everybody will grieve. not belong in the hands of a mentally ill person. >> the great super power of the world, a year after 12 elementary school children were blown to pieces in their classrooms and the president stood there later and said i will take action and here we are a year later and absolutely nothing has been done. nothing. no background checks put in. no ban on assault weapons and ban on high capacity magazines. nobody in washington has done anything about it. the debate more than anything else. >> i don't know how they are going to attack it because -- there people out there not getting the help they need. since the reagan administration, the number of facilities and the beds for mentally ill people have dropped. we can get the statistic, but it is 10-fold easily. >> it's scandalous. >> it is. >> we are carrying less and less. if you care about homeless people, you have to care about mental illness. if you care about police people dealing with people on the streets, you have to care about mental

notes that we may rapidly be reaching the point where respecting slash understanding mr sharon's grieving process becomes secondary to defending the actions of the leadership involved in this incident i've been described as a grieving father who will say anything to bring published city who will say anything i think the subtle implication they're not so application if you will is that i'll make up things in order to try to publicize what happened to my son because i'm so overwrought with grief just people don't take accountability for their actions. and. this i forgive them i would but i have a lot of anger in my heart in my mind towards this man for what he did and the more i find out about the situation the more it just it's unbelievable. you know there's a sort of old sense the. soldier who gives his life for his country is a hero. and these people have given their life for their country. so there is a feeling i think i'm actually feeling the why should i burden the family complicate. things further for them i would love to believe that they're trying to protect us from the now in our

army grieve the loss of every soldier. his mother father brothers and wife will forever grieve as was. grief that was compound about the failing of his army. we have a duty to all families of our fallen soldiers given the truth the best we know what its passage we can. it was a crazy one steve warning. by his work midnights us home. we were good new carpet installed upstairs i was getting ready to babysit my grandson because my daughter had a whole point so it's a crazy crazy morning and. i thought it was and she forgot she forgot her key or had something. in. the soldier steve and. i just. looked at amber and she said. it's like. a door. get here or something wrong with. that i pull up and there is. a car out there with cover plates on it they said just killed. a full paragraph and that's all you know. the family began hearing details about the circumstances surrounding jessie's death within days of the official announcement they had said that. just. his humvee was struck. a dump truck had broke the checkpoint and the tor

one loss, we grieve previous losses. these two fatalities have taken a heavy toll on the ambulance community. in the east bay, abc7 news. >> investigators blaming a faulty appliance connection for blowing up a hem in hayward today. this blast happened today. sending a man flying from his house. the survivor went to the hospital. that depreended up 70 feet away the home moved off foundation bit force of the blast. pg&e says the gas line was fine but the clothes drier was not properly attached to the line. it tripped this crisis. >> police found a 13 with-year-old suspect at the wheel. officers say the teen stole a vehicle from a 78-year-old man he they started chase. sky seven was at the scene after they caught up with the suspect two miles on adelin owe e. we don't have word on his condition tonight. >> a crash closed down all but one lane this morning. two big rigs and a third vehicle collided. another big rig ruptured. >> now, let's talk about this ongoing bart dispute. negotiators from both sides have finished two day

army grieve the loss of every soldier. his mother father brothers and wife will forever grieve as was. grief that was compound about the failing of his army.

one loss, we grieve previous losses. these two fatalities have taken a heavy toll on the ambulance community. in the east bay, news. >> investigators blaming a faulty appliance connection for blowing up a hem in hayward today. this blast happened today. sending a man flying from his house. the survivor went to the hospital. that depreended up 70 feet away the home moved off foundation bit force of the blast. pg&e says the gas line was fine but the clothes drier was not properly attached to the line. it tripped this crisis. >> police found a 13 with-year-old suspect at the wheel. officers say the teen stole a vehicle from a 78-year-old man he they started chase. sky seven was at the scene after they caught up with the suspect two miles on adelin owe e. we don't have word on his condition tonight. >> a crash closed down all but one lane this morning. two rigs and a third vehicle collided. another big rig ruptured. >> now, let's talk about this ongoing bart dispute. negotiators from both sides have finished two days of talk

. >> maybe carolyn was in her way saying okay, stoch grieving and get on -- stop grieving, and get onith christmas. >> reporter: exactly what they will do. >>> pope francis celebrated his first christmas eve mass as pope. he placed the statue of the baby jesus in the display, a sign usually performed by an aide. tomorrow, he will deliver his christmas message from the balcony overlooking st. peter's square. >>> we have had a number of these alerts, and they're going to keep coming. with this record warmth or above average temperature, you get more spare the air days and nights. here's the air quality layout for you as we head into tomorrow. santa clara valley in the worst area, in the red zone. 151, up into the unhealthy level. and right now, 5:00 am tomorrow, we've got the yule log going, christmas music as well. these are the highs from today. sanfael was a record, the jet stream is well to the north ever us. it stays there, out of our area. keeps us dry. we didn't have any real prospects for rain in the next couple days. these are the currents, these are the forecast overnight lows

plus the grieving father of a 6-year-old who tried to save his classmates joins me and pastor rick warren, his message for the parents of sandy hook. >>> a lot of people try to make it sound like well everything that happens is god's will. that's nonsense. god allows everything but god does not choose everything. >> i'll begin with the big story, the release of the sandy hook 911 tapes days before the first anniversary of that tragic history. adam lanza's aunt speaking out. marsha lanza, thanks for joining me. i'm aware you're the first member of the family to speak out since this appalling shooting. first of all, let me get your reaction to the release of the 911 tapes. have you heard them yourself and what do you feel about the release today? >> i've heard a portion of the tapes. i don't think the timing is right for them to be released. i think emotions are very raw and too soon. i really believe they need to wait. >> you're married to the brother of adam lanza's father. you didn't see adam lanza from i think when he was three years old but stayed in contact with his mother, nancy and

and hrufd ones finds a place to grieve. this is a national aids memorial, a fitting place to gath or world aids day. >> brought together different communities that work together, share their experiences and share their collective grieve and magnify their own sense of hope together. inside, photos taken by aids line the perimeter. the hurt the disease caused. too raw for some to relive. but, leaders say we must remember. aids is not just our past it is still plaguing communities in this country. >> i often say aids in america today is a black disease, black americans represent 10-12% of the u.s. population and represent nearly 50% of the estimated 1.1 million americans living with hiv. >> he says lack of affordable health care is a big obstacle to fighting hiv but education is another. that is why this student, laura potter, hopes to teach a new generation about hiv. >> i honestly think it has to come town with stigma and doctors need to think about ordering routine hiv test iting for absolutely everyone. >> reporter: decade

and tyrese gibson with whom he was particularly close -- >> we have seen him grieving on social mediarash site and indicative of the fact they were very, very tight. he had a very good relationship with his "fast & furious" cast mates. >> days later, those cast mates released this tribute. >> the most important thing in life will always be the people in this room. >> with his cast mates now grieving, "fast & furious" 7 has been put on hold and the future of the franchise is uncertain. in the end, walker left a lasting impression in life and death. >> you forgot that he was an actor. you forgot that he was a name. he was just -- he was a friend. we all lost a friend in this. >> focus. it is right here. it's what's important. it's what's of the heart. family, friends, the rest phew. >>> tonight, on "unguarded with rachel nichols" -- uncertain. nba superstar kobe bryant on returning to action eight months after rupturing his achilles tendon. >> did you really think i'm done, i'm going to retire now? >> oh yeah. that night. absolutely. >> unhinged. >> hey! champ here from "anchorman 2." i

then let's not grieve for what is inevertable. the end and the beginnings are unknown.e see only the intervening probations. that is why there is no need to grieve.he o supreme lord, lead us from untruth to truth, like our father nelson mandela. lead us from darkness to light, like our father nelson mandela and lead us from mortality like our father nelson mandela. may he rest in peace. amen. >> i begin with the opening chapters of the holy koran. [ speaking in foreign language ] all praises due to the almighty, lord of the world, who is unequal and unmatched in every one of his attributes. [ speaking in foreign language ] the ba neff sit, the merciful, the master of the day of judgment. [ speaking in foreign language ] o, almighty lord, you alone do we worship. you alone do we seek assistance from.. we extend our condolence to the mandela family and to the nation during this time of sadness for the passing away of madiba, a global icon of freedom in recent times. we place our endebtedness to madiba for his self-less efforts in salvaging the nation and leading it to the

. >> and a grieving husband battles a hospital to take his dying wife off life support. what the hospital is now refusing his request. >> just so wrong. it is wrong. near record warmth expected on this christmas eve right here in the bay area. i'll pinpoint those locations as the knew ever news continues -- news continues right here on kpix 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, almost 200- thousand homes without elec >>> some violent storms sweeping through france today leaving almost 200,000 homes without electricity. heavy flooding, winds up to 90 miles per hour killed at least three people there. 12-year-old boy was killed when construction material was blown on top of him and a work site. crews are working round the clock right now in france to clear down -- downed trees and power lines there. it's a mess. former national security analyst edward snowden says the mission is already accomplished. nodessen told the washington -- snowden told the "washington post" he's satisfied because journalists have been informal the public about the u.s -- informing the public about the u.s.' collect

notes that we may rapidly be reaching the point where respecting slash understanding mr sharon's grieving process becomes secondary to defending the actions of the leadership involved in this incident i've been described as a grieving father who will say anything to bring published city who will say anything i think the subtle implication they're not so with occasion if you will is that i'll make up things in order to try to publicize what happened to my son because i'm so overwrought with grief just people don't take accountability for their actions. and. this i forgive them i would but i have a lot of anger in my heart in my mind towards this man for what he did and the more i find out about the situation the more it it just it's unbelievable. you know there's a sort of old since the. soldier who gives his life for his country is a hero. and these people have given their life for their country. so there is a feeling i think i'm actually feeling the why should i burden the family complicate. things further for them i would love to believe that they're trying to protect us from the knowin

they are grieving in their own way. we have seen families come forward fighting for tougher federal gun legislation. we have seen sweeping legislation in connecticut following the tragic shooting, but not on a federal level. i have spoken with parents there. different community members who formed the newtown action alliance and fighting for change. i spoke with one of the fathers in newtown, not who lost a child, but has a child in newtown. he is on the foundation and action alliance. he says we will continue this fight. we believe there needs to be change. this morning, in the president's address, he said from the very beginning our efforts were led by the parents of newtown. men and women and possibly brave who stepped forward in the hope these might spare others their heart break. possibly brave. that really sums up what this entire community is and possibly brave. we wish them peace and comfort today. >> i remember seeing that people were sending 26 angels as you mentioned and 26 wreaths and 26 teddy bears because p

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so there's been a great deal of grieving in one sense already. he's been incredibly sick for years. people reflect on the life of nelson mandella. outside nelson mandella's home. thank you for staying up for the wee hours with us. lots more to come, stay with us. lots ahead. >>> when president obama visited south africa, he brought his family to see the cell where nelson mandella had been imprisoned. because he had been so ill this year, president obama did not personally visit with him. in fact, this is interesting. the only time the two men apparently ever met in person was in 2005 in washington when mr. obama was just starting his career in the united states senate. the one visit started when mr. mandella's advisors told him while he was on a trip to washington. they too old him to take a time. and so senator obama got the call unexpectedly. he day verted course in washington and drove to mr. mandella's hotel room in washington. and that is where this picture was taken, which is the only picture of the two men ever taken. that's the only time they've brn photographed together. we

world's grieving the death of south african anti-apartheid icon nelson mandela to take a closer look at his legacy and how he overturned world opinion making the transition from being branded a terrorist to becoming a one of the greatest freedom fighters in history. sounds of fast food and retail workers in the u.s. staged a national strike on thursday calling for an increase to the minimum wage president obama pledged to push for higher salaries in the industry back in february but critics say little has been done since arches way to board i was at the protest in new york. what began here in new york city one year ago with just two hundred employees has exploded into arguably the biggest wave of protest in the history of america's fast food industry thousands of fast food employees in more than one hundred cities throughout this country have walked off the job thursday demanding an increase in minimum wage and the right to unionize now this movement is being spearheaded by an organization called fast food forward and the fast food workers that have joined the strike work at meijer r

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so, you know, there's been a great deal of grieving in one sense, already, people have become quite usedthis, this enactment, a 95-year-old man with a serious respiratory illness, who has been incredibly sick for several years now, dying at this grand old age, and was entirely predictable, but it was painful nonetheless. painful in those first few hours, talking to people here, listening to people, but i sense that even in those few hours since, the mood is slightly changing, as people reflect on the life of nelson mandela and what his sacrifice did for everyone here, rachel. >> rohit kachroo, thank you so much for staying up until the wee hours with us, i really appreciate you being there. thank you. we've got lots more to come. stay with us. @ñ >>> when president obama visited south africa this past summer, he brought his family to robin island to see the cell where nelson mandela had been imprisoned by the apartheid regime for so many years. because mr. mandela had been so ill this year, president obama did not personally visit with him while he was on that trip to south africa. in fa

that is why there is no need to grieve. supreme lord, leaders, like our father, nelson mandela, lead us from darkness to light like our father, nelson mandela, and lead us from death to immortality like our father, nelson mandela. may he rest in peace. amen. >> i begin with the opening chapters of the holy koran. [ speaking foreign language ] all praise is due to the almighty, not of the worlds who is unequal and unmatched in every one of his attributes. the beneficent, the merciful, the master of the day of judgment. [ speaking foreign language ] almighty lord, you alone do we worship. you alone do we seek assistance from. we extend our condolence to the mandela family and to the nation during this time of sadness over the passing away of madiba, a global icon of freedom in recent times. we place on record our indebtedness to madiba for his selfless efforts in salvaging the nation and leading him to the path of peace, reconciliation and harmony and laying the foundation of a free and prosperous south africa. almighty allow

does this shadowy figure show the actor trying to escape the burning car, as his grieving daughter paysribute to her dad. she's wearing his cap. then, the college quarterback sex scandal. the prominent columnist's advice to her

. >> my way of grieving is to be active and to ensure that this isn't just a senseless tragedy. this is my way of honoring dylan and the others that died, and providing him a legacy. >> ifill: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a hard-fought deal to set the federal government's spending for the next two years moved toward approval in congress today. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman has our report. >> the house will be in order. >> reporter: the house was gaveled into session, intent on finishing the bu

and tonight, her grieving mother has written a heartbreaking weather. the letter was released today from the grieving mother of jahi mcmath. more on the story. >> katy, this morning a judge granted a restraining order to allow jahi to remain on life support, on monday, they will appoint a neurologist to deal with the case. her mother is trying to explain how she deals with the situation. >> reporter: in this picture, the mother of jahi mcmath holds her daughter's hand, and writes, they have been pressuring me to pull the plug, i can't, i wouldn't, i can't let them kill my baby a second time. this is the latest effort to keep pressure on children's hospital. tonight, jahi's uncle said that the community support brought this banner to sign in the lobby. >> i just want to thank everybody out in the community that has been showing their love and support. >> reporter: friday, the family got an independent restraining order to review jahi's condition, in a letter, she writes i never thought i would have to get a court order to make the hospital treat my famil

camera. >> it is painful think we have all had as rookie experiences, the editor says go to the grieving family and ask how they feel. how they feel? you want to know if the mother will say something bitter, angry, whatever, there are serious legitimate questions that could be answered but i err on the side of respect for people especially in this season of christmas. they lost children. little kids. this is the season of children and it is painful. i will say i think american media did not abandon the story, but you look at the number of people who have been killed in the year since, and the number of children killed by guns in homes, looking at school shootings, that such. >> but remember back to the actual time, there were anchors and reporters who went up there who cried on the air because it was so emotional for them. necessity knew that they -- it could have been their child. unlike when we were rookie reporters asking on the door how they felt, saying, the way you got people to talk or you can get them to talk, wouldn't you like a memory to exist for your child or show us his pict

they were simply grieving for a loved one. they didn't really want to get involved with any of the messiness, but they did feel like they wanted someone to reason to them, or they wanted -- you know, they didn't want to be cheated out of something either. and so i think for them it was harder to know how to go forward. i talked to a group in philadelphia. they were a philadelphia families' group, so they were, you know, not in the new york hubbub of it all. and i found them to be incredibly con them lative and reflective. -- contemplative and reflective. i mean, this was a couple of years later. of you know, at moments they were very angry, they did not like what was going on, and they shared that emotion very freely. but they could also talk about how they would imagine their feelings would change over time. right now it feels like a very personal place to them, but 20 years from now maybe it won't, and maybe that's how it should be, you know? so i think there was an awareness. >> host: we're here talking with and learning fr

and tyrese gibson with whom he was particularly close -- >> we have seen him grieving on social mediadicative of the fact they were very, very tight. he had a very good relationship with his "fast & furious" cast mates. >> days later, those cast mates released this tribute. >> the most important thing in life will always be the people in this room. >> with his cast mates now grieving, "fast & furious" 7 has been put on hold and the future of the franchise is uncertain. in the end, walker left a lasting impression in life and death. >> you forgot that he was an actor. you forgot that he was a name. he was just -- he was a friend. we all lost a friend in this. >> focus. it is right here. it's what's important. it's what's of the heart. family, friends, the rest -- phew. >>> two shots by my class. then we heard this screaming. >> just one year after the sandy hook school shooting. a student targeting a member of the faculty opens fire in colorado. the suspect, the motive and the investigation ahead. >>> this has been constant all day, yeah. >> if your teeth are chattering in the northeas

not only to grieve, and to remember them in some way special. >> so in 1973, robinson established the jackie robinson foundation. it assisted over 100 scholars. >> rachel realized it wasn't enough to just give financial support to college students. they needed to also reeve the accompanying strategy for success. >> sometimes when i see rachael robinson i kind of get tears. i feel so fortunate. >> now the foundation plans to reach further into the community and open the jackie robinson museum. >> people can begin to plan for their own involvement in the society. >> dedicated to service and leadership cools, this lend continues to invest her time in programs that will last. >> if we inspire people to take on more responsibility for the society, then we will have done a lot of what we had intended to do. >>> we'll be right back. promotional consideration provided by -- >>> our world with black enterprise is brought to you by mcdonald's. >>> that wraps it up for this edition of "our world with black enterprise." but sure to visit us on the web and like us on facebook. thanks for watching.

. >> they were giving the family the privacy and space to grieve, but this is a family and the community that still wants answers. >> more still to come on the program, including the statuesque figure of chairman ao. one man who has become a bit of an obsession. >> including members of my family. it is growing rapidly. >> it is europe's most sophisticated city. address it, it is my city. >> welcome to bbc world news. ending the violence in south meetings are continuing but heavy fighting still continues in the north. >> the controversial elections. an american held by al qaeda for over two years has appeared in a ling foro appea help. he had been working as a contractor for u.s. aid and suffers from a heart condition. >> dear mr. president, i am old and sick. i want to call home. please help me. a 72-year-old american aid worker held hostage for more than two years. >> i did so at a time when most americans would not come here. now i am forgotten. >> he was abducted just months after the american raid that killed osama bin laden. him is holding understood to be bin laden's successor. org

the grieving here in washington echoes south africa.he memory of nelson mandela is burning brightly. south africans are beginning ten days of good-byes. americans feel the loss. >> ohio and here at this time is just overwhelming. >> reporter: at the south african embassy in washington, hundreds are coming to pay their respects. >> i'm not sure obama would be president without mandela. >> he's changed not only south africa, but the world. everybody united today. >> reporter: apartheid was his mission. he brought white jailers to his presidential inauguration in >> reporter: the white house announced president obama will go to south africa joining world leaders and south africans for the funeral of nelson mandela. there will be a major memorial remembrance service here in washington for this foreign leader held in such high esteem by so many americans. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >>> you can offer your condolences to mandela's family at the national museum of african art. there's a condolence book on display. it will be there. howard un

town officials asked reporters to stay away and allow people there to grieve in private. there were no formal events held in the town today. the town asked people to honor those who lost their lives through acts of service and kindness. a few people gathered outside st. paul's church to pray and remember the victims. >> my hope would be that those of us who are marking this daewoo further our resolve to live in kindness and in generosity and in compassion. >> at the white house today, president obama and the first lady lit 26 candles for the 20 children and six educators who were shot to death. >>> in san francisco, a memorial to honor the lives lost at newtown was held at st. vincent depaul church. people rang bells for each of the 26 victims. the organizers, the group moms demand action, says this was one of about 50 events meant to push for common sense gun control laws across the country. >>> for many bay area residents, today's anniversary brought back memories of other shootings. as john sasaki reports, some say enough hasn't been done to stop the violence. >> repor

michelle grieved publicly.er be in my heart, was the most retweeted message this year. the singer and actress told ellen she mourned privately, at friend, kate hudson's, home. >> it was helpful to have a safe place to process and just have a minute to, you know, breathe before getting back to my house, which has a lot of memories. >> reporter: michelle teared up during the emotional interview. telling ellen she found comfort in going back to the set of "glee," where the pair met and fell in love. >> going to work is no harder than being at home, being at the house, and opening up the closet and seeing a pair of shoes. it's like there's -- grief goes with you every day. >> reporter: but she smiled broadly when remembering the good times. >> i literally lived every day of my life, feeling like the luckiest girl in the whole world. i just thought he was the greatest man. >> reporter: memories that help her go on. ♪ >> reporter: for "good morning america," aditi roy, abc news, los angeles. >> looks like she's doing