and it s going to take a long time to heal. but he really wants to express to the community, this wonderful community of tucson, his love and his gratitude because we are a wonderful community and we are a family and we all join together. and he s very grateful for that. can you talk a little bit about what he remembers from saturday and does he remember what happened? he remembers it all, very clearly. does he talk to you? yes. we can t share that information. i can tell you he remembers it very clearly. could you speak a little bit, please, about his condition, how is he physically? my sister is a nurse, so that s more her. my dad is healing from his wounds remarkably well, and we really think that that s because we have so much love and prayer coming our way right now. he had surgery yesterday to
conservatives. interesting because the president is just about an hour from now, he and the first lady will be leaving the white house to go to tucson and we re told one thick tng the president wilt mention in his speech tonight is this whole political debate that s playing out about whether overheated rhetoric contributed at all to the violence there in tucson. bottom line, white house aides say the speech writing team has been working on the remarks since about monday night. he it tends to be hands on with these speeches and he will be doing that, has already been working on revisions. and this is a unique obviously challenge for any president of either party when they re faced with a tragedy like this to both comfort the victims but also try to help the nation heal. very difficult task and we re told by white house aides the president and the first lady will also be visiting some of the families of the victim there is in tucson. i know there won t be any poll tick playing in what
today president obama and the first lady are flying to tucson, arizona, to attend a memorial for the victims of saturday s shooting and visit with the victims family members. here are the six who died that day. young as 9 and old as 79 all gatt theiring to hear congresswoman giffords speak. kristina green was born on splerchth, 2001. attending the congress on the corner event because she had been elected to her school s student council. 30-year-old gabe zimmerman was engaged to be married. giffords director of community outreach. dorwan stod dard was trying to shield his wife in the gunfire. 76. his wife was wounded in the leg but survived. u.s. district judge john roll stopped by to say hello to giffords after attending mass on saturday. 63-year-old began his career as
the past three days. when they do this it s hard to get emergency crews to them to get them off the highway. people are just stuck on the roadways with nowhere else to go. so it s been crazy here. i guess it s not going to thaw until friday. did sandra leave us? sandra left us. we ll keep you update on this accident. we don t believe anybody was hurt. it s going to take time for emergency crews to get there to clear off that highway. it s the top of the hour now. let s check the big stories for this wednesday. briefing is set to ginny minute now updating the condition of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and five other victims of the mass shootings in tucson. giffords remains in critical condition but breathing on her own. according to the most recent information, a second person is also in critical condition right now. one is in serious condition. three others are listed as fair. president obama will offer words of comfort to the victims and families in tucson and to
during last fall s campaign, palin s political action committee put cross hairs on targeted democratic congressional districts, among them congresswoman giffords district. many politicians are asking what can be done to prevent similar violence in the future. one of the few pro gun control republicans in the house, representative peter king of new york, wants to it make it illegal for someone to knowingly carry a gun within 1,000 feet of certain high ranking federal officials, including members of congress. also, new york representative democrat carolyn mccarthy wants to see a restriction on the sales of high capacity ammunition clips. similar to the one allegedly used by loughner at tucson. and it s not just gun control proposals. representative robert brady of pennsylvania wants to make it a federal crime to use symbols or rhetoric that appear to threaten members of congress. and then there are the briefings. lawmakers on capitol hill getting briefed today on efforts to improve th