joining me now from newtown is connecticut senator john mckinney, who represents the area of connecticut that includes newtown. he sat next to the president at last night's vigil. sir, thank you for joining me. as we speak, we are going to be scrolling the names of victims that we know who are going to be buried this week, as we talked about today we have two of the youngest victims that are going to be laid to rest. but the hartford courant listed the obituaries of the victims and we know those start today. you attended this vigil and so many of us watched last night. you met with some of these families. so talk to us about where these families are in their healing process, how they are coping as they prepare to say good-bye. >> well, thomas, it's impossible to explain. as a father of three kids myself, i can't imagine the grief they're feeling. i will say, though, that having the president in newtown last night was a very important step in our healing process. i saw not just a president last night, but a father, and someone really hurt to his core and his presence there last night i th

claudia mckinney. >> we invented a person, claudia mckinney, and then her story was that her dad used to be a judge and that she was taking court evidence and putting it up on youtube. >> but "exhibit b-5" doesn't catch on right away. >> how's that? >> you look like al qaeda. >> to help it gain momentum kyle reaches out to his friend rainn wilson, star of the tv show "the office." >> i said would you mind tweeting about this. he said, yeah, man. it really took off because of that. really we owe the success of "exhibit b-5" to dwight on "the office." >> within a year, the video scores more than 6 million hits. >> i had no idea it would get the response that it did. like, whoa. >> comments pour in from viewers debating its validity. >> people arguing about it's real because of this. no, it's fake because of these top ten things. and that's really been the phenomenon that's kept it going and made it go viral was that argument. probably the most distressing stuff was the personal comments i would get as claudia mckinney. they would say, i could not sleep last night. please write back and

. >> host: to other examples in your book cynthia mckinney a member of congress try to get into her place of employment. >> guest: it is an important and new ones example by people can become so frustrated. in the instance race is not the issue. i try to go to a space where i belong. somebody is stopping me from entering. and must be something other than i don't have smite id or i am boisterous. we see their racial paranoia is that about up for population to find a way to want to be heard but to have these moments in a flash. but we are not sure. but there is no open and shut case. so to have somebody to say we don't want you in the town. a cop does not say racist things. but part of what they imagine is this is the politically correct way to do that. to disqualify me without invoking race but it is more slippery than the ways that you could imagine. >> guest. >> host: in your view professor jackson, are white people unfairly tarnished with the race card brush and do you include examples? >> guest: i decided to focus on how african-americans understand race through social paranoia. it mig

it was first of all you say these two was in retaliation for the mckinney. so let me say a couple of warts first about this law school and what i think about it which i have spoken on this subject before but i would like to read to rate my views on this matter the bill will not and this is certainly an unfriendly anti russian act and this is not about banning some officials from having bank accounts all the property abroad the point is they replaced one antisocial russian arbil with another they just can't let go of the past and this is very bad news poison our relationship now to be sure you were raised and option of russian children by foreigners some of which far as i know opinion polls indicate that an overwhelming majority of russian people are very negative about foreigners adopting our children we should do it ourselves we should encourage adoption of russian orphans or abandoned children by russian families but as for the us problem is not with the people who adopt russian children which of course there were some tragic incidents that we are aware of

list of russian officials whom the united states believed to be involved in the case of cynthia mckinney's scheme and now the act itself. puts a severe restrictions on the travel and freezes financial assets of the russian officials in question now the case of the game against. involved the russian lawyer who was arrested on tax evasion charges and died while they printed it for a limited confinement but again these two acts are seen as the latest developments in the diplomatic row which seems to not to get any better between russia and the united states despite the whole affair with the reset button. with high unemployment and no than the average life expectancy northeast of aig. in this facing tough times for the wealthy to sing out to the south of the country that's coming up. if you're from my generation or younger and you were born into the one percent that i have a lot of college debt i sure do you know the deal used to be that you paid a significant amount for education but in turn that gave you a much higher salary later but now the system works in reverse many young americans stud

the children in the dallas area had been sprinkling gasoline on a fire pit in the town of mckinney. the gasoline can blew up, burning the children. some were seriously injured. police say adults were inside the house when it happened. a man who had been working on a cell phone tower in spokane washington was left dangling sunday.after he slipped out of his harness. he was trapped for about 30 minutes - although a co- worker was able to hang onto him until firefighters arrived. they raised a ladder - and got him down safely. >> it is christmas eve and we have enjoyed a nice day with the sunshine, blue skies and clear conditions for this evening. great weather for traveling in. dry conditions and higher charge of a local airports, no delays. as to go towards tomorrow, that a creative rick story. the increase with clouds that could be a different--story. we are going to see the increasing clouds with a 50-50 day. cloudy, and to dry but there rainfall will be coming in for the afternoon and evening. it could be heavy, gusting at a 30-40 m.p.h.. and also, some cold and blustery wind. fut

the children in the dallas area had been sprinkling gasoline on a fire pit in the town of mckinney. the gasoline can blew up, burning the children. some were seriously injured. police say adults were inside the house when it happened. a man who had been working on a cell phone tower in spokane washington was left dangling in the air today. he slipped out of a harness and was trapped for nearlya co-worker was able to hang onto him until firefighters arrived. they raised a ladder - and got him down safely. >> some missing hikers have been found on oregon's mount hood. they were out on snow- shoes.and are in good condition tonight. they survived by staying in a warming shelter. the two women and one man called 911 from a cell phone sunday, after getting lost while trying to reach a cabin. >> and a beautiful evening for this christmas eve. some high clouds streaming in and yet another storm system in the pacific headed our way. mostly clear skies and we will see an increasing clouds as we get into the overnight hours for tonight. there are going to be cloudy skies. buttering should hold