-- in christina, we see all of our children.s, so trusting, so energetic. >> reporter: looking back at christina's life, you can chart the ups and downs of american civility. she was born on 9/11. a day when americans came together. by the time she was 3, however, the war in iraq was raging and some were calling president bush a war criminal. when christina was 7, another moment of national unity, the election of our first black president. but a year later, the president, accused of being a liar. and, at age 9, christina died in that brutal attack, which has once again provoked a surge of national unity. of course, america has always gone through periods of division, followed by periods of harmony. and some people argue it's our combative national style that is part of what makes us so strong. but this tragedy now has people asking, can we do better? today, we met the parents of baby allie mcintyre, who was born just hours after christina and the others were killed. these new parents insist change is possible. do you think it's

christina's mother described her as part tomboy, part girly-girl. christina green was 9 years old.urse on september 11th, 2001. >>> one of congresswoman giffords' staffers who was wounded in the shooting rampage ventured out of his hospital room for the first time. ron barber was wheeled outside to see the growing memorial of notes and flowers from well-wishers. he was greeted by hugs and shouts of support. family members say barber remembers everything about saturday's shooting. >>> this morning, tucson investigators are examining what could be major new evidence in the case against jared loughner. as pierre thomas reports, investigators are also investigating saturday's police radio transmissions to understand what happened and when. >> reporter: from the first radio transmissions, it was clear something horrific was unfolding. >> we have a shooting at the safeway. a man with a semiautomatic weapon. >> reporter: it becomes clear that a congresswoman has been shot. >> we have a caller who believes that gabrielle giffords was shot. it's multiple victims. it sounds like many people

(cheers and applause) and in christina, in christina we see all of our children. so curious, so trusting, so energetic, so full of magic, so deserving of our love, and so deserving of our good example. if this tragedy prompts reflection and debate-- as it should-- let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost. (applause) let's make sure it's not on the usual plane of politics and point-scoring and pettiness that drifts away in the next news cycle. the loss of these wonderful people should make every one of us strive to be better, to be better in our private lives, to be better friends and neighbors, co-workers and parents and if as has been discussed in recent days, their death helps usher in more civility in our public discourse let us remember it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy-- it did not-- but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to the challenges of our nation in a way that would make them proud. (cheers and applause) we should be civil because we want to live up to the example of p

for christina green, a final good-bye. a funeral mass at st. elizabeth ann seton church. 2,000 people turned up. some, no older than christina herself. so many, the overflow had to stand outside. many of them no doubt, moved to be here by the president's eulogy last night. >> christina was an a-student, she was a dancer, she was a gymnast, she was a swimmer. she decided that she wanted to be the first woman to play in the major leagues and as the only girl on her little league team, no one put it past her. >> reporter: obama, of course has a daughter the same age. >> here was a young girl who was just becoming aware of our democracy. just beginning to understand the obligations of citizenship. just starting to glimpse the fact that some day she, too, might play a part in shaping her nation's future. >> reporter: today, outside the church, new york firefighters carfully unwrapped a flag with special significance. the 9/11 flag, recovered in tatters from ground zero and stitched back together with other flags from around the country. a red, white

christina, christina taylor green. and she's looking at me. and it was -- she was wondering, she was confused, she was asking me what is going on, and i'm just telling her to stay with me. do not leave me here by myself, young lady. and then someone, a big, calm but definitely pay attention to this voice, lady, legs, khaki legs came between us and said "ma'am, we are -- christina is being taken care of." she, because they didn't know her name then. she is being taken care of, your friend is being taken care of. you are bleeding. your job is to stay calm and let us help you. and i was worried about where is my purse, where is my wallet, where is my wallet. who knows why you think of these things, and how is christina. where is christina. i was responsible for her. it was my job to bring her home to her mom and dad. i took christina taylor green on january 8th, 2011, to see gabrielle giffords, and i said to christina, that could be you. there is no reason on god's green earth that you can't grow up and be that if that's what you want to be. >> i

(cheers and applause) and in christina, in christina we see all of our children. so curious, so trusting, so energetic, so full of magic, so deserving of our love, and so deserving of our good example. if this tragedy prompts reflection and debate-- as it should-- let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost. (applause) let's make sure it's not on the usual plane of politics and point-scoring and pettiness that drifts away in the next news cycle. the loss of these wonderful people should make every one of us strive to be better, to be better in our private lives, to be better friends and neighbors, co-workers and parents and if as has been discussed in recent days, their death helps usher in more civility in our public discourse let us remember it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy-- it did not-- but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to the challenges of our nation in a way that would make them proud. (cheers and applause) we should be civil because we want to live up to the example of p

sus christina died that day.eilman was shot three times and while her physical wounds are healing, her emotional words are still raw. it's heart wrenching to hear her story of survival and loss. >> gab yell gifford -- i said you have your questions, you know what you're going to say. i said christina let's do the math, how many senators do we have? hold that number. how many representatives do we have? hold that number. add the president and the vice president. you got that number? that ease the number of people that make the laws that tell us how we live here in america today and you are going to get to shake her hand and then a shot. >> that was the last thing. >> it's a moment of deafening silence, does that make sense? people said there was no depth. that this was the noise i had never heard before. >> there's a parking lot, there's a vinyl banner, congress on your corner, the seal of congress of the united states, flags, congresswoman is under the plastic table. and all these characters we have now come to k

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christina greene was born on the day the world trade towers fell. 30-year-old gabe zimmerman, engaged to be married, was giffords' community outreach director. dorwin stoddard, 76, a former construction worker, died shielding his wife from the bullets. though shot three times, she's expected to recover. dorothy morris, also 76, was a retired secretary who loved to entertain. john roll, 63, was a respected federal judge. 79-year-old phyllis scheck, a transplant from new jersey, was active in her church and liked to knit. christina greene's father had just one last request. >> people need to realize that, you know, you don't settle your issues with guns. >> reporter: the impact of this tragedy in tucson was felt high above the earth. congresswoman giffords' brother- in-law, scott kelly, is commander of the international space station. he led flight control centers around the world in a moment of silence. >> as i look out the window i see a very beautiful planet that seems very inviting and peaceful. unfortunately, it is not. we are better than this. we must do better. >> couric: the inv

christina green's will be the first this afternoon. in honor of the little girl born on 9/11, the ground zero flag will be here on display. authorities are learning more about the events leading up to the shooting. hours before the attack, police also pulled suspect jared loughner over for running a red light but let him go with a warning. >> none of the interactions would leave any reasonable police officer to conclude that this guy would grab a gun and go shoot 20 people. >> reporter: investigators are still searching for missing clues, including a black bag loughner was seen with on the morning of the rampage. now, a federal judge from san diego has been appointed to the case. that is after every judge in arizona recused themselves. of course, that's because one of the victims in the case was a federal judge. betty? >> all right. sandra hughes joining us live in tucson this morning. sandra, thank you. >>> the house unanimously passed a resolution honoring gabrielle giffords and the other victims of the tucson shootings. following a

even though traffic is clear, christina talked about the fog in the east bay. watch that for the cartinas and venetian bridges. no dense fog advisory so far issued by chp. >>> did you feel it? an overnight earthquake shook the east bay. "today in the east bay"s" christie smith is live with more. >> reporter: a 3.0 is not strong enough to knock the dishes out of your cabinet, but one worker here said she felt it this morning at starbucks. again, a 3.0 earthquake hit at 12:31 a.m. that according to the usgs. it was centered about three miles northwest of concord and four miles southeast of martinas. the depth was 9.6 miles. a check on the usgs website says there's a lot of seismic activity there, and a large number of people are responding to the website saying they did feel it. over 100 responses coming in from the concord area, but also places to the west like richmond and oakland and pittsburg. dozens of response from the martinas area. if you are not sure what that was overnight, yes, it was a small earthquake. christie smith for "today in the east bay." >>>

they lined the streets for christina taylor green's final trip. that ended under a patch work flag that survived 9/11, her birthday. today, it was used to bid her farewell. the small signs of her custom made casket, blessed by the monks who donated it, said it all. >> she began her life with a tragedy on 9/11, and her life was ended with a tragedy here in arizona. but it was nine good years in the middle. >> reporter: a gentle spirit by every account, christina had been adopted by a nation and a president who, last night, grieved as a father, too. >> in christina, we see all of our children. so curious, so trusting, so energetic, so full of magic, so deserving of our love. and so deserving of our good example. >> reporter: a growing memorial outside her school encapsulates everything she was. an artist. an a-student. a dancer. the only girl on her little league baseball team, just elected to her student council. who never saw her 9/11 birthday as a grim day, but as she told her mom, as a day to make a change. >> that there would be an end to terro

children playing ball in christina's memory.e far corner of these tucson ball fields, a quiet reminder of why so many children came out to play today. christina-taylor green loved playing ball. she was the lone girl on a team full of boys. this was a tough week here in tucson. >> yeah. >> reporter: travis was in the stands. what is your hope going forward? >> i don't want anybody to be scared to go to that -- >> reporter: that safeway? >> that safeway again. >> reporter: what do you want to remember most about her? >> that she -- she didn't deserve to die. >> reporter: did you know that she played on a whole team of boys? she was the only girl? >> no. >> reporter: that's pretty brave. >> yeah. >> reporter: in fact, this whole community has shown its bravery. >> they came out here and every single one of those kids knew why they were here today. >> reporter: in the dugout, 10-year-old jessie, with her eyes on the game, her thoughts this week, elsewhere. did you think about christina this week? >> i did. it was really sad. >> repo

john and roxanne that green, christina's parents, told us today that christina had just been electedudent council at mesa verde elementary school. >> she wanted to make positive changes in the classroom. i guess the kids loved it. and she -- >> she won. >> her message got across and she won. >> reporter: tough little campaigner, huh? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: could you see her some day in congress? >> easily. and that's -- you know, i could see her doing a lot of things. i think she would have been successful with whatever she put her mind to because she was tenacious. >> reporter: christina's thirst for politics and the inner workings of government came from a devastating place. i think everybody paused when they heard her birth date, september 11, 20 01. >> she was very proud of that. >> reporter: because of her birth date, she was one of the 509/11 babies featured in a book called faces of hope. >> she had a little different tilt to 9/1 1, that was her birthday. she looked at it as positive for the country. >> there would be an end to terrorism, end to war, end to hatred, disres

, in christina we see all of our children. so curious, so trusting, so energetic, so full of magic, so deserving of our love, and so deserving of our good example. yet this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, but let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost. [ applause ] let's make sure it's not on the usual plain of politics and point scoring and pettiness that drifts away in the next new cycle. the loss of these wonderful people should make every one of us strive to be better, to be better in our private lives, to be better friends, neighbors, and co-workers and parents. and if, as has been discussed in recent days, their death helps usher in more civility in our public discourse, let us remember it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy, it did not. but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to the challenges of our nation in a way that would make them proud. [ applause ] >> we should be filled, because john roll and gabby giffords who kne

. >>> the youngest victim of the tucson shooting, christina green, was buried thursday. thousands gathered for an emotional service. john blackstone has that part of the story. >> reporter: the 9-year-old girl who was born on september 11th, 2001 was carried to her funeral beneath a flag that survived the world trade center attack that day. a symbol of both tragedy and resilience. the service for christina green was private, but in death, she's become a public figure. while christina has touched the nation, for the hundreds lining the route to her funeral, she is tucson's child. >> i pray every night that she'll be in a happy place and that she's with god now. >> reporter: among the tributes at christina's school is one from her little league team where she was the only girl. >> we're all trying to process this. >> reporter: dave briton brought six of his seven boys, isaac was in the third grade with christina. >> and she's the same age as me. and it's just sad. >> reporter: along with the sadness, there is also a new fear. >> a little scared? >> yeah. could have been me

he talked about christina green, the youngest victim of the shooting. she had been elected her school class president and she had come along to see congresswoman giffords speak that day and she was interested in perhaps becoming a politician in the future. president obama used to amend the as a call to america. he described her as a gentle and happy spread. -- president obama used her memory as a call to america. he described her as a gentle and happy spirit. >> i want to pick up on the comments and also quote from the speech. he said, let's make sure that this is this is where the of what we have lost. this is not on the usual plain of politics and point scoring. this reflects on the comments we have heard from sarah palin and others over this incident. i don't think that we can get steve at the moment. we can go back to roger. did you hear me make that question? can you pick up on that point? >> i did not catch the question. >> picking up the point you made earlier about a political point scoring hurting president obama, he said let's make sure that t

. >>> where's christina? i'm response building for her. >> the final moments in the last moments in the life of the youngest member of the tucson shootings. >>> also the call for change that could overall california's education system. >>> and -- >> i didn't know anything about it. i have kids and we didn't know anything. >> the bay area brothel. busted, operating under the radar for years in one south bay neighborhood. good evening, everyone. welcome. i'm tom sinkovitz. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. >>> modern-day slavery hidden right if bay area cities. more than a doll local law enforcement agencies cracking down on a massive sex slave ring. rescuing women from taiwan and china forced into a life of prostitution. our george kitiyama spoke to neighbors who had no idea sex slaves were struggling in their own backyards. george. >> reporter: right across the street is where one of the brothels was. it was sandwiched between this pizza hut and restaurant on the other. it was one of the many brothels in the sex ri

christina and i as a team found the updates. lower visibility out of fairfield the fog just north of the carquinas and benicia bridges the fog will continue drifting in towards the bridges and visibility may be an issue for interstate 80 and 680. an issue off of the 680 and 80 split for the north in vacaville. antioch we have a disabled motorcycle reported even on a friday. no major fog, if you are into or out of the pass, keep in mind the trivalley will get the patchy fog. back to you. >> people will have the fog. something to watch out for. >> we could be seeing more. when we get saturate and the sun, here comes the fog too. >> spoken like a true meteorologist. good morning to you. we love the love stories. keep those coming throughout the morning. things are looking good. we are actually looking good for late or today. we have visibility issues. especially in the north bay. what's happening as brent just pointed out, we have a moisture-rich atmosphere. it compresses everything and the atmosphere is rich. there is heavy mistin

let's check your east bay forecast with christina. it has been getting warmer and warmer and warmer. >> yes, it has. and i have good news for you, mr. mcgrew, it's going to continue to get warmer. let's start, though. you may have felt a little jolt in your sleep last night in the east bay. we had a minor rumbler, a 4.5 earthquake that took place near hollister. the epicenter was actually located eight miles southwest of hollister, 45 miles south-southeast of the san jose city hall. 4.5 earthquake is definitely strong enough to wake you out of bed and probably strong enough to knock a few books off the book shelves and pictures off the wall. that's what happened so we'll find out more information about how the impact was felt in this community but in the east bay you probably didn't feel it. things look really good in the east bay. we've got really warm temperatures compared to where we started out this week and we do have a warming trend on the way. we'll see temperatures in the mid-60s as we head into tuesday, so today is looking be

and christina's life was filled with dreams. >> very intelligent.he had lots of thoughts on what she was going to do in the future. being a veterinarian. a politician. an artist. she wanted to play professional baseball. >> reporter: baseball runs in christina's family. her father is a scout for the los angeles dodgers, her grandfather is dallas green, who pitched in the major leagues and is a former manager of the philadelphia phillies. christina was the only girl mike coached on his little league team. >> i can think of times that she hit the ball during games, and you look at her face, and her smile, and now, we don't get to do that anymore. >> reporter: she was interested in politics, too. partly inspired by the accident of her birth date and had just been elected to her school student council. that's why a family friend invited her to meet congresswoman gabrielle giffords yesterday. down the street the shots fired in the supermarket parking lot were heard clearly at the church where christina sang in the youth choir. for those left behind, the

we'll be hearing more from the family of christina-taylor green later on in this newscast. and as the hours have passed, we've learned much more about those who jumped into action even as the shooting continued. 20-year-old daniel hernandez rushed to the congresswoman seconds after she was shot. witnesses say he held her head in his lap and applied pressure to the bullet wound while waiting for the paramedics to arrive. remarkably, he'd been an intern in giffords' office for only five days. there's also another hero coming out tonight, a 61-year-old woman. >> i was not able to reach the gun. but he was pulling a magazine out of his pants pocket with his left hand and i was able to grab the magazine and pulled that out. so i found the magazine and was able to secure that. >> as you heard there, patricia maisch helped stop the violence by grabbing that magazine from the shooter while he was trying to reload. at the same time witnesses say several men jumped on the shooter and threw him to the ground. >>> late this afternoon senator dianne feinstein joined the legions of polit

a nice clear view as christina has been telling you. a nice flow in or out of the east bay to the bay bridge or the san mateo bridge right now. >>> a real life fight on the high seas. you can see what caused this exchange of gunfire caught on video off the african coast. >>> plus, tweeting into trouble. that's trouble. we'll tell you about twitter and the trouble it has had. come back in just a minute. >>> welcome back. you are looking at a live picture outside of a little bit of wind shake. don't forget, you have the super bowl coming up two sundays from now. as you probably know, the steelers had a big win as did the packers over my chicago bears. super bowl, february 6, i'll be at your house. see you there. >>> meanwhile, south korean officials rescued 21 crew members from a hijacked cargo ship off the african coast on friday. check this video out of the dramatic rescue. you can see the exchange of gunfire with somali pirates. they seized the south korean freighter a week before. and the raid was holding 21 people, including eight so

another nice one on tap, christina? >> yes, the more i check the more i'm seeing the numbers bump up today. we could be warmer in some cities than where we were yesterday. and yesterday was a record-breaking day in oakland. you tied a temperature record hitting 67 degrees. the old direction was sent back in 1994. high pressure will keep things nice and mild for us today. we have fog because of high pressure all throughout the san joaquin valley. that's the case until 11:00 a.m. take it easy if your travels take you that way. this morning we have a little bit of fog creeping in through the delta, especially in the east bay. places like concord are seeing pretty dense fog. same goes for fairfield. that's the case until 11:00 a.m. after that all the cloud cover breaks apart and lifts into the atmosphere leaving us with mostly clear conditions. already clear in the peninsula right now. 46 degrees in santa cruz. now into the upper 60s. in fact, 70 degrees in santa cruz later today. beautiful, beautiful weather. we'll find ou

back to you, marla. >>> thank you, christina. well, there's a new top cop in the bay area's largest city. sources inside the department say chris moore is the choice. now, moore is a scholar, a lawyer and 29-year veteran of the san jose police department. but despite those accolades, the new chief is facing resistance from community groups throughout the city. "today in the bay's" bob redell is joining us live in san jose this morning with a look at why some people are criticizing this pick. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. some advocacy groups think that sjpd needs to change the way they deal with minorities, but they argue that does not happy sticking with an insider like chris moore to lead the department. that's why later today groups representing asians, african-americans and latinos will protest here where i'm standing at. this will be later this afternoon. they are going to ask the city council not to confirm moore as the city's police chief when they meet next tuesday. instead they would like to see this man,

she wanted to play professional baseball. >> reporter: baseball runs in christina's family. her father is a scout for the los angeles dodgers. her grandfather is dallas green who pitched in the major leagues and is a former manager of the philadelphia phillies. christina was the only girl mike cojanski coached on his little league team. >> i can think of times that she hit the ball during games and you look at her face and her smile. and now we don't get to do that any more. >> reporter: she was interested in politics too. partly inspired by the accident of her birth date and had just been elected to her school student council. that is why a family friend invited her to meet congresswoman gabrielle giffords yesterday. down the street the shots fired in the supermarket parking lot were heard clearly at the church where christina sang in the youth choir. for those left behind, the pain of losing one so young and so full of promise is too great to measure. >> i don't know what my son is going to do without-- without his best friend. >> reporter: john blackstone, cbs news, tucso

hope born on 9/11. >> you can see the president became quite emotional when he was talking about christina. >>> we're going to also bring you an abc news investigation, the gunman's private files go public offering a glimpse into jared loughner's twisted mind. why he spoke of strapping bombs to babies. we're going to hear from police and his former girlfriend. >>> we begin with the president's address to the nation on wednesday. we have team coverage, as you can imagine, this morning beginning with dan harris there in tucson there for us.

good morning, christina. >>> good morning, scott. if you have been enjoying this beautiful weather, we have more in store for today. high pressure firmly in control of our weather pattern. and it looks like we don't have any rain in sight because of this really strong ridge of high pressure at least for the next seven days. so a sunny afternoon is what you can expect the next few days. it will be a beautiful weekend, but today we'll see temperatures about 10 to 15 degrees above average this time of the year. we are starting out relatively mild. in oakland, good morning to you, 53 degrees. 52 in concord. we are expecting highs by noon to rise above the seasonal averages, which is 57 degrees this time of the year. we'll be in the 60s as of noon. making your way home from work today, as we get closer and closer to the weekend, 64 in sunnyvale at 3:00 p.m. we'll let you know how warm it will be and even warmer for tomorrow. back to you, scott. >>> we'll go to mike. warm weather is bringing in wind and blusteriness as you are driving in.

check your forecast with christina. >> good morning.nk laura would look great 18 chocolate ferrari. let's take you through the next few days. we have changes on the way particularly as we head toward this weekend. we're going to see more sclouk temperatures are going to come down. toward the 70-degree mark. more on the way as we led to today and tomorrow and we drop off in time for the weekend. maybe it's been too warm for you. 65 degrees, starting out mild. then looking to 53 by saturday. a little fog on the way for monday morning. a possibility for rain on sunday. i will tell you if you've been missing the rain looks like it's on the way toward the end of next week. back to you. >> 24 hours after the oscar nomineeings were announced critics are coming out with their own predictions. >> a look at the actors and films to beat this year. >> hello everybody. good morning. >> the academy awards could produce upsets next month but not when it comes to best actor. colin firth of "the king's speech." >> he's someone that seems unbeatable at t

, christina!et's get out of here! >> reporter: suzi and christina were 50 years apart but had an undeniable connection. a common interest in civic issues. and are now forever bound by tragedy. what was it about christina that was so specious? >> it's those young ones that are so precocious and connect with adults. she was engaging to adults. she was a little girl who was going places. >> joining us this morning from university medical center in tucson is suzi's husband bill hileman. bill, good to have you back with us this morning. how is suzi doing? >> suzi had her second surgery yesterday on the fractured hip, and the doctor informed us all went extremely well. we get this morning to get the new x-rays and learn just all about the various screws and plates that have been put in there. but she is expected to have a nice, full recovery. although a very long, physical rehab. >> and that physical rehab is, of course, just one part of her recovery. i mean you expressed a great deal of concern to me w

i want our democracy to be as good as christina imagined it. may god bless and keep those we've lost in restful and eternal peace. >> noelle walker, nbc news, tucson, arizona. >> the vigil will be held for john roll, the federal judge killed in the rampage. the first federal judge killed since 1989. he was a friend of congresswoman giffords and he stopped by to say hello. roll's funeral will be held tomorrow. let's look at what's coming up later in the bay. we say good morning to brent cannon. >> taking your talks away. the usda is making changes to what your kids will be served at school. what is being pulled off of the menu and we are digging deeper into california's foreclosure crisis. we will see where we stand coming up. there is a look at the posters being seen in the bay area criticizing sarah palin over the shooting that. in a few more minutes. >> a pet and the owner are treated for the same illness. darwin single in alabama introduces us to a woman and her special dog. >> she the star of the search and rescue team. vision is say cadave

. >>> thank you, christina. oakland's police chief could be headed south for a new job. anthony bass is one of two finalists for top cops in san jose. the other finalist is acting police chief chris moore. bass was recruited with the promise of a fully staffed police force. under bad leadership oakland's crime rate has stopped steadily. a decision on san jose's new chief is expected by early next month. >>> well, today we should learn the identity of a bank robbery suspect who died following a shoot-out with union city police. the officer who was involved in the shooting is on administrative leave. the firefight happened after an armed robbery at bank of the west on niles road saturday afternoon. the police chased the getaway car until the driver stopped in a residential neighborhood. the driver was arrested while a passenger ran out and exchanged fire with the officer. the suspect was eventually found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in a backyard. >>> a woman and her dog are dead after a hit-and-run in concord. it happened just before 6:00 last night on solano way o

we also lost christina-taylor green.nother day of a unparalleled sadness, september 11, 2001, christina wasmesaerde at elementary school. she loved ballet, we can never know what christina might have come. we cannot imagine what the families of our six innocent neighbors are appealing. nor could we known the pain of the wounded, some whom are still struggling for their lives. gunfire did not it pierced our sense of well- being. it raised questions of which we can make no sense, questions begging for answers that will not come at any time soon. i know this -- arizona it is united in a mission of recovery. this state, bound together by prayer and action and hope and faith, will not be shredded by one madman's act of darkness. [applause] we have come to understand, aided by your presence, that we are being lifted up by the thoughts and prayers of others who mourn with us. we will remember how to smile again. i know arizona. i know every corner. i know it's proud, courageous citizens. we will go forward together, patient and

>> well, there's always been something special about christina.y is obviously one everybody else will remember. we're going to remember her for the nine years that we had her. and she was this beautiful, young, vibrant girl and that shouldn't happen in this country or anywhere else. >> meredith, earlier with john green green, the father of 9-year-old inch stria taylor. we could do weight watchers online together. it was easy, it was flexible and it worked. ok -- i've got ground turkey, i've got bell peppers so he'd plug it into the recipe builder and it just pulls up tons of recipe options. laura's very competitive, whenever i was beating her in weight loss numbers -- i always was winning in percentage. i am a little competitive. together we lost 162 pounds. i don't know if you've noticed, but look at this guy. [ female announcer ] join for free today. weight watchers online. finally, losing weight clicks. just joined? new year's resolution! we want a healthier lifestyle... so we can have more energy to do more stuff. healthy lifestyle? well, you

christina promising a great middle of the week. we'll check in with her coming up in just a bit. >>> at least two people are waking up to find themselves new millionaires and it's probably not you. not because you're not lucky but because you can hear my voice. the ticket holders are in idaho and washington state. they'll be sharing a mega millions worth $355 million. last night's big jackpot drawing. now, the prize is the fourth largest in history. the second largest in mega millions history as well. the numbers, just in case, 4, 8, 15, 25, 47, the mega ball number is 42. >>> amazing the pictures out of new jersey this morning. a three-alarm fire in an apartment house in the town of patterson. you will recall yesterday at exactly the same time there was also a huge apartment fire in new jersey. this is the second. several buildings at the scene in smoke and flames and firefighters say one person is missing. >>> good morning, folks. it's 4:45. i want to take you out to castro valley just off of 580. there is a pipe that's busted. i

her crying out, christina, christina, let's run, let's run, had her by the hand and then her very, very vivid memories of being on the ground bleeding profusely thinks she was dying. >> arizona's governor voiced the collective mood. >> there's no way to measure what tucson and all of arizona lost in that moment. the statistics, six dead, 14 wounded, and in no way explain the depth of this tragedy. >> reporter: a depth it seems no one here can escape. >> where this occurred was a mere few miles from where i live. and we shop at that safeway. so, yes, this hit home very, very deeply. >> reporter: late today, the arizona legislature voted to ban a group from protesting at the funeral of christina taylor green. it's the same group that's protested some u.s. military funerals that protection is extended to the funerals of all victims and, brian, the house here in arizona is expected to pass that bill and the governor to quickly sign it. it will apply to all the victims here. >> imagine a group wanting to come here and protest as a 9-year-old girl's funeral. be that as it may, lester holt on

we also lost christina-taylor green.nother day of a unparalleled sadness, september 11, 2001, christina was only 9 years old. she was a new member of the student council at mesa verde at elementary school. she loved ballet, swimming, and baseball. we can never know what christina might have come. we cannot imagine what the families of our six innocent neighbors are appealing. nor could we known the pain of the wounded, some whom are still struggling for their lives. gunfire did not just take six lives, and injure others. it pierced our sense of well- being. it raised questions of which we can make no sense, questions begging for answers that will not come at any time soon. i know this -- arizona it is united in a mission of recovery. this state, bound together by prayer and action and hope and faith, will not be shredded by one madman's act of darkness. [applause] we have come to understand, aided by your presence, that we are being lifted up by the thoughts and prayers of others who mourn with us. we will remember how t

mike inouye is joining us. >>> good morning, christina. sorry to bring the news to livermore, but we have an issue westbound on 580 right around the livermore avenue area. we have an accident around the exit. it should be pushing off to the shoulder. there's slowing in the area. i have seen that build up over the last two minutes since the accident was reported. there's the slowing westbound in the commute direction. eastbound heading out of the area to the san joaquin valley, we have a reminder of the fog christina has been telling us. no fog for the san mateo bridge. an easy drive westbound from 880 to the peninsula side. 101 and 280 are moving smoothly down through san mateo into the south bay. we'll take a look at oakland and we see the volume of traffic really starting to increase at the toll plaza itself. no backups. the meters lighting will be turned on in 20 to 25 minutes. we'll watch the commute build, but so far you are close to the limit approaching. >>> 6:02 right now, the economy is taking its toll on children in the south bay

christina's father john spoke during the service about how christina will be missed and how much the father, his name was dallas was her best friend. >> reporter: christina's brother dallas wiping a tear, giffords husband bowing his head. they are just two of the pictures taken inside the church from where those who spoke spoke of a energetic girl. >> she was just full of energy, she loved to swim, snorkel. she had asspiraions to be a politician. >>> and kelly has been by his wife's side, however she may still command nasa's next mission. >>> investigators in tucson today recovered a bag containing ammunition that may have belonged to gunman loughner. authorities said it contained nine millimeter am hue ammunition which is what was used at the shooting. loughner's father reported that his son had a black bag the morning of the shooting. >>> we have news to tell you about concerning a security breech at san jose international airport. a woman got off terminal b, and for some reason she turned around and went back in. that triggered an airport security alert as tsa shut down normal ope

it looks like a gorgeous forecast to check in on with christina in a minute. meanwhile, it is open and free, but the public wi-fi is also a paradise for hijackers to snag your personal information with a few clicks. it is call ed sci-jacking. facebook photos and messages could be exposed within seconds. >> reporter: is this your hot mail inbox? >> yes, it is. >> reporter: i'm actually on your facebook page right now on my computer. >> that's surprising that you are on my page. >> reporter: is this your facebook page? >> yes. >> reporter: these are your photos? >> yes. >> reporter: you are a nurse at stanford university? we had never met any of these people, but within seconds getting on a shared wi-fi network we were inside their personal accounts. not only could we see their online activity we could command that. >> how did you get that? >> reporter: we sci-jacked them using a program called firesheet. we could work along with them inside their account without being detected. i can change your status and change things and send messages. >> that's a little dis

back to you. >> let's check with christina.guy is getting sicker by the moment. >> you know what, it sounds sultry. good morning to you. we are looking good right now in the east bay if you can see when you walk out your front door. we will find reduced visibilities. tule fog through the delta and all of solano county. the entire east bay with visibilities way down. only about a quarter of a mile. up to the east bay it will be problematic as well. reduced visibilities and freezing conditions. santa rosa and novato. take it easy out there and we will warm up nicely with a beautiful day with tons of sunshine this afternoon and high temperatures macing out in the upper 50s. we are looking towards a comfortable day today and as we head throughout the rest of the week, temperatures are going to continue to be right around the upper 50s. that's good news. 60 in fremont and 59 in livermore and the extended forecast shows you the trend continues. no showers in the forecast. mostly cloudy tuesday into wednesday. back to you. >> new this

we will check with christina for weather. it is tuesday, january 4th here in the east bay. . >>> we will have the latest off half moon bay in a minute. what you need to know as you get out the door this morning. >> good morning, scott. if you wake up in the east bay, you are bundled up as you make your way out to the vehicle, you will find a good layer of frost. seeing the 30s across the board. more temp rate towards the coast. 43 degrees in oakland. patchy fog and frost will be a factor. you are down to about a quarter mile visibility in novato and livermore. you are waking up with a lot of fog. take it easy out there. mike will be along to let you know if it will impact your drive yet. here's a look at the pig picture. high pressure moves in and will keep things nice and sunny for us. a nice mild pattern sets up for quite sometime. back to you. >> thank you much. let's check in with mike and the morning traffic. >> good morning. we will go out to the benicia bridge. traffic is light and no major issues. here the chp and a f

with me and not to do this alone, sweetie, i love you and stay here and christina, christina. >> christina was one of six people killed in the shootings. >>> some scary moments on board a qantas flight in australia this morning. oxygen masks deployed after a loss in cabin pressure. the flight was traveling to melbourne when pilots were forced to make a rapid did he cent from 36,000 to 10,000 feet. qantas says the air condition failed leading to a loves pressure. passengers used oxygen masks for about 10 minutes. the plane landed safely and no one was hurt. >>> just how cold is it in the northeast? check this out. a man in new york city's greenwich village tried to warm up chipping a 5" coat of ice off of his audi. a leaky pipe on the street provided the water which did what it's supposed to do in subfreezing temperatures, turned to ice. when the owner got the door open and the engine started, the rear window shattered. i read about this. he was using a screwdriver and hammer to get the ice off. >> scratched up now. >> for sure. >> i was going to say that is the absolute worst thing you can

christina's father john spoke during the service about how christina will be missed and how much the father, his name was dallas was her best friend. >> reporter: christina's brother dallas wiping a tear, giffords husband bowing his head. they are just two of the pictures taken inside the church from where those who spoke spoke of a energetic girl. >> she was just full of energy, she loved to swim, snorkel. she had asspiraions to be a politician. >>> and kelly has been by his wife's side, however she may still command nasa's next mission. >>> investigators in tucson today recovered a bag containing ammunition that may have belonged to gunman loughner. authorities said it contained nine millimeter am hue ammunition which is what was used at the shooting. loughner's father reported that his son had a black bag the morning of the shooting. >>> we have news to tell you about concerning a security breech at san jose international airport. a woman got off terminal b, and for some reason she turned around and went back in. that triggered an airport security alert as tsa shut down normal ope

i want our democracy to be as good as christina imagined it. i want america to be as good as she imagined it. all of us we should do everything we can do to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations. [ cheers and applause ] .. >>> as has already been mentioned, christina was given to us on september 11, 2001, one of 50 babies born that day to be pictured in a book called faces of hope. on either side of her photo in that book were simple wishes for a child's life. i hope you help those in need read one. i hope you know all the words to the national anthem and sing it with your hand over your heart. [ cheers and applause >> i hope you jump in rain puddles. if there are rain puddles in heaven christina is jumping in them today. [ cheers and applause >> and here on this earth, here on this earth we place our hands over our hearts and we commit ourselves as americans to forging a country that is forever worthy of her gentle happy spirit. may god bless and keep those we have lost restful and in eternal peace. may he love and wat

we will check in with christina.y, january 14th, today in the bay. >>> good friday morning. 6:30. >> thank you very much for being here. i'm laura garcia cannon we have a look at the forecast >> thanks for joining us. temperatures on the mild side to start you out. dense patchy fog in the north bay and that could be problematic. this is what we are expecting. the hour by hour forecast, we are talking about the 60s in the north bay. 61 in novato and as you make your way home from work, around 3:00, 63 degrees. 67 in fairfield. we will let you know how long the warm up will last. it is the weekend. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> hopefully it's friday light. >> it is. a lighter volume means people take a little bit of a faster commute. watch the speed we have slick conditions achl reminder we have a spinout reported. 880, an accident and the car overturns . a person crawls out of the car and no injuries keep in mind, slick roadways can make the on and off-ramps tougher to navigate. a volume means you are naviga

we'll check the commute now with mike. >>> good morning, christina. no sass on the commute from me or in the commute. we have construction on the golden gate bridge. crews were moving the cones earlier this morning. a live shot at the bridge itself shows a construction crew at the toll plaza. it is a little early for the right lane to be blocked approaching. we'll keep an eye on things but very light volume. we have a hit-and-run report for westbound 580 near livermore. no major slowing but there's activity on the shoulder. no injuries as well. we are looking at eastbound highway 4 coming out of pittsburgh. there's still reports of a disabled frito lay truck. i have been known to eat those from time to time, and that's an area of interest for you as well. >>> 5:01 this morning. saving caltrain will be the main topic of a meeting today at stanford. the transit is facing hard economic times and commuters in the bay area could have fewer options to get around. marla tellez is here with what caltrain is up against. marla? >> reporter: brent, what it comes

she says she held young christina's hand while she died.th our bob woodruff. >> when i saw congresswoman giffords slide down against the flags, i had no doubt that she had been shot. >> then how long after that when she was hit were you hit? >> it must have been almost right away. >> reporter: suzi hileman was there because christina, the student council member, wanted to meet her congresswoman. >> we went, we signed in. she was excited she was going to get snail mail from the congresswoman in her own name. we were going to have a photo opportunity. and then we were going to have lunch and get our nails done, and she was going to go home. that was the plan. >> are you comfortable talking about this now? i know you didn't for awhile. >> i don't know that i'm ever going to be comfortable with it. it hurts. i lost a friend. my friend lost her daughter. imagine, imagine every -- >> i can't imagine. >> my girlfriend's daughter is dead. that's not a sentence you ever want to say. >> what would you call the hardest, darkest moment? >> watching chr