. ♪ graciously donating to sandy hook victims.he school in newtown connecticut, the victims families or their frustration over the lack of transparency and joins me by telephone. thank you for eing here with us. this split -- do you think this is fair? >> this is an attempt by the american peple who donated private money to t victims. i think it is sort of the wrong question to ask. melissa: the families are cticizing the decision, saying that thenearly 4 million shod actually go to families instead. but that is. >> it has held up distribution for seven months. in boston we distributed $60 million in 60 days. it killed the foundation in newtown at sandy hook elementary it works on understanding what the families that lo loved ones. it was done with full transparency, open, a public town hall meeting. everyone was given the ability to mke comments. melissa: you are not consulting, you're just helping out, you have a reputation for fairness and helping tough situations exactly like this. you mentioned just a moment ago as you are in

one thing that's coming to mind to me is the core spoent at sandy hook day and today's tragedy. it's a tragedy that some parents could be reminded of their tragedy going back to major newtown events. >> so the newtown victims could retraumatized from this? >> it's the events that went on.

columbine, sandy hook i'm a hurricane sandy -- sandy hook, hurricane sandy. when someone feels empathy is always present in the media, but it does not get asked ended to the lived experience of african- americans in any way near the way it should. tavis: when i made it to the airport after appearing on the show yesterday and flew back to los angeles last night, i landed because i wanted to get to a screening of a movie that i'm sure you and others in the country have heard about called "fruitvale station" about the killing of oscar grant a few years ago in oakland. it is sort of the same situation, black young male being shot and killed by a white male under the color of enforcement or neighborhood watch, in this case, a bart officer. i got off the airplane and went he medially to the screening and i could not get out of my seat to the screening because i could not stop crying. i know the oscar grant very well, but i couldn't stop crying personally because the movie was so brilliant in connecting us to the humanity of oscar grant. give me a second here. i am

. >>> now to newtown, connecticut, where details are emerging about the sandy hook victims' fund. families are expected to receive nearly $8 million in payments next month. the preliminary recommendation from a meeting thursday is that each of the 26 victims' families receive $281,000. $20,000 to the families of each 12 surviving children who witnessed the shootings and two teachers who were injured would get $150,000 between them. the families of some victims say the process has caused them more angerish. 20 children were killed at sandy hook elementary. >>> cities throughout the eastern part of the country are cleaning up after massive storms ravaged their towns. a city in northeastern ohio has gotten so much rainfall -- look at that -- the residents are getting boats to get around. and a tornado that touched down in western pennsylvania wednesday left massive damage in its wake. luckily no fatalities or major injuries there. nbc's bill karins is here with our weekend weather. >> washington, d.c. got hit last night with a lot of rain in two hours. a lot of flash flooding. as far

>> that close to sandy hook? >> it was months after sandy hook. >> you can't yell fire in a movie theater. >> but there is no law against making a joke. there is no comedy. >> i think he certainly should have been looked at after making a comment like that. if something were to happen at the school, then there would have been -- somebody would have said why didn't we see this come ?g. >> absolutely okay to look at it, but clearly he was making a joke. >> you are agreeing to agree. i think they are looking for fights. >> red river. >> this is like them saying you can't make jokes about terrorism in an airport. >> guess what. you can. it is not illegal. >> and nick just swore. >> thank you, andy. imogen, schulz, keith, nick. that does it for me. i'm greg gutfeld. editors kept that swear word nick just said. how dare you? -- same place. right now o'reilly is back and is he live and coming at you. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> i tried to stand up and that's when he grabbed me by the head and slammed

. >>> and helping the families of sandy hook school shooting, that devastation event out there, today's meeting delivering financial assistance for the victims. >>> welcome back everyone. a good thursday morning to you. taking a live look outside. a lot of cloud cover out there, foggy start to the day. a live look at san francisco. we'll have more on the forecast coming up. 4:42. from two votes to one to none. this morning an international sailing jury will announce its decision regarding a protest to rule changes at this year's america's cup. italian luna rossa is protesting rule changes in response to the death of andrew simpson. they say it alters the race and refuse to compete until a decision is made. the decision is supposed to come down at 11:00. today luna rossa is slated to race swedish team art muss. but that boat is damaged and cannot race. it's possible no boats will hit the water today. >>> we are getting a new look this morning at just what google glass can actually do. the houston zoo one of the first groups to get the google glass. they show what it looks like to go insi

tons of money poured in after the sandy hook elementary school massacre in connecticut. we'll tell you how much, and where it's going now. and penn state, taking further action in the wake of the sandusky scandal. we'll have the latest for you on that. stay with us. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. a community foundation given the task of dividing up donations received after the connecticut school shootings is making its preliminary recommendations. the foundation wants 281- thousand-dollars to go to each of the families of the 26 chil

. >> millions of dollars poured in after the sandy hook elementary school shooting and what is being done with the money that is making people >> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> this friday morning, well look at fog the runway where the wreck average flight 214 remains. you do not see the smoke but you still see some emergency vehicles and that is due to a fire that broke out a couple of hours ago or so. we have a video showing them towing the wreckage away very slowly. it is moving. >> it is more than half a year since connecticut was the largest school shooting and now there is a dispute over how the $11 million donated to the sandy hook elementary school fund will be distributed. some families of the victims of sandy hook elementary school met last night to talk about how the money is being handled bit board overseeing it. more than $7 million is going to the families of the 26 victims and 12 other children but this is a disagreement about the other $4 million that would go to the community. many say all the money should go to the vic

. >>> now to newtown, connecticut, where details are emerging about the sandy hook victims fund. families are expected to begin receiving nearly $8 million in payments next month. the preliminary recommendation from a meeting thursday is that each family of the 26 victims receive $281,000. $20,000 to the families of each 12 surviving children who witnessed the shootings. and two teachers who were injured would get $150,000 between them. the families of some victims say the process has caused them more anguish. 20 children and six educators were killed on december 14th at sandy hook elementary. >>> now here's your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. so close but yet so far. yet, eyes are on 2016 and in battleground state iowa, a new ppp poll gives hillary clinton a whopping 71% lead over vice president joe biden's 12%. republicans, meanwhile, well, no straight front runner. kentucky senator rand paul at 18% with new jersey governor chris christie right behind at 15%. sparring on the senate floor, did you see this? a throwdown between minority leader mitch mcco

not even sandy hook can't bridge the divide that this country is in right now. >> so what is the answerhow does america come through this and be better? >> i -- well, i think it's at the voting booth. i think -- i think that america sits in the middle. on some issues to the right, on some issues to the left. they are the people -- i love when the politicians go, you know, the american people say you don't know what the american people say. you're saying what your lobbyist and special interests are saying so knock it off. the people are sitting in the middle going where is tip o'neil. where is ron regan? get in the room and don't come out until you get a deal. oba obama, bayner, don't come out until you have a deal. no food, no water, do that. that's what they have been doing for several -- couple hundred years and we don't do that anymore. that would be a start, and if not, then see it -- see you at the voting booth. >> tell me about season two of newsroom. i watched the first episode last night. it looked to me like for everyone is now into their stride of this show and what it is abou

two months to the day after sandy hook.e searched carter's home, found no weapons or letters of intent. regardless of this fact, bail was set at half a million dollars. higher than bonds set for murderers and rapists. after months in jail, where carter, according to his dad, suffered terrible assaults, concussions, black eyes and was moved four times for his own protection, the story began to gain national attention and just a few hours ago, an anonymous supporter paid the $500,000 bond. tonight, justin carter is home. joining me now is jack carter, justin's father and don flanary, justin's attorney. jack, let me begin with you. i just want to hear how justin is doing. >> he's doing actually really well considering the situation. he's just -- he was very surprised. he wasn't expecting it. we got to surprise him this morning. and we got a good meal in him and he's in a nice, safe place with a good bed and he's just really happy to be out and be with his parents and be able to enjoy sunshine and a nice bed. >> so i have to as

jones, your nomination to be atf permit director arose out of a shooting at sandy hook, but these other recent events remind us that the atf's role extends beyond gun issues. mr. delery, thank you for meeting with me. i enjoyed our discussion a few weeks ago. congratulations on your nomination as well. you have done some tremendous work at the department on issues like marriage equality and holding credit rating agencies accountable. for their role in the financial collapse, so thank you for being here to answer the committee's questions. on the right to my questions now. mr. jones, since you are named atf's acting director in august 2011 you somehow manage to run that bureau while also serving as u.s. attorney in minnesota. so you basically been asked to do full-time jobs at once. if you're confirmed you will be able to devote your full attention to atf. that's important. we've been without a permanent atf director for about seven years. can you explain what it would mean for atf to find have a permanent, confirmed director in place? >> thank you for the question, senator. and i think

while americans pay attention to mass shootings like at sandy hook every single day kids die from largelyable gun violence. what is really criminal is that we don't pay attention to it. as a result we deregulate the gun industry. they can't be suited. they can market directly to criminals, and there's this price that every family pays. we as parents don't have the gene to bury our children. we wanted to make this video about the every-day gun violence. and it's easier in our poorest neighborhoods to get a gun than to buy a job. and those families love their kids just like we do. >> michael: of course, we do. >> and they need the opportunity. >> michael: you see the efficiency of this, and it's a 50-straight strategy that a lot of us would get behind. hopefully you'll take that show on the road. john rosenthal the founder of the group "stop handgun violence." up next is the anniversary of the signing of the civil rights act. and we get to celebrate by reminding supposedly smart people why we need to protect the right to vote. >> michael: imagine this, it's 1964, and you're registering to v

when sandy hook happened want empathy and appreciation and the unraveling of those children was present all over fox news and every place else as it should have been. for instance are not seeing that same kind of empathy and appreciation for the humanity of trayvon that they saw for the children of sandy hook. i'm waiting to hear, i haven't heard it yet. i'm waiting to hear the nra say that if trayvon martin had a gun he might still be alive today. the bottom line is that race is still the most intractable issue in this country. and when an adult can profile and stalk and kill a child in america, our democracy is trend. the poem line is this. if trayvon martin had been mark zuckerberg, the most well known white guy in america who walks around with hoodies on every day, he wouldn't have been stalked. he wouldn't have been skilled. and the bottom line, further is, that if mr. zimmerman, if trayvon martin, rather, could get his life back. as quickly as zimmerman got his gun back, i would feel a lot better. >> bill: i'm going to correct the record, i have been very empathetic to the martin

. >> reporter: there are specialty signs for the shootings, steve claims that the sandy hook elementaryt the shooting on itself. >> we're going to be the first to legalize fag marriage, you think god was on vacation? all we're telling you is that was an adembration. >> reporter: and as he said, i don't condemn it. i'm an enabler. >> you are a big-time fag enabler. sorry, you are. and that is because -- you have a considerable platform. >> reporter: would you picket my funeral? >> of course i would, why wouldn't i? >> reporter: steve claims the signs are spelling out god's hate. it sounds like steve, not just god, doesn't like lady gaga. >> this filthy god-hating heiffer is lifting her middle finger to god. >> reporter: abby is in charge of putting them in order. she challenges me to name a group of people and she would find a sign explaining what is wrong with them. >> courts. >> fag courts. >> reporter: dairy farmers. >> you know what they should be doing on those dairy farms across this world? they got big ass barns they should put messages of truth. >> reporter: so they are doing som

what would it take for something to change in america, and i was absolutely convinced it would be sandy hook and if not, then see it -- see you at the voting booth. >> tell me about season two of newsroom. i watched the first episode last night. it looked to me like for everyone is now into their stride of this show and what it is about. one of the big story lines coming up that will show most? >> will, the center of the program and all that. it was also a first draft. you got a guy who if you go into his office you need sunglasses because of the awards -- >> right. >> there are lights on them. the guy -- >> he's a genius. >> he is where he is for a reason. he's getting used to the actor and what this is. this is newsroom. maybe i'm going this way, maybe i'm going that. now we're into the second season and he did a smart thing, he went straight for a story that involves -- that is triggered by the six or eight of us in the show and about a drone strike and we chase and it chase it and make horrible, horrible journalist mistakes. we're not going after fox, cnn, msnbc like accused. >> [ laught

look at what happened with sandy hook. look at what happened with hurricane sandy and climate change. we are capable of turning away because we get bored with one thing and need the next. >> at the time of the sandy hook shootings, you wrote about the learned helplessness that seemed to permeate that situation. talk about that a moment. >> we have had the unfortunate experience of being outraged, being brazilians, trying to get something done, and watching as the dysfunctional system that we are forced to live under destroys momentum and creates stasis, or adds power to the already powerful, rather than enabling reform. we have, for example, on capitol hill, a system which is built on the need to create ads, narratives, phony reality about members who are running for office. and they need to finance that because our television stations make a killing on that. especially in the swing states. and so the only way they can finance it is by doing quid pro quo deals with special interests. so when the newtown tragedy happened, my

and jennifer, here is ruth from up in sandy hook, connecticut., good morning. >> caller: good morning. jennifer, thank you so much. i am the grandmother of a third grader from sandy hook and my daughter is a teacher so i put my granddaughter on the bus in the morning and get her off the bus and that particular morning i took her to school for an early book club. and had no idea what had gone on until my grandson was at u-conn, called me and told me about the shooting at sandy hook so there isn't a day that goes by that if somebody's talking about this that i don't start tearing up because my granddaughter has most definitely been affected. she was like very close with this little boy daniel barden from around the corner in every aspect of hers and my daughter's life. and mine as well, have been affected. what frightens me and i'm so thrilled to hear you talk about how you were affected as well as so many people are the strong -- the strong money against doing anything about being really sensible like alec and stand-your-ground laws that just get

. >> we will not be deterred in memory of sandy hook and boston. we are making chicken salad out of chicken bleep. so we are going to start with a great flourish from our san franciscans. [ applause ] >> nicely done. how about a nice hand? >> now because it is 5:11. it's time to remember 1906. we need a moment of silence. a minute of silence begins now. moment of silence. >>> there is our minute of silence. [sirens] >>> >>> there it is. to remember those who perished and survived the earthquake in san francisco. now we are going to remember a song from san francisco. do you remember? some of you can sing. here we go.♪ [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, in honor of the 24 th year of producing this event. here is the housekeeper. let's hear it for him. [ applause ] . >> in just a few short minutes, 107 years ago, this city was devastated by the earthquake, by the gas fires that followed. there was nothing. there was no internet, there was no cell phones, there was no phones. people gathered. we are gathering here today to honor those who survived,

six or seven months ago in sandy hook we lost 20 beautiful young children.nd the pain that tracy and sabrina are feeling is the same as those parents in sandy hook. so the black wild has a name, family, parents, brother, brand mother. they breath, sleep, smile. as sabrina fulton said, her son might have struggled through life, but he still had a life. >> it is interesting you bring up president obama. because one of the things that turned this into a political story instead of a story about a dead young man, is when he had like trayvon martin. and goldy, is there a sense in which having a black president forced this conversation about race on us for better or for worse? and the worst ways and in some ways in the best ways? >> i think are right about that, joy. equal handedly best ways and worst ways. but i still don't know if we are having an honest conversation about how to relate. i've long said that privilege is the liberty not to know. it is the ability not to have to present your check and it is not cash. and so i think under this president, we have see

. >>> a tribute to victims of the sandy hook elementary school tragedy.he voices choir sang the national anthem. ♪ o, say can you see ♪ by the darns early light >> perhaps it was the socks he was wearing in the game, rivera blowing his first save since 2010. baltimore beat new york 2-1. derek jeter returns to pennsylvania for a aaa game. he singled in a second rehab game. he's recovering from a broken ankle bone last october. >>> ramirez had a single in his game with the rangers aaa team. he's not played in the majors since 2011. he was suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs. >>> it's day two. look at those things running down the street fps the nine-day running of the bulls event. they safely run the half mile run. the bulls can be over 1200 pounds. several people were injured, no one was gored. >> you have done this. >>. we'll talk about that later. >> okay. i'm holding you to that. >>> coming up, richard will be back with bill karins. we'll tell you what caught our eyes. for the two of you... and you can make them even more special... with fan

i realize the activists and what happened with sandy hook and that was bad. understand about that. this is what kills me -- they don't understand and they see a negative impact about gun makers. they don't see the other side of it per don't understand the other side. remington has a school right called remington elementary school. they don't understand how much money remington themselves have put into that school. that's how it got that name. host: how much to your family members make an average from being employed at revving 10? caller: i am 48 now and this has been years ago. years, it back 15-20 has been a while, a couple of them still work there. and that hady go to go automated because you've got to keep up with the times. if you could get a job in remington back in the 1980's- evens, you were making, then, it was maybe $15-$20 per hours a remington always took care of the people. arkansas city, kan., independent college. caller: i am down on the southern border of kansas. we have a packing house and some pressing plants and i would income a manufacturer

you got this reaction, i guess it is, to what happened at sandy hook.eet you said. you said this, i spent 15 minutes yelling at the top of the lungs about what happened in connecticut. enough is enough. then the question becomes, what do you do? i guess this district down in arkansas said we're going to arm teachers because we don't want a sandy hook here. what is your reaction to that reaction? >> first, you look at the news today. i was told about this when i got here. your first reaction is wait, then you look into what you're doing. i was told by your producer backstage they are doing extensive training. my fear is knowing as many law enforcement officials as i do and i'm kind of a group pi of those guys. i respect them. i would love to see the highest trained people we can get guarding schools in that sense. you know, when you think about something like when you walk into walmart and you've got psomebody handing out cheese, it's a retiree because they want to be around people. >> when you go to a sporting event in america, i try to be reasonably mi

just last december, adam lanza shot and killed 20 children along with six staff members at sandy hook elementary school before ultimately killing himself. >>> 5:45. closing arguments set to begin in the trial of george zimmerman. the defense wrapping up its case yesterday with no testimony from zimmerman. zimmerman pleaded not guilty to a second degree murder charge claiming he shot 17-year-old trayvon martin in self-defense. those closing arguments are expected to begin this afternoon. >>> president obama and vice president biden will sit down with top republican lead ergs today with hopes of working out a plan for immigration reform. republicans remain split on how to deal with immigration. some are leery of the plan approved by the senate that would provide a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented workers already in the united states. they want to make border security a top priority. house republicans have said they will not even vote on the senate's immigration plan adding it could be months before they come up with some kind of solution. >>> nice weather on tap for toda

dlarksville school district came up with the program after the shooting at sandy hook elementary in connecticutmber. >> and your morning coffee could be more than a cup of caffeine. it could be good for your long-term mental health. it lowers their suicide risk by 50%. researchers believe coffee acts as a mild anti-depressant. >>> and a big dose of reality for a reality tv star and her husband. teresa and joe giudice were in court tuesday. she's a cast member of the real housewives of new jersey. teresa's lawyer says the government is prosecuting the they made false statements on loan applications. teresa's lawyer says they're prosecuting the couple because they're celebrities. >> the coin has two sides. there's two sides here you haven't heard but you'll hear in the courtroom and we're going to prepare the defense accordingly. >> the two were released on $500,000 each and could face charges that could pud them behind bars for hundreds of years. >> well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," actor dean norris from the hit series "under the dome." i'm anne-marie green. this is t

. >> what changed in sandy hook, they struggle broke the camels back, -- and the straw that broke theamels back, they say this will be a defining issue for me. >> a free people should be armed, firearms are second only to the constitution in importance. george washington. >> second only to the constitution. a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state. shall not be infringed. do i have a right to have an ak- 47? >> apparently. they keep broadening, the interpretation when we were younger that it was for militias. as it says in the amendment. it was not for anybody to keep an ak-47 but recently the courts have been expansively interpreting the amendment to give your right to have weapons, congress can limit it, but they choose not to. >> you heard what george washington said. had there not been arms in the hands of the minutemen, we would be speaking with british accents. >> we needed one in 1776. i am not sure we need one now. >> evan is right. we were a colony. we did not have control of our government. right now we have a democracy and you can influence i