she released a video on facebook to comment on the tuscon shootings. did she unintentionally make a story about yourself and not -- herself and not tuscon? >> she did not make it about herself. within hours of the shooting, which had no connection to her what to overcome her name was linked in the ap, "new york times," all over the airwaves, linking her and other conservatives with the shooting spread this is a species that should never had to be made there was never a shred of evidence about any connection. by mid-week, we learned from a friend of the shooter, loughner, he did not listen to political radio, did not watch tv news. he was not interested in the news, not in the politics, was not of left or right. this was an act of probably a paranoid schizophrenic. there's no question he was acting under mental illness. not a shred of evidence. why did her name come up? those who brought it up are the ones who have to answer to that that was calumny, and i am waiting for apologies from those who raise that name from the beginning. >> sarah palin is a ce

one of the victims of a shooting spree at a tuscon grocery store saturday morning is us congresswoman gabriel gifford, making it a sad day for capitol hill and arizona. >> my thoughts and prayers are with congresswoman gabriel gifford, the staff and their families, as well as other victims of the senseless and cruel violence. >> reporter: gifford, who represents the southern arizona district was holding a meet the public event when gun shots rang out. a man who works nearby relaid what he heard. >> i heard 15 or 20 shots in the parking lot. came out immediately. >> reporter: doctors say she sustained a gun shot wound to the head. she was out of surgery saturday afternoon with doctors closely monitoring her condition. >> i'm very optimistic about recovery. >> reporter: law enforcement officials have identified the alleged shooter as jar ed lee rockener, an investigation involving arizona and us officials is ongoing. meanwhile, president obama pledged his support of that investigation and extended his thoughts to gifford, the other victims and their families. >> it is more than a traged

they are taking it seriously in the wake of the tuscon shooting. the investigators are trying to find out the source of the threatening graffiti that appeared yesterday in the city of santa ana and orange county. one including a swastika and a countdown threatening to kill the governor on valentine's day. they suggested the graffiti may be the work of white supremacist. >>> governor gifford is spending her first night in a rehabilitation center. giffords could hear the applause and smiled. tomorrow will mark two weeks since the 40-year-old congresswoman was shot in the head point blank while meeting in tuscon. >>> today, doctors at houston memorial hermann institute calls her perfect for rehab. her arizona medical team said it was difficult to say good- bye. >> you want me to cry. [ laughter ] >> it is very emotional. i am going to misher a lot. she is a very gentle person and her personality is coming out with her touches, the way that she touches us, the way that she looks at us and i am very lucky to know her. and know her family. they have been

i'm not talking about tuscon. i'm talking about the broader, a political partisan debate that has ensued as to whose fault it is and rather than he did, ugly, violence prone rhetoric is coming from one side or the other -- in some way, cost this. i think it is a reflection of our times. in some respects, the worst of our times. president obama needs to get us beyond that. i suspect that is what he is going to try to do. host: here is a headline in "the new york times." mr. mann, what is the role of the speaker of the house? guest: i think that is quite accurate. i think speaker boehner has risen to the occasion so far. the early maneuvering is in this congress suggested open partisan war over repealing the health care act and intense battles over domestic spending. speaker boehner immediately sensed the new situation and cancel the -- cancelled the media business and is doing his utmost to tone down the rhetoric. frankly, that's what is needed right now. we need to tone it down. i think that the speaker is a const

i'm not talking about tuscon.ut the broader, a political partisan debate that has ensued as to whose fault it is and rather than he did, ugly, violence prone rhetoric is coming from one side or the other -- in some way, cost this. i think it is a reflection of our times. in some respects, the worst of our times. president obama needs to get us beyond that. i suspect that is what he is going to try to do. host: here is a headline in "the new york times." mr. mann, what is the role of the speaker of the house? guest: i think that is quite accurate. i think speaker boehner has risen to the occasion so far. the early maneuvering is in this congress suggested open partisan war over repealing the health care act and intense battles over domestic spending. speaker boehner immediately sensed the new situation and cancel the -- cancelled the media business and is doing his utmost to tone down the rhetoric. frankly, that's what is needed right now. we need to tone it down. i think that the speaker is a constitutional office

. >> since the shooting in tuscon there has been calls for more civil redric. harry edwards told me my phone the remarks have 0 relevance, back to you. >> the chinese president articulated his positions on a number of hot-button issues to american business leaders in washington today. he told the u.s. china business council any discussions need to take china's national sentiment in account. his country is home to more than one billion people. china is america's equal but at the same time he calls china the world's largest developing country. >>> the mayors of san francisco and oakland are in washington at the u.s. conference of mayors. they are lobbying members of congress and the barack obama administration to keep up funding of local projects. at last night's state dinner for the -- chinese president invited him to come to san francisco. >>> jail officials were planning to pull the plug on the calls of the dugards. they suspected the couple may be using them to coordinate. they say they will not contest the effort to stop the call. they are awaiting trial on

tom: the republican effort to repeal health care reform is on hold due to the tragic shootings in tuscon last weekend. still, the implementation of the health care law continues. alan miller is the chairman and chief executive officer of universal health services. u.h.s. runs more than 100 hospitals and medical facilities. he joins us from philadelphia. welcome to "nightly business report", nice to see you. >> thank you, tom. >> tom: so far health care reform has required insurance companies to cover adult children up to 26 years old, a limited lifetime limit and provided tax benefits for small businesses offering insurance him have these changes meant more patients for your firm? >> no, not immediately. we're seeing some, i guess, from the children that have been added. but the big number will come when the mandate comes in and 31 million people will have to have insurance who don't have it currently. >> tom: there's a mandate that continues to be fought in court. supporters say this reform ames to get more people health insurance grooing for instance that individual mandate and limit t

due to the shootings in tuscon... the game has been re-scheduled for tomorrow morning at 11:30...al in tempe.. >>> today's stanford/arizona basketball game has been postponed due to the shootings in tucson, rescheduled for tomorrow morning at 11:30. >>> cal and tempe looking for their first win. alan crab with the break away right here, that's going to be a dunk at the other end. for go of his 17 points, they led by as many as 15 in the first half. they were able to hold off down the stretch, 21 points as the bears beat the sun devils in the valley of the sun 65-61. >>> the peperdine waves may be one of the coolest mass psychologists in the country and the st. mary's gaels may be one of the underrated teams in the country. knocked down 15 threes and lead by as many as 33. five gaels scored in double figures and mickey mcconnell handed out a record 15 assists, they cruised to an easy win, they are 14-2. >>> broncos fans fired up for their wcc opener against usf. less than two minutes to play. foster gives santa clara a 1- point lead. a new career high. they can't believe it. but th

saturday's shootings in tuscon >> reporter: flags flew at half staff in washington d.c. as friends and colleagues of congresswoman gabrielle giffords tried to come to terms with saturday's shootings in tucson. >> by every indication -- i'm sorry. by every indication the fighter that gabby giffords is is showing full strength. >> reporter: lawmakers appeared on sunday's political talk shows where the conversations quickly turned to motive. >> i talked to mark kelly, gabby's husband, who is an astronaut. very angry, very angry about the level of angry rhetoric that he believes incites people. >> reporter: but it's still unclear what exactly motivated the suspected shooter, 22-year- old jared loughner. several lawmakers coug the incident may not have had anything to do with politics or partisan debate. >> sometimes statements are made that are dialed back later because it turns out that the motive wasn't what people assumed and so i think we'll have to be careful there. >> reporter: house republican as have suspended this week's votes for now including a controversial one t

. >>> chilly new details about the suspected gunman in the days leading up to the tuscon shootings. jared loughner reportedly used his computer to search legal injections, solitary confinement and political assassinations just days before the january 8th attack. the alleged searches could help prosecutors as they seek murder charges against loughner. >>> meanwhile, congresswoman gabrielle giffords is make strides in her recovery. she is undergoing intensive therapy in houston. we watched as she was transported by ambulance yesterday. doctors plan to insert a valve into her breathing tube to help her try to talk but it's still unclear whether he is will be unable to do so. >>> back here at home, state senator leland yee said he received yet another threatening racist letter, this time a response to senator yee's criticism of rush limb ball. he said the let came pie fax. the letter writer made reference to rush limbaugh who senator yee called on to apologize after the talk show host made fun of the chinese language. >> i don't want to give anybody some indication because of the threat

it was a russian reporter asking about the president's speech in tuscon and the shooting that took place. >> this is america. the democracy is the freedom of speech, the freedom of assembly. and many people outside would also say, and the quote/unquote freedom to react in a violent way is also america. how do you respondt? part? >> the quote/unquote freedom of the deranged mind to react violently to them, it is also american. >> i would disagree vehemently with that. there's nothing in the values of our country, there's nothing on the many laws on our books that would provide for somebody to impune and impede on the very freedoms that you begin with by exercising the actions that that individual took on that day. that is not american. host: the question, do americans have too many freedoms? guest: coming from a russian talking about a violent society, russia is a mob oksy. if you're a journalist, you're lucky to be alive. if you make money and criticize the ghouling a. americans have a lot of freedoms. russia, you're lucky if you speak out if you're going to li the next day. guest: b hos

. >> we've been talking about what happened in tuscon over the last eight days. but where does the political dialogue and debate go from here? >> it goes to the debate we've started on health care and the differences of opinion on whether this is a good law or whether it's a terrible law. and then really it goes to some serious substantive discussions about how do we extend the debt ceiling, how do we cut spending, how do we fund our troops in afghanistan and iraq. how do we make the critical decisions that are going to get this economy moving again. how do we deal with the different state gots that are going bankrupt? all of these things are huge decisions and require sophisticated arguments and sophisticated solutions. and so i think that this is not easy. none of these decisions are going to be easy and i think that you're going to have passionate debate on both sides. hopefully, it will be civil and passionate. >> i hope it's civil and passionate but also pragmatic and truthful and based on the facts. and when we talk about budget cuts, we had a discuss last

, 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. >> everybody look right here and smile. ready? >> thank you. >>

. >> tuscon reminded us, that no matter who we are, or where we come from, each of us is a part of something greater, something more consequential than parties or political preference. we're part of the american family. >> reporter: and for the first time, members of congress seemed to act like it. republicans and democrats sat together. john mccain with john kerry. former speaker, nancy pelosi, with her republican friend, roscoe bartlett. from florida, marco rubio, with bill nelson. it created an unusual, more subdued atmosphere. there were fewer moments of partisan division. the most bipartisan applause of any state of the union in memory. at least 45 times democrats and republicans applauded together. but those cheers were mostly for the president's goals. >> we need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. >> reporter: when the president talked about policy, like health care, it was more controversial. in a nod to the new republican majority, he called for a spending freeze and a ban on earmarks. >> if a bill comes to my desk, with earmarks inside, i will veto i

. >> we've been talking about what happened in tuscon over the last eight days. does the political dialogue and debate go from here? >> it goes to the debate we've started on health care and the differences of opinion on whether this is a good law or whether it's a terrible law. and then really it goes to some serious substantive discussions about how do we extend the debt ceiling, how do we cut spending, how do we fund our troops in afghanistan and iraq. how do we make the critical decisions that areoing to get this economy moving again. how do we deal with the different state gotshat are going bankrupt? all of these things are huge decisions and require sophisticated arguments and sophisticated solutions. and so i think that this is not easy. none of these decisions are going to be easy and i thi that you're going to have passionate debate on both sides. hopefully, it will be civil and passionate. >> i hope it's civil and passionate but also pragmatic and truthful and based on the facts. and when we talk about budget cuts, we had a discuss last year about addit

i said last week, i don't doubt that as a result of the impact of the issues of what happened in tuscon, that there will be a number of proposals that this white house and the congress will evaluate, and we'll wait until tomorrow to see what's in the state of the union. >> what is he favoring more so than another -- >> i don't have any outcome of that evaluation. >> thanks, robert. could you give any kind of tick- tock on the president's work on the state of the union, how much time he's spent, whether he was up late this weekend, how many hours he's put in, how close it is to completion? >> well, i think most of the -- most, if not all, of the policy decisions certainly have well been made. i know the president met with advisors in the oval just this morning to go through sort of where it is. and, look, i anticipate, as per most of his speeches, that he'll -- he worked on it certainly this weekend and worked on it a lot of last week and i think he'll continue to go through it and make some line edits as -- probably well into early tomorrow evening. i should say this. we do have and we'

i said last week, i don't doubt that as a result of the impact of the issues of what happened in tuscon, that there will be a number of proposals that this white house and the congress will evaluate, and we'll wait until tomorrow to see what's in the state of the union. >> what is he favoring more so than another -- >> i don't have any outcome of that evaluation. >> thanks, robert. could you give any kind of tick-tock on the president's work on the state of the union, how much time he's spent, whether he was up late this weekend, how many hours he's put in, how close it is to completion? >> well, i think most of the -- most, if not all, of the policy decisions certainly have well been made. i know the president met with advisors in the oval just this morning to go through sort of where it is. and, look, i anticipate, as per most of his speeches, that he'll -- he worked on it certainly this weekend and worked on it a lot of last week and i think he'll continue to go through it and make some line edits as -- probably well into early tomorrow evening. i should say this. we do have and we'l

gabby's staff and all of the victims and their fami >> coming up, a memorial service for the victims in tuscon b.p. gulf oil spill. >> live, later today, taves smiley leads the discussion on the war, the economy, education, jobs and america's future with arianna huffington, cornell west beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. middle and high school students, it is time to upload your videos for c-span's student cam competition. get your video to c-span by january 20 for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. c-span's video documentary composition i guess the is open to students in grade 6-12. >> president obama spoke at a memorial service last night for victims of saturday's shooting in tucson, arizona. these speakers collude janet napolitano, attorney generic holder and arizona governor joon jan brewer. this is an hour and 40 mince. >> ladies and [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ ["fanfare for the common man" playing] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> welcome. let me start in the traditional way by introducing myself. i

remarks, he answered questions regarding congress members and security issues in the wake of the tuscon shooting. this took place at the newsium in washington, d.c. it's about 50 minutes. >> i want to welcome you all here and senator leahy. he has been here a number of times, i think because we have the biggest first amendment sinon the world. right out there with all 45 words of the first amendment. senator leahy is such a champion of the first amendment. he cannot go by pennsylvania avenue without looking at it. we appreciate you coming back here today, senator leahy. in this very room, president obama held a town meeting. the week after next, the supreme court justice breyer is going to come here to talk about matters of the judiciary and public issues. it is a delight that the newsuem to serve as a place where the members of the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judiciary branch in come here and hold civilized discourse about public affairs, about the media, about the things that abydos, and the things that bring us together. it is in that light that the newseum is d

it was a russian reporter asking about the president's speech in tuscon and the shooting that took place. >> this is america. the democracy is the freedom of speech, the freedom of assembly. and many people outside would also say, and the quote/unquote freedom to react in a violent way is also america. how do you respond? >> what's the last part? >> the quote/unquote freedom of the deranged mind to react violently to them, it is also american. >> i would disagree vehemently with that. there's nothing in the values of our country, there's nothing on the many laws on our books that would provide for somebody to impune and impede on the very freedoms that you begin with by exercising the actions that that individual took on that day. that is not american. host: the question, do americans have too many freedoms? guest: coming from a russian talking about a violent society, russia is a mob oksy. if you're a journalist, you're lucky to be alive. if you make money and criticize putin you're going to be put in the ghouling a. americans have a lot of freedoms. russia, you're lucky if you speak ou