wayne carver said he was told the shooter has aspergers syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder.ho knew the family say he had aspergers, but advocacy groups say there is no relation between aspergers and violence. bob and susan wright, grandparent of a child with autism and the founders of autism speaks say this -- autism did not cause this horror, the profound tragedy of these senseless murdered will be compounded if it -- against people with autism, but according to a leading medical book, here are some of the behaviors. one, shows a lack of empathy. two, acts up with intense tantrums and three, shows aggression to others and to self. i spoke with bob earlier and asked him how he's so sure why autism wasn't a part of why this tragedy happened? >> well, there's been, there have been a number of studies, very large studies done with autistic children. dr. catherine lord spoke with one this morning "the new york times" and went through the whole thing thoroughly. the result of it is that there is less likelihood of a child with autism to have an aggression against other people tha

late today, connecticut's chief medical examiner, wayne carver, reported that the autopsies on all the children are now complete. all 20 of them were shot more than once by 20-year-old adam lanza. police have also released the names of those killed, eight boys, 12 girls, between the ages of 6 and 7. all were first graders. six adults at the school were also murdered, and investigators say they now have some very good evidence explaining what wasde . we have a team of cbs news correspondents and producers on this still-developing story. we begin with margaret brennan here in newtown. >> reporter: gflg, jim. and the bodies of those 12 girls, eight boys, and six adult women killed right here in the sandy hook shooting yesterday are being returned to their families tonight, more than 24 hour after the brutal mass six-year-old emilie parker and jesse lewis. tomorrow, the medical examiner will conduct autopsies on adam lanza and his mother. and the families will begin the process of laying their loved ones to rest. jim. >> axelrod: margaret, thank you. it is still unclear what if any connect

h.wayne carver?first of all on behalf of my wife and my sons and behalf of my other family our people we wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the families and everyone else who has been so hurt by this event. our thoughts and our prayers are with you. the medical examiner's office got here, chief medical examiner got here a couple hours after the building was secured. we were there until approximately 12:30 last night. we thanked the emergency services that built us a temporary facility in the parking lot. we took identification, photographs and did preliminary identification on all the victims and had everybody transported back to farmington by about 1:00 in the morning. our entire staff turned out, started the post more tell examinations. we completed the children by about 1:30. i believe everybody except the assailant and his mother will be finished tonight. i'll do those tomorrow morning. lieutenant and staff have the names and dates of birth. that will be distributed -- i hope you have enoug

who, then, were the maya painters and carvers ? except for their art work, they left little record of themselves. but occasionally, they signed their names. several signatures crowd the base of this stela from piedras negras. a bat glyph precedes each signature, and means "the carving of." the glyphs below each bat name the carver. these scribes were first identified by david stuart. and it's interesting that some of them are actually called "ahau," or "lord," so they seem to be very high-ranking people. they are not a separate class of artists that would come in and work on these elite monuments and then leave. they were really an important part of the high-ranking social make-up of maya society. and there's a wonderful example that really illustrates this clearly. this is from a painted vessel, not a stone monument, but it has a very clear signature of the artist. and it says it is the painting of a certain individual. and what's so interesting is that the rest of this text talks about the mother and the father of the artist, say

wayne carver is the chief medical examiner for connecticut. >> i only did seven of the autopsies. the victims i had ranged from 3 to 11 wounds a piece and i only saw two of them with close range shooting. >> reporter: investigators believe most of the bullets came from a bushmaster .223 assault rifle. it was one of four guns adam lanza took from the home he shared with his mother. sources say he left one gun in his car and forced his way into the school carrying the assault rifle in his hands and two semiautomatic pistols in the cargo pants he was wearing. inside the school he zeroed in on two classrooms killing 20 children and 6 adults. one of them was the school's principal who tried to stop the shooting. the spree ended when lanza shot himself with one of the handguns. police have yet to find any journal or detailed notes lanza may have left behind explaining his horrific actions. but lieutenant paul vance said clues have been recovered. >> did produce some very good evidence in this investigation that our investigators will be able to use and hopefully painting the complete pi

. >> a wood carver had the idea of tainting crosses with art and poems. after his death, his apprentice carried on the tradition, even wearing traditional clothes, but the future of what he thought was a dead sure business is in jeopardy. others in the village are now producing the famous crosses as well, so he has brought his art works to the concert house in bucharest where musicians will literally singing their praises -- literally singing their praises. >> some people in our village have started making the crosses with machines. it is quicker with a machine, but you lose their uniqueness. the process must be done by hand. >> he is also fighting to secure his family's future. a few weeks before his trip to bucharest, the woodworker crafted binges two-seat several hundred people in preparation for a wedding that is the top of the town -- talk of the town. his daughter is married and a nephew of the daughter of the founder of the cemetery. she is the woman seen here in the middle preparing the traditional stuffed cabbage. >> only outsiders find it compli

wayne carver is the chief medical examiner for connecticut. >> i only did seven of the autopsy. the victims i had ranged from three to eleven and i only saw two of them with close-range shootings. >> reporter: investigators believe that most of the shootings came from an assault rifle. it was one of four guns adam lanza took from the home he shared with his mother after he shot and killed her. sources say he left one gun in his car, and then he forced his way into the school, carrying the assault rifle in his hands and two semiautomatic pistols in the dark military-style cargo pants he was wearing. inside the school, he zeroed in on two classrooms, killing 20 children and six adults. one of them was the school's principal, who sources say tried to stop the shooting by lunging at the gunman. the spree ended when lanza shot himself with one of the handguns. police have yet to find any journal or detailed notes lanza may have left behind explaining his horrific actions. the lieutenant said clues to the possible motive have been recovered in multiple searches. >> it produced a very

based on agreements reached earlier by world powers in geneva which basically call both sides of the carver to simultaneously and immediately put their weapons down start a political process and for all members of the international community to apply equal pressure on them to do so at the same time the russian foreign minister mentioned how the syrian opposition is really diverse and how it sounds some of its groups often go to the most extreme measures like take taking hostages or conducting terrorist attacks or western contacts in the security council started to refuse. condemning terrorist attacks in syria saying that yes there is ms bed but you must take into account the overall context of what is going on in syria and why people resort to terrorist attacks it's absolutely unacceptable and this logic we all might lead us if we follow this logic might lead us to a very dangerous situation not only in the middle east but in other parts of the world russia and also said once again that moscow is not in any side of this conflict and criticize the syrian authorities for often using unproport

carver went on to say all of the victims had been shot multiple times with a long weapon, presumably that semi automatic rifle that was found at the scene. >>> the mourning continues in newtown, connecticut, with family members and residents expressing their overwhelming grief at the tragedy. ktvu's john sasaki continues coverage from connecticut, where people are coming together to express their sorrow. john? >> reporter: ken, the scene is just up that hill behind me, but about 40 minutes from here in the city of stratford is a huge vigil tonight. thousands of people honoring all the victims of this heinous act, but especially teacher victoria soto. the entire state is in mourning, and it's especially deep. ♪ >> reporter: this community is bustling on a saturday night, but with heavy hearts, and that's how it's been all day. >> it feels so unreal. to think that those poor children couldn't ever see something like this coming and those parents who now have to live without their children, it's too much. >> reporter: beyond the school community, which is so profoundly impacted, some pe

carver went on to say that all of the victims had been shot multiple times with a long weapon, presumably the semiautomatic rifle found at the scene. >> people all over the world are expressing sympathy for the victims in the massacre. in moscow, people left flowers and stuffed animals outside the american embassy. the prime minister formally sent condolences and said russia's thoughts are with the victims' loved ones. >> in rio de janeiro set a memorial. >> british prime minister offered condolences to the parents, saying, quote: it's heartbreaking to think of those who had their children robbed of them at such a young age when they had so much life ahead of them. people gathered in golden gate park to reflect on the tragedy. some people lit candles. others wrote notes to the victims' families while others simply cried. our coverage covers throughout the newscast. coming up at 10:30 we'll have a live report from newtown, connecticut. >>> we have developing news tonight in san francisco where a standoff is now underway with a man and possibly a hostage. that has led to the evacuation of a

and wayne carver was briefing reporters.e said they did not bripping the families inside of the school. they took pictures was facial features of the six and sen year old children and brought them to the family for positive identification. it is it a story late last night did not get any better and that has been the case. we'll go slowly to the process of the funerals . you have people hitting the close knit community hard. we heard from one moments ago, their lives are changed forever. these resident are trying their best to console each other. mike kobin is in the center of now town. nbill, one of the things you notice, the flag is at half staff. the christmas decorations are missing. they felt guilty about celebrating and they took the christmas decorations down. they are depending on each other a bit. and people are coming to the st. rose of lima catholic church. that is one location to come and grieve. and to draw on the bonds forged a maul town to get each -small town. >> and i don't know. our focus is the kids. we hav

wayne carver held a press conference a short time ago giving us horrifying insight into what happened at that school in those last moments. our own molly line was at that press conference. molly, tell us what happened. >> the medical examiner released a lot of details today and they really speak of clarity with just how horrible this situation was. he essentially made very clear that the victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds at the hands of a long gun, a rifle he clarified when he was asked to clarify. we know that he participated in a number of those exams himself of the victims, of these loved ones, and that of those he examined they suffered 3 to 11 gunshot wounds. we're talking about such little children, the youngest victims 6 years old, a boy named noah, tiny, tiny people that were desperately trying to save their own lives and these women, six women gunned down that were trying to save the children. >> judge jeanine: you know, what was interesting in that press conference is also the fact that he said although he is a chief medical examiner, this is the worst that he has ever

when you think about the line of work this man is in, gentleman named wayne carver, i think it was likely jolting and jarring to a lot of people listening to him tell us about what he is learning about how some of these children died. >> he did speak sometimes in clinical terms, which that can be a little jarring for people that are waiting to hear what happened. he essentially said there were multiple gun shots wounds to everyone that was killed, that his personal examination of seven of the victims, each of them had between three and 11 gun shots that, included the children, that included the adults. no one escaped the wrath of this gun which he believes the impact came from the rifle that they believe was used. we do know that there were other guns involved in the scene, there were other guns found, but they're trying to clarify if they were used. when we talk about the gunshot wounds on the victim, the medical examiner believes it was the rifle. >> bill: thank you. we'll talk to you later throughout our program as we continue for the next two hours. when you hear that medical examiner

>> reporter: jenna, the chief medical examiner, wayne carver, has recruit ad geneticist from you con,rsity of connecticut, if there is known dizzy or disorder could be associated with the kind of murderous behavior that adam lanza showed last friday. dr. carver doesn't know for sure if adam had asperger's, but if he did that would not be associated with this kind of violence. he wants a geneticist to help figure out what kind of disorder s 25-year-old marine from sandy hook, that adam lanza thought his mom cared more for kindergartners she volunteered with last year than they did for him. he may have gone to their first grade classroom on friday when he found his mom was trying to send him to a mental institution. this marine told foxnews.com, quote, from what i've been told, adam was aware of her petitioning the court for conservatorship and her plans to have him committed. adam was apparently very upset about this he thought she just wanted to send him away. from what i understand he was really, really angry. think could have been it. what set him off? court records are sealed but a

wayne carver. >> thank you, paul.alf of my wife and my sons, and on behalf of my other family, our people at the office, chief medical examiner, we wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the families and everyone else who has been so hurt by this event. of our thoughts and our prayers are with you. the office of the chief medical examiner got here, actually the chief medical examiner got here a couple hours after the building was secured. we were here until approximately 12:30 last night. we thank the emergency services who built us a temporary facility in the parking lot. and we took identification, photographs and did preliminary identification on all the victims. and had everybody transported back to farmington by about 1:00 in the morning. our entire staff turned out. started the postmortem examinations this morning. we've completed the children by about 1:30. and i believe everybody except the assailant and his mother will be finished tonight. and i'll do those tomorrow morning. lieutenant vance and staff have

medical examiner wayne carver said all the victims were shot multiple times with a high-power rifle. >> i've been at this for a third of a century. and it's my sensibilities may not be the average man. but this is probably the worst i've seen. >> contrary to earlier reports, the gunman took three guns into the school. two semi-automatic pistols and an assault rifle. the alleged shooter, adam lanza took his own life at scene. his mother's body was found at her home in newtown. but investigators have not established any connection between nancy lanza and the school. a motive has not been revealed, though investigators say they are piecing together the puzzle now. >> our investigators at the crime scene, the school and secondarily at the secondary crime scene that we discussed where the female was located deceased did produce some very good evidence in this investigation that our investigators will be able to use and hopefully painting the complete picture as to how and more importantly why this occurred. >> police are also looking into a report of an altercation, perhaps between adam l

wayne carver held a press conference a short time ago giving us horrifying insight into what happened at that school in those last moments. our own molly line was at that press conference. molly, tell us what happened. >> the medical examiner released a lot of details today and they really speak of clarity with just how horrible this situation was. he essentially made very clear that the victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds at the hands of a long gun, a rifle he clarified when he was asked to clarify. we know that he participated in a number of those exams himself of the victims, of these loved ones, and that of those he examined they suffered 3 to 11 gunshot wounds. we're talking about such little children, the youngest victims 6 years old, a boy named noah, tiny, tiny people that were desperately trying to save their own lives and these women, six women gunned down that were trying to save the children. >> judge jeanine: you know, what was interesting in that press conference is also the fact that he said although he is a chief medical examiner, this is the worst that he has ever

wayne carver, who is the state medical examiner for connecticut, has been in that job for more than 30 years. he has seen it all. but he has said he's seen nothing like this ever. 20 small bodies ripped apart, executed, en masse. so there's no question that evil came to newtown, as governor molloy said that day. evil came in its starkest, most inhumane terms. but her roix -- heroism also came to newtown. the s.w.a.t. teams that went into that building actually saved lives. they saved hundreds of lives of students and staff in the school because the murderer took his own life when he knew they were entering. there is the heroism, of course, of the principal and teachers and others who ran toward the sound of gunfire. they ran toward danger to protect their children. children who were 6 and 7, their faces now on the front pages of newspapers, their stories inside. the heroism of the state troopers who had to confirm the identities of the victims for their families and stayed with those families throughout the weekend. the heroism of the community itself. newtown is, indeed, a quintessent

wayne carver, called the crime scene the worst he had ever witnessed. >> i have been at this for a third of a century, and my sensibilities may not be the average man, but this probably is the worst i have seen or the worst that i know of any of my colleagues having seen. we did not bring the bodies in the families into contact. we took pictures of them, other facial features. it is easier on the families when you do that. >> the first of the fuel services for the newtown victims begin today, with more of follow throughout the week. at a vigil sunday night, president obama vowed unspecified action to curb gun violence in the united states. >> in the coming weeks i'll use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens from law-enforcement to mental health professionals to parents and educators in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. because what choice do we have? we cannot accept events like this as routine. are we really prepared to say we are powerless in the face of such carnage? that the politics are too hard? are we prepared to say that such violenc

it is h, wayne carver. it is the ii. and that's why i don't use the h. because when asked my grandfather, he said fine but as long as you never call him harold. >> you said that -- did they set up a tent in the parking lot? >> it wasn't a tent. it was this magnificent thing and it -- it is sectional and sticks together with velcro and then they stake it to the ground. and electricity and lights and heat appear. it is -- and it is a -- from the department of emergency management and i -- i think it came from the army. but i'm not sure. i think it is these things that they use in for setup field hospitals very quickly. >> have all been the bodies been returned to the parents and mortuaries? >> i don't know. mortuaries have been called. and -- >> ready to be released? >> the paperwork has been done. as of 1:30 the paperwork was done. if the funeral -- the usual drill is the funeral homes call us and as soon as the paperwork is done we call them back. that process was completed for the children at 1:30 today. >> do you know -- >> our office in farmington. >>

he is going to be joined this morning by the medical examiner of the state of connecticut, wain carverstands and they are now focusing on ballistics and weapons and they said that they'll be able to answer a lot of the questions that we had over the last couple days that have gone unanswered. also the medical examiner has wrapped up his autopsy of the shooter and the shooter's mother. he said that would be done this morning and we are expecting he will give us some information about any information that they have been able to determine out of that. that's the press conference we're waiting for and we'll bring that to you live when that happens. right now we want to get to howie curts from "reliable sources" for howie? >> the journalists are facing many challenges, no more daunting than in the first few hours as some range from incomplete to just plain wrong. >> this may have been, may have been the father of a student. >> the shooter has been identified to me by a source as ryan lanza. ryan lanza in his 20s. apparently we're told from the source from this area. >> we have just now conf

wayne carver, said it the worst carnage he's seen in his 31-year career. >> the victims i had range from to eleven wounds, and i only saw two of them with close range shooting. >> reporter: the children were first graders, 12 girls and eight boys. the spree ended when lanza used one of the handguns to take his own life. last night the gunman's father peter lanza offered con doll endss. in a statement -- condolences. he said: >> osgood: ahead we take flight. with led zeppelin. and the end of the world? y. 'cause all our states are great. and now is when the gulf gets even better. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride or just lay in the sun. enjoy the wildlife and natural beauty. and don't forget our amazing seafood. so come to the gulf, you'll have a great time. especially in alabama. you mean mississippi. that's florida. say louisiana or there's no dessert. brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. >> it's sunday morning on cbs and here again is charles osgood. >> osgood: that's led zeppelin playing rock and roll from their 2007 reunion conc

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the budget and you all know this of our local police to carvers are strained. the resources are so limited. they are dedicated to non. they can be deployed right now. i call on congress today to act immediately to all appropriate what ever is necessary to put armed police officers at every single school in this nation. to do this now to make sure that blanket safety is unsafe when our schools returned to school in january. >> before congress gets into any lengthy debate over legislation, regulations or anything else as soon as our children return to school after the holiday break we need to have everything in order. >> this was live from the nra. he was the executive director talking about what should happen. he stated that congress should enact policies that will guarantee a police officer ever school. we will be right back. [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots t

wayne carver.logy tests were performed on the body of adam lanza to determine whether in fact he was on any kinds of medication that may have triggered the violent outburst. though the medical examiner was told that in fact he has aspergers, the medical examiner's being extra careful, trying to determine that's all going on this young man and trying to see if there was something deeper, something pathological, psychiatric. the bodies of the mom and son, autopsies were completed. they've not been released. nobody's claimed them. what's going to happen, the bodies will be released and then buried before any notification is given, to any members of the press. family wants to keep it private, make sure nothing happens during the burial process. you know it took place here. adam lanza allegedly shooting his mother while she slept in her pajamas in her bed. he shot her four times in the head. the computer, the smashed computer, not clear what point that was actually done. but after he killed his mom, he

carver wants to know if there's anything in adam lanza's biology to actually explain his behavior andg whether or not there were warning signs of what was going to happen. i want to bring in katherine newman, a sociologist with johns hopkins university and co-author of the book "rampage, the social roots of school shootings." you've been studying these things for years and the rampage shootings are rarely spontaneous and that people telegraph to friends and family what they are planning to do. how do they do that? >> well, they usually are telling their peers that they have ambitions to shoot up a school or take some other kind of action, but it's usually said in a very veiled way, suzanne. so it's not that easy to interpret. they will say things like i'm going to be running from the cops next week and everyone says, what is johnny talking about, but it piques their interest and that is what johnny is trying to do. >> why would he be trying to do that? is he trying to warn people? is he trying to give out some sign that he needs help here that he doesn't really want to do this. >> he

and how is-- wayne carver the chief medical examiner has been around a long time and one of the important-- periodically to go to the firehouse and tell the parents what progress is being made and all the things that you raised, and give answers to the parents so they're not left out. that this was a problem of flight 800 and when they were, all the parents were-- ments a lot of anger. >> and still a the lot of anger, because they weren't kept up-to-date. and here i'm sure somebody from the medical examiner's office and somebody from the police department, going periodically every hour, two hours, telling the families what's going on and what's happening. and so that they don't get it from television, they should get it before it goes on the tube. >> well, our correspondent up there reported the story that apparently they have set up a makeshift morgue inside the school and they've taken pictures of the children. >> right. >> and then is it standard then to have the parent identify their child from a photograph? >> yes, they have to make, the easiest way to identify the children would be

this chest here would be a wood-carver's chest with his young ladies that he has pictured on the lid.nd can you imagine his clientele? if it has these beautiful ladies painted in here, i would venture to say he was dealing with a lot of ladies in the day doing the beautiful carved work. and the inlay proves he could do anything. this is different. what was this used for? sindelar: this chest came from a boston pool-table maker. it actually still has his business card inside of it and some of the inlays that he used to put on the old pool tables. phillips: now, keep this in mind. if antique tools are something you're fascinated by look up john sindelar, and it is a traveling road show. sindelar: correct. phillips: unbelievable collection. -sindelar: thank you. -phillips: stay well. check it out. what a fabulous tool collection. be sure to look for john sindelar's tools all over america and be sure to go to woodworking in america for the best in woodworking education. now, suzy, final exterior tip of the day. suzy: caulk it. clear silicone caulk. it's great for any outdoor application,

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wayne carver, who is the state radical examiner for connecticut has been in that job for more than 30rs. he has seen it all, beatty said he is seen not in like those other. 20 small bodies with depart, executed en masse. so there's no question that evo came to newton as governor meloy said that day. evo came in its darkest, most inhumane terms. but heroism also came too near to. the s.w.a.t teams to win in actually saved lives. they saved hundreds of lives of students and staff in the school because the murderer took his own life when he knew they were entering. there is a heroism of the principal and teachers and others who ran toward the sound of gunfire. they ran to protect their children, children who were sixth and seventh, their faces now on the front pages of newspapers. their stories inside. the heroism of the state troopers who had to confirm the identities of the terms for their families and stayed with those families throughout the weekend. the heroism of the community itself. newton is indeed a quintessential new england town. virtually everybody knows everybody else, whic

wayne carver, who is the state medical examiner for connecticut, has been in that job for more than 30 years. he has seen it all. but he has said he's seen nothing like this ever. 20 small bodies ripped apart, executed, en masse. so there's no question that evil came to newtown, as governor molloy said that day. evil came in its starkest, most inhumane terms. but her roix -- heroism also came to newtown. the s.w.a.t. teams that went into that building actually saved lives. they saved hundreds of lives of students and staff in the school because the murderer took his own life when he knew they were entering. there is the heroism, of course, of the principal and teachers and others who ran toward the sound of gunfire. they ran toward danger to protect their children. children who were 6 and 7, their faces now on the front pages of newspapers, their stories inside. the heroism of the state troopers who had to confirm the identities of the victims for their families and stayed with those families throughout the weekend. the heroism of the community itself. newtown is, indeed, a quintessent

the 10th district of illinois, community leaders like sandy perl, steve shapiro, janet cohen, the carvers, richard stein, steve lavin, rabbi victor wise berg, mark sax and so many more, thanks to their passion we continue to work on preventing this iranian regime from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. we advance many measures in this congress and i'm pleased to have the opportunity to act as a leading voice and a champion in congress for strengthening the sanctions on iran. so much energy has gone into these efforts, not just from me but from many members and i will continue to urge that the united states ratchet up the pressure on iran's nuclear ambitions until the threat is affirmatively and effectively dismantled. another focus of mine has been finding ways to strengthen the u.s.-israel relationship, whether it has been delivering speeches from the floor of the house chamber, drafting and introducing resolutions affirming israel's right to a secure border, traveling to israel and meeting with israeli officials, authoring letters and recruiting members to sign on and support such