Why do you feel that americans should have those if your belief is they just have to defend themselves . Well, before i go any further, piers, first, thanks for having me back. We did have a heated discussion last time and i much appreciate this more calm discussion. Second, on behalf of im sure i speak for the entire board of Michigan Coalition of responsible gun owners we offer our Sincere Condolence and sympathies for the victims and their families. We are all about safety. We all want to be safe and we certainly want children to be safe. Like i said last week, we just disagree on how to get there from here. To answer your question, i would point out that the shooter in the mall in oregon was confronted by a legally armed citizen who pointed his gun at the shooter and then decided not to squeeze the trigger because he was afraid of missing and hitting bystanders. He was acting very responsibly. And the next shot that that shooter fired, that the killer fired, was on himself after he
195 map ,3 first on fox. Violence eeupts pccool. After a wommn deliverrng a birthday cake gets into a knife fight with a School Administratorr aaministrator. Nationnl cademy foundatioo Prep Middle School immmdiately went intoolockdown. Megan gilliland is livv in peast ballimore with the lates this morning. Good morning guyy,policeesay a women carrying a cake and balloons. Walked up to thee front of the school here delivery for her ssster. But building. Werr told she did protocol. Instead of going to year ld wooan went to the sse was carrying a kniff. When she was confronted by a schhoo administrator she used the knife. O cut him on his hands. Immediately. The schooo went into lockkown. As you can immginn. Parents wereefrantic. parent its ridiculous something needs to happen aad coming off the incident inn newtown any parenn ann real parent is going to be coocerned about whats going on far as their child uildinggas no students were hurt during the city ock up tonight school is expected
Buried today. It should a community struggling with grief and with shock. We have the latest. The agony of this week town was almost unbearable. First jack pinto was also buried. The town will hold the funerals of 80 more small victims of horrific violence. The parents of one of them have been speaking of their desperation as they waited outside the school on friday. I know exactly what she was wearing. I was going to see her black the glittery uggs should put on this morning. There was still hope because the children were hiding. Then hope departed. There was so much panic and confusion. Life was sucked out of everyone in the room. I found a state trooper and was like are there any survivors . Are you telling me that standing here as a parent my child is gone and . He said yes. In the drizzle outside the school, candles and flowers and decorations, as symbols of the season of joy, serve as a memorial for grief. It is heartbreaking. It set out a bout of national soulsearching about you
These would beautiful children, jack pinto, noah pozner. It is going to be a tragic several weeks. No one knew that more than president obama who came here to speak to this town at a touching memorial last night. Surely we do better than this. If there is even one step we can take to save another child or another parent or another town from the grief thatses have e visited tucson, aurora, oak creek and newtown, communities from columbine to blacksburg before that, surely we have an obligation to try. Surely we have an obligation to try, as newtown remembers. Here are some other tragedies. Adam lanza has been identified officially as the killer. That is his mother in better times on the right. Nancy lanza. Her home remains a crime scene. It will remain so for quite some time. The police arent giving any indication right now as to a motive. They say they are accumulating quite a bit of evidence, including the hard drive of his computer at home. Ape there computer, though, smashed. They a
On this special edition of early start, a community and a nation in mourning. Newtown, you are not alone. The president , offering words of comfort and inspiration, to those trying to make sense of a senseless tragedy. The face of indescribable violence. In the face of unconscionable evil. Youve looked out of each other. And you cared for one another. And youve loved one another. Were remembering the victims, 20 children and 6 adults. Some who gave their lives to save others. She was truly selfless. She would not hesitate to save anyone else before herself, especially children. As more details emerge, people in the Small Community search for strength to face the difficult days ahead. We will move on. We will never forget. We will, in many ways, be made stronger for what has transpired. And we will get better. Good morning. And welcome to this special edition of early start. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Were coming to you live from newtown, connecticut, this morning. It is a raw and ra