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Tucson shooting rampage two weeks ago appears in court again tomorrow a federal grand jury has indicted jared lee loughner on attempted murder charges for the shooting of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and two aides. tomorrow is his federal arraignment. so, giffords, she is not yet talking, nor is she breathing without help, but the doctors who are treating her say that they are very impressed. we are told that she is sitting and standing, in houston, smiling and moving with little assistanc...

Of the hand. does that tell you that that portion of her brain seems to be intact, is there a way of measuring memory? >> there is. theres a good way to measure memory. unfortunately memory is not just on or off. theres two types of memory that we train, thats short-term memory and long-term memory. her husbands name, long-term memory. unfortunately with acute brain injury, the person cannot do the short-term. did you have breakfast yet? they cant remember. so there will be a lot of testing done...

What swelling it causes, the brain is encapsulated in bone, of course. as it swells, that skull causes an increased pressure. >> so you mentioned memory then. are you at least encouraged based on what weve heard from her husband, she recognizes him. that says something about her memory. that her family traveled with her. that theres been the squeezing of the hand. does that tell you that that portion of her brain seems to be intact? is there a way of measuring memory? >> there certainly is. ther...

The information that weve received that that gunshot wound was on the left hemisphere of her brain. so when that is to take place, what areas of the brain in terms of how this side of the brain operates the rest of your body, what is potentially impaired by that kind of injury and what is -- what are the measurements in her rehabilitation? what will they be looking for thats controlled from that side of the brain? >> many brain injuries, particularly those with entrance wounds as hers was from t...

Memory is, what her memory capabilities are later. >> and we know that there is this sort of lid. part of her skull has been removed, youve mentioned, for the swelling, any potential swelling. how long would that stay off or would that be detached? >> no. oftentimes the neurosurgeons will take the bone off and put it in the freezer and actually freeze it sterilely or we also can implant it in the body of the patient surgically. im not sure which they did with the congresswoman, but it will at so...

He felt like he had to say that. its fun for him but it does make things a lot more difficul difficult. >> brian: the best closures in baseball have short-term memory. you can be the best picture and then blow it all. like mariano rivera did. ive never seen a guy get up and turn the page as as president trump. this guy does not worry about yesterday. hes already off the next day. >> nan: but he knows. speech last night, the tenor he took. the words he said, there was a somewhat subtle difference...

Now you have a republican, you have an independent body saying hes going to raise your taxes, middle class. i dont see how it can get any worse, except the felony. >> ever since mondales campaign, democrats have been afraid to mention taxes while running for president. bill clinton mentioned them but by only saying he would have a middle class tax cut, which he then didnt do. here you have president obama saying plainly, i would like to see tax rates go up on tax pairs above this level and the r...

Squeezing of the happened. does that tell you that that portion of her brain seems to be intact? is there a way of measuring memory? >> there certainly is, a good which to measure memory. unfortunately, memory is not just on or off there are basically two types of memories that we train, thats short-term memory and long-term memory. her husbands name, who she is, thats all long-term stuff it. unfortunately with acute brain injury, often times the brain injured person cannot do the short term, di...