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System, carol. >> and maybe that is exactly the kind of person detroit needs right now. >> right. >> we are going to jump away, poppy. thank you so much. we can see the challenger aircraft taxiing. on board is congresswoman gabrielle giffords and on board is her husband and neurosurgeon peter rhee and her ic nurse, and her mother. the first stop for gabrielle giffords will be an acute medical center so doctors can discuss her condition, and discuss the condition, and the results of that discussion will determine whether she will head to the rehab center in houston to begin really recovering ...

She can't talk right now. there could be a multitude of reasons. one of them, she has a tracheostomy. there's a hole in her wind pipe which makes it impossible to get spoken words out. what they can do is change the valve on that tracheostomy which will make it easier for her to speak. they haven't said they're definitely going to do that but that's something we'll be looking for. >> dr. peter rhee, her trauma surgeon is traveling with her. why might that be? >> you'll always have medical personnel traveling with people being transferred from hospital to hospital. so whether -- i don't know if...

In, in arizona, where carol, they will take her and assess her and look at whether she has any really urgent medical issues. they want to look for any signs of infection or swelling, and that is first thing they want to take care of. and then they will do a thorough evaluation of the neurological symptoms and the abilities, and can she move on both sides? does she have any weakness on either side? those are some of to things they will be looking for. >> on board of that plane is her husband, mark kelly, and neurosurgeon dr. peter rhee, and a icu nurse and some staffers. do you know if all of t...

Memorial hermann in tucson because it specializes in head injuries like the one that gabrielle giffords suffered. thelma gutierrez is live in tucson wit more on the recovery. her husband says he believes she is going to walk the halls of that hospital and thank everyone who helped her in just a few months. pretty remarkable prediction. >> yeah, absolutely, kiranp you know for those of white house have been out here -- those of us who have been out here watching her progress, every day she hits a milestone and yesterday imagine what that must have been like to go outside for the first time in t...

Mark kelly, her husband, will be aboard the plane with her and dr. peter rhee, and debra colbert, her nurse, and her mom, and a couple of staffers. thelma gutierrez is there in tucson and following the journey as the ambulance went from the hospital to the air force base here. thelma, tell us what will happen now. >> reporter: well, she will board that aircraft as we had been saying, and you know, this is a challenger aircraft. it is a luxury aircraft that has a very large cabin that we understand is very comfortable, holds 14 people, and very comfortably to make the two hour and 15 minute rid...