>> no, we were working on the logistics in the statehouse. >> the decision about monday is to be made tomorrow? >> governor brewer was scheduled to deliver her state of the state speech on monday from the state capitol in phoenix. she said she's not sure whether she'll deliver that speech after the shootings today. representative gabrielle giffords was shot in the head earlier today by a man who opened fire during an event she was hosting near a safeway grocery store in northwest tucson. several other people were wounded and at least five people were killed, including federal judge john roll and a 9-year-old. according to the a.p., doctors say representative giffords was responding to commands. the 40-year-old congresswoman was elected to her third term last november. she is married to mark kelly, a former astronaut. she tweeted shortly before the shooting. she described the events that she was holding -- it was called "the congress on your corner" event, writing, "my first congress on your corner starts now. please stop by to let me know what's on your mind or tweet me later." and we

he used to -- he was in the statehouse at the time. he would go sneak into an anteroom in the back off the floor and write on yellow legal pads and scribbled out his 2004 convention speech. he came up with lines on the back of napkins, he would shove them in his pocket. he worked on that speech for weeks himself. so host of these guys, including jesse jackson, reverend jackson, know how to deliver a great speech and how to write one, and i think there's a great interaction between them and the speech writer. >> and just one thing that's really over the top. sadly enough, you know, i guess it can be agreed that a lot of people said that adolf hitler was a really powerful communicator, and i was wondering you, as experts, if you knew whether or not he wrote all of his speeches -- >> i don't know, and i'm not going there. [laughter] >> okay. yeah, i -- >> we'll leave that one alone. >> that was off. [laughter] >> thank you. >> thanks for your questions. >> hi. i have to say that i'm so glad to actually meet some of the speech writers beca

terms of the state that turned from a democratic majority to a republican majority in both the statehouse the governor's seat, two congressional seats went to republicans and a u.s. senate seat went to a republican, what people here say is the president is acknowledging this new political reality and his state of the union speech last night, of course, made that clear. one political scientist from northern wisconsin today said that while the president acknowledges that new political reality, he still came to wisconsin today because he is willing to creed... not willing to cede this territory to republicans in 2012. but his trip to wisconsin which is on... go ahead. >> ifill: well, before he even gets to 2012 there are very specific thing he is advocated in his speech last night, like high-speed rail, which your governor has rejected. >> that's absolutely right. he advocated for this investment in these kinds of technologies, including the infrastructure of high-speed rail and our new republican governor scott walker did campaign against this high-speed rail project going through wisconsin

and in the arizona statehouse, where the governor replaced her planned state of the state speech with another message. >> tragedy and terror sometimes comes from the shadows and steals our joy and takes away our peace. >> reporter: while the parents of the youngest victim, little christina, talked of the call that changed their lives. a call telling them that their daughter's trip with a neighbor to meet congresswoman giffords had somehow gone terribly wrong. >> i had received a phone call from my friend's husband, and he said that suzy and christina were at the university medical center, and i assumed immediately they might have been in a car accident. >> reporter: and you get to the emergency room and what happens next? >> i realized it was bigger than just a car accident. >> reporter: nurse nancy bowman and her physician husband just happened to be at the safeway when it happened and joined others treating victims. she won't forget the heroic effort to try to save christina. >> i don't know who that was, it must have been a medical person that was doing chest compressions on the li

they wanted it to go into the statehouses. go in the people running for president, as though he was a legatee of that movement. third male speaker: nothing could ever change what he's accomplished. nothing could ever change both what it took for him to mount that summit. and nothing can ever change the way he proved that the color of a person's skin has nothing to do with one's ability to govern. and it's something to be proud of. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ female announcer: major funding for "wilder, an american first," was provided by suntrust. where you bank on opportunities, we bank on diversity. at suntrust we know it takes a special combination of people to foster creativity and a more competitive company. production funding was also provided by dominion, and by virginia commonwealth university, and by state farm insurance, with local agents who can help you with your insurance, banking, and financial service needs. state farm insurance-- we live where you live. "wilder, an american first," was produced in collaboration with

that includes those official bees who -- officials who rode that wave of satisfaction into statehouses across the nation. i believe some 19 legislatures switch to republican control that night, including two -- north carolina and alabama -- which will be experiencing republican leadership for the first time since the 18 p70s n. 1870s. that's a long time to wait. that's a long time to wait. but we must insure that it's worth the wait. at the state level, my fellow governors and i need to work with legislators to prove the wisdom of our founding fathers when they limited the power of the federal government and entrusted the challenges of day-to-day governance to leaders at the state and local level. and in federalist 45 james madison wrote: the powers delegated by the proopposed constitution -- proposed constitution to the federal government are few and defined. those which are to remain in state governments are numerous and indefinite. if he were here today, i have to wonder if mr. madison would look at today's leaders in washington, d.c. and say, did i mumble? this. [laughter] i believ

that's a really one of the things that leaders need to discuss in washington and in the states and statehouses. can have that be tightened up and is it appropriate in the federal law as we have it? because there's a lot of gaps in there as well. >> woodruff: i know this is one measure ofun access but we hae a map iwanted t show our viewers that shows the states by degree of restrictiveness when it comes tong concealed weapons and i guess it's just two states and the district ofce are in red. then ten states have some restrictions on carrying concealed weapons those are in yellow. finally the -- all the remaining states have lenient or no laws in effect with regard to carrying concealed weapons. how much do those laws mirror generally how restrictive states are? or not? >> well, you have about 36 states now that have sale issue laws where gun permits are given to good sit webs without records or mental defective. and seems to work fairly well, in tennessee here we have one in 250,000 permitted concealed carry and seems to work well, there's not any real problems with it initially they had some

she had served in the arizona statehouse with gabrielle givers. she call giffords.ders of congress and members of the arizona delegation. so a series of calls, a lot of concern. then the president appeared before cameras in the state dining room and had this to say. >> gabby was doing what she always does -- listening to the hopes and concernsf her neighbors. that is the essence of what our democracy is all about. >> reporter: and, as you mentioned, jeff, he has dispatched the fbi director robert mueller to arizona to help coordinate the law enforcement investigation there. the president saying they were going to get to the bottom of what happened yesterday in tucson. jeff? >> mike, thanks. >>> want to turn now to other newsfollowing. news we are following. in baltimore, two people were killed overnight including a police officer at a nightclub shooting downtown. another officer and three women were hurt. the gunfire broke out at a fight outside club select. so far, no arrests. >>> this morning we have an update to a story we have been following closely on "today."

at the arizona statehouse, daniel hernandez, the intern that rushed to the aid of congresswoman giffords after she was shot, received a standing ovation. the moment was also marked in outer space, where the twin brother of mark kelly, congresswoman giffords' husband, said this. >> as i look out the window, and see a very beautiful planet that seems very inviting and peaceful. unfortunately, it is not. >> reporter: it was also a day of anguish for the victims' families. we met ross zimmermann father of victim gabe zimmerman, a recently-engaged aide to congresswoman giffords, just hours after he heard from the fbi chief, who said there are indications that gabe threw himself into the fray when the bullets started flying. >> he will never grow old. and will never see his kids. and we will -- we will remember our fine, strong, 30-year-old son and brother, or fiance. >> reporter: and ross zimmerman told me he received a phone call from president obama. he told me hat the normally very talkative president told him, quote, i have no words. robin? >> that's how many of us feel. >>> in the wake o

he's going to bring vigor, vitality, visions to the statehouse. is going to be able to lead us through dark times and even during good times. ladies and gentlemen, i think you would agree that as we look ahead, for martin o'malley he will always stand up for the little guy, for the little gal. that's why we want to be able to stand up for you today. and in closing i would like to quote ralph waldo emerson. about a nation's strength. because an nation's strength is its people. it's leadership. this is what emerson said on a day like today. what makes a nation and its foundation strong? what makes it mighty to defy, not gold, but only men and women, only men and women, that keep people great and strong. men and women who, for truth and honor state, stand fast and suffer long. brave men who work while others sleep. brave men who dare while others like. they are the ones who built a nation and a lift into the sky. let's all stand up and lift our voices to welcome martin o'malley. [cheers and applause]r >> thank you very much. thank you very, very much

they were the place where stuff got started but the legislation was really written on the statehouseor the state senate floor. >> well, that is an interesting analogy and i don't think the a large extent, it is true. the world is different, at least in my opinion between state legislature and the congress. the thing that i was missouried surprised about when came to congress is people didn't seem to pay much attention to the language of the legislation. we agonized over words. we knew at some point there was a court that was going to look at that legislation. we worried about those things is. bob's right. florida where the final product was really put together but it was also a much more co-he's ya'll place. i thought i had an advantage coming from the state legislature. my experience was we would yell and scream and fight for principle and go to dinner with a guy you had been arguing with all afternoon on the house floor and these became your best friends. it was a better atmosphere. we didn't have to agree but we liked each other as people. if the other guy was talking about someth

after his election and before his inauguration, abraham lincoln spoke here in this building, in the statehouse in trenton. on that day, speaking to a legislature controlled by the other party, lincoln said this. it may be necessary to put the foot down firmly. and if i do my duty and do right, you will sustain me, will you not? receive design them by the members of the legislature, the majority of whom do not agree me in -- i agree with me in political sentiments, i trust that i may have their assistance in piloting the ship of state through this voyage, surrounded by perils as it is. for if it should suffer attack now, there will be no pilot ever needed for another voyage. our challenges are different today, but our resolve and must be the same. then as now, what is at stake is our future. 22 years ago, another american leader spoke to his people. famously he was about big things. he focused on major change in the direction of the country. it was ronald reagan, one of my personal heroes come and on this day in 1989 he gave his farewell address to the nation. he talked about america standing f

congressman webster was the speaker of the state house and was my speaker when i was in the statehouse worked together on helping children who are disadvantaged in the program called hippies. it is a program that insures bestts can be children's teachers. and for parents to be able to help their children succeed. there are a lot of things. you just have to look below the surface. the two people i set next to are very conservative republicans. i'm a liberal democrat. it may seem like there's very little we can agree on. when you try, you find you have a lot more in common. host: we have a republican waiting to talk to you. dan is in north carolina. caller: i've memorize everything you have said since 2007. every economist on tv has said that if you do not fix housing, the economy cannot get better. the statistics that just came out were 3.8 million people lost their homes and 5 million people are behind on their mortgage. these people do not have credit anymore. they cannot buy a house for the next seven years. how on earth are we going to get rid of this inventory of foreclosed home if

not sure whether there's going to be increased security on congressional candidates or people in statehousesr governor's mansions. what we do know is that the behavior, the an harnte -- the abherrant behavior and the feelings for this young man killing dangerous people, somebody has to move us beyond the mourning behavior and frame it for us. president obama going to tucson like bill clinton going to oklahoma city in 1995 or ronald reagan with the challenger disaster in 1986. is going to have to say words about heal the family, kind of soothe our national mood but also talk about there being real evil in the modern world and that we have to confront it, we have to give a moral speech and a speech that's continuinged with a kind of spirtuality, either quoting from the bible or some kind of spiritual text. and at the end of the speech has to give some hope. i recently reread bill clinton's oklahoma city speech and talked about planting trees on the white house lawn for the victims of oklahoma. he needs to also make arizona feel good, president obama, most of the people of tucson are amazing fo

after his election and before his inauguration, abraham lincoln spoke here in this building, in the statehouse in trenton. on that day, speaking to a legislature controlled by the other party, lincoln said this. it may be necessary to put the foot down firmly. and if i do my duty and do right, you will sustain me, will you not? receive design them by the members of the legislature, the majority of whom do not agree me in -- i agree with me in political sentiments, i trust that i may have their assistance in piloting the ship of state through this voyage, surrounded by perils as it is. for if it should suffer attack now, there will be no pilot ever needed for another voyage. our challenges are different today, but our resolve and must be the same. then as now, what is at stake is our future. 22 years ago, another american leader spoke to his people. famously he was about big things. he focused on major change in the direction of the country. it was ronald reagan, one of my personal heroes come and on this day in 1989 he gave his farewell address to the nation. he talked about america standing f

after his election and before his inauguration, abraham lincoln spoke here in this building in the statehouse in trenton. on that day, speaking to a legislature controlled by the other party, lincoln said this, it may be necessary to put the foot down firmly. and if i do my duty and do right, you will sustain me, will you not? perceived as i am by the members of the legislature, the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments, i trust that i may have their assistance in piloting the ship of state through this voyage surrounded by perils as it is. for if it should suffer attack now, there will be no pilot ever needed for another voyage. our styles are different today but our resolve must be the same because then as now what is at stake is our future. 22 years ago another american leader spoke to his people. famously he was about big things. he focused on major change in the direction of the country. he was president ronald reagan. one of my personal heroes. and on this day in 1989, he gave his farewell address to the nation. he talked about america standing for freedom not fo

the conventional wisdom in washington and in statehouses around the nation is that we cannot afford to be the country we want to be. that could not be more wrong. we can and should be building up the american middle class, not tearing it down. we should be honoring the heroes of 9-11, not turning them into scapegoats for a partisan political messaging operation. we should act like the wealthy, compassionate, imaginative country we are, not try to turn ourselves into a third-rate, impoverished "has-been." the labor movement hasn't given up on america, and we don't expect our leaders to either. last friday in cincinnati, ella hopkins and a group of her co- workers went out on a frigid night to stand in front of city hall. ella is a child care worker and i'm so glad that she is here today. [applause] she takes care of young children when their parents are at work. she nurtures our youth so they have the support they need and are in a safe environment to learn and grow. and for doing that job, the important job of caring for our children, the state of ohio pays her, after taxes, about $450