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Jan 10, 2011 >> Tonight, a special edition of World News from Tucson, Arizona. A startling new photo of the Arizona shooting suspect who appears in court today while the nation fall silent, mourning with on the South Lawn of the White House to the stock exchange and the isolation of space. Tonight, we take you to the scene of the crime with an ominous new trail of clues from the suspect about drugs, family, dreams and obsession. We were with the outspoken sheriff; we go to the trauma room where doctors tell us how they race to save the congresswoman's life. The latest on her condition tonight. And in a moment of crisis, would you decide to take action becoming a hero? Meet three who did and learn why. Tonight from Arizona, full coverage of the tragedy in Tucson. >> From ABC News, this is a special edition of ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. >>> Good evening from Tucson, Arizona. And a nation which looked in shock and now searches for answers and meaning. In this hospital, a congresswoman tries to recover from a bullet to her brain and others who gathered to meet her Saturday, that was all, are trying to heal now. And today there was a photo of the accused triggerman, Jared Loughner, who made his court appearance and at some point seems to have shaved his head, giving that strange smile. While across the country, a moment of silence led by the president and first lady and observed by hundreds of members of Congress and staff. The president touched on the profound sense of loss. >> As the president of the United States, but also as a father, obviously, I'm spending a lot of time just thinking about the families and reaching out to them. >> Tonight in that hospital behind me, as people gather to leave flowers and tributes, as we said, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is holding her on. She has been responding despite the sedation and the traumatic injury. More on her condition to come. And we have spent the day with the people of Tucson. Our reporters are covering every angle of this story. Let's begin now with Pierre Thomas and what he has learned about the suspect. Pierre. >> Diane, police are still working this crime scene behind me. They say a clear picture has emerged. This was a deeply troubled young man and many who know him say he was a ticking time bomb. Today, Jared Loughner calmly walked into federal court with a shaved head. He showed no emotion as prosecutors read the charges against him and appeared to smirk as the judge spoke to him. While many in the suburban town struggle with why he did it, it turns out many of those who knew Loughner were afraid of him because of increasingly bizarre behavior. >> He is mentally unstable. You know, he was, felt isolated, kind of a social loner, so to say, just kind of kept to himself. >> In a June 14th e-mail, one of Loughner's college classmates seemed terrified. "We have a mentally unstable person in class and that scares the living crap out me. He is one of those whose picture you see on the news, after he has come into class with an automatic weapon.” Some of Loughner’s neighbors thought he was dangerous. >> I told my mother I thought he was a serial killer the first time I saw him. >> This is somewhat a dysfunctional family and this individual has probably been troubled for some time. >> You think that there's little question they knew he was very troubled? >> I don't think there's any doubt about that. I think the entire neighborhood where they lived was aware. >> Anyone who read Loughner’s online postings would likely have come to the same conclusion. The postings show an obsession with violence and paranoia about the government. One of Loughner’s favorite YouTube clips is entitled "let the bodies hit the floor." In another YouTube post, he writes, “The government is implying mind control and brainwash on the people by controlling grammar”. Only hours before the shooting, he warned friends on MySpace, “Please don't be mad at me.” Loughner's life was unraveling. He tried to join the military. Rejected. He was arrested for drug possession. Some investigators wonder if Loughner became obsessed with the Giffords because of their American lifestyle. Loughner even met the congresswoman. >> He met Gabrielle Giffords once in '07. He told me he asked her a question that made absolutely no sense to me. But he said, “I can't believe she doesn't understand it”. >> Friends say after that he became obsessed with the Giffords. In a safe at Loughner’s house police say they found an envelope with the words "I planned ahead", "my assassination" and "Giffords”. An expert in psychiatry says the evidence is clear. >> Classic delusions of persecution, delusions of false beliefs. They're indicators of psychosis and they mean that a person is suffering from a psychotic illness, most likely paranoid schizophrenia. >> So why didn't anyone intervene, Diane, while a young man who does not have a job get $500 to buy the alleged murder weapon? >> Pierre, thank you for reporting in tonight. And, as we said, it all happened on an ordinary day in an ordinary place. A supermarket parking lot in a street mall, one of those small events that reaffirm democracy. People of all ages just stopping to meet their congresswoman. Well, today, the man who has been sheriff of Pima County for 30 years, as you saw, Clarence Dupnik, took me to the scene of crime. >> He comes out, around, he goes immediately up to her, fires the first shot point blank. >> What is point blank? Are we talking an inch on his left side? >> Well, we're talking about probably this far. It was left -- over the left eye. >> You think it was an inch, two inch from – >> I couldn't tell you that -- probably that far or so. He shoots judge Roll in the back. And then he starts firing at the people, the little girl, the 9-year-old girl and indiscriminately at the other people. He runs out of ammunition in his long magazine which holds 31 rounds. And he unloads and he's trying to reload when one of the individuals hits him over the head with a chair, two people grab him and a lady grabs the magazine. And at that point, he is subdued. >> And this is happening in a very confined space, a lot of chaos. And how fast are those rounds coming from a Glock – >> Well, it's a matter of seconds. I'm told he was firing as fast as he was capable of firing. But he was pointing at people as he did it. So probably about 12 seconds. He had another 31 round and two smaller ones. So he was prepared to kill as many people as he could, and there's other evidence to show that was his intent. Two beautiful people, one almost dead and one assassinated. They were personal friends of mine and outstanding individuals and public servants. She doesn't have a mean bone in her body, she's a brilliant lady. And from my point of view, she's a gift to this country. >> But as you know, along with Congresswoman Giffords, her fight to survive, a lot has been said about two of the victims who were killed, Federal Judge John Roll and 9-year-old Christina Green, he girl born on 9/11. Dan Harris brings us what is new in the stories of their lives tonight and others who were shot. And he's here with us now. Dan. >> Diane, good evening. I spent some time this afternoon at the elementary school that Christina Green attended. This is a little girl who had a precocious early interest in politics, an interest that inspired her to go meet her congresswoman on Saturday morning. It turned out to be a visit that cost her life. On this, the first day of class since 9-year-old student council member Christina-Taylor Green was killed, the flag was lowered and the fence was covered with hand-written notes from classmates like Rachel Cooper Blackmore. >> I found her picture on the news and I just started crying my eyes out. >> Today, Ross Zimmerman, father of victim Gabe Zimmerman, a recently engaged aide to Congresswoman Giffords, got a call from the head of FBI who said there are indications that Gabe threw himself into the fray when the bullets started flying. >> He will never grow old, and never see his kids. We will remember our fine strong 30-year-old son and brother or fiancé. >> It now appears Dorwin Stoddard died heroically too, protecting his wife and high school sweetheart, >> when he pulled her down, he fell on top of her. She said he saved her life. >> Dorothy and George Morris were high school sweethearts as well, married 55 years. George survived, Dorothy, a 76-year-old homemaker, did not. >> I'm sure that she took such good care of George that he will be lost without her. >> Others who died included the federal judge John Roll, who had just left Saturday morning mass, and Phyllis Scheck, who loved her volunteer work, her cooking and the son and daughter she leaves behind. >> What will you miss most about your mother? >> Everything. >> All of these people were outside this Safeway supermarket to see the congresswoman with an extraordinary background. She is an Ivy League grad who loves reading and Harley Davidson motorcycles. She ran her family's tire business and married an astronaut. Giffords is a gun-owning democrat who in November won her third election in a conservative district. Just last week when the constitution was read aloud on the floor of the house, she read the first amendment. >> Abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble. >> Her positions were sometimes controversial with her constituents. But she pointedly refused to stop getting out and mixing with her voters after her office was vandalized when she voted for health care reform. >> My belief is you got to do your job. I mean, your job is to be a representative. That's not just a job title, it's a job description. >> It's striking when you think about the six people who died in that shooting is-- they're very different people, different ages, different political parties, even different backgrounds. What they shared in common was enough interest in their congresswoman to get up on a Saturday morning and spend some time with her. >> That's right, to go to hear what she had to say. Thank you, Dan. As you know, here at Tucson University Medical Center, there is such incredible dedication from the people who work here, the round-the-clock marvel of modern medicine, the effort to save the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords whose brain was pierced by that bullet two days ago. Every moment incredibly delicate filled with danger, but tonight, it's also an effort marked by cautious optimism as I learn from her doctors, Dr. Peter Reid and Dr. Michael Moore, today. When the congresswoman came in the door, did you think she'd make it? >> I knew. >> You knew she'd make it? >> I mean, I knew. Yes. >> How did you know that? >> Because most of the people who get shot in the head don't come here. They're already dead. >> They die in the field. >> Of the people who come with a gunshot to the head, most of them can't follow commands. You know? When I hear someone's here shot in the head, they can follow commands, I'm thinking this is what we're here for. >> But I was told that she wasn't speaking when she came in. >> She wasn't speaking. But I know she is thinking. >> You could see it when you talked to her? >> When you tell her squeeze your hand she squeezes your hand. Let go, she lets go. She's thinking. >> They took us inside the exact trauma room where they first saw Congresswoman Giffords and began the race to save her life. They say the forensic team will decide the direction of the bullet, but they do know where she was hit and that it made all the difference. >> We don't know if it's for sure back to the front or front to the back. >> You don't know? >> We can't tell for sure. >> But we know it’s more high like this without going through this. It’s the reason why she survived. But it traversed, you know, a lot of the brain. >> It covered the brain. >> But it probably missed the very essential life-sustaining type of structures. >> That deep center is very, very important. So if we can avoid any trajectory through that area, critical. >> So tell me about the next few days. You have said you have another watchful 24 hours. >> What I really want to see is her wake up to the point and act to the point, that Dr. Rhee and I look at each other and say time to get that breathing tube out. >> All day long we've been quoting her mom saying she actually gave a peace, victory sign. Not just two when you asked her about the peace victory sign. >> That is when we said give us two fingers. That's what they do. It could be interpreted as a peace sign. Either way it's a good thing. >> Either way it's a kind of victory. >> I've seen a lot of these injuries. And like I said before, the full gamut, from people who make very little recovery to there are some spectacular members of the media who've made incredible recoveries after – >> Our own Bob Woodward. >> There is no science, facts, medical knowledge that proves that having a family around you while you're in the hospital in recovery, in that moment after you wake up, that it actually has a huge effect on you surviving and healing a lot faster, but I really believe that it does. >> Do you ever use the word "miracle"? >> I do. I do. I think she is a miracle, just the way she presented to us. >> She's already beaten the other 999, first of all. And then she's got an opportunity to heal and recover, and with good support and good care she might come roaring back. >> And as we all know by all accounts, a lone and very disturbed man who shot that gun on Saturday. But nonetheless as we all know, a lot of people began asking questions for different reasons. Is this a moment we can talk about what is civility and respect in America? And Jake Tapper explores the debate. >> 220 miles above us, astronaut Scott Kelly, the brother in law of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, noted that Earth is not as peaceful as it appears from the International Space Station. >> These days, we’re constantly reminded of the unspeakable acts of violence and damaged we can inflict upon one another, not just with our actions but also with their irresponsible words. We're better than theirs. >> Kelly was repeating an argument put forward by many Democrats that the Tucson tragedy is tied to ugly talk in the political arena. >> Focus right now, for members of Congress, needs to be on toning down the rhetoric. >> The vitriol has gotten so elevated until people feel emboldened by this. >> We do not yet know what inspired the shooter. President Obama has been careful in his comments, refraining from scribing any motive. One acquaintance from 2007 said the shooter was liberal, and his obsession with Giffords predate Sarah Palin's much criticized map of congressional targets for defeat, including Giffords, by three years. So, from the right come charges of political opportunities by the left. >> Then don't kid yourself. What this is all about is shutting down any and all political opposition and eventually criminalizing it. >> Among the first to take up this charge, two science Democratic sheriff who said this on Saturday.. >> The anger and the hatred the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous. >> Today, he was singled out. >> The sheriff of Pima County has made a fool of himself. I don't know if he knows it or not. >> Late this afternoon in an interview with Diane Sawyer, the sheriff responded. >> The kind of rhetoric that flows from people like Rush Limbaugh. In my judgment, he's irresponsible, uses partial information, sometimes wrong information, text people, angers them against the government, angers them against the likes of officials, and that kind of behavior, in my opinion, is not without consequences. And I think he's irresponsible. >> Is it right to link him to this horrible incident? >> Well, that's my opinion. People can have their own opinions. The listeners, the viewers can judge for themselves. But my feeling is that there are millions of people in this country who feel exactly as I do, and nobody is saying anything. >> A nation united in its sorrow over this tragedy but divided over what may have caused it. Jake Tapper, ABC News, the White House. >> Tonight, across the South, winter is wrapping a rare and powerful storm blanketed in a region that is usually spared but not this time. Sam Champion tracking the system and where it's headed next. >>This has been how paralyzing storm, dumping up to nine, ten inches of snow from Louisiana to the Carolinas, causing four deaths and leaving thousands without power. The governors of Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee have all declared states of emergency. This is Peachtree Street right in the heart of Atlanta, and by this time in the afternoon we should be right in the middle of rush hour. But there is no one on Peachtree and it's just sheet of ice. All across the South, the storm has turned highways into a treacherous mix of ice and snow, causing spin outs and jackknifed tractor trailer. >> 75 was really bad. >> Parts of at least three interstates here in Georgia were forced to close due to stranded cars and trucks. Airlines have canceled over 2,200 flights, most of them at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, the world's busiest airport. And how did you get stranded in Atlanta? >> After 2 or 3 plane switches, we get a flight to Atlanta, but we can’t go anywhere until tomorrow. >> The storm started Sunday morning as moisture from the Gulf met Arctic air that it dropped into the Southern states, colding roads and bridges with an icy mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain. Now the storm travels up the East Coast and merges with another Midwest snowmaker. By Tuesday night, cities like Washington, New York, Boston will be experiencing heavy snow with the chance of a repeat of last month blizzard. Even though the storm is pulling away from the Southeast tonight, this ice stays because a brand new pocket of Arctic air is coming in right behind it. Temperatures throughout the Southeast, particularly Atlanta, will barely floor with the freezing mark through Friday, Diane. >> Mark Twain said once the courage is not the absence of fear. It is the mastery of fear. And now, some of those in Tucson had put aside their fear to save others. Sharyn Alfonsi tells their stories. >> They know Hernandez was an intern. He's been working for the congresswoman, just a week. >> When I heard the shots being fired, my first instinct was run towards where the congressman was. >> He did, towards the gunfire, to her, holding Giffords until the ambulance arrived. >> I was kind of holding up her against my chest and applying pressure to her wound. I tell her, Gabby, you're still with us. I just squeeze my hand and hold tight. >> He held her so tight and it may have saved her life. Doctors say Giffords is still alive because she didn’t lose much blood. Bill Badger was grazed by a bullet in the head but somehow was able to pull the gunman to the ground. >> I grabbed him by the wrist >> The 22-year-old gunman no match for the 74-year-old retired army colonel. >> Every time he would move a little bit, this individual would apply pressure with his knee and I would choking. >> Patricia Maisch, 61 years old, disarmed him. >> They said, get the magazines, so I got the magazine and was able to secure that. >> In the terrible moment, how could you do that? >> Because that's what you need to do. >> Science tells us most heroes are afraid, but they have the unique ability to react, to not be paralyzed by their fear, just like those who ran into the Towers, left into the floodwaters, who use whatever they had to do what they could when it count. >> Some like flowers blooming out of carnage. We want to believe that that represents, even if it's one or two individuals who active role played that, that represents the real American tradition. >> White ID interns and white haired retirees, reluctant heroes. >> That's enough. I'm really not press >> But heroes nonetheless. Sharyn Alfonsi, ABC News, New York. >> And now, the vigil is under way, and we wish you a good night.