pete, what do you have? >> craig, well, we have now been told we were -- there's been a sort of confusing bit of information about a potential shooting away from the school. and we've now been told by a couple of sources that another family member of ryan lanza, the shooting -- the gunman here, another family member was found shot to death at the family member's home in newtown, connecticut. now, i don't know what the relationship was. what the relative -- whether it was a parent or a sibling or what of ryan lanza but the second person, because i say second, because authorities tell us that he shot his mother who taught at the school. but that apparently a second family member has been found sot to death at the family member's home in newtown. now, initially there were some reports as i say it happened in new jersey. how we are told it was in newtown, connecticut. but we don't know what the relationship was and we don't know, of course, the time frame. obviously, this happened before the school shooting but

hour are josh brown, pete najarian, simon baker and j.j. pete, apple not far from the november low of 505. >> right. it's catching up very, very rapidly right now. it's been something where i know we've been talking about this stock a lot and i know a lot of people are just concerned about the fact that maybe it's over talked but it is apple. it was the highest valued stock and continues to be. the sell off is extreme. i am in the camp i think folks are selling for tax reasons. i know there are a lot of different opinions. slowness of maybe the iphone 5 sales and the rest of it we've heard time and time again. i still don't buy into that whole thing. i think this is tax selling. i'm waiting. i think there are opportunities. i think you can continue to wait. i don't think you have to pounce on apple just yet. i think it gets below 500. >> when does the selling stop? >> that is what everybody wants to know. when does the selling stop? >> i don't know that i have the answer but i'll tell you the way i would be thinking about this. i agree with

i'll send it back to you right now. >> pete is reporting now. pete williams is reporting that according to federal officials the total number of dead now are 26. obviously fast-moving events as we await for law enforcement, we've been told by jay carney that the president was notified in the oval office at 10:30 this morning by jon brennan, his homeland security advisor of the evolving situation in connecticut. we can see that ambulances and emergency responders went to the scene immediately. there were, of course, horrifically children witnessing all of this. here's some of what they said. >> i was in a gym, and i heard a loud -- well, i heard, like, seven loud booms, and the gym teachers told us to go in the corner, so we all huddled, and i kept hearing these booming noises, and we all started -- well, we didn't scream. we started crying. so all the gym teachers told us to go into the office where no one could find us, so then a police officer came in and told us to run outside, so we did, and we came in the firehouse and waited for our parent

pete najarian is but pete says no fries with this. pete, why do you like this? >> i think this is one of the greatest management teams that exists out there. and i think even though they've gone through transitions, they know how to react and obviously they know how to accelerate things when markets are working in their favor. they know how to work the balance to change their stores, their menus, to be able to adjust on the fly better than anybody out there. when you look at the mccafes, how about the double-digit comparables for breakfasts in china and the fact they're going to have 2,000 stores. >> first of all, i think you're confusing your culinary fantasies with the stock selection. it's a 10% grower. the environment has gotten so promotional and you can't really say that the management team is great. true, thompson's been there for 22 years. new ceo, but skinner's gone. and by the way, so many ceos left on top -- they've left while they're on top because the there's no gas in the tank. that's a trade if it happens. you'll see some short covering. bottom li

pete, what do you say? >> i was a buying. and it was because of the fact, over the last week or so, we've seen nothing but upside buying in the banking stocks, ever sense december 5th broke above that 50-day moving average. last day, week, 475,000 calls at 200,000 puts. it's telling me right now, financials are going higher. we alaskaic active aactivity at stanley, goldman sachs. >> you believe the whole market will be pushed higher because of that move? >> absolutely. i think it's the financials lifting us. >> tim? >> at the risk of agreeing with pete, i'm a buyer -- >> you're smart. >> it's macro reasons. this is a reason to be excited. this is a momentum shift. there's reasons and we know this, we're going to talk about the election later. but this tells me people are taking risk. i spoke about it in the morning meeting, if we get over 200, 175 in the ten-year on the yield, it's a very bullish sign. we've been there four times in the last four months. i want to see this break higher before i'm convinced. it's been a great

nbc's pete williams is in washington. pete with a good day, what have you learned? >> reporter: alex, the connecticut authorities have not yet formally identified the gunman, but we're been told and i think it's widely known it's adam lanza is his name, 20 years old who was living with his mother. they say the shooting actually began that morning about three miles from the school at the home where he was living with his mother, that he shot her then drove her car to the school. now we're told that he had actually four handguns when he entered the school. we had known about the first two. they say there were two others that were found. and then he also had a rifle that was not brought into the school we're told by several officials, that it was left in the car, and that all these weapons were legally purchased by his parents. although officials say on tuesday of this past week adam lanza went to a sporting goods store in connecticut and tried to buy a rifle but was turned down for various reasons, because of the connecticut firearm restrictions laws. now the other th

. >> pete? >> if we start to get ourselves into some sort of position, the housing recovery has already started. i think that's why the financials really are one of the airs i'd see the most explosive upside. bank of america trades half times book. they are very leveraged. if they can get past a few more hurdles, and they can actually at some point implement a dividend yield, suddenly the stock gets a lot more attractive to just about everybody. warren buffett's in it, i'm in it. >> but is a dividend yield the only -- >> no. >> i see lending being okay, but the spreads aren't that great. do you want to lend for 30-year-olds on a mortgage. where is the growth going to come from? >> take a look at what their cash, right now, what their generation is, just unbelievable. these are money making machines right now. if the government gets out of their way and they can continue this and continue with the housing improvements that we're seeing, some of the refinancing. they were talking about how they wa

pete? >> i like usg.eason i do is for a variety of reasons, one of which is goldman just recently talked about it in a very positive manner. you also had rbc talking about it in a very positive manner, putting it as a top pick. when you look at this as the derivative off the housing play, berkshire hathaway, i think the stock's cheap. >> joe? >> talked about financials before. you will continue to see reserve releases. goldman sachs, tremendous appreciation potential in 2013. in the regionals, look for m & a activities. >> doc? >> i like vmware. i think the pause button has been hit by europe in particular and by u.s. companies as well. i think they take their finger off the pause button and this thing goes back to work. this is one of those great stories that just continues to move forward because of the adoption of virtualization and the cloud, whether it's amazon or anybody else. i love this play. >> we spin the wheel, whether does it stop in 2013? what's the winner? >> i think for me the winner will b

pete, stocks up nearly 5%. if there was something to hang on here china wasn't exactly going gang bust eers for nike. >> no but apparel sales were up and a lot of that has to do with the affiliation they're part now of the nfl. they're talking about some innovations going into other sports, the men's sports apparel. that is huge for nike right now. at these levels you could actually wait for the simmering, the little overflow to the upside to pull back under a hundred but i like the stock a lot and i think when they talk about their margins they talked about the fact that they've seen some compression but actually see the whole year very flat. >> red hat is also higher on better than expected numbers. the software provider seeing strong growth in its subscription business. doc, let's look at 3.75% today. >> i imagine if we didn't have the drag of the market against it, scott, when you look at this one they had 25 deals up for renewal. all of them renewed at 120% of the previous price they were willing to pay. i

quite a run since pete's call. what happened? >> this is a name i didn't want to short it but i didn't see anything for the upside because oaf what they told us. over the last week and a half this stock has started to move to the upside. i like the story. a lot of it had to do with the cost. the margins were coming down. i stayed away with it for that reason. i missed this move. >> whenever you mention sheepskin he giggles. >> what is the name of this segment that we do? >> the good, the bad and the ugly. >> what is our ugly. >> the ugly is -- >> wow! >> that is something special. >> octopus on my face. >> that is ugly. >> looks like pirates of caribbean. >> seriously. i don't think that is funny. >> it was supposed to be ugly which it was. >>> coming up next how companies are setting up to reward share holders next year and how you can take advantage right now. >>> later on in the new year without these stocks we will head to the twitter sphere to tell you which to leave behind in 2012. >>> welcome back to "fast money." we are l

zimplt nbc news chief justice correspondent pete wmsz joins us now.hat is the latest information that you have? >> well, i think we have to be very cautious here and say this number is undoubtedly going to change as we go through the next few hours here as the authorities in connecticut finish going through the school, but this is appearing -- this looks like it's going to be the worst school shooting in recent u.s. history. we have been told that the number of shooting victims is around 20. that's children and adults. there are indication that is it's going to be higher than that. we just don't have a firm number at this point, but i think the point is that there are a number of children that were shot, a number that were apparently killed. this will be the worst school shooting here perhaps in u.s. history. >> thanks for the update. pete, i want to go now to a local reporter on the scene who has some updates for us. liz, can you tell us what you have learned? this is obviously a fluid situation. if you could give us the latest. >> good morning. i ca

>> pete williams on the latest known about this case.ete, thank you for that. >>> they weren't given much time to leave their mark on the world before they were taken away, but today we learn more about the very young lives lost in this tragedy. nbc's kate snow has their stories tonight from newtown. >> we gather here in memory of 20 beautiful children. and six remarkable adults. >> reporter: the president named every single child lost. >> charlotte -- >> reporter: 6-year-old charlotte bacon loved being a daisy scout. her uncle told a newspaper charlotte's mom led the troop of ten girls. only five are still alive. >> daniel. olivia. >> reporter: daniel barden, olivia engel. her cousin and god mother told us olivia's 3-year-old little brother keeps asking for her. >> he's asking for via. where is via? when is via coming home? >> reporter: josephine gay, just celebrated her 7th birthday last tuesday. ♪ >>> this song, anna grace, was composed for anna marquez greene by her father jimmy a jazz saxophonist. anna was singing, he said, before s

justice correspondent pete williams is live for us at the supreme court.is now two weeks in a row, pete, that we thought we would get an answer to them about how they would plan on taking up this question of gay marriage. >> right. two case, the defense of marriage act and proposition 8 from california. nothing on the orders list today. so we'll find out later today whether the court is going to take it up again at its closed door conference on this friday. so my guess is this friday will be the next day we'll find out whether or not they'll take either of these two cases, chuck. >> and, pete, your expectation is can they put it all into one case or -- >> reporter: no, they can't. they're completely separate issues. the defense of marriage act is a federal law. it says nothing about whether states have to recognize gay marriage. it just says that if they do the federal government won't recognize them. the prop 8 case potentially raises a much more fundamental issue whether a state can deny same-sex marriage. the court could decide it on much more narrow gr

we are going to miss pete. followed also by howard berman from southern california, background at ucla and law degree from ucla. i was a staff member when he was a california legislator. he came with a background in vista and got elected to the house and has been the leading ranking democrat, probably the most trusted person in congress for foreign affairs. and with his background in labor issues for farmworkers in california and advances they made under federal law. but also as the speaker pointed out, as the leader pointed, one of the few persons that understand patent law, copyright, trademark, all those things important to the entertainment industry and the manufacturing, electronics industry and information technology industry. he has been a senior member. so we're going to miss him deeply, deeply. i feel like a son of howard berman. he ran for the state assembly. i'm going to miss him. lynn woolsey's 10 terms, senior to me. i got elected six months after lynn got sworn in. i remember how proud i was of he

i have to correct something pete najarian said.ou said we have no certainty. >> do that at your own risk. >> we have a lot of certainty. we are certain there is uncertainty . there you go. a great call actually. >> count on sully to shine some light. >> i'm tired. give me a break. >> i want to write that down. let's talk herbal life. it is not the only stock that's been hammered that's come back this week as the end of the year has approached. what in the world would do you with this one if anything? >> i think you've got a real shot here. i think jimmy cramer said it when he talked about tortious interference and so forth. basically they're going to be going after ackman and the folks that have come after them so aggressively. i think they've hired up david boyes law firm, did microsoft and the u.s. and bush vs. gore. this is the law firm from that. i think this is a big deal and they're going to go after him hard. >> you're telling me you'd buy the stock? >> i did a few days ago but unfortunately liquidated it two days ago when i

pete, what are you talking about, you lost your tools.ble to try to build back that inventory? >> you know, i got my first screwdriver the other day and looking at it, af long way to go, my tools are my life. i built that house near scratch and i bought a shack and built it into a mansion in my eyes, you know? >> if you could ask the american people to remember a couple of things about that, john, what would it be? it's been five weeks, and christmas is coming and people move on. what would you like people to know? >> one thing, this country is the greatest country in the world, okay? and we always help other countries, we send money to aid to every country that has some type of disaster or catastrophe, whether it's haiti, thailand, wherever it may be. we have our own national disaster here. we need help from the government. obama said he wasn't going to leave until we're taken care of, we want to see if that happens. >> dana: that's a good point. alison, anything left to say? >> i agree, i agree. i believe there's money there to fix us a

he was killed. - pete ramirez?hink if it was an indian who started the stampede that killed your father, it was this kind of an indian. a kilgore man. what now, sheriff? - i'm going to see mr. kilgore. - you'll be gunned down. - i'll take that chance. [badge clatters] - this is no time to throw away your badge. it's the time to wear it. - what good's a badge in this town? can i make up a posse and go after him? he owns the town and everybody in it. who would be the prosecutor against kilgore? who would be the judge? who would be the jury? and what do you aim to do with these buzzards? they'll be out of here by morning. - i'm going to keep them out of town until we need them. you can't go after personal revenge now, sheriff. there's an indian war due to break at any moment. - then you say what to do. - we've got to expose kilgore and cassidy as troublemakers and place them behind bars. that'll give us enough time to get evidence to convict them. but we'll need a federal warrant and a federal marshal to serve it. - w

can you confirm that, pete?ot heard anything about a mask, but i am told he was dressed all in black, that eegt reelgt. >> nbc, pete williams, thank you for your reporting tonight. >> you bet. >> more on this terrible tragedy in connecticut ahead. don't go over 2000... 1200 calories a day. carbs are bad. carbs are good. the story keeps changing. so i'm not listening... to anyone but myself. i know better nutrition when i see it: great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. search great grains and see for yourself. for multi grain flakes that are an excellent source of fiber try great grains banana nut crunch and cranberry almond crunch. >>> more of our breaking news coverage of the school shootings is next. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet,

albert brooks plays pete's dad. and piece is one of those people who had-- he tried to have one kid when he was in his 60s. and it turned out he had three. he had three kid its. he had an in vitro gone terribly right. and john lithgow-- is debbie's father. >> who started another family after-- abandoning us. es a he a little more focused on the new family. >> rose: roll tape, look at this. >> you need to get outside more, do some playing outside. >> yeah. you can build things-- you could build a fort outside. >> what? >> yeah, build a fort. play with your friends and -- >> make a fort, outside? and do what? >> have little-- . >> rose: do what in the fort. >> when i was a kid we used to build tree houses and play about sticks. >> nobody plays with sticks. >> you and charlotte can have a lemonade stand. >> play kick the can. >> look for dead bodies withness that's fun to do. >> get a tire and take a stick and run with it. >> nobody does that crap, it's 2012. >> you don't need technology. >> no technology. >> put that

. >> cris: it was funny talking to pete about him. he said people warned me when i met him at the senior bowl, he goes, now, you know, be careful because you'll think he is one of those artists, you know, that can kind of trick you and fool y you, but he has lived up to it on an everyday basis and nobody works harder in the building and pete carroll is his biggest fan, no question. >> al: this team has drafted extremely well and made a lot of great choices. thorough a major big-time role right now. and everything is lining up perfectly for the seattle seahawks. as we said at the very beginning, you might hear a lot from either of these teams, despite what happened to san francisco tonight over the next few weeks. seahawks win it by a score of 42-13 and seattle is in the playoffs. wendy's postgame report will be coming right up after these messages from your local nbc station. . >>> seahawks 10-56 and won their last three games by an average of 40 points. russell wilson threw only 21 times tonight, completed 13, but four of those were

washington don't know nothing about me and pete here.and you out of that way. you wouldn't. why not? what do you say to a two way split, pete? sounds good, boss. there's your answer lackey. didn't like the sniveling coward either. say what about the men in the cave? why worry about them? after all who can trust army soldiers with money? get outside and get the horses. i got a little unfinished business in here. right away, boss. ♪ ♪ ♪ pete? tonto, you alright? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what's going on here? bollen. we've been looking for you. on your feet. you're under arrest. sergeant, watch him. you too, we've been looking for you and bollen for a long time. sergeant, take charge of these deserters. now, stranger, who are you? the man who just saved our lives. inspector williams. hello, flynn, you got here just in time. this is my friend, murray. lieutenant. his company from fort mason was out looking for deserters when they met out supply train. we heard some shots as were bringing flynn's wagon up the trail. it sounded like trouble so we

he was not let in, he forced his way in. >> nbc's pete williams from d.c. pete, thank you, sir. always appreciate it. >> you bet. >> as we are learning more new details about the suspected gunman. 20-year-old adam lanza. one person that knew him in high school says he was brilliant. but he was also socially awkward. and remote. law enforcement officials say we heard him that he had some sort of personality disorder, perhaps autism. joined now by criminologist james fox who is an msnbc analyst. mr. fox, gals to have you. learning new details here about lanza. based on what you -- based on what you read so far about the gunman, what's your sense of the picture that is starting to shape up? >> well, there's lots of characteristics here very common with mass murderers. particularly the social isolation. they are individuals that don't have lots of close friends nearby to help them put reality check in what they are thinking and what they are feeling. they don't have -- don't have a support system. when they get to the point where they are angry enough to kill and angry enough to tak

line as the bird flies distance from the location of the proposed food truck, to the entrance of pete's coffee, the distance varies between 219 feet to 244 feet. what that implies someone who is walking from the food truck to pete's coffee would have to jwalk through second street and mission street. whereas if we followed the pedestrian walkway and go through the crosswalk the distance is 350 feet. there is a fairly fine distinction from that perspective that remains to be a challenge from that case. star buck coffee is approximately 243 feet away. we did not receive an objection from starbucks coffee. if we had received an objection from starbucks coffee, we would be here and most likely to be deemed in this specific case that there are like foods and most likely would have denied a permit at this specific location. just purely based on location? >> purely based on location, per, the director's order. and the information provided, we are looking at the entire composition of the menu, specifically >> let's not go that far yet. >> okay. >> you have standards for how you measure and we h

he was killed. - pete ramirez?hink if it was an indian who started the stampede that killed your father, it was this kind of an indian. a kilgore man. what now, sheriff? - i'm going to see mr. kilgore. - you'll be gunned down. - i'll take that chance. [badge clatters] - this is no time to throw away your badge. it's the time to wear it. - what good's a badge in this town? can i make up a posse and go after him? he owns the town and everybody in it. who would be the prosecutor against kilgore? who would be the judge? who would be the jury? and what do you aim to do with these buzzards? they'll be out of here by morning. - i'm going to keep them out of town until we need them. you can't go after personal revenge now, sheriff. there's an indian war due to break at any moment. - then you say what to do. - we've got to expose kilgore and cassidy as troublemakers and place them behind bars. that'll give us enough time to get evidence to convict them. but we'll need a federal warrant and a federal marshal to serve it. - w

nbc's pete williams joins us live at the supreme court.is not a historic moment in the process of recognition for same-sex marriage? >> an important step in the process, whether it will lead toward recognition or not, we don't know, of course. that's the big question that one of these cases raises. the surprising thing here, martin, is that the court took both these cases. tft widely expected they would hear the appeal to the federal defense of marriage act because the supreme court feels its duty to step in whenever the lower court has said an act of congress is unconstitutional. the defense of marriage act passed in 1996 signed by president clinton says that in those states where people are legally married, same-sex couples are legally married, the federal government won't recognize their benefits. the challengers argue that that is unconstitutional discrimination. we assume the court would take up that case. the surprise here today is that the justices really went the whole way and took up the other big question here, which is a challen

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pete williams live in washington. pete, with a good morning to you, let's get all the details on these cases from you. fill us in. >> this is a very big deal, alex. the supreme court has never before in its history agreed to take a serious look at the issue of same-sex marriages and now it's going to be doing that the justices will look at two questions. first, can the federal government refuse to recognize these marriages in the states where they are already legal and secondly, what's to come of them in california. >>> just a day after washington state become the latest allowing gay couples to get married, the supreme court said it will delve into one of the nation's most hotly debated issues. >> the highest court in the land has decided to take up what will be one of the biggest civil rights cases that this court could ever hear. >> the court agreed to take up the legal battle over california's proposition 8 passed by voters four years ago ending same-sex marriage in the state. a federal appeals court ruled the ban

well, now we're about to find out. >> pete, could you sort of take us inside. how do they decide which cases they want to take up? >> the supreme court gets about 10,000 cases a year, of which they hear argument in about 75 or so this term. basically any justice can put on the discussion list any cases that that justice thinks should be granted or taken up. they have a list for every one of their private conferences. this is the second time these cases have been on their conferences. we thought we were going to go through this all last friday, if you recall, but they didn't act on it. so it only takes four of the justices in their private conference to grant a case, and we don't know, of course, when these come out how many justices voted or how they voted. we just know they got at least four votes to grant these cases. >> to go back to what you talk about before in your decision to take up the prop 8 case, it sounds like what you read into that is if you're someone like me who wants to see same-sex marriage rights extended that you might be a little bit dismay

. >> cris: it was funny talking to pete about him. he said people warned me when i met him at the senior bowl, he goes, now, you know, be careful because you'll think he is one of those artists, you know, that can kind of trick you and fool y you, but he has lived up to it on an everyday basis and nobody works harder in the building and pete carroll is his biggest fan, no question. >> al: this team has drafted extremely well and made a lot of great choices. thorough a major big-time role right now. and everything is lining up perfectly for the seattle seahawks. as we said at the very beginning, you might hear a lot from either of these teams, despite what happened to san francisco tonight over the next few weeks. seahawks win it by a score of 42-13 and seattle is in the playoffs. wendy's postgame report will be coming right up after these messages from your local nbc station. . >>> seahawks 10-56 and won their last three games by an average of 40 points. russell wilson threw only 21 times tonight, completed 13, but four of those were

we are going to miss pete. followed also by howard berman from southern california, background at ucla and law degree from ucla. i was a staff member when he was a california legislator. he came with a background in vista and got elected to the house and has been the leading ranking democrat, probably the most trusted person in congress for foreign affairs. and with his background in labor issues for farmworkers in california and advances they made under federal law. but also as the speaker pointed out, as the leader pointed, one of the few persons that understand patent law, copyright, trademark, all those things important to the entertainment industry and the manufacturing, electronics industry and information technology industry. he has been a senior member. so we're going to miss him deeply, deeply. i feel like a son of howard berman. he ran for the state assembly. i'm going to miss him. lynn woolsey's 10 terms, senior to me. i got elected six months after lynn got sworn in. i remember how proud i was of he

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(applause) >> hey, pete. and introduce our volunteers and vips, san francisco city ask county, the honorable mayor ed lee. [cheering and applauding] * >> from the san francisco police department, the chief of course, greg. and the san francisco police department command staff. [cheering and applauding] >> the san francisco fire department. with chief joanne hayes white, san francisco fire department command staff. [cheering and applauding] >> we're not there yet. a little anxious. [laughter] >> where was i here? united states army, deputy commanding officers of the pacific division, colonel petty stratford, senior officer staff. [cheering and applauding] >> san francisco heights president hu man services commission, commissioner scott kahn. (applause) >> okay, here we come now. san francisco fire department lieutenant bob arazave. (applause) >> san francisco fire department station 2 headed by lieutenant jay johnson. [cheering and applauding] >> and the firefighters from san francisco fire department station

earlier i said to dan and bianna, i said, geez, oh, pete.-- eastern oklahoma, some are over a foot of snow on christmas eve and christmas day. then you look into, and that's mostly christmas day, but watch this. as it moves, wednesday, ice up in the new england rain here and it exits thursday into friday but that's when all the people are traveling. so we will keep an eye on it and more on the nation's weather coming up. >> ginger, i know you're excited about the weather when you say geez, oh, pete. i had to look it up online. it translates roughly into wow. >> that's it. >> learning about my midwest vernacular. >>> on to the shopping front. we are genuinely down to the wire. two days left and this big question, where is the best place to shop? abc's rachel smith is on the front lines joining us with advice. good morning to you. >> reporter: oh, yes, on the front lines indeed, dan, good morning, everyone. it's the final stretch, two days until christmas. if you're a last-minute shopper, of course, you know you're not alone. a reported 40% of

in a year that has seen over 400 gunshot deaths here, pete wraps up another busy night by visiting a few of those statistics at the morgue. >> we have to, for the sake of having a record, know when people are getting killed. like that matters. the names matter. the stories matter. >> a gunshot wound. >> while at cook county hospital, another day begins with another bullet wound roll call. >> a 17-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds. >> ems did say they removed one bullet. >> critical care nurse gloria hall has seen enough. >> a nine millimeter. you have your tech nines. you have your assault rifles. people are coming in with holes so big, it's unbelievable. >> but for every place conditioned to equate bullets with pain, there is another corner of america where guns bring pure joy. like utah, where the butler family is down at the quartry. they invited juju chang to squeeze off a few rounds. >> you have to look through this eye, right? >> reporter: 4-year-old gauge butler needs a little help from dad to aim his ..22 caliber rifle. >> now what can you do? put your finger on the trigg

. - pete ramirez? - i think if it was an indian who started the stampede that killed your father, it was this kind of an indian. a kilgore man. what now, sheriff? - i'm going to see mr. kilgore. - you'll be gunned down. - i'll take that chance. [badge clatters] - this is no time to throw away your badge. it's the time to wear it. - what good's a badge in this town? can i make up a posse and go after him? he owns the town and everybody in it. who would be the prosecutor against kilgore? who would be the judge? who would be the jury? and what do you aim to do with these buzzards? they'll be out of here by morning. - i'm going to keep them out of town until we need them. you can't go after personal revenge now, sheriff. there's an indian war due to break at any moment. - then you say what to do. - we've got to expose kilgore and cassidy as troublemakers and place them behind bars. that'll give us enough time to get evidence to convict them. but we'll need a federal warrant and a federal marshal to serve i

nbc's pete williams. thanks so much for the moment. michelle franzen joins us, our reporter from newtown, connecticut. michelle, this is a small town, 26,000 people. a school which is highly popular because of its success, has a very good reputation. what can you tell us about the scene there now? >> reporter: well, certainly, martin, we're at the press briefing area, but it's a short distance away from the elementary school where the shooting took place this afternoon or early this morning. this afternoon we received this new briefing from law enforcement who arrived on the scene early this morning saying that they'd practiced for drills like this, but the emotions that are now enveloping this community are great, and he talks about how the community is coming together. they've already held several prayer vigils in this area. another one scheduled for tonight at 7:00. this community, of course, as you mentioned, very small community. by some standards, 26,000 people, that elementary school was only k through 4. that means 5-year-olds

pete williams, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> you bet. >> up next, more on the tragedy here in connecticut. jenny wilson from the hartfo"ha courant" will join me. d. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. i knew it'd be tough on our retirement savings, especially in this economy. but with three kids, being home more really helped. man: so we went to fidelity. we talked about where we were and what we could do. we changed our plan and did something about our economy. now we know where to go for help if things change again. call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get free one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. >>> welcome back. we are continuing msnbc's coverage of the elementary school shooting in newtown, connecticut. we just got confirmation from senior white house officials that the president

pete williams joins me now. and i know, pete, you say there's been a lot of searching going on of these hard drives, the computers in the lanza household and authorities are pretty pessimistic. >> right. i think you're right to say there's some doubt about whether they will ever know why. not that any answer would be adequate, of course. but secondly, the hopes for a quick answer by finding something in the house, a note, a letter, something on his computer, there was no note or letter we're told and the hard drive was so damaged, they're having a very hard time getting anything useful off of it. now, what they will try to do is they'll look at the family billing records. they'll see what internet service provider was being used. they'll look at telephone records. they'll try to look at communicationes and try to come at it in a different direction instead of from the computer outward from the outside world inward to see if that can shed any light. but apparently, adam lanza was not a user of social media. there

i told them everything is going to be okay and i don't know it will be. >> you were saying earlier peteut the situation with the insurance company and how you worry about what is going to happen because you have a mortage. >> i have a $450,000 mortgage and it is it capped by the federal government at $250,000 and it is maxed out f. our homeowner's doesn't pick tup we are bankrupt. we worked to get where we were. i was the first person to own a home in my family. >> we have two segments here because we'll get alicon and johnnie here. tell us about your second and then in the second block we'll talk to john . what you can depo do to get help. >> our family doesn't evacuee. over the 31 years we lived in that home, there was never really a need to leave. so we elected to stay. but the wind came and blew the door jambb open and then the flood water came in. it came up as high as the fourth steep to our second floor. so much, i had three sets of china from my mother-in-law and my mom and llardo and waterford and so many procious things that are gone, gone . never to be able to have again and

back at the gun shop in california, pete shows off a version of the ar-15 rifle he has in stock. similar to the weapon that was used in the connecticut shootings. he is unapologetic. >> the second amendment isn't about hunting guns. it isn't about target shooting. the second amendment is about the power of the people to protect themselves from a government that has become oppressive. >> reporter: politics versus profits. how that's resolved will determine what will be sold in the future. for "nightline," i'm darren rovell in new york. >>> another question raging these days, could a virtual shooting spree in a game like "call of duty" create a craving for the real thing? we'll look at the science next. 'cause all our states are great. and now is when the gulf gets even better. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beautiful. take a boat ride or just lay in the sun. enjoy the wildlife and natural beauty. and don't forget our amazing seafood. so come to the gulf, you'll have a great time. especially in alabama. you mean mississippi. that's florida. say louisiana or there's no dess