school. this was in a denver suburb yesterday. he sought to confront a faculty member. that may be part of that why. a 15-year-old girl was shot, critically injured. when police got to the school, they found pierson dead on the ground. we have casey wian live for us in colorado. casey, i know police said pierson wanted to confront a librarian. do we know what that was about? reporter: we have information, christi and victor, about that according to sheriff s officers. the librarian is the coach of the school debate team. pierson was a member of the team. apparently there had been some disagreement or dispute between the two. that s why he came to the campus armed with a shotgun and two molotov cocktails. what investigators don t know now is why the 15-year-old girl who remains in critical condition in the hospital was
shot. there were initial reports, they say, that she confronted the shooter. they are not sure those reports are accurate. they are still investigating that. there are four separate crime scenes that investigators are looking at. this high school behind me, arapahoe high school, they are looking at the shooter s car and the house where he lived with his mother and his father s house. this investigation will continue throughout the weekend. christi and victor. we are expecting, of course, over the next few days, to hear more about what happened inside the school while this was going on. already we heard from some of the students standing outside of the school and crying, reliving what happened. what are they telling you? reporter: terrifying experience that these students recount. they talk about hearing the shots and the smoke from the molotov cocktail from one that ignited. the other did not ignite. let s hear what they had to say.
matter of fairness to consumers. before we hear from you. let s listen to something the chairman said earlier this week. here it is. i m the last person in the world who wants to listen to somebody talking to me while i fly across the country. but we re the technical agency and we will make the technical rules that reflect the way the new technology works. okay. so you hear that, and you think, is this about the consumer, or is this about technology? mark, what do you say? well, it s about technology. so the bottom line is can you let the cell phone use take place in the airplanes? absolutely. pilots have had cell phones in their cabins for years. they know it s okay. they finally got around to ruling it s okay. now the other question is, do we want cell phones on airplanes? i know about you, victor. i don t want someone chatting up to me for a six-hour flight to
willie nelson and bare naked ladies are a couple that canceled their shows at seaworld because of the way it treats its animals. your new day starts right now. one of the lazy saturday mornings for you. i m christi paul. we are glad to have you. i m victor blackwell. 8:00 on the east coast. 5:00 out west. this is new day. the nation is marking the one-year anniversary of that tragic shooting in newtown, connecticut, sandy hook. now dealing with the aftermath of another school shooting in colorado in the city of centennial. police and parents and students asking the one question after each shooting. why. why. police say this is what we know. we do know who was the suspect now. 18-year-old karl pierson, police say, opened fire at his high
a teenager in texas will not go to prison after getting drunk and killing four people with his truck. that statement alone has a lot of people going what? . well, it worked. randi kaye is on the story. good morning to you, randi. reporter: good morning victor and christi. this story has so many people outraged. some are calling it the richie rich defense. if this teenager wasn t from a wealthy family, would he be in prison? critics say that s where he belong belongs. he got drunk and plowed down people in a drunken haze. why isn t he behind bars? keep in mind, he s 16. too young to legally drive with any alcohol in his system. and in this case, his blood