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She and 12 others survived. Six people died.\u003cbr/\u003eGiffords resigned from Congress earlier this year to focus on her recovery and returned home to Arizona last month after intensive physical and speech therapy in Houston.\u003cbr/\u003eAnother highlight for convention goers, was the Democrats showing their unabashed love affair with show business as singers and actors queued up to praise Obama.\u003cbr/\u003eActresses Scarlett Johansson and Eva Longoria added some sparkle to the proceedings.\u003cbr/\u003eJohansson took the stage to share her childhood delight at stepping inside a polling booth with her mother - \"a registered Democrat\" - and helping her mum to vote, whether that was legal or not.\u003cbr/\u003e\"This last election, I finally got to punch those buttons for real. For me! I was so excited, I wore my 'I voted' pin the whole day. It was my finest accessory,\" said the 27-year-old actress.\u003cbr/\u003eLongoria, a co-chair for Obama's re-election campaign, drew a contrast between the 99 percent and the 1 percent, using herself as a before-and-after example.\u003cbr/\u003eShe warned that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would raise taxes on middle-class families to \"cut his own, and mine\".\u003cbr/\u003e\"That's not who we are as a nation, and here's why: The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers-she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not,\" said the former \"Desperate Housewives\" star.\u003cbr/\u003eUS senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry also praised Obama's decision to go after bin Laden.\u003cbr/\u003e\"After more than 10 years, without justice for thousands of Americans murdered on 9-11, after Mitt Romney said it would be na�ve to go into Pakistan to pursue the terrorist, it took President Obama, against the advice of many, to give that order and finally rid this earth of Osama bin Laden.\"\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of convention \u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium shot of Beau Biden, son of Joe Biden, walking on stage and shaking hands with Antonio R. Villaraigosa\u003cbr/\u003eChair of the 2012 Democratic National Convention Committee and Mayor of Los Angeles, California\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Beau Biden, Vice President Joe Biden's son:\u003cbr/\u003e\"He is the father I have always known, the grandfather my children love and adore and the Vice President our nation needs. So tonight Mr. Chairman its my great honour to place into nomination for the office of Vice President of the United States, my father, my hero, Joe Biden.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of US Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill waving\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of Biden wiping tears away after his son announces him for nomination\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various of convention and attendees\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of US Vice President Joe Biden walking on stage\u003cbr/\u003e8. Cutaway to Michelle Obama and Biden's wife Jill in audience, Michelle Obama gives him a thumbs up sign\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joe Biden, US Vice President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Barack understood that the search for bin Laden was about a lot more than taking a monstrous leader off the battlefield. It was about so much more than that, it was about righting an unspeakable wrong, literally it was about, healing an unbearable wound, a nearly unbearable wound, in America's heart.  And he (Obama) also knew the message we had to send around the world - if you attack innocent Americans, we will follow you to the end of the earth.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Cutaway of Biden\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joe Biden, US Vice President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm here to tell you, what I think you already know, but I watch it up close,  bravery resides in the heart of Barack Obama. And time and time again, I witnessed him summon it. This man has courage in his soul, compassion in his heart, and a spine of steel. And because of all the actions he took, because of the calls he made, because of the  determination of American workers- and the unparalleled bravery of our special forces, we can now proudly say what you've heard me say the last six months - Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive.\" \u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of Joe and Jill Biden after speech\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of actress Scarlett Johansson walking onto stage\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Scarlett Johansson, Actress:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This last election I finally got to punch those buttons for real, for me. Man, I was so excited I wore my 'I voted' pin the whole day,  it was my finest accessory. And this year on November 6th, I am filled with that same pride, that same enthusiasm, to press the button to re-elect President Barack Obama.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Various of former Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords walking on stage with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz to perform pledge of allegiance. Giffords suffered severe injuries after being shot by a gunman in 2011.\u003cbr/\u003e16. UPSOUND: (English) Gabriel Giffords, former Congresswoman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close of woman crying after Giffords does pledge\u003cbr/\u003e18. Various of Giffords after she does pledge, waving to audience\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid of actress Eva Longoria\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Eva Longoria, Actress \u0026amp;amp; Co-Chair of Obama Re-election campaign:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Mitt Romney would raise taxes on middle-class families to cut his own-and mine. That's not who we are as a nation, and let me tell you why, because the Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers - she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Mid of Senator John Kerry walking on stage\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Kerry, US Senator:\u003cbr/\u003e\"After more than 10 years, without justice for thousands of Americans murdered on 9-11, after Mitt Romney said it would be na�ve to go into Pakistan to pursue the terrorist, it took President Obama, against the advice of many, to give that order and finally rid this earth of Osama bin Laden.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Cutaway of Kerry\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Kerry, US Senator:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Ask Osama bin Laden if he is better off now than he was four years ago.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. 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