>>> president obama is among those who consider daniel hernandez jr. a hero. hernandez is the 20-year-old intern who helped save congresswoman gabby giffords during the deadly mass shooting in arizona two years ago. this morning he writes a letter of advice for our ongoing series, "note to self." >> dear daniel at the age of 5 you've already decided what you want to do with the rest of your life. you want to help people. you enjoy school and you love politics. and you're ambitious but really have no reason to be. you're young your gay and latino, born it a struggling working class family in tucson arizona. i just want to let you know now things may not go according to plan, but in the end everything will work out and you'll be able to still help other people.

daniel hernandez jr., next on "cbs this morning." >>> president obama is among those who consider danield save congresswoman gabby giffords during the deadly mass shooting in arizona two years ago. this morning, he writes a letter of advice for our ongoing series, "note to self." >> dear daniel, at the age of 5 you've already decided what you want to do with the rest of your life. you want to help people. you enjoy school, and you love politics. and you're ambitious but really have no reason to be. you're young, your gay and latino, born it a struggling working class family in tucson, arizona. i just want to let you know now, things may not go according to plan, but in the end everything will work out and you'll be able to still help other people. you have many lessons to learn in a short amount of time. you'll learn that you're smarter than most people give you credit for but not as smart as you think you are. you'll learn that living a life trying to make others happy will only succeed in making you unhappy. and you'll learn to accept the things that make you different instead of tryin

. >>> and without daniel hernandez jr. gabby giffords may not be alive today.nsurers in health systems are trying to cut costs and avoid new medicare pen falts a patient goes back to the hospital within 30 days. >>> the "stuttgart daily leader" says a couple from arkansas got a double dose of luck last weekend. steven and terry weaver bought a lottery ticket to the way to a fishing trip. then they bought another on the way back. the first ticket hit for $1 million. the second was worth $50,000. >>> a subtle change in elevator music. the new york times says the term muzak has been retired. not the format, just the name. it will be called mood and will still be heard in stores and elevators. >>> "usa today" looks at a new survey on what single people consider a must-have in a potential date or partner. listen carefully -- number one, for both men and women, teeth. that's important. always a good thing. just saying. >> yes. >> that's followed by grammer. like that, too. the survey also found 42% would not date a virgin. okay. and sense of humor is also very import

welcome back daniel hernandez. i went to texas yesterday, i fired some of these guns. i was frankly just staggered by the speed and power of these ar-15s and the ease with which i could fire one, having never used one before. the accuracy. god forbid what would have happened if the shooter in your incident had been able to use one of those. i think it would have been a mass slaughter of a much more devastating scale. and that's why i feel so strongly about it. what is your view? >> you know, for me, it was a really interesting situation two years ago being there when the young man used a semiautomatic glock, but the problem was he used an extended magazine. that is one of the things that was really the difference. whereas he would have had to reload three separate times if he had a standard magazine with ten clips, he had one. when he was stopped was when he was trying to reload and pat, who is in her 60s, grabbed it and wouldn't let go. >> but if he had an ar-15 -- >> a hundred clips in a magazine. >> and if it didn't jam -- >> blasted everyone. and that's i think the

let's bring in daniel hernandez, the former gabby giffords intern and author of "they call me a hero"helped save the former congresswoman's life. we're also joined by representative diana deget, democrat of colorado. gabby giffords and her husband mark kelly are starring in a new ad that's out today. take a listen to this. >> take it from me, congress must act. let's get this done. >> now, that's the first ad from miss giffords group and it's going to air in speaker john boehner's district among others and in kentucky, the state of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. if you will excuse the pun, daniel, this is a targeted campaign, isn't it? >> it is. and i think it's so great to see the congresswoman using her own words. as we saw two weeks ago with the senate hearing, it's so difficult for her to be able to speak but her voice is a really important one. and her message to the members of congress and to the senators is we need you to be brave and courageous because americans are counting on you. now we turn on the heat with this new ad. >> daniel, many of us felt that when the con

> when gabby giffords was shot in the head outside a tucson safeway it was her young intern, daniel hernandez used his bare hands to slow down the bleeding from her bleeding skull. he helped to save the cog woman's life. he is telling his story in a new book. tonight we caught up with him before a book signing. he said he is hoping congress will finally pass tighter gun control. >> we need to make sure that we're holding them accountable and really do wag gabby said last time. we need them to be brave, courageous, because americans are counting on them. this is not something that we can wait, especially in light of what happened in newtown. >> the because is called "they call me a hero. a memoir of my youth." >>> is it an invitation for thieves? >> there is a disagreement tonight between d.c. police chief cathy lanier and a company that buys used cell phones. so we had gary nurenberg do some looking into it. >> reporter: i did. the idea is to recycle unused cell phones. there are millions of them in american closets and drawers. by giving you cash immediately for that unused phone. but comple

joining me now, zach walls and daniel hernandez, the former intern who helped save gabby giffords' life memoir "they call me a hero." zach walls, are you in a broadway play or something? >> absolutely not. >> i'm getting the feeling you know something about this scouts thing. >> that's right. i'm an eagle scout. >> an eagle scout is like what? it's like a general or something? >> it's the highest youth award can you get in the scouts. >> this is absolutely something what we were a little disappointed about, our organization scouts for equality has been working on this for the last several months. we thought while today's announcement was punting the ball, if they had the votes to shoot it down, they would have done that today. >> daniel, were you a scout? >> no, i was like you, one of those punks. >> the uniforms were awesome. >> i think the decision today is a victory in and of itself because we didn't get a straight no. >> that's the interesting part. they've been pretty hard line about this. >> zach, your mothers are gay. >> that's right. >> and you joined this organization knowing t

her intern daniel hernandez, who helped save her that day, and her surgeon, both of them went to thete of the union that year, as did the parents of the little girl, christina taylor green, who was killed in that shooting. arizona's congressional delegation held open a seat for gabby giffords herself that year, and the president mentioned her right at the top of the speech. but even with all of that attention to what had just happened days earlier in tucson, tucson was not discussed that year at the state of the union as a catalyst for policy change. the president made no mention in that year's speech of the problem of gun violence or any related policy reforms. that was in 2011. one of the most moving moments of the next state of the union, the following year, 2012, happened before the president began his speech. as lawmakers filled the room, a quiet applause started up in the chamber and initially it was hard to tell why people were clapping. but as the applause continued to build, it became clear that the capitol was applauding louder and louder and with more and more emotion for

murphy, the first iraq war vet to serve in congress as well as atlanta mayor kasim reid and daniel hernandezy giffords' life. "now with alex wagner" is coming up next. >> hey, thomas. i think plus ones are the difference between new york and d.c. >> yeah, i thought who is your plus one, you know? >> just part of the lingo up here. >> i thought it was, you know, very straight forward. >> you will always be my plus one. >> i will take you up on that, so thank you very much. >> thank you, thomas. president obama is gearing up for state of the union episode five with a two-pronged strategy. speak to the public and twist congressional arms. will the strategy break the gridlock? we will discuss the president's to do list with jared bernstein, eugene robinson, karen finney, and rick hertzberg. >> marco rubio is set to give the official gop response and ran paul plans to offer his own rebuttal. whose party is it anyway? we'll talk about the unlikely new third rail of republican politics, karl rove. all that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mo

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