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Enforcement deeply suspicious that this was not sort of an accidental event, some sort of gas explosion or water pipe explosion, but that it was actually intentionally set. and so theyre going to comb through that pretty deliberately to try and figure that out. but i will tell you at first blush, to those in the community, it looks like it was, in fact, a bombing. >> and, fran, were told that other cities are going on heightened alert. you heard from jessica yellin our senior white house corresp...

>> reporter: good morning. this has been a nerve-racking time for a lot of parents following the school shooting in connecticut. many are wondering if their children are safe. schools from coast to coast looked very different monday morning. following fridays deadly shooting spree in newtown, connecticut. >> we have a heightened presence around the schools and campuses. >> reporter: not only are more officers making the rounds, >> stay in lockdown mode until you hear an all-clear announcement. >...

Now have guns. in this california school, the day started with the mock lockdown drill. >> stay in lockdown mode until you hear an all-clear announcement. >> reporter: the other challenge for teachers and principals, what to say to students. >> we tell them that somebody who was a very sick person made some very poor choices, and that is rare that normally, usually schools are safe places. >> reporter: and in georgia, parents left nothing to chance, walking their kids all the way into school, ha...

Following the school shooting in connecticut. many are wondering if their children are safe. schools from coast to coast looked very different monday morning. following fridays deadly shooting spree in newtown, connecticut. >> we have a heightened presence around the schools and campuses. >> reporter: not only are more officers making the rounds, >> stay in lockdown mode until you hear an all-clear announcement. >> reporter: several schools are performing lockdown drills. and for the first time ...

In pittsburgh, security guards now have guns. in this california school, the day started with the mock lockdown drill. >> stay in lockdown mode until you hear an all-clear announcement. >> reporter: the other challenge for teachers and principals, what to say to students. >> we tell them that somebody who was a very sick person made some very poor choices, and that is rare that normally, usually schools are safe places. >> reporter: and in georgia, parents left nothing to chance, walking their k...

In lockdown mode, weve also heard reports of children being led out of the school in multiple groups to a staging area where their terrified parents can hopefully reunite with them. again, this is all preliminary. we have not been able to confirm yet that there was a shooting at this school, but it sounds like the connecticut state police are taking this very seriously and they are at the school surrounding it en masse. we will bring more of this information and this story to you as soon as "ame...

It was 9:40 in the morning, about an hour and ten minutes ago, police report a shooter in the main office of the school, a person in one room had, quote, numerous gunshot sounds. groups of students said to be crying and holding hands, being escorted away from the school by their teachers. some of the students apparently are still inside the school as of 10:30 this morning, which would have been 22 minutes ago. >> we understand the school is now on lockdown mode. what youre seeing on your screen ...

And one thing is clear, there are dozens upon dozens of police officers and firefighters within this really small area, neighborhood around both sandy hook elementary school and the sandy hook fire department, a section of newtown. theres a staging area, active local fire department there, where they have ambulances at the ready, where we saw what appeared to be parents being reunited with students from sandy hook elementary. and we just got the information in, that any parents who have not pick...

Story from the ground and also up here. shirley and brad? >> thanks so much from our sister station wnbc, giving us live pictures from above the scene. we have just learned that another town in the greater dang bury area, near newtown brook ville schools, newtown schools are all in lockdown mode at this moment. >> we have some breaking news just in, brad and shirley. nbc "nightly news" is reporting that the apparent shooter is an adult. this is new information, we have one shooter dead that we k...

here to pepeka. no fatalities. nine people were injured there. one person critically injured. governor of kansas is declaring state of emergency there. lets get right to our meteorologist rob marciano who is tracking these storms for us. >> that same line that produced the tornadoes last night across parts of kansas and missouri moving into parts of kentucky and indiana and illinois. dangerous storm with a tornado dropped down to harrisburg, illinois, damage there and search and rescue...