they spoke last monday about pierson possibly coming back to the debate team. he said he scrunched down in the hallway when the shots rang in the hallway before breaking down when he found out the shooter was his friend, karl pierson. >> my first instinct is to want to defend him but i know that's wrong. it is indefensible, what he did. it is horrible. it is hard to process those emotions. >> i'm karl pierson at arapahoe high school. >> reporter: co-captains on the debate team weren't close friends but he felt close enough to help him. >> speech and debate was his life and the fact he was not there crushed him a little bit. it made him tense and angry. >> reporter: it had been a stressful fall term for pierson. he had grown angry from losing his coveted spot on the team months ago which made the coach, the librarian a wanted man in pierson's eyes. >> karl and murphy did not get along. whatever it was escalated to a death threat. >> his intent was evil and his evil intent was to harm multiple individuals. >> reporter: police say pierson stormed into the school h

these sophomore twins were pierson's teammates. addy on the speech and debate team, harrison on cross country. >> he was a very likable guy. really good friends with all the coaches. as far as i'm concerned, he had a lot of good friends on the team. >> he's a normal student. he participated in class, very intelligent. >> reporter: there is a candle light vigil here in town tonight. as for claire davis, she had surgery yesterday. she is in critical condition. the police read a statement from her family thanking the community for their outpouring of love and support. they emphasized they could find no connection between claire davis and this shooter karl pierson, that she just happened to be at the right place at the wrong time. school will not have classes on monday. the superintendent said it's unlikely they'll hold any normal school activities this week. lester? >> all right, ron mott in colorado tonight. thank you. on this anniversary of the newtown shootings, a tribute in connecticut to the 26 people who were killed at sandy hoo

these sophomore twins were pierson's teammates. >> he was a very likable guy. really good friends with all the coaches. as far as i'm concerned, he had a lot of good friends on the team. >> he's a normal student. he participated in class, very intelligent. >> reporter: there is a candle light vigil here in town tonight. as for claire davis, she had surgery yesterday. she is in critical condition. the police emphasized they could find no connection between claire davis and this shooter karl pierson, she just happened to be at the right place at the wrong time. school will not have classes on monday. the superintendent said it's unlikely they'll hold any normal school activities this week. ronter? tt in colorado tonight. thank you. on this anniversary of the newtown shootings, a tribute in connecticut to the 26 people who were killed at sandy hook elementary school. church bells tolled 26 times at a cathedral in hartford, once for each of the victims, the 20 children and 6 adults who lost their lives that day. and at the white house, the president and michelle ob

pierson did not take the rejection well.oel redmond was the co-captain of the debate team with pierson. >> i told him, you know, your future is not what happens to you in high school and so much more than that. >> reporter: but he said pierson was removed from the speech and debate team after threatening the coach tracy murphy with his life. >> a lot of high schoolers, a lot of teenagers think their life is so immediate, so now. >> reporter: they never thought it would come to this. the students will be allowed to re-enter the school later this week, but that will be only for the purpose of retrieving their belongings. rick salinger, cbs news, centennial, colorado. >>> a wildfire in central california has destroyed at least 15 homes. the big sur fire has burned about 500 acres in the los padres national forest. firefighters say they are making progress but the wind-driven fire is zero percent contained. one of the destroyed homes belongs to the big sur fire chief. >> it still has not sunk in. i just haven't absorbed it all y

pierson was a member of the team. two. that's why he came to the campus armed with a shotgun and two molotov cocktails. what investigators don't know now is why the 15-year-old girl who remains in critical condition in the hospital was shot. there were initial reports, they say, that she confronted the shooter. they are not sure those reports are accurate. they are still investigating that. there are four separate crime scenes that investigators are looking at. this high school behind me, arapahoe high school, they are looking at the shooter's car and the house where he lived with his mother and his father's house. this investigation will continue throughout the weekend. christi and victor. >> we are expecting, of course, over the next few days, to hear more about what happened inside the school while this was going on. already we heard from some of the students standing outside of the school and crying, reliving what happened. what are they telling you? >> reporter: terrifying experience that these students recount.

officials believe pierson was targeting a faculty member, possibly a debate coach who had disciplined him. >> he believed based on the fact that he was armed with multiple rounds, armed with a machete, armed with three incendiary devices, his intent was evil and his evil intent was to harm multiple individuals. >> one student now identified as 17-year-old claire davis was shot and critically wounded before pierson took his own life. authorities say there's no reason to believe that she was a target. the sheriff said pierson bought the shotgun legally one week before the shooting. >>> well, today marks one year since the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. town officials asked reporters to stay away and allow people there to grieve in private. there were no formal events held in the town today. the town asked people to honor those who lost their lives through acts of service and kindness. a few people gathered outside st. paul's church to pray and remember the victims. >> my hope would be that those of us who are marking this daewoo further our resolv

bailey callahan was pierson's friend, his prom date junior year. >> callahan, prom?'m like, sure. >> reporter: she talked to him thursday for the last time. >> he said, you know, you're one of the cool ones, callahan. >> reporter: she saw no sign of what was about to come. >> he's not a monster. he's -- he's one of the best people i knew. he's not this -- this killer. he's -- he's karl pierson, one of the best people i know. >> reporter: tonight, davis clings to life. a senior with lots of friends, who loves to ride horses. her friend chris davis is raising money for her. >> it's just weird to think that someone at our school, like a friend, a fellow student, just, that they're hurting and that it happened to them. >> reporter: and tonight, claire davis is still in critical condition. david? >> all right, clayton sandell in colorado. clayton, thank you. >>> from arizona now, we are hearing for the first time those last moments of the granite mountain hot shots, those 19 first responders who died fighting a fierce wildfire in arizona. their last radio transmissions ca

>>reporter: the karl pierson any -- canadian research group agrees. children under two shouldn't be exposed to screens. >> fisher price said they realize the seat is not for everyone and leaves this up to the judge m of -- judgment of the parent. >>reporter: we are looking at dry weather almost through the end of december. this is san francisco city hall. look for temperatures currently in the low 50s. 40s in san jose. temperatures will still be pretty cold tonight. not as cold as what we had last week but below freezing for napa. 40s tonight for san francisco and oakland. temperatures will be 37 in san jose. sunshine will warm us up as we get into the afternoon. i'll talk about 70s in the forecast. >>> firefighters make a major mistake. what they did wrong. >>> the latest astronaut that headed into deep space may not be human at all. we'll have more. [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone 'round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. with

police have identified the gunman as 18-year-old karl pierson. we're learning more about where they're looking for clues. today, investigators plan to search the home where he lived. they're also searching his father's home to see if that could give them some ideas into whether this was all planned, how long he had been planning, what his motivation may have been. we spoke with the sheriff that says one of the many things they're focusing in on honing in on is where the gun came from. you may recall he walked into this school behind me, arapahoe high school, with a shotgun. it wasn't even concealed. where did that come from, what hands did it pass. the sheriff hoping to bring more details at a press conference this afternoon. yesterday was a horrifying scene for the students in particular who had to go into lockdown as shots rang out. listen to how it all unfolded. >> school on lockdown, not sure why. there's smoke. the north side of the school. there's a fire in the library. >> chaos and confusion at arapahoe high school. >> i am on the north si

students say murphy had taken disciplinary action against pierson after the student threatened him. joe redmond was pierson's friend. >> it began with the speech he wrote and it escalated from there and karl took himself so seriously he thought that when we said no to that speech we were saying no to him. >> reporter: a sheriff's deputy assigned to arapaho and a guard were in the school at the time but pierson shot himself in the library before they could reach him. pierson's family released this statement today. >> reporter: scott, in another statement, the family of claire davis said she remains in a coma in critical but stable condition. >> pelley: rick salinger, thank you very much, rick. today the f.b.i. said that this year its agents prevented 150 attacks like the one in colorado. the bureau is working with communities to spot potential threats early and our homeland security correspondent bob orr gotten a inside look at how it works. >> reporter: andre simmons runs an f.b.i. unit charged with stopping mass shootings before they happen. three times a week, simmons and the beha

they say he was 18-year-old carol pierson. they say what happened is pierson walked into arapahoe high school yesterday with a shotgun. from all account, was apparently targeting a specific teacher. a librarian who was also a speech and debate coach. apparently pierson was on the speech and debate team. apparently the targeted teacher found out that pierson was inside the school and left immediately. then at some point a 15-year-old girl came in pierson's path. authorities say they was shot and is currently in critical condition. of course, when the shots rang out, they sent the more than 2,000 students in this school into hiding. authorities say at some point pierson turned the gun on himself, taking his own life. now, last night, authorities searched pierson's home in centennial, colorado, of course, looking for the motive here. students say pierson was smart, nice and a gifted debater and, gregg, they say they're shocked this shooting happened. >> how quickly were authorities able to respond, will? >> from all accounts, the

the alleged shooter, karl pierson, was apparently acting on a grudge against a teacher.hinking student alerted the teacher who was the target and the teacher made it out unharmed. the 15-year-old victim of that shooting is in critical condition. hundreds of students had to be evacuated from the campus. >>> there was no megawinner in last night's megamillions drawing. the jackpot for the next drawing, which will be tuesday night, climbs to 550 million bucks. and if the game keeps rolling over without a winner, the drawing before christmas could hit the $1 billion mark. >>> and a record sale at christie's auction house. a case of rum from circa 1780 went for almost $128,000. that's more than six-times what it estimated it would fetch. that makes it the oldest and most expensive rum sold in auction history. the history of the universe. it was. covered with grime in a cellular in england, untouched for generations. it's believed to have been distilled by slaves on the caribbean island, barbados. >>> and a nice story from the world of basketball. zach randolph noticed a young

the ammunition he purchased yesterday, both were purchased legally because pierson was 18. as for the motive, it kind of falls towards what we've been telling you since yesterday. there is reports out that he was targeting a teacher, a librarian who is also the debate team coach. authorities say evidently pierson was disciplined by the teacher in september, so potentially he was holding a grudge. as of now, they say they really believe that pierson acted alone. >> it's very disturbing. thank you for those latest details. >>> another major story developing as a storm is taking aim directly at the northeast. airlines forced to cancel nearly 1,000 flights. and now meteorologists say some places in new england could see more than a foot of snow as retailers are raising concerns that the storm could put a serious chill on holiday shopping with less than two weeks until christmas. brian yennis is live from new york city. has it calmed down a little bit out there? >> reporter: you know, it has. it's been coming in in waves. sometimes you have to put on the hat and the full gear. o

the gunman karl pierson had an arsenal that included a shotgun, even a machete. fatally wounded himself. >>> a final farewell to nelson mandela when he was buried in his hometown of qunu. thousands of mourners made the trip to pay their final respects. >>> and a major tire recall to tell you about from michelin. too tiremaker said that the tread on those tires could come apart. so far, no reports of injuries as a result of those tires going badly. >>> finally, history in the making. vice admiral michelle howard has been nominated by the president to rank four-star admiral. if confirmed she'll be the first woman to hold a rank that high in the military. >>> over to lee goldberg. >> we have pictures from albany, one of the higher tolls around the northeast. the snow piles up in a hurry. that snow is now leaving the albany area prp ending in rain. a slush fest from new york city to boston. we'll talk about additional amounts in northern new england. then that storm leaves the scene. cloudy skies and six inches of snow ending as some rainfall. we talked about the col

the shooter has been identified as this guy, 18-year-old karl pierson.re with a shotgun before killing himself, and we know a 15-year-old girl was critically injured and hospitalized now. >> number two, the cause of the death of a woman who vanished from her hospital bed and later found dead in a stairwell has been ruled an accident. according to the medical examiner, 57-year-old lynn spalding died from dehydration and complications from chronic alcoholism. ms. spalding was discovered in the hospital after she went missing, 17 days after she went missing. >>> gunshots and a driver in the hospital. a silver corvette dodged police for an hour and a half before crashing into another car. police apparently shot the driver as he tried to escape. he was taken to a local hospital. do not know, however, his condition right now. >>> number four, china's newest spacecraft has landed on the moon. that makes china only the third country to make a soft landing there. the rover that will be doing all the work is called jade rabbit. people in china voted for that name.

according to investigators, pierson was looking for the school's librarian before the attack which mayve been in response to a confrontation. the librarian is also the school's debate coach and it's believed that coach may have kicked him off the team. >>> we also have an update now on a major storm hitting the midwest and east coast. the storm has caused 900 flights to be canceled today so far. these are live pictures from new jersey, a whole lot of snow on the roads. this is the main who i to newark airport. we have team coverage on the weather, nbc bay area's month ef-francis is at sfo with travel delays. we'll begin with rob mayeda. >> we're watching those ever changing conditions on major east coast airports and in philadelphia, you're seeing freezing rain. so things icing up on contact there off the ground, causing multiple hour delays and cancellations around philadelphia and the new york airports seeing a combination of snow and wind. 27 degrees there. and very strong storm system that is placing its biggest impact on the east coast right now. you can see over the next few hour

one day after an 18-year-old student, identified as karl pierson opened fire with a shotgun. critically wounding claire davis, before taking his own life. >> before we see it in another part of the world, now it has come into our home. >> investigators viewed surveillance video from inside the school that shows pierson shot davis point-blank in the head before heading to the school's library. they say he had a machete. shotgun, additional rounds of ammunition strapped to his body and three molitof cocktails. he ignited one of the devices which started a fire. that's when the sheriff deputy assigned to the school arrived with other staff. investigators say about a minute and twenty-seconds after entering the school, pierson took his own life, possibly because he was cornered. >> his intention was utilize those multiple rounds to cause harm to a large number of individuals. >> police say pierson was targeting a librarian who disciplined him after incident involving the school's debate team in september. >> having to end his life like that, i wish he got help. >> the sheriff rea

police say pierson shot 17-year-old claire davis in the head point-blank. >> she's an innocent victim, and i believe she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: over the weekend, a number of vigils were held for her. she remains in critical but stable condition in a coma, according to her family, who thanked the community for its support. also in a statement last night, tracy murphy, the debate coach, wanted to extend his condolences to the victims of this tragedy and thank the community for supporting his family. ron mott, nbc news. >> officials say pierson was also armed with three molotov cocktails, a machete and multiple rounds of ammo. >>> a man on the way home from his own wedding reception was killed after he and his wife stopped to help a stranded motorist. they danced at their reception after exchanging vows. nicki was still in her wedding dress when they left the reception to drive home on the snowy roads. that's when knight noticed a car had slid off the road in the side of the ditch. >> he would stop and help anybody in any way shape or form. >> stranded in

apparently he found out pierson was inside the school and left immediately. that's when a 15-year-old girl came across pierson's path. authorities say she was shot. she's now in critical condition. when those shots rang out, they sent more than 2,000 students into hiding. >> we were at a classroom just in the same hallway as the shooter entered. and we heard two very loud, loud gunshots, and it wasn't until we heard the second one we realized it was a gunshot. and it was absolutely terrifying. >> authorities say that pierson ended up turning the shotgun on himself and took his own life. they also say that they found a possible molotov cocktail inside of the school after the shooting. then last night, they ended up searching pierson's home in centennial, colorado, obviously looking for more information that could lead to a potential motive. they say pierson was smart. they say he was nice and they're shocked about yesterday's shooting. in terms of the response, they did the active shooting response where they didn't wait for other officers before they went in.

. >>> this morning, we have new information that's allowing us to trace the footsteps of karl piersonhe high school senior who opened fire inside his high school on friday. he had an arsenal that included a shotgun, molotov cocktails and even a machete. his attack was bloody and quick, over in little more than a minute, so let's go now to abc's clayton sandell who is in centennial, colorado. clayton. >> reporter: good morning, dan. take a look at this. you can see some of the backpacks and cell phones that were left behind, hundreds of them as students fled in the chaos on friday. this morning, school officials are reviewing video camera footage from inside, showing the speed and violence of this attack. investigators say at 12:30 p.m. senior karl pierson parks his car and walks in the north side of the building carrying a 12-gauge shotgun. extra ammunition slung across his chest. >> he was also armed with a machete, a very large knife. the individual also carried a backpack with him as he entered the school. >> reporter: pierson, police say, began shooting immediately, once down a ha

apparently pierson was on the speech and debate team.e 15-year-old girl came across pierson's path, that is when authorities say he shot her. and when the shots rang out, it sent more than 2,000 students in the school running to hiding. >> we heard the gunshot and we got in the corner. the lights were off. we heard him yanking on the door. then we all tried to stay as quiet as possible. then we heard a pause and more gunshots farther down. >> authority say the targeted teacher left the school. and apparently a couple of minutes later, pierson turned the gun on himself and took his own life. we tell you that last night authorities searched his home and they look for mote i here to figure out if it was revenge that motivated him to go to the school with the shotgun. we can tell you that students say that pierson was nice, and very smart and a gifted debater and many say they were shocked that he actually went in and started shooting in to their school. as for the response, uma, we can tell you that authorities say things went very well. ev

she was shot point blank in the head by karl pierson who took his own life. nbc's ron mott has details. >> reporter: senior joe redmond said he scrunched down in a hallway when the shotgun blast tore through arapahoe high friday before breaking down when he found out the shooter was karl pierson. >> my first instincts were to defend him. but i know that's wrong because it's indefensible to do what he did. it's horrible what he did. it's hard to process emotions like that. >> reporter: pierson and redmond co-captains on the speech debate team weren't best friends but he felt close enough to help him. >> speech and debate was his life. and the fact that he wasn't there crushed him a little bit and made him really tense and angry about that. >> reporter: it had been a stressful term for him. he had grown angry from losing his coveted spot on the team months ago which made the coach, librarian tracy murphy, a wanted man in tracy's eyes. >> karl and murphy did not along. whatever it was escalated to a death threat. >> his intent was evil and his evil intent was to

witnesses saw pierson enter arapahoe high school carrying a shotgun. he made no attempt to hide it. >> i saw him. he was kind of running military towards the building. i alerted everybody in the building, and that's when i heard two big bangs. just boom, pop. >> reporter: police say pierson asked other students the whereabouts of that faculty member, reportedly the school's librarian, and head of the speech and debate team. >> when the teacher heard that he -- that this individual was asking for him, the teacher exited the school immediately. in my opinion, it was the most important tactical decision that could have been made. >> reporter: in addition to the shotgun, authorities found two molitaf cocktails in the school. the one was rendered safe. the other had been debt made. >> that's why deputies encounter aid large amount of smoke in the immediate area. that was ignited either immediately prior to or during the shots being fired. >> reporter: as part of the investigation authorities will be looking at school surveillance video. they are also search

karl pierson bought the shotguns legally last year at a local gun store.ing was retaliation against a faculty member. pierson critically wounded claire davis before apparently killing himself. >> she is an innocent young lady, and she was an innocent victim of an evil act of violence. >> friends describe pierson as outgoing but say he had extreme political views. he had recently been kicked off the school's debate team. >> portions of the midwest and northeast are bracing for what could be a miserable 24 hours, heavy snow, as much as 12 inches, could fall in parts of the country. new york city, chicago, philadelphia, expected to see several inches of snow. a thousand flights have been cancelled. officials are warning residents to prepare for power outages and dangerous driving conditions. >> back here in the bay area, record eight consecutive "spare the air" day has been called for tomorrow. here's leigh glaser with the first look at her forecast. leigh? >> turning our attention to live doppler 7 hd, it's been a really pleasant day today with most of the l

the shooter died of a self-inflicted gun wound is 18-year-old karl pierson. he was targeted a specific teacher. one student is in the hospital after undergoing surgery for the gunshot wound. sit 20 miles south of aurora, where the mass shooting took place in the movie theater and eight miles from columbine high school, the keep of a mass shooting in 1999. ron mott is covering all of this. >> good morning, alex. later today the media will meet with the police again. in the meantime, as you can imagine, a lot of questions of why. why this young man would do this yesterday. police suspect he was out for revenge. >> a repeated scene at an american school. hands on their heads after gunfire erupts inside. >> we heard people coming in, police talking on their radios screaming and surrounding. i didn't hear any of the shots. but it was scary. >> police say 18-year-old karl pierson, a student at arapahoe high school, was looking for a specific teacher. it stepped from an earlier disagreement between the two. >> when the teacher heard this individual was asking for hi

. >>> this morning, we have new information that's allowing us to trace the footsteps of karl piersonhigh school senior who opened fire inside his high school on friday. he had an arsenal that included a shotgun, molotov cocktails and even a machete. it was over in a little more than a minute. let's go to abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: you can see some of the backpacks and cell phones that were left behind as students fled in the chaos on friday. this morning, school officials are reviewing video camera footage from inside, showing the speed and violence of this attack. invest gators say that at 12:30 p.m., senior karl pierson parks his car and walks into the north side of the building. carrying a shotgun. extra ammunition across his chest. >> he had a very large knife, the individual also carried a backpack with him as he entered the school. >> reporter: piersonon police sd started shooting immediately. then aiming for claire davis, just 17, firing at point-blank range. >> she was an innocent victim of an evil act of violence. >> reporter: after shooting davis, peerson goes to t

the campus deputy sheriff and an unarmed security officer race toward the sound of gunfire as pierson lights a molotov cocktail he carries in a backpack. >> the shooter knew the deputy was in the immediate area and while the deputy was containing the shooter, the shooter took his own life. >> reporter: the attack lasts just 80 seconds. investigators are still trying to sort out why pierson, an outspoken member of the debate team, threatened and came to kill the coach. librarian tracy murphy. this was her prom date junior year. she says she talked to him thursday for the last time. >> he said, "you're one of the cool ones, callahan." >> reporter: she saw no sign of what was to come. >> he's not a monster. he's -- he's one of the best people that i knew. he's not this, this killer. he's one of the best people i know. >> reporter: davis clings to life. a senior with lots of friends who loves to ride horses. her friend, chris davis, is raising money for her. >> it is weird to think that someone at our school, a friend, a fellow student, that they're hurting and that it happened to them. >

tell me about karl pierson. did you have any feeling things weren't quite right with him?you know, i couldn't really say he was not right or anything. i thought he was a pretty normal student. >> was he particularly bright? was he good at class? how would you describe his academic record? >> oh, absolutely. he was honestly one of the most intelligent people i knew my freshman year. i had a class with him. we would have class discussions and he was very good at speaking and proving his points to the class. >> what were his views about politics, about america? did he ever say stuff in an aggressive way which could explain perhaps some kind of agenda that he may have? >> i couldn't really say. i didn't really notice anything out of the ordinary. >> this guy, he's gone from being apparently perfectly normal, pretty bright guy at school, to point-blank shooting one of your female classmates right in the head. how on earth has this happened, do you think? >> you know, i wasn't in his -- in his shoes at the time. maybe there were some struggles in his life. i've heard a lot of th

the sheriff said karl pierson meant to kill as many as he could. paul beban has the latest outside centennial. >> another press conference from the sheriff. he said it will be the last. giving a tremendous amount of new detail and insight into what happened in the events leading up to the shooting, and how things will proceed going forward. a few of the highlights. the shooter purchased the shotgun, a pump shotgun legally a week ago at a retail outlet. it's legal for 18-year-olds to buy shotguns and he purchased the ammunition, yesterday morning, the day of the shooting. he was wearing a bandolier, with shotgun shells, and a back pack, with three molotov cocktails, one of which he detonated. he came in through a door, close to the library, where he believed the target may be, the librarian, the debate coach. he encountered clair ester davis, a young woman at the wrong place at the wrong time. she was shot at point blank range, the shot to the head. hearing the sheriff's approach he took his own life with a shot to the head. a tremendous amount of d

he's been identified as karl pierson. police say he walked into the school with a shotgun yesterday afternoon. now, today, investigators are still searching this school. they're also expected to search his home, his car, and another home -- he apparently had access to it -- trying to figure out what motivated his attack. we have learned pierson was on the debate team. witnesses tell me he was looking for the debate coach yesterday afternoon. the sheriff says they believe there was a disagreement between pierson and the debate coach, and that that might have been the motive for this shooting, that it was an act of revenge. but again, they're still working to confirm those details. the debate coach was notified, we're told, quickly rushed out of the school, hoping to draw the shooter out with him. but instead, the gunman opened fire, hitting a 15-year-old girl. witnesses tell our affiliates that she screamed for help. she said there was a shooter. we just checked in with the hospital this morning, and they can only say she

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pierson later took his own life. those are your top stories.ack to phil and anne. >> whether i have look at downtown san jose. you see that hazy in the air this morning. air quality not so good. in fact, our 8th consecutive spare the air day. no wood burning in your home unless it's your main source of heat. the ten-miles pretty chilly. 30's, 40s in some spots. upper 40s in san francisco. it's going to warming up throughout the day and sunshine continue similar to what we've seen in the last few days. again, remember that spare the air day. we might have another one coming tomorrow. it's going to be mild through tuesday and then we have some changes in store, even a slight chance of rain. you can have the 7-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> we're taking a closer look this morning, showing the bay area commuters are sick and tired of being caught up in labor fights. >> negotiations continue wednesday and at the same time the clock ticks toward the deadlines on ac transits contract. and now labor unions taking a real hit. >> reporter: p

pierson then took his own life. sheriff says pierson bought the shotgun legally just one week before the shooting. >>> back in the bay area, police in el cerrito are hoping store surveillance video will lead to the women behind a scam targeting elderly shoppers. police received reports of three incidents yesterday all from people shopping in el cerrito. the scam attempts to trick drivers into believing that they hit a car and a fake victim demands cash. the police say in two cases the women followed their targets. when the men called police, the women disappeared. >> it's a scam that frightens older people like me. >> reporter: one suspect is described as a white-aired woman between 50 and 75 years old and police say the other woman is around 40 years old and their getaway car may be a blue, honda suv. >>> fire commanders based at san francisco international airport are scheduled to get more training on how to respond to airplane crashes following the asiana accident. ard could to the san francisco chronicle, the fi

. >>> the sheriff of arapahoe county colorado today said 18- year-old carl pierson entered the school through a door that was supposed to be locked but wasn't. he said pierson went bowling several hours before the attack and tried to buy more shotgun shells just an hour before going to the school. pierson fatal tally wounded a 17-year-old girl before committing suicide. >> new research suggests high housing costs in san francisco are driving teachers out of the city. that's the conclusion of a recent sir say of almost 100 teachers quitting the school district. the san francisco chronicle reports 11 percent of them said housing prices and living costs are the primary reasons they're leaving about 29 percent of san francisco's teachers live outside the district. their average salary is about $62,000 a year. >>> a unique east bay job training program is giving new hope for the disadvantaged and at the same time generating megawatts of paragraph. the program really is a win-win situation for all involved. >> reporter: these clients of oakland's civic core are learning the skills needed to

pierson would later turn the gun on himself. >> . >> pierson was likely targeting a faculty member whoecently kicked him off the debate team. >>> now to the most prestigious award in college sports. florida state quarterback jameis winston is the second freshman ever to win the heisman trophy. an accusation of sexual assault by a woman casted a shadow over his career however he was cleared. >> on paper jameis winston was a shoo-in for the heisman trophy: he was the unlike freshman quarterback that led his seminoles to an undefeated season and national title. this year it wasn't just about the numbers. voters had to peel back the layers of winston's historic record-breaking season and decide if winston's character was heisman-worthy. through it all the 19-year-old somehow managed to keep his composure on the field and be exonerated off. he finally let his feelings show as he became the youngest heisman trophy winner. >> i trusted in the process that truth delivers positive outcomes, because after all the things i've been through this past month, i'll remember when my daddy trusted in th

he's -- he's karl pierson, one of the best people i knew. >> pierson took his own life as school security closed in. colorado's governor said the investigation into the incident is just now getting under way. the high school where the incident happened will be closed today. >>> secretary of state john kerry on the defensive this morning about an american hostage who vanished while in iran seven years ago. >> in an exclusive interview, kerry denied that the united states has abandoned robert levinson. his family insists he was working for the cia when he went missing. tahman bradley with the details. >> reporter: this morning, there are questions. for years, the u.s. publicly described the retired fbi agent as a private citizen traveling on private business. levinson's family now admits that's not true. that he was, in fact, working for the cia. senator john mccain is looking for answers. >> they apparently did not tell the truth to the congress. the cia did not tell the truth. >> reporter: the cia first told congress that when levinson disappeared in 2007, he was not working for the agenc

pierson lit one of the molotov cocktail and fired three rounds of shots into the library. investigators say a sheriff's deputy assigned to the school rushed to the library where pierson fired one final shot to kill himself. >> the shooter was very, very well aware that the deputy sheriff was in his immediate area. >> reporter: students began evacuating immediately after the first shots were fired. a demonstration of lessons learned following the 1999 shooting at columbine just eight miles away. colorado governor john hickenlooper told "face the nation" those lessons saved lives. >> having had those episodes in the past, we do have, you know, strategies and protocols in place. we had a deputy sheriff in the building who immediately ran toward the trouble. >> reporter: the school also initiated an immediate lockdown of the facility. >> the quick response by our resource officer caused the children and the staff of this facility to be safe. >> reporter: the chaos on friday has given way to quiet tribute. students will be allowed back on monday just to retrieve their belonging

authorities believe pierson was not targeting her. she merely was in the wrong place at the wrong time. the shooting happened just miles from the columbine massacre back in 1999 and last year's aurora theater shooting that left 12 dead. arapahoe high school will be closed until after the winter break. >>> let's turn our attention to washington. tomorrow the senate will vote on that bipartisan budget plan which easily passed the house last week. with that deal behind them, congressman ryan and senator murray are already looking to what they hope will be the next area of compromise, that would be tax reform. the debt ceiling, finding common ground may not be that easy. >> you are going to demand more for raising the debt ceiling? >> we along with our counterparts are going to meet and discuss what it is we want to get out of the debt limit. we don't want anything out of this debt limit. we're going to decide what we can accomplish out of this debt limit fight. onest proble of the problems is know when it's going to hit. the treasury sec

the investigation so far has focused on two places -- arapahoe high school and karl pierson's home.on is the 18-year-old athlete who got good grades and who witnesses say took a shotgun to that school looking for his debate coach. police have talked to his parents and to students who saw what happened yesterday and knew karl pierson as well. so far no solid answers, only shock and sadness. >>> now, while we wait for this police news conference to begin, let's get cnn's casey wian in here. he's outside the high school, which is an active crime scene right now. and also with me holly hughes criminal defense attorney, and jeff gardere, a clinical psychologist here with me in new york. and, casey, let's start with you. what are we expecting to hear from police? we're expecting to hear from them soon. >> reporter: we are expecting to hear from them, rosa, in just the next few minutes. we are expecting more details, perhaps some results of their preliminary investigation which has been going on since the shooting yesterday afternoon. as you mentioned, arapahoe high school remains a crime

on the forearm of karl pierson were three words in latin. they were translated as "the die has been cast." >> when he entered he asked for speech coach and librarian tracy murphy who managed to get away. classmates said pierson almost knocked down a door while entering a classroom last wednesday. upsetting a teacher. she said are you serious and he said as a heart akttack. she kicked him out and you could tell he was very mad. >> reporter: the sheriff's department reflects more on the arsenal he brought to the high school. a 12-gauge shotgun, 125 rounds of ammunition, band leers around the arms and waste and three molotov cocktails. she said she always knew he had a tell ber but never expected this real-life nightmare. >> i mean i still don't believe it because i just want to wake up and it be like friday again. >> reporter: before pierson took his own life, claire davis was shot in the head. she remains in a coma in critical but stable condition. at a tribute wall for her, there were therapy dogs and plenty of tears as students try to under

authority say pierson was kicked off the debate team and made a threat. there is a look at your top stories. >>> taking a closer look at the crash of flight 219. >> the pilot said he was concerned about the landing. we'll have a guest go deeper into what that means. >>> we learned a teenage girl who survived the crash but tide -- died after a fire truck rain over -- ran over the girl. >> she was cover in foam when two trucks rain ran over her. they had never taking the training to deal with plane crashes. they are taking the firefighters at the airport to training in texas. >> that's not the only change coming out of the crash. the congressional hearing brought up other issues as well. >> we are having technical difficulties. >>> scammers with busy this holiday season. what you need to know to avoid becoming a victim. >>> from abuse to abandonment and what he needs now. >>> the latest on the flight 219 investigation. nment, seniors, kids, and animals. that's why we created the share the love event. by the end of this year, the total donated by subaru coul

he was also armed with a machete. >> reporter: pierson's target, his debate coach. >> i'm a freshman at arabia rapaho high school in littleton. >> he was suspended from the team in september. >> reporter: he was looking for one person in specific. >> reporter: before he could reach his target, eencountered 17-year-old claire davis, shooting her apparently at random point-blank in the head. >> she was an innocent victim of an evil act of violence. >> reporter: now she remains in critical condition at a local hospital. >> reporter: this in no way defines us. >> reporter: at a vigil, students lit candles and their fight song. [ music playing ] >> reporter: and prayed for their friend. >> i know how much she was all you guys and how much this would mean to her. >> reporter: the sheriff now praiseing the school's quick deployment of the shooter protocol and fast action of a deputy closing in on pierson when he fatally shot himself, the ordeal over in 80 seconds. coach murphy hailed as a hero for attempting to lure him arabia way from the school in a rampage. >> it was my strong opinion th

they have more on pierson and what could have gone wrong. >> he got down in the hallway when a shotgun blast through arapahoe, colorado high school friday. >> my first instinct is to want to defend him. i know that's wrong much it's in defensible what he did. it's horrible what he did. it's hard to process those emotions like that. >> reporter: pierson and redman, co-captains on the speech and debate team were not best friends but he felt close fluff to try to help him. >> speech and debate was his life and the fact he wasn't there crushed him a little bit. made him really tense and angry about that. >> reporter: it had been a stressful fall term for pierson. he grew angry from losing his coveted spot on the team months ago which made the coach, librarian murphy a wanted man. >> karl and murphy did not get along. whatever it was escalated to a death threat. >> his intent was evil. and his evil intent was to harm multiple individuals. >> reporter: police say he stormed into the school heavily armed, prepared to hurt more than one person. as he moved through the library looking for murph

. >> reporter: murphy suspended pierson from the team in september. >> he was looking for one person in specific. >> reporter: before he could reach his intended target, pierson encountered 17-year-old senior claire davis, shooting her apparently at random, point blank in the head. >> she was an innocent victim of an evil act of violence. >> reporter: now she remains in critical condition at a local hospital. >> this in no way defines us. >> reporter: at a vigil, students lit candles sang their fight song. ♪ we got the spirit of arapahoe ♪ >> reporter: and prayed for their friend. >> i know how much she loves all of you guys and i know how much this would mean to her. >> reporter: the sheriff now praising the school's quick deployment of its active shooter protocol and the fast action of an omp campus deputy who was closing in on pierson when he shot himself. the whole ordeal over in 80 seconds. authorities hailing coach murphy as a hero for attempting to lure pierson away from the school during his rampage. >> it is my strong opinion this individual would not have come to the school

pierson fired five shots and lit one of the molotov cocktails in the school library.uty assigned to the school rushed to the library where pierson fired one final shot, to kill himself. >> the shooter was very, very well aware that the deputy sheriff was in his immediate area. >> reporter: students began evacuating immediately after the first shots were fired. a demonstration of lessons learned following the 1999 shooting at columbine, just eight miles away. colorado governor john hickenlooper told "face the nation" this morning, those lessons saved lives. >> having had these episodes in the past, we do have, you know, strategies and protocols in place. we had a deputy sheriff in the building who immediately ran towards the trouble. >> the school also initiated an immediate lockdown of the facility. the quick response by our resource officer caused the children and the staff of this facility to be safe. >> reporter: the chaos of friday has given way to quiet tributes. students will be allowed back on monday, just to retrieve their belongings. arapahoe high will remain

clair davis was shot in the head by her classmate karl pierson. karl pierson was armed and intended to harm more people. >> the president of central african republic seeks an end to the violence. michel djotobia is ready to hold talks. hundreds died after a week of sectarian fighting. residents of bangui faces humanitarian crisis as food aid is cancelled. >> a man that inspired millions in his final resting place. after 10 days of mourning south africa buries its first black president. we have more. >> a day after nelson mandela was released from prison he came to this stadium and addressed a crowd of thousands. they gathered to watch the funeral on big screens. ma'am, what does nelson mandela mean to you? >> he means a lot to me. i learnt a lot from him. the two things i took from him was forgive and dine with the enemy. that's what i took from him. >> your mother was an antiapartheid activist. the country changed so much. she went on the streets in soweto. what do you want south africa to achieve in the next 20 years? >> they must achieve what t