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more than sux years after she was nearly killed in a mass shooting, gabrielle giffords was honored today with a new u.s. warship bearing her name. roxana saberi has more on the emotional ceremony in galveston, texas. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: out of thousands of ships commissioned by the navy, this is only the 16th named after a woman, and the first named after a living woman since martha washington in 1776. >> the honorable gabrielle giffords, escorted by her husband, captain mark kelly, united states navy, retired. ( applause ) >> i thought of you in my darkest days-- the soldiers, sailors, air the united states of aca. we ask so much of you. despite danger you say yes. >> reporter: the navy told former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffordsy giffords a warship would be named in her honor back in 2012, the same day she decided to resign from congress to recover from an assassination attempt the year before. forme secretary of state hillary clinton praised the decision to name the ship after giffords. >> nothing gives me greater joy and honor than seeing this great

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the uss gabrielle gifford is strong and tough, just like her crew. >> reporter: the uss gabrielle gifforde based in san diego. >>> tonight on bay area revelations, 50 years after the summer of love in san francisco, the haight ashbury was the coolest place to be in the mid 60s. a generation made history with its social and counter-cultural movement, new ideas about religion, the environment, food and medicine all emerged. they are now part of our own culture. bay area revolutions summer of love 50 years later airs at 8:00. time now to turn it over to sports. >> reporter: the warriors pursuit of a perfect postseason came up short but the big prize is still there for the taking. hear from steph curry and lebron james as they travel back to oakla oakland. take sot trt: 2:59 out: "after the break" mindi (0-9) warriors banner (12-21) stephen curry (34-50) lebron james (53-1:07) >>> 16-0 would have been nice a perfect way to wipe away the bad taste of last year's blown 3-1 lead in the nba fooiblts finals. here the warriors are again. golden state arrived in oakland this afternoon after their ga

navy and dedicated in her honor, named as a uss gabrielle gifford, the entire world was shot when gabriellet's listen before i go into the background. >> as the responsor of the uss gabrielle giffords, we are happy of the years ahead where gabi and i will support the crew and officers of the amazing navy ship and what a great day it is in the state of texas and in galveston county where i lived for 15 years. [cheers and applause] >> i'm so happy to be here. it's so close to nasa. where i worked i got nasa buddies, gabby's former member that is she served in congress, her colleagues in the state senate and the state house and i think even some el campo tire people are here. so good morning, everybody, you know, i've got to say that i hope the rest of the lcs ships have an easier time following the uss gabrielle f giffords that i'm going to follow my amazing wife in giving a speech. this is hard for me. and thank you to the u.s. navy for this fabulous commissioning ceremony and thank you to usa for building such a great and worthy ship, thank you very much . [applause] >> you know this mornin

. >> dahler: six years after she was nearly killed in a mass shooting, gabrielle giffords is honored with a u.s. warship embargo her name. >> i will never forget this day. >> dahler: and we remember classic tv "batman," adam west. >> we're on the button, robin. this is the "cbs weekend news." .>> dahler: good evening. i'm don dahler. three u.s. soldiers were killed today and at least one wounded fighting america's longest war. it was apparently an insider attack in eastern afghanistan. an afghan army soldier opened fire on the americans before he was killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility releasing this photo of the man they say was the gunman. the attack comes as the trump administration is considering sending more troops to afghanistan to help fight in the-- against the taliban, al qaeda, isis, and a filated terror groups. since 2001, more than 2200 u.s. troops have died in afghanistan. more than 20,000 have been wounded. the 16-year war has cost american taxpayers more than $800 billion. president trump is following the developments in afghanistan from his golf club in bed

the u-s-s gabrielle giffords is the 16th navy ship named after a woman in u-s history. rds speaking about the honor.<> <(gabrielle giffords/ former united states representative): "i'm so happy to be here with you today. this is incredible honor. i will never forget this day of the crew of the uss gabrielle giffords.">( marty ) giffords was shot in the head during a meet- and-greet event with voters in tucson, arizona in 2011. the shooter killed six people and left 12-more injured. giffords recovered from her injuries. but she later resigned from congress to focus on her recuperation. ( marty @ landing ) fans are mourning the death of television's original batman, adam west. his family says he died peacefully in his sleep friday night after a short battle with leukemia. paul ver-cammen takes a look back at west's career as batman and beyond. adam west was... "batman..batman."batman reruns turbo-boosted west to global hero status long after after his three original batman seasons ended in 1968.forty years later...the self- depricating, witty west got a star on the hollywoo

and former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords targeted and grievously wounded in a 2011 mass shootingrote, "my heart is with my former colleagues, their families, and staff, and the u.s. capitol police, public servants and heroes today and every day." giffords went on to call the ambush an attack on all who serve and on all who participate in our democracy. earlier today we spoke to her husband, retired astronaut and navy captain mark kelly. >> we have a lot of friends that are tap toll police officers. gabby had capitol police protection for a pretty extended period of time after she was nearly assassinated, so we became very close with them, and it's a really tragic day for democracy. >> pelley: a tragic day for democracy. why do you say that? >> well, you know, you have members of congress meeting there, and somebody showed up to kill them, and that should not happen in this country or any other country. >> pelley: separate from what happened today, where are the loopholes in background checks in america that you'd like to see plugged? >> well, i mean, a lot of places. you can walk

the uss gabrielle ps giffords. i thought of you of my hardest days, we ask so much of you despite danger, you say yes. do you make me proud? you make america proud. i will never forget this day or the crew of the uss gabrielle gib giffords. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> fantastic honor in the name of former arizona congresswoman g gabby giffords. we'll continue to monitor the event there in galveston, texas. >>> president trump is responding by calling comey a liar and a leaker and hinting a tape recording of the conversation. where does possible collusion with members of the trump campaign go from here? lets bring in our cnn justice producer, shimon, a lot more in his plate now and he's beefing up in his team, what's next? >> what's next is a decision that's made by him of weather he's going to look at any of these allegations of obstruction of justice. certainly comey's testimony laid out a good case for the special counsel to look out. he's been looking out a lot of stuff now, bob mueller and the fbi have

the uss gabrielle giffords. >> only the second woman to have a ship named after her. >> yes, like 16 women have ships named for them, but they're not alive, and it was a rill tribute to her courage and strength, and the motto of the ship and gabby is "i'm ready." so to have seen the contribute to her for overcoming the challenge she had using the time since then to promote gun safety, and thoen come here and have this need for a triumph of spirit, hopefully he have be a inspiration to all of us. >> there seems to be a move among democrats that it's too soon to talk about gun safety. we saw the demonstrations last year, the filibuster, but nothing happens. >> don't forget the sit in on the house floor. >> but is there a feeling now that you can't emphasize that issue? >> no, it is just that we can't -- more than 24 to 30 hours since it happened and we're addressing the emergency that we have right now which is to get steve through this. the others through this, and then they'll be a time to have discussions about the appropriate comments that people made about the need for background

gabri gabrielle giffords is honored with a new warship bearing her name.t in some cities around the country. >>> rafael nadal definitely earned a short rest after winning his record-setting tenth french open title. he won over stan rwary ka. >>> roxana saberi reports. >>> out of thousands of ships commissioned by the navy, this is only th6 woman and the first named after a living woman since martha washington in 1776. >>> the honorable gabrielle giffords escorted by her husband. >> i thought of you in my darkest days, the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines of the united states of america. we ask so much of you. despite danger you say yes. >> the navy told former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords a warship would be named in her honor back in 2012, the same day she decided to resign from congress to recover from an assassination attempt the year before. former secretary of state hillary clinton praised the decision to name the ship after giffords. >> nothing gives me greater joy and honor than seeing ship named for someone whose strength and resilience

i will never forget this day of the crew of the uss gabrielle giffords." ords was shot in the head during a meet-and-greet event with voters in tucson, arizona. the shooter killed six other people and left 12-re injured. giffords recovered from her injuries, but she later resigned from congress to focus on her recuperation. (justine) fans are mourning the death of television's original batman, adam west. his family says he died peacefully in his sleep friday night after a short battle with leukemia.(jr stone) c-n-n's paul ver-cammen takes a look back at west's career as batman... and beyond. adam west was... "batman..batman."batman reruns turbo-boosted west to global hero status long after after his three original batman seasons ended in 1968.forty years later...the self- depricating, witty west got a star on the hollywood walk of fameadam west/ actor:"i think i have the record as the actor who has waited the longest to get his star on the sidewalk..." adam west was born william west anderson in walla walla, washington. young adam west possessed brawn and b

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the uss gabrielle gifford is the newest active warship commissioned today in galveston texas. emember who could forget was badly hurt in the 2011 shooting in arizona. she officially retired from congress in 2012 this after that assassination attempt that almost took her life. well, at today's ceremony she honored the navy for their bravery. >> i thought of you in my darkest days, the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines of the united states of america. we ask so much of you, despite danger, you say yes. you make me proud. you make america proud. >> the ship is named for gifford making her the first living woman since martha washington to be the namesake of a naval warship. >>> a young graduate of the u.s. air force academy already making a significant contribution to her nation's war fighting capability. fox's correspondent alicia acuna has more. >> this is what we have been using. >> it doesn't look that intimidating. >> no. >> it is really unassuming. >> unassuming is part of the brilliance of a concoction made by air force academy cadet and her instructor dr. ryan burk. thi

did you say gabrielle giffords is hit? >> she's hit. i do believe she's breathing. there's multiple people shot. >> reporter: 2011, representative gabrielle giffords was shot at point-blank range in the head during a meeting with her constituents in a supermarket parking lot in tucson, arizona. despite calls for increased civility in our political discourse that came in the aftermath, the spirit did not last. and indeed today it took just hours after the attack for the familiar debate about gun violence to be reawakened with the democratic governor of virginia weighing in. >> i have long advocated, this is not what today is about, but there are too many guns on the street. >> reporter: texas congressman roger williams, a republican who was injured during today's attack, was unwavering in his pro-gun stance. >> i'm for the second amendment. i'm from texas. >> reporter: one point of agreement tonight, the annual congressional baseball game will go on as planned tomorrow night. >> knowing steve scalise as we all do, he is likely really frustrated that he's not going to

. >>> and more than six years now after she was nearly killed in a mass shooting gabrielle giffords wasored today with a new u.s. war ship bearing her name. out of thousands of ships commissioned by the navy, this is only the 16th named after a woman and the first named after a living woman since martha washington. over 420 feet long the u.s.s. gabrielle giffords it's designed to take on threats such as mines and submarines in open ocean and close to shore as well. >>> and today we learned actor adam west television's original batman has died. family members say that west died peacefully in his sleep friday night following a short battle with leukemia. batman reruns turbo boosted west to global hero status. west told bryant gumbel he enjoyed playing the lighter version of the caped crusader. >> we did it on several levels for the adult and for the children so that as you got older you would see the fun and the humor in it. as kids you would love the adventure. >> adam west physicals played himself on the big bang theory and several other sitcoms. he was 88 years old. >>> stay with us. s

>> reporter: for mark kelley, it's personal, his wife gabrielle giffords was shot in the head while talking with constituents six years ago. >> you have to be careful with your words. people pay attention and read them and it's an example to others. >> from coast to coast, there's deep concern this moment of unity will be forgotten and abandoned too soon. you heard the reference there to the church shooting in charleston. today, on the second tragedy. several hundred people marched in honor of those killed. they called it the hate won't win unity walk. >>> still ahead tonight, five officials in flint michigan charged with involuntary manslaughter. the case is tied to the city's water crisis. >>> a young man finds his calling, becoming a role model in the process. how he's inspiring ahh. where are mom and dad? 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico! goin' up the country. love mom and dad' i'm takin' a nap. dude, you just woke up! ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ geico motorc