jon lapook is in houston tonight. first, ben, it's a milestone for the congresswoman and for the city of tucson. >> reporter: it sure is, katie. and it's pretty great to report tonight that now every single person injured in this shooting has been released from this hospital here in tucson. and earlier today congresswoman giffords made quite an exit. in a city still scarred by tragedy... (cheers and applause) ... this was a moment so many just had to see. >> there's something really redeeming and powerful about her speedy recovery. >> reporter: doctors say giffords could hear the cheers inside the ambulance. she smiled and even teared up. a police escort brought her to the local air force base. she was lifted on to a medically equipped private jet for a 2:15 flight to houston. among those on the plane: her husband mark kelly, her mother gloria and trauma surgeon dr. randall friese. her communications director was on board, too. he says the rest of the staff may soon follow. there's already talk about the staff getting

houston la recibe y tucson la despide. giffords empieza su recuperación. >>> otros estado se une a la ola anti indocumentado. >>> alerta, que prefiere perder el pelo o el deseo sexual. >>> muy buenos tarde. >>> tucson vivió un día especial. muchas personas salieron a las calles a despedir a la congresista giffords. en el aeropuerto tomó un avión para houston. tenemos imagenes dentro del avión. precisamente en houston está roger franco, la congresista empezó un largo proceso de recuperación. >>> la congresista llegó a houston. fue trasladada en hehelicóptero. >>> se recupera de un disparo en la cabeza. según médicos en este tipo de casos, no todos se recuperan 100 por ciento. estará en rehabilitación los próximos meses. >>> vamos a ver como la despidió tucson hoy. >>> así despidieron los residentes de tucson a giffords. >>> sé que va para recuperarse y que va a estar bien. >>> en esta ambulancia abandonó arizona. cientos de personas le dieron aplausos. >>> ella los escuchaba. los latinos de tucson se des

. >>> Él quiso tomar un vuelo a houston, en houston lo iban a recibir otros abogados. >>> y se desconoce el joven que lo contrató a kalimba, es prófugo de la justicia. >>> se esperaba que hoy kalimba se presentará ante la rejilda de practica, pero hubo un acuerdo entre el juez para que sea mañana. y vienen 72 para que entregue pruebas de que no es culpable. y la defensa tiene derecho a pedir 144 horas, 6 días para que entreguen pruebas y tratar de demostrar que no es culpable, esto acaparó la atención de todos, mañana hay una marcha para que los seguidores de kalimba salgan en una marcha desde la ciudad de méxico, a las 4 de la tarde aquí en el museo de las esculturas mayas. >>> y más adelante más información acerca de la reacciones de artistas y cantantes. >>> la violencia se hizo sentir en ciudad juárez demasiado una balacera cobró la vida de dos personas, vamos con verónica del castillo. buenas tardes. >>> gracias, bárbara. y juárez continúa agonizando, una batalla que libraron policías contra criminales. >>> así quedó tendido el oficial que se enfrentó a unos a

hoy fue trasladada a un centro de rehabilitaciÓn en houston la congresista gifford. esta misma tarde su oficina dio a conocer una fotografÍa de la legisladora y su esposo en la azotea de su nuevo hospital. tenemos cobertura con jaime garcÍa que nos muestra cÓmo fue la partida desde arizona y salvador durÁn con la llegada a texas. comenzamos con jaime, adelante. >> la congresista gifford es la mujer del milagro. >> es un milagro que la estÉn llevando para allÁ. >> apenas hace 12 dÍas entro debatiÉndose entre la vida y la muerte al mismo centro del que hoy saliÓ. la congresista, acompaÑada por su esposo, su mamÁ y el mÉdico de emergencia a cargo de su cuidado fue transportada en una ambulancia a la base de la fuerza aÉrea para subir a un aviÓn privado con destino a la ciudad de houston. durante su recorrido la caravana fue custodiada por policÍas motorizados. mientras que cientos de personas se daban cita en la calle para despedir a la congresista, algunos portando carteles de apoyo y cuatro banderas norteamericanas. >> me da mucho gusto que a lo que ell

you make houston proud. we have that connection. >> not me, but you. >> that book which became a "new york times" instant best-seller has been spired me to do more. i hear about it every day for people and i knew there was more to do. >> i remember seeing you on charlie rose back when the book first came out and you said this is what i want to be known for. 25 masters, and ncaa tournaments, and super bowls, but this is what i want to be known for. and now, with this hospital, i would think they are one and two now, correct? >> this for me, there's nothing you can do in terms of giving your time to positively affect millions of people around the world. we have very ambitious goals down at the nantz national alzheimer's center. the center's named in honor of my dad. but we want to find a cure. we want to be a symbol of hope for people around the world. i know there are millions watching right now who know what i'm talking about. because i used to google search every day when my dad was alive and struggled for

she will land at hobby airport in houston. brian. >> everybody is thinking about her on this journey. kristen welker covering the story for us in tucson tonight. thanks. >>> and now to the extraordinary gathering right here in this room a few hours ago. the commanders of what the pentagon back then called desert storm, the first gulf war. the first major military effort of the post-vietnam era, over half a million americans served in the conflict, rappelling the iraqi invasion of kuwait with that u.s. coalition of 34 nations riding to victory. it's been 20 years. the war stopped short of taking baghdad, short of taking saddam hussein, and i asked former president bush about selling the war effort to the american people. >> this is the war historian washington post journalist rick atkinson. bush careened around looking for a rationale, trying to find his voice on the issue. he hopped from rationale to rationale. he wanted to make it appear as though this was not a blood-for-oil swap. there's the word "oil." mr. president, do yo

officials began setting up extra security at the houston rehab center thursday. her medical staff there is planning intense physical therapy. >> one key thing in rehabilitation is that we have to challenge the individual. it's just like going to the gym. >> reporter: it's unclear how long giffords will have to stay at this facility. doctors still aren't sure whether she can speak or how well she can see. >> the discharge day from the hospital is always a moving target. >> reporter: doctors warn that despite her incredible progress so far the congresswoman still faces a long road to recovery. several people will be with giffords as she goes to houston, including her husband, astronaut mark kelly, who trains there, her mother, her trauma surgeon, and her chief of staff. terrell? >> scott goldberg in washington for us this morning. scott, thanks. >>> the economy now this morning. president obama has created a new panel charged with finding ways to create jobs and promote economic growth. he's named general electric ceo jeffrey immelt to head the panel. it's called t

>> mitchell: don teague in houston, thank you very much. we have what some are calling a bit of a media mystery to tell you about tonight. popular and controversial cable anchorman keith olbermann abruptly called it quits last night. as the media world scrambles to find out exactly why, elaine quijano tells us his departure comes at a time of big changes at his now-former employer. >> reporter: after nearly eight years of host as msnbc's "countdown with keith olbermann"... >> this is the last edition of "countdown." >> reporter: ...the veteran broadcaster said good-bye to his viewers last night. >> on many occasions all that particularly the last two and a half years were all that surrounded the show but never the show itself was just too much for me. >> reporter: olbermann never said why he was leaving. his liberal views became the driving force behind msnbc's prime-time shift to the political left. but as years passed relations with his bosses became increasingliy strained. >> keith olbermann has been battling with msnbc management for tw

live in houston, i'm jay gray. lynn, now back to you. >> jay, thanks so much. >>> well, president obama is restructuring his economic advisory board to place a renewed focus on job creation. in a statement released this morning the white house says obama will name general electric ceo jeffrey immelt to head a new board called the president's council on jobs and competitiveness which will focus on work in the private sector. ge is the owner of this network. in an op ed in the washington post this morning immelt says he intends to reach out to labor and business leaders to serve as a "catalyst for action." the board will reportedly replace an existing panel called the president's economic recovery advisory board led by former federal reserve chairman paul volcker who according to reuters news agency is stepping down. here's a look at other news stories making news early today in america. >>> in california a 235 foot tall delta 4 rocket took off from vandenberg air force base. the payload contains a classified spy sat

she was flown on a friend's private plane to houston. then transferred pie a medical helicopter to memorial hermann hospital. the fight now moves here. giffords is already being evaluated in the intensive care unit where she could stay a week or more until the drain or shunt in her head is removed. doctors say she has some movement in her right leg but none in her right arm. she hasn't spoken yet but might be trying to form words. >> the evaluation is quite comprehensive. we ask questions, we review records, we perform examinations and see what the person can and cannot do. >> how do you feel? >> reporter: later giffords will be moved to the nearby rehab facility, a stay expected to last four to six months. no vip floor. giffords will stay in a standard room like every other patient, cared for by doctors and therapists who will coordinate everything from muscle work to art therapy. >> great rehabilitation potential, great rehabilitation candidate. she will keep us busy. we will keep her busy as well. >> reporter: doctors strive for a new

giffords se encuentra en el hospital de houston, en este momento la estan evaluando. >> continua su proceso de recuperación tras el tiroteo en arizona , el hecho ha generado mucha coordinación. >> se están comunicando todas las organización para mejorar su estadia. >> el doctor que la atendió se unió al equipo de houston para definir lineamientos terapeuticos. >> para este especialista es temprano predecir las consecuencias del balazo. >> la llegada ggenera atención publica. >> esperamos que todos los pacientes estñn lo mejor posible. >> los mñdicos determinarán cuándo ingresará a su terapia. >> los detalles de la recuperación será más adelante, ya comenzó una vigilia para apoyarla. >> alcaldes del país le pidieron apoyo al presidente barack obama para crear empleos. >> le pidieron que se enfoque en las ciudades para crear trabajos porque son las que generan el 90% del producto nacional de estados unidos, habló de aliarse con las ciudades. >> es importante planterle los asuntos que nos auqejan. >> el alcalde del doral plantea que los fondos deben ir directo a las c

. >>> congresswoman's gabrielle giffords first full day in houston, texas. i'm sandra hughes and i will have that story coming up. >>> i'm lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. temperatures soared 20 degrees above the average and will it last through the rest of the weekend? we will talk about that coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, say she is even more alert today. they say she's progressing >>> doctors treating congresswoman gabrielle giffords say she is even more alert today. they say she is progressing nicely one day after being flown to houston to begin rehabilitation. sandra hughes on what is next in the representative's recovery. >> reporter: congresswoman gabrielle giffords will soon start therapy next to these patients in the gym at the tirr memorial hermann center in houston. it is where doctors help those with brain and spinal cord injuries relearn the basics. >> a person who suffers, who experiences a traumatic injury, who has lost some function, even temporarily, will have to concentrate to work hard, and have a lot of discipline, and have a lot o

giffords will undergo rehabilitation at the tirr memorial hermann center in houston, world-renowne for the treatment of brain injuries. >> very confident about the transfer but those times are always a little dangerous for people so we'll evaluate her completely when she gets her. >> reporter: giffords' husband, mother and doctor flew to houston with her, so did a congressional aide. >> we have gone in a period of less than two weeks from unbearable anguish to cautious optimism to moments of just joy. and today is one of those joyous days. >> reporter: for the first time since the shooting, giffords went outside with her husband thursday to enjoy the fresh air and arizona sunshine. doctors are encouraged by her progress. >> seems like there's a lot of purposeful movement which is always better than nonpurposeful movement so we are very optimistic. >> reporter: doctors say it's too early to tell how long she will remain here. the average is one to two months. after that, she will continue as an outpatient. her husband is confident she will make a full recovery. >> she will be walking, t

on its way to make that trip to houston, texas. >> she has made such an amazing recovery. she even took a little field trip outside in her wheelchair for the first time yesterday, and she got to go outside and beat fresh air, and this looks like the plans right there that is taking her to the airplane where she will be flown. she will have her husband with her, obviously, on the plane, her mother and trauma surgeon, and is a couple of congressional aids as well. >> and there are vol is untears who have -- volunteers who have offered to product and escort her. a group of veterans of foreign wars are on their motorcycles, providing a motorcade, to ex- court her to the air force plane there. >> and the facility she is going to in houston, it's actually the largest research program on recovery from to traumatic brain injury in the world. so that's one of the reasons that to they're moving her there. also, her husband, astronaut mark kelly works there, and so he may be able to do some work and be with her there in the hospital. she has really made some tremendous advances, but

tilman fertitta joins us now from houston. i want to say good morning to you and thank you very much for joining us on what i know is a difficult morning. >> it is. you know, glad to be here, glad to help you guys out this morning. >> now, i understand you played a pivotal role yesterday in getting commander kelly from houston here to tucson to be with his wife, and that involved your private plane. can you tell us how that played out? >> you know, it was kind of interesting. i was at a son's basketball game and mark called about 11:45, and i just saw it was mark and didn't answer it because i said i'll get back to him later but then i immediately got an e-mail from him that said gabby had been shot. so, you know, i think mark being a smart guy, you know, the first thing that went to his mind and he got a call, i'm telling you, seconds after it happened from one of the staffers. and so mark called me and said, tilman, i got to get to tucson and, of course, i called my pilots, and they took off within about 45 minutes to an hou

cbs news houston. >>> president obama will deliver his state of the union address tuesday night. he said the speech will be about putting millions of americans back to work. rpoises [ cheering and applause ] . >>> clearly, that is, clearly that is not the story, however that was a surprise homecoming of a u.s. marine and that was the video you saw there. >>> moving on, though, harbor porpoises have been spotted in the bay waters off marin, bill keener sent several pictures of the marine mammals, they disappeared during world war ii possibly because of activity and gill netting in the 80s, their return could be an indication of a healthier ecosystem. >>> all right. so lawrence was alluding to the fact winds were picking up. bad winds? >> we had call from someone said they had trees come down. i don't think the winds are that strong, 20 plus miles per hour, breezy in the hills. because of those winds we have had a nice day. offshore winds, of course that brings the nice downslope winds and the temperatures heat up and we get great weather outside. how about this folks. nice shot fo

ademÁs recuerda que hasta este dÍa lo tendremos en houston. y este es el evento mÁs grande e importante de deportistas en estados unidos. >> variedad de eventos tendremos este fin de semana en houston. espero que la paz en sÚper bien y ahora continuamos con mÁs despierta amÉrica. >> gracias al aura sierra y gloria carmona la ciudad de los angeles. hay muchas opciones para este fin de semana dentro de la pantalla de univisiÓn empezando por este viernes espectacular de telenovelas. vamos a seguir con mÁs despierta amÉrica. ¿estamos listos? >> asÍ es. >> yo estoy mÁs que lista para la novela. >> con la gran fiesta que hubo anoche en el triunfo del amor, la verdad que votaron la casa por la ventana. aÚn asÍ max solamente tiene un pensamiento metido en la cabeza. >> vamos a verlo. >> no me digas que sigues clavadÍsimo de la chava esa. >> hombre, ya te dice y no me tomas en serio. estoy completamente enamorado de marÍa desamparada, es la mujer de mi vida, la mujer de mis sueÑos y me voy a casar con ella. >> tranquila... tÚ eres una m

late today giffords' husband, astronaut mark kelly, told "the houston chronicle" that his wife could be transferred from intensive care to the rehab unit sometime this week, perhaps as early as wednesday. however, that move could be delayed by what's being called a side effect of her injury. a buildup of fluid on her brain. in a recovery that seemed to exceed expectations, a setback for gabrielle giffords.çó her transfer to the rehab center of a houston hospital has been postponed, and for now she remains in the trauma unit, where dr. john holcomb, a retired army colonel, oversees her care, bringing expertise from the battlefield of iraq and afghanistan. >> there's a little fluid collection that the docs put a drain into around her brain and that drain is still in place. with that drain in place, she can't leave the icu. ok >> reporter: experts say it's not uncommon to have the fluid drain in place for several weeks, but it doesn't put everything on hold. >> just because she's in the intensive care unit doesn't mean that she's not going to be able to receive rehabilitation. we're f

university of houston professor helen iba who wrote a book on the gulan movement said the movement got its start when he started in turkey. >> he began preaching in the late '60s and early '70s in turkey. he said we don't need more madrassas. we need schools that will promote science and math and secular students. one can be modern and one can be scientific and still be a good islam. >> he says the gulan movement is different from fundamentalist islam because they expect all faiths and believe religion is compatible with science. >> i think it's fair to say that islam has had difficult ney coming to terms with modernity, and in that i think that the gulan movement offers a much more positive picture of what islam can be. ♪ ♪ gulan inspired volunteers to bring turkish culture with them. they sponsored an olympiad where students compete in turkish dance and song. they compete in ankara, turkey. there are more than 1,000 gulan-inspired schools in almost 100 countries. >> that lies at the core of this -- of this movement. to be a good muslim, you have to be well educated and to be a go

houston is also home to the johnson space center where the husband mark kelly is an astronaut. at some point he could return to work and still see his wife everyday. >> meanwhile, the young man accused of shooting giffords is scheduled to make his next federal court appearance on monday where he is expected to enter a plea. jared loughner is accused of killing six and wounding 13 others. the plane just landed. this is the medical chopper that will take her to the icu at texas medical center and from there she will be transferred to the rehab center. >> a decision by a major pharmaceutical company could delay executions. they say it will no longer manufacturer the drug a key ingredient used in lethal injections. they are being forced to stop production at the plant in italy because they couldn't guarantee that the drug wouldn't be used for executions. a shortage of the other drug has disrupted executions nationwide including a scheduled execution here in california last year. >> former giants player barry bonds is in court. he is charged with lying to a federal grand jury about

nbc's janet shamlian in houston for us tonight. good evening. >> reporter: hi, lester. a small setback for gabrielle giffords tonight. she may not make it out of intensive care this week. doctors say she has a buildup of fluid on her brain, and while that's not unexpected, it does need to be watched. gaby giffords will remain in the trauma unit of the houston hospital longer than planned, but her rehabilitation hasn't been affected. her husband, astronaut mark kelly, messaging on twitter today, "gabrielle starts her second day of rehab in 20 minutes at memorial hermann. no weekends off for here." for now, a buildup of fluid in her brain is keeping giffords in the hospital's intensive care unit. doctors say the buildup has eased some over the weekend, a good sign. >> there's a little fluid collection that the docs there put a drain into around her brain and that drain is still in place. with that drain in place, she can't leave the icu. >> reporter: experts say the fluid is an expected side effect from a brain injury such as giffords and the temporary drain could stay in

and she's someone that deeply feels what's going on around here. >> she was welcomed to houston s welcome. >> get well soon! >> we are excited to have her he in our city. >> although doctors won't say how long she'll need to say. please tell us we have another beautiful day ahead. >> that one today was hard to bt . outside right now we are looking very clear over the bay, and see the moon out there, too. looks like it's going to stay that way for most of us, and pretty warm temperatures to go along with that, and high pressure in control going to stick around not only for the next couple of days, but next few days maybe all week long. here it is, that weak disturbance rolling over the top of it, and bringing in clouds moving on through. i think tomorrow we're talking mostly sunny skies again, and hazy conditions in the afternoon, temperatures 60s and 70s as we head tomorrow afternoon. winter's day looking more like spring as we head towards tomorrow afternoon, once again. numbers outside, still pretty warm santa rosa 66 degrees, and cooler at 47 degrees in the napa valley, 60 degrees in s

road ahead of her. >> a road that friday will take her to the texas rehabilitation and research in houston. >> she's got an outstanding world class reputation. the doctors and nurses there are among the best at treating penetrating head injuries like gabby has been dealing with. >> giffords' husband said he considered several facilities but in the end houston made the most sense for their family. closer to his children and his job as an astronaut at johnson space center. >> it's going to let me be there by her side as much as possible every single day. >> reporter: kelly also made a bold promise that giffords would soon be back in tucson. >> she'll be walking, talking and in two months you'll see her walking through the front door of this building. >> reporter: as her recovery moves forward, so does the investigation of the accused gunman jared loughner. a federal grand jury has indicted loughner, his first opportunity answer the initial charges will come at a preliminary hearing set for monday in phoenix. jay gray for nbc bay area news. >>> high school students in arizona meanwhile are al

houston is also home to the johnson space center where the husband mark kelly is an astronaut. at some point he could return to work and still see his wife everyday. >> meanwhile, the young man accused of shooting giffords is scheduled to make his next federal court appearance on monday where he is expected to enter a plea. jared loughner is accused of killing six and wounding 13 others. the plane just landed. this is the medical chopper that will take her to the icu at texas medical center and from there she will be transferred to the rehab center. >> a decision by a major pharmaceutical company could delay executions. they say it will no longer manufacturer the drug a key ingredient used in lethal injections. they are being forced to stop production at the plant in italy because they couldn't guarantee that the drug wouldn't be used for executions. a shortage of the other drug has disrupted executions nationwide including a scheduled execution here in california last year. >> former giants player barry bonds is in court. he is charged with lying to a federal grand jury about

the los angeles third then houston followed by baltimore, maryland. the san francisco/oakland area is ranked 6th and the city of san jose ranked as a separate region comes in at 22. >> a big reason why the commute is so bad in some cities like chicago is because of all the current road work and construction going on. the study looked at 439 urban areas across the country. the texas transportation institute at texas a&m conducts the annual survey. you can find the entire study on our website abc7news.com. reporting live in the news room, jenelle wang. >> a positive economic sign this morning. fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week. the labor department said the number of people asking for benefits fell by 37,000 and that's a bigger drop than experts anticipated. applications must continue to falcon sis tently to 375,000 or fewer to reduce the unemployment rate. >> a serious warning from the university of california. u.c. president mark udoff says campuses will have to turn away tens of thousands of students over the next decade becaus

gabrielle giffords arrived in houston, moved to tears by well wishers. smiling at a joke. and our bob woodruff on the details of therapy for a brain injury. >>> jump starting jobs. the president puts a business titan in charge of powering up employment. >>> scolded by the pope. italy's prime minister gets a parental rebuke from the holy father, amid allegations of prostitutes. >>> party animals. it turns out monkeys social drink and get drunk, even abstain exactly the same way humans do. >>> and music made poetry for the deaf. an amazing young woman. the joy of our "person of the week." >>> good evening to you this friday. today, congresswoman gabrielle giffords traveled 1,000 miles to begin the next phase of her long journey back. 13 days after a bullet pierced her brain, this is a photo as she was carried onto a plane in tucson. she arrived four hours later in houston, where she will begin intense rehabilitation for mind and body and abc's ryan owens is at the texas medical center tonight with all of it. ryan? >> reporter: good evening to you, diane. doctors here are not

the los angeles third then houston followed by baltimore, maryland. the san francisco/oakland area is ranked 6th and the city of san jose ranked as a separate region comes in at 22. >> a big reason why the commute is so bad in some cities like chicago is because of all the current road work and construction going on. the study looked at 439 urban areas across the country. the texas transportation institute at texas a&m conducts the annual survey. you can find the entire study on our website abc7news.com. reporting live in the news room, jenelle wang. >> a positive economic sign this morning. fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week. the labor department said the number of people asking for benefits fell by 37,000 and that's a bigger drop than experts anticipated. applications must continue to falcon sis tently to 375,000 or fewer to reduce the unemployment rate. >> a serious warning from the university of california. u.c. president mark udoff says campuses will have to turn away tens of thousands of students over the next decade becaus

i-10 from san antonio to houston and new orleans. >> if you're flying expect delays in salt lake city, denver, minneapolis, kansas city, dallas and houston. >>> we return now to the top story of the morning, the host of abc's "this week," christiane amanpour is in cairo. leading our coverage of the crisis in egypt. >> she arrived in one of the last flights into the city. and she describes a nerve-racking post-curfew drive from the airport. >> reporter: we're driving from the airport into town. practically deserted. very few cars but there are bans of vigilantes, ad hoc neighborhood watch groups, young men and boys out with wooden batons. metal bars, even machetes. they are watching out for looters and any criminals. they have gathered to protect their property, while it was tense, they were also friendly and waved us through. >> christiane and her crew said they arrived to find a city in chaos. the protesters calling for the ouster of president hosni mubarak. secus made of disenfranchised secular groups. as well as religious groups as well. christiane sat down with mohamed elbaradei,

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but on december 30, even winter for houston, the health department came in of the city of houston and said, you can't do this anymore. because you don't have a permit to distribute food. and you also cook this food in a kitchen that is not certified by the city of houston. the health department said the poor is susceptible to disease so we're going to shut you down. like amanda gale said, i guess the health department -- she said the health department would rather they go hungry, eat out of dumpsters than to get a hot-cooked meal from somebody that doesn't have a certified kitchen and doesn't have a permit to distribute food. in fact, the city of houston cleanup crews have gone through this area and taken the sleeping bags and the blankets away from these individuals and of course amanda gale and her kitchen folks continue to supply them with whatever they need. you know, the amanda gale and tray hairing have both tried to contact the health department. they have received no answer about why they were shut down and how they can re-open. because they want to follow the law them. want t

"the houston chronicle" is quoting one of gabrielle giffords' doctors, dr. john holcomb, saying that the buildup of fluid around gabby giffords' brain could keep her in a houston intensive care unit a little longer than expected, perhaps till the end of the week. that would mean a delay of her transfer to a full time rehabilitation facility just down the street could be delayed, and that is where she was likely to spend the next four to six months. >> this sounds like a setback. is it a setback or is this routine in cases like this? >> reporter: right now it's not clear exactly how major a setback this is, but the buildup of fluid is not something that is new. it's something doctors have known about for awhile and have been dealing with since last week. keep in mind, large portions of her skull were removed to relieve swelling after she was shot. a setback like this is something they expect and that's why they inserted a catheter when the congresswoman was in tucson to drain some of that fluid away but it also notes the amount of fluid has gone down and it i

abc news, houston. >> abc's bob woodruff knows how difficult it is to recover from a traumatic brain injury. a road side bombing in iraq almost killed him five years ago. bob talked to diane sawyer about some of the more surprising aspects of recovery. >> the congresswoman we know speaks fluent spanish. you speak multiple languages and you woke up speaking chinese and italian? >> chinese and french. i wish i did noah tall yuan. there is a possibility she may wake up and speak spanish better than she speaks english. scientists believe the languages you learn before you are six are in a different part of the brain than those you learned after age six. so there are sometimes you could be hit in part of the brain that affects one and not the others. >> and despite his uh -- uh finish tee for foreign languages, it took him 10 minutes to recite the english alphabet early on. >>> on the east coast, another winter storm roared through today. across the nation we have seen record snowfall and record low temperatures and a record number of storms. climate scientists say global warming is the c

her family said she'll be transferred friday to a rehab facility in houston. meanwhile, ben tracy reports we have a fuller picture tonight of how the attempted assassination played out. >> he's walking quickly. he's not running. the weapon is down at hills right side. >> there are multiple victims. we need a lot more units here. >> reporter: as the shots rang out that fateful saturday, security cameras at the safeway store were rolling. sheriffs deputy rick kastigar has now seen the tape and exactly what he said jared loughner did. >> he walks immediately up to congresswoman giffords, and within perhaps two to three feet fires one bullet right in her forehead. >> reporter: police say loughner was wearing ear plugs. he fired 32 bullets in less than 15 seconds hitting 19 people. one of them, judge john roll was shot in the back while shielding ron barber from taking another bullet. >> i believe he's a hero. to be very honest with you. >> reporter: with congresswoman giffords expected to arrive at this houston rehabilitation center on friday her parents wrote in

they feel she can easily go through the rigors of jet airplane travel to houston, texas. >> reporter: yeah, brian. her doctors say she's making remarkable strides. she's hitting the benchmarks necessary to leave this hospital. they say obviously they wouldn't let her leave if she wasn't ready. they certainly believe she is close to that, brian. >> just astoundingly good news amid all the bad news they have had lately there in tucson, arizona. miguel, thanks. >>> now we go to washington. it's been called the most important relationship between any two countries anywhere on earth right now. the u.s. and china. massive economic impact, huge differences between the two countries. so much on the line. and tonight the chinese president, hu jintao is in washington for talks with president obama, for a state dinner tonight with three american presidents in attendance. there were tensions visible earlier today between what the "wall street journal" called the world's long-time super power and its rising asian rival. what's happening right now in washington, enormously important for the u.s. le

paso que es la primera y lago segunda que se está manejando. >> pero él su destino final iba a ser houston. >> el segundo gran rumor que se está abriendo es de por la polo ri ri rizoción de la justicia él sintió esta presión y estaba aislándose de alguna manera. >> desde el mento que obviamente el caso explota a principios de año. >> no tiene que ver con la justicia mexicana, no él cumplió con requisitos migratorio en estados unidos como tu lo decías raúl que es la i 94 que tenía que entregarla al momento si quería tomaron avión en houston y fue la equivocación, si él estaba hu twloeyendo o no es ot tema. >> no s é si estaba asesorado. >> pero la gran pregunta es qué hora quería tomarlo avión, porq supimos que libra esta baleta de en carcelación en la mañana, y entonces él ten cua saber me están buscando autoridades como se me ocurre salir del pía. >> cuando hay un caso legales los abogados tienden saber antes que el juez firmen, estoy seguro que los abogados saa baibían qua orden venían. >> a las nueve de la noche del miércoles casi en vivo en directo cuando el

area and everywhere else, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity. >>> and doctors in houston say that less than three weeks after she was shot in the head, arizona representative gabrielle giffords is recovering at lightning speed. >>> now to a modern-day problem that's become a common sign on any street, pedestrians distracted by their electronic devices. but there are new efforts aimed at curbing that behavior. jim axelrod reports. >> reporter: the body under the tarp was a man named jason king. last month in new york, he was run over by a truck backing up. king's ipod may have drowned out the truck's warning signal. >> the one thing we haven't done is reminding people about how to be a safe walker. >> reporter: a 31-year-old california man, and a 39-year-old alabama woman were both hit by trains while on their cell phones. after four straight years of declines, the latest numbers show an increase in pedestrian deaths. and the evidence suggests electronic devices may be to blame. >> really, really need to pay attention to the streets, and again, where you're going. >> repor

it's her favorite song. >> good morning, houston. want to say thanks to gabrielle for the great choice for wakeup music. i've been meaning to get it into her room. have a little music in the background for her. >> reporter: what would be the most wonderful thing to see a year from now? >> a year? i've given her -- i told the doctors, i put her on a schedule. i told her that, she's going to be walking in two weeks, and, you know, that's -- i've told her this already. she has the goal, so -- >> reporter: kelly hopes soon, he will hear his wife's voice. >> might be ten minutes after we're done here. because that's where i'm going. i mean, i'm going to walk out of this room and i'll be by gabrielle's bedside. so, i'm hopeful. gabrielle giffords is too tough to let this beat her. >> reporter: and what do you think she'd most want to say to everybody listening tonight, if she could? >> you know, she would say that, you know, it's time to turn, you know, turn something really bad into something good. >> reporter: how many more days can you

houston, giffords' husband, nasa commander mark kelly, has said he will decide within two weeks if he will command the spaceship "endeavor's" final mission in april. >> mark has trained with this crew for over a year so he's the ideal person. and so, he's the ideal person. we feel he is up and ready to go and would be undistracted by, you know, the circumstances that he is currently in. >> reporter: do you have a prediction if whether he'll want to go or not want to go? >> i have a prediction. >> reporter: what's your prediction? >> i'm not going to talk about it yet. >> reporter: we know mark will weigh above all what he thinks gabby would want. after all, as he has said before, she is the closest he's come to heaven. in a sign that giffords' office is actually getting back to normal business, the congresswoman's twitter account is actually updated for the very first time today, on her behalf, with her staff wishing hero intern daniel her dan news happy 21st birthday. diane? >> yes. and by the way, astronaut mark kelly will be watching from the

don teague, cbs news, houston. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" this morning, a mixed day for stocks in asia. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. good morning, ashley. >> reporter: and good morning to you, bill. well, asian markets saw some bargain hunting. japan's nikkei gained more than 1% while hong kong's hang seng lost a fraction. dow futures are higher this morning. the dow was up nearly 1% while the nasdaq was down more than 2%. >>> a just-released survey from the national association for business economics shows 82% expect the economy to grow by anywhere from 2% to 4% this year. that's up sharply from the 54% who predicted that back in october. the quarterly survey also shows the highest status for growth in the dozen years that the survey has been taken. >>> another sign the economy isn't beginning to improve. the number of companies filing for bankruptcy is declining sharply. last year 106 companies filed for bankruptcy. that's less than half that filed the year before, according to the bankruptcy data dotcom. and the number of companies at immediate risk of fai

. >> she it has been moved to the rehabilitation hospital in houston. she will be treated at a center in houston that is known for its cutting edge it treatment. meanwhile, california law restricting the sale of and then ammunition will not be enforced. the law is unconstitutional. it will have created uncertainty by forcing gun shot to decide for themselves what types of bullets recovered. the bill will also require emanation to be bought in the face-to- face transaction that will not have prevented the tragedy. we're now looking at live pictures in paterson of the car that we have been telling you about trippet newscasts. i possible suspect cap. the dive teams have been searching and again and toyota corolla is the car that the suspects have kidnapped of for year- old boy who was riding in it. a car witnessed happen, a car matching the description happened to be seen in going into the canal. now we're seeing the carpool of the canal. we are awaiting word from officials to see whether this is in fact the suspect's car and what they are finding inside.

she'll be moving to houston tomorrow morning to begin rehab, and as ryan owens reports, her husband and doctors shared other encouraging signs of progress. >> reporter: for the first time in almost two weeks, gabby giffords saw sunlight today. doctors wheeled her outside to a hospital deck. her husband, mark kelly, says he believes she's trying to talk to him. mouthing words she can't yet speak because of the tube in her throat. >> i'm extremely hopeful that gabby is going to make a full recovery. she'll be walking, talking and in two months you'll see her walking through the front door of this building. >> she is beginning to stand with assistance. she's scrolling through an ipad. these are fantastic advancements forward. they do indicate higher cognitive function. i do want to caution everyone that she has a long road ahead of her. >> reporter: the next stop is this rehabilitation hospital in houston. tomorrow, giffords will be flown by air ambulance to texas, where she will meet her new team of doctors, led by colonel john holcomb, one of the army's top trauma surgeons. his experienc

12 días que recibió un balazo, la congresista se levantó de su cuarto, mañana será trasladada hasta houston. >>> dice que confía enormemente en que su esposa volverá a caminar y hablar. y aunque sus médicos hacen buenos pronóstico dicen que queda mucho camino por recorrer. >>> el neurólogo confirmó que se para con asistencia y puede ver fotografías. >>> como que se dio cuenta que la gente la necesita, y es algo que tiene que ver como con conexión con la gente. >>> fueron testigos como los buenos deseos lograron el avance. >>> todo el apoyo es por su persona, por todo el apoyo, ella está recibiendo. >>> mañana viernes será traslada al centro de rehabilitación en houston, lo escogieron por tener más experiencia. >>> la prioridad es que reciba el mejor cuidado, es la ciudad donde kelly trabaja como astronauta. >>> esta pronta recuperación sorprendió a todos, desde los médicos hasta las personas que vinieron a dar sus muestras de cariño, y dijo que también le tocó la cara y es un gran aliento. >>> el esposo dijo que sí puede hablar, pero puede ver? porque ese era un temor? >

she's being transferred from her tucson hospital to a rehab facility in houston. >>> some wicked winter weather rolls out of the midwest, straight into the northeast, just in time for this morning's rush hour. the snow and ice will be followed by some of the coldest temperatures so far this season. >>> president obama tours a g.e. plant in upstate new york today. and will announce that g.e. chief executive jeffrey immelt will head his new economic advisory board. that board will focus on job creation and competitiveness. >>> there is ford that former haitian dictator, baby doc duvalier might speak to reporters, after his surprising return to his homeland. >>> three decades after their captivity in iran came to an end, some of the hostages are getting together for a reunion. it's taking place at the u.s. military academy at west point. and will be the site of their emotional homecoming. with active naturals wheat formulas, that target even the weakest parts of hair with hydrating proteins to help repair damage in just 3 washes. for softer, stronger... ... hair with life. [ female announc

two masked gunmen walked into the chase bank in pearland, texas, just south of houston. police say the suspects beat up the bank manager and were trying to make their getaway when the first officer pulled up. >> shots were fired. by both the suspect and we believe at this time, our officer. >> reporter: the suspects retreated back into the bank, and held seven people, employees and customers, hostage. 60 officers, including fbi agents and s.w.a.t. members surrounded the bank. about two hours later, five of those hostages were released unharmed. they were handcuffed as a precaution. >> i was worried the whole time. >> reporter: this woman's boyfriend was one of the hostages. she tried to reach him on his cell phone. someone else answered. >> my brother called the phone while he was there to check on me to make sure that i was okay, and the bank robber answered his phone and told him not to call that phone again, that he would be using it to talk to the police. >> reporter: late this evening, all of those negotiations apparently paid off. police say the gunman agreed to re

nbc's janet shamlian remains on this story in houston, texas. hey, janet, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. gabrielle giffords was moved out of intensive care and into a rehab center today. her condition was upgraded from serious to good and a new phase of her recovery now begins. an ambulance carried gabrielle giffords from a houston hospital to its nearby rehab center this morning. a short distance, but a significant step in the congresswoman's recovery. with streets closed and security tight, her husband, astronaut mark kelly, rode up front and offered reporters a thumb's up. giffords had been in the trauma unit since her arrival friday. doctors were waiting for a buildup of fluid in her brain to subside before moving her. >> since gabby arrived last friday, we have noticed daily improvements in her neurological condition. we're very pleased with that. in terms of recovery for brain issues, this is really at lightning speed. >> reporter: doctors say she still has a tracheostomy but they will slowly wean her from that. she

>> reporter: giffords arrived in houston on friday. after a heart felt send off from tucson. >> i felt like we were letting go of a family member, but she is going to come back. >> reporter: they lined the route. cheering as the ambulance passed. doctor said she responded. >> when i drove with her in the ambulance and saw her reaction to the cheering in the streets, it confirmed to me that she knows what is going on. >> reporter: giffords was taken to the hospital's trauma unit. where she will stay for the next few days. it is going well so far according to her husband, astronaut mark kelly. who tweeted that she was settled in and was doing great in her new room. and encouraging news from a nurse. during the flight to houston when this photograph was taken. tracy culbert described how she play the with her ring. >> i took it off and asked her if she wanted to see it. >> she took it and was looking at it and turning it to see all sides of the ring and put it onto her finger to hold on to it. >> reporter: it is doctors say, another sign

. >>> gabrielle giffords is spending her first full day in a rehab hospital in houston exactly two weeks after the tucson tragedy. we're learning more about how she's doing and about the gruelling rehabilitation she faces. we begin with clayton sandell in houston tonight. >> reporter: gabrielle giffords may still be in intensive care, but today, she was very busy. >> we have physical therapy and speech therapy and occupational therapy as well. >> reporter: doctors still don't know whether she can speak. >> we're trying to figure out what she can do. we can design the best therapies for her. >> reporter: overall, they say she's progressing very well, just over 24 hours after her whirlwind trip from tucson to houston. by ambulance, jet and helicopter. today her husband tweeted gg all settled in here, doing great in her new room. hopefully over to tirr in a day or two. tirr is giffords' next stop, the institute for rehabilitation and research, one of the country's top centers for treating patients with brain injuries like daniel. >> i'm not back 100%. >> in 1993, vaughn was a police officer

but giffords herself, as you know, will be 1,400 miles away in a houston hospital and bob woodruff has more on that. >> reporter: abc has learned that congresswoman gabrielle giffords may be released from intensive care into the rehab hospital, here to memorial herma hermann, as early as this week. the fluid accumulation in her brain that had been a concern to doctors has already started to subside. meanwhile, at tonight's state of the union in a show of solidarity with the congresswoman and the people of tucson, members of both parties will be wearing these black and white ribbons. in a special gesture, her friends in congress are leaving one seat unfilled. >> i'm really glad to see that there's going to be a chair left empty to symbolize what we all know will be a triumphant return to the house of representatives when she comes back to us full strength. >> reporter: back here in houston, giffords' husband, nasa commander mark kelly, has said he will decide within two weeks if he will command the spaceship "endeavor's" final mission in april. >> mark has trained with this crew for ove

i want to caution everyone that she has a long road ahead of her. >> tomorrow she will be flown to houston to be treated here at the memorial hermann hospital. >> when i went in i couldn't walk, i could barely talk. my speech was slurred. i couldn't add. >> her husband says he hold told the staff to expect a thank you from his wife in person. >> i should expect to she her walking within a couple months. >> jared lee loughner, the man accused of trying to kill her is due back in court on monday. he faces numerous charges, including attempts sasination and arizona plans to charge him with six murders. >> and now top stores all around the bay area. >> reporter: students are bracing for more cuts. the president said it could lead to fewer students being admitted, fewer courses offered. dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> reporter: in san francisco, and around the bay, the commute is getting better according to a new study. for the first time in 30 years san francisco is not in the top five for the worst 2 commutes in the country. this year it took sixth place. there is less congestion because there is