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Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, who has built his Republican primary campaign on a "tough on China" approach, once performed surgeries at a Chinese military hospital in the 1990s.

Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, who has built his Republican primary campaign on a "tough on China" approach, once performed surgeries at a Chinese military hospital in the 1990s.

She is in memorial hermann in houston, texas. so, im extremely hopeful that gabby is going to make a full recovery. i have told her that. she recognizes it. she is a strong person and a fighter, and a fighter like nobody else that i know. so i am extremely confident that she is going to be back here and back at work soon. i have been telling the hospital staff that they should expect her to walk through the halls and the icu within a couple of months. im sure of that. so she will be back. one of...

Theres something quite inspiring. so, you know, its just stuff like that that she does over and over again. i imagine the next step is here shell be walking, talking, and in two months youll see her walking through the front door of this building. thank you. >> thank you. >> and there we have it. we have captain mark kelly, along with doctors peter rhee and dr. michael lemole, who gave us a briefing this morning. dr. peter rhee telling us how pleased he is with the progression of the everyday im...

Good, and at this time we are hoping to continue tying up those loose ends and get her ready for that third phase of her care the rehabilitation. randy. >> so prior to dr. lemoles procedure, dr. rhee and myself performed a track key o traceost allows us to provide them with nutrition and manage their airway in a much more comfortable manner. the tubes in her nice were no longer there or needed. it decreases the chance of infection. she tolerated those procedures well. we did them before dr. lemo...

Opportunity to update you on the other patients. we have two more patients in good condition in the hospital and obviously still one seriously injured patient in the icu. we are very pleased about the outcome one week after this tragic event. and we really appreciate all of your support that not only you, but of course the community and people across the nation have given us. and i now let dr. lemole talk about the details of the procedure on saturday. it was a procedure what we call a minor pro...

Reinstruments tating the first phase, restoring second-phase and rehabilitation theurz phase. dr. rhee and lemole dealt with the initial injuries. the second-phase with restoring and improving the patients clinical condition. this was partially because dr. rhee and his team have got an excellent general surgery program here at university medical center. last saturday the teams performed on congresswoman giffords a tracheotomy, placement of a feeding tube and repair of a fracture in the right eye...

Houston, texas. so im extremely hopeful that gabbys going to make a full recovery. ive told her that. she recognizes it. shes a strong person, a fighter. you know, shes a fighter like nobody else that i know. so i am extremely confident that shes going to be back here and back at work soon. ive been telling the hospital staff that they should expect to see her walking through these halls and into the icu within a couple of months. im sure of that. so shell be back. one of the reasons shes going ...

One week after being shot in the head she is upgraded from critical condition to serious condition and she is breathing on her own. i want to go first live to casey steigal. >> reporter: we are expecting a lot of information to come out of the press conference. this is the first briefing that weve had since friday. they were updating the conditions over the weekend. the doctors are taking the podium, lets listen in. >> i will be brief. over the course of last week dr. peter rhee and dr. michael ...

And cooperate in that and make improvements on a daily basis, so were very happy. dr. lemole? >> sure. so as dr. rhee said, the congresswoman continues to do very well neurologically. youve heard everything out there like, for example, she is beginning to stand with assistance. shes scrolling through an ipad. these are all fantastic advancements forward. they do indicate higher cognitive function. but i do want to caution everyone that she has a long road ahead of her. and rehabilitation, very i...