adam: all right. jeffrey cleveland, you're an economist, which is worse, raising taxes doing austerity all at once? what you do i this? >> i think the biggest problem is the uncertainty with all this. we're at december 27th. we're talking about changing the rules of the game. i think from an economist's standpoint, from an investor's standpoint rules, whether they're tax rates or spending rates, those are the signposts for the entrepeneurs. that is how entrepreneurs set the agenda for growth and economic activity. if you're adjusting those signposts, adam, at the last second, that is bad for growth. sort of like if you're on the super high wand a keep changing exit signs. you can't stop. adam: steve hayes, i will get to you in a second. jeffrey i want to follow up with what you just said. are you saying small business is entrepreneurs, all kinds of people already planned their strategy for 2013 based on spending cuts out of washington and very large tax increases out of washington? >> i think the heig

adam: all the best to you. >> thanks, adam. about an extra shot of advocacy with your morning latte? starbucks brews up a bold campaign to get a deal done on the fiscal cliff. details are coming up next. you can never have too much money and a damn good cup of joe. ♪ . ♪ . adam: not so beautiful if you're caught in a blizzard hitting part of the country but that's another story. time for a little fun with spare change. we are joined today by fox ne contributor julie roginsky and our ownennis kneale. first up, if you love country, i don't know if you guys are starbks people -- >> i am. adam: dennis are you starbucks? too bitter. >> you're too sweet. adam: starbucks wants to send a message to lawmakers, notice i ignored that one. message to lawmakers about the fiscal cliff. they're using coffee cups to do the job. the ceo at starbucks is urging starbucks workers and employees in the washington, d.c. area to write on the cups, come together, come together right now. i guess quoting the beatles. thursday and friday. dennis, what do

one was named sam adams and the other was john adams and sam adams was a direct descendant. >> and wasprobably good for -- >> unlike some political families. >> is there a place people can go in quincy? >> there's a national park in quincy, the john adams national park which were the lifelong homes of two generations of adams' and i think the younger generation kept them up for a while, but they all drifted into the city's. but both the original home where john adams was born and then the second small home where john quincy adams was born are open to visitors and large home that he built for his retirement that was beautifully furnished. everybody talks about the founding fathers and forget to talk about founding mothers. martha washington was at valley forge with george and abigail adams come as i said to young john quincy up to the top of the hill to watch the battle of bunker hill and then worked hard to support, to try to help the patriot cause while her husband was in philadelphia. >> other question. go ahead. >> [inaudible] >> absolutely. of louisa adams was born lisa johnson. he

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adam: the u.s. is escalating its involvement in the syrian crisis, sending patriot missile batteries to turkey plus 400 ground troops. it is all part of a nato effort to protect turkey from possible missile attacks coming from syria. how much further could the u.s. military be dragged into a region unraveling by the day? we want to ask peter brookes, senior fellow at heritage foundation. are we getting a quack mire sending troops, 400 of them and the patriot missile batteries? >> no, i don't think so. this makes sense. it is symbolic for the turkey, major ally in that part of the world. in case assad regime fires missiles into turkey or fired at the rebels and end up in turkey. there has been a lot of stuff going on along the border. this will protect turkey, our nato ally, from attack. adam: will take several weeks to set up the patriot missile batteries. >> that's right. adam: if they need the batteries to protect them do they have time for that? isn't the assad regime on its last leg now? >> that

and sam adams is a direct descendent of john adams and john adams was a direct descendent of sam adams >> and they seem to stay out of the news, which is probably good, unlike some political families. >> is there a place people can go? >> yes, there is a national park in quincy, the john adams national park, where you can see the lifelong homes of two generations of atoms is in the younger generation kept them up for a while, but they'll drifted into the cities. both the original homer john adams was born and a second small homer john quincy adams was born i dare open to visitors and a large home that john built in his retirement with abigail, beautifully furnished with many things that abigail. everyone talks about founding fathers may forget to talk about founding others. martha washington was at valley forge with george and abigail adams turkey on john quincy to the top to watch the battle of bunker go and then worked hard to support, to hope that feature their cause while her husband was in philadelphia. >> another question. go ahead. [inaudible] >> absolutely. louisa adams was bor

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adam: i'm adam shapiro in for melissa francis. here's what's "money" tonight. president obama and congressional leaders try to pull off a fiscal cliff hail mary. their last-ditch meeting at the white house desperately tries to land a deal but the report he hadly not putting any new offer on the table. we have the very latest for you. >>> not even the fiscal cliff can slow down the u.s. oil boom the production surge sets up huge windfalls for businesses outside the oil industry in 2013. who stand to reap the biggest gains? we'll drill down details so you can get in on this game. >>> iran launches war games in the strait of hormuz flexing its military muscle in the heart of the critical seaway for global oil supplies. is iran just sabre-rattling or gearing up for something much bigger? even when they say it's not, it is always about money. adam: and a good evening to you. melissa francis will be back after the first of the year but right now let's look at today's market headlines of the investors were largely gripped by unfolding events in washington regarding th

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adam, back to you. adam: the question of the day, are we closing in on the deadline and potential plan to avert the fiscal cliff, about this afternoon's meeting between the leaders, and expectations between a deal are not running as high as they were back in november. remember this? >> i believe we can do this, avert the fiscal cliff that is right in front of us today. >> this is not something we are going to wait until the last day of december to get it done. adam. adam: proof words are cheap. it's the end of diecious, and absolutely nothing was done. why does it come down to the wire? republican senator of north dakota joining us now from capitol hill. sir, we appreciate you being with us, you were on fox business the other day, and are we going to have a deal or as some people are saying, do both sides want us over the cliff because it's easier to restore spending cuts? >> i'm in the camp to just keep pushing. that's where i'm coming from. as you said, the president and the leadership and the congres

and brewer sam adams. they recount the protest spread throughout the country including assaults that spurredded george washington to proclaim the protesters vandals. this about 50 # -- 50 # minutes. >> there is nothing so easy but to persuade people they are badly governed. those words were spoken by the brilliant 18th century massachusetts governor thomas hutchenson, and i'll tell you more about him later. let me tell you what else he said because the words hold true today as much as they did then in 1774. governor hutchenson said you can take the happiest and most comfortable people and use malicious, rhetorical skills to arouse popular discontent with their government, with their rulers, with everything around them, even themselves. this is one of the weaknesses, he said, these are his words "one of the weaknesses of human nature of which ambitious politicians make you to serve their purposes." i year before he uttered those words, a group of boston rebel rowsers convinced americans they were miserable,

adam: all right.blakeman, if anybody knows how washington works it certainly would be you, sir. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. melissa: big blue, the bellwether for employee benefits now says it is not paying 401(k) matches until the very end of the year. you heard about this, right? how this benefits the company and not employees coming up. adam: also take a look at 10 and 30-year treasurys especially if you want to go get a mortgage. ♪ ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh at fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now through december 31st. [ saa ] ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease a 2013 e350 for $579 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. >> i'm cheryl casone with your fox business brief. it is a mixed market in afternoon trading as investor weigh a better than expected november jobs report with a drop in consumer sentiment. the federal reserve will be holding a open board meeting december 14th to discuss and vote on regulations

whether did up first meet adam's mother. down in the industry of newtown there is a traunt bar called my place and it is it a local gathering place. on sunday nights they do an open mic. and people play music and i play guitar and would come on that. she was well liked doup in the restaurant. >> did she ever open up to you about problems oir trouble she was having my deal withinancy was i have a son with autism and she had a son with disability he was on the autism speck rum but high functioning we would talk about had it commeserate about our sons. she was proud of both of her sons did she ever hint or say he was violent or anything peculliar in that area. >> no, she was proud of her son. he had just learned how to drive this summer . i thought that was a big accomplishment. my son is on the lower end of the autism speck rum and he will never drive a car. >> what did you think and what was your thought listening to that. >> i was in shock. nancy was a friend of mine. why would he go to an elementary school do thisment she h

you keep your company. >> adam, adam?> neil, i know you rely on me on this program to express reagan optimism and i have to say. >> neil: no. >> and i think there's something sweet about this. i think you all are msing the point. this gives us a an opportunity a country a little bit to get back to the community feeling where families are close to eachther and share each her's-- >> no wh, whoa, whoa. >> norman rockwell with a hammer and sickle on his forehead, what are you talking about? this is obviously a great sign of desperation. >> no, it's not. not necessarily. tre are benefits, both economic and otherwise and-- >> (laughter) >> and how do you bring home women what guys do? how do you-- >> and listen, i'm thinking practically here, you're really thinking this is good? >> i wantou to stop. and ben stein, final word on this subject? >> do you really think that families are happier when they're crammed together? have you ever been with a family on thanksgiving dinner? >> you're right. we're at each other's throats and l

adam. and we found out the day after this massacre over the wmd, that they had not season him for two whole years. >> no contact with him whatsoever. t.j. winick, thank you for that report. >>> president obama left behind a very special message when he attended sunday's memorial at the newtown high school. two teachers, steve george and bobby patterson, left him a note on a classroom board. they thanked him for his leadership and helping the community to heal. well, the president responded with a note of his own, writing "you're in our thoughts and prayers" and then signed his name. >>> and the aunt of gunman adam lanza is fearing for the safety of her family. marsha lanza has three sons and says they are heart broken over the shootings. she also says the tragedy has brought shame to the family. lanza says she had not seen her nephew since he was 3 years old and she's worried about possible repercussions that her two youngest sons may face at school. >> we had nothing to do with it. yes, we

did you back now to lori and adam. adam: the president might address the nation. does, we will take that year. we want to turn our attention back to the fiscal cliff because as we move closer and closer to it you don't expect to find anyone on capitol hill making any decisions this weekend since both the house and senate are on recess until monday. republican congresswoman marcia joins us now from natural to talk about where we stand on all of this. thank you for joining us. you certainly have your credentials when it comes to fiscal responsibility. i was doing a little background, and i see the you are a champion. known as one of the heroes of the tennessee tax revolt of the year 2000. a one to ask you a question. you were quoted as saying, we did not get here with our fiscal problems overnight. decades in the making. took decades to make them. in 2003 when congress passed the bush tax cuts, why did you guys sunset these for 2010? why not just make them permanent at that point? we would have avoided this mess. >> and that is a great question. there are many of us

nnot about adam, not about adam. we heard earlier today that adam could have had ryan's identification on him. ryan told one of his friends that the confusion arose that way and it was probably adam rather than himself. but other than that there was little information about adam here in hoboken. >> thank you. >> coming up. it took only minutes for the killer to gun down 20 children and 6 adults. our live coverage in connecticut continues, that's >> unthinkable tragedy unfolded. breaking news to tell you right now. there are reports of a school shoot nothing newtown, connecticut. this is it in the sandy hook elementary school. >> state police responded to the report of the a shooting in sandy hook elementary school. which we now understand is kindergarten through fourth grade. >> this is reported. ape dispatcher said that one teacher has been transported to a nearby hospital in danbury with a gunshot wound. >> ahead of him it is difficult to see the wat them that was responding. those vehicles raced from newtown from

difficult he could b. >> to always supervise adam at all times and never turn my back on him. >> adam's parents divorced in 2009. nancy lanza had final say on adam's upbringing. >>> here in the bay area a 12 and 13-year-old are under arrest caught with a stolen rifle. what's really scary is what they were planning to do with it. >> police say the boys were planning to shoot a cop. they were arrested not far from salano community college. the boys that were just 12 and 13 years old had stolen the rifle and ammunition from a house they broke into on the 4,000th block of irene street. a pastor spotted the boys around 1:15 this afternoon toting a rifle case. highway patrol took the kids into custody after a short foot chase. they found the gun in bushes nearby. >> the recent years of the school shooting and the shooting at the shopping mall in oregon it's disturbing to hear about a 12 and 13-year-old talking about shooting a police officer. >> the kids are not being identified because of their ages. they're in juvenile hall. it's unclear whether they were bluffing about wanting to shoot an

adam. morning, as lawmakers renew an intense debate about gun laws in this country, firearm sales are up. you'll see what's happening in gun shops around america, and why. >>> later, again, another big headline this half hour. who uncovered a giant shipment of cocaine, one ton of it? where it was headed, as well as the unusual way that smugglers packaged it. they almost didn't catch it. >>> but first, newtown has said goodbye to two little boys. the first of a long, long, sadly, long line of funerals that town will face this week. >> today, classes resumed for middle and high school students but those who attended sandy hook elementary are waiting for their new school to reopen. abc's t.j. winick is live in newtown with more. hi, t.j. >> reporter: good morning. here outside the local firestation, there is yet another makeshift memorial to the victims of sandy hook elementary, a school building which could possibly never open again. this is the living memorial in downtown sandy hook, where a

we were careful with him. >> reporter: on friday, the shy adam turned into a different person and nowhe mystery of why is at the center of the police investigation. >> we will answer every single question, determining any kind of medical condition, any kind of issue whatsoever that may have been involved in. i'm not at liberty to discuss medical content or any of the information so far uncovered. >> reporter: one big question is why his mother, knowing of his emotional issues introduced adam to the world of high-powered guns including the semiautomatic bushmaster rifle that he used in his deadly rampage that she bought legally in march 2010. agents say mother and son went to the firing range together in the last six months. >> you have a child that is troubled and doesn't bond with people or with her, apparently and you introduce something that is so lethal and violent if appropriately used it's an extremely poor decision on her part. >> reporter: especially with the bushmaster one of the most popular guns in the country, demonstrated in a video posted on the company youtube channel.

he is the shooter. >> he is adam lanza. he is 20-years old. we do know this, it seems he is thought to be by neighbors by family members either mildly autistic or a little bit some what off they say. according to one of his former classmates and who happens to be a neighbor timothy dalton, as horrible as this was, i can't say i am surprised. burn in hell adam. >> and yet there are lots of conflicting reports at this point about who he is. his brother who at one time there was some conclusifusion d the day whether it was adam or ryan lanza. there was an id of ryan. his brother was at hoe boek ken in new york. his brother safdz autistic or had as beas burger syndrome. he has been described as a genius. he has been described as an honor student been described as a tech geek, a computer nerd. >> a gamer. >> into technology having game parties. >> a picture of him is emerging. some people describe him as remote but it's hard to get a handle on exactly what his personality issue was. >> there was the -- this information that it was ryan lanza but it

. >> reporter: 20-year-old adam lanza launched his massacre at home. officials say lanza shot his mother nancy multiple times, killing her in her bed. lanza then took four guns-- legally registered to his mother-- and drove this black honda to sandy hook elementary school about five miles away. students there had finished reciting the pledge of allegiance and the building's doors had been locked. then, around 9:30 friday morning staffers in the front office heard popping noises. police say those were likely sounds of lanza shooting out the glass of one of the school doors. lanza entered the building carrying a bush master a.r.-15 assault rival with two sum automatic handguns inside the pockets of his military style cargo pants. police say he was also carrying hundreds of rounds of ammunition in multiple magazines. there were more popping sounds. someone in the front office keyed the mike phone on the school's public address system in a frantic attempt to sound the warning. as the gunfire continued, 911 calls were made. and just before 9:36, a police di

likely by adam using either a hammer or a screwdriver.vestigators will eventually pull from that hard drive remains to be seen. >> thanks to abc's t.j. winick live for us in newtown this morning. thank you. appreciate that. >>> if the mom knew he was troubled, knew she was losing control, why then would you leave the guns in a place that he would have access to? but who knows -- no one knows the relationship of that nature except those two and we'll never know from their mouths what it was. but a lot of questions. some people say the shooter should not get as much attention as the victims, but it's so natural to wonder what led someone to shoot up a classroom of kids. >> you want to get into his head to make sure we prevent this sort of tragedy again. we are learning more about gunman adam lanza, as police struggle to find a possible motive for his killing spree. those two knew the 20-year-old describe him as troubled and intensely shy. they say he barely left the house in the last few months. for years, his mother nancy told friends abou

adams laughed.he said we will vote against the king and exclude subjects from the government and it is just and necessary, he said. but in his opinion, any citizen of a democratic government who took up against his government ought to be hanged. corporate name change from anyone? thank you very much. [applause] >> we will take questions. i think they would like you to walk to the microphone if you don't mind. thank you. >> in your research, there was some controversy during the election of 1960 and that joseph kennedy manipulated chicago politics to get his son elected president. did you come across any facts about that? >> yes, yes i do. jack kennedy did need to rig the election. it was someone named richard daley who did very well in illinois. that is number one. number two, there were rumors that the mob helped in and around chicago to pull out the vote. .. over the years of less than an unsavory things and maybe a bit of a playwright and a lot of instances. if you have an example for that? >> ye

. >> la escuela es escenario de una masacre adam lanza mato a niños de 5 a 10 años es el tiroteo másde este tipo en estados unidos esta blanca rosa en la escuela primaria de coneticut. >> efectivamente hace pocos minutos termino la cuarta conferencia de prensa se conoce que a diferencia de la conferencia anterior resaltaron que ya identificaron a las víctimas y ya se les aviso a los familiares de la víctimas. a 20 de estos niños que murieron en la matanza de las 9 de la mañana. >> en new yersey y coneticut están conmocionados . se esta conversando e interrogando a dos de los compañeros de escuela que serían cercanos al acusado no están viendo vinculos se cree que trabajo solo pero podrían aportar información también se reporto que dentro de la escuela de contaba con un sistema nuevo de camaras que estaban ya en funcionamiento que captaron la masacre y a las 8 de la mañana de mañana se sabra el nombre de las 27 víctimas de la masacre de hoy. ya a través de sicologos y siquiatras se les aviso a los familiares de las víctimas el fallecimientos de ellos. >> la paz en coneticut fue interr

a computer taken from adam lanza's home in newtown was badly damaged. investigates say they found, quote, significant evidence in that house that lanza shared with his mother before killing her. >>> in light of the tragedy, americans are talking once again about gun control. a new abc news poll found that 54% of americans favor stricter gun control laws. and more than half say the shooting reflects broader problems in our society, not just one troubled person. one leading democratic senator says, this may be the tipping point. but another lawmaker says, more guns are the answer. >> i don't know anyone in the sporting or hunting arena that goes out with an assault rifle. i don't know anyone that needs 30 rounds and a clip to go hunting. >> takes him out before he can kill those precious kids. >>> and texas governor, rick perry, says he supports arming teachers if that's what it takes to keep students safe. >>> we learned overnight that the major retailer, dick's sporting goods, has stopped sales of some rifles and pulled guns from its store near newtown.

adam: actually, adam is driving this weekend. is former as a c t-uppercase-letter rader matthew martoma still rejecting in exchange for leniency even after being charged with insider trading. charlie: he is very good at this sort of stuff. why he still is not cooperating. the fox business network is told that martoma has a cooperation agreement. that agreement allows them to share documents and other information. this is pretty key. additional insight into the government's case against him. if martoma cooperates, it is actually very important for his defense. we should also point out that martoma's attorney will deny the cooperation agreement. they are footing the bill for martoma's legal fees which is separate from his cooperation agreement. jake, unpack this for us. they have a cooperation agreement, which i think is pretty key here. what do you make of it. >> martoma just made the biggest trade of his life. he chose steve cohen. here is the deal that they have. steve cohen is paying the legal fees. that could be millions. he g

the gunman, adam lanza, was 20 years old. he shot his mother before coming to the school to shoot so many children, adults, as well. as i said, the deadliest grade school shooting ever in our history. and, elizabeth, so many people here having such a hard time coming to grips with this pain. >> it's unimaginable, george. i think every parent when they heard this story break, just was in shock. i felt, i know, physically sick to my stomach. a lot of other people felt the same way. and coming up in this half hour, we're going to weigh in with experts on how to talk to our kids about this tragedy, about the shootings. they will, of course, hear about that. it varies with the age. it varies with the child. but the experts have great advice. it's all important that we make our kids feel safe, even as they learn about this horrific massacre, in newtown, where you're standing, george. >> that's right. it's so hard to figure out how to give them what they need to know. i'm here with dan harris, who has been here from the very beginni

nnot about adam, not about adam.e heard earlier today that adam could have had ryan's identification on him. ryan told one of his friends that the confusion arose that way and it was probably adam rather than himself. but other than that there was little information about adam here in hoboken. >> thank you. >> coming up. it took only minutes for the killer to gun down 20 children and 6 adults. our live coverage in connecticut continues, that's next . ...so as you can see, geico's customer satisfaction is at 97%. mmmm tasty. and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we make these geico adverts. so we're taking you behind the scenes. this coffee cup, for example, is computer animated. it's not real. geico's customer satisfaction is quite real though. this computer-animated coffee tastes dreadful. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15 % or more on car insurance. someone get me a latte will ya, please? >> unthinkable tragedy unfolded. breaking news to tell you right now. there are reports of a school shoot nothin

more details on adam lanza new details are emerging people who knew adam and his family are stepping forward and talking about the boy they called quiet and withdrawn. brian todd has the very latest. >>reporter: his motive for this unspeakable act is still not clear, law enforcement officials say. and in digging for details about shooter adam lanza and his family-- accounts emerge that are still confusing, sometimes conflicting. a neighbor who knew him in recent years describes lanza as troubled. but listen to this account from a young man who knew him. >> he was just a kid. >> just a kid. >> just a kid. >> never anti-social? >> no- i mean just kinda - no. >> troublemaker? >> no not- definitely not. >> noticeable- did he just kind of blend into the background? >> yeah. nothing that would warrant any of this. >>reporter: ryan kraft says he baby-sat adam lanza about 10-years ago-- when lanza was ten, and kraft was 15. he describes lanza as focused, quiet, introverted. he never saw evidence of violence, kraft says. but says lanza did throw the occasional temper tantrum. >> it was genera

. >> adam, mató a 20 niños, 6 adultos y a su propia madre dejando una marca en la ciudad. >> vemos comora encontrar el tiempo y el espacio para saber sobrellevar esta situación. >> este era uno de los pueblos considerados como los más seguros del país. >> para la gente que vive aquí es más complicado por esto y en la segunda noche. >> esto es lo último que nos tiene blaca rosa. >> cuando los residentes de new town dicen que ellos siempre se han sentido una comunidad y buscan fe esperanza y amor para sobrellevar esta tragedia. >> el médico forese indico que las muertes eran claramente homicidios. >> esto es problablemente la peor tragedia que he visto >> "se tuvieron buenas evidencias para juntar las piezas de este rompecabezas" >> mario es padre de olivia, una joven de 20 años que estudio años con lanza. que identifica al muchacho como un joven retraido. >> "no sabemos como este muchacho pudo comerter algo tan cruel" >> esta mujer tiene a dos de sus sobrinas en el colegio de al lado. >> "estuvieron en las escuelas porque era más seguro, pero es un susto para ellas también" >> el hijo de

adam: keith, i'm adam shapiro. know where do you get the figures that inflation is at 20%? give me where that comes from because that seems pretty pretty high to at least my ears. >> you bet. i think that if you look at a couple different sources. you can track it individually. you can look at what your health insurance premiums are doing, your education bills but y favorite site is something called shadow stats, they track cpi and it varies between 8, 10, 12 percent depending on which versions you use. because every administration seems to adjust those figures to proactively reflect and keep them down. and the government has every incentive to do that because cost of living increases are tied to that, military spending is tied to that, a lot of things are tied to cost of livings increases that are in fact tied to inflation. david: let's face it, the federal reserve has become a branch of the u.s. government essentially. it's supposed to be a private institution. it's been essentially printing money to bail out all

ended up on adam lanza.hat federal source also telling us that earlier this afternoon when ryan lanza pulled up to this apartment building with his girlfriend, he noticed police surrounding it. that's when he was cuffed and taken away apparently. he and his girlfriend both speaking with the f.b.i. and also cooperating with them. there had been reports that the girlfriend was missing. that apparently not the case. also some preliminary reports that somebody was dead inside this building. that not the case, from everything that we're hearing. we've even heard it was possibly the father. again, as rick leventhal mentioned, that federal source telling us that the father is speaking with the f.b.i. here in new jersey, bill. >> bill: you can imagine, too, we're trying to figure out what is fact and what is frankly not facts. hoboken a crowded community and there are a lot of neighbors there. how are they react to go what they saw at that scene today? >> they watched it unfold just like the rest of us did and when

what worries me is the next adam lanza may be out there.hether there's copycatting or a psychopathic desire to hurt folks, we need a homeland security approach to mental health in this nation because right now, we are not giving these parents, the nancy lanzas of the world, many options. >> that's a stunning number, three million of those out there. we don't even know. dr. oz, adam lanza's mother reportedly tried really hard to help him fit in with the mainstream. she tried for years. he had a school psychologist at least at one point. i wanted to play you just something that i spoke to a woman who actually wrote a blog and her blog was entitled i am adam lanza's mother, and she was talking about her own son who has mental health issues. she has had to basically charge him with battery, her husband did, in order to get him put into a mental health institution. i wanted to play you what she had to say and get your response. here is liza long. >> the advice i got was that i needed to press charges so that we could create a paper trail again a

now, peter and adam lanza spent most of their weekends together until 2010. that year was the last time adam lanza saw either his father or his brother, ryan. those who knew adam say he had behavioral issues, needed constant supervision and simply didn't respond to either physical or emotional pain. >> if he had cut himself or hurt himself, he would not know it or feel it. so, we were being very, very careful with him. >> police are still having trouble finding a motive in all of this. a computer, though, taken from adam lanza's home in newtown was badly damaged. investigators also say they found, quote, significant evidence in that house that lanza shared with his mother before killing her. >>> and in light of the tragedy, americans are talking once again about gun control. a new abc news poll found that 54% of americans favor stricter gun control laws. and more than half say the shooting reflects broader problems in our society, not just one troubled person. one leading democratic senator says, this may be the tipping point. but another lawmaker says, more

little is known about adam lanza.l freshman in 2007, lanza seemed so vulnerable the former school security director at newtown high school tells cnn he warned his school officers to keep an eye on the child so he would not be picked on or bullied. lanza was also assigned to a school psychologist, says the security director. the lanza joined the tech club he remained withdrawn. in 2008, age 16, lanza enrolled anderson cooper a student at western connecticut state university, 15 minutes from his home, taking among other classes german, computer science, american history, and macro economics. he dropped out in 2009, and did not return. lanza's high school friend ran into nancy lanza a few years ago, he says the mom described adam as doing well in college and told him he had taken him shooting as a hobby and liked to go to the gun range. what was interesting, nancy lanza was doing everything she could to mainstream her son. he clearly had issues but she was trying to keep things as normal as possible and getting him to di