jon: james rosen in washington. thank you, james. jenna: new information now from overseas where tensions are rising in the middle east. iran s army chief of staff is warning we re all heading towards a world war. this is all in reaction to nato s recently announced deployment of patriot missiles along turkey s border. these missiles are meant to protect turkey from the possibility of rockets being fired from syria as its civil war escalates. we have former spokesman for the last four u.s. ambassadors to the united nations. rick, i want to read this quote from this general out of iran so our viewers get a full idea what he is saying. quote, each one of these patriots, these missiles is black mark on the world map and is meant to cause a world war. they are making plans for a world war and this is very dangerous for the future of humanity and for the future of europe itself. is that bluster or is that a serious threat? you know i think it could be a serious threat and it is also blust
their son, who had special needs, died in the arms of the aide he adored, ann marie murphy, and they say he take great comfort in knowing he did not die alone. this comes, as you mentioned, as two of his class mates today are having funeral services. james mattioli s just wrapped up, jessica rekos is just beginning at the same church. jenna? jenna: peter, thank you. we re just getting a breaking news report as well out of connecticut, specifically out of newtown. some local stations are investigating this. there is apparently a lockdown at one of the elementary schools there. no students inside. want to be very clear about that. but apparently this morning at headow meadow elementary school, police decided to close it as a precautionary measure. it was supposed to open with all the other schools, we don t know why potentially this school has closed down. again, no students inside the school, police are investigating x we re trying to get more information on that. certainly, emotions h
in newtown, connecticut, are pouring over evidence at two crime scenes in a search for answers in the deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary. so exactly what are they looking for and how long will this investigation take? bill daly is former fbi investigator and senior vice president and practice leader for control risks security consulting. yesterday we heard from lieutenant paul vance, he s the connecticut state policeman who has been sort of the face of this investigation, he said we re going to get to the hard drive, we ll get all that evidence off his computer and we re going to find out what was behind this rampage. today we re finding out that the computer hard drive has been smashed apparently by the gunman before he left. so does that mean it s going to be not possible to get the information? that isn t necessarily so, jon. the area of computer forensics and examination of damaged hard drives turned into a science. it is a key tool in the tool box for investigators these
washington. new information breaking in the last hour that a backup plan is in the works for republicans in case the white house and congress can not reach a deal on the fiscal cliff by the end of the year. house speaker john boehner spoke about it a minutes ago. our plan b would protect american taxpayers who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. i continue to have hope that we can reach a broader agreement with the white house that would reduce spending as well as have revenues on the table. jon: despite the existence of this plan b negotiations are moving forward between president obama and speaker boehner to try to avoid the fiscal cliff. ed henry is live at the white house. so tell us a little bit more about plan b. what is it, ed? reporter: good to jon. you know the president s position all along you only raise taxes on people making over $250,000. republicans said look, that will end up not just hitting individuals but a lot of small bu
days with all the things we touch, criminals touch, knowing what happens inside a computer is important. what they can do they may be able to recreate part of that. even if it is physically damaged there are ways to recreate the drives. i worked on cases where the computers were involved in fires. you can retrieve information that is helpful. they can look at peripheral devices and buffers and memories. look at search engines, variety of things that would help put this person, the gunman in focus. jon: maybe your printer or web searches or go to google or one of these other search engines and find out what he was up to? exactly. they can go out to that. any online mail services. see those type of act evident it is. so it s, for investigators there really is kind of potential treasure trove, potential i say, for things that may put this person, this gunman in focus. not to say that it will at the end of the day provide the crystal clear, you know, image of what he was up to or maybe e