west. we say good evening from tucson, arizona. we re here in tucson outside of university medical center. congresswoman gabby giffords is recovering along with some of the other victims of saturday s shooting. we have a number of new developments on her condition and a new phase she s entering in her treatment and recovery. the doctors say this next phase is up to her to get better. the stories continue to come out and so many are so sad. many of them are inspiring though as we learn more about those affected, those who lived. those who died. we ve just heard from the family of the troubled young man being held for this mass murder. we want to begin with nbc s lester holt who is on opposite side of the hospital complex tonight. lester, good evening. reporter: brian, good evening. congresswoman giffords is said to be holding her own. the doctors say no further brain swelling and for now she appears to be defying the odds. when she starts to become mobile the surgeon t
released their three week plan. lloyd lacuesta has the story. to distribute the money given by the world in general, it really gets to your heart that people really care. reporter: one of 38 homes that no longer exist in the neighborhood of san bruno. the explosion and fire that took the life of eight people is still emotion for the people that went through it. one woman s who s home of 42 years was damaged, did not want her face showed because she s still upset. you wouldn t have to stand in a room full of people to ask or beg. it s fair, if people donated it for them and it should be given for them. reporter: san bruno is taking a three step plan to deliver the money. owner of homes destroyed will receive $16,000 each. 17 homes with moderate damage will receive $4,000. and 45 homes with minor damage will receive $1,000. the the city is also setting aside $58,000 of the fund to be distributed on the basis of extreme and unexpected needs. we are expecting that if pe
nation. the parents meanwhile of shooting suspect jared loughner are getting a visit from the fbi. they were visited yesterday and a next door neighbor says amy and randy loughner are devastated and hunkered down in their home right now. the couple called a neighbor and asked him to bring the mail. they re not going to come out. you guys can stay here until haiti freezes over. they re not going to come out. he did tell me to tell you guys that when he gets to where he can, right now he can t talk, guys. he can t get out three words without crying. loughner made his first appearance in court yesterday. his head completely shaven as you can see there in the photo. if loughner is convicted of murder, he could face the death penalty and this morning we re learning more about the suspect and a possible motive. susan candiotti live for us in tucson this morning. i understand you are just getting some new information
still saying he s not cooperating at all in this and he s not said anything about the shooting. we understand his defense attorney, judy clarke, is also building a defense already, she s saying the prosecutors in arizona should all be recused from this case and that arizona s residents could not be allowed to be jurors because they would not be fair jurors. we also got our first look at randy loughner, jared loughner s dad, he was in the back yard yesterday of his home talking with police officers. this is the first time we have seen him, and remember, they haven t said a word about this case. they had been holed up inside their house, randy and his wife, amy, holed up inside their house since the shooting began. the neighbors say they re isolated, standoffish, others say they re just a very private family, but now we have word that randy loughner is preparing to make a statement about this. a neighbor who told us that he s going to make a statement, that he is grieving,ly is very
it. we re talking about everywhere from arkansas to the atlantic just about shut down right now. now we re talking about another storm. that major storm you can see on this map here is making its way up the east coast. you see it on the right side of your screen on the east coast. there s another storm system to the left going to meet up with this one and cause all kinds of fits. snow is coming down in parts of virginia, the carolinas right now dumped a foot of snow in parts of the south yesterday. new york, boston, going to be next. and of course some of those places still trying to recover from the last blizzard that hit the northeast. the weather of course turned the busiest airport in the world basically into a motel. many passengers spent the night at hartsfield jackson airport in atlanta. this is an airport you know well. the icy storm has grounded thousands of flights. get this, delta alone canceled close to 2,000 flights yesterday and is planning another 1,400 today