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here's espn's chris connelly. >> reporter: 13-year-old anna schmidt, from wisconsin, is a life-long packers fan. >> oh, i love aaron rogers. for a while, he was a rookie and everything. and he waited and waited until he finally got his time to shine. >> reporter: this was anna back in december, in desperate need of a heart transplant. what would happen if no donor were found? >> anna would perish. she needed a heart. at night, we would pray. and she would ask god for a miracle. she would cry out to him. and that was difficult. >> reporter: what could you see in your parents' faces? >> sadness. >> reporter: what was that like to see? on march 29th, doctors told the schmidts, there was a match for anna. after 12 hours of surgery, anna had a new heart. within weeks, her condition improved dramatically. what was it like feeling better? >> it's the most amazing feeling in the world. >> reporter: now, thanks to her new heart, she's back on her feet. and on this august day, a dvd arrives with a personal invitation. >> hello, anna. it's aaron rogers. >> and al harris of the green bay packers. >> we

chris connelly was out there. >> hey good morning. last year vmas saw kanye west interrupt taylor swift's speech. taylor swift and kanye west provided the preshow buzz. but the real sound of the mtv vmas was a gargantuan scream. prior to her parade of way over the edge wear lady gaga entered with service people with the don't ask don't tell policy. >> their stories are very inspiring. not one person is more valuable than another person. >> reporter: she left with eight statues. >> because we were born this way, baby! >> reporter: including video of the veer from a riotously retro cler cher rocking "if i could turn back time." >> i'm the oldest with the biggest hair and littlest costume. >> reporter: unlikely authority. >> wake up handler. don't you get it you're next. >> reporter: jersey shore's snooki and the situation. usher put on a show. and 16-year-old justin bieber busted out new and improved dance skills before scoring the best new artist. >> thank you to everybody. >> reporter: taylor and kanye did not appear together but indi

: here is democratic congressman jerry connelly. you'll campaign with him today. >> a good friend. >> chris: he says the democratic leadership in the white house and in congress, dead wrong. >> here is how i heard that quote. letting all the tax cuts expire might be a problem. that is not what the democrats want to do. they don't want to just let everything expire. they want to let the bush design tax cuts expire and put new tax cuts in place that are targeted for the middle class -- >> chris: he was talking specifically about the tax cuts on the wealthy. >> but again, not just letting the tax cuts expire that the democrats and the white house is talking about. talking about doing additional tax cuts as we have already done for individuals and small businesses but just targeting them. you know the economic argument on this, tax cuts in the middle class and small businesses are the dollars most likely to be spent to spur economic activity. tax cuts to the wealthiest might add to savings which is good in some ways but they won't be sp