mlk day. thanks for being with us. i m rob nelson. i m vinita nair. doctors treating congresswoman gabby giffords continue to describe her recovery as a miracle. she could move out of the hospital and into rehab. her husband is seeing amazing signs of progress as well. t.j. winick has the latest on this. good morning. reporter: good morning. congresswoman gabrielle giffords could be moved to a rehabilitation facility within weeks, perhaps even days. gabrielle giffords husband told her doctors that she gave him a smile. she stuck her hand up on the side of my face this morning. i leaned over and then she spent ten minutes giving me and this is her, so typical of her. she s in the icu, you know, gone through this traumatic injury and she spent ten minutes giving me a neck massage. i m pretty sure she wouldn t do that for somebody else she reached up to you she reached up, you know, for
whose rallied for her recovery. she s in the icu, gone through this traumatic injury and spent ten minutes giving me a neck massage. i m sure she wouldn t do that for somebody else and she s look me in the eye. it s so typical of her, no matter how bad the situation might be for her, she s looking out for her people. nbc s noelle walker has been at the hospital all week to bring us the latest updates. we re hearing that on one end there s great progress after another about congresswoman giffords it seems the good news keeps on rolling. what are doctors saying about her today the medical press conferences have kind of drys up. reporter: they have. the doctors have said they will schedule another briefing as events warn. so what we can glean from that, in the past they said no news is good news. the silence can mean, at the very least the congresswoman is holding her own which in the past the doctors have said for her is progress. when we talk about her
lot of different reasons to see if she ll be able to speak. in an interview with diane sawyer, her husband talked about how she was able to give him a ten-minute neck massage, which is nice and hopeful. very nice. so, connie, today in the wall street journal, the president is actually talking about reviewing regulations. telling business people, we re not going to keep regulations on the book that hurts business. of course, he and the republicans extended the tax cuts along with democrats. he s really moving your way, isn t he? well, he sounds to be. we ll see. it s all in the actions. he s over the years, we ve heard him say things like he wants to pass the free trade agreements that we don t see. we ve heard him talk about tort reform, which we didn t see. so i m thankful that he s talking about and recognizing the importance of rolling back some of this overregulation. but now we need to see some
goes from here. thanks, kelly. senator conrad just announced that he will not run for re-election coming up in 2012. the democrat from north dakota currently chairs the senate budget committee and was a key player in health care negotiations last year. there this could be a prime opportunity for someone else to jump in there and pick up a seat in the senate. north dakota is a gop leading state. there s word gabrielle giffords could be transferred from a hospital to a rehab center within days. in his first public interview since his wife was shot, giffords husband says she s able to smile, even able to offer him some comfort. she s in the icu, you know, gone through this traumatic injury and she spent ten minutes giving me a neck massage and i m pretty sure she wouldn t do that for somebody else and she s looking me in the eye. it s so typical of her. no matter how bad the situation might be for her, she s looking out for other people.
they also took out her breathing tube from her mouth and performed a tracheotomy, which freed her from a ventilator. as you mentioned, her husband, mark kelly, has been constantly by her side, holding her hand, supporting her through this process and he saysed, based on the signs he sees so far, he is incredibly optimistic. take a listen. she s in the icu, you know, gone through this traumatic injury and spent ten minutes give me a neck massage. i m sure she wouldn t do that for somebody else and looking me in the eye. it s typical of her, no matter how bad the situation might be for her, she s looking out for her people. reporter: really just amazing. we re also learning today that the youngest victim, 9-year-old christina taylor green, her corneas have been donated to two other young children, her father saying this has only made him