and ask people to who ves ideas to log on to the sandy hook promise website and that is sandy hook promise, all one word,.org. it is intended to dove tail with the government and also to expand the scope of that beyond the areas that the government's efforts will cover. this will result in the most rapid and thorough exploration of new innovations that will help us reduce gun violence and reduce gun violence against our children. later this afternoon, the technology committee will be meeting and we will work on creating the structure and the promise to insure that all of the innovative ideas that we receive are developed and funded at the highest level possible. technology has proven itself successful in addressing some of our saturday's greatest challenges. and so today, we call on all of us to turn our attention and our energy towards ending gun violence against our children. thank you. >> joining us on stage are mark and jackie barton. >> first thing that we would like to say is thank you. thank you to the tech community. for putting your time and effort and research into this. and we w

sandy hook promise, innovation initiative. and in the days immediately after the december 14th tragedy, leaders from the tech community, including ron con way and others have shown incredible support for newtown. we are so grateful for their support and we are eager to start working alongside with them to innovate our way to a safer nation. with that, i would like to introduce ron con way. >> thank you. i want to first recognize the families in the front row. we have three families from sandy hook itself, families who lost children, in the tragedy. and then, we also have three local families. and all of you are national heroes. and instead of being bitter, after you lost your children, you are taking action to make the world a better place. you are national heroes. i am new to this issue. i became friends with gabby giffords last year, my good friend, larine jobs introduced me to gabby and mark and we instantly became friends. my wife and i started doing work on gabby and mark's effort which was then the institute for civil di

they call it the sandy hook promise, after the sandy hook elementary school where the 20 children and 6 educators were shot and killed. the mission statement reads, "america is in desperate need of a new path forward to address our epidemic of gun violence." and then comes the promise, "this time there will be change." francine wheeler, one of the newtown parents who has made that promise, is with me now. she is the mother of six-year-old ben, a sandy hook first grader who was one of those slain in december. you may have seen francine a few weeks ago when president obama asked her to deliver his weekly radio and internet address or you may have watched her on "60 minutes" with her husband david, a graphic designer, who will join us later in the broadcast. but first, francine and i are with peter yarrow, the folksinger and activist. you know him from peter, paul and mary, the celebrated trio who entertained and moved us with their music while tirelessly campaigning for peace and social justice. in february, peter was asked to come to connecticut and appear in a concert to give those st

and that is the promise that we make to it the families of sandy hook. that is why we are here today. i would like to thank lawn and all of our technology leaders for exporting one of our top, in fact, it is the city's major asset. our spirit of innovation. and launching into a national issue

it's a very large and very powerful industry and we actually what we see now in a wake of sandy hook it's not just this sort of public outrage right over guns, how everyone approached the problem. we also see the utter power of this industry when it's focused on political arms such as the nra or nra super text. >> well, if i could just jump in. i think also the results of that is controlling what gets out to the public, so unfortunately it took sandy hook to sort of get politicians to willingly come out and make a stance and try to push legislation through. but we've had years of the nra sort of sorting any scientific studies about the real consequences of gun violence and i don't know that people, you know, know the real numbers, 34 people a day died from the gun. 46 people commit suicide with a gun. every single day 9 children die. you know, due to gun violence. that totals 1,000 people a day that are directly effected every single day outside of tragedies like sandy hook which could shouldn't be taken lightly at all. this is a very serious problem that the real consequences haven'

>> sandy hook promise grassroots advocacy group came together from community members of sandy hook hook are posting on the sandy hook promise website a mother's day card to honor the mothers who have lost a child, whose children won't be able to wish their mommy as happy mother's day this year. we're asking folks to please go to the sandy hook promise site and sign the card. >> mark barden, this is very difficult. thanks. we'll be right back. >> thank you. rregular heartbea. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effectiv

ask, ard question to particularly about sandy hook.me journalists raise the question of of course there will be missed information early in the story. the talk about if there was a second shooter. the tennis identification of the brother -- the miss identification of the brother. it is a terrible tragedy. 26 people are dead. what is the real damage done when you have people running amok on social media? >> last wednesday with the report that went on for some time that suspects were in custody. people were staying closer to home at that point, it was not in lockdown the same way it was on friday. god forbid something had happened during those hours when news organizations or reporting that suspects had been captured and people went out and something happened. this is all hypothetical. we've not seen the situation where social media has put people's lives in danger. you could argue in smaller cases it has. the boys on the cover of "the post." he was saying he was afraid to go to school. his parents are worried that somebody will shoot th

community members of sandy hook.sting on the sandy hook promise website a mother's day card to honor the mothers who have lost a child whose children won't be able to wish their mommies a happy mother's day this year and we are asking people to go to the sandy hook promise site and sign the card. >> mark barden, this is very difficult. thank you so much. we'll be right back. come here, boy. ♪ there you go. come on, let's play! [ male announcer ] there's an easier way to protect your dog from dangerous parasites. good boy. fetch! trifexis is the monthly, beef-flavored tablet that prevents heartworm disease, kills fleas and prevents infestations, and treats hook-, round-, and whipworm infections. treatment with fewer than 3 monthly doses after exposure to mosquitoes may not provide complete heartworm prevention. the most common adverse reactions were vomiting, itching and lethargy. serious adverse reactions have been reported following concomitant extra-label use of ivermectin with spinosad alone, one of the components

to help sandy hook.hose things are difficult because sandy hook is inundated with people who want to help, even within the community. so we received lots and lots of support from around the world we wanted people to recognize the hurt them and appreciated. >> was there a point at which you thought you had gone from being somebody who is just -- not just, bigger principle looking off to the small community. did you feel any of the pressure we were hearing about -- we personally followed ensued by the press in the same way this morning? >> i'm sure pack up far more attention than i did. i responsibility was to protect the kids from the media. the fans at runtime or parked across the street from the high school for days and as respectful as they were at the school grounds and not been on school grounds, traffic at newtown high school is just like traffic at every other high school. when traffic was backed up, reporters at approach cars come as administrators and the police to try to help kids get into schoo

>> sandy hook promise grassroots advocacy group came together from community members of sandy ho hook posting on the sandy hook promise website a mother's day card to honor the mothers who have lost a child, whose children won't be able to wish their mommy as happy mother's day this year. we're asking folks to please go to the sandy hook promise site and sign the card. >> mark barden, this is very difficult. thanks. we'll be right back. >> thank you. and sweet potato! triscuit has a new snack? no way. way. and the worst part is they're delicious. mmm, you're right. maybe we should give other new things a chance. no way. way. [ male announcer ] we've taken 100% whole grain brown rice and wheat, delicious sweet potato, and savory red bean... and woven them into something unexpected. the new brown rice triscuit line; with sweet potato and red bean varieties. a new take on an old favorite. with sweet potato and red bean varieties. you know it even after all these years. but your erectile dysfunction - you know,that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps yo

this is since sandy hook, than died in the iraq war.ates citizens. >> we are the leading nation on planet earth and we are creating an atmosphere in this country where we are interested in laying out the most obscene rhetoric, the most violent of rhetoric and we are essentially saying, we don't care if people have mental disabilities. they ought to be able to get a gun. and the figures you just cited should cause this nation to erupt in anger at what's going on and then we need to redirect our anger, try to support the president's effort to get a background check the president's not breaking into anybody's home. the president has a pretty nice looking home there in washington. and we had a lot of people out here who are sick, who are eating this stuff up, who eat this ugly language that we hear up and they do it -- people like senator paul, they know better. they are feeding it to people who don't. >> you know, david, you've got people even calling for -- there was one guy, a right-wing activist who recently canceled an armed march on w

. >> when adam lanza went on a shooting rampage at sandy hook elementary school in december it sent aer and flashback in the city of stockton. 24 years ago these teachers survived an explosion of gunfire when patrick used an ak-47 to turn the playground into a killing field. it took sandy hook to reunite the now mostly-retired instructors. >> something needs to be done so we're going to do it. >> so from new town, connecticut in 2012 to stockton, california, 1989, there's now conviction to fight for gun control. >> i look around the room. i don't see lobbyists here. i see teachers, but now you're taking action. >> this is something that has to change. too many lives are lost. too many people are dying without being able to show their uniqueness and their value. >> four of the children who died at cleveland school are buried here at the stockton rural cemetery. one of the children who was wounded has made stockton his home. he's a police officer, and he speaks out for gun owners' rights. >> is that your intent or does this work out that way. >> it just kind of worked out that way. >> r

people start doing that from sandy hook oh, since sandy hook 1200 people have died. fascinateing disheartening thing about this story last week the 5-year-old shooting the 2-year-old. what did relearn about that? he had a correct gun. guns that are marketed to elementary school kids. some come in pink and other schools colors. it's mind boggling. the guy got the gun when he was four. that quote from that news report that heart wrenching news report that this family is never going to be the same. every day of the year whether it's accidental guns whether it's suicide $15,000 to $20,000 gun suicide a year. add up to the families who are never going to be the same. that is the quote. we'll go through it every day and then we look at the nra's response is, and they're gloating about the fact that they didn't pass the bill. >> cenk: we're over time but i got to show you all one last thing here. it's an ad for these cricket rifles j where are you going? >> to shoot my cricket rifles. >> i wish i had one. >> girls and moms can pick one to their own taste. start one own trad

you joined the nra after sandy hook. why would anybody do that?> well, i just wanted to protect my rights, my second amendment rights. i'm not a big gun guy, by the way. i'm not one of the world's biggest gun guys. i go to a gun range once a year to practice. i keep a gun in my home for self defense and that's it. i've never had one on my person, my car, i'm a little scared about them, because i'm not someone who handled them my whole life. but i always want the right to have it, to defend myself and to defend my family. i joined the nra. i happen to be jewish by birth, by the way and always said in many interviews around the country, the slaughter of jews began in nazi, germany in 1938 after hitler passed a law that said jews could not own guns. i want to make sure in this country we have a right to own guns as the second amendment says. >> absolutely nobody, of course, was denying you that right. i mean, do you know how many types of gun president obama was going to leave in circulation, perfectly legally, if you implemented every single one of

in fact when one sandy hook resident offered to pay to fly him out to connecticut davis proved he not only talks the talk, he walks the... hasn't responded. well, he's probably busy answering fan mail. now, i know that you might be saying, stephen, won't demonizing the victims of gun violence make people hate us? no, greg. it won't because it already has. >> senator, you voted no on that background check. according to a new p.p.p. poll, nevada senator dean heller lost two points over all. senator mark begich of alaska down six points. his colleague in alaska murkowski lost 16 points. senator rob portman ohio of lost a net of 18 points. new hampshire republican kelly ayotte has slid 15 points. >> stephen: poor kelly ayotte. apparently new hampshire voters don't want to change their state motto to live free and die. but, folks, to win the fight against these enormously popular modest gun regulations, we can't care about the voters. we can't care about coherent argument. we can't even care about what feels right. we have to go beyond all previous experience of political engagement and hu

today i task force and new town conn will talk about what to do with the sandy hook elementary school1st graders and six adults were killed in december by gunmen. the task force has narrowed their choices down to two options, renovate or rebuild sandy hook orb build a new school altogether near the current site. residents in newtown have expressed mixed opinions on whether sandy hook should be torn down or renovated. >> rhode island's governor has signed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. the bill goes into effect august 1st. the state house gave final approval yesterday, after the senate passed it last week. rhode island was the only state in new england were same-sex marriage was illegal until now. it's now the tense state and the country to allow same-sex marriage. the u.s. supreme court is expected to rule by next month on major cases revolving around a marriage. 6:42 a.m. and let's take a break. live look at the james lick freeway. don't forget, we are just 60 days away from the bay to breakers race and we have you covered start to finish. 2 and may 19th at 8:00 p.

tonight we'll meet the woman who lost her mom at sandy hook elementary. now she's confronting lawmakers who say they care about what happened and voted no on tougher laws. >>> and what made this jumbo jet to fall to earth. the video is hard to watch. it is incredible. what can a pilot actually do when a plane stalls on takeoff. we'll ask a pro to take us inside the cockpit. >>> we begin with everything new we're learning about the bombing investigation. there's a lot to bring you up to date on. there's three new suspects of the friend of dzhokhar tsarnaev. two kazak friends who are charged with destruction of evidence and the third with lying to authorities. now according to court documents one texted tsarnaev just after the fbi released pictures of the bomb suspects telling him, quote, he looked like the suspect on television. lol dzhokhar stated, come to my room and take whatever you want. authorities say he and the other two did just that. what they found and what they allegedly did next is potentially very incriminating to theirselves as well as their

. >>> el ♪ el 14 de diciembre del aÑo pasado ocurriÓ la masacre en la escuela de sandy hook en connecticutn sÓlidos que no a dudarÍa en a debes ahorrar hasta su propia vida para salvar a las alumnos si fuera necesario *. >>> cuando el chico entrÓ en la sala y preguntÓ donde estaban los niÑos de ella, ella dijo que ellos estaban en el gimnasio y ahÍ fue que perdiÓ la vida de ella salvando a los hijos de ella. >>> como sus propios hijos solÍa considerado a sus alumnos, sus familiares la recuerdan como una joven que se dedicaba a enseÑar y proteger a sus alumnos. >>> una maestra que le gustaba el trabajo de ella, salÍa de la casa como a las 6 de la maÑana y llegaba como a las 20:00 pm, ella era la primera que llegaba a la escuela y la Última que salÍa. >>> todos dan algo pero algunos lo dan todo fue una de las reflexiones en la entrega de medallas de honor a la familiares de la 6 profesoras y personal de la escuela sandy hook que murieron dependiendo a los alumnos (hablan inglÉs) . >>> escuchar su nombre constan alta condecoraciÓn fue un honor dijo su hermana menor (hablan inglÉs) *. >>> fue

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also, a decision in what to do with the site of sandy hook elementary school. plus, in this morning's office politics, luke russert tells alex why he thinks congress is like a jenga game. and after an abrupt recess, what's next for jodi arias? she says she wants the death penalty. will she get it? good morning, everybody, i'm betty nguyen. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." now, here is what is happening today. first, to front page politics. the white house says republicans are playing politics as new details surface in the benghazi attacks. at issue, the disclosure of e-mails related to the attacks on the u.s. compound in libya that killed four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. nbc news has confirmed that the white house, with input from state department officials, had edited talking points about the benghazi attacks 12 times in the hours following the incident. white house spokesman jay carney disputes claims the e-mails suggest the white house was more involved in the crafting of talking points about the attacks than about what actually happe

i think the american people -- sandy hook was a wake-up call for them.he slaughter of 20 6-year-olds. but every day, over 30 americans die from guns. that's over 31,000 every year. that's slow-motion mass murder. our politicians are willfully ignoring that and following their nra masters because they're getting money, political contributions from them. the american people are angry about that. >> and it seems like they're taking them out on the polls right now. the question is how sticky it might be and will they remember in 18 months? what's your thought? >> definitely. i hate to say this, but there are going to be other massacres. as long as we have high-capacity ammunition magazines out there, assault weapons, and the amount of guns and the people who can buy them without background checks, you can bet your bottom dollar. people will continue to become outraged. >> we hope not, but there is going to be some assistance from the nra as they move forward toward 2013 and election day. the nra coming out and helping kelly ayotte. take a listen to this. >>

. >> kelly had the courage to oppose misguided gun control laws that would not have prevented sandy hook. >> reporter: the daughter of the slain principal at sandy hook elementary drove four hours from connecticut to confront ayotte. >> i'm just wondering why the burden of my mother being gunned down in the halls of her elementary school isn't as important as that. >> i'm obviously so sorry. everyone here no matter what our views are for what you have been through. >> reporter: tonight ayotte's advisers tell me they think the meetings were more cordial than you might expect. they say the senator is open to constructive steps that both parties could work on. they don't think there is enough political momentum to bring up the issue again soon with hot topics coming up like immigration reform. brian. >> kelly o'donnell in washington tonight. kelly, thanks. >>> an early heads-up on the next story for those watching with young ones present. it is a grisly subject matter. a jury in philadelphia ended its first full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the high profile trial of an

and tonight you'll meet the woman who lost her mom at sandy hook elementary. now she is confronting lawmakers who say yes, they care deeply about what happened but voted no on tougher gun laws. >>> and later, what made this jumbo jet fall to earth? the video is hard to watch. it is incredible. and what can a pilot actually do when the plane stalls on takeoff? we'll ask a pro to take us inside the cockpit when things go terribly wrong. >>> we begin with everything new we have been learning in the last few hours about the bombing investigation, and there is a lot to bring up to date on. it all follows the charges and the court appearance today of three new suspects. friends of the surviving bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev. two charged with destructing evidence. the third, a friend from cambridge charged with lying to authorities. according to court documents, one texted tsarnaev after released pictures telling him, quote, he looked like the suspect on television. lol, dzhokhar responded. then later, quote, come to my room and take whatever you want. and authorities sa

but there are more options location of sandy hook elementary.onsolidating into an intermediate school was discussed. that plan would spare the district the cost of building a brand new school. "building a new school" >> federal and state funding would more likely be there because of the entire loss. >> moving into a building that once housed a mental hospital, was also discussed. some observers complain one proposed location is too crime. where 26 children and teachers were killed last december. in malaysia, politics is on the front burner. some describe the closest-ever election in that country as also being its most violent. supporters campaigning on this street in kuala lumpur. no signs of violence that could threaten sunday's election. there have been reports of beatings, death threats, and bombings in the weeks ahead of the election. analysts say the election is the campaign pits a loose coalition of opposition parties against those who have ruled the country for 56 years. racial tensions are also playing a big role, thanks to policies put

in the 168 days since the tragedy at sandy hook elementary school, at least 4,448 americans have diedresult of gun violence. that means 171 new townes since newtown. in coloradoan effort is underway to recall democrat state senator john morse for his votes on gun safety. the colorado springs gazette said they are offering gift cards, a 9 millimeter pistol and ammunition to the person who gathers the most signatures. wow. even worse, though, the "new york times" reports that the fbi is investigating ricin-laced letters sent to new york mayor michael bloomberg and his mayors group. but moms demand action lawn. ed its moms demand social responsibility companies. but it also thanks companies such as pete's coffee and ikea or keeping guns out of their stores and serving great swedish meat balls. joining us now is one of the moms. welcome back inside "the war room." >> thank you so much. >> michael: when you were on the show in march your focus was on lawmakers, why move to the corporate responsibility now? >> we're still pressuring lawmakers. but when the senate voted against background ch

was the principal at the sandy hook school. >> markey wouldnn the democrati primary.cial election is scheduled for june 25th. yesterday a panel approved the panel. >> new law took effect 7 years after same sex couples -- >> substitute teacher sent bizarre homework questions home with students. they referenced ted bundy and creepy john. >> i don't know if he is trying to be funny or if that is some of this personal interests. he could have did the problem without the references. >> the substitute teacher was trying to engage students by t getting their attention. the school says the teacher will no longer be filling in at that school. >> supporters have taken to the streets on his may day. >> we are in for nice relief. >> that is live view there in washington. now showing up on the eastern verizon. we have reports coming in of chilly temperatures. many locations down into the 40s. 48 there. and in prince george county. it is right near 50 degrees. light breeze. here is your 4 day forecast. it is going to be chilly again. temperatures into the mid 40s. low 70s and party

like the language around sandy hook.ce of national outrage at the vast majority of killings so often done on the streets of south side of chicago, detroit, new york, l.a. what you do right now is have a moment to connect those spaces. bring the young people who have lost so many extraordinary friends. like i said i was watching a document called "triggering wounds" the young man that made the film lost eight friend in gun violence. they're a mobilized focused group putting down guns, picking up cameras. so that capital should also be harnessed. for too long they've been outsiders because this country, in so many ways, practices the policy of the privileging of one set of lives verse another set of lives. but in this gun safety legislation moment is an opportunity to connect those spaces. so, mothers have been organizing for a minute but to marry those spaces, it's to potentially create the kind of movement that cannot be -- it doesn't have the investment in political capital and power and money that the nra does, all the

thes: americans across country, after sandy hook, every poll, every study, every survey made it taken abundantly clear the american people wanted something done. ans one thing not to get assault weapons ban on the notr, it's another thing to even get background measures passed even though 90% of the it soan people were for it's not like their voices weren't heard. everybody knows they were put myself in that -- that we were upset and we wanted something done so to your point about the 10% being vocal and that a nice way of saying that washington is bought by big money? know, but i think that the whole issue on expressing oneself through phone calls and is absolutelyers paramount and making their voices heard. of that.hat's part i think it really does influence weighocess to have people in in vast numbers to know that paid forl be a penalty not being willing to support the aitiative and work on bipartisan basis. that's the other thing. table and atrn the the elections and before that and reword those who are going to be willing to work on a bipartisan basis and penalize those who don't

her mother was the principle at sandy hook elementary school and killed there in december. she wasn't the only one who showed up to ask senator ayotte some rather pointed questions this week about her gun vote. regular folks, too, showed up wanting to know why senator ayotte voted the way she did. at the town hall, it wasn't the question that was most notable, the senator's answer that's getting all the attention. >> i received your four-page letter regarding guns and background checks. i really don't understand. it doesn't make sense to me. what is wrong with universal background checks? >> okay. thank you, john. >> thank you, john. you know, john, i know obviously we've known each other for a couple years. i have a lot of respect for you. and on this issue, my -- i've described it for you, but i will tell you, in terms of a universal background check, as it's been framed, i have a lot of concerns about that leading to a registry that will create a privacy situation for lawful firearms owners. >> seriously, senator. i have a lot of concerns that leading to a registry that

that's the unanimous recommendation from the sandy hook task force, saying that tearing it down will erase some of the emotional scars left behind after last year's mass shooting. 26 people were killed in the shooting in december. >>> one world trade center is now officially the tallest building in the western hemisphere. that spire was installed on friday, and it made it the new record holder at 1,776 feet. of course, you get the 1776 reference. the chairman of the port authority called the building, quote, a national symbol of hope and strength in the face of tragedy. when the first of the twin towers was built in 1972, it was the world's tallest building. good to see that spire go up. let's go back now to cleveland and brianna keilar. brianna? >> thanks, victor. >>> recovering from years of captivity. as we continue to learn details about those three women held against their will for nearly a decade, one can only imagine the mental and physical torture they endured and what it will take for them to put their lives back together. joining me now to talk about that, clinical psycholo

. >>> the heated town hall conversation between senator kellie ayotte and the daughter of sandy hook's slain principal. >> i'm just wondering why the burden of my mother being gunned down in the has of her elementary school isn't as important. >> here hear senator ayotte's response coming up. >> the moral and security dilemma, and the hunger strike of more than half the prisoners. >> i don't want these individuals to die. obviously the pentagon is trying to manage the situation as best they can. but i think all of us should reflect on why exactly are we doing this? i want does anyone have a solution to the political and security road blocks to closing this prison? we'll hear from the top democrat on house armed services, congressman adam smith. >>> and could you live 1.50 a day? the vice president's sons are going to be here to tell us how they joined the campaign to make people aware of global hunger. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington with breaking news. the fbi has noun taken into custody three additional people in connection with the boston marathon bombing investigati

as you and i both know, the issue was not background system at sandy hook.alth i hope is the one thing that we can agree on going forward and getting done because that seems to be an overriding issue in all--and also enforcement, certainly. i think there are many areas we can agree, most of all the legislation that was on the floor and the background check as i understand the facts certainly wouldn't have helped. but what i think is mental health. >> cenk: at the end of that answer you see erica lafferty walking out because that was not an answer to her question. she just tried to change the topic to mental health. but the main issue at sandy look from all those guns and all those bullets that led to all those deaths. in reality the people of new hampshire agree with us. 88% strongly favor the proposal. 6% somewhat favored it, and only 5% opposed it, but their senator voted that way with the 5% any way. even among gun owners in new hampshire, 83% said please vote in favor of the universal background check, and she wouldn't do it. the background check they we

to help sandy hook.ngs are difficult because sandy hook is indated with people who want to help even within the community. so we received lots and lots of support from around the world we wanted people to recognize the hurt them and appreciated. >> was there a point at which you thought you had gone from being somebody who is just -- not just, bigger principle looking off to the sma community. did you feel any of the pressure we were hearing about -- we personally followed ensued by the press in the same way this morning? >> i'm sure pack up far more attention than i did. i responsibility was to protect the kids from the media. the fans at runtime or parked across the street fromthe high school for days and as respectful as they were at the school grounds and not been on school grounds traffic at newtown high school is just like traffic at every other high school. when traffic was backed up reporters at approach cars come as administrators and the police to try to help kids get into school without having

it is easy to do, and the website is my sandy hook family find. gerri: my sandy hook family fund.ou're saying there. i jst have to say, is unbelievable to me that this is not working faster for the families in connecticut in newtown. i wish all the luck in the world. thank you for coming back on the show. >> thank you for having me. gerri: and global story. well, meanwhile in the electric car world the test the company is set to announce the company's first-ever quarterly profit this week, wednesday. reportedly what is driving this company into the black are california tax credits. that's right. with more on this, paul chester of the national legal policy center. all rit. how is it possible that this company is making money only because of tax credits. is that your analysis to back. >> that is what it looks like. in california they have a unique economy in california where they set up these special deals for renewable energy, for electric cars, for manufacturers. and they get these credits. it is st of like a minicamp in trade system where the manufacturers of the so-called green

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some sort of answer. >> reporter: pro gun control groups have enlisted the families of sandy hook victims to target some senators in an effort to change their votes. gilles rousseau, who lost his daughter lauren, a teacher, hoped to speak with the senator today. you would have liked to have heard from what from her? >> that she would reconsider. that maybe she didn't read the entire bill. >> reporter: rousseau says he hopes he can help convince the senate to vote again but, scott, even if that happened sources close to senator ayotte say she has no intention of changing her vote. >> pelley: and democrats have vowed to bring the legislation back. chip, thanks very much. there's a development tonight in the boston marathon bombing and elaine quijano is in boston for us tonight. elaine? >> reporter: well, scott, a spokesman for the executive office of public safety tells us that just after 5:30 tonight a funeral company picked up the body of tamerlan tsarnaev from the medical examiner's office on behalf of the family. now, the spokesman would not say exactly which family members authorized t