this morning on this morning on world news now new mexico nightmare. a middle school erupts in gunfire. a 12-year-old is in custody and two classmates are in the hospital. how a teacher put a stop to the madness. political firestorm. new jersey governor confronts a growing scandal. could chris christie face an intense investigation? presidential affairs. france s head of state torn between two women. which lady will join francois hollande at sitdown dinner. and prince loves a tv show so much he asked for a role. and he got it. the inside scoop in the skinny on this wednesday, january 15th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now.
restaurants, no children allowed. is this fair? it s wednesday, january 15th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. new good morning. i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez. i m john muller. we begin with a hauntingly familiar scene. a vigil being held for two children wounded in a school shooting. this time it was a middle school in roswell, new mexico. police say the attacker was a 12-year-old boy who hid his shotgun in his bag. with the very latest, here s abc s clayton sandell. reporter: the school day started with gunfire. one student or female subject possibly shot. reporter: police say a 12-year-old boy brought a shotgun to his school in roswell, new mexico, opening fire in the gym. two students, a boy and a girl, were shot. the shooter was quickly stopped by one staff member, who walked right up to him.
what he s offering america to christie. working together, to be an example for the entire country. governor, if you really still think your team s approach to politics is an example to the country, you still have a long way to go. it s time for now with alex wagner. the president s agenda strengthened the economy. the republican agenda stopped the president. it is wednesday, january 15th, and this is now. hello, raleigh. his first trip outside the beltway this year. republican senators blocked a bill that would extend unemployment insurance. harry reid doesn t want to take tough votes on amendments. we do not consider this offer. congratulations on your
unemployed. nearly 1.3 million americans were cut off in december and now republicans and democrats are at odds over how to pay for an extension for them. legal trouble for justin bieber. he s accused of vandalizing a neighbor s home and when police searched his mansion, drugs were discovered. investigators say the drugs belonged to one of bieber s house guests. and those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, january 15th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. justin bieber, man, he just can t stay out of the headlines these days. i know. getting in trouble. strange things, too. remember that incident where he was peeing backstage, egging a house. you can t make these things up. drive crazy throughout neighborhood. we ll see what happens with the police investigation as it
all over a joke. he s now free and talking only to new day about his living nightmare. your new day starts right now. welcome back to new day. it s hump day, wednesday, january 15th. new this morning, a teacher in roswell, new mexico saluted for saving lives and disarming a 12-year-old student with a shotgun but not before wounding two students. let s bring in stephanie. she is live in rose well. reporter: good morning, chris. police are saying if it wasn t for the acts of that one teacher, this situation could have been much worse. a nightmare striking this roswell, new mexico, middle school tuesday morning. we have one student or female