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and david wright has his story. >> reporter: when an author talks about a deadline, it's usually not meant to be taken literally. but gordon murray decided to write his book the day he learned that the cancer he thought he had beaten was back. a malignant brain tumor. had i been 10, 20, 30 years younger, i think i probably would have wallowed in self-pity and got hung up in that. but i was lucky to be in a spot in my life where i had balance. >> reporter: he set to work co-authoring a how-to guide to investing. gordon murray knows a thing or two about that. for 25 years, he worked for wall street's biggest banks. the investment answer is a 66-page book in plain language. what you need to know to succeed long term in the markets. the opening words? "wall street brokers and active money managers use your relative lack of investment expertise to their benefit, not yours." >> finance is complex. the odds are stacked against you. you need help. i've met nurses, teachers, so many innocent, hard-working americans have lost everything because either a broker or their, even mutual fund has ov

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david wright is in tucson, with him tonight. david? >> reporter: good evening, bill. tonight, the heroes had pride of place, seats of honor. and daniel hernandez was right next to the president himself, and that is, as it should be given the extraordinary heroism you showed on saturday and we thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> reporter: i cannot imagine how humbling it must be to have not only the president of the united states single you out by name and applauding you, but to have 14,000 members of your community standing on their feet. >> i think it is always humbling when you get recognized by more than one person but then by the governor and the president, it is extremely humbling. >> reporter: and you had the added burden tonight of having to get up there and speak yourself. that must have been nerve wracking. >> it was nerve wracking because you only get one shot at it and at the end, i ended up tossing out what i had written before hand and just kind of wing it because i thought it would be better if i spoke from the heart. >> reporter: th

here's david wright with our report. >> reporter: today in tucson, the first solid bit of good news from the doctors. >> she's yawning, she's starting to rub her eyes and she'll wake up, where as before she would just go back to sleep right away. >> reporter: congresswoman gabby giffords appears to be waking up. but alongside that glimmer of hope, heartbreak as this community today laid to rest the littlest victim of the shooting. 9-year-old christina-taylor green and congresswoman giffords were forever linked by the mad gunman who tried to take both their lives. five days after that terrible event, two very different outcomes. 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

i'm david wright for "nightline" in los angeles. >> roseanne barr's new book is in bookstores now. >> is health care in trouble? that's the subject of tonight's closing argument. but first, here's jimmy kimmel with what's coming up next. >> jimmy: tonight, from "the fighter," amy adams, chris colfer, music from young the giant, and "this week in unnecessary censorship." come in, enjoy. "jimmy kimmel live" is next.c [ male announcer ] nature is unique... pure... and also delicious. like nature valley. granola bars made with crunchy oats and pure honey. nature valley -- 100% natural. 100% delicious. you can make a big difference. did you know that by march 1st,

david wright has more. >> reporter: the warning signs were clearly there.y they weren't surprised. >> i told my mother that he was a serial killer the first time i saw him. >> this individual has probably been trouble for some time. >> you think there's little question they knew he was very troubled? >> i don't think there's any doubt about that at all. >> reporter: but apparently, no one followed up on the warning signs until it was too late. friends say loughner became interested in pop culture int p interpretations about mayan prophecies. >> the world was going to end. >> reporter: it was at that point, he met gabby giffords. >> he asked her a question that made no sense to me. but he said, i can't believe she doesn't understand it. >> reporter: the question that stumped giffords, is what is government if words have no meaning? the friend told "mother jones," i told him, dude, no one's going to answer that. but ever since then, loughner shot the congresswoman was a fake. he had something against her. psychologists say politics may have had little to do w

as david wright reports. >> reporter: for 25 years, gordon murray was one of those wall street mastersf the universe. managing huge institutional investments for goldman sachs, lehman brothers a s and other f. >> i wasn't the kid you wanted your daughter to date. i got in touch with the important things, integrity, work ethic. but on the trading floor at goldman sachs, i was -- i slammed phones and was egocentric. i still wasn't a role model. so, we evolve. >> reporter: gordon has long wanted to atone for the sins of wall street. to share the secrets that no one seems to want to tell the little guy. the guy who is just trying to build that nest egg, to have enough money to pay the kid's college education and maybe retirement. so, where did wall street go wrong? >> wall street went wrong -- i think there's a confluence of things. but in the late '70s, illegal an unethical were the same. your word was your bond. the client comes first. those expressions started to be replaced, as you know, by liars and loans. we can hide debt. >> reporter: greed is good. >> greed is good. >> reporter: wh

david wright, abc news, tucson. >> our thanks to david wright tonight. >>> overseas this evening, there are questions about the stability of some eric nations, especially an important u.s. ally, egypt, after the so-called twitter revolution of tunisia. the over throw of the president. anger on social networks like twitter. police and protesters clashed again today. there are reports that the president's successor has already quit. >> there's also anger at the government of brazil as the death toll rises from floosh floods and mudslides. morgues have been overwhelmed. at least 600 have died. many more are still missing. >> we turn next to an even greater natural disaster, the devastating earthquake in haiti one year ago this week. matt found out victims that lost so much are literally standing on their own again. >> reporter: these are no ordinary soccer players, and in haiti, this has been no ordinary year. the earthquake created 4,000 new amputees. a brick wall fell on this man. he said, today is one of the best days of my life. that's because this former soccer coach is now back on th

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david wright spoke with hernandez last night. >> reporter: i cannot imagine how humbling it must be toave, not only the president of the united states singling you out by name, and applauding your heroism. but 14,000 members of your community standing on their feet to second the motion. >> i think it's humbling to get recognized by even one person. when you start getting recognized by people like the governor and the president, it's a humbling experience. >> reporter: you had the added burden of having to get up there and speak yourself. that must have been nerve-racking. >> it was nerve-racking because you only get one shot at it. at the end, i ended up tossing out what i had written beforehand and just kind of winged it. i thought it would be better if i spoke from the heart. >> reporter: i think the thing that people took away from the speech, and the thing that the president took away from it, your demurl on the heroism. >> i don't think i'm a hero. people they be brave at the time. i think to do something that's heroic, is to do something that's long and sustained. people like con

david wright, abc news, tucson. >>> i'll be back later in the broadcast with more from tucson. for the day's other news, let's go to david muir in new york. >>> still ahead here on "world news" this sunday night -- after the shootings of congresswoman giffords, new questions about whether all politicians should have tighter security and tonight, some who now say they'll carry a gun. >>> and the other major headline, that massive winter storm across ten states. it's going to be a very rough monday morning. >>> and the hero who rushed to gabby giffords' side. what he did and why it likely saved her life. [ woman ] i had this deep, radiating pain everywhere... and i wondered what it was. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and less pain means i can do more with the ones i love. [ female announcer

thank you, david wright. >>> and now, congresswoman gabrielle giffords. among the honored guests of the president tonight will be members of the medical team who tried to save her and that hero intern, daniel hernandez, who stood by her in the aftermath of that shooting. but giffords herself, as you know, will be 1,400 miles away in a houston hospital and bob woodruff has more on that. >> reporter: abc has learned that congresswoman gabrielle giffords may be released from intensive care into the rehab hospital, here to memorial herma hermann, as early as this week. the fluid accumulation in her brain that had been a concern to doctors has already started to subside. meanwhile, at tonight's state of the union in a show of solidarity with the congresswoman and the people of tucson, members of both parties will be wearing these black and white ribbons. in a special gesture, her friends in congress are leaving one seat unfilled. >> i'm really glad to see that there's going to be a chair left empty to symbolize what we all know will be a triumphant return to t

david wright, abc news, tucson. >>> and, we have a program note to tell you about. there will be a special "this week" town hall from tucson sunday morning. for the first time, survivors reuniting, talking with our christiane amanpour. and, in a sense, they will be holding that conversation they never got to finish in the supermarket, that parking lot on saturday morning. be sure and watch it on sunday. >>> and, here in washington, as you know, the shooting rampage sparked a lot of talk about civility, that whatever the differences, we should show respect to each other. there's even talk of a big symbolic move at the state of the union in a week and a half, and jon karl is on capitol hill tonight. jon, tell us what they're talking about. >> reporter: well, diane, you know the state of the unions, year after year, you see democrats sitting on one side, republicans sitting on the other side. when one side hears something they like, they jump up and applaud, the other side sits on their seats. now, there's a new proposal by a democratic senator to have the two sides li

here's david wright. >> reporter: when an author talks about a deadline, it's usually not meant to be taken literally. but gordon murray decided to write his book the day he learned the cancer he thought he had beaten was back. a malignant brain tumor. >> had i been, 10, 20, 30 years younger i think i would have probably wallowed in self-pity and got hung up in that. but i was lucky to be in a spot in my life where i had balance. >> reporter: he set to work authoring a how-to guide to self-investing. for 25 years he worked for wall street's biggest banks. the investment answer is a 66-page book in plain language. what you need to succeed long-term in the markets. the opening words, wall street brokers and active money managers use your relative lack of investment expertise to their benefit, not yours. >> i've met nurses, teachers, so many innocent hard working americans who have lost everything because either a broker or their -- even mutual fund has overcharged. >> reporter: he says it wasn't always this way. where did wall street go wrong? >> wall street went wrong -- i think there'

. >> reporter: the investment answer -- david wright. >> a 66 book in plain language what you need to know to succeed long-term in the markets. the opening words wall street managers use your lack of relative expertise to their benefit, not yours. >> financing is complex. the odds are stacked against you. you need help. i have met nurses, teachers, so many hard working americans who have lost everything because their broker or their even mutual fund has overcharged. >> reporter: he says it wasn't always this way. >> where did wall street go wrong? >> wall street went wrong, i think there was a confluence of things. in the '70s, illegal and unethical were the thing. those started to be replaced by liars, weakened high debt. >> breed is good. >> greed is good. >> the surprising thing is that he coauthored the book when knew he had such little time left. >> am i ready? >> i have never been afraid. i'm not religious but i just think it is like investing, you focus on what you can control and i can't control, you know, how fast this tumor is growing. all you have got is each minute. the mi

david wright reporting. emotional goodbye for the youngest of the 6 people killed in saturday mass shooting in tucson. several hundred people gather to pay the final respect to 9-year-old christina taylor green. honor guard escorted her small casket out of the church. inside her fat spoke saying his daughter was wise beyond her years. and this she wanted to make a difference with her life. earlier firefighters raised the largest american flag recovered at ground zero. it was brought to honor christina who was born on september 11. >>> what happened in arizona is certainly giving pause to politician all over the country often exposed to the public in a very vulnerable way. in livermore today 2 democratic congressmen appeared at a single event. laura reports that while it was not a meet and greet like the one in arizona, security was a little tighter. you while the band played a loan police officer stood watch as 2 local congressmen prae sided over a ribbon cutting ceremony for the rapid bus service of. >> not

david wright is covering that side of the story. orning, david. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. you know, it was only a week ago today that the shots rang out here in this parking lot. it's just today that the safeway has finally reopened for business again. when across town, just a few miles away from here, there's a gun show opening today. it's raised some eyebrows around the country. but here in arizona, not so much. it may be a measure of how much guns are part of the culture here. that over at the pima county fairgrounds, the crossroads of the west gun show opens today. is this an uncomfortable time to the starting this gun show in tucson? >> well, clearly, it's a difficult -- our hearts reach out to those who have been impacted by this tragedy. >> reporter: the organizer didn't even think about postponing it. in fact, he's expecting a record crowd. still, some say it's too soon. >> i mean, it's certainly not showing any sympathy at all to the victims. >> i think that's rubbing salt in a raw wound. while we don't -- we know t

and today, we learned even more, and david wright is in tucson tonight to tell us about it. david? >> reporter: good evening, diane. the doctors here at this hospital indeed are sounding the most hopeful yet. not only did they confirm the president's bit of good news today, but they also told us that giffords is now moving on her own and even touching her wounds. just imagine the excitement in that hospital room when giffords, surrounded by the sisterhood from congress, suddenly opened up her eyes. >> we were saying, come on, gabby, as soon as you're out of here, we'll take you on a double date. and then all of a sudden, she literally raises her whole hand. she did a full hand thumbs up. >> reporter: president obama got to break the news to the nation last night. >> gabby opened her eyes for the first time. >> reporter: and the crowd at the memorial service erupted. that's giffords' husband, clutching the first lady's hand. we've since learned, amazingly, that less than an hour before, the congresswoman herself was touching her husband's wedding ring. >> and she reached over and sh

we have coverage with david wright. >> 10:00 a.m., the congresswoman was hosting her first public event of the year. she was standing behind a table talking to constituents when a man appeared and began shooting. witnesses say giffords was shot first in the head, and the gunman fired about 15 rounds in 15 to 20 seconds, then the gunman was tackled. the injured were rushed to nearby hospitals. the congresswoman was air lifted to university hospital in tucson where throughout the day, there were conflicted reports about her condition. 1:00 p.m., doctors emerged to announce that congresswoman gifford s was alive and out of surgery. her neurosurgeon is as hopeful as can be. >> i'm about as optimistic as can get in this situation. >> there are a lots of unanswered questioned, and here in arizona. broad concern as wem. a lot of people have recognized that the political climate in the state has recently become poisonous. now it seems to be deadly. >> so encouraging to hear the lead surgeon saying he was as optimistic as can be. >> i talked a short time ago to an yieyewitness, a doctor who w th

david wright reports now from tucson. >> reporter: just imagine the excitement in that hospital roomds surrounded by the sisterhood from congress suddenly opened up her eyes. >> we were saying, come on, gabby. we'll go out for pizza and beer again. we'll take you on a double date. she literally raises her whole hand. she did a full-hand thumbs up. >> reporter: we've since learned amazingly that less than an hour before the congresswoman herself was touching her husband's wedding ring. >> she reached over and grabbed his ring and then she reached further to hug him. like her arm was just by his face. it was unbelievable. >> i was there when she was surrounded by her friends from the congress and senate. and i think it was a combination perhaps of the unexpected but familiar that really prompted her to open her eyes. >> reporter: the doctors say it wasn't a reflex. she recognized him. >> it means that she's making the progress that we could hope for her. >> reporter: the doctors offered more encouraging news. they were able to hold giffords upright, her legs dangling off the hospital b

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abc news correspondent david wright reports on the uncertainty the congresswoman lived with every singleeporter: good morning, christiane. you know, this is no longer the wild west but here in arizona, there's no shortage of guns and no shortage of anger. that said, what happened yesterday morning here at the parking lot of safeway caught everyone by complete surprise. >> hey, how are you? >> reporter: congresswoman gabby giffords liked to joke that her district includes tombstone and the o.k. corral. [ sirens [. >> reporter: but until yesterday morning, most people here would have said that rogue gunslingers were part of the distant past. on election night in november, 18 of the politicians in the crosshairs of sarah palin's political action committee lost but not gabby giffords. >> tonight's victory is no accident. even when we saw so many other fine candidates across the country lose on tuesday night. >> it was very much a squeaker. it was 4,000 votes and everybody was on pins and needles and they were counting votes for days after the election because it was very, very close and she

let's get out to david wright who has the latest now in tucson. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this has been such an emotional roller coaster all week. here at this hospital, gabby giffords and new reason to hope but across town there's heartbreak too. hope because the doctors offer their most encouraging assessment yet of congresswoman gabby giffords' condition. >> that she is able to move both those legs to command and that's huge. >> reporter: heartbreak because that good news came on the day when this community laid to rest 9-year-old christina taylor green. ♪ 2,000 people turned up for the funeral. some no older than christina herself. so many, the overflow had to stand outside the church. they watched as new york firefighters unfurled the flag of special significance, the 9/11 flag salvaged from ground zero, a symbol of hope in the midst of destruction. 9/11 was christina green's birthday. >> please be seated. >> reporter: inside the only camera allowed was a still photographer. among the mourners john and cindy mccain

david lee. rae bound. no look. wright. for 3. 76-69 golden state but the kings with a fourth quarter charge.evans making it rain. sacramento on late charge. to take control. another turn of. about to wright. kings up 9. warriors come back and 99-96 late fourth quarter. giants still basking in the glow of the first world series title in san francisco. today they took world series trophy back to the roots of the franchise in new york city. mays started hall of fame career with new york giants. willie and trophy paid a visit to public lick school 46 in manhattan where the old polo ground used to be. he said when he started his career in new york he never imagined he would end up in san francisco. >> l i been hear all the time. i didn't go to san francisco on my choice. i was asked to go by the team. so new york has always been part of my home. >>reporter: team goes you go. venus william turned pro 16 years ago. first time in her career she had to withdraw pulling out of the australia open. 7 points that the match against andrea venus felt abdominal strain. she got treatment but she gnaw there w

david lee passing to monta ellis. ellis with 38 points. warriors with the upper hand most of the game. inbound play as wright finds lee.h water mark for golden state was a 14-point lead. but then kobe bryant kicked it in. bryant scored 17 of his 39 points in the game's final six minutes. two there. plus the foul. and then with less than a minute to play the warriors are down three and they need to stop. kobe drains a long three with nothing but nets. how many times have we seen it? the lakers have won 12 straight over the warriors outscoring them by 11 in the 4th quarter. >>> four more nfl games this weekend with an interesting quarterback match up in the nfc game on saturday. green bay packers practicing incures around that's appropriate because they will be in the georgia dome on saturday night against the falcons. that game will be here on channel 2 at 5. former cal star aaron rogers against third year quarterback matt ryan. ryan has yet to win a playoff game in his career. something they were saying about rogers since last weekend. >> it is the playoffs and each possession has to have more importants an significanc

wright lays it up and in. thinking oh, the lakers are going to make a comeback here, you know it. kobe strong to the cup. inbounds play. lakers asleep. backdoor. it is davidee. 73-64 warriors. final seconds of the third. montae draws the contact from shannon brown and gets the bounce. warriors by six. fourth quarter, vladimir with authority. seven minutes to go. the lakers taking control, bruising inside. they just killed the warriors on the boards. odom the stick-back. montae taking it personal. montae with 38 at last check but kobe, they tried to play him physically. montae in his face and you don't want to make kobe angry because that is what happened when is angry. he goes strong to the hole and one. 35 for kobe right now. late fourth quarter and the lakers lead it 105-99. >>> on a college basketball top ranked duke had a 25 game win streak and it came to an end tonight. a seminole shocker tonight in tallahassee, florida state had duke on their heels the entire game but the face paint on ready to go. singleton, knocking down the three. he had 18. the blue devils a perfect 15-0 coming in. smith. stepback three. 63-61. florida state hits five free throw