le i'll go to wabc, our affiliate there.ng about conditions of some brought to danbury hospital. we want to remind people, we are hearing many different numbers in terms of fatalities. this is raw information coming in. cnn can only confirm 20 fatalities at this time. let's listen in. >> liz and dave, you've been raising a lot of issues about the whole issue of security since columbine and the fact of the matter is we have received this letter that the principal of the school, done hashbrung, who was appointed in 2010, sent to parents earlier in year and i'm going to read it to you, at least the first part. dear members, our district is implementing a security system in all elementary schools as part of the ongoing efforts to ensure student safety. as usual exterior doors are locked during the day. every visitor will be required to ring the doorbell at the front entrance and the office staff will use a visual monitoring system to allow entry. then this is highlighted here. viewers will be required to report to directly to th

andy seal of wabc reports. >> oh, yes. >> reporter: angie estrada and her daughter, mia, never thoughtdog, marley, again. >> he's so fluffy. and he's so adorabldorable. i can't trim the tree without him. it's hard to be without him. >> reporter: marley, last seen being dog-napped outside of larosa foods. the thief unleashed him and left. the next day, a good samaritan ran into the thief. >> i said, that's not right. i would like to buy the dog. he's like, it's my friend's dog. and i want to -- he wants more money for this dog. >> reporter: she got more cash and bought marley while others called police who arrested brandon bacon, apparently the same man caught on the surveillance camera caught taken the dog. tina brought marley to her gramercy park vet, who scanned a microchip and eventually called the owner. they were reunited christmas day. >> they didn't look like they belonged together. but you guys belong together. so happy you're together. >> thank you. the people who got that perpetrator and stole marley. we found him. now, we got him for christmas day. >> happy holidays, guys. >

wabc's lucy yang has the story. >> reporter: if it is any comfort, newtown does not suffer alone.op. they have received orders for bouquets from around the world. >> we got some from germany. we got some from new britain. where else? california. florida. kansas. any place you can think of, we've gotten a call. >> reporter: at the post office, so many letters and notes have come in. a special box has been set up for a mountain of notes for the families. the firehouse which was the emotional epicenter for parents looking for their children on that morning, received 26 breathes from a christmas farm in oregon. mike made simple crosses for each victim. and delivered them today. >> nobody can stop the pain of what these people are going through. it's a tragedy beyond comprehension. >> reporter: and there's the local watering hole. the newtown general store. the manager got a call this morning from a stranger offering to buy coffee from anybody who needed some warm comfort. a kind gesture poured out into 100 cups. >> everybody was here crying. you know, people from the town. it was very

. >>> joining me now, meteorologist lee goldberg of our new york city station, wabc. thanks for coming in. so, you've got actually three storms you're looking at right now. >> a real mine field for the next week or so. the first storm on the map is a weak storm coming up the coast right now. that's going to be rain for the coast. there could be some one to three-inch amounts along i-90, i-84 in the northeast. maybe a coating, outside of new york city for a white christmas. more likely the northwest suburbs. number two is the big problem. >> so, really big, this problem. and it starts down south. >> yes, we know about the big snow it produced out west. now, if you look at tuesday, in the midday, you see the severe line going through louisiana and mississippi. that could cause tornadoes there. and by wednesday, it's up through parts of the carolinas. there's also snow on this side, that's christmas eve into christmas morning, there could be six inches of snow in places like oklahoma city, by the time you get to late week, that's coming up the northeast. >> so, the north

christian thorn of our new york wabc news affiliate has more. >> reporter: it was three weeks ago thatsion. she fainted at her home due to dehydration. the 65-year-old secretary of state had been noticeably absent the last few weeks. she was forced to cancel a trip to north africa and was unable to testify at a hearing on capitol hill regarding the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. she had been expected to return to work this week. clinton's spokesman said in a statement, her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues associated with her concussion. they will determine if any further action is required. israel cornell is the director of neuro surgery at northern westchester hospital. he's not treating clinton but said her prognosis should be good. >> with time and with the medication, the clot itself will dissolve and won't cause a clot into the lung. it will recover -- some of the hazards will recover fully. >> reporter: clinton is expected to be at the hospital for 48 hours being treated with anticoagulants. kristen thorn, abc news, new york. >> we wis

wabc's m.j.er: the suspect was hiding in plain sight on 7th avenue where detectives canvassed the neighborhood with wanted posters. taken into custody exactly 24 hours after the attack, exactly one block from the cream scene. law enforcement sources say he later made statements implicating himself. newsstand vendor liz willis says she was stunned. >> this morning he came, just like his normal self. i go, oh, that's you. he goes, no, it's not. i said, yes, it is. >> reporter: she said the suspect often did odd jobs for the vendors in the area and had clearly changed his appearance. when she confronted him, ms. willis says he wandered off. >> he shaved his head and everything. he's a lot different. i go, that's you. he goes, no, that's not me. >> leave me [ bleep ] alone. >> reporter: even his voice was familiar, arguing with the victim in the 49th street station moments before witnesses say he shoved him off the platform and into the path of an oncoming q train. neighbors identified the victim as

. >> our affiliate wabc captured a very tense scene as you see it there.y night as more than 700 people angry about the slow pace of the recovery efforts sought answers from fema representatives about when they could expect relief. some residents reportedly walked out of the meeting while fema officials talked about how to register for assistance. >>> can you imagine the frustration there? >>> women at war, many are barred from parts of the military, now some are going to court for their right to fight. we'll talk with one service woman about her own struggles in the military. who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing and application sites between these products differ. women and children should avoid con

. >> i sured to have a show on wabc where i preceded rush limbaugh and the audience was filled with right-wingry important, you liberal bitch! >> stephanie: right. >> it was like date rape. you trust the guy, come on now. let's get it on. and then he turns on you. >> stephanie: you would have thought as a female host you would have had a way of shutting that whole thing down. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: all right. joy behar love you honey. >> love you back. bye. [ applause ] >> thanks joy! >> stephanie: she is very busy and important. >> she is. >> stephanie: lots to get to on today's show. we don't -- for-god's sake gwen moore i love her, on the big show, and sexy liberal john fugelsang who is on that very special tonight in hour number three. >> yes. >> stephanie: let's go to doug in st. charles. you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, doug. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: hi go ahead. >> caller: this is a set up for jim. >> stephanie: okay. >> caller: this is a setup for jim. i had read a study -- a book on comparative ideologies and when they talk about the fascist party some of

affiliate wabc says the suspicious boat was used to smuggle drugs. chief petty officer was one of two coast guard members thrown off on impact. he suffered a twrau matic head injury. the other coast guardsman was treated at a local hospital. the coast guard says the suspicious vessel was intercepted and the two people were detained. >>> an evacuation order remains in effect this morning in doyline, louisiana, as authorities rush to secure more than 6 million pounds of gun powder. the m-6 powder was found that camp minden. operation is under way to move the powder into authorized fasscilities on the same safe. workers have safely stored more than 1 million pounds. that's enough to fill 27 18-wheelers. >> soledad grab all three of your mobile devices the pope is on twitter. starting december 12th. pope benedict will begin tweeting using the handle @pontifex that's p-o-n-t-i-f-e-x. he already has 6700 followers. vatican officials say the pope will be composing the tweets himself. >> how can he have 6700 followers? >> -- well he's on you know. the vatica

. >> jim is obviously an investigative reporter at wabc. >> a couple people came to her defense. it still is a huge question. >> what did he conclude in this story? >> it's just a question. why would you have those guns? you can have them legally, and if you have a child that is challen challenging, that perhaps has a disorder of some sort, by all accounts he had asberger's or something else, just what was the reason for the connection and the exposure to assault weapons. >> there was something connected -- obviously, we -- >> apparently she took him to these shooting ranges. >> i'm just saying on the asberger's front, there are obviously a lot of children with asbergers that don't present problems but this child presented obvious challenges for a very long time. i'm curious, was there an answer as to why she collected -- >> she was a gun enthusiast. according to people in the area, that is something that is quite popular there. there is a shooting range nearby. there is obviously the foundation that supports gun owners, about three miles from the school. it's part of the culture