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In the course of his speech, President Barack Obama announced breaking news from the hospital vigil to a cheering crowd. Their brain damaged congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, had opened her eyes for the first time. "Just imagine the excitement," ABC's David Wright exclaimed. NBC anchor Brian Williams tried to do just that, sitting down with Sen Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a friend and former House colleague of Giffords, to get an eyewitness recap of the bedside scene. Williams tried but failed Wednesday to land an inspirational soundbite from Gifford' Chief of Staff Pia Carusone. He had better luck with the senator, who confessed herself inspired by the congresswoman's "strength and courage."
CBS anchor Katie Couric also aired a sitdown with Sen Gillibrand, one of her six Congressional Voices from Wednesday, yet for some reason her Thursday videostream is unavailable online. The hospital press conference about Giffords' prognosis was covered by NBC's Kristen Welker and ABC's Wright. ABC's in-house physician Richard Besser followed up with a q-&-a about the symptoms of brain damage.
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