CBS Evening News - 2012-12-16
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[0:00] Sunday of sorrow. President Obama
[0:03] arrives in New Town to console victims,
[0:05] families of a massacre as a community
[0:07] and a nation grieve and parents struggle
[0:10] to help their children heal.
[0:12] >> What do you fear the most?
[0:14] >> If he can move on with this, if he can
[0:19] trust again,
[0:20] >> police released new details about the
[0:22] gunman's arsenal.
[0:23] >> Multiple magazines for the rifle and
[0:25] multiple magazines for both handguns. As
[0:27] the national conversation turns sharply
[0:29] toward gun control,
[0:31] >> the public will not accept as a new
[0:33] normal uh one of these incidents every
[0:35] month.
[0:36] >> And the funerals for the victims begin
[0:38] tomorrow.
[0:48] Good evening everyone. I'm Jeff Gore in
[0:50] New Town, Connecticut. For the fourth
[0:52] time in his presidency, and the second
[0:54] time this year, President Obama has
[0:56] consoled a community hit by gun
[0:58] violence. There was Fort Hood, there was
[1:01] Tucson, there was Aurora, and now New
[1:03] Town. The president arrived here late
[1:06] this afternoon. He met with victims
[1:08] families and first responders. And
[1:10] tonight, he attended a vigil at the New
[1:12] Town High School.
[1:19] >> New Town, you are not alone.
[1:25] As these difficult days have unfolded,
[1:29] you've also
[1:32] inspired us
[1:34] with stories of strength
[1:36] and resolve
[1:39] and sacrifice.
[1:42] Tomorrow, the first funerals. Police say
[1:45] as horrible as Friday was, it could have
[1:48] been much worse. Here's Jim Axelrod with
[1:51] the latest.
[1:53] >> New Town is a place of sober reflection
[1:56] and crushing emotion. All day, people
[1:58] walk slowly to this makeshift memorial
[2:01] to leave flowers, light a candle,
[2:04] >> shed their tears.
[2:05] >> They