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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 i'm 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. they've 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 colleague dr. sanjay gupta is streaming live all night with our presenters and honorees. also ice cub...

chris's injury all over again. >> how are you doing, luis? i'm eddie. that's my son, chris. it's all gone in an instant. someone's 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 i'll go in there to help them just to let them know that they're not alone through this process. >> never give up that faith, man. >> this is something that we have to do. we know that this is our purpose. and so we do it. >> who else you got here? >> i ...

>> 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 i was still in the wheelchair. >> so just to get him out of the house, i said, let's go to a footbal...

>> it's 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 somehow involved in friday's shooting. occupy protesters once again setting up camp at u.c. berkeley in c...

what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that 100 won't graduate from high school. a total of 50 won't go to college. that's half the class that won't 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 26th. what's odd is that we've been outspending most developed countries by a long shot. in 2007...