Away for the holidays, massive pileups and thousands without power. I just heard a boom real loud, and then the tornado was like over my house whirling over my house and my whole house was just i mean shaking. Plus a strong storm damages homes in alabama, now the digging out and cleanup begins all across the country. From newtown to your town, americans pause this hour to remember those killed in the school massacre. Well tell you how the tribute could echo through your community. The nations most powerful gun lobby the nra speaking out today one week after violence rocked that Small Community in connecticut. And devastating implosion, the end of the world . Nope, it is not the apocalypse, its what people are saying about the fiscal cliff. After speaker boehners plan b falls flat, whats next . Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you. Thank you so much for being with us. Im carol costello. This hour a nation pauses to honor the victims of last weeks horrifying attack at a connecticut E
Today for the First Time Since 20 of their friends, six of their educators, slaughtered by a gunman three weeks ago. We have deb feyerick, she is live there for us in monroe, connecticut, where the new Sandy Hook Elementary School is set to open. Deb, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. You know, one of the things the kids that we spoke to yesterday, they are really excited to be getting back to class. Theyre really excited to be joining their friends and their teachers in discovering what is really a new environment. Today gives teachers a chance to reset the entire sort of school year and get the kids back into a routine. You know, you have to remember that the last time all these kids were together, they were huddled, hiding from a deranged gunman. So you were in the gym and you were in the art room. Reporter ben and ethan heard the gunshots and screams that horrible morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Three weeks isnt nearly enough time to understand all the feelings t
Thats right. I better i better not enjoy it, i better luxuriate in it. Its a great privilege. Being a senator is a great privilege, charlie. And it taught me being alive was a great privilege. I write about that. Xd i was sort of more open in this book than id like to be. Sort of let it all hang out. Rose what was the hardest thing for you to write about . Well, the hardest thing to write about is facing my own mortality. The hardest thing to write about is wondering notwithstanding all my bravado and all my assertiveness if i was going to make it. Rose do you think you could have handled death . Im not looking forward to the experience but i think i can and from what we know about human existence, its inevitable. Rose laughs so i will handle it. Rose exactly. A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero one. Rose do you have a different vision for whats good for childrens reading . Authors and prevailing wisdom . Well, my feeling is you tell the truth as best you can and the people who you
Thats right. I better i better not enjoy it, i better luxuriate in it. Its a great privilege. Being a senator is a great privilege, charlie. And it taught me being alive was a great privilege. I write about that. Xd i was sort of more open in this book than id like to be. Sort of let it all hang out. Rose what was the hardest thing for you to write about . Well, the hardest thing to write about is facing my own mortality. The hardest thing to write about is wondering notwithstanding all my bravado and all my assertiveness if i was going to make it. Rose do you think you could have handled death . Im not looking forward to the experience but i think i can and from what we know about human existence, its inevitable. Rose laughs so i will handle it. Rose exactly. A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero one. Rose do you have a different vision for whats good for childrens reading . Authors and prevailing wisdom . Well, my feeling is you tell the truth as best you can and the people who you
Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. When i walked into a hearing room and the secretary of defense and i get a chance to question Donald Rumsfeld about the war, i said this is unique. I may not be doing this forever. Rose so better make the best of it right thats right. I better i better not enjoy it, i better luxuriate in it. Its a great privilege. Being a senator is a great privilege, charlie. And it taught me being alive was a great privilege. I write about that. Xd i was sort of more open in this book than id like to be. Sort of let it all hang out. Rose what was the hardest thing for you to write about . Well, the hardest thing to write about is facing my own mortality. The hardest thing to write about is wondering notwithstanding all my bravado and all my assertiveness if i was going to make it. Rose do you think you could have handled death . Im not looking forward to the experience but i think i can and from what