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"nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. tonight we have a late update on the story so much of the country has been following, the health and treatment of congresswoman gabby giffords of arizona and whether her road to recovery might be a bit tougher than we first knew, but first reporters got another look today at the man accused of trying to kill her. the alleged gunman, the troubled 22-year-old named jared loughner. he pleaded not guilty today to federal charges that he tried to kill a member of congress and two of her aides. the att...

giffords remains in a houston rehabilitation center this evening, where doctors say she's progressing nicely and is responding to therapy, this two weeks to the day after she was shot in the head at a tucson rally. don teague is in houston with the latest. don, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, russ. gabrielle giffords still has a breathing tube installed in her neck and she can't speak to her doctors, but they say she is showing signs of progress. at houston's memorial herman hospital, the painstaking process of rehabilitating gabrielle giffords' injured brain is under way. d...

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gabrielle giffords. giffords remains in a houston rehabilitation center this evening where doctors say she's progressing nicely and responding to therapy, this two weeks to the day after she was shot in in the head at a tucson rally. don heeg with the latest. don, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, russ. gabrielle giffords still has a breathing tube installed in her neck and she can't speak to her doctors, but they say she is showing signs of progress. at houston's memorial herman hospital the painstaking process of rehabilitating gabrielle giffords' injured brain is under way....

and the associate medical director at u.m.c. trauma center and the director of the accute care surgery. >> good afternoon. i'm very pleased to bring the news that the transfer of gabby from the university of medical tucson here to memorial houston went flawlesly. traveling through the streets of tucson there were several times we could hear applause in the ambulance with gabby and she responded very well to that. smiling, and in fact tearing a little bit. it was very emotional and very special. the plane trip went very well, very smooth. absolutely no difficulties in getting her here...