karen brown with the latest. pkg region: national, topic: crime, poli >> reporter: paramedics rushed the victims of the shooting rampage to waiting helicopters, the devastating result after a gunman shouted something then opened fire at a town hall meeting held by u.s. representative gabrielle giffords. >> i'm about thee feet from her. i was lucky not to be in the line of fire. >> the gunman began spraying everybody at point blank range symptoms the people a county sheriff says giffords was the target of the shooting that happened after 10:00 this morning at a grocery store in tucson. the bullet that hit her went in one side of her head and outside the other. >> the neurosurgeons have finished operating on her and i can tell you we're optimistic about recovery. >> reporter: those who died include an aide to giffords, a 9-year-old girl and judge john roll who had stopped by to say hello to giffords. the gun manned is identified as 22-year-old jared loughner of tucson, he was tackled by two which ended the gun fire

karen brown has the latest from tucson. karen? >> reporter: ann, friends of the suspect are now painting an even more disturbing picture. they say that loughner had yet another contact with congresswoman giffords just a few years ago at their community college. they say he threw out an antigovernment question at the representative and wasn't happy with her response. i can also tell you that folks continue to come here to the hospital to show their support for the victim and now we've learned more about what they went through through the 911 tapes. >> 911. what's your emergency? >> there's a shooting. >> the anguished screams on a 911 call capture the chaos after a gunman opened fire at a town hall meeting held by representative gabrielle giffords. >> we need more than one ambulance. there's more than one person down. >> reporter: mourners continued to pile flowers and stuffed animals in front of the tucson hospital where many injured in the shooting are recovering. congresswoman giffords remains in intensive care on a ventilator,

karen brown. >> karen, he did have some concerns or he had prompted -- concerns about his mental health. didn't his college kick him out? >> reporter: you know -- this is sort of coming out as a definitely disturbed individual but the college has issued a statement saying they did kick him out because of his behavior. students in a math class with him said she were terrified of him and the college said they told him he couldn't come back until a mental health professional said he wasn't a threat to himself or others. >> tomorrow he is in court. do you know who will represent him. >> reporter: the federal public defender's office said they are asking a pretty high profile attorney to represent him. she is out of san diego, a retired public defender judi clark. she has helped represent pretty high profile clients including timothy mcveigh and the unabomber. >> extraordinary case. all right. karen brown in tucson. thank you. >> let's talk at some of the heros. several bystanders subdued the gunman. witnesses say the suspect casually approached giffords and shot her from about three feet aw

reporting live in tucson, arizona, i'm karen brown. allen, back to you. >> quick question, karen. we mentioned this new note. what does the sheriff's office say about this new note that was found in loughner's home. >> reporter: deputies say they found another note that basically said "die" then it refers to a woman. that goes along with the document they have already found stuff from giffords office as well as a note saying my assassination with giffords' name on it. they believe he had been tracking her for several years. >> karen brown in tucson, thank you so much. >>> well, a dramatic decision. a man jumps out of a burning building. happened overnight in belmont. it is what that man did next that has all the neighbors calling him a hero. >> reporter: more than two dozen people came back to get their cars and a few belongings following a dramatic escape at 3:00 a.m. this morning. when a two-alarm fire erupted at this three-story apartment building in belmont. >> the fog was no dense we couldn't see or breathe. so we were kind of scared because we didn't know if the building was

karen brown shows us it is just one of several moves that authorities say he made before heading to the shopping center on saturday. >> a shooting at the safeway. a male with a semiautomatic weapon. >> reporter: police say that man shooting suspect jared lee loughner was methodically on the move in the early morning hours leading up to his bloody rampage. at 12:29 he checks into a motel 6. at 2:30 a.m. he picks up photos from film he dropped off just a few hours earlier. police say they were disturbing photos of jared lee loughner posing with a gloc handgun in a red g-string. at 4:12 a.m. he posts on his myspace page, good-bye friend san francisco. at 7:27 a.m. he purchases ammunition at a wal-mart store. three minutes later an officer pulls him over for a traffic violation and he is let go with a warning. from there police say jared lee loughner returned home where his father confronted him about a mysterious black bag. the suspect took off on foot reappearing at a convenience store at 9:41 a.m. from there he took a cab to the grocery store where congresswoman gabrielle giffords was ho

karen brown shows us the stepped-up security at today's funeral. karen. >> reporter: allen, there were about 16 motorcycle officers surrounding the hearse as john john roll's funeral procession went by. for the second day in a row the catholic church behind me was filled with tears and hope. yesterday, it was for a 9-year- old girl. today, it was for a federal judge who said his life's greatest accomplishment was his family. family, friends and colleagues said goodbye to judge john roll. >> with all his great accomplishments, his family was always number one. >> reporter: security was extremely tight. authorities checked everyone coming in. dozens of judges and lawmakers who worked with roll were in attendance. last saturday, judge roll stopped by a tucson supermarket to say hello to congresswoman gabrielle giffords. police have released a timeline of suspect jared loughner's movements before the shooting. he had pictures of himself with the gun developed the night before and six hours prior to the shooting the 22-year-old post the "good-bye friend

karen brown, cbs news, tucson, arizona. >>> and that man charged with the shootings left a voice mail for a childhood friend just hours before the rampage. that brief message said, hey, it is jared, and we've had some good times, peace out. and the friend said he hasn't talked to loughner since last mount vernon march and he seemed very down. >>> coming up, the new threat from the founder of wiki-leaks. >>> verizon and apple hook up and why iphone fans may be a little disappointed. >>> and you have an old tv or computer stashed in the garage? the store offering to buy it back for cold hard cash. >>> we saw it in arkansas and louisiana and italy, and now sonoma county. what may have suddenly killed more than 100 birds. >>> and we got a few rain showers out there today. they are fairly light in nature. and they're going to be sticking around throughout most of today and possibly through tomorrow. how much rainfall when it is all said and done? take a look at the numbers, and the totals are coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ation. julian a >>> the founder of wiki-leaks is promising to releas

karen brown, cbs5 news, tucson, arizona. >>> and just about every night this week there has been an event in the bay area to show support for the victims in tucson. and tonight was no different. dozens of people gathered in walnut creek this evening at the corner of broadway and civic drive. the mt. deablo peace and justice center organized the vigil. >>> police say the magazine used in the tucson shooting held 33 rounds and that is prompt being a call to ban extended clips. a congresswoman from new york is set to introduce that bill next week. it would prohibit the sale of gun magazines holding more than 10 rounds. gun rights advocates suggest congress should spend more time keeping the mentally ill from buying guns. and say limiting magazines won't do much because semiautomatic weapons are pretty easy to reload. >> not 10 round, 15 round magazines. >> people are intent on killing people are going to kill people. >> there is another bill on the way that would mandate more background checks at gun shows. a third bill would make it a federal crime to carry a gun within 1000 feet of a membe

karen brown is in tucson where the witnesses tackled the suspect. karen. >> reporter: amazing stories out of the safeway store. truly amazing. people describing, thinking they were having a normal saturday morning, and all of a sudden this man just opened fire, and people were collapsing to the floor, and bleeding, and now, law enforcement says that the suspect used a semi automatic pistol to basically take down as many people as he possibly could. there are vigils going on tonight for congress woman giffords springing up from tucson to phoenix and everyone is just really praying for her actually tonight. so at this point, we are learning more about the suspect. they say he is a very troubled man with a criminal background. police rushed victims to waiting helicopters after a gunman opened fire at a public meeting held by u.s. representative gabrielle giffords to meet her constituents. giffords was shot in the head and rushed into surgery. >> she is in critical condition. the neurosurgeon finished operating on her and at the current time i can tell

that's where karen brown is with more on the congress woman's condition. karen? >> reporter: i can tell you she is listed in critical condition. and her surgeons say the next 24 hours will be critical in how her prognosis goes. i can also tell that you indeed the shopping center here where the shooting took place is still cordenned off. you can see the police lights behind me. that's because witnesses are just now being released. they were questioned all day. so obviously, very, very traumatic for them. and the sheriff just held a press conference saying that they don't believe that this shooter acted alone. police rushed victims to waiting helicopters after a gunman opened fire at a public meeting, held by u.s. representative gabrielle giffords to meet her constituents. giffords was shot in the head and rushed into surgery. >> she is in critical condition. the neurosurgeon has operated on her and i can tell you at the current time that i'm very optimistic about recovery. >> reporter: doctors say the bullet that hit giffords went in one side of her head and out t

karen brown has more. >> reporter: 22-year-old jared loughner didn't look much like his mug shot as he walked into court on monday. his hair has grown out and he appeared pale and thinner. loughner smiled but didn't make eye contact as he spoke only a few whispers to his attorney. federal judge larry burns entered a plea of not guilty on loughner's behalf. >> he runs a very tight courtroom. there will be no inordinate delays. he will make sure things run smoothly. >> reporter: when the judge asked if there was any question about loughner's ability to understand the case against him, the defense replied we're not raising any issues at this time. but loughner's mental condition is expected to be at the heart of the case. many experts believe the defense will claim he was insane at the time of the shooting. >> we wonder whether this young man's dilutions will interfere with his ability to have a rational understanding because that's what the law requires of the court process. >> reporter: so far loughner is charged with the attempted assassination of congresswoman gabrielle giffords and t

karen brown, cbs news, tucson, arizona. >>> sarah palin today released her first statement about the attacks using her facebook page. she reacted to criticism that her web site placed an image of cross-hairs on giffords' district, and those of other democratic incumbents before the november election. >> journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves to incite the very hatred and violence that they purport to condemn. that is reprehensible. >> and sarah palin's use of the term blood libel is drawing criticism from the jewish community saying it is an inflammatory term and palin says the attack was inexcusable and only the gunman was to blame not political discourse from both sides of the aisle. >> may this resolution remind us of the urgent need to uphold our democratic values, to treat one another with courtesy and with respect. >> congress today had only one order of business. that resolution to honor congresswoman giffords and the others who were killed or wounded. lawmakers also got a closed door briefing on security from capitol police. >>> now, here in

karen brown, cbs news, tucson. >>> a new winter storm is hitting the northeast this morning, this time a dangerous mix of freezing rain, snow and fog. it's moved into new jersey, new york and connecticut just in time for rush hour. up to three inches of snow and a coating of ice will slow down travel. parts of massachusetts and new hampshire could see up to six inches of snow. >>> philadelphia police announce a major break in the investigation into a string of strangling deaths. 21-year-old antonio rodriguez was picked up last night. he's linked to the sexual assault and murders of three women by dna. three others were also attacked. rodriguez was taken into custody on an unrelated charge. so far he's not been charged in the murders. >>> the camden new jersey police force has lost nearly half its officers to budget cuts. camden has the second highest crime rate in the nation. 163 police officers lost their jobs, that's 44% of the force. city officials say the cuts will not affect public safety. camden also cut 60 of its 215 firemen. >>> government officials in tunisia say they'll open

. >> karen brown is in tucson shooter. >> representative gabrielle giffords was hosting a local town hall meeting outside of a supermarket in northwest tucson when, according to law enforcement, a gunman in the crowd shouted something and then started shooting. >> congresswoman giffords was shot once in the head. >> she was shot through and through on one side of the head. it went through her brain. >> the suspect has been identified as tucson native 22- year-old jared lee loughner. in recent youtube videos, he rambles about the abuse of government power. >> bystanders tackled him after he fired multiple rounds, killing a nine-year-old girl and a federal judge, as well as wounding many more. >> loughner is now in police custody. >> this is a dynamic event and it's still evolving. >> eyewitness ken penner was walking into the shopping center when he heard the shots. >> you just saw people on the ground. there was a lady coming in completely covered in blood. bullet holes in the windows where giffords was standing. >> the meeting had been well publicized and was routine for the three-t

reporting live in tucson, arizona, i'm karen brown. allan, back to you. >> karen, thank you so much. >>> the shooting rampage in arizona has prompted a central california congressman to move to a government-owned building. democrat representative dennis cordoza has been looking to move from his stockton office. but the shooting made him hasten his move so he and his staff and constituents will receive security. he and gabrielle giffords are friends who shared similar positions on many issues. >>> washington today paused to remember the victims of the arizona massacre. and now members of congress are calling for a more civil tone in politics. and as joel brown reports, they are re-evaluating their own security. >> reporter: the president and first lady led a national moment of silence at the white house for congresswoman gabrielle giffords and the other victims of the arizona shooting. >> all of us are still grieving and in shock from the tragedy that took place. >> reporter: lawmakers from each side of the aisles filled the steps of th

karen brown, cbs news, tucson, arizona. >>> republicans are huddling at a weekend retreat, getting ready to get back to work on tuesday. but when congress resumes next week, many wonder if the civil tone in the wake of the tucson tragedy will continue, or if it will be back to business as usual. >> reporter: republican lawmakers headed for a weekend retreat in baltimore to talk about getting back to work. >> and the business of the house this week has been to mourn for those who lost their lives. next week, it is time for the people's house to get about the people's business. >> reporter: at the top of the gop agenda, repealing the healthcare reform law. the debate was postponed after saturday's mass shooting in arizona that critically wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. lawmakers from both parties are calling for a more civil tone on capitol hill. the president is urging lawmakers to work together. but the political landscape here in washington has changed. republicans are now in control of the house, and they seem ready to use their political muscle. >> there isn't any reason to

karen brown, cbs news, tucson, arizona. >>> 100 people are dead and at least 14 more injured after a stampede near a religious temple in southern india. hundreds of thousands of worshipers were sent into a frenzy, when a bus collided with a jeep, crushing some people that were walking nearby. the overnight accident sent people running down the hillside of a dense forest, trampling one another. >>> president obama loosening restrictions on travel to cuba from the u.s. starting in about two weeks, students and church groups will be allowed to go to cuba, and more airports will be able to offer chartered service, not only miami, new york, and los angeles as it is right now. the new rules will also allow any american to send as much as $500 every three months to cuban citizens, as long as they are not members of the castro regime. the rule changes do not need congressional approval. >>> there could be fewer firefighters on the front lines, when fire season begins later this year here in california. part of the deficit-cutting plan, governor brown wants to reduce the number of firefighter

karen brown in tucson, ard. back -- tucson, arizona. >>> in oakland, people are remembering the victims with a candlelight vigil outside of city hall. this gathering was organized by and anyone is welcome to come down tonight t will include clerk iy as well as other l eaders. >>> on capitol hill -- >> we're americans and we'll make it through this difficult period. >> some think that the o verheated political speech may have played a role in the s peech. many pointed to this map on palin's website. however, palin said she's been unfairly blamed. >> journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence that they purport to condemn. that's represent pre -- reprehensible. >> palin placed the blame s quarely on the shooter. her use today of the words "blood libel" have drawn sharp criticism who think it's intensive or inflammatory -- insensitiveor inflammatory. let's go live to tucson. president obama and his wife, michelle, have arrived here and in a fe

karen brown was at the funeral. >> reporter: 9-year-old christina green was born on the day of one american tragedy and died on another. thursday, this 9/11 baby was carried to her funeral beneath the flag that survived the attack on the world trade center . 1800 people same to say goodbye, many of them children who knew her well. >> i pray every night that she will be in a happy place. >> it's hard to see these kids have to go through something like this. >> reporter: christina's funeral is the first of six in the coming days. then there are the survivors, including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. doctors have called her recovery miraculous. shortly after a visit from president obama wednesday night, some of her congressal friends dropped by. >> she was in her hospital bed. we were talking about how great she is. she's squeezing my hand. she's reacting. >> reporter: then she opened her eyes. >> i think it was a combination, perhaps, of the unexpected but familiar that really prompted her to open her eyes and look around. >> doctors say that gave them the green light to begin more aggress

karen brown, thank you. >>> during last night's memorial, president obama spoke at length about christina, who overnight became a national symbol of longing for civility. >> i want to live up to her expectations. i want a democracy [audio not understandable] i want america to be -- [audio not understandable] say the president hit just the [cheering] >> many analysts say the president hit just the right tone at the memorial. a writer for the new york times said mr. obama really saved the magic for a time when we really needed it. even some toughest critics praised the president for a magnificent performance. your reaction? on our facebook page, john wrote -- sident obama's speech was very uplifting and heartwarming. it is truly comforting. they thought they were eating candy. the next thing they know, seve >>> well, they thought they were eating some candy. and in the next thing they knew, seven middle school students were being rushed from schools to the hospital. juliette goodrich has more. >> reporter: that's the big question, a lot of reports first came out initially that the student h

karen brown, cbs news, phoenix. >>> and now one of the here rose of the tucson shooting will attend the president's state of the union address tomorrow. and representative giffords' intern, daniel hernandez, gave first aid to the wounded congresswoman in the moments after the shooting. meanwhile white house advisors are saying president obama's speech will focus on the economy and jobs. >> my principal focus, my number one focus, is going to be make sure that we are competitive, that we are growing, and we are creating jobs, not just now, but well into the future. >> so members of congress have pledged to do more than talk about a more civil tone in washington. a number of democrats and republicans say they will sit together for the speech, rather than group by party, as they usually do. now, our live coverage of the state of the union address starts at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night. and that will be followed by a special edition of cbs 5 eyewitness news at 7:30. >>> a huge explosion rocks the busiest airport in eastern europe. the sneaky way the suspect got that bomb past security. >>> miss

karen brown cbs news. >> president obama is preparings state of the union address. he will focus on jobs and on boosting the economy by encouraging innovation, and he will call for a new tone of cooperation in washington. in response to the tu ston rampage, at least 60 democrats and republicans say that they will sit together during the speech. >> i think any time when you'reg about something as reflective and as sober as the state of our union, to do that in an atmosphere where democrats and republicans are not divided by a central isle, but sitting together, i think that's a good step. >> daniel hernandez, the interng the life of gabrielle giffords along with oun of her doctors and the parents of shooting victim green will be among the guests. >> coming up, the ground beef mt be entirely ground, or beef. but that didn't matter to the people we talked to. >> if it were 20%, i would still be happy with taco bell. >> a lawsuit alleging there's a whole lot more in those tacos than you think. >> and the moment that nearly km . the fall that put one surfer in a coma, an

karen brown on a final farewell from the accused arizona gunman. >> reporter: 60 minutes has obtained the last voice mail left by jared lee loughner for a friend before he allegedly opened fire at a tucson supermarket last weekend. >> it is jared. i just want to tell you good times. peace out. later. >> it was all in past tense. you know. and it sort of bothered me how he said we had had good times. >> the shooter was right there. >> reporter: for the first time doctor steven rail returned to the grocery store where he witnessed the shooting. >> he had such energy doing it. he had such -- you know, he did it almost enthusiastically which was really awful to see. >> reporter: as the suspect fired in the area right behind me, rails was saved by that post which he hid behind during the shooting. he then helped hold the suspect down preventing even more loss of life. >> he was straining very hard much he was tensed very hard against the people. we had a good hold on him. the two men that tackle him weren't about to let him go. >> reporter: congresswoman gabrielle giffords was the intended

karen brown, cbs news, tucson, arizona. >> one of the victims to the shooting was a uc-santa cruz alum, gabriel zimmerman. he was an aid to congresswoman giffords. today the father talked about his son on the cbs early slow. >> he grew up into somebody who -- who as well as being my son, is very much my best friend. and i keep encountering things where i want to talk to him about something and then i have to say, oh, gosh, i can't. so what do i do? >> zimmerman directed his passion for helping people into the work for the congresswoman. there will be a vigil at the southwest corner of broadway and civic drive at 5:30 to 6:30. organizers are asking people who attend to bring both a flashlight as well as a candle. >>> investigators into the tucson massacre questioned a bay area legislator about death threats received last year. state senator leland yee criticized sarah palin when she appeared at uc stanislaus last spring. received threatening e-mails after those comments but officials aren't saying whether there is a link between the threats and saturday's attack. they said they are just

. >> karen brown, tucson, thank you so much. across the bay area flags being flown at half-staff to honor those lives lost. the youngest of the victims, christina taylor green, she was born september 11th, 2001, the day of the terrorist attacks. 64-year-old federal judge john m roll and three of giffords' constituents, giffords' 30-year- old aide gab zimmer hand also killed. he was a uc santa cruz graduate who studied sociology, his father said his son loved the school and graduated with honors. now the day before she was wounded representative giffords sent an email to her friend kentucky secretary of state grayson who is a republican and said "we need to figure out how to tone our rhetoric and partisanship down. many in washington and beyond are asking if the heated political atmosphere could have helped spur the attack." >> it could lead to the argument that it could lead to more violence? i don't know if it does but i cannot afford to be that it does not. >> northern california congressman dennis car doze a says he is closin

reporting live in tucson, arizona, i'm karen brown, back to you. >> what do you know about this myspace page. there was a goodbye message posted on it. >> you know,, in fact, federal officials confirmed to us that they are looking at the so-called goodbye messages that he had posted. he apparently said goodbye to his friends and asked them not to hate him, so they're poring over that information as well as some videos posted to youtube where he went on antigovernment rants about currency and literacy and power, so they are looking into the social networking sites and the internet to piece together how this happened, when it came together and if he did have an accomplice. >> any word tonight whether or not it's a friend, a relative? >> the police are being a little bit cagey. they say that they know who he is, they have a name, they have a picture that he's a white male in his 50s, but they say they are not releasing that information, and what was interesting in the beginning of the investigation, they said he was a suspect spen a person of interest. they don't believe that the shooter s

karen brown has that recording. >> reporter: 60 minutes has obtained the last voice mail left by jared lee loughner for a friend before he allegedly opened fire at a tucson supermarket last weekend. >> it is jared. i just want to tell you good times. peace out. later. >> all in past tense. it sort of bothered me how he said we are had good times. >> the shooter was right there. >> for the first time the doctor returned to the grocery store where he witnessed the shooting. >> he had such energy doing it. he did it almost enthusiastically which was really awful to see. >> reporter: as the suspect fired in the area right behind me, he was saved by that post which he hid behind during the shooting. he then helped hold the suspect down preventing even more loss of life. >> he was straining very hard. he was tensed very hard against the people. we had a good hold on him. the two men that tackled him weren't about to let him go. >> reporter: congresswoman gabrielle giffords was the intended target of the attack. her friend was with her in the hospital when she first opened her eyes and says s

karen brown has the latest from n. federal prosecutors say they filed charges against the man accused of shooting 20 people including congresswoman giffords. >> reporter: folks continue to come to the hospital to show their support for the victims that are recovering here and we are learning more about the shooter today. the sheriff is telling us about a 61-year-old woman who had already been shot when she tried to wrestle the gun from the suspect before he had the chance to reload. >> 911, what is the emergency? >> a person shooting. >> reporter: anguished screams on a 911 call capture the chaos at a gunman opened fire at a town hall meeting held by representative gabrielle giffords. >> we need more than one ambulance. there's more than one person down. >> reporter: mourners continue to pile flowers, signs, candles and stuffed animals in front of the tucson hospital where many of those injured in the shooting are recovering. congresswoman giffords remains in intensive care on a ventilator, but doctors are encouraged b

karen brown has more. >> reporter: family and friends gathered to say a final goodbye to 9-year-old christina taylor green, the youngest victim of saturday's shooting. an american flag displayed at the funeral was recovered from ground 0 on september 11, 2001, the day christina was born. the church released ought yo audio. >> she wanted to make a difference in life, she wanted to make her mark and she did so in so powerful a way that even she could not imagine. >> reporter: today's funeral where folks lined the streets is just the first of six that will be held for those killed on saturday. but there are also signs of hope for the survivors. doctors say congresswoman gabrielle giffords can move both arms and legs and last night she opened her eyes for the first time. >> this is a major milestone for her. >> reporter: giffords husband, astronaut mark kelly has suspended trailing for a space shuttle to stay at her bedside. jared lee loughner seemed to unravel in the past year people said with increasingly bizarre outbursts. >> the jared lee loughner i used to know is completely changed. i would

and karen dewitt, capital bureau chief for new york state public radio and pbs station wxxi. we'll start you with john myers because i hear that today at the inaugural lunch jerry browne served hot dogs. how big a hole is california in? >> well, he actually ate a couple of free hot dogs that were being offered on the state capital lawn, gwen. that's probably about the same though i don't think jerry browne will tell anybody there are any free lunches anymore around california. things are tough. he has a $28 billion shortfall. you said $25 in the opening. that could be the low number. it could be high to $28 given the changes in the estate tax law there in washington. but as much as $28 billion over a year-and-a-half. the governor made it clear he doesn't want to do smoke and mirrors. he doesn't want to do gimmicks and budgets anymore. he wants to have an honest budgeting. that's something he talked about a lot. that will be tough to do. one of the most politically polarized places in all of california is right here in sacramento. the new governor is finding that out very soon