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Spoke and was fantastic. he wasn t a hero. the president later said too bad, yes, you are. so were the people that tackled the guy, i would loved to have seen their faces. in the meantime, we ve been talking about the congressman giffords, let s go to tucson right now where alicia acuna is outside the university medical center near that memorial. how is she doing today, alicia? hi. well, good morning, steve. so far, doctors say last update she remains in critical condition and to expect the progress that she is making to be steady. with that said, we have all heard that yesterday really held some pretty big momen for doctors and the people who were in the room when these things happened. we heard president obama discussing in the memorial that shortly after his visit, she opened her eyes. at least for a brief time. and that there were people in the room who said that and a couple of things happened. ....
Well, president obama mentioned christina taylor green numerous times tonight, the youngest shooting victim. her story has broken a lot of hearts. christina was just 9 years old. by all accounts, a special girl. third grader, recently elected to her student council. she wanted to meet her congresswoman. she was interested in government. she will be buried tomorrow. h i spoke to her family earlier. so john and roxanna, it s been four days since the shooting, how are you holding up? it s minute by minute, day by day. we re just taking it slow. we re hanging in there, we re trying to be strong. we have to be strong. our country s being strong, our community is being strong for us, so we will, you know, get ....
Crises, of course, how did president obama s speech in arizona last night compare to presidents like clinton and reagan? two former presidential speech writers next to tell us. j-e-l-l-o j-e-l-l-o j-e-l-l-o [ child giggles ] ....
anderson, i was overwhelmed with seeing the woman that was standing behind me that actually grabbed the magazine out of the gunman s hand. i loved what president obama said, in that we have to be civil to each other. we have to make our children proud of us. we need to honor our the 9-year-old girls and boys in this world and do the right thing. and so for that, i was very grateful. it was a gracious speech. my 13-year-old even stayed awake through the whole speech, so it had to be very, very inspirational, but i was overwhelmed by seeing the people that i was actually standing in line next to, talking to, as the shots rang out. well, mary, tom, emma, i appreciate you being with us. i m so happy that you re all alive, and safe, and i know ....