campaign event for congresswoman gabrielle giffords. eight people are killed. was anybody injured? did you say gabrielle giffords was hit? she s hit. she still has a pulse. reporter: the congresswoman was shot in the head but survives. she was lucky. when i saw the trajectory of where one hole was and the other was, i was like, my gosh. reporter: because it was so far apart? yeah. it went through a lot. reporter: three and a half months later, the first public steps in the congresswoman s remarkable recovery. in 2011 i tried to put a spotlight on big hits on the brain. trying to find evidence that football puts young people at risk and professional players as well. in february, david deweson committed suicide, and he left his brain to scientific research. when the findings came back, his brain had tell tale signs of chronic injury. as stories like this rolled in, the nfl tried to put in new rules to protect players. ah! reporter: then it was march. i witness
state football. do you think we could see more of these kinds of scandals at big time college? i think what we re going to see is more and more college presidents and trustees looking hard at the immunity and impunity that the football programs have had. that s a somber note but a huge story in 2011. thank you, panel. we ll mark all of those and see who did well, who made fools of themselves. and we will certainly note all of that. thank you. see you next week. don t forget to check out panel plus where our group picks up with the discussion on our web site. foxnewssunday.com and we ll post the video before noon eastern time. up next, a special christmas day power player of the week. [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn t treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it i
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afghanistan. it s not surprising that people are trying to find an end in sight. and as he bubbles to the top of the 2012 pool, what makes newt tick? with gingrich campaign advisor bob walker and former gingrich staffer, political analyst rich galen. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. for more than two months, debt committee members have struggled with the complications of public policy and the reality of party politics. by way of good news, they re still talking to each other. we have 12 good people who have worked hard since this committee has been created to try to find sufficient common ground. i think all 12 members of this committee have really committed to doing that. we re working hard. still, it s hard to figure how they can in the hours left agree on a deal that has s lewded them for months. joining me now, crow chair of the super committee, senator patty murray from washington. thanks for being here at a tough time. there are multipl
and quote, the truth is not out there fully. i didn t just turn and run. i made sure it stopped. and quote, i had to make quick, tough decisions. that e-mail obtained last tuesday. here s what he told cbs news armen keteyian today. do you have any idea when you might be ready to talk? this process has to play out. i don t have anything else to say. just one last thing. just describe your emotions right now. all over the place. just kind of shaken. crazy? crazy. you said what, like a snow globe. now, the exclusive only on 360, the first clear answer to how penn state has been able to put up a virtual wall of silence about what jerry sandusky allegedly did to one of the kids from his second mile charity back in 1998. victim 6 s allegations triggered a multiagency investigation that somehow ended both without charges and without any knowledge of the part on penn state head coach joe paterno. turns out the wall is a legal one. it allows penn state, which is a