rose church there in newtown connecticut.bers of the clergy and members of the community have come together to hold a vigil for the victims of this morning's mass shooting at sandy hook elementary. 20 children were killed, six adults killed as well. the shooter then shot and killed himself. this morning's tragedy unfolded just as the school day was getting started. now we're almost 12 hours into it and still authorities do not have an answer as to what prompted the shooter to open fire. >>> meanwhile here in the bay area students are back on campus at monte vista high school in cuper to the best -- in cupertino after a bomb threat. now matt keller is there to find out how they're dealing with that threat after today's connecticut shooting. >> reporter: many parents told us they're thankful for a fast response to yesterday's bomb threat. everybody looked normal today at monte vista high school. some parents told me they're nervous about their kids safety. >> all this is in the back of our minds but we didn't think it would hap

about this tragedy unfolded in connecticut. of course, it is customary for president obama to come out to address the nation when this type of horrific event happens and what will happen today. president obama will come here president obama was initially told about this shooting at 10:30 this morning. alerted by his national security adviser john brennan. he is updated throughout day. he also made phone calls to fbi director mueller as well as the governor of connecticut malloy to offer his sympathy, to offer his come docondolences. jay carney was asked about reigniting the efforts of stiffer gun controls law. he said today is not the day to talk about policy. it is a day to focus on the victims and those obviously suffering so much in connecticut. so again, we expect president obama to arrive here in the brady press briefing room and address and respond to and react to the tragic event that is have unfolded in connecticut. craig? >> all right. kristen welker from the white house, stand by for me. want to come back to you in a

connecticut state police are going to be reporting. we're talking about so far 26 dead, 18 children, we believe, eight or possibly nine adults. we don't know according to pete as to whether one of those adults was the shooter himself, second person has at least been detained for questioning. was seen running away from the school. don't know if that person was involved, and law enforcement officials there, the connecticut state police, have the lead as well as local officials with the assist of the fbi, the governor malloy is on the scene. any other information? >> we do know that the governor has been many communication with president obama. we also know at this point that it is expected. it is likely that the president will have? sg to say about this, whether it's a statement or otherwise we'll have to wait and see. again, andrea, this is what we were tug about. the second deadliest school shooting in u.s. history, second only to virginia tech back in 2007. at this point what we know is that the gunman who is dead was a 20-year-old fr

we want to take you live to newtown connecticut. that is where we are waiting for a news conference to begin at any moment. authorities may release the names of the victim this is morning. some of the vic tames bodies are inside the school others have been removed. it has been a slow process trying to positively identify the children as most kids don't carry identification. there are 27 victims 20 of them are children 7 adults that includes the shooter's mother nancy lanza and teacher vicky soto. another adult victim has been identified 37-year-old donna hochsprung. damned lanza this is a picture from 2005. they are interviewing members of his family and friends that includes his brother and father treeing to put together any explanation for this tragedy. we have more coming up in the newscast. stay with abc 7 news for continuing coverage. you can get our abc 7 news app and get the push operations. we are updating our facebook page at facebook.com abc 7 news. let's get our first look at the weather check in with meteorologist lisa a

, newtown, connecticut, small town population under 2,000. a little while ago, and we're going to be hearing from the president of the united states within the next 15 minutes, he'll be making a statement to the nation from the west wing of the white house, the press briefing room there. we'll also be hearing from the governor of connecticut, presumably getting more details. but a little while ago we heard this from the police chief in newtown. >> i will give you some very basic and brief information as we know it now. and we will set up regular press briefings as appropriate. just after 9:30 this morning, newtown police received a 911 call for an emergency at the elementary school. newtown pd upon obtaining information as to the status of the situation contacted the connecticut state police and requested assistance from state police and surrounding local police departments. on and off duty troopers responded to the school and with newtown police immediately upon arrival entered the school and began a complete active shooter search of the bui

connecticut state police. you see the microphones there.o brief us on the latest on this investigation. this horrible, horrible disaster that happened in this small town here in connecticut. soledad o'brien is joining us. howard kurtz is also joining us now from cnn's "reliable sources" in washington, d.c. howie, a tremendous, enormous amount of media presence here in newtown. what is your impression of how this story unfolded in the news so far? >> wolf, unlike any tragedy that we have collectively lived through, this one has sear under to america's soul. everyone is talking about, everyone is consumed about it and every online conversation on social media sites is about what happened in newtown. i have to tell you for all of the coverage there for you and others, there are times when i have to turn off the tv and other journalists told me this before. the feelings are so raw it is hard to watch. journalists are trained to be objective, but how can any human being be dispassionate about what happened there. >> howie, i'll answer that for y

the impromptu remembrance in honor of connecticut's victims. we'll take you to a northern california city once terrorized by a similar shooting. the lessons that community can share with newtown. >>> at 10:45, we ask a child psychologists about today's tragedy. what you need to assess before you talk to your child. you can postyour condolences to the connecticut victims by going to the ktvu channel 2 facebook page. you can postyour thoughts on our wall. >>> we want to bring you up to the minute on another big story we've been following for you. part of the great mall in milpitas was evacuated today due to a bomb threat. ktvu's maureen naylor live there now. you have new information about what turned out to be a very specific yet unfounded threat. >> gasia, that's correct. we got word three hours ago that there was no explosive at the kohl's behind me. we also got more information about what was posted that led the s.w.a.t. team to show up on this busy christmas shopping day. this mother and daughter came to shop but left after she heard about w

you're watching our special coverage of the connecticut school shooting live from newtown, connecticut. and i want to bring in my colleague, ali velshi. hey, ali. >> reporter: john, it's a sad morning and will get sadder in a few moments. just a few moments from where we are standing, a press conference is about to begin where they are going to release the names, we think, of many of the people killed. david arioso of cnn was one of the first on the scene. david went to the firehouse you keep hearing references to where parents were thinking they were going to meet their kids. david, what happened yesterday? >> well, between the early morning hours, parents would file towards this firehouse and would basically try to get a sense of whether or not their kids, their loved ones were alive. toward the early part of the morning, you would see parents walking out teary eyed, shaken, but with their children. as the day progressed, you would see parents walking in pairs, walking with state troopers or fireman without a child m. of the parents were besides themselves with grief. it is just one

jonathan hunt is live in newtown, connecticut the scene.onathan: hard to imagine and hard to put in words the terror inflicted upon sandy hook where we are, part of the greater newtown area. or upon the children of sandy hook elementary. it is perhaps described best by one of the children themselves who was led away from the school early today. listen. >> we were just in the middle of gym and we heard gunshots. the power went out. the gym teachers directed us to stay against the wall and everyone started panicking. then the police came in. they asked if he was in here. we had to climb into the closets and we heard a lot more gunshots and the ambulance came. >> the one thing about the children is that some of them don't understand exactly what happened here but parents obviously understood it all too well. you can only imagine the terror that they experienced as they heard about the shootings and started running toward the school. here is one of the parents. >> mayhem in the room with all the kids and the teachers trying to find your kid, id

our coverage of the school tragedy in connecticut continues tragedy in connecticut continues in justa moment.oducing nook h- the world's best 7" tablet made for reading and entertainment. your favorite magazines and catalogs look better than ever. and with scrapbooking, you can save the things you love, bring them all together, and be inspired like never before. scrapbooking. create yours with nook hd - and even bigger with hd+. find yours at barnes & noble. >> gun control is being debated after the tragic school shooting in connecticut. taus a conversation taking place in the nation's capitol and here at home. >> please layout a plan of action on how we can address the gun violence in our community. >> the school shooting gave rise to an anti gun rally. in california we have the strongest gun laws in the country as by the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. >> they have theest fatality rates of gun fire in the nation. >> they are considering reintroducing a bill that closes the loophole in assault weapons ban. they are in favor of more restrictions. he says the current laws are

the impromptu remembrance in honor of connecticut's victims. we'll take you to a northern california city once terrorized by a similar shooting. the lessons that community can share with newtown. >>> at 10:45, we ask a child psychologists about today's tragedy. what you need to assess before you talk to your child. you can postyour condolences to the connecticut victims by going to the ktvu channel 2 facebook page. you can postyour thoughts on our wall. >>> we want to bring you up to the minute on another big story we've been following for you. part of the great mall in milpitas was evacuated today due to a bomb threat. ktvu's maureen naylor live there now. you have new information about what turned out to be a very specific yet unfounded threat. >> gasia, that's correct. we got word three hours ago that there was no explosive at the kohl's behind me. we also got more information about what was posted that led the s.w.a.t. team to show up on this busy christmas shopping day. this mother and daughter came to shop but left after she heard about w

in the small town in connecticut. newtown, connecticut. rare if ever we see the president of the united states cry during an address to the nation, but we did see that today when president obama spoke to the country not just as the commander in chief, but also as a father. >> i know there is note a parent in america who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. they had their entire lives ahead of them. birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. among the fallen were also teachers. men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. so our hearts are broken today. for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children and for the families of the adults who were lost. >> there is the white house right now. you can only imagine the conversation the president and the first lady are having with their two daughters right now like million of other parents ar

and when i said that dan inouye's leag is in connecticut and -- legacy is in connecticut and probably most every other state, i could go around the state and i'm thinking of the years and years danny was the chairman of the appropriations committee and the defense appropriations committee. there wasn't anything that we were able to do for connecticut in that time he didn't support. protecting long island sound, the connecticut river, improving our transportation stems systems, making gras to our schools, colleges, and universities, support of the defense industries in connecticut, which have meant so much to the defense of our country but also to the economy of our state. so i salute his memory. all of us should honor it, and try in our own way to emulate this great man. mr. president, senator blumenthal and i come to the floor today to thank our colleagues for adopting by unanimous consent last night s.r., senate resolution 621 which is the exactly mirrored to in the words of house resolution 833 condemning the attacks that occurred in newtown, connecticut last friday and expressing

we also know he lived with his mother in connecticut. and that the mother was a teacher at the school. and she too is presumed to be dead. now adam lanza also had a brother named ryan. this is video of ryan. he's 24 years old, and he was taken into custody and questioned by police, but is not believed to be involved in the shooting. now neighbors of the suspect say they know little about him. but reporters did speak with one of adam lanza's classmates. now to another developing story. >> he was just a kid, just a kid. a bit antisocial. he was not a troublemaker, and definitely not. and to the gist othat's just kind of that e would against his mother can you wrap your head from that? >> i do not know anybody that would do anything like that. >> your general sense is what? this is unspeakable. when i first heard about this, i was still in shock >> pam, this is all developing and trickling in as we get more information. >> we are all in shock. there was one additional body outside every school location. that was the mother of the shooter in

tragedy in a small connecticut community. >> evil visited this community today. >> reporter: the police say a shooter struck sandy hook elementary school in newtown friday morning. >> we never seen anything like this. it is heart wrenching for us as it is for the families. >> reporter: the suspect has been identified as 20-year-old adam lanza. he was killed by his own hand. his mother was a teacher at the school. she was killed at a second location. a parent instead of the school at the time believed 100 rounds had been fired. the first 911 call came in at 9:30 a.m. the police put in an active shooter search. >> this were police with rifles and handguns. they were on the roof, they were surrounding the school. >> the families have been notified. the preliminary identifications. >> they had their entire lives ahead of them. birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. >> reporter: at a vigil, connecticut's governor searched for answers to difficult questions. >> understand that a test is just that. that which we rise to and answer and respond to. >> reporter: and now a community

connecticut. newtown bee reporting one child was carried out by a police officer and apparently the child was wounded. how we do not know and seriousness is not clear either. >> it says dozens of state troopers are on the scene. they're assisting local police. heavily-armed police gathered around the school at 10:45. this is all so recent. stretchers have been set up and saging area set up for the parents of students in the school. very terrifying situation in newtown area. our coverage will continue. bill: coverage continues on "happening now.". jenna: if you're just joining us a school shooting in connecticut. still uncon fermed details. this happened at sandy hook elementary school about hour and a half ago. according to wires and local reports we're getting some information there are several injuries at this elementary school this friday morning. a few details about this area. this place, this newtown, township, in connecticut is about 60 miles from new york city. it's a town of less than 30,0

to newtown connecticut. this is where a vigil is being held for the victims. st.rose is still at capacity, heads bowed and prayered. hundreds of people outside singing silent night. the governor spoke here just earlier saying there is faith for a reason after what this community has been through. you see here young children as well attending this vigil along with many many parents and other members of the community. this is a story we've been covering for you all day long. the shooting this morning claimed 26 lives, 20 of them young children killed in their classrooms. the suspected gunman 20-year- old adam lanza is also dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >>> whenever there is a tragedy like this eventually the debate over guns heats up. ktvu's paul chamber joins us now with a look at what gun laws are on the books here in california, paul. >> reporter: ken several firearms were found in connection to the shooter and some of those models are found right here in the state. however getting them legally is

for two hours tonight live in newtown, connecticut.we work for more information about the victims of yesterday's deadly school shooting, that now we know included 12 girls and eight boys, all of them either age six or age seven. that's the word from the connecticut chief medical examiner who says this is the worst massacre he has ever seen and that includes 31 years of work here in the state of connecticut. we heard from robbie parker about an hour ago. he's a father of one of the victims, his daughter was emily. he says he's not mad, but he talked about his daughter a lot. he said she would light up a room, always had something nice to say about everyone. then he said, i'm so blessed to be her dad. that from robbie parker who is struggling for answers here tonight in newtown. this was a town, by the way, that just recently was listed in the top five safest communities to live in the entire country. from this day forward, the town of newtown, connecticut, will always be remembered for the massacre that occurred here only 36 hours ago.

connecticut. we'll get through this. and our prayers, at this time have to go out to the families, so as i began by thanking those with expressed their desires to be helpful, number one, way to be helpful is to say a prayer. or send a best wish, thinking of the individuals who have suffered so mightily today. thank you. >> bret: that is connecticut governor dan malloy with a brief statement there in newtown, connecticut. obviously, expressing grief there. after this horrific day. i'm bret baier in new york tonight. we begin our coverage from newtown. we begin with senior correspondent rick leventhal who is live tonight near the school. hello, rick. >> reporter: bret, we just heard from the governor, for the second time today. expressing his sorrow and his condolences to the families of all of those victims who suffer today at sandy hook elementary school in hang hang, which is in newtown, connecticut. as we now know a young man identified as adam lanza, 20 years old, went in to that school this mo

we have john in connecticut. we will continue to follow this when we come back. [ game announcer ] touchdown! and here comes the dunk. [ male announcer ] everyone loves to dunk. ♪ [ game announcer ] will he dunk it? yes, he will. [ male announcer ] mcdonald's tender, juicy chicken mcnuggets in creamy ranch and spicy buffalo sauce. just $4.99 for 20 of your favorite chicken mcnuggets. ♪ [ game announcer ] will he dunk it? yes, he will. [ male announcer ] more ways to love mcnuggets. ♪ . >>> the chp is mourning the death of an officer killed in solano. the officer hasn't been identified. the officer was off duty riding on highway 12 just outside fairfield when a pick um truck turned in front of him. that driver reportedly sped up to try to get of of the way but the bike clipped the back of the truck throwing the officer into oncoming traffic movement three members of a family are dead after they were hit trying to fix a flat tire. the family pulled the lexus in to the center divider around 3:00 yesterday afternoon.

kate bolduan, newtown connecticut. >> two days after the connecticut school shooting.e in swat gear were back on the streets in newtown following a bomb threat at st. rose of lima church today. authorities searched the church and nearby buildings -- and did not find anything suspicious. eight of the young victims in the shooting attended st. rose of lima church. as well as the shooter, adam lanza and his mother >> president barack obama is facing strong criticism over his actions as president on gun control in the wake of the deadly connecticut elementary school shooting many people are wondering if tragedies like these can be prevented. we go now to story. return to index of stories... just hours after the breon ra--reporter brianna... >>reporter: connecticut shooting, a promise from president obama to tackle gun violence: >> we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics. >>reporter: but what exactly does he mean by "meaningful action?" critics of the president's record on the issue are

san jose loves connecticut. that is sandy hook elementary school. >> we have a lot more as the tragedy unfolds. stay with us for continuing coverage. receive urgent updates by downloading our free news app and opting for a push notification. find the latest at abc7news.com and updating our facebook page and also on twitter. >> we're going to move on. there are some changes in our weather as we hit the weekend. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the latest on the forecast. >> the rain we had today is long go gone but more rain coming in. live doppler 7 hd, shows you what it is look like, skies are clearing out other than a few clouds. temperatures are falling, so looks at these temperatures, already down to freezing in fairfield. 35 in napa. santa rosa and livermore going down. 38 in concord. it is going to be a cold start for your weekend. i'll be back with the lows and partial look when the next system will bring us rain over the weekend. >> dan: thanks very much. >> up next, new calls for gun control as

. >> en connecticut se habla de la tenencia de armas- >> se da la despedida a la diva de la banda. >>se hablo del dinero de los 475 dólares. >> algunos soñadores por falta de dinero no han podido participar del programa de acción diferida. >> hola ¿qué tal amigos? buenas noches en el city hall algunos estudiantes estaban nerviosos ante el aviso de un hombre armado. >> desde este edificio del city college se llamo diciendo que había un hombre armado pero fue falsa alarma. >> manuel es uno de los estudiantes que estaba en el momento cuándo más de 200 alumnos que estaban en el campus supieron que un sospechoso llamo diciendo que había un hombre con armas en el centro educativo todo fue revisado y luego de eso se dejaba entrar a los alumnos pero los estudiantes que estaban en el edificio de tecnología tuvieron que estar alli 3 horas. >> las autoridades de connecticut dicen que no han modificado su actuar que tendrán vigilancia como hasta ahora-. y ahora que la policía ya reviso como te sientes? >> más tranquilas y felices de que todo esta bien. >> ya se avisara que mañana comienzan las cl

right now i'm joined by the senator of connecticut.ssume you were here when you heard about what was going on. can you shear with our viewers, the key question why? was there any motive that could have caused this tragedy? >> i was attorney general for 20 years and federal prosecutor before that and i can tell you that that is one of the key questions. there are no answers as yet. one of the challenges is, there is so little direct evidence that reflects on motive but obviously the horror and the grief is very real and i think all of our hearts are going out to those. >> do we know if there was a suicide letter or anything along those lines? >> as of yet, there is no direct evidence that i can share at this point. the investigation is ongoing. i can brief regularly as recently as just a little while ago. the investigation continuing very actively involving the home of the shooter as well as -- >> where his mother is dead. this 20-year-old shot his mother at the home and then drove to the school and opened fire on these kids. >> that is

a special coverage of the connecticut school shooting.li velshi here in newtown, connecticut, near the scene of the attack on an elementary school. it's just behind me over that ridge which left 20 children dead and six adults. in less than an hour around 8:00 eastern this morning, we are expecting police right here to release the names of the victims killed inside sandy hook elementary school. let's check in now with nick valencia in the cnn center in atlanta. nick, we know the school principal was one of the adults killed along with the school psychologist. i'm hearing you just got off the phone with another teacher who was there when it happened. tell us what she said. >> good morning, ali, i just spoke to a teacher, one of the music teachers who is being called a hero at sandy hook elementary school. it's reported that she barricaded herself along with a group of children while the suspected gunman knocked on the door trying to get in. i spoke to her earlier this morning from her home in seymour, connecticut, she told us, ali, it's a

the governor of connecticut has just gone to the pulpit there. let's drop in here for a quick moment. >> may god bless our children who are with us today and those who were taken away. my god bless the adults who lost their lives today. thank you. >> bill: this is small town america, beautiful rolling hills, only 90 minutes north of new york city. neighbors know neighbors and families know families and they're going to need each and every one to get through this. we have live coverage where shortly after today's shooting, police took the suspect's brother out in handcuffs. what happened there? a live look inside of saint rose church. you were just watching where members of the community gather for the first of many memorial services. that's coming up as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news that on this day is so, so sad. >> you speak eloquently in community n embracing each other, not just by your physical presence, but by all of your emotions and sending a message to all of america, and believe me, the hearts and prayers of

i can only begin to imagine the pain that the parents in connecticut are feeling today. want to assure them and people in this nation we're doing everything we can to investigate this horrendous crime and offer assistance any way we can and that also means we are telling people to connecticut to deal with the traumatic impact that this has had. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner issued a call for unity yesterday, saying in a statement, let us all cling together in god's grace, to pray for the families of the victims that they may find comfort and peace amid such suffering and let us give thanks, boehner added, to those who helped them get to safety. and no parents of the children murdered at sandy hook described the pain of such tragedy said house speaker nancy pelosi, nobody all americans share our prayers and our grief over these horrifying events and every person is thrust into the quandary with this event. we want to turn to language and distinctly make us human, but words fail us. >> jon: thank you very much, james rosen reporting from d.c. in a situation that

the governor of connecticut. he he revealed that baseed on most recent reconstruction, it appears that the gunman, 20-year-old adam lanza decided to stop killing teachers and students and take his own life when it became clear to him that authority who is were also armed, were closing in. listen to this. >> we surmise that it was during the second classroom episode that he heard responders coming and apparently, at that, decided to take his own life. >> reporter: authorities are also saying information from the single survivor who's recovering from gunshot wound this is morning will help them piece together exactly what happened and when and where during adam lanza's rampage. we are hearing a little bit of that ourselves now, from the father of a first grader who saw his teacher, 27-year-old victoria soto get shot. he has been telling his parenting more about his daring escape, every day. >> the children... acted on instinct and what they were taught, which was to run. and they d. they just ran... up to the main

that's paul vance from the connecticut state police. before that, dan malloy, the governor of the state offering an update on the tragedy by today. it's a quaint new england town. seeing the pictures of children leaving sandy hook elementary, hard not to think of past school shootings in the country. one of the worst, of course, columbine high school in colorado. dave cullen spent ten years writing and researching about that massacre and joins us now. dave, thank you for being here. i guess your book came out about columbine ten years after the tragedy and the most eye opening thing about what you're reporting found was that all of the -- everything we thought we knew about columbine in the first week, two months and months after it happened was basically false and a lot of false narratives. and you basically searched for a sort of satisfying motive that we could all understand and you couldn't really find one. i wonder based of your experience if there are lessons to keep in mind piecing together what happened here in newtown in the we

connecticut governor dan malloy there, speaking. michelle franzen, who is standing by for us in newtown, connecticut. and michelle, am i understand that the governor also spent some time there in that community as well today? >> reporter: he did, he's been there most of the day, of course, comforting words for the entire state of connecticut and reaching out beyond the state as well. but he has spent a significant time around this area today, going from prayers to prayer vigils to visiting other areas of this community, i'm sure. and maybe even visiting with some of the family members. of course, we know that that's exactly where he was yesterday, meeting with those family members when they had learned of these tragic events in those hours afterwards. so it's a time for, in his words, to rally around this community and also move forward with the healing process. we've talked about how those names have been released, some more details coming out. not only about the awful violent events that happened inside that classroom, but the her

in the tragedy in newtown, connecticut. hard bitten officers, they're devastated by what happened when they found, when they walked in to an elementary school where at least one gunman walked in to that building and opened fire this morning. 26 innocent people are dead. 20 of them children. i'm john scott. thank you for joh joining us for the special coverage of the breaking story. this is what we know so far. it happened after 9:30 a.m. eastern time at sandy hook elementary school as classes got underway. federal law enforcement officers are telling fox news that adam lanza was found dead at the scene. his brother is in custody in hoboken, new jersey. their mother found dead at her house in connecticut. the f.b.i. confirms two pistols and m-4 rifle found at the scene. police have been updating through the day. and much of the information has been changing frankly. three people rushed to the hospital, teacher and two children are all expected to be okay. the teacher was shot in the leg and the foot and the other children su

molly line with more from the scene, sandy hook school in newtown, connecticut. uma. >> new details are emerging about the shooter, 20-year-old adam lanza, but many specifics about his motive remain unclear. he lived with his mother nancy in a prosperous area of newtown, connecticut and confirmed that a woman was found dead in that home and it is believed to be his mother. the guns found at the scene were registered nancy lanza and ryan lanza initially identified, says adam was autistic. and neighbors are also remembering adam as quote, senator a smart, and on the honor roll. they've found no note from the terrific tragedy and adam wearing black fatigues forced his way in and began his bloody rampage. >> kelly: connecticut police released tapes of the calls that came in. >> and caller indicates she thinks there's someone shooting in a car >> you can just imagine what the police were encountering as they came upon that horrible tragedy that no one could imagine. during the morning's press conference at sandy hook elementary, police said the superintendent of schoo

live in newtown, connecticut. e.ox report. 36 hours removed from a gunman unleashing a shooting massacre in the elementary school. population 600 students from kindergarten to fourth. it is a day that changed the housetown forever. machines -- members of the shooter family releasing a statement saying they felt heart felt sorrow. each of the 22 children who died was aged 6 or 7 and all thought to be in the first grade. 12 of them were girls and eight were boys, the gunman shot child multiple times. we are told that at least one child was shot 11 times inside of the classroom. this is a picture of the gunman identified as 20 year old adam lanza that is a picture from six years ago at the age of 14. he lived with his mother in the town of newtown 10 miles from the school. a school that he drove his own mother's car to waking up in the morn shooting her in the head. today we heard from the shooter's aunt. she said the mother home schooled him after a dispute with the public school system, but no one in the family expect

but there are families in connecticut who cannot do that tonight. and they need all of us right now. may god bless the memory of the victims. and in the words of scripture, heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. >> much like the president of the united states, americans are experiencing a wide range of emotions tonight. and it's difficult to process them. these are photos no one will be able to forget, the sight of crying children being led away from a scene of mass murder should shake the country to its core. and it has. the question must be asked, how many more scenes like this one are we going to see? as a nation we need to do something, and something has to be done. this tragedy stopped the country in its tracks and brought the president of the united states to tears. as a parent, as an american, as a human being it's hard not to have the same feelings that i had back on 9/11, that maybe all of us had. connecticut governor dan malloy felt the same way. >> i -- i was mayor of stamford on 9/11 when our state lost many of its citizens, an

>>heather: that was wfxg from newtown, connecticut. the first funeral is set for six-year-old tomorrow, buried in fairfield, connecticut. the family remembers him as intelligent and gentle but with a rambunctious streak. his twin sister was assigned to a different classroom and she survived. the family says noah considered his twin sister his very best friend. they were inseparatable. >>heather: 20 children were killed at the elementary school and now some of the families are speaking out about their precious children and we are hearing from the families whose children surviveed. molly line is outside the high school. we knew this would be the next phase of what happened, molly. >>reporter: we are seeing the faces of the children, and hearing the stories of how they spent their time and the loved ones that will miss him. daniel, the youngest of three young, a first grader and he loved to play soccer. six women were murdered including the principal of sandy hook. she was remembered as a hero who tried to stop him the she was a passionat

the tragedy in newtown connecticut is galvanizing americans.t's no lodger acceptable to hide behind the second amendment. >> these tragedies must end. to end them, we must change. >> the president calls for change in the wake of a massacre. tonight, how voters can make their voices louder than the gun lobbies. >> this myth that the nra can destroy political careers is just not true. >> the nra's power is so vastly overrated. >> plus, the fact about the nra's power. mayor michael bloomberg's right hand power. will real america come around on common sense gun laws? >> john nichols on the conservative push to keep common sense gun laws out of the middle of the country. plus, republican obstacles to reduce violence with jonathan and alex wagner. and dr. gail saultz on the role mental health professionals need to play to reduce the violence. >> no single law. no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world or prevent every senseless act of violence in our society. but that can't be an excuse for an action.

is a lot like a small town in connecticut. this could have just been as easily as our community. even the we are 3,000 mi. away we wanted to gather to of a sense of community. especially since it is the holidays. >>reporter: this runs until 9:00 p.m. in the p t a will also be collecting poems, pitchers, and even donations that they will be sending to the families of the victim's in connecticut. this will last until 9:00 p.m. we will have more coming up at 8:00 p.m. reporting from pleasanton, charles clifford, kron 4. >> fairfield police say this teen threatened to carry out attacks similar to the massacre in connecticut. now, the 18 year-old is facing felony criminal threat charges. investigators say sergio cabada posted a message online saying he supported the school shooter and thought of doing something similar. within hours of posting the message, investigators city of suisun. >> our developing story whit san jose city college has been on the lockdown since 4:30 this is from sky 7 abc seven high-definition video. the autho

>> chris: i'm chris wallace, a deadly grade school shooting in connecticut leaves officials, parents, and the nation, searching for answers. ♪ >> the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. ♪ >> chris: we'll have live reports from the scene. with the latest on the investigation. and the victims. we'll talk with police, parents, of some of the children who attend the school. and with the state's long time senator, joe lieberman. then, will there be a new push on capitol hill, for tougher gun control? we hear the same calls after every mass shooting. but, will the horrific nature of this crime change the debate? we'll ask democratic senator dick durbin, and, republican congressman louie gohmert and we'll look at what we can do better to protect or children, when we talk with ronald stevens, one of the nation's top experts on school safety... and our sunday panel weighs in on a crime of mass violence, that is becoming much too familiar. our special school tragedy coverage, begins, right now, on fox news sunday. ♪ >> ch

in newtown, connecticut. john? >> thank you so much, nick valencia. as you said, it is about the victims. 26 people killed in all at the school, 20 kids ages 5 to 10, six grown-ups, so many futures ahead of them that will never be realized. i want to go now back to ali velshi near the sandy hook elementary school here in newtown. hey, ali. >> reporter: john, you know, as i said we are at a field, a football field, which authorities set up around here so that the media could gather. obviously there's media here from all over the northeast, all over the united states, and, in fact, from other countries. last night i saw some people here from a russian television station. we've got some canadians near us. the school is -- this is a tight little town, john. as you know, it doesn't have space for everybody converging on it. the school is behind us some distance where adam lanza lived was about 2 1/2 miles away. and this is a little town that could not have imagined the horror that unfolded at sandy hook elementary

meanwhile, the city of newtown, connecticut, grieves.community is left searching for answers as to why. >> and renee marsh with more now on how the smalltown is honoring those who risked their lives and remembering those they lost. >> reporter: a quiet new england town is grieving this weekend as they continue to search for answers. >> i am also a teacher and i can't imagine going through what she went through. >> reporter: sarah said that her friend victoria is to, a first grade teacher, apparently died trying to protect her students. the names and ages of six adults and 20 children, ages six and seven, were released on saturday. one of those children is six- year-old emily parker. >> my daughter emily would be one of the first ones to be standing and giving her love and support to all of those victims. >> reporter: robbie parker described has daughter as bright, creative, and loving. also offering advice. >> as we move on from what happened here, what happened to so many people, let it not turn into something that defines us. something

>>neil: now the latest from newtown, connecticut. rick? rick: the governor of connecticut was here a short time ago and called this a tragedy of unspeakable terms that you can never be fully prepared for. remember, this happened over six hours ago. there is a lot of evidence still being processed. the crime scene is still very active. other scenes are now investigated, including the home of shooter's movie where an adult body was found and other residents in new jersey with conflicting reports of the status of the shooter's father and conflicting reports on the shooter himself. what we are told at this hour is that the shooter is 20-year-old adam lanza and his 24-year-old brother was taken into custody and questioned but that ryan at this point is not a suspect. we are told the shooter was adam, he had two weapons including an assault rifle and a 10 millimeter glock and he answered the school where the more was a teacher and began firing. police got 9-1-1 call. local police showed up and called in the state police. unlike columbine where t

there are at are a lot of herosn connecticut today. saturday night i thought there would be a time for public discussion and that discussion would inest bring occur as it does when a tragedy like this takes place. some people interpreted that to mean that i thought it was inappropriate for those discussions to take place. i do not think it sin appropriate for them to sake place. in fact, it is quite appropriate. i was making the point no more than 36 hours after the event my personal job as governor at that moment, was to speak to the people of connecticut about the fears they feel, the damage that has been done, and my job was to help and continue to help newtown and the entire state to recover. we know in our state that we have some of the toughest gun laws of any state in the nation but when the investigation is over and all of the information is in i will ask a few questions. is there a law, a policy or procedure we could have had on the book that might have prevented this vat joy? it turns out clearly the answer is yes and i belie

molly line live in newtown, connecticut.> heather: there is no way to compare one heartbreaking tragedy to another other than maybe to consider its place in history. it's hard to conceive something worse than this scene you'll remember from april of 2007. a student killed 32 fellow students and faculty at virginia tech in blacksburg, virginia. it's the worst single act of gun violence in american history. the only school shooting that involved more fatalities than what happened in connecticut and so far for so many of us, today was also a reminder of this day on april 20, 1999. that is when the now infamous names, dill leancally bold -- dylan klebold and eric harris. that at columbine high school. we recall charles whitman, the engineering student and forger marine who killed 13 people and an unborn child and wounded 32 others in a shooting rampage from the tower of the university of texas. that was on august 1, 1966. his murderous rampage caught on tv camera. >> gregg: newtown, connecticut is a tight-knit community and how

given what really happened in connecticut. how do you have an active shooter drill an not alarm students especially the younger ones. >> exactly right. and with younger children it's a fair drill like earthquake drill like maneuver where you reassuring the children and you are moving the children around and the adults need to know weighs going open but you are right the. the children the little ones especially don't need to know weighs going on. >>reporter: the drill coming up here in union city in a few months. in the men time oakland as we said sent out a letter. many other districts l throughout the bay area sent either letters home with stunts today or sent e-mails home to the parents about how to talk to their kids and here in 81 city and district throughout the bay area on monday there will be more counselors available to kids because administrators know that if they didn't know about it toda today, many more students will certainly know about exactly what happens on monday. in group city, laura anthony abc 7 news. >> we

here are the latest developments this morning on the school shooting tragedy in connecticut. president obama will visit new town this evening to meet with the families and attend a vigil. they will fan out to gun stores and shooting ranges across connecticut looking for clues about the 20-year-old gunman who killed 26 children and adults in friday's rampage. he forced his way into the school breaking a window at the front entrance. he shot and killed a school principal and school psychologist who ran towards him too try to protect the children. surviving twins describe how their teachers save their lives. >>> went into my teacher's office, everyone was quiet. she saved a life. she called her husband and he called the police. when the policeman came to get us he told us to close our eyes like on the picture on the news do this. and run. >> just go out. >> the medical examiner told reporters all of the young victims had been shot numerous times. as this tragedy unfolds stay with abc 7 news for continuing coverage. we are going to hear about some of the heros who helped save liv

this one inside the sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. a grim new addition to the litany of lives lost in this country to mass gun violence. this time the majority of the victims were children. the death toll at the school has just been updated by connecticut police. 27 people dead, 20 children, 6 adults, and the gunman. the second deadliest school shooting in united states history. officials add that one other adult was found dead at a secondary scene. there is some confusion over the identity of the shooter. not a surprise given the situation like this. and details about his motive and exactly what firearms were used are evolving. what we do know is that the gunman's mother, nancy, was a kindergarten teacher it he school and is among those killed. with the death toll encompassing many of her kindergarten students, children 5 and 6 years old. an emotional president addressed the tragedy just a few moments ago. >> i know there's not a parent in america who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. the majority of those who died

we are here for connecticut today." colorado's governor, john hickenlooper, he said, "we know too well what impact this kind of violence has on a community." he said that the first thing he wanted to do today was talk to his counterpart governor in connecticut, dan malloy. governor hickenlooper said, "i cannot put into words how impossible it seems to me that this can happen again so suddenly." virginia tech was the site of a mass shooting five years ago where 32 people were shot and killed on a college campus. another 17 people were shot and survived. the president of virginia tech said today, "we of the greater virginia tech community know from our experience of the unending sorrow and horror that has now descend on the newtown, connecticut community." tim kaine, he said today, "our commonwealth knows too well the pain of senseless gun violence." colin goddard, who survived the virginia tech massacre, he still has three bullets in him that were fired that day. he said today on msnbc, "i'm still trying to wrap my head

>> the community of newtown, connecticut, transformed.chool i went to. and i just don't believe that's where i was from, that's where i came from.

he's from newtown, connecticut. his mom lived in newtown, connecticut. he lives in who broken, new jersey. was he a former student? what capacity does he have a connection to this elementary school and why was he buzzed in. that's the information we are getting. he's from newtown, connecticut but he lives currently or currently lived in who broken, new jersey. and that's why authorities are also in new jersey searching the home there. so the puzzle is getting a little bit more pieced together. but as you mention, other potential suspect or person of interest police are talking to. we have gotten very little more information about what role he may or may not have played in any of this. megyn: i want to go to tony perkins who we happen to be fortunate enough to have with us today. he's the president of the family research council. what an important day for faith and what a challenge to it for those families. >> as a father of five kids my heart is broken for those families. as a former police officer that has been at crime scenes before i can only imagine

but there are families in connecticut that cannot do that tonight. and they need all of us right now. and our days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as americans and i will do everything in my power as president to help. because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them and that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories but also in ours. may god bless the memories of the victims and in the words of scripture, heal the broken hearted and bind up their wounds. >> we have been listening to a clearly emotional president obama speaking publicly about the mass shooting and the president speaking his condolences. he offered the governor of connecticut his deepest condolences and will offer every single resource that they can possibly need in order to expedite this investigation. the president also emphasissed we have endured too many tragedies and acting as a parent and pau