects of this, and, pierre, four months ago, august,urora, you said we would be here again. all too soon. >> didn't mean to be prophetic but these are the facts. in this country we have a love affair with guns. they are sold commercially. in fact, the fbi did background checks on black friday to sunday, the friday after thanksgiving, and there were 154,000 gun checks on that day alone. and, in fact, in november for the month of november, americans attempted to buy 2 million guns, so what that means is that people who are heading to the dark side, if you will, have easy access to weapons easy access to weapons and this ia a complicated situation. >> the guns are everywhere. what people will point out is in this case the shooter didn't have to go buy a gun. they were right there in the home. >> we have information that the mom or the family had at least five weapons readily available and assault-style rifles are bought and sold in this country like handguns, and the particular weapon we believe was used in this crime has the capacity, the

meaningful contribution to the latest debate over gun violence in america and as expected wayne la pierre pointed the finger at everything and everyone except himself in this laughably commercial like press conference he didn't to question so it really wasn't a press conference here blamed the media video games including one that was put out ten years ago and only on the web and nobody ever saw and america's mental health system for this nation's culture of violence not once did he point the finger guns and then he got to announcing the n.r.a. is me. contribution take a listen. the only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally and invested in plano absolute protection the only thing that stops a bad guy. is a guy with it. would you rather hear. your nine one one call bring a good guy with a gun from a mile away or from a minute away what if when adam lanza started shooting his way into sandy hook elementary school last friday he confronted by qualified armed security really generous contribution to solving this nation's gun violence problem is a mean what is arming

led to a kai forbath field goal. 2nd quarter griffin in more of a pocket qb role, hits pierre garcon for a 27-yard gain, his fifth straight gain of 65 yards or more receiving sets up a second forbath field goal. a third straight game with an interception for fletch. five on the season. a quick pass out to josh morgan in from 11-yard out from the touchdown, skins with the lead for -- 11 yards out from the touchdown, skins with the lead for good. first drive of the 3rd quarter skins marched right down the field and it's alfred morris capping it off with a 10-yard run and a baseball swing, his 10th touchdown of the season, 22 carries, 91-yard, 2010- skins. 3rd quarter 3rd and 10 a perfect pass from griffin to santana moss. look at effort by moss, drags that foot, gets both in the end zone, a touchdown and it's 27- 13 lead. nick foles gets the pass away but it stent get past the line of scrimmage. -- doesn't get past the line of scrimmage. the game is over. skins win 27-20 to make it six wins in a row. >> we're playing the best ball that we have all year at the right time. we're rolling

here's abc's correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: on black friday, u.s. shoppers were not just buying toys and electronics, they were also buying guns in record numbers. on that single day, the fbi did computerized background checks on more than 154,000 purchases of firearms. and in november alone, americans tried to buy a whopping 2 million guns. here are some facts that might surprise you. there are more registered gun dealers and stores than major supermarkets. more gun sellers than mcdonald's restaurants. the overwhelming majority of gun users are law abiding citizens. but authorities tell abc news the millions of guns already in circulation guarantee that disturbed people will be able to obtain them. even in quiet communities like newtown. we spoke to the atf on-scene commander. roughly how many gun dealers are in there area? >> there are about 400 gun dealers in a four-county area. just within ten miles of the incident, there are 36 gun dealers. >> reporter: police believe the guns adam lanza used were bought legally. >> in america, unless you have

that is something that is really helpful going forward pierre the other issue that was mentioned is the fact that if you are a business that has received [inaudible] from a certified individual, you received a 90-day stint. the things that would not be counted for peer you can help to remedy the problem and get help, so that your liability at the end of the day is a very small one, hopefully. we know we will be heard from from our experts on a legal side. a lot of them can really add up here this gentleman again had heard about a situation where someone had already racked up $40,000 wi of legal fees. became an issue. we are not talking about what it costs to fix up which in itself would be excess of, but also the legal component. your word of mouth and the people you know will really help. and, of course, to our media folks, people will read your articles and understand that they can really do a lot to protect their businesses early on. >> i just want to add one comment about getting our association involved. we put together a really great training. we have a panel available to you. it

abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now tells us what the experts say they see when they look at the men behind these massacres. >> reporter: the virginia tech massacre, 32 dead. a shooting spree in tucson, arizona -- six dead. 12 killed at a colorado movie theater. mass murder conducted by lone gunmen. but who are these men? and what motivates them? >> we're talking about attacks that are carried out largely by people who are not necessarily psychopathic, not sociopathic, but folks who are relatively normal, but at a point of absolute desperation. >> reporter: according to one estimate, this year alone, there have been 15 mass shootings with at least 84 people killed before today. in the 61 mass murders carried out since 1982, all but one of the 43 shooters were male. most were white and the average age of the primary shooter was 35. nearly half of the mass murders have involved school or workplace shootings. but in recent years, shopping malls, restaurants, and houses of worship have also come under fire. >> mass shooters tend to look for soft targets because they're ea

six people including a minor and of the server work arrested and are charged now with murder pierre >> it is a couple of days before we reach the freezing mark. >> we have a cold snap on tap. >> a cold snap just in time for new year's eve? what it feels like a snow -- like a cold snap arrived today. the ft noon high was only 28 degrees. we're down to 23 degrees with it -- with a wind out of the west at 15 m.p.h. and we did get some snow this morning, not much to really matter. it brings the total for the month to just nine tenths of an inch or a little below 1 inch. 28 degrees was the high today. the official high was up to 32 degrees. we have now fallen back to 23 degrees at o'hare. the big story is the wind. the win currently at 10 m.p.h. to 20 m.p.h. that has windshield values very cold. northern indiana has its own problems. but look at this. the colder settling on the gulf coast. that is a hard freeze warning in effect from west georgia wright into parts of eastern louisiana. winter weather advisory is in the northeast. these are winter storm warnings with snowfall amounts from t

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. >> we involve ourselves in anti-bullying and pierre meditation. >> each officer goes through at least 20 hours of intense active threat mitigation. they are on alert today and well aware of the paradigm shift since the first high-profile mass shooting at a school at columbine. >> we want to stabilize a situation but we understand our role is to go in and mitigate that threat. >> the concern is a copycat event even though there is currently no specific threat to any local schools. >> they know certain procedures to take in terms of moving the children or the students to safer locations. >> all schools in prince george's county are flying flags at half staff and teachers and counselors will be watching extra closely for warning signs of anxiety and fear. >> the assaultthe street is the concern and no control over them. >> investigators are searching for the gunmen who shot and killed two police officers outside a kansas grows restored. the officers were checking out reports of a suspicious vehicle sunday when they were shot. authorities say the suspect is this a 22-years old and he left

i think wayne la pierre's behavior and the dynamic we are seeing means who knows. the republican majority has the house and it will be hard it get meaningful gun reform and legislation through the house. he's hoping if they keep delaying and fogging the issue with the other kinds of weird proposals that are not real answers, this can be pumped down and other things will take over the news and if obama doesn't stress and decide to invest capital, it won't make a big difference. one hope would be if someone like mike bloomberg and others under citizens united would step up and say we are going to stand and protect everybody who steps forward and votes for common sense mainstream gun reform. that might give them the political security to take on the nra and having investment to knock them out. >> i thought of that same thing. there needs to be significant counter weight to the nra. talking about the political reality, republicans obviously still in control of the house. we are focused on the fiscal cliff and whatever is going to happen with that. logistically, the tim

pierre thomas, thanks for that report. >>> we have breaking news overnight from overseas. a new provocation from north korea. the secretive nuclear nation says it will launch a long-range rocket later this month, some time between the 10th and the 22nd of december. the launch of a rocket broke apart shortly after liftoff. that was in april. >>> the u.s. is criticizing israel's decision to build new barriers to a potential peace deal. israel says they will build new settlements in the west bank and jerusalem, on land thought to belong to the palestinians. >>> and hundreds of people wrr forced to evacuate from their homes in new jersey late friday, hours after a train derailed spilling a hazardous chemical. authoriti authorities ordered people to leave their homes. 70 people went to the emergency room. but most were discharged in hours. >>> a course in south africa is being overrun by baboons. one of them, seen here. the actual baboon. this is not a re-enactment here. the real baboon ran across the 15th green, grabbed the cameraman's food and hopped into a golf cart. he had

pierre viping eau versus the department of public works, bureau of urban foresty, subject property at 1901 geary boulevard, protesting the issuance on october 3, 2012 to the recreation and park department of a permit to remove 14 trees. this is dpw order no. 180717, on for hearing today and we would like to hear first from the appellant. >> ladies and gentlemen, good evening. >> sir, did you ask for assisted listening device? we have one available. >> that would be nice. thank you very much. did you get it? are you person? >> yes. >> thank you so much. >> you are welcome. >> hello, hello. sorry. >> that is okay. take your time. it should be on? is it not already on? >> good evening. >> can you hear me? is it working if you talk through the microphone? >> i hear much better. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i am here tonight and you probably have in front of you the pages that i have presented in which i was explaining my objection to the removal of a few trees. originally i intended to try to protect the 4 trees, but after an explanation and review with a friend of mine, who experi

pierre garcon has a touchdown. >> or andrew luck. andrew luck is more in the pocket.e could -- [ talking at the same time ] >> his guy. >> as i was saying the redskins win 17-16. you know what is funny -- [ talking at the same time ] >> pagan, 4 years, $40 million, stays on the giants. any thoughts? >> nice job. >> no, no. she is a star, otherwise i would have her out of hereof. i love her -- out of here. i love her. >> good night everybody. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- what starts with adding a friend... ♪ ♪

for "good morning america," pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> battle lines are clearly drawn. we'll get more on that story, coming up in the broadcast. >>> let's get over to ron for the latest headlines. >> hey, there. good morning, everyone. three people have been arrested for the deadly explosion that devastated an indiana neighborhood last month. the homeowner and boyfriend. there was evidence that the gas lines were tampered with. >>> and a federal judge has given final approval to bp's settlement on the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the oil giant has estimated it will take $7.8 billion to help out businesses and individuals affected by the oil spill. >>> and the tennis umpire who was accused of murdering her husband has her job back. prosecutors dropped the case last month against her because of insufficient evidence. goodman was suspended from her job after her arrest in august. >>> and a crowd in texas got more than they bargained for. when they lined up to buy the new air jordan speakers. police doused the crowd, about 200 people, with pepper spray, when peo

pierre thomas has the latest. >>> stormy season. we learned today this was a record-breaking hurricane season. what does it say about the future of melting ice and torrential floods?