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Okay. the number has just been upgraded. 75 kids were in that hallway when this tornado hit. firefighters are standing on what essentially is a large pile of debris trying to find these kids that are hopefully still alive. theres a triage center set up on what looks like it may have been a basketball court at one point. they are using doors and pieces of plywood as stretchers to try to get the victims out. i see one little boy who looks to be probably in third grade, also a woman next to him who...

People leave cars unlocks, doors to the houses unlocked as well. with the news, because the killer has not been caught, people are on edge and many people, everybody here, holding their children much closer to their side because they want to make sure they can keep them safe while they dont know who perpetrated this murder. >> we saw a billboard saying theres a vigil for leila tonight 7:00 p.m. local time. whats go on? >> reporter: yeah, they are putting this together. theyve been planning it fo...

Home. the parents of leila fowler did not have to say anything at a news conference last night. look at them. the pain on their faces told the entire story. paul vercammen live with the very latest on the hunt for leilas killer. good morning to you, paul. >> good morning, zoraida. well, police think that they have fingerprints. they think that they have dna. that, of course, takes time to process. in the meantime residents here want a resolution as quickly as possible. sheriffs deputies on foot ...

Loose and that has residents here tense. sheriffs deputies on foot and in patrol cars made their presence seen at jenny lind elementary school where leila fowler, the 8-year-old girl stabbed to death in her valley spring home over the weekend, attended third grade. some classmates held flowers for leila. their parents held on to fear. >> im scared for my kids and for the family. its horrible. he was friends with her in class. classmates. they sit together at school. its very sad. things like tha...

Killing of young layla fowler and so far, they have not been able to come up with a composite of a suspect. thats because in part, one of the witnesses is her brother, a 12-year-old boy, and as each day drags on here, residents still nervous that no one yet is a prime suspect in this murder mystery. >> sheriffs deputies on foot and patrol cars made their presence seen at jenny lind elementary school. this is where layla attended third grade. some classmates held flowers for layla. their parents ...

In patrol cars. this is where leila fowler the 8-year-old girl stabbed to death in her home attended third grade. some flowers to leila, her parents held on to fear. >> im scared for my kids and for the family. its horrible. he was friends with her in his class, classmates they sit together at school. very sad. things like that dont happen here. >> reporter: tell us about what you have and why. >> i didnt want her to die. >> reporter: leilas mother told cnn via facebook we are devastated. she wa...

Well find out. >> sure does. canadian authorities say they have prevented a deadly terror attack in the making. two men are akigsed of plotting to blow up tracks and derail a passenger train from new york to toronto. police say the suspects had trains under surveillance. they were allegedly aiming to kill hundreds of people. it appears they werent acting alone. >> the significance of this investigation was that it involved domestic attack planning being supported by al qaeda. >> now those al q...

Someone tells you they want the privacy in dorchester, you give them privacy. >> we know what they mean. >> we know what they mean. so we give it to them. >> so this is martins classroom up here. >> yep. this is martins classroom. third grade. his locker is here. thats his locker. and his time line, there is a picture of him on the beach. this is the classroom. and theres martins -- here he is. math scores. up to his tens. i dont know if hell catch jack. but hes pretty up there. martin is doing ...

11, it never gets easier. when we deal with death of children, its very difficult. thats what were facing here today. the house behind me, the gray house, thats where 8-year-old martin richard lived. help was a proud son when he went with his mother, brother, sister to see their father run in the boston marathon. a wonderful day. i remember doing that myself rollerblading in a marathon and my 8-year-old daughter years ago met me there and she was proud and i was proud and its a wonderful day for...

Thats been exacerbated with more recent policies that wear on. you can see how there are huge incentives in the system for people -- if the scores dont go up. currently, almost 90% of the schools in the country have failed to make what the law calls adequate yearly progress and are in danger of one kind of sanction or another. >> we disagree on the testing and the value of it. whatever else we do agree on, teachers should be accountable to their students, right? and schools should be. does this ...