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i think probably all of us agree, if our kids grow up to be as rich as bill gates, we d all be happy. not necessarily. i speak for myself then, for my future children. joanne barkan, thanks for coming in. appreciate your time. as congresswoman gabby giffords moves to the rehab phase of her recovery, others injured in the tragic shooting begin to speak out about their experiences on that fateful day. nbc news anchor and managing editor brian williams spoke exclusive today to susan hileman. she is the woman who accompanied young christina taylor green to gabby giffords event. this is a preview of the interview with susie hileman and her husband bill as she describes the moments after she was shot. next thing i remember is i m lying on the concrete. and christina s to my left. she was bul. she was undamaged. she didn t talk. but we were eyeball to eyeball.
is this the turning of the tide that we re supposed to be watching here? reporter: you phrase it very well, thomas, because i think we can make a distinction in their approach in the first two years of the obama administration and the last two years of the obama administration. as they put it here themselves, they re going to move from a legislation phase, dealing with capitol hill and health care and all the big issues they dealt with in the two years, to an implementation phase. legislation out, implementation in. recovery out, competitiveness in, at least as far as it s concerned with the names of these boards here. jeff immelt named to the council of jobs and competitiveness. he s going to chair that council. paul volcker out, immelt in. volcker ran the economic recovery board. so a shift in emphasis here, and you re right. a number of signals, a number of signs to signal that, thomas. you mentioned bill daley coming in as chief of staff. he spent seven years on wall st