Diane Sawyer spoke to Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly in November 2011

Interview to Air on the Two-Year Anniversary of the Tragic Shooting in Tucson - January 8

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly will speak exclusively to "ABC World News" anchor Diane Sawyer about an important new initiative they are launching. The interview will air January 8, 2012 on "World News with Diane Sawyer" - two years to the day after Giffords was shot in a Safeway parking lot in Tucson, Arizona. The interview will also be featured on "Good Morning America," "Nightline," as well as ABCNews.com, Newsmakers on Yahoo!, ABC News Radio, and ABC's local affiliates.

Rep. Giffords was hosting a "Congress on Your Corner" meet-and-greet event for constituents in Tucson, Arizona the morning of January 8, 2011 when shots rang out. Six people were killed, and many others injured, including Giffords. In the wake of the Connecticut shootings Giffords husband, former Astronaut Mark Kelly, called on lawmakers and the President to "stand up and do what is right." "This time our response must consist of more than regret, sorrow, and condolence… this can no longer wait" he said in a statement on Facebook.

Sawyer spoke with Giffords in her first television interview in November 2011 and with Mark Kelly just days after the shooting in January 2011.

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