hearing from the governor, daniel malloy speaking shortly and we understand he he speaking with a lot of the families, numerous children taken to hospitals but we don't know the status, whether they are injured or deceased as a result of the shooting this morning. once again, we want to show you pictures from the scene outside of the school. you can see just a lot of people standing there, some ambulances and cars and law enforcement and parents and teachers basically in shock about what happens. it happened at 9:44 this morning when a gunman walked into the school and opened fire. there was a call to 911 reporting the emergency and when police started to arrive at the scene. there were numerous children who heard what sounded like they said maybe some cans falling on the ground. they thought maybe the janitor had knocked something over and police came to the classroom and said is he in here and told them to get in a safe place and children were hiding in closets, various reports of real heroism on the part of not only teachers but students as well that made sure the friends were okay

connecticut governor daniel malloy called for a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m.rn time exactly one week after the horror began to untold in newtown. the church bells in newtown will toll 26 times. tens of thousands of churches say they also plan to ring their bells at 9:30 this morning. more than a dozen governors are calling for moments of silence in their own states. president obama will observe the moment in private. there will be no press conference as he marks this very somber occasion. you're looking live at governor daniel malloy of connecticut. [ bells ringing ] >> we honor those precious ones by doing all we can to end violen violence. [ bell ringing ] >> that was connecticut governor daniel malloy marking a moment of silence for the 26 victims of the newtown, connecticut shooting. nbc's ron mott is live in newtown this morning on a somber and sad day for connecticut and the nation. ron? >> hey there, chris. good morning. obviously a very somber day here as you mentioned in connecticut. across this country as the 26 people who lost their lives last frida

on abc's this week, governor daniel malloy raised the possibility that lanza planned a larger masacrehan the one he carried out on friday when he used a high powered rifle to kill 20 children and six adults. >> he shot his way into the school. the school was locked. he used a weapon to open up the glass and then -- >> he blasted right through it, right? >> with a number of rounds. he discharged to make an opening and then went through it. went to the first classroom as you know, went to the second class m rue. we sum myself -- summize it was during the second classroom episode that he heard responders coming, and apparently had decided to take his own life. >> the governor says police got there quickly arriving within 10 minutes from the time the first call was made by someone in the school office who was injured, but is expected to fully recover and may be able to provide more insight. >>> this afternoon volunteers with glide church will sort through donations for next saturday's big toy distribution. you can see from this video from past years it brings magic to the eyes of local ch

he did take a call from the president who offered his condolences to governor daniel malloy of connecticut. with me here is susan paige and jeffrey goldberg. jeff, we also have with us collin goddard who survived the shooting in virginia tech. collin, you became an advocate for -- to prevent gun violence. from your perspective since virginia tech, what progress, if any, has been made? >> there's been very little progress. we're still focussing on getting the american people to understand that there are things that we can do together to make these things likely to happen again to other people. you know, that's the unfortunate thing. we've seen these mass shootings and we express our condolences. we express our sympathies, and that's when it ends. there is no action of that. to get together and call on our decision makers to change things to give any better nation that we all want and deserve. >> as you sperned at virginia tech, the families of those affected are horrified as they go to the scene of these emergencies. here is a father at the scene in connecticut. >> i could try to explain it

connecticut governor daniel malloy leading a moment of silence as tomorrow held all over the country e national cathedral in washington. a funeral being held at the national cathedral for the late senator daniel inouye. leaders from the house and senate on hand to remember the second largest serving senator in u.s. history. he died monday, he was 88 years old. those are your headlines. dennis: thank you. the biggest names in financial services and credit cards having a bad day, our next guest says not to worry because credit cards have legs. we are joined by chris from stifle nicholas. yesterday you upgraded discover and you also like mastercard and visa. >> i do. discover had a pretty interesting quarter, stocks sold off pretty harder and miss the earnings number but beneath the surface signs that growth is picking up, and a little over 6% spending growth and gaining a lot of share in what appears to be a strong credit card market. dennis: always considered discover a laggard. doesn't have as big a brand-name as your mastercard and visas of the world. does that play into a higher sto

i'm chris hayes where the daniel malloy, maya wile lee and elizabeth from the roosevelt institute.lking about the fiscal crunch states are going through. one of the things that made it so intense is it's not just one year, two years, three years. we are getting into four years. it's a long time. cut the first time around, then come back and cut again. you are really starting to get to the bone. one of the things i saw when coffer covering politics in illinois was the effect people didn't want to make an argument for raising taxes. what it meant was you needed revenue. this idea and this word we hear all the time, i use taxes even though democrats have a focus group. it's taxes. taxes. okay, you can say taxes. when you separate taxes from revenue, we are going to raise revenue, not taxes, you get strange things, it seems. there's all sorts of privatization. take the highway, we are going to sell it to you. lease it back and get a one-time payment from that. this is something that's happening right now in baltimore that i think is pretty fascinating. take a look. >> i thought it was

join us tomorrow sunday morning at 8:00 when i'll have connecticut governor, daniel malloy, talking aboutttle. >> coming up next, melissa harris perry. will republicans come to understand this is an offer they simply cannot refuse? that and the woman suing the pentagon so they can fight in combat. >>> we'll see you right here tomorrow at 8:00. thanks for getting up. a winter wonderland doesn't just happen. it takes some doing. some coordinating. and a trip to the one place with the new ideas that help us pull it all together. from the things that hang and shine...