Newscast: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 5:50 p.m.

All three members of Vermont’s Congressional delegation say it’s essential that Congress explores practical and meaningful steps to help prevent another mass shooting; the state is appealing a FEMA ruling that denied full funding for a culvert in Townshend damaged by Tropical Storm Irene, and commentator David Moats says the shootings in Connecticut have struck home in more ways than one.