we were talking about arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. we were gripped in horror when an assassin shot her in the head and killed six others around her. we watched in hope as she made remarkable steps to recovery. today in order to stay on that pathway to healing, gabby giffords announced she is resigning from her seat in congress. i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. i want to bring in now our athena jones. she s been monitoring the reaction from giffords colleagues. in just the past hour we heard from the president, right? that s right. so over the course of the afternoon we ve heard from members of congress like speaker john boehner and democratic leader nancy pelosi, all praysiprays praiseing gabby give forts. president obama said gabby s cheerful presence will be missed in washington but she will remain an inspiration to all whose lives she touched, my included. and i m confident that we hav