he joined congresswoman gifards scene just days before the shooting, we re talking about the intern that was there. when the bullets started flying, daniel hernandez ran towards the danger, he put his knowledge to use and may have saved the congresswoman s life. we re going to speak live with daniel hernandez ahead. unemployment droping in december. it should be good news for the economy. we re going to tell you why there are concerns the trend could turn the other way. we ll talk to mark zandi, just ahead.
silence, and it s very emotional. the eyes of the world are on this little corner of arizona. gabriel giffords loved tucson, she loves arizona very much. [inaudible] jenna: it looks like we might have lost c.j., but you can almost hear if we get him back we ll bring him back on, but you can almost hear the resilience and energy in his voice, and that s certainly pleasant to hear over the last 48 hours of the events that have developed. as he mentioned, the congresswoman holding up fingers, saying maybe it s a victory sign, a peace sign, maybe it s both, but it will be nice to hear from the congresswoman s team, c.j.ka rmijian. jon: we re going to expect an update from the hospital on her condition and talk with the intern widely credited with saving her
exit door, so that way n. case anything did happen, she could have a quick getaway. jenna: well, james rosen is live in washington on this story. james. reporter: jenna, good afternoon. information travels fast in our digital age but allegations and innuendo can travel even faster and that appears to have happened in this horrifying case where adescriptions of blame and culpability began flying around shortly after the bullets stopped flying and before authorities had made public the identity of the alleged gunman, case in point, 3:22 eastern time on saturday a. period when uncertainty reigned as to whether congresswoman giffords was alive or dead one new york times columnist blogged on the 35eu7 paper s website we don t have proof this was political but the odds are that it was, a democratic congresswoman from new jersey lamented to the newspaper that certain politician and individuals at fox news had been feeding, quote, an aura of hate, that contributed to the shootings. such
neurosurgeon give you an update. michael. thank you. before i go into the details i would like to again recognize the outpouring by the community. i was personally touched, my wife brought my children by to the memorial and really the looks on the childrens faces said it all, and it really spoke to the way the community has come together and the pain it is feeling but the way it s trying to heal. with that in mind let me just say that with regard to congresswoman giffords recovery at this phase in the game no change is good. and we have no change. that is to stay she is still following those basic commands. on top of that the cat scans are showing that there is no progression of that swelling. we are not out of the woods yet, that swelling can sometimes take three days or five days to maximize, but every day that goes by and we don t see an increase we are slightly more optimistic. with that in mind i think we are
they unfold there in tucson. jenna: there s so much to this story and as we observe, all those members of congress as we mentioned, and their staff, coming off the stairs of the steps of the capitol, behind them, e as we take that shot, you ll be able to see the flag at half staff flying over the capitol. just a reminder of the somber moment of this day, and again, a developing story, we re covering from several different angles. jon: congresswoman gabriel giffords has served two full terms, she was beginning her third term. let s take a listen outside her office for a moment in the capitol building. all right, the moment of silence ending there as well. this is outside the offices of congresswoman gabriel giffords. so you have seen not only the white house, not only the legislative branch of government, but even the supreme court where the schedule is usually set in stone, even the relateively staid supreme court has aerlt dollars its schedule to take part in that moment of silence,