One this 20yearold woke up this morning, stole his mothers car, and drove to the Elementary School where she worked as a can earn teacher. Ryan lanza then opened fire at inside this kindergaen classroom, killing 26 people. Schools principal among the victims as well. Then ryan lanza turned the gun on himself. Today, the loss of innocent young lives will overshadow our lives for days. Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims, to their families, and to their friends and the community of newtown, connecticut. Nearly all of the senators and congress have left washington dc. From all over the country, there were outpouring of condolences and sympathy and there were senators and congressmen who sent out statements calling for gun control. In some cases with no political decisions by many to politicize the tragedy. Here are some of their names and what they said. Congressman bobby rush said lawmakers can no longer be held hostage by those who are opposed to reasonable gun control laws. Co
School children who heard this news rushed to the school, many of them reunited with their children but some parents learned the very sad news that their children had been killed and have been with the governor of connecticut and others who are speaking with them. I know youve been speaking with your Law Enforcement sources. Describe whats going on at this moment as they are trying to find more information about the shooter and how he was connected to this. Theyre doing background investigations into the shooter but also going to locations associated with the shooter. Not just directly associated with ryan lanza, his residence and theyre looking far location in new jersey there but also his familys residences in and around connecticut. He has a father who is down in stamford. He has a mother who is a teacher at the school whose house is in newtown. They went there. Has where they saw what appeared to be a body and theyre doing an entry there to see what else they can learn inside that
His brother has been taken in. We dont know what role the brother played. We started at 9 30. We were told at 10 32 the shooter was inside the school and two minutes later, the scene was secured and the gunman was identified 11 28, ryan lanza. We are told a dozen law officials are searching his home to see what is inside of the home dealing with ryan lanza. We found out through c nn that lanza had two weapons on his body and some kind of armor that was found and the school is being searched. Lets go with more information about this and lets go to rob in the newsroom. Rob. The tragedy is still under folding from sandy Hook Elementary School. Less than an hour ago, the students are secured and no danger to the public. Several news agencies, the Associated Press are reporting 27 people killed. The gunman is dead, ryan lanza, we are learning within the hour he is 24 years old and his mother works at the school and among the dead. Lanza was dressed in black and may have had a 222 caliber ri
The democratic contender for the white house, joe biden, who shared a debate stage with donald trump this week, has tested negative and is continuing campaigning. So, with the virus springing an october surprise like no other, how will it affect this years closely fought election contest . Hello, im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. We should begin our coverage this evening with a reminder that the odds of a full recovery are overwhelmingly on Donald Trumps side. But it is sobering, nonetheless, that the leader of the free world, a 74 year old man, is now suffering the mild symptoms of coronavirus. We know the risks, more than 200,000 people have already died in the United States from this virus. And tonight 32 days before an election, behind in the polls, the president is locked in the white house under the watchful eye of his physicians. There have been global messages of support today as well as the schadenfreude expressed on social media. For months donald tru
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