. >>> as we continue, nine years later, threats of violence have newtown schools closed yet again ♪ iee trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ this is elodia. she's a recording artist. 1 of 10 million people that comcast has connected to affordable internet in the last 10 years. and this is emmanuel, a future recording artist, and one of the millions of students we're connecting throughout the next 10. through projectup, comcast is committing $1 billion so millions more students, past... and present, can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. >>> today in newtown, connecticut, nine years after that deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary school, classes were held remotely. this time amid new threats of violence. here's anne thompson >> reporter: in newtown, connecticut, where nine years ago people vowed, never again after 20 children and 6 adults were killed at sandy hook elementary. >> you're supposed to come to these towns to be safe. that's why

. >>> as we continue, nine years later, threats of violence have newtown schools closed yet again >>> today in newtown, connecticut, nine years after that deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary school, classes were held remotely. this time amid new threats of violence. here's anne thompson >> reporter: in newtown, connecticut, where nine years ago people vowed, never again after 20 children and 6 adults were killed at sandy hook elementary. >> you're supposed to come to these towns to be safe. that's why we moved here. >> reporter: school was remote today because it's happened again. and again. and again. the most recent deadly school shooting last month at michigan's oxford high school, killing four students, sparking threats of violence across the country and in connecticut. what do these spikes in school violence tell us about the mental health of our children >> that it's not good. and that they have needs that aren't being met. and we need to rise to the occasion and meet those needs. >> reporter: in newtown, 154 rounds were fired in less than 5 minutes, killing 6 and 7-year-ol

everyone in newtown knew one of these families, two of these families. half of these kids went to the same church. the funerals we went to over and over again were at the same place, with the same priest presiding over funeral after funeral, wake after wake. and so sometimes those of us who work in and around this issue of gun violence get angry at our colleagues because how can you listen to stories of this grief -- and they happen in every state -- and choose not to act? lastly, i want to do something that i have done several times on the floor, because i am running out of ways to express what happened in sandy hook and why our inaction is inexcusable. i'm running out of turns of phrase to do it myself, so maybe the words of a parent will help you understand why we need to act. so i want to read a few excerpts from testimony that our friend neil heslin gave before the united states senate just two months after sandy hook occurred. neil is a complicated guy. he's a good friend. he's had hard times in his life. but his best friend was his son jesse lewis

make god bless all of those innocent lives in newtown. all of you who have been the victims of gun violence and your families have suffered from it. my heart breaks for you. we have to act. we can't give up. we gotta get it done. god bless you all and god bless the loved ones who left [inaudible] >> some powerful words from the president to take us off the air. that is our broadcast for this tuesday night with our thanks for being with us. on behalf of all my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, goodnight. full tonight on all in. >> mr. meadows received numerous text messages which he has produced without any privileged claim. indeed, some of these text messages came from members in the chamber right now. >> the full house votes on contempt for meadows, and the maga peace go silent. >> there has been zero mention on fox news of the text from mark meadows. >> tonight new evidence around donald trump's attempt to overthrow the government, and the right-wing media organ abetting. him >> there are some reports that antifa sympathizers may

may god bless all those innocent lives in newtown and all across the country, and all of you who havem it. my heart breaks for you but we have to act. we can't give up. we have to get it done. god bless you all and god bless the loved ones he left behind. >> some powerful words from the president to take us off the air. that is our broadcast for this tuesday night with boy, when it rains imports. perhaps the news gods are planning on taking an extra long holiday break this year. so they need to cram everything in now, today, before they go? maybe the news got so mad that they didn't get enough attention last week, or as children or something. so now they're making us pay for. it i don't know. but keeping up with the late breaking news, just today, for whatever reason, it has been like lucy and ethel trying to keep up with all the chocolates flying down the conveyor belt faster and faster. the news gods are -- [laughs] >> it's no mercy from the news gods today. let's start

today students in newtown remained at home due to anonymous threats that have plagued the school for calls or anonymous threats that raise levels of stress for the entire school community. in recent days schools across the state continue to face threats following the tragedy in michigan. here's what president obama said when he reflected on the mass murder at sandy hook in the final days of his presidency. >> every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. >> today president joe biden said this. >> for me and for about a rack the shooting at sandy hook elementary school was one of the saddest days we were in office. we came close to legislation but we came up short. it was so darn frustrating. and still frustrating now for you and me and so many others. there are three common sense bills to reduce gun violence that the senate should pass now. right away. long overdue. i know our politics is frustrating. can be frustrating. particularly frustrating now. but we can't give up hope. we can't stop. >> joining us no you is democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut. senator murphy

in a letter to parents, the newtown general of school says, aside from the emotion this day of oaks,ress for the entire school community. in recent, days schools across the state continue to face threats following the tragedy in michigan. here is what president obama said when he reflected on the mass murder were, in the final days of his presidency. >> >> every time i think about those kid to get me mad. >> today, president joe biden said this >> for me and for barack at the sandy hook elementary school was one of the saddest days that we were in office. those eight years. we came close to legislation. but we came up short, it was so frustrating. and it is still frustrating now, for you and for me and so many others. there are three common sense bills to reduce gun violence that the senate should pass now, right away and long overdue. and our policies is frustrating it can be frustrating particularly frustrating now. but we cannot give up hope, we cannot stop. >> joining us now is democratic senator chris murphy, and senator murphy thank you very much for joining us on this very dif

but to your question about moving the needle, look, it's been ten years since newtown, it's been 20 years since columbine. since then, we've developed a small but determined group of lawmakers in washington who try to act on background checks in the aftermath of these tragedies. listen to senator murphy earlier today on cnn. >> i've been in negotiations all year with senator toomey, with senator cornyn, with lindsey graham, trying to find a compromise that can get 60 votes in the senate. maybe this shooting will bring people back to the table. but we haven't taken a vote this year, in part because i've asked senator schumer for the rule to try to negotiate that compromise that you're talking about. listen, i wish my republican colleagues didn't sort of have epiphanies on this issue only after mass school shootings. >> reporter: now, joe, what we've seen in the past is that lawmakers after a period of time push back and say, well, the particular law that's being proposed wouldn't have stopped that particular tragedy, ignoring the overall pattern that we see in this country that we don't se

hook promise and the mother of dylan, who she lost to the horrific sandy hook school shooting in newtownthank you for being with us on such a tough topic. >> thank you for reaching out. i appreciate it. >> you know, a blog has surfaced by ethan crumbley's mother and it's a letter to donald trump in 2016, and blaming, among many things in the letter, immigrants for ruining her son's education, but also thanking trump for giving her the right to carry weapons on her job. knowing what law enforcement has uncovered so far, knowing that the parents have been charged, do you foresee this kind of becoming some potential precedent or are the allegations at this point too unique? >> i think that the right to bear arms comes with the right to safely store them as well, and that means that minors and prohibited people should not have access, so i do think if you're going to be a gun owner, that's your choice, but the responsible gun owners that i have spoken to around the country, even some yesterday, are all about safe storage, and that is paramount to safety for everyone. >> there have been some

and i just refused to be intimidated because i can't in good conscience after newtown, back down i i, ah, this issue is very simple to members of the public that somehow when you get into the charged environment in this building, it becomes more difficult. good morning everyone. thank you for being here. i'm going ahead and open up the senate committee on judiciary this morning. we have 4 bills that are before us, that we are going to be taking public testimony. each of these bills have amendments that will change the actual purpose of the bills and conducting today's hearing, i ask that everyone be respectful to the speakers and their views even though you may disagree with those positions. i think it's very important that we have this hearing debate to decide on what if anything it will be moving forward. senate bill $700.00 would finish closing the loophole to require background checks for all gum sales. he's bills will do nothing but target law abiding citizens. they're not gonna affect the criminals. they don't solve any of the problems that we've had. the fact that this state co

wounded at virginia tech, 14 years ago, for the 27 dead and two wounded at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut, 3,275 days ago, nine years ago, and for the 17 dead and 17 wounded at a high school in parkland three years ago, and for the four dead and seven wounded at a high school in oxford, michigan, two days ago, mr. speaker, we know what can be done to help save lives. we know that red flag laws are bipartisan and they save lives. we know that if we invest -- if we invest in mental health we can save lives. we know that background checks save lives. these are not partisan, these are not controversial. how many more scenes like the one in michigan do we need to see before this congress, the senate, the house, the white house get together to stop the violence? mr. speaker, it is urgent. the time to act is not now, it was years ago. we must come together and help save lives. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: w

he want to show you a live picture from newtown rose where they are dealing -- mount rose where they are dealing with a beautiful view that looks more like winter. er in seeing a mix of rain and snow in the mountains right now as we check out what's in store. there's a winter weather advisory. until -- until 9:00 p.m. carry the chains up to 21 inches expected for the peaks. three to six inches above 6,500 feet. a wirt storm warning goes up tonight at 9:00 and runs until 4:00 p.m. sunday with multiple rounds of heavy snow, you're going to have major travel delays up to nine feet over the peaks. so definitely hold off on travel after that. right now you can see in the sierra nevada, it's a rain-snow mix. and a -- locally you will notice that it's actually quiet. there are some slippery spots out there. a little bit of wet roadways around fairfield as we look across 80, heading into hillborn road as we widen out the picture here, rainfall totals, .44 inches in napa. san jose and the rain shadow picking up j.017 inches of rain. not bad for the system so far. the temperatures in the 40's,

the eastern city of newtown began b is truth and reconciliation commission has recommended. former president g, i germain stand trial for murder, torture and rape. ga, fled to exile in 2017 after refusing to accept the faith in presidential election. in his christmas blessing, the head of the roman catholic church has urged the world to turn to dialog. speaking from some paid his way in the vatican, francis said, or any dialogue could sell conflict. he drew attention to violence and syria, yemen, ukraine, and elsewhere. frances warned immense tragedies at being passed in silence. the largest and most powerful telescope ever built is due to go into space shortly. scientists hope the james web telescope will help us better understand stuff, and galaxy center over 13000000000 years old. once in space, the telescope will be used to look back in time to light from the, from the early universe to examine the creation of stars and galaxies. incredible stuff, those of a had, i'm seen. these continues here on al jazeera after the bottom line. ah . i am steve clements and i have a question. how does t

and today is the ninth anniversary of the sandy hook school shooting in newtown, connecticu the 2012assacre claimed the lives of 26 schoolchildren and six educators. since sandy hook, there have been three under 50 u.s. school shootings including 28 this year but there still has been no major change in a federal gun safety policy in the united states. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show with a shocking yahoo! news exposÉ about a secretive customs and border protection unit that investigated as many as 20 journalists and their contacts by using government databases intended to track terrorists. those investigated by cbp's so-called counter network division include the pulitzer prize-winning associated press reporter martha mendoza, along with others at "the huffington post," "the wall

district to some national resources, people that have helped out of out in parkland, helped out in newtown, in tragedies there. they want to avail themselves of those resources, that's great. and if not, we certainly understand. look, the good news is that when a tragedy happens, there's an outpouring of support for the affected school or district. but it also puts a lot of pressure on the school or district, and we understand that the district has to sift through those potential resources and make determinations of what-- what works best for it and what, perhaps, they can set aside. >> yang: and the young man who has been charged with this shooting, we're learning that there was concern about some of his classroom behavior. his parents were actually at the school for a meeting the morning of the shooting. are there things that you're learning from that, that could be helpful as you move forward?r >> it is very, very difficult to determine for many, many, many of these incidents that a person is going to take action. and if he or she is going to take action when he or she is going to do so

today marks nine years since the tragic mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticutople, including children were gunned down in one of the deadliest mass shootings in u. s history. all of the 20 children killed and seven years old, three teachers, a principle a therapist and i psychologist were also killed. today president biden marked the anniversary with a renewed pledge to address mass shootings. in my budget. i'm called. i'm confident, doubling the funding for gun violence prevention research. including examining gun violence as a public health threat, which it is in my view, everything changed that morning for you. and the nation was shocked. for me and for barack the shooting at sandy hook elementary school. with one of the saddest days we were in office those eight yeard back better legislation would make a $5 billion investment in community violence prevention and intervention programs. full of family thought really that they would never be reunited with an heirloom after it was stolen 35 years ago. and i said , hey, look at this that you know they're selling

in a little over a week we will mark the ninth year since the massacre at sandy hook elementary in newtownates defeated several measures in the u.s. senate to expand gun reform as the vote failed the survivors of recent shootings stood in the gallery and shouted down to the senators, "shame on you." well, tonight i will use those same words in describing our nation's continuing apathy and political paralysis over gun violence in schools, which is truly the absolute worst. shame on you. i'm now joined by david hogg, parkland survivor and co-founder of march for our lives. and david, i haven't seen you in quite a long time. it is always good to see you. i wonder how you look at this as an activist, as a young man who survived this horror, to see it happen again and again and again and no amount of fear and terror of children changes anything. >> yeah. i mean, the way that i react to it is i think of how deeply saddening it is that we're at this place in our country right now and that unfortunately throughout u.s. history time and time again when our country is in moments of crisis like this

beautiful, innocent children and six dedicated, courageous educators at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. whenever i talk about this subject in this chamber, i see them in the gallery. i see them in the gallery on the day that we failed. we failed by just a handful of votes to reach the 60 that we needed to pass a background check proposal. and one of them shouted, shame. shame. and it was shameful and disgraceful that we failed to act on that day. think of how many lives we could have saved. you know, in this body we talk endlessly and sometimes we act in a way that can affect real lives and real people. we could have saved real lives and real people on that day. not all the lives lost to gun violence, the tens of thousands who have perished since then, but some of them. when you save one life, you save the world. that's an adage in my faith. we had it within our grasp to save lives and to help save the world. but we failed then and again today we failed. even with the impetus with that horror in our minds and before us played again and again and for me the voices of those

>> dana: you can go to newtown, pennsylvania starts at five. >> bill: what's your website? >> bill: good morning. assessing the damage in the heartland. unbelievable. these tornadoes tearing through six states the images are stunning and endless unfortunately. at least 88 dead, one of the youngest victims only 2 months old. president biden visits there tomorrow ongoing search and rescue operations, more on that coming up in moments. take you back live to mayfield, kentucky. they have stories to tell. first the president vladimir -- the vice precedent missing on the southern border. >> dana: president biden asked harris to take the lead on immigration in march. she went to guatemala in june. according to the country's president it has been radio silence ever since. peter doocy asked jen psaki about it yesterday. >> is vice president harris still in charge of addressing the root causes of migration from el salvador, honduras and guatemala? >> she is. she is announcing a commitment this afternoon. >> why hasn't she spoken to the president of guatemala since june, six months? >

when we think about newtown, what happened there. and so many other communities that have been ripped apart by that nightmare that happened yesterday. we live in a distraught present in america. more people have died in my lifetime from gun violence than have died in all of our american wars combined, from the revolutionary war to the civil war to world war i and ii and vietnam and the 20-year war on terror. more have died in gun violence in just the last 50 years. our gun murder rate is 25 times higher than the next closer country. not double, not trim, not quadruple, 25 times more high than the next closest country. and 90 americans are dying every day from gun violence. not to mention the many more like the seven from oxford, michigan, that have had their health shattered by gunshot wounds tearing through their bodies. and our kids, our american children. according to every town for gun safety, firearms are the leading cause of death for american children and teens, the number one cause of death. we know that teens are dying at al

. >> you know, if the slaughter of babies in newtown, connecticut, wasn't enough to get congress to move on this issue, sadly, i'm not sure what will. but it is -- >> we have to keep working on it, jonathan. can't stop. >> it's good that the white house is still working on it and that the president has this as top of mind. karine jean-pierre, principle deputy press secretary at the white house. thank you very much for coming back to the sunday show. >> appreciate it. >>> coming up, which camera? could this be the beginning of the end for roe v. wade and what does it mean for other precedent setting cases before the supreme court? we'll discuss that next. (vo) t-mobile for business helps small business owners prosper during their most important time of year. when you switch to t-mobile and bring your own device, we'll pay off your phone up to $1000. you can keep your phone. keep your number. and get your employees connected on the largest and fastest 5g network. plus, we give you $200 in facebook ads on us! so you can reach more customers, create more opportunities, and finish this year s

why you see, nicole, in some cases, and i think the shooting -- the awful shooting at sandy hook in newtownlaintiff can't meet it, they lose. >> so, your sense, chuck, just to make sure i understand you, is that you understand sort of the emotional underpinnings but on questions of the law, it's not a good case? is that your sense? >> well, i don't know yet if it's a good case or a bad case. i read the lawsuit today, all 46 pages, and the allegations are deeply disturbing. but there's a difference, nicole, and this goes, i hope, right to your question, about making allegations that are disturbing and winning a lawsuit. it's hard to win these lawsuits. now, maybe the district decides it wants to settle because they want to mitigate or minimize the risk of losing at trial. that happens too. but you still have to prove the case, and again, making a mistake, even a catastrophic mistake, is not the same. it doesn't equate to being deliberately indifferent to the lives of the students and the school. i think that this is a hard lawsuit to win. i don't think it's an impossible lawsuit to win. and

. >> dana: you can go to newtown, pennsylvania starts at five. >> bill: what's your website?st victims only 2 months old. president biden visits there tomorrow ongoing search and rescue operations, more on that coming up in moments. take you back live to mayfield, kentucky. they have stories to tell. first the president vladimir

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. >> well, willie, again, the question that i've had since newtown is, who could be against universalcks? who in good faith could be against universal background checks? nine out of ten americans support that. republicans support it. the majority of nra members support it. the majority of every idealogical group supports universal background checks. why not do that? why not require gun safety, more rigorous gun safety at home, so 15-year-old kids can't get hold of guns, 17-year-old kids can't get ahold of ar-15s and go to kenosha. so our children understand that they can't do that. and the parents or others understand, if you don't lock your gun up and if somebody does, you're going to be responsible. there has to be a way, again, to enact gun safety laws that protect our children and protect our families. >> well, we don't know all the details yet, but it appears to be exactly what you described in this terrible case in michigan. you had a 15-year-old high school sophomore who took a gun that was purchased by his father on black friday, so just a few days ago, the sheriff says. he wa