and obviously it was used in sandy hook. we know that it killed quite a few people. >> it didn't kill 20 school children in sandy hook. adam lanza killed 20 school children in sandy hook. >> reporter: 53 year-old dom basile, an employee for the u.s. postal service and a firearms instructor is a gun collector and owns many weapons that are now outlawed in the state. basile legally purchased these guns before the ban went into effect, so is allowed to keep them. >> punishing me, and those like me, solely because we lawfully and responsibly possess the same type of property that he-- that a criminal had, makes about as much logical sense as punishing you for owning the same type of car that a drunk driver had. >> reporter: basile is so frustrated about the new state law that he plans to move to maine, where he owns property and plans to build his own gun range. and basile is not alone. a state-wide poll taken last may found that 38% of voters do not support the stricter gun regulations while 56% were in favor. >> banning semi-a

. >>> and you know it's been two years now since the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school inewtown, connecticut. 20 first graders and six educators were killed. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson is in springfield delaware county, that's were there anniversary has led to renewed talk now of changing gun policies. >> reporter: it was the moment that was supposed to galvanize us to bring change. december 14th 2012. 20 first graders, six adults gunned down in one of the worst school shootings in our nation's history. sandy hook became part of the dinner table vernacular inspiring talks of action against school shootings. >> gun violence here in an epidemic. >> reporter: the truth according to recent data from a number of gun and media watch dogs there have been close to 100 school shootings since sandy hook exactly two years ago, one of them happened nearly a year ago right here in philadelphia. >> we believe that it doesn't need to be that way, that you can protect second amendment rights and still have sensible gun policies. >> reporter: terry ramsey cochairs a grassro

joy for most of us the community of new town, connecticut, is still healing from the shootings at sandy hook elementary school two years ago. this morning some of the teachers who survived that ordeal will talk with jane pauley for our sunday morning cover story. then it's on to the singer formerly known as cat stevens changed his name and address. he's back now singing and sounding like his old self and talking this morning for the record with anthony mason. ♪ >> in his 38 years as cat stevens last toured the u.s. on thursday the singer now called yusuf returned. are you testing the waters here? >> i want to do certain things before i leave this planet. one of them is to play again. >> ahead on "sunday morning," yusuf comes back. >> osgood: this morning we'll look at stunning exhibition of hot rocks. >> 12 floors above new york's fifth avenue crowds have been gathering to see jewelry by the company verdura. >> 550carats. >> how many necklaces have had 550 carats. >> ahead on "sunday morning." >> osgood: james corden is a household name in britain who is about to become lot more familiar in

sandy hook, still healing.nd the allure of verdura. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> osgood: it's been nearly two years since the disturbed young man opened fire at the sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, killing 20 children and six adults. the teachers are beginning to tell stories of what they heard and saw trying to make sense of what happened in newtown won't happen elsewhere. our cover story this morning is reported by jane pauley. >> something like this rips you to your core. and we came back to school ripped to shreds but we came back to do what we could with these kids who we loved we got lucky enough to survive with. >> they were all working at sandy hook elementary school on december 14, 2012. all four and all of the children in their care got out of the building safely. >> i'm in classroom. >> four only now are speaking about the impact of that terrible day. abbey clements teaches second grade. >> everybody took care of those kids the best that we knew how to in the insanity that was unfolding

good morning, as we talk about the sandy hook shootings two years to the day and mental health issues in general. larry, go ahead, please. caller: good morning, c-span. i have a comment i wanted to make. i notice on fox news that every time every time someone commits these crimes, there is a mental problems but when a black does it, he is a thug. host: we will get a response. congressman murphy? guest: whatever the attribution made by anybody, we have to get to the root cause. the sad thing about minority populations is -- and others may be 10 times more likely well severe mental illness in prisons rather than hospitals t working with eddy bernice johnson of texas and, they understand whether you are white, black, asian, latino, whatever it is, it is wrong to not have care accessible, and, therefore, we send people to jail. once a person committees a crime, they've got to do the time, but in a context of that, if you have a person has been abusing drugs or self-medicating themselves because they have early signs and systems of schizophrenia, bi-polar, other certain mental illness, we

all in agreement that in the past two years since sandy hook, not nearly enough has been done.he march began with this promise. >> we will never forget sandy hook. >> ♪ >> reporter: with a choir singing inside waiting for their return, two groups delaware county united for sensible gun policy and women strength of chester pa together they walked several blocks along route 320 holding signs and getting beeps. demanding a new state law requiring a you've universal background check to buy any begun in pennsylvania. its organizer says he you don't beat the nra ove overnight. >> it takes time to build movements that can challenge a power that's been really end trench the for 30 years. >> reporter: lynn watson's daughter has in-laws into had children inside that sandy hook classroom that day. >> it just hit me in my gut because that was my daughter's relatives. i feel heart broken. >> reporter: nadine friedman brought her kids here. >> when sandy hook happened, my youngest daughter was a first grader and just tore me apart. >> i remember my mom crying. >> and how she felt. it made me

what activists say has and has not been done since sandy hook. >>reporter: impossible to forget that day or the outcry that followed. but critics say very little has changed since. >> virginia tech. columbine, aurora. >>reporter: names, places forever linked. >> new town, fort hood. >>reporter: places of horror and sorrow. america's gun massacres. >> we will stand up to violence. we stand together expressing our unity. >>reporter: in fremont on church steps interfaith vigil remembered victims. >> laura was working at a mental health clinic while home on college break when a man with severe mental illness shot her three times. >>reporter: in the two years since sandy hook there have been 100 more school shootings while 8 states have tightened gun laws 27 have expanded gun rights. >> this is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for 6 months and publishing a report that gets read and then pushed aside. >>reporter: despite public support and pleas from sandy hook parents, congress stalled on expanding background checks to gun

sandy hook elementary school had a float called the magic school bus to sandy hook school. it had a message of think you can, work hard, get smart, be kind. the judges selected sandy hook school's float as the winner in the best school category. it's a reminder that sandy hook is a positive place. newtown is a positive place, a place that is rebounding as we come upon the two-year anniversary, the two-year memorial of the tragic shooting in that town that took the lives 20 six- and seven-year olds, six of their teachers who were sworn to protect them. senator blumenthal and i have come to the floor today to mark that two-year anniversary and to just talk for a brief few moments about what's happened over the last two years, what's happened that's been positive and the work that is left to still be done. there's a lot of positive things that have happened. i mean, it's impossible to try to find any good that comes out of this, but the foundational work that has happened in the memory of these children is really remarkable. the jessica ricos foundation was formed in an effort

. ♪ >>> also ahead, how one victim of the sandy hook school shooting is being remembered on this secondnniversary of the deadly rampage. >>> today marks the second anniversary of the tdeadly skoo shooting at sandy hook. adam plan lanza killed 20 child and six adults. lester holt reports.adam lanza and six adults. lester holt reports. >> reporter: his music speaks with intensity and emotion. but when his little girl died, so it seemed did the music. >> there was a period where i couldn't even drive my car. my body was so weak and shaky that i couldn't do normal every day things. >> reporter: two years have now passed since ana marquez-greene and all those other precious lives were taken at sandy hook elementary. >> there a bad day and worse days. >> reporter: as much as jimmy and his wife wanted to forget that awful day, they of course wanted to remember and honor their little girl. >> well, it started with me picking up the instrument and playing some rudimentary kind of exercises to regain the strength. >> reporter: with the encouragement of a record executive friend, jimmy set out to

every law that has been enacted since sandy hook, and there have been at least five important state laws that were enacted to make it more difficult for dangerous people to get guns and get weapons of war has been upheld by the courts as consistent with the second amendment. speaking of getting information out, one of -- i agree with randy's point. it's very important to prevent the gun lobby from restricting the flow of information. .1 thing that the gun lobby has done is created riders on atf appropriations budgets to appropriate atf informing the american public of the flow of guns from the criminal gun dealers. it's an outrageous exception to the freedom of information act. i would hope randy would agree we thshould get the information out and light people see who are supplying the guns on our streets. is it coming from a few bad apples? host: donna from institute, west virginia. good morning. caller: good morning. it is my understanding that when i read the second amendment, it says you have the right to bear arms. but it also says that in time of militia and defense of your state.

let your awesome out. >>> two years ago today, 20 children and six adults were murdered at the sandy hooklementary school. >> for one grieving father, the answer was in his hands. his music speaks with intensity and emotion. when his little girl died, so it seemed, did the music for jazz man jimmy green. >> when my daughter was killed, there was a period i couldn't even drive my car. my body was weak and shaky. i couldn't do normal everyday things. >> two years have passed since 6-year-old green and other precious lives were taken at sandy hook elementary. >> there are bad days and worse days. on the worst days you pray for a bad day. >> as much as jimmie and his wife nelba wanted to forget that awful day, they wanted to remember and honor their little girl. >> it started just with me picking up the instrument and playing some long tones, kind of exercises to regain strength. >> with the encouragement of a record executive friend that donated studio time, jimmie set out to tell ana's story in the language they shared. >> she called her dad a jazz musician. my daddy is a jazz musician. >>

. >> two years after the massacre of sandy hook, a billion dollar lawsuit is in the works. a dozen parents are expected to announce a $1.5 billion death lawsuit against bush mask, the manufacturer of the gun. today is the legal deadline for failing wrongful death sentences. landers shot and killed 20 kids and a teacher and turned the gun on himself. at 8:45 we'll speak with a spokesman from the newtown action alliance, what what he says >>> meanwhile there's another tragedy involving schoolchildren in china. three children were killed on saturday after a building collapsed. three were injured. investigators are trying to determine what caused the buildings to collapse in the first place. five died when a wall fell on them at a basketball court. >> a $1.5 trillion spending bill is awaiting president obama's sit. >> the ayes are 56, nays are 40. the motion to conquer is pass the. >> all right, this bill will fund the government through september, with the exception of the department of homeland security, that will last through february, because many republicans want to scale

delaware county lined a busy street this afternoon, demanding stricter gun laws in the wake of the sandy hookshooting. about 60 people held a candlelit vigil along old sprole road, manyuyñ holding pictures of san hook victims. they're hoping pennsylvania lawmakers will consider a universal background check during the upcoming session. >>> well, time is running out for americans to get or plan to get their insurance through the healthcare marketplace. tomorrow is the deadline for people who want coverage starting january 1st. it's also the deadline for those already covered to make changes to their plans. if you do nothing, your plan choices remain the same for 2015. february 15 is the last day to sign up for the 2015 coverage, day enroll if you have a qualifying life-changing event. >>> the hunt is over. next we've got a look at what hundreds came away with in new jersey's annual bear hunt and how those numbers care to previous years. sheena? >>> we're also watching temperatures tonight for the big eagles game. coming up, i do have your eagles forecast again, and we'll take a look at our next

two years ago, adam lanza killed 20 children and six educators at the sandy hook school. connecticut governor dannel malloy has requested that flags be lowered from sunrise to sun set. city officials there say the day will be marked through personal reflection and remembrance. >>> tomorrow former philadelphia sportscaster expected to learn his punishment for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars intended for charity. the sentencing hearing is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. in october he pleaded guilty to the charity scam. prosecutors say he sold tickets for sports packages with the promise that the money would go to charity, but instead, he pock kepted the cash. he could be sentenced to more than 30 years it n. prison. >>> you may have felt a rumble yesterday. turns out a small earthquake hit new jersey early yesterday morning, but probably you didn't notice it. because it was a 1.9 magnitude quake. not very big. it hit about 17 miles southeast of trenton. a few people in monmouth and ocean counties reported that they did feel a little movement, but nothing major.

. >>> multiple groups are holding a vigil to remember the victims of the sandy hook student at 10:30 this morning. this sunday marks two years since 20 children and 6 adults were gunned down inside the sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. yesterday the sisters of saint francis of philadelphia. honored the lives. each victim was represented by a t-shirt bearing his or her name and age. >>> a young boy who was an honorary member of the fire company has died. he lab fighting leukemia since the age of 1. his name is in the roster of fire departments all around the world. "action news" has learned he'll be given the honor of a firefighter funeral next week. >> our thoughts are with aidan's family. >> 4:53. we have a developing story at 5:00. police are looking for the killer who gunned down a man and shot another man sitting in a minivan. >>> police officer turns the tables when he is called in for a case of shoplifting, we'll a touching uplifting story for you when you "action news" comes right back. # ♪this holiday season, my good friend gave to me♪ ♪7 powerball tickets

effort to get unwanted guns off the streets ahead of the second anniversary of the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school. >>> plus we're keeping a close eye on protests going on all across the bay area, including this one going on in oakland right now. we'll be right back. >>> on the eve of the second anniversary of sandy hook school shooting, local organizations turned grief into activism with a gun buyback program. people receiving between $100 and $200 in gift cards for their weapons turned in. police checked to see if any of the weapons were lost or stolen. all other firearms will be destroyed. >> there's one less gun in the community, and that's one less gun that can do harm in an accidental shooting, a suicidal shoot shooting, and a potential burglary item. >> hundreds of guns normally turned in at these events. >>> in oakland, police say about 90 guns turned in during today's buyback event. they were offering $100 in handguns and rifles. >>> several state parks closed by the storm back open tonight. mount diablo and angel island state parks. sea cliff, sunset beach, and big basi

and that comes as the country marks two years since the elementary school massacre at sandy hook elementary school in december 2012. it's been two years. and today, the families of anyone kids and adults who were killed that day, and one of the adults that was shot that day but survived, two years on after the sandy hook elementary school massacre, those families did something that, if it works, wouldn't be just a political threat to the nra and its reputation, like vivek murphy was. but an existential threat to the nra. in 2004, the family members of the people killed by the d.c. sniper filed a lawsuit from a gun store. the store said he shoplifted it. he never paid for the gun. they had to take it off his shelf without them knowing. but the families of the people killed by the d.c. sniper sued that gun store saying way too many guns mysterious walked off the shelves of that store, were supposedly stolen and off the books and untraceable and used in crimes. the family sued that gun store for that and they sued the manufacturer of the gun that was used in the d.c. sniper shootings. to say t

. >>> this sunday will mark the second anniversary of the horrendous shootings at sandy hook elementarylives of 20 children and six teachers. schools have seen an average of one shooting per week since then. chris murphy joining me now from capitol hill. the senator who has done so much to assuage the gun violence since. thank you very much. what can you and others from connecticut and elsewhere around the country, gabby giffords and her group, we have yet to see any real federal legislation. >> in connecticut a lot of our effort is still on trying to help sandy hook heal. they are going through the process. we have been delivering them with as much resources as we can. looking more globally and nationally, we have to learn from the gun lobby. we lost a year and a half ago because they spent two decades building a political infrastructure around their cause. that means racking up small wins which we are doing passing gun lawses in connecticut and colorado getting a referendum passed. we have to understand that in order to get a bill passed here in washington, we have to build a movement

it's a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturer of the bushmaster used in the sandy hook massacre. >>> i should tell you, we reached out to the company that makes the bashmaster ar-15. they said they cannot comment on ongoing litigation. we'll keep asking, though. stay with us. we'll be right back. when the game's on the line. hit him with a hard count, see if they'll tip their hand. the nfl trusts duracell quantum to their game day communication. they're blitzing up the gut! get out of the pocket! hut! duracell quantum. lasts up to 35% longer than the competition. >>> an entire roomful of dedicated professional journalists and tv producers debated the merit of one of our stories tonight. decided it was frankly tasteless and beyond the pale. and then insisted that i make room for it on tonight's show. it's tasteless and beyond the pale. it's also too amaze balls not to include in tonight's show. it's coming up at the end of the show with a little advance regret on my part. still, it's coming. >>> we should have seen it coming this summer. we should have seen it coming when senator

>> the rabbi and the refer end were acquaintances before, but the sandy hook tramming deforged a sharedission. >> the two of you together, you call yourselves? >> we are the god squad. nothing gets past us. >> what is the main thing the two of you are trying to accomplish? >> reduce gun violence in america. >> prior and crebben went to washington to lobby for backgrounds checks and a ban on assault rivals? >> i went down and met with is senators and other legislators and congressmen as well. >> they couldn't muster the votes. >> we won the majority, but they fill bustered it so we needed more than a majority. >> how disappointing was that for you? >> it was very, very disappointing. >> it seems right now at least for federal gun legislation that washington is where you go to for things to just die. >> some people will want to get involved in gun regulation. >> the god squad came up with a new approach, .1 that didn't rely on politicians. they decided to go after corporate america. >> i want corporations to get off of the sidelines to be thinking about this and be create i havely respond

. >> the families of nine of the 26 people killed two years ago in the shooting at sandy hook elementaryschool file a lawsuit against the rifle manufacturer. a bbc exclusive. we sit down with martina navratilova moments after she married her girlfriend. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. police in australia say two hostages and a gunman were killed when armed security forces stormed a cafÉ in the heart of sydney to end a 16-hour siege. the police commissioner said the forces decided to storm the caÉe they when they heard shots from inside the building. the prime minister of australia said the gunman was well known to authorities and had a history of mental instability. as the siege unfolded yesterday, he sought to cloak his actions with the symbolism of the isil death cult. tragically, there are people in our community ready to engage in politically motivated violence. the events in martin place also show that we are ready to deal with these people professionally and with the full force of law. >> our correspondent in sydney has been following th

this weekend, it was two years ago tomorrow that 20 children and six adults were murdered at the sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. each of their devastated families has found their own ways to honor and remember those they lost. for one grieving father, a jazz recording artist, the answer was right there in his hands. his music speaks with intensity and emotion. but when his little girl died, so it seemed did the music for jazzman jimmy greene. >> when my daughter was killed there was a period where i couldn't even drive my car. my body was so weak and shaking that i couldn't do normal everyday things. >> reporter: two years have passed since 6-year-old ana marquez-greene and all those precious lives were taken at sandy hook elementary. >> there are bad days and there are worse days. and on the worse days you pray for a bad day. >> reporter: as much as jimmy and his wife, nelba, wanted to forget that awful day, they of course wanted to remember and honor their little girl. >> tip me over and pour me out. >> well, it started just with me picking up the instrument and play

. >>> today marks the second anniversary of the sandy hook massacre. there are three events here in the bay area and they are all tomorrow. youth uprising is holding a buyback at its mcarthur boulevard office. it's also arranging buybacks in san francisco and san jose. the group will pay up to $200 per gun, no questions asked. sunday marks two years since the shooting at sandy hook elementary. 20 children and 6 adults were killed at that connecticut school. >>> still ahead, the south bay high school making holiday wishes come true today. >>> tonight at 6:00, a company is making a big impact on the stock market. that's tonight on our 6:00 newscast. >>> santa doesn't get all the fun this time of year. today several south bay students were granting christmas wishes. >> random high's make a wish rally has become a tradition. some of the receivers came in all sizes. the entire student body can submit wishes, and students in a special leadership class work to make as many as they can come true. and they get help from local sponsors, they solicit donations on

so sandy hook victims' families have reportedly filing a lawsuit against bushmaster, the company thatifle lanza carried. none of the families or attorneys are commenting, but senator richard blumenthal is. >> two years have passed and congress has been complicit by failing to act, and i share the frustration that may in part underlie the reason for this legal redress. >> reporter: bushmaster's sister company remington is the subject of another class action lawsuit. they claim the model 700 rifle can fire inadvertently even if the trigger isn't pulled, but the newtown families aren't accusing bushmaster of making a faulty weapon. new york attorney robert fellows says the bar is high. >> if you can prove that in some way the gun would end up in the hands of a proscribed purchaser, someone who shouldn't have the gun, you might be able to show light, but it's going to be very difficult. >> reporter: the families are enlisting some big named legal talent, including michael koskoff who represented michael jackson's family regarding his last tour and karen hinton, a former aide to president

sandy hook. two years later. did the families open a new legal chapter in the gun debate. sony hacks. the new warning of more to come. and new fall out over the leaked emails. and controversy - the comedian's wife speaks out as an historically black women's college cuts ties. >>> we begin with a live picture from sydney australia. it's now just after 3, threws afternoon there. after a night of violence, and a day of sorrow, mourners are paying their respects at the site of a 16 hour standoff ending with two hostages killed. it started when a man known to local police burst into a coffee shop, heavily armed. jonathan betz is here with the betill betills. -- details. >> this man worked alone but was influenced by i.s.i.l. he was known to authorities, and had been arrested a number of times, leaving some to question why he was on the streets. >> reporter: flags lowered across sydney and prayers for the victims. hundreds mourned at a churn service, blocked from the scene of a standoff. hours earlier, flashes of gun fire, and panicked hostages marked the end of a siege. two hos

. >> este domingo se cumplen dos aÑos de la tragedia ocurrida en la escuela sandy hook. presenta los tiroteos en diferentes escuelas del paÍs, estÁ presente la nueva realidad en las aulas estadounidenses. >> este domingo se cumplen dos aÑos desde que 26 familias sufrieron pÉrdidas insuperables ojalÁ pudiera decir que no hay mÁs escuelas que han pasado por esta misma angustia pero la realidad es que se han registrado por lo -95 balaceras en las escolares del paÍs despuÉs de lo ocurrido en sandy hook. >> el 14 de diciembre de 2012 ocurriÓ una de las peores masacres de la historia, mÁs de 20 menores y varios maestros perdieron la vida, tragedias como estas nunca debieron ocurrir dicen las madres de estados unidos que exige acciÓn sobre el uso de armas. >> no enviamos a nuestros niÑos a la escuela para esconderse de pistoleros, tampoco deberÍamos esperar que protegerse de los legisladores. >>el hijo de pamela fue muerto en un fuego cruzado despuÉs de un partido de baloncesto en chicago en enero del 2013. >> el pueblo norteamericano sabe que cada vez que un arma se disparÓ en

a new sandy hook elementary school will open next year. >>> 8:25. firefighter is expressing the struggles of young combat veterans through music. ♪ john preston is an iraq war veteran and an aspiring musician. he tells he watched one of his best friends who is a fellow marine struggle with post- traumatic stress and drug abuse after coming home. >> he was someone i always looked up to, so watching him melt down was destroying me. so i had to express the way i knew how, too. ♪ >> the song "your war is over" is about the fight with ptsd that facing one in five veterans. preston is donating part of the proceeds from the song to the campaign to help other veterans. dave? >> okay, tori. >>> in other news, trash was left behind, gunshots were even fired. coming up in 29 minute, the fashion frenzy that took a very rowdy turn. >>> with christmas just ten days aday, you can get the post office will be a packed place. this is the busiest mailing day of the year. you can see people lined up ready to male off the holiday gifts. how many more packages and letter

. >> glor: two years ago today a 20-year-old adam lanza opened fire at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, 20 children and six adults were killed. tomorrow, some families are expected to announce their part in a class action lawsuit against the maker of the assault rifle lanza used, don dahler reports. >> reporter: the families whose loved ones were taken from them in 2012 have had 24 months to mourn, 24 months to try to understand why, and 24 months to take legal action, that period ends today. so sandy hook victims families have reportedly filed a lawsuit against bushmaster, the company that made the semiautomatic rifle adam lanza carried. none of the families or their attorneys are commenting today, but connecticut senator richard blumenthal is. >> two years have passed and congress has been complicit in gun violence in this country by failing to act, and i share the frustration that may in part underlie the reason for this legal redress. >> reporter: bushmaster's sister company remington is the subject of another class action lawsuit, the plaintiffs in that suit c

. >> when gunman adam lansa opened fire at sandy hook elementary school, the religious leaders of newtownnnecticut, were on the front line of grief. >> i don't think anything prepares you for the horrific reality that was what happened to us here. >> reverend matt crennic was among the first clergy called to parents? >> i don't talk about that except to say i was there with this group of families as they were learning about what was -- ones. >> in hebrew, it's noah smuel. >> at a time rabbi learned a little boy in his congregation, noah pozner learned the youngest victim of the ramp page. >> knowing he was just barely six years old. >> it's a rip-off. he was such a great little guy, you know. and his life was robbed from him. >> the shooting at sandy hook elementary thrust rabbi prior and reverend kreven into the national spotlight. >> these darkest days of our community shall not be the final word heard from us. >> the mats kerr transformed them both into advocates for stricter gun laws in america. >> it connected me in ways to other communities and other people who had been impacted by

and the ten families connected to the sandy hook shooting file suit. they say the rifle used to kill 26 people should never have been available to the public. we begin in sydney where a 16 hour hostage crisis is now over. authorities say three people including the gunman were killed when police stormed a cafe in the heart of australia's largest city. four others including a police officer were hurt. the sydney police commissioner was asked why police officers moved in when they did. >> they played the call because they believed at that time if they didn't enter there would be many other lives lost. >> what had changed? >> well i think that events that were unfolding inside the premises led them to the belief that now was the time to actually deploy and they did. >> al jazeera's kim vanel has the story on the end of the standoff. >> hostages take their moment and run for their lives. moments later, police stormed central sydney cafe. one officer seems to throw a stun grenade then a flash explosion. paramedics were quickly there and ran towards the build

captioning funded by cbs and ford >> pelley: two years after the tragedy at sandy hook, are some seriously mentally ill patients being denied long-term care by their insurance providers? our investigation found parents and doctors who say so, and we've documented cases where patient care was cut short by insurance company doctors who never actually see the patient. >> some nameless, faceless doctor is making this decision. and i'm furious because basically, to me, he was playing god with my daughter's life! >> simon: syria's civil war started peacefully almost four years ago as a protest against a brutal dictatorship. this 19-year-old became one of its leaders, adored by the crowds for his charisma and courage. he soon became a target of the regime and was transformed into an armed revolutionary. this is what became of syria's third largest city, and the only way we know that is because the war has been filmed by its citizens, who have to fight every day just to stay alive. >> ( translated ): my camera and everything i've filmed are more valuable than my life. >> cooper: our lives are fill

at omega but then again, we did not have to suffer, something like sandy hook to motivate the folks and 50 guns plus is still 50 guns plus. and then, lastly, going back to juvenile hall, the command staff and other police officers will be playing some of the kids on friday afternoon at 4:00 and it has been put together by a city youth now which is an organization that prioritizes at-risk kids and it is just a good chance for us to interact with the kids, when they are stuck in there on a friday afternoon, and i don't think that anybody is betting on us. and so, that will conclude my report. >> commissioner dejesus? >> sure, so i do think that everything went well and i have a question about the mission, and most of the damage i believe was in the mission and the bond fires were in the mission and i am just wondering and knowing that they did a good job and they did a great job and i am wondering if i can better prepare since it is the mission where it is an area where a lot of these violent things can occur. >> if we can get the people to promise not to light the bon fires but there

nicole hockley's six-year-old son dylan died in the sandy hook shooting.kend. >> dylan was shot five times. so if we had a ten magazine, ten bullet limit, you know, insteadç of a 30, for all i know dylan could be alive today. >> woodruff: after newtown, the state of connecticut did adopt some of the most restrictive gun policies in the nation. they include, a ban on large capacity magazines holding more than ten rounds.ç background checks for all gun and ammunition purchases. and a prohibition on scores of assault-style weapons. overall, a san francisco group the law center to prevent gun violence says 37 states have passed nearly a hundred new gun laws since 2012. and, some 200 lawmakers from all 50 states have formed an alliance against gun violence. but gun rights advocates, including connecticut state representative rob sampson, argue that even limiting magazine capacity will not prevent tragedies like newtown. >> you can change a magazine in literally one second. if i was to shoot you and say, have to change magazines first, boom, i'm done," you'd ne

. >> hace 2 aÑos 26 estudiantes u murieron en sandy hook. ho la madre de uina de las vi victimas dijo que el dolor nunca se va. >> hay dÍas malos y dÍas peores, en los peores rezas porque vean los menos malos. >> su padre en honor a su hija hizo un album de jazz dÓnde i l incluso se escucha a la pequeÑa cantando un aÑo antes. hay mÁs seguridad en escuelas y leyes mÁs estrictas de armas en connecticutt. se construyeron parques en me r memoria a loa victimas. y se acaba de confirmar una m c marcha con aparente ocupaciÓn de un cafe en la ciudad con nÚmero no indicado de rehenes. vamos a la pausa, al volver un norteamerican o entra de manera ilegal a venezuela. >> vamos a colombia donde tax s taxtistas no quieren una empresa porque la consideran ilegal. ♪ ♪ >>> y hoy en corea del norte los medios presentaron a un ciudadano estadounidense de origen hispano que dijo entrar al paÍs de manera ilegal, pero no se safe ni cÓmo ni cuÁndo. arturo martÍnez criticÓ a estados unidos por violaciÓn de derechos humanos y dijo que pedirÍa asilo. y el primer min

cesar ---las familias de varias vctimas de la matanza registrada hace dos aÑos en la escuela sandy hookicut, take vo ---presentaron hoy una demanda contra la empresa fabricante del rifle automtico utilizado por el asesino. ---la accin civil tambin acusa al distribuidor y al minorista que vendi el rifle "bushmaster ar- 15" con el que "adam lanza", un joven con problemas mentales, mat a 20 niÑos y 6 adultos antes de quitarse la vida el 14 de diciembre de 2012. ---las familias defienden que el rifle de uso militar, no debera venderse al pblico al ser un arma diseÑada para la guerra y no para la defensa personal... cesar ---no se mueva porque al regresar de cortes comerciales... take vo ---el estado de california recibe fondos para brindar mayor proteccion a la poblacion en caso de un terremoto.. take vo ---ademas, investigan a cientos de personas que podrian estar recibiendo un salario del gobierno sin mover un solo dedo... gabriela lot live weather cam cesar --- california recibi fondos para poner en marcha un sistema de alerta que permita --- california recibi fondos para poner en marcha

two years since the sandy hook elementary massacre in the town of newtown, connecticut.ublic commemoration. in 2012 adam lanza opened fire in the school. 20 students and six educators died before he turned the gun on himself. >> could never imagine i would be standing here in the wake of 20 little kids have been died in sandy hook or six adults who protected them. >> what i'm intending to do is just come down to this floor week after week after week until we get our act together and do what the american public wants us to do. a chart that shows you how many have died since december 14th is almost unreadable. >> each one of these little dots is an individual figure representing people who have been killed in this country since december 14. it's time for those victims' stories to be told. >> ronny was one of the 3300 people that have been killed by gun violence. felix dejesus iii, five different people were shot in detroit. >> matthew, over and over again. margareta gomez. >> carlos navarro franco. >> devante jackson. >> hernandez. just kind of happens every week now. repo

pkg ;01 ;21 ;48 1;06 1;35 ---pkg-- (nat up) la muerte de 20 niÑos y seis adultos en la escuela sandy hookeste fin de semana se cumplen dos aÑos de esa tragedia. poco despus de la matanza las encuestas indicaban que los estadounidenses queran ms control de armas, pero hoy en da el pblico prefiere ms libertad para poseer armas y menos regulacin. s/carroll doherty, centro de investigación pew (nat up) carroll doherty del centro de investigacin pew dijo que su ltimo reporte indica que la opinin pblica ha cambiado y que en ms de 20 aÑos esta es la primera vez que eso sucede. 52% quiere ms derechos mientras que 46% quiere ms control. este tema es uno que histricamente ha dividido al pas. aquellos que defienden la segunda enmienda dicen que entre ms armas hay menos violencia. s/luis quiñónez, a favor de armas "una sociedad donde todas las personas están armadas es una sociedad muy pasiva porque tú sabes que la otra persona esta igualmente preparada para cualquier asunto" pero eso para algunos es absurdo y por el contrario quieren revivir un proyecto de ley que actualmente est estancado en el con

there's a lot of talk in the media about how strong, you know, sandy hook is, and how that which does not kill us makes us stronger. sometimes it leaves you broken, and there's a lot of strife in the community, just to be very honest. i don't want to air our dirty laundry, but with something of this magnitude happens, no one knows how to deal with it. so the local officials did the best they could, state officials did the best they could. state officials are coping in their own way. i have on social media connections with some of the parents. we knew them before the shooting, some i met after the shooting. a lot of those kids were at our home - you know, birthday parties and so forth, we were at their homes. some families we have gotten closer to, others are more distant. there's a lot of debate. even when i do a programme like this, i try to be respectful of everybody. it's tough to do. >> that was newtown action alliance spokesman eric milligram. >>> after two weeks of intense negotiations at the u.n. climate meeting in peru delegates agreed on a shared approach. many decisions have

. ♪ >>> gun buy back event are happening nationwide to mark the second anniversary of the sandy hookssacre. oakland's nonprofit group youth uprising is holding the buyback at macarthur boulevard office and in san francisco and san jose. the group will pay up to $200 per gun no questions asked. tomorrow marks two years since the shooting at sandy hook elementary. 20 children and six adults were killed at the connecticut school. >>> the rough edges san francisco's tenderloin district softened as they welcomed something they had been missing for a while. >> reporter: every neighborhood, no matter how gritty needs a place for people to gather. that's especially true in san francisco's tenderloin. >> a lot of people in this area live in very small units. they don't have any accessible means of coming outside. >> reporter: though known for its rough edges, it's a neighborhood of family and children. >> it's really fun at times and really scary. there are people yelling and shooter. >> reporter: at the center of the early 1900s hotel and apartment is a place where kids can escape the area's

. >> the home that has stood as a constant reminder of the sandy hook elementary massacre now belongs to the town of newtown. the home is where the shooter, adam lanza lived and his mother nancy. the bank took control of the yesterday but yesterday agreed to give it to the house at no cost. the house has been vacant and the bank admits they would have a hard time selling it. >> drones will give police a bird's eye view of a crime scene. aclu is raising concerns and they do not have clearance to launch the zones. >> san jose's police department is currently grappling with how to implement its own drone technology. the news only became public over the summer. san jose police plans to lay out its strategy saturday. >> you certainly needed a strategy to get to work over the past few days with the constant pounding rain. slick roads still out there, mike, but not as bad as the past few days. >> we do need some together time. look at that one person at the very bottom of the screen, waiting in the hov lane, waiting for it to turn for the free hov toll price. there's a warriors against fitti