harrowing and tearing our titles it's a very vivid phrase jon adams in the same era said jefferson's mind is poisoned with passion, prejudice and faction. hamilton said of jefferson this is how well it worked, hamilton said of jefferson anyone who cares about the liberty of the country and the welfare of the nation with great despair among jefferson's ascendance to the presidency, and jefferson with a fairly formidable and outreach to his friend said i will not suffer the slanders of a man for the moment at which history can stoop to notice him is a tissue of machinations against the liberty of the country which is not only received and given him bread, but needs honor on his head. hamilton responded by saying he was a fanatic public and atheist and religion and an anonymous letter writer from the camp once wrote jefferson i think you ought to get a kicking you've redheaded son of a bitch. [laughter] so, i know karl rove wants to think that he invented all of this but we have been fighting these battles for a long time. so, jefferson himself saw that we were all going to be divided.

thank you, adam. jon: my solution? i have two kids in college and don't have any money in the bank account. jenna: that is how it works. jon: i am not a target of hackers. jenna: jon scott, don't target him. empty pockets. jon: dream weather is moving into parts of the u.s. what it could mean for holiday travel as millions get ready for christmas. >>> the latest on the investigation in newtown, connecticut. we'll talk with a former fbi investigator about what law enforcement is doing to address the many still-unanswered questions can. jenna: welcome back, everyone. extreme weather moving through parts of the country today. you have high winds and mountain snow hitting portland, oregon. that's what you're seeing on your screen. also colorado, utah, wyoming bracing for several feet of snow. meteorologist maria molina from the fox news weather center. >> jenna, good to see you. not just out west but we expect the same snowstorm to track eastward and produce snow across parts of central plains, upper great lakes and eventu

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adam, thank you. jon: right now new violence in syria's civil war. state media there saying 29 students and a teacher were killed when a mortar slammed into a school outside damascus. and we have this. new amateur video said to be showing a government warplane on a bombing run over a damascus suburb. it is home to many rebels and their supporters. we can not confirm the authenticity of that video but we have no reasondoubt it e. conor powell live from jerusalem. >> reporter: jon, it appears the war in syria is entering a new phase. in recent days and weeks the syrian government faced a real military setback as rebels begin to advance towards damascus. that is one of the reason we've seen intense fighting around damascus and more and more of the syrian jets making bombing runs trying to attack the syrian opposition groups. the fear if the syrian government, the assad regime feels their grip is beginning to loosen and slip away that they will turn to chemical weapons. there is evidence according to u.s. around national intelligence officials say that t

jon: meantime investigators are trying to figure out what triggered adam lanza's deadly rampage. police say the 20-year-old killed his mother and took off with her guns heading to sandy hook elementary school with you've ammo to takeout about every student in there. >> 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 several -- 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 classroom. we surmise that it was during the second classroom episode that he heard responders coming and apparently at that decided to take his own life. jon: well three days after this carnage began the classes are canceled at sandy hook elementary school. there are now questions about whether the school will ever reopen its doors to the education of children. rick leventhal live in connecticut. therthere was a briefing. >> reporter: police told us they were tolding two crime scenes indefinitely. that includes the

adam, thank you very much. jon: some tough questions on capitol hill this morning.he senate foreign relations committee is demanding answer what is went wrong in benghazi on september 11th this year. that terror attack left four americans dead including ambassador chris stevens. anger is spilling over and a lot of talk about change coming from both sides. >> i looked at those people streaming through the front gate in benghazi. that wouldn't have taken that much to stop that attack if indeed they would have responded to it immediately. >> we learned some very hard and painful lessons this benghazi. we are already acting on them. we have to do better. >> the culture within the state department to me is one, that needs to be transformed. this committee can help. make the next secretary of state can help but the fact is there's a lot of work that needs to be done there. jon: joining us now, angela mcglowan, fox news political analyst. we know that sometime after susan rice spoke on those morning shows and said this was all about a spontaneous demonstration, and there w

jon. >> jenna there in newtown, jenna, thanks. we're learning more about the victims and the gunman. 20-year-old adam lanza. police say he shot and killed his mother at their home right there in newtown before driving to the school and unleashing his rage. this is a 2005 photo of the gunman. it is absolutely inexplicable what he has wrought on that tiny community and really on the entire nation and we're hoping to learn more from that news conference that we've been expecting now for the better part of two hours, when this news conference does begin. we'll certainly take you back there live. jenna? >> jon, peter doocy has been on the ground this morning as well and reporting on this story and peter, we're trying to piece together the best we can, the facts of what happened yesterday. what have you learned so far? >> jen, again, we've been waiting for the news conference more than two hours now, but the last update we got from the local police here is, as of about 7:30, 7:40 this morning is that at that time, there were still some bodies that remained inside the school building. and some bodies had been remo

uma: wow, very disturbing news, adam, something we'll have to keep a close watch on. thank you. >> reporter: absolutely. jon a big oops on a united airlines flight. a twin-engine turboprop had just taken off when a access cover falls off one of the engines. that caused an emergency landing and the passengers none too pleased as you can imagine. >>> a funeral today for a hero firefighter who was gunned down on christmas eve while responding to a fire. he died in the line of duty and today friend and family pay tribute. [ all ] 3, 2, 1... [ male announcer ] as the year counts down, your savings can add up with the adt new year's sale. help protect your family with the advanced technology of adt starting at just $99 -- a savings of $300 plus 15% off accessories. but you must call before midnight january 2nd. more than a security system, adt can help let your family in from the cold even when you're away from home. adjust your thermostat remotely to help save energy and money. turn on the lights, even see that everyone is safe and secure. and with adt, you can rely on our fast response monitoring for 24/7 prote

>> jon, i have just gotten off the phone with a federal law enforcement source who has known given me the timeline of events, as the feds believe it went down this morning. 20-year-old adamved with his mother here in newtown, connecticut. woke up this morning, shot her in the face. then got in her car and drove to her school, sandy hook elementary school, where she was a kindergarten teacher and shot 26 people in that school before killing himself. 20 children were among the dead. 18 at the school, two taken to a local hospital where they died at the hospital. and six other adults killed inside that school. then the shooter apparently killed himself. but again what i have been told is that this kid, adam lanza, 20 years old woke up this morning at his mother's home here in connecticut. shot her. then got in the car and went to the school with three weapons, glock, handgun and a rifle described as m-4 type assault rifle and shot up that school. police are at the school now. it's still an active crime scene investigation. everything has to be documented, and then the victims' bodies recovered. there is one adult recovering in the hospital. the shooter is dead. the father a