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Mark kelly, her husband, will be aboard the plane with her and dr. peter rhee, and debra colbert, her nurse, and her mom, and a couple of staffers. thelma gutierrez is there in tucson and following the journey as the ambulance went from the hospital to the air force base here. thelma, tell us what will happen now. >> reporter: well, she will board that aircraft as we had been saying, and you know, this is a challenger aircraft. it is a luxury aircraft that has a very large cabin that we understa...

cnn. congresswoman gabrielle giffords leaves the hospital minutes from now. shell travel by ambulance to a nearby air force base where an air ambulance flight to houston, thats to start the next phase of her remarkable recovery. yesterday her medical team was able to take giffords outside the hospital for the first time. her husband mark kelly at her side, this all coming less than two weeks after the congresswoman suffered a gunshot to the head. optimism about the economy is creep...