will be remembered as a catsastrophic day. one where a year later a community has pulled together to honor the victims and survivors of the deadliest rampage in the city s history. thelma gutierrez, cnn, tucson, arizona. thank you, thelma. here s a look at the events that are planned in arizona today. ron barber, shot twice in the massacre, will host a program called reflections: honoring the lives of the january 8 shooting victims. that s at 5:00 p.m. eastern, 3:00 p.m. arizona time in centennial hall on the university of arizona campus. at 8:30 eastern, 6:30 p.m. arizona time, representative gabby giffords and husband captain mark kelly will participate in a vigil at the university of arizona mall. saving your credit score. there are easy ways to avoid messing with your credit. our financial expert, claude anderson, joins me next to help lead you away from pitfalls.
thelma gutierrez looks back at the tragic day. we have breaking news, several people have been shot. the shooting occurred at a grocery store [ siren ] we have discovered that we have 18 individuals who were shot. reporter: january 8, 2011. a date tucson will never forget. the bodies laying on the concrete. the screaming, the crying, the bleeding. reporter: 19 people were shot that day, six of them died. the youngest, 9-year-old kristina green, one of many who had gone to the store to meet arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. then the gunshot. reporter: christina was shot in the chest. i was holding hands with christina, we were eyeball to eyeball. she was confused and scared. and i knew when we were laying on the ground outside of safeway, the light went out of her eyes.
civilians trying to triage victims. the congresswoman had been shot in the head. her intern, daniel fernandez, ran to her size and used his bare hands to stop the bleeding. i couldn t see an exit wound. i didn t know if there was one. all i saw was the entry wound. that s where i was applying the pressure. reporter: in the end it was hernandez, the pare mettics and the trauma team who saved gabrielle giffords life. overall this is about as good as it is going to get. when you get shot in the head and a bullet goes through your brain, your chances of living is very small, but the chances of you wae waking up and actually following commands. reporter: january 8, 2011, will be remembered as a catastrophic day, one where a year later a community has pulled together to honor the victims and survivors of the deadliest rampage in the city s history. thelma gutierrez, cnn, tucson, arizona. 58 minutes past hour. for much of the country, winter
dramatic video shows a cargo ship split in two. authorities say the result is a disaster. and a texas pastor calls on married couples in his congregation to engage in a week of sex. seven straight days of sex. he and his wife are going to join me this hour to talk about the results of this sex-periment. we don t start with sex, we start with politics. that debate in new hampshire. you may have missed it while out for a late dinner last night or o while watching the nfl playoffs so we have got the highlights, the hits, the misses, the punches not thrown. here s cnn s political editor paul steinhauser. good morning, gary. round one of this doubleheader of debates this weekend up here in new hampshire is over. guess what? front-runner mitt romney is still the front-runner. the former massachusetts governor who s way ahead in polls here in new hampshire really remain unscathed as this debate as a lot of the rivals didn t really attack him but rather went after each other. l
missed the new hampshire debate last night. plus, if you re driving while sick, one study says it s just as bad as driving while drunk. why you shouldn t get behind the wheel if you re not feeling too well. and is there ever enough time in the day? we ll give you an idea about some extra time on the clock later this year. we ll explain. we start with politics and the race to be the republican presidential nominee. the new hampshire primary is now just two days away, so you could have expected fireworks at last night s abc news debate in manchester. well you may have been disappointed. there were a few shots fired, but surprisedi in surprisingl front-runner mitt romney wasn t always the target. we have the highlights. reporter: good morning, gary. round one of this doubleheader of debates this weekend up here in new hampshire is over, and guess what front-runner mitt romney is still the front-runner. the former massachusetts governor who s way ahead in polls in new