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Changes, some the school board wasn't consulted on. they sued bobb for academic control and won. despite these challenges, the kids of detroit have clearly made their mark on bobb. >> give me a big voice. ♪ a, b, c >> i grew up on a louisiana sugar cane plantation and the only way out was a public education and for these kids the only way to succeed is to get a solid education so it's not just professional for me but it's personal. >> and, wolf, you can see it in his eyes, how much these kids mean to him. robert bobb has made ap classes available to every student. he's almost tripled the tim...

All-out assault to fix it. this is sort of ground zero for the education crisis in this country, isn't it? >> no doubt about it. >> reporter: some call robert bobb a villain, others a hero. his task, to fix the nation's most broken school system. >> if the school system does not succeed, the city of detroit will not succeed. >> good morning. >> reporter: in 2009 bobb was brought in by michigan's governor to overhaul a system replete with waste, fraud and abuse, assuming the role of emergency financial manager of detroit schools. he's dead set on rooting out waste and corruption while boosting ...

cnn. congresswoman gabrielle giffords leaves the hospital minutes from now. she'll travel by ambulance to a nearby air force base where an air ambulance flight to houston, that's 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 creeping up ever so slightly. in a new cnn opinion research corporation poll, 24% of americans say the ...

>> we're leaving today to go back to tucson. i know she's 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 she's doing. mark is going to e-mail us and let us know. i -- i have a lot of hope for her and i know she's going to do great. she's 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 it's -- it's kind of personal, you know. i have a very good bond with her as well as the other staff members at my hospital, and it was very diffi...

back. the government and a court-appointed receiver have recovered close to a million dollars that will be returned to investors, possibly by the end of this year. that's all for now. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for joining us. this sunday from new york, a special edition of "meet the press." this morning, we kick off a week-long commitment at nbc news to "education nation." we will try to cut to the core of the crisis in public education. this weekend's opening of the emotional documentary, "waiting for superman" is a powerful reminder that too many schools are failing our c...