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Its political gamesmanship. she had no security whatsoever at this event. james eric fuller, one of the wounded at the event, a traumatized vietnam vet referred to the crime and said he believed that in the gifford shooting it claimed its first target on saturday in a decision smacking of the maury post itch show. he was seated in the first row of an abc town hall in tucson with mr. humphries of the tea party on the stage. when he suggested approximate be deferred until the victims were buried h...

Many more. >> our neurosurgeon joins us now, sanjay gupta. he spoke with her husband and the doctor who first treated her and some of the other wounded. how is mark kelly doing? >> reporter: he seemed to be doing well, anderson. he was in houston when he first heard from congresswoman giffords chief of staff, called them, said, come quickly to tucson. hes a pilot, as you know, an astronaut, was able to get access to a plane. you know, took 45 minutes to get here. he arrived right as his wife was...

Those refusing that politics have no part in this discussion, attacking the arizona sheriff who made the obvious point that its inextricable from this. politics which drew not just the shooter and the target together but also many of the victims, some of the heroes. one who came to thank giffords for what the democratic stimulus package had done forher business ended up saving lives also standing by to share her story. some of the dead, too, were drawn by politics. federal judge john roll 63 yea...

Married his high school sweetheart. she is one of the wounded. she says her late husband saved her life. they stopped by to tell giffords what a good job she was doing. dorothy morris 56, husband wounded. 79-year-old phyllis schneck who made quilts for charity. a republican who liked ms. giffords and came to meet her. christina taylor green there to learn about politics having recently joined her student council. her life uniquely american born on 9/11. a little leaguer, the daughter of a minor ...

We have the "raw politics" with a panel on the left and the right. those stories and a lot more on the hurricane due to come some time this friday or this weekend. >> larry: thats "ac 360" at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. shoshana johnson, former member of the u.s. army in 2003, she and other members of the military unit were captured and held as p.o.w.s for 22 days, shes the author of "im still standing." shes in el paso, texas. shoshana, thanks for joining us. what was your reaction to the spee...

Weekend. >> larry: thats "ac 360" at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. shoshana johnson, former member of the u.s. army in 2003, she and other members of the military unit were captured and held as p.o.w.s for 22 days, shes the author of "im still standing." shes in el paso, texas. shoshana, thanks for joining us. what was your reaction to the speech? >> well, i, unfortunately, didnt get to listen to the whole speech. theres a lot going on in town because the president was here. but i did hear some p...

Wounded veterans. others lacing up included new miami heat teammates le bron james and dwien wade, also carmello and anthony and retired legend magic johnson. bill: kind of cool when you can just summon that! that was a shot from -- that was overseas, right during the campaign. patti ann: i didnt see the video. bill: how cool is it you can assemble the greatest basketball players of our time for a little pickup game, right! the wounded veterans who were there, though, certainly had a thrill. nic...

With at the age of 27. >> yeah. >> its hard. >> yeah. it is. but im -- id rather help someone than it be the other way around. thats how i look at it. >> as soon as the wounded can be stabilized enough to fly again, they leave germany and are loaded one last time onto a cargo plane for the nine-hour flight back to the united states. medications are checked and rechecked. more gear is loaded. turning this c-17 cargo plane into a flying intensive care unit. for this critically wounded soldier, equ...

To the plane, a last emotional hug from the trauma doc, captain joshua miller of the. >> take care of yourself. i saw him over there in that wheelchair and i took another look at him and i said, look, man, what are you doing here again? im not supposed to see you again. sure enough, he had suffered another explosion injury. >> the doors have just shut on this air medical evacuation flight here in bagram, afghanistan. the wounded have already been loaded. you can see that medical staff is already...

"help me, help me." >> davis is on constant pain medication but still, doctors will try to get him out of bed and into a chair. he will fly home within hours. >> take him to the e.r. >> back out front with the teams who handle the wounded, specialist shiranda redden giggles about her new braces. >> can you understand me? >> but quickly, this 27 year old begins to open up. >> weve seen so many people with missing legs, arms, eyeballs, i mean, no -- its been crazy. >> she tells us these days, ther...