here's abc's barbara pinto. >> reporter: emmanuel lowe has been blind for all of her 12 years.ng of christmas is totally clear. ♪ silent night holy night all the calm all is bright as we gather round the tree ♪ >> reporter: she wrote this song at the age of 3. ♪ let the love and praises ring ♪ >> there is hope and peace and love and joy and light. that especially comes out on christmas. >> reporter: the song caught the ear of neighbor, who passed it on to grammy award winning producer doug nelson. what did you think? >> just warm fuzz zis like you can't imagine. >> reporter: though she, her parents, and five siblings live modestly in this two-bedroom cottage. she balance to donate the earnings from her song to poor children to get music lessons. >> i feel music can be healing. it's healing to me. >> reporter: this christmas, a little girl without sight shares her vision of the true spirit of the season. ♪ on this holy night >> reporter: barbara pinto, abc news, new buffalo, michigan. ♪ >> talented, talented young lady. >> beautiful, beautiful. >> it's been a pleasure to work wi

here's abc's barbara pinto. >> reporter: emmanuel has been blind for all of her 12 years.g of christmas is crystal clear ♪ silent night holy night all is calm all is bright ♪ ♪ as we gather round the tree >> reporter: music has always been her gift at age 11 she wrote a soulful tribute to the holidays. ♪ there are no tears to cry ♪ on this one night of christ ♪ let the love and praises ring ♪ >> there is still hope and love and peace and joy, and light, and that especially comes out on christmas. >> reporter: the song called "the ear of a neighbor" passed it along to grammy award winning producer doug nelson. >> what did you think when you heard her? >> oh, god, just warm fuzzies like you can't imagine. >> reporter: though emmanuel, her parents and five siblings live modestly in this two bedroom college. she plans to donate money from her song to help poor children get music lessons. >> music can be healing if there's hard things happening, music is healing to me. >> reporter: her music shares the spirit of the season. ♪ on this holy night >> reporter: barbara pinto, abc n

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and that's what's so empowering for them. >> reporter: barbara pinto, abc news, san diego. >> and it'shave you watching with us. and we are always on at abcnews.com. don't forget, "nightline" will be here later. and we leave you tonight with anotherchristmas, tonight in duluth, minnesota. have a great night, everyone. captioned by closed captioning services, inc.

and that's what's so empowering for them. >> reporter: barbara pinto, abc news, san diego. >> and it'shave you watching with us. and we are always on at abcnews.com. don't forget, "nightline" will be here later. and we leave you tonight with anotherchristmas, tonight in duluth, minnesota. have a great night, everyone. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getetting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone.

and that's what's so empowering for them. >> reporter: barbara pinto, abc news, san diego. >> and it'shave you watching with us. and we are always on at abcnews.com. don't forget, "nightline" will be here later. and we leave you tonight with another scene of christmas in america tonight, from duluth, minnesota, thanks to wdio/wirt in duluth. so, have a great night, everyone. >>> community takes full responsibility for the san bruno explosion. >> and petitions now being circulated to recall oakland's mayor, tonight we find they're not having trouble getting people to sign it. >> outrage in oakland. trucks backed up for blocks as long shoremen play catch up at the port. tonight their message. >> and new budget crisis governor brown pulls a trigger on a billion dollars in spending cuts. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn tyler. tonight pg&e is willing to pay up for a deadly disaster. >> the utility says it will take full financial responsibility for the pipeline explosion last year. we're live with the story. john? >> one of the homeowner who's lost his house is hoping th

barbara pinto has more. >> reporter: on the field and off, sam hurd was known as a solid player and a devout christian, married to his college sweetheart, raising a daughter in this suburban home. >> every one of the bears say, good guy, great guy, quoting the bible. obviously, he was conning them if he's involved in this. >> reporter: federal investigators say he led a double life. he was arrested outside this steak house on wednesday after a dinner with undercover agents. they allege he wanted to buy and distribute 10 kilos of cocaine and pounds of marijuana every week. >> reporter: most perplexing to fans, he just signed a $5 million deal. with a $1.3 million signing bon bonus. >> we're sporting yorks you hemming pay you, and you're doing something like this. >> reporter: authorities allege his drug empire could have earned him up to $700,000 a week. his lawyer vowed to fight the charges. >> out of respect to the nfl, to his teammates and other players, he 100% denies that allegation. >> reporter: the chicago bears cut sam hurd on friday and said they did their home work before the

barbara pinto has more. >> reporter: on the field and off, sam hurd was known as a solid player and at christian, married to his college sweetheart, raising a daughter in this suburban home. >> every one of the bears say, good guy, great guy, quoting the bible. great guy to be around. obviously, he was conning them if he's involved in this. >> reporter: federal investigators say hurd led a double life. the 26-year-old was arrested outside this steakhouse on wednesday after a stake dinner with undercover agents posing as drug dealers. they allege he wanted to buy and distribute 10 kilos of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana a week. >> it appears he was a full-time drug dealer, if you believe what the government says in the complaint, and a part-time football player. >> reporter: most perplexing to fans, he just signed a $5 million deal. with the bears. >> i'm just having fun out there. >> reporter: with a $1.3 million signing bonus. >> we're supporting you, helping pay you, and you're doing something like this. >> reporter: authorities allege his drug empire would have earned him fa