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Up having a very bad accident from exhaustion and my job wasnt half as difficult or important. an overnight shift shouldnt be allowed more than three days a week in my opinion. somebody needs to address it. >> this is exciting. 2. >> her husband, nasa astronaut, mark kelly confirmed that giffords will be able to attend his shuttle launch of friday. thats because the doctor said the bullet that wept through her head went into the left hemisphere of her brain. walking may take some work, but that ...

Doctors did clear her so that she could attend the launch. in essence, theres therapy in itself, getting out of the hospital, going to the kennedy space center. a doctor will not accompany her. she will fly on a private plane with a nurse and attend fridays launch of her husband, mark kelly, who is the commander of the space shuttle "endeavor" on its final flight. i have to ask you, do you know how many people are going to the royal wedding? i dont. because i can tell you there are half a millio...

>> somebody who can go up against president obama, youthful and energetic in that sense and the person that people are talking about is marco rubio, the new senator from florida and cuban, and also a woman, a latina american, and bringing in more diversity but with the republican a conservative strong fiscal record, and we are seeing lot of to people coming up in the ranks and no doubt will be on a presidential ticket at some point this the future. >> interesting. jessica yellin, good to have is...

Im being positive here. okay, john. thank you. you will be able to see the shuttle launch live here on cnn this friday at 3:47 p.m. eastern time. thats 12:47 pacific. also our own dr. sanjay gupta is doing a very great -- it is just a fantastic special next weekend on congresswoman gabby giffords called "save gag bby." dont miss that. gas prices kept rising over the weekend so when will they peak? one expert says maybe they already have. well tell you more after the break. ...and? it helped ...

About how he wants to remember his mother. the fact that he gave kate his fiance his mothers engagement ring was special to him. in the private ceremony, the private his address to them and im sure he will refer to his mother, of course, he misses dearly. >> we can only imagine how proud she would be of him as the fine young man that he has developed and grown into. robert jobson, thank you. appreciate it. >> appreciate it. thank you. so if you want to see the royal wedding, be sure to tune in...

This story from our west coast news hub. >> the congress many with is standing on her own if you can believe that walking a little. even pushing a shopping cart as part of her rehab. her face reportedly looks the same. gabby even wants to work. she already reading through office memos, house resolutions will be next. that, too, is considered part of the recovery, shepard. >> shepard: whats the eye tenry for the shuttle launch. we wont see her, will we. >> we will not see her. the family is not r...

Will travel to florida, when she will be returning, but they do say she will come back to houston and resume her rehab shortly after the shuttle launch. they also say this is just a great chance for her to get away and to have some down time. shes been working very hard here meeting with different teams of therapists throughout the day, doing things like learning to stand again and walk and write and talk in short sentences. and then this is a little bit of a break, something that she has wanted...

>>guest: soon. soon. were all praying for him and he is has an amazing group of friends who sets up an amazing organization to help gain support for jims release so we are very thankful to all of the people who are supporting these efforts. >>shepard: all the best to jim and the other three journalists. all best. thank you very much. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is clear to attend the shuttle launch on friday, according to her husband, mark kelly, the commander of the final shuttle "endeavou...

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>> shepard: doctors have now cleared congresswoman gabriel giffords to attend the last scheduled shuttle launch of shuttle endeavour this friday. thats according to her husband mark kelly who is the commander of that mission. he sought down with katie couric of the cbs evening news. >> i have met with her doctors, neurosurgeon, they have given us permission to take her down to the launch. >> wow. >> were excited about that. >> i bet you are. what was her reaction when she got the final go ahead....