with racial slurs, degrading her, ranting and raving. getting close to the l.a. district attorney pursuing criminal charges against mel. they re very serious about this. there was a last-ditch meeting tuesday afternoon to get his attorney trying to say, please don t. the l.a. d.a. is very determined to get criminal charges in this case. he can pursue it as a felony or misdemeanor. a felony if they pursue that route could be up to four years in prison if convicted that way. apparently, mel is not sweating any of this. he s been spotted in costa rica looking very cheerful and happy and on vacation doing his thing. apparently, criminal charges could come, you know, pretty soon in this case. all of this according to radaronline.com. mel s 55. could be a nasty little trial if this goes. that case just won t go away. i have to admit with the next story, i secretly love when joan rivers is feuding with someone because she s hilarious. her latest feud it s nothing to do with who she s fe
after the shooting, she s expected to head to a rehab hospital in texas. more now from dan harris. reporter: when congresswoman giffords is released she will be flown here to the memorial hermann rehab center in houston, considered to be one of the best in the country. in an upbeat e-mail to family and friends obtained by the new york times, her mother says gabby has scrolled through pictures on her husband s iphone, tried to untie his tie and looked at get-well cards. every day gabby improves and shows higher levels of comprehension and complex actions. doctors say giffords has still not yet tried to speak and has a long road ahead of her. it s not uncommon that a patient, after a severe traumatic brain injury has to relearn a lot of those simple daily activities. reporter: meanwhile, investigators in this case are now talking about what they ve seen on the surveillance video from the shooting scene which is likely to be key evidence in the trial. jared loughner allegedly wa
responsibilities of all nations and all people are upheld. reporter: replied president hu china and the u.s. should respect each other s choice of development path and each other s core interests. in other words, back off. but later at a joint press conference a possibly significant change in words. president hu made a concession that experts call a shift in rhetoric, at least, acknowledging, quote, a lot still needs to be done in china in terms of human rights. that frank and candid assessment on our part will continue. but that doesn t prevent us from cooperating in these other critical areas. reporter: these other areas, the president says, are millions of potential american jobs. as he pushed for hu to open chinese markets to more u.s. products. we want to sell you planes. we want to sell you cars. we want to sell you software. reporter: announcements of deals for u.s. exports to china worth more than $45 billion. supporting one way or another, the white house says, 2
she said something along the lines, i prefer laid back hair and makeup. if you look at her, you can see that case. her defense of hating the hair was high maintenance, a lot of layers. i get it. i liked, it though. might say something about my style. please. everyone liked it. good morning, everybody, i m rob nelson. and i m vinita nair. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is making more remarkable new strides. she was able to stand for the first time since the shooting that nearly claimed her life. she even scrolled through pictures on her husband s phone. meanwhile, a federal grand jury has indicted accused gunman jared loughner and prosecutors are now eyeing the death penalty. diana alvear has the latest. good morning, diana. reporter: good morning. these charges are the first of several expected charges against loughner. meanwhile, his intended target is doing better than anyone could have expected, proving her doctors optimism was well-founded. federal prosecutors announce