is chen. that s chen guangcheng who is now we are told at a hospital in beijing. chen is the blind human rights activist who was convicted and thrown in jail for leading protests against the government. he spent six days under american embassy protection after escaping house arrest. it s not clear if he left the embassy by choice. a friend of the activist said chinese authorities threatened the family. and this is central cairo in egypt today. angry protesters are rioting because a candidate for president is not being allowed to run. demonstrators have camped out in cairo for several days. today was especially violent. at least 11 people killed by rocks and firebombs. newt gingrich officially ending his run for the white house about two hours from now. his campaign was a roller coaster ride from the very start. gingrich is expected to signal his support for mitt romney and talk about defeating president barack obama come november. a spokesman says plans are under way for
typical shopping center. it was at a safeway. there s honeybaked ham, a bank of america. you know, a typical, typical shopping center. we re here in the foothills adjacent to the foothills here in tucson. it s quite a beautiful scene all things considered. it could not be more ordinary as far as that goes. i know congresswoman giffords holds these events quite often, and, yeah, like i said, she was a somewhat conservative democrat. i believe martin her husband was a pilot stationed here at davis mountain, the air force base here in tucson. at least he was, perhaps he still is, stationed at the air force base. and so but otherwise it s fairly quiet here. a horrible scene in a typical place. john kluver, thank you for joining us on the telephone
detail. usually not, but it s up to the dignitary protection division of the u.s. capitol police that would make that call. but what i m hearing from sources is that there was no threat against her that would merit a protection detail. all right. well, again, you re confirming to us that you re saying you re hearing from authorities there that the suspect or shooter has been apparently taken into custody. is that right? that s correct. that s what i m hearing from law enforcement sources close to the investigation. and that would seem to be reflected by what our eyewitness on the scene, jason pekau i know he was describing what they were searching through vehicles. it didn t sound like the frantic concern there was still a gunman on the loose. jason, you still with us? yes. what is happening now? i ve seen your photographs that are coming in. and thank you. we re seeing that clearly the parking lot has been marked off and i presume we re seeing also the early stag