gabby giffords. she was discharged today from the houston hospital, where she s been undergoing rehab. keep up with what s going on in washington. gabby was still in congress. her staff was in communication with her, and we would talk about things. and she would kind of give her approval. so, she was still pretty much directing traffic at that time with us. now, for more on our top story, the long-awaited boat to raise the debt ceiling. gabby giffords making her way back to the capitol to vote in favor of the debt deal. she made the decision to travel to d.c. to vote on the bill that would raise the debt ceiling. the question is, will the
our family s approach was to be with gabby in the hospital as much as possible. gabby s mom and dad came to houston, moved into a friend s house. her mom was able to be in the hospital every single day. good job. it is a good time for people to bring this in. this is the break. oh, my goodness. mark was always the one advocating not only for her medical care but for her emotional needs as well. wow. he hung signs on the door about kind of the rules that he expected. it s your favorite flower. stuff like, don t cry, be positive. they re not roses. they re tulips. tulips. yeah. don t assume that she doesn t understand what you re talking about because she probably does. you tell mark, i love you.
of my space flights. we would talk about the odds. turns out she had the risky job. at a nasa briefing this afternoon, shuttle commander, mark kelly, is expected to announce that he will go ahead and command the shuttle, endeavor when it launched. gabby s improving muchic requester than the doctors expected. one of her doctors the other day said this is a one percentile kind of improvement. so, i started to think about the mission. and i ultimately made the decision that i would like to return and command sts-134. ground control to major tom ground control to major tom take your protein pills and
tucson was the first mass shooting during my presidency. a gunman appeared at the front of one of the theaters. and sadly, it is then repeated. one or more suspects walked into a social over and over. the gunman entering the emanuel and over and over and over again. one of the biggest mass shootings in american history at the pulse nightclub. in 2013 i started an organization to make our country safer. we knew that the progress in congress and in the white house would be difficult. difficult. but that we had this opportunity in states across the country. gabby set forth a strategy to
attack, like, just crying uncontrollably and just scared. like, just terrified. i mean, speaking and communicating with people was, like, everything to her. music, for gabby, was a great way to tap into language. it s not just in that left hemisphere, like the language primarily is music, is in different areas of the brain across both hemisphere. so, when there s been damage to the language center, there are still music centers within the brain that are still preserved. gabby is a very musically inclined person. she has a history of singing and being in shows. playing the french horn. so, we used music therapy. an update for you now on congresswoman gabrielle giffords recovery. her husband, mark kelly, did send us a tweet. quote, today was a huge day for