reports of an active shooter, it is chilling. and then i just have to pivot to all the more need for us to do. we have a model that works. we ve got to keep it going. scarlet lewis is also making change. through the choose love movement she founded in honor of her son, jessie. i realized that what happened to jessie was 100% preventable and that it was literally my responsibility to make sure that our kids are safe. reporter: senator murphy says fighting for change for the sandy hook families is his life mission. i m just emotionally and psychologically connected to these families, invested in this movement in a way that i ve never been connected or invested in anything in my life. and i ve said from the very beginning that, you know, when i m done with all this, it will be determined what those handful
together, and so let s take one of the most difficult issues on the table right now and figure out a way to come together, make something meaningful happen that will save lives. don t ever think this couldn t be staged. coming up next, the battle against alex jones. it was the hardest thing i ve had to do since my son s murder. ? (burke) every year you re with us, you get fifty dollars toward your home deductible. it s a policy perk for being a farmers customer. (customer) do i have to do anything? (burke) nothing. (customer) nothing? (burke) nothing. (customer) nothing? (burke) nothing. (customer) hmm, that is really something. (burke) you get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. see ya. (kid) may i have a balloon, too? (burke) sure. your parents have maintained a farmers home policy for twelve consecutive months, right? we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum you pour your heart into everything you do, which is a lot. so take care of that heart with lip
then, shortly after that, mark barden sent his youngest son daniel off to first grade at sandy hook elementary. then it was time to walk him to the bus, and we i hugged him and kissed him and told him i loved him. that same morning, nicole hochuli and her family were planning a festive day. i was planning to go into the school that afternoon. dylan was in ms. soto s class, and it was the day we were going to be making the ginger bread houses. soon after sending their boys to school, barden and hochuli got emergency phone calls. this message is from the superintendent of the newtown public schools. due to reports of a shooting a friend called and said, nicole, it s a shooting and it s at our school. she was panicking. i literally dropped to the ground. i was just in motion.
sandy hook elementary school and killed 20 children and 6 adults. it was just so horrific what we heard, my colleagues, children begging for their lives. the entire time thinking that we re going to be next. and a stunned nation was left grieving. i was sure that sandy hook had changed everything. how can you watch that and not decide to do something about it? tonight don t ever think this couldn t be staged. we take you inside the victims families battle. against harassment and disinformation. it was the hardest thing i ve had to do since my son s murder. their fight for change how did a kid have his hands on an ar-15 semiautomatic assault rifle with a high capacity magazine? we have really hurt a generation of kids by not being able to find ways forward. and their vow to stop similar tragedies. it s the way that i ve chosen
over discovery documents required by the court, so jones was ruled libeable by default. the only issue left after that was what was the extent of the harm? and to some extent the extent of the wrong doing that mr. jones engaged in? there will be three separate trials. two have already happened. in each, victims family members laid bare the gut wrenching way jones lies tore their lives apart. alex, i want to you hear this, too. i had a really hard time being in court. it was the hardest thing i have had to do since my son s murder. it was deeply unsettling what people were saying about december 14th, the shooting, that it didn t happen. it was scary to think about who would think like this. a texas jury awarded lewis