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president obama, escorting his wife, the first lady, back into the white house to mark essentially the end of the moment of silence that has been observed throughout washington and across the nation on this very somber monday. on the steps of the capitol, the steps are absolutely packed, not only with members of congress, but with members of their staff who are there to pay tribute to the victims of the shooting over the weekend. jenna: and across the united states, all of us observeing this moment of silence. we want to bring to you tucson, arizona, as we will bring you there in a moment where you can see this moment of silence being observed as well, the president standing for just about 90 seconds or so outside the white house to observe this moment of silence, but obviously, one, again, that s being observed in different ways all across this country. mike emanuel is joining us still from the white house as we continue our coverage of this event. and mike, we heard ....
obviously. but i think when it happened we were ready and we were able to deliver in a way that is going to make our community and the state proud. i m happy to report that the victims are doing better. you will hear in a few minutes about the victims. the remaining patients are on the regular hospital wards. i also want to take the opportunity to make clear that after the official spokesperson for the university of arizona and the university medical center, we observed yesterday that across the nation many experts have been asked their opinions and we appreciate that. but we cannot really go into speculation about long-term outcome and so forth. and the only official words are coming from her doctors and them all. as things seem to have stabilized, we ll have another press conference on wednesday, 10:00 again here. if there are any changes, better or worse, we will inform you. again, we re making sure that we provide you with all the information. we re open and ver ....
tragedy in tucson starts right now. this morning, we come to you live from the university medical center in tucson, arizona. yesterday in this desert town, a gunman opened fire during a meet and greet political event at a local supermarket not far from here. six people are dead. among them, a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl. the primary target was congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she was shot in the head and is still in critical condition after surgery in the building behind me. the gunman is in custody. police are searching for a possible accomplice, and now the questions mount, what triggered this tragedy in tucson? [ sirens ] it started just after 10:00 a.m. saturday, tucson time. congresswoman giffords had been holding a town meeting with constituents in this parking lot of a local safeway. alex vilic, a young volunteer, was standing about three feet away from her. kind of shady looking gentleman came up, asked if he could talk to the congresswoman. and ....
shot through the head. at least a dozen others are seriously hurt. and federal judge john roll and five others are dead. all victims of a deranged anti-government gunman who opened fire at a tucson grocery store. but why? we ll talk to congressman giffords arizona colleague senator jon kyl, the doctor who helped restrain, key members of the congress and the senate, new york s chuck schumer and maryland s steny hoyer. we ll bring in our cbs news team on the scene in tucson and those working the story here in washington. i ll have some final thoughts on politics in a dangerous time. but first the latest details on the tragedy in tucson. on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs face the nation with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. schieffer: here is where the tragedy stands this morning at this hour. federal judge john roll, a congressional staffer, a nine-year-old girl, and three other ....
accounts and all the analysis of a shocking crime. a special edition of this week with christiane amanpour. tragedy in tucson starts right now. this morning, we come to you live from the university medical center in tucson, arizona. yesterday in this desert town, a gunman opened fire during a meet and greet political event at a local supermarket not far from here. six people are dead. among them, a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl. but the prime target was congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she was shot in the head and is still in critical condition after surgery in the building behind me. the gunman is in custody. police are searching for a possible accomplice and now the questions mount, what triggered this tragedy in tucson? [ sirens ] it started just after 10:00 a.m. saturday, tucson time. congresswoman giffords had been holding a town meeting with constituents in this parking lot of a local safeway. alex villic, a young volunteer, was standing about three ....