monthan. i can see some of the people lining the streets right now. tell me about the memorial at the hospital, because it started small and it s grown to be humongous. reporter: yes, that is what is so striking about being out here, carol. those of us who have watched this thing grow, it s been absolutely incredible. it started with just a few flowers and a couple of candles and cards. then it has grown to this, it covers nearly the entire lawn here in front of the university medical center. they created a pathway through the memorial. people have shown up every single day, families, some of the patients before they have left the hospital have come out. they ve been wheeled through this area. we mentioned suzie heilman who was one of the gunshot victims. she came out here the other night. she wanted to see it before it went away, she said.
cnn. congresswoman gabrielle giffords leaves the hospital minutes from now. she ll travel by ambulance to a nearby air force base where an air ambulance flight to houston, that s to start the next phase of her remarkable recovery. yesterday her medical team was able to take giffords outside the hospital for the first time. her husband mark kelly at her side, this all coming less than two weeks after the congresswoman suffered a gunshot to the head. optimism about the economy is creeping up ever so slightly. in a new cnn opinion research corporation poll, 24% of americans say the economy is in good shape. 75% say it s not. that s actually a six-point jump since november when just 18% thought the economy was in good shape and 81% said it was poor. president obama has big plan to create jobs. he s forming a new presidential council to be led by general electric chief executive jeffrey immelt. mr. obama leaves for new york later this hour to make the announcement at ge head
early, what time is it? it s morning joe . dale rundown with chuck and savannah. president obama heads to arizona today to lead a memorial from saturday s tragic shooting. and the first pictures from congresswoman gabrielle giffords hospital room. there she is being comforted by her husband. and there s sarah palin. she released an eight-minute video this morning in response to the tragedy. we are better than the mindless finger-pointing we endured in the wake of the tragedy. and finally, spotlight on mental health. with so many warning signs, couldn t anything have been done before jared loughner bought his gun? it s wednesday, january 12th, 2011. i m chuck todd. good morning, everyone. i m savannah guthrie, live here in tucson, arizona. well, we re going to begin with the big memorial service tonight at the university of arizona now. and chuck, as you know, the president will arrive here later this afternoon. we re in front of the mchale center, where thi
that serves and meet ben. john travolta and kelly preston share the first photo of their little miracle today, wednesday, share the first photo of their little miracle today, wednesday, january 12th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today. it s 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on this wednesday. i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira. parts of the pacific northwest were slammed by overnight snow. and just in time for the morning drive, things have changed over to sort of a dicey mix of rain and ice. meanwhile, here in the northeast, we are dealing with our own winter wallop. about 9 inches fell in central park, but take a look live at hartford, connecticut. still snowing there. parts of that state have been slammed by about 2 feet of snow. and as you can see, it is still coming down. up in boston, al has been outside for hours, where snow is falling at the rate of about an inch or two per hour with 30-mile-an-hour wind g
line outside the safeway in tucson when that chaos broke out. you are going to get to shake her hand. shot. wow. that was the last thing? i m sorry. there s a moment of deafening silence. does that make sense? there will be much more of brian williams interview with suzie heilman and her husband on tonight s dateline at 7:00 eastern, 6:00 central on nbc. new word from a top democrat this morning as the debate over spending spills into the president s state of the union address on tuesday. on meet the press david gregory asked congressman james clyburn if he thinks the gop is prepared to shut down the government unless congress adopts major cuts. i don t think they are. it may be possible but not