*POTUS about to speak, in Newtown.

[elleng]

C-SPAN

[ellisonz]

1. The service has begun...

[TheMightyFavog]

2. NBC will cut away from 9ers-Pats game during speech.

Game will me moved to NBC Sprots Network for duration of the speech.

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

6. Good, I was hoping that the broadcast networks would also carry the speech

This is a tragedy that has affected all Americans, and hearing from the President at a time of national mourning is more important than a football game.

[PoliticAverse]

3. Online at...

http://www.c-span.org/Events/President-Obama-to-Speak-at-Connecticut-Shooting-Vigil/10737436644-1/

[NYC_SKP]

4. K/R (nt)

[ellisonz]

5. These are beautiful prayers...

...you don't have to be religious to appreciate and understand the human desire for faith in something bigger than ourselves.

[ellisonz]

7. Kick - Turn on the television

[malaise]

9. The little Muslim boy

[Marrah_G]

11. He was beautiful

A voice like an angel.

And the young man who followed him, fighting him back the tears.

[elleng]

16. Very.

[ellisonz]

12. I know

[GoCubsGo]

8. Also on MSNBC

Web stream here: http://myrtv.eu/msnw1/

[CatWoman]

10. he looks grief stricken

[ellisonz]

13. It's hard not to be.

[Marrah_G]

14. He's human, how could he not be

Tonight must be a night where he feels completely helpless. There is not much you can say to ease the pain of a parent who loses a child, especially in such violence, fear and pain, no matter how much we want to. I am glad he decided to go to this, so the families know that the whole country wants to embrace them.

[ellisonz]

15. CNN reported he spent an hour with them tonight.

[CatWoman]

26. another pic of him with kids whose sibling died

And with a father of a murdered child

[malaise]

23. Up Now

This is tough!

[malaise]

17. They need more music n/t

[ellisonz]

18. The full gospel choir!

[gateley]

19. Do you know when, Ellen? I was just going to post to ask. I'm "illegally" streaming at work,

and have to head out the door soon.

This is a beautiful service -- I wish I could just immerse myself in it without watching the clock.

They just introduced the Governor. I'm hoping Obama will be up next. I'm assuming there isn't a program.

[ellisonz]

20. I suspect he will be after Gov. Malloy who is just up now.

[elleng]

27. NOW

[nolabear]

21. This time of all the faiths coming together to comfort one another is so important.

If religion can do anything it can give people something to look toward together, humbly, seeking how we are more alike than different. I hope that is the case today, that people see the humanity in one another and imagine ourselves as one.

[NCarolinawoman]

28. Agree.

[ellisonz]

22. ***Gov. Dannel Malloy Speaking Now***

[ellisonz]

24. ****POTUS UP NOW****

[ellisonz]

25. POTUS: "I come to offer the love and prayers of a nation."

[SummerSnow]

29. You know Faux news and the nuts will speak negative about the Presidents speech

[ellisonz]

30. POTUS: "We as a nation, we are left with some hard questions...

...someone once described the joy and anxiety of parenthood as the equivalent of having your heart outside your body walking around...Every parent knows there is nothing we will not do to shield our children from harm."

[ellisonz]

31. POTUS: "Can we truly say as a nation that we are meeting our obligations...

...can we honestly say we are doing enough, to keep our children, all of them, safe from harm?"

[nolabear]

32. This is one bold speech. You speak for me, Mr. President. Surely we can do better.

Amen. Amen.