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the quake hit before 1:00 p.m. tuesday local time. 7:00 a.m. p.m. on the east coast. was centered just a few miles from christchurch. it toppled buildings and cracked roads and knocked out phone lines. at least 65 people were killed at that point. thousands were already made homeless. the three main welfare centers are already filling up and about 1,200 people have taken refuge at a horse track there in christchurch. the hospital is operational but only for emergencies, while dozens of...

extremely important issues. thats the word that was used on the poll. unemployment, more than 54% of you think thats extremely important for the president and congress. health care, the deficit, theyre all running above 50%. and almost there, 47%, social security. what are all those got in common? money, money, money and money. non-money issues fall lower on the list. education, 47%, terrorism, 45%, afghanistan, 36%, iraq, 34%, and gay marriage, 15%. for all the fury and the sound, gay...

Mouth, and the other was injured, but today they were released. and the secretary of education has called detroit public schools a national disgrace. poppy harlow joins us now from new york, and they are trying out there, though. >> well, they are trying hard, but they have appointed one man and we will show you him and tell you the story, robert bob, who has won the critics and the supporters who is trying to fix what many argue is what education secretary arne duncan called a national disgra...

This is about the future of the city, the automotive industry isnt what it was. you cant graduate high school or not even graduate and work in the auto industry like you could. this is a system in crisis. ive been following it more than a year now. the detroit public schools have a 57% graduation rate. it is abysmal, much worse than the numbers tell. we spent a day with the man who is literally waging an all-out assault trying to fix this system. he was us in place, you see him there, to overrul...

Take a listen. >> he hasnt achieved what he came here for, and thats to reduce the deficit. its grown since hes been here. and i have a problem with that. i cannot give you an excellent mark if you havent accomplished your task. hold him to the same standards i hold my students to. >> holding him to a high bar, gives him a c, barely passing. for his part, robert says i inherited this deficit, twice as big as i thought when i came in. this has got son contentious in detroit that the school board ...

daughter reunited with her mom and dad 23 years later. how she solved her own crime in her own words. hey there, everybody. happy friday to you all. im t.j. holmes. glad you could join us for mongar. >> im kiran chetry. the weekend may come early for kids in the northeast. >> snow days. >> classes already being canceled across the northeast. well get you updated on the weather in a minute. this story was amazing, we have pictures of the reunion, a baby stole enwhen she was 19 days ol...

cnn. congresswoman gabrielle giffords leaves the hospital minutes from now. shell travel by ambulance to a nearby air force base where an air ambulance flight to houston, thats to start the next phase of her remarkable recovery. yesterday her medical team was able to take giffords outside the hospital for the first time. her husband mark kelly at her side, this all coming less than two weeks after the congresswoman suffered a gunshot to the head. optimism about the economy is creep...

>> were leaving today to go back to tucson. i know shes in really good hands and we had a very good transition, and they said and they will keep in touch with us and let us know how shes doing. mark is going to e-mail us and let us know. i -- i have a lot of hope for her and i know shes going to do great. shes a very strong woman and you can just see it. >> what will you tell her before you leave? >> we already said our good-byes, and its -- its kind of personal, you know. i have a ver...

reagan with startling claims his son says the former president showed signs of alzheimers while in the white house. the sexy, russian spy is cashing in on her fame in a new way. exactly what that way is may surprise you. well tell you all about it. good morning to you. im alex witt. from tucson this morning, new revealing details about the accused gunman in the tucson shooting rampage. jared loughner took pictures of himself posing with his gun in a g-string just hours before the att...

from a school system in the middle of radical reform. you might remember the writing was on the wall as the two met shortly after the election on september 23rd. michelle rhee walked out of grays office tight-lipped. the announcement of her departure is expected at a 10:30 news conference at the mayflower hotel tomorrow. rhees expected to leave her post at the end of the month. this comes just months into the new school year. tonight, community leaders spoke about the decision and the ...