>> an arizona congresswoman a victim of a >> alan: good evening. arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is fighting for her life tonight. six people are dead and 12

others wound after a gunmap fired in a town hall gathering today. giffords was a figurative target of the right, and today she became the actual target of a gunman. >> reporter: we're here at the hospital where congresswoman give give giffords is being treated. she is being kept in a medically induced coma after a shooting that has stunned the nation, and members of the community are praying for the victims. >> the gunman shoot gabrielle giffords outside this supermarket point blank, and then just kept firing. >> i was three feet from her. i was shaking to my core. >> when it was over, 19 lay on the ground, gunned down, six of them killed, among them, three of giffords' staffers, a nine-year-old girl, and federal judge john roll who just came by

to say hello. >> he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. i hope she will survive. this is a very very -- devastating wound. >> a tragedy for arizona, and a tragedy for our entire country. >> the suspect, jared loughner, was tackled by a bystander and taken into custody as police swarmed the scene. tonight the sheriff made a startling revelation. >> we're not convinced he acted alone. there's some reason to believe he came to this location with another individual. >> reporter: authorities describe loughner as troubled, reject by the army and angry with the government. the sheriff said poiseonous pushes the violence. >> the anger, the hatred, the bigotry in this country is

getting to be outrageous. >> reporter: and earlier today there was another scare for this community. police discovered a suspicious package outside of the congresswoman's office. they evacuated the area, and it turned out to be a coffee can with strange lettering. abc news. now back to you. >> alan: now, as we mentioned, six people lost their lives in tucson today. they include 63-year-old john roll, federal district court judge. he had been the target of past threats for his rulings on immigration. the youngest victim was a nine-year-old who was interested no going to thal because she was recently elected to her student council. giffords' director of community outreach was killed. gabriel simple ehrman -- simmer man, and dorothy murray, who

died along with a 37-year-old. we're learning an eye witness to the shooting was a former emergency room doctor who played dead to save his life. >> the congresswoman was talking to several people. i went to the side of the table, alongside a concrete post, and i looked up and i saw a man shoot her in the head. and then he began to spray gunfire everywhere. at that point i ducked behind the concrete post and as he came around it. the whole thing unfolded in maybe 12 or 15 seconds. as he came around it, i laid on the ground and acted as of i were shot. when i checked on her, she was actually conscious and moving her extremities and was being held up in a halfway sitting position with heir face covered. >> alan: we're learning more about the shooting suspect. jared lee loughner. a community college in few ton says -- tucson says he had five

encounters with police because of library disruptions. authorities found a youtube video about the school. he was told he needed a mental health note indicating he would not be a danger to anyone or himself. his myspace page was taken down immediately after he was named a suspect. in the bay area, local congressional colleagues were season by the news. lisa amin gulezian attended an event in san francisco where a somber-looking nancy nancy pelod a moment of silence. >> some of the state's leaders struggled to express their corn over congress person gabrielle giffords. nancy pelosi met with her constituents today during an annual event.

still at the top of mind was arizona's e's congresswoman. >> our prayers and thoughts are with off of them, all of their families. congresswoman giffords is a great patriotic american. >> she led a moment of silence for her kole expleeg friend. >> our job is to talk to people. >> reporter: the east bay congressman took part in the moment of silence. he knows giffords well. they share the same style of communication and hold on the corner events. >> she paid a huge price for being able to her constituency, to answer question's not hide back in a room some place with a photo op and a sound bite. >> security for most elect officials is light. the congressman arrived for our meeting accompanied only by an aide. still, he insisted what happened in tucson today will not make him change his ways.

>> i'll stay where i am, on the street corner with you or whomever. i don't like the security. >> reporter: but security at the former house speakers event was very tight. staffers would not say if security levels were heightened because of today's event. security for pelosi's elent -- event was tight. in san francisco, lisa amin gulezian, abc-7 news. >> alan: a former fbi agent in san francisco says the only way to have prevent an attack like this is if the shooter had made threats against the congresswoman and the threat had been investigated. >> you can't change the entire methodology of a congress person speaking to their cob sit -- constituents. they want to talk to people. they need votes when it's election time. i don't think you change that

fundmentally. you just to investigate these things individually. >> alan: the shooting brings up the serious issue of security for politicians. amy hollyfield spoke with three local members of congress, including congresswoman jackie spear, who said she had flashbacks after hearing the news. >> reporter: the congress members we spoke with are howeverred horrified but encyst they will continue to meet with con did -- constituents in become. jackie speaker was 28 years old when she witnessed the killing of her boss, leo ryan. the only congressman to be assist nateed in u.s. history at the people's temple in guyana. that was on her mind today when she heard the news. >> sick to my stomach and in

total disbelief. the more we heard, the more anxious i became. >> spear and other representatives aren't willing to stop appearing in public in the name of safety. instead, the point that kept coming up today was the tone of the country. >> there's so minute hate and mall mall mall live being spewed, and we have to lower the level of rhetoric. >> reporter: officials don't want to jump to conclusions but the shootings ref brought attention to the heated political arguments taking place across the country. >> if there's any kind of political rhetoric that has given this individual somehow permission to go forward and think this is all right, then i think that we need to examine that. >> mike thompson of napa says a couple of his town hall meetings

over health care turned ugly and the level of anger has made him uncomfortable. >> not with standing what happened, the level of discourse has to change in this country. it makes it near prohibitive to get the work of the people done. >> the representatives we spoke with say gabrielle giffords is very committed to doing the work of the people. and they call the attack on her an assault on democracy. >> a very, very sad day. i can't pretend and say that this isn't unsettling to me, because it is. it's very -- it's highly unsettling. >> reporter: giffords had received threats and had the windows of her arizona office shattered, but bay area representatives tell me it doesn't surprise me she was still out there at the shopping center talking to consistent tiewts. they say she keeps working and doing what is right for the people she represents. >> alan: giffords was among the

representatives targeted by the tea party for defeat in the last election. tonight, sarah palin's face book page still displays the crosshairs of a gun sight over districts that are vulnerable. because of the shooting spree the house of representatives is postponing the vote to repeal the new healthcare law. it's been on the top of the publican party's priority list ever since they took control of the house. the shooting comes amid a highly charged political environment that has seen several dangerous threats against lawmakers. in april, 48-year-old man pleaded guilty after threatening house speaker nancy pelosi. he called her and threatened to destroy her northern california home if she voted for healthcare reform in july, a sacramento area man known for his anger died during a shootout with

highway patrol officers. it was discovered the 45-year-old byron williams planned to attack the acl expu the tides foundation. >> the scheduled college basketball game between the university of arizona and stanford was postponed. the university of arizona chose to delay the game out of respect for the victims and their families, and arizona's contingent for the home game is involved in the shooting incident. it's reset for 11:30 a.m. pacific time tomorrow in arizona. i. up next, a shooting at a son he say night club. and san francisco's supervisors pick a new mayor today. the man who will lead the city in the year ahead. >> oakland mayor jean quan takes a walk in one of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods. >> leigh: seeing the fog start to break up a little bit

tonight, which is good news. a little more sunshine tomorrow. warmer temperatures. but there's also rain in ourur .

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>> alan: breaking news from the south bay to report. san jose police are on the scene of a nightclub shooting that left two people dead and a third injured. police were called to the mexicali club at 8:30 where the found three men with multiple gun shot wound. two were dead at the scene, another was rush to the hospita and is expected to survive. san francisco is on the verge of having its first asian-american mayor. >> congratulations. [applause] >> alan: today, new members of the board of supervisors were sworn in, and they immediately re-elected david chiu as board president. on friday, the outgoing board voted city administrator ed lee as interim mayor, and lee is expected to be -- voted in this

tuesday. >> oakland mayor jean quan took to the streets and went door-to-do today in beat 33x. it's the focus of mayor quan's new crime reduction and rejustify nation plan. there have been 1500 arrests in the area in five years. the unemployment rate for young men is 28%. quan wants neighbors to get involved in making the streets safer is and asking them to join a new crime prevention council. >> a beautiful thing. she interact with the people in the dismaibd the city, which is a beautiful thing. >> i like her already. >> alan: quan also encouraged neighbors to couple out for an event to clean up the streets of oakland in on -- observance of the martin luther king national holiday. >> football players at the hunger goal were put to work

today. the event included 90 players from boston college and nevada. the idea is to inspire athletes to give back to their communities. the fight hunger bowl is committed to advancing the goal of providing 20 million meals to families across the anything. now leigh glaser here. >> leigh: big guys there. >> alan: large men surveying the mac and cheese. what's it going to be like for the game? >> leigh: starting to see the fog bank thin out a little bit. this is our high definition golden gate bridge camera. you can see the span. things are starting to break up a little bit out there, which is good news, which means we'll see a little more sunshine tomorrow, and that's going to translate to warmer temperatures for us. speaking of numbers, here's how we look right now. 39 in napa. sap rafael. 44 in san francisco and redwood

city. 46 in san jose. inland, antioch, 38, and 41 in livermore. i want to show you our visibility. the past several nights they have been quite low, below a mile. but they're coming up a little bit. three miles in novato. 9 miles, sfo. 8 miles, san jose, 3 miles in concord and livermore. overnight we will continue to see the widespread cloudiness and pockets of dense fog, clearing tomorrow afternoon, and that's going lead to warmer temperatures, and looks like the long-range forecast is calling for rain in the bay area next week. north and east bay locations in the 30s, especially with clear pockets. watch out where the fog sits on the ground and could be talking black ice. we're still seeing the slight offshore winds picking up that

dense valley fog in the central valley and pushing it towards the bay and the coast, and this will continue tonight, although we have had a cold front start to make its way across the bay area, and this frontal system is helping to scour out some of the fog. there goes the cold front. we're now developing high pressure behind this, and as this continues, that front keeps on going on towards the east. we'll start to see less fog by tomorrow afternoon, and that's going to mean more sunshine for us, and of course warmer temperatures. in fact you can take a look at our fogcast. fog especially towards the delta, and then by late tomorrow afternoon, it should burn off quickly, and that's going to mean temperatures in the past several days in the 40s will rebound in the mid-to-low 50s tomorrow. may keep a touch of fog near the coast. 53 for san francisco tomorrow. in the north bay, temperatures

jump up to near 50. for novato and petaluma. oakland, 54. interior east bay, a little fog there so keep numbers in the up per 40s. 47 for antioch, and 56, almost a heat wave, for santa cruz. tomorrow, another mild day, sunshine on monday. clouds thicken tuesday. a chance of showers for us on wednesday. rain returns for the entire bay area on thursday. in through friday. so monday and tuesday, dry, and then things get wet again. >> alan: thanks a lot, leigh. on to shu, another exciting wild card playoff game. >> mike: wild card weekend and a day for underdogs. and we

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