bill: the fog of breaking news in southwestern connecticut, we are working through the story. cticut at an elementary school there the news crossed about 30 minutes ago and we are still trying to gather as much as we can for you this. this is what we can report. state police are assisting local police amid reports of a school shooting. we are getting word through the superintendent's office that reports of a shooting are not confirmed. that does not mean it did not happen. the school apparently has been evacuated with children being led outside, anna is in touch with the school as well. what information do you have. >> reporter: we have our producers on the phone trying to work to get more information about the shooting that did happen in western connecticut there in the town of newtown. these are just reports. all of this is preliminary. there have been reports that at sandy hook elementary school there was a shooting. they are reporting that multiple police, ambulances and emergency crews are on the scene. there are all the am reports of injuries in that area. what we are hea

again, in the southwestern part of the connecticut.ul vance. the school is on dickinson drive and there are few other detail available. our affiliates are on the way to the scene as well as cnn crews, photographers, correspondents on the way to this. of course, we all cringe when we hear about reports of a shooting, especially at an elementary, especially any organization, a business or a school but when you look at elementary school children, so young, and reports of a shooting at a school, we have very few details on this. even the folks in connecticut are scrambling to try to get their bearings around this and get to the scene to figure out what is going on. again, this is newtown elementary school. the reports came in, approximately, 30 minutes ago. it's sandy hook elementary. is that correct? brian, my producer? sandy hook elementary in newtown. again, in the southwestern part of the state. very few details about sandy hook elementary, how big it is, how many students, what grades, if it is from first to nine or what have you. aga

enforcement officials say, 26 people were killed after a mass shooting at an elementary school in southwestern connecticut. the suspect - also dead. and his mother found killed at latest. >> police said that 26 people were killed at sandy hook elementary. 20 of the victims were children between the ages of 5-10. it is one of the deadliest school hi shootings. and why not of history. >> evil visited the school. >> the shooter and visited the school it was a horrific scene. for mutual experience we never seen anything like this is heart wrenching for us as it is for the families. >> the suspect is a 20 year- old adam lanza who shot himself after he fired 100 rounds killing 20 students. police implemented a search. it, there were police with rifles on the roof, and surrounding the school. >> the families have been notified with preliminary investigation in process of elimination of the families have been told. >> flags were ordered at half staff. >> they had their entire lives ahead of them birthdays, graduations. weddings. kids of their own. >> at this vigil, the search for answers to difficult questions. >

he actually came from southwestern connecticut where he spent 11 years. >> it's a community that i knowwell. it's a parish that i visited many times and i know many people there. i'm veryfond of the community so the news struck home very personally to me. these are people whom i know and whom i served for many years. >> the arch bishop says he knew six of the children personally and is praying for all of the families we have a section on our website dedicated to the shooting in newtown. . >> in other news tonight, two children were able to escape from their burning home. thefire was in the 200-block of ash wood road not far from north point roads. the children ran to a neighbor and called -- calleded 911. >> all right the election's over but it didn't actually become official until today. >> tonight we have the breakdown. coming up, which precincts went for mitt romney. >> showers continue to come in tonight. it's not just the fog, the rain is also making visibility hard. >> plus those last minute deals may sound great but do you really know what you're getting? those stories and more i

>> you speak to neighbors, it paints a picture of this afluent community that is in southwestern connecticutand it's -- this woman who often would be with her boys, they moved to the area in 1998. the -- she divorced with her husband years later. but they would often attend these parties, these dice games in which they were gardening in the back and talk about landscaping. the common joke that one of the neighbors mentioned, you're doing all this landscaping behind the house, nobody is going to see this. but it was this idea that this woman was a -- a pleasant, pleasurable person to be around. she was someone who was involved in the community. and you talk to residents here, and it's really -- this sense of this tight knit community. we talk to other people earlier in the day, and many people say that people move to this area because of the school system. so to have something like this take place at a school, particularly in an elementary school, has just rocked this community. >> there are so many people who ask the question why. were neighbors able to tell you anything about the boys in th

baltimore a newtown tragedy has a personal tragedy for our archbishop lori who came from southwestern connecticut where he spent 11 years and knew six the children and is praying for all the families facing so much grief. >>> 6:33 and new information this morning we have learned dick's sporting goods is pulling semiautomatic rifles from the shelves nationwide. the retailer says the change is out of respect for the victims and the families of last week's massacre at sandy hook elementary. it's unclear how long the store will keep the suspension in place and the -- on the firearms but we want to know what you think about the move. weigh in at abc2 facebook fan page. >>> a woman given the title of the oldest person has passed away. according to her granddaughter, deana died at her iowa retirement center on monday. she was 115 years old. a japanese man who is 15 days younger than her is now believed to be holding the title. >>> a good deed done by a mystery man and no one will have a chance to say thank you. >> we will tell you what he did to make the holidays brighter for one unsuspecting mother. >>

it's a town midday between stanford and hartford in southwestern connecticut. reports came in early this morning of a shooting and the response was quick and furious. you can see now from the aerial shots some of the officers, one of them with a canine unit on the scene. we also have reports from one of the affiliates there that a witness saw a hand injury and a bloody face. we can tell you as well that parents have been advised to stay at home. parents have been told to stay at home. these pictures just shot moments ago in what appears to be the parking lot at sandy hook elementary. you can see a number of police and a child being taken away by ambulance and parents you can see in that shot walking through and carrying their children, another one holding on to kids, too. we also heard that some of the children, if not all of them, have been evacuated to a nearby firehouse. the ground pictures showing things fairly calm but certainly a strong police presence and what that canine unit is doing. i'm not clear. they seem to be interested in that container. at leas

family and how it would rip apart any community much less the town of sandy hook here in southwestern connecticutpolice by the hour have been giving us updates but i'll be frank, there are very few facts coming out about the story. that tells me they are peeling back the layers and trying to piece it together. you can imagine the confusion that resulted starting at 9:30 this morning, trying to find his gunman, locate the relationship, who is he relationship to, mother and his father and relationship with his brother. all of this stuff is starting to evolve throughout the night. we expect a briefing sometime soon. when we do, maybe, slowly, bret, we can piece it together. more at 7:00 on the "fox report" live from here. >> bret: we'll see you 20 minutes. thank you, buddy. return now to washington. more with rich marianos who was the lead investigator in columbine in 198 # 9. you heard -- 1999. you heard about the guns that were registered to the mother and that is serious fire power for shooter to have used. what about this, in this investigation. we hear about the lone wolf shooters and the autho

it's a tight-knit community in this southwestern connecticut town.d even though you can't really get a sense of it now, it is one of the more picturesque places i'm standing in. rolling green hills and quite an affluent neighborhood, two and three-story homes. the thinking is people moved to this area because of the school systems. so it strikes a particular chord that this occurred within an elementary school. but then you also have that other side, the talk of this woman, nancy lanza, who collected guns, some high-powered weapons as in that bushmaster that was used in the elementary school shooting. it's not clear whether she attended some of the shooting ranges in the area although we know there are at least three shooting ranges within a 20-mile range of this area. one of the workers that i spoke to at a local business here said that she often showed her rifle -- showed a rifle that she had recently purchase and even brought her children target shooting. not clear if that occurred at those ranges or just in and around the area. atf and federal of

entire nation, family, friends, neighbors all gathering at places of worship in this small southwestern connecticutn. a candlelight vigil being scheduled for this evening. president obama expected to fly in this afternoon and after meeting with the families of victims and after meeting with the first responders he will take part in that candlelight vigil. officials who have been giving us information ever since friday afternoon. we're enxpecting to hear from te state police and the medical examiner who told us he was going to wrap up the autopsies on the shooter and the shooter's mother and also the focus of their investigation would now be the weaponry. we're expecting an update in the next few minutes. they have already set up, as you can see, cameras standing by and just waiting for them to arrive and, of course, we'll take that press conference for you live when it happens. first right to howard kurtz and "reliable sources" for a critical look at how the news media has been covering the events here in connecticut. wolf blitzer, as well. he's been here reporting on this, the very latest on what

it's a tight-knit community in this southwestern connecticut town.nd even though you can't really get a sense of it now, it is one of the more picturesque places i'm standing in. rolling green hills and quite an affluent neighborhood, two and three-story homes. the thinking is people moved to this area because of the school systems. so it strikes a particular chord that this occurred within an elementary school. but then you also have that other side, the talk of this woman, nancy lanza, who collected guns, some high-powered weapons as in that bushmaster that was used in the elementary school shooting. it's not clear whether she attended some of the shooting ranges in the area although we know there are at least three shooting ranges within a 20-mile range of this area. one of the workers that i spoke to at a local business here said that she often showed her rifle -- showed a rifle that she had recently purchase and even brought her children target shooting. not clear if that occurred at those ranges or just in and around the area. atf and federal o

it's a tight-knit community in this southwestern connecticut town.ou can't really get a sense of it now, it is one of the more picturesque places i'm standing in. rolling green hills and quite an affluent neighborhood, two and three-story homes. the thinking is people moved to this area because of the school systems. so it strikes a particular chord that this occurred within an elementary school. but then you also have that other side, the talk of this woman, nancy lanza, who collected guns, some high-powered weapons as in that bushmaster that was used in the elementary school shooting. it's not clear whether she attended some of the shooting ranges in the area although we know there are at least three shooting ranges within a 20-mile range of this area. one of the workers that i spoke to at a local business here said that she often showed her rifle -- showed a rifle that she had recently purchase and even brought her children target shooting. not clear if that occurred at those ranges or just in and around the area. atf and federal officials we've s

at schools in high crime elementary school in southwestern connecticut.n >> tragedy and a small town. >> evil visited this town. >> sandy hook elementary. >> 18 children were pronounced dead two people were pronounced dead of the hospital six adults were pronounced dead at the scene it. >> the parent believe that 100 rounds had been fired. the shooter is dead and three weapons have been recovered. the first 911 call kv and are round 9:00 a.m. >> the police with rifles and guns handguns were on the roof, there were surrounding the school. >> president obama ordered the flags to half staff. he fought back tears. >> they have their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, weddings kids of their own. >> he also offered assistance to the connecticut governor. >> we will do what ever we can to overcome this event and we will get through it. this is a terrible time before this time and these families. >> they are left to wonder how this could happen in this town >> i do not know if there is any safe place in this world anymore. >> we have still images. >> this is

before coming to maryland he spent 11 years in southwestern connecticut he knew 6 of the children personallyht up with him on monday where he was speaking about the power of love and compassion following the shooting. >>> in response to the unthinkable tragedy in connecticut governor o'malley says he expects to see legislative activity during the week. o'malley says legislators will look at what can be done to strngten school security and gun laws to make our kids safer and says mental health is a part of trying to prevent the tragedies like what happened last week. >>> now time for weather with meteorologist lynette charles. >> we are seeing the fog burn off nicely. a little sunshine starting to breakthrough. so that gradual clearing is taking place across the area this morning. temperatures are on the chilly side though as we go through today, be prepared for a nice warmup in the afternoon. 48 degrees not cold do not need the biggest coat as you step out. look what's in store. 58 degrees the timing of the cold front moving through. and even with that that 58 is going to feel colder with th

you travel up the road, it's one of the most picturesque parts of this town in southwestern connecticutlooks rolling hills. seems out of a robert frost poem, but it's the kind of place where neighbors particularly on this one street seem very night knit. those are their words, and one of the neighbors that i spoke with said like you mentioned, they used to congregate every so often for parlor games, played dice. and then at the same time, we're hearing these other conflicting reports here, this idea that this is a woman that had several. very heavy guns in her possession. she had two sons, moved to the area in about 1998, divorced from her husband and raised her sons thereafter. but the picture that sort of emerges, these two sort of conflicting images of this one of this woman who is sort of a quiet mild mannered pleasant woman who is gardening during the day and working with landscaping companies in her high lie affluent home and another that was holding on to these fairly heavy duty weapons, the bushmaster is a weapon that's akin to some of the assault weapons that we've seen in plac

. >>> newtown, connecticut, is in the southwestern part of the state. it's roughly 80 miles northeast of new york city. the population is about 27,500 people and encompasses will 60 square miles about the same size as carmel-by-the-sea here in california. there are four elementary schools in newtown. sandy hook where the shootings took place is a kindergarten through fourth grade school. >>> now, the children described terror as they told their parents about how they cowered in the classrooms. while their teachers locked doors and ordered them to hide. here's how some of those students and their parents explained what happened today. >> somebody yelled, get to a safe place. >> teacher pulled me into her classroom. >> reporter: inside sandy hook elementary school, children were caught in the chaos. >> teacher said had to close the blinds and had to close the blinds and had to shut off the lights and [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: outside, the first family members on the scene witnessed a horrific site. >> three children that came out, one of them was --

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. >>> we're live with breaking news in newtown, connecticut, a small town in the southwestern part ofhis state that has been faced with the worst evil according to this state's governor that they will ever likely see. even the president had to wipe away tears today as he offered his support to the families of the victims of this terrible school shooting in connecticut. here's some of president obama's remarks earlier today. >> this afternoon, i spoke with governor malloy and fbi director mueller. i offered governor malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation and made it clear he will have every single resource that he needs to investigate this heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their families. we've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. and each time i learn the news, i react not as a president but as anybody else would. as a parent. and that was especially true today. i know there's not a parent in america who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. the majority of those who died today were children -- >> we've been getting updates regular