and waiting for congresswoman giffords to be put on an ambulance, put inside of an ambulance to be taken to houston where she ll be taken to a rehab center to continue her recovery. as you can see look at this memori memorial, it s growing and growing at that tucson hospital. hundreds of well-wishers have been calling the congresswoman s office saying where can we stand so we can watch this ambulance go by? this looks like the ambulance. we believe congresswoman giffords sin side along with her husband, mark kelly and her doctor, dr. peter rhee. you know him by now, of course. tracey colbert, her nurse, gloria giffords her mom. i know i d want my mom with me. she s with her daughter inside the ambulance. her chief of staff is in there as well as her communications director. all will be traveling with congresswoman giffords to that helicopter which she will be placed on at a nearby air force base and she will be flown to
memorial is in front of the medical center. instead, they ll leave through another ambulance ramp on the back end of the hospital, they say, again, for security reasons and they will make that ten-mile trip through the streets of tucson all the way to davis monthan air force base. as you have mentioned, carol, her mother, gloria giffords, will accompany her as well as her physician, her trauma surgeon dr. peter rhee. her husband and also a couple of members of her staff who will fly with her to houston. and you know, all along we ve been talking about how incredible this story is. the fact that just two weeks ago, we weren t sure if she was going to make it and later that day, dr. rhee comes out and says 100% certainty she will make it and after that she starts to breathe on her own and now they say this is the next major milestone for the congresswoman.
cnn. congresswoman gabrielle giffords leaves the hospital minutes from now. she ll travel by ambulance to a nearby air force base where an air ambulance flight to houston, that s to start the next phase of her remarkable recovery. yesterday her medical team was able to take giffords outside the hospital for the first time. her husband mark kelly at her side, this all coming less than two weeks after the congresswoman suffered a gunshot to the head. optimism about the economy is creeping up ever so slightly. in a new cnn opinion research corporation poll, 24% of americans say the economy is in good shape. 75% say it s not. that s actually a six-point jump since november when just 18% thought the economy was in good shape and 81% said it was poor. president obama has big plan to create jobs. he s forming a new presidential council to be led by general electric chief executive jeffrey immelt. mr. obama leaves for new york later this hour to make the announcement at ge head
for its depiction of teen drug and alcohol abuse and underage nudity. does the show go too far? one major sponsor thinks so, already pulling its ads, early this friday morning, january already pulling its ads, early this friday morning, january 21st, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good snowy friday morning to you. i m erica hill. good to have you with us. shot of hackensack, new jersey this morning. broken record alert. more snow here in the northeast. how about that? just when we ve told mother nature we ve had enough she continues to bring us back in. it s only january my friend. you are not done yet. those roads actually look pretty good. that is not the case for a lot of folks elsewhere this morning. we re going to get you the very latest on that. because as we know it s a ripple effect. even if you re not underneath that snow, it could hurt you across the country. we do want to begin with the latest snowstorm which is now pounding the northeast this morning
arrested the earplugs were removed, and that suggests perhaps in my mind some understanding of what he was about to do. and with regard to and actually he was in the safeway and there s even a video of him talking to one of the grocery clerks in there. he s pointing to his ear to indicate to the clerk that he can t hear because he s got earplugs in. earplugs. more encouraging news, though, about representative giffords recovery. it comes in an e-mail, giffords mother sent to family and friends. cnn got the e-mail from a friend. gloria giffords writes the congresswoman shows higher levels of comprehension and complex actions every day. mrs. giffords reveals her daughter will be moved to houston on friday to begin what they re calling aggressive rehabilitation therapy, and just moments ago the congresswoman s office confirmed she will be moved to tirr memorial herman