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>> ina and oracle. where gabrielle giffords was. and i do believe gabby giffords was hit. >> that was a 911 call from the day congresswoman gabby giffords was shot at a rally in tucson, arizona. well, now more than two years later authorities have released new information about that day. they released thousands of documents that offer vivid details about the gunman, jared lee loughner. and our brian todd has actually been poring over these documents. here's what he found. >> reporter: early morning, january 8th, 2011, jared lee loughner is stopped for running a red light in tucson, arizona. state fish and game officer alan thorny lectures loughner on his driving. loughner seems to break down. i said i won't write you a citation for this forney says later in a statement to investigators and when i said that to him his face got kind of screwed up and he started to cry. forney asks if loughner is okay. loughner replies, yeah. i'm okay. i've just had a rough time, and
i really thought i was going to get a ticket. loughner is sent on his way. just a couple hours later -- >> he went in, he just started firing, and then he ran. >> jared lee loughner kills six people, wounds congresswoman gabrielle giffords and 12 others at a safeway in tucson. we're getting new details of the incident in thousands of pages of documents just released by the pima county sheriff's department. a judge had kept them under seal until now, concerned they would prevent jared loughner from getting a fair trial. just after the shootings, a witness described how he and others subdued loughner. >> i held my legs behind his knees and my arm on the back of his small of his back and another guy was stepping on his neck. >> reporter: but in the new documents he says one good samaritan did more than that, threatening to kill loughner with loughner's own gun. the other gentleman was holding the pistol. he said, i'll tell you, you [ bleep ] to the guy on the ground saying i'll kel kill you. i said just put it down.
as you can see here with nra lobbyist mary ann deamer peering down his neck as he signed it. two other states have laws similar to familiar and the nra wants a flal law to force this on states around the country that don't want it. that's the way gun politics works, all the i think whats of law go in the same direction. all the changes in law go towards more guns in more places and more legal excuses for shooting people. and once one state stakes out what used to be radical ground in terms of clearing the way for more guns and legal excuses for shooting, once one state clear that is ground like florida in 2005, as soon as one state goes there, all the other states rush toward the newly-cleared ground. i was one of the people that thought after tucson, we could have one tiny little tick toward regulating just the size of the magazines for ammunition in the handguns. as a tiny correction for a nation that was legit gnatly
shocked by the horror of tucson. i thought that would happen after tucson. gun law changes only go in one direction. the florida state senate president says now in the midst of the national uproar over the trayvon martin shooting and florida's gun law says the shooter can't be arrested, he says the florida senate will not be reviewing the law. usually on policy issues like this we say, what would it take? what would it take to make us look at this issue differently? what would it take to shock us out of a pattern that we are in? what would it take to swing the pendulum back now that it has swung so radically in one direction? what would it take? we have an answer, it doesn't matter, anything could happen, it doesn't matter. no matter what happens in the country in terms of gun violence or how we feel about it, there's no outcry enough, no shock or horror that is too grave. we do not get to make these decisions about our laws in this country. we do not get to make these decisions about laws concerning guns, they do, they are the gun
likes we haven't seen before. >> this is an explosive story on so many levels to say the least. thank you. new this morning the fbi is reviewing surveillance video taken outside that safeway in tucson. they took the video into possession as evidence. this video shows the shooting as it happened. we're hearing more positive signs on the condition of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. on "meet the press" senator gillibrand said giffords was able to open her eyes, and senator gillibrand chs in the hospital room the first time it happened. >> when the president said that, the room erupted. these are her constituents, they love her. they see her recovery as a story of triumph over terrible happenings. so she's really someone who because of her courage and strength, she can overcome this. being in the room at the time was an extraordinary moment, a
will have a backup astronaut, rick sturka, will serve as a backup commander for the space shuttle mission he was involved in to facilitate training for the crew and the support teams. while mark kelly is off tending to his wife, representative gabrielle giffords. rick sturko will fill in for him at nasa. the second piece of information is that police have told us that they have finished processing the crime scene. this was a very involved crime scene outside of that safeway in tucson, arizona. they have completed their processing of that crime scene. however, more information has been discovered. two things i want to tell you about. the first one is that the suspect's father, jared loughner's father said he had seen his son with a black bag the morning of the attack. and he had gone after him. he couldn't find it. apparently that blag bag has been found. according to the police.
a illegal immigrant. investigators say he has been living at the agent's house since november. you mentioned a manhunt underway for the agent's father, marcos manzano senior. one once he is caught he which l will receive criminal charges. his father has a criminal record involving marijuana possession with intent to sell. he has been deported to mexico twice. the son, the border agent is held at a correctional facility in san diego. he has a court appearance later today. owe is alleged to lie to his colleagues while on duty as to the whereabouts of his father. as we get more information. we'll bring it to you on fox. jon: rick folbaum. keep an eye on that one. thanks, rick. harris: a fox news alert now on capitol hill. we've been watching this. members of congress signing a book of well-wishes and condolences for the victims in tucson. there is not anybody at the table right now but just moments ago we were watching people come up and sign.
president obama is working on the speech he'll be giving later in tucson. welcome as our coverage continues on "happening now," i'm jon scott. harris: i'm harris faulkner in today for jenna lee. the president and first lady right now getting ready to leave the white house later this hour for the evening's memorial service. eric holder and janet napolitano also expected to be there in evening. jon: we are about to get an update on the condition of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. as of last night she's breathing on her own, is able to move both arms and her doctor is saying she has a 101% chance of surviving. alicia a kuhn yeah live at university medical center in tucson. i know the hospital released some photos of the congresswoman. what do they show us? >> reporter: well, jon, they are showing just kind of a touching moment where they are husband, mark kelly is holding her hand. her office released those photos late last night, two photos inside the room where she is
it's almost been a copy of the emergency plan and it has resulted in great results. jon: the city of brisbane will have a longtime to cleanup and a lot of work to do. mark jeffrey from global broadcasting. thanks, mark. harris: well right now we are taking a live look outside tucson, and of course there we are also seeing the president preparing to leave for tucson, arizona, the president set to address thousands of people expected to gather for a memorial service honoring the victims of this weekend's mass shooting. you see there inside the area where he'll speak. these are live pictures of mckale center in tucson. wendell goler is at the university where the president will be speaking this evening. we've been talking about this on the program today, we are learning more about what the president's goal is with his speech tonight. >> reporter: harris i think the president wants to do several
this wonderful community of tucson his love and gratitude, because we are a wonderful community and we are a family, and we all join together, and he's very grateful for that. >> can you talk a little bit about saturday and does he remember what happened. >> he remembers it all very clearly. >> [inaudible question ] >> we can't share that information. i can tell you he remembers it very clearly. >> could you speak a little bit, please about his condition, how is he physically? >> my sister is a nurse so that is more her. >> my dad is healing from his wounds remarkably well, and we really think that that is because we have so much love and prayer coming our way right now. he had surgery yesterday to close some wounds that were created during his original