From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im David Gregory in for matt this morning. Weve had some terrible news to cover recently. We have such great news this morning that we can share with everyone. Our friend and colleague Richard Engel and his team have been freed unharmed and there they are. We look forward to talking to all of them to find out about their ordeal. A lot of us are exhaling this morning. Of course, well get the latest from newtown, connecticut. Natalie morales is there this morning where two more funerals for the victims of the shooting will be held today. Well get to her, but well give you the latest developments. Sandy Hook Elementary School remains closed today, but newtowns other schools are reopening this morning for the First Time Since the shooting. As for the investigation, police hoped adam lanzas computer would
5 00 a. M. Begins now. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. Good morning. Tuesday, december 18. I am cynne simpson. I am scott thuman. Lets get to a meteorologist jacqui jeras. , but its working its way out. It will improve gradually day, so bethe patient. Half of the day looks a lot better. You can see the clouds lingering. We have a little patchy fog developed across the area. Well off to our west. Possibility of this morning as well. 50 degrees in manassas, 48 in culpeper, and 55 in fredericksburg, 48 in gaithersburg. For today, clouds and fog will t through midmorning. Turning mostly cloudy by noon, 58 degrees. Cloudy by 5 00 with 53 degrees. The sevenday forecast, in a few minutes. First, traffic with jamee whitten. Good morning. A quiet start. O problems on interstate 95 in virginia. No. The through stafford and our and over theg inoquan and here we are springfield. 395. E trip continues on to the beltway is running without any problems in virginia and m
As it is, it copkeeps getting m heartbreaking. The first of the victims laid to rest. The funerals will continue for days. You drop your kid off and you dont see them again . Honestly, thats really life now . Authorities hope to soon interview two survivors of the massacre. Police are analyzing the evidence, and that includes adam lanzas home computer. What kind of kid was adam lanza . Just quiet. What can be done about people like him . The answer is very little. The massacre has reignited the debate over gun control. Mayor bloomberg stepped up the call for new laws. Why is the murder rate around the country . Im an american, whats the question . President obama made a new fiscal cliff offer. Taxes will go up on those making more than 400,000. Blinding snow, drenching rain, damaging winds knocked out power to thousands. All that kicked around on the ground. Thats the way this game should end. Thats the way the season should end jim boeheim is the winner of 900 basketball games. And al
From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im David Gregory in for matt this morning. Weve had some terrible news to cover recently. We have such great news this morning that we can share with everyone. Our friend and colleague Richard Engel and his team have been freed unharmed and there they are. We look forward to talking to all of them to find out about their ordeal. A lot of us are exhaling this morning. Of course, well get the latest from newtown, connecticut. Natalie morales is there this morning where two more funerals for the victims of the shooting will be held today. Well get to her, but well give you the latest developments. Sandy Hook Elementary School remains closed today, but newtowns other schools are reopening this morning for the First Time Since the shooting. As for the investigation, police hoped adam lanzas computer would
Liz intet in new york. Right now, all across america, parents are sending their children to school, a lot of fear as well. We want to begin with gun violence, Mental Illness. Well continue it all week long. Are my children safe, its a question parents are asking. Security has been beefed up at schools and campuses around the country. As new details now surface about the horrifying moments when the shooter entered that school and unimaginable. To end that, well be joined by the school nurse. Sally cox. Shell be with us in a minute. Lets get right to the president s right now. He spoke last night. He came here and met with the families. He was with allison, the granddaughter of the school principal. The president comforted the families yesterday. Then delivered the speech. He told the people of newtown, theyre not alone. A powerful call to action. A president filled with angry. I come to offer the love and prayers of a nation. Mere words cannot match the depths of your sorrow. Nor can th