desperation and anguish as families are dealing with enormous emotions. 19 children at least are dead and two adults as well. good morning. dana has time off. i m bill hemmer live in new york. julie, welcome back to our program. good morning. i m julie banderas and you re watching america s newsroom. this scene a horrific scene at the robb elementary school. about 80 miles west of san antonio, officials saying the shooter barricaded himself inside a classroom. officials say the victims were all in the same fourth grade room. the rampage ending we re told after a border patrol agent rushed into the school without waiting for backup and forced entry into that classroom that killed the attacker. the massacre entering the record books as the second most deadly school shooting in u.s. history following sandy hook 10 years ago. the new york post front page echoing that horrific day in newtown, connecticut. now the focus on the latest tragedy to grip america. the victims
They were clearing the scene and collecting evidence. The girl was crossing Francis Louis boulevard near sunrise highway about 12 15 this morning when a van struck her and just kept going. The 16yearold girl was rushed to jamaica hospital where she was in cardiac arrest and later died. So far police havent released the name of the victim but again at this time they are searching for a dark brown van. Anyone with any information urged to contact the nypd. Reporting live this morning from rose dale, queens, Janelle Burrell, cbs2 news. Thank you. New video this morning of what police say is the man breaking into a brooklyn liquor store through the ceiling. The t you can see him crawling over the counter and mr. Liquor on fullon street early thursday morning. The man stole 10,000 in cash and damaged several bottles of alcohol before leaving through the same opening in the ceiling. Pretty incredible video there. Okay, just before 4 32 here. Time for traffic and weather together on the 2s. W
Americans are among those killed along with dutch siblings who lived in new york. In the newsroom, alice gainer, cbs 2 news. A new jersey man narrowly survived the brussels attacks. He was in the airport when the bomb went off. He described the experience to cbs 2s sonia rincon. Reporter this video taken by a cab driver at the Brussels Airport captures some of the panic gabriel chan experienced. He had just gotten his suitcase and was looking for his driver when he felt the blast. So strong that the glass came over me and threw me and many people to the ground. All i thought about was my family. Reporter it was a sudden feeling of clarity in the middle of a cloud of debris, confusion. My instincts were just to try to survive. Make sure i would get through it and the screaming and the crying just it was deafening. Reporter as soon as he could, he made sure his family knew he was safe. He said, i just went through a lot of things i should never saw in my whole experience because were ver
Where the metal came from but that he will never forget his sons pain. It was just a horrific scream. You dont want to see any children scream especially your own. Reporter still, he tells me his son is going to be okay and that he is thankful. Just blessed that everything is fine and we are going to go home. Reporter thankful that it wasnt any worse. Scott rapoport, cbs 2 news. Wow. Well, the Authorities Say the metal object might have been in a support beam for a spare tire under the truck. Dillon will stay in the hospital overnight and could be released tomorrow. Now to the search for a terrorist in belgium. Police conducted raids across brussels looking for bombing suspects. Video shows an injured man on the Ground Holding what appears to be a bag. Witnesses say he was shot in the leg and arrested. Custody as police searched. Secretary of state john kerry laid a wreath at memorial site in brussels and pledged support. Any assistance necessary in investigating these heinous acts of
New york city. The pope arrives in the big apple after a historic nation in the capitol and addressed the congress and met with Homeless People being assisted by Catholic Charities and had lunch with them. You are used to seeing his face by now im sure and we have the chair of the Theology Department at fortum university in new york. Its good to be with you. Ive got to ask you, i have not been privy to a lot of your thoughts over the last couple of days guess what we have enough time coming up, im going to know everything about what you are thinking about this trip by this pope. But as we take a look at the helicopters that will take the pope from john f. Kennedy International Airport to Downtown Manhattan. Manhattan heliport. Sort of walk me through the day, we can get to the last couple of days in a second, but i want you to walk me through your thoughts on this day starting with the remarks, the comments, the speech before the joint meeting of congress. Absolutely, tony. This was a