but to make gabby whole again, they would leave tucson. saving gabby giffords continues inside her aggressive rehab much that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation without cramps. thanks. [ professor ] good morning students. today, we're gonna... >>> gabby's recovery would continue a long way from the tucson mountains. if it were the paramedics, nurses and doctors in tucson who were responsible for saving the congresswoman's life, it would be the doctors and staff at the memorial hospital in houston that would be asked to gabby gifford's life, it would be the rehab center in houston that will put gabby back together again. for an hour just about every day, congresswoman giffords does this. >> so you're going to sing it and if i mouth it, maybe we can do that and you can tell me what that means. ♪ twinkle twinkle little star >> i

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ok i'd like to go to you first in tucson you got up first this morning for the program we just heard of some words from one u.s. secretary of state clinton about how important this relationship is but a few hours ago we had defense secretary gates say the following if i were in pakistani shoes i would say i've really i've already paid a price i've been humiliated it's been shown that the americans can come in here and do this with impunity now that is gloating here so even within the administration there seems to be a huge difference in how to approach this where do we go from here because the americans are saying this is an important relationship but you should feel humiliated and we will do it again if we want how do you how do you square the circle there. well i think what's going on first of all is that we're on the eve of an obama administration reset american policy not only in pakistan afghanistan but also throughout the whole middle east so we are coming up on what we think will be a major speech by obama in which he doesn't actually directly address this particular case but

ok i'd like to go to you first in tucson you got up first this morning for the program we just heard some words from one u.s. secretary of state clinton about how important this relationship is but a few hours ago we had defense secretary gates say the following if i were in pakistani shoes i would say i've really i've already paid a price i've been humiliated it's been shown that the americans can come in here and do this with impunity now that is gloating here so even within the administration there seems to be a huge difference in how to approach this where do we go from here because the americans are saying this is an important relationship and you should feel humiliated and we will do it again if we want how do you how do you square the circle there. well i think what's going on first of all is that we're on the eve of an obama administration reset american policy not only in pakistan afghanistan but also throughout the whole middle east so we are coming up on what we think will be a major speech by obama in which he doesn't actually directly address this particular case but usi

ok well i'd like to go to you first in tucson you got up first this morning for the program we just heard some words from my u.s. secretary of state clinton about how important this relationship is but a few hours ago we had defense secretary gates say the following if i were in pakistani shoes i would say i've really i've already paid a price i've been humiliated it's been shown that the americans can come in here and do this with impunity now that is gloating here so even within the administration there seems to be a huge difference in how to approach this where do we go from here because the americans are saying this is an important relationship but you should feel humiliated and we will do it again if we want how do you how do you square the circle there. well i think what's going on first of all is that we're on the eve of an obama administration reset american policy not only in pakistan afghanistan but also throughout the whole middle east so we are coming up on what we think will be a major speech by obama in which he doesn't actually directly address this particular case but usin

ok i'd like to go to you first in tucson you got up first this morning for the program we just heard some words from one u.s. secretary of state clinton about how important this relationship is but a few hours ago we had defense secretary gates say the following if i were in pakistani shoes i would say i've really i've already paid a price i've been humiliated it's been shown that the americans can come in here and do this with impunity now that is gloating here so even within the administration there seems to be a huge difference in how to approach this where do we go from here because the americans are saying this is an important relationship but you should feel humiliated and we will do it again if we want how do you how do you square the circle there. well i think what's going on first of all is there were on the eve of an obama administration reset of american policy not only in pakistan afghanistan but also throughout the whole middle east so we are coming up on what we think will be a major speech by obama in which he doesn't actually directly address this particular case but

ok i'd like to go to you first in tucson you got up first this morning for the program we just heard some words from one u.s. secretary of state clinton about how important this relationship is but a few hours ago we had defense secretary gates say the following if i were in pakistani shoes i would say i've really i've already paid a price i've been humiliated it's been shown that the americans can come in here and do this with impunity now that is gloating here so even within the administration there seems to be a huge difference in how to approach this where do we go from here because the americans are saying this is an important relationship but you should feel humiliated and we will do it again if we want how do you how do you square the circle there. well i think what's going on first of all is that we're on the eve of an obama administration reset of american policy not only in pakistan afghanistan but also throughout the whole middle east so we are coming up on what we think will be a major speech by obama in which he doesn't actually directly address this particular case but

a congresswoman and a child were among his victims, after the break why the alleged shooter in the tucson rampage may never get his day in court. >>> and from senator to presidential candidate to oh j why john edwar could be facing criminal charges. >>> and good afternoon, i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. a wild blast of may weather. rain and colder temperatures, upper 50s for parts of the bay area right now. it will be a cold night in the south bay with 40s returning, and we're talking about sierra beow ct. fact, we're just learne of the interstates in california is closed diouf to the snow. we'll have an update? just minutes. hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel! [ male announcer ] only at&t u-verse lets you follow your favorite channels on one screen. just $29 a month for the first six months -- dvr included. in the network there are no hard choices. >>> courtroom drama in tucson, arizona, as the man who is accused of shooting gabriel

. >>> at a federal court in tucson, arizona, a hearing is scheduled on wednesday for jared loughner on whether the suspect in the shooting of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and 18 others is mentally competent to stand trial. we get the story from nbc's justice correspondent, pete williams. >> reporter: it could be the single most important court hearing for jared loughner, accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others in a tucson parking lot in january at a meet and greet event hosted by congresswoman gabrielle giffords. loughner's own lawyers have described him as, quote, gravely mentally ill. now after five weeks of psychiatric evaluation at a federal prison hospital in missouri, court documents suggest that doctors appointed by both loughner's lawyers and the prosecutors have concluded that he's mentally unfit to stand trial. if the judge agrees, the court proceedings against him would stop without a trial. >> the defendant can't be railroaded. the defendant has to participate in the proceedings. if as a result of a mental disease or defect he's not able to do that, then th

ok i'd like to go to you first in tucson you got up first this morning for the program we just heard some words from my u.s. secretary of state clinton about how important this relationship is but a few hours ago we had defense secretary gates say the following if i were in pakistani shoes i would say i've really i've already paid a price i've been humiliated it's been shown that the americans can come in here and do this with impunity now that is gloating here so even within the administration there seems to be a huge difference in how to approach this where do we go from here because the americans are saying this is an important relationship but you should feel humiliated and we will do it again if we want how do you how do you square the circle there. well i think what's going on first of all is that we're on the eve of an obama administration reset of american policy not only in pakistan afghanistan but also throughout the whole middle east so we are coming up on what we think will be a major speech by obama in which he doesn't actually directly address this particular case but u

the tohono reservation sits on the mexican border near tucson, arizona. it's the size of connecticut but is sparsely populated. for most of the remote 75-mile long border there, this fence is all that separates mexico from the united states. >> typically, a smuggler, a smuggling group will move dope through this desert in either a vehicle or in a human smuggling train. >> reporter: authorities say mexican traffickers increasingly use tohono oodham land now to enter the u.s., forced to do so by law enforcement crack downs elsewhere. agents say on most of the mountaintops in the area, within the united states, from the border to phoenix, mexico's drug cartel hides its surveillance team in caves to spy on american law enforcement below. >> we estimate at any given time, there are 200 to 300 scouts working in these positions. >> reporter: and this is one of those mountaintop caves called spider holes where the mexican scouts will hunker down day and night. this one is so fresh, they left behind shoes and sleeping gear. in smaller caves, the scouts store water

. >>> the astronauts aboard the space shuttle endeavor talked to tucson school students. they were from the same school christina-taylor green attended. he was the youngest victim of the tucson shootings, which also wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. one wanted to know what food is like and he answered, not so good. >>> today the minister is talking about what happened. ktvu's paul chambers has more. >> reporter: at this hour, he is inside, you can see it's press only allowed. he is addressing the press, and says he is flagger gasted about the event. >> reporter: people say he is entitled to his belief but they are embarrassed to be associated with him. >> i think he probably needs to go to -- wherever they teach people. >> he is a delusional fool. can't know what he is saying. >> the only thing he said, there would be an earthquake. >> reporter: now that the date has come and gone, all the signs are coming down. like this one. as the saying goes, third time is a charge. what do people think? >> he is 89 years old, he won't be around forever. but there are other fo

i showed you yesterday a tucson school, tucson school board meeting that got out of hand. the kids chained themselves to desks, pounding their fists. the meeting was rescheduled. the situation the second time turned out so ugly that riot police had to be called in. this is all over a cancellation of mexican-american studies class. uh-huh. that class is teaching the kids how to overthrow the government and take the state back to mexico. school used to be a place to learn. not just history, science, math. but discipline and respect for authority. our educationm system put social justice and political correctness above our education, and our children are not only being short-changed, they are being turned in to slaves eventually. take a listen to the complaint about the educational system. these are some of them. education policies written by politicians and special interest groups. eliminate teachers' tenure, and eliminate the last hired, first fired policy. bias and distortion in textbooks. teachers unions are just powerful political machines. frustration of the political a

as you probably know, six people were killed during that shooting spree that happened in tucson back on january 8. harry. >> smith: bob orr in washington tonight, bob, thank you very much. we have very different news tonight about two of america's better known political figures. our political and chief legal correspondent jan crawford joins us from chicago with news, first, of former democratic senator john edwards. jan, good evening. >> reporter: well, good evening, harry. this has really been a two-year investigation by a federal grand jury on whether john edwards violated finance campaign laws during his 2008 presidential bid. the allegations prosecutors have been looking at is whether he took about $1 million from two big donors and used that to keep secret his mistress and then the baby girl that they had together. you can't use campaign contributions for your personal use. and as one lawyer told me today, the prosecutors must believe that hiding your mistress counts as a personal use. but now, his lawyer has issued a very strong statement this afternoon just moments ago saying

gabby giffords' staff said she's still not fully aware of everything that happened in tucson back in january, but she's very aware of her husband's mission and she was determined to be here for it. >> three, two, one. zero, and liftoff for the final launch of "endeavour." >> reporter: in typically spectacular fashion, the shuttle roared off the pad just before 9:00 this morning, breaking through low cloud cover and racing for a wednesday rendezvous with the orbiting space station. these dramatic photos taken by a passenger on a commercial plane at the same time. watching the launch from a private viewing area at the cape, shuttle commander mark kelly's wife gabby giffords still recovering from a head wound suffering in january's shooting rampage in tucson. her chief of staff was with her. >> she did turn to me and say good stuff, and i said, yeah, this is good stuff. it's like, finally, we have arrived at his launch date. >> reporter: moments before liftoff, he spoke to the millions cheering on his crew. >> including our spouses, children, family and friends, we thank you for your su

. >>> in the meantime a judge will decide if a suspect in the tucson shooting rampage is competent to stand trial. loughner is charged with opening fire at a political event at a tucson grocery store, killing six people and injuring 13 others, including congressman gabrielle giffords. the 22-year-old college dropout spent five weeks undergoing mental exams at a federal prison hospital in missouri. >>> we want to take a look at the forecast today. rain in the works but not as bad as we thought? >> every time i check it turns into more of a dud. we're not looking at a whole lot of rain today, but certainly cooler weather. it's one of those days you probably want to stay inside if you can. if you've got the day off and wanted to do some jogging or take the dog for a walk, you'll be able to later on today. we've got a pretty strong front pushing into northern california, but it's colliding with this big ridge of high pressure. so right now we're on the warm side of the front. cold air will push in later on today. take a look at what's expected to happen as the system continues to push in.

. >>> tucson, arizona elementary school students got a rare treat last night. the classmates of christina taylor green, the little girl killed in the tucson shootings earlier this year, talked to another touched by the tragedy who is light years away. >> they chatted with mark kelly. his wife was seriously wounded in that attack. very cool for the students there, as they really come together there. >>> well now, for this morning's weather. more severe storms. from dallas and oklahoma city to pittsburgh and buffalo. more twisters, large hail, and winds topping 80 miles an hour. thunderstorms and gusty winds across minnesota and wisconsin. rain from rapid city to billings. 6 inches of snow in the rockies. showers from seattle to portland. >> 72 in sacramento. 80 in albuquerque. a hot 92 in phoenix. mostly 80s from omaha to indianapolis. and from dallas to miami. 70 here in the big apple. 61 in boston. >>> coming up, the most dramatic drop of gas prices in weeks. the welcome relief. >>> and a new option for pain relief hitting the store shelves today. >>> and we'l

new insight into the tucson shooter from his own e-mails. did his college ignore the red flags? >> and cycling's biggest stars defending doping allegations. the bombshell confession from lance armstrong's former teammate coming up. >>> and rallying aroun ronald. mcdonald's speaks out about the push to fire the famous clown. , crispy golden fries, and an ice cold drink for only $3.49. wow, there is such a strong family resemblance! yeah, we all got nana box's nose (chuckles). old murder spree. th >>> federal agents say there could be a link between the unabomber and a nearly three decade old murder spree. the firm confirms that agents have requested ted kaczynski's dna file. it's for a 1982 chicago area case that involved tylenol poisoning. seven people died. kaczynski has refused the request and denies involvement in the case. he submitted a letter to the feds requesting that the government not auction off some items taken from his cabin. he says they could clear him from the tylenol case. >>> an arizona college has complied with a court order to release e-mails regarding the ma

it was at that memorial service in tucson, as the nation looked on. >> and from our seat, we could look down and see barack obama, our nation's first african american president, sitting next to daniel hernandez, a mexican american kid from the south side of tucson, sitting next to sandra day o'connor, our first female supreme court justice. a few seats away was dr. rhee, the korean american doctor who helped save the congresswoman's life. that is good that came out of this. america got to see a picture of america in all its wonderful diversity that i think left a lasting impression on our minds. >>> coming up -- michelle obama's battle for america's military families. >> these families experience a whole array of emotional stress beyond anything they could imagine. >> tom brokaw with the first lady on how we all can help. >>> and later -- rock legend steven tyler. inside his home for a private tour and apparently a private concert. >> do you have a lighter, matches i could hold up? come on, i want more. ♪ oh oh oh ♪ just love me ♪ oh oh oh ♪ just hold me ♪ oh oh oh ♪ just ki

are the liars and more shameless by the way oath keepers will be hosting a rally on memorial day in tucson to commemorate and demand accountability for his death as oath keepers founders and presidents to road said those of us who are trained know and understand the only way your family's going to be safe from a criminal home invasion is if you step up and defend them but if you do that if you dare to arm yourself into thin your family against home invasion it turns out to be the police conducting a dynamic slot raid you will be at risk of being shot on sight every time you will die for simply defending your family and that's the problem with this policy of using swat teams just to serve a search warrant. stuart rose will be our guest this thursday to answer charges that politicizing the death on a moral day is inappropriate and tell us what they are expecting with the event scheduled for next monday and as promised we've got the rationalization from harold camping a family radio as to why the world didn't and on saturday he and his five months away you know but it won't be spiritual on oc

. >>> and now we turn to the shooting in tucson, and a bizarre outburst in an arizona courtroom today. as tucson shooting suspect jared loughner, charged with shooting congresswoman gabby giffords and killing six others, was found not competent right now for any trial. he shouted out in the courtroom, "thank you for the freak show. she died in front of me." abc news legal analyst dan abrams is here. so, give me a sense. they found him not competent right now. what is the threshold for that decision? >> it means that he can't understand the proceedings against him. basically, for five weeks, they evaluated him. two medical professionals sat there, looked at all of his records, got records from his pediatrician. 18 hours of videotaped interviews with him, as well. a 53-page and 42-page report, both of them independently concluded he's not competent. >> but still, common sense, with all those professionals involved, he was able to get a gun, he was able to target practice. and we keep hearing he doesn't always have these outbursts. was it convenient to have one in the courtroom today? >>

captured national attention and drive their attention, let columbine, virginia tech, fort hood, and tucson. the media waste no time in turning their ranged monsters into celebrities, even though that is the last thing the media should do. creates a mad man hero for every potential crazy copycat out there. it is sick, wrong, and the media in this country ought to be ashamed of themselves for doing it. [applause] >> what the media will not admit is that in each of those tragedies the mass killer, they all have the same decisive advantage -- government, gone- free loss, and anti self-defense laws that protect the safety of nobody except the killers, and condemned the victims to death without so much as a prayer. that is right. our own policies gave more protection to the killers than to the innocent. government gone free zones have become the hunting ground of evil, deranged monsters, but nbc and "the new york times" will not admit the truth. the media and the political elites want us to believe that if we pass another law or two we will all be safer, but it is a lie. if we could legislate ev

and i would be remiss if we did not think bill and all of the wonderful volunteers here at the tucson festival of books. they just put on an absolutely marvelous book festival, thousands upon thousands of people. of course here you are in this packed room. it is just such a wonderful event, and we are both deeply honored to be here and be a part of it. we are just going to have an informal chat and talk about p.j.'s work, and then we will open it up for questions at the end. let me start by saying that as a biographer myself, someone who thought that i actually knew how to write and have some potential to be a writer, after reading your vanderbilt book as well as your jesse james book, but especially, i think, the vanderbilt book, i have to now go into therapy. [laughter] it is just, just beautifully written. never could i imagine that so many deals could be made so exciting and so fascinating. and i love your organizing principle. how did you decide on using the contest over vanderbilt will when he died as the sort of on trade and then sort of talking point all the way through the bo

salud a raiz del disparo que recibio en la cabeza en enero, durante un evento publico realizado en "tucson, arizona".---durante el lanzamiento del "endeavour" se se registÓ una falla en uno de los cohetes propulsores, pero esto no afecÓ la salida de la famosa nave que estara en el espacio 16 dias.

del cráneo de gabrielle giffords con un implante de plástico, y tras la herida que sufrió en enero en tucson. y vamos al otro lado de la frontera, donde están a salvo y a las puertas de la deportación los más de 500 migrantes que coyotes transportaban asinados como ganado. >>>periodista: los rayos x descubrieron cuerpos, todos asinados, y lo que se veía era el infierno en el que viajaban 240 personas. >>> el trailer fue descubierto en un reten de la policía, y atrás llegó el otro, en él iban 273 migrantes, todos con la esperanza de llegar a estados unidos. >>> te sientes mal? >>> sí. >>> lo volverán a intentar? >>> seguro. >>> fueron los 513 migrantes rescatados, y estaban sostenidos por cuerdas en la caja, y no tenían agua, y había también migrantes de china y nepal. y al menos 200 entes fueron cesados y esta agencia está en crisis. >>> creo que son mínimos. >>> organizaciones han denunciado estos abusos, y den e nadie hizo nada hasta ahora por la corrupción de los agentes migratorios. >>> esperamos pruebas para que signifique el fin de esto. >>> los migrantes dijeron que ca

here is the only warm spots but tucson in the 80s isn't bad. update on the forecast is coming up. >> also coming up. gas keeps falling. and the big buck take over. early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus the pirates of the caribbean conquer the world. seriously. >> one of the best assists you will ever see and who says golf isn't a contact sport? you are watchinrly y. >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." militants have launched an assault on pakistan's naval air force. the pakistani taliban has claimed reresponsibilitiability. yemen's embattled president has agreed to step down. at least five ambassadors have gathered expecting him to sign the agreement. he never showed. but armed supporters of the agreement did. forcing those diplomates to step down. volcano began erupting for the first time since 2004. this one will cause few er problems. and it looks like princess beatrice will have the last laugh. the pretzel hat was auctioned off for over 130,000. no word on who the lucky winner was. the money will go to st

here with the song "crystal frontiers" from tucson, arizona -- calexico. ♪ ♪ marco's shadow falls on the door to the seven lost cities of gold ♪ ♪ finds a raven's head and rattler's tail dead in his tracks this god forsaken soul's ♪ ♪ unwanted here and his ghost lingers for years ♪ ♪ amalia's face hides behind the mask sweating on the tv factory line ♪ ♪ that smile on her face is starting to crack while welding back the pieces of shattered heart ♪ ♪ that's scattered out here with the ghosts of her peers ♪ ♪ searched for her lost child along the river of tears a river of tears ♪ ♪ at the end of the working week when drunken worlds meet both sides keeping a close eye ♪ ♪ watching the bullet fly here on the crystal frontier on the crystal frontier ♪ ♪ ♪ ramon tightens up his leather belt and slips through a hole in the fence ♪ ♪ he can get you anything you want might cost you a life might cost you ♪ ♪ the whole price of freedom here on the crystal frontier ♪ ♪ searching for your lost love on the river of tears the river of tears ♪ ♪

. >>> it has been so much serious news lately from the shoot nlg tucson to the tsunami in japan to say nothing of egypt and libya. we thought it was time to have a little fun. what better than a frolic in hollywood, a bus tour specializing in all the places the stars don't want you to see. david wright gets on board for tonight's "sign of the times." >> reporter: hollywood star tours tend to focus on the obvious, hollywood sign, rodeo drive, beverly hills. welcome to the show on wheels. ♪ >> reporter: tourism with a twist, or better still, twisted tourism. >> it's fun, you know, it's craziness. it's partying, it's trouble. >> reporter: harvie levin's website and tv show tmz is all about cutting stars down to size. >> most famous street in hollywood, sunset boulevard, whoo! >> all right. >> reporter: sunset boulevard has come a long way since norma desmond's close up. the drive-through where paris hilton got a dui. the fried chicken place where brad pitt's first job was to dress up in a chicken suit. >> exact place where hugh grant made the worst decision in his life. >> reporter: whi

marshals during a mental competency hearing wednesday in tucson. it happened following an outburst from loughner that sounded like he said thank you for the freak show. the federal judge ruled he was income period doesn't stand trial for the january 8th tucson shooting rampage. the judge agreed with two mental health evaluations that loughner doesn't understand what's going on. from here loughner will spend a few months in a mental health facility where prosecutors say they are confident he can be healthy enough to stand trial >> you're goal has always been and always will be to go to trial in this case. >> loughner pleaded not guilty to 49 charges the shooting rampage outside of safeway supermarket wounded gabrielle giffords, and killed six people, a federal judge and a 9-year-old. several of the victims were in court some clearly upset with the ruling others said they agreed with the judge. >> you don't have to be a professional psychiatrist to know that the boy is disturbed. >> criminal defense attorney said there's a good chance loughner will e

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he is doing everything he can to keep miller in tucson. jeremy guthrie has one victory and five losses. it is hard to win when your team scores no runs. today, both sides shared the blame. evan longoria was back from injury. a three-run shot tampa. b.j. austin with two outs. in fact, all of the runs scored today was by tampa. dick market is, one of his three hits. you know it is a bad day when you see this. eight innings, matt weeders, but up against the wall. facing a varied diet been justin never lander after losing a perfect game -- justin verlander after losing a perfect game. rajlander struck out -- dav davis. the trial went on to win 9-0. -- detroit went on to win 9-0. greyhounds or on the attack. -- greyhound were on the attack. moments later, mary had-- mary hannebarry. loyola won the big east championship. championship. i will check at wendy's we grill fresh beef only from north america 'cause we believe that's the way you make hot and juicy hamburgers. like wendy's bacon mushroom melt with applewood smoked bacon and cheesy mushro

tucson arizona you are a chance of hiting 100 today. all about the weekend forecast coming up. thank you so much. coming up. jobless claims rise. tiffany shines and your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. ready for your holdiweekend hang over. >> coming up extra innings in baltimore. the miami heat are in the nba finals you are watchingarily. >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. a wisconsin judge has struck down a controversial law stripping collective bargaining rights from most collective workers in the state. the law, championed by republican governor scott walker was passed in march despite massive protests. the court ruled that republicans in the state senate violated wisconsin's open meeting law. >>> the supreme court has ruled that states have the right to shut down businesses that knowingly employ illegal immigrants. the court upheld a 2007 arizona law rejecting arguments that control over illegal immigration is solely a federal responsibility. >>> the last of three men b

if they get to that point, the proceedings can continue. >> ted rowlands for us in tucson. it is a fascinating cation. it is a troubling case in many ways. our cnn senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. let me ask our legal counselor here, were you surprised at this? >> not really. his mental problems are so long standing and so clear that it is -- it's not a surprise but it's also not the end of this issue. i think people may be confused thinking he has now been found not guilty by reason of insanity. that has not happened yet. if and when he goes to trial if he is found sane notch to grow to trial, then he can perhaps claim insanity. but we're not at that stage of the case yet. >> not at that stage of the case yet. so he'll be re-evaluated. then they can come back into court. does the prosecution have to move to have a reconsideration or is this -- does the judge just look at an additional report? >> no, the judge has said, i am going to reconsider this issue in september. and there will be a new evaluation. basically, this ruling is about his mental status at the current t

the wind kicked up during an elementary school graduation party in tucson yesterday. and while the parents videotaped it, the house flew into the air. the kids got out in time. >>> speaking wind, the giants are in the windy city, and barry zito can take as long as he wants to be off the disabled list. and highlights from the coliseum are next ♪ ♪ free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. . >>> with the way ryan vogel song has pitched, there is no reason for barry zito to return to the disabled list. he had an impressive outing, strikes out six, and thanks to help from mother nature, he picks up the first complete game, when the umpire called it in the 7th, the giants win, 3- 0, and a's have an injury replacement of their own, filling in for dallas braden, and career hit in the fifth, a two-run triple, the a's beat the white sox, to get back over the 200 mark. and four and a half hour weather delay, they will play a lot of golf tomor

gabriel giffords selected a song from a band from tucson it mentioned some places in tucson giffords would like to revisit shortly. endeavor is scheduled to land in florida thursday. >>> fitting salute for memorial day southern california. >> 8-year-old luke smith member of young marines noticed the flag that flew over ocean side pier was tattered and torn so he decided to do something about it. he wrote to the city's mayor. >> dear mr. mayor. >> i read 8-year-old boy and young marine i thought oh, boy, this is shocking i am proud. >> i think it is disrespectful to our country and the people who fight for it. i would be pleased if you would replace it. thank you sir for your attention. your friend ... >> the mayor was impressed and had the flag promptly replaced and sent luke a proclamation for taking pride in and protecting the stars and stripes. >> uniform, hair cut, attitude very good. >> memorial day is a holiday for all federal offices. >> including post office. banks are also closed and schools, most of transit system are running on sunday schedule check if you are taking publi

tucson, arizona today warm at 95. sacramento, not tbad. enjoy. weekend forecast coming up. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> also coming up, wall street gets defensive, facebook gets caught and one zoo's way of adding revenue that just plain stinks. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, it's good to be the royal couple. you're not going to believe the list of goodies they had shipped in for their island getaway. >>> coming up, the conference finals are set in the nhl and nba. a hat trick for the mets' carlos beltran and tiger limps away from the player's championship. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. in pakistan, twin explosions struck a paramilitary training center killing at least 80 people. the pakistani taliban claimed it carried out the attacks to avenge osb's killing. >>> former nevada senator john ensign could face criminal charges related to the probe into his affair with a former campaign staffer. poss

. >>> jared loughner, the man suspected in the deadly tucson shooting rampage was transferred to missouri. that's where mental health experts will attempt to make him fit for trial. he is accused of shooting gabrielle giffords and 12 others. experts have concluded he suffers from schizophrenia. >>> president obama visited poland today. he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he met with holocaust survivors and leaders of poland's jewish community. he returns to washington tomorrow. >>> new tonight at 11:00, parole agents in california will soon get some much-needed help in monitoring violent sex offenders. a program that kicks off next week will cut down their workload and allow the agency to spend more time out in the field. we explain how the new system will work. >> many parole agency complain they don't get to spend enough time doing this, checking you have on high-risk sex offenders out in the field. a government report blames ankle bracelet for that problem. that report shows every month those gps tracking devices send out 60,000 alerts to parole agents and many of thos

that appearance today in tucson. mike, thanks. >>> there was a stunned silence on the floor of the new york stock exchange this morning. dma not because of any market news but in reaction to the news mark haines had died. he was the founding anchor of "squawk box" on cnbc. he's been a fixture of our sister network for two decades. people used the words gruff and rumpled and irascible to describe him, but they were trying to say he was real. he didn't suffer fools kindsly, and covering wall street, he suffered a few of them. he was an ivy league graduate and a veteran reporter, and he was able to calmly report on the 9/11 attacks and the financial me meltdown. he was 62, and our condolences go out to his family and his cnbc family, too. back with more after this. >>> i believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. >> that speech by john f. kennedy launching us to the moon was delivered before a joint ses

she was shot in the head during that rampage in tucson and part of her skull actually had to be removed. >>> at least eight people are dead after several tornadoes swept through arizona. this is video from canton, oklahoma where a tornado hit yesterday afternoon. so far no fatalities have been reported in the area, but city workers are reporting numerous natural gas los angeles and searchers are being called in to make sure no one is -- gas leaks and searchers are being called in to make sure no one is in there. >>> good morning, tori. the people here m joplin, missouri feel like they dodged a bullet last night. you mentioned all of the bad weather and the tornadoes that, once again, hit the heartland of america but the forms dodged joplin despite the fact that the sirens wailed. but because the storms dodged this area, the rescue crews were able to get back in this vast debris field, a half-mile -- a half-mile wide, six miles long. it really looks like a scene of what you would think of as armageddon, the trees, all of the homes that have been destroyed. you can see the rescuers out th

. >>> a judge plans to review hundreds of emails and documents from a community college the tucson shooting suspect attended. the college says the release would violate privacy laws. the judge has given the college until tuesday to turn over the documents. he will then decide whether to make them public. >>> here is the latest on endeavour's final mission into space. nasa has scheduled a press conference. engineers are trying to fix the problem with the heating system. nasa is hoping to launch on monday. if the problem is not fixed, there could be at least a week's delay. >>> we are just hours away from the beatification of pope john paul ii. thousands of people will be attending the mass tomorrow in st. peter's square. pope benedict put him on the fast track for sainthood when he waved the show additional five- year waiting time and allowed the process to begin this week. >> it is the last step on th st.ee to sainthood. we're just waiting for one more miracle. >> not everyone wants to see him beatified. critics say he turned a blind eye to the sex abuse scandal. >>> instead of heading out

. >>> jared loughner, the man suspected in the deadly tucson shooting rampage was transferred to missouri. that's where mental health experts will attempt to make him fit for trial. he is accused of shooting gabrielle giffords and 12 others. experts have concluded he suffers from schizophrenia. >>> president obama visited poland today. he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he met with holocaust survivors and leaders of poland's jewish community. he returns to washington tomorrow. [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls, i locked in a rate. coach, you get that house yet? working on it. [ coach ] the appraisal? ...springfield. wherever i was, my citi mortgage consultant had me covered. [ crowd cheering ] and 500 miles from home... [ cheering, cellphone beeps ] ...we finally had a new home. [ male announcer ] from pre-approval to closing, citi is with you every step of the way. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> new tonight at 11:00, parole agents in california will soon get so

instead the pac-10 coach of the year decided to stay in tucson and signed a contract extension. they got a no from notre dame's mike bray telling anderson he is committed to staying with his current team. same goes for pittsburgh's jamie dixon and a couple other coaches. what wasn't supposed to be a long process now leaves university scrambling to fill the shoes of gary williams. chris mooney from richmond's name is being thrown around. a texas a&m coach. we have no idea. anderson and the search committee will review a short list tomorrow morning. >> if you're getting swept by philadelphia to start their current road trip the nationals looking poised to get a sweep of their own after taking the first two from florida. marlins picture sanchez would have none of that striking out a career high 11 batters. nats wrapping up their series with the marlins in the #th marlins up 2-0 and then add to their lead. ramirez with a single to center. 3-0 fish. then still in the 5th marlins blow the game wide open. gaby sanchez with a three-run shot. hanley ramirez scores. 6-0. rodriguez in for

they opened fire in tucson, arizona. doctors say tomorrow's surgery is relatively simple and recovery time is usually just a day or two. yesterday giffords was at cape canaveral rocket into space aboard the space shuttle endeavor. >>> demand for the initial public offering for mountain view based has hit a fevered pitch. there is so much investor interest that went up to as much as $45 per share. some analysts call that over valued. the on-line networking service will be worth as much as $4 billion. they are expected to make their market debut on thursday. >>> the chief of the beaumont san carlos fire department will cash out more than a quarter million dollars in unused sick days when he retired next month. doug fry served with the department for almost 36 years. he has worked hard and earned his retirement, sick pay and all. he has called in sick just three times in all of those years the city is prepared to absorb the cost, but some residents are questioning the amount. >> he will walk away with some pension package a

and arizona, the daily star in tucson's headline is simple. justice has been done. and in philadelphia the daily news whites we got the expletive. in pittsburgh which is close to shanksville, u.s. kills bin laden. back here in carroll county at the top of their newspaper simply put, osama bin laden dead. >> we have got plenty more information on the story ot our website at abc2 news.com including whether pakistani leaders knew where osama bin laden was lied hiding. and also how his death will effect the economy. that's all on abc2news.com. >>> kelly, through the day today the weather held up pretty nicely. increasing clouds at times but things stayed dry. visable satellite view. increasing cloud cover, especially out toward derrick. now back through central maryland partly cloudy sky. we are all clear. one renegade shower up toward carlisle, pa. and the army war college as it happens. high temperatures today in the low and mid 70s. in fact, some low 80s down towards bethesda. think those will be similar to the temperatures we will see around baltimore tomorrow. we w

michel marizco is in tucson, arizona. hernan, let me start with you. as we mentioned earlier the president promised the reform package early in his term. the term's now more than half over. is there any proposal on the desk? where does that effort stand? is there enough time in what remains of his term? >> i don't think so. under the current situation, under the current republican leadership, i think that it's all become a political football. being tossed from one party to the other to see who is going to score the next touchdown. but in the end this game is not going to be won by either party. >> suarez: let's go to you next michelle. today the president insisted down on the border in el paso that, in fact, he has done what republican leadership has asked him to do. when you look at the claims for border security, for the fence which today he claimed was complete, does that point stand up to some scrutiny in? >> it's definitely worth considering some different issues. in 2004 president bush had declared that the border was broken. president obama has

it will be at least four months before jared loughner-- accused in the tucson, arizona shooting rampage-- sees the inside of a courtroom again. the january 8 attack killed six people and wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords and 12 others. but on wednesday, u.s. district judge larry burns ruled loughner is mentally incompetent to stand trial. the judge ordered loughner to a federal facility in springfield, missouri. there, psychiatrists will attempt to treat the 22-year-old suspect so he can understand the case against him. one of the shooting victims-- eric fuller-- was in court, and agreed with the decision. >> the mere appearance of him is very disheveled, he was very disorganized. you don't have to be a professional psychiatrist to know that the boy is disturbed. >> woodruff: the judge ruled after medical experts reported that loughner suffers from schizophrenia and delusions. they said his mental health had been in decline for two or three years. the finding matched first-hand accounts from acquaintances who knew loughner, and spoke just after the shootings. >> jared was not you

it will be at least four months before jared loughner-- accused in the tucson, arizona shooting rampage-- sees the inside of a courtroom again. the january 8 attack killed six people and wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords and 12 others. but on wednesday, u.s. district judge larry burns ruled loughner is mentally incompetent to stand trial. the judge ordered loughner to a federal facility in springfield, missouri. there, psychiatrists will attempt to treat the 22-year-old suspect so he can understand the case against him. one of the shooting victims-- eric fuller-- was in court, and agreed with the decision. >> the mere appearance of him is very disheveled, he was very disorganized. you don't have to be a professional psychiatrist to know that the boy is disturbed. >> woodruff: the judge ruled after medical experts reported that loughner suffers from schizophrenia and delusions. mhd been in decline for two or three years. the finding matched first-hand accounts from acquaintances who knew loughner, and spoke just after the shootings. >> jared was not your normal student. he was men

ted roe lands is in tucson. you were inside the courtroom and i understand there was a lot of drama. >> reporter: very dramatic day inside the court, not only because of the ruling but at one point, loughner was pulled out of the courtroom after he disturbed the judge. he yelled out for whatever reason, thank you for the freak show and started to continue to yell at the judge, two marshalls were on either side of him. they pinned him down on to the ground and literally dragged him out of the courtroom. he ended up watching the rest of the hearing via a television monitor. the judge moved on. this decision he made was in conjunction of a couple of reports that had been done on loughner saying he didn't understand what was going on in court and couldn't help with his defense. the judge said at this point in time, he is unfit to stand trial. he has sent him to a medical facility in springfield, missouri and he will be evaluated and treated and brought back to see if his mental capacity has changed at all. at this p