Hadiya and her friends in a chicago park last month just days after she performed with her school at president obamas inauguration. Officials say the shooting was a tragic case of mistaken identity. Michael ward has confessed and indicated that hadiya was not the intended target. In fact, the offenders had it all wrong. They thought the group they shot into included members of a rival gang. First Lady Michelle obama attended the teens funeral on saturday. Hadiya pendletons parents will be among the first ladys special guests at this evenings state of the union address. President obama is expected to detail his plans for reducing gun violence. Nbcs tracie potts joins us live from washington with more. As we know, it could be one of a dozen things the president brings up. Reporter absolutely. Including immigration and a number of other things. One of the big things hell focus on is money. Particularly the 85 billion in automatic cuts coming in just a few weeks. Tonight instead of focusin
His murder spree, they say, began more than a week ago today. They say it came to an end here in a cabin that went up in flames. Gunfire in the mountains two hours east of los angeles. The statewide manhunt for fugitive Christopher Dorner took its dramatic, final turn on big bear mountain. We have the suspect holed up in a cabin. Reporter cornered inside a burning cabin, San Bernardino sheriff says this is where they believe the former l. A. Police officer and cop killer came to his end. We believe he is still inside the cabin, yes. Reporter there has been no sign of dorner since his burntout truck had been found six days ago. Incredibly, just across the street from the sheriffs command post, sites of multiple media briefings. Two women who arrived to clean the Vacation Rental stumbled on to dorner. He tied them up, then stole their car. The first was a purple nissan, which he ultimately appeared to have been driving too fast, lost control of the vehicle, crashed it, carjacked the seco
With toddays eye opener, your world in 09 seconds. A manhunt comes to an end. A man thought to be Christopher Dorner inside a cabin. One of our deputies passed away. That cabin eventually went up in flames. Charred human remains were found inside. Police still dont know for certain whether it was Christopher Dorner. Until Christopher Dorner is identified as deceased or hae has handcuffs on him, were still going to continue as if hes out there. The president of the United States. President obama delivered his fifth state of the Union Address. The greatest nation on earth cannot keep continuing biz interest drifting from one manufacturer to the next. They deserve a vote. Gabby giffords deserved a vote. The families of newtown deserve a vote. Senator marco rubio gave the republican response. Nothing has frustrated me more than that. He was a little tense nervous Drinking Water through his speech. I thought a light was about to fall on him. Hes thankful for their loving friends. Towing the
Christopher dorner, the city offers its largest reward ever for the man accused of killing three. In his online manifesto, dorner threaten to wage and conventional and asymmetrical warfare against the Police Department he accused of racism and corruption. The United States ratchets up this economic war against iran ahead of this months nuclear talks. I want to underscore to iran, the window for diplomacy is still open and we have agreed to meet iran again in two weeks. We have made our position clear. The choice is really up to iran. Will speak with president of the National Iranian american council. And historian on the largest and unconventional life of misses paul robeson. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The vatican has announced pope an addict will step down as head of the Catholic Church later this month. Its a surprise move makes benedict the first pontiff to resign in nearly six centuries his policy has been marked by a range
Of the president s cabinet walk in, theres panetta, the defense secretary and, of course eric holdier, the attorney general norah, youve been talking with the white house and you have some of the high points from the president s speech that were about to here. Odonnell i spoke with a senior white house advisor who said this will be more like a Campaign Speech than an inaugural address. The president is emboldened by his victory. They know chef a short window of time to get things done so tonight the big fuse that comes out of the speech is this the president will call for prek education for all american children. He will also call for raising of the minimum wage to 9 an hour. The federal minimum wage. Its at 7. 25. Finally what you reported tonight that he will call for withdrawing 34,000 troops out of afghanistan by the end of the year and, of course, were still scheduled to be in afghanistan until the end of 2014 to have some troops there. Pelley were waiting for president to enter t