she told me was they heard pops in the hallway and the teacher and the teacher told me, also, courtney martin, she's my hero, that she locked the door immediately and brought all the kids to a corner of the room where they stayed there. they were scared. they were shaken but they didn't know what was going on until later when they were brought to the fire house. police came and knocked on the door. he can come out. and they gridded him to the back of the school and they walked over to the fire house and that's where you caught up with sophia -- extraordinarily traumatic experience for all those children. and who survives this. >> i think she's numb right now. she's a pretty bright kid and she has a big support staff at home and we love her very much and she'll be fine. whooerp devastated for the rest of the families because we don't know. i do my close friends, their children are okay. but we don't know. >> i just wondered what this says about that happened to her today. >> do you want to say anything? >> i think she's too cold. >> no, i think she should probably go home with her mom. it's be

the teacher told me also, courtney martin is my hero, she locked the door immediately and brought all the kids to a corner of the room where they stayed there. they were scared and shaken, but they didn't know what was going on until later when they were brought into the firehouse. police came and knocked on the door and said it's okay, you can come out. they guided them to the back of the school and they walked over to the firehouse. that's where i caught up with sofia. >> how is sophia now? it must have been a traumatic experience for all the children who survived this. >> i think she is numb right now. she is a pretty bright kid and she has a big support staff at home and we love her very much and she will be fine. we are devastated for the rest of the families. we don't know who was hurt. i do know my close friends's children are okay, but we don't know who the children were. >> i don't know if she can hear me or not, but i wondered if she wanted to say anything about what happened to her today. >> do you want to say anything, honey? are you sure? i think she's too cold now. >> sh

martin? >> thank you, kristin. congressman courtneycan put this to you, is it possible they're getting closer but actually they don't want to reveal that they've reached a closer agreement because it will give too much time for blood-letting? >> it's possible because, again, just remember, people are just flying into town tonight, and so the time to present it is really now. but this week we better start seeing some real movement. >> congressman joe courtney, i'm sorry, but thank you so much. and nbc's kristin welker, thank you. thanks so much for watching. "hardball" is next. for those with visions of doing this... ...this... ...and this, dancing in their heads... ...we have these. home depot gift cards. give the gift of doing, in-store or online.