Pays the price for only being 98 loyal. The nra speaks out tomorrow in washington. We honor the lives that were remembered there that day. Jesse lewis couldnt wait to get to school that friday. He was excited for the holidays and his dad was going to join him in the class that afternoon to make gingerbread houses. He was 6 years old. Smart, passionate beyond his years, his dad thought jesse could concur the world. He died trying to lead others to safety after hearing gunshots in the hallway. Thats how he led his life, his parents say, fearless, courage, and full of strength about jesse loved animals and was learning to ride horses. His favorite toy was a little soldier. Almost every night of his life, jesse slept in his mothers arms. His family writes, the picture that remains etched in our souls is his in his boots, ripped jeans and tshirt, chomping through the pasture on his way from one adventure to another. Catherine hubbard was known for the bright red hair and her smile that was always on her face. She, too, was 6 years old. Every single christmas she asked santa to bring her a pet. Even as baby she asked santa to bring her two fish. She would give others animals to others as gifts. For mothers day she bought her mom a concrete squirrel to put in the garden. Her parents are asking for donations to any local Animal Shelter in honor of their beautiful little girl. Benjamin wheelers hero was his brother nate. On friday, his parents waited anxiously for word of both their sons. Only 9yearold nate survived. Ben was also 6yearsold. He always said he wanted to be an architect but on that friday morning before school he said to his mother, i also want to be a paleontologist because thats what nate is going to be. And i want to do everything nate does. Ben was born in new york city, he loved the beatles, lighthouses and he also played soccer, often running at full speed across the field, even when it wasnt necessary. He loved his lessons and couldnt wait to go to School Every Day to see his teacher and his friends. He was a tiger scout. At a his funeral, members of the local Boy Scout Troop formed an honor guard and performed taps. His parents write, he was a spirited boy whose love and excite of the world could rarely be contained. His rush to experience life was headlong, creative, and immediate. He will be sadly missed. On her last birthday, Allison Wyatt had a pink cake with six pink candles. A first grader at sandy hook elementary. She loved to draw, wanted to be an artist when she grew up. She often would turn parts of her house into a miniart studio, by taping rows of her drawings to the wall. Her parents say allison sometimes surprised her parents with random acts of kindness to strangers, once offering her own snacks to fellow passengers on the plane. Alison loved to laugh, was developing her own sense of humor. She would sometimes make her parents cry with laughter. They write, allison made the world a better place for six far too short years and we now have to figure out how to move on without her. She was a sweet, creative, funny, intelligent little girl who had an amazing life ahead of her. Our world is a lot darker now that shes gone. Dawn hochsprung was known as a tough educator who always found time to smile. She was 47 years old and principal of sandy hook elementary school. Her pride in her school was obvious to anyone who knew her. Friends and colleagues alike say she had a positive energy and a strong work ethic. She constantly tweeted about her students achievement and school. And recently oversaw the installation of a new Security System at sandy hook. Her students loved her. A friend of dawns told us, even little kids know when someone cares about them and that was her. On friday, dawn was in a meeting when she heard the gunshots. She ran out into the hall and died lunging at the gunman trying to protect her school. She died a hero and her friends and family say they expected nothing less from her. Dawn put herself in jeopardy and i have been angry about that. Angry until just now, today, when i met two women that she told to go run to shelter while she actually confronted the gunman and she could not have she could have avoided that and she didnt. I knew she wouldnt. So im not angry anymore. Im not angry. Im not angry anymore. Im not angry. Im just very sad. Anne marie murphy also died. She was 52 years old. Special Education Teacher at sandy hook. She died with her arms wrapped around a 6yearold boy, a student with special Education Needs she worked with one on one at school. Anne marie was known as a happy soul. Shell be remembered for her love for her outdoors and her husband and four children. In her funeral mass, archbishop Timothy Dolan said her life brought life to a world sometimes beset by wickedness. Lauren russeau was 30 years old. Her family says this year was the best year of her life and they take comfort in knowing that lauren achieved her dream before she died. She was known for her exuberance, her love of family and kids and her gentleness. She was the type of person who wouldnt even honk her horn at cars who cut her off in traffic. I want the world to know that lauren was a great person. She touched the lives of anyone she ever met, even if you only met her once, you liked her. She was a great person and she didnt deserve this. No one deserved this. No one deserved this. Her friends say lauren always had a smile on her face and always tried to make others smile as well. Another sad day with many more yet to come. Yesterday the friends and family of sandy hook teacher vicki soto joined to celebrate her life. She died trying to protect the children she loved. Saving the lives of some of them. We recognize the people who do that in wartime with the medal of honor. Theres no such official recognition for those who do the same in peace time in a classroom under fire. Its both a shame that there isnt and a shame that one should even be needed. About all we can do right now is tell the stories of people like vicki. I spoke just a short time ago with her mother donna, her sisters jillian and carly and her brother carlos. What do you want people to know about vicki . That shes more than just a victim of the shooting. That she was more than just, you know, the teacher that did save her kids. We want them to know that, you know, she was a passionate teacher who obviously lost her life saving those children and saved many, many children but we want them to know what kind of person she was. She was a very serious teacher. She was dedicated to her job. But she was also a funloving she had the biggest heart in the world and would do anything for you and loved her family more than anything in life. I heard you used to call her Queen Victoria . Oh, god. My grandmother, my moms moms name was helen victoria and she was born on Queen Victorias birthday. Uhhuh. So when i named vicki, i named her victoria and vicki was the first child. And in their eyes, she was the perfect child and never theyre like, wheres the queen, wheres the queen . Was christmas really important to her . Yes. The day after thanksgiving, you get your Christmas Tree and she played Christmas Music in her car. I dont think she picked the Christmas Tree when you picked it up at home depot. Im just saying. Do you find it helps to talk about her . Yes. It has its moments when were at the house and her picture is everywhere. We did for her wake, we made picture boards of her. Tell him how many we made . There was at least 15 i want to say. There were 20. They were all over, hanging on the wall. On easels, there was a video with pictures of her. It has its moments, but its also nice to see your sister again and see how lively she was and how funny she was. Theres times you have to walk away. But its just nice. You never know how people are going to react in a situation like this. Some people who you think are going to be able to rise to the occasion dont and some people do. Were you surprised no, she would do whatever it took to save those kids and, you know, i think she would be upset that there was five of them that passed but i think shes even more happy that at least so many of them got out and can say that they are alive because of vicki. Weve been told that the entire incident took three minutes and her we know where her classroom was because her brother and her cousin set up her classroom. Every year they went and set up her classroom. Ive been there, many, many times. Weve all been up to the school. We know where her classroom was. So unfortunately that day, we knew although we didnt know definitively, but, you know, in that period of time, she was able to hide many children. She was able to think on her feet and hide as many children as she possibly could and i dont im not surprised in the least because she loved those children. She still lives at home and she came home every day and told stories about those kids and, you know, we knew their names. We knew those kids. When we saw the list, we knew this one was in her class. We didnt know their last names but we knew, this one was in her class, this one. She told stories about them. She adored her children. The morning she went to school, she had to borrow tissue paper because they were making their gingerbread houses and she had to package them up for the parents and she asked me, can i take this to school today . Ill pay you back when i get home. And, you know, she would do anything. She was just such a dedicated teacher. I notice you sometimes still speak of her in the presence tense. Does it seem real to you . No. No. And i think thats i think its because were doing this and i think because we are staying busy and, you know, doing the press and doing we havent done many. Weve done a couple different interviews. The kids are kind of exhausted and really want to not do it but they also want everybody to know their sister and i think right now, it keeps us sane. It keeps us sane and it keeps us going right now. And because its christmas, because its the Christmas Holiday and somebody today i said, i dont even know what day of the week it is. I dont even know what date it is. We have to get through that, too. And then i think december 26th is when were going to its really going to really sink in. I lost my brother when i was 21. He was 22. And i always found he committed suicide. I read your book. But i found that, you know, the days before the funeral theres a certain sort of adrenaline that youre focused on that and then theres people around and i found that for me the hardest part was often like a week after. Yes. Or a week and a half after when the friends and relatives start to move away and go back to their life and then youre kind of left there with your world, at least in my case, still feeling like my world had stopped and yet other peoples world continued to spin. I think thats going to happen, but i also know our family is so close that you all live together, which is nice. Right. Carlos, i notice you carry her i. D. On you. Uhhuh. Why is that . Have you been doing that for the whole time . Yeah. Im just carrying it because its a memory of her and all my sisters have her jewelry and i feel like this is the one thing that really can be close to me and i can keep at my heart. Thats nice. You have one of her flamingos in your pocket . Uhhuh. I told him he couldnt wear it on his shirt. Did she like flamingos . She loved flamingos. We went up to her room and they were everywhere. And im sure in the meantime were just going to keep finding them because they really on the Christmas Tree, everywhere, every one of her ornaments is a flamingo. We have flamingos all over our front lawn right now, too. We were able to get her jewelry released and they happened to bring down the badge. She was wearing it on that day . We were told that she had to wear that. She had that in her hand. Its nice to have things of hers that are close to you and touching. Its comforting, like a part of her still with us and we can hold on to her. And i think the girls a lot of them have her clothes on. Yep. Nope, im wearing her shirt, her uggs, and her scarf. Thats nice that shes still with you . Yes. Paul simon . Paul simon is a family friend and he sang you know, he said what can i do . And i said, can you sing summer silence and without hesitating he said, yes, absolutely. And mark eamon, who is also a performer sang as well. I talked to the mcdonnell family, i told you, and a lot of people tweet that they are incredibly moved by it and they were just amazed at mrs. Mcdonnells ability to smile and, you know, remember the good things about her daughter. I mean, how you guys are so strong. Our sister wouldnt want us to be mourning. She would want us celebrating her life. Celebrate it. Uhhuh. We said that, even going to the wake. Our cousins were saying, should we wear black . And my mom is, no. No, she wouldnt want you to wear black. No. Wear green, wear purple, where what you want. Wear a color. Wear a color and we did. You wear it well. Thank you. Ive worn more green in the last few days than anything. There are moments where we are all crying and there are a lot of times that we are able to laugh and smile and still be cheerful with each other and, you know, talk about all of the memories that we have with our sister because theres a lot of them. Were fortunate to have so many. We crash and we have our moments and we just lay down and cry and, you know, we hold each other and we, you know, just but we have to celebrate her life. And my daughter carlee said, were not going to keep her room a shrine . And i said, absolutely not. Thank you very much. Thank you. We have a lot more ahead tonight, including a look at an outrageous aspect of this tragedy. Internet scammers trying to take advantage of your sympathy for the survivors. Well explain how ahead. Bob, these projections. Theyre. Optimistic. Productivity up, costs down, time to market reduced. Those are good things. Upstairs, they will see fantasy. Not fantasy. Logistics. Ups came in, analyzed our supply chain, inventory systems. 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The nra has been through dozens of mass killings, while maintaining its reputation as washingtons most intimidating special interest group. Lawmakers take them on at their peril as Debra Maggart knows. Joining us also is robert painter who served under george w. Bush. Debra, youre a strong gun supporter. You had an aplus rating from the nra and yet you did something they didnt like and they came after you . They did. They had proposed a bill that they wrote that pitted Property Rights in tennessee against gun rights and they were both very important to republicans. Property rights are a cornerstone of our democracy. We tried to work with them on that issue and they simply would not compromise with us. They would not they wrote this bill . They wrote the bill and they would not compromise with us about the Property Rights issue. It was a mandate that said every Property Owner in tennessee, every day care, hospital, nursing home, city hall, county building and your house, you had to allow people to bring a gun on your property, and if you didnt like it, too bad. It was a government mandate. So when they came after you, they spent a lot of money . They did. And in a house race in a local house race they spent and their allies over 150,000 that i know of. Thats a tremendous amount of money to spend on some one in 19 days. 19 days . 19 days. They did it right before early voting and when early voting began. So i could just not overcome that assault. You got defeated . Yes. And i was the caucus chairman. I was the chairman of the republican caucus. Richard, in an oped you wrote, you refer to the nra protection racket. What do you mean by that . Well, the nra has made it clear to politicians, particularly in the Republican Party, that it will support them and it will protect them against challenges from democrats and other republicans. But only if they tow the line 100 on the nras agenda. And if they deviate at all, it is made very clear to them that the nra will turn it is guns on them and support a challenger and will take them out. And that has happened on a few occasions and people understand in the Republican Party that they cant cross the nra. Well, i think thats going to change. Its going to have to change if the party is going to survive because what happens is, as we saw the last time around, the nominee simply lose in the general election. The public has lost its appetite for the nras political agenda of unlimited access to guns. You know, debra, the nra has remained very quiet in the wake of this tragedy, and often in the wake of other school shootings. And then come out pretty hard against legislation down the road once attention has faded away. Do you think its going to be any different now . Do you think there is a change in the publics attitude . Well, well have to wait and see. I can tell that you in tennessee they were quite hypocritical of how they treated me. For years when the republicans were in the minority, the democrats in tennessee blocked all their legislation, all of the nra legislation. They never once, not one time came after an incumbent democrat in tennessee who was blocking their legislation. When we got the majority, we started passing Second Amendment bills and then they turned on me. They turned on my caucus and made me an example because i was the only person in leadership who had a primary. Was it an eyeopening experience for you . W