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welcome to this sts-134 post-launch

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briefing with u.s representative

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gabriel gifford's office we have with us

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at nasa's kennedy space center members

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from the representative giffords

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congressional office to discuss how the

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congresswoman experience was seeing

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endeavour lift off this morning along

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with her husband sts-134 commander mark

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kelly

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first we have

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representative giffords chief of staff

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our press advisor mark kimball

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and new media strategist ashley nashon

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we'll

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start with opening comments and then

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thanks allard

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first i want to say thanks to the whole

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public affairs team here at nasa uh

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everyone at kennedy space center and

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johnson space center in houston um we've

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been very supported throughout this

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whole process so i just want to thank

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everybody that played a role in that and

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thanks to all of you guys for sticking

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around this is just going to be quick

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i'm going to say a few words and then

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you know happy to answer some questions

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first of all i'll kind of run through

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the timeline here we arrived yesterday

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around noon we flew out of ellington

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field in houston

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nasa

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provides transportation for the spouses

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we were on a flight with

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greg johnson astronaut greg johnson's

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we as you guys may have seen if you sign

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up for our twitter facebook accounts we

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did a flyby of the launch pad yesterday

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upon landing which was which was very

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neat congressman really enjoyed seeing

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that um

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we landed here at ksc and then we went

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to the beach house where the spouses and

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and 134 crew were able to um have a

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little lunch and

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spend some time having their kind of

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last goodbyes so we're there for about

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about two hours i think we went over to

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the gator pond i think it's called saw

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my first florida gator um

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you know that that was it really we went

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back to the hotel in cocoa beach and

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congresswoman was able to see some staff

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members that were here

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mark kimball and ashley next to me were

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able to see her for the first time

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since the shooting

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and then this morning we left you know

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about 6 30 arrived at the launch control

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center roof uh we arrived at lcc around

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and we uh we held in a conference room

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until we went up to the roof uh at about

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20 20 after eight

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obviously we saw a beautiful lift off

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this morning

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spent about 15 minutes after liftoff on

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the roof uh with the rest of the spouses

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and some of their children and then we

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went uh back downstairs and and um and

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i've been i've been here since

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um so it was it was a great day

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obviously we we've been looking forward

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mark was assigned this flight in august

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gabby and all of us have been really

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excited ever since now in the last you

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know four and a half months since since

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the shooting it's obviously been much

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more challenging um

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you know being with mark and gabby as

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they made the decision that that he

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would fly and uh and obviously with nasa

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also that that he would still keep this

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mission um you know it was a big one

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from that for their family so it was a

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real sense of relief from all of us that

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uh that this went off safely and uh and

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you know and it's a very exciting

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mission also so

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um that's kind of just the lay of the

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land i know there's plenty of questions

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and i'm gonna just i'm gonna start with

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questions and we'll go into other stuff

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okay like you said we'll start taking

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questions now um wait till the

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microphone gets to you please save your

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name and news affiliation whom you'd

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like to answer your question we'll start

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with stephanie i'm stephanie ennis from

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the arizona daily star i wondered if the

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congresswoman had any reaction if she

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spoke at all um during or or after the

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of speechless during this process so you

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you know during the the viewing but

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uh but she did at the end say to me i'm

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sort of standing to her left and and she

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looked up at me and she said good stuff

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good stuff uh that was the thing i

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remember but you know it wasn't a lot of

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of talking at that moment we were more

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cheering clapping

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you know kind of really taking a moment

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you know absorb what we were what we

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here we go to steve

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can you describe exactly what she was

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doing before during and after

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what her emotions were like

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the sky and seeing some clouds uh at

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before we were you know we're sort of

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a little a little worried um but

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you know she got very excited that you

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know look looked like it was looked like

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it was a go um and then you know when we

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got up to the roof it was the first time

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she was seeing the spouses that morning

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you know they've known each other as you

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on flights you know the spouses really

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throughout this process so she hadn't

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mark and what he does but you know i

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mean that's a it was an exciting moment

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for her to watch

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scott delivered scott kelly's delivered

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flowers to gabby and to claire and

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celebratory among the spouses and and

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obviously watching and she was standing

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hi evan brown fox news radio um

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could you tell us about the

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congresswoman's schedule how long will

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she stay in florida will she be here for

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the landing or is she going and come

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back or we'll hang out for the next

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she we don't know whether or not she'll

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come back for the landing um i believe

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it's at you know sometime after 1am so

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it's it's unclear whether or not she'll

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be able to make that trip for no other

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disruptive to her therapy so it'll

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frankly be up to her uh in part whether

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or not she wants to make it and also the

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doctors um and as far as her travel back

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she will be leaving soon to go back

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christopher signed with the abc

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affiliate in phoenix um two questions

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really number one it's my understanding

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the last time she arrived here when that

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launch was scrubbed that a nurse

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traveled with her was there a nurse or

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doctor with her this time and then the

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uh it's my understanding that her and

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her husband had exchanged rings if you

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will was she clinching his ring holding

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his ring during the launch anything like

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the nurses um we have two nurses with us

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medical staff at this point but she's

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with her um and your second question

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about the ring yes they they exchanged

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rings mark had brought her wedding ring

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his in return for her so so uh his

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fingers are a little bit bigger than

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hers just a little bit so it doesn't

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wearing it around a chain on her

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necklace under her necklace yeah and i i

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don't i don't remember seeing her

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clasping it um

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a question that crossed my mind when you

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is she in a state of sort of aphasia or

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recovering from that or

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is it just because she doesn't he didn't

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two it's a combination of two i mean i'm

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not going to get into you know the

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medical details of her recovery or or

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challenges but um but i mean for you

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really there's not many words to

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a time where you can have family new uh

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crew family crew conferences

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uh are there arrangements being made to

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tear so she could do it from tier

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excuse me have you arranged to do that

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excuse me besides the ring

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that he's taking for her

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on your first question

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we yes the hope is that that we will

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arrange for a

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a video conference at some point and

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where is still being determined we may

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be able to do it at tier but she has

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gone down to johnson space center

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multiple times in the last couple weeks

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when mark was in quarantine for for crew

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dinner so that's an easy trip for her to

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make if if she needs

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and anything else

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he's brought

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she sent him with a note uh which which

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has been reported um

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which they hid on the shuttle

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so he's got that up there and i don't

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know that he's brought anything else of

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hers

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with him

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i don't know he's got a picture i know

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he's got a picture

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of the two of them

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okay and

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ken kramer space flight magazine i

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wonder if you could tell us anything

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about uh gabrielle's future when she

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might be able to return to congress and

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will her husband continue as an

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astronaut or what's his future thanks

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certainly don't want to talk for mark

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he'll he'll um he'll be back in 16 days

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you can ask him that um

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as far as the congresswoman you know as

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we've said we we don't have a a timeline

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necessarily uh every patient is

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different that recovers from these these

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brain injuries um all we can say is that

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she's focused on her recovery and really

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is every day she works extremely hard

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for people that know her she's a very

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determined person

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and you know we our hope is that she can

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return to her life both personally and

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professionally as quickly as possible

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but we don't we don't have a sense yet

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of when it's it's just too early to to

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really to

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we'll come back to this side

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hi uh rory o'neill with metro networks

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radio i know there was a large

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delegation from congress that flew with

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the president last time um did she get a

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chance to see any of them at that time

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and were there any members of the

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congressional delegation at the viewing

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location where she was today

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no there were no members of of congress

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or anyone else at the viewing location

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it was you know strictly a family small

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group of family

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during the last trip

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uh congresswoman wasserman schultz who's

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a close friend of hers was able to come

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over after had been scrubbed and you

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know we still went over to the launch

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control center and she joined us over

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there for lunch

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chris again from phoenix

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is she fully aware

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of

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uh media questioning if you will for

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lack of a better term and is she now

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fully aware of what happened on that

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january day i know that mark was waiting

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to tell her bits and pieces if you will

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to put the entire puzzle together for

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her

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so she aware of everything that took

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she

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is not aware of everything

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but

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she you know as she

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processes this as anyone would she's

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learned more um the question about the

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press it's funny we you know we try to

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tell her you know there's really extreme

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interest in your story here and she's

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sort of she's still a bit surprised to

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hear maybe i mean she hasn't for

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instance been exposed she hasn't had

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done an interview so she hasn't really

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fully you know personally understood

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what what that's like but but we tell

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her you know i told her just now i'm hey

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i'm going down to do a press conference

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you know what do you want me to say um

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uh we joke around stuff like that but

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you know i think she's getting a sense

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of it i mean she certainly understands

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the

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outpouring of support that's come from

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around the country

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well around the state first of all which

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is you know prior to january 8th to have

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people in you know the far corners of

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arizona know who she is and care so

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deeply in sending her cards um but then

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around the country and world i mean it's

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really made a difference so it's

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you know for somebody that's day in day

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out in a hospital recovering from

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something like this to you know be

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reminded regularly that they're loved

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and supported and

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and you know

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thought of around the world is it's it's

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alan boyle with msnbc um

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the congresswoman has been looking

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forward to this for so long uh is there

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something else that's in the plans for

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after this is there some thought that uh

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mark and gabby will get away somewhere

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is there anything special that's being

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planned to mark his return

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that's a good question i would have to

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let him answer that i know he has

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thought about that topic

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it's hard to think beyond the flight it

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has been hard to think beyond the flight

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because it's that's a big you know uh

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set of you know tasks ahead of all of us

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for but mostly mark so i i would suspect

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that they'll try to do something

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um soon after his arrival obviously you

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guys know you know the crew is always

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busy after arrival on you know all the

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debriefing and press that happens but i

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think that as the summer goes on they'll

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try to catch them alone time and

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scott powers orlando sentinel i want to

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ask you about a tiny moment that

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occurred earlier this morning on the

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astronaut walkout and commander kelly

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reached up and pointed upward would do

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you know what by any chance that was a

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gesture toward her and whether she saw

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it

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um she didn't she did not she we were

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not here during the walkout so he may

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have been pointing at the roof of the

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launch control center where the spouses

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watched it but we weren't there

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none of the spouses were

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todd halverson of florida today this one

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might be uh for one of your colleagues

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but i was just wondering how uh

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gabby is putting her tweets out whether

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she is actually you know keyboarding

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them in or whether she's uh you know

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telling you what

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she wants to express and then uh gets

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put online how how is that all working

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i will actually speak to that if there's

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anything you want to add but um but you

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know we had some confusion early on

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about who was tweeting so that we we are

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careful as you can see that we say staff

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or office or me so it you know

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no it's not it's not her it's us but we

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do discuss with her like we discussed

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well i'd just like to say that prior to

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the shooting the congresswoman was an

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avid tweeter

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she often used her ipad or her iphone to

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do those kinds of things

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and

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since then we're continuing to keep them

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engaging and fun

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which is what you always like to use

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those tools for that's right

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okay we'll go bob in the middle hey uh

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bob would you from abc

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uh you know i talked to some other

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family members and they said that they

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were standing and watching this when it

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launched

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was gabby walking was she standing or

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sitting she was sitting she was sitting

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um

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you know sometimes when you're looking

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up

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you know you can get off balance so we

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wanted to make sure that she was

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comfortable and able to

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you know really gaze at that and not

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have to focus on standing and balancing

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which um for her you know is something

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that she

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works on i mean she is doing a great job

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but we wanted her to feel very

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comfortable so

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she she had the option she i think did

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stand to greet the spouses but she sat

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for the actual launch

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okay

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john bracken from wrdj here in merritt

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island and congratulations to you and to

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congressman giffords on uh making it as

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far as you have

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obviously she's a great inspiration to

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people who have been through uh

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deep trauma

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how has that affected her relationship

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or concept of god

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i don't know i can't i can't begin to

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answer that question i think we'd have

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to ask her

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i think for anyone involved in

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something like this you obviously take

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stock of

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how valuable and

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precious life is but i don't

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specifically i can't tell you

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first time i've had that question irene

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irene klotz with reuters

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since the shooting you all have really

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stepped out as uh as spokespeople and

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representatives for the representative

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and i'm just wondering at the time when

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there was the discussion underway about

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whether mark

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kelly would resume

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his work at nasa and go on commanding

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this flight if you all personally had

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any concerns about that and just what

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you know your lives have been

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what work you did with the

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congresswoman's office prior to the

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shooting and and what sorts of things

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you're taking on now and if um

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if uh if mark's uh decision to

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to fly this mission had has impacted

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you know your your work at all in that

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well first um

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you know i think we have all provided

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we've all been a sounding board for mark

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and gabby going through this process

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but

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you know i never would question his

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decision in terms of you know whether or

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not i thought it was right or wrong i

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mean i personally speaking personally

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hoped that he would do it because i know

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i knew that gabby would want him to um

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especially as it became clear that she

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you know thank god was going to survive

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the shooting and uh

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and you know and then weeks later we

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realized she was going to make a you

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know begin to make a good recovery right

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away

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so um

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at that point it was you know we were

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happy that he decided to do it as far as

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how our jobs have changed you know

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it's funny the the last launch

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um i mean

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for gabby's spouse to be an astronaut is

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you know it has a unique impact on our

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office obviously we work for

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the congresswoman we don't work for mark

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but you know during these times when

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their personal lives become the center

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of you know attention publicly and in

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the press there is some sort of overlap

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there especially um you know in the work

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that congress does in regards to the

560
00:19:54,789 --> 00:19:52,559
human space flight program so we you

561
00:19:57,750 --> 00:19:54,799
know we've certainly been supporting

562
00:19:59,190 --> 00:19:57,760
you know mark via gabby if you will um

563
00:20:01,830 --> 00:19:59,200
throughout this process just because

564
00:20:03,350 --> 00:20:01,840
there's a lot of interest in it but um

565
00:20:05,830 --> 00:20:03,360
you know yeah i'd say our jobs have

566
00:20:07,590 --> 00:20:05,840
changed since the eighth but the core of

567
00:20:09,190 --> 00:20:07,600
it has not you know we remain committed

568
00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:09,200
to serving the constituents of arizona's

569
00:20:13,750 --> 00:20:11,520
eighth district and we've got a huge um

570
00:20:15,990 --> 00:20:13,760
and very productive successful casework

571
00:20:18,070 --> 00:20:16,000
team in tucson and service so that you

572
00:20:20,470 --> 00:20:18,080
know kind of day in day out provide the

573
00:20:22,549 --> 00:20:20,480
bread and butter service that

574
00:20:26,789 --> 00:20:22,559
a member of congress does so

575
00:20:31,270 --> 00:20:28,630
jim siegel and with the celebration

576
00:20:35,029 --> 00:20:31,280
independent newspaper celebration

577
00:20:37,590 --> 00:20:35,039
is a a suburb of orlando

578
00:20:39,669 --> 00:20:37,600
i'm interested in um

579
00:20:43,190 --> 00:20:39,679
how her office in washington is

580
00:20:43,990 --> 00:20:43,200
continuing to operate um and are there

581
00:20:47,110 --> 00:20:44,000
any

582
00:20:49,350 --> 00:20:47,120
i i understand she can't cast votes but

583
00:20:51,590 --> 00:20:49,360
is there any influence that she has

584
00:20:54,549 --> 00:20:51,600
through you

585
00:20:56,549 --> 00:20:54,559
back in washington and

586
00:20:57,590 --> 00:20:56,559
who makes decisions in her absence is it

587
00:21:01,110 --> 00:20:57,600
you

588
00:21:02,789 --> 00:21:01,120
little bit about how that works

589
00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:02,799
sure well first i was just

590
00:21:05,830 --> 00:21:04,640
speaking about the tucson service

591
00:21:07,750 --> 00:21:05,840
offices where

592
00:21:08,789 --> 00:21:07,760
a lot of the let's say the majority of

593
00:21:10,230 --> 00:21:08,799
our work

594
00:21:11,750 --> 00:21:10,240
is focused right now i mean that's

595
00:21:13,750 --> 00:21:11,760
that's like i said where the bread and

596
00:21:15,830 --> 00:21:13,760
butter work of this office happens i

597
00:21:17,270 --> 00:21:15,840
mean you know before the shooting that's

598
00:21:19,909 --> 00:21:17,280
that was the case

599
00:21:21,510 --> 00:21:19,919
um especially in a congress and in an

600
00:21:23,190 --> 00:21:21,520
environment that's often bitter and

601
00:21:24,710 --> 00:21:23,200
divided the where you actually can have

602
00:21:26,950 --> 00:21:24,720
an impact and help people is often in

603
00:21:30,149 --> 00:21:26,960
your home offices but to your question

604
00:21:32,149 --> 00:21:30,159
in washington um you know we well a

605
00:21:34,870 --> 00:21:32,159
great example is last week the defense

606
00:21:36,230 --> 00:21:34,880
authorization bill passed past the uh

607
00:21:38,149 --> 00:21:36,240
the armed services committee that the

608
00:21:40,789 --> 00:21:38,159
congresswoman sits on and we had a

609
00:21:43,029 --> 00:21:40,799
number of amendments most notably an

610
00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:43,039
amendment uh addressing traumatic brain

611
00:21:47,270 --> 00:21:44,880
injury for returning soldiers from

612
00:21:48,549 --> 00:21:47,280
afghanistan and iraq right now tricare

613
00:21:49,990 --> 00:21:48,559
the insurance program that covers

614
00:21:52,390 --> 00:21:50,000
veterans doesn't

615
00:21:54,789 --> 00:21:52,400
cover rehab from traumatic brain injury

616
00:21:56,470 --> 00:21:54,799
so you know you have a situation where

617
00:21:58,470 --> 00:21:56,480
the congresswoman is receiving better

618
00:21:59,909 --> 00:21:58,480
care than a soldier who was injured

619
00:22:01,990 --> 00:21:59,919
similarly

620
00:22:03,830 --> 00:22:02,000
at war that's not right

621
00:22:07,110 --> 00:22:03,840
most people agree that's not right and

622
00:22:08,870 --> 00:22:07,120
you know we've taken that issue on so

623
00:22:10,549 --> 00:22:08,880
you know as folks know adam smith who's

624
00:22:11,990 --> 00:22:10,559
the ranking member of the armed services

625
00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:12,000
committee is a close friend of the

626
00:22:15,669 --> 00:22:14,320
congresswomans and you know he and

627
00:22:17,750 --> 00:22:15,679
others on that committee have been very

628
00:22:20,070 --> 00:22:17,760
supportive and were able to help us get

629
00:22:21,110 --> 00:22:20,080
some amendments into that bill that you

630
00:22:22,549 --> 00:22:21,120
know you were able to feel the

631
00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:22,559
congresswoman's impact without her

632
00:22:26,149 --> 00:22:24,720
actually being physically in dc so we're

633
00:22:28,230 --> 00:22:26,159
very thankful for their friendship and

634
00:22:31,590 --> 00:22:28,240
and allegiance when it comes to helping

635
00:22:33,830 --> 00:22:31,600
veterans in the military community

636
00:22:35,990 --> 00:22:33,840
back another question

637
00:22:38,310 --> 00:22:36,000
oh stephanie from the daily star i just

638
00:22:40,950 --> 00:22:38,320
want to ask mark kimball i guess you

639
00:22:42,390 --> 00:22:40,960
hadn't seen gabby since january 8th and

640
00:22:45,350 --> 00:22:42,400
you were there that day and i just want

641
00:22:48,070 --> 00:22:45,360
to know your reaction to seeing her and

642
00:22:49,990 --> 00:22:48,080
um you know in her recovery

643
00:22:52,230 --> 00:22:50,000
well it was certainly a

644
00:22:54,549 --> 00:22:52,240
a very emotional moment to see the

645
00:22:58,310 --> 00:22:54,559
congresswoman for the first time

646
00:23:01,830 --> 00:22:58,320
in uh in about four months um but it was

647
00:23:04,870 --> 00:23:01,840
also extremely inspirational um it

648
00:23:07,110 --> 00:23:04,880
it i think reminds all of us why we're

649
00:23:08,950 --> 00:23:07,120
so devoted to her why we enjoy working

650
00:23:11,909 --> 00:23:08,960
for her

651
00:23:14,470 --> 00:23:11,919
and it was extremely encouraging

652
00:23:16,390 --> 00:23:14,480
we've heard such such good reports about

653
00:23:19,750 --> 00:23:16,400
her recovery but

654
00:23:20,789 --> 00:23:19,760
to actually see her and talk with her

655
00:23:26,470 --> 00:23:20,799
it was

656
00:23:27,669 --> 00:23:26,480
and i'm very glad i did

657
00:23:29,350 --> 00:23:27,679
okay we have a few more minutes left i

658
00:23:30,950 --> 00:23:29,360
want to make sure that as nasa is good

659
00:23:32,630 --> 00:23:30,960
hosts we get all the questions that we

660
00:23:34,470 --> 00:23:32,640
can but make sure arizona media get a

661
00:23:36,630 --> 00:23:34,480
chance so anybody in arizona media that

662
00:23:37,990 --> 00:23:36,640
has not had a question yet

663
00:23:40,549 --> 00:23:38,000
all right that's good all right well i

664
00:23:41,909 --> 00:23:40,559
guess we'll go in the middle end quickly

665
00:23:42,950 --> 00:23:41,919
yeah i'm steve helling with people

666
00:23:45,269 --> 00:23:42,960
magazine

667
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:45,279
and two quick questions you'd mentioned

668
00:23:49,590 --> 00:23:47,520
that she was sitting during the launch

669
00:23:50,390 --> 00:23:49,600
was she sitting on a wheelchair or in a

670
00:23:52,549 --> 00:23:50,400
regular

671
00:23:53,909 --> 00:23:52,559
stationary chair what was she sitting on

672
00:23:56,230 --> 00:23:53,919
and my other question is you mentioned

673
00:23:57,990 --> 00:23:56,240
that scott kelly had given her flowers i

674
00:24:00,230 --> 00:23:58,000
need to know what kind of flowers were

675
00:24:03,669 --> 00:24:02,390
they were red roses we actually have we

676
00:24:05,590 --> 00:24:03,679
actually have a picture and we have a

677
00:24:07,269 --> 00:24:05,600
picture that we're flashing there

678
00:24:10,870 --> 00:24:07,279
um

679
00:24:13,269 --> 00:24:10,880
the yes beautiful flowers the the the

680
00:24:15,269 --> 00:24:13,279
vase here with the bigger bouquets for

681
00:24:16,630 --> 00:24:15,279
for for gabby and then each

682
00:24:18,630 --> 00:24:16,640
single rose for

683
00:24:20,230 --> 00:24:18,640
his daughters claire and claudia

684
00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:20,240
she was in a wheelchair

685
00:24:23,110 --> 00:24:21,440
which was for

686
00:24:24,070 --> 00:24:23,120
ease because the distance on the roof

687
00:24:26,149 --> 00:24:24,080
was kind of large they were moving

688
00:24:29,750 --> 00:24:26,159
around it was much quicker to move that

689
00:24:33,110 --> 00:24:31,990
jennifer london which with hdnet you

690
00:24:35,510 --> 00:24:33,120
mentioned that

691
00:24:37,430 --> 00:24:35,520
a note was sent up with commander kelly

692
00:24:39,190 --> 00:24:37,440
and placed on the space shuttle did

693
00:24:40,950 --> 00:24:39,200
congresswoman giffords write that note

694
00:24:42,549 --> 00:24:40,960
did she have help writing that note she

695
00:24:47,990 --> 00:24:42,559
did write it

696
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:49,510
thank you jackie goddard for the times

697
00:24:54,149 --> 00:24:52,400
of london just wondering if you yet um

698
00:24:56,390 --> 00:24:54,159
know at what point she might be

699
00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:56,400
considering making a first

700
00:25:01,029 --> 00:24:57,840
public appearance or appearance in

701
00:25:03,029 --> 00:25:01,039
public and what uh what is the milestone

702
00:25:05,590 --> 00:25:03,039
maybe that that might determine what

703
00:25:07,590 --> 00:25:05,600
that is and when it happens

704
00:25:09,909 --> 00:25:07,600
you know we're far from that we you know

705
00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:09,919
that's not not a discussion we've had i

706
00:25:12,470 --> 00:25:11,120
mean her next

707
00:25:15,190 --> 00:25:12,480
uh

708
00:25:17,350 --> 00:25:15,200
medical hurdle is the cranioplasty which

709
00:25:18,870 --> 00:25:17,360
will replace the portion of her skull

710
00:25:22,390 --> 00:25:18,880
that had been removed

711
00:25:23,990 --> 00:25:22,400
after the shooting it was taken taken

712
00:25:26,149 --> 00:25:24,000
off on january 8th

713
00:25:27,990 --> 00:25:26,159
in a very good split decision made by

714
00:25:29,990 --> 00:25:28,000
the trauma team at the university

715
00:25:31,750 --> 00:25:30,000
medical center in tucson allowed for the

716
00:25:33,909 --> 00:25:31,760
brain to swell it's it's what's being

717
00:25:35,029 --> 00:25:33,919
credited with saving her life among a

718
00:25:37,029 --> 00:25:35,039
lot of luck

719
00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:37,039
um

720
00:25:40,830 --> 00:25:38,880
so that surgery needs to happen and

721
00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:40,840
that's that's a that's kind of the

722
00:25:46,230 --> 00:25:43,919
next you know step we're looking at is

723
00:25:47,269 --> 00:25:46,240
before we begin to think of you know

724
00:25:48,789 --> 00:25:47,279
what happens after that this is

725
00:25:50,470 --> 00:25:48,799
certainly a slow process i mean it

726
00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:50,480
requires a lot of patience and

727
00:25:58,070 --> 00:25:53,039
understanding that recovering from being

728
00:26:02,789 --> 00:25:59,909
manuel reich franzia from the washington

729
00:26:05,269 --> 00:26:02,799
post uh can you give us some

730
00:26:08,710 --> 00:26:05,279
sense of her level of comprehension can

731
00:26:11,909 --> 00:26:08,720
she understand complex concepts and

732
00:26:15,669 --> 00:26:11,919
speak in more than uh simple uh

733
00:26:17,269 --> 00:26:15,679
sentences and two what's her voice sound

734
00:26:20,310 --> 00:26:17,279
like now

735
00:26:24,230 --> 00:26:22,549
if not everything close to everything

736
00:26:27,190 --> 00:26:24,240
there's hardly a moment that we have

737
00:26:29,110 --> 00:26:27,200
that we feel like she's not

738
00:26:31,269 --> 00:26:29,120
quite grasping um

739
00:26:33,510 --> 00:26:31,279
to the point that she understands

740
00:26:35,669 --> 00:26:33,520
sarcastic humor which as we all know is

741
00:26:38,390 --> 00:26:35,679
a you know i mean that's generally a

742
00:26:41,029 --> 00:26:38,400
more complex set of uh

743
00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:41,039
complex ability to comprehend so

744
00:26:45,510 --> 00:26:43,679
um her voice sounds

745
00:26:47,909 --> 00:26:45,520
very normal a lot of people have asked

746
00:26:49,510 --> 00:26:47,919
that question it sounds as it did before

747
00:26:50,870 --> 00:26:49,520
the shooting

748
00:26:53,350 --> 00:26:50,880
she's able to

749
00:26:55,269 --> 00:26:53,360
you know fluctuate you know her volume

750
00:26:57,430 --> 00:26:55,279
level and the

751
00:26:59,909 --> 00:26:57,440
quality in terms of you know if she's

752
00:27:01,510 --> 00:26:59,919
being serious or light-hearted or

753
00:27:03,350 --> 00:27:01,520
whispering i mean all of that she's all

754
00:27:05,269 --> 00:27:03,360
of that function and uh you know her

755
00:27:07,430 --> 00:27:05,279
speech is getting better with with the

756
00:27:09,669 --> 00:27:07,440
constant therapy she's doing so we're

757
00:27:10,950 --> 00:27:09,679
still seeing a lot of progress

758
00:27:13,190 --> 00:27:10,960
i'm just about out of time to make sure

759
00:27:15,990 --> 00:27:13,200
i get any first time questions um i

760
00:27:24,389 --> 00:27:19,990
clara

761
00:27:26,630 --> 00:27:24,399
tell us anything about just how trying

762
00:27:28,389 --> 00:27:26,640
the travel was on the congresswoman and

763
00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:28,399
um how much maybe it takes out of her to

764
00:27:32,149 --> 00:27:30,159
have to make the trip

765
00:27:34,630 --> 00:27:32,159
sure um you know actually

766
00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:34,640
not a lot of uh of effort

767
00:27:38,470 --> 00:27:37,200
probably as much effort as any of us go

768
00:27:39,590 --> 00:27:38,480
through in

769
00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:39,600
packing

770
00:27:43,190 --> 00:27:41,760
anticipating a flight you travel to the

771
00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:43,200
airport the flight i mean you know that

772
00:27:46,870 --> 00:27:45,440
whole thing you know you i think for all

773
00:27:48,870 --> 00:27:46,880
of us you know sometimes you get tired

774
00:27:50,710 --> 00:27:48,880
at the end of that but she doesn't have

775
00:27:52,549 --> 00:27:50,720
any particular

776
00:27:55,029 --> 00:27:52,559
medical concerns about flying or

777
00:27:56,870 --> 00:27:55,039
traveling that you know that would leave

778
00:27:58,789 --> 00:27:56,880
her in a more difficult position than

779
00:28:00,950 --> 00:27:58,799
any of us so it was a really smooth

780
00:28:05,110 --> 00:28:00,960
flight thanks to thanks to nasa and all

781
00:28:10,070 --> 00:28:07,909
lona o'connor from the palm beach post

782
00:28:11,830 --> 00:28:10,080
uh seems so trivial compared to these

783
00:28:14,830 --> 00:28:11,840
other questions but did she pick the

784
00:28:17,190 --> 00:28:14,840
song this morning and what was it

785
00:28:18,950 --> 00:28:17,200
um she

786
00:28:20,230 --> 00:28:18,960
so i it's a question a lot of folks have

787
00:28:22,870 --> 00:28:20,240
asked i believe that mark has two

788
00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:22,880
wake-up songs on this 16 day mission

789
00:28:26,710 --> 00:28:24,880
and mark and gabby have spoken about

790
00:28:28,149 --> 00:28:26,720
them and i can't quite tell you yet i

791
00:28:30,630 --> 00:28:28,159
think it's a secret and i'm checking on

792
00:28:31,909 --> 00:28:30,640
it and i'll let folks know when when

793
00:28:33,269 --> 00:28:31,919
we're able to

794
00:28:35,909 --> 00:28:33,279
to announce that

795
00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:37,350
okay any other

796
00:28:44,950 --> 00:28:39,520
first time questions

797
00:28:50,230 --> 00:28:48,310
seth bornstein aap again thanks um p you

798
00:28:51,990 --> 00:28:50,240
mentioned about the cranioplasty last i

799
00:28:54,950 --> 00:28:52,000
recall it was you were looking at may

800
00:28:56,950 --> 00:28:54,960
for that and obviously the mission goes

801
00:28:59,110 --> 00:28:56,960
till june 1 now

802
00:29:00,870 --> 00:28:59,120
are you going to wait till after

803
00:29:02,710 --> 00:29:00,880
the mission um you're not that's not or

804
00:29:04,950 --> 00:29:02,720
is it going to be done well well

805
00:29:06,310 --> 00:29:04,960
commander kelly's that's a decision the

806
00:29:07,750 --> 00:29:06,320
doctors are going to make you know when

807
00:29:09,190 --> 00:29:07,760
she's ready they're going to do it so i

808
00:29:10,070 --> 00:29:09,200
can't i can't tell you anything more but

809
00:29:12,230 --> 00:29:10,080
you know

810
00:29:13,750 --> 00:29:12,240
you all will be the first to know and in

811
00:29:15,990 --> 00:29:13,760
terms of the other thing that's coming

812
00:29:18,070 --> 00:29:16,000
up is uh she's got a birthday coming up

813
00:29:19,590 --> 00:29:18,080
are there plans but to be done or is

814
00:29:20,789 --> 00:29:19,600
this something that

815
00:29:22,710 --> 00:29:20,799
um

816
00:29:25,190 --> 00:29:22,720
it i guess is it going to be a

817
00:29:27,269 --> 00:29:25,200
celebration or a loki thing or

818
00:29:30,230 --> 00:29:27,279
or sometimes when you get to be my age

819
00:29:32,549 --> 00:29:30,240
you just try to ignore it completely um

820
00:29:35,350 --> 00:29:32,559
wondering what what's going on with that

821
00:29:36,630 --> 00:29:35,360
that's a good question we we uh mark and

822
00:29:38,230 --> 00:29:36,640
i had spoken about it he started

823
00:29:41,269 --> 00:29:38,240
thinking about it but now with the june

824
00:29:42,630 --> 00:29:41,279
1 landing um you know they're definitely

825
00:29:44,470 --> 00:29:42,640
going to do something but the plans are

826
00:29:46,230 --> 00:29:44,480
kind of up in the air still but but he

827
00:29:47,590 --> 00:29:46,240
he's not one to let things like that go

828
00:29:48,470 --> 00:29:47,600
by so

829
00:29:49,990 --> 00:29:48,480
um

830
00:29:52,950 --> 00:29:50,000
they will do something i'm sure when he

831
00:29:56,310 --> 00:29:54,389
okay that's all the apparently the time

832
00:29:57,750 --> 00:29:56,320
we have so i want to thank the

833
00:29:59,190 --> 00:29:57,760
congresswoman staff from joining us here

834
00:30:00,870 --> 00:29:59,200
i will now return to nasa's johnson

835
00:30:02,310 --> 00:30:00,880
space center in houston for continuing

836
00:30:04,070 --> 00:30:02,320
coverage of space shuttle endeavour's