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This story from our west coast news hub. >> the congress many with is standing on her own if you can believe that walking a little. even pushing a shopping cart as part of her rehab. her face reportedly looks the same. gabby even wants to work. she already reading through office memos, house resolutions will be next. that, too, is considered part of the recovery, shepard. >> shepard: what's the eye tenry for the shuttle launch. we won't see her, will we. >> we will not see her. the family is not releasing specifics of her travel arrangements from fedex to florida. she will watch the blastoff f...

Will travel to florida, when she will be returning, but they do say she will come back to houston and resume her rehab shortly after the shuttle launch. they also say this is just a great chance for her to get away and to have some down time. she's been working very hard here meeting with different teams of therapists throughout the day, doing things like learning to stand again and walk and write and talk in short sentences. and then this is a little bit of a break, something that she has wanted to do but they weren't ready to confirm until we got a little bit closer to launch, and now we are...

>>guest: soon. soon. we're all praying for him and he is has an amazing group of friends who sets up an amazing organization to help gain support for jim's release so we are very thankful to all of the people who are supporting these efforts. >>shepard: all the best to jim and the other three journalists. all best. thank you very much. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is clear to attend the shuttle launch on friday, according to her husband, mark kelly, the commander of the final shuttle "endeavour" mission and sat down for an interview for the cbs evening news. >> i met with her doctors, neur...

Critical part of the complex political situation. the mainstream opposition has accepted the plan rented by the gulf corporation council with the assistance of the united states, but this is a bottom up movement, a social movement. the students and the opposition don't actually buy the peace plan offered by the council. there are rifts and cleavages within the opposition and that's why sala might exploit the situation, look, you don't agree, i stay. >> a comprehensive look at the middle east if ever i've heard one. thank you so much for joining us. coming up, will gabby giffords be well enou...

>> shepard: doctors have now cleared congresswoman gabriel giffords to attend the last scheduled shuttle launch of shuttle endeavour this friday. that's according to her husband mark kelly who is the commander of that mission. he sought down with katie couric of the cbs evening news. >> i have met with her doctors, neurosurgeon, they have given us permission to take her down to the launch. >> wow. >> we're excited about that. >> i bet you are. what was her reaction when she got the final go ahead. >> i think she said awesome pumped her fist. >> shepard: of course the gunman shot her in tucson ...