today for the first time since 20 of their friends, six of their educators, slaughtered by a gunman three weeks ago. we have deb feyerick, she is live there for us in monroe, connecticut, where the new sandy hook elementary school is set to open. deb, good morning. reporter: good morning to you. you know, one of the things the kids that we spoke to yesterday, they are really excited to be getting back to class. they re really excited to be joining their friends and their teachers in discovering what is really a new environment. today gives teachers a chance to reset the entire sort of school year and get the kids back into a routine. you know, you have to remember that the last time all these kids were together, they were huddled, hiding from a deranged gunman. so you were in the gym and you were in the art room. reporter: ben and ethan heard the gunshots and screams that horrible morning at sandy hook elementary school. three weeks isn t nearly enough time to underst
the cia. that the assassination czar, brennan has played a key role backing some of the most controversial post 9-eleven policies from the secret drone war to extraordinary rendition to wireless surveillance. we will look it the nomination for republican senator chuck hagel, fellow republicans have criticized him for views on iraq, iran, and israel. then, the steubenville rape case in ohio. we are anonymous. around mid august 2012, a party to present a small town in ohio known as steubenville. [indiscernible] kidnapping and rape of a 15- year-old girl. the hacker activist group anonymous has helped expose new details about a horrific high school gang rape case involving football players in ohio. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. up to 18 people have been killed in the latest u.s. drone attacks on pakistan s tribal areas. the strikes hit what pakistani officials described as separate compo
this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. up to 18 people have been killed in the latest u.s. drone attacks on pakistan s tribal areas. the strikes hit what pakistani officials described as separate compounds belonging to the pakistani taliban in south missouri stan. the taliban commander was reportedly among the dead. the ongoing drone attacks come days after a federal judge ruled the obama administration is under no obligation to publicly disclose their legal justification. the american civil liberties union and the new york times had filed a lawsuit under the freedom of information act demanding u.s. government disclose the legal basis for launching drone strikes overseas. the suit was filed after the u.s. kill the american-born cleric anwar al awlaki in yemen despite having never charged him with a crime. in upholding the obama at the ministration s right to secrecy, u.s. district judge colleen mcmahon expressed misgivings abou