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CBS Evening News With Russ Mitchell-20110117-02:03:00

he said "we've had good times." >> reporter: loughner had several run-ins with the law but nothing that indicated he was a danger. last september he completed a program to have a 2010 drug related conviction expunged. the judge who sentenced him fears he now knows why loughner was anxious to clear his record. >> the reason why he went through this this program so quickly was related to his ability to be able to possess and buy a weapon. >> reporter: at the church where the youngest victim of the shooting-- nine-year-old christina green-- sang in the youth quire, she and her family were remembered sunday for their generosity with the news that christina's organ donation had helped a girl in boston. christina's father told a boston newspaper the organ donation is another amazing thing christina has done. russ? >> mitchell: john blackstone in tucson. thank you. of course, congresswoman giffords was shot last weekend while meeting constituents outside a supermarket. this weekend, several of her colleagues made a point of holding similar public sessions. man well gallegus has that

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ABC World News Sunday-20110117-01:35:00

to bring her home. >> reporter: patricia maisch knocked the magazine from the gunman's hand. colonel badger tackled the gunman. >> and yet you're uncomfortable with the idea of having the hero label attached to you? >> this is the hero. if i'm a hero, he's a super hero. >> you gave the shooter a black eye, didn't you? >> he was saying ow, ow, ow, and i, of course, i didn't know roger before this happened, but i said, roger, let up a little bit, and roger said, i don't care. >> reporter: lynn rich, the gunman's neighbor, speaking for the first time. >> i wish that i would have had more courage to have said more to his parents. >> reporter: one of the things that struck me, you spoke of the music. you said there was once beautiful music coming from that house. >> yes, there was. jared played in a jazz band. and i just loved sitting in my house listening to that music

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110117:15:24:00

in south carolina and two counties in north carolina, including one around charlotte, by far the biggest district there, so by our count approximately 168,000 students in about 230 schools are likely in will class today. we say likely because in charlotte the local chapter of the naacp is calling on parents to keep their children home. >> we do not want to use martin luther king's birthday anytime as an alternative. that's the only celebration we have. >> i'm not sending my daughter to school. i won't send her to school on that day. >> it's not just parents that are upset, kyra. protests and calls for boycotts have also come in from al sharpton and reverend jesse jackson. sharpton saying, we're urging people to keep their kids home. it's unamerican not to observe the holiday. as for school districts they say they really had no choice in the matter. they say their intent was not to dishonor the legacy of dr. king,

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ABC World News Sunday-20110117-01:38:00

weekend here, doctors carefully removing congresswoman giffords' breathing tube. this will be a crucial week in her recovery. and yunji de nies is at university medical center with more on what the doctors have done this weekend. yunji? >> reporter: good evening, david. the congresswoman is still in intensive care here, though doctors say given she was shot just over a week ago, her progress really has been remarkable. now that that breathing tube is out, the next major milestone will be assessing whether or not she can speak. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is now breathing on her own, without the help of a machine. and doctors have removed the tube that went down her throat. instead, they performed what's called a tracheotomy, inserting a shorter tube directly in her windpipe, below the vocal chords. that will allow her to breathe much more comfortably, and more importantly, will allow her to speak. we do not know yet if she is speaking. >> from a patient's perspective, it's much more comfortable.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110117:22:33:00

policy at all and get started again looking for the missing in north korea. >> the north koreans say they really want -- want to help, and they say, look, they can't afford to go up and dig up all these areas. they would like the u.s. to pay for it, and if the obama administration, they say, were willing to pay for whatever it costs, they could find -- help find some of these remains. >> this is when the north koreans say and they want the u.s. money from the u.s. point of view, as you extensionively reported. the obama administration wants the north koreans to get back to the table on nuclear talks, and so right now officially it appears to be a standoff. >> finishing up a one-hour documentary inside north korea that we'll air here in "the situation room" soon. i think you'll enjoy. >> i will. >> and hope fry our viewers will as well. thank you. a lot of commemorations today of dr. martin luther king jr., the holiday, but some schools in the south are getting some flack right now for calling kids back to school. are they violating the spirit of the holiday or upholding it? and do americans think the government can do more to

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110117:22:59:00

birthday as a holiday. >> today is a national holiday to commemorate the contributions dr. king made to this country and to the world. >> i'm not sending my daughter to school. i won't send her to school on that day. >> a quick question. what are the school officials saying about this? >> reporter: the rock hill school district, they were saying that this is not in fact the only holiday that they have canceled. they are also having classes on president's day and memorial day. >> lisa sylvester, thanks. . >> our mission is to engage kids and help them be successful academically and the best way to do that is to be in class. i'm sorry that it interferes with something that's a very important day but we're going to give kids the opportunity to really expand their knowledge of dr. martin luther king. >> reporter: and one other thing on this. unlike in other parts of the country, some of these school districts don't actually start

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110117:19:49:00

it is highly inequitable and it is highly hypocritical of these same men to be favoring increases in class sizes in our large urban school districts where class sizes are going up every day and money is being wasted, wasted in lots of ways where there's no research backing and there's no support for it among stakeholder groups. soy say let's reduce class sizes first in the neediest schools. but to the contrary, those are the places where class sizes are going up the most. i can tell you in detroit they're proposing to increase class sizes to 60 in the schools where our poorest students attend. this is a huge inequitable situation. it's getting worse. and on martin luther king jr.'s birthday we should not allow this to happen. >> thanks to both of you for joining us. of course, this conversation will continue. financial troubles have followed a planned memorial to martin luther king jr. today we honor dr. king with a holiday, but when will the physical monument be finished?

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110117:11:33:00

body. and he's been gone for 25 years, in haiti, the former dictator jean-claude duvalier, he's expected to speak today. but he's made a surprise return to the country after 25 years in exile. driven from power there back in 1986 because of allegations of corruption and brutality. well today a nation honors memory of civil rights leader, martin luther king jr. at 11:00 eastern, there will be a march in the nation's capital. and also at 11:00, president obama and the first lady will be participating in a community service project. last year dropped by a washington, they dropped by a washington food bank to try to serve hot meals to the the needy. and at 10:00 eastern, the king center will be holding a memorial service at the historic ebenezer baptist church where dr. king preached. >> so many school children going to be out of school because it's a federal holiday. a lot of businesses closed as well. but not everybody is going to be off. students will have to go to school in at least two states.

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ABC World News Sunday-20110117-01:44:00

their president, hosni mubarak, who has been in charge for three decades. in ayman, thousands of jordanians protested high food and fuel prices, and called fur their prime minister to step down. >> we are here to give a message to the government that people will not stay silent. >> reporter: david, people across the middle east have been glued to their tvs and computers for days. memorized by this revolution. tonight, many across the region are asking themselves, can we do that, too? david? >> alex marquardt, thank you. and still ahead as we continue here on "world news" this sunday night, the banks are back. record profits. so, why another number? so many americans out of work for more than 99 weeks now. ronald reagan's sons now feuding tonight, arguing over their father's mind during his presidency. and then later here from tucson, christina-taylor green, the lone girl on the boy's little league team. tonight, the giant words from the stands and the field from some very tiny americans.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110117:11:35:00

any time as an alternative. that's the only celebration that we have. >> i'm not sending my daughter to school. i won't send her to school on that day. >> you can hear what some of the parents are saying about that. protests and calls for boycotts have also come in from al sharpton and the reverend jesse jackson. sharpton saying we're urging people to keep their kids home. it's unamerican not to observe the holiday. as for the school districts, they say they have no choice. they said there was no intent to dishonor the legacy of dr. king. but they say they only have so many snow days. another option would have been to shorten the spring break. but many schools say they are encouraging teachers to take the opportunity to talk about the dr. king holiday. but kiran and tj, it's a very sensitive topic. king of course was born in georgia. and after his death there was a tough fight to get the king holiday recognized, it wasn't

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