herself back. and on their lives today. our lives are much, much different. and in the future. will gabby run again? it s looking pretty good that she ll northbound be in a position where she can make the decision to run for her seat again. mark kelly for the hour. this is piers morgan tonight. almost a year ago, jared lee loughner shot arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the head at a voter s event in a supermarket parking lot. she suffered a major brain injury, six bystanders killed, more than a dozen injured. and at first it wasn t clear that gabby giffords would survive. but she did, and would go on to make remarkable strides, the few of us could have ever imagined that fateful day. her husband, retired astronaut, mark kelly and gabby, chronicle their experience in a new book called gabby, a story of courage and help. and mark kelly joins me now. mark, it s an extraordinary book. it s been an extraordinary year. your lives were remarkable, anyway.
few minutes. but first, we want to show you what it looks like right now in tahrir square. that is a live picture and it s relatively calm, it s 2:00 a.m. local time. the image is in stark contrast, though, what we saw throughout the day and into the evening tonight. rocks and tear gas flew through the air. riot police clashing with protesters who want the nation s military rulers to step down immediately. officials say 35 people are dead. 3,000 injured after five days of protests. now, tahrir square is the same spot where egyptian protesters forced the removal of their long time leader hosni mubarak back in february. i was there during those protests, they were mostly peaceful, it was a rather uplifting experience despite a couple of very bad episodes of violence. but very different than what we see right now. ben wedeman has been there through thick and thin through the very beginning and he s in cairo with the latest. ben, what happened today? what s happening now? well,
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time of people demonstrating against the government. i still can t get over how many cameras are in china. jill dougherty, thank you so much, at the washington bureau for us today. thank you, jill. and now this here we go. hour two, welcome back. i m brooke baldwin. many holiday travelers are impacted at this hour by severe weather. also, police are investigating a student s sudden death. just how financially sound are the big banks? ted rowlands is riding an amtrack train to chicago. ted? reporter: brooke, we ve been talking to people all morning long. we started at st. louis at 4:30 in the morning. melvin joined us later on in the trip. you like the train? yes or no? yes. why? it s convenient, you know. it s just convenient for me. my daughter is in st. louis, i m in chicago. it s a quick trip. and cheaper, too. betty is on her way to virginia, eventually and betty, why do you like taking the train? well, it s a better ride. it s more economical. there s n
but the thing that sort of blew up in newt gingrich s face, i think, the discussion on immigration. he had a rick perry heartless moment with this. i think this is really going to impact him tomorrow. it s really going to impact him with grassroots conservatives. i can see both sides of the argument here. he was reaganesque, 84- 86, reagan signed a huge amnesty bill but i don t think he made that differential during the debate. this is one of the most substantive debates, we really were able to see a lot of different sides on the candidates on this side of the issue. ron paul did surprisingly well on a couple of different parts. perry talked more than normal. it was good. i think gingrich gingrich probably looked one of the best. dana, stand by. we ll get more analysis. the pictures, conditions are shaking hands in the hall. strong debate performance overall, but did he get in trouble with conservatives, his answer on immigration, saying we re nerve ever going expel the