. >> invoking the name of vicky soto, the teacher killed in the sandy hook massacre, while using herbody to shield students. a group of lawmakers proposed a school marshal program to protect campuses from gunmen mod yeld after air marshal who's guard against terrorism and staffers from janitor to principal could be skparmd no ÷ how many are carrying a gun. >> we have a more yap yal obligation that the next vicky soto faced with inexpoliticable even,,s"z that e she not be leftézq+ defenseless. >> school marshals would have to pass a background check to get a concealed weapons permit. one bill would alout use of education funds to pay for the program illustrating the divide in the gun control debate in these post-sandy hook times pitting proponents begins gun supporters. >> we laid off thousands of teachers. why would we use the few personnel we have left to be armed guards? when armed guards don't always prevent shootings? >> then there is argument of stray bullets in a battle between a school work skbrer armed intrude yir. >> if you're trying to shoot a shooter that could be dangerou

name a school for a teacher was killed in the sandy hook elementary school massacre. 27 year-old vicki soto was killed in the december 14th shooting as he tried to shield her students from the gunman. the shooter killed 20 children and six women before committing suicide. strafford mayor john harkins has proposed to give her name to a new school and honor of her bravery. construction is set to begin this summer. then they must be approved by the town council which is expected to make up take up the matter next week. former pr. w. bush is continuing to recover from bronchitis and related complications at a houston hospital. a spokesman for but says there is no timetable on when he is expected to be released from hospital. the 88 year- old was has been hospitalized since november 23rd and has moved out of intensive care last month. >> coming up on kron4 as other california couples as i do on our hot air belong before comes crashing down. we will hear from neighbors in the area. plus an escalator mouth watches as a wave of panic over new jersey commuter train station. also we're learning jerse

. >> we have a moral obligation that the next vicky soto who is faced with in ineck mickable cecil that she not be left defenseless. >> reporter: districts decide whether to participate. it would allow the use of education funds to pay for the program. the proposal illustrates the deep divide in the gun control debate in the post sandy hook times pitting proponents of tighter gun control regulations against gun supporters who want to protect children with more guns. >> we laid off thousands of teachers in the last couple of years. why would we use the few school personnel we have left to be armed guards when armed guards don't always prevent shootings. >> then there is the argument of stray bullets in a gun battle between a school worker and armed intruder. >> if you are trying to shoot at a shooter that could be dangerous for the kids. >> reporter: but chris tia marotti, mother of two with another on the way says she couldn't bear the thought of her kids in a school shooting. >> i'm here because if my children were put in a lockdown situation i want teachers armed to defend them. i don

. >> i heard this very touching story, jesse had this ornament that he wanted to give to vicky soto, his teacher he loved, who also lost her life. >> that's true. the day before, the evening before sandy hook's shooting, we were at stew renert's in danberry, and he loved christmas, one of his many favorite holidays, but that was his favorite holiday. and he had picked out two ornaments. i'm unclear why he picked out two for ms. soto, but one was a star that was for his teacher. the other was an apple for a teacher. and he also got his mother and his brother an ornament, one and he had picked out two ornaments. i'm unclear why he picked out two for ms. soto, but one was a star that was for his teacher. the other was an apple for a teacher. and he also got his mother and his brother an ornament, one that said mother, and the other said brother on it. and his good friend daniel who he used to play with every saturday and took riding lessons from jesse's mom, daniel loved horses and jesse picked him out a horse ornament. jesse purchased the ornaments, $37 all together, with his own money

a school for a teacher who was killed in the sandy hook elementary school massacre. 27 year-old vicki soto and the december 14th shooting as she tried to shield her students from the gunman. the shooter killed 20 children and six women before committing suicide. strafford mayor john harkins has proposed to give so those named to in the school and honor for bravery. construction is set to begin this summer. then they must be approved by the town council which is expected to take up the matter next week. >> former president george h. w. bush's continuing to recover from bronchitis and related complications that a houston hospital. a spokesman for bush says there is no timetable on when he is expected to be released from hospital. the ada your bushes and house alive since november 23rd. he was moved out of intensive care late last month. >> we have some areas around the bay that are very thick with fog. we will talk about the bay that are very thick with fog. we will talk about [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ]

vicky soto, who was so excited to finally reach her dream to be a teacher, threw herself in front of her students. such incredible bravery from a young first grade teacher. ann marie murphy was the educational assistant for a young boy who was in special needs and she died trying to shield him. as was the case of rachel, a behavior therapist. none of these brave women were trained in combat. they were elementary school educators dedicated to educating their young children so their first response when confronted by this terror was to protect their children. thank goodness for our first responders, they arrived in three minutes, which is incredible in a town of 60 square miles, mainly country roads. they saved innumerable lives as the shooter carried enough ammunition to continue throughout the entire school. and this loving little elementary school was helpless in the face of this assault. 20 beautiful and innocent little first graders were lost that day in a senseless act. they were no match for a troubled person with an ar-15. at the firehouse where we had all gathered to try to sor