Slaughter of innocent americans. Enough surely is enough. We began this special with the heart wrenching interview with the father of jesse lewis who died in newtown. The man has dignity and grace. Thats all for us tonigh thats all for us tonigh thats all for us tonight. Good evening, again, everyone. Were here live at the town hall in newtown, connecticut. It has become for all the wrong reasons main street usa. That may all change. Plenty of news on that subject tonight with president obama laying out a plan of action today an the National Rifle Association Planning to speak on that later this week. For now, people here are focused firmly on the moment, not each living day by day, but for the survivors, the families living hour by hour, minute by minute, second by second even. They are tending to the heart wrenching duty they have to bury the dead, and the duty we all have to remember and honor. Daniel barden was just seven but called the spark of his family. Always smiling. And had
Stand by. A blizzard, rain, and high winds. A winter storm is on the move and Holiday Travel potentially could be taking a big hit. Information you need to know. And a new hollywood film about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden is getting a terrible review from three United States senators. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Right now, the house of representatives is getting closer to a showdown vote on the House Speakers plan to avoid that socalled fiscal cliff. Its a high stakes bargaining chip in the negotiations with president obama and it comes only 12 days before automatic tax hikes and spending cuts go into effect. That could take a painful toll on the u. S. Economy. Lets go to capitol hill. Our senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash is standing by with the latest. Dana . Reporter well, wolf, the vote that the speaker calls plan b is about an hour away. Were told that Republican Leaders at this hour are still twisting arms, republican arms to make sure that this passe
dawn hochsprung and mary sherlach, vicky soto, lauren russeau, rachel davino and ann marie murph where i. they responded how we all hope we would respond in such terrifying circumstances. with courage and with love. giving their lives to protect the children many their care. chris jansing, this is a story of tragedy, but it is also a story of those heroic women, an extraordinary thing that they did do and tried to do in that school. there are so many extraordinary things about that. you know, you have a principal, a psychologist who literally put themselves in the way of a gunman. teachers who did the same thing. the observations that i have had
lauren russeau, a substitute teacher, and 15 first graders, all but one of the students. then he went to the classroom of victoria soto who was hiding the students. soto tried to convince lanza the kids were on the other side of the building, but when a group of students tried to get away, lanza shot them, soto, and a special ed teacher. it was only after police arrived that they found other students. the paper says they were hidden in a closet. the governor of connecticut told abc s george stephanopoulos the rampage only ended around 9:50, about ten minutes after it began when lanza heard the sirens approaching and killed himself with one bullet to the head. we surmise that it was during the second classroom episode that he heard responders coming and apparently decided to take his own life. reporter: school officials announced the surviving students from sandy hook elementary will in a matter of days start attending classes at an unused
gladly bear it. newtown, you are not alone. as these difficult days have unfolded, we ve alyou ve also id us, stories of strength and resolve and sacrifice. we know that when danger arrived in the halls of sandy hook elementary, the school staff did not flinch, they did not hesitate. dawn hochsprung, mary sherlach, vicky soto, lauren russeau, rachel devino and ann