don? >> athena jones, thank you very much. stand by, we'll get back to you. >>> we want to tell you about some of the major milestones in the life and career of gabrielle giffords. november 7th, 2006, she was first elected to congress serving arizona's aeighth circuit. january 8th, she was meeting with constituents when she was allegedly shot pointblank by jared lee loughner. six people died in that attack, but giffords survived and eventually began a recovery. on august 1st, 2011, she made her first appearance on the house floor since the shooting to vote on the debt ceiling. you can see it was made to thunderous applause. two weeks ago, she appeared at vigil marking the one-year anniversary of the tucson shooting rampage. and then today she announced she's stepping down to focus on her recovery. >>> well, many of congresswoman giffords' colleagues are offering their best wishes today. we're going to talk with one of her best friends. florida congresswoman, debbie wasserman schultz at 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> our other top sto

don. >> athena jones, thank you very much. beautiful live shot, by the way, at the memorial in washington, d.c. we appreciate your reporting. >> reporter: thanks. >> tuesday is the birthday for a bocking legend who played his own part in the civil rights movement. ♪ happy birthday dear muhammad, happy birthday to you ♪ >> you see him there, it's muhammad ali celebrating his 70th birthday early on saturday in his hometown of louisville, kentucky. he was flanked by his wife and sister at that party. the former heavy weight champion of the year appeared to have enjoyed the party. the party doubled as a fund-raiser for his nonprofit center. >>> tough talk on the political airwaves and it's republicans going after each other. the story on those infamous super pacs and the damage they are doing to the gop candidates, coming up. ♪[music plays] when you're responsible for this much of the team... you need a car you can count on. ♪[music plays] >>> we expect democrats to go after republicans, of course, but watch what happens when repu

jones, cnn, hume, virginia. >>> just hot off the political trail, the gop race, our don lemon. >> i walked all the way back. >> really fast walk. >> my gosh. it is so nice to get out and talk to people and people, you know, even you said -- you're having so much fun. well, people are trying to enjoy their lives. serious things, jobs, the economy. >> was that miss bobby? >> miss bobby. >> she was so memorable this weekend. >> you get a feel, unscientific, but i had the feeling and i said this on the air that newt gingrich was going to come out the winner because every single person i spoke to including women said newt, newt, newt, newt, almost every single person. you get, you know, you know what's going on. >> what do you got? >> a lot coming up. in just a few weeks ago i spoke with dan rather about the election. he is never at a loss for words. now that newt gingrich has taken south carolina and the candidates move toward the florida primary, i have another conversation with the legendary newsman. also, fred, i wrapped up an interview with ethel and rory kennedy about the new documentary called "enlle "ethe i

jones at one of those parks. how long do they have to clear out? >> reporter: hi, don. it's all about this, this notice that the park police put up on friday telling people they're not allowed to camp here overnight. and so tomorrow on or about noon park police will come and begin to possibly arrest violators. they have put these notices on camps. this is one. you can see this is one of them. there are dozens of these notices that have been put on the tents here. the issue is that you're not allowed to camp here overnight. and so that means that you can't have any sleeping here, you can't have sleeping bags and that sort of thing. and it also means that the side of a structure has to be kept wide open, at least one side has to be kept open so officers can observe whether people are in compliance. it is unclear at this point what the confrontation will look like. you can see here all of the tents that are still up. they have been up since october and it's only tomorrow that park police are going to begin enforcing these camping regulations. but the real issue here is whe

jones finally gets the air men's story to the big screen. coming up, we're talking the breakout role. >>> seems that a lot of people have a lot to say about cnn's republican presidential debate. donon, definitely got an earful. he joins us live from charleston. did everybody just pounce on you? >> reporter: you know when we talk to people, they're like, no, i don't want to be on camera. last night, every single person wanted to talk to me. overall consensus, people said this was a great debate. but i have to say, almost to a person people were upset. one prn, one woman i spoke to wasn't upset about it. people were upset about the question to newt gingrich off the top. they thought it was inappropriate. and that's what everyone wanted to talk about. i'm just being honest. they said, yes, you know, we care about morals, values, but it wasn't appropriate off the top. and when i i asked about anything else, they kept going back to that. take a listen. >> what's big issue today is whether or not newt is the jerk that we think he is. >> i think it's relevant, but also up called for. >> we elected clinton. >> his answer was the highlight of the evening. >> who else is he cheating on? >>