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heroes who have dedicated their lives to helping people in need. none of them wear a spandex leotard or cape, at least not while working, not that im aware of, but they are true heroes. we are live tonight in los angeles and around the world and we have a group of famous folks joining us tonight. theyve generously given their time to share our hero stories with you. some have journeyed to see our honorees. jerry seinfeld, will.i.am. he went to meet one of our heros in wisconsin. my col...

chriss injury all over again. >> how are you doing, luis? im eddie. thats my son, chris. its all gone in an instant. someones gone from being so independent and at the prime of his life, now becoming very dependent on some of the basic things, the simplest things that we all take for granted. >> they can be mad at the world. but ill go in there to help them just to let them know that theyre not alone through this process. >> never give up that faith, man. >> this is something that we h...

>> tell me just a little bit about gridiron heroes, how it got started. >> you know, it started after chris suffered a spinal cord injury. >> it was our last home game. we had to win this game to go to the playoffs. about four or five guys missed the tackle and i made the last touchdo touchdown. along with that, i broke my neck. >> he just reached his one-year anniversary date of his injury. chris was going through some hard times. he started to shut down on me. >> depression hit, and ...

>> its too cutting edge for him. >> might be right around the corner. in the meantime, your headlines are right now. secret service says a bullet hit the white house. authorities believe it may be connected to a shooting that happened nearby on friday night. the bullet actually hit a window at the white house. but was stopped by the ballistic glass. a second bullet was found outside the white house. police are searching for this man. 21-year-old oscar ortega hernandez. they believe he was someho...

what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that 100 wont graduate from high school. a total of 50 wont go to college. thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years meanwhile, other countries are outstarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in the world in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math. overall, the world economic forum ranks the quality of our education at ...

take a rough look. 100 representative american kids entering high school. what does fate have in store for them? 28 of that 500 wont graduate. a total of 50 wont go to college, so that is half of the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will at the end college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhile, other countries are outsmarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in the world in reading and 23rd in science and 31st in math. ove...

president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, im going to say i dont know, do you know? >> the least of herman cains problems now but they are causing trouble. ill explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. first, heres my take. ive been thinking about occupy wall street which is now occupying a number of other cities in america. and wondering what is it reall...

americas impending drawdown in afghanistan. hes worried. next up -- >> when they ask me whos the president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, im going to say, you know, i dont know. do you know? >> the least of herman cains problems now but they are causing trouble. ill explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. but first, heres my take. ive been thinking a...

those closed doors in that meeting with sarkozy and merkel. sure enough, the greek prime minister has done this 180 with regard to his stance on the bailout deal. tell me about it. >> reporter: i think hes done a 360. let me tell you. this time yesterday, the meeting was underway. between sarkozy and merkel from france and germany. on this deal to fix the european economic system, greece might even get kicked out of the euro zone. this all happened late last night. we spent the morning...

The year. we need afterschool programming, dance, drama, arts, music, debate, all those types of activities we need to keep students engaged in school. make sure theyre not dropping out. make sure they are going on to college. school systems have to do this but they cant do it alone. the ymcas, the boys clubs, our schools are great physical assets, great resources. they all have gyms, they have libraries, they have computer labs, they dont belong to me or the principal or the union, they belong ...