Suspect in Arizona shootings appears in court

In Arizona, Obama to honor memories, speak of hope
WASHINGTON — Under high expectations to provide healing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will try to convert the horror of the Arizona shootings into a moment of national unity, centering his memorial Speech in Tucson on the lives of the Victims and the heroism of those who rushed to stop the madness. The president was crafting his Speech on Tuesday, and his aides were reluctant to discuss it even broadly in its unfinished form, other than to say it will emphasize the memories of tho...

Rampage Suspect's Family: 'We Don't Know Why This Happened'
The family of the man accused of Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., broke its silence Tuesday, issuing a brief written statement expressing sympathy for the Victims and their families. "We don't understand why this happened," the family wrote in the statement distributed to a cadre of reporters assembled outside the home. "It may not make any difference but we wish that we could change the heinous events of Saturday. "We care very deeply about the Victims and their families. We are so...

In Arizona, Obama to honor memories, speak of hope
WASHINGTON—Under high expectations to provide healing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will try to convert the horror of the Arizona shootings into a moment of national unity, centering his memorial Speech in Tucson on the lives of the Victims and the heroism of those who rushed to stop the madness. The president was crafting his Speech on Tuesday, and his aides were reluctant to discuss it even broadly in its unfinished form, other than to say it will emphasize the memories of those ...

Accused gunman's family 'so very sorry' for shootings
Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have? Your video format settings have been saved. President Obama says the US continues to grieve the shooting in Arizona which left six people dead. The family of accused Tucson gunman Jared Loughner has apologised to the relatives of those he is accused of gunning down, saying in a first statement since the shooting, "we are so very sorry f...

Obamas to attend Tucson memorial service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will attend a memorial service in Tucson Wednesday for the Shooting Spree Victims, the White House said. The Obamas will attend a service at the University of Arizona where the president will deliver remarks in support and remembrance of the six people killed, including U.S. District Judge John Roll, and 14 wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., in Saturday's massacre outside a Tucson Supermarket where ...

New Shooting Details: Loughner's Angry Note
With all the evidence against the suspected Tucson shooter Jared Loughner, a Guilty verdict could still prove very difficult. Jan Crawford reports on the latest details of the case. (CBA/AP) The 22-year-old man accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly shooting rampage wrote "Die, bitch" in a note found at his home, a sheriff's official told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Investigators believe the handwritten message was a reference to Giffords, Pima County Chief Ri...

Brewer visits victims, medical heroes
TUCSON, Ariz. — Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday afternoon visited University Medical Center, meeting with the survivors of last weekend’s Mass Shooting, as well as the doctors and nurses who heroically worked to save their lives. “I think, like most people, we have this vision of this horrible incident taking place, people being shot with bullets that you almost feel hopeless,” Brewer told reporters outside the trauma Hospital where a makeshift memorial has sprung up. Contin...

Bloodshed in Arizona turns spotlight on political landscape of anger and hate
As Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona battles for her life after an Assassination attempt, the nation is trying to grapple with the violent tragedy that took the lives of 6 and wounded 14 people on Saturday morning, casting a dark shadow on the start of this year. On the morning of January 8th, while U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was meeting with constituents at a ‘Congress on Your Corner’ event at a local shopping center in Tuscon, a gunman opened fire on the gat...

Honor the victims by voting
Trying to make some sense out of the tragedy in Arizona isn't easy. How did it happen? Why did it happen? What can we do, if anything, to keep it from happening again? These all are questions I can't stop thinking about. What does it mean for the Average American? But perhaps it's the killing of 9-year-old Christina Green that is, for me, the most egregious example of not only what is wrong in our society today but also what can be right, if we choose to make some much-needed changes in our co...

In Arizona, Obama to honor memories, speak of hope (AP)
WASHINGTON – Under high expectations to provide healing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will try to convert the horror of the Arizona shootings into a moment of national unity, centering his memorial Speech in Tucson on the lives of the Victims and the heroism of those who rushed to stop the madness. The president was crafting his Speech on Tuesday, and his aides were reluctant to discuss it even broadly in its unfinished form, other than to say it will emphasize the memories of tho...

A Tale of Two Sheriffs
The Tucson massacre that left six dead and injured 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, brought into sharp public focus the local sheriff, Clarence Dupnik. He’s been the sheriff of Pima County, which includes Tucson, Arizona’s second-largest city, for 30 years. For the 20 years before that, he was a police officer. Dupnik has gained attention this week for linking the shooting to the vitriolic political climate in the U.S., and in particular, Arizona. Speaking at a Press Conference...

Inside the Beltway
POST-TUCSON Sensible America has spoken. The nation does not think "harsh political tone" had anything to do with Saturday's deadly shootings in Arizona, where a Democratic lawmaker was severely injured, this according to a nimble CBS News survey revealing that 57 percent of respondents agreed that Rhetoric and the terrible events were unrelated. About a third felt there was a connection. Naturally, there's a partisan divide: 69 percent of Republicans don't equate the two, compared with 49 per...

In Arizona, Obama to honor memories, speak of hope
Speaking in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, alongside French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President Barack Obama said the nation is still in shock over the shooting rampage in Arizona that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life, but he commended the courage of the people on the scene who rushed to help, saying their actions reflect the "best of America." Under high expectations to provide healing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will try to...

The Consequences of Inflamed Rhetoric
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about what happened in Arizona over the weekend.  In case you’ve managed to avoid the news for the past few days, though, Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords (D-Arizona), U.S. District Judge John Roll, and eighteen others were shot by a lone gunman at a “Congress on your Corner” event held by Rep. Giffords. A medical Helicopter evacuates Victims from a “Congress on Your Corner” event in Tucson, Arizona, where U....

Radical leftist punk band inspired accused gunman
Jared Loughner, the alleged Arizona assassin, may have been inspired by the radical leftist punk-rock band Anti-Flag, one of his favorite bands, according to a schoolmate who posted on Twitter.com her reminiscences about her association with Loughner. Loughner, 22, is in custody accused of opening fire into a crowd in Tucson, Ariz., killing six and critically wounding Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Understand what's happening to America's culture and what you can do to fight it with ...

Do classrooms hold lessons on the link between rhetoric and violence?
No one has yet blamed Jared Loughner's teachers for his violent mind-set and actions in Arizona, but teachers and parents have long been aware that inflammatory Rhetoric can spark agitation in Children. Did increasingly hostile political Rhetoric incite Loughner to violence? Of course not -- we know that from exhaustive studies of children exposed to television and Video Game violence. But we still bear a responsibility to teach and model Civil Discourse. Does Sarah Palin's "take back the 20" W...

Next on the AZ Target List: Rep. Raul Grijalva?
I have some concern right now (in addition to the Victims of Sat’s shooting) for Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ). He had to close his local offices in Yuma and Tucson back in April 2010 because of threats arising from Racists over Immigration and the infamous S.B. 1070 law. From HuffPo: Grijalva Staffer Ruben Reyes said the office has been flooded with calls all week about Senate Bill 1070. About 25 percent are “very racist” in nature, Reyes said, characterizing some as “t...

Public memorial set for Arizona shooting victims
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The city shaken by a shooting rampage that killed six people and left 14 injured prepared to come together at a church Tuesday to mourn the Victims, including a 9-year-old girl who sang in the choir. Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas will preside over the first official tribute to the victims at St. Odilia Catholic Church. The Diocese called the service a “Mass of healing for our community.” The modern turquoise-and-white church is only blocks from Saturday̵...

Pelosi heading to Arizona with Obama
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will travel with President Barack Obama to Tucson Wednesday afternoon for a memorial service for the Victims of Saturday's shooting rampage. With the presidential visit, the service was already shaping up to be a dignitary-packed event. Pelosi's office also announced Tuesday evening she would be signing the public condolence book for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), at the Cannon Rotunda next door to the Capitol. ...

The amazing recovery of Gabrielle Giffords
By Michael J.W. Stickings We've been focusing a great deal on the shooting and on what was behind it, that is, the larger socio-political context, but, lest we forget, the most amazing part of the story is happening at a Hospital in Tuscon: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is able to breathe on her own, doctors said Tuesday. Giffords remains on a ventilator to help her recovery, said neurosurgeon G. Michael Lemole Jr. Giffords n...

The Ailes Edict
Forgive me if I’m highly doubtful that Roger Ailes will change anything on Fox News Channel. But the interview with Russell Simmons sure is great PR and is getting a lot of attention. Former Pres. Clinton spoke to the BBC saying politics shouldn’t “degenerate into demonisation” and that the rhetoric “falls on the unhinged and the hinged alike.” He certainly knows this first hand. Less surprising was that Ailes used the platform to scoff at the notion that angr...

Tighter Gun-control Laws A Long Shot
(NewsCore) - The Tucson shootings have renewed an effort among Northeast lawmakers to strengthen federal gun-control laws, but a partisan climate and an influential gun lobby mean that talk may be as far as it gets, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. On Tuesday, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), whose husband was killed by a lone gunman in a 1993 Shooting Spree, said she would introduce Legislation to reinstate a ban on high-capacity magazines like the one used by the Tucson shooter. Rep. P...

Sen. Barbara Boxer In Her Own Words
At a Press Conference in Southern California Tuesday, Sen. Barbara Boxer talked about the Mass Shooting in Arizona that left six people dead and 14 others injured included Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Sen. Boxer's remarks in her own words: Like many Americans, I have been deeply affected by political Assassinations in my lifetime – John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. – three figures who inspired me. And it took years and years and years – maybe 15 or 20 years &nda...;

In Arizona, Obama to honor memories, speak of hope
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under high expectations to provide healing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will try to convert the horror of the Arizona shootings into a moment of national unity centering his memorial Speech in Tucson on the lives of the Victims and the heroism of those who rushed to stop the madness. The president was crafting his Speech on Tuesday, and his aides were reluctant to discuss it even broadly in its unfinished form, other than to say it will emphasize the memories of t...

Obama Arizona Speech To Honor Memories, Speak Of Hope
WASHINGTON — Under high expectations to provide healing, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will try to convert the horror of the Arizona shootings into a moment of national unity centering his memorial Speech in Tucson on the lives of the Victims and the heroism of those who rushed to stop the madness. The president was crafting his Speech on Tuesday, and his aides were reluctant to discuss it even broadly in its unfinished form, other than to say it will emphasize the memories of thos...