Giffords Intern Talks Tucson Tragedy

Mourners to hold 'community healing' Mass after Arizona shooting
Mourners will gather at a memorial Mass Tuesday for Victims of the weekend shooting outside an Arizona Supermarket that killed 6 people and wounded 14 others. The Mass will be held at 7 p.m. (9 p.m. ET) at St. Odiilia Church in Tucson, Arizona - where 9-year-old shooting victim Christina Green had her First Communion a year ago. "Right now it is important as a community to pull together and to reach out in care and concern to all who have been affected by this tragedy," Bishop Gera...

CBS Poll: American Public Not Buying Democrat, Media Spin on Arizona Shooting
From CBS News: Nearly six in 10 Americans say the country’s heated political Rhetoric is not to blame for the Tucson shooting rampage that left six dead and critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to a CBS News poll. In the wake of the shooting, much focus has been put on the harsh tone of politics in Washington and around the country, particularly after a contentious Midterm Election. Rhetoric and imagery from both Republicans and Democrats have included gun-related ...

The Tragedy of the Arizona Shooting.
This weekend’s tragic shooting at a Safeway district meeting in which United States Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was seriously hurt and a dozen more injured and a District Court judge John Roll, a nine-year-old girl born on September 11th, and a congressional aide were killed has left us all stunned. Nick Baumann has an interview with a friend of the alleged shooter, 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner. The friend describes Loughner’s obsession with Gifford as starting when she d...

Oregon Rep. Schrader holds Beck, Limbaugh responsible for Arizona tragedy
 Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader, Democrat, is holding Right Wing commentators Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck responsible for the tragic Shooting Spree in Arizona. Saturday, outside of a strip mall in Tucson Arizona, Jared Lee Loughner killed six people, including Federal Judge John Roll, and wounded more than a dozen, including Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords, a Democrat who supported Health Care reform, was Loughner's target. Giffords was...

Colbert On AZ Shooting: 'Did We Pick Someone To Blame Yet?' (VIDEO)
Stephen Colbert last night started out on a serious note, offering condolences to the families and friends of the Victims of Saturday's Mass Shooting that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords hospitalized in critical condition. "We, of course, send our thoughts and prayers," Colbert said. He then added that now is not the time to "lay blame or politicize" the tragedy, only to follow by showing a handful of highly politicized pundits reacting to the shooting. [TPM SLIDESHOW: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: On...

US lawmakers urged not to arm themselves
US lawmakers should reconsider plans to carry Firearms in response to the weekend Assassination attempt against one of their colleagues, an official tasked with congressional security says. "I don't think it's a good idea," the US Senate's sergeant-at-arms, Terrance Gainer, told ABC television on Tuesday. "I've been a policeman for 42 years, and I don't find introducing more guns to the situation helpful." At least two members of the US House of Representatives have said since a shooting rampage...

McCain Cutting Short Congressional Trip To Attend Arizona Memorial Service
ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe reports: Sen. John McCain is cutting short a Congressional trip to Latin America to return to his home state of Arizona for Wednesday’s memorial service for the Victims of last weekend’s Tucson shooting. McCain and his wife Cindy will both attend the memorial service, according to the senator’s spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan. McCain left last Friday with Sen. John Barrasso on a week-long trip to Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Panama and Mexico, but now McCain will h

At Tucson memorial service, Obama to speak of national unity in wake of tragedy
Tomorrow at 6PM Arizona time, 8PM Eastern, President Obama will speak at the memorial service for Victims of Saturday's shooting in Tucson. His remarks haven't been released, but yesterday he offered a glimpse of what he will say: "All of us are still grieving and in shock from the tragedy that took place," Obama said Monday, calling for healing and sidestepping any potentially divisive issues. He is to travel to Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday to speak at a memorial service for the victims, the Wh...

Poll: Most Americans dont blame heated rhetoric for Tucson shooting
In the wake of the shooting in Arizona this weekend that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and that killed and injured more than 20 people, many pundits and politicians are pointing fingers. Others are hoping the incident will serve to ratchet down rancor. Yet emerging details make it clear the More… The remaining members of the Iowa Supreme Court have proven they are immoral and “open enemies of God” by choosing Mark Cady as Chief Justice, and thus, all deserve to be ...

Absurd fingerpointing continues in wake of Arizona shooting
As more become clear about Jared Loughner, the facts seem to mean less and less for those seeking to turn this tragedy into a political witch hunt. It appears that Loughner, had an obsession with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) dating back to 2007 - before Sarah Palin or the Tea Party movement came on the national scene, and the warning signs that Loughner was an unstable person had been ignored; even by police. And while the debate on Loughner’s political leanings is still raging, Chris Ci...

A Nice New York Times Editorial
NYT: Bloodshed and Invective in Arizona: She read the First Amendment on the House floor — including the guarantee of “the right of the people peaceably to assemble” — and then flew home to Arizona to put those words into practice. But when Gabrielle Giffords tried to meet with her constituents in a Tucson Parking Lot on Saturday, she came face to face with an environment wholly at odds with that constitutional ideal, and she nearly paid for it with her life. Jared Loug...

Commentary: Kentucky gets low marks on Brady Campaign score
It would be just as easy for a mentally troubled young person, someone who had been rejected by The Army and banned from his community college, to walk out of a gun store with a semi-automatic Handgun and a 30-round clip of bullets in Kentucky as it was in Arizona. Both Kentucky and Arizona scored 2 out of 100 possible points on the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence's scorecard in 2009. Since then, Arizona outdid Kentucky by becoming the third state to allow the carrying of concealed weap...

Giffords Doctors: 'She's Breathing On Her Own'
Doctors at the University of Arizona Medical Center just gave a Press Conference on the condition of the mass Shooting Victims in Tucson, and said that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is "breathing on her own" after being shot in the head. Dr. Peter Rhee said that six patients still remain in the Hospital, one is in critical condition, three are in serious condition, and two are in fair condition. He added that one patient is currently in surgery. Giffords' doctor, Michael LeMole, said that she is "...

Poll: Most Say Rhetoric, Killings Unrelated
From a deeply saddened CBS News: Poll: Most Americans Feel Rhetoric, Tucson Shooting Unrelated Posted by Daniel Carty January 11, 2011 Nearly six in 10 Americans say the country’s heated political rhetoric is not to blame for the Tucson shooting rampage that left six dead and critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to a CBS News poll. So either our media master has better ratchet up their efforts or move on to their fall back position - Gun Control. In the wake ...

Commentary: Take the political rhetoric down a notch
Those searching for easy answers after a 22-year-old shot 20 people, killing six, during U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' meeting with constituents in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday won't find any. Yes, guns are easily accessible in this country. Yes, in the past two years we have seen Political Speech ratcheted up with gun-toting participants at some Tea Party events, and some Democrats in Congress faced angry voters at town hall meetings during debate on Healthcare Reform. And, yes, the Internet a...

Heroic Giffords Intern Could Be Asked For Papers Under Arizona Immigration Law
WASHINGTON -- When a gunman attacked Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and others on Saturday, 20-year-old intern Daniel Hernandez ran toward the shots to try to save those who were injured. He stopped to check pulses on several Victims before finding Giffords, who had been shot in the head. Hernandez applied pressure to the wound, holding his boss of five days until his clothes were soaked with her blood. Hernandez, trained as a nursing assistant, lifted her head so that she wouldn't choke on...

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...

Heroes of Tucson Tragedy Stopped the Shooting
Like this Story? Share it: Patricia Maisch, Bill Badger and Joe Zamudio (clockwise from top) are credited with subduing alleged Tucson shooter Jared Loughner. (CBS) (CBS) TUCSON, Ariz. - CBS News correspondent John Blackstone reports we may never know why the shooting started, but it ended because Bill Badger, Joe Zamudio and Patricia Maisch saw a chance and took it. With the gun aimed at his head, Badger, a 74-year-old retired army colonel, made a lucky move. Badger indicates the back of his...

Is Sheriff Dupnik Distracting Public From Looking at His Contacts With Killer?
“I’d like to make one additional point on Sheriff Dupnik. I think we’re missing the point when we’re talking about his political agenda. This man and this suspect has had previous contact with the sheriff’s office. It looks to me, we don’t have many details on this, but it looks as though he slipped between the cracks. I think what we really need to look into is what happened when he had previous contact with the sheriff’s office with their negligence he...

Tucson spells trouble for Palin's presidential hopes
After a Palin-produced gunsight map went viral, the former Governor was immediately dragged into the debate. The Internet lit up with criticism linking her camp to the shooting of Gabby Giffords (the Arizona congresswoman's district was targeted as one to "take back" in 2010). Palin posted a brief condolence on Facebook but then, she promptly went into self-defense mode --a move that didn't win her any fans, and caused her political stock to plummet in an online futures market. (Yes, t...

Arizona federal court judges won't hear shooting case
Arizona shooting Six people were killed and 14 others wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona....

Doctor: Giffords able to breath on her own
Source: Arizona Daily Star Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is able to breath on her own, her doctor said at a news conference this morning. Neurosurgeon G. Michael Lemole Jr. said Giffords remained on a breathing machine, but noted that that was to help in her recovery. Read more: https://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/artic... ...

Encouraging news on Giffords' condition
ENCOURAGING NEWS ON GIFFORDS' CONDITION.... Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) remains in critical condition, and as we were reminded yesterday, she's "not out of the woods" when it comes to her recovery. But the AP noted that she was "responding to verbal commands by raising two fingers of her left hand and even managed to give a thumbs-up." Today the news was even more encouraging. Physicians at the University of Arizona Medical Center issued their most optimistic assessment yet of Rep. Gabri...

Doctor: Rep. Giffords 'Has No Right To Look This Good'
What is this? Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) is "generating her own breaths ... breathing on her own," Dr. G. Michael Lemole, section chief of Neurosurgery at University Medical Center in Tucson, just told reporters. And, he said, "I'm very encouraged by the fact that she's done so well. ... She has no right to look this good, and she does." Lemole and other physicians, however, cautioned that the congresswoman remains in critical condition and faces a long battle. Six people were killed an...

Shot US lawmaker 'breathing on her own': doctor
The Arizona lawmaker shot in the head in an attack that killed six in Tucson remains in critical condition but is now capable of breathing on her own, doctors said Tuesday. "She's holding her own," said Michael Lemole, the head neurosurgeon who operated on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, adding that she was still responding to simple commands, a key sign for her recovery prospects. "She's breathing on her own," added the doctor at University Medical Center, saying they had reduced the sedati...