Robert Lacota News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

>> judge jeanine: robert, i also understand that you have a 7-year-old daughter who was in the cafeteria actually in leaving the school saw the bodies of these children? >> well, it's her classroom was near the cafeteria. she was in her room with her teacher and fellow students in a different section of the building on -- yeah. but she did as i'm sure many of the children did bear witness to very horrific things. but, yeah, she did see some bodies there, yeah. >> judge jeanine: finally, i understand that your son understandably, aden, who saw his teacher being shot, is reluctant to be separate...

Of our family and our neighbors. we're staying close. that doesn't mean that today we did -- he did have a play date with a good friend of his. at his friend's house. so as long as he is somewhere where he feels safe, it's a good thing. but more often than not he wants to know we're close by and wants to stay in familiar places but, yeah. >> judge jeanine: certainly, certainly understandable. robert, thank you so much for sharing this with us. and all of our energies are going to you this evening and to your son as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> judge jeanine: now i'm joined on the phone by...

Because we have never been faced with something of this magnitude. our focus is gift. we have enough time dealing with it as adults processing all the information. focus on the kids and try to get them through this. >> judge, if you look behind me you may notice that the flag pole in the center of town, the flag is at half-staff. there is something missing from the center of town. that is christmas decorations. a the lo of people here felt it just wasn't appropriate to celebrate in the face of all this tragedy and voluntarily took the christmas decorations down. back to you. >> judge jeanine: ...

Soto and that's when more shots were fired. >> she was actually -- she was actually shot in front of your 6-year-old son? he saw the shooting? >> correct, yes, she did. >> and what is he telling you now, robert, about how h feeling and how are you dealing with this? >> we're trying to keep a normal routine. we're trying to get in you know, brush his teeth and go to bed at a reasonable time. we do ask him and he does ask questions about the bad person. and you know, yesterday was particularly difficult. he was fearful of even going home after we left the politician. you know, he -- left the pol...

Of our family and our neighbors. we're staying close. that doesn't mean that today we did -- he did have a play date with a good friend of his. at his friend's house. so as long as he is somewhere where he feels safe, it's a good thing. but more often than not he wants to know we're close by and wants to stay in familiar places but, yeah. >> judge jeanine: certainly, certainly understandable. robert, thank you so much for sharing this with us. and all of our energies are going to you this evening and to your son as well. thank you. >> thank you. >> judge jeanine: now i'm joined on the phone by...