remembered tonight by the president by the thousands who blocked this night to downtown newtown connecticut. here is craig's report. >> through out sandy hook village residents have set up tables they are collecting donations for the families. these guys over here are going from car to car. tell me about what you are doing? >> we are just getting donations for everyone. all of the money is going directly to the families all of the victims. >> i went to sandy hook school. >> now a college student home for the holidays andrew and friends are collecting for survivors of the elementary school massacre. >> it is just terrible. i just can't believe it. >> scenes like this are echoed all over town. grief stricken residents some not much older than the victims of this tragedy making a pilgrimage to this town as presidential security teams prepare for his much anticipated speech. >> tell me what are you telling the children? >> they are telling us, telling us that people care by coming out and praying today. coming out and giving their t teddy bears and best gifts for the families. you could image t

. ♪ >>> you are looking at some live pictures of downtown, if there is such a thing in a town such as this, newtown, connecticutns, teddy bears, notes that would break your heart. flowers, anything you can imagine that people could bring. mixed in with christmas decorations. there is this dissonance here with this season of joy and these horrific mass killings of 20 children, adults, inside that school. it makes the mix, just heartbreaking. this has gone on since the day, really, of those killings, to get into newtown at this point, is quite a feat. we have had some guests coming to this edition of "state of the union" that got out and walked because the traffic coming into this town, people wanting to do anything, bring something to say to the people of this flattened town, we care, we know you're suffering. of course tonight the president is going to be here and kind of speak for the nation of the grief that so many people feel that are not directly connected to this tragedy. and the investigation, it goes on as far as we know and as far as we were told just an hour ago, in fact, they are still in the school,