no sandy kay, no book. strange wandering paths that met from my father reciting churchill to sandy kay and i'm a feature writer who meets manchester and like winston churchill i'm not a big believer in favorite but these were like a bunch of slips that did tphno pass on the,scene in the night and i couldn't manuimagine all these paths meeting and joining and here we are. host: back to the writing aspect of it itself, how did you write? what kind of -- long hand or give us the atmosphere where you wrote and what time of day and what did you write with? guest: well, i would use stick 'ems in the books i was referring it and in june of 1941 and i tried to color code them and that didn't work. my office looks like somebody who needs mental health help. it looked messy but it was madness, there was method in the madness. and i wrote directly to the comput computer, the word processor. i would write -- i don't want to say drafts. i would rewrite the same two or three pages eight or 10 or 12 times and attach them

sandy. >> hi, everybody. i'm mary bull bal bubala. -- bubala. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. >> super storm sandy hit new jersey heights residents hard, but its residents are still slowly picking up the pieces. the state's governor paid a visit to president obama today, asking for money to help rebuild. >> reporter: the deans are packing what they can salvage from their new jersey home. >> 20 years of collectible cinderella stuff that my husband -- sorry. my husband started collecting it for me, ever since we started dating. >> reporter: everything else is lost. their seaside heights community took a direct hit from the storm, which destroyed 80% of the town. police chief thomas boyd said, with federal help, the town will rebuild. >> seaside heights is never leaving. we're going to rebuild and we're staying. >> reporter: governor chris christie worked closely with the president. now he's going to washington to ask directly for help. >> with damage like this, stretching for miles, governor chris christie said, new jersey will need $37 billi

. >>> two more victims of the shooting at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut will be laid to rest today. kai jackson brings us new information about the shooters past, mike schuh is live with what school leaders in our areas are saying about keeping students safe. first more on the victims. >> it's back to school today for the children of newtown, connecticut with one exception, the students of sandy hook elementary. kenneth is a 4th grader at sandy hook. he was there that tragic day. >> he heard screaming and gunshots and the room he was in was being banged on by the gunman. >> kenneth and his classmates won't be return aring ing -- returning to sandy hook elementary school. they will attend chalk hill school in monroe. >> he said he won't go back unless there's a police officer at every day. >> there will be two more funerals today when james madeloi and jessica ric os will be laid to rest. monday 6-year-olds noah pozner and jack pinto were remembered. >> you shouldn't be at a 6-year-olds funeral. this is a devastating event. it just keeps getting more heartbreaking. >> noah pozner was des

sandy, and funding for victims. we're expecting retiring senators kay bailey hutchison and jon kyl to come to the floor to give theirfarewell addresses. we could also hear more tribute speeches to why senator daniel inouye who passed away on monday. it was announced yesterday he will lie in state and u.s. capitol rotunda for public viewing thursday. and now live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o god of love, may your presence fill our lawmakers with your wisdom and power. may your wisdom lead them away from the pitfalls of delayed obedience so that they will seek to promptly do your will. make them a source of strength direct their actions, motivate their hearts, as they seek to begin this day with an unreserved commitment to you. god, give them your supernatural power, wisdom and guidance. for you know them, their needs, their motives, their hopes and their fears. we pray in your strong name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of a

sandy. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> check in for more news stories and the breaking stories. eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> hi. i'm kaikson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> let's update the breaking news from st. joseph's medical center in towson. a shot is fired in the emergency room. wjz is live in towson. meghan mccorkell is there and has new information about what happened. megan

kai os on friday, a boy offered comfort to his classmates. >> reporter: last friday began as a normal day for luke san tan and his third grade classmates at sandy hook elementary. but things got scary pretty quickly. >> there were about -- now there is something. and we heard gunshots. >> reporter: on the other side of the building the shooter was beginning his rampage. luke's teacher tried to protect her kids. so you're in the classroom and mrs. mckenzie, is she calm? is she excited? how was she? >> she was crying. >> reporter: mrs. mckenzie was crying? >> yeah. >> reporter: because it must have been pretty scary. >> yeah. but then like our next door teacher said to come to her classroom. >> reporter: so you all went in this? >> yeah, because probably the gunman was going to come in our classroom. i don't know. >> reporter: fortunately for luke and his classmates the gunman never made it to their classroom. but even as they were ushered to safety at a nearby firehouse, the kids were very scared. and luke bravely wanted to help calm them. >> they're crying and i'm like, it's okay. my dad is a cop. he'll like help us. >> reporter: his dad, luke