coordinated. their attacks are more successful. that may be one of the reasons the syrian vice president just said in the past couple days he doesn t think they can actually beat the syrian rebels as the government. that may be the first sign the syrian regime is willing to negotiate. jon? jon: that would be amazing. leland vittert reporting live. thank you. jenna: normally when we talk about syria we have to offer a disclaimer to be responsible junenalists when we show video from syria it is amateur video and don t have a clear source. we today do. we have video from a freelance journalist, christie wilcox, who spent three months traveling through syria to get a look at the civil war. she recently returned to the united states and joins us live from los angeles. christie, tell us when and how you decided to travel to syria? well, you know, it was a long process, a long decision in the making. several other people, i m a big fan of traveling internationally and
government to do. i mean we ve seen so much bombardment. when i was on the border, this video you re seeing is where the original spillover was starting to take place. this in the place where the rebels are gearing up to fight against the syrian government and the people were really scared, you know, the town in where the spillover was happening, the syrian government was hitting them very, very hard and it was leaking over to the town next to it in turkey. so, you know, it is only right for them to be able to defend themselves. i mean, i think the one thing that turkey did really well was they stepped up right off the bat and they said, this is what is acceptable and this is what is not acceptable, which is the reason why the regime backed off from the get-go. that s what we need to continue to do is to support our allies. jenna: very interesting perspective for us today, christie. thanks so much for joining
those stories and breaking news as we get it all happening now. jon: as we begin on this monday there are new developments to tell you about in the aftermath of the connecticut school massacre. good morning i m jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i m jenna leave. the country as bill and martha were just talking about struggling to come to grips with the deadliest shooting every at an elementary school in the united states, holding vigils and memorials for the 2 the 26 lives cut way too short. the number dead is 27. a funeral for two of the victims of the massacre, noah posner and jack pinto. noah s twin sister survived the attack. the president spoke at an interest tere faith service in newtown. it was something you never really see, all the joint faiths coming together and sharing as one. i thought it was remarkable. i don t even live in this town, but i just wanted to give my support to the families, and i have little ones of my own, and i wanted i feel their grief.
0 as we all so fervently do. bill: you think about the teachers and everyone else. really this is a day, the investigation is going to go forward. in one hour as you mentioned, martha we ll hear from lieutenant advance ye va nce yet again and see what information they are uncovering. for today the focus needs to be on the victims and their families and rightfully so when we see the first of many funerals begin here in about two hours. we will be watching that. we ll have coverage throughout the day here and let our viewers know, in the most respectful way we possibly can, what is happening and what they need to know about newtown. we ll see you later, everybody. happening now continues our coverage now. jon: we continue with brand-new stories and even breaking news. jenna: police vowing to examine every single bullet found at scene at the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. reporter: police told us they were tolding two crime scenes indefinitely. that includes the home where