>> rehema ellis in danbury, connecticut, tonight. rehema, thanks. >>> the big news this weekend, of course, was the deal between the u.s., iran, and other world powers to slow down iran's nuclear program. skeptics including israel and some in congress are saying iran can't be trusted and that the u.s. should have taken a harder line in the talks. for a closer look at the deal we are joined tonight by our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell from our d.c. newsroom. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the iran nuclear freeze came together after months of secret talks between iran and the u.s. and a decision by both sides to accept vague language to sidestep a big disagreement that could still jeopardize a final deal six months from now. in san francisco, the president defended the iran deal today from a barrage of critics. >> tough talk and bluster may be easy thing to do politically, but it's not the right thing for our security. >> reporter: at the same moment his secretary of state returned home fr

rehema ellis is here with details. rehema, we see -- we're taken inside this family's home. >> we absolutely are and it is chilling what you find out. the report by the connecticut department of criminal justice gives a moment by moment account of the shooting and the detailed look at the troubled life of gunman adam lanza, the only question it doesn't answer is why. >> the report gives the best insight into the 20-year-old man who perpetrated the worst school shooting in american history. it confirms adam lanza acted alone, the entire horrific event overwith in five minutes ending with the gunman's suicide. according to the report, lanza blasted his way into the school with his bush master rifle, a walking arsenal, two pistols and fired 154, more than 300 rounds of ammunition he carried. inside his home, investigators found his first victim, his mother nancy shot in her bed with a rifle. the report states that lanza had significant mental health issues that affected his ability to live a normal life and interact with

rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> there was news on the jobs front today. there's been a lot of speculation that last month's government shutdown would make for an ugly jobs report. but a surprise there. employers added 204,000 jobs in october. far more than economists had expected. as for the rate of unemployment, it ticked up slightly to account for all those government workers who were furloughed for 16 days. and the market liked the numbers today. dow hit a high. nasdaq and s&p were also up today. >>> they could be close to an agreement with iran about its nuclear capability. a major push now as john kerry unexpectedly traveled to switzerland where talks are being made to save the deal. broke this news that the secretary was on his way there. she is with us tonight from geneva. ann, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. that's right. a dramatic day in geneva where talks with iran got on the fast track with first signs that a deal could be signed within hours. one by one they came. secretary state kerry and his counterparts from britain,

nbc's rehema ellis is in connecticut. she joins us now.ave people who believe or wonder if there are still so many unanswered questions, why does this report need to be released now? >> reporter: well, that is one of the questions surrounding all of this. many people wanted to hear about this long before now. the governor of connecticut said he's glad it's coming out now and not right at the time of this anniversary of this shooting a year ago and maybe that might soften the blow, if you will, of this tragedy being just revisited for the families of this community around here. but this summary report, we expect it's going to be about 50 pages of a much larger report that's thousands of pages. we think it might get clarity, if you will, maybe details about what happened that day. for example, we know that adam lanza had diaries, maybe the report will tell us what was contained in those diaries, it was six we think. we also might learn about his medical history. we know from the autopsy report there were no illegal substances in his body at

back to you. >> rehema, thanks so much for that.ncisco about immigration reform. he was interrupted by a member of the crowd angry o over deportations. >> it's important lsh -- most importantly, we will live up -- >> cannot see my family. >> to our character as a nation. >>> families are separated. i need your help. >> that's exactly what we're talking about -- >> that's why we're here. >> mr. president, use your executive order to halt deportation from all 11.5 undocumented immigrants in this country right now. we agree that we need -- >> obama, obama! >> you have a power to stop the deportation for all -- >> actually i don't, that's why we're here. >> stop deportation. >> stop deportation. >> all right, guys, let's spin. you can always expect a heckler or two when you're president of the united states. for the past five months or so, we've assumed and been told that immigration reform was essentially dead in the water. what we are hearing from the president seems to be a more sympathetic, patient tune towards house republicans who

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here is part of the report as covered by msnbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: the report gives the bestman who perpetrated the worst school shooting in history. adam lanza acted alone, the entire horrific event over with in five minutes ending with the gunman's suicide. according to the report lanza blasted his way into the school with his bushmaster rifle, a walking arsenal he carried two pistols and fired 154 of the more than 300 rounds of ammunition he carried. this man lost his daughter, lauren, in sandy hook. >> her school picture. >> reporter: one of six adults killed along with 20 children. he's read most of the report but chooses to to remember lauren's bravery rather than learn any more about her killing. >> i'm proud of my daughter. that she stood there in front of 15 little kids and took the bullets. that is amazing. i'm very proud of her. >> indeed. it's hard to even deal with the pain and the grief and the pride of the survivors, the victims' families, but what is your takeaway from what we've learned particularly about adam lanza and his mother and her knowing his troubled

we brought in big guns, education specialist rehema ellis, our big guns.ts violated. >> i don't know any challenge common core that has been upheld or challenged, if you will. she's right. education is a national, state by state priority. the federal government has influence. they have influence in terms of common core. it's the national governor's association in 2009 that says there's a need to do something and make changes about education. the national governor's association is the one that came up with the common core state standards. >> lets talk about that specifically. the governors and their feeling united they needed to make this overhaul. why? >> they looked around at the numbers. the numbers were not good in terms of what was happening with our kids in schools. we're failing, essentially. they found it's not just a low in come, poor, minority issue, it was happening across the country. they said our competition is global. we've got to do better than what we're doing. >> is this where we got the arne dungeon quote, suburban moms, all of a sudden t

we have rehema ellis with more on what happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. asher vongtau is lucky to be alive after a frightening ordeal this weekend. >> he is lucky to be alive. >> reporter: 19-year-old asher vongtau is recovering this morning after spending more than a day trapped in a tight space between two buildings in lower manhattan. he went missing saturday morning after a fire alarm was pulled. the nyu student fell into the narrow shaft way between the dorm and parking garage on saturday morning. he was discovered by campus security last night. more than 24 hours after a friend saw him. >> he was headed upstairs. we went to security and said you need to go to the roof. >> reporter: fire crews cut through the wall to rescue the man two feet wide. it took two hours to get the student out. this photo shows the aftermath. it is unclear how he became stuck or how long he was trapped. >> the extent of the injuries are unknown. he is conscious and alive and transported to the nearest hospital. >> reporter: the student is listed in critical, but stable cond