thank you very much. >>> it's been a year of milestones for aimee copeland.georgia graduate student was not expected to survive after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria. after undergoing multiple amputations, her road to recovery has been nothing short of amazing. michelle franzen says she's sharing her story to inspire others. >> reporter: at the annual run, walk, and roll fund-raiser in georgia, the rain didn't stop aimee copeland from shining. the georgia graduate student who nearly died after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria helped raise money for friends of disabled adults and children, and came with a message. >> let them know that i'm doing great. you know, regardless of what happens to you, regardless of the circumstances in your life, there's always so much joy out there, and you just have to find it. >> reporter: it's been just a year since aimee cut her leg on a zip line and fell into a river. doctors found it was infected with a flesh-eating bacteria that quickly destroys tissue. doctors quickly amputated her right leg, left foot and

talk about why it may be time to change the way students are evaluated i'm joined now by cynthia copeland an educator and parent of a fourth grade fourth grader in new york city's public school system and they had so much thanks so much for coming on and i thank you for having me so you've been a strong voice of opposition to this rigid kind of student evaluation and specifically in new york what did you get involved and what is the evidence show either statistically or anecdotally about the effect testing is having on students well i got involved because i have a fourth grader a nine year old who is at a school and in seeing how the tests these high stakes tests have are tied there's so much of writing on these and say. in terms of promotion and graduation rates and teacher evaluation and school closings and report card grades i just felt that there was just too much tied to this one test and so my family decided that our son needed to be to refuse to take the examination because we feel that there should be other forms of measurement other forms of assessment to really learn what it is

going to be covering that trial. >>> and now to an "outfront" update on amy copeland.-old georgia graduate student whose recovery we've been following now for a year. amy lost both hands, both feet and her left leg after contracting a deadly flesh eating bacteria last may. she was on the zip line with her friends, had an accident and after that accident doctors gave her a 1% chance of survival. but amy has beaten every single odd. i spoke to her earlier this week. after, well, talking about how great she looked, i asked her how she's doing. >> thank you so much. i feel awesome. i'm sitting here at my house with my new buy onic hands which just allow me to do so much more. so i'm feeling more independent and better than ever. >> those hands are amazing. it looks as if you just have gloves on. i mean i know we saw you getting the hands when you were using them on friday and doing all kinds of things, cutting fruit, vegetables, picking up small things. how do those hands work? >> well, it's very crazy. i don't really know the indepth details. there are two electrodes on m

. >>> number three, amy copeland. remember her?ds and legs to a flesh-eating bacteria last summer. now she is the first woman in the world to get new limbs. they are $100,000 a pair and they mimic natural hands. they allow her to pick up tiny things, and even comb her hair. copeland says she is excited to get back to cooking again, and she hopes to receive a prosthetic leg later this year. good news for her. >> absolutely. >>> number four, north korea launched guide missiles today. all three ended up in the sea off the korean peninsula's east coast, and there is a high level of readiness to act. >>> a u.s. district judge granted a motion that blocks the enforcement of a state law that limits abortion at the 12th week. the arkansas abortion law was passed in march. it was scheduled to take effect in august. >>> we have been following this for months and months now. jodi arias is expected to address the jury that is deciding whether she will live or die. the jury on wednesday found arias was exceptionally cruel when she murdered her

24-year-old aimee copeland had to have both hands, a leg, and a foot amputated.ed with the latest in prosthetic hands. >> these hands are going to allow amy to do more than any other hands that are currently available in the world. >> it feels amazing because you know, with the other arms i had they really didn't feel like an extension of my body. this just feels very freeing. it's more lightweight. absolutely. and the hand actually -- you know, it seems like this could be my actual hand. >> so copeland says she is a neat freak and she's looking forward to cleaning her house with bionic hands. she can now hold towels, chop vegetables, hang clothes, and even flat-iron her own hair. so sanjay, i've been watching some of your stories, especially with our wounded warriors who have -- people who come home injured. and just the advances in prosthetics now and bionic hands and arms, it's just amazing just to see within the last couple of years. >> yeah. it is amazing. and the jump from prosthetics to bionics, which you alluded to here, was huge. there are still people w

generation or two ago with a reported three hundred million guns already circulating in the us kyle copeland founded the armed citizens project to give firearms out for free we're going to be training and arming residents in a neighborhood in oak forest in houston it's a high crime neighborhood with a lot of home invasions and we're offering all the residents that live in our targeted neighborhood if they can pass a background check and it will take our training class will give them for free a pump action shotgun for home defense when it came to defending attendees at the new orleans parade even police officers interspersed in the crowd couldn't stop the gunman so all in all this was a pretty shameful day for washington but many argue the legislation for basic background checks that failed last month in washington could have ironically america's divisive debate on gun control has turned into a blessing for the arms industry sky rocketing sales of rifles and ammunition has been reported arguably making it even harder for the future of mass shootings to possibly be prevented according from new

you may remember aimee copeland.oth her hands and legs to a flesh eating bacteria last summer. now she is one of the first women in the world to get these new i limb hands, they're $100,000 a pair and mimic the natural hands. she is now able to pick things up. very tiny things, and even comb her hair and do her hair. she is also hoping to receive a prosthetic legislator on this year. the best to her. >>> oscar winning actress angelina jolie revealed her decision to have a double mastectomy. she did it because tests revealed she had a high risk of developing breast cancer. sanjay gupta looks at what role genetic testing can play in breast cancer screening. >> friedrich a it was a brave decision i would say for jolie to publicly reveal such a private part of her life. she did not have breast cancer but chose to undergo a preventive double masectomy after she discovered she has the mutated brca 1 gene. that greatly increases her risk for breast aovarian cancers. it prompted a lot of questions. there are a couple of thin

copeland with 3 as the knicks prevail.s still up 2 games to 1 with game 6 saturday in indianapolis. shark took the ice tonight for game 2 of the play offs series with the l.a. kings but without torez who has been suspended by the nhl for the remainder of this series. with he show you exactly why the nhl has come down on torez because of the hit in game 1 on stole nhl trying to prevent concussion and felttor east was going for the head shot. torez repeat offender in the nhl sending mostly clear message this will not be tolerated. sharks fare without him in game 2. kings jump out to the early lead. carter with the fourth of the play offs to win then is the 92nd power play drew slaps it and never even saw it. after being shut out in the opener. sharks get on the board. patrick marlo with a tip in. fifth of the play offs and cut the lead in half 2-1. still in the second and brad stewart had not scored a goal all season with a g his first of the year and of the post season tight up at 2 and a that's where we are right now 2-2 i

i have a 17-year-old son, copeland, and my wife and i are helping him through the complex, difficult process of choosing a higher -- a place of higher education to attend. there are a lot of factors to consider. in this economy, our children deserve the best possible chance we can give them to find a job that will allow them to provide for themselves and their future families. the key to good decision making is having accurate information this will provide copeland and the other students in northeast georgia with the best possible data that they and their parents can use to select toe the right post-secondary path for them. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bill, i thank the gentleman for his leadership, and this is a positive solution for our country and a positive solution for families looking for a solution for higher education. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. andrews: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana. mr. messer: i have no additional speakers. the speake

malig >> copeland is starting the war are citizens network. >> will the size of the neighborhood letting criminals know that we are armed. >> people could not ignore the history being made in texas. firearm or handgun are on size. >>the three day convention ends later today. ends later today. >> c'mon buddy, arms up. why do i have to put on a sweater? 'cause we are going out to brunch. why? because it's mother's day and on mother's day sometimes you have to wear things that you don't like to wear. now we get to drive and sit in traffic and go to a fancy restaurant and order a bunch of overpriced entrees that are really small. things like quiche which is egg pie, believe it or not. make her mother's day meal special by making it yourself. >> we are looking add the seven ciscbig changes in the fot kicking in today. coastal fog today in very windy and the bay area. when the day and cooler temperatures today and tomorrow with a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. in lin >> looks like most of the more she will stay off shore today looking at the satellite images here. chance of sho

. >>> and an encouraging update from amy copeland, the woman who nearly died after contracting a rarebacteria. >>> raffaele sollecito is speaking out. we will talk to him in a moment but first his story. in the saga of amanda knox, sollecito is perhaps best known from this image, kissing knox outside the apartment where meredith kercher was brutally murdered just one day before. that was six years ago. knox and her boyfriend of just seven days, raffaele sollecito were convicted of the murder, both sentenced to prison. sollecito had several opportunities to abandon knox and cut a deal but he never did despite the fact he never really knew her. an appeals court overturned because of insufficient evidence and two months ago a new trial was ordered to begin within the next year. raffaele sollecito is with us exclusively. his book is called "honor bound: my journey to hell and back with amanda knox." good morning. >> good morning. >> most recently the italian supreme court overturned your acquittal, which means you are once again facing this process all over again. >> yes. i'm -- me and al