call or go online today. after all, when you re going the distance, it s nice to have the experience and commitment to go along with you. keep dreaming. keep doing. go long. bill: police saying a moment ago the school will be a crime scene until further notice. everything has been blocked off and for good reason. a community and frankly the country numb with grief as we remember the victims of one of the worst mass murders in history. my next guest knows the state very well. amid the sorrow he s calling for a national commission on violence to prevent this from happening again. joe lieberman, independent
here. once they they get the good is argue with the good and make the good go against the good. how do we go about understanding that in your view. when we have these events, what they are really are jolts, national jolts that should catapult us to an understanding of the vulnerability of life but therefore the seriousness in which we have a approach life and the precious necessary of life. preciousness of life. after these events if we can love more and regard more and understand the appreciate shesness of our family and country there is something evil cannot defeat and that is the wonderful spirit of man to see the good, the precious the sacred. bill: well stated, thank you, rabbi. and thank you, father. i appreciate that. let s go back to new york again. martha: a short time away from the first of dozens of funerals in newtown, connecticut. as a community and the nation we grieve the loss of these
stands out about mass murderer they are always fueled by white hot rage. it is different from serial killers, cool, plodding, stalking, driven by lust. mass murderers are different. so something touched off the rage and i think it had to do with something odd in the relationship between the mother and him particularly as he is is, she is trying to find places around the country he could go to different college. bill: yeah. bill, i want you to add to that, but i want you to consider this as well. the people who i talk to in sandy hook, say this mother tried to do everything humanly possible she could to help her own son. and this was a lifelong struggle for her. i think there were good days and frankly there were bad days. friday was an absolute awful day. how do you answer that question?
have the ability to at least make sure that fewer children, hopefully never again children like this will be killed in one of these events. bill: it s difficult here and fully respecting your response. from the outside looking in. people wonder what can be done. where can a covering like that lead? i don t know if there is a clear answer for that right now. i thought what the president said louisiana night the fact that it s complicated doesn t mean when can t do anything about it. if we can save the life of one child in the country then it s worth it. but part of this about stabbing a commission is to make sure that all the he moags we feel now don t just go away over a period of week or months.
here is unimaginable. our hearts go out to these families and right now that s all we re thinking about. bill: i talked to many people in town and they have told me everybody knew adam lanza. he was the awkward guy who always stuck out and no one really had an idea about how to relate to him. were you aware of him? i have no direct dealings with him. we really don t have a lot of reports on him, as far as at the police department. so . bill: criminal sense he has no record. so that s understandable. he is one of those guys that just, kind of flew under the radar a little. bill: really? under the radar? tragedy. bill: you re going to brief again this afternoon, i think at 12 noon. you ve been very careful about the amount of information you have made public. yes, sir. bill: what is the process