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Comes from someone i met earlier. it was too difficult to come earlier. another message, never forget, be strong. these posters have been filling up every few hours. city workers come and remove them when theyre full, take them to city hall, replace them. then more and more messages are written on here. it is incredibly moving and you see the outpouring of support. i want you to take a minute, look at all of the people, families, young, old here from boston, tourists, people from all over to jus...

Manager, lu lingzi, a chinese national graduate student at boston university, and martin richard, an 8-year-old boy from the dorchester neighborhood here in boston. this is a memorial set up here in copley square. everything here from the crosses to the teddy bears to the flowers were all gathered up from other parts of boylston street that were closed along the way. this may be the most touching part of all this, the shoes hung along the barrier everywhere along this little memorial here and it...

Reopened. out of respect to the victims, i dont want to walk down there. theyre laying new concrete, replacing shop glass. walking around here, were not too far from that. this is the memorial. initially this memorial had been set up down the road because boylston had been shut off. they brought these three crosses for the three young victims who were killed a week ago last mon monday. i just want to walk you around. people are here, people from boston and not from boston. a lot of te di bears, ...

I do not. yes, sir? >> how broad is the damage in square blocks? can you give us an estimate on how many structures are levelled? >> i cannot. not probably until morning will we know the true devastation about what occurred. if you havent seen the video, you saw how -- if you have seen the video, you saw how dramatic the explosion was. it was a huge explosion. and depending on what was around it, what the structures were, the concussion, the effects of the explosion, could be far-ranging. yes, s...

When families of newtown victims came to capitol hill this week to fight for change, they demanded face-to-face meetings with key lawmakers they staged an all-night vigil where they read the names of every person killed since the sandy hook shooting. they were joined by members of the clergy who filled the national mall with 3300 crosses and stars of david. with the key vote to move to the debate in the senate, now the right wingers are claiming they are just political palms. >> its naked exploi...

Hockleys mom. the president reportedly told the families that this moment would not have been possible without them. he has a point. yesterday, when it seems that the senate might filibuster gun reform, as if it might not work, the coalition to stop gun violence started staging a filibuster of their own. families from newtown were among those who stayed out all night 0 outside the u.s. capitol reading the names of the sandy hook victims, the names of the more than 3300 people killed by gun viole...

Reform, as if it might not work, the coalition to stop gun violence started staging a filibuster of their own. families from newtown were among those who stayed out all night 0 outside the u.s. capitol reading the names of the sandy hook victims, the names of the more than 3300 people killed by gun violence since the massacre at sandy hook. the families started at 1:00 in the afternoon and they read all night long overnight. they kept reading until just before noon today when the senate voted. r...

It was the clergy of newtown working with clergy from across the country from all different faith traditions, setting out 3300 crosses along with stars of david and other regulation symbols, and then they started reading the names of all the victims. they say they will stay out there all night keeping a 24-hour vigil. thats happening right now. joining us now from the vigil on the mall is michael mcbride, he came from california to be part of this from pecos lifelines to healing campaign pastor ...

Reading the names of all the victims. they say they will stay out there all night keeping a 24-hour vigil. thats happening right now. joining us now from the vigil on the mall is michael mcbride, he came from california to be part of this from pecos lifelines to healing campaign pastor of the way christian center in california. thank you so much. nice to have you here. >> very glad to be here with you, rachel. >> can you tell us the overall idea why youre out there and what youre doing and how l...

Healing campaign pastor of the way christian center in california. thank you so much. nice to have you here. >> very glad to be here with you, rachel. >> can you tell us the overall idea why youre out there and what youre doing and how long you guys will stay out there tonight? >> we are here all day long, been here since 11:00 a.m. joining with the newtown clergy from the peco national network sojourners all day with 3300 crosses and regulation symbols remembering all the many lives lost to gun...