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on wednesday night, more than 30 million people watched the president's address at the tucson memorial service. many were particularly moved by what he had said about christina taylor green. >> she was the 9-year-old little girl who was killed saturday. her funeral was yesterday. but as dan harris reports, with this tragic end, comes a new beginning. >> reporter: at the funeral, christina green's parents looked up at the national 9/11 flag and then followed their daughter's casket into the church. christina was a precocious 3rd grader with an early interest in politics, which is why she went on that ill-fated trip to meet her congresswoman this past saturday morning. it is because of her bright-eyed uncynical approach to public

service that christina is now being held up by many as an example of civility in these uncivil times. by these tucson elementary students who started something called christina's challenge during which they promised to recognize random acts of kindness. >> she cared about other people. and i think that, like, all of people should be like that. >> reporter: and by president obama, himself a father of a 9-year-old girl. >> and in christina, in christina, we see all of our children. so curious, so trusting, so energetic. >> reporter: looking back at christina's life, you can chart the ups and downs of american civility. she was born on 9/11. a day when americans came together. by the time she was 3, however, the war in iraq was raging and some were calling president bush a war criminal. when christina was 7, another moment of national unity, the election of our first black president. but a year later, the president

accused of being a liar. and at age 9, christina died in that brutal attack, which has once again provoked a surge of national unity. of course, america has always gone through periods of division followed by periods of harmony. some people argue it's our combative national style that is part of what makes us so strong. but this tragedy now has people asking can we do better? we met the parents of baby ally mcintyre, who was born just hours after christina and the others were killed. these new parents insist change is possible. do you think it's possible that your child could grow up in a country where we start to get it right? >> yeah, i believe that's entirely possible. and -- i mean, there's a lot of hope for this new generation. >> reporter: and they say they will do their part by raising ally in christina's spirit. dan harris, abc news, tucson. >> throughout the course of our coverage, we've heard from a lot of kids saying things like, i'm scared, could someone come to my

school and do the same thing. even kids who know christina. the first lady has posted on open message. she basically wants american parents to know what they can tell their children about the tucson shootings. she said more or less these are the questions my girls ask. if your kids have questions, here's some help. >> this is very hard to make young children understand, so this is her way of helping out. she's in a situation with her two young girls, as you said. hopefully it's good advice for parents. it's a hard topic to kind of make kids understand. we'll be right back with more after this. stay with us.

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nice 'n easy. and here are some stories to watch today on abc news. veteran diplomat richard holbrooke's funeral is today in washington. the president will be among those paying their respects. secretary of state hillary clinton outlines new plans for u.s./china relations. her address this morning should set the stage for the chinese president's visit to washington next week. and jpmorgan chase is the first major bank to report 2010 profits today. it could be a very important economic gauge to see if consumers are confident enough to use their credit cards again. finally, the ultimate test of man versus machine. two of the greatest champions from the game show "jeopardy" are about to meet their match. >> it's an ibm computer named watson. wabc's michelle charlesworth has

the story. >> reporter: ibm computer watson, meet ken jennings and brad rudder. each human has won more than $2 million playing "jeopardy." now it's go time. >> to see it actually play with the best human players is something new. something that's never been possible before. >> reporter: until now. this was a dry run for our cameras. watson in the middle. it won, by the way, against these "jeopardy" champions. so how big is watson? well, there it is right there. it's the size of ten refrigerators. look at the head. that's the globe right there. with the crisscross lines. you can see it thinking. the color of the lines correspond to how certain it is about its response. >> if he's very confident that he has or it has -- we shouldn't personalize it. that watson has the correct response, those lines will be green. they will be orange if he's uncertain. >> reporter: pretty cool. do you think we'll ever have three watsons up here instead of two human beings and one

computer? >> that is certainly possible. and that would be a lot of fun. what worries me, though, is that some day we will have a watson standing here. >> reporter: never. >> and that scares the daylights out of me. >> reporter: never. which brings me to this, the one big thing watson is slow to get is humor. >> that's another human advantage. in the "jeopardy" clues, the writers put a lot of jokes in there and it makes it easy if you get the jokes. >> reporter: has watson goofed yet? >> we were asked what movie star played piano in the movie "ray." and learned to play the violin if the movie "the soloist." do you know who that is? it's jamie foxx. watson thought it was beethoven. >> reporter: what does the brain behind watson say to that? >> don't know. >> reporter: you don't know? >> don't know. >> reporter: what? ibm says they'll find out. watching alltion yorn he new >> that's very cool. in that dry run, watson was in the lead with 4,400 bucks.

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remarkable recovery. >> yes, miracles happen every day. >> even more encouraging signs in gabby giffords' hospital room. important lead. what tucson police discovered and why it's important to the shooting investigation. and dangerous doses. serious new warnings about some very popular medications. it's friday, january 14th. good story coming up in this half hour, too, if you're mixing medications. something you want to keep an eye on. too much of it may not be good for you. >> i think it's common knowledge, most people know at this point acetaminophen can cause liver problems.

a lot of people don't realize that vicodin and the common drugs that you take also have high levels. make sure you stick around for that. good morning. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm vinita nair. doctors tending to congresswoman gabby giffords say their goal is to have her sitting up in a chair today. >> considering it's been less than six days since a bullet tore through her brain, her rate of recovery is downright miraculous. david wright reports now from tucson. >> reporter: just imagine the excitement in that hospital room when giffords surrounded by the sisterhood from congress suddenly opened up her eyes. >> we were saying, come on, gabby. we'll go out for pizza and beer again. we'll take you on a double date. she literally raises her whole hand. she did a full-hand thumbs up. >> reporter: we've since learned amazingly that less than an hour before the congresswoman herself was touching her husband's wedding ring. >> she reached over and grabbed his ring and then she reached further to hug him. like her arm was just by his face. it was unbelievable. >> i was there when she was

surrounded by her friends from the congress and senate. and i think it was a combination perhaps of the unexpected but familiar that really prompted her to open her eyes. >> reporter: the doctors say it wasn't a reflex. she recognized him. >> it means that she's making the progress that we could hope for her. >> reporter: the doctors offered more encouraging news. they were able to hold giffords upright, her legs dangling off the hospital bed and she moved both of them. >> gabrielle, you know, lift your legs up and she lifted both legs up. she'll straighten both of them up. >> reporter: doctors have been watching closely for signs of paralysis. the potential for that is huge with a brain injury. in giffords' case, the bullet went straight through the left side of her brain. only 10% of patients even survive such a devastating wound. giffords is exceeding all expectations. >> you know, she's yawning, she's starting to rub her eyes. and then she'll spontaneously wake up. before she would just go back to sleep right away. she's arousing. the eyes stay open for long

periods of time. and then if you were to put stimulation in front of her, you can tell that she can see. >> yes, miracles happen every day. in medicine we like to very much attribute them to either what we do or others do around us. but a lot of medicine is outside of our control. we're wise to acknowledge miracles. >> reporter: so many prayers being offered here at this hospital. and really around the country. somebody upstairs seems to be listening. still, a long road to go, but for now, the doctors say all the signs are encouraging. david wright, abc news, tucson. a sea of mourners lined the streets outside a tucson church to pay their respects to christina green. she was the youngest victim of saturday's massacre. inside, nearly 2,000 people packed that church yesterday to remember her. christina's mother described her as part tomboy, part girly-girl. christina green was 9 years old. born, of course on september

11th, 2001. one of congresswoman giffords' staffers who was wounded in the shooting rampage ventured out of his hospital room for the first time. ron barber was wheeled outside to see the growing memorial of notes and flowers from well-wishers. he was greeted by hugs and shouts of support. family members say barber remembers everything about saturday's shooting. this morning, tucson investigators are examining what could be major new evidence in the case against jared loughner. as pierre thomas reports, investigators are also investigating saturday's police radio transmissions to understand what happened and when. >> reporter: from the first radio transmissions, it was clear something horrific was unfolding. >> we have a shooting at the safeway. a man with a semiautomatic weapon. >> reporter: it becomes clear that a congresswoman has been shot. >> we have a caller who believes that gabrielle giffords was shot. it's multiple victims. it sounds like many people are shot. >> we have at least seven, eight, maybe ten gunshot wounds here.

we're going to need -- i believe gabrielle giffords is hurt. >> reporter: moments later, an army of law enforcement and rescue personnel is racing to the scene. >> start multiple med units. people down. i'm counting at least ten. >> and how many victims do we have? >> there are multiple victims. we need a lot more units here. >> i need robbery and assault detectives called out. please advise them multiple, multiple victims. >> reporter: loughner was arrested at the scene. >> customers have tackled the suspect. they are holding him down at the safeway. >> reporter: at the command center for the loughner investigation, the hunt for clues continued. a possible break. a young man walking a dog found a black bag near the loughner house. >> he's telling us that in the bag is what appears to be ammunition and some items from what he described to us from a local walmart. >> reporter: on the morning of the shooting, loughner's father saw him with a black bag. police also know loughner bought ammunition from walmart on the morning of the shooting. >> this was one critical piece of evidence that we've been

looking for. >> reporter: if it is the same bag, police are hoping it will provide an answer to the nagging question. why did loughner want to kill congresswoman giffords? that's the frustrating thing. police, friends and neighbors say we may never know why this happened. pierre thomas, abc news, tucson, arizona. >> and you can stay with abc news throughout the day as we continue to cover the tucson tragedy. you can get the overnight leads from investigators on "america this morning" and hear more from gabby giffords' doctors on "good morning america." one of the senate's more moderate republicans, kay bailey hutchison of texas, is now heading for retirement. hutchinson says she will not seek re-election next year. by that point, she will have served texas for 19 years in the senate. hutchison is 67 years old. she has two young adopted daughters. she says the last two years have been very hard on her family. the vatican could advance the late pope one step closer to sainthood today.

john paul was put on the fast track to sainthood just weeks after his death in 2005. now reporting say a vatican panel could approve a miracle involving john paul, that is one of the final steps toward being named a saint. the fda is cracking down on the drug that's in tylenol and so many other drugs. that drug is acetaminophen. but the crackdown does not involve over-the-counter drugs. instead, it's focused on prescriptions. andrea canning has the details. >> reporter: it's the key ingredient in many of the most common medications found in your home. acetaminophen, found in products like tylenol. nyquil and theraflu. taking too much of the product is the leading cause of live failure in the united states, sending 56,000 americans to the hospital each year. about 200 of them die as a direct result. the fda began to try and turn the tide on this quiet crisis ordering drug-makers to reduce the amount of acetaminophen by 50%.

in prescription medications. the problem is that patients taking medicines like vicodin often don't realize they, too, contain significant amounts of acetaminophen, leading to overdoses who they supplement with their over-the-counter medications like tylenol. what about safety of the over-the-counter medications themselves? in 2009, an advisory committee recommended the fda lower the amount of acetaminophen, which they still have not done. >> the maximum daily dose now is considered to be four grams per day. that's eight extra strength. to be really safe, i'd suggest three grams per day, which would be six extra strength tablets. >> reporter: critics say it's the good first step, but the government still needs to do more. >> the fda's action today has no effect on what amounts to 80% of the acetaminophen that's used in this country. >> reporter: andrea canning, abc news, new york. europe's most active volcano has roared back to life. sicily's mt. etna sent lava and

ash hundreds of feet into the air wednesday night. the two-hour eruption forced the closure of an airport, but that's about it. the volcano is constantly monitored since a severe eruption in 1992. the death toll is mounting in brazil after drenching rain there. triggered raging floods and mud slides. nearly 300 people were killed as mountain side homes were swept away. literally burying entire families alive. some people were plucked from the water, but rescuers will be digging through the mud again today to look for more survivors. well, here now is a look at your weather. rain in the pacific northwest. more than a foot of snow in the cascades and northern rockies. a few inches of snow in fargo. the twin cities and green bay. some lake-effect snow from buffalo to the ohio valley. another chilly day in the south. >> cold, that's 41 degrees in atlanta. 51 in new orleans and 45 in dallas. mostly 20s in the northeast and in detroit and chicago as well. just 15 in minneapolis. only 13 in fargo. 45 in billings.

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well, it is that time again. time for some football. another weekend. the 650th in a row of playoff games is about to begin. this just won't end. >> you hate football. a couple more weeks. we're almost there. that means we all have a chance to improve our standings in our picks competition. so here we go again. >> after last week's wildcard games, it was jack sheehan alone out in front. only by the slightest of margins. >> ever so slight. it was a rough week for all of us last weekend. jack came out at 2-2. the rest of us, 1-3. ugly. >> you probably already know this because all of you love football. it all gets going tomorrow afternoon. >> let's not show that. >> he gets his own shout-out whenever he wants. baltimore will visit pittsburgh. for the second time this season. and tomorrow night, the packers will be in atlanta to take on the falcons. >> and then on sunday, the luckiest team in football, the

seattle seahawks, head to the windy city to meet up with the bears. and lastly, the jets visit their nemesis, the patriots. whatever, willis. sunday afternoon, that game. okay. so now for the moment you've been waiting for, our picks. jack is taking a page out of my playbook. he is going with the home teams this week. that means pittsburgh, atlanta, chicago and new england. that means i will remain a game behind because as usual, i'm going with the home teams as well. >> and that strategy which you used all season long got you second placeover yawl. unbelievable. those are popular picks this week, taking the home teams. they are all the favorites. i'm going with pittsburgh, atlanta, chicago and the pats as well. >> and leave it to our man, the big dog, willis over there, trying to make some moves. he is bucking the trend, going with pittsburgh, green bay, chicago, and the jets. >> no way the jets are winning willis. save it, man. >> nyc, baby! the big dog has spoken. >> big risk, big reward strategy for the guy with the incredibly big mouth. >> as usual, on monday we will

have the highlights and the results of our picks, so check us then. >> you did well all season. you held your own. >> that's why you're all copying me now. when we return, a preview of the weekend's golden globe awards. does willis like that story, too? >> yeah, he's up for best actor. could a movie about a website fill a speech? what do you think, willis? rl

welcome back. movie awards season kicks into high gear this weekend with the 68th annual golden globes.

winners typically set the stage for the biggest awards show of them all, the oscars. >> joining us live now from los angeles with the predictions on the big winners is media and music consultant bruno del grenado. good morning to you, bruno. how are you doing? >> good morning, rob. good morning, vinita. >> let's get to the best movie category for a drama. what is your gut telling you? >> listen, "the king's speech" has seven nominations, rob. but all eyes are pointing on to "the social network." this is a movie that nobody really gave two dimes about last year. but a year later, it still is one of the highest grossing movies of 2010. it's about facebook. facebook is probably right now the most powerful website in the world by far. and jesse eisenberg did a great job playing mark zuckerberg. and let not forget, zuckerberg

was "time" magazine's person of the year. this is going to take it. >> i've heard that people say that jesse is this new-found leading man, the dorky leading man that a lot of people are really falling in love with. >> it's called geek chic. >> god, i wish that was around when i was in high school. >> geeking it up all the way to the bank. >> let's talk about best actor. because one of these guys, james franco, has that geek chic ability as well. >> this is james franco's to lose, by the way, vinita. the roll of aaron rolston was made for him. this is a true story. the mountain climber who had to amputate his arm. james franco really believed in this role from the beginning. he shepherded this project through the hollywood system. even though colin firth is a little bit of a better actor, all eyes are pointing at james franco. he'll walk away with the best actor award. he's hosting the oscars, and he'll walk away with the best actor for oscar. >> let's talk about the lovely ladies. what is your gut feeling on the best actress drama category?

>> well, "black swan" is the one that everybody is talking about. i got to tell you, i think you've arrived on the scene when "saturday night live" starring jim carrey spoofs this movie and it's on everybody's lips to see how natalie portman goes from being such a nice girl to being such a dark character. let's not forget, we've seen this little girl grow up. to see this transformation in this movie, this is hers to win and this is definitely going to be hers on sunday night. >> i am fascinated. i have to admit this, bruno. i know you're the expert here. i saw "black swan." it's very artsy. i mean, i knew it was going to be artsy, but you really are left to your own to figure out what was going on in the entire plot. >> it's very similar to "inception" where they leave so many loose ends. you kind of have to either guess what happens or your conclusion is basically what the director is looking for here to basically tie everything together. it's an incredible movie.

and natalie portman certainly carries this movie. it's hers. it's all about her. i don't think any other actress could have done what she did. >> let's not forget about tv. of course rob and i were talking about these. >> my favorite, "modern family," is another favorite for comedy, right? >> this show turned abc around on wednesday nights. abc didn't have a sitcom success. hadn't had one in many, many years. it turned the network fortunes around. it's really set the trend of what's happening with american society now. everybody is using the term "modern family," whatever it is, two moms, two dads, a mom and a dad, whatever it is. this show has become a cultural landmark. it's an amazing sitcom. very well-written, well-acted. but it's up against "glee." "glee" is a phenomenon now. those kids are charting and they're owning the singles charts. they're on tour. the show is probably -- apart from "american idol," this is fox television's biggest grossing television show. so it's between "glee" and "modern family." but, you know what, just because

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they can become balanced again. align. great digestion through science. ♪ welcome back, everybody. growing up, my mom was obsessed with astrology. she wasn't like miss cleo or anything, but she was into what it means, your sign, what it means for your personality and all of this. apparently there was a newspaper -- an online article thursday that made people flip out because they suggested that things have changed and your sign -- your sign may not be your sign. take a look at the graphic. these would actually be the dates. so if you're born from the 20th of january to the 16th, you're this and so on and so forth. i'm a gemini myself, but i'd become a taurus under this new system here. it's been debunked. it's not true. it was a big thing on twitter and facebook yesterday. if you saw all of these new

zodiac dates, all the geeks got together and said this is not the case. your sign is still your sign. people got freaked out at first. it's not true. don't sweat it. >> did you call your mom? >> yeah. she was in a panic. i talked her back off the ledge. >> whatever you read, whatever month you are in the newspaper, it's always the same. it's always like today you'll have a good day. be nice to people. >> exactly. without further ado, it's friday. >> polka time. >> polka time. ♪ ♪ ♪

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overflowing emotion. a farewell to a young tucson shooting victim, some encouraging progress for gabby giffords, and a lead for investigators. washed away. the dramatic race to rescue survivors of deadly floods and mud slides. and seth rogen's role. how he prepared to play the green hornet. >> i'm a little skinny. i'm not quite as skinny as i was. it's friday, january 14th. a very different seth rogen who had to do so much work to get in shape for "green hornet." i'm excited to see it this weekend. >> he lost a lot of weight. looking svelte there, seth. >> if you saw him in "knocked up," it's a totally different person. >> different dude.

hello, everyone. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm vinita nair. doctors taking care of gabby giffords describe her road to recovery as miraculous. in fact, they hope to have her sitting up in a chair later today. >> but as the giffords hang on to hope, another family is grieving for the child they lost. t.j. winick is in tucson with details. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. 19 were injured during that shooting rampage last saturday. six were killed including christina taylor green. for her funeral, hundreds lined this road behind me here, across the street from the church, to show their support. the family of christina taylor green felt tucson's embrace thursday. it extended across the street from the 9-year-old's funeral mass. >> we just came out here, you know, to show our support for the family. you know, they've got to be going through a terrible time right now. >> reporter: her parents walked under the national 9/11 flag, a tribute to her birthday of september 11th, 2001. they were followed by the casket

carrying their young daughter's body. inside there were prayers for the 3rd grader who loved singing and dancing. >> god has loved me so much. he has put his hand on me and prepared a place for me. >> reporter: 13 survived the shooting including congresswoman gabrielle giffords, though a bullet went straight through the left side of her brain. she opened both eyes and raised the her arm. >> all of a sudden she raised her whole hand. she did a full-hand thumbs up. >> reporter: thursday, more encouraging news. doctors were able to hold her upright, her legs dangling off the hospital bed. she moved both sides of her body. >> she's sitting up. you know, gabrielle, you know, lift your legs up. she'll lift both legs up. she'll straighten both of them up. >> reporter: giffords' staffer, ron barber, also shot, made it outside the hospital to visit this ever-expanding memorial. a sad sign of the times. later this morning at this same

church, another funeral mass for another shooting victim, federal judge john roll. rob and vinita? >> thanks to t.j. nasa has named a backup commander for the upcoming space shuttle mission so that congresswoman giffords' husband, mark kelly, can focus on her recovery. kelly himself recommended the move. kelly says he hopes to be able to rejoin his crew soon. "endeavour" is set to launch on april 19th to the international space station. it's the last scheduled voyage of the space shuttle program. as investigators dig into the background of suspected tucson gunman jared loughner, they are now uncovering some troubling new details. >> this morning they are examining what could turn out to be a key piece of evidence in the case, john hendren is following the investigation. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, vinita. federal investigators are amassing an intriguing profile of the alleged tucson gunman. police may have gotten a break. a man walking his dog found a black bag. the discovery was made not far from the loughner home.

alleged gunman jared loughner's father saw him with a black bag on the morning of the shooting. police know loughner bought ammunition from a walmart on that same day. police returned to the community college loughner attended for clues. one teacher says loughner intimidated other students. >> jared was not your normal student. he was just mentally unstable. >> reporter: a former girlfriend says loughner's personality changed over time. >> he had a temper problem. he -- he used to scare me sometimes. that's the reason i left him. because he kind of made me feel uncomfortable at times. he'd get really mad and clench his fists really tight. >> reporter: she remembers him as a drug user with a grudge against the government. >> he didn't have parentally figures. it's like having roommates. they were just there. >> reporter: he was a familiar figure to campus police. last year, they were called five times to investigate his behavior. loughner's latest brush with the law was on the morning of the shooting. he was pulled over for running a red light and the officer let him drive away with a warning because he had a clean driving record.

loughner is now being held in a federal prison north of tucson. sources tell abc news he has been not talking, just sitting there smiling. rob and vinita? >> our coverage of the tucson tragedy continues later in this half hour with a look back at the unforgettable comments made in the past week. we'll get the latest from investigators on a "american this morning" and hear more about gabby giffords' recovery on "good morning america." some medical news this morning. the fda has launched a major crackdown on one of the most popular painkillers on the market. acetaminophen. it's the drug in tylenol, nyquil and plenty of other remedies. the crackdown includes drugs that include acetaminophen. drugmakers are ordered to reduce the amount of it in prescription medications by as much as 50%. too much acetaminophen is the leading cause of liver failure in the u.s. a frantic search for survivors resumes at day break, after torrential rains unleach

mud slides in brazil. 500 people are dead, many buried alive. the bbc's david shookman reports on the extreme conditions. >> reporter: a woman stranded as her house collapses. a lifeline is thrown. clasping her dog, she takes the plunge. she's tied on, but the dog is swept away. people plead with her to hold on. and astonishingly, she is hauled to safety. the torrents of flood water have been ripping through towns and villages without warning. we shouted, please help us, this woman said. the flooding took only seconds. i lost everything, says this woman. this is a poor region and the flimsy buildings didn't stand a chance.

this man lost his wife. it was by a finger, he says, that i could not save her. this is a landscape that's scarred by floods. it's a horribly familiar scene. the problem always exacerbated by overcrowding and illegal construction in steep terrain. >> the soil there is unstable, saturated by too much rain, too many people living in housings that are built out of code. they are on hillsides. and this is obviously something inevitable in these conditions. >> reporter: day by day, the death toll keeps rising. there have been some successes. a baby boy was found alive in the wreckage. his father was also saved, but his mother is feared dead. david shookman, bbc news. >> unbelievable, all the bad weather across the world right now. here's a look at your friday forecast. heavy rain from seattle down to portland.

more than a foot of snow in the cascades and northern rockies. up to four inches of snow from fargo to minneapolis and green bay. light lake-effect snow for buffalo, pittsburgh and the ohio valley. >> 25 in new york. 41 in atlanta. 52 in new orleans. 20s from detroit to omaha. and teens in the twin cities and fargo. 43 in salt lake city. 63 in sacramento. and 71 out in phoenix. well, it's time now for our story of the day. we think it is the best rendition of the national anthem you're likely to hear for a while. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ >> that is elizabeth hughes belting it out last week at a minor league hockey game in virginia. she was doing great and then this happened. check it out.

♪ was still -- ♪ o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ >> isn't that amazing that the crowd came to her assist. elizabeth says she was happy with her performance, but disappointed that she didn't get to hit her high note. >> she'll get another chance to sing the anthem in a few weeks. takes a lot of guts for a little girl to sing in front of a crowd that big. >> we were able to get in touch with the family, and they were just so excited at the attention this story is gathering. she spent weeks and weeks rehearsing. the mom said i was just standing behind her hoping she didn't lose it, and she didn't. >> grace under fire. well done. we'll be right back right after this.

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welcome back, everybody. let's take a look back now at what all the newsmakers had to say this week. once again, of course, the cold weather was a hot topic around the nation. >> however, no other story truly gripped the country more than saturday's shooting rampage in

tucson. here's a look back at the quotes of the week. >> did you say gabrielle giffords was hit? >> she's hit. i do believe she's breathing. >> when i heard the shots being fired, my first instinct was to run towards where the congresswoman was. >> i got the magazine and was able to secure that. >> in the terror of that moment, how could you do that? >> because that's what needed to be done. >> i told my mother i thought he was a serial killer the first time i saw him. >> journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence that they purport to condemn. >> an attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serve. >> she comes into a world on 9/11 and then at 9 years old, she leaves it on this terrible day. >> i want our democracy to be as

good as christina imagined it. all of us, we should do everything we can do to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations. >> within a few moments, she literally opened her eyes. and, mark, her husband was so excited. he said, honey, if you can see us, if you can see us, give us the thumbs up. she not only gave the thumbs up. she literally raised her whole arm. >> new york city needs more snow like we need another kardashian. >> people are hungry. and how can you just let people sit there starving and not do anything about it? >> early next month, the iphone 4 will be part of the great verizon portfolio of products. >> freedom! freedom! >> it's actually interesting we should end with jon stewart. because of all people, he's the one that said this tucson tragedy, nothing political can

be gained by it. and he did that show where he basically decided he wasn't going to touch the issue, which led a lot in terms of how people were looking at the debate. >> since he's known for doing nothing but touching the issues, he said i don't know the best way to handle this, so he moved on in a way. it was a week -- particularly the scenes and sounds from tucson, just very powerful stuff. >> hard week for our nation. >> very much so. >> we'll be right back. n

welcome back. a much slimmed-down comedian, seth rogen, is back in theaters today, this time with "the green hornet." >> peter travers, "rolling stone" movie critic and host of abc news "popcorn," sat down with the "knocked up" star to

see what it's like playing a comic book superhero. >> seth rogen. >> yes. >> welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> it is always great to have you here. >> thanks. >> you got to be this superhero. >> yeah. >> i know he doesn't have, like, superpowers. >> no. >> but he's still a superhero. >> yeah. >> he's the green hornet. >> yeah. >> are you feeling it? do you have it? >> i don't have it anymore. i did have it. i'm a little tired now. >> you still are totally skinny. >> i'm a little skinny. i'm not quite as skinny as i was. but it's -- it's amazing. it's really weird, honestly. like i kind of thought that maybe people would just completely reject the notion of it. but honestly, the studio, it was really impressive to see how open-minded they were and how they -- you know, as much insane backlash as there was from the comic book community when it was first kind of announced that we were doing this, they, to their credit, completely ignored all of it and really just kind of said, "go do your thing." >> but i want to talk about that character. it's two characters because all of our superheroes really are schizophrenic. >> yeah. >> and they have -- you've got

brit reed, you've got the "playboy" publishing magnate. this guy was really batman before there was batman. >> exactly. >> this happened -- this happened before you started thinking of making -- >> yeah. i mean, in the '30s, i think, is when the green hornet really started. it was -- he was actually like the first guy in a mask, in a city, fighting crime. i mean, it was before batman or superman or any of those other things. so it was really -- you know what's interesting, a lot of comics have based themselves off of the green hornet. in a lot of ways since then. batman is somewhat derivative of the green hornet in a lot of ways, and spider-man and superman are derivatives of the green hornet in a lot of ways. so that was kind of a challenge to us because we really had to include a lot of the stuff that started the series. but do it in a way where it

didn't seem like we were ripping off all the stuff that came before us essentially. >> i think this is the greatest moment of my entire life. >> i know. mine, too. >> when you first saw you after all of this, what you went through to do it -- >> yeah. >> when you see you -- >> yeah. >> when you first looked at it, were you pleased with you? i'm not talking about the movie. >> i was. i was relieved more than anything, honestly. i think there was a general sense of relief. i remember when -- i mean, you do like camera tests, you know, before you start actually filming the movie. the first time me and jay, who plays kato, actually like were in front of the cameras in our outfits in front of the car, i remember, like, the whole crew was there and you could see them all like, oh, thank god. like, he doesn't look like an idiot. it actually kind of looks right in some capacity. and i remember looking at it thinking, like, oh, i guess it looks good, but it was more like seeing the crew's faces and

their sense of relief that really made me feel like it was going to work in some capacity. we just didn't want the joke to be that we look ridiculous. that was really important to us that the humor came more from just, you know, us, you know, being in over our heads at times or us not getting along at times. we never wanted it to be, like, i'm just too fat to be a superhero. as soon as we saw that relief on the people's faces, it was just -- we knew that at least that aspect of it was -- was overcome. >> here as you know from being on this, i always ask to end with a song. >> yes. >> and there could be a song in your heart and in your head that reflects everything you think about "green hornet." >> ♪ nobody knows the trouble i've seen ♪ ♪ nobody knows my sorrow that's it. it's a sad time. >> we've ended this movie on a tear.

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roll, mashed potatoes, broccoli, peaches and skim milk. >> the more we can reinforce the right set of choices and encourage the right set of choices, the greater the chances that we'll get a handle on obesity. >> reporter: the underlying requirements, reduced saturated fat, sugar and sodium. increase whole grains. serve both fruits and vegetables daily. for the first time, set maximum calorie counts in addition to minimum ones. >> this doesn't mean that we are going to eliminate treats. not at all. but it is a circumstance where treats have a special meaning. a special occasion. >> reporter: the usda says children consume more than half of their calories at school. >> schools are supposed to set an example. example of many, many values of society. one of them ought to be eating well. >> reporter: if they eat well there, it's a lesson they can share with their parents. >> when we go shopping, he says, no, no, no, that's not healthy.

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dramatic day. good-bye to the 9-year-old little girl killed in tucson. >> she cared about other people. >> while gabby giffords' doctors see remarkable progress. climate chaos. disastrous floods in three countries. why scientists are so concerned. and challenging contestant. two jeopardy champions try to beat a computer. it's friday january 14th. there has been so much hype about that episode. people going up against this ibm computer. it's interesting to see how it all played out. >> man versus machine. we'll see who is finally the smarter one. good morning. thanks for being with us. i'm vinita nair.

>> i'm rob nelson. family and friends of congresswoman gabby giffords say they have new hope that her progress is nothing short of a miracle. >> those mourning the youngest victim of saturday's shooting are heartbroken. t.j. winick is in tucson with details. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and rob. the family of christina taylor green felt tucson's embrace thursday. it extended across the street from the 9-year-old's funeral mass. her parents walked under the national 9/11 flag. a tribute to her birthday of september 11th, 2001. they were followed by the casket carrying their daughter's body. inside there are prayers for the third grader who loved singing and dancing. >> god has loved me so much. he has put his hand on me and prepared a place for me. >> reporter: christina had just been elected to the student council. president obama made her a focal point of wednesday night's memorial. 13 survived the shooting including gabrielle giffords,

though a bullet went straight through the left side of her brain. on wednesday night, she opened both eyes and raised her arm. >> all of a sudden, she literally raises her whole hand. she did a full-hand thumbs up. >> reporter: thursday, more encouraging news, doctors were able to hold her upright, her legs dangling off the hospital bed and she moved both sides of her body. >> she's sitting up. i said, gabrielle, lift your legs up and she'll lift both legs up. >> reporter: the doctors have been watching giffords closely for paralysis. they say the next milestone will be when they remove that tube that has been helping her breathe. rob and vinita? >> t.j., thanks. family and friends of john roll gathered at a tucson catholic church last night to take part in a rosary service. security is especially tight at that church. roll's funeral is set for later this morning. as many as 100 judges from around the country are expected to attend. judge roll was shot and killed saturday in tucson. congresswoman giffords' husband, mark kelly, is still the commander of the upcoming

space shuttle mission, but just in case kelly has to step down, nasa has now named a backup. kelly himself recommended that move, but he says he hopes he'll soon be able to rejoin his crew. the shuttle "endeavour" is set to launch april 19th, the last scheduled flight of the space shuttle program. investigators in tucson are digging through paperwork, documenting past complaints against suspected gunman jared loughner. >> and they're analyzing what could turn out to be a critical piece of evidence in the case. john hendren has the very latest. good morning, john. >> good morning. we are learning more and more about jared loughner and the more we learn, the more disturbing it gets. the command center for the tucson shootings is assembling a profile of an alleged mass killer. then came a break. a man walking his dog found a black bag. >> he's telling us that in the bag is what appears to be ammunition and some items from what he described to us from a local walmart. >> reporter: the discovery was

made not far from the loughner home. alleged gunman jared loughner's father saw him with a black bag on the morning of the shooting. police also know loughner bought ammunition from a walmart on that same day. >> we have at least seven, eight, maybe ten gunshots wounds here. we're going to need -- we have -- as well. i believe -- >> reporter: this is what the police radio sounded like on the day of the shootings. >> start multiple med units. people down. i'm counting at least ten. >> how many victims do we have? >> there are multiple victims. we need a lot more units here. >> reporter: police returned to pima community college after seizing a video loughner allegedly posted on youtube, describing himself as persecuted. we are examining torture of students, loughner reportedly says in the video. this is my genocide school. one teacher says loughner intimidated other students. >> jared was not your normal student. he was just mentally unstable. >> reporter: he was a familiar figure to campus police. last year alone they were called

five times to investigate his behavior. a year ago after hearing a poem about abortion, loughner said why don't we just strap bombs to babies? loughner's latest brush with the law was on the day of the shootings. he was pulled over for running a red light. the officer gave him a warning for having a clean driving record. rob and vinita. >> thanks, john. our coverage of the tucson tragedy continues later this half hour with a look at the little shooting victim with an unforgettable positive outlook. we'll update the investigation and get the latest on the survivors' conditions on "america this morning" and on "good morning america." keep it right here on abc news. 185 airline passengers and crew members are safe this morning after an emergency landing in miami. the american airlines jet came in safely last night after a flight from honduras. on the way, a flight attendant noticed bird remains on the plane. there was damage on the plane from the impact. crews will be inspecting the 757 jet this morning. in wichita, kansas, a close call for a few sheriff's deputies, all captured on camera.

newly released dash cam video from one patrol car sets the scene. wow. it shows a speeding suv whizzing by another squad car before finally slamming into the guard rail, flipping over twice. the driver, though, is expected to make a full recovery. he could be in trouble if tests show he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. scary footage. >> so it's not just one police car. it was actually two police cars he did that next to. >> correct. well, some extreme weather to talk about now, including record snowfall, wild winds and relentless rains. they've been reported worldwide. in brazil, 500 people are dead after floods and mudslides and the search for more victims continues this morning. more now from linsey davis. >> reporter: it seems natural disasters are becoming everyday occurrences. in southeast brazil, this woman

plucked from raging waters in floods and mudslides. floods in queensland, australia, have ravaged an area the size of france and germany combined. many residents are being rescued from rooftops and for some, the only way home is by boat. >> things are pretty devastating. >> reporter: officials in sri lanka say flooding there has affected more than a million people. >> we are measuring certain types of extreme events that we would expect to see more often in a warming world, and these are increasing. >> reporter: many scientists say global warming is responsible for the sudden force behind the forces of nature. >> this is no longer something that's theory or conjecture or just something that comes out of computer models. we're observing the climate changing. it's happening. it's real. it's a scientific fact. >> reporter: the decade that just ended had 9 of the 10 warmest years since they started keeping record in 1880. scientists say that means more moisture in the air contributing to torrential flooding rains around the world. and here in america, that means snow. lots of it.

during snowstorms in hartford, connecticut, and albany, new york, they set records for snowfall in a single day. >> if left unchecked, climate warming will continue. so the things we're having hints now, foretastes of now, will become stronger. >> reporter: many scientists say the forecast is looking more and more extreme. linsey davis, abc news, new york. well, now here is a look at your friday forecast. a stormy day in the northwest. rain along the coast and heavy snow in the cascades and northern rockies. freezing rain in the idaho and montana valleys. one to four inches of snow from the dakotas to wisconsin. and some lake-effect snow in ohio and upstate new york. >> 20 degrees in beantown. 31 in baltimore. 70 in miami. just 45 in dallas. kansas city at 32. minneapolis, 16. 40s from boise to albuquerque and a wet 53 in seattle. get ready to cringe. >> oh, this story. >> it's a fact of life that living here in new york city, there are plenty of rats. you see them all the time on the subway.

take a look at this brave rat. it's gross. >> oh! a commuter took this video. you see the rat running around inside a subway car. then while one guy is sleeping, it runs right up his leg. take a look at that thing. oh, my. >> the most shocking thing is that the guy -- it only briefly woke him up and then he goes right back to sleep and the rowdy rat continues running around, if you can imagine. this is totally viral. this video is everywhere. one of the things i read, and this is a good point, doesn't that rat look awfully clean? >> yeah, especially for a new york city subway rat. >> that's right. the ones we have here are all scary, missing patches of hair. >> i don't even know what to say. that's my worst fear. >> that's really disgusting. >> oh, man. come to new york, folks. have a good time. more "world news" after this. [ female announcer ] applying lip balm over...

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on wednesday night, more than 30 million people watched the president's address at the tucson memorial service. many were particularly moved by what he had said about christina taylor green. >> she was the 9-year-old little girl who was killed saturday. her funeral was yesterday. but as dan harris reports, with this tragic end, comes a new beginning. >> reporter: at the funeral, christina green's parents looked up at the national 9/11 flag and then followed their daughter's casket into the church. christina was a precocious 3rd grader with an early interest in politics, which is why she went on that ill-fated trip to meet her congresswoman this past saturday morning. it is because of her bright-eyed uncynical approach to public service that christina is now being held up by many as an example of civility in these uncivil times.

by these tucson elementary students who started something called christina's challenge during which they promised to recognize random acts of kindness. >> she cared about other people. and i think that, like, all of people should be like that. >> reporter: and by president obama, himself a father of a 9-year-old girl. >> and in christina, in christina, we see all of our children. so curious, so trusting, so energetic. >> reporter: looking back at christina's life, you can chart the ups and downs of american civility. she was born on 9/11. a day when americans came together. by the time she was 3, however, the war in iraq was raging and some were calling president bush a war criminal. when christina was 7, another moment of national unity, the election of our first black president. but a year later, the president

accused of being a liar. and at age 9, christina died in that brutal attack, which has once again provoked a surge of national unity. of course, america has always gone through periods of division followed by periods of harmony. some people argue it's our combative national style that is part of what makes us so strong. but this tragedy now has people asking can we do better? we met the parents of baby ally mcintyre, who was born just hours after christina and the others were killed. these new parents insist change is possible. do you think it's possible that your child could grow up in a country where we start to get it right? >> yeah, i believe that's entirely possible. and -- i mean, there's a lot of hope for this new generation. >> reporter: and they say they will do their part by raising ally in christina's spirit. dan harris, abc news, tucson. >> throughout the course of our coverage, we've heard from a lot of kids saying things like, i'm

scared, could someone come to my school and do the same thing. even kids who know christina. the first lady has posted on open message. she basically wants american parents to know what they can tell their children about the tucson shootings. she said more or less these are the questions my girls ask. if your kids have questions, here's some help. >> this is very hard to make young children understand, so this is her way of helping out. she's in a situation with her two young girls, as you said. hopefully it's good advice for parents. it's a hard topic to kind of make kids understand. we'll be right back with more after this. stay with us.

♪ skinny so skinny it was only yesterday that we finally heard about the woman in idaho who won that lottery ticket. we had heard so much about that. an instant celebrity. now instant gossip about what's going on behind the doors. >> build them up, tear them down. >> radaronline is reporting that the 29-year-old mother of two, keep in mind, she was separated from her husband. she and he have quite lengthy

arrest records. you see mugshots with black eyes. he's been arrested more than 15 times. her husband joshua lehti. they were married in 2001. a lot of these arrests stem from domestic problems. he's been charged with battery, violating a no contact order. domestic battery, assault with a child present, even drug charges here. he's also been found guilty of a dui. in terms of her, a lot of things she's been charged with relate to her attacking him as well. the two of them -- she has quit her bank job. there's not any comment on what's going on here. but it's just interesting. you had this one couple that won it, a beautiful retired couple. and that's the story that everyone wants to hear about. but this poor young lady, holly lahti, having some home problems and that immediately comes to the public attention. >> you can't imagine that, you know, a boatload of money is going to make that situation a lot better. but we'll see. stay tuned, as they say. well, not funny, but humorous, at least a little bit here. martha stewart apparently got a little banged up.

not a way that you would expect. she was leaving her home here in new york on tuesday and she went down to kind of go say good-bye -- she said whisper good-bye to her french bulldog, francesco, who was asleep at the time. she says she must have startled the dog. the dog literally shoots up and head butts her in the face. martha had to go to the hospital and get nine stitches in her lip. >> you're mean. that's not funny. that's awful. >> it's not funny. so she literally -- look at that. poor martha. and so the dog was scared. headbutted her. she's okay now. and first she actually called police to ask for a ride, but she's martha stewart. she remembered she had a driver on stand-by. so he's the one that got her to the hospital. but apparently be careful if you're out there if you're whispering good-bye to your dog. they may buck up on you a little bit. rest that lip, martha. >> i feel bad for her. you're mean. >> i'm not -- i'm not laughing. it's a little funny. okay. so have you been following the drama going on between camille

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nice 'n easy. and here are some stories to watch today on abc news. veteran diplomat richard holbrooke's funeral is today in washington. the president will be among those paying their respects. secretary of state hillary clinton outlines new plans for u.s./china relations. her address this morning should set the stage for the chinese president's visit to washington next week. and jpmorgan chase is the first major bank to report 2010 profits today. it could be a very important economic gauge to see if consumers are confident enough to use their credit cards again. finally, the ultimate test of man versus machine. two of the greatest champions from the game show "jeopardy" are about to meet their match. >> it's an ibm computer named watson. wabc's michelle charlesworth has the story. >> reporter: ibm computer

watson, meet ken jennings and brad rudder. each human has won more than $2 million playing "jeopardy." now it's go time. >> to see it actually play with the best human players is something new. something that's never been possible before. >> reporter: until now. this was a dry run for our cameras. watson in the middle. it won, by the way, against these "jeopardy" champions. so how big is watson? well, there it is right there. it's the size of ten refrigerators. look at the head. that's the globe right there. with the crisscross lines. you can see it thinking. the color of the lines correspond to how certain it is about its response. >> if he's very confident that he has or it has -- we shouldn't personalize it. that watson has the correct response, those lines will be green. they will be orange if he's uncertain. >> reporter: pretty cool. do you think we'll ever have three watsons up here instead of two human beings and one computer? >> that is certainly possible. and that would be a lot of fun. what worries me, though, is that some day we will have a watson standing here. >> reporter: never.

>> and that scares the daylights out of me. >> reporter: never. which brings me to this, the one big thing watson is slow to get is humor. >> that's another human advantage. in the "jeopardy" clues, the writers put a lot of jokes in there and it makes it easy if you get the jokes. >> reporter: has watson goofed yet? >> we were asked what movie star played piano in the movie "ray." and learned to play the violin if the movie "the soloist." do you know who that is? it's jamie foxx. watson thought it was beethoven. >> reporter: what does the brain behind watson say to that? >> don't know. >> reporter: you don't know? >> don't know. >> reporter: what? ibm says they'll find out. watching all the action in new yorktown heights, new york, michelle charlesworth. >> that's very cool. in that dry run, watson was in the lead with 4,400 bucks. we'll see that match on tv february 16th. if you want to check it out. >> i've always wanted to be on "jeopardy." me, you, einstein. i know how to -- >> oh, we're tied up. that's good. >> they were smart enough to know we'd fight during

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