captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. and it s good to report good news, which tonight has to do with congresswoman gabby giffords. doctors using terms like lightning speed now to describe her recovery and her stepped-up progression to rehab. her progress keeps seeming too good to be true, but all these reports about her spirit, her response and the fight in this 40-year-old woman appear to be accurate. we begin with an update on her condition tonight. nbc s janet shamlian remains on this story in houston, texas. hey, janet, good evening. reporter: brian, good evening to you. gabrielle giffords was moved out of intensive care and into a rehab center today. her condition was upgraded from serious to good and a new phase of her recovery now begins. an ambulance carried gabrielle giffords from a houston hospital to its nearby rehab center this morning. a short distance, but a significant step in the congresswoman s recovery. with streets closed and se
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. and first off, yes, it is often called an annual ritual. the state of the union address. some years there s more reason to pay attention than others. and this is one of those. tonight the president comes in to the chamber with his approval rating up, fresh from a few victories there in late 2010. but this is his first appearance there since what he called the shellacking he took in the last election, the rise of the tea party which, brings us to the audience in the chamber. while the parties will be mixed together and it will still be boisterous, there s going to be one more response to the president than usual tonight. our team s in place to cover it all this evening. over to the white house we go, starting off with our chief white house correspondent chuck todd. chuck, i understand there s bits of the speech already available? yes, sir, brian. we do have our first glimpses of what the president s going to say.
a tough pack of nominees will be. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening, and it is often called an annual ritual. some years there s more reason to pay attention than others. and this is one of those. tonight the president comes in to the chamber with his approval rating up, fresh from a few victories there in late 2010. but this is his first appearance there since what he called the shellacking he took in the last election. the rise of the tea party which brings us to the audience in the chamber. while the parties will be mixed together and it will still be boisterous, there s going to be one more response to the president than usual tonight. our team s in place to cover it all this evening. over to the white house we go, starting off with chuck todd. i understand there s bits of the speech already available? yes, sir, brian. we do have our first glimpses of what the president s going to say. it s very much a semantic speec