rivals. some fans have to walk a very fine line. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good evening once again tonight from tucson, arizona. we ve returned here tonight to check back in on this community and the victims of the shooting which was two weeks ago tomorrow at a local safeway. congresswoman gabby giffords was shot in the head that day, and today she left the hospital here in tucson to begin her rehabilitation, to continue her extraordinary recovery, flying 900 miles away to houston, texas. in fact the first photo is just out tonight of her mother tending to her on the airplane during the journey. she s taking a temporary leave from her home state of arizona, and there was no way the people of this community were going to see her leave without the proper send-off. we have two reports to start with tonight, beginning here in tucson with nbc s kristen welker. kristen, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. well, this is
captions paid for by nbc-universal television moment the earth stopped shaking in haiti good evening, since the moment the earth stopped shaking in haiti just over a year ago now we ve heard the warnings, the country was desperately poor and quite unstable before the quake. it remains very vulnerable now, almost a million people spending each night outdoors in tents, the government s been weakened even their presidential palace was destroyed. when the former dictator there nicknamed baby doc, real name jean-claude duvalier, flew in by surprise after a quarter century away in exile, many wondered, what was he up to? today he was taken away by police in another drama that amounts to big trouble in an already troubled nation to our south. kerry sanders is there tonight to start us off. kerry, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. jean-claude duvalier has yet to explain why he s returned from exile. now that he s here, the haitian justice system has launched an investi
functional recovery. that is to reintegrate back into society and be an independent individual. reporter: this morning, kelly sent out a message on twitter. as my wonderful wife continues to make progress, let s all pause and reflect on this m.l.k. day. kelly also reportedly says he s willing to meet with the parents of the suspect jared loughner and that the shooting is not their fault. today one of the final memorials this time for 30-year-old gabe zimmerman, the congresswoman s young aide killed in the shooting. suzi hileman, one of the injured toured the memorial. she is having nightmares after bringing her neighbor, nine-year-old christie that taylor green, to congresswoman giffords event. green was killed. her father says her donated corneas helped save the vision of two children. emotions are still raw. eric fuller who was shot in the knee is involuntarily committed and is charged with making threats and intimidation. during a town hall meeting he yelled you re d
we ll speak with michael reagan in an exclusive live studio interview. and hollywood s big night. the golden globes kicking off the awards season as the social network takes top honors and michael douglas returns to a standing ovation. there s got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation. we are backstage with all the big winners early this monday we are backstage with all the big winners early this monday morning, january 17th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs and good morning on this monday i m erica hill. and i m chris wragge. good to be back with you on a monday. probably more people at home this morning than usual. martin luther king day, of course. for many people this has become a day of service. also, we re going to talk about the memorial, as well, in washington. we ve got an exclusive tour of what that s going to look like in the next couple of months. also this morning we want to talk about the condition of gabrielle giffords who s been upg
headquarters in new york, this is the cbs evening news with katie couric. smith: good evening. katie is on assignment. nine days after the tucson massacre, doctors are growing ever more optimistic about the most seriously wounded of the survivors congresswoman gabrielle giffords who was shot in the brain. over the weekend, her condition was upgraded from critical to serious and today dr. michael lemole told cbs news best-case scenario she could be out of the hospital and into rehab within a week. national correspondent ben tracy in tucson with the latest. ben, good evening. reporter: good evening, harry. there are just three people left here at the hospital tonight from the shootings, including congresswoman giffords, and as you mention, she s made so much progress that doctors have been able to upgrade her condition for the first time since those shootings. doctors say congresswoman giffords recovery is still nothing short of miraculous. that word still holds very