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Congresswoman he says locks eyes with him. he believes she's trying to speak. of course, physically she can not because there is a tube that doctors placed in her wind pipe. what he says is moth drastic is they asked her to move her leg and she swung her leg up on the bed. listen to the doctor. >> at one point her leg was dangling on the bed and we asked her to bring her leg up. after a couple of second, she brought the left leg up without any further delay. >> like this. >> she was dangling like this and able to bring it back up. >> still there are complications. doctors say that they've noti...

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...

>>shepard: carl, thank you. now congresswoman gabrielle giffords recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. doctors are today calling her progress "remarkable." they prepare to move her to a rehabilitation facility if houston tomorrow. >> she is standing with assistance and strolling through an ipad fantastic advancements and they indicate higher function but i do caution everyone that she has a long road ahead of her. >>shepard: she had a tube placed in her wind pipe but her husband, astronaut mark kelly, says he believes she is well aware of what is going on around her. >> she will mile an...

Remove bone fragments from her eye socket and her husband, mark kelly, is offering even more positive news. he spoke with abc diane sawyer in an interview that aired at least in part tonight. he told her that his wife is do so well she even gave him a neck massage from her hospital bed. >> it does imply that she is recognizing him, and that she is interacting in an old, familiar way with him. >> shepard: there are still several unanswered questions about the congresswoman's condition. our correspondent casey stegall live on fox top story live outside the university medical center in tucson. ca...

We'll be meeting this young vivacious 17-year-old. and a pianist. >> we have these headlines for you on a monday morning. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is reaching another major milestone in the recovery a week after she was shot in the head. here's the very latest from the university medical center in tucson. >> guys, good morning. over the weekend, the congresswoman's condition was upgraded from critical to serious. early saturday morning, a minor surgical procedure was done to remove the breathing tube from her mouth and they inserted a new one into her wind pipe and neck. what's that me...