how strongly gabrielle giffords will recover from all this. we re going to get an update later this afternoon as we have throughout this process from the doctors who have been treating her and we ll get their take on what the meaning of that moment was in terms of a recovery. also from the other victims, who they are still taking care of who were wounded in that attack. while prosecutors prepare their case against suspect jared loughner, a federal judge from san diego will handle the tucson trial. this has been discussed, that they would need to bring in somebody from outside arizona, perhaps, and that s what they ve done, judge larry a. burns is assigned to this case against loughner who faces multiple charges, including three counts of attempted murder of a federal employee, all federal judges in arizona were disqualified, disqualified themselves, in fact, in this case because of their professional and personal ties and so much love that you could feel for this man, this judge, for
i just want people to know that she was a fearless, brave, courageous, intelligent little girl. she had an amazing nine years on this earth. she did things and wanted to do things that most people never even dream about. i hope that she ll always be people will hope for change for peace. and that s what christina would want. she wouldn t want us to be sad. shes she was would be like, let s do something. let s make this never happen again so no one else has to get hurt. john, there s obviously a lot of finger-pointing going on. people are talking about politics and the heated rhetoric. is any of that resonate with you or do you think that s inappropriate? i don t think it s about politics. you know? i think it s a random act of violence. i think it s a way that you know, i think some of it is
we had to do that today. but you know, my wife s been amazing. my son and my family and the support we ve gotten from the community and all our friends has been amazing. tell me about christina? she seems like a incredible girl. she was a wonderful girl. she was the best daughter in the world. she was a straight-a student. a good athlete. she was very concerned and with government and with learning ways that she could help the community. she was interested in politics? yes, she was. at 9, that s remarkable. she got that from her grandmother and her mother, both of them are politically minded and followed the presidential campaign with president obama. john, can you take us through
the program about not just focusing on the shooter as so often happens but honoring and remembering the victims. learning their names. learning their stories. the youngest victim, this little girl, christina taylor green. you probably heard her name by now. she was just 9 years old, the granddaughter of former major league pitcher. she was a 9/11 baby. she cham into the world the same day the planes hit the pentagon. the national pentagon shaped her life. she was elected to the student council. she was interested in government and that s why she went to the safeway on saturday to meet representative giffords. i spoke to her parents earlier. john and roxana, i want to say i m so sorry obviously for your loss. how are you guys holding up, john? it s been difficult. as my wife said today, we didn t feel like we would be picking out caskets at 9 years old and
the victims and that s the tragedy. john m roll, the chief federal judge in arizona appointed to the bench by the first president bush. friends describe him as a quiet thoughtful man. a wife, three sons, five grandchildren and we think of them tonight, he was 63 years old. gabe zimmerman was congresswoman aide. dorwin stoddard. 76 years old. he was killed shielding his wife from the gunman. phyllis schneck was one of the best cooks you ll ever find. she loved jigsaw was puzzles and she was 79.