enough is enough. exactly one month after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at robb elementary school, tonight, congress sending the first gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years to the president s desk. 15 republicans in the senate and 14 in the house voting yes alongside all democrats. straight ahead. we re going to keep on fighting. keep on fighting. gabrielle giffords. former representative giffords summoned the giffords kept serving even after that day that shocked our nation. gabby is one of the most
education, obviously it costs us money, but ignorance costs us more money. she never took very many radical stands. she was never antigun. gabby owned guns. gabby was kind of, like, a bit of the it girl in tucson, everybody knew gabby. i mean, she grew up there, she was so successful. she was in the arizona legislature. then she was in congress. she was the first jewish congresswoman from arizona. and then she met an astronaut. well, we re here today with the kelly brothers, scott kelly, the commander of the international space station for expedition 26, mark kelly, endeavour s commander for the sts-134 mission. a lot of times people would ask, what s the like to be a twin? the response i would give is, what s the like to not be a twin? we were kind of pretty wild. pretty much every day, we would get into fistfights. some of these fights would last
with you in person and answer any of your questions about what s going on in congress. it was my first week as an intern for gabby. and i was asked, can you come in on saturday to help out with an event? i got a robocall on friday afternoon. come to the safeway and tell me how government can work better for you. i called my girlfriend and said, does anybody in your house want to come with me? everybody was busy but christina. christina teller was 9 years old. she was smart as a whip. she was on the student council. again, this is congresswoman gabby giffords, and i hope to meet with you in person this saturday. so the two of us got in the car and drove over. i actually went to the wrong safeway. so by the time i got there, the setup was all done. first person i see is gabe zimmerman, who s our boss at the intern program. gabe s like, next time, try and be on time. gabe was my go-to guy for
mr. president, it s an honor to rise today to deliver my maiden speech. we can t just rebuild our economy the way it was before, we have to reinvent it and create the jobs of the future. shoulders. checklist. bald head, pointy ears, perfect, perfect, perfect. mwah. my wife gabby taught me a thing or two about how to find common ground. i m so proud of her. of her relentless positivity that she brings to her continued rehabilitation. it inspires me each and every day. the same gift of connection and the same indomitable spirit i saw in her when she was first elected to congress, that doesn t go away. we are at a crossroads, we
work oh. step down. step to congress. this year. the uss gabby giffords. the ship. the ship named after you. tough. it s very stealthy. stealthy. awesome. yep. gabby s helmet. the helmet that she had to wear because they took off part of her skull. and this is the piece of skull that was removed from the side of her head when she was shot