one of the children killed was 6-year-old jesse lewis.other scarlet has written a book called nurturing, healing and love. and she joins me now. it is so good to have you here. and thank you for joining us. when you had the devastating news that jessie had been killed at the school, you found that jessie had been instrumental in saving some of the other kids' lives. >> nine lives, yes. >> how did he do that? >> the shooter entered his classroom and continued his killing spree, killing jessie's beloved miss soto, his teacher and then his gun ran out of bullets. so during the short time it took for him to disengage his clip and reload, jessie sensing the delay, yelled out to nine of his classmates for them to run. and it was because they ran they were saved. jessie was a hero that day, not just a victim. i can't imagine a 6-year-old to have the presence of mind to take that kind of action. i would think he would be, like all of them, just terrified. how surprised when you found out jessie acted so unselfishly? >> when i was at the firehouse

allison, wyatt, olivia, dylan, hockley, jesse lewis and avielle richmond. >> she has now learned even more about the sister who stood before that gunman. >> she had her keys in her hand ready to lock her door, and unfortunately she didn't have the time to do that. >> as she stood there, one group of children running for the door. nine got out, two more survived hiding in the bathroom. >> the photograph that the whole world saw of you. >> it is hard seeing that photo, because i can remember exactly what i was thinking, exactly where i was waiting to hear about my sister. i can remember everything about that moment. >> she had called a friend with the news. her sister was going to make gingerbread houses with the children that day, and she also learned her sister had taken out a book. >> she earlier went to the library before school started and took out a book called "what would you do with a tail like this?" and since then, all copies of that book are dedicated to my sister which is amazing. >> there were so many facebook posts about your sister. and i wanted to read from a couple. thi

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his 6-year-old son jesse lewis died trying to help his classmates.irst of all, your reaction to that interview with marcia lanza, the first member of the family of the shooter to come out and speak in public. what did you make of it? >> i respect her for coming forth and speaking. i personally don't hold the family responsible for adam's actions. my heart goes out to the family the same as it does the other victims's families. i had the opportunity this past year to speak with mr. lanza. >> adam lanza's father. what was that meeting like for you? >> it was -- it felt good after i met with him and spoke with him. it was something i wanted to do and needed to do. it wasn't any answer to why it happened or what could have been done to prevent it. he was a father that lot of a son as i did. i said that last year. he is carrying a bigger burden than i am. our loved ones will be honored and remembered for the tragedy. they are victims. his son will be remembered as a massacre killer. mr. lanza was a very nice, very caring, very respectful person. it was cl

she is now on the advisory board of the jesse lewis foundation and invited us down to join her in here she gives every year. >> we saw another tragedy earlier this year which encourages you to pursue this message of love. this young boy, the 8-year-old boston marathon victim, tell me why he inspired in particular. >> after the boston bombing, i traveled up to the peace institute and that is where his family was from. and i met with them and we had been talking, she was a great source of comfort to me and i love what she is doing up there. she does great work. she has a curriculum and on my way up there, i saw the sign that he was holding in the newspaper and it said let's stop hurting one another. and i had this feeling that this message coming from the children is that clearly this needs to stop and we need to start becoming more compassionate to one another. >> listening to you, you have remarkable poise. you are so in control, you must have away from this as you suggested terrible days. days were you have unimaginable grief. how do you find the strength to do what you do, to be out

. >> we will be lighting a candle on behalf of jesse mccord lewis. >> we're going to light a candle iner, emilie. >> we will light a candle for my mom, dawn hawkspring. >> we will light a candle for my older sister, victoria. >> we will be lighting a candle for my sweet boy, jack. >> we will be lighting a candle in honor of our beautiful girl, grace. >> we will be lighting a candle for our gorgeous daughter, avielle. >> we will be lighting a candle for our beautiful daughter, anna. >> we will be lighting a candle for our sweet son daniel. >> we will be lighting a candle for my daughter, lauren. >> we will light a candle for jace. >> we will be lighting a candle for our irrepressible benny. >> ooh, gut wrenching. one year later. joining me now, frank, the director of the school of public and media affairs in georgetown university. cnn will be covering the story. we will not be in newtown. we will be doing it from afar. but based on the families and the town that we heard from, how should the media balance coverage? >> well, the first thing the media should do, and i'm glad to hear what

louis would have to weigh what this extension of jesse lewis from st. louis was going to cost. he was an administrator, and so when father de smet found these indians, in fact, they found him, what happened was he was a missionary among the pottawattamie indians from council bluffs, iowa. and one day he saw a group of canoes from the missouri river. he went down to greet them and as he went down to greet them, he heard them speaking to one another in french. french, his native language. how could this be that they were speaking french? he came to find out that they were your quite indians, that the iroquois indians are from a jesuit area of new friends. they are from the saint lawrence river. well, what happened was when for trade companies moved across the map of canada they more or less leapfrogged across each other. in other words, the hudson bay company would trap that a certain area and the competing company, the northwest company, which leapfrogged over them to areas that have not been trapped out. and the paddlers for the northwest country -- company were recruited from

scarlett lewis whose son jesse was killed at sandy hook elementary school, said she believes the tragedy could have been stopped with better mental health care. >> the whole tragedy started with adam lanza, he didn't know how to handle it. >> reporter: starting conversations is one of the way these families want america to honor their children. >> it's starts within our home and it starts within our communities. >> reporter: so many newtown families told me they hope this is just the beginning. politically, mental health care may be easier to change than gun laws, but they'd also like to see change there too. despite all the calls for change after newtown, it's worth noting there have been 16 more school shootings since then, brian. >> kate snow back in our new york studios tonight. kate, thanks for your reporting. >>> and we're back in a moment with a new message and a photo we received from high above today. >>> the founder and chairman of lululemon has resigned forced out of a job running the company he started because of remarks he made about their own customer that did not go over w

scarlet lewis, whose son, jesse, was killed at sandy hook elementary school, said she believes the tragedyould have been stopped with better mental health care. >> the whole tragedy started with adam lanza, he didn't know how to handle it. >> reporter: they came to honor the children. >> it starts within our homes and communities. >> so many newtown families told me they hope it is just the beginning, politically, mental health care may be easier to change than gun laws, but also would like change there, as well. and since the newtown shooting, it is noteworthy to point out there have been 16 school shootings since then. >>> kate snow, thank you for your reporting. >>> we'll be right back with a message and a photo we received from high above today. o we rece above today. afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. b

scarlet lewis, jesse's mom, is also a hero. she heard about the cruz family, who had lost two of their children to a drunk driver. scarlet responded with that same resilience and strength by offering to give a fund-raiser for the cruz family. and when she asked -- was asked about her family and about what she had done, she explained -- quote -- "what brings meaning to the suffering is doing something for someone else. in doing something for them, i'm also helping my own healing." nearly 90% of americans support commonsense measures like background checks, a number that is virtually unchanged since the issue soared to the forefront of our political discourse in the wake of sandy hook. even in gun-owning households, the support is virtually identical, 88%. that figure hasn't changed. and a mountain of public support has failed to produce measures, but our resolve is unchanged. because those memories of sandy hook, those examples of kindness and compassion will drive us forward. and so will the more than 10,000 other victims, incl