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Commands or spontaneously. were very encouraged that shes continuing to make all the right moves in the right direction. obviously were cautious that she make them at her own pace, but were very encouraged given the severity of her injury initially. >> with that, if i could have the douglas family coming up. we have jenny and sister chrissie here whos going to make a brief statement. >> good morning. im jenny, ron douglas daughter. beside me is my sister chrissie. heres the message from my dad, ...

That said "together we thrive: tucson and america." well, senator jim demint of south carolina his speechwriter jumped on twitter to denounce the t-shirts, she sarcastically tweeted "im having a physical reaction to the t-shirts. im tearing up. this feels wrong." feels wrong to lift peoples spirits? ultra-conservative fox news contributor michelle malkin tweeted "isnt the churning of the instant messaging machine a bit, well, unseemly? cant the democrat political stage managers give it a break j...

Including the people who wrote it. it overturns a decision of 7 million voters in california. i think around the country theres no doubt some people will support this decision, but i think its a disaster for the democrats because it will divide their party. >> karen, i see you shaking your head and laughing. i need to pass along to everybody, the white house released a brief statement that didnt support or reject the judges ruling. lets go ahead and show it to everybody. the president has spoken...

To the latino community, the hispanic community. will he lose that voting bloc if something is not done regarding reform? >> comprehensive immigration reform touches the lives of not just hispanics, but all americans. 12 million people are liing in the shadows. some folks, we dont even know who is here and who isnt. we need comprehensive immigration reform. congress really needs to, you know, get its act together to do so. its one of the few pieces of legislation that actually will stimulate the...

>> a lot of other people now rallying behind you, people who had abandoned you at the beginning. if the agriculture secretary were to come to you and say, shirley, wed like to have you back, what would you say? >> you know, im just not so sure at this point. i really wonder in light of how i was treated over the last two days just what that relationship would be like for the future. can they move beyond this? >> lets go right to the white house briefing room. ed henry, our senior white house cor...

The company back out on the water but nowhere near the gulf of mexico. tony hayward hob knobbed with the super wealthy in england. there he is in the middle. his quarter million dollar yacht, people down south trapped by the oil and unable to work are furious. bp only offered a brief statement in haywards defense saying the company chief is spending time with his family this weekend off the aisle of wight in england. that didnt sit well with the white house chief of staff who immediately recalle...

A chance to survive and get them back into the wild. >> jeff corwin, thanks for bringing all of these stories home to us. >> thank you. for the first time in years, the mother of joran van der sloot spoke to the press, offering chilling details about her son and his connection to that brutal murder in peru. anita van der sloot said joran had serious psychological problems and believes its possible he killed stephany flores. joran remains in a notorious peruvian jail awaiting direct questioning...

The real question we dont know, and i dont know, is where she stands on a lot of important legal issues -- abortion, separation of church and state, affirmative action. those are the kind of questions the senate wants answers to. im betting that shes going to stonewall them just like most supreme court nominees stonewall the senators. >> thats how they do it. they dont want to be specific for good reason. ed henry is in the east room. ed, what was it like inside? who did the president invite -- ...

>> a ban donned property that turned out to be no threat. -- a ban donned property that turned to be not a threat. first by peks ray we examined it which was incon cluesive, and then later by inspection of the bomb squad. it turned out to represent no threat, and the area is opened to pedestrians and vehicles. >> reporter: that was paul brown. it was absolutely no threat. megyn: we can see you now in our shot holding the phone in front of the spokemans mouth as he was speaking. it sounds like yo...

Get back to the dramatic story unfolding in florida right now. its official theres a three-way race for the united states senate. infighting among republicans leaves the governor, charlie crist, to run for the senate as an independent. can democrats now take advantage? lets go to capitol hill. the democratic candidate, congressman kendrick meek, is joining us now. congressman, thanks very much for coming in to "the situation room." before we talk, we heard earlier from charlie crist, he announce...