Thanks very much and good evening. There is only one story tonight. You know what it is. We have new details to tell but and we wont pretend we understand it any better than after it happened. It is a horror beyond words. Kids as young as 5 years old. Sadly to the names columbine and jonesboro, we have to add newtown, connecticut to Virginia Tech add sandy hook elementary, the second Deadliest School shooting ever. 20 little kids and seven adults and the shooter who took his own life. All in a closeknit Quiet Community 90 minutes from new york. We will give you the latest information, but what we will not do is repeat the shooters name over and over again. We dont want history to remember this murderer. We want history to remember the victims, the teachers and the children, those whose lives have been unfairly taken. We have a teamworking on the tragedy and we have Soledad Obrien on the scene. There vigils tonight. We will be checking in with her shortly. Vigils to tell you about as the people come to grips with what happened. So much happened and so much we have learned since this morning. Right now there is an active crime scene and many of the bodies still where they fell. Still inside that School Including that of the killer. We do at least tell you his name once. Its adam lanza. We wont be saying it much tonight. He was 20 and his mother taught at the school. She was found dead at the family home, unclear when or how she died. She bought the weapons her son used legally. The police in hoboken took the killers older brother in for questioning. They do not label him a suspect and no word of why he is in custody. Lets start at the beginning. The Connecticut School district on lockdown. The first word was chilling and it got worse. Multiple fatalities involved in the shooting at the Elementary School. With each new report the horror deepened. The reports say the number of dead closer to 30 than to 20 and sadly most of them are children. Every detail and every fact brought more sadness. Each fresh piece of information a part of the picture. A school, kindergarten through fourth grade, a sanctuary that was supposed to be a place of safety torn apart. She heard the intercom come on the school and heard a scream and heard a gunshot. Two gunshots. Then the school went into lockdown. A students teenage big brother describing the sounds of gunmen on the loose at sandy hook. On and off duty troopers responded and with Newtown Police immediately upon arrival entered the school and began a complete shooters search of the building. They arrived to carnage and the killer said a source was dressed for battle in black fatigues and armed for mass murder with two pistols and a militarystyle rifle. In parts of the school, students were told to hide in corners. Teachers risked their lives to pull boys and girls to safety. So grateful to the teacher who saved him. The teacher saved his life . She definitely did. He had bullets going by him and she grabbed him and another child and pulled them into a classroom. They were evacuated into a firehouse where frantic parents descended. Im still terrify and in shock. I dont know everything that happened. I know there people missing that have been taken to the hospital. His son was okay and his keeper was alive as well. 20 other children and six adults were killed. The dead believed to include sandy hooks School Psychologist and the principal. Police discovered another adult victim, the gunmans mother reportedly at home in newtown. The gunman too is dead. Police fired no shots. A tight knit community including a nurse who rushed to help. Shock and distraught. Is it because of what you saw . One of the cops said its the worst thing he had ever seen in his entire career, but when they told the parents, all the parents were waiting for their children to come out. They thought they were still alive. There was 20 parents who were told their children are dead. It was awful. Awful and late today speaking for the nation, but also as a father, an emotional president obama fought back tears. This evening michelle and i will do what i know every parent in eamerica will do. Hug our children tighter and tell them we love them and we will remind each other how deeply we love one another. Families in connecticut cannot do that tonight. They need all of us right now. We will bring you all of president obamas comments later on in this hour ahead. Soledad obrien is on the scene with Jay Paul Vance with the connecticut state police. Soledad . Reporter joining him is george sinko. You spend a long time for the full day on the scene. You came back from being inside the scene. You will process the scene through sunday. What does that mean exactly . A lot of work goes into a criminal investigation like this. The priority like that is identifying the victims. We said 18 children in there and six adults. The shooter. We need to positive lie identify which is which. The medical Examiners Office is with them now in that process. We are hopeful we can accomplish that by sometime in the Early Morning hours. Do you mean to tell me the bodies of the children and those killed are still where they fell . Thats correct. Yes. They will be there. Have you allowed the parents to see their children. No. This is a crime scene. We need to identify them. We have a tentative identification, but we need to positively identify them and we are doing it as quickly as we possibly can. You talked in other press conferences about the partners you have in this investigation. Can you fill me in on what they are telling me about whats happening in hoboken where we know the shooters brother has been interviewed by officials there. We know that the shooters father has been talking to Law Enforcement as well. We have not identified anyone. We will not identify anyone yet but we are working with partners as needed. As they cross the line and determine they need information out of state regardless of what it might be. We will get them to accomplish that task for us. There had been issues in new jersey and other states where our investigators have contacted the agencies to assist us in this case. Let me ask you a question if i can. We have been told that the person who is believed to be the shooter, now deceased, in the building still, had no criminal record as far as we know. There often things we call known to police. A family had been contacting police and you as a Police Officer would know them. Can you tell me more about the family. At this time we are not going to comment on the family as the lieutenant said. We are not confirming identities until we are sure positively who we have here. We are going to try to do that tomorrow. Is there any narrative that you have been able to piece together about what exactly happened . We have information about the weaponry and about the victims. We have information about people in different states now being questioned. Is there any story that answers the big question which is why . I dont think so. Thats something that we will do to work together. We will leave no stone unturned. Well go back and uncover every bit of information and try to answer the question as to why. We consider an investigation like this foob r to be massive. Its like eye puzzle. We have to put the piecesing to to draw a picture as to how and why this occurred. There have been report that is the shooter and you are not naming him, but he has been named in reports had a personality disorder. Or in some descriptions a mental disorder. You can confirm that . We cant. We cant discuss at this point in time anything to do with any of the victims or the deceased whatsoever until we are prepared to do so. We anticipate that will be tomorrow. For some reasons we will withhold that information. When will you allow parents to go and get the bodies of their children. As soon as we can confirm. We are very early into the investigation. Its obviously very sensitive and we have to make sure we are right. For must be horrible and brutal for people who are waying to see those they lost. Thank you for talking to us. The state police and with the Newtown Police as well. You can imagine the tone here is just terrible and so sad and just fraught with grief as well. We will talk to people who some are still grappling and trying to understand what exact exactly happened here today. I want to send it back to you. Im not sure its something we can understand. We can get as many details as we can. We are trying to do that with as much respect for those in mourning and for that community as possible. It is impossible to fathom what the people of newtown are going through and in particular the parents and the siblings and the family members of the children whose little lives were taken today. So many lives lost and so many more lives forever changed. Friends and neighbors even complete strangers have gathered and continue to at this hour to hold one another and cry and pray and to remember. This a vigil at a local church. Jason carroll joins us now. You have been outside. What are people saying to you . What has the mead been like . Reporter here at st. Rose lima church, the people and the hundreds who are gathered outside simply because there wasnt enough room inside the church. They are stunned. No other word for it. They are stunned and hurt. They are here because they are leaning on each other for support. When you are hurt so badly like this, you turn to your loved ones and family and in some cases you turn to your faith. Thats whats happening outside as this vigil continues through the night. In talking to the people here and trying to get to where we were, we passed a starbucks. A woman got out of a car and she was in tears. We went by a restaurant. A woman was outside there and her husband and a young boy were very upset. As we came down the road where the church is, i saw a woman who was talking down the street and looked like she was stunned. Completely stunned. She was crying and wandering down the street. Even before we got close to the scene of where it happened, you knew how deeply hurt this community was by what happened. Thats what we are seeing outside now. This is a close skmunt its no surprise that the people knew some of these people at the school. One man knew the principal, dawn hochsprung and how much she loved the school and the children. I want you to listen to what he had to say about her. Let me tell you that in terms of what he had to say, it was that this was a woman who cared very deeply not just about the school, but she worked there since june of 2010 and she cared about the students and her job. It was tough for him to take and thats why he and so many others are here tonight. Anderson . I know you got a chance to talk to the deacon in the community as well. Thats true. The deacon is helping out individuals tonight and before things got under way. I said what have you been doing and he said nearly 100 people have come to the church doors so far looking for support. Looking for comfort in any sort of way. He talked about one 6yearold girl who he knew who was killed in the shooting and how deeply that had affected him. Not only is he hurt, but he has to be the pillar of strength and provide strength while he is trying to heal. Anderson . What can you say to a parent who lost a child . Jason, thanks. As word spread so did the shock and the horror and now of course the grieving. You can never be prepared for this kind of incident. What happened skw transpired at the School Building will leave a mark on this community and every family impacted. I only ask that our fellow citizens here and around the world who offered their assistance remember all of the victims in their prayers. His main response is the investigation with local authorities. We are echl sighing we do not want to give undue attention to the killer who committed the murders and be part of helping history remember his name. We want the victims to be remembered. We do believe its important to understand whatever we can about this person and the crime. How we came to this point. Susan candiotti is handling coverage of the investigation. Whats the latest from Law Enforcement . We are trying to get down to more about the shooter. Adam lanza was 20 years old and we know according to the sources heres armed with three guns and wearing black battle fatigues and a military vest. Where did he get the three guns and what kind were they . They were three hand guns, a glock and a sig sauer and a bush master. This is a semi automatic gun and we have photographs of the type of weapon it is. We understand from our sources that these guns were all registered and belonged to his mother. His mother who was also killed. The mothers body was found in the house, a family home here in this area. We dont know much more about adam lanza. We know that his brother ryan was a bit older at 24 years old. He was taken in to custody for questioning. He is not called a suspect, but he was in hoboken, new jersey when they brought him in for questioning. Thats where he lives. They wanted to try to find out what if anything he knew and what he could tell them about his brother. What information he can give about his background and police also questioned their father. He still lives in this area. He is divorced from his wife who was one of the victims here and remarried. He too is being questioned to shed light on adam lanza and why this tragedy happened. Anderson . Susan, thanks very much. We are starting to hear inspiring reports about how the teachers handled this unimaginable trauma. Kaitlyn is a first grade teacher and rushed 15 children, 6 and 7yearolds into a small bathroom and barricaded it with a bookshelf and said there were bad guys and they had to wait for the good guys. When the children started crying, she would told the faces in her hands and say it was going to be okay and said show me her smile. The kids told her heart breaking things and said they wanted to go home for christmas and hug their moms. Clearly an extraordinary teacher told abc news what happened next. I need you to know that i love you all very much. That its going to be okay. I thought that was the last thing they were ever going to hear and i thought we were all going to die. I dont know if thats okay. Teachers. I wanted them to know someone loved them and that to be one of the last things they heard. Not the gunfire in the hall way. It was so horrible. Kaitlyn said she heard the gunfire stop and when the police came and started knocking, she wanted to put their badges under the door. The teacher protecting her students with everything she had. Tweet me about this. I will be tweeting as well. Even though nothing can explain this, a search for motive and remembering the fallen including sandy hookss principal who in addition her job was raising five children of her own. Bye bye bye santa, we made a video for your trip yeah, you can watch it on your sleigh ok here you go. Aw, thanks elves. I also made you a video. You are so sweet. But you probably shouldnt watch it on the sleigh. Say goodbye to santa boys bye good bye santa bye share videos instantly with s beam on the galaxy s3 and note 2. Available at best buy and best buy mobile stores. It doesnt seem like its even possible. You read it in the paper or see it in the news and you are like oh, my god, that poor family and something happens so close to home. Its like i think im still in shock to be honest. A lot of people are feeling the same tonight. Allaround the world. The massacre in sandy hook is the Deadliest School shooting in American History and all the words spoken and im speaking tonight and will speak later tonight all sound so small in the face of this horror. 20 children and six adults were alive last night getting ready for a day of school and tonight they are gone. President obama spoke to the nation earlier and we played some of his comments and we think its worth hearing all of what he said. This afternoon i spoke to governor malloy and fbi director muller. I offered my condolences on behalf of the nation and made it clear he will have every single resource he needs to investigate the heinous crime, care for the victims, counsel their families. We have endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years and each time i learn the news, i react not as a president , but as anybody else would. As a parent. That was especially true today. I know there is not a parent in america who doesnt feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. The majority of those who died today were children. Beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them. Birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. So our hearts are broken today. For the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well. For as blessed as they are to have their Children Home tonight, they know that their childrens innocence has been torn away from them too early and flower no words that will ease their pain. As a country we have been through this too many times. Whether its an Elementary School in newtown or a Shopping Mall in oregon. Or a temple in wisconsin or a Movie Theater in aurora or a Street Corner in chicago. These neighborhoods are our neighborhoods. These children are our children. We will have to coming to and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like regardless of the politics. This evening michelle and i will do what i know every parent in america will do which is hug our children a little tighter and will tell them we love them. And we will remind each other how deeply we love one another. Families in connecticut cannot do that tonight. They need all of us right now. In our days to come, that Community Needs us to be at our best as americans and i will do everything in my power as president to help. Because nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need to remind them that we are there for them and that we are praying for them and that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories, but also in ours. May god bless the memory of the victims and in the words of scripture, heal the brokenhearted and