history. 26 children, 6 staffers gunned down at sandy hook elementary. tonight, newtown, connecticut, turns a new page. the new school honors the lives of those lost while serving future generations of students. >> reporter: hardwood and high. three front entries are fashioned like foot bridges over a rain garden. the new sandy hook elementary stands on the same campus, but not the original footprint of the school where so many were massacred almost four years ago. 20 children and 6 staffers gunned down by a madman who then took his own life. >> i believe the message is that this school is an enormous step forward for the process of healing in newtown. >> reporter: the over all them of this school is a blending of the outdoors with in. there's a vista on the courtyard outside and the woods beyond. a rare exception shelly the students. a mosaic admonishes be kind, words of the principal slain. >> it is nice to be back in newtown. it's nice to bring sandy hook school home. >> reporter: one thing not visible at the new school is a memorial who lost their li

. >> reporter: it is a long, difficult journey for sandy, and her family who live in illinois. diagnosed with breast cancer, ten years ago. >> the doctors pretty much looked at me and said they didn't know if they could cure it and we were really thinking i was than the going to survive. >> reporter: smile on her face she endured surgery, chemo, radiation, her inspiration to survive came from the rocky movies. >> how he kept working to get up steps. >> reporter: sandy's took on rocky a's determination to fight cancer and planned to follow his footsteps up the iconic steps. >> this christmas she told us this was our big gift to go together. >> reporter: here in filose are celebrating your life. >> yes, really, we are, celebrating my life and my family's life. >> reporter: yes, there we go. >> even they have t-shirts for the occasion, sandy's motto, faith, strength, courage. >> everybody is so friendly here. it is a great feeling. >> we are here. we have never been to philadelphia amount beautiful city. >> reporter: for sandy's husband of 38 years it is bitter sweet. >> she's my

we're part of our sandy hook village community, part of newtown. and the fact that a horrible thing happened here does not erase the wonderful things that have also happened here in our 300-year-old history of our community. >> reporter: school begins august 29. officials hope all the colorful details and thoughtful touches that the community had a hand in designing will make the new sandy hook school a place of learning and laughter. marlie hall, cbs news, newtown, connecticut. >> ninan: 70 of this year's returning students were kindergartners when the shooting occurred. we remember marni nixon, who may have been hollywood's greatest unsung performer. weekend. scott pelley tells us nixon was perhaps the greatest unsung performer in hollywood history. ♪ shall we distance gdansk. >> pelley: in "the king and i," the audience saw deborah kerr but heard marni nixon. ♪ i could have danced all night years later, she told our charles osgood that 20th century fox had paid her $420 and told her to keep quiet. >> they said that if anyone ever knew that i did

sandy respondio sin tener idea de lo que realmente estaba pasando...ara, que no estuviera jugando y yo senti electricidad por mi cuerpo." ella inmediatamente salio del agua, al igual que el resto de los niÑos, uno de los cuales llamo al 9-1-1, pero ruben no esposa cuestiona es como pdo haa encendido. sot- sandy- "estaba apagado. eso nunca lo prendimos.... ni en la noche ni en el dia." sandy dice que la bomba que limpia el agua es lo unico que estaba funcionando... pero aun no hay una explicacion que confirma la verdadera falla que cobro la vida de un padre lleno de vida con nada mas que cariÑo para sus hijos y su esposa.... sot-sandy- "como le digo-- es algo que siempre haciamos-- eso si se nos hizo facil quererlo arreglar- i mean yo se que hay otros modos de asegurar que todo este apagado... pero en el momento uno no piensa..." cesar --- funcionarios de seguridad lanzan una nueva advertencia por las bolsas de aires takata ... take vo --- pruebas recientes hallaron esta pieza defectuosa en vehculos antiguos del año 2001 al 2003.... --- la administracin

the number of mass shootings since sandy hook. 30. the number of moments of silence since sandy hook. 521. the number of legislative days since sandy hook. and most important, the number zero. that's the number of votes we've taken in this house to keep guns out of dangerous hands. that's shameful. congress has a responsibility to take action to keep our communities safe from gun violence. this motion -- with this motion, our republican colleagues have an opportunity to do right here. right now on this bill, vote on this motion to recommit. we are here to represent and to fight for the people we have the privilege to serve. the overwhelming majority of american people want to see their elected representatives take action to help keep guns away from those who shouldn't have them. terrorists, criminals, domestic abusers and the dangerously mentally ill. this debate isn't a choice between respecting the second amendment or reducing gun violence. it's about congress doing both. mr. speaker, it's long past time for the republican leadershi

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thank you, sandy. >> thanks, sandy. >>> coming up on eyewitness news first at 4:00, a family sues police after an officer wouldn't perform cpr on their daughter. the little girl died and the family is dealt another blow. >>> also a man lurking in a home. do you see him? guess what i just did? built a sandcastle? ha, no, i switched to geico and got more. more? 24/7 access online, on the phone or with the geico app. that is more. go get some mud... all that "more" has to be why they're the second-largest auto insurer. everybody likes more. mhm, i think so. >>> all new this half hour, more heart break for the family of a brooklyn girl who died during an dismissed the family's lawsuit and the officer after it was revealed that the officer didn't perform cpr. >> the family is speaking publicly. mallory hoff has the story. >>reporter: this is the area the mother was pulled over in back in 2010. she says what happened next that day, she will never understand. and now she wants nypd requirements to change. her mother was attempting to rush her from a carol garden's play ground to the hospital wh

connecticut, at sandy hook elementary school. a new facility nearly four years after the massacre that killed 26 people. lou young was among the reporters in newtown today to tour the new sandy hook. >> reporter: built on the same property but not in the same footprint as the old building, the new sandy hook elementary is school is ready to open a blend of beauty and security now completed nearly four years after the mass shooting that left 26 dead. >> this would be a gate when a visitor comes through during the course of the schoolday, the first stop will be a surveillance gate. >> reporter: an entrance fortified with thick steel doors and ballistic glass, walkway approaches cross something called a biosubway that reminded this reporter of a moat. there's nothing foreboding or intimidating. a natural wood facade curves out wood as if to embracing. details are based on student natural light. the class hallways are meant to mimic the main street and like addresses in a small town. >> it's meant to feel like you're coming home. >>

this is the one place on sandy hook where we actual dollar have the gun tubes.s dates back to what? >> this dates back actually to the early 1900's. they change changed them out ans particular model was 40s and they were used during world war ii. these two were used to supplement the pipe fields out in the beginning of the harbor. >> tell me what this gun did. >> this gunshot 6-inch shells. they're a couple hundred pounds and you would open the breach on the bottom here that's covered up. they would put a bag in of gunpowder and then they would ignite it and it would shoot o out. >> reporter: throughout the history of the nation, really, any enemy vessel that threaten new york harbor could come under fire from this place right here? >> yes, indeed. >> reporter: but war strategies of all as do the weapons that fight them in the post world war ii years a new type of war took hold sewing fear in the hearts of americans. first you duck. then you'll cover. >> by the middle of the 1950s the cold war was raging. the fear that soviet bombers could would cross the atlant

families of the sandy hook shooting victims will go forward. families filed suit against the east windsor gun shot that sold an assault rifle to adam lanza's mother. lanza went on to kill 26 people with the weapon. the judge put the lawsuit on hold until the gun shop completes bankruptcy proceedings. >>> we are getting our first look inside the brand hook elementary school. >> reporter: we did receive our first look of the new sandy hook elementary today. it is on the same campus as the old school where students and staff were gunned down. the school is not on the original foot print. this building has an air of serenity. we were taken on an explanation present for students. it is tranquil. if you look at the building you see the curvature, roof meant to be welcoming arms for the children who go to school here. it is constructed of wood and stone, a cribute to the natchual wonders. only about 30 students who attended the original as kinderen fourth graders. officials are reluctant to go into too much detail about security here. we will have mor

. >> reporter: been a long, difficult journey for sandy and her family who live in illinois.ith breast cancer, ten years ago. >> the doctors, pretty much looked at me and said they didn't know if they could cure it. we were thinking i was than the going to survive it. >> with a smile she endured surgery, chemo and radiation her inspiration to survive came from the rocky movies. >> how he kept working to get up the steps. >> reporter: sandy took on rocky's determination to fight cancer and planned to some day follow his footsteps up the iconic steps. >> this christmas has a surprise she said thinks our big gift to go here together. >> reporter: here in the city of brotherly love you are celebrating your life. >> yes, we are, celebrating my life and my family's life. >> there we go. >> reporter: they even have t-shirts for the occasion, with sandy's motto, faith, strength, courage. >> everybody is so friendly here. so it is a great day. >> we're here, it is amazing never been to philadelphia, beautiful city,. >> for sandy a's husband of 38 years it is bitter sweet. >> she's my

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that we would trade in a minute this a beautiful new school for the more familiar and aged sandy hook school built in the 50s if we could just change the past. >> the school replaces sandy hook elementary were 20 children and and six adults were killed in december 2012. school officials are trying to decide on the proper way to memorialize the victims of the new building which of the principle says many of the families have already seen. >> it is really touching moment, the first time for many the first time that they've returned three half years to the site. have been some tears. overall by the time they leave after they have spent an hour or so here, they feel like it is going to be an unbelievable learning space for kids. >> security at the new building includes high-tech cameras, fence that that runs the perimeter and tidy screening of people entering the buildig. this mural that greets others is likely the starkest feature of all. >> the sandy hook school will be a place and inspires kindness. that our school is built upon don who is killed on december 14, to be nice to each othe

more than 1,000 mass murders ince the tragedy at sandy hook when they took, as joe manchin aid, our babies from us. what we're asking for on this side of the aisle are very commonsense solutions. no buy, no fly. meaning that -- excuse me, no fly, no buy. if you can get -- can't get on an airplane because you're a terrorist, but you can buy a gun, doesn't it seem as though there should be regulations that would prevent that and keep guns out of the hands of terrorists and criminals? and the mentally challenged. also, background checks. which most law enforcement entities have talked about on the very bill that pat toomey and joe manchin introduced in the united states senate that received the majority of votes and peter king and mike thompson introduced in the house of representatives. we're asking for a simple vote. after all, that's what we're elected to do. we're elected to represent our people we're sworn to serve and cast votes. it's been more than 3 1/2 years. we have not even been allowed to cast a vote in the house of representatives. that is why so many took to this floor in an org

of course, sandy hook, the horrible tragedy that took place there.senator murphy. >> thank you. there are days when i wish i hadn't been there. there are moments when i try to forget the things that i saw, the things that i heard that soul-crushing morning at the firehouse in sandyhook, connecticut. the grief and the unending mind-altering, paralyzing sorrow that comes with losing a child to gun violence. it is unimaginable and only those who live it know it. in newtown, connecticut, families of 20 first graders and their six teachers, they live with it every minute of every day, and across the country, each day unbelievably, 90 families join them. my oldest son is the same age as those kids in sandy hook. he just finished first grade. my wife and i are the same age as those parents, and i am furious. i am furious that in three ye s years -- in three years since sandy hook, three years of almost daily bloodshed in our cities the republican congress has done absolutely nothing to prevent the next massacre. it stokes inside me a sense of outrage that i

they used sandy, his wife's name. the worst part he was powerless to do anything about it. >> before we open up to questions for the audience, we mentioned the nixon obituary. we mentioned the kentucky derby as decadent and depraved, hess essays. point out hello's angels a -- hell's classic angels, in the library and considered a an american classic, "hello's angels." 50th anniversary, next year, 2017. he did "fear and loathing in las vegas." and then, fear and loathing in the campaign trail, '72. those three books are considered classics now. are you, when did you become aware that your dad was writing classic books, not just books of the moment but "rolling stone" pieces but works being celebrated and read this many decades later? >> it has been a slow revelation. very much as part of doing these reads -- first of all, at hunter's death the outpouring of, you know, sympathy and the fact that some people talked about how hunter changed -- had changed their lives in some way and it wasn't his, you know, it wasn't the

service between brooklyn and manhattan for needed repairs because of the damage left by superstorm sandy. the transit agency will start working on that project in and says it will last for 18 months. the mays what the shutdown could mean for commuters. >> this decision, although i'm sure it has a practical underlying rationale, announcing it without a plan to deal with the impact is troubling to me. we're going to push hard to see if it really has to be so long. >> the mayor wanted to remind commuters that the state runs the mta, not the city. new ferry service will be in supposed to start. >>> good news for students who attended dowling college. it has partnered with long island university to accept transfer students so they have an opportunity to complete their degrees. dowling has an agreement with five other colleges. it closed two weeks ago. >>> new information on a predator that made its way to the jersey shore this summer. researchers say the clinging jellyfish has all but vanished. the why are they disappearing? another jellyfish called the stinging sea nettle are feeding on them

the new sandy hook school is a visual feast. open spaces decorated with original art. it's what you don't see that provides the technical enhancements for safety and security. do you think kids and faculty, staff, will feel safe in this school? >> yes, i do. i do. >> reporter: the principal began work six months after the massacre in the original school since gunman shot and killed 20 children and 6 adults before killing himself. the new $50 million building has the latest in surveillance cameras, special locks on classroom doors, new alarms and signs clearly marking evacuation routes. one thing to note about security at the new school, the exterior doors require card access. pre-k to fourth grade. 500 young lives along with the adult staff to be protected within and without. >> we feel confident that the protocols we have in place serve this community as well. >> reporter: visitors have to go through two checkpoints in order to gain entry into the main body of the school. first, they have to be buzzed in at the front of the school and then at a secure room before bein

the comments christie made about donald trump that hurricane sandy victims called out as being untruesquuuuack, let's feed him let's feto the sharks!sharks! yay! and take all of his gold! and take all of his gold! ya! and hide it from the crew! ya...? squuuuack, they're all morons anyway! i never said that. they all smell bad too. no! you all smell wonderful! i smell bad! if you're a parrot, you repeat things. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. squuuuack, it's what you do. >>> right now at 4:30, a live look inside the quicken loans arena in cleveland, ohio, where republican delegates will soon be gathering to officially nominate donald trump as their party's nominee. good afternoon again. i'm jim rosenfield in cleveland. the floor below me much quieter than it was yesterday when we saw those fireworks from some of the delegates. official business set to get under way about an hour from now. as we've been reporting, the big story coming out of this convention right now is melania trump's speech from las

we don't want to be remembered for the tragedy that occurred in sandy hook. we want to be remembered for the change that occurred on that horrific day. come back on august 13th. there will be a rally here in washington, d.c. and then, there will be in-district action for two weeks. national disarm hate 2016, weeks of action. i challenge all of you to hold an event, a sit-in, march, rally, all across the country in every city and town in every single state. and then, disarm hate, disarm hate. disarm hate! disarm hate! disarm hate! disarm hate! and then -- and then on august 27th and 28th, join national action network and american federation of teachers. join us again in washington, d.c. to rally again for change, to end gun violence once and for all. thank you. [ applause ] >> to present our next speaker, representative gracy of maryland. representative donna edwards. >> good evening. i'm donna edwards. i'm from maryland. i represent maryland's fourth congressional district. i'm here tonight to speak out for commonsense gun violence solutions, including hr-121

my oldest son is the same age as those kids in sandy hook. he just finished first grade. my wife and i are the same age as those parents and i am furious. i am furious that in three years -- in three years since sandy hook, three years of almost daily bloodshed in our cities, the republican congress has done absolutely nothing to prevent the next massacre. it stokes inside me a sense of outrage that i've never felt before and that's what drove me to stand on the floor of the united states senate for 15 hours to demand change. and i'm here -- and i'm here today because i want a president who shares that same sense of outrage. outrage that the gun lobby fights to keep open glaring loopholes that 90% of americans want closed. outrage a suspected terrorist can walk into a gun store and walk out with a military-style semiautomatic weapon. hillary clinton didn't have to make fighting gun violence the centerpiece of her campaign, frankly, i'm sure people told her that it wasn't worth the political risk. but she held firm. she stood up to the nra and hillary clinton pledged to ta

the sandy hook shooting shook the nation. this school year students will attend a brand new school built on the site where sandy hook once stood. all new at 10:00 newtown connecticut tries to move forward from the unthinkable pain. >>> but first was the driver >>> subway service will be interrupted after a train went off the tracks in northern virginia this morning. fortunately only one of the 75 passengers on board was hurt. it caused major damage to the tracks and two subway cars. federal investigators will now look into the cause. >> a massachusetts driver is blaming her g.p.s. directions for this crash in vermont. police say the 31-year-old dorchester woman accidentally passed her destination when the g.p.s. quickly and that caused her to slam into this utility pole. no one was hurt. >>> the new hampshire jury found a school bus driver guilty of looking at her phone seconds before she crashed into tree. jurors convicted stephanie boyd on charges of reckless conduct and assault. last year he bus slid into a tree in notting

we are getting our first look inside the new sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. the new building contains no obvious memorials to the 26 people who died inside that building four years ago. but it was created with them in mind. designed to be above all, safe. eyewitness news reporter, tim fleischer has the story from newtown. >> reporter: from a striking exterior of south american the gables peaking up above the horizon entry with acorring entry, colored glass, connected inside outside to sculptures, to state of the art commuter labs, the new sandy hook school is waiting for student. >> we would trade in a minute this beautiful new school for the more familiar and aged sandy hook school built in the 50s if we could just change the past. >> reporter: the new school built over the last three years replace the previous school where 20 first graders and 6 educators were massacred in december of 2012. in honor of those lost, teachers, students and staff are ready to open their new school. >> resilient, courageous, dedicated, spirited and never ever lost a moment with

come on, sandy, pick up. sandy, it's steve. set another plate for tonight's dinner.ick robert up. >> oh, my god! >> this will be the last time i ever see this prison. >> at last, the final drive to robert's prison, with the news that both had dreamed of for all those years. >> hey, robert! >> how are you feeling? >> i'm elated. words can't describe it. words cannot describe it. i'm just so happy. if it wasn't for that man fighting for me right there, i wouldn't be out right now. and this is just overwhelming right now. i'm outside of these fences, man! hello? i'm just getting ready to pull out. yeah. it's unreal, mom. as long as this ain't a dream, i'm leaving right now. >> and that very night, robert was together again with his mother and his brother and freedom. >> this is my boy. he's home. >> how does it feel out here? >> it feels great, man. >> a few weeks later we came to see robert here in his new apartment in charlottesville, virginia, his very own apartment. in which he tells us there is no room for bitterness. there's too much to do. >> so, here we are. thi

un dÍa muy especial en la comunidad de connecticut, un joven matÓ en el 2012 en la escuela primaria sandye que se asesinara a tiros a 20 niÑos y seis educadores. nos acerca mucho mÁs a la reconstrucciÓn y la recuperaciÓn, y en mi opinión, estaremos reconstruyendo por un largo tiempo. dijo el superintendente de las escuelas. tras la matanza, la escuela fue demolida, dando paso a esta nueva construcciÓn en la misma propiedad, pero no en el mismo espacio. segÚn las autoridades escolares, cerca de 390 estudiantes ya estÁn matriculados en esta nueva escuela. 70 asistÍan al viejo plantel, y de ellos 30 estaban en el antiguo edificio durante el tiroteo. el diseÑo de la instituciÓn estÁ inspirado en la naturaleza, pero tambiÉn cuenta con mucha seguridad a travÉs de barreras, cÁmaras y ventanas a prueba de bala. precisamente sobre el tema de la violencia hablÓ en la convención demÓcrata la hija de la directora asesinada. estoy aquÍ solas y mi mamÁ, mientras muchos polÍticos se escudan detrÁs del cabildeo a favor del uso de armas, dijo la mujer. la de apertura se grabo y, para proteger a los niÑos

been long awaited since superstorm sandy. since that storm and the developments in the last five to 10 years in hoboken, it can rain 1/2 inch and you have cars flooding down the street. right now the streets are getting obviously wet and the water is starting to flow on the curbs. problems. >> thank you, amy. we will watch another area of rain in the great lakes. i will talk about that this morning sweeping our way with more rain for saturday and sunday in your accuweather forecast. heather has issues on the rain with flooding. >> the new england thruway. you can see this park area. this was involved in a crash. you can see that they have the flares set up. only the right lane is getting and explain what is happening and where this is. new england thruway, looking at the maps, new england thruway southbound near cedar where the accident is being cleared away. then you have the gowanus expressway outbound at the belt parkway split. that is a disabled vehicle. on the garden state parkway southbound near exit 148, another accide

today is robert's mother's birthday. >> come on, sandy, pick up. >> hello? >> sandy, it's steve. set another plate for tonight's dinner. i'm going up to pick robert up. >> oh, my god! >> i think this will be the last time i ever see this prison. >> reporter: at last, the final drive to robert's prison with the news that both had dreamed of for all those years. >> hey, robert. >> hello, hello, hello. >> reporter: how are you feeling? >> i'm -- i'm elated. i -- can't -- words can't describe it. words cannot describe. i'm just so happy. if it wasn't for that man fightin' for me right there i wouldn't be out right now. and this is just overwhelmin' right now. i'm outside of these fences, man! hello. i'm just getting ready to pull out. yeah, it's unreal, mom! as long as this ain't a dream, i'm leaving right now. >> reporter: and that very night, robert was together again with his mother, his brother, and freedom. >> robert! it's you. it's you. this is my boy. he's home! >> reporter: how does it feel out here? >> it feels great, man. >> reporter: a few weeks ago we came to see robert h

they are ready to come back. >> reporter: the new sandy hook elementary school begins the school year on august 29. we are in newtown, connecticut, lou young, cbs 2 news. >> always think about those kids. >>> we have a warning if you are heading to the beach this health department in suffolk and nassau counties are advising against swimming at more than 80 beaches on long island. storm runoff can elevate bacteria levels in the water. 62 beaches in suffolk county and 19 beaches in nassau county fall under this bathing ban. if you would like to see the full list, go to cbsnewyork.com. we have the whole advisory there for you. >>> a little inconvenient when you think it's the weekend. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> let's check in with nicole mitchell. she is in for lonnie quinn. and what about that weekend, nicole? >> we c got through everything today, it was so lovely outside. so as the sun broke through, temperatures were much cooler. here were some of those totals and we have a few more clouds out there right now. but partly sunny skies, a temperature of 83 degrees. and a lot of us over an

that's nice, sandy. thank you. >> if you're a fan of abc shows like we are, you'll want to down load the app. >> it's a great way to watch abc programs any time on your phone or tablet. >> the abc app has more options for shows. >> the abc app also has original digital series. you can download the an through apple's app store and google play. some features require cable or satellite. >> rick, you have a lot to talk about. >> yeah. larry is going to hobnob with the down at the espys. i'm here. warrior fans are delighted with the signing of kevin durant. the rest of the league not s >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, stopping the spate of highway shootings in the east bay, what to do. the newly installed tools that will help police. >> plus cashing in on pokemon, the bay area businesses seeing dollar signs because of the wildly popular game. >> all in, like, a week. >> those stories and more coming up on channel 7. >> this sports report is brought to you by your local toyota dealer. >> it's like its own sport

nearly four years, since the shooting at sandy hook elementary school.ht we're getting a first look at the new school, built to lee place the one where 20 children, and six educators, were gunned down in 2012. the new sandy hook elementary school was designed to appeal to children and to keep them safe. >> the safety and security measures in this building are second to none. >> reporter: fifty million-dollar, 86,000 square foot building has impact resistant doors and windows as well as state of the art video monitoring. the ground floor is elevated making it harder to see inside classrooms from the outside. anyone entering the front of the school must use one of the three pedestrian bridges, all who approach can be seen by those inside and the doors will be kept locked. the old school was torn down, after a gunman fatally shot 20, first graders, and six faculty and staff in 2012. the new one stand on the same property, but not in the old footprints. there will be no on site memorial for the victims and decision was made to keep the school's same name. >>

park officials want to raise the fees at sandy hook and reese beach in queens but you still have time to weigh in on that. here's brian thompson from sandy hook. >> reporter: and the biggest money makers for the park service are these toll booths charging $15 a day per car, and in queens at the huge parking lot at reese beach, the parking charge is $10 per car. yorkers. a $5 increase at both in the day rate? >> that's outrageous. >> you wouldn't come back? >> have to find a new beach. >> reporter: sandy hook's lots can fill up by noon a. $20 a day charge for next year. >> 15 was okay. but 20 is a little too much. because we would like to come more often. >> reporter: reese beach would go up from 10 to $15 per car per day. the challenge for the national park service upkeep like the light house, it's in line for significant repairs and much of the extra money will pay for similar repairs across gateway. even season holders like denise would have to pay more but if she got a dedicated lane here at the toll booth for pass holders on busy days, she'd have no complaint. >> if the season hol

massacre in newton, connecticut, a new sandy hook elementary school ready to open. it remaces the old school which was torn down after the community was devastated back in december 2012 by that shooting rampage. 20 school children and six adults were killed in the massacre. the new $50 million facility is designed to keep students and staff safe and to foster healing. >> the intent of this building is to offer a warm and i can also share with you that the safety and security measures in this building are second to none. >> the school's special safety features include impact resistant windows, surveillance cameras inside and out, and several gates that visitors must pass through to get in. 390 students are enrolled there to start this fall. >>> he was inducted in the hall of fame earlier this week. today he will at celebrated. his number 31 will be retired from rotation. piazza played for 16 seasons with five teams, including the beloved mets. he holds the record for the most home runs as a catcher in baseball history. looking good. >> nice. >>> coming up next on "ey

the new sandy hook school is waiting for students. >> we have this beautiful school for the more - sandy hook school built in the 50s, if we can change the past. >> the new school built over the last 3 years cost $50 million. the previous school where 20 first graders and 6 educator were massacred in december of 2012. in honor of those lost, teachers, students and staff are ready to open their new school. >> resilient, courageous, dedicated, spirited, and never, ever lost a moment with students. >> built into the new school are new safety features including impact resistant windows. from outside. there are surveillance cameras inside and outside and several gates that visitors must pass through. >> the safety and security measures in this building are second to none. >> 390 students are enrolled this fall and 70 of the 4th graders were students in the old school. 60 percent of the staff were returning. their goal now is to open this beautiful new school on august 29th and take the students into the future. >> despite its birth from a hook school is a place of laughter, love and learning.

we are part of our sandy hook village community, part of newtown, and the fact that a horrible thingpened here does not erase the wonderful things that have also happened here in our 300 year old history of our community. >> school begins august 29th. officials hope all of the colorful details and thoughtful touches that the community had a hand in designing will make the new sandy hook school a place of learning and laughter. >> marlie hall, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> picture of little girl's tea party in texas are going viral. here's why, last year she choke on a coin at home, corporal patrick ray helped her breathe again. mom wanted to mark it with a special event, decided to hire a professional photographer for a tea party photo shoot with the hero officer. corporal ray said he expect some teasing from his fellow officers but doesn't mind. how cute that? looks like really enjoying it. >> good for him. >> absolutely. justin, formally break in the temperatures, still got this humidity, still possibly some rain. >> exactly, humid, that will help fuel showers and storms specially

cook -- sandy hook connecticut.alyzing sorry that comes with losing a child to get violence. it is fundamental. only those who live it know it. of 21stwn, families graders and their sick teachers -- six teachers live with it every minute of every day. across the country, unbelievably, 90 families joined them. my older son is the same age at those kids in sandy hook. she just finished first grade. my wife and i are the same age as the parents. i am furious. rious that in-- fu years, three years of almost daily bloodshed in the cities, the republican congress has done absolutely nothing to prevent the next massacre. >> boo! >> a sense of outrage that i've never felt before. drove me to is what stand on the floor of the united states senate to demand change for 15 hours. [cheers] today because i want a president who shares that same sense of outrage. outrage that the gun lobby fights to keep open glaring loopholes that 90% of americans want closed. suspectedy -- terrorist can walk into a gun store and walk out with a m

we don't want to be remembered for the tragedy that occurred in sandy hook. we want to be remembered for the change that occurred on that horrific day. come back on august 13th. there will be a rally here in washington, d.c. and then, there will be in-district action for two weeks. national disarm hate 2016, weeks of action. i challenge all of you to hold an event, a sit-in, march, rally, all across the country in every city and town in every single state. and then, disarm hate, disarm hate. disarm hate! disarm hate! disarm hate! disarm hate! and then -- and then on august 27th and 28th, join national action network and american federation of teachers. join us again in washington, d.c. to rally again for change, to end gun violence once and for all. thank you. [ applause ] >> to present our next speaker, representative of maryland. representative donna edwards. >> good evening. i'm donna edwards. i'm from maryland. i represent maryland's fourth congressional district. i'm here tonight to speak out for commonsense gun violence solutions, including hr-1217, the

he said, he's in serious trouble. >> sandy had no idea just how serious. about to happen. >> wondering what's going on. i was scared. i was shaking. >> they had accomplices from high school and he was one of them. another one was pulled in the same night and interviewed by detective giles and his partner. >> at the end of the interview, we both looked at each other and had no idea what we're asking him. >> the kid was eventually released. but robert? robert had a far different experience in the interview room and a different detective. >> they're sitting across from you, randy sneed. >> you knew him. >> i knew him since i was 12 or 13. >> i was on first name basis with him. >> kind of a friend. >> yes, because i've known him for so long. >> why don't you tell me what took place that night? >> that night? i was at my house. >> at first, robert swore he was innocent. but six hours later, he had confessed to murder. >> you stabbed her, didn't you? >> one or two times. >> everything you told me is true, correct? >> yes. >> everything you've done, it's true, co

no more sandy hooks. no more auroras. let's call up today that are the two bills supported by 90% of the american people. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. >> i'm here today simply because it's time. it's time to save lives. it's time to close the gun show and internet loophole. mr. meeks: it's time to make sure if you are on the no-fly list you can't buy a gun in america. it's time for the american people to know where their representatives stand. it's time to find out who will prevail -- the people of the united states or the n.r.a. it's time to end moments of silence and move into legislative action to save lives. . speaker, don't you think it's time to give the people a vote? mr. speaker, it is time for you to do the right thing for all american people and end -- help end and sav

. >>> plus, inside sandy hook. we're taking our first look inside the new elementary school to see what's changed since that heartbreaking massacre four years ago. drive-thru surprise. where that mounted police officer was spotted ordering >>> right now, three sisters from brooklyn are getting ready to compete in the junior olympics. >> they're chasing something much bigger. pat battle is here with their story. >> we don't have to tell you what an accomplishment it is olympics, junior or not. they're hoping this journey will put them on a path to a more stable, better future. five days a week rain or shine, the shepherd sisters lace up their sneakers and hit the track. where they're headed is even more remarkable considering where they've come from. it's horrible. it's infested. it's unsanitary. the first time we got there there was just roaches everywhere we looked. >> reporter: life has been challenging to say the at least for the shepards. three years ago, their half brother was murdered. they lost their apartme

it's now been 3 1/2 years since the tragedy at sandy hook that took the lives of 20 elementary schoolids and six educators. but for reasons that i'll never understand, that horrific tragedy wasn't enough to convince republican leadership that something, something needs to be done to prevent the next tragedy. let me give you some numbers. 3 1/2, that's how long it's been -- how many years it's been since sandy hook. 34,000, that's the number of people that have been killed by someone using a gun since sandy hook. 1,182, that's the number of mass shootings that have taken place since sandy hook. 520, that's the number of days the house has been in session. 30, the moments of silence that we've observed in this house floor because of gun violence. and most important, zero. zero, that's the number of votes that this house has taken to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. what is the majority so afraid of? is your fear greater than the fear of those young kids at sandy hook or those parishioners in charleston or those young people at the nightclub in orlando? it's long past time

another here around monmouth county, sandy hook heading to the south shore of lopping island and the south shore, monmouth counties. you can see the end of that. another batch will swing around and through we have aways to go before the next batch i will talk about comes for the weekend. let's get you out the door. rain, flooding possible on streets and highways this morning. temperature has to get to 80 at noontime. sun breaks out this afternoon. weather and traffic every seven minutes. she is busy this morning. we have it going on. >> so is road cam 7. this car over here is blocking the left by newark airport. going to the airport and you take one and nine, you want to think about this. let's go to the maps. this is jersey city north carton avenue to manhattan avenue, flooding blocks all lanes. then to the b.q.e./gowanus northbound-eastbound at the prospect an accident. by the williamsburg bridge we have flooding near cadman plaza. the rfk manhattan-bound, an accident. new england thruway southbound at cedar an accident involving a car carrier is with us. we have the right lane get

brand-new sandy hook halls elementary school. here's a look at the new building. it's a nature theme and very secure. all of bulletproof anditor have to pass through a gate and two police officers and a vid monitoring system just to get inside. >>> a legal battle rages on between the victims of sandy hook and the begun company. remington wants to keem some documents sealed in the case. the lawsuit argues the way they sell and market military-style weapons a remington claims that the public would hurt them enefit competitors. >>> i authorities in michigan charge several for state employees involved in the flint water crisis. they believe those six people altered reports about lead contamination in the drinking water. mish's attorney general says tr cover up the things went tragi wrong in frilint. some failed to act. others miz arrogantly chose to ignore data. some intentionally altered figured and covered up and covered up significant health risks. >> nine public officials in the case are now facing prosecution. >>> the fbi is investigating a cyber attack at the de

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are office of economic workforce development, our shrdz that were doing today how fix it teams and sandy at dpw are here. >> (clapping.) >> plaza when you say plazas you mean reply they're here they got a big victory on tuesday with the dedicated fund for the park in fact, we're putting temple million dollars 0 into the children playground up 9 block that's going 101 to be an existing investment. >> (clapping.) >> all of this means many, many more combrupz u group the government agencies the nonprofits the community organizations the people probation officer who are serving food address providing services we're all accounting or working together to make sure we're collaboratively but also bringing and lifting everyone else up not to isolate people and have them on thanking their own but notify them into all the services we have and certainly reducing people that need a reason to many live on the streets and activating our open spaces and plaza for everyone that is the most important theme coming today know that our planning department and working with all of the different agencies really

s office, and the emergency management offices of all the states where sandy happened. i still havest, not gotten anything back yet. it was over two years ago, which is another story. i did get stuff back from new jersey relatively quickly and from new york later. but i did get stuff back. i was asking for correspondence depends on theit agency how you want to craft it. essentially, scores on the -- correspondence between anyone with an e-mail at red cross and individuals involved in the sandy response. there are a lot of other examples. if you are looking at or reporting on a privately held on koch a lot of work industries which is privately held, even though it is huge, has been through foia this is a very good tactic. >> i think that most of the good stuff might be thrown away. assume that we can get these records. he's mentioned a couple of fires there. were they suspicious? not everybody was like richard nixon who wanted to keep everything and keep the tapes. did jack kennedy was in the same situation he would've had a bonfire of the tapes. gives me an opportunity

that long, a year and a half closure to repair structural damage in the tunnel caused by superstorm sandy. that begins in january of 2019. 200,000 people use the line to travel between brooklyn and manhattan every day. >> this decision, although i'm sure it has a practical it without a plan to deal with the impact is troubling to me. it's a long time. we're certainly going to push hard to see does it have to be so long? >> the mta says more buses, ferries and trains will help the commuters. dari: nothing says luxury like french crystal. steve: the labor that's creating breathtaking -- label that's creating breathtaking pieces. dari: and matt damon returns to the franchise that made him an one american park is larger than yellowstone, yosemite, grand canyon and glacier national parks combined. ?? you can find it all only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here. dari: take a look at that. anxiety-inducing. this is near laguardia airport where traffic is so bad, we're hearing drivers are taking drastic measures to catch their flights. steve: joe beerman is live over the scene. w

since gunman's attack killed 20 children and six staff members at a school, an elementary school, sandyook in connecticut, now about ready to open it doors again inside new school focusing on providing healing and safe environment. fox's sam takes a look at it. >> new school filled with light and color, murals and sculptures, fill the halls, and the design incorporates nature, with a great view of nearby woods, and two tree houses in the back. >> very soothing type of thing, shown studies, even the color green can lower your blood pressure, and your heart rate. >> the building is also designed including high tech cameras, bridge, will help staff control who enters the building. >> rebuild, with integrity, that's for children, in a absolute relentless pursuit to make tomorrow a better day than today. >> the school at the old sandy hook elementary knocked down after gunman opened fire, killing 20 children, and six adults. as the community celebrate the new building, the sense of lost is never far from their minds. >> we would trade in a minute this beautiful new school for the more famili

and zero -- since sandy hook. and zero, that's the number of votes taken in this house to keep guns out of dangerous hands in the last 3 1/2 years. just a few weeks ago we experienced the worst mass shooting in our country's history at the pulse nightclub in orlando. 49 innocent people lost their lives in that nightclub. 49 people who were someone's son, daughter, someone's brother, sister, someone's significant other, someone's friend and someone's loved one. after this horrific shooting, the american people don't want to see their elected representatives fall back into the same old pattern of mass shootings followed by moments of silence, thoughts and prayers but no real action taken to help prevent the next tragedy. the american people want to see congress pass meaningful legislation to help keep our communities and our loved ones safe. 85% of americans are in favor of banning individuals on the terrorist watch list from being able to legally buy guns. 90% of americans support strengthening and expanding our ba