Bnsf. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a gunman at a school, mass casualties, and emergency crews the scene was eerily familiar and, once again, horrifying. This time, tragedy struck at a grade school in a small connecticut town. 20 of the 27 dead are children. We begin our coverage with president obamas emotional address to the nation this afternoon. Weve 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 theres not a paren
Capital beltway. Traveling i95 in virginia still watching an earlier crash there northbound at joplin road. Watching two of your left lanes and it is causing quite the a delay. The trip out of quantico you can expect a sixmile backup. Aaron and eun . Thanks, danella. It is now 6 02. Melissa mollet is following breaking news in syria from the live desk now, melissa . Trying to get more information on this for you, again, a mortar round on or near the u. S. Embassy in damascus. This is information we are getting from nbc news in syria. The russian embassy, of course, that compound was hit on sunday, september 22nd but, again, a mortar round has hit on or near, they say, the u. S. Embassy in damasc damascus. More information as we get it at the live desk. New this morning were learning about a speech the president is getting ready to deliver this morning in Prince Georges County. He is heading to a local college to talk about Health Care Reform. What we know now could be a very frank spee
[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2012] president obama it is in newtown, conn. Tonight. According to the white house, he has been meetings with the families of the victims of the School Shooting. He is expected to be the final speaker at an interfaith vigil this evening. We will have live coverage right here on cspan. We will take a look at some comments from this morning about what the government should do to prevent more shootings. We have the same courtesy of the newseum. Day of grieving. The employees of the school, all women. The children all around the ages of six or seven. More shooting victims. Residents gather to find comfort and pray. And National Newspapers also digging into the story. The New York Times saying victims there, white and friends with a background. There is a detail of how teachers helped students three crisis. Other articles looking at the alleged killer and the victims. And another stor
Of voting among the division. Egyptians headed to the polls on saturday in the sixth National Election in nearly two years. This time, to vote on a referendum and a hotly disputed constitution. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has vowed to take action against gun violence in the United States following the shooting rampage that left 27 people dead, including 20 young children, in newtown, connecticut. All of the children are aged 6 and 7. The gunman, 20yearold adam lanza, shot his mother dead at their home before driving to the Sandy Hook Elementary School and forcing his way inside. Armed with highpowered rifle, two handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, lanza shot up to first grade classrooms before taking his own life as Police Arrived at the scene. Lanza still had hundreds of additional rounds of ammo and another weapon in his car, suggesting he would carry out more shootings
There are shootings and killings in norway and france and germany, but there hasnt been 61 mass killings like there have been in this country to a sense columbine. And the nra Facebook Page has gone dark. We will speak with lisa graves about big guns and big money. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Residents of newtown, connecticut, have begun holding the first of many kernels for the 27 victims killed in fridays shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School. On monday, noah pozner and jack pinto, 06 years old, were laid to rest in small caskets. More funerals are slated today including two more 6yearold victims, James Mattioli and jessica rekos. At the white house, president obama convened a meeting with top officials to discuss ways to respond to the newtown massacre, including potential proposals for gun control. Pressed for details, White House Press secretary jay carney reduced offer any specific