in a few minutes, we'll have a live report from thelma gutierrez there in tucson. >>> about 100 soldiers are on lockdown at a military base in washington state. that means no one in, no one out. commanders at joint base lewis mccord are looking for anyone who may have possession of some sensitive military equipment that didn't turn up during an inventory last month. >>> mt. rainier national park's gates are open again after a park ranger was shot to death on new year's day. a private service will be held tonight and a public memorial service on tuesday. a park spokes person says the park is safe. >> it is a place of strength, a place of refuge, a place of spirituality and a place of recreation and fun. >> authorities believe anderson was killed by a former soldier, benjamin barnes. his body was found face down in a creek not far from where he allegedly shot anderson. >>> now to the 2012 race. and the nation's first presidential primary, it happens in new hampshire in just about 48 hours from now. the gop candidates spent the weekend there trying to win over undecided voters. the latest s

thelma gutierrez takes a look back at a dayy. that changed so many lives. lives.eporter pkg-as follows -- "we have breaking news for you, several people have been shot, the shooting occurred at a grocery store.""we have discovered that we have 18 individuals who were shot." january 8th 2011- a day tucson will never forget."the bodies laying on the concrete.""the screaming the crying the bleeding."19 people were shot that day, six f them died. the youngest - 9 year old christina green, was one of many who had gone to the safeway store to meet arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. christina was there with her neighbor -suzie heilman."and then (claps) there was a gunshot." christina was shot in the chest. christina was shot was a gunshot." "and then (claps) there was a gunshot." christina was shot in the chest. "i was holding hands with christina, we were just eyeball to eyeball. she was confused and scared. i knew when we were lying on the ground outside of safeway, the light went out of her eyes." as many of the victims lay bleeding in pools of blood. two men w

and that's also where we find our thelma gutierrez now. elma, how are people marking this grim anniversary? >> reporter: well, don, i can tell you that at sundown, several thousand people are expected to fill this mall here at the university of arizona. there will be a candlelight vigil. we've already noticed that many people are starting to trickle in. i can tell you also, don, that one of the most poignant moments of the day happened precisely at 10:11 this morning. [ bells ringing ] hand bells and church bells throughout the city rang at 10:11 this morning, don, and that was to mark the precise moments that the first shots were fired at that safeway store, exactly one year ago. now, it has been one year since gabrielle giffords has actually come to visit that crime scene. she's not been there since. she's been in houston where she has been undergoing a very rigorous rehabilitation schedule. but her chief of staff told us that she decided that it was time to go back and visit that scene. she went yesterday with her husband, mark kelly. >>

cnn's thelma gutierrez joins us live from tucson with an exclusive interview. thelma?d to the congresswoman's chief of staff, pia, and she told me this will be the congresswoman's first major appearance tonight, a candlelight vigil. events scheduled all through the day including an interfaith service but this event on the mall of the university of arizona, will attract thousands of people later tonight. and pia told me that for the congresswoman to come back this weekend, one year after that terrible day, has been a bittersweet homecoming. >> yeah. this is certainly the biggest event she's attended since the shooting and coming home for her is always, you know, a warm experience, but any marker or pile stone of these -- milestone of these events are difficult emotionally for everybody. i imagine for her as well. >> how is she doing right now? >> good. i saw her yesterday. we had -- she wanted to stop by the safeway. she hadn't been yet. i was with her for that experience and, you know, it's a very intense feeling to stand in the space where, you know, six people lost t

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thelma gutierrez, cnn, tucson, arizona. >>> 58 minutes past hour.try, winter is m.i.a. meteorologist alexandra steele says that may change. >> not quite. in the southeast, certainly it is not very winter like. 60, 70-degree temperatures. we had records yesterday from new york city to charlotte and in towards south carolina. the story here in the southeast, a very foggy morning and kind of sporadic rain showers so you could see flight delays from atlanta to charlotte. dense fog advisories until 10:00 this morning. story in the northeast, temperatures slightly cooler than where they have been but still well above average. also some snow in the mountains of colorado and new mexico. the story this week, the rain moving from dallas, staying in the southeast and staying in the mid-atlantic by wednesday. >> how unusual is it, it is january 8th and you're not talking about blizzards anyer

thelma gutierrez, cnn, tucson, arizona. >> thank you, thelma. >>> here's a look at the events that arece in the massacre, will host a program called "reflections: honoring the lives of the january 8 shooting victims." that's at 5:00 p.m. eastern, 3:00 p.m. arizona time in centennial hall on the university of arizona campus. at 8:30 eastern, 6:30 p.m. arizona time, representative gabby giffords and husband captain mark kelly will participate in a vigil at the university of arizona mall. >>> saving your credit score. there are easy ways to avoid messing with your credit. our financial expert, claude anderson, joins me next to help lead you away from pitfalls. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. can you enjoy vegetables with sauce and still reach your weight loss goals? you can with green giant frozen vegetables. over twenty delicious varieties have sixty calories or less per serving and are now weight watchers-endorsed. try gr

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here's thelma gutierrez. >> reporter: in the small border town of san luis, arizona, alej alejandrinathout having spent one day in office. the married mother of two made national headlines after a bid for her seat on the san luis city council was blocked by the city's mayor. >> he say i can't speak english, read, and write. >> reporter: at issue, cabrera's influency in english. she's a united states citizen, she was born in arizona. but like in people in this small town, who live and work on both sides of the border, cabrera was raised in mexico, where life is more affordable. when she was 17, she came back to finish high school, but by then, spanish was her primary language. cabrera says no one in san luis, where most people speak spanish, had ever questioned her english skills, until she decided to run for public office. >> she does not understand english. >> reporter: the mayor of san luis says under arizona law, elected officials must be proficient in english. he says cabrera doesn't qualify to run for office, and as a citizen, he filed a lawsuit against her. and she was forced to

here's cnn thelma gutierrez. >> reporter: in the small border town of arizona, alahendra is somewhattical celebrity without spending a day in office. >> they're my friend. >> reporter: the married woman of two made national headlines after she bid for a seat on the city council and it was blocked by the city's mayor. >> he said, i can't speak english, read and write. >> reporter: at issue, her fluency in english. she was born in arizona, is a u.s. citizen. like many people in this small agricultural town who live and work on both sides of the u.s./mexican border, she was raised in mexico where life is more affordable. when she was 17 she came back to the u.s. to finish high school. by then spanish was her primary language. she says, no one here where most people speak spanish had ever questioned her english skills until she decided to run for public office. >> she does not understand english. >> reporter: the mayor says under arizona law elected officials must be proficient in english. he says she doesn't qualify to run for office and as a citizen he filed a lawsuit against her. she

i want to go to thelma gutierrez in tucson. giffords gets a lot of focus because she did survive, but this day is also about the six others. >> absolutely. i believe, don, that she would be the first person to tell you that in fact, a memorial service is going on right now. it's in secentennial hall later this evening. at this service, they're talking about all of those who lost their lives, including the popular game zimmerman. he was an outdoorsman. only 30 years old. he was gabrielle giffords' aide. his father says he will be missed. he wants his son's memory not tarnished by this terrible event. doesn't want the city to only be remembered by the tragedy. >> what we need to focus on is that this is not the defining feature of the community. insane individuals -- can -- people can lose their faculties and do terrible things any place in the world. there's always that risk. in american society because weapons are so freely available. there's other risks. and it's not that event. it's what happens after that event. what people

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>> thelma gutierrez, live for us in seattle. marciano, are you going to look that? >> yes, they've seen several inches as thelma reported and now the big push is coming. the leading edge of the precip is beginning to push into the seattle, tacoma area. snowing fairly heavy in tacoma and olympia. the heaviest almost will be between seattle and the oregon border. three inches in vancouver. several inches in portland. you can see the warm air push into the portland metropolitan area. damage is done. 30,000 people are without power around the portland metro area because of that heavier snowfall. out to the east we go with some blustery conditions expected here. winds are gusting over 100 miles an hour. five to ten inches of snow expected across the pacific northwest later today. guys, braackout to you. >> i realize we are almost in february and so we do get a lot of snow. and i know some states have a better time dealing with it than others. >> on that particular one, right, because snowplows and how do they make it through. >> no s

thelma gutierrez is standing by live at the vig nil tucson.e inspirational sites compared to the absolute horror of a year ago and to see her and hear her giving the pledge, it really just made your heart swell in a good way. >> absolutely, don. that is exactly what struck me is that one year ago today she was actually fighting for her life. and then to watch her lead thousands of people in the pledge of allegiance. just a remarkable moment. there was another moment, too, don, that really took my breath away. when all of a sudden, ron barber who works for gabrielle giffords and was also injured in that terrible shooting asked the crowd to hold up their glow sticks as they read out the names of each of the six people who died. it was a remarkable sight because you could see thousands of people holding those glow sticks in the air. i looked at the crowd. you could see tears in their faces. people were very emotional. they were choked up at this moment. and then mark kelly, the congresswoman's husband, took to the stage and he reminded the crowd

thelma gutierrez is joining us from seattle, where schools are closed, emergency shelters are open. is the situation over there, thelma? rumsfeld wolf, things have been moving fairly smoothly today, but that's because the city was prepared this time around as compared to the huge snowstorm in 2008. this is an area used to lots of rain, not lots of snow. you take a look over here, you can see about four inches of snow has fallen. that is the most that's fallen so far this year. it's a pretty significant event because of the terrain. this is very steep terrain. we are here on pine street in c capitol hill. it looks more like a ski run than a busy street. we saw skiers, people with snowboards and sleds there today. as i said, city officials have told people stay at loam, they've closed schools in the whole western washington area and they've asked people not to go to work. they say that has been a contributing factor to making sure that these streets stay safe. wolf? >> someone who grew up in buffalo, new york, looks like a lovely day there in seattle. thelma, thanks very much. let's go

thelma gutierrez, thank you. we're going to dig much deeper into the psychology here.er wrote a book about "killing minds, school shooters." stay tuned for that. now this. >> imagine you speak to fidel castro. what would you say to him? >> well, i would ask him what he called about. >> i don't know if you watched, i hope you did. he was full of one-liners in last night's debate. the crowd loved him. here's live pictures of ron paul speaking. he's already in maine getting ready for the caucus. we'll listen to a little bit of it. should we listen right now? after the break. after the break. much more. stay here. >>> before we talk a little about our own debate in jacksonville last night, i want to eavesdrop just a little bit on ron paul in maine. he's red did fady for the maine caucuses which comes after the florida debate. let's listen for a moment. >> it's major. we're not getting out of this mess. the jobs aren't available and people are deeply concerned. fortunately, though, it isn't like we haven't done anything new. look at our traditions. the understanding of the

our thelma gutierrez is in los angeles with more on that part of the story as well as the suspect. thelma, first of all, tell us about this deputy, the guy who actually caught him. >> well, suzanne, the part-timeshapart-tim part-time sheriff's deputy is 30-year-old shervin lalezary was on patrol monday morning when he saw a suspect driving the van that matched the description of a man leaving the arson fire. he pulled the van over and with the help of los angeles police arrested the suspect. >> thank you to the men and women of the l.a. county sheriff's department west hollywood station for coming in to work doing this full time, putting their lives on the line every day full time. i really appreciate everything you guys do and i look forward to coming back for my next shift with you guys. >> now, suzanne, the suspect is a 24-year-old, his name is harry burkhart. he lives in hollywood with his mother and los angeles police say they believe that burkhart is a foreign national from germany and, though, at this point he's only been charged with one count of arson, he's suspected of sta

thelma gutierrez is in seattle. that's a fun assignment for you. good morning. what are they expecting and how bad is it expected to be? >> reporter: soledad, if the snow does come down right now we're just seeing flurries, but later on this morning if the snow starts to fall hard, five to ten inches. doesn't sound like a lot to people who live out where you are. but out here, it's very treacherous because you're talking about steep hills, you're talking about lots of traffic in this downtown area. you can see right behind me, a dusting of snow on the cars still though that snow has not yet started to fall in the way that it's expected to a little bit later today. soledad, the city officials have said that they feel that they are prepared for the storm. they have already started to ice the bridges, the roadways, overpasses. they've opened up emergency shelters for the elderly and the homeless. and they've also closed schools. in fact, several of the airlines have canceled dozens of flights in anticipation of the storm. but we'll see how it transpires. back to yo