:00:13. > :00:18.The Connecticut killings, the police say they have good evidence
:00:18. > :00:22.about what drove the gunman to murder. Adam Lanza killed his
:00:22. > :00:26.mother before turning his guns on 20 children, their teachers and
:00:26. > :00:29.himself. We are hoping it will paint a
:00:29. > :00:34.picture as to why this unfortunate incident occurred.
:00:34. > :00:36.As the police name the dead tonight, stories of courage emerge from the
:00:36. > :00:41.teachers desperate to protect their pupils.
:00:41. > :00:44.I said to them, I need you to know that I love you all very much.
:00:44. > :00:48.And that it is going to be OK. I thought that was the last thing
:00:48. > :00:53.they would hear. I thought we were oing going to die.
:00:53. > :00:57.Also in the programme: Voting is extended into the night
:00:57. > :01:01.as Egyptians go to the polls over a new constitution, that dividing the
:01:01. > :01:06.country. The family of the nurse found
:01:06. > :01:12.hanged after a prank call, say their lives have been left with an
:01:12. > :01:17.unfillable void. COMMENTATOR: That will do nicely!
:01:17. > :01:27.England's cricketers close in on the first Test serious against --
:01:27. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:37.series against India for almost 30 Good evening.
:01:37. > :01:41.Police say they have uncovered very good evidence that may explain why
:01:41. > :01:45.a gunman shot dead 26 children and teaching staff at a school in the
:01:45. > :01:47.United States. The killer, Adam Lanza, shot his mother before going
:01:47. > :01:53.to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in Connecticut. The police
:01:53. > :02:00.tonight say that there he took the lives of 20 children, all aged six
:02:01. > :02:05.or seven, as well as six women. Our reporter is in Newtown for us now.
:02:05. > :02:12.A short time ago, the reporters were handed pieces of paper with 26
:02:12. > :02:18.names on them. 12 girls, eight boys, six adult female members of staff
:02:18. > :02:21.at the school. All shot multiple times, the victim of a ganman who
:02:22. > :02:25.opened fire and later took his own life.
:02:25. > :02:31.The caller is indicating that there is someone shooting in the building.
:02:31. > :02:35.A police operator relaying the horror as armed SWAT teams enter
:02:35. > :02:40.the school. There are bodies here... Witnesses
:02:40. > :02:45.say that gunshots rang out over the school tannoy, prompting teachers
:02:45. > :02:51.to lock classrooms and order terrified children to hide under
:02:51. > :02:55.desks and in cup boards. We kept hearing gun noises and,
:02:55. > :02:59."Put your hands up." We kept hearing that.$$NEWLINE But while
:02:59. > :03:04.appearing calm, the teachers were fearing the worst.
:03:04. > :03:08.I am thinking I have to be their parent, almost. So I said to them,
:03:08. > :03:12.I said, I need you to know that I love you all very much. That it is
:03:12. > :03:16.going to be OK. I thought that was the last thing they would hear. I
:03:16. > :03:22.thought we were all going to die. Dawn Hochsprung was the headteacher.
:03:22. > :03:29.She was shot dead after going to investigate the noise to together
:03:29. > :03:34.with Mary Sher lack, the school psychologist, also killed. 27-year-
:03:34. > :03:39.old Victoria Soyto was reported to have died trying to shield the
:03:39. > :03:45.children. There is a second crime scene, the taped off family home in
:03:45. > :03:51.which the gunman killed his own mother. The police identified the
:03:51. > :03:55.killer as 20-year-old Adam Lanza. Bright, but withdrawn and soberally
:03:55. > :04:00.awkward, perhaps with a personality disorder. In the house, the police
:04:00. > :04:05.say that they found evidence that gives sense of the gunman's motive.
:04:05. > :04:15.We have investigators at the school and at the secondary crime scene
:04:15. > :04:18.that we discussed where the female was located as deceased. We have
:04:18. > :04:21.been given good evidence to hopefully paint a complete picture
:04:21. > :04:26.into how and more importantly why this occurred.
:04:26. > :04:30.It occurred in a picture-postcard New England town that until
:04:30. > :04:34.yesterday pride itself o on being safe, even dull. The place where
:04:34. > :04:38.everyone had a connection to the local school.
:04:38. > :04:42.Kelly Sutherland had coached some of the children in athletics and
:04:42. > :04:48.attended the same church as one of those feared lost.
:04:48. > :04:52.At the church service, the priest referenced a little girl still
:04:52. > :04:55.unaccounted for. Next week she is supposed to be playing the angel in
:04:56. > :05:00.the Christmas nativity. That shook us all up, knowing she is not
:05:00. > :05:04.accounted for now. Young lives taken in what should
:05:04. > :05:08.have been the sanctuary of a school. A sickening loss and a test of
:05:08. > :05:11.their faith. Well, the killing of schoolchildren
:05:11. > :05:16.and their teachers is playing on the conscious of a nation, where,
:05:16. > :05:21.remember, the right to bare arms is enshrineed in the constitution. Gun
:05:21. > :05:26.control was barely touched on in the recent presidential election,
:05:26. > :05:30.but in the last 24 hours, President Obama hinted at change. My
:05:30. > :05:35.colleague in Washington, Paul Adams has been looking at whether this
:05:35. > :05:40.shooting may now make a difference. Whether it is an elementary school
:05:40. > :05:46.at Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon or a temple in Wisconsin, or
:05:47. > :05:50.a movie theatre in Australia othera, or a street corner in Chicago,
:05:50. > :05:57.which will have to come together to take action to prevent more
:05:57. > :06:02.tragedies like, this regardless of the politics.
:06:02. > :06:05.In the midst of grief, is this the moment to talk about change? Guns
:06:05. > :06:09.are intended for one thing. We are not living in a war zone. We are
:06:09. > :06:13.not living in a hunting range, but as human beings together with each
:06:13. > :06:18.other. I hope that the town will wake up to anything that creates
:06:18. > :06:24.violence or hurt to other people. Gun control advocates feel the
:06:24. > :06:25.horror of Newtown cannot be ignored. Colin was shot four times at the
:06:25. > :06:30.Virginia Tech massacre five years ago.
:06:30. > :06:33.There is really something that must be done. We can't just keep having
:06:33. > :06:38.this expression of sympathy and condolences and have the
:06:38. > :06:42.conversation in that. Nothing has changed, but the shootings continue
:06:42. > :06:46.to happen. Things must be different for the future.
:06:46. > :06:50.Gun control advocates may see this as a moment for change, but it is
:06:50. > :06:56.not clear what the President has in mind when he talks about meaningful
:06:56. > :06:59.action. Here on Capitol Hill there is little appetite for new
:06:59. > :07:02.legislation, across the country, popular support for stricter
:07:02. > :07:09.controls has been on the wane for years. Business was brisk this
:07:09. > :07:14.morning at the Blue Ridge Arsenal in northern Virginia. Two of the
:07:14. > :07:18.handguns used in Newtown are popular items, but gun ownership
:07:18. > :07:23.and gun crime are declining in America. Enthusiasts worry that
:07:23. > :07:27.legislation may infringe what they see as their right to bare arms.
:07:27. > :07:33.There is always concern, but let's look at the issues, gun control,
:07:33. > :07:37.that is not the major issue. The major issue is mental health.
:07:37. > :07:42.A vigil outside of the White House after the shooting on Friday. One
:07:42. > :07:45.of many across the country. Mass shootings always trigger an
:07:45. > :07:49.anguished debate, but it does not mean that new laws are around the
:07:49. > :07:54.corner. If the President wants to turn grief into action, he will
:07:54. > :07:59.have to fight for it. Well, Steve, back to you in Newtown.
:07:59. > :08:04.Is there a sense there that this tragedy could be a watershed in the
:08:04. > :08:07.gun control debate in America, or will it simply go down as another
:08:07. > :08:10.horrible incident that does not change anything? Well, you listen
:08:10. > :08:17.to Barack Obama, he sounds like he mean it is. The comments in the
:08:17. > :08:20.White House yesterday, were some of the most gut-wrenchingly emotional
:08:20. > :08:24.remarks of his presidency. The expectation is that he is to visit
:08:24. > :08:29.and meet the relatives of the dead in the coming days, but the
:08:29. > :08:33.sceptics will say, they have heard the rhetoric, but what will he do
:08:33. > :08:38.about it? Will he use the platform of the State of the Union address
:08:38. > :08:43.in the New Year to set out a legislative agenda for the
:08:43. > :08:47.reinstatement of a ban on assault weapons that expired or lapsed back
:08:47. > :08:50.in 2004? But he knows that the gun lobby is powerful. He will be
:08:50. > :08:58.looking closely at the polls in the wake of this shooting.
:08:58. > :09:01.Thank you very much. Now, voting on Egypt's new
:09:01. > :09:06.constitution has been extended in Cairo and other large cities
:09:06. > :09:09.because of the high turnout. Mohammed Morsi is backing the draft
:09:09. > :09:13.document, which has divided the country and sparked violent
:09:13. > :09:20.protests. A second round of voting takes place in a week's time
:09:20. > :09:25.because of a lack of officials to oversee the nationwide ballots.
:09:25. > :09:31.The moment of decision, a simple question, do you support the new
:09:31. > :09:38.constitution for Egypt, or do you oppose it? Tick the brown sirbging
:09:38. > :09:42.for -- brown circle for "no", the blue circle for "yes". The vote was
:09:42. > :09:46.supervised by thousands of soldiers, reinforcing the police. For the
:09:46. > :09:50.most part, order was maintained. The queues started early and
:09:50. > :09:54.continued throughout the day. There is lots of enthusiasm, even after
:09:54. > :09:59.weeks of protest, debate and argument over the new constitution.
:09:59. > :10:01.Egyptians are waiting patiently to have their say on the future of
:10:01. > :10:06.their country. One of the first to vote was
:10:06. > :10:09.Mohammed Morsi. He supports the new constitution,
:10:09. > :10:14.as do the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists. This man, for
:10:14. > :10:17.example, said he would vote as God wished.
:10:17. > :10:23.By contrast, liberals and others who want a more secular future for
:10:23. > :10:30.Egypt, lined up to vote "no". In this constitution, they are
:10:30. > :10:33.taking us, by force, and with a very sneaky way, to a very fanatic
:10:33. > :10:37.religious country, which will be much more fanatic and much more
:10:37. > :10:41.dangerous than Iran. With long queues continuing into
:10:41. > :10:45.the evening, the organisers extended the bols by several hours
:10:45. > :10:50.to give everyone a chance to vote. It was another sign of the strength
:10:50. > :10:57.of feeling on the issue. Something hardly likely to subside, even
:10:57. > :11:01.after the last vote has finally been been cast and counted.
:11:01. > :11:03.Nelson Mandela is said to be recovering in hospital after
:11:03. > :11:07.undergoing surgery for gallstones. The South African government says
:11:07. > :11:12.that the procedure was successful. The former President, 94 years of
:11:12. > :11:15.age, was admitted over a week ago with a lung infection.
:11:15. > :11:21.Several hospital wards across the country have been closed to the
:11:21. > :11:27.public because the winter vomiting bug, Norovirus. Main stone hospital
:11:28. > :11:33.in Kent and Wrexham and Myler hospital hospital are experiencing
:11:33. > :11:37.an unusual outbreak this year. Meanwhile, passengers on the P&O
:11:38. > :11:42.ferries, Oriana and Azzura have been infected by the bug.
:11:42. > :11:45.The family of the nurse found dead in an apparent suicide after taking
:11:46. > :11:49.a prank call about the Duchess of Cambridge, say her death left an
:11:50. > :11:53.unfillable void in their lives. Jacintha Saldanha's husband and
:11:53. > :11:56.children were speaking outside of Westminster Cathedral, where they
:11:57. > :12:00.attended a special service in her memory.
:12:00. > :12:03.For the past womb, Jacintha Saldanha's family have been trying
:12:03. > :12:06.to cope with the reality of life without her.
:12:06. > :12:12.They arrived at Westminster Cathedral this morning, to give
:12:12. > :12:15.thanks for her life, but still with many questions about her death.
:12:16. > :12:20.The 46-year-old nurse was found hanged in her lodgings, days after
:12:20. > :12:23.she was tricked by a hoax phone call seeking details about the
:12:23. > :12:26.Duchess of Cambridge's medical condition.
:12:26. > :12:31.Today her husband described her as having been the light in his
:12:31. > :12:38.darkness. The loss is a very painful one.
:12:39. > :12:47.Nobody can take that place in my life ever again.
:12:47. > :12:52.I love you... And miss you forever. Jacintha's children also paid
:12:52. > :12:58.tribute to their mother. We are shattered and there is an
:12:58. > :13:03.unfillable void in our lives. We love you, Mum. Sleep in peace
:13:03. > :13:06.and please watch over us, until we meet again in heaven.
:13:06. > :13:09.The King Edward VII Hospital released a statement, stressing
:13:09. > :13:15.that Jacintha had not been disciplined over the hoax call,
:13:15. > :13:18.because in their words, "She was the victim of a cruel trick."
:13:18. > :13:23.Jacintha Saldanha's body is being flown back to India, the country
:13:23. > :13:29.where she was born. Her family said that the funeral will be held on
:13:29. > :13:36.Monday. Now for a roundup of the day's
:13:36. > :13:41.sports news. Here is Katie Gornall. The
:13:41. > :13:45.cricketers are on course for a first Test win in India since 1985,
:13:45. > :13:51.enjoying a dramatic end to the day's play, taking four late
:13:51. > :13:56.wickets to reduce the host for 297- 8. You can watch and hope and wave
:13:56. > :14:01.the flag with all your might, but the most fearveent fans stand alone
:14:01. > :14:05.unless the batsmen battle for India. Virat Kohli started to fulfil his
:14:05. > :14:09.huge reputation. His first 50 of the series, reward for
:14:09. > :14:13.concentration. Old fashioned values. Occupying the crease was one thing,
:14:13. > :14:17.Mahendra Singh Dhoni began to expand it. The total headed past
:14:17. > :14:25.200, without a wicket in sight. Into the final session of the day,
:14:25. > :14:31.Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kohli were bringing the match to India. Kohli
:14:31. > :14:36.got their first with the release of a man who knew he was doing his bit.
:14:36. > :14:41.It is not always easy being India's next big thing. Then Graeme Swann
:14:41. > :14:51.struck. Rarely was an lbw decision received
:14:51. > :14:52.
:14:52. > :14:57.with pore relief. Kohli was gone for 103. Then Vidaja
:14:57. > :15:02.was out. So to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a captain criticised and analysed,
:15:02. > :15:08.England's skipper with a perfect throw, repeated replays proved
:15:08. > :15:13.Mahendra Singh Dhoni was out. When Graeme Swann went indcar were down.
:15:13. > :15:16.Well, what an end to the day. With the series at stake and two days
:15:16. > :15:23.left to play, both sides will feel that they can engineer a winning
:15:23. > :15:29.position. It is a Test Match to truly reward the patient.
:15:29. > :15:34.On to football and Match of the Day follows on BBC One. If you don't
:15:34. > :15:39.want to know what happens, then you know what to do. QPR are off the
:15:39. > :15:44.bottom of Premier League. Two goals from Adel Taarabt saw them beat
:15:44. > :15:49.Fulham it-1. No change at the top with wins for the Manchester clubs
:15:49. > :15:55.and Aston Villa putting an end to Liverpool's recent run, winning 3-
:15:55. > :16:00.16789 Celtic moved four points clear at the top of the SPL after a
:16:00. > :16:03.2-0 win against St Mirren, but the game of the day was at Tannadice
:16:03. > :16:08.when Dundee United played a thriller with Inverness.