gabby gifford's top said hangs on to her place in congress. >>> a toddler tossed out of the car during a dangerous police chase. running to get back in. all of it, recorded on a dashboard cam. >>> and our robin roberts, inspiring gifts of life. the extraordinary generosity coming from her latest struggle. >>> good wednesday morning, everybody. eight, young men will tell their stories about what they allege jerry sandusky did to them when they were just little boys. >> and if they are all as emotional as the first was to testify, the trial of the former football coach will be gut-wrenching. abc's diana perez has the details. >> reporter: jerry sandusky was loved and respected at penn state. but at home, the defense witness known as victim one, told jurors he was a sexual predator. a pedophile that hand-picked boys from his second mile charity. victim one, an 18-year-old, described the abuse in sobbing detail. sobbing as he told jurors that the first time sandusky performed oral sex on him, he was just 11. after rubbing, cracking my back, and rubbing his hands down back of my shorts and

ron barber was giffords district director. he was shot twice in tucson that killed six and left giffords critically wounded. barber is in a race considered too close to call with jesse kelly, a republican who narrowly lost to giffords in this republican district two years ago. when giffords was recovering, there was a reservoir of goodwill, many hoped that it was a sign that republicans and democrats just might get along. but politics as usual seems to have returned and it's personal. >> don't let them cut my benefits. >> don't worry, grandpa, i won't. >> with jesse kelly there's a lot to worry about. i'm ron barber and i approve this message. >> for his part, kelly said it's a referendum not on the beloved giffords but on president obama. >> we will choose to stop him. and run him out of this state. >> my opponent tried to nationalize it. i know better than that. it's not about the president. it's about what happens here. >> a local election forged in tragedy. but in politics, such reminders only go so far says university of

congresswoman giffords was shot in the head at point blank range.ed and continues a long road back today. ron barber, congresswoman giffords' district director, was shot in the face and the leg. he spent over a month in the hospital but survived. and now he's running as a democrat to take his former boss' seat in congress. the special election is this tuesday. he'll be facing this man, jesse kelly. kelly ran and lost against giffords in 2010's congressional race. he's a member of the tea party, a former marine, who served in the iraq war. in 2010 he called liberalism an infectious disease and also called congresswoman giffords useless and a hero of nothing. in 2010 he held a campaign gun event calling supporters to get on target for victory in november. help remove giffords from office and to shoot a fully automatic m16 with kelly at the event. that was before the tragedy, and it had nothing to do with it, but it's still unacceptable. that brings us to the present day. check out this campaign ad e-mailed by a pac supporting kelly put out. "jesse kel

ron barber was gifford's district director. he was shot twice in last year's attacks in tucson that killed six and left giffords critically wounded. despite his close ties with the popular democrat, barber is locked in a race considered too close to call with jessy kelly, a republican who narrowly lost to giffords in his republican district two years ago. when giffords was recovering there was such a reservoir of goodwill. many hoped it would be a sign that republicans and democrats just might get along. but politics as usual seems to have returned and it's personal. >> don't let ron barber cut my benefits, jesse, i've earned them. >> don't worry, grandpa, i won't. >> i know will you protect us. >> don't worry, grandpa. >> reporter: with jesse kelly, there's a lot to worry about. >> i'm ron barber and i approve this message. >> reporter: for his part, kelly says the race is a referendum, not on the beloved giffords but on president barack obama. >> we will choose to give obama a boost in his job killing agenda, or we will choos

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giffords was -- he was shot twice in the january 2011 attack that left giffords critically wounded. barber's opponent in tomorrow's special election is republican jesse kelly who narrowly lost to giffords in 2010. >>> the signs are up but so far crews have yet to break ground on the lengthy u street construction project. the plans call for widening sidewalks, upgrading streets, and intersections and improving the landscape along u street northwest between 9th street and 14th street. crews plan to work monday through saturday. however, there may be some construction work on sundays and also overnight. traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction while the crews are working. property ject is expected to be -- project is expected to be completed sometime next spring. >>> a bittersweet musical hit plenty of high notes at the 66th annual tony awards. "once" captured eight trophies, including best direction, best lead actor in a musical and top musical. this musical was based on a low budget 2006 film about an unlikely romance between a czech flower seller and irish street musici

it is a tough race for them because it is the context of giffords and a lot of goodwill toward giffordsthe things democrats are run on is entitlements. they accuse jesse kelly of being extreme of social security and medicare. what you are seeing in the districts, the ads that you are seeing, you will see them from congressional democrats across the country this election year. so, if democrats can win this seat and if they can win the seat comfortably, expect a lot more of the medicare and social security and republicans want to cut entitlements playbook. >> what has been the response, josh, to congress member giffords? we saw her accompanying barber. how has that been received each those who are not her supporters? >> there has been a lot of goodwill, tamron. what is amazing about the race, this is an off-year election. there could be record turnout in the district. the giffords resonated with a lot of voters, even those who disagreed with her, voted for her when she was a congress member. a lot of that goodwill is spreading to her hand picked replacement of ron barber. we are seeing th

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giffords term. barber a former giffords aide was seriously wounded in the same attack in which giffords was shot at a tucson shopping center. >>> the head of jpmorgan chase will testify before congress today about his bank's massive trading losses. jamie dimon is expected to say that the multibillion dollar loss can be blamed on insufficient controls and traders who didn't understand what they were doing. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. good morning to you. >> good morning terrell. >> jamie dimon will do several things today. he will apologize, he will call this an isolated incident and he will tell members of congress that he has taken steps to ensure this doesn't happen again. jpmorgan chase ceo, jamie dimon will apologize to members of congress today for risky trades the bank undertook that led to huge losses. in prepared testimony, dimon says we have let a lot of people down and we are sorry for it. the bank took part in a trading strategy known as hedging, which is actually designed

blubber was the former district director for giffords'. giffords' was injured in a shooting last year and resign from congress. cellphones not the only thing plan for distracted driving and other stuff to. the kind of technology that comes with new cars what is being done to make sure safety before technology. debris washes ashore from japan brings a new war for the coast line what is taking a ride that scientists worry about the west coast. two guys play board game now have the date with the folks from guinness. we might be setting records the heat is on the bay area the winds are up, details ahead. ,,,, >>> tsunami debris washed up on the west coast and raises concerns foresee live. it could damage the local biology. and entire japanese stock landed on an oregon beach this week. stuck to it where shellfish crabs and starfish and sea weed not native to this part of the world. scientists worry more invasive species could be kitchen rides on tsunami debris. driven to distraction, dashboards of new cars resemble video games and the trouble s

gifford was shot twice in last year's attacks in tucson that killed six and left giffords criticallyce with jesse kelly, a republican who narrowly lost to giffords two years ago. giffords stepped down from congress earlier this year. on tuesday voters in arizona will decide who replaces her. >>> well, a brave guy at a ballgame goes to bat for his girlfriend. we'll have that story next on 9 news. >> hang on, hang on. >> whoa. >> oh, no. there you go. everything's all right. >> did he hit a home run? >>> and does anny hong have a winning forecast for us? she'll tell you about the week ahead when we come right back. >> it was an unusual ballgame in phoenix from the start last night as the arizona diamondbacks took on the oakland a's. but all eyes were on anything but the game. as you can see, many fans and even the announcers came dressed as star wars characters for star wars night at the park. but even they were up staged by this man. in the stands who was hoping the force was with him. look, bottom of the fifth, got down on one knee, pulled out an engagement ring, asked his girlfriend

in just a few days, we'll know who fill s gabby giffords' seat in congress. we'll ask him about that provocative ad that plays off soft sympathy for giffords and attacks his opponent. does it go too far? >>> and a tragic statistic. suicides among american troops are surging. just about one per day this year. that's far more deaths than troops killed in action. >>> good morning from washington. it's friday, june 8th, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. of course, stay with us this morning. the president will be making a statement in the press briefing room, also expected to take a few questions. let's get right to my first reads of the morning. presidential campaign is a marathon, and this is the week mitt romney caught up with the president. not just the national polls have been tightening for a while, but now romney has pulled even in a handful of key areas. most important is money. the president has had a big appraisering advantage, and even had his biggest fund-raising month in may. that didn't matter. romney and the rnc out-raised president

>>> gabrielle giffords makes a rare public appearance. what brought the former congresswoman out today a year and a half after she was nearly shot to death. >>> but first, another scorcher. it's the hottest day we've had this year. i'm jim rosen field. the hottest day of the year? that was yesterday. temperatures have reached record highs in back-to-back days. chuck is th chuck? >> yes, indeed, record temperatures still near 100 degrees. 93 right now near waldorf and la plat a, still 90 in frederick, maryland. back-to-back 90-degree days so a summer siz ler of a weekend for sure. it's the first time we've been 90 or better on a saturday or a sunday since last summer. last august, the 6th and 7th of last year, that's the first time we had back-to-back 90s on a saturday and sunday. your evening planner is a warm one. back to the 70s by 11:00. another hot place? on the pavement of pennsylvania avenue and that's where we find abby spencer. >> the scorching heat is the beat for parents. we found a little spot of shade here on pennsylvania aven

jesse kelly ran against gabriel giffords last time around. came within a few thousand votes defeating her. obviously she won. how does it look this time around? >> reese poll the ron barber the democrat is beating jesse kelly by 12 points. part of that is based on goodwill for gabrielle giffords and her staff. looks like the democrat will come out a victor tonight. it will not say a ton about this fall i don't think because we wouldn't expect that democrats will outperform republicans by 12 points, let's say this fall in arizona. jon: ron barber, her aide running to replace her was wounded in the attack on her. he was there at the shopping center that day she was shot. he i am self was grazed in the cheek by a bullet. >> that's exactly right. that is to the point that good wil still remains for not only gabrielle giffords but her staff and ron barber himself. as this campaign moves forward we see there is a lot of goodwill in the district for that whole team. it looks like they're headed for victory tomorrow but arizona this fall may be a swi

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the move to replace gabby giffords. good morning from washington. it's wednesday, june 6, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. i need two hours this morning and let me get to the first read of the morning. i'll jam it this morning. if you're going try to kill the king, you better make sure you succeed. state democrats didn't come close to succeeding. walker easily beat back tom barrett, 53-46. it was almost identical to the first time the two ran against each other and over 2.5 million people voted in a summer recall election and more votes were cast, nearly as many as in the 2008 presidential election. walker actually got more votes than john mccain won in wisconsin in 2008 and there was a more electorate in 2008? look at this, as you can see the numbers, 38% in 2004 to 38% in 2012. what did we learn here in 2004, 2008, 2010, and 2008 might be the anomaly. rebecca governor kleefsch. he held on to his seat. the balance of power hangs on the final results of the 21st district with democrat john lehman. at this hour the a.p. still has not called the race. as you can

special election to replace congresswoman grill giffords.aide barber is running to fill her seat. one of 13 people hurt when a gunman shot congress giffords in the head and killed six other people. she resigned in february to focus on her recovery. anita vogel is here now. how much of a roll did she play? >> she hasn't played too much of a role until very recently. it's only been in the last few days that we have seen gabriel giffords and mark kelly out on the campaign trail in support of ron barber. we saw all three of them show up pretickets to cast votes for barber. now he wants to carry on her legacy. >> i think you know why this race is important to me. i have lived and worked and served this community for a long time. it's been just a real privilege to be able to serve people here in this arena working with congressman giffords as her district director. >> now, some polls show ron barber up as much as 12 points over his g.o.p. opponent. trace, remember, this is a republic leaning district. republicans have the edge by 26,000 voters. re

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democrat ron barber, a giffords staffer who was wounded in the shooting in 2010, had been expected to win yesterday's special vote. during the run-up to yesterday's vote. giffords campaigned for her former district director. >>> now here is your "first look" at other news going on around america today. this is shocking dash cam video. out of texas from a police cruiser. it shows the amazing survival of an 18-month-old little girl who was ejected from an suv. the toddler rises to her feed and chases after the vehicle. her parents were reported by both in suv. the high-speed chase began after one of the occupants robbed a shop owner at gun-point. >>> a scuffle between a bailiff and inmate burst through the door. the attorney and officers rushed in to help. it took three men to hold down the 260-pound inmate before he was shackled and taken back to jail. >>> california sanitation workers showed they were tired of cleaning up one bank's mess. the group tussled with security when they attempted to dump trash bags into the lobby of the bank's headquarters. they accuse the bank of innorring

facing off against jesse kelly who narrowly lost to giffords in the 2010 election.crats need 25 seats and 25-seat pickup to win back control of the house of representatives. >> for whiplash effect, i want to scoot back to the presidential race and campaign. there's a brand-new radio ad. the president out with the first radio ad targeting black voters specifically. i want to take a listen and ask you about it on the other side. >> four years ago, we made history. now it's time to move forward and finish what we started together. we have to show the president, we have his back. ♪ >> i like the music soundtrack, it's pretty cool. if you look at the polls from 2008, he had overwhelming support from the black community. what is it looking like this time around? >> exit polls from 2008, you're right, the president did make history, the first african-american to win, 95% of the african-american vote went to senator obama. 4% went to senator mccain. what does it look like now? this is the latest breakdown from gallop's numbers. not as overwhelming, almost 9 in 10 african-am

>> the important point here is that kelly made that comment before giffords was shot. congress that it's marked with the date, local papers have criticized the ad as misleading. in a race this tight even something like this could be a difference maker. by the way, it was one of those bizarre instances which the new district is actually more democratic, but that doesn't get voted on until the november general election. this special election is taking place under the old lines and slightly more republican. >> joining me now is the republican congressional candidate mr. kelly. i simply want to ask you to respond to that ad. those were your words and you had rhetoric in 2010. you have changed your rhetoric. how do you respond? >> that was 2010, it was several months before the tragedy and it is taken completely out of context and it's meant to mislead the voters and it's sad to see the democratic party trying to exploit the tragedy. no other way to describe it as that. >> let me say something that you said in the campaign trail have been used in tv ads. you refer to social

. >>> barber went to finish out congresswoman gabrielle giffords' turn. congresswoman gabrielle giffords appeared with barber at his victory celebration and hand picked who she wanted to take over. congresswoman gabrielle giffords resigned following an a as nation attempt. >>> the man suspected of killing three people and wounding three others could appear in court today. he turned himself in, in montgomery alabama. he was charged with a shooting at an apartment complex monday night. two auburn football players died in that shooting. >>> two people were arrested for alleged squatting. they are a caused of taking -- accused of taking over a home. they asked the suspects to put a leash on their pit bull but one pulled out a handgun instead. officers cited them for trespassing, and inside the house they found weapons and scores of people in bedrooms. >> lots of people just move in and it was endless. >> now the previous homeowner is still listed on records and is legally responsible for the house. they added a new code enforcement officer to help tackle the

. >>> and now a milestone in congresswoman's gabrielle giffords' journey.she resigned five months ago and is here with the chief of staff who is running in the election to replace. will her support help him win? >> reporter: with her trademark smile, gabby giffords came to vote in tucson today. walking slow and still facing a long recovery, her husband mark kelly, told today's special election a little bit about closure. 17 months after the shooting that shattered her skull. more than ten months near the near miraculous return to the house floor, there will soon be somebody else in gabby giffords' seat. kelly against barber, a former aide who was also shot on that fateful day. giffords has stayed out it, but over the weekend, she came out to campaign for her fellow staffer. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you very much. >> thank you sprch. very much. her. >> her husband said the decision to come was a difficult one. >> she meant to serve. >> reporter: so the woman who few expected to survive bid farewell, gone from con

>> you're running to finish the term of your former boss, congresswoman giffords.differ with her on anything? on any specific issue, or is it -- is your message to voters, you're continuing what she ran on, what she believed in, is basically what you believe in? >> well, i think it's important to clarify, you know, people have said to me, we're so glad you're running for gabby's seat. and i've tried to remind them, in the presence of the congresswoman, i reminded the kickoff group that came to my first campaign event that this is not gabby's seat, this is not ron barber's seat, this is the people's seat. and that's one of the things that i really like about the house of representatives. it's a two-year and full accountability to the people, when you come before them, almost right away, before you go back hopefully to serve another term. so for me, it's about going to washington with my own experiences. i'm obviously a different age than the congresswoman, have different life experiences. >> so what is different? what is something -- how is it that -- what are you g

he was shot in the same attack that wounded gifford and killed six others in february of last year.giffords resigned in january to focus on her recovery. >>> a prominent businessman and board member of the boy scouts of america announced tonight that he is supporting an end to the boy scouts' ban on gay scouts and gay scout leaders. it was a statement issued a short time ago saying "i support the meaningful work of the boy scouts, however the membership policy is not one i would personally endorse." for decade, the boy scouts of america has weathered anger, petitions, lawsuits over a long-standing policy that bans gay scouts and troop leaders. >>> a picasso lithograph found this weekend after it was stolen from a novato mansion is now in police custody. the artwork was reported missing in may the day after a group of teenagers were found partying in the mansion. the home has been vacant since the owner, a former ukrainian prime minister, was imprisoned for hiding money. >> reporter: the resident was walking here on burning tree drive headed toward the trail head that heads toward th

giffords aide.ded in last year's shooting rampage. giffords is campaigning for her former colleague. >> she is doing great. we've been here in tucson for a few days. going around. gabby has been thanking ron's supporters and volunteers. and motivating them to get out the vote here for the election. >> the race is considered too close to call. the winner will serve the remainder of gifford's term but face re-election in november. >>> this is such a strange story. you know how you ate -- you always forget your password, right? an iowa state university professor wants to make passwords a thing of the past. he has a unique way of doing it. the way you type is as unique as your fingerprint. alison kosik will explain it all to us. >> we are creatures of habit with everything we do, that includes how we ditype. maurice chance is a professor and he won a grant to study key strokes on our commuter what professor chang says we do is we all type different limit when we type a long word, we all pause somewhere

democrat ron barber, a gifford staffer who was wounded in the tucson shooting that killed six people in 2010, had been expected to win yesterday's special vote. during the run-up to yesterday's vote, giffords campaigned for her former district director. >>> well, now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. this is just some shocking dash cam video. it's from a texas police cruiser and shows the amazing survival of an 18-month-old little girl who was ejected from an suv. and miraculously the toddler rises to her feet, then chases after the vehicle, whose parents were both in the suv. the high-speed chase began after one of the occupants robbed a woman at gunpoint. police arrested four teens. >>> cameras inside a kentucky courtroom were rolling when a scuffle between a bailiff and an inmate burst through the door. an attorney and additional officers immediately rushed in to help. it took three men to hold down the 260-pound inmate before he was shackled and then taken back to jail. >>> california sanitation workers showed that they're tired of cleaning u

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giffords resigned a year after she was shot in the head to focus on recovery.arber was also injured in the shooting rampage that killed six, giffords stayed out of the campaign for the most part but barber got a hand from give forces and her husband this past weekend. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you. >> that you very much. >> thank you very much. >>> life takes unexpected turns and here we are! >> barber will be running again in november's general election for a full term. >>> new poll just released within the hour shows president obama's popularity dropping. fewer than half voters surveyed think wale of his handling of the economy in the latest -- poll, only 43% of voters expressed favor able opinions about the president's -- economic agenda 40% say the same about mitt romney. among independent swing voters 54% see mr. obama's plans in a negative light. 47% rate romney's plan as negative. >>> >> firefighters in colorado have made some progress battling that massive wildfire near fort collins. they've managed to get 10% containment of a fire that ha

jesse kelly. >> life takes unexpected turns and here we are. >> it was a milestone in gabrielle giffords' journey after she resigned to focus on recover from an assassination attempt. >> thank you for everything you've done for us, gabby. >> she stayed out of a campaign for the most part. barber also wounded, gun in hand from giffords this past weekend. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you very much. but democrats and republicans are eager to show that momentum is on their side ahead of the november general election. jesse kelly tried to tie barber to president obama. >> each party is hungry in june to have a story of winning and victory to sell to the american public as they head into the fall campaign season. >> the victory could not come at a better time for democrats and president obama, who offered a bruising loss in wisconsin and they are regrouping after mitt romney and republicans outpaced them in fund-raising last month. one barbour has a good shot at winning in november, because the district is expected to be more friendly to democrats as a result of redistricting. tahma

these moments with gabby giffords shows everything that's right about our democracy.this special election tomorrow, the winner should remember everything she fought for and we should remember those that did lose their lives so that we never deal with this type of acrimony again. thanks for watching.

these moments with gabby giffords shows everything that's right about our democracy.this special election tomorrow, the winner should remember everything she fought for and we should remember those that did lose their lives so that we never deal with this type of acrimony again. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. this program note. tomorrow night, we'll have a live interview with newt gingrich. you won't want to miss that one. "hardball" starts right now. >>> obama versus romney. whose gaffe is worse? let's play some "hardball." >>> good evening. chris matt yew yoous is on a shoot at mt. rushmore. the romney campaign is all over president obama for saying the private sector is doing fine. and the obama campaign has jumped on romney for him saying we don't need to hire more firemen and teachers. which will voters remember in november? that's where we'll start tonight. plus the implications into whether someone

including late results from the special election in arizona to fill the seat vacated by gabrielle giffords. we'll tell you how that turned out. plus stephen colbert weighs in on mitt romney's continued use of the sport, as in you're a tall fella, i'll bet you play sport. that clip later. first the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> a top official at the united nations stays the 15-month conflict in syria has grown into an all-out civil war as u.n. officials try to broker some kind of deal for peace, secretary of state hillary clinton revealed that russia, one of the main obstacles to action out of the united nations is shipping more attack helicopters to damascus. >> we have confronted the russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to syria. they have from time to time said that we shouldn't worry, everything they're shipping is unrelated to their actions internally. that's patently untrue. >> nbc's chief foreign correspondent, richard engel joins us live for more. what can you tell us? this seems to be getting uglier by the moment. >> it certainly is