it would be the doctors and staff at the memorial hospital in houston that would be asked to gabby gifford'swould be the rehab center in houston that will put gabby back together again. for an hour just about every day, congresswoman giffords does this. >> so you're going to sing it and if i mouth it, maybe we can do that and you can tell me what that means. ♪ twinkle twinkle little star >> it's called music therapy. and people don't know how it actually works. i will show you as if i like congresswoman giffords were a patient of the doctor and his team. it sounds like a long day. >> it is a long day. >> everybody here has suffered a catastrophic injury and gets taylored therapy. the site of the injury in the brain is crucial. >> there is a tendency for a patient to forget one side of the body. >> just neglect it? >> just neglect it and if they're not using the weak side, you forget it. >> these cords are actually attached to my muscles in my legs. it's actually predicting which muscle it should be using and it's giving stimulation to that muscle. the brain usually sends a signal to the musc

congresswoman gabby giffords, a survivor.onight, her staffers give us an inside peek at her recovery and theirs. >> what kind of person would we encounter if we walked into her room right now. >> brian williams on a congresswoman and her staff, battling back. >>> they are some of the most amazing americans that you'll see. >> her husband lost both legs in battle. >> you always hear about the casualties. you never see the wounded. >> what kind of future do they face now? >> families will have to deal with their own war zone. >> that's absolutely true. >> tonight, a new fight for our military families on the home front. >> now is the time we need to get it together. >> tom brokaw with the first lady, joining forces. ♪ sit a spell ♪ it will take about an hour ♪ i'll tell y'all a story about me and matt lauer ♪ >>> a rock 'n' roll legend lets loose and lets down that hair. turns out this so-called demon side. >> it broke my heart. i cried like a baby. >> slip-ups both off and on stage. >> have you considered that they were a litt

but gabby giffords, she beat the odds. >> she'll smile at me. she'll do a couple things she'll only do around me like pat me on the face. she used to do that before. you know, just very gently. i can just look if her eyes and tell. >> the biggest challenge is really fighting through the frustration of a slow recovery at her own pace. i've been trying to brace everyone for that. because as you know, it's not up to us. it's outside of our hands now. my little moment in the sun was for the two hours in the operating room. that's where i had maximum impact. >> gabby's injured brain would need to heal. it would need to rewire. rehab. they talk about that being so important at this point. tell me about what -- is she getting rehab now? >> she's getting the rehab and and it's rudimentary rehab. sitting at the side of the bed, dangling the legs. even that simple motion is to start the rehab process. but rehab itself, what we call the rehab hospital, that's an intensive experience. her his, astronaut, mark kelly, knew the road to recovery would be long.

and finally tonight, brian, an update from gabby giffords' staff. her next major medical hurdle will be to replace a portion of her skull that was taken off in january during that tragedy. back to you. >> tom costello, beautiful evening back at the cape. tom, thanks for that. >>> when we come back, it's not you. turns out everybody may be right. this might in fact be the worst year ever for allergies. >>> and later, advice for high school graduates whose hard work earned them a visit from let's just say a better-than-average graduation speaker. >>> we're back now with the acute seasonal suffering of millions of americans this allergy season. believe it or not, it goes back to the snow we had this past record winter in many places. those who said it has been the worst year ever may have a good point. our report from our chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyder. >> it's a sneezy, wheezy, itchy, downright miserable allergy season. >> eyes watering, burning, throat. >> coughing a lot more, sneezing a lot more. >> sinus pressure, headaches. >> itchy eyes,

docked the shuttle "endeavor" at the international space station while his wife, congresswoman gabby giffords, but as memorial hermann hospital in houston for what could be her final surgery. after being shot in the head four months ago, gabby's brain began to swell, dangerously, pressing against the bone. for relief, surgeons removed a section of her skull to let her brain expand more freely. today, with swelling down, doctors performed a procedure called cranioplasty, covering that hole in her head with a plastic cast using small titanium screws to attach it to her skull. >> it's a quick surgery, generally about an hour and a half, two hours at the max. the risk is really low. >> reporter: this is the same surgery i had exactly five years ago. like her, the same left side of the head. almost the same spot. the helmet, which had become a fixture in my life, and part of gab gabby's too, after the surgery, it was gone. and surprisingly, so was much of the pain. >> she's going to look in the mirror today and see, you know, a person who's well on the mend. somebody that's really recovering. and

considerable amount of time in the plant. >>> another step on a long road to recovery for congresswoman gabby giffordshaving surgery in which a piece of her skull will be replaced with a plastic implant. once she recovers from today's procedure, doctors say giffords won't have to wear a protective helmet. >>> and former enron finance chief, andrew fastow will have to get used to a new prison. he testified against his former bosses. >>> and more of financier financier bernie madoff's former possessions are being sold today. they are putting up his wine and spirits collection up for auction. the estimated value is about $15,000. the proceeds going to madoff's victims. >>> for some of you now, local news is next. ♪ [ female announcer ] have you ever seen a glacier while sunbathing? why not? have you ever climbed a rock wall in the middle of the ocean? or tried something really wild? why not? it's all possible in the nation of why not. royal caribbean's floating nation where you're free to do anything you want. which may be nothing at all. royal caribbean international. visit royalcaribbean.com today. 8%

it hold special meaning for mark kelly and his wife gabby giffords who was shot in the head in februarys in rehab center in texas. >> it's about two people on a trip reaching across a distance. and it references places like signal hill and gate pass in tucson. and i know she really, really wants to get back there and is really looking forward to that. so it's an appropriate song, because that's coming soon. >> giffords represents parts of arizona, of course. kelly did not elaborate on what he meant by soon. >>> we're going to check in on the weather right now. it did warm up a little bit. or at least the sun came out, at least. let's check with rob mayeda to see what coming up next. hi, rob. >> we probably saw the sunniest day of the three-day holiday weekend as we watch clouds spilling in right now. patchy low clouds in oakland, 53 degrees. not much wind around oakland, but san francisco a different story. you still got the wind around san mateo and san francisco, west at 22. 52 degrees. we'll wake up to patchy low clouds with the morning. san jose 55 degrees. the winds here backed off

his journey home made easier by a gift from his wife, congresswoman gabby giffords. >>> short supply. a dangerous shortage of more than 200 medications, life-saving drugs. what hospitals are doing about it tonight. >>> and war dogs. they fight side by side with our soldiers. now, americans are lining up to give these dogs loving homes when their service is done. >>> good evening. it has been said that america will remain the land of the free as long as it's also the home of the brave. and on this 133rd memorial day, we honor the brave. including the more than 4,000 u.s. soldiers who died in iraq. over 1,400 in afghanistan. and our soldiers in afghanistan marked this solemn day at camp leatherneck. here at home, the president laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. >> our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay. but we can honor their sacrifice. and we must. >>> earlier, president obama announced his pick for the nation's top military post. army general martin dempsey. as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, demps

what did congresswoman gabby giffords say as she watched her husband soar towards the skies on his last shuttle flight? >>> and crystal ball. a brand-new blood test promising to predict how long you're going to live. would you take it? do you want to know? >>> good evening. we're glad you're with us on this monday filled with so many surprising turns in the news. none more surprising than a story reverberating around the world. a man who stands astride global finance, a man poised to become president of france, is heading to rikers island here in new york. all because of an unyielding hotel chamber maid. "20/20" anchor chris cuomo has been tracking what happened when a woman with almost no power decided to stand her ground against one of the biggest players on the world stage. chris. >> reporter: imagine, diane, going from one of the most powerful men in the world, living a life of complete luxury, to having a ham and cheese sandwich in a new york city jail. that is the situation and it could be only the beginning. >> dominique strauss-kahn. step up. >> reporter: dominique strauss-kahn

congresswoman gabby giffords has been flown in to send her husband off.ryan hughes. >> reporter: space shuttle "endeavour" is scheduled to blast off from kennedy space center just before 9:00 in the morning. >> this is just something you can remember. >> reporter: it will be the 25th flight for the "endeavour" and its last before it is retired and given to a museum in los angeles. roughly 400,000 people will visit brevard county to watch the liftoff. the shuttle was supposed to take off late last night but concerns with the shuttle's heating system scrubbed the launch. >> we haven't seen one in a couple of years and this will be great. >> reporter: the mission promises to be an emotional one for commander mark kelly. his wife, u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be there. in january she was nearly killed when a would-be assassin shot her in the head at a meeting with constituents in tucson, arizona. meantime, meteorologists predict a 30% delay due to weather in the morning. "endeavour" was introduced into the shuttle fleet in may 1992. it's logged

gabby. >> very nice. well, giffords has to no longer wear that protective helmet she's been wearing following a successful surgery to repair her skull and aboard the space station her husband mark kelly and his crew were all sporting their gabby bracelets worn as a show of support. >> what an incredible time for both of them right now. >> really. such remarkable people. >>> well, coming up next, it's a seller's market. the skyrocketing prices of used cars. >>> and then arnold schwarzenegger makes a dramatic announcement about his future. >>> and one of the top movies of all time in a way you have never seen it before. >>> most overseas markets are up this morning. tokyo's nikkei average lost a small amount. and the ftse opened higher, and the dow was up 0 the nasdaq index gained about the same. >>> well, some of the dow's gain was linked to linkedin. shares did go public yesterday and just within a couple of minutes they were selling at twice the value set by the company. that's pretty good news for other networking sit

. >> got that tiny glimpse of gabby giffords going to florida. but back in her home district, republicans say there's absolute silence. no one's raising money or trying to do anything to challenge her. even though she is really impaireded now in able to do all the duties of that job, there's no movement to try to challenge her. chris: decency. >> another reason why barack obama might have timed his birth certificate announcement the way he did is that jerome kearsey, famous for the swift boaters, has a new book coming out on may 17. the titles is "where's the birth certificate." ? chris: good timing there. i hope he sells no books. the question this week, what snapshot of the royal wedding will you personally most remember? we'll be right back. chris: welcome back. this week's big question, what snapshot of the royal wedding this friday will you remember most? >> kate middleton's parents. the commoners learning how to behave in the royal company, but in the process saving the royal family from itself. the commoners save the royals. >> i think the

i'll write -- >> you end up with what happened to gabby giffords in tucson. >> that guy had gone throughalth system. >> how can he be allowed to get a gun? >> because he fell through the cracks. he didn't qualify to get a gun. >> he fell through the cracks? >> the cracks of the mental health system. everybody knew. his family was afraid of this guy. but they didn't report it. nobody reacted to it. >> when you see a guy like that, get open access to firearms, because the constitution that you subscribe so -- adhere to so much. >> how would you fix that? >> i would make it a lot harder for people like him to ever get near a firearm. that's my argument with the gun lobby. it's always very, very aggressive. even as you just exploded with me, it's always a violent debate. it's always like, i want the right to shoot anyone who comes near me who's threatening me. it's always about that. this guy was unstable. but was able to go and get a firearm because they are freely available in this country. that's where i have a problem with that. >> were you born in england? >> i was born in england. >> a

commanding that shuttle six-man crew, captain mark kelly, and husband of wounded congresswoman gabby giffordcongresswoman gifford was well enough to attend the liftoff. she watched in her wheelchair, and was quote as saying "good stuff, good stuff," as the ut

however kelly's wife, wounded congresswoman gabby giffords remains in florida. >>> a teacher from frederick, maryland, has just been named the best in the nation. michelle shearer won the coveted teacher of the year award. she teaches chemistry at urbana high school. when she started there were only 11 students in it. now there are nearly 100. though who nominated her say her passion is behind her success. president obama will recognize shearer at the white house tuesday. >>> every year a group of amusement park enthusiasts and preservationists came out with a highly regarded list of the most picturesque park. busch gardens williamsburg has been named the most beautiful amusement park in the country again, beat out walt disney world in orlando for the sixth year. >>> still ahead tonight, donald trump responding to being the target of a night of jokes. >> gary busey said recently donald trump would make a great president. of course he said the same thing about an old rusty bird cage he found. i like the trump is filthy rich but nobody told his accent. he still sounds like a know-it-all down

enforcement sources told nbc news that has brynn one of liz delusionings whethall leung, th had killed gabby giffords. today, he yelled thanks for the freak show. you're changing it. he was removed from the court room. a moment later, the judge ruled for the time, he's incompetent to understand the charges against him orasycyst in his own defense. >> mike outside court. that appearance today in tucson. mike, thanks. >>> there was a stunned silence on the floor of the new york stock exchange this morning. dma not because of any market news but in reaction to the news mark haines had died. he was the founding anchor of "squawk box" on cnbc. he's been a fixture of our sister network for two decades. people used the words gruff and rumpled and irascible to describe him, but they were trying to say he was real. he didn't suffer fools kindsly, and covering wall street, he suffered a few of them. he was an ivy league graduate and a veteran reporter, and he was able to calmly report on the 9/11 attacks and the financial me meltdown. he was 62, and our condolences go out to his family and his cnbc family, too

. >>> doctors say that congresswoman gabby giffords is recovering after surgery to repair a hole in hercommanding the space shuttle "endeavour" 200 miles above earth. bob woodruff has details. >> reporter: nasa commander, mark kelly, docked the space shuttle "endeavour" at the international space station while wife congresswoman gabby giffords was at the hospital in houston for what could be her final surgery. after being shot in the head four month as go, gabby's brain began to swell dangerously pressing against the bone. for relief, surgeons removed a section of her skull to let her brain expanded more freely. doctors performed a procedure, cranioplasty, covering the hole with a plastic cap, using titanium screws to attach it to her skull. >> it is a quick surgery generally an hour and a half, two hours at the max. the risk is really low. >> reporter: this is the same surgery i had exactly five years ago. like her, the same left side of the head, almost the same spot. the helmet which had become a fixture in my life and a part of gabby's as well, after the surgery, it was gone. and su

they include commander mark kelly, the husband of congresswoman gabby giffords. >>> from england one tonight on the royal wedding. after the official wedding photos of prince william and kate middleton, the bride sent her bouquet back to westminster abbey where it was placed on the tomb of the unknown warrior. it's a tradition that began in 1923 with the marriage of prince william's great-grandparents. >>> back in this country, president obama found himself in the same room last night with none other than donald trump, who took credit this past week for the president's decision to release his birth certificate. well, last night mr. obama kept it going at the annual white house correspondents dinner, which is always good for a few laughs. he spoke of trump's credentials and what he called his breadth of experience. >> episode of "celebrity apprentice," at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team did not impress the judges from omaha steaks. and there was a lot of blame to go around. but you, mr. trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. so ultimately you didn't b

. >> his injury is similar to representative gabby giffords who was shot in the head earlier this yeare thinks about her a lot. i had the pleasure of hosting the event this evening. in all, five people had the opportunity to meet and thank the emergency services personnel and hospital employees who helped them recover. >>> the words medical breakthrough are thrown around a lot these days, but it is relevant tonight for this particular story. a man paralyzed from the waist down able to stand up on his own and even take some steps. dr. john with the experimental therapy. >> rob summers was a star college pitcher when a hit-and- run accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. >> they said you'll never walk again. you'll never take a step. nothing. >> they were wrong. researchers working with the christopher and dana reid foundation announced summers is the first patient to stand using a new therapy that could change the treatment of paralysis. >> i stood. after not moved anything for four years and i stood. >> the landmark findings are published in the journal. they challenge convent

. >>> as expected, congresswoman gabby giffords had surge ray today to replace a piece of her skull that was removed after she was shot in the head in january. it's a plastic, computer-generated instrument. she's recovering on schedule tonight in a hospital in houston. her husband, mark kelly, of course, is in space. as shuttle commander. they're now docked at the internuncial space station. >>> when we come back, anxious kids and parents. they have put everything on the line for a spot in the charter school, but do the schools really deliver? >>> and later, a big buzz in a big part of the country. a special appearance for a limited time only. what will it be next? >>> we're back with tonight's education nation report. it's about charter schools in this country. they're in great demand and short supply. so parents and children lay it all on the line, sometimes entering harrowing lotteries to get in or not. our education correspondent, rehema ellis, reports on the tense waiting game for the relatively few spots and the questions being raised about whether charter schools are truly better

other way and he goes untreated, he shoots and kills people, including a good friend of mine, gabby giffordsshooting gabrielle giffords. >> and now our attention is on gabby and her recovery and he's being jailed for his brain not being recovered. it's an irony but we think nothing of no stigma towards gabby and her brain injury but he has a brain injury as well because clearly his brain was not working properly when he picked up that gun and shot all of those people. >> one of the most striking things, t.j., is he is not delineating between all kinds of brain diseases. >> the brain injury. >> and with loughner, it's still a brain injury. whether we think about a soldier returning from iraq or afghanistan, a brain injury, or ted kennedy who had brain cancer, they need to be approached and that's where he is focusing his life's work. it was really candid, a kennedy talking about what it was like to be a kennedy as a drug addict, a sitting congressman getting these drugs from constituents, people in his office, it was remarkable. >> did he get help along the way? what i mean by that, he's surr

sunday evening, news about the suspect in the arizona shooting rampage that wounded congresswoman gabby giffords. is it possible he won't stand trial? >>> and after a quarter century on the air, oprah is about to sign off. and a lot of people are finding it hard to say good-bye. >>> at a federal court in tucson, arizona, a hearing is scheduled on wednesday for jared loughner on whether the suspect in the shooting of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and 18 others is mentally competent to stand trial. we get the story from nbc's justice correspondent, pete williams. >> reporter: it could be the single most important court hearing for jared loughner, accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others in a tucson parking lot in january at a meet and greet event hosted by congresswoman gabrielle giffords. loughner's own lawyers have described him as, quote, gravely mentally ill. now after five weeks of psychiatric evaluation at a federal prison hospital in missouri, court documents suggest that doctors appointed by both loughner's lawyers and the prosecutors have concluded that he's mentally unfit

his wife, congresswoman gabby giffords will be at kennedy space center for the launch. this is the second to last launch for nasa's space shuttle program. "atlantis" is scheduled to take flight in july. >>> one more check on the weather with the commute. >> the commute looks like we're going to see some light rain moving in. the evening commute will be more impacted by the strongest system we'll see this week. it's tomorrow afternoon into tuesday. rain off and on, more sierra snow. maybe a foot or two coming up as we go into tuesday. >> it never ends. thanks for watching nbc bay area laurencews 11:00. lalaurence scott sits sharks slip in vancouver. "sports sunday" is next. . . >>> and now an nbc bay area editorial. >> california's 9900 public schools continue to grapple with tight budgets and ridiculously complicated spending mandates. now more than ever, our schools need the freedom to spend money where it's needed. i'm suzanne shaw. with over 50 different spending mandates from county oversight to maintenance, our process of funding and then reimbursing schools is ine

. >>> the shuttle is getting ready to launch after a month-long delay and gabby giffords plans to be there to see her husband off. a gps without batteries? coming up, the project that may be among the first of its kind in the u.s. that aims toge brin. >>> state lawmakers are trying to come up with a plan to about the budget and avoid a stalemate like the one that happens nearly every year, but republicans say there's new reason to be just a little bit positive about the state's financial situation. kevin riggs, former sacramento station, explains. >> hey, how you doing? >> good, thanks. >> reporter: governor jerry brown putting the final touches on a revised budget plan that according to capital sources pulls no punches. >> president, pessimistic, optimistic, how would you describe him? >> reporter: realist. he spoke with the governor's pending proposal. >> the governor will spell out what kinds of reductions would be necessary under an all-cut scenario. they are deep. they are severe, and they should give people regardless of their political affiliation a great deal of pause. >> i c

parking lot, before he allegedly killed six of these people and tried to assassinate congresswoman gabby giffordsbefore all that, there were signs that jared lee loughner was a disturbed young man. today, loughner appeared in federal court for a mental come pet tancy hearing. he yelled, thank you for the freak show. she died in front of me, referring to congresswoman giffords. guards escorted him away and moments later the judge declared him incompetent to stand trial. >> if as a result he's not able to do that, the proceedings cannot continue. >> reporter: the judge had asked himself two questions, does jared loughner understand the 49 charges against him, and can he participate in his defense. court documents filed by two different psychiatrists who evaluated loughner indicate the answer to both questions is a resounding no. >> but that does not mean within a month or two months he'll be restored to comp tency and be right back in the courtroom. >> reporter: while the course of justice is alterred for now, shooting victim suzi hileman's life has been alterred forever. she brought the youngest v

his hour-long special, "saving gabby giffords" airs here on cnn.sident bush getting word of the attacks, visiting an elementary school in florida reading to a group of 7-year-old, the children suddenly became witnesses to history. >> it's still really meaningful because i was there that day and i did see -- i was kind of there for a part of history so obviously, i'm always going to remember it. >> those grade schoolers are upper classmen now. next, some talk about that day and bin laden's killing and the years in between. [ woman ] jogging stroller. you've been stuck in the garage while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. forty years ago, he wasn't worried about retirement. he'd yet to hear of mutual funds, iras, or annuities. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retire

what is it that loud gabby giffords survive? we got more of an idea how things unfolded in her favor. >> congresswoman giffords was one of three patientsby triaged. the trauma teams moved quickly, especially with brain trauma. it's a practice u.s. doctors have adopted from military doctors triaging injured troops in war zones. and the general of the team is retired navy surgeon dr. peter reed. >> but nowadays, now that we've gotten other experience about penetrating trauma from the recent iraq experience, we're very aggressive about getting to the operating room the neurosurgeons haven't seen films or anything like that. they know someone that needs to have an operation is prepped and draped. anesthesia has got stuff done. i called randy. i said make sure she's lined up. we can't line her up in the o.r. it will take more time. so when we get to the operating room, everything is shaved and ready to go. >> the bullet was fired from a glock 19 9 millimeter handgun. it entered from the left side, traveled the entire length of her bra

. >> he says his injury is similar to representative gabby giffords who was shot in the head earlier this year and says he thinks about her a lot. i had the pleasure of hosting the event this evening. in all, 5 people were honored for surviving their injuries and all of the emergency services personnel were there and they were thanked. >>> the words "medical breakthrough" are thrown around a lot but it seems relevant tonight for this story. a man paralyzed from the waist down able to stand up on his own and even take steps. dr. john lapook with the experimental therapy. >> reporter: rod summers was a star college pitcher five years ago when a hit and run accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. >> they said you'll never walk again, you'll never take a step, nothing. >> reporter: they were wrong. researchers working with the christopher and dana read foundation announced summers is the world's first patient to stand using a new therapy that could fundamentally change the treatment of paralysis. >> i stood independently, stood, after not having moved anything for four years and

and the commander is eagerly awaiting a reunion with his wife, congresswoman gabby giffords. >> reporter: good morning, peggy. "endeavour" will have wracked up 123 million miles. commander mark kelly said this 16-day trip has been perfectly flawless. "endeavour's" final mission is winding to a close. the space shuttle is heading home. and as commander mark kelly tells abc's bob woodruff, the view from orbit is unforgettable. >> we can look out the window left of my seat and see all of florida lit up. i can see back to new orleans, into atlanta and north carolina. it's pretty spectacular. >> reporter: kelly will return to his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords, still recovering from an assailant's bullet. >> pretty soon, she'll become an outpatient. so, we're really looking forward to that. and it's all really encouraging. >> reporter: mike finck celebrated 380 days in space. but that's an american record. >> the russians have had people in space for 800 days in their career. i have a long way to go. >> reporter: "endeavour" docked with the international space station for the very las

he and his wife gabby giffords traded rings before liftoff. then kelly and his crew tossed their blue bracelets inscribed with "peace, love, gabby" right into the air. you're going to see them do it here. zero gravity, as you can see. here on earth, giffords is recovering from surgery. doctors replaced part of her skull with a plastic implant. they gave her a new nickname. >> she looks great. i started calling her gorgeous gabby today. and i think she -- and she hasn't looked in the mirror yet, but as soon as she does, she'll be very pleased. >> gorgeous gabby, they say. >>> still ahead here on "world news" this thursday night, the hidden gold sitting right in your driveway. that used car could be worth a lot more money than you thought. what we discovered here. >>> and the new move by arnold schwarzenegger, just as we learn of new numbers tonight on american marriage. and they might actually provide some hope this evening. >>> and then, superman. that's what his friends already call him. and tonight, when you see what he does, you just might c

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news has just broken here that jared laughner, the individual accused of shooting congresswoman gabby giffords, that he is, by reason of insanity, not able to stand trial. we'll see what the american public has to say about that in the coming days, but what must his parents feel about the fact that this is their son who did this heinous act. how do you research a role like this? >> it was difficult, you know, thinking about it beforehand, it was a 30-day shoot. we made the film in 30 days. tavis: that's quick. >> that's a quick shoot, wow. thinking about that, thinking about the fact that the focus of the film is about this couple, this journey they go on, as opposed to -- it's not really a film about a shooting in a school, you know. it's about a couple trying to grapple with something that unai felt like the idea of getting in touch with families, it felt inappropriate somehow, and not necessary in this case. i thought, in a way, the main thing we could -- me and maria could concentrate on, is the back story of this couple, what it was like when things were good, how did it change once they

. >>> it's been a week of triumph for wounded congresswoman gabby giffords and her astronaut husband, commander mark kelly. her successful skull surgery, his mission in space. but along with the good news, we are also learning more tonight about the dark side and the warning signs missed when it comes to the young man accused in the tucson shootings. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: the signs were so clear. the newly released e-mails from pima community college show jared loughner was descending into madness. 11 months before the tragedy, a student complains to a teacher that loughner has brought a knife to class. the teacher fires off an e-mail to college officials. "i'd like to do everything we can to have him removed from the class." campus police are alerted but loughner is allowed to stay in school. seven months before the tragedy, loughner is acting so strangely in math class that the instructor thinks he's on drugs, describing him as having an evil big smile and laughing very inappropriately. at least one officer wants loughner expelled. but a college administrator vetoes tha

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final wake-up call, commander of the shuttle endeavor, husband of gabby giffords spoke yesterday abouting on this mission. >> i do not have any regrets. we trained as a crew, the six of us, for over a year and a half to get ready for this flight. when january 8th have been, when that day came, it did not look likely that i would be on this flight, but her recovery what will love into things lined up with her being able to go to rehab in houston and i was able to rejoin my crew into complete this mission. certainly, there are no requests. >> and several related in florida and then headed to a museum in los angeles. the last shuttle flight is atlantis which is scheduled for july. >> here is a live picture that we're watching this morning. the casey anthony murder trial has started up again in orlando, florida. some of the attorneys are meeting with the judge and having a discussion about what is going on. casey anthony is charged with fourth degree murder. this is the sixth day of testimony in her murder trial for allegedly killing her daughter caylee. kron 4 morning news will be right b

as tucson shooting suspect jared loughner, charged with shooting congresswoman gabby giffords and killing six others, was found not competent right now for any trial. he shouted out in the courtroom, "thank you for the freak show. she died in front of me." abc news legal analyst dan abrams is here. so, give me a sense. they found him not competent right now. what is the threshold for that decision? >> it means that he can't understand the proceedings against him. basically, for five weeks, they evaluated him. two medical professionals sat there, looked at all of his records, got records from his pediatrician. 18 hours of videotaped interviews with him, as well. a 53-page and 42-page report, both of them independently concluded he's not competent. >> but still, common sense, with all those professionals involved, he was able to get a gun, he was able to target practice. and we keep hearing he doesn't always have these outbursts. was it convenient to have one in the courtroom today? >> the official term is called malingering. was he faking it? and both of these health care professionals con

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spree that critically route loaded congressman and--that critically wounded congresswoman's his gabby giffords spent five weeks get a mental evaluation. if he is ruled mentally unstable, he could be kept in custody under psychiatric evaluation. convicted rapist brian david mitchell is " to be sentenced today, the homeless--the former homeless street preacher faces life in prison for the abduction and sexual assault of elizabeth smart. at 14 she was forced out of her bed at night point it taken away by mitchell. nine months later she would--nine months later she was rescued. >>: christie look har >>: christie lazard is a front runner in the position for the imf. the first woman who will hold the top job if she wins the election. 1/2 carat >>: contra costa n alan he can teach cts are continuing their search around golden gate recreation area near fort point. >>: more severe weather, as you to unseat sen and midwest. at least eight people died in storms if that have ravaged discipline it all,. in kansas, two people were killed when an operative trees planted to and. two people killed ark. she it

need to do you wrote another piece a little while ago suggested the headline i think was that gabby giffords assassination was tragically sadly i think was the worry is predictable yes. isn't this piece of a piece of the whole even though that had nothing to do with islamic extremism of course it is of course because in that case you have another case where someone who obviously was having mental issues when he failed a drug a number of drug tests he could get the army these are all things that if they were reported would have stopped him from getting a gun you know besides a terrorist watch list we don't we've got a system right now i work i do consulting with a group called mayors against illegal guns chaired by mayor bloomberg and they're doing a tour around the country to fix gun checks and they say just to do this is not taking law abiding citizens guns away this is doing simple background checks at gun shows i mean we find it again and again we don't do anything about issues over in those stories or just you know that you can go on not an example just you know john patrick but they're

whether he's competent to stand trial for the shooting that critically wounded congresswoman gabby giffords is video from the scene that happened in january. six people were killed in the attack. often spends five weeks getting a mental >>: and brian and david mitchell faces life in prison before conducting an essentially a veteran of elizabeth smart. smart says she plans to be in the courtroom when mitchell is sentenced. >>: a quick break as the kron 4 morning news continues. a lot of look from san jose on this wednesday morning. traffic is moving this looselsmoothly. >>: a quick recap, the search for a missing 15 year-old danville girl will resume shortly. the search from allison bayliss which was called off at dusk last night. contra costa county cruz will resume their search around the national gay recreation area near fort mason. >>: it is the second day of president obama state visit to britain, a meeting with the prime minister, the two talked about libya, afghanistan and the continuing financial crisis in europe. >>: more severe weather slamming the midwest, we have the latest video

to stand trial the shooting spree where he killed six people and injured congresswoman- becaus gabby giffordse isd mentally unstable he could be kept in custody overunder psychiatric investigation. >>: bryan david mitchell is said to be sentenced today. the former homeless street preacher faces life in prison for the adoption and sexual assault of elizabeth smart in 2002. smart was 14 years old when she was forced out of her bed at knifepoint and taken away by mitchell. nine months later she was rescued. smart says she does plan to be in court when mitchell is sentenced. >>: kristina the guard is announcing her bid to become head of the in-a monetary fund today. this is after dominique strauss-kahn resigned after being accused of raping a woman in new york city. >>: then-president of, and the first lady flew to europe, who knew that the first lady's hair would fly in the air as well. >>: a new hairstyle, windswept. her hair was flying no matter how many times she tried to subdue her of do. hon the winds that swept the airport follow the 0 ball must to the palace. the hair of prince charles st

it's commanded by commander mark kelly, the husband of congresswoman gabby giffords.oing to be there today. she's there today at the kennedy space center, watching her husband, commander mark kelly, lead the last mission of "endeavour." there will be one more space shuttle mission taking off later this summer. this is the last for "endeavour." commander mark kelly will take his wife's wedding ring to space around his neck. let's go to the voice of mission control, george diller. >> standing by for the handoff to defr dvr's on board computers. t-minus 31 seconds. the handoff has occurred. >> 25. 20. >> firing chain is armed. pressure water system is armed. >> 10. >> remain in the start. eight, seven, six, four, three, two -- zero. and liftoff for the final launch of "endeavour." expanding our knowledge, expanding our lives in space. >> houston, "endeavour," program. >> roger roll, "endeavour." >> houston is now controlling "endeavour," beginning to pull over on to its back, the roll program on the way as "endeavour" begins the heads down position on course for a 51.6 d

at some point, patients can forget they have it. >> reporter: for gabby giffords, it's the end of one to the next. trying to get back to the life she knew. >> elizabeth cohen joins us live. that's a fascinating story when you look at it. i guess the question that i have, how is it that she was able to move around to get around without a large piece of her skull. >> she flew to florida, she did physical therapy. she flew to florida twice, actually, it's amazing because if you think you're missing that big of a gap, that's amazing. but what they do is they usually but helmets on people like this. doctor was explaining to me, if they need to move around, they wear this helmet. the good thing about the upcoming surgery, she won't have to wear the helmet. >> this is a permit fix once it happens? >> is it a permanent fix. you put it in, the bone actually grows into the implant. she's getting an implant. a synthetic piece, you see it right there. the bone of the skull grows into the implant and it becomes a part of the skull. >> that's absolutely fascinating. you can see he's pinning it on t

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