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Pelley for three weeks, everyone in newtown, connecticut, has longed to return to normal. Today, many of them caught a bus to get there. More than 400 students, kindergarten through fourth grade, returned to class for the First Time Since a gunman killed 20 of their classmates and six educators. They traveled to the nearby town of monroe where a closed school was reopened for them and renamed sandy hook elementary. We dont know whether this boy was sininalling peace or victory, but both seemed a...

To climb those 45 steps to the capitol. Senator kirk had to learn to walk again after that stroke. D. C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes norton is in her 11th term up on the hill and while she is facing the same legislative calendar as her colleagues, shes also focused on the inauguration and the estimated 800,000 folks expected to show up and expect to have a great time. Shes here with me now to talk about the impact on our city and delegate norton, welcome. We do understand you worked out a bit of a b...

Hour. The Afghan Government is welcoming president obamas decision to cut the number of american troops in half there before the end of this year. But a controversial nato strike is fueling new tension there. Reporter afghan president says its time for Afghan Soldiers to take charge of their countrys future. He says local Security Forces are ready to replace american troops. But many ordinary afghans say the u. S. Is leaving too soon. Over the next year, another 34,000 american troops will come ...

Of flights are canceled. Farther north in arkansas snow is blanketing the state. Youre going to get a snowball and its just whoa seriously . For him, yeah, hes hiding. The arrangements are starting to come together now to celebrate the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. Of course, theres again an outpouring of emotion from all over the world since the 95 yearold passed away yesterday. As you probably know, mandela became south africas first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in pris...

I will start with commissioner chow. Can you hear me . Commissioner giraudo. Yes. Commissioner guillermo. Present. Commissioner green. Present. Commissioner chow. Looks like he is not having that. Let me me call we cannot move forward without. Hello it seems like you cant hear me. Commissioners, commissioner chow is going to sign in again. Hopefully he will be here. I can read the land acknowledgment. Thank you. We will do that. The San Francisco Health Commission acknowledges we are on the unse...

All the construction at the toll plaza. There is no traffic getting through at this time. Disclosure happened at 8 00 p. M. Last night. This will continue until Tuesday Morning at 5 00 a. M. In the meantime you have to use the san mateo bridge. You should keep in mind that the san mateo bridge only has three lanes. This is compared to the five planes that the bay bridge usually has. Were not seen any increase in your drive times. The letter on this morning things will back up. It is also a littl...

After a cloudy couple days, well see more sunshine today than what weve got most of the week. 35 in washington. Dulles 30 degrees. Bwi marhsall 33. Looking at the satellite radar, clouds overnight. Sprinkle or flurry for parts of the area. Clearing out the last few hours. And i can tell you i see blue sky and well get a nice sunrise in about a half hours time. Much more sunshine than yesterday. Partly sunny day with high temperatures expected to be in the mid 40s. All right. Lots of waeth her to...

Citizen. Well done, my friend. Hes a great man. All right, everyone, have a fantastic weekend, thats it for hello. Im eric shawn. Welcome to a brandnew hour of americas news headquarters. Im arthel neville. Admiral who once had his finger on Americas Nuclear arsenal now facing charges for fake poker chips. The latest twist to a navy leader who allegedly gambled his career away. President obama daring the republicans to do something to try and fix immigration. Instead the gop is promising to take...

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Closer to a horrible milestone. 100,000 american deaths. Well have much more on the pandemic in a few moments. I want to start this morning with another major story that we continue to follow here at msnbc. We have breaking news in minneapolis where this morning four Police Officers are off the force after video surfaced showing an officer kneeling on the neck of an unarmed black man who died in custody. We want to warn you once again that the video is disturbing. In this video you can hear geor...