live from the bay area's new station if this is the kron 4 morning news. >> good morning these are some of the top stories were working on for you this morning. an assassination attempt in arizona least six

people dead in congress woman gabriel and critical condition. the looking for possible second suspect. we have an update coming up. >> california top lawmakers react to the shooting calling the attack a devastating blow to democracy. >> before we get to that one to take a live look at the city of san francisco the left side and the view from mount tam on the right. >> as check-in with brian vatican he has a pretty good forecast for you today. >> good sunday morning to you, and nicer day on the way today i think because there should be some more sunshine for the afternoon. in the meantime, a cloudy start for this morning by the afternoon 4:00 p.m. look for clouds and sunshine mixed and with a little bit of sunshine working its way in temperatures should warm up a few degrees. look for highs in the low 50s not mild whatsoever. at least warmer than what we had

yesterday. '40's for a antioch and fairfield antioch 47 degrees. going into tomorrow as a similar day with fog in the morning and then sunshine into the afternoon hours. warmer temperatures plot perhaps warmest places and to the mid-50s. changes for tuesday weather system is rolling in off the pacific and will bring increasing clouds and the chance for some rain coming up tuesday night and watch our weather for next week. all toluol about it and show you the here is a look at your 7 day around the bay around the bay coming up. >> congress woman fights for life this morning she was shot in the head at public events. she's in an induced, at an arizona hospital. gabriel a difference were meeting with her constituents yesterday when i got opened fire. six people were killed including the federal judge in a nine year-old girl. more than a dozen people were wounded. the suspect is in custody

this morning and paul has the latest. >> she is in critical condition and unconscious her husband is by your side. tucson. it the city rocked by the shooting rampage. >> prayer for peace and healing go through tucson arizona hours after gunmen opened fire at a small meet and greet with constituents hosted by arizona congresswoman gabrielle gifford. >> shooting any innocent people let alone >> he continued to fire sort of rapidly, point blank range. >> 18 people were shot six fatally including one of the congressman's aides, federal judge john role in 9 year-old christina green. >> she came in on the tragedy and now she's going

out on a tragedy. >> congresswoman was shot to the brain and is an emergency surgery. >> very optimistic that she is following commands. they are arrested 22 year-old jerry lee law after he's in federal custody. >> is a troubled past, were not convinced that he acted alone. >> while investigators tried to piece together the community is time to piece back together it's a security and free for those still fighting for their lives. i'm glad to see more people here supporting the community and showing people hate can't prevail. authorities say there's another person of interest in the case somebody who's possibly associated with the shooter all white male in his '40's or 50's and it would discuss more on this other person later on at a news conference. reporting from tucson. >> the man in this photograph is the one that he's talking about may have

helped the gunmen allegedly tried to kill efforts. please looking for him, they say he was at the grocery store at the time of the shooting and may have driven lost there at the meeting. millage white man who may know the suspect. >> here in the bay area number of lawmakers to understand the dangers associated with public life took the stage at a look san francisco. top democrat nancy plus the has been this curse of been the threat. the crowd thinks it strengthens her resolve and lieutenant governor gavin is some violent extremism is a threat to democracy. >> to indulge in this insanity in that kind of environment is what makes this much more repressive and much more devastating on a lot of different levels. >> other political figures

in including state attorney general pamela harris call this week and shooting a tragedy. she said she will remain accessible to the public. >> jerry brown releases statement saturday saying i am deeply saddened to learn of the shooting of congress woman gave broker firms and others in tucson with thoughts and prayers go out to friends and family of those impacted by this terrible tragedy barbara boxer also offered these words. my thoughts " the families of those who perished in this respect and senseless tragedy. >> that will gifford is described as a conservative democrat to starting her third term. squeaking by 49 to 47%. she is a key swing vote in last year's health care for reform debate. although she is constantly criticizing the federal government for addressing

arizonas immigration problem she did not address the immigration law setting here with john baker that it would not stop immigration and that it's unconstitutional. it shows a voice concern about the laws and the impact on on undocumented students. she is married to nasa astronaut mark kelly. we're learning more about suspected gunmen jerry he's in custody but not talking to authorities. the local sheriff described him as mentally unstable. he's a tucson native of trinity college student, suspended for his disturbing online posting/september. a former classmate describes him as someone who disrupted class with occasional outbursts. neighbors say he mostly kept to himself. reggie tells about lophophores conflict with the law and government. >> is a youtube video of that jury released a few weeks ago the one video he rants about creating a new currency in problems with the government. both government officials and the

nearly all the people who don't know this accurate information about new currency arguello mind control and bring wash method. he writes about the number of people who are literate and congresswomen gabriel a difference district. the majority of people reside in her district are illiterate. hilarious. >> still had a deadly shooting in a nightclub in the south bay. well details coming up. >> a live look good side in walnut creek where compared yesterday looks like it's shaping up to be a clear day. attached warmer shall we say. a high of 47. will be back.

taking a live look at downtown san jose, slightly overcast skies and slightly warmer temperatures as well today compared to yesterday. should be reaching a high of 52 in san jose. >> two men were shot and

killed last night and the third man seriously injured in a nightclub shooting. the shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. last night witness says he heard shots. someone with a gun was trying to get into a nearby club. officers later found the two men dead the third victim was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive. police are searching for suspects. >> still ahead will have more on the shooting an investigation into the shooting the critically injured congresswoman gabrielle deferred that includes one of the victims that was a nine year-old girl she was killed in the crossfire. >> a live look inside san francisco near south of market to the forecast ahead it as we see some lightness on the horizon.

as we continue to monitor the situation in arizona

where debra democrat woman gabrielle gifford is possible as this morning. she went under went to our surgery she is among 13 women wounded when a gunman opened fire and set a grocery store yesterday in tucson. six people and killed including arizona chief federal judge and a nine year-old girl. authorities don't know the motive behind the attack, they do have a suspect in custody and looking for a possible accomplice. >> when more free now on the nine year-old girl shot and killed christine taylor green was one of six people who were killed in the shooting. her father said christina was a special girl. >> so she came on a in on a tragedy and now she's gone out on a tragedy. the nine years in between were very special. we were four people in our three. a lichen says

we're going to be strong for each other and we're going to honor christine of. >> she just been elected to the student council at her school, she attended difference meeting to learn more about the political process. her father said christina wanted to be a veterinarian. >> this take a quick look outside this morning a beautiful shot from mount tam as we see a lot of that cloud cover but it should be a nicer day. >> good morning to you, nicer day on the way today is to get rid of the fog. yesterday the clouds took around all day long in his grave drizzly in cold but today little bit of a change so by the afternoon we'll call it partly sunny a mixture of clouds and sunshine. temperatures getting into the low fifties in the warmest places. tonight partly cloudy skies. it recapping the day this morning fairly cloudy and foggy, cold temperatures and

some places may experience poor visibility. in the afternoon watch the clouds begin to clear a little bit and blue poking through the sky and sunshine. temperatures once again will respond. it's january so the not going to respond to much but at least low 50s for most places this afternoon. up in this era really nice weather like top load is above all the fog source in clear skies. this is the view from last evening right around sunset. today partly sunny, tomorrow partly sunny and then here comes a weather system for next week tuesday. it will increase clouds timber in the chance for snow and could be fairly snow we week starting tuesday. that means rain here in the bay area. temperatures not yet so we have to wait couple more days before the rain gets here. dry weather for now 10:00 a.m. temperatures still in the 30's in some places because of the low clouds keeping things really

cool at the surface. by the afternoon we'll have a hard time getting into the '50s, but i think briefly this afternoon in most places should get up to about 51 or 52 degrees and that's what we see here. san jose 53 degrees, look for low 50s conquered most of the day in the '40's but peaking in the to the low 50s. '40's fairfield and antioch. your 7 day around the bay, as we go into next week some changes coming our way. monday would look for the fog in the morning, partly sunny skies in the afternoon. tuesday fairly weak weather system rolls and will increase cloudiness and bring in the chance for light rain tuesday night perhaps a hit in the shower wednesday. then a more significant weather system for thursday and that could make for a pretty rainy day coming up later next week. it appears this time it will stay wet for the rest of the weekend into next weekend as well.

state budget proposal will hold nothing sacred. he's expected to propose a radical restructuring of how california works and touch and social services, schools, prisons and taxes. one measure might include dismantling. it will worsen the paint on local development project because in recent years when the state rated their budgets analysts predicted a it will be met by shock of and resistance t >> bay area mayor picking or jog to the streets. >> >> we have a feast before your eyes, we have the co-

author of wind pants. that's coming up on kron 4 morning news.

he is the co author of flying pans to just one world. basically this is a book about food from all over the world. ahoy were on the theme here because one of the most fascinating things about traveling in the world is the food. this guy he and his co-author have been an dark because the food there i miss that one. >> it's cold. it's nice and warm on the beach it's hard to go to and are to go. it's

been a great journey traveling throughout the 45 different countries. what's great is you're able to discover some much country. an embrace that country. >> meals are great way to meet people. i should explain that jeff is the executive chef at the look for beach tennis club which qualifies him for some pretty high class meals. the let's talk about what you have here. >> those are chocolate truffles. but they are three kinds what we use is a licorice base named absence. we have three kinds of absence. >> you've wasted absent that that you could drink by putting an end here. >> yes but it's really delicious. the absence is this guy over here. this one

is really strong because absent some you can have 40% volume yet the 65 this on a 71%. this is a little drink and a small package with a lot of chocolate. it's very sexy cool food. >> i love a absence but it's a whole ritual involved in drinking it. that's another issue. >> this is salmon tasmania and salmon. >>mmmmm.... no go ahead and being self indulgent. >> it's really neat, very easy to do you have a small crushed the statues on top, we make an african ginger glaze right on top and on the back you have this beautiful fennel salad and

some mushrooms. what the goal of the book is to really bring culture to everyone's kitchen. have the really great time traveling with us because each recipe is a vignette to of where we were at that time. >> i notice you had a delicious can't read dish from australia. it actually can group can be done very nicely. >> it's hopping from page to page (laughter) >> than in india. >> beautiful talking about culture and spices you don't have to be a good cooks are so much color there if you cannot take a picture. >> i am always proud shot pictures nobody knows any idiot can take the pictures and india folks. what kind of food in india. ?

>> i like the street food. all the kabobs and relishes that they're doing. i would say all the grains and the spices. >> this and we have got to go you have to go were going to keep talking for little while. to shasta one world by running all of our and we have little eating to do. >> come and visit us were right on the beach. >> were gunna take a break still to come lots more on kron 4 news weekend. don't go away.

22 year-old gerald posner walked up to the two people talking with the

congresswoman gabrielle gifford and opened fire with a handgun. six people killed including a nine year-old girl in a federal judge. the 13 wounded. the deal from the scene the gunman was tackle to the ground and hand. if one of the men held the show down until authorities arrived describes the attack. >> a man with a camera who said shooters get down. i ran toward the noise and that was after the long glass gunshot and at that point the other gentleman we spoke with were wrestling with whatever his name was the guy. the shooter. n i wrote the ran toward him they took in the gun from him they were struggling with him i went over there i pinned him down to the ground and waited with him until the police came. it was ridiculous, the gun was empty when it finished firing as automatic it was

cocked back it was locked open. he said a bullet but yet another extended magazine that was tried to loaded to the gun. the woman was able to wrestle away from him. he is going to keep shooting. it was not over, he just ran out of bullets. >> president barack obama is promising a comprehensive investigation into the deadly shootings. it is sending fbi director to oversee the investigation >> a growing memorial outside the arizona hospital or congresswomen gifford is being treated. there you can see candles, pictures of loved ones that were killed or hurt. gifford is in a medically induced coma this morning she remains in critical condition. >> john painter condemned the shooting saying an attack on one member of the house is an attack on everyone. of area of this year members of the party used to call to arms as a relish for their election. call-in shows us to expose

of the examples used against congresswoman gifford in the past year. >> authorities don't know why the suspected gunman shot congresswoman gabrielle gifford. many people are criticizing sarah pay land and gifford former opponent jesse kelly for the shooting. take a look at the language used in this ad. it was posted by republican challenger jesse kelly who tried on c. gifford during the midterm toll collection. kelly invited his supporters to in fact attend a an event. help remove gabbro deferred from office issued a fully automatic m-16 with jesse kelly. gifford eventually defeated kelly by a small margin of about 4000 votes. >> that may be freeze speech

but it's not without consequences. last month's their pale and posted this map with gun sights on our face book page. on it were the names of 20 democrats gone including the name of cabriole gifford. it shows a road on her twitter account don't retreat, instead reload. critics accuse pailin of inciting violence by using cross hairs to show difference district. at the time gifford even talked about her concerns on msn bc. >> as sancerre palance targeted list the way she has said it did it is the cross fire of a gun. when people do that there's consequence to that action. >> pailin took down the map right after the shooting opposed to this message. my sincere condolences are offered to the family of rep gabrielle gifford and the other victims. i can please don't know why the suspected gunman shot the congresswoman. if there's no

evidence to suggest he's a supporter of pailin or jesse kelly. in san francisco dollar and kron 4 news. >> this is not the first time gifford has been the victim of a crime. in march for office was vandalized directly following are yes vote on health care reform. yesterday's speaker banner with his bet on the vote on repealing the health-care plan for next week. the stick a quick look outside this morning. the bay bridge much more clear scene today compared yesterday. >> we might have the heat wave today. a couple degrees hotter. here's brian been taken with the forecast. you, a nicer day on the way today i think, because there should be some more sunshine for this afternoon. in the meantime, a cloudy start for this morning. by the afternoon, 4:00 p.m. look for clouds and sunshine mixed with a little bit of sunshine working its way in, temperatures should

warm up a few degrees. look for highs in the low 50's not mild whatsoever. at least warmer than what we had yesterday. 40's for antioch and fairfield, antioch 47 degrees. going into tomorrow is a similar day with fog in the morning and then sunshine into the afternoon hours. warmer temperatures, perhaps warmest places into the mid 50's. changes for tuesday's weather system is rolling in off the pacific and will bring increasing clouds and a chance for some rain coming tuesday night and watch our weather for next week. i'll tell you about it and show you a look at your 7 day around the bay coming up. still ahead on kron 4 news weekend another violent night ending with the death of a young boy. >> live look good side of the hills of milpitas still looks over cast in the neck of the woods. as brian said the there should be a tad of an increase in a temperatures around the bay. will be back.

your packet 8:03 a.m. taking a live look outside current temperatures 32 degrees, this is 89 at squaw valley. looks like it's a little bit of slowdown i guess people heading back home. otherwise roads are clear and there snow but it's been clear. looks good for the neck of woods. >> new this morning to people were stabbed early this morning in front of a south market nightclubs in san francisco. police were called to the temple nightclub about 1230 this morning after reports of a fight there. officers found to people suffering from multiple stab wounds. there were taken to hospital. police are now looking for three suspects. z still to come the new set of severance as the supervisors will show you their squaring off. >> this time the san mateo bridge will full check of the forecast, you're going

to like it if you want to have a little clarity in your life this morning. we'll be right back.

a left a picture of lake tahoe of 17 degrees news snow expected later this year which is making of the skiers happy. >> chicken with meager knowledge is brian van eagan for a full check of the weather for the weekend. >> the morning to a nicer day on the way today if we can get rid of the fog. yesterday the clouds took around all day long it was gray, drizzly and cold. today little bit of a change so by the afternoon will cullet partly sunny and a mixture of clouds and sunshine. temperatures getting into the low 50s and the warmest places.

recapping the day this morning, fairly cloudy and foggy cold of the jurors and some places may experience poor visibility. in the afternoon, watch the clouds clear a little bit and blue poking through the sky and sunshine. tablatures once again will respond. it's january so the not going to respond to much thought, at least low 50s i think for most places this afternoon. up in this year of really nice weather lake tahoe is above all that fog. forcing clear skies this is the view from last evening right around sunset. today partly sunny, tomorrow partly sunny but then here comes a weather system for next week tuesday. it's going to increase clouds and bring in the chance for snow. it could be fairly snowy week starting tuesday. that means rain here in the bay area. the temperature is not yet the we will with a couple more days before the rain gets here. the dry weather for now 10:00 a.m. temperatures still in the

30's in some places because of the low clouds keeping things really cool. by the afternoon were going to have a hard time getting into the '50s but i think briefly this afternoon most places should get up to about 51 or 52 degrees. that's what we see here, san jose 53 degrees, look for low 50s conquered most of the day in the '40's but peeking into the low 50s there briefly. it '40's fairfield and antioch. your 7 day around the bay, next week some changes coming our way. monday look for the fog in the morning, partly sunny skies in the afternoon. tuesday a fairly weak weather system rolls on shore and will increase cloudiness, auburn and a chance for a light rain tuesday night perhaps hit and miss shower wednesday and that a more significant weather system arise for thursday. that could make for pretty rainy day coming up later next week. it appears this time we will stay wet for the rest of the

weekend into next week as well. >> on tuesday san francisco could have its first asian american mayor, and lee is expected to be formally named interim mayor for the city. it is voted on by the former board of supervisors friday, but the elected board of supervisors needs to confirm that appointment. the 40 supervisors were sworn in saturday and kron 4 dave was at city hall as a new supervisor took the role and said the goals for 2011. >> of the day for mark farrell scott from district 8, jane from district 6, district 10 and district for reelected supervisor. being sworn in in the legislative chambers at city hall. to of the new supervisors marilyn cohen were elected in districts where the crop. >> for me it's great to get involved here it just makes it so much more special for me personally. to be born and raised in san

francisco, to be raised in district 2 and like i mentioned to know represent residents of this it to it's a dream come true. >> growing up in district 10 molly knows exactly what issues need the most attention now that she's an office. >> protecting our seniors, protecting some of our young children making sure they're in school and safe. seems to be the number-one issue all around the district as a matter where in the southeast city to remain safe and viable and prosperous. >> supervisor david chu was reelected as board president and those that continue to bounce the city's budget will be first and foremost for the board. >> and pastures receive federal stimulus money and money from state government and raise fees. -we won't have any of those options available to us and in fact, looks the governor brown if he does his job he will likely to taking more money from san francisco. we have

a $400 million budget deficit it's good to be a very difficult task. >> and san francisco dave kron 4 news. >> across the bay of violent night in oakland a teenage boy was shot and killed yesterday. at about 5:10 a.m. when police arrived they found the 15 year-old suffering from gunshot wounds. he died on the scene door rest of been made. >> despite the shootings in oakland mayor jean claude is optimistic that the city is moving in the right direction. she has already started to make her mark in oakland. heading into the community to work with people directly. here's jeff pierce with more. >> hi i'm jean-claude the mayor of oakland how were you doing? >> she began to return this weekend when the most troubled neighborhoods of the city. >> they put me on the corner because is a block where we had a murder this week. >> going door to door of the mayor hope to marshal the

residents to organize a neighborhood that has been difficult to bring together. >> this is one of the last few neighborhoods where we really want to get the organization. >> or try to get people to come out to the " neighborhood crime watch meeting. >> try to bring residents together and help them to organize and clean up and take charge and try to reduce crime ok. >> he was joined by assistant police chief has soared as the knock on doors to inform residents to bring people together to help solve the problems that plague this part of the city. the >> i used to live on the order from here before became a police officer i want people feel comfortable talking to me when i come to the door. >> next week and reported clean up the neighborhood. she pledged to return next week to help clean the neighborhood also victimized by illegal dumping. >> were to keep the area clean. saturday will be of your.

>> most folks knew it would take more than cleaning the trash off the streets to turn a difficult situation around. >> a lot of cleaning. >> in oakland jeff pierce kron 4 news. >> were going to go check in with henry. >> i'm planning travel here was my next guest folks. we're planning on my i phone. were going to tell you why a smart phone maybe the very best way for you not only planned to travel butchering a travel have to make it a good friend. will tell you about a coming up on kron 4 news weekend.

now that's quite a trick. our guest in jim did just that. he did it quite successfully he joins us now when he's going to be one of those speaking at the adventure expo, the adventure travel adventure show that's taking place next weekend. that's at the santa clara county convention center. is going to talk about how how you can use smart phones, to make your travel better. first of all, how you possibly succeed without no guidebook, no nothing just as smart phone? >> it was a challenge to see if it worked no travel agent, no internet, no guidebook just as smart falconet plan a whole international trip. where to

go, where it is a finding bargains. i was able to use it. >> yet to be careful, it can be very expensive if you don't know how to use your ruling on your cellphone folks. we'll talk about that in a minute. >> let's talk about the apps that you think are essential for travel overseas. >> of around me is as a showcase of what's different from a guidebook to travel at. the it's an art it doesn't know where you are, around knows where you are, when it is and when you're looking for something you want a restaurant, hotel you plug that into rap and its going to tell you was little pins on a map exactly what's nearest you. you can find it without having to take a taxi 20 mi. across the country. >> that works in many places around the world not every place. but many places. >> getting to in getting

from off light. that their number of sites like this. >> your the taxi and my on time for my flight, has been changed as a rescheduled. he did to the airport everyone is happy your early your having a drink and wildlife light is courting and 10 minutes. it's could have that information with right with you you will have to check in the courts to see what's going on. he also find out what's the weather like in the city when i arrive, what's the local time anything you might need to know currently. this is a free app as well. >> u.s. aid today has a good out there a number of apps that to the same thing. here's one called hike soon. >> it's it travel translator category. the flaw is they speak but they speak kind of quiet leave or you have to read it and try and pronounced dead. >> i used it in vietnam no

one understood that. >> say you're going to a drug store looking for a shampoo you just find a picture of shampoo in this dictionary, it displays large and bright on the screen to show it to whoever you're talking to you point added and a hobby with what you need. >> the pictures are there and said the words of pronunciation. the best site for booking tickets or lie starting book tickets is cognakayak.com. they are the place to go. that is just a few of the many sites that james will be discussing when he appears at the bay area travel and adventure show on january 15th at 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and ungenerous 16th at 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. it's happening at the santa clara convention center. and that's adventure expo.com/

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our thoughts and prayers of the house the nation of congresswoman gabrielle gifford were also praying for the families of judge roll and all of those who were taken from us yesterday so senselessly. >> releasing a statement this morning after a gunman opened fire at an event held by congresswoman gabrielle gifford. she's in critical condition after being shot in the head saturday. six people killed more than a dozen others wounded. >> i want to go live to tucson arizona were news

conference is under way with the gabrielle gifford connection from gabrielle and a dozen others. >> our hearts go out to the families of the victims. this is something were rarely prepared for as we think. yesterday we were fortunate enough to half doctors here within an hour six patients in the operating room, for trauma surgeons and the operating rooms, to neurosurgeons. we had cardio thoracic surgeon a vascular surgeon it took 38 minutes for the most critically injured person to be transferred to the operating room. it is my great pleasure to introduce the two doctors that are crucial in the recovery of the victims to you now. dr. peter reid to service our nation was quite a distinction both in afghanistan and iraq and dr.

lawrence was the chief of neurosurgery it will join us. it's always the willingness of people to support us not just the physicians but also the people in the operating room and everyone else did a marvelous job yesterday. i think community and state can be proud of what happened here within a short time yesterday. peter. >> thank you very much, my name is peter on the trauma medical director here at the university medical center. again we suffered a tragedy here i never thought i would experience something like this in my own backyard. i have a lot of sympathy and empathy for those patients who came through here and their families. if this is a trying time. for all of us so again, our condolences especially to the patients in the families. my updated shore to an alternate over to dr. lovell. we had a

combination in total of 11 patients that we have seen here at the hospital. it the first one was a nine year- old child who came in dead, we tried wrist it's a decade of efforts including surgery but we were not able to resuscitate her and bring her back. we have five patients who were brought to us in serious condition of those patients we had additional five patients who were not in such a dire situation or critical situation. we ended up doing six surgeries, those surgery's included a variety of things in a trauma, that scenario. the pension we are doing things to the chest, abdomen, vascular, cardio thoracic and orthopedic. as of this morning were happy to state the only one patient remains incredible conditions as it will be able to discuss that patient in more detail into the information. the rest have

been moved out of the ico was still have three in serious condition and the rest are in fair or good condition. we all know the one patient the ico in serious condition is called a gabrielle gifford is woman. it all turned over to dr. the chief of surgery here he can give you more informations. >> thank you and dr. michael for neurosurgery. i want to reiterate that our thoughts and prayers go to the families of those affected here. let me reiterate what a lot of people said which is incredible effort here. it's a team effort, a level of trauma center and that kind of resources in tables this effort. everything from the er positions, the support staff in nursing, dr. reed and his team were able to treat us the patience to get into the war in 38 minutes. then the staff that help with your case and not at least which doctor who operated next to

me. the anesthesiologist and all the support staff. this kind of effort and outcome is really possible because of these resources. let me take you back to the sequence of events. to clear up some of the information out of there. gabrielle gifford is woman was shot in the head, when she arrived here the reports were that she was in fact able to follow commands that is to say response of the verbal communication. we very quickly got her back to the door within 38 minutes, once in the war we went through our routine procedure for this type of injury. that control the bleeding which banks could this was not secure excessive. our next objective was to take the pressure off the brain. that was by removing the bone fragments that were caused by the bullet structure as well as some additional bold to allow the brain to relax. lastly, remove removed a

small parts that devitalize brain and that is a would have to do a whole lot of that. at that point she returned to the ico. i will tell you briefly what we talk about gun shot wounds to the head, the things that most concern to us or if the bullet crosses from one hemisphere to the other. if the bullet crosses throughout the geometric center of the brain. i'm happy to say those were not the case in this instance. because of that, congresswoman gabrielle gifford is able to communicate with us this morning through following simple commands. were very encouraged by that. we are still in critical condition, brain swelling and any time to take a turn for the worst. i'm cautiously optimistic. at this point of turned back to dr. reid because you talk about the critical care management that will be vital in her care for the next few days. >> as she mentioned it she came and was following simple commands but was not

verbalizing at that time before the surgery. after surgery she was under anesthesia so it's hard to say whether she was in a collotype state. but we light and up the anesthetics and in examination we were very happy and optimistic because of essentially over the course of the evening she was able to follow simple commands. i get its very early in our course we don't know what's going to happen what her deficits will be in the future anything like that. we can give you those updates as we go. we've been happy with the hospital course, the blood transfusions of worked well, she's not quite empathic. were all very happy at this stage. with that interest. all open up the floor for questions. >> it's been simple commands how she verbalize that all?

she didn't recognize her husband last night? >> we can get into much more detail but i can tell you that right now with this type of surgery her she can open her eyes at this point from a mechanical standpoint and she's also on a ventilator so she can't speak at this time. >> what is the simple command? >> please squeeze your hand, shows two fingers very simple but one thing i want to emphasize as we take the simple commands for granted but they apply a high level functioning in the brain. >> he did mention, this wasn't all little grazing will through the brain this was a devastating wound that travel the entire length of the brain on the left side. they saved their lives than a resurgence save to these patients' lives. with the function that she had before the surgery tells us how much injury the bullet did. the fact that she had a lot of preservation before surgery is what made the

situation as well as it can carry and of course, as time goes on the a fax from the bullet is going to have some degeneration of the brain cells a matter. we have to see what happens later on. >> making it through the first 24 hours as that of vital signs a good sign? >> love a ticket through sometime points one most important is how she was before the surgery. in brain injury particularly gunshot wounds we have a primary injury that's the damage done by the bullet as a reverses. secondary injury that's the injury caused by the swelling in changes. that we can try mollified. i again, if she comes and is able to follow commands that appliance the brain circuits are working. the more we see them working after the surgery between 24 is 48 to 72 hours a much more encouraged we are. >> it went from the left

side from basically the back to the front. the left side and most people the left side controls the right side strength, a sensation. in most people it also controls their speech functions their ability to understand or make speech. that includes the ability to understand simple commands. >> how long was the surgery? >> about to our store is an extension at the end of the case we had one of our occupied plastic surgeons perform a decompression because one fracture was affecting the i saw it. >> prognosis and time of recovery how long my congresswoman have to be in the hospital? is a lifetime of recovery? >> we don't speculate on

the degree of recovery because we've seen the full gamut. it's really not productive. in neurosurgery would talk about recovery on the order of months to years ago even close the book on it until were 70 years out. the faster you recovery this year recovery will be but again that's a general rule of thumb that does not play apply to all cases. it's not uncommon for these entries to be in the icy you for a least a week may be in the hospital for two to three weeks and no doubt there will be rehabilitated phase and that could take weeks to months. beyond that setting in actual fast date is not productive. >> it's going to be how her brain functions it's important for us to get a clean assessment so the drugs were used are very manageable and very short lasting so we can't get a good assessment. it's

basically resting her in between the time. send them away crop for the examination, how she responds is what will be able to base our prognosis on. i know dr. just did the surgery and everybody's got to be cautious about overcalling it. i'm optimistic and i was optimistic yesterday when i saw the case and i saw the brain. overall, this is about as good as the squad to get. when you get shot in the head in the bullet goes through your brain, the chances of the living are small. the chances of your waking following commands its is much smaller than that. this is but a great situation. hopefully it will stay that way obviously we don't know which direction she's going to go. it is still precarious at this time. >> we always do cat scan in fact we had one before the surgery that tousles the surgeons were ripped a focus our efforts. i can't go into details for obvious patient

privacy issues, the cat scan showed pipit the bullet went through the left hemisphere. it was not true some of those critical trajectories that what made recovered much more difficult. >> so normally in the i c u state when the rain swells is like when you have a sprained knee and fluid accumulates in there and gets tense and there's a tremendous amount of pain. the brain will go through the same situation except when it gets real tense and their the blood flow to the neurons and brain cells get compromised. in this kind of situation doctor took this fall-off and kept it off. so right now half of for brain doesn't have this call it's preserved in the hospital right now and again reimplant that later on. that's part of the progress we've made in your surgery. also the last decade we've

learned from the military about letting the brain after penetrating tron us well and not be constrained within the cavity it has helped a lot. it played an important factor here is well. it >> if run into trouble the next few days we have tools we can use medical agents to try of the brain. we lit to the center of the brain to drop so it to measure pressure and believe it if necessary. -because she looks good right now there's no need for that. brain swelling is the biggest threat at this point. >> the bullet went in the back left hemisphere where did it come out? >> from a forensic prospective doctors are very leery especially later on to be for sure. with the experience we've had a look fairly clear to me that most likely to go from the back to the front. >> she's not an o'clock? >> she said in a medical,

we've induced her, we very frequently wicker does your progress to make sure something catastrophic does occur. >> we turn off the sedation, that allows her brain to kick in and function of its ties level. it puts you in to a medical,, it but she does the buck and anesthetic you could turn it off and within minutes will be able to examine. she is now suffering in the bed from being operated on and also been on a ventilator. >> i do want to give you

live and let the experts tell you. >> because this borders on speculation for recovery i want to go into detail, and their obvious areas of the brain that are less tolerant to intrusion, it does not mean were using 10 percent of our brain, doesn't mean the other parts of the brain aren't important. it means the brain is able to recover from those injuries as opposed areas that would call eloquent. without use your going i don't want to go down the speculation road. at the same time we're cautiously optimistic. >> with the penetrating brain injury it's always surprising that you think any bullet going in any brain is instant death. there's a lot of capacity that the human body has and the ability for us to compensate. >> i attribute that to five

things. one, this dr. kevin stated the paramedics got to us quickly. they didn't do a lot of intervention. we have a system in place this place works like a finely tuned machine. everything at that time carried worked well. they got her here quickly dr. rainy was a trauma surgeon and did everything right. we got our quickly lined up and assessed the new would injury she had. we got our quickly scanned into the operating room as fast as we can. the anastasia's staff of the sleeping got ready for the surgery, the neurosurgery personnel. all of these things including the post top care the nurses in place everybody gets part of the credit everybody gets the credit. the other part is locked. in where the bullet actually hit when she first got here. >> there were a lot of other victims that came in.

>> you're hearing from the experts and doctors, neurosurgeons at the university of medical center in tucson who treated both gabrielle gifford congresswoman and of course the other dozen victims that were heard. what we're hearing actually some of the advancements we have and brain trauma treatment that allow them to help gabrielle gifford. it also the fact that she was lucky that the damage to our brain could of been much much more serious but she seems to have cautiously optimistic survived. >> because of what they are optimistic worse in the next 72 hours will be critical. ♪ let's go out to the dmv

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meteorologist your subject of sound is whether think it's was to be a little clearer today. >good morning to you, nicer day on the way today is to get rid of the fog. yesterday the clouds stuck around all day long, it was gray, drizzly and cold but today a little bit of a change. so by the afternoon we'll call it partly sunny and a mixture of clouds and sunshine. temperatures getting into the low 50's in the warmest places. tonight partly cloudy skies. recapping the day this morning, fairly cloudy and foggy, cold temperatures and some places may experience poor visibility. in the afternoon, watch the clouds begin to clear a little bit and blue poking through the sky and sunshine. temperatures once again will respond. it's january so it's not going to respond to much, but at least low 50's for most places this afternoon. up in the sierra really nice weather lake tahoe above all the fog so clear skies. this is

the view from last evening right around sunset. today partly sunny, tomorrow partly sunny and then here comes a weather system for next week tuesday. it will increase clouds and the chance for snow and be fairly snowy week starting tuesday. that means rain here in the bay area. temperatures not yet so we have to wait a couple more days before the rain gets here. so dry weather for now, 10:00 a.m. temperatures still in the 30's in some places because of the low clouds keeping things really cool. by the afternoon were going to have a hard time getting into the 50's but i think briefly this afternoon, most places should get up to about 51 or 52 degrees. that's what we see here, san jose 53 degrees, look for the low 50's concord most of the day in the 40's but peeking into the low 50's there briefly. it's 40's fairfield and antioch. your 7 day around the bay, next week some changes coming our

way. monday look for the fog in the morning, partly to sunny skies in the afternoon. tuesday a fairly weak weather system rolls on shore, and will increase cloudiness. a chance for light rain tuesday night perhaps hit and miss showers wednesday and a more significant weather system arives thursday. that could make for a pretty rainy day coming up later next week. it appears we will stay wet for the rest of the weekend into next week as well. will be right back with the latest on congresswoman gabrielle different. she's in critical condition at an arizona hospital after that shooting. what the latest for you coming up after the break.

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the developing story we're following is arizona congresswoman gabrielle gifford continues to fight for life after be shipping shot point-blank in the head at a community event

yesterday. once ago we heard from doctors who gave the update on rep congresswoman's health. >> shot in the head, when she arrived here the reports were that she was in fact able to follow command that is to save responsive to verbal communication. we very quickly got her to the zero are within 38 minutes, once in the war we went through our routine procedure for this kind of injury. that consisted of controlling the bleeding our next objective was to take the pressure of the brain. that was by removing the bone fragments that were caused by the bullet fracture, as well as additional bone to allow the brain to relax. lastly we remove any small parts of the bottle is brain and i'm happy to say we didn't have to do a whole lot of that. it at that point you returned to the ico. i will tell you briefly when we talk about gun shot wounds to the head the things that

are most concerning to us are if the bullet crosses from one hemisphere to the other one side to the other. if the bullet crosses through the geometric center of the brain. i'm happy to say that those were not the case in this instance. because of that, congresswoman gabrielle gifford is able to communicate with us this morning through following simple commands. >> the doctors are cautiously optimistic. the police are looking for possible suspect after they say 22 year-old gerald walked up to the people talking with gifford during her outdoor public meeting. he opened fire the handgun yesterday morning in tucson. six people were killed including a nine year-old girl and a federal judge. 13 were wounded. as he conceded you from the scene the gunman was tackled to the ground and hand. a witness describes the moments immediately after the shooting began. >> i looked up as the gunman

was firing a shot at congresswoman gifford. there is a sense of unreality to be honest i froze for probably a second just not quite understanding what was going on. he continued to fire rapidly really at point-blank range and the way things were set up people had no way to escape. they were pinned in by the architecture and the things around there and the table as well. i was about 10 ft. away not directly in front of him but sort of an ankle. immediately after i sort of jolted myself learned i ducked behind this concrete post that was there. while they continue to fire. i lay down on the ground assault was coming around i lay down

on the ground as if i'd been shot so as not to be a target. then i did not see exactly what happened but he was tackled as he tried to escape. by to individuals one of which was i believe and aid to congresswoman gifford. i did go over there and actually helping after got up to one over and helped hold him down. there's three people holding him down and i assisted will. one look to be heard he had bleeding from his scalp. >> president barack obama is promising a comprehensive investigation into the shooting. he said fbi a director to oversee the investigation. >> the flag is at half staff today at the nation's capital. at the left side is video outside the capitol building, on the right is the flag flown at half staff. it in every statement john painter said

flags on the house side of the capitol building will be flown at half staff to on a representative gabrielle gifford a gabe's zimmerman who is one of the six people killed in the shooting yesterday. >> still to come will have reaction from top leaders in california about the shooting. >> will be right back.

number of lawmakers to understand the dangers to the stage to voice their concern. house minority expect leader nancy pelosi, has herself been the subject of threat. her tone was somber as pelosi told the crowd the incident strengthens her resolve. lieutenant governor elected gavin newsome said violent extremism is the threat to democracy. >> to indulge in this insanity, and that kind of

environment is what makes this much more repressive and much more devastating on a lot of different levels not just human levels but on the principles that we stand for. >> our democracy and that's what we intend to do. >> other political figures including attorney general pamela harris call this weekend shooting a tragedy. she said she will remain accessible to the public. >> jerry brown released a statement yesterday and said i am deeply saddened to learn of the shooting of congresswoman gabrielle gifford and others in tucson. the thoughts and prayers go to the found friends and families and those impacted by this terrible tragedy. barbara boxer offer these words my thoughts go to the families of those who perished in this terrific and senseless tragedy. >> we will have more on of did on the condition of gabrielle gifford when we

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john painter condemn the shooting of capri of deferred yesterday's an attack on one member of the house is an attack on everyone. earlier this year members of his party have used a call to arms as a rally for the election. kron 4 da lin choses to expose of the examples used against congresswoman in the past year. >> authorities don't know what is the suspected gunman shot congresswoman gabrielle gifford. many people are criticizing serta pailin and gifford former opponent jesse celt for the shooting. it take a look at the language used in this ad. it was posted by republican challenger jessica lee who try and see if furniture in the midterm election. if he invited his supporters to attend a campaign event i sing help remove gabrielle gifford from office issued a fully automatic m-16 with jesse kelly. critics say

adds that this could incite violence against gifford. gifford and eventually defeated kelly by a small margin of about 4000 votes. >> all this inflaming the american people and public by doing that. that may be free speech but not without consequence. >> stairs pailin posted the as u.s. map with gun targets. audit 20 democratic she wanted, including the name of bad real effort. a short on her twitter count no retreat, instead of reload. critics depict accused them of inciting violence by using cross hairs in her district. it differed even talked about her concerns on this nbc. >> i must their palance target list of the way she is depicted as the cross hairs of a gunsight over our district, people doing that

you that realizes consequence that reaction. >> she took down the map grid after the shooting and posted this message. my sincere condolences are offered to the family of rep capriole gifford and the other victims. please don't allow the suspected appear the gunman shot the congresswoman and no avenue to suggest he's a supporter of pailin are jesse kelly. in 7 cisco dahlin kron 4 news. >> this is not the first time the third term arizona congressman has of been a victim of crime. in march ross' was vandalized directly following her yes vote on health care reform. yesterday's baker painter said they would suspend the vote on people with health care reform was planned for next week. >> green and local we want to return to the weather in taking a live look inside in san francisco in san jose on the right part of the screen of clear skies compared to yesterday. >> when the little warmer

today. >good morning to you, nicer day on the way today is to get rid of the fog. yesterday the clouds stuck around all day long, it was gray, drizzly and cold but today a little bit of a change. so by the afternoon we'll call it partly sunny and a mixture of clouds and sunshine. temperatures getting into the low 50's in the warmest places. tonight partly cloudy skies. recapping the day this morning, fairly cloudy and foggy, cold temperatures and some places may experience poor visibility. in the afternoon, watch the clouds begin to clear a little bit and blue poking through the sky and sunshine. temperatures once again will respond. it's january so it's not going to respond to much, but at least low 50's for most places this afternoon. up in the sierra really nice weather lake tahoe above all the fog so clear skies. this is the view from last evening right around sunset. today

partly sunny, tomorrow partly sunny and then here comes a weather system for next week tuesday. it will increase clouds and the chance for snow and be fairly snowy week starting tuesday. that means rain here in the bay area. temperatures not yet so we have to wait a couple more days before the rain gets here. so dry weather for now, 10:00 a.m. temperatures still in the 30's in some places because of the low clouds keeping things really cool. by the afternoon were going to have a hard time getting into the 50's but i think briefly this afternoon, most places should get up to about 51 or 52 degrees. that's what we see here, san jose 53 degrees, look for the low 50's concord most of the day in the 40's but peeking into the low 50's there briefly. it's 40's fairfield and antioch. your 7 day around the bay, next week some changes coming our way. monday look for the fog in the morning, partly

to sunny skies in the afternoon. tuesday a fairly weak weather system rolls on shore, and will increase cloudiness. a chance for light rain tuesday night perhaps hit and miss showers wednesday and a more significant weather system arives thursday. that could make for a pretty rainy day coming up later next week. it appears we will stay wet for the rest of the weekend into next week as well. >> with couple hottest entertainment in the bay area, literally folks. put on your asbestos underwear you're watching kron 4 news weekend. ♪ let's go out to the dmv

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theater. with gunfire operas and ballets in cabarets. now were doing a fire revival shows a crucible show of all we have done. >> we have some video and this is just the simple stuff some of the show. as you mentioned operas, ballets, working with singers and high caliber performance. at the show will have areoles, singers, brig dancers a variety of people coming together of live musicians. >> this is all happening gin or 14th, 15th 7 to 11:00 p.m. at the crucible of oakland for more information goes to the crucible.org. if ever thought about taking a class in this field michael will be there it's hard to imagine a crossbow without michael. it's a great opportunity thank you for watching thank you for doing your work. the kron 4 news weekend we hope you had a

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