in new york city, this is "nightline," january 14th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we begin tonight with miracles. it's a term we've come to use with some frequency. we describe life's most unexpect and extraordinary twists with it. but there is actually a sanctioning body for miracles. a department of miracles, you might say, that's assigned to investigate them on a case by case basis and then deliver a judgment. it's either a miracle or it's not. well, hon a day when a new miracle has been declared, elizabeth vargas goes inside the process for our series, "faith matters." >> reporter: as soon as he died, the faithful were crying out, even demanding it. sainto, the crowd chanted. and this french nun, who claims she was cured by the late pope, as now brought him his bee yat if i case. "you look at my hand," she says, "it's no longer shaking." pope benedict announced today that her recovery from parkinson's disease was indeed a miracle. the beatification will take place on may 1st. >> it's one of the first stories that i received. >> reporter: this man is in char

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 21st, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with young people and drug use. our focus is an herb native to southern mexico that causes hallucinations when smoked and can cause the user to lose control of thoughts and actions. it's called salvia and it's perfectly legal in most states. but now it is under increased scrutiny following the allegation that the suspect in the tucson shooting, jarwas a regular user. here's terry moran with our report. >> reporter: if you go to youtube and type in the world salvia, you enter an underground world. it's called salvai, magic mint, sally d. it packs a powerful punch unlike anything else out there. >> in higher doses it produces a visionary state. where you basically go into a waking dream. it's very similar to dreaming, like sleep dreaming. only you're awake. >> reporter: all these videos are posted by people who claim shea show people who are smoking salvia. they take a hit and within a minute, s

in new york city, this is "nightline," january 18th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we begin tonight with a story of love, courage and grace. commander mark kelly has thrown in space three times, but he says he's closest to heaven when he's with his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords. in just three months time, commander kelly's scheduled to fly into space again, and not least among the signs of optimism about his wife's condition is that he has not ruled out that trip. here's diane sawyer with an abc news exclusive. >> reporter: it started as a typical weekend for the long distance couple. commander mark kelly at home with his daughters in houston. his wife, gabrielle giffords, in tucson, preparing for a public event. how did you hear? >> on saturday morning, i received a call from my wife's chief of staff. she says, i don't know how to tell you about this, but gabby's been shot. >> reporter: didn't know whether it was serious at that point -- >> no, we had no idea. i just couldn't believe it. >> reporter: kelly had spoken with his wife just 30 minutes earli

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," january 13th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with promising signs and a touching farewell in tucson. doctors report that congresswoman gabrielle giffords, so gravely wounded in saturday's shooting is showing signs of motor control beyond what anyone dared expect. exciting news. but muted today by the laying to rest of the tragedy's youngest victim, 9-year-old christina-taylor green, in a ceremony at a catholic church in north tucson. here's david wright with our report. >> reporter: today in tucson, the first solid bit of good news from the doctors. >> she's yawning, she's starting to rub her eyes and she'll wake up, where as before she would just go back to sleep right away. >> reporter: congresswoman gabby giffords appears to be waking up. but alongside that glimmer of hope, heartbreak as this community today laid to rest the littlest victim of the shooting. 9-year-old christina-taylor green and congresswoman giffo

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 27th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. the idea of the devil, evil incarna incarnate, has symbolic force. and the character of lucifer inhabits our greatest literature. but what about the devil not as a symbol, but as a willful being? a fallen angel in christian belief that cannot only affect human events but enter human bodies? tonight, we go inside the controversial and extraordinary right of exorcise with my co-anchor terry moran for our series "faith matters." >> it burns! >> reporter: in hollywood, exorcisms are full of spooky special effects and terrifying images. as in most famously, the film, "the exorcist." >> i demand you to depart from this servant of god. >> can you hear me? >> reporter: or, there's the battle with the devil in the movie "the exorcism of emily rose." >> demons exist whether you believe in them or not. >> reporter: but exorcism is more, much more, than just fodder for horror flicks. it is one of the most d

in washington, this is "nightline," january 25th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. winning the future. that was the theme of president obama's state of the union address tonight. that's how he summed up the challenges facing the country and his plans to meet them. it is a tenuous moment for president obama, a moment of drama and opportunity in the wake of the tucson shootings that seemed to sober up the political classes somewhat. but it's a crossroads in his presidency, and the president faces challenges of his own. tonight, we take a look at what he said and how he did. it was different this time. you could see the shift in attitudes here in washington in the house chamber itself. dozens of democrats and republicans crossing the aisle to sit together. and so many wearing black and white ribbons, black for mourning, white for peace. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states! >> reporter: hovering over president obama's speech tonight was an unmistakable spirit, a newfound sense of what almost seemed like responsibility and determination. call it the spirit

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let's bring in terry moran right now. what are you going to do tonight, and what did you hear tonight, terry? >> well, diane, we're going to focus on the two different visions. president obama trying to turn this tenuous post-tucson political moment to his advantage, seize the initiative once again, with what was an ambitious speech. we're going to take a look at that unique moment in the house chamber with all the mingling and matching and date night, as it has been called. and that will come up in just a little bit on "nightline." >> okay, terry, thank you. and we're going to have a lot more on that tomorrow on "good morning america" and continuing coverage on abcnews.com. >> and for george and all of us on the team at abc of >>> feeng, thanks for joining us for this special edition of abc 7 news, if you heard president obama speak tonight you know his state of the union message was about investing in the future. >> and creating new jobs. one sill hi son kon valley giant is hiring and another big company is firing. david

i'm terry moran. we're going to begin tonight with a big number. $6.7 billion. that's the amount americans spend each year on hair care products. shampoos and conditioners gels and sprays to help people feel better about what they see in the mirror. so much at stake, you can bet that hair care products companies are working overtime to get a leg up on the competition. but you might be surprised at the degree to which they have looking good down to a science. here's sharyn alfonsi. >> reporter: i didn't hate her. i just wanted to scalp her. those commercials of long flowing shiny hair taunt women like me. in the business they have a name for it. for that shot right there. when they do this with their hair. >> we call that hair gymnastics. >> reporter: bob mcdonald is the ceo of pantene. they sell some $3 billion of hair products every year. part of a $48 billion global industry. >> every woman in the world believes rightfully she has damaged hair. >> nappy. nasty. the curls just kind of fall out. >> the side is like up here. this side is down here. >> frumpy woul

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 4th, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with the subject of many a new year's resolution, weight loss. dieting is big business, in fact, a $60 billion a year business here in the u.s. part of the reason why 50 million of us go on diets every year, only about 5% manage to keep the weight off. so, why do so many celebrities seem to succeed? each year, "us weekly" devotes a special issue to celebrity weight loss. a star-studded who and how of thinning down. this year, we went behind the scenes as it all came together. here's chris connelly. >> reporter: it's not only star-crossed romance that holds the attention of celebrity-minded magazines. on a parallel track, the ups and downs of celebrity bodies and diets keep readers enthralled, too. in the celebrity weight loss world, there are the big success stories, like valerie bertinelli. the sitcom sweetheart who used jenny craig to lose 40 pounds and rocked this bikini. >> i've been given

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," january 11th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. and to begin we want to show you pictures released this evening by the office of representative gabrielle giffords, her husband, u.s. navy captain mark kelly holds her hand inside the hospital room where she is recovers from a gunshot wound to the head. the suspected gunman 22-year-old jared loughner remarkably give formedffords is said to be doing well. here's bob woodruff who brings to the story his own incredible tale of survival. >> was somebody shot then sir? >> yes the guy looked like -- the guy had a semiallutomatic pistol. he went in, he just started firing. >> reporter: just after 10:00 in the morning, 22-year-old jared loughner walked straight to gabrielle giffords and shot her point blank in the head. >> he comes out around he goes immediately up to her, fires the first shot. >> reporter: he killed six others in his rampage, but his target was still fighting for her life. >> is

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 6th, 2011. >> good evening. we begin tonight with children's health, and a startling reality. tens of thousands of preschoolers in this country are on anti-psychotic medications. a number that's doubled in the last decade. the trend raises many questions, especially since most have not been tested on children and doctors have little idea what their effect may be on the developing brain. tonight, we meet a family faced with a profoundly difficult choice. for this little boy, what you're seeing is not just a momentary tantrum, but the stuff of every day life. day in and day out, cole evavold's parents, jennifer and chris, have had to cope with his thrashing, banging and screaming. it's certainly not what they thought life would be like when they adopted him as a newborn seven years ago. >> i guess he really was fussy. he cried and needed to be held a lot and he never slept. i thought it was just him being a baby. >> reporter: by two months,

. >> i'm terry moran. coming up next on "nightline" a deadly disease and the pope calls it a miracle. what makes a modern miracle? and the wounded aide sending next to congresswoman giffords >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> when it comes to driving, if you could get to your destination faster and safer, would you consider changing the way you drive? they discovered the key is living without left turns. jeremy hubbard has the story. >> hanging a left may work for nascar drivers. after all, what would this sport be without left hand turns? but for the rest of us, there is scientific proof that left just isn't right. >> if people stop making left turns tomorrow, we in the traffic business would be out of business the day after that. left turns contribute so much of our problems. >> researchers wondered what would happen if we stopped turning left altogether. they looked at intersections wherein assisted of going left you go right, drive a little ways and then flip a legal u-

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 28th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. it's complicated does not even begin to describe america's relationship with egypt. in exchange for more than a billion of your tax dollars a year, they have been a partner, but egypt is run by a man many resent as a modern-day farrow. his average subjects scratches by on $6 a day. resentment over this arangement has been simmers for years. it boiled over this week and exploded tonight, setting the white house and the world on edge. for the very latest, here's alex marquardt in cairo. >> reporter: bill, despite the curfew, despite the armored military vehicles on the streets, protests continue tonight. tanks have surrounded the u.s. embassy to protect it. from our perch, we've heard explosions, cheers, battles. it's been incredible 24 hours with the government of president hosni mubarak on the ropes, trying to figure out what to do in the face of such incredible anger. the scenes are unprecedent

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 26th, 2011. >> and good evening from a snowy new york. we begin tonight with parenting. dr. spock baby and child care book has sold more than 50 million copies since its 1946 publication. but now, a new kind of parenting book is flying off the shelves, and the author we speak with tonight has critics roaring about her sharp-clawed advice. here's juju chang to talk with the author, and with moms of a few different stripes. >> reporter: parenting has become a competition of style. and there's a me marriage ree of mothers writing about how they are raising the perfect cub. meet amy chua. better known as the tiger mom. >> my daughter said, i hate math, i'm bald at math. i didn't accept that. i said, i'm making these practice test, and i hand wrote them and i did this with her for a week and the next test, she did really well and guess what? she decided she didn't hate math. her parents started calling her a math whiz and now math is one of he

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," january 19th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, we begin with a story about family values. big family values. we'll take you to tennessee an introduce you to a christian family named bates. mom kelly, dad gil just celebrated the birth of their 18th baby. and they're praying for more as they move closer to becoming the biggest family in america one day. ryan owens goes 1-on-20 for this look inside an american family. >> reporter: you've probably heard the term organized chaos. but you've likely never seen it in action. until you meet the bates family. all 20 of them. there's dad gil, mom kelly, and then there are the 18 children. at 22, zach is the oldest. >> every year, you know, add another person, so it doesn't feel abnormal to me. >> reporter: the youngest, judson, is just 4 months old. i have what, to me, is a very difficult question, and that is, name your children. >> i have all the years -- >> reporter: however. >> zach

." >> i'm terry moran.up next on "nightline" a special edition on the state of the union address. the president declares a sputnik moment, and he calls for a political truce. we'll look at how america is reacting to what the president said and how he said it.@t this is a strawberry pop-tart. and this is the warm fresh baked taste... of a strawberry toaster strudel. see the difference? pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. than listening there'to our favorite songs. there's nothing we love more than listening to our favorite songs. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. but our favorite thing is eating totino's pizza rolls. ♪ we're the kids in america >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> toyota's quality control whoas are recalling 1.7 million vehicles for various defectsthat may cause fuel leak kedge. amoung the cars recalled are the is and gs lexus luxury models in north america. according to toyota they have not caused accidents. japan has the

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," january 12th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. after five days of anguish and anger, tucson and really the whole nation was due for an emotional cleansing tonight. 25,000 people showed up at a college arena that seats half that many. among them some carrying flesh wounds. all of them scarred emotionally by saturday's murder spree. the heads of state and federal government were there. cabinet members, supreme court justices past and present. and the man who carried the biggest responsibility to the mode podium, barack obama. more than any dark moment before, this was his night to serve as consoler in chief. and after a week of bitter political back and forth, millions tuned in to see how the president would respond, but not one of them expected one particular line early in the speech. the news that representative gab ree gel gef fordiffords opened her eyes tonight. one of many applause breaks. our chief white house correspondent jake tapper was t

. >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. almost 3 million young people belong to the boy scouts and collectively they spend millions of hours a year outdoors. on most excursions the greatest hazards scouts face are mosquito bites or campfire ghost stories scare, but on several high-profile occasions now going back to the 1990s things have gone terribly wrong and the question then becomes who if anyone is at fault? here's john donvan for our series "nightlight investigates." >> reporter: their famous motto, be prepared. first on the list of virtues is the word trustworthy. >> to keep myself physically strong mentally awake and morally straight. >> reporter: including a 17-year-old boy named michael sclawy-adelman. so he had a goal. >> certainly. >> he wanted to be an eagle. >> reporter: which is a hard thing to do. but because of what happened to michael on his way to eagle scouting's highest rank achieved by only a very few. how close was he. >> pretty close. >> reporter: because he never made it and because of what went wro

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for terry moran, bill weir and all of us at abc news, good night, america. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! >> oh, crap, i'm late! ♪ >> jimmy: why are you late, stupid? i told you, never to be late. >> dicky: tonight, seth rogen. elle fanning. music from the damned things. and special guest director michel gondry. >> action! >> dicky: with cleto and the cletones. and now, bonjour. here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, thanks for coming. very nice. i'm really sorry. i guess i overslept or something. thank you for coming. thank you for being here, thank you for watching. i'll begin sbi by introducing our guest director tonight, the director of "the green hornet," the great michel gondry. [ applause ] >> hey, jimmy. how are you? thanks for having me. >> jimmy: thank you for being here. itch was up all night learning french to speak to you today. he's directed videos for foo fighters, for beck, the white stripes. he's directed kate winslet, jim carrey. don't say anything. he thinks i'm john travolta, so -- this is the third celebrity guest

and we hope you turn in tomorrow night as terry moran examines the growing use of salvia, a plant that packs a powerful punch. is it safe? or should it be criminalized? that is tomorrow right here on "nightline." but that is our report for tonight. and for all of us here at abc news, good night, america. >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel. tonight on the show, from the movie "blue valentine," ryan gosling. from every reality show on e!, kourtney kardashian. we have music from ra ra riot. and why is this woman so unhappy? >> it's humiliating when it doesn't happen to you. it's funny when it's not you. when it's you, it's a totally different feeling. it's a totally, totally different feeling. >> well, she's upset because she was texting while walking and she wound up in this fountain. and -- now she has a lawyer. that, and more tonight. "jimmy kimmel live," back in two minutes. that. i switched to sprint's $69.99 plan, so i wasn't charged extra. [ buzzes ] okay, i just got your breakup e-mail. e-mails are unlimited, too. and look -- i just changed my facebook status to "single." but internet

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," january 20th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. we can hope but it's hard to imagine that there will ever be a terrorist museum the way there will soon be a mob museum in las vegas. in a simpler time men with shark skin suits were the very embodiment of domestic terror in blue collar neighborhoods. but today brought poof that la cosa nostra is not quite ready for museum moth balls. it was a roundup of so many that the femds used an army base to hold them all. so, what is the state of the modern mafia and is it anything close to the brand made famous by brando? we asked a few who now. if this were a gangster movie, this would be the start of the third act. you know, the part where the guys in short hair cuts swoop into the neighborhood round up tony bagels and vinny car wash. but no self-representing director would ever shoot the scene this big. 800 agents in four states and italy? 127 busts, including 30 made men from seven crime families? not

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