welcome back, everybody. we re going to move to other news. daniel inouye is being remembered from washington to his home state of hawaii. he was a world war ii medal of honor winner who lost an arm to a german hand grenade in italy. he became the first japanese american in congress and served 50 years in the u.s. senate. his death was announced by harry reid. the kindness that he has shown me for me time here in the senate has been something i will cherish always. a man who has lived and breathed the senate. he was that patriot. very kind words. president obama also a native of hawaii tweeted aloha yesterday. he died yesterday at 88 years old. there is progress in talks on the fiscal cliff, but major sticking points still remain with just two weeks to go. a top republican says there is disagreement over spending cuts versus new taxes and until that could be worked out, there won t be any talks about the specific details. and wall street closed higher over signs
Out and issued a statement with regard to this tragedy, expressing what the family is going through. but let s listen to marsha lanza right now. nice kid, good kid and challenges in the family in house, when they have one, i have one, but never in trouble with the law, never in trouble with anything. i know she had issues with school. she mentioned home schooling him and she battled the school district and what, to not 100% certain if it was behavior or learning disabilities, i don t know, he s a very, very bright boy. if she did she wouldn t have tolerated it. if he needed help she would have gotten. even when they were married, and if the kids had a need, they would definitely fill it. dave: and that phrase there, battle with the school district, why? was it because as reported the
through forgiveness. we want everyone to know that our hearts and our prayers go out to them. this includes the family of the shooter. more on how his family a finding strength through love ahead. plus, on this sunday morning, as many of you head to church right now, we take a look at our culture, how it has changed and how we give back to society and faith instead of fear. fox & friends starts right now. good morning, everyone, thanks so much for joining us bright and early great to be back with dave briggs, i ve missed you for the past couple of weekends. you, too. alisyn: and wonderful to have you in, kelly, in for clayton. it s good to be back in this chair. julie: you and i both have kids the same age, 30, 40 minutes away from newtown in elementary school in a town very similar. this hit very close to home for us and for a lot of people. you know, based on that point, if it can happen in newtown and it can happen anywhere, in a small rural community and
He forced his way into sandy hook elementary school friday morning, killing 20 children and 6 adults before turning the gun on himself. law enforcement officials believe lanza took two handguns and an assault-style rifle to the gun, all of them legally purchased by his mom, lanza. early reports indicated nancy lanza was a teacher at sandy hook elementary, now information reveals she had no link to the school. her son adam shot and killed her before heading to the school. lanza s aunt, marsha lanza, had not seen his nephew since he was 3, but did keep in touch with nancy lanza, and she offered insight into their home life earlier today. i know she eventually wound up home-schooling him. she battled the school district. in what capacity, i m not