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But still in critical condition and he was optimistic about her recovery. everyone here right up to the president of the united states watching all this very closely, marty. and just for those who may be tuning in, we are talking about congresswoman gabrielle giffords and others who have been wounded and some have died, as a result of a shooting that s taken place outside a grocery store in tucson, arizona. it happened a number of hours ago. you re taking a look at images that came to us from the scene from an eyewitness. and in fact, let me go back and play for you hold on with this, ed, while we wait for the president. here is some sound we got from jason pecal. jason is an eyewitness to what happened and he got on the phone to us shortly thereafter. here s his description of what he saw. what i first heard, i heard 15 to 20 gunshots in the parking lot. i came outside immediately. i did not see any people ....
To the university medical center in tucson, arizona, where a short while ago we got an update from a doctor who has been working on congresswoman giffords. here s what he described, and he was optimistic. no, the congresswoman is not deceased. can you tell us her condition currently? she s in critical condition. the surgeons have finished operating on her and at the current time period, i m optimistic about recovery. very good news indeed. we will continue. president obama now ready to speak. let s listen. a number of people were shot in tucson, arizona. including several who were meeting at a supermarket with their congresswoman, gabrielle giffords. we are still assembling all the facts. but we know that representative giffords was one of the vims. victims. she s currently at a hospital in ....
We are continuing to follow the breaking news coming out of tucson, arizona. a shooting has taken place, 18 people shot, 6 people killed. among those who were wounded is congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she is currently in critical condition, undergoing treatment at the university medical center in tucson, arizona. among those that have died is also a child. we are standing by at the white house where we anticipate that president obama will be having a statement. we also are standing by for the arizona governor jan brewer, but in the meantime, let s go to ed henry. ed, we still don t know exactly the motivation for the attacker here. but it has to go through many people s minds that we knew we ....
Tragedy, our police department responsibility is for the citizens of the city of tucson, and for the university hospital. i would like everybody to understand the significance of what this means to all of us. to me, and what it means to our country. i did have a chance to talk to gabby s father. and i told him that this community and this region, this state has gabby s prayers and thoughts in our hearts for her recovery. i m very, very pleased to hear the doctor s report to hear that she s still alive and fighting for her life. so this is a time for us to really say our prayers for a recovery. and for those that died today, they will not be forgotten. they are citizens of this country, and citizens of arizona and tucson. ....