in certain cases for people like sarah palin to say we have people like gabby giffords in our cross hairs they are irresponsible not without consequences and we may be seeing the fruit of it here. whether or not the statements are responsible the main beef is they played no role in what should have been a briefing of a crime rather than your assessment of the current political climate. that s topic for another session. i thank you for your service to the people of tuesday son and the country. thank you for being with me tonight. thank you, rarld doe. before we go live to see about the condition of gabrielle giffords it is the 9-year-old who is really breaking my heart tonight.
additional charges will be brought under the domestic terrorism statutes as the investigation continues. reporter: among the dead, federal judge john role and 9-year-old kristina green. the girl was born on september 11th, the day of the terror attacks and featured in a book. she began her life during a tragedy, 9/11. and her life ended with a tragedy here in arizona. so tragedy is where the book ends. the book of her life was wonderful. and we loved every minute of it. reporter: at the hospital, doctors are cautiously hospital mystic about congresswoman gifford s recovery but say they just don t know what that recovery will look like yet. it appears the weekend shooting may not have been the first encounter between the suspect and congresswoman. investigators said they found a letter in the suspect s home from the congresswoman thanking him for attending a congress on
in certain cases for people like sarah palin to say we have people like gabby giffords in our cross hairs they are irresponsible not without consequences and we may be seeing the fruit of it here. whether or not the statements are responsible the main beef is they played no role in what should have been a briefing of a crime rather than your assessment of the current political climate. that s topic for another session. i thank you for your service to the people of tuesday son and the country. thank you for being with me tonight. thank you, rarld doe. before we go live to see about the condition of gabrielle giffords it is the 9-year-old who is really breaking my heart tonight.
optimistic that she may survive. five people were killed. one of whom two of whom are personal friends of mine, including congresswoman giffords. one being a federal judge, john row, who this morning got up like he does every saturday morning went to mass because he knows gabrielle very well, decided to come around the corner and say hi. unfortunately, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. i have never met a more sincere, fair minded, brilliant federal judge or any judge for that matter in my whole life. john row has been on the federal bench for a number of years, before that he was a prosecutor for the pima county one of
reporter: and now there s a debate on whether the tone of politics may be leading to violence. this type of vicious inflamatory rhetoric doesn t help a situation like this. reporter: congress set a resolution on wednesday honoring gabrielle gifford and the victims in arizona. there will be no business or votes this week including the much anticipated health care repeal now put off as members consider whether extra security is needed at public events. at least a show of law enforcement so that we can make sure that my staff is protected. reporter: no word on whether capitol police plan to step p security here. president obama has postponed a trip to new york tomorrow to talk about the economy saying instead that this is a time for the nation to come together in prayer or reflection. veronica? tracie potts, thank you. in georgia, residence are being pounded by a wintry blast which forecasters say could dump