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On msnbc, what is happening in newtown, connecticut, it's about an hour away from hartford, connecticut, the capital of that state. right now what we know, 9:41, a call for police according to what we're hearing from state police, they said they got a call from newtown police and they have sent state police to that scene. 9:57, a reverse 911 call went out. we'll go back to wvit where their reporter liz dahl reporting just moments ago what was happening on the ground. >> this is a photo just in to our newsroom of students being evacuated in the last hour or so from sandy hook elementary school....

Inundetermined at this time, but by 12 by stopping any further ems units from coming, it indicates that they have -- if the shooter is under arrest, he has been dealt with by the police. >> let's go back to wvit. >> reporter: good morning, guys, i just spooky to a parent and shirley had been asking me, had any parents been reunited with their children yet. i did speak to one woman who had been reunited with her daughter there at the staging area. she said she got a reverse 911 call telling her there had been a shooting at her daughter's school, sandy hook elementary. when he got here, she park...

They believe there was a software glitch. some of the 180 residents meantime who are still evacuated will be allowed brief escorted visits to check their homes or what's left today. many here are frustrated they did not get a reverse 911 call. >> we were prepared but we were waiting for the call. >> mandatory evacuation. >> we were trying to use all the resources to prepare. but we were waiting for that final call and it never happened. >> all day long i kept checking fire and all day long it kept getting closer and i never heard anything. when i finally left, i left five minutes, 10 minutes a...

Local station wact reporting that authorities are using a reverse 911 system, calling local homes, warning anyone who answers to leave. covering it all for us, chad myers tracking the storm, rob marciano in kill devil hills, north carolina, and also tonight on cape cod where the storm is expected tomorrow, susan candiotti. a lot of plans for this labor day weekend could be upset. chad myers, where is it? how bad is it? >> it is off the coast of north carolina. it would be almost due east of what we would call morehead city or just a little to the south of there. it is traveling up toward the n...