harris, her nose is already on alert. checking, pausing, sniffing, emmy is trained to detect explosives. >> good girl. stay. >> reporter: but this 6-year-old lab is also a combat veteran. the first on the pentagon's canine force. >> what do you know about emmy before she came to you? >> before she came to work with us, she did two tours in afghanistan the marine corps unit over there. she was an ied dog. her sole purpose was to find ieds. >> reporter: he said when emmy arrived, she brought her war zone work habits with her. >> she is nonstop working. i will say that. pretty much like any other marine or soldier. 24/7. >> reporter: emmy brought one has been she developed herself to cope with the blistering heat in afghanistan. >> really hot. she will dunk her face in a bowl of water and dip her front pads in the water as well, i'm assuming, to cool them off. >> reporter: harris said her partner in afghanistan, marine corporal andrew lindstrom contacted the military when he came home. >> he was very concerned of how she wou

the shooting happened just ten miles from the infamous 1999 columbine high school shooting where eric harris and dylan klebold killed 12 students and one teacher before killing themselves. >> my husband was a freshman at columbine. so he's freaking out now. it is bringing back horrible memories of that. yeah, it is way too close to home. >> reporter: the only silver lining in this is that nobody else died. the gunman is the only person killed in all this. he did shoot a 15-year-old girl before he killed himself. witnesses say that girl asked for help, screamed for help, apparently she was still in the entrance area of the school, happened to be in the path when the shooter walked into the school. at last check, she's in critical condition after undergoing surgery. we know students here are thinking about her today. they came to the school this morning. some of them trying to start collecting donations for what is likely to be a very long road to recovery. and of course it is just one year, martin, after the anniversary of the newtown school shooting. so a lot of heavy hearts for the f

the shooting happened just 10 miles from the infamous 1999 columbine high school shooting where eric harris and dylan klebold killed 12 students and one teacher before killing themselves. >> my husband was a freshman at columbine, so he's freaking out right now. it's bringing back horrible memories of that. yeah, it's just way too close to home. >> reporter: and just a few minutes ago, authorities opened up the parking lot behind me. students are now being allowed to come back onto campus and retrieve the cars that they left here after yesterday's shooting around noontime. christi and victor? >> case, let me ask you something. initially, authorities thought two people would have been shot, but now, they think it's just the 15-year-old girl. what do you know about her, or how that confusion came about? >> reporter: actually, what happened christi, was the second victim, the second student was splattered with blood from the first victim. she thought she had been shot. paramedics initially thought she had been shot when they took her to the hospital. they found out she had no gunshot wo

the shooting happened just ten miles from the infamous 1999 columbine high school shooting where eric harris and dillon klebold killed 12 students and one teacher before killing themselves. >> my husband was a freshman at columbine, so he is freaking out right now. it's bringing back horrible memories of that. it's way too close to home. >> the sheriff does tell us that he believes that some of the training and the changes that they've made in temz of their law enforcement protocol may have helped save lives. of course, since columbine, that's really been on the radar for the folks here. they heard her scream for help. she is in critical condition. we continue to learn how difficult it is for her. for the whole country, today marks one year since the terrible massacre at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. there 20 children and six adults were killed in that shooting. the president and first lady lit candles for each of those victims at the white house this morning. in his weekly address president obama said there just hasn't been enough change since it happened. >>

harris, her nose is already on alert checking, pausing, sniffing. emmy is trained to detect explosives, but this 6-year-old lab is also a combat veteran, the first on the pentagon's canine force. what did you know about emmy before she came to you? >> she came to work for us, did two hours in afghanistan with a marine corps unit over there. she was an ied dog. her sole purpose was to find ieds along the roadside. >> reporter: when emmy arrived she brought her war zone work habits with her. >> she's nonstop working. i will say that. she's pretty much like any other marine or soldier, 24/7. >> reporter: emmy brought one habit she developed herself, to cope with the blistering heat in afghanistan. >> if it's really hot, she's dunk her face in a bowl of water and dip her front pads in water i'm assuming to cool them off. >> reporter: harris says emmy's partner in afghanistan andrew lindhstrom contacted the military when he came home. >> he was very concerned how she'd be treated once she retired as a marine corps dog. for him to go through all that trou

the shooting happened ten miles from the 1999 columbine high school shooting where eric harris and dylan klebold shot several students and killed themselves. >> my husband was a student at columbine high school. it is way too close to home. >> reporter: you can see the cars in the parking lot of the school. left in the aftermath of the shooting. the students will get the cars in about an hour. the personal possessions and backpacks and other things, will take a while to retrieve those because the entire school remains a crime scene. victor and christi. >> casey wian, we appreciate the update from centennial, colorado. thank you. >> this shooting bringing back the painful memories of newtown, connecticut. today is the first anniversary of the tragedy that took the lives of 26 people. in moments, the president and the first lady will remember the victims. we will have that live for you when this happens around 9:30 this morning eastern time. cnn's poppy harlow joins us from new york. the families in newtown have asked that the media not go to town. understandably that they don't want to ha

she now checks for explosives with eric harris at the department of defense. she is the first war veteran on the canine force there >> she is nonstop working. she is -- pretty much like any other marine or soldier. 24-7. >> officer harris said she likes to take a break sometimes so stop and visit. he said she likes to pay attention to other marines but then it's back to work searching to make sure everybody is safe. >>> the national park service is offering shuttle buses at point reyes during the pacific gray whale migration. they are offering the service to cut down on traffic from whale watchers but the whales aren't the only animals attracting more visitors. northern elephant seals are also returning to the area. tickets for the shuttle buses go on sale. >> this time last year we were getting hammered with rain. real wet month and since then not so much. >> we were talking about it during the commercial. one to 200% above -- above normal. we were like really with the storms, mudslides, we had a lot going on. one storm bill martin joined me because we were w

it is not going to happen with harry reid running interference very at eric holder is running interference for this guy in the justice department. harry reid is running interference in the senate. host: senator reid was in the hospital being treated for exhaustion. a treat from his office says that senator reed was diagnosed as exhausted. that was released by the senator's office. bernie from kettle falls, washington on our independent line. the president saying 2014 could be a breakthrough year, what do you think? caller: i think it will be, too. five years a plane straight people being it is president obama stern. they try and do nothing president is calling the republicans a do-nothing congress. [indiscernible] there's more revenue coming in because more people are working. and ands are going up they're getting more incoming. the debt has been cut down. host: is anything specific for 2014 that you think he can do to spur the economy further? caller: i think he is stepping every thing up right now. the ball is growing. he is finally broken away from all the tethers that were holding him

even guide eric phillips, a veteran, could barely keep up. >> really super short of breath. finding it hard to get air in my lungs. >> reporter: halfway there the planned competition was called off. no longer a race, it became an expedition. one team against the elements with with a royal partner. >> everyone's feeling tired. you have to get used to the rhythm. just got into the rhythm and it's almost finished. >> reporter: for harry sh it was a double win, reaching the south pole and helping to raise money for a good cause. a reminder that he is very much his mother's son. >> princess diana broke down barriers for the way things were done. harry is taking it to another level. >> reporter: today at the bottom of the earth, harry achieved a royal first -- not for himself but for his comrades in arms. >> everyone is so happy. >> reporter: jim maceda, nbc news, london. >>> we are back in a moment with something to remember this weekend. >>> finally here tonight in light of the newtown anniversary it is a sad truth that the students killed that day are not the only children whos

eric mclaughlin is in london with more. >> harry styles is telling the british paparazzi to back off. london's high court ordered a group of unidentified paparazzi to stay away for now. they're not allowed to loiter within 50 meters of the singer's home and they're not allowed to pursue him. his attorneys say this is a harassment injunction, not a privacy injunction. legal experts tell me we can expect to see a flood of similar celebrity applications in the near future. and things are going in one direction. >> good turn of phrase. >>> robot or human. are you robot or human. >> that's an ironic question. >> up for debate. telemarketing calls are getting more misleading. several "time" magazine reporters spoke on the phone with an upbeat woman offering health insurance deals. the reporters weren't convinced she was real, as much as she assured them she was. take a listen. >> hey, are you a robot? >> what? no. i am a real person. maybe we have a bad connection. i'm sorry about that. >> will you tell me you're not a robot? just say i'm not a row bbot. please? >> i am a real person. >> i

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plus, the year is over and eric poulder is still standing. and nbc news white house correspondent kristen will kerr is coming to "nerdland." but first, how 2013 reminds us of the enduring truth. the struggle continues. >>> good morning. i'm melissa harris-perry happen i don't have to tell you, 2013 has been an emotional year. actually kind of ridiculous how many times i've cried on this year in 2013. at this point, i'm basically john boehner, but, you know, with braids. look, time and again i have sat at this desk and told you about the struggles of progressive movements great and small. there were the moral monday protests in north carolina which attracted thousands of people to protest a republican legislature's agenda of cutting federal unemployment benefits, making it harder to vote, and refusing to expand medicaid among other things. hundreds were arrested. we visited the statehouse one monday in june, and the movement's leader, reverend william garber, explained why so many were risking arrest. >> what do you do when you have insurance