joe barton is a congressman from texas. he's the manager. >> did this appear to be a coordinated attack? >> well, it looks like only one shooter. so you've got to assume he knew what he was doing here. whether he was targeting certain members, we don't know. >> how long until he was down? >> it seemed like a lot longer, but it was at least ten minutes. >> did you realize there were capitol police officers armed with you here? you knew ahead of time. >> we did. steve scalise is a member of the leadership team. he's the whip. so he has a security detail. two of his detail were shot, one african-american gentleman shot in the leg, and i believe he's the one that brought the shooter down. he ran around for quite a while with a leg wound, returning fire. >> returning fire with a leg wound, as congressman wenstrup said earlier, he felt like he was back in iraq, an army vet. paula reed reporting that law enforcement officials telling cbs news at this point there are no links to terrorism. but the investigation is active and ongoin

congressman joe barton yesterday on the field, along with his 10-year-old son. some reports say that other members of congress protected joe barton's 10-year-old son in the first base dugout and he hid under a bench. mr. barton yesterday talked about the impact on his son so if you miss that news conference you can go to c-span.org and find it. indiana,arsaw, republican caller. what should be done about political discourse? caller: i definitely believe that we need to come on the republican side and the democrat side, need to tone down the rhetoric. our fellow american citizens are not the enemy. now, itquite a while has been portrayed that way. i do believe it has gotten more worse and worse. several years ago when gabby giffords was shot, i called my representative at that time and said, we need to take this back. we need to calm this down because what happened to her was tragic, that there are also innocent people that lost their lives at that time. and the. test, if youity are republican, if you are republican enough, if you are democrat, if you are democrat

joe barton worked with him on the hill. i wouldn't be surprised to see the vice president join them. one thing that stuck out to me, when i watched joe barton address reporters, they did so just down the hallway from where there was gunfire last march. a gunman was stopped at the security checkpoint by u.s. capitol police. the gunman pulled his weapon and was police. he was hospitalized for some time before he could be prosecuted. that happened just down the hall from where the sergeant of arms is briefing congress about security. you raised questions about the security of the baseball and whether it will be played anymore in the wake of this incident. >> we're also hearing from pete williams who is reporting live, the "today" show sending out a tweet that a lobbyist by the name of matt mika was also shot in this morning's congressional baseball game. this adds to a mixed number that we have as to how many people were shot and injured, how many people were transported, whether or not the gunman was part of that number that

joe barton and mike doyle respectively. look for coverage on the c-span networks. >> senators slowly returning to the room from the senate floor where votes wrapping up dealing with additional sanctions against russia. part of a debate on an iran sanction bill on the ballistic missile program and a vote on that is expected before week's end. the house has ended their activities for the week because of the shooting this morning. the update on the condition on the majority whip, steve scalise, who was shot in the hip and medevaced over to washington hospital serpt north of capitol hill. med star washington tweeting representative scalise was critically injured and remains in critical condition. that tweet about 10 minutes ago. also on capitol hill today, the federal reserve holding one of their regular meetings announcing an interest rate hike. the fourth interest rate hike in 18 months. and that news conference with the fed chair, janet yellin, is under way. you can -- yellen, is under way. you can follow that on our compani

joe barton think he plays very well. trent was on the team last year. appearance oncond the congressional. >> he has worked richmond to a 3-0 count. ball four. walks it. richmond again having a little bit of trouble. >> now barry loudermilk will come to the plate. >> he is from georgia, threatening 11th district. -- representing the 11th district. miss. on, swing and a strike one. i would love to see the gun, the radar gun tonight. richmond had some juice on that one. >> can might have been the hardest thing we saw thrown all day. it was a bullet across first base. >> ground ball to third. over the first. -- over to first. >> he makes that related second base, that is two. made the right play. play.t get the double a little double clutch there. footrst base, donnelly's was a little far off the bag. >> two outs. davis heads the third. -- to third. we are going back to the top of the order. costello,'s second timeout ends of scoring. >> he is back in the stretch. [laughter] >> first offering. roger marshall, pitch running at first base. first offering val

i mentioned joe barton had just a young 10-year-old with him there for this morning's practice. some kids have now stayed inside their homes. some who are in private school -- school is already out so joe may have had his son there as a ball boy for the morning. others in alexandria staying home. their kids inside the houses. even though the shooter has been taken into custody, actually taken to the hospital, people are still considering this an active investigation. clint, does it surprise you in any way that all of these members of congress would be in a vulnerable place like this, or would you say it's not vulnerable, of course they practice. hello, this is america. >> no, this is routine and normal. the whole idea of congress is that they are out engaged with the people, they're representing their people, they're part of normal society. if you remember back to when congressman giffords was shot at an event, one of the things that came up immediately after that was how do we secure all the congressmen 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year around the country in 50

barton: good afternoon. my name is joe barton. i'm the republican baseball manager. i've got mike doyle, the democrat manager. to confirm that we are going to play the annual charity baseball game tomorrow. at the normal time. at national stadium. nats park. we do have one new charity that we have added, the fallen officers fund. in addition to the boys and girls club of washington, the washington literacy council and the nationals dream foundation. people that attend the game can make a donation to any of those charities at the game or they can also do it online. this is a game that has been played off and on for approximately 100 years. in its current configuration, it has been played since the 1960's. it's currently tied, 39 wins for each side, plus two ties. congressman scalise will not play tomorrow night, since he was shot this morning. and i did tell congressman doyle that it would be only fair that the louisiana democrat that was supposed to play shouldn't also play. it happens to be their best pitcher, cedric richmond. but mike says he loves this and he want

el congresista joe barton estaba acompañado de sus dos hijos. contó que el niño de 10 años se escondió debajo de uno de los vehículos. s/cong. joe barton, (r-tx) (nat emotional) también se conmovió al relatar esos momentos dramáticos cuando vio que su colega había sido víctima del ataque. dos policías del capitolio que protegían a scalise, quien es miembro del liderazgo en la cámara baja, intercambiaron balazos con el sospechoso hasta contener la situación. ellos resultaron heridos al igual que un empleado del congreso y un empleado del sector privado que acompañaba a los políticos. (nat up mo) este legislador, aun con guante en mano y claramente sacudido por los hechos describía por teléfono como uno de los policías, ya herido, atendía a scalise durante los momentos tensos. el presidente donald trump no tardó en reaccionar. (nat trump ) "nosotros podemos tener nuestra diferencias, pero en momentos como este nos entendemos y recordamos que todos los que servimos aquí en la ciudad capital lo hacemos porque. amamos nuestro pa

representative joe barton was at the field with his ten-year-old son. they took cover as the officers went after the gunman. >> the heros are the police officers who attacked the shoot er and in doing so quite probably saved many, many lives. >> reporter: hill staffer zachary barth was in the outfield when he was shot in the leg. barth tweeted from the hospital, "i got shot this morning," adding he'd be okay. his boss, congressman roger williams hurt his ankle diving for cover. >> all the "times" he was bleeding and we were under fire, he was texting letting people know we were under fire and we needed help. >> reporter: perhaps the most seriously wounded was matt mika, shot in the chest at least twice. friends say he's always cheery and ready with a smile, especially when it comes to his love of baseball. >> everybody is praying for mika. >> reporter: mika played on the g.o.p. baseball team when he worked on the hill. now working as a lobbyist he was back as a volunteer coach. scott, today while in critical condition in between surgeries, mika offered

bench. >> joe barton is who, sir. >> joe barton congressman from texas. he's the manager. >> did this appear to be >> well it look like only one shooter. so you got to assume he knew what he was doing here. >> senator -- >> whether he was targeting certain members we don't know. >> reporter: again, as we look at the picture live here of these officers standing over some clothing. our image is being blocked by other investigators and officers here. but that's where we believe the gunman eventually went down in the parking lot there right behind the dug out and if we pan to the right when you were hearing senator jeff flake talk about where people were, where congressman majority whip scalise was standing which was out on the ball field if you pan all the way to the right here you'll see behind the car here the dirt infield here. and i don't know if it's going to be tough, from this angle but there does appear to stuff out in the field. if you go to the right just underneath the there's equipment and clo clothg out on the ball field where some of these memb

. >> that is joe barton, the republican from texas. he will be in front of the cameras with his democratic counterpart to talk about the charity game tomorrow night. arizona senator jeff flake said he and fellow republicans this morning were sitting ducks on that baseball field when a gunman opened fire during practice. flake came on tv almost immediately describing the moment when he was able to reach the injured house majority whip, steve scalise. >> she was laying motionless out there. i wanted to get to him. there were still shots going overhead from both sides. so finally when we heard the shooter was down, i just ran low out to steve and started putting pressure on the wounds. for 10 or 15 minutes we did that until medics aarrived. >> congressman scalise was playing second base. he dragged himself off the field after he was shot and left a trail of blood behind. alabama congressman, mo brooks, on scene saying that scalise left the trail of blood in the outfield. peter doocy live at the hospital in d.c. the victims and the updates

. >> joe barton's boy was here, shagging balls, and we got him into the dugout and stuffed him under the bench. >> stay down! >> scalise's security detail and capitol hill police immediately began -- to return fire. >> he goes down on his f >> we need medics. there's also a victim down in the baseball field. >> hey! the guy, the guy that's been shot, is he okay? anybody talking to him? >> we could see steve scalise out in the field. he dragged himself, after he was shot from near second base, about 10 or 15 yards into the field. >> the sad thing is nothing could happen. he laid there, but he was crawling, so we knew he was alive. >> i was the first out to steve. and then brad, another member from ohio, who's a physician came out, and we applied pressure on the wound. >> i felt like i was back in iraq. as a surgeon. and steve was conscious and okay. >> i got steve scalise's phone and called his wife. >> this is a tragic situation, and frankly, it's changed everything as i know it. forever. >> that's the overnight news for this thursday. for some of you, the news continues. for others,

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congressman joe bar on the -- joe barton was one of the members on the field today. he brought his young son to watch practice and he was in the dugout with others seeking protection. kind of put him underneath the bench there in the dugout. everyone was trying to protect him. he said i had 25 fathers that day. not just one. so you can see some of the perspective here as for moving forward. it was joe barton who said they would be playing tom happened here today. "it's play ball." back to you. nancy: incredibly touching. thank you very much. steve scalise is the majority whip and third in line for house leadership. the security was increased today on the capitol hill and behind me in the house and the senate office building. a minute after today's shooting, stephen tschida also joining us from the hill with reaction from today. stephen? stephen: nancy, security always tight around the u.s. capitol. but today, especially in those moments after we learned of the shooting it grew dramatically more intense. >> they stepped it up outside the u.s. capitol. while inside the

. >>> we just heard from congressman joe barton and mike doyle about the congressional baseball game, the managers say it is still on for tomorrow. they also refer to congressman roger williams who was injured, not shot, but injured at that incident in virginia earlier today. we expect to hear from congressman williams in just a few moments. a staff member of his was shot at that incident in alexandria this morning. and we expect to hear from congressman roger williams of texas in just a few moments. we'll have that live here on c-span36789 t c-spa c-span3. the statement released by the capital police, i want to commend crystal griner, david bailey and henry cabrera for here he oh,ic and appropriate response in protecting the members and others today during their practice for the baseball game. i'm grateful that special act griner is in good condition in the hospital having been shot in the ankle and special agent bailey was treated and released having sustained minor injury during the incident. again that, from the u.s. capitol police chief this afternoon. while we wait for congressm

one of the other things that congressman costello told me after we spoke to him here was that joe barton, he's another member of the team, a republican congressman from texas, had his son at practice yesterday and i know there are others who have said that potentially family members were attending the practice that happened today. this is, of course, the day before the game was scheduled to happen, so people's families are coming in from out of town to come together and to watch this game. so, i think that has really shaken up members of congress here and you can feel the mood on capitol hill is one that is very, very somber. >> absolutely. and we've heard reports of many, many members of congress who were there. members of staff and as you mentioned, there has been a report that at least one member's son was there, a 10-year-old, who witnessed this and was -- we're starting to see some video come in. i'm not sure what we're seeing. perhaps this was earlier in the day before these terrible events. >> we should note here, again, this was a baseball practice that was happening around 6:00

the republican manager joe barton called him the best player to ever play in a congressional baseball game. >> pretty high compliment. probably accurate too. >> he threw a two-hitter, a two or three-hitter. >> last year he did pitch into the seventh but was pulled for patrick murphy. gave up seven runs on 11 hits. ryan costello, i believe, is going to lead us off. wearing a fighting phils jersey. >> cedric richmond, in addition to his baseball prowess, represents louisiana's second . when he's not throwing baseballs, he is on the homeland security committee. >> first pitch to costello over for a strike. we are under way at 7:38. >> coming up tonight on c-span, epa administrator scott pruitt testifying on the 2018 budget request. a portion of russian president vladimir putin's annual call in program. later, a hearing on u.s. cyber security and the recent ransomware attack. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, illinois democratic congresswoman robin kelly discusses security for members of congress. and t

beginning with republican congressman joe barton.

earlier this morning we heard from texas congressman joe barton. he's actually the manager of the baseball team. he actually brought his young son with him as well. let's listen to a portion of that interview. >> look, we were at batting practice. we have a congressional baseball game we play every year. a shooter came out to practice, starting shooting. he shot at trent kelly, our third baseman, sot az steve scalise, our second baseman, he hit steve scalise. scalise's security detail and capitol hill police immediately began to return fire. and alexandria police also immediately came and began to return fire. they shot the shooter and i think the security detail saved a lot of lives because they attacked the shooter. the heroes are the capitol hill police, alexandria police and steve scalise's security detail. >> reporter: do you know what the shooter looked like? >> he was a middle-aged man, blue jeans and a blue shirt. i think he was anglo. and he has a rifle and i think he had an automatic pistol. >> reporter: can you tell us what it must have

joe barton's boy, 10 years old was shagging balls. we stuffed him under the bench. >> nine minutes after 7:00, we received a 911 call of an active shooter at simpson park here on monroe in alexandria. our units responded and were on the scene in three minutes. >> he had a rifle initially. i think he had handguns as well. he had a lot of ammo. i can tell you that. >> i saw a white male with a rifle, and what went through my mind, i was surprised. why would anyone bring a rifle to a ballpark? but he was behind the third base gate, behind the fence. and then when he started firing, all i heard was, go into the dugout, and i dove into the dugout on top of a congressman, and when the -- because i'm not a gunman, i figured that he was finished, and apparently, was equipped and he was reloading and then started shooting again. >> five or ten minutes before the shots started, as we went to our car, there was an individual, middle-aged, kau ki occasion who asked, is that republicans, democrats? we said, that's republicans and he turned towards

barton: i'm congressman joe barton, the republican manager. i have congressman pat meehan with me who is our number one relief pitcher. our prayers are right now for steve scalise and for his family and the capihi

you had some -- late 06s like myself and we had jack barton, joe barton's son with us, 10 years old. it was crazy. we didn't know where the gunfire was coming from. so we're blessed but i want to tell you that as you have heard so many times these capitol police saved every one of our lives. we would not be here if it was not for the thin blue line that the capitol hill police and we owe it all to them. >> one of the questions that remains and the investigators are looking into, you think these were targeted shootings with someone in particular. a target. >> well, i'm not so sure a target. i think the congress people were the targets. i'm not so sure any one person was a target. i think that we were the targets as congress people. and that's what he woke up to do was to kill congress people. >> congressman, our reporting is that a number of your colleagues have asked about diverting some potential campaign funds to provide protection or hire security. as you know, steve scalise was the only one who had protection there and if he wasn't there, we don't know what would have happened. i

jack barton, joe barton's son was in the dugout with us, and we were all taking care of him. just trying to take care of each other. there were a lot of heros today among my friends. it's something i will not forget. it seemed like it went forever. the police say they got there in about three or four minutes, and i'm sure that that's the case but it's a long time. they say 60 shots were fired. but without our capitol police who took -- literally took a step forward when they didn't have to. they could have stepped backwards. they stepped forward. they saved all of us out there. there is no question about it. we had no arms. all we had was bats, and the shooter. but i'm praying for whip scalise, the policemen, mika, and then my young man that works for us in our office zack who will be fine. so with that i'll be glad to take some questions, if you have any. yes, ma'am. >> what can you tell us about steve scalise's condition. have you talked to him? >> i have not talked to him but i understand all the reports that i get he's doing well. out of surgery. i'm not a doctor, but all

under the bench. >> joe barton is who, sir. >> joe barton congressman from texas. he's the manager. >> did this appear coordinated attack? >> well it looks like only one shooter. so, um, you got to assume he knew what he was doing here. >> senator,. >> whether he was targeting certain members we don't know. >> how long until he was down? >> it was at least ten -- it seemed like a lot longer i can tell you but at last tenements. >> senator did you realize there were capital police officers armed with you here? >> yes. >> you knew ahead of time. >> we did. we did. steve scalise leadership team he's the whip and so he has security detail. two of his detail were shot. one african-american gentleman shot in the leg. and i believe he's the one that brought the shooter down. he ran around for quite awhile with a leg wound returning fire and then after i got out to, i was the first out to steve, and then brad another member from ohio who is a physician came out and we applied pressure on the wound, um -- >> he seems okay to you? >> he was company hernia the whole time. but

you've been listening to joe barton. to put a fine point on it, he's understandably, mobile after everything he went through. he had two of his sons with him on the field and he actually saw on some of the video earlier today them walking through the capitol with him. you can imagine the emotion for his entire family. i do want to read this on the note coming from deidre walsh that all members are being encouraged to be on the house floor at noon today and following a prayer and pledge, we will hear brief remarks from the speaker and the democratic leader and after that the house is going to adjourn for the day. we'll be keeping our eye on the house floor to hear from house speaker paul ryan and nancy pelosi. let's go back with brianna keilar. >> hi there, kate. i am here with congressman jack bergman and he represents the upper peninsula and other parts of michigan. he is here with us now. you were short stop and second base. you have actually changed after practice, but you were there when this happened. tell us what h

joe barton's sons. barton is actually the manager of the republicans. he along with mike doyle, his counterpart on the democratic team, took both clubs out to dinner last night to talk about how to bridge the partisan divide and to reflect on their friend, steve. kate? >> yeah, joe barton understandably emotional. everyone emotional who had to live through that yesterday. and the game will go on tonight. thank you, boris. appreciate it. >>> now to the latest on the shooting investigation itself and the man responsible for this. cnn's alex marquardt is in alexandria at the shooting scene near that baseball field right there. alex, the fbi just this morning was asking for patience in a message on twitter. where do things stand right now? >> reporter: well, asking for the public support in learning more about james hodgkinson, the attacker. we'll get to that in a second, but i want to point out that it's been relatively quiet here this afternoon. we haven't seen much of a security presence, but in the last

a picture here of the managers, joe barton of the republicans on the left, and mike doyle of the democrats on the right. headline, bipartisan visual game, a showing of unity after shooting. and that'sfrom stews and, afterwright baseball shooting talks of bipartisanship to congress, put to the test. she writes it didn't take long for house and senate lawmakers lower the bipartisan hostility following the brutal shooting spree by a gunman who bash atd the of party the party affiliation before aim at them on an alexandria virginia baseball field. people nearly killed by james hodgkinson returned to the capital hours later with a sense of fear that's the rhetoric aimed at each other in recent months has escalated drastically , perhaps inspiring a madman inspired to grab a gun and shoot members of political parties encouraged to despise. those numbers are ready to go. go ahead and start calling now. we will take your calls in just a moment or two. first, a couple of pieces of video. we will show you brief portions of house minority nancy pelosi enter weekly believing -- breathing. that's as wel

we fanned from joe barton and mark doyle, the baseball game will be played tomorrow despite this morning's shooting. the fbi will be holding an update briefing later, in about a half-hour. 5: 30 eastern time in alexandra, virginia, on this morning's shooting that wounded congressman steve scalise and five others. we'll have coverage of that fbi briefing on c-span at 5:30 eastern time. >> sunday night on after words, mike lee talks about forgotten historical figures who fought against big government in his book "written out of history." he's interviewed by acting solicitor general. >> like to say when you're on the lookout for them, they come to you gradually. i asked who should get more credit than they get. an indian chief lived for searchries before we were our oun country. i was intrigued by is that. it's not a name that most americans know anything about and yet he had a profound impact on our system of government. he's the guy who wanted benjamin flinn to learn about federalism. made his way into the articles of the confederation and then in a more perfect way into the constitution. >

congressman joe barton, and the gentleman in the suit. you can step this way to get closer. any minute now we think around 6:10 or 6:15, here is home plate. a number of dig anynaries will be sit -- dignitaries are over here. some of the first responders that live and work in the community are throwing out the first pitch. right now you will hear from a local real estate agent, businesswoman who has been providing free food and hot dogs coming to the event. take a listen. >> this is a situation where as a community we want to be together. we want to share a bond together. this is a way for to us do that and to know that it is a safe place to be. safe place for your family to be. for to us be together as a community. >> i want you to see this as we close out the story before the event begins. these are fresh flowers on the this is the dugout where the members of congress and their staffers hid during that shootout last week. reporting live in alexandria, jay korff, abc7 news. >> don't move. don't move. >> oh, my god! >> don't move! code three. jonathan: this video we just got

representative joe barton was at the field with his ten-year-old son. they took cover as the officers went after the gunman. >> the heroes are the police officers who attacked the shooter, and in doing so quite probably saved many, many lives. >> reporter: hill staffer zachary barth was in the outfield when he was shot in the leg. barth tweeted from the hospital, "i got shot this morning," ,"ding he'd be okay. his boss, congressman roger williams hurt his ankle diving for cover. >> all the times he was bleeding and we were under fire, he was asxting letting people know we were under fire and we needed help. >> reporter: perhaps the most r:riously wounded was matt mika, shot in the chest at least twice. friends say he's always cheery and ready with a smile, especially when it comes to his love of baseball. >> everybody is praying for mika. >> reporter: mika played on the f o.p. baseball team when he worked on the hill. now working as a lobbyist he was back as a volunteer coach. scott, today while in critical condition in between surgeries, mika offered a

also earlier today, representatives joe barton and mike doyle held a joint news conference where they announced the congressional baseball game. that's the game the republican team was practicing for during the shooting. we'll still -- it will still occur tomorrow. they also answered questions about security at the game and on the condition of the victims. mr. barton: good

you know, joe barton, the manager of the team, his son was with him. those are legitimate concerns, i think. >> this changes things. congressman, thank you for stopping by. i'm glad you were running late for your sake. >> thank you. >>> we are getting some new videos of the moment that this madman this morning opened fire. we'll watch all of that together. also ahead, we're learning more about the condition of congressman steve scalise. we'll take you live to the hospital. also, a joint news conference from the manager of both of these congressional teams. this is the republican team hit this morning. the democrats have been practicing as well ahead of the big game tomorrow night which will continue on. you're watching cnn's special live coverage. i'm brooke baldwin here in washington, d.c. for your heart... your joints... or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of you... your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain health supplement in drug stores

texas congressman joe barton was there with his son. >> i behind the dugout. my son jack got s under waan su and he was very brave. >> reporterlice identified the shooter as po66-year-old : james hodgkinson of illinois. he ran a facebook group called ate rmthe republicans. senator bernie sanders says hodgkinson was a former campaign volunteer. >> i am sickened by this despicable act. >> reporter: the republicans were practicing for a baseball game scheduled for tomorrow against congressional democrats. the bipartisan charity event is -st a washington tradition. >> we are united in our shock. we are united in our anguish, n attack on one ofck on all ofs ldrsn't let our eewech shou differences divide we are unified. and when we work together for the common good. >> reporter: security measures have been stepped up around capitol hill in response to the shooting. democrats were also practicing at a field different from the one where the attack happened just a when they heard the gunshots, they immediately got together and saida prayer. as for the game tomorrow, it

. >> that is congressman joe barton, who was standing there with his 10-year-old son jack we've been hearing all morning happened to be on the field this morning. he was shagging balls. he was beside him. with the white hair was pat meehan, talking about their colleagues on the field at the time of the shooting. >> the story beginning to fill out, although the police are investigating, the fbi who is leading the investigation was unable to tell us much. we're hearing from people on the scene, what a horrific scene it was and how worse it could have been without d.c. capitol police. >> and that the shooter was over, according to barton at least, over on the third-base line, eventually made his way out behind home plates, behind the utility shed. barton, can only imagine the emotion he showed there every time he talked, linked to his 10-year-old son with him and trying to protect him at the same time. but he again talked about the role of capitol police and that they responded. he used the word attacked, attacked james hodgkinson and put him down and prevented him from doing more damag

. >> joe barton's 10-year-old son was on the field. members tried to protect him in >> he had 25 dads. everybody out there was, was looking out for him. not just me. >> partisanship cast aside in shared disbelief. >> we are united in our shock, we are united in our anguish. an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. >> amid calls to dial back on some of the -- some of the tense rhetoric that we have heard coming out of washington there is signs of solidarity and strength. one of those, that congressional baseball game that was scheduled for tonight will in fact continue raising money for charity, undeterred. with one slight edit. instead of republicans and democrats wearing their own uniforms, everybody will be wearing the same uniforms tonight. lsu in honor of congressman scalise. kendis, diane. >> of course, lana from louisiana. the president to attend the game, was supposed to attend the baseball game, because of security reasons he is not. he offered measured denouncing it as a brutal assault. >> after sitting by scalise's b

texas congressman joe barton is the manager of the republican congressional baseball team. his two sons were here when the gunfire rang out earlier today. here is what he says happened. >> the shooter came out to practice. started shooting. he started at trent kelly, our 3rd baseman and shot at steve scalise, our 2nd baseman. he hit steve scalise. scalise's security detail and capitol hill police immediatel to return fire. alexandria police also immediately came and began to return fire. shot the shooter. and i think the security detail saved a lot of lives because they attacked the shooter. so the heroes are the capitol hill police, alexandria police, and steve scalise's security detail. >> how long did it last. >> ten minutes. five to ten minutes. there were dozens if not hundreds of shots fired. it was scary. >> did you take cover. >> of course we did. >> where did you take cover. >> we got -- some of us went in the dugout. some of us were on the ground. my son jack got under a suv. he was very brave. >> reporter: those were traumatic moments this morn. peggy fox spoke w

. >> reporter: for those who were at the ball field today as shots rang out like congressman joe barton who had his son at the practice, even hours later it seemed tough to talk about. >> when capitol hill police immediately began -- to return fire and alexandria police also immediately came and began to return fire they shot the shooter. >> reporter: the annual game raises money for local charities. the game could draw a huge crowd. d.c. police chief tweeted the safety of everyone attending the congressional baseball game tomorrow. now, on the way out of the gate there was a nats game tonight when i first got here, leaving was george wallace from wtop radio. he calls the congressional game each year. he told me last year there were more than 10,000 fans here and they expect more than that tomorrow. the gates open at 5:00. the game kicks off at 7:00 tomorrow evening. if you want tickets you can search congress game tickets. mark segraves, news 4. >> that game is a fundraiser for some local charities. >>> the last member of congress injured by a gunman tweeted out her support. gabby giff

congressman joe barton is speaking right now on capitol hill are listless listen in. >> in doing so, probably saved many, many lives. this was a charity baseball game. we played it for almost 100 years. it's for a very good cause. i can only speak for myself. i hope we can continue the game. in some ways, this is what democracy is all about. my first thoughts go to the heroism of the capital police were there and responded immediately in a manner that saved the lives of a number of people, members of congress as well as the staffers who are out there each morning helping us. i just left one of our other colleagues. we were talking about where we customarily are on the field, he positioned himself in the visitor's dugout which is across the field behind it. across the field from her capital police generally set and it was fortunate because steve squeezes a member of leadership, he has a security detail, otherwise we would have been a bunch of guys on a normal morning practicing. i think the fact that we practice there every morning and it's a group of congress people together, sometim

. >> reporter: joe barton of texas had taken his young sons to the practice. >> we got-- some of us were in the dugout, some of us were on the ground. i was behind the dugout. my son jack got under an s.u.v. and he was very brave. my other son brad was in the batting cage and he also was very brave. >> reporter: two congressional in the video, you can hear people shouting for police to shoot the gunman. >> shoot him! >> reporter: again, mo brooks: >> the bravery they displayed, taking on a guy with the rifle while they have pistols, shooting from long distance. and if they had not been successful, then the tragedy here would have undoubtedly been much greater. because those of us who were in the first base dugout, we'd of had no chance. >> reporter: first responders were on the scene in minutes. some victims were airlifted to hospitals by helicopter. scalise underwent surgery and was in critical condition. the suspected shooter was also taken to the hospital, where he died of his wounds. police identified him as 66-year-old james hodgkinson of belleville, illinois. >> law enforcement has

barton of texas. the trophy being placed in representative scalise's office. >> lot of unity there in washington. then there is this. president trump didn't let his call for unity, stop him from unleashing angry tweets. triggered by a report he was under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. the president slammed the russia probe as the single greatest witch-hunt in am can political history something he said before. adding it was being led by some very bad and conflicted people. and he also took aim at hillary clinton asking, why she wasn't getting the same scrutiny? special counsel robert mueller appears to be widening the investigation into russia meddling. sources tell abc news heap is putting together a formidable team with 13 prestigious attorneys already on board. >> the senate voted nearly unanimously to impose sanctions on russian businesses. the legislation passing 98-2. it to get congressional approval to soften or lift existing sanctions. the goal is to punish russia for electi

. >> reporter: texas republican joe barton had been there this morning, not just as a manager but as a dad. >> my son jack got under an suv and was very brad. my other son was in the batting cage and he also was very brave. >> reporter: for all the images, the memories we want to forget from today, one speaker paul ryan said the house should keep. >> our democratic colleagues gather in prayer this morning after hearing the news. >> reporter: tomorrow they will suit up again and play ball like they were practicing for, like congressman scalise has loved doing for years. >> we decided we're not going to let incidents like this change our life or daily routines. we must play this baseball game, if we don't play and go home, they win. >> reporter: on the diamond at national's park, the line between republicans and democrats will be erased. peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is nightly news for this wednesday night. i'm lester holt reporting from alexandria. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night.

>> reporter: yeah, that's right, we heard from joe barton this afternoon. we saw pictures of he and his son in baseball clothes back at the capitol. this is a place where these members have been coming here pretty much every morning for the last two months getting ready for this congressional baseball game that's scheduled to go on tomorrow. this is one of the more beloved traditions in d.c., a bipartisan effort, both teams practice kind of separately, they come together for this big night at nationals park. so if you're a member of congress, what a treat to be able to bring your son to come to batting practice with these other members of congress who are your colleagues. and certainly the dark sort of moment this has turned into for that young man. >> garrett, thank you very much. from what we heard from the briefing earlier today from officials, the response was very quick from police, from medics. but even in the couple minutes it took people to get to this field, you had mo brooks and you had jeff flake going out to tend to scalise, to get him something