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Tucson shooting rampage two weeks ago appears in court again tomorrow a federal grand jury has indicted jared lee loughner on attempted murder charges for the shooting of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and two aides. tomorrow is his federal arraignment. so, giffords, she is not yet talking, nor is she breathing without help, but the doctors who are treating her say that they are very impressed. we are told that she is sitting and standing, in houston, smiling and moving with little assistance. giffords is still in intensive care but doctors say they are surprised at her progress so far. i ...

Of the hand. does that tell you that that portion of her brain seems to be intact, is there a way of measuring memory? >> there is. there's a good way to measure memory. unfortunately memory is not just on or off. there's two types of memory that we train, that's short-term memory and long-term memory. her husband's name, long-term memory. unfortunately with acute brain injury, the person cannot do the short-term. did you have breakfast yet? they can't remember. so there will be a lot of testing done as to what her memory is and her capabilities. >> and we know there's a sort of lid. part of h...

What swelling it causes, the brain is encapsulated in bone, of course. as it swells, that skull causes an increased pressure. >> so you mentioned memory then. are you at least encouraged based on what we've heard from her husband, she recognizes him. that says something about her memory. that her family traveled with her. that there's been the squeezing of the hand. does that tell you that that portion of her brain seems to be intact? is there a way of measuring memory? >> there certainly is. there's a good way to measure memory. unfortunately, memory is not just on or off. there are basically...

The information that we've received that that gunshot wound was on the left hemisphere of her brain. so when that is to take place, what areas of the brain in terms of how this side of the brain operates the rest of your body, what is potentially impaired by that kind of injury and what is -- what are the measurements in her rehabilitation? what will they be looking for that's controlled from that side of the brain? >> many brain injuries, particularly those with entrance wounds as hers was from the front, i understand, in the the front lobe, which is the temporal lobe, the largest lobe of the...

Memory is, what her memory capabilities are later. >> and we know that there is this sort of lid. part of her skull has been removed, you've mentioned, for the swelling, any potential swelling. how long would that stay off or would that be detached? >> no. oftentimes the neurosurgeons will take the bone off and put it in the freezer and actually freeze it sterilely or we also can implant it in the body of the patient surgically. i'm not sure which they did with the congresswoman, but it will at some point in time when all the swelling is down and when she's very stable medically, they will ele...