was somebody shot then, sir? yes. it looked like the guy had a semiautomatic pistol. he went in, he just started firing. is anybody injured? did you say gabrielle giffords was hit? she s hit. okay. she s breathing. she is breathing. she has a pulse. we have a few people we ve got one dead. okay. and [ inaudible ] okay. and there s other people that are injured? there s multiple people shot. okay. oh, my god. giffords, a three-term democrat, shot in the head. tonight she s holding her own and doctors are optimistic about her prospects for recovery. we ll talk to sanjay gupta in a moment. the mass shooting has unnerved people across this country. on capitol hill, republicans and democrats expressed concern for the safety of members of congress. this morning, president obama and the first lady led the nation in a moment of silence for the victims. the moment was observed also on the steps of the capitol. afterward, the president had this to say. rig
forward to the next day and his future. he s looking forward to going to college and becoming an occupational therapist and working with children now. larry: understood. good luck to all of you. amazing. amazing. thank you. larry: see you tomorrow night with ryan seacrest and jamie oliver, quite a show. right now anderson cooper and ac 360. anderson? breaking news on democratic security concerns, one of the main reasons democratic lawmakers have been talking to capitol police and the fbi and why they met today to talk about their safety since passing health care reform. we want to be careful reporting all of this tonight, not to raise the temperature, because frankly, it s too hot as it is. in the last few days we ve seen racist and bigoted slurs hurdle and windows spat on and broken and death threats made. dana bash is here to discuss what happened behind closed doors. i m told that in a democratic meeting today about those safety concerns, check this out on sarah
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and visit with families of the victims. we re joined by randi kaye, drew griffen and dr. sanja gupta. take us through what happened. you said this started with a tweet from representative giffords. it did. the congresswoman does try to squeeze in about eight or nine events. saturday morning she sent out a tweet at 9:58 a.m. local time here inviting people to her first event called congress on the corner. she wanted people to come and ask her questions. that was at 9:58. 12 minutes later, she was shot in the head, gunned down. it s unclear at this point because we don t know a motive about the suspect, it s unclear if maybe he had seen that tweet and that s what prompted him to go to that safeway supermarket or if he was already there waiting for her. i want to put up the mugshot that we got today of this alleged shooter. this is the first indication of what he looks like now. we ve seen a lot of pictures with him with hair. his head is shaved. he s got you can interpret the loo
nation in a moment of silence for the victims. the moment was observed also on the steps of the capitol. afterward, the president had this to say. right now, the main thing we re doing is to offer our thoughts and prayers to those who have been impacted, making sure that we re joining together and pulling together as a country. and, you know, as president of the united states, but also as a father, obviously i m spending a lot of time just thinking about the families and reaching out to them. we ll talk to those family members in the next hour. we learned a short time ago that the president will travel to tucson on wednesday. white house sources tell cnn he ll attend a memorial service and visit with families of the victims. we re joined by randi kaye, drew griffen and dr. sanja gupta. take us through what happened.