Obama cries for young victims

“There is not a parent in America who does not feel the same overwhelming grief as I do,” said US President Barack Obama after the mass shooting.

“As a country, we have been through this too many times,” he said in an emotional address to the nation from the White House.

He spoke as police continued to investigate the circumstances behind the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, about 96km north-east of New York City.