Giffords gives first TV interview (Feeling “Pretty good”) Updated with Video

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Source: Politico

Gabrielle Giffords's ABC Diane Sawyer interview previewed


Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spoke on national TV for the first time since she was shot in January, telling ABC World News’s Diane Sawyer in a clip aired Thursday that while things are “difficult,” she is feeling “pretty good.”

Sawyer teased the brief clip during her show to an upcoming hour-long special — set to air Monday — focused on Giffords’s intensive recovery from the Jan. 8 shooting when a gunman killed six people and shot the congresswoman in the head at a constituent meeting near Tucson, Ariz.


In the exchange, the anchor asked Giffords: “How do you feel?”

“Pretty good,” she replied.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/68119.html#ixzz1dM9hA2KP

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PHOENIX -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is able to speak with a clear voice in her first TV interview since she was shot 10 months ago.

The 41-year-old congresswoman was seated with her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, as she spoke with ABC's Diane Sawyer for an interview that will air Monday. A preview was broadcast Thursday on "World News.

OMG VIDEO:
Gabrielle Giffords TV Interview: Congresswoman Speaks With Clear Voice In First TV Interview Since Shooting
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/10/gabrielle-giffords-tv-interview_n_1087420.html

[hlthe2b]

1. I get so emotional--just seeing a picture of her...

Tears in my eyes right now, in fact. What an incredible story... What an incredible woman (and her husband is amazing as well).

My admiration for the couple just knows no bounds.

[madokie]

3. So do I

[jonthebru]

8. Me too.

I still cry.

[noiretextatique]

12. i feel that too...and anger

about the rw noise machine that incites violence. faux news. koch brothers tea party, coulter, savage, beck, limbaugh, palin, bachmann, cain, etc., etc. etc.: you all have blood on your hands!

[Demeter]

2. Giffords Has Guts

I admire her so much!

[Plucketeer]

4. That gal's the personification of MOXIE!

I wouldn't count her out on ANYthing!

[bananas]

5. Wow - "OMG VIDEO" is right! nt

[Sheepshank]

6. wow...just amazing!

[kpete]

7. More Photos

more:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/slideshow/rep-gabrielle-giffords-remarkable-journey-recovery-14923434

[elleng]

9. Thanks, great to see and hear her.

Thing that really got me, recently; learned they had been trying to have a baby.

[BiggJawn]

10. Mark Kelly is a helluva guy

Sticks by his wife through the rough spots.

[Javaman]

11. She is remarkable. :) nt