. >>> two sur -- tucson surgeons say gabriel giffords is c ontinuing to make remarkable recover i -- recovery. doctors plan to move her to a hospital in houston which specializes in brain and spinal cord injuries. her husband, mike kelly, lives and works in houston as an astronaut. he's predicting a complete recovery in two months' tom. the suspected gunman is accused of killing six people and i njuring 1 others, including giffords. >>> caltrans say it could take several days to clean up after an accident. the solo car accident happened around 3:45 on the 101 in mountain view. a silver suv flipped over and slammed into the center divide, taking a 15-foot long chunk out of it. the driver suffered serious injuries. investigators still don't know the cause. >>> the bay area is no longer in the top five when it comes to the slowest commutes in the country. a new report out says bay area highways have dropped to number six on the worst traffic list. that's due in to the s lumping question -- economy. but researchers say it's also the result of recent highway improvements. >> it may have t

gabriell giffords -- gids. gabriellee give orders. >>> in -- giffords. >>> in the meantime, c ongresswoman giffords remains in icu because of a -- because of fluid buildup in her brain. doctors say this happened after she was moved to houston. they say she could be ready for rehab by the end of the week. >>> this morning, jury selection got underway in the two accused of killing chauncey bailey. the editor was shot and killed in august of 2009. former your black muslim bakery leader, yusef bey iv and anton mackey face murder charges. prosecutors say bey ordered the murder to stop him from writing about the bakery's financial troubles. as many as 1,000 perspective jurors could fill out questionnaires. >>> divers are taking a break for the search for 4-year-old juliani cardenas but they plan to resume tomorrow. they spent u week searching the canal, where the water can be 20 to 25 feet deep in places. a warm worker reportedly saw the car matching the one belonging to the suspect, hoe hey rodriquez. so far they've pulled out five cars but all are unrelated to the case. this morning, juliani cardenas's mother said --

one of the victims, c ongresswoman, gabrielle giffords, remains in critical condition this morning. our reporter is live outside the hospital in tucson with an u pdate. paul, i'm hearing that a lot of people are crowding around in that area now. >> reporter: yes, they are. they are laying down candles and laying down flowers. many them are posting signs, remembering not only those who passed away including 9-year- old christina greene, and calling her an angel but they are offing their best wishes for those who survived the attack and that would include the target the attack which is congresswoman gabrielle giffords. now, here is the latest on her situation, dave. a doctor came out. the neurosur gyp. he basically said i'm glad to report that she is holding steady. a. she's in critical condition. when she's taken out of her induced coma. she's a been -- she's been able to not only hear but respond to commands. they asked her to hold up two fingers and she was asked to do so. they say that's a very good s ign. perhaps the blessing -- blessing is -- she was shot at one side of her head

ç on your nbc statio. >>> well, the houston hospital treating congresswoman gabrielle giffords says her condition is improvingaily. still, giffords remains in intensive care due to a build up of brain fluid as she recovers from a gunshot wound to the head. fluid buildup is a common problem with brain injuries. meanwhile the gunman accused in the deadly tucson shooting is expected to make his second courtroom appearance today and could enter pleas. he's been indicted on three counts of attempted murder with more charges expected. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in florida, a carnival cruise ship came to the rescue of three boaters and their cat 12 miles off the coast of cuba. the boaters sent out a distress call after they were stranded. they drifted for two days before the cruise ship crew spotted them during the return voyage to miami. >>> also in florida, hundreds of pint-sized pirates brought smiles to thousands of land lovers at the annual gasparilla children's extravaganza. with the temperatures dipping below 60, the kids were bundled up, but that didn't st

c-span's "q&a." earlier today, gabrielle giffords was shot and critically injured at an event outside a tucson safeway. she remains in the hospital after brain surgery and is in critical condition. in a moment, we'll show you a swearing in ceremony with house speaker jim bain a -- house boehner.they ar [crowd noise] now, the entire swearing in oehner.y with speaker bette this is two hours. >> thank you. thank you. [crowd noise] [crowd noise] [crowd noise] [crowd noise] [crowd noise] [crowd noise] [crowd noise] [crowd noise] [crowd nor is] [crowd malaise] [ noise] [crowd noise] >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i'll send you guys down the middle here. >> right here with me right here with me. there you go. >> raise your hand. >> go get them, tiger. >> all right. >> all right. here we go. >> look right here and smile. very good. one more. >> thank you. >> everybody squeeze and act like you like each other. >> ladies, come up here. quickly. >> all right. good job. good job. >> mr. speaker. >> hi. how are you? left hand down. right hand up. there you go. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. >> congratulation

gabrielle giffords. you can see it. and if you go to c-span.org, you will certainly be able to watch the entire day's proceedings in the house of representatives. the next call comes from california. lillian on our independent line. the president calls for more civility in public discourse. caller: i would like to thank you for the opportunity to comment and my sincere condolences to the victims in arizona and their families. i very much appreciated president obama's efforts last night in a speech not to blame others for what happened in arizona. i think that was a key element of his speech. i am appalled that speaker boehner chose not to take a ride on air force one and contributed to national healing and instead chose fundraising. i think that was very disappointing. i was very disappointed with sarah palin's video that she released, it was so self- centered and focused on her as opposed to what happened in arizona, particulate the victims -- particularly the victims and families. i am curious to win in america did we lose respect for o

c r t kabul. before world news in brief for you now the u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords was in the head to get has been moved from arizona to a specialist treatment center in texas to say the transfer went flawlessly and it's different when she heard the applause when missions place have installed extra security measures at the facility part of a complex that specializes in treating traumatic brain injuries congresswoman was shot earlier this month when a gunman opened fire at a constituency event six. news is prime minister has pledged to quit politics after fresh elections the transitional government has promised to hold polls within six months but it has so far not set a date protests have continued since the fall of arms to president ben ali in tunisia and happy that key figures from the previous regime remain in positions of power at least seventy eight people have been killed since a wave of protests began last december three days of mourning began on friday. am terrible to run at least three people have been shot dead in sort of its engine running cars is of prote

gabrielle giffords' husband, declined his invitation. he wants to stay with her. the republican response coming from paul ryan. the tea party's response fromçmichelle backman. that speak by the president set forth tonight. lynn. >> tracie potts in washington. thank you. >>> nbc news will have live coverage of the president's state of the union address beginning tonight at 6:00 p.m. pacific time right here on your nbc station. >>> an illinois appeals court has kicked former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel off the ballot for the mayor's race in chicago. that candidates must live in the city they hope to lead for at least a year before the election. emanuel's lawyers are now asking the illinois supreme court to stay the ruling and hearing an expedited appeal. meanwhile, chicago's board of elections chairman has order printing to begin on ballots without emanuel's name in order to be ready for january 31st, the start of early voting. >>> russian officials are trying to figure out who was behind a deadly terror attack at moscow's busiest airport yet. at least 35 people were killed and over is 00 injured. so far, there's been no claimed o

c-span. >> lawmakers gathered on the house floor to pay tribute to representative gabrielle giffords and the other victims of the shooting in tucson. see what members said on line with c-span as congressional comical -- chronicle. it is washington your way. >> last night, president obama spoke at a memorial service for the victims of the tucson, ariz. shootings. organizers of the gathering called this "together we thrive." he speaks for about 35 minutes. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. please, be seated. [cheers and applause] to the families of those we have lost, to all who call them friends, to the students of this university, the public servants gathered here, the people of tucson, and the people of arizona -- i have come here tonight as an american who like all americans kneel to pray with you today and will stand by you tomorrow. there is nothing i can say that hole.fill the sudden in your hearts. but no this -- the hopes of the nation are here tonight. we mourn with you for the fallen, we join you in your grief, and we add our faith to your so that gabrielle to

gabrielle giffords critically injured. you can watch that live on wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> we are live now from the university of arizona hospital where rep gabrielle giffords is recovering from a shooting last saturday. an update now just under way. >> as long as we do not backside and as long as she holds her own, that is good and that keeps us hopeful. but we have to play this according to her time line and not ours and we have to avoid the frustration that so often the family will feel, we the doctors will feel, and of course, all of you will feel she will take -- all of you will feel. she will take her recovery at her own pace. a penetrating injury to the school, really, the survival, let alone recovery is abysmal. she has no right to look as good as she does, and we are hopeful. but i do want to underscore the seriousness of this century and the fact that we have to be patient. >> as you know, the congress woman's husband is an active duty navy personnel who is an astronaut. the resources of the entire military have been made available to us. early on in this

a sunday of an c-span's "q & ." gabrielle giffords is scheduled to travel to houston to continue her rehabilitation. her husband spoke with reporters today. this is 25 minutes. >> what we are going to do with this press conference is i will turn this over to michael. we are also going to have congresswoman giffords' husband, mark kelly, give a statement followed by a few minutes of questions and answers. congresswoman giffords continues to do well. we are pleased with her progression. we are seeing improvements every day. that is in lightning for us. improvement in the first couple of weeks after injury is significant and shows how she will do in the future. we are still doing the usual routine things with her, which includes speech therapy and aggressive physical therapy. she continues to participate and cooperate and is making improvements and we are happy. >> as dr. rhee said, the congresswoman continues to do well neurologically. she is beginning to stand with assistance. she is scrolling through an ipad. they indicate higher, but

c-span's video library. it's washington your way. >> a little later today we'll have a live update from arizona university medical center on the condition of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and other victims of last weekend's shootings. that's at noon eastern here on c-span2. >> the papers this morning are still talking about what happened over the weekend and here is the headline in the "washington post" this morning. could this be a moment or political middle? it says as the debate over civility and politics continues in the wake of the shootings in tucson, groups founded to push bipartisanship could this be a political middle. and heated discussions over immigration and health care moderates groups on the right and left are hoping their method of comity could can finally take hold. the house republican leadership's decision to delay the health care debate and lawmakers from both parties talking about the need to interact more with members on the opposite side of the aisle. it goes on to say when you go back to the type of rhetoric we saw in the 18th century, people would saw the face of a pig. our rhetoric is as heated as people think it is. it's actually less heated

c-span networks. now available in more than 100 million homes. >> speaker of the house john boehner spoke this morning in ohio about the attack on arizona representative gabrielle giffords and others outside a safeway store in tucson, arizona yesterday. here are his remarks. >> good morning. our thoughts and prayers of the house and nation always congressman giffords and her family. we are also praying for the families of judge roll and all those who were taken from us yesterday so senselessly. i directed that the flags on the house of the capital be flown at half mast in honor of gabe's death in the line of duty. and attacked on one who served is an attack on all who serve. such acts of violence have no place in our society. i want to commend the federal, state, and local officials for all of their efforts. i have told the fbi director at the house stands ready to assist possible. last night the majority leader announced that the normal the house in the coming week has been postponed so that we can take necessary action regarding yesterday's events. the majority leader will revised schedule. to the members of the house and their staffs, i ask that on the sabbath day th

c-span. a few hours ago, the sheriffs of pima county, arizona, talked about his department's investigation in the shooting of representative gabrielle giffords. this come to us courtesy of kboa tv in tucson. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] it's a sad day for america. first, if we may, i'm going to provide you with some of the details of what happened, kind of a thumbnail sketch. and then we have the person in charge of the f.b.i. for the state of arizona. the last guy was green. we have nate gray. this is a day of personal sadness for many of us in this room. people like dr. carmona, the 17th surgeon general in the united states and has been a pima county sheriff's deputy for 25 years. he is going to follow nate gray and answer any questions that you may have in reference to medical issues. but this morning, around 10:00 a.m., congresswoman giffords was having a town hall type of meeting outside in a -- kind of a strip mall situation outside a safeway grocery store. she does this frequently. there was no indication of any problems, but at about 10:10, a gunman a

center in tucson on the condition of representative gabrielle giffords and others injured in yesterday's shooting in tucson, arizona. live coverage here on cfrom tucson, arizona. >> those are the folks i think you want to hear from the most about the condition of the 10 patients we now have at unc, in the aftermath of yesterday's tragedy. before i do that, i do want to make a few brief comments. i promise i'll be brief. i want to thank the first-line responders that were on the scene yesterday. law enforcement officers, the emt's, paramedics, the flight crews, the ambulance crews, you all made a difference and you saved lives. i also want to thank the doctors and the trauma team. i have always held our people here in the highest regard. they've inspired me, but i've never been so proud in my life as i was yesterday as they rose to the occasion in almost combat conditions. i also want to thank our emergency physicians, who rose to the occasion yesterday to help out in this crisis. all of our nurses, and our staff, that includes our social workers, our clergy, and all of our support crew. yesterday was a challenging day for tucson, the state

c- span.org. it tells all -- it is also link to the house page of gabrielle giffords. her husband, mark kelly, has posted a statement from her family. let's go next to san diego, on our democrats line. caller: i feel that this situation has the marks of a frameup. they have another 50-year-old man in the background, a handler, who was instantly released and then they have, all of a sudden, a confession, a very strange-sounding confession locked up and make safe. they instantly apprehend the subject and he is not mentally ill and not that he does not know not to speak. there has been a long list of activities like this including the underwear bomber who had an escort and that young man in oregon. who i think was inside and friends to do this. >host: this suspect was apprehended in the act. caller: i don't know that. i did not see it on tv. this is just what they are putting out there. host: here next from gladstone, mich., a republican . caller: i think it was pretty predictable. the minute i heard this, i thought," oh, gosh, we will see a big push to blame." the more i

eastern on c-span. >> lawmakers gathered on the house floor to pay tribute to rock representative -- to representative gabrielle giffordsts of your congressman, track daily time lines, and read transcripts of every house and senate session. congressional chronicle -- it is washington your way. >> on washington journal, we talked with someone from the broking institution and douglas brinkley about how the country has reacted to similar acts of violence in the past. this is 40 minutes. we want to welcome to the table in washington thomas mann, a senior fellow at the brookings institution. joining us from austin, texas is doug brinkley. mr. brinkley, let me begin with you. first, let's begin with the role of the president. what is it? guest: the president has to become healer in chief. the whole country, after an event like tucson, is hurting. there are not any easy answers. were not sure if there will be a big congressional debate over the gun selling policy. we are not sure if there will be increased security on congressional candidates or the people in state houses or governors' mansions. what we do know is that the beh

c-span live across the country. for those that have just joined us, we want to update the situation with gabrielle giffords. some incredibly great news out of the university medical center. after surviving the gunshot wound to the head at this political event, representative giffords remains in critical condition but it was a significant time for her and her recovery as the brain tends to swell most of the third day after a traumatic injury. it was a very good sign that she has made it past the third, now the fourth day. dr. black, chairman of the department of neurosurgery in los angeles was involved in treating giffords. she has now breathing tubes to protect her lungs and of course dr. michael lamone, chief of neurologist and neurosurgery at the university of medical center had a news conversation and has said that -- coferingse and has said that ms. giffords has been responsive and they're very, very pleased. sara, representative of congresswoman giffords' office and of course mark kimble, former citizen editor. and now an aide to congresswoman giffords. both of you, you'll have to move over to the micr

gabrielle giffords. if you have been following her progress you probably saw many hospital briefings with him included here in c-span. oklahoma. glen on the independent line. caller: i probably will not to watch the speech tonight. i want to go back on one thing the gentleman said a while ago about the american car companies shipping jobs out of the country. one problem also with the american car companies, probably about 50% of the parts and our american cars are not made in the united states -- in our american cars are not made in the united states. another thing is, i believe the speech that he is going to be giving tonight is more of a reelection speech than substance of where the country is going. he leaned to the left prior to the recent election. if he is reelected, i believe he will go back to the left, knowing he will not be able to run for a third term. to me, he showed which way he was going in the first two years. i think going back to the middle is just a ploy. host: in other news, "chicago tribune" frontpage. rahm emanuel scrambles to get back on the ballot. it says here -- and also this morning,

gabrielle giffords. live coverage of the house will be on c-span tomorrow and wednesday. the election was held yesterday in sudan. it is a referendum vote on independence for south sudan. the discussion from this morning runs about an hour and a half. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for arousing yourself out of bed early and making it down here on a monday morning. we appreciate you coming along. i am sure there will be a few people drifted in as we get going. we will try to start now so get plenty of time for discussion. my name is richard l. downey. i and deputy director of the africa program at csis and i am grateful this morning before our panelists had a chance to tackle the sudan referendum. the monday morning, we get first crack at discussing the referendum which began over the weekend. as we sit here and discuss the sudan this morning, the people of southern sudan are in the middle of making an historic decision. voting began yesterday's in the referendum on their future. , whether to remain part of sudan or secede and form their own nation. millions of peopl

c-span3 deal. >> an update on the condition -- a condition of gabrielle giffords. one of the doctors treating her, in an interview earlier on nbc's "today" show, said there was no change in her condition overnight. a cat scan shows no increase in the swelling. he went on to say that the fact that her response to commands indicates there is not a lot of pressure and in the brain. politico reports that the draft a resolution honoring congresswoman giffords and the other victims of saturday's shooting will become publicly available today. house meets for pro forma session this afternoon and will consider the resolution tomorrow. house chaplain father daniel coughlin is expected to retire soon. he was the first catholic priest to serve as house chaplain. he has the power to appoint a chaplain. reason practice is to form a bipartisan committee to vet applicants. the panel for the oil spill will release a report today. they said that oversight is needed to avert another catastrophic incident off shore. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> there is a

c-span's congressional chronicle. track the daily poor timelines, read transcripts. congressional chronicle. it is washington, your way. earlier today, arizona representative gabrielle giffords was shot and critically injured at an event outside a tuscon safe way. she remains in the hospital after brain surgery. in a moment we'll show you a swearing in ceremony held last wednesday by john boehner. here is a look at his meeting with representative giffords. >> i know where your district is. >> and the entire swearing in ceremony with elected house members and speaker boehner. they were officially sworn in to office on wednesday from the chamber form. this is two hours. >> thank you. thank you. >> raise your right hand. >> good job. >> you come up here with me. that's it. right there. there you go. >> thanks for doing this. there you go. >> nicole is from ohio. >> you know the drill. >> good luck, mr. speaker. >> raise your right hand. there you go. >> raise your right hand. >> all right. >> get over here. get over here. >> how do we do it? >> right hand here. no, left hand here. >> i can't see the people in the back. >> all right. >> all done? >> thank you. >> here we go. >>

c-span live across the country. for those that have just joined us, we want to update the situation with gabrielle giffords.ome incredibly great news out of the university medical center. after surviving the gunshot wound to the head at this political event, representative giffords remains in critical condition but it was a significant time for her and her recovery as the brain tends to swell most of the third day after a traumatic injury. it was a very good sign that she has made it past the third, now the fourth day. dr. black, chairman of the department of neurosurgery in los angeles was involved in treating giffords. she has now breathing tubes to protect her lungs and of course dr. michael lamone, chief of neurologist and neurosurgery at the university of medical center had a news conversation and has said that -- coferingse and has said that ms. giffords has been responsive and they're very, very pleased. sara, representative of congresswoman giffords' office and of course mark kimble, former citizen editor. and now an aide to congresswoman giffords. both of you, you'll have to move over to the microp

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c-span. the u.s. house has spent the day discussing their colleague, gabrielle giffords and the other victims of the shooting, and offering up a resolution, h.r. 32 a sense of the house resolution about the shootings on saturday, it starting -- started about 10:00 this morning with comments on the resolution with comments on beth sides, speaker boehner, minority leader, nancy pelosi, the eric cantor and steny hoyer. we'll show you more on that when we bring you coverage from kgun news later. ner: i ask for resolution and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: house resolution 32. whereas on january 8, 2011, an armed gunman opened fire at a congress on your corner event hosted by representative gabrielle giffords of tucson, arizona, killing six and wounding at least 14 others. whereas christina taylor green, dorothy morris, john rohl, and gabriel zimmerman lost their lives in this attack. whereas christina taylor green, a 9-year-old daughter of john and roxanne green, was born on september 11, 2001, and was a third grader with an avid interest in government who was recently

gabrielle giffords. coverage begins live at 3:15 p.m. eastern over on our companion network, c-span. >> thank you very much, mr. president, mr. vice president. you have honored me and my family by giving me an opportunity to serve you and to serve our nation. >> with more than 80 appearances by william daley and more than 100 by gene sperling, use the c-span video library to learn for the about the newest editions to the obama administration, just two of the almost 115,000 people you can search and watch anytime online at our c-span video library. it's washington your way. >> middle and high school students, it's time to upload your videos for c-span's student cam documentary competition. get your 5-8 minute video on this year's topic, washington, d.c. through my lens, to c-span by january 20th for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. there's $50,000 in total prizes. c-span's student cram video documentary competition is open to students grades 6-12. go online to student cam.org. >> yesterday thousands of people in southern sudan began casting ballots this a weeklong v

> lawmakers gathered on the house floor to pay tribute to gabrielle giffords and the other victims of the shooting in tucson. watch online with cn's congressional cockles. follow the contents of your congressman. congressional chronicles, it is washington your way. >> a memorial service was held today for ambassador richard holbrooke. speakers included president obama, secretary of state hillary clinton, former president bill clinton, and joint chiefs of staff chairman mike mullen. ambassador holbrooke served most recently as special representative for afghanistan and pakistan. his career began in 1962 with an assignment in vietnam. the service was held at the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts in washington, d.c. [inaudible crowd noise] [unintelligible crowd noise] [unintelligible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> well, i'm david rubinstein, the chairman of the kennedy center. on behalf of the kennedy center, i'd like to welcome everybody here for a memorial service for a extraordinary man who was often against so many odds. some of you maybe wonders why at a

c-span alert button and have our schedules e-mailed to you. >> lawmakers gathered on the house floor to pay tribute to representative gabrielle giffords and the other victims of the shooting in tucson. see what members said online with c-span's congressional chronicle. follow the comments of your congressmen, track daily timelines and read transcripts of every house and senate session. congressional chronicle, it's washington your way. >> china's president, hu jintao, visits washington next week. yesterday treasury secretary tim geithner said that china's unwillingness to allow it currency to rise this value is hurting u.s. competitiveness this global marketplace. this is an hour. >> good morning. mr. secretary, welcome to your alma mater. good morning, you all. we have a special event today. secretary geithner, head of the visit by president hu jintao to this country, will speak to us t on u.s./china economic relations, the subject as all of you know that is of greatnomi importance to both countries and to the world.ou in the absence of the dean of our school, jessica einhorn, who is watching this event from italy and the head of our chinar

lawmakers gathered on the house floor to pay tribute to rep it gabrielle giffords and the shooting in tucson. see what members said online with c-span's congressional chronicle. track daily time line and read transcripts of every house and senate session. congressional chronicle -- it is >> on tuesday, investigating the gulf of mexico oil spill, the division called for more concerns including more funding and training for regulators. also raising the liability cap for damages incurred. the recommendations were part of the oil spill commission to report outlining ways to avoid future disasters. the report faulted bp, transocean, and halliburton for the airport 20 at the deepwater horizon explosion and oil spill but also called the problems "systemic in the oil industry." this is one hour and 10 minutes. >> what is the future of offshore for oil and gas drilling? i am very pleased that today we are submitting our report. we are submitting it on time, under budget, and with the unanimous vote of the seven members of the commission. e of the seven members of the commission. >> we began our efforts with the trip to the of gulf. to h

gabrielle giffords, critically injured. you can follow the house live wednesday at 10:00 eastern here on c-span. a quick bit of information earlier today house speaker john boehner invited president obama formally to deliver the state of the union aspeech, tuesday, january 25, to a joint session of congress. we'll have live coverage right here on our c-span networks. >> every weekend on c-span3, experience american history tv, starting saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern. 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. hear historic speeches by national leaders. and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation. visit museums, historical sites, and college campuses as top history professors and leading historians devil into america's past. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend. on c-span3. >> earlier today massachusetts senator john kerry said he hoped the tucson, arizona shooting would change the tone in congress on debates over energy and the deficit infrastructure. the senate foreign relations chairman also said partisan grid wok in washington hurts america's ability to c

gabrielle giffords and john boehner at the ceremonial swearing-in in less week. caller: it is amazing to me that i did not know about the representative through c-span or other news channels. it sounds as if she was a wonderful rep. the problem as a person that loves politics like i do begins in my mind the hard way, at those town halls. when people gathered and began to stand, scream, yell and disrupt. as a political person that follows this stuff by started to see something that was odd, different and frightening. elderly people going to see their congressman, pushed aside in treated so badly. as much as i have been listening today to people say that it is not political, it certainly is. an abortion doctor was murdered by a crazy man who had political feelings. this happened, as well as several other incidents of hate crime and political belief. i am a strong believer in what i believe in, but not violent. i think the town halls will come to an end. host: you have touched upon the headline, sort of, that walter shapiro wrote about. will congress ever be the same? keep going. caller: right here in my neighborhood, when he was running for senator someone went thr

gabrielle giffords over the weekend. there will have a session on tuesday. on wednesday, the chamber will honor the victims of saturday's shooting. live coverage is on c-span. up next on c-span, ohio's new governor is sworn in. after that, a vote for independence in south sudan. later, a conversation on u.s.- china military relations. >> the c-span networks, we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is all available to you on television, radio, all mine, and on social and media networking sites. -- online, and on social media network sites. bringing our resources to your community, it is washington your way, the c-span network. now available in over 100 million homes, greeted by cable, provided as a public service. -- created by cable, provided as a public-service. >> the inauguration of john k. sick as ohio's governor, he won the election in november, defeating the incumbent ted strickland. among those in attendance were as the u.s. house speaker john boehner. this is 20 minutes. [applause] >> now i invite the chief justice to a minister the oath of office to the governor. will the kasik family please

c-span3. you can have our schedules in mailed to you. >> a medical briefing on the condition of arizona rep gabrielle giffords. doctors say she was successfully transferred -- transported friday from tucson, arizona, to houston, texas, for extensive rehabilitation therapy. they are optimistic about her prognosis. this is about half an hour. >> good afternoon. i am the head of corporate communications. i am very happy that all of you are here today. we have enjoyed working with you these past few days that they had been quite a whirlwind of activity. this is our first news conference. we anticipate holding additional briefings as the medical team has additional information to report. with that, i know you are anxious to hear from the doctors. it is my pleasure to introduce the president of the memorial hermann health care system. >> thank you, beth. welcome to memorial hermann. thank you for being here. shortly before 2:00 p.m. today, congresswoman giffords and her husband, captain mark kelly, her family, and her staff arrived here. we completed a successful transfer of care. i had the privilege of reading them

around then, on c-span2 we will bring you the live feed from the university medical center in tucson, ariz., where doctors will be a fitting the condition of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. will be hearing from her surgeon. also, jenny barbour, the daughter of ronald barbour, the district director of the congress woman. expect that beginning at 12:00 p.m. this afternoon. also, will we bring you to you live the rnc national winter meeting. they will elect a new party chairman today. the party candidates include current currency chairman michael steele and former rnc co-chairman, wagner -- ann wagner and maria cino. crossing is for joining us today on "washington journal" and we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 eastern time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] . . .

gabrielle giffords. >> i know we would be happy to answer any and all questions. yes? >> if someone were to go back and reviewed c-span video of last year's state of the union address, would they see you standing and cheering when president obama made his unprecedented attack on the supreme court justice for their decision? >> i don't know. i do not remember. i did have some concerns about that case. that is a whole other topic. but we are turning the page. this is a reset. we are going to -- those of us here and many others want to reset the way we work together partisanship at its best is about promoting ideas. partisanship for its own sake has been detrimental and not constructive. as we all believe, and that think three of my colleagues would agree, what happened in the tucson was a wake-up call. we all quietly sent to each other republicans, democrats. the rhetoric is getting out of control. it can have an effect. sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can do real damage. we are committed to having the kind of debates around here where you can disagree without being disagreeable. >> to what extent d

c-span2.the saker pro in washington today the u.s. house gavels and at noon eastern. no major business today, but we do expect remarks on congresswoman gabrielle giffords verizon here in earlier footage. she continues to be in criticalg condition after the tucson unit shooting that left six dead. watch the house live at noon each. governor chris christie is getting his first state of the state address. new jersey facing a $10.5 billion deficit. will have live coverage of the state of the state 2 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> european leaders gathered in paris last week to discuss the global economy of the french prime ministers stressed the year, the second most traded currency in the world as the u.s. dollar. still strong despite inability in european markets. france will host both the summits this year. this is 25 minutes. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: prime minister, ladies and gentlemen, ministers, it's a great pleasure, great honor for me for declaring this open. it was organized and thought of by eric who wished to have any cause of dysfunction in the world economy which came to stark light because of the world economic crisis. i would

c-span, ron kirk and shaun donovan on the u.s. economy and job creation. after that, a medical update on the condition of arizona rep gabrielle giffords.row on "washington journal. at the white house economic team with a reporter from politico. after that, the director of the league of cities. later, david kenner on the obama administration's pending decision to lift the order on military tribunals to prosecute the chinese. washington journal every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> do you solemnly swear to support the contusion -- constitution of the united states from all enemies foreign and domestic? >> learn more about the freshmen senators on line and follow their appearances with c-span's congressional cockles. track the daily time land -- timeline, and find a video archive of each member. congressional chronicles at c- span.org/congress. >> the u.s. conference of mayors in other meetings this week. the focus was on the u.s. economy and job creation. u.s. trade representative ron kirk outlined the obama administration's job policies. mr. kirk serve as the mayor of dallas from 1995 until 2002. his remarks run just over 35 minu

c-span networks. now available in more than 100 million homes. provided as a public-service and provided by cable. >> gabrielle giffords has arrived at the houstonpital where she will receive physical therapy after being wounded nelywo ago. the associated press reports she will be evaluated first in the icu of the texas medical center and then be taken to the rehabilitation hospital in the same complex. we will get an update on that in about an hour and 20 minutes. we will have live coverage of the update for you here on c- span. president obama just past the midway point of his first term. this morning, we discuss his first two years in office. this is about 45 minutes. now is bill adair, the editor of an organization called politifact. bill adair, what is the obameter? host: it is the measure -- guest: it is the measure of how we read the accuracy of political stements and we rate the progress of president obama's 506 campaign promises. host: where did you get the #506? guest: we actually hoped there would be fewer. what we did is went through his position papers, speeches, his campaign webte and looked for things that he said that were clearl

years old and engaged to be married served as director of community outreach to representative gabrielle c giffords and was a social worker before serving withabriel representative efforts. we all know that gabrielleds giffords was the target of the attack and was critically injured, and we overnight have receivede extremely good news ad that her condition has beenup upgraded from critical to good. that is an incredible news and is heartening to all of us. w 13 others were also wounded in the shooting including ron barber and pamela simon, both staffers to representative giffords, and several individuals including patricia meche, army colonel bill bachero retired who was also wounded in the shooting. roger sells burger, joseph zamudio, daniel fernandez jr.m and dr. steven rael helped apprehend a gunman and assistnd the injured thereby risking their lives for the safety of others. now, some of the actions to place during this tragedy has been carried extensively in the media. the reaction of the people of tucson in arizona to this tragedy has been incredibly uplifting and encouraging to all of us.ar