gabrielle giffords now confronting her attacker today. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> happening right now. the sentencing for jerry lee loughner in tucson, arizona. he is the man who shot former congresswoman gabby giffords in the head back in january of 2011. giffords was in the courtroom on the second row of a packed courtroom with her husband by her side. she just left the courtroom, we are told, with help of aides. at least ten victims and witnesses of the shooting are in court as well who are still traumaized by what happened that day. >> every time there's a loud, sudden noise, it's shocking, and it takes me back to that morning and the sound of that gunshot. >> loughner pleaded guilt

congresswoman gabby giffords ask her husband, mark kelly, stood side by side. loughner look toward him as kelly said, "mr. loughner, you may have put a bullet through her head, but you haven't put a dent in her spirit and her commitment to make the world a better place." giffords did not speak but stood fully upright, her paralyzed right arm in a sling. kelly ended with this, "you have decades upon decades to contemplate what you did, but after today, after this moment, here and now, gabby and i are done thinking about you." pam simon is one of giffords' staffers who was wounded. >> i could see independent way she stood, very straight, standing with mark kelly. i knew-- i could sense in the way she held her head, her curiosity, her great intellect, and, also, i believe, that it may have provided some closure for her. she is an amazing woman. >> reporter: loughner only spoke when he was asked by the judge is it fhe waved his right to address the court. he replied, "that's true." loughner's shooting rampage was in january of 2011 in the tucson shopping mall where

shot in the face and leg, ron barber now fills giffords' seat in congress. i feel no hatred toward you, he says. now you must live with this burden and never again see the outside of a prison. the january th, 2011, congress on your corner shooting left a member of giffords' staff, a federal judge, a 9-year-old girl, and three others dead. suzy heilman brought the youngest victim, 9-year-old christina taylor-green, to meet giffords. she told loughner, you turned a civics lesson into a nightmare. i want to choke you. this woman's husband was killed using his body shield haddiing from the gunfire. he sa she said, you took away my life, my love, and my reason for living. your family is not to blame. >> nbc's miguel almaguer reporting there. the sentencing end's loughner's federal case. he can still be tried in arizona state court. local authorities say that is unlikely. >>> still ahead this morning on "way too early," we make a swing to sports. rookie quarterback andrew luck already has made the 2-14 season last year a distant memory for the indianapolis colts.

gabby giffords is there as the man who shot her is sentenced. her husband, mark kelly, tells us what was going through their minds. >>> freezing over. the families in the storm zone, huddling in blankets as they're hit with another storm. >>> and band of brothers. our bob woodruff, standing up for heroes tonight. the healing power of rock and roll. ♪ >>> good evening once again from washington, d.c., where the election may be over, but the clock is ticking on an issue affecting every american family. and standing at the urgent crossroads, the president and the speaker of the house, republican john boehner. there is a freight train bearing down on this country, called the fiscal cliff. it made the stock market so nervous today, for the second day in a row, it dropped. and business leaders have begun to come forward to warn the government there will be serious economic consequences if there's no deal. at issue, the fiscal cliff, a doomsday law that hikes taxes and unleashes a wrecking ball of cuts by january 1st. so, i started by asking speaker bo

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and the man who nearly killed former congresswoman gabrielle gifford learned his fate. the dramatic reports in court from her husband. >> showers in the area and it will be cold tonight. i will have the details on a wet weather forecast. 'v >> prayers of the san francisco border today where 21 -year-old thai riesling was gunned down last friday and that the district. the catholic archdiocese began organizing vigils were homicide victims last month after five killings happened within days. >>> the man who critically wounded gabrielle gifford -based sentencing today. and we recorded what her husband had to say in court. >> gabrielle gifford for the first time came face-to-face with a man who almost took her life. inside a tucson federal courtroom, mark kelly and gifford's approached the podium together for a statement at this sentencing of derrida faulkner. kelly said of his wife, you have put a bullet through her head that you did not put a dent in her spirit. in 2011 she was holding a constituent meet and greet outside a tucson supermarket when he approached her and sho

>>> face to face, gabrielle giffords and her husband in a courtroom confrontation with the man who nearly killed her and the challenges facing president obama, are your taxes about to go up? and what a relief, no matter who they voted for, a lot of families feel like they woke up the winners on the morning after the election, because they got their lives back. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, it is the definition of adding insult to injury, with so many people, hundreds of thousands of people still crippled, along the east coast, many of them living in misery. a second storm has come along making things worse while the storm covered victims in snow, as far north as the coastline in plymouth, massachusetts, where the ocean came up over the road and beach last night the feds report three quarters of a million power customers across six states still have no power. >>> then, there is the search for gasoline, 38% of the area is out of gas, no power to run the pumps or both. and starting tomorrow morning, metropolitan new york will follow new jersey's lead and switch to a gas rationin

nine-year-old christina taylor, meeting gabrielle giffords. she said you turned a civics lesson into a nightmare. i want to shake you and scream at you as if that would matter. mave stoddard shook, her husband used his body to shield her from the gunfire. loughner looked blankly toward her while his parents went. stoddard said you took away my life, and reason for living. your family is not to blame. i do not blame them. at the end of the sentencing today, loughner walked past his parents but didn't seem to acknowledge them. the victims stayed in the courtroom exchanging hugs and tears. this ends the federal case against jared lee loughner. >> miguel, thank you, in tucson. >>> two days after this presidential election we still don't know the results from florida, the count of provisional absentee ballots continues there. president obama maintains a slight lead, but if it is much closer there could be a re-count. >>> meanwhile, a cliff hanger between republicans and democrats in d.c., one that involves automatic tax increases and spending cuts.

giffords was shot through the head and is still undergoing extensive rehab. this week she came out to vote and updated reporters on the recovery. >> a lot of work. a lot of work but good work. >> reporter: loughner pleaded guilty three months ago after a judge ruled that loughner understood the charges against him. the agreement guarantees that the 24-year-old will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole. some victims including giffords say they're satisfied with the plea deal for loughner and it helps them move on with their lives. >> i dreaded the idea of having to go through a trial, not only for myself, but many of the survivors and the families of the victims. >> reporter: pam simon worked on giffords' staff. her good friend and co-worker zimmerman was killed. she is planning to address the court today. >> i think it will be important for me to just kind of have the closure of -- of making my statement about hoping that everyone involved finds a place of peace including jared loughner. >> reporter: it is not known where l

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congresswoman gabrielle giffords spoke facing that guy the won who shot her in the head. the judge sentenced him for the massacre that left six dead. the pentagon now confirms iranian war planes fired on a u.s. drone flying in international airspace. we will follow-up the breaking news unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" but first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, the second major storm in a week adding insult to injury in the northeast. new york and new jersey are back in the thick of it again. snow and wind snapped weakened trees and downed power lanes. tens of thousands of people lost power. many only just got it back after hurricane sandy. >> no fuel for the generator. i will try to warm up the has. >> my daughter is three. i bundled her up in blankets and put her between my husband and myself. >>shepard: in new jersey, more than 12" of snow. 5" itch -- 5" fell in central park, a record. breezy point is covered in snow this morning with more hardship in a place where so many lost so were. the nor'easter forced fema to shut down ten mobile disa

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and sitting two rows in front of gab gi giffords and mark kelly. we have a correspondent inside that courtroom. talking to him and take all of that live as soon as the sentencing hearing is over. but first this here. new information just in to us at cnn. two iranian fighter jets fired at an unarmed u.s. predator drone. we're hearing it happened last week. barbara starr is at the pentagon for us with this exclusive report. barbara, tell us what you know. >> reporter: new military tensions now with iran. cnn has learned it was last thursday just one week ago that two iranian su-25, old russian fighter jets they operate flew out in to the persian gulf in to international air space and fired on a u.s. air force predator drone, an unmanned drone in international air space that the pentagon insists conducting routine all toe classified maritime surveillance. the iranian air force hit the drone. the drone was able to return to base in that region. but this does raise some serious new tensions with iran. it was, of course, just a few days before the presid

giffords was among the victims who had a chance to see loughner face to face. he did not speak in court today. she didn't speak. but her husband, mark kelly, did. telling loughner, you tried to create for all of us a world as dark and evil as your own. but know this, and remember it always, you failed. arizona congressman ron barber, who won giffords' seat in congress after that shooting, also had a message for loughner at a press conference just moments ago. >> i hope that these long years of incarceration that you face will give you the time to think about what you have done. and to seek forgiveness from those whose to which whose lives you brought so am tears and sadness. >> pause of a previous plea agreement, loughner does not get the death penalty. but life in prison with no parole. at 5:00 we'll hear from a former staff member of gabrielle giffords who was shot twice herself on that tragic day. keith russell, news4. >> a new misery for people in the northeast already hit by hurricane sandy. a powerful winter storm has now dropped some heavy snow. areas fr

giffords and her husband, astronaut mark kelly, were in attendance in the courtroom.y are still -- kelly is speaking in front of loughner and telling him, quote, the shooting changed his wife's life forever but did not dent her spirit, unquote. six people were killed in the january 2011 attack. 13 were wounded, including giffords who was shot in the head. after taking a plea agreement, loughner will receive a life sentence without the possibility of parole. he has been undergoing psychological treatment at a missouri treatment facility. more reaction from the victims' families tonight. >>> now that the election is over, time for president obama to get back to work. the president has a big-time problem on his hands and it has to do with your money. nbc's tracie potts has the details on the nation's looming fiscal cliff. >> i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. >> reporter: fresh off his election victory, president obama's already been on the phone with top democrats and republica

former congresswoman giffords stood up in the courtroom today.aced the man that tried to assassinate her firing a bullet in to her brain. her husband former astronaut shuttle commander mark kelly spoke on her behalf and kelly said, quoting him, gabby would trade her own life to bring back any one of those you savagely murdered that day. her life has been forever changed. he goes on, every day is a continual struggle to do those things she was once so good at. federal prosecutors said loughner is given life without parole. during the hearing here, one point aides helped giffords out of the courtroom for a few minutes and then she did return. we don't know why she left. at least nine other shooting survivors are there including a woman who stopped loughner from reloading his gun and one of the men who helped tackle him to the ground. >> you're angry the first time you see him and but you calm down a little bit. >> i don't know how i'll react so i'm planning on speaking. i might change my mind but i really do have some things i want to say to the ju

including the arizona congresswoman gabriel giffords.ll make his first post election statement on the economy tomorrow and that he will likely address the so-called fiscal cliff and number one, the pentagon confirms iranian fighter jets fired at a u.s. predator drone over international waters last week. and that's "the fox report's" top five. and on this day in 1994, voters in california elected salvatore sony bono to the united states house of representatives. the singer producer, actor it and one-time husband of cher said he entered politics after bureaucracy stalled one of his restaurant projects. sony bobby know became the republic mayor of palm springs back in '88. made a failed run at the senate. then set his sights on the u.s. house. he won the seat on the wave of newt gingrich's then republic revolution. the "the washington post" wrote at the time that he had a gift for making palm pus lawmakers laugh at themselves. he served for four years until

former congresswoman gabrielle giffords stood tall. her husband said you may have put a bullet in her head but haven't put a dent in her spirit. after this moment we're doesn't thinking about you. loughner tried to assassinate giffords at a shopping plaza last year. he fired 31 shots in 30 seconds killing six people and wounding 12 others. patricia said giffords gave me courage to speak in court. >> she greeted me and said i needed to be strong. >> reporter: loughner chose not to koinlt court. his mother cried throughout the hearing when the judge handed down the sentence. loughner was diagnosed with schizophrenia and forcibly medicated so he could participate in his defense. many victims say the mental health system and people around loughner failed him. >> we need to be much more willing to intervene. >> reporter: retired colonel survived a shot to the head. he forgives loughner because of his illness. >> if he wasn't mentally disturbed why then there's no way i could forgive him. >> the judge recommended loughner serve his time in t

the time that was left in congresswoman giffords' term.going to give a statement later today. you think this election is over. he's in a re-election bid and they're still counting the votes in his re-election effort here in arizona. now, as for loughner, people may wander why they did not seek the death penalty. if you remember, there were a lot of concerns about his ability to stand trial. also, prosecutors very worried about the fact that he could try to plead insanity and have some sort of a lesser sentence. so all of the victims that have spoken so far feeling comfortable with life in prison without parole. carol? >> casey, thank you. >>> syria's embattled president said he will not except international exile even though his country is sinking deeper into a bloody civil war. . >> i think the price of this invasion, if it happens, is going to more than we can afford. we have problem in syria. stability in the region, and coexistence. it will have domino effect, that effect from the atlantic to the pacific. >> cnn's mohammed joins us now

decorating her home. >>> today for the first time after she was gunned down 22 months ago gabby giffords will come face to face with the man who tried to assassinate her. jared lock ner will be sentenced to life without pa roll. giffords husband, mark kelley, will also be in court reading a letter on his wife's behalf. >>> the election in florida is still too close to call in the presidential contest. and in another florida race, republican congressman alan west is demanding a recount despite the fact that he's trailing democrat patrick murphy by nearly 2500 votes considered outside the margin for a recount. >>> at least 48 are dead after a massive 7.4 magnitude earthquake in guatemala. cameras rolled as an after shock hit. >>> take a look at the upper right-hand part of your screen. this is amazing. do you see that woman. this incredible video from great britain. it shows a woman who survived after getting crushed by three cars while trying to walk across the street. amazingly she suffered only nonlife threatening head injuries. unreal. >>> now to wall street where u.s. markets and asia

gabrielle giffords was holding an outdoor meeting near a supermarket in tucson. jared loughner walked off with a gun killed six people wanting 13 including giffords. he had fired 31 shots and has never explained what had compelled them. psychiatrist testified that despite this drastic swings in his mental capacity he was competent to enter the fuel deeply that brought him to this day. >> let the shopping began a grand opening of a new outlet mall has some shopping until they drop. we will tell you where. >> twitter has been hacked. will tell [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow, you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah blah blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no. we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it. is she for real? your generation has it made. [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver only from at&t u-verse. get a free wireless receiver with a qualifying

. >> former congresswoman gabrielle giffords was face to face with the man who shot her in the head and left her with a traumatic brain injury. jared loughner killed six and wounded 11 others. we have more on today's sentencing. >> reporter: retired astronaut mark kelly spoke directly at the man who shot his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords who did not speak during the proceedings. you may have put a bullet in her head but not a dent in her spirit. know this and remember it always -- you failed. it was the first time gabrielle giffords came face to face with 24-year-old jared loughner who is accused of killing six and wounding 13 other. >> . another said i will not think of you again. loughner will spend the rest of his life in jail without the possibility of parole. he pleaded guilty to 19 federal charges as part of a plea deal to avid the federal death penalty. the only time he spoke in the courtroom is when the judge asked him not to comment. tucson shooting victims exspresd their pain and talked about the importance of treating the mentally ill. >> people should have been aler

giffords was among 13 that were wounded. >>> an arizona man enjoying his first night of freedom after spending almost 40 years behind bars for a double-murder he insists he did not commit. bill mccumber, 77 years old was released after a deal with prosecutors, to let him go after time served from the killings in 1962. the justice project took up his case saying he was framed by his wife during an ugly divorce and that another man eventually confessed to the crime. >> wow, can't imagine spending 40 years behind bars for a crime that you allegedly didn't commit, unfortunately that probably happens a little too much in america. >> time he will never get back. if he is innocent. he spent the years of his life locked up. no justice system is not perfect. not ours. >> if that is indeed true, though, that's an evil woman that would plant evidence to try to frame him. >> hell hath no fury as the saying goes. whoo. >> an oklahoma mother is getting an apology after slapped with a $2,500 ticket for letting her toddler urinate on the fa

jared lee loughner shot democratic congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the head as she was addressing local supporters in tucson. he also killed six people, including a child. the court ruled that loughner was mentally ill but legally competent at the time of the crime. it sentenced him to seven consecutive life sentences and 140 years in prison. giffords, who retired as congresswoman since the incident, attended the sentencing with her husband. >>> two major japanese automakers, toyota motor and mazda motor, are expanding their business alliance, this time abroad. they have agreed to produce a toyota brand car at mazda's plant in mexico. the companies have announced that they will make 50,000 subcompact cars a year at a plant mazda is now building in central mexico. production is scheduled to begin around the summer of 2015. toyota plans to sell the cars in north america. a new design based on mazda's demio model will be used for this new car. toyota will pay for part of the necessary production equipment and also shoulder some development costs. with the agreement, toyota aims to st

he spoke to our diane sawyer about his wife, gabby giffords and what he told the man who tried to killtense day in court for sure. >> absolutely. >>> as we approach veterans day we meet wounded warriors who have taken up instruments during their treatment. a moving story from our own bob woodruff. an amazing, what people do, lost so much. get their spirit back and devote injuries. that story definitely inspiring. >> how inspirational music can be. as you said just a great way for them to devote and pour themselves into it very therapeutic. >>> and then, "insomniac theater," this morning, we are featuring two great men, one rob nelson -- kidding. one greater than the other. talking james bond and president abraham lincoln. what the film critics are saying about them. i think you can figure out which one we are alluding to is greater than the other. >> lincoln looks great, daniel day-lewis, extraordinary actor. every i read he blows you away in the movie. if you are a history buff. one you may want to check out. we'll get to that in just a second. first, two weeks after superstorm sandy,

giffords resigned from the house in order to focus on her recovery.overy. >>> now that the election is over, both republicans and democratic leaders are promising cooperation toed a vote so-called fiscal cliff. president obama and the first family arrived back in washington last night. the white house and congress will have to address tax hikes and budget cuts that automatically kick in in the new year. it affects all americans and up until now, the republicans have blocked the president's proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy. >> if there is a mandate in yesterday's results, it is a mandate for us to find a way for work together on the solutions to the challenges that we all face as a nation. my message today is not one of confrontation but one of conviction. >> there will likely be cabinet chains in the president's second term. most speculation is that president obama will have to pick a new secretary of state and treasury secretary. ry secr >>> wall street greet a second obama term the same way it greeted the first way huge post- election selloff.

giffords faced her shooter. he told loughner, you tried to create world as dark as yours but you failed. kelly added, you may have put a bullet through her head, but you haven't put a dent in her spirit. giffords' aid ron bear bar was also wounded. he served out the rest of the congresswoman's term. >> i turned to mr. loughner and said, i hold no hatred for you but i am very, very angry and sick of heart about what you did. >> when the judge sentenced loughner to seven life terms plus 140 years in prison, his mother put her head down and cried uncroppably. the 24-year-old has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. tonight folks from new jersey to connecticut are trying to get up off the mat again. first, a body blow from superstorm sandy, then the upper cut from last night's nor'easter. hundreds of thousands down for the count. not a tko. an eko. electrical knockout. crews are out there working all night trying to restore power to thousands of family in the dark all over again. >> and all of a sudden, poof, and ther

. >> gabrielle giffords and other victims came face-to-face for the first time with the man who shot them outside a grocery store last year. jarret laughteedoughner. >> gabrielle giffords to read her husband in front of the man and said that he had failed to kill her. survivors and friends of those who were killed packed the courtroom. >> pam was shot twice. >> i decided that adding anger to the burden would do no good. >> she stotaught at the same elementary school that laughner was at. >> your mind as of the failure of our society to adequate -- provide adequate care. >> he did look at their victim. his mother sobbed as victims described their personal pain. >> i felt it across the back of my head. this is tragic. the showman is treatable. >> gabrielle giffords came face- to-face with the man who tried to kill her. she did not speak. her husband did. mark kellie said he may have put a bullet through her head, but you have not put a dent in her spirit and her commitment can make the world a better place. he pleaded guilty to 19 federal charges. under the agreement he will spend the

as we men as we mentioned earlier, gabby gifford came face to face yesterday with the gunman who nearlyk her life. >> but because of that attack, her husband, astronaut mark kelly, had to read her statement to the court. abc's diane sawyer talked with him afterward. >> and joining us now, astronaut mark kelly. was it upsetting to her? >> it was difficult. you know, she said she was, you know, sad during a lot of the, you know, the testimony, the victim impact statements. it's also, you know, tough to face somebody, you know, that did such a horrific crime, you know, in her case to her. but she's a tough woman, incredibly proud of her. you know, she stood up tall there as i read -- read her statement, and i'm very proud of her. >> you stared right in his eyes. what did you see as you stared in his eyes and what was that for you? >> you know, i saw a person who certainly has major mental illess but also somebody that knew where he was and why he was there and was almost a little bit defiant, i would have to say, in the way he was looking at us and looking at gabby. you know, he was -- i g

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it was a first time gabrielle giffords came face-to-face with the 24-year-old jared lee laugtner.ther sat sobbing in the courtroom. i won't think of you again a shooting victim said, injured trying to help her 9-year-old neighbor. he will spend his life in jay without possibility of parole, he pleaded guilty to 19 federal charges as part of a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. the only time he spoke in the courtroom was when the judge asked if laugtner agreed not to comment. yes, sir. he responded. during a news conference after victims expressed their pain and talked about the importance of treating the mentally i'll people should have been alerted that he needed mental help treatment. hadj,;ñ this happened, the violt acts might never have taken place. >> this is sad. this is tragic. this young man was treatable. >> it's unclear if state prosecutors will try laugtner and seek the death penalty. he is being treated for paranoid schizophrenia. >> applause at the closing bell on wall street today and maybe they're just clapping because the session was over. investors got hammered

. >>> former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords comes face to face with the man who shot her. what her husband said before the defendant learned his sentence. >> 15 months, what safeway workers are being urged to do by their union leaders. . >>> today was sentencing day for the man who opened fire in arizona last year, killing 6 and wounding 13 others, including former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. he will never be free again. >> reporter: a woman who survived the shooting because her husband gave his life to protect her. >> exoneration for my husband. >> the shooter jared lee loughner was brought to the courthouse in a caravan of police officers. he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. pleading guilty to 19 federal charges. >> it is our hope this will be a positive step towards their healing process. physically, emotionally, and psychologically. >> reporter: the shooting was in a grocery store parking lot in january 2011 when gabrielle giffords was meeting with constituents. she was shot in the head. the man who was elected to take her place did.

he went to that community meeting to talk to gabrielle giffords about obama care.hed and grabbed it with this hand and i ducked and across the back of my head. >> now, despite those injuries, he was one of the people who helped subdue jared loughner after the shooting. of course, the testimony that everybody was waiting to hear from, coming from mark kelly, the husband of gabrielle giffords. they walked up to the podium and she still needs help walking. very clear she still is recovering from her injuries and still partially blind. her arm is in a sling because it remains paralyzed. they gave very emotional, an emotional statement. here's in part what mark kelly had to say. they looked directly at loughner and he said, "you may have put a bullet through her head, but you have not put a dent in her spirit or her ability to do good." then he looked directly at loughner and said, gabby and i are done thinking about you. he'll have the rest of his life, jared loughner will, seven consecutive life terms, plus 140 years to think about those words, wolf. >> the victims, c