A couple of Warren County residents during Tuesday s Board of Supervisors meeting defended a supervisor and the sheriff, who both came under attack earlier this month.
Together, on legislation involving nasa, as you know, her husband and twin brother are astronauts, and, of course, i represent the district that the nasa administrator, charles brogan, grew up in and, so, we have been working closely together on nasa legislation, as you know. we have had funding problems with nasa and so i have gotten to know her very, very well and, to see something like this happen, to such a conscientious, out going, passionate legislator is causes me great pause. but we are living in a time that all of us should be begin to take shock of how our words affect people, especially those who aren t very stable. bret: some of your collies, congressman clyburn are already speaking out expressing concern about security for members of congress.
overseas and now, this, here s the latest from arizona. gabrielle giffords is in critical condition after a bullet passed through her head, arizona s chief federal judge, john roll, one of gifford s arizona staff members and a nine-year-old girl are among the dead. one suspect, identified by authorities, as 22-year-old jared loughner was arrested and a second man is being sought. and for more on this story, we turn now to carl cameron on capitol hill and, trace gallagher in tucson, trace? reporter: we re outside the university medical center where gabrielle giffords, the congresswoman, remains in the intensive care unit and she s in critical condition but doctors are optimistic about her survival. the bullet passed through her head but struck part of her brain and though she is responding to commands, medical experts say that does not rule out the possibility of long-term damage. we have also learned that gabrielle giffords was the intended target of this attack. in all, 19