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it is december 20th. >> the top five stories making news at this hour. a massive chain reaction crash in new york leaving 33 people hurt and one person dead. it happened in the town of shirley on the long island expressway. the driver of a tractor trailer lost control and smashed into several vehicles setting off the chain reaction. the truck cause carrying debris from super storm sandy. >> it was like a movie. chain reaction. it was so fast. no one could react to it. >> 40 vehicles we...

pushing gun is putting vice president biden in charge of pushing it a smart move? well have a debate. >> they told us they cant do anything. >> bill: is that right the state department cant do anything? >> over and over, yeah. >> bill: with an american marine veteran unjustly incarcerated in mexico why arent secretary of state clinton and president obama getting directly involved with the case? we have the very latest. >> tell you how this works? >> do you think im a hero? >> on second...

>> bill: president obama pushing gun is putting vice president biden in charge of pushing it a smart move? well have a debate. >> they told us they cant do anything. >> bill: is that right the state department cant do anything? >> over and over, yeah. >> bill: with an american marine veteran unjustly incarcerated in mexico why arent secretary of state clinton and president obama getting directly involved with the case? we have the very latest. >> tell you how this works? >> do you thin...

now" jenna: great to have you with us on this tuesday. im jenna lee. jon: im jon scott. the latest on the tragedy in connecticut. while investigators search for answers there are some students are heading back to school right now. rick leventhal has the latest from newtown. what is going on there today, rick? >> reporter: jon incredibly challenging times for the community, struggling are with the aftermath after that horrific mass murder. sending kids back to school and reassuring thos...

deadly rampage at sandy hook elementary. just as we learn new details about the gunman, two more young victims are laid to rest today. plus a major cybersecurity threat. what you need to know to protect your bank accounts on-line especially in the new year. a hour harrowing ordeal for a tv news correspondent and his crew, kidnapped five days in syria. the latest details on their escape. its haul l all "happening now" jenna: great to have you with us on this tuesday. im jenna lee. jon...

Morning from a teacher there in there on the ground, he said, john, we read about this story and there is good people here. you know, were not all cartel members. were not all bad people. i said i know. i understand. she said, it doesnt help you but, you know, were praying that you get your son home. bill: that is the father speaking there. steve harrigan now live in our bureau in miami. steve, what is the family saying about their son and the prison he is in now? >> reporter: bill, it has reall...

Consulate. he was like, they cant help you. >> reporter: it was only after those numerous threats that john hammar was moved from the prisons general population into a storage room, bill. bill: who else is pushing for his release? who else is giving him support? >> reporter: throughout this four months the family has been initially low-key but that didnt get them anywhere. now theyre becoming very public. a lot of friends and family and online petitions as well as elected officials. the familys ...

some wonder whether or not well learn the truth. good morning, everybody. im bill hemmer. welcome to "americas newsroom." we have our nice little "elf" here today. >> im alisyn camerota in for martha today. she wants to avoid a vote, length i, disruptive and costly confirmation process. critics say regardless of ryces decision the investigation into benghazi will continue. here is lindsey graham on that. >> i hold her accountable and responsible for misleading the american people. fail...

This bed, chained to this bed for what carrying heirloom shotgun that didnt work, through security down there in mexico which is forbidden. you cant as a civilian own a gun. of course anyone else in mexico can own a gun. you as a civilian cant have gahanna. they lock him up in prison for five months without any due pro-yes. >> his parents had tried to get him released quietly. they had gone through all the shams they knew of hiring an attorney here, hiring an attorney there trying to beg and p...

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