here because this is the natural thing to do is come to the hospital at this time. there are candles and the sun is setting here in arizona. the amount of people has been growing steadily. and they have been since the news broke that the congresswoman was shot and is fighting for her life. >> i'm wolf blitzer reporting here in washington. we're continuing cnn's live coverage of the horrible, horrible breaking news that occurred today, the shooting of arizona congresswoman gabrielle gifford. she was shot in the head today but survived and was rushed into surgery. her doctors say they're very optimistic about gifford's chance of recovery. a gunman opened fire while gifford was meeting her constituents in a grocery store parking lot in tucson.