intense environment, that icu. she was there to thank the doctors and nurses which was very special. so much of her time is now spent in houston where she s undergoing rigorous rehab. how is she able to get her work done on behalf of her constituents? i know it has been a top priority for her. slaugabsolutely. when she took office, her number one priority was serving this district and the 600,000 constituents roughly that she represents. and from day one, hiring staff like gabe zimmerman who already at a young age dedicated his life to public service and was able to do the same in her office was really, really important to her. we have continued that. we have opened the office the monday after the shooting, bright and early like we normally would and began receiving constituents and their concerns like any other week. video conferences. and as the year wore on, we were able to plug the congresswoman in more. we talk regularly over video
wounded including arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. today, she and so many others impacted are reflecting on the tragedy and the recovery. take a look right now at some live pictures. it is a dark room, but it is fitting of the somber atmosphere there on this one-year anniversary. the event will be called reflections and it is about to get started there on the university of arizona campus. it is honoring the lives of the shooting victims, the survivors and the citizen heroes who helped following those shootings that took place at that shopping center, at that safe-way parking lot. in a few minutes, we ll have a live report from thelma gutierrez there in tucson. about 100 soldiers are on lockdown at a military base in washington state. that means no one in, no one out. commanders at joint base lewis mccord are looking for anyone who may have possession of some sensitive military equipment that didn t turn up during an inventory last month. mt. rainier national park s gat
i m carol costello. the eastern seaboard bracing themselves for the worst of irene on this american morning. good morning, everyone. it is it s wednesday, wowp halfway through the week. august 24th. welcome to american morning. feels like it s halfway through the week. he had like a hundred years of news in two days. we started off yesterday with what was going on in libya, these hurricane preparations, and then an earthquake. right. did you feel it? christine and i were together working. i thought it was a little vertigo. i said, is that the subway? and we were with somebody who said the lights are swaying. yeah. this ligds grid was swaying. i did not feel it. i was in a shoe store buying shoes. you thought that s what it was. my husband is in baltimore, he really felt it. he e-mails me and says, get out of wherever you are. i m thinking, how does he know i m buying shoes. hopefully, gladly there are more stories of that sort. only something like
mission and our hearts go out to the wounded warriors and all the families, american and german, and others whose loved ones have given their lives to keep us safe. we remember and honor them all. we see our partnership in the skill of our diplomats who prevent the spread of deadly weapons and stand up for democracy in europe and beyond and in the passion of our development experts as they work to avert suffering in countries like sudan. this is the essence of our lives. two peoples, bound by common values, and committed to the security, the prosperity, and the dignity, not just of our own citizens but those far beyond our borders. and that s also the essence of my partnership with chancellor merkel. i know i believe this is our tenth meeting, together, that doesn t include the many phone calls and video conferences that we seem to have at all hours of the day and night. there s hardly any global issue where we don t consult
they have video conferences and now they want face to face meetings. not all get video conferences. 48 who under the laws of war, i guess is the right terminology only get to write letters and don t get these video conferencing benefits but now, the red cross wants to allow this visitation and some people are saying, wait a minute. first of all, do they deserve it? but more importantly, what about our own national security? so you have visitation now and you have family members being able to come into close quarters. then what kind of secrets or messages could be passed along and brought back to the rest of the world? yeah, you got specifically one person voicing his concern is congressman buck mckeean says that creates major security concerns for our country. they ve already gone back and forth, they estimate about 50,000 messages from all those detainees at gitmo. back and forth to their loved ones and operatives and 700 calls in all have been made. i think the red cross put a lo