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>> that's as much information i have. >> was it a phone call, can you just tell us that. >> yes. >> lieutenant, you talked about the bushmaster was used most of the time. can you give any details as to, first of all, what weapon nancy lanza was shot with, and second of all, did he use the handguns at all at the school? >> i do not know the weapon that nancy lanza was shot with. i don't know that. the bushmaster was used, as was explained yesterday in the school in its entirety, and the handgun was used to take his own life. >> and as a followup, can you tell me about the bullets fired from the...

Democrat from connecticut. senator thank you so much and be well, sir. i want to focus on the very latest in the investigation into the shooting and what we're learning now about the gunman. michael isikopf who's learning more about the shooter. >> reporter: we spoke to more friends of nancy lanza, the mother, who talked about her avid gun collection, how she used to go for target practice at local shooting ranges, and also how concerned she was about her son. one friend said that nancy lanza told her that her son did suffer from asberger's which is a mild

If this fellow, if lanza had had to reload eight or nine times, many of those kids could have gotten away and run out of the classroom, et cetera, while he was taking out one magazine and putting in another. it's not going to stop individuals like lanza from trying to do things, but it's going to limit the carnage. we also should get rid of the gun show loophole. >> right. >> do you know, craig, that 40% of the guns purchased in the united states, the individual does not have to go through a background check so they can be stone wacko and get a gun at one of these gun shows. everyone, includin...

>> you do you know how many bullets were unspent? >> many, many, hundreds. >> he had plenty left. >> hundreds, yes, sir. >> hundreds on him that he had not used yet. >> correct, correct. sir. >> which weapon was used to kill his mother? >> i don't know that. i don't know that. >> lieutenant, has anything changed with the president's visit as a result of this? >> the president of the united states is attending memorial service tonight, and he is coming to -- to the town of newtown. >> what is the security and access going to be like for that, for the public and also for the media? >> yeah. agai...

Health challenge -- >> i've got to cult you off here, there's a news conference that's getting under way in newtown, connecticut, we are expected to get some new information from the police spokesman there. let's take a listen. let's listen in. >> the chief state medical examiner has provided more information on the deceased. the mother was found at a second scare location. identified as nancy lanza. her birthdate is september 6th, 1960. her cause of death is multiple gunshot wounds, and the death has been ruled a homicide. the male subject identified as the shooter at sandy hook elementary sc...