Today this grieving community gathered for what may be the toughest, the first two of 26 emotional goodbyes. Four days ago is when the unthinkable happened here. Now this heartbroken Community Begins a seemingly unbearable task. Today the first two of 20 Young Children were laid to rest. 6yearold noah pozner described as largest than life in the light of a family that includes a twin sister who escaped the gunfire. Jack pinto was a determined athlete and avid sports fan. A love that helped to shape this card given to friends at his funeral. As the painful work of burying the victims begins, the meticulous investigation to understand how and why continues. The answers are for the victims, the families, the people of connecticut, that need to know and see a clear picture to exactly what happens here. Reporter police say sandy hook elementary will remain a lockeddown crime scene for months. Today crews pulled furnace from the unaffected chatrooms moving it to a school in a neighboring town, though its still not clear when it might be used. Theyll be excused, of course, from further notify. Theyre developing plans on how to best handle that. Reporter investigators are still gathering what they called significant evidence. They will not discuss specifically whats been seized, but there are reports the gunmans home computer may not reveal much. It was apparently smashed and torn apart before the killing spree. Very painstaking process in forensic science. Its going to take some time to do that. Reporter and it will take some time to interview the more than 100 witnesses, including at some point the children who survived the attack. Very, very tender, tender issue. I can tell you any interviews done will be done with professionals, with parents and with investigators. Reporter one that can only come after the heart wrenching process for these kids and this community, saying one final goodbye. An emotional struggle they will be forced to endure and repeat 26 times here. In newtown, connecticut, jay gray, news4. The tragedy and sandy hook may have changed the political calculus about gun control. A famously progun senator is joining a mayor to question the rights to own assault weapons. Steve handlesman joins us. Doreen, thanks. The store i went to in fairfax, a lot of people in to see and to buy military style weapons before they figure they might not be able to. At a gun shop . Chanel tilly, virginia today, tim was shooting his mini 14, an assaultstyle rifle. Tim opposes any new bans. Basically a punishing with a ban on it punishing lawabiding citizens. The law still says i can own an assault weapon. Why cant i own it as long as im doing the right thing with it. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading the push to change laws to curb new sales, and largecapacity clips. This is an outrage. We are killing each other, and were the only industrial oozed country in the world doing it. Reporter in connecticut sunday, president obama vowed action, but nothing specific. In an effort aimed as preventing more tragedies like this. Reporter hundreds today went to the in. Ra office in washington demanding more gun control, and a staunch nra backer joined the call. West virginia democratic senator joe manchin, an avid hunter, backed bloomberg. I dont know of anybody that goes hunting with an assault rifle. Reporter gun enthusiast Angela Brandon is thinking about new options after the shock of newtown. Honestly i wanted to cry because of the children, but at the same time sometimes im not sure that gun control more gun control than we actually have is really the reason. Reporter ironically the rampage in connecticut has sparked record sales of weapons that buyers fear could soon be banned. Senator manchin, democrat of west virginia, who just won reelection by being seen in part in hunters garb, carrying guns, says his many, many friends in the nra need to get involved in this now whitehot debate. Im steve handlesman, news4. There are more Police Officers around schools in our area today in response to the shooting last week. Police in Fairfax County are stepping up their patrols. They say it is not in response to any particular threat, but to give parents peace of mind during a time when anxiety is high. We wanted to make sure that the community knew that we were here, and we do care about our children. People need it. People are feeling vulnerable right now. People are feeling scared right now. Inside the schools, teachers were told to acknowledge the shootings if asked, but to direct the discussions to the home rather than to the classroom. Schools in our areas also took time to remember the victims. Also to talk to the students about what appeared inside that school on friday. Tracee was thissens joins us live with more on what that school dim did. Reporter they decided this was a tragedy too large to ignore and had to be addressed, but also had to be done in a very sensitive manner. At 10 00 this morning in schools throughout Prince Georges County, there was silence, silence for 20 children, and silence for six adults, all killed by a lone gunman in an Elementary School. This is grie of joining a nation in grieving. Reporter dr. Crowley called for the moment of silence and joined students at District Heights to take part of in it. U06÷tore sf7 si the principal here says that since the tragedy in connecticut, its been hard for her to think about anything else. Everybody felt the impact, as teachers, administrators and parents. Reporter there are various drills where students practice everything from how to get out of the billing in case of a fire, to what to do if an exit is blocked. He practice in responding to a code red situation. One cant prepare enough for such a tragedy. Reporter working through this loss is something that the parents of this element tear school and schools around the nation are struggling with. I cant even put into words when i heard what happened. They were so young. Innocent kids. Reporter for those charged with guiding children through the school day theres always a lesson to be taught and learned. Thats what this moment of silence is about. I think its an opportunity for us to discuss whats going on and comfort them. Reporter Prince Georges CountySchool Spokesman told me today when a middle School Student was shot during a sniper attack while on his way to school, the school sim received letters from students around the country. They say they are expecting to also send herrers in support of the families there in connecticut. Reporting live in District Heights, im tracee wilkins, ws4. Thank you, tracee. There was a similar seen outside Police Officers in a very visible presence. Once again, they say there isnt a specific threat, but they were only trying to calm parents nerves and children too, and reminding anyone who sees anything suspicious to give them a call. For a complete list of procedures, we invite you to visit our website. Coming up in the next half hour, a being march to the National Rifle association in support of gun control. There appears to be new optimism in the effort to prevent the nation from hitting what is called the fiscal cliff. President obama and House Speaker boehner met at the white house today. They were together for about 45 minutes. Boehner offered no comment to reporters. Speaker boehner has reportedly offered to increase tax rates on americans making more than a million. President obama is pushing for a cutoff of 250,000 a year for individuals. If they dont reach an agreement, tax rates will go up. Tim scott will take south carolinas rake resident senate seat, making him the first africanamerican senator from the south since reconstruction. He will also be the only africanamerican senator in congress right now. Nikki haley selected scott today. Scott is a republican. He says he will continue to be a fiscal conservative. Boy, is it soupy out there tonight. Dense fog has led to some major delays at vwi airport, among others. Were looking at delays where nearly 300 flights have been canceled there, but also many of the other airports, philadelphia, laguardia, all seeing major impacts from the fog. That fog has made its way back down into the metro region. Well be talking about that through the rest of the night. You want to call ahead as far as your flights are concerned. Take a look at the visibility. You can see the zoo lights here looking good, but at the airports were looking at bigtime fog. Quartermile visibility . Many locations. Less than a mile visibility, so take your time on the roadways, we will be seeing some of that very dense fog. As far as the temperatures go, were looking at current temperatures in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees, extremely mild for this time of year, and its going to continue to be mild this through the day tomorrow. Your radar picture showing a wider view. Back down to 9 south. Well talk much more about when the rain moves in, when this fog moves out and when that cold air, moves in as well. Coming up, people forced from their homes as a volcan shoots out chunks of molding rock. They marched for gun control demonstrating at the nra office on capitol hill. Were here today because the nra has blood on its hands. The shootings heat up the debate over guns. This is chris gordon, my report ahead on news4. A dramatic finish, nasas plan tonight to crash two of its own spacecraft into the moon. Government forces in syria are accused of killing at least 25 civilians last night. Opposition leaders say the victims include women and children. The town is held by the rebels that came under attack after insurgents fired on several nearby checkpoints. Forces are working to surround army troops. Today syrias Vice President said he does not think the army can beat the rebel fighters. There was a tearful funeral in india today for the nurse who was found dead after taking a prank call about the duchess of cambridge. Her husband and children accompanied her body to native india. She was the first to answer the hoax cal. Northern virginia all julie carey found out, new money for transportation is also going to be in focus. Ply mae is that its time to act now. That was governor Bob Mcdonnells pitch to lawmakers to use the upcoming session to get behind the plan to boost transcription funding, but he hasnt revealed how he as he focused on shifting a half cent towards highway maintenance. Those general fund dollars usually go towards things like schools, Public Safety and social services. Im going to encourage the speaker and lead ner both houses to act now. Were out of excuses. Kicking the can down the road is not a solution. Before he details the plan, hes getting pushed back, not just coming from democrats. The House Speaker is skeptical about a short legislative session, whether it provides enough time for big reforms. I certainly didnt say its dead on arrival. Its a big issue that you have to do a lot of consensus building to get it passed, i think. Democrats welcome the governors focus on transportation funding, many of them say raising the gas tax needs to be part of any plan, but they question the use of sales tax money for roads. My concern is shifting from programs to help children and schools, so shifting that without another source of revenue i think is not sustainable. Reporter but reps argue general fund revenue is a logical source for rpgs money. The general fund belongs to the people, and if the people want to see a greater share of that used for their transportation infrastructure, then we should do it. Reporter the governor promises to detail the full plan before the next session starts on january 9th. Julie carey, news4. Towns near a volcano in center ecuador all on high alert tonight. Thousands are leaving their home. The volcano is plowing ash eight miles into the air. Four explosions were recorded yesterday. The blast blew windows out of buildings, scientists are concerned because the erussians are becoming more violent eruptions six years ago killed at least four people. Cyclone eboni, that storm founded fiji its the strongest one to hit that side in recent years. Popular tourist resorts have been evacuated. Searchandrescue teams from australia and new zealand have been put on standby. So far no reports of anyone being killed. Our weather has gloomy, foggy, cold and dreary. Doug is trying to brighten things up with the zoo lights display. Reporter really an amazing display. The best thing about it, it is a free event. Its going to go on between now and january 1st, which is new years day. A bit in the way of mist, but the weather is pretty nice. With me is debby jarvis from pepco. Pretty amazing stuff. Zoo lights is powered by pepco. It has been since the very beginning. Weve been partnering with friends of the national zoo to bring zoo lights to the community. Its about energy efficiency, l. E. D. Lighting, and thats what were all about, helps our customers understand how if they save energy, they save money and save the environment. Youre doing that being having them come down and talk to you. We have volunteers every night in the think tank. People come in, they get warm, were giving on you backpacks. This one is for you, pickett you are of panda. Glowlights to the kids. Yes, this is your very own backpack and you have yours. Rain shower volunteers are waiting to talk to anyone who wants to know more about save energy, save money and save the planet. Reporter huge partnership here at zoo lights. The weather is good tight. The fog helps, gives a bit of a glow to the lights. Again, weather has become more of a factor this eastern with the fog. Temperatures for this mornings low 48 degrees. That is still above the average high temperature. Believe it or not december almost seven degrees above average the thats absolutely amazing. So far, ever potential. 52 degrees the numbers. Fog is the big issue. Take a look at the numbers. Temperaturewise were around the upper 40s, and manassas, 48 in culpepper. Take a look at the fog now, a dense fog advisory for most of the reason. Areas of fog with less than a quarter mile visibility. Around baltimore, right know at the airport were looking good with four to fivemile visibility, so some flights are even being rerouted into dca. No rain to talk about right now, at least not real steady rain. Theres more to the south, so we will see shower activity tonight, but were not expecting a lot of rain from this event. But believe it or not, behind the coffee we will be warmer tomorrow as we see a bit more in the way of sunshine. Temperatures should be in the upper 50s to near 60 for some of es, especially south and east. If youre coming up for zoo lights, you have pretty good days to do it. Tuesday night, 51 degrees, and on wednesday 47 dlees, this is around 5 00, 6 00, 7 00. Thursday night there is going to be rain. Talk about thursday, thursday the next best chance for rain, maybe heavy rain, but then the cold air finally moving in, some arctic area with windchills only in the 30s on friday and saturday. Much colder as we head into the weekend. Coming up on news4 at 6, a big crowned turns out to march on the National Rifle associations d. C. Headquarters. Parents upset after a news4. Coming up in sports in the cooley report. Two quarterbacks, rg3 and k. C. 1 thats kirk cousins. Im going to give you one my a little treat. As news4 at 6 continues. A nurled investigation is under way at a pope you lard park. Pat collins has more on the search for a killer. I just heard it on the news and rushed over to pick up my kids. Reporter its right behind this school. Thats what i was saying. Reporter a saying of murder, in ft. Lincoln park, right behind marshall Elementary School. Parents of students here on edge. Very disturbing. Very disturbing. I want onned to make sure i pick up my chin. Police sources tell the story this way around 11 00 this morning, a woman walking her dog found the body of a man near a park bench. He appears to have been shot there was a cigarette. The crime scene is enormous. Theres a maze of yellow take that runs this way and dr the may where the man was shot and killed. Something that might lead them to the killer. And this is pretty unusual. Reporter this is a popular city park in the ft. Lincoln community. So for Something Like this to happen, you can imagine what neighbors are saying. What is this world coming to . Senseless deaths like that . Behind a school . I dont think every time i come, you know, to see whats going on behind me. Thats why i have my dog. Reporter according to a her sent home by the principal, students did not see the body in the park. All School Activities today were held indoors, and will continue to be held indoors until police complete their investigation. Live in northeast, pat collins, news4. Thanks, pat. A 20yearold College Student has been charged in a stabbing that happened in a local campus dormitory. The mans name is francis mcgwire. Police say he got into a fight on friday night, in arlington, virginia. Mcgwire allegedly stabbed a victim who was found pleading in a dormitory hallway. He may face additional charges related to alcohol and drugs. Now to the latest on the School Shooting in connecticut. Tonight the community of newtown is in mourning. Family and friends said their final goodbyes. Connecticuts governor is calling for a moment of silence this friday. Authorities say the investigation is going to be a lengthy process. The gunmans home computer was badly damaged, and police will have to conduct hundreds of interviews that will include the young survivors. Very, very tender issue . Any interviews will be done with professionals, with parents, and with investigators. Police say san hook will probably remain a lockeddown crime scene for several months. Moving trucks removed furniture today to take it to a temporary building where the students will go to school after the holidays. That awful situation in connecticut is raising questions about gun laws in this country. Today protesters marched to the nra offices on capitol hill. Some people feel that association is preventing congress from passing new gun control regulations. Chris gordon reports from the hill tonight. Reporter some of these marchers are taking a position on gun control for the very first time because of the shootings in connecticut. This is a great protection for unborn babies and no protection for once the babies get here . So