it s a critical day for swelling which could be a dire situation. so far the news is still food. happy to say she s holding her own. her status is the same as it was yesterday. she s still following those simple commands. we ve been able to back off on some of that sedation and she s able to generate her own breaths. she s breathing on her own. the only reason we keep that breathing tube is so to protect her airway so she doesn t have complications like pneumonia. ted rowlands at the university medical center interviewing family members right now, i believe he s ready to talk to us about that. no? he ll join us shortly. all right. i want you to hear a couple voices from the life of jared loughner, he s the only child brandy and amy loughner who have lived in the same quiet neighborhood for all of jared s life. wayne smith lives on that street and knows who thinks about the family, they re extremely quiet
loughner s parent s home. jared lee loughner, the accused shooter from saturday, there in tucson. and it appears there has been a bit of an uptick in, you can see, reporter activity there. looks to be sort of a makeshift podium with a punbunch of microphones, which perhaps could mean we could hear from his parents with whom he lived, randy and amy loughner. so as soon as we see someone step in front of that podium, we will certainly bring that to you live here. we re watching and waiting for that. and as we watch and wait, let s talk about north korea here. some pretty disturbing comments by the u.s. secretary of defense. robert gates says it is only a matter of years before north korea is capable of hitting the united states with a missile. but how real is this threat? barbara starr, live at the pentagon for me. and barbara, what exactly did secretary gates say? and why is he saying it right now? well, you know, brooke, he is traveling in china right now, meeting with top chinese of
randy is. reporter: okay. why did they need help getting the mail? they didn t want to come out? they re not going to come out. you guys can stay here until it freezes over, they re not going to come out. he did tell me to tell you guys that when he gets to where he canal, right now he can t talk, guys. he can t get out three words without crying. broken down, crying, ted, i can only imagine that the media presence out of loughner s home waiting for one of them to come out, either randy or amy. any indication we could be hearing from them even if it s through a statement? remind me the next time we re going to be seeing jared loughner in court. reporter: we ll see loughner in court at the end of the month in phoenix. that s where the proceeding, the next proceeding will take place. it will have a different judge. all the judges in arizona have been recused. it will be a judge the united states will bring in from another satate. that will be at the end of the month. as to when
sa safeguard the funerals of the victims. there s one organization in particular that has a habit of pushing an extremist agenda at high-profile events such as these. and that group has signaled it intends to have a presence at the funeral for 9-year-old christina green, the youngest of those six slain victims. that funeral is scheduled to happen this thursday. jessica yellin is live for me in tucson. jessica, let s talk here what the state legislature, they appear to be moving with unusual warp speed to get this done. reporter: that s right, brooke. leaders here are calling it arizona s first show of bipartisan unity in the wake of this tragedy. a bill will come before the house and senate today. one introduced by a democrat, one introduced by a republican. that would model itself after bills that have been upheld by the courts in other states, essentially blocking protesters from within 300 feet of a funeral for an hour before and an hour after designed to protect chris
florida, by the way, is the only state in the lower 48 entirely untouched by snow. and speaking of charlotte, the roads are in worse shape than the runways. and that is still the case right here in atlanta. and the storm responsible is heading up the eastern seaboard and getting stronger. and that brings me to our severe weather expert, chad myers. and chad, i understand this storm is just building and building and building. it is. and it s heading to new york city. it s heading to long island, connecticut, rhode island, and boston. and this is going to be a coastal low. it is going to build strength. it is going to gain steam. it is going to get the warm water. i know it s a relative term. the warm water from the atlantic ocean. and it s going to make a coastal bomb as it runs up the east coast. now, it s going to be quick. this thing isn t going to be a five-day nor easter. it s a one-day nor easter. but by tomorrow morning when you wake up in new york city there s going