i regret that you just made it so political in a way, sheriff, but i also say, and i think that i will hear negative vibes from the vast majority of my audience tonight sense this kid was conscious of a congresswoman going back in 20007 people who suggest the climate that existed around her reelection campaign and the other things going on are in denial to suggest are relevant to this tragedy that happened at the safe way in your town the other night. do you want to change anything you said do you want to alter the record in any regard? not in any way, shape or form. when you have people like sharron angle in las vegas running against reid making outrageous statements such as we may need to resort to taking the second amend.
i think president obama mentioned her name. that is something she would be very proud of herself. on the phone with us dr. michael lamole. he s the chief of neurosurgery gree at the university medical center. doctor, thank you for being with us. i know you are part of the staff the incredible staff that helped saver the congresswoman s life. if you can tell our audience what her condition is as we speak right now. i am happy to say she is holding her own. her condition is pretty much the same as it was this morning during the press release. she is able to follow simple commands as we back off under sedation. i understand what you are saying. when you back off on her sedation do you have any reason to believer the brain will smell and is that yo brain will as. is th swell.
welcome back to first look. here s a look at the top stories making news this morning. the man accused of severely wounding gabriel giffords and killing six others is expected to appear in court today. the congresswoman is in critical condition this morning. doctors saying they are cautiously optimistic about her chances. washington is criticizing israel over its decision to bulldoze a landmark hotel in disputed east jerusalem to make way for a new jewish housing project. secretary of state hillary clinton says it undermines efforts to revise stalled peace talks with the palestinians. millions of sudanese started heading to the polls for a week-long referendum that is attempting to separate the
in the safe. there was a letter from the congresswoman s office addressed to loughner for showing up on the congress on the corner event. there was a separate envelope with the words my assassination also congresswoman s name and his signature. disturbing things on that envelope. we don t know what was in the letter, but we heard the sheriff say it was equally disturbing. he was tested for dope and marijuana, who knows what else. he has had a disturbing background. he dropped out of high school in his senior year he was rejected from the army. he was also kicked out of the community college just last year for a series of classroom disturbances. we cal he called the college illegal administrators told him not to come back until he has had a
they also told me that investigators have recovered his computer and cell phone records. they are combing through this electronic history to keep together movement and contracts prior to the shooting. while the investigation is in early stages he did not see the shooting as part of a broader conspiracy. oo i will efrp size there is no information at this time to suggest any specific threat remains. sources also tell us he refused to speak with agents and he fail add drug test when he applied to the military. we have the criminal complaint that alleges investigators found a letter in his home from congresswoman gifford s office dated august 30th, 2007 in tuesday son so we can t include there was prior contact between the suspect and giffords office. an envelope was found in his