CNN Interviews Gay Hero Daniel Hernandez On Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shooting

AZ lawmakers recognize intern who helped Giffords
Emergency personnel and Daniel Hernandez, an intern for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, second right, move Giffords after she was shot in the head outside a shopping center in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011. A 20-year-old intern to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has received a standing ovation at the Arizona Capitol for helping the congresswoman after a deadly shooting. Daniel Hernandez started working with Giffords just five days before the attack Saturday in Tucson. He's a political scie...

Daniel Hernandez, University Of Arizona Student Who Helped Gabrielle Giffords, Says He's Not A Hero
The University of Arizona Student who came to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords's aid after she was shot in the head Saturday says he's not a hero. "I don't think I'm a hero," Daniel Hernandez told the Daily Wildcat. "I think doing something one off is not something heroic." Hernandez had been working as an intern for Giffords the Monday before the shooting. According to the Wildcat, Hernandez ran in the direction of the gunshots and was the first person to attend to Giffords. "I saw that she had been s...

Could Arizona Shooting Hero Daniel Hernandez Be a Face of ENDA?
Openly gay rescuer Daniel Hernandez (in red scarf) holding Rep. Giffords' hand on Saturday Photo from MSNBC Openly Gay Daniel Hernandez, a recent intern to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, talked with the Today Show about how his triage training as a nurse helped him realize at the scene of the tragic shootings that  the congressmember was in danger of choking on her own blood if not given care immediately. He is widely credited with saving her life on Saturday. The media will probably not iden...

Daniel Hernandez, Intern Who Helped Saved Gabrielle Giffords, Visits Today Show
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Beck Channels Palin on Tucson Shooting
Yahoo! Buzz On his radio program Monday, the conservative talk-show host told his viewers about an email exchange he had Sunday with the former Alaska Governor and potential 2012 Presidential Candidate, who has faced criticism for a map she posted last year that used cross hairs to identify 20 Democratic lawmakers she wanted to see ousted from office in the November election. One of the lawmakers singled out on the map was Rep. Gabrielle Giffords , an Arizona Democrat who was severely wounded in...

Obama on Tucson Tragedy: Nation is "Grieving and in Shock"
President Barack Obama meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. (Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President Obama said Monday that "all of us are still grieving and in shock from the tragedy that took place" in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday, adding that the heroic actions in the wake of the attack "speaks to the best of America." Mr. Obama, speaking to reporters during a joint news conference with French presid...

Meet Your Arizona Superhero: Gabrielle Giffords Gay Latino Intern
Most modern-day interns spend a lot of time listening to hip-hop music on their iPods and refusing to perform any tasks that require actual intellectual or (gasp!) physical effort. How startling, then, that during Saturday’s awful massacre in Tuscon, one of these entitled Mileybots conclusively proved himself to be the Awesomest Intern In The History Of Ever. And in addition to being a brown, he is a gay. This University of Arizona junior, Daniel Hernandez, was only five days into his in...

It was probably not the best idea to run towards the gunshots, but people needed help Daniel Hernandez, intern to Congresswoman
After reading this story, I honestly needed a moment because the emotions of everything that has happened really hit me.  I don’t know anyone involved in this tragedy personally and I had never met, or even heard of, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords before Saturday.  She just wasn’t on my radar, but I’m sure I’m not the only one who will never forget her and will follow her career with great interest for the rest of my life. Another person I plan on following in...

Arizona Rampage Suspect Ordered Held Without Bail
What is this? Jared Loughner has made his first court appearance and has been ordered held without bail as the federal case against him in the killings of six people and wounding of 14 others in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday gets underway. During a short appearance before federal Magistrate Judge Lawrence Anderson in Phoenix this hour, the 22-year-old Tucson man appeared to "understand everything the judge was telling him," CNN's Ted Rollins just reported. — Attempted Assassination of a membe...

Alleged Giffords Shooter Jared Lee Loughner Appears In Phoenix Federal Court
Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged gunman behind the mass shooting on Saturday that killed six people (including a Federal Judge) and gravely injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), appeared in Federal Court on Monday with his head shaved and wearing an tan inmate's outfit. Loughner, who the Associated Press said had a cut on his head, was held without bail as a judge called him "danger to society." Loughner says little in the courtroom and just answered procedural questions, David Nakamura of th...

Gabrielle Giffords shooting: Jared Loughner may have been influenced by occult
FBI investigators delving into the warped mind of Tucson massacre suspect Jared Loughner are exploring whether he was influenced by the occult and a Right-wing Conspiracy theorist....

Judges Purpose in Seeing Giffords Could Be Legally Significant
Was U.S. District Court Judge John M. Roll just being sociable when he dropped by an appearance by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in Tucson on Saturday, or was he planning to discuss official business? Does it even matter, given the horror of that morning? Yes, it could matter, legally speaking. At first glance, Roll’s state of mind might appear irrelevant, given the tragedy that unfolded on Saturday morning, when Roll was shot dead and Giffords gravely wounded in a rampage that killed ...

Sheriff Clarence Dupnik: Where was patrol unit at Congresswoman Gifford's event?
Sheriff Clarence Dupnik of Pima County, Arizona, called his state a “mecca for prejudice and Bigotry” in the aftermath of the terrible shooting in Tucson on Saturday. He described certain political discourse as “vitriol” and implied that this kind of incendiary Speech created the environment for the shooter, 22-year-old Jared Loughner, to seek out Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords at a local Safeway Supermarket meet & greet and attempt to kill her by firing at her wit...

Giffords' Doctor: 'No Change Is Good'
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is continuing to make progress in her recovery from an attempted Assassination Saturday that left six others dead, Tucson University Medical Center doctors said Monday. Speaking to reporters, UMC chief neurosurgeon Michael Lemole said there had been little change in the Arizona Democrat’s condition, but said that is a positive sign. “At this phase in the game, no change is good. And we have no change,” he said. Giffords was shot in the head Saturday morn...

Hill, Obama Observe Moment of Silence for Victims
Capitol Hill fell silent Monday morning as Members, staff, police and visitors paused to mourn the Victims of Saturday’s shooting in Arizona. The tragedy left six dead and 14 wounded including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who remained in serious condition after suffering a gunshot to the head. Hundreds of people gathered on the House side of the Capitol to participate in the observance, including Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) and Reps. Hank Johnson (D-Ga...

A Nation Reflects and Mourns Amid Calls for Unity
President Obama said that while the nation remains "grieving and in shock" over the shooting of 20 people in Arizona over the weekend, the courage shown by people who ran into the line of fire "speaks to the best of America." You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values ...

Exclusive: Megyn Kelly Interviews Ariz. Shooter's Classmate
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Patricia Maisch (61) Hailed as Hero for Disarming Arizona Shooting Gunman
Source: CBS TUCSON, Ariz. (CBS/KPHO/AP) Four people are being hailed as heroes after Saturday's Mass Shooting in Tucson that left six dead and 14 others wounded, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Daniel Hernandez used his hands to stop the bleeding from congresswoman's head. Roger Salzgeber and Joseph Zamudio tackled the suspect, Jared Loughner. But it was a 61-year-old woman who grabbed the magazine and Handgun from the gunman that witnesses said helped prevent further tragedy. "It was one sho...

Good Morning FishbowlDC Readers
“Had so many send me ugly words from both sides. Rather than post/defend/condemn, I pledge to be more careful in my own language” — Roll Call Associate Politics Editor Christina Bellantoni in a weekend tweet. “ Daniel Hernandez , who risked his life to help Rep. Giffords , seems like a fine choice to sit in the House Gallery during State of the Union.” — @WestWingReport in a weekend tweet. “Gabe Zimmerman was aide killed. I knew Gabe well during my time ...

In Rush To Get It First, NPR, CNN Get It Wrong On Giffords Story
It’s been almost thirty years since the shooting of President Ronald Reagan and a resulting moment of frustration on live television, when ABC News anchor Frank Reynolds , who’d been told wounded White House Press Secretary James Brady had died-only to be told moments later the report was false (Brady survived)-said the words that ring in many Journalists’ minds to this day: “let’s nail it down, let’s get it right.” The dual drives of getting...

Doctors remain hopeful for Gabrielle Giffords
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The bullet that passed through U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' brain tore through only one hemisphere before exiting, missing the crucial central parts of the brain that control most bodily and cognitive functions. The bullet entered through the back of her head, passed through the left hemisphere of her brain and exited just above her left eye, Dr. Michael Lemole, chief of Neurosurgery at University Medical Center in Tucson, said Sunday at a news conference Giffords, D-Ariz., i...

Don't Blame the Gabrielle Giffords Attack on Overheated Rhetoric
A lunatic opens fire in public, and even before the cable-news air-fillers do their thing, a sort of involuntary political reflex occurs. The right worries: “I hope he wasn’t one of ours.” And the left chomps: “I bet he was one of theirs.” As now seems abundantly clear, Jared Loughner, the alleged shooter, was not on anyone’s “team.” Aside from revealing Conservatives’ newfound oversensitivity and defensiveness, as well as liberals’ s...

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy to introduce gun legislation in wake of Giffords shooting
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, Democrat representing NY's 4th District, is introducing Legislation this week that will ban assault weapon magazines like the ones used to kill six people and critically wound thirteen others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) on Saturday in Tuscon. Read Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's official statement on the Gabrielle Giffords shooting . Firearm magazines made after 1994 that  hold more than 10 bullets had been llegal under the assault weapo...

Giffords shooting hits close to home for congresswoman
Washington (CNN) - For Rep. Jackie Speier, the vicious attack on her colleague Gabrielle Giffords and others in Tucson, Arizona, brought back a chilling memory of when she faced an attempt on her life. In November 1978, Speier and her boss, Democratic Rep. Leo Ryan, went to Jonestown, Guyana, to investigate Rev. Jim Jones' People's Temple, which had members from Ryan's California district....

Appropriator: Too early to talk increase for Capitol Police in wake of shooting
Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.), the incoming head of the House Appropriations subcommittee on the legislative branch and a member of Congress with influence on the Budget of the Capitol Police, said Monday it is too early to say whether he would support any Budget increases for security in light of the weekend shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Each Appropriations subcommittee has been tasked by GOP leaders to find places to make deep cuts to spending, and Crenshaw is looking for red...