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Post" poll found opposition far outstrips support for it. >> we welcome in a certain sense their attempt to repeal it because it gives us a second chance to make a first impression. >> reporter: the repeal is expected to pass the house but largely a symbolic vote with democrats controlling the senate and the white house, the health care bill is in no danger of going away entirely. >> thanks, karen. theres more good news about the recovery of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. doctors have now s...

In our spotlight tonight the house of representatives reconvenes tomorrow doing so with what some hope will be a new tone of civility and mutual respect. after one of their colleagues was nearly assassinated ten days ago. every bit of news about wounded congresswoman gabby giffords points to her continuing recovery. this weekend her condition was upgraded from critical to serious. her husband, astronaut mark kelly tells abc his wife has smiled, even given him a ten-minute long neck massage. kell...

In our spotlight tonight the house of representatives reconvenes tomorrow doing so with what some hope will be a new tone of civility and mutual respect. after one of their colleagues was nearly assassinated ten days ago. every bit of news about wounded congresswoman gabby giffords points to her continuing recovery. this weekend her condition was upgraded from critical to serious. her husband, astronaut mark kelly tells abc his wife has smiled, even given him a ten-minute long neck massage. kell...

On monday his life was celebrated at a public memorial. alex stone, abc news. youll hear more from gabby giffords husband mark kelly tonight on abc world news and be sure to see a special edition of "20/20" called the congresswoman and the astronaut tonight at 10 p.m. eastern/9 p.m. central. sarah palin is speaking out after coming under heavy criticism for her comments following the shooting in tucson. some jewish groups criticized her use of the phrase blood libel. palin says people who do...

Everything that happened. in a month, that event changed everything. that governments gone and something like that could happen in egypt, jordan. >> good explanation. thanks very much. two federal judicial sources tell cnn theytucson shooter to moved possibly to san diego. meanwhile, doctors operated on congresswoman gabrielle giffords once again over the weekend repairing a fracture in her eye socket that was pushing bone fragments down on her eye. she also received a feeding tube and a breat...

Questions you might have for us. >> okay. two of the doctors who were tending to congresswoman gabrielle giffords talking about what they did, giving us some descriptions about what happened in virg. several surgeries it seems. elizabeth cohen is with me now. they talked about the eye socket. they had to rebuild it. they had to release pressure. they talked about removing a portion of her skull to alleviate the swelling and a couple other surgeries. anything there that surprised you? is this wha...

Anti-itch tion gives fast, lasting relief. got an itch? gold bond lotion. the quick fix for almost every itch. i do have some encouraging news i want to pass to you out of arizona today. doctors say congresswoman gabrielle giffords could be out of the hospital and transferred to a rehabilitation center in day orz weeks. doctors gave us an update on her condition just about two hours ago. they say the congresswoman had minor surgery saturday to repair fractures in the top of her right eye socke...

Giffords. casey stegall tells us what happened over the weekend. >> reporter: nine days after being shot in the head, congresswoman gabrielle giffords continues to defy the odds. doctors say shes inching closer and closer to being released from university medical center. in to a repilation program. >> it could be matter of days to weeks. its a matter of getting all that information from our own therapist when they think she is ready to move forward with that. >> over the weekend, giffords under ...

Giffords has just given their first briefing since updating her condition from critical to serious. doctors performed surgery to remove bone fragments from her eye socket. there were no complications with the surgery. >> the next major step is the graduation to rehabilitation, and that skull repair is many months down the road. we wont cross that at this point. the key were trying to get her to is to rehabilitation so she can move on with the next phase of her recovery. >> for the suspect, a for...

Repair of the orbital wound fracture. so let me take you back to that operation and describe exactly what we did and what we needed to do. if you recall from the first conference where i mentioned the congresswomans initial injuries, i did mention she had bilateral orbital roof fractures. thats basically fractures in the roof of the eye socket. fortunately on the left that fracture does not look as though it will need any kind of repair. on the right, however, the bone fragments from that fractu...