they brought a picture of her son and a huge giants fan. sergeant willis sent a message before the big game. i m from new york. i want to say hi to my family and go big blue. his mom said she promised she would go to the parade if the giants won and she would bring his picture. the giants won and new york held the parade and glenda kept her promise. she said it would be compassionate to have a parade for her son and daughter in new york. tonight, there s still no parade in the works for new york city to welcome home the troops and mark the end of the iraq war. i can tell you that sergeant willis is home from iraq and afghanistan and he and his family are here with us watching the show in this very room. welcome home.
son and a huge giants fan. sergeant willis sent a message before the big game. i m from new york. i want to say hi to my family and go big blue. his mom said she promised she would go to the parade if the giants won and she would bring his picture. the giants won and new york held the parade and glenda kept her promise. she said it would be compassionate to have a parade for her son and daughter in new york. tonight, there s still no parade in the works for new york city to welcome home the troops and mark the end of the iraq war. i can tell you that sergeant willis is home from iraq and afghanistan and he and his family are here with us watching the show in this very room. welcome home. look, you re on tv. it s really cool to have you here and it s the best new thing in the world today.
giants fan. he s one of the first stories that came out, that olivia, one of the 6 years old was to have played an angel in the christmas pageant, a story that has been told but never fails to break your heart. in some cases, people have brought are multiples of things. we saw 20 bears. all the same. one for each of the children who was here. and acknowledgements that these are not just from these immediate area. but people have been drawn here from other states. and there s media from literally all around the world. and the other way that people have been showing their support is to make signs. they are all over this community. here s one. a huge sheet with god bless sandy hook. handmade, with honest emotions on a sign. just across the street from that, hanging from a window atop a local business hug a teacher today.
from law enforcement, mental health professionals, to parents and educators in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. even though the weather here for the last 24 hours or so has been cold and wet, there have been lots of people out paying their respects to the fallen at makeshift memorials and at vigils. we do expect to get more information sometime today from the police about the latest in their investigation. back to you. steve: all right. thank you. gretchen: and an emotionally trying day ahead in newtown, connecticut. the first of the funerals are being held. one for the youngest victims, noah posner turned six last month. the other for six-year-old jack pinto. because he s such a huge giants fan, his parents may bury him in his favorite jersey. that brings us to the story of one little girl out of the entire class who happened to survive. 15 kids in the class, they were
this is not just spin. sam stein, i realize you went to school in the woods up there in dartmouth, but the idea of living in a metropolitan area, washington, d.c., where nearly everyone is obsessed with a single individual, the quarterback of the washington redskins, is incredible. andrea says this is not spin, but she s literally spinning. it s unbelievable, she s so happy with this guy. he fumbles correctly, this man walks on water to every washingtonian. as a giants fan, i m bitter about this. you don t want to talk about the ivy league championship. more nba news. yahoo! sports is reporting the new orleans hornets might be renamed the new orleans pelicans as soon as the 2013/2014 season. owner tom benson who owns the saints football team is seeking a name more appropriate for the team s louisiana home and reportedly also considered the crew and the brass before settling on the louisiana state bird. why we re reading this, i have no idea, but i do now, because