day. when he decided to stop by and say hi to his representative. john had john is survived by his loving wife maureen, his three sons, and his five beautiful grandchildren. [ applause ] george and dorothy morris were high school sweethearts who married and had two daughters. they did everything together. traveling the open road in their rv, enjoying what their friends called a 50 year honeymoon. [ applause ] saturday morning they went by the safeway to hear what their congresswoman had to say. when gunfire rang out, george, the former marine, instinctively
taylor green, phyllis scheck, dorwin stoddard, dorothy morris, gabe zimmerman. as the president arrives, sharing the stage with him tonight, the attorney general, eric holder. arizona s republican governor, the previous democratic governor of arizona, homeland security chief, janet napolitano. the president is expected to speak, as we see mrs. obama embracing husband of gabby giffords. the president is expected to the see for a little less than 20 minutes. he will give the last remarks of any length tonight. our bookkeeping here, if this memorial service concludes before 9:00 p.m. eastern, i ll rejoin you. if after that, we ll go directly to the rachel maddow show and i ll rejoin you with a live special edition of countdown at 11:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. pacific. the ceremony tonight is to begin fittingly with erin copeland s fanfare for the common man performed by the tucson symph y
thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. please, please be seated. to the families of those we ve lost, to all who call them friends, to the students of this university, the public servants who are gathered here, the people of tucson and the people of arizona. i have come here tonight as an american who, like all americans, kneels to pray with you today and will stand by you tomorrow. [ applause ] there is nothing i can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts but know this, the hopes of the nation are here tonight. we mourn with you for the fallen. we join you in your grief. and we add our faith to yours. that representative gabrielle giffords and the other living victims of this tragedy will pull through. [ applause ] scripture tells us there is a river whose streams make glad the city of god. the holy place for the most high dwells. god is within her. she will not fall. god will help her at break of day. on saturday morning, gabby, her
thank you very much. thank you. [ applause ] thank you very much. please, please be seated. to the families of those we ve lost, to all who call them friends, to the students of this university, the public servants who are gathered here, the people of tucson and the people of arizona. i have come here tonight as an american who, like all americans, kneels to pray with you today and will stand by you tomorrow. [ applause ] there is nothing i can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts but know this, the hopes of the nation are here tonight. we mourn with you for the fallen. we join you in your grief. and we add our faith to yours. that representative gabrielle giffords and the other living victims of this tragedy will pull through. [ applause ] scripture tells us there is a river who streams make glad the city of god, the holy place where the most high dwells. god is within her. she will not fall. god will help her at break of day. on saturday morning, gabby, he
everything pops with pringles. and if you re just joining us, welcome to this special 360 tonight. president obama in tucson as role in healer in chief, speaking at memorial services for the six killed in saturday s massacre. he and mrs. obama speaking with families and congresswoman gabrielle giffords, her condition, her eyes have opened. also today, new details emerging about the alleged gunman and earlier sarah palin adding her voice during controversy by equating heated rhetoric surrounding the shooting with invocation of collective guilt. we ll begin as apolitically as possible with the assessment of the president s message tonight. we ll play you an extended chunk of the president s address, but we re joined by kirsten gillibrand. you were actually in the room when congresswoman giffords opened her eyes, is that correct? i was, i was with debbie wasserman schultz, speaker pelosi, her husband and doctors. what was the moment like? tell us about it. it was extra