gabby giffords when she was shoot a year ago.seat. ron barber joins me. ?ñ?ñtt every weeknight if you're only watching countdown on current tv you're missing two hours of our political lineup. >>it's our job to bring you stories that other people aren't bringing you. >>unlimited, unfettered. >>check out "the young turks" with cenk uygur. >>you can't beat that, it's such a winning issue. >>step into "the war room" with jennifer granholm. >>never ending enertainment. >>the young turks at seven countdown with keith olbermann at eight and the war room at nine. current tv's prime-time lineup weeknights starting at seven-six central. only on current tv. >> the been 14 months since the shooting that wounded gabby giffords and took the life of six otherwise. ron barber was acting as an aid announced this week he would be running for a full congressional term this fall. mr. barrber will join me in a moment. you'll recall the moving house floor. barber announced that he would be running the june special election to fulfill her term. and th

. >> he was with gabby giffords when she was shoot a year ago.d "i don't think now is the right time for us to encourage the use of more gasoline." he supported what is now president obama's position. oops. >> the been 14 months since the shooting that wounded gabby giffords and took the life of six otherwise. ron barber was acting as an aid announced this week he would be running for a full congressional term this fall. mr. barrber will join me in a moment. you'll recall the moving house floor. barber announced that he would be running the june special election to fulfill her term. and then announced with the support of ms. giffords and her hustled be running. this is not the case for the august primary in which two candidate have declared their intention to run and say despite barber's announcement to run they will remain in the race. joining me now former congressional aide to gabrielle giffords ron barber. thank you for coming. >> thank you for inviting me. >> you said you would not run for the full term. what thanked your minted. >> i never

yet, you look at what happens after gabby giffords, you have pivotal moments for the country and nothinge. >> i was thinking that exact same thing. let's be honest. someone from a gun control group like yourself does not come out and have a platform in america anymore unless some tragedy like this happens. i was going to ask you, what do you attribute that to? the democratic party doesn't want to talk about your issues. am i right or wrong? >> we've definitely been encouraged to the extent right up to the president that this issue has been talked about. i'm new to this gig. and that's what we plan to change. my job is to -- is to help the american public express the outrage that clearly exists around the state of fairs in our country. and i do believe that this time it's different. i believe this time you have a confluence. you have this guy, george zimmerman, the poster child of what the gun lobby is trying to accomplish in this country. this is a guy with an aarrest record, a violent pass who was issued a concealed is carry permit in a state that is basically the gun lobby's utopia. th

congresswoman gabby giffords was holding a meet your congress event at a supermarket in tucson when this mentally ill, heavily armed young man opened fire. this was the type of weapon he used, and the reason it looks a strange shape is because it has an extended magazine larger than the gun was designed for. the standard magazine for this gun would fit into the handle without hanging below it like you saw in the other picture. a standard magazine would hold 15 bullets. jared loughner had two of the standard-sized ammunition clips in his pocket that did at the safeway in tucson, but the clip he had in the gun held double the number of bullets as compared to the standard one. it holds 30 bullets. that's why jared loughner, last january in tucson, was trying to kill and wound so many people before he was stopped. he fired one bullet in the chamber and fired the 30 bullets in the extended magazine. it was not until he stopped because he had to reload that somebody was able to tackle him and stop that massacre. in the aftermath of the gabby giffords shooting, the country for a second was puzz

brain injury affects soldiers, athletes, and even members of congress like our former colleague gabby giffords. the annual cost of tbi is estimated at $48 billion. dollars alone do not paint a complete picture of the injuries. it does take into account the suffering of a person of a brain injury who may be disabled for life or the strain of a loved one's tbi places on family members who are so often the caregivers. federal efforts to address tbi began with the act in 1996. the act aimed to identify an increased awareness of tbi through new research and programs. the tbi amendments of 2001 amended the 1996 law by extending the authorization to include the implementation of a national trauma brain injury education and awareness campaign. the traumatic brain injury act of 2008 reauthorized the program and also authorized a study to examine the information gathered by hhs, assess appropriate interventions and develop practice guidelines. i look forward to the results of this study which will come out in november of this year. the 2008 act also focused on the incidents and prevalence of tbi, unifor

the last time i was proud of our president is when he went down to phoenix for gabby giffords. be in africa at the time but i happened to catch it. it's what i want my president to look like, to act like, to sound like at moments like this. i thought he was great. >> and will you give the republicans a little credit? i thought they were also measure ed, and while this is tragic you have to behave. i thought everyone acted like leaders. >> it's a sad occasion. it's something you don't celebrate and something droinlt want to politicize either. i think they were all respectful of the real tragedy of what it was so applaud everybody for kind of lifting the tone and not puts it down into a political sense. >> something this tragic could possibly happen tlanld's no politics in it. >> the last time the president got involved in a case like this, there was pushback with the boston case, with the harvard professor. this time i think his tone was pitch perfect and it was striking the republican candidates did not try go -- you know, create a contrast with him. everybody understands that

congresswoman gabby giffords was holding an vent when this mentally ill young man opened fire. this was the type of weapon he used. this reason it looks like it's a strange shape is because it has an extended magazine that is larger than the gun was designed for. the standard magazine would hold about 15 bullets. jared had two of those standard size ammunition clips in his pocket that day at the safeway in tucson. the clip he had in the gun held double the number of bullets as compared to the standard one. it holds 30 bullets. that's why he was able to kill and wound so many people before he was finally stopped. he fired the one bullet that was in the chamber and the 30 bullets in the extended magazine. it was not until he stopped that he had to reload that somebody was able to tackle him. in the aftermath of the shooting, the country, puzzled over the fact that a few years earlier that sort of extended magazine would have been illegal under the assault weapons ban signed in 1994, extended clips were banned. when george bush let it expire in 2004, they came legal again. if you

. >> with the gabby giffords shooting, that tragic incident, not so far in the distant past, do you think this is a very different incident that you went through, we don't understand the full circumstances surrounding the suspect in this case. it seems like he may have had mental health issues. i know he had previous contact with some of your staff, but do you feel like there is a heightened risk for people who are public servants, who are politicians, simply because of being known, being seen to speak out on issues that may bother people for any number of reasons, whether or not they're ideologically motivated? >> i think that's definitely the case. and i think it's particularly the case in the climate that we're experiencing, in texas and nationwide as well today. as you know, rachel, it's been a particularly emotionally charged climate. you talked earlier in your segment about how in some ways, that's led to some important awareness and changes in some legislation that was heading down a, what seemed to be a certain path. unfortunately, in texas, legislation has gone down that path, an

i think we have to understand like the shooting in fort hood or even what happened with gabby giffords never know what happened here. we have to go in the conversation thinking about that. >>> what do you think about the fact this is getting a lot of peoples's attention, resonating, there are a lot of incidents in which and it's not a good thing, there are instances where afghan civilians are killed inadvertently and we apologize. it's good to have the nation paying attention we're at war but does it worry you that this is the reason why? >> it's about time did it need take this to understand what traumatic brain injury is or people are going for multiple tours. i know guys who have done four and five tours. they've come back and they're going to school and in jobs and doing well. this is really unleashed a lot of attention around our community. but did it really have to take something like this before people realize how much our people are going through over there? maybe that is something that can start a bigger conversation. understand, this is not your average person. it's a very sm

. >> ron barber, former aide to gabby giffords, who is now running to replace her in her vacated congressionaling. i appreciate it. >> thank you very much for your time too. >> absolutely. >> all right. so now we move on to some numbers that really might surprise you or maybe not. we're just three days into spring, but it's already feeling like summer out there, temperatures really heating up around the country, with over 5,000 records broken in just the past ten days. yesterday, some of the chart-toppers included boston, portland, providence and madison. [ male announcer ] this is coach parker... whose non-stop day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ i worked at the colorado springs mail processing plant for 22 years. we processed on a given day about a million pieces of mail. checks, newspapers, bills. a lot of people get their medications only through the mail. small businesses depend on this processing plant. they want to shut down 3000 post offices, cut 100,000 jobs.

if a member of our own body, gabby giffords, also had a genetic brain injury while performing her duties we must prioritize this issue in our prevention and research efforts. it is my understanding that the overwhelming majority of people that cover a traumatic brain injury do not dive from the injury. however, that also means that these patients are at risk of building long-term complications that can develop from an even mild traumatic brain injury. patients can suffer from cognitive impairments like memory loss, impaired communication, mental honest, apple at sea, and are even at risk of developing parkinson's disease or alzheimer's disease. these complications great this ability and hinder individual's productivity. it also creates an emotional and financial burden to families and society as a whole. ensuring that these patients have access to innovative and vital treatments and social services is a great challenge that we must all work together to achieve. since the passage of the traumatic brain injury act of 1996 and subsequent reauthorization, several federal agencies have led ef

rush limbaugh i think is really -->> the president got involved after the shooting of gabby giffords.volved after the shooting of gabby giffords and said let's stop all the horrible rhetoric that we have. so he has put himself into the equation. >> people think it's a silly question that he got involved with a congressional testimony from a liberal activist from georgetown law school. >> he called her. >> is that silly as well? >> he was reinforcing his ability to participate in the increase. that's why he said he was proud of her. >> i think that's a huge difference. >> she was backing up his mandate. >> yeah, but why is -- why is it and i'm not condoning at all what rush limbaugh said because i would love it if everyone didn't have bad things to say about women and men and everyone else. but why is it different for rush limbaugh and it's not for bill maher? and i know what the argument is going to be. well, bill maher is a comedian. but hasn't it gone too far in our country with comedians being able to hide under that label. >> you're absolutely right. there's no place for hate disc

. >> i know you and gabby giffords are friends, can you give us a brief update? >> she's great.to give her resignation, she was so at peace with her decision. she knew it was the right decision, knew it was best for her constituents. i can till, she is so strong, so courageous. but still full of love and caring for others. her decision was largely informed by wanting to do what's best for her constituents. >> senator gillibrand, nice to >>> here's a question. is dick cheney too old for a new heart? we'll get answers from a leading heart doctor. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. ♪ [ man ] get the 20 piece mcnuggets. what? that lovely girl, caught your eye? 20 piece mcnuggets are only $4.99. you offer to share them. a conversation begins. that's pretty smart. i been around. [ male announcer ] 20 piece chicken mcnuggets only $4.99, just one of the awesome tastes available only on mcdonald's new extra value menu. the simple joy of being extra smart. the day starts with arthritis pain... a load of new listings... and two pills. after a morning of walk-ups, it's

. >> i know you and gabby giffords are friends, can you give us a brief update? >> she's great.resignation, she was so at peace with her decision. she knew it was the right decision, knew it was best for her constituents. i can till, she is so strong, so courageous. but still full of love and caring for others. her decision was largely informed by wanting to do what's best for her constituents. >> senator gillibrand nice to have >>> good morning. it is a very clear nice mild morning with temperatures in the low 50s going for a high of 60 today. it is wind this afternoon as the cold front drives through the region. 32 degrees tonight. to be honest about it freeze warnings and watches in effect for the area, tomorrow 57, which is normal. then look at that, right pack >>> here's a question. is dick cheney too old for a new heart? we'll get answers from a leading heart doctor. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ [ man ] get the 20 piece mcnuggets. what? that lovely girl caught your eye? 20 piece mcnuggets are only $4.99. you offer to share them. a conversati

such a stickler, minutes after an emotional farewell to gabby giffords he made this announcement.ir would remind all members to be in proper business attire when you come to the floor of the house. >> what about cleaver's concern the rules are often ignored. there are members who go on the floor who are not in proper attire. >> listen, i think the rules are enforced evenly. i've asked members on both sides of the aisle to leave the floor myself. i know the sergeant at arms has asked members to leave the floor. we expect all members to follow the rules, and the rules make it clear that members will be on the floor in proper business attire. >> reporter: an interesting in thenote to this, emanuel cleaver also told me that other members of congress brought hoodies to the floor yesterday and several asked him personally to put one on, but he declined again, primarily because he, like the house speaker, respects the rules of the house. >> but dana, the dress code has really changed over the years, right? i remember when women members of congress could not go on the floor wearing slacks

also another problem with that answer from carney which is the president after the shooting of gabby giffordsremember, he went out in an amazing speech in tucson and said we should stop the rhetoric on both sides of the fence. so if you're going to make a personal phone call to sandra fluke and say, i'm sorry. where was the phone call to sarah palin's daughters when david letterman said nasty things about them? so you can't just really have it one way. i think now, we're going to have this nationwide discussion about this. >> governor sarah palin was on sean hannity program last night and kind of put all together referring back to the president and his daughters and bill maher. here it all is in 16 seconds. >> i don't know how anyone can sit in the audience of a commentator like bill maher and chuckle and laugh and thinks that's entertaining. i think it's disgusting and it's dirty money that he's provided barack obama's campaign and i don't know how barack obama can sleep at night. >> there you go, just one other thing. one of the things that bill burton said, was, you know, there's no equiva