hodgkinson is accused of shooting majority whip steve scalise. they have not said a motive behind the attack. no word yet if he is dead or alive. ( james ) breaking news we are following out of virginia. police are investigating a shooting at a baseball the g-o-p baseball team. house majority whip steve scalise has been shot along with some of his aides. no word on his condition yet or the condition of his aides. ( mark ) breaking news we are following out of virginia. police are investigating a shooting at a baseball practice for the g-o-p baseball team. house majority whip steve scalise has been shot along with some of his aides. no word on his condition yet or the condition of his aides. ( mark ) at least six people are dead after a fire tears through a 24-story apartment

steve scalise of louisiana, a true friend and patriot, was badly injured but will fully recover."he adds, "our thoughts and prayers are with him."scalise, who is the majority whip, and a number of aides and capitol police officers were shot wednesday morning. alexandria police say the suspect is in custody.óóó8:40 a.m.president donald trump says he and the vice president are "deeply saddened" by news of a shooting "tragedy" at a congressional baseball game. the president said in a statement wednesday that "the vice president and i are aware of the shooting incident in virginia and are monitoring developments closely."rep. steve scalise and a number of aides and capitol police officers were shot. alexandria police say the suspect is in custody.trump says, "we are deeply saddened by this tragedy. our thoughts and prayers are with the members of congress, their staffs, capitol police, first responders, and all others affected."óóó8:15 a.m.house majority whip steve scalise of louisiana was shot wednesday congressiona

he shot at steve scalise, our second baseman. he hit steve scalise. scalise's security detail and capitol hill police immediately began -- returned fire. 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. so the heroes are the capitol hill police, alexandria police, and steve scalise's security detail. >> 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. he had a rifle, and i think he had an automatic pistol, but i wouldn't swear it. >> can you tell us what it must have been like in this idyllic setting? >> look, there's going to be all kinds of -- i'm the manager of the team. several people -- security people were hit. one of our staffers were hit. scalise was hit. i've talked to the speaker. i've talked to the capitol hill police. i'm sure there will be some sort of a general statement later on, but luckily no one appeared to be killed, and again, i just

steve scalise. before this attack there were concerns that a play in new york city portraying the assassination of the character looking like the president could potentially provoke unnecessary violence. >> we have the right to be free in this country, to elect our leaders, the right to vote against them if we disagree with their policies, we got to ratchet down the rhetoric we have seen not only on social media but in the media, the 24 hour news cycle, these things have to stop. this is a result of political rhetorical terrorism. that has to stop. rob: political rhetorical terrorism, ronnie davis was on the baseball field yesterday. is the right? is divisive political rhetoric to blame for this? christopher bedford, editor in chief of the daily caller news foundation, thanks for coming on this morning, you saw this coming, didn't you? >> it has been a longtime coming, you hear high-minded bladders are about trigger words and violent rhetoric, safe spaces, but the last couple months in the lead up t

and you could see steve scalise out in the field. he dragged himself from second base into the field to be a little farther away from the gunman. he was laying motionless out there. so i wanted to get to him but there were still shots going overhead from both sides and, so, finally when we heard the shooter was down, i just ran low out to steve and started putting pressure on it. and then we for about 10 or 15 minutes did that until the police arrived. >> how many members of congress were here. >> probably about 25. >> we want to bring in senator rand paul. he also was at that early morning congressional baseball practice and witnessed all of this unfold. senator, tell us where you were and what you saw. >> i was in the right field batting cage outside of the fence line and the first shot rang out and i grew up in the south. i'm used to hearing an occasional shotgun and it didn't sound like a rifle. and then there were a couple of seconds. everybody looked up and heard the sounds. but we were about ready to come back and do our busin

if steve scalise had not been there, it would have been a massacre because steve scalise is a member of leadership, he had the security detail. capitol police were on hand and first responders were there within three minutes. this is extraordinary. i want to bring in clint watts, and darren, a former member of the police department. what is your take on all of this? >> well one of the first things that i would assess is the active shooter protocol whether we're going to evacuate or shelter in place. after 9/11 people have disregarded police and have chose to evacuate. however we had some capitol police members that were on the scene and i think they were a very intricate piece in saving the lives of the individuals. one shooter was in possession of an ar-15. a difficult weapon to defend against even if you're wearing a bullet proof vest. therefore when we move forward, this event has been occurring for 100 years plus, this baseball game between democrats and republicans. i think the capitol police are going to focus more towards ramping up their security moving forward for additional

steve scalise was sit i -- hit in the hip. the security detail, if not for steve scalise, there would not have been anybody with a gun to fight back. security members came flying out of their car and engage the shooter. we have talked to peop minutes and people were calling 911, on the phone, they said they were ringing off the hook with people telling them what was happened. the shooter had a long rifle and reloaded at some point. magazine,a 30 round he went through 60 rounds of ammunition may be on the field. after the security engage them and shot back at him, there was a shootout between them and both security guards were hit. one in the ankle. that officer shot the man in the chest. we have identified the man as 66-year-old james t. hodgkinson from illinois, only had been in the area couple of months. his facebook page shows he was not happy with donald trump and clearly targeted republicans. we know he had a rifle and the police finally confronted him, he had a pistol out when they shot him. the president talked about th

he start at trent kelly, our third baseman, shot at steve scalise. 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. so the heroes are the capitol hill police, the alexandria police and steve scalise's security detail. >> do you know what the shooter looked like? >> he was middle aged man, blue jeans and a blue shirt. i think he was angelo. he had a rifle and i think pistol. >> can you please tell us what it must have been like in this idyllic tesetting, to have -- >> there's going to be all kinds of -- i'm the manager of the team. several security people were hit. one of our staffers were hit. scalise was hit. i've talked to the speaker and the capitol hill police. i'm sure there will be some sort of general statement later on. luckily no one appeared to be killed, and then i just want to thank the security detail. >> is there usually

house majority whip steve scalise had been shot. at least two capitol hill police officers were also hit. we know at least one congressional aide staffer was also shot. the president tweeted this just moments ago, representative steve scalise, a true patriot, badly injured but will recover. our thoughts and prayers are with him. that is from the president of the united states. congressman mo brooks of alabama was on the scene. he's joining us on the phone right now. congressman, how are you? >> well, i'm a little bit shooken up. the adrenaline is starting to calm down a little bit. the emotional aspect of it is still there. something i'll never forget. i mean, how can you? >> that's an awful, awful situation. so congressman, for viewers here in the united states and around the world who are just tuning in, tell us what you and your fellow republican lawmakers were doing at that ymca field and what happened. >> well, it's the home of the titans, the same high school team from "remember the titans" if you recall that football movie. m

he knows steve scalise very well. nancy cordes, my colleague on capitol hill mentioned steve scalise was part of the study group. so was mike pence. he always considered himself one of the conservative representatives. he knows all of them who serve in that coalition very well. very close to steve scalise, and as nancy was talking about the development of the passage of the president's effort to repeal and ac pence and steve scalise worked in lockstep on all the final vote counts and when that day came and the bill passed by one vote on the house floor, they had parisely the same republican whip count vote. they're very close, working in lockstep with one another. the president developing his relationship with those in congress. doesn't have a particularly close rip with steve scalise but nevertheless is shocked as everyone is. as i mentioned at k89 when i first came here t see krut service has beefed up the perimeter security here around the white house. there's nothing that has been changed on the compound itself. b

steve scalise is said to be in surgery now. here on the capitol grounds, we talked about this, i think, last hour, the fact this they've not lock this area down, which is a little surprising. >> they think the threat, to that practice, and no threat involving the other buildings, the capitol complex including capitol building it self. now they also say there is a more -- >> as you can tell, that was footage, we lost you, doug, are you back? >> yes, you got me? >> got you. >> okay. if you look off to your right here, see police are stationed, generally outside, if we look off to the right here, you can see, where police are generally stationed here, outside the capitol. we did see some more heavily armed officers, for awhile, but see up on the steps there, as well. so, again, police are saying that there is a more robust presence right now, in the capitol complex. which includes a number of buildings beyond just the capitol itself. but they don't seem to think that there is any kind of active threat right now in this immediate a

coming together and celebrating steve scalise. he had an italian american connection. >> you you would never see me wearing an sec hat except for this. >> it takes a tragedy to come back in touch with the humanity of people on the other side of the aisle. what can you two do long after this baseball game democrats and republicans are showing the same spirit you are finding now. >> we need to find more opportunities to work together. we actually know each other well and many don't. we need opportunities to break bread, have meals with one another, travel with each other, do things with one another. we know people on the committees but there are not enough relationships between republicans and democrats. >> i thought you were going to brag about how much my grandchlidren -- >> that's right. her grandkids actually like me, go figure. >> i do think when families get to know each other, we're proud of differences of opinion. we have the responsibility to find common ground and we stand our ground. we have a professional attitude toward

you were friends with steve scalise outside the capital. tell us about your thoughts. >> we are all devastated with the news, concerned not only for our families and our congressional family, but for our staff members and the other thing too, we are so concerned for individuals that want to visit with us out in the public sphere and it brings a new dimension to that as you think about the security of people that come to public events and interface with you at public events. >> we heard had he not been in a leadership role, had the extra protection, the situation would have been much worse was i heard the word massacre used. members of congress do not have protection and we are out and about. we drive ourselves places. we don't have special protection, but the speaker, the leader, the whip, the leader, the whip, the minority side have the detail and we are so grateful for capital police and their being there with congressman scalise, the protection they provided for all the members. our hearts go out and our prayers not only congressman scal

if represented steve -- steve scalise is better, it won't. david: they have also the debt ceiling coming up. steve mnuchin, the treasury secretary, has suggested they need to advance the raised because they are running out of money too fast. they don't have many legislative days left in the calendar. mike: they don't and they are supposed to go on vacation on the first of august. if they don't get a number of these things done by then, health care may just fall off the radar by that time. they do need to do the debt of budget, some sort whether it is continuing resolution or whether it is getting appropriation bills passed is an appropriate question. by septembert do 30. they don't have much time ahead. the other stuff that is optional could fall by the wayside. too early to say whether this will have impact on that. jonathan: i want to get everybody up to speed. the third highest ranked u.s. house republican and at least four others were injured wednesday morning at a congressional baseball practice field in alexandria, virginia. the preside

he shot at steve scalise, our second baseman. he hit steve scalise. scalise's security detail and capitol hill police immediately begin -- 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, so the heroes are the capitol hill police, the alexandria police, and steve scalise's police security detail. [ bell rings ] fun in art class. come close, come close. [ moans ] when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. awww. try this. for minor arthritis pain, only aleve can stop pain for up to 12 straight hours with just one pill. thank you. [ upbeat music playing ] you can't quit, neither should your pain reliever. stay all day strong with 12 hour aleve. check this sunday's paper for extra savings on products from aleve. hidden in every swing, every chip, and every putt, is data that can make the difference between winning and losing. the microsoft cloud helps the pga tour turn countless points of dat

punishment steve scalise, the house majority with, to members of the -- congressman steve scalise, the house majority whip, two members of the congressman's security force, a reported, he is believes the second member of the capital police took down the shooter here -- those are senator jeff flake's words. we know the shooter was shot. beyond that, we do not know about the condition report. a staffer, and a lobbyist, five people in all shot and wounded. tomorrow night's capital baseball game. we know the democrats were practicing at a field near gallaudet university, and as soon as reports came in of a problem here, you can imagine there was a significant police response over there in the district. they sealed off that area, also everyone off the field and got them away. at this point they were not sure if this was a coordinated attack or if this was a lone wolf. again, we know the number of people hit. we don't know condition reports. we are, pamela, at some point soon, about to get a briefing from the alex -- we are, pamela, at some point soon, about to get a briefing from the police

i heard a shot from steve scalise. i don't remember what was said because people were yelling, active shooter. i think steve scalise was yelling, i was hit or scream in because he got hit with the pain reaction. from there, once i realized that i was in a very bad position, i ran around the batting cage, which is a chain link area with a cover. it might not be chain link. it might be a plastic webbing. it has plastic around it, so at least the shooter can't see you anymore. i ran to the first base side, and then lied down, hit the dirt along with other congressmen or senator. i don't know who was next to me, but there were three or four of us. it occurred to me if the shooter came around the third base dugout, he would have us 10, 15 feet away lying on the ground, an easy shot. while he was still shooting, i made the decision that it was probably smarter thing to do to take a chance of getting shot while running. i dove in as did the other people who were with me, and hit the deck. in the dugout. in the dugout, there a

you know representative steve scalise very well. this is a horrifying mooring i think we should all reach out to hope that they all recover and everything is okay. >> have you been to the baseball practice there's not much security. and frankly i don't think there should be a lot of security. members of congress had to be available to the public. there is always a danger in a free society but i think you don't want the kind of a palace guard security that the president of the nine states gets. there is no practical reason for it. and they ought to run the same risks as normal citizens. whatever your prayers --dash make -- whatever your background our prayers go out. this is multiple victims of this. in house majority whip steve scalise has been worked on getting the vote. he has been on this program a lot talking about this. we are all in shock about the shooting. >> he is the number three republican for the leader of the house. he has sent a great job. the job i used to have a long time ago. if to go out in the speaker pics a direc

steve scalise was at second. after we'd been fielding for ten minutes or so, already taken dp, i go to duncan, let's beat the traffic and get out of here. we've had a good workout. duncan said, let's do it. we left a little after 7:00. the rest of the guys were still practicing. once we got into duncan's car, his aide's car, there was a gentleman that walked up to us, kind of a middle-aged guy, and wanted to know whether it was republican or democrats out there. duncan told them it was republicans. we both kind of shrugged it off. by the time we got back to the hill, when news broke, we immediately called each other and said, that guy was really -- we got to report that. so we report it to the capitol police. now having seen his photo, and i do believe, and i talked to jeff as well, we do believe that was the guy that has been identified as the shooter. the same guy that came up to our car before we pulled out five, ten minutes before the shooting this morning. >> his photo has been shared with members of congres

there's an update on the condition of congressman steve scalise. he was one of four people injured during a republican baseball outing, a shooting this morning as the fbi right now is removing evidence from the dead shooter's home. we'll have more on that story in a moment. also breaking news this evening. the president of the united states, not his campaign, not his advisers, the president of the united states, donald trump, is now, according to "the washington post," under investigation. "the washington post" says that special counsel robert mueller is investigationing whether president trump possibly attempted to obstruct justice. three top intelligence officials will be interviewed by mueller as early as this week to see what president trump may have said to them about possibly contradicting the investigation into possible collusion between russians and members of his 2016 campaign team. let's bring in cnn justice correspondent evan perez. evan, forget for a moment about what "the washington post" is reporting. what do we know? what is going on

steve scalise is a friend, colleague, and fighter for the people of louisiana. the mayor of new orleans had of this to say a short time ago. >> we go to battle politically, but personally we are very expectable of each other and like each other and that's why an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us and importantly, an attack on the country. >> he has two children and his wife is said to be en route to the east coast to be by her husband. >> heather: we will have continuing coverage on this brutal attack on democracy at a baseball practice for a charity game tomorrow night. that is happening after this break, stay with us. ♪ to err is human. to anticipate is lexus. experience the lexus rx with advanced safety standard. experience amazing. ykeep you sidelined.ng that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. >> is a very changed congress that will convene under that dome after that attack this morning. scalise is the majority

scalise, representative steve scalise tying a tourniquet for him and they just say they would not be alive right now had it not been for that security detail. >> he said it would have been a massacre. cecilia, thanks very much. we want to bring in ray kelly, former chief of police in new york city and, ray, you know, we've talked about this so many types before. we don't know anything about motive right now. all we know so far is that this was a single shooter. likely a white male in a blue shirt. but this is the kind of thing that we've been so concerned about. a single person can't be stopped. >> you're right. absolutely, particularly someone who obviously is willing to give his life. security detail is right there. they acted. the individual is still alive and we'll get the motive. we'll be able to execute warrants and go to his house, look at his computer work, that sort of thing but you're right, george, somebody willing to sacrifice their life, it's very, very hard to stop, apparently this game was or the practice was fairly well known in the area. >> ray, let me interrupt you

he hit steve scalise. scalise's security detail and the capitol hill police immediately began to return fire. and 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, the alexandria police, and steve scalise's security detail. and he was a middle-aged man, blue jeans and a blue shirt. i think he was anglo, and he had a rifle and i think he had an automatic pistol, but i wouldn't swear to that. >> what was it like in this idyllic setting to suddenly is have this. >> there's going to be all kinds of -- i'm the manager of the team. several people -- the security people were hit. one of our staffers were hit. scalise was hit. i talked to the speaker, i talked to the capitol hill police. i'm sure there will be some sort of general statement later on, but luckily, no one appeared to be killed, and again, i just want to thank the security detail, because

whip steve scalise. also, according -- one other message i have just gotten directly from senator mike lee, he says there was at least one other person shot, including a scalise staff who was shot in the chest and is currently enroute to the hospital. now, these are accounts from senator mike lee who texted me 12 minutes ago, asking if i had heard about the shooting that just occurred at the congressional baseball practice. we had not. it is over the river from washington, d.c. in alexandria a virginia. this is something where they get ready for the big game. abby: big game is tomorrow night. this is all breaking right now. we are bringing you everything we know. we heard there were 50 gunshots and lasted for a period of 10 minutes. brian: right. meanwhile, a guy most likely be playing in that game is congressman jim jordan. he was going to join us a little bit later. is he going to join us now to bring us what he knows. congressman, obviously, this is stunning news. do you have any more information on y

and to our colleague, steve scalise. hopefully he can watch the game on television, if cspan is televising it. we're thinking of him, too. you know, shouldn't take an incident like this to bring us together. i know in times of tragedy, we have -- americans do that. joe and i have been reflecting a lot lately just on how we can still maintain our principles and our legislative agendas and do it in a more civil way. when the leadership of this country is civil towards each other, maybe the public will start being civil to one another, too and the news media will be civil towards members of congress and the public. we can change the mood in this country so people don't get filled up with this kind of hatred. but tonight we wanto

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steve scalise is still in critical condition. he is still fighting because of that gunshot wound during that ambush at the virginia baseball field. investigators are digging into the attackers criminal record, his on line anti-trump rants. were there any signs he was headed in this direction? >> so this attack is testing the resolve of unity from president trump and lawmakers as their charity baseball game goes on tonight as planned. meanwhile, the washington post is reporting that special counsel robert mueller is investigating president trump for possible obstruction of justice. the president slams this probe as phony and the biggest witch hunt in american political history. we have it all covered for you. let's begin live in all sand rea, virginia. >> the fbi ramps up their investigation with with the help of other agencies and local law enforcement, calling for the public to come forward with any information they have as they try to dig into how and why he carried out this horrific attack. here's how it unfolded. >> the chill

>> we could see steve scalise out on the field. he had dragged himself after he was shot from near second base about ten 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 is 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. >> pelley: witnesses to an attack on american democracy. we'll be right back. ♪ introducing fios gigabit connection. superfast internet at an incredible price. with speeds up to 940 megs. that's 20x faster than most people have. and, it's just $79.99 a month online for 1 year. and only $5 more per month for the second year. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo for 1 year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years.

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 been like in the idealic setting to suddenly have this kind of thing -- >> look. there's going to be all kinds of -- i'm the manager of the team. several people, security people were hit, one of our staffers were hit. scalise was hit. i've talked to the speaker, i have talked to capitol hill police. i'm sure there will be a general statement later on. luckily no one appeared to be killed. and ag

he said -- steve scalise is in tough shape but is a fighter. pray for steve scalise. the hospital says they will give updates. reporting live, i am suzanne kennedy. autria: thank you. tonight's charity baseball game, what they were practicing for comment is going on. larry: congress member's a it is going on in spite of the violence. congress is refusing to be shaken. >> that's right. organizers for the game y it is one of the best ways to honor the us. security is always front and center here at national park. you can see where the metal detectors are usually at and they will be here tonight. the side that says to move your cell phones, batteries, laptops. the first pitch will be at 7:05 -- this game has been going on since 1909. they unite on the ball field to play for charity and fun. more than 600 thousand dollars has been raised over the years, helping underprivileged kids. this year, the capitol police memorial fund is being added after yesterday's ambush. security will be tight. d.c. police chief tweeting "we will do our part to ensure the safety of everyone at

the reason they're there, steve scalise is third in line in the majority. he's the vote counter in the house, the majority whip. we will keep you posted as we wait to hear from alexandria, virginia, police, perhaps capitol police at the half-hour. host: appreciate that, bill. we're getting our viewers' responses and reaction as well this morning on twitter. a couple tweets that have come in over the course of the past half-hour or so. jody says now congressional people know the fear the kids at sandy hook and the pulse nightclub felt. maybe this will change the -- add debate in congress. one said i thought this kind of stuff was supposed to stop under trump. getting worse. when chicago has a mass shooting over the weekend, nine shot -- and the main street media ignores. d.c. it's the holy priest. you can call in our usual lines for republicans, democrats and independents. we'll put the numbers on the screen for you. russell is in medford, new york. line for democrats. go ahead. caller: hey, how you doing? very sorry that people were shot, you know, but peop

representative steve scalise, the majority whip. he was actually right here and then crawled into the outfield. center flake said leaving a trail of blood, crawling into the outfield before they were able to rush out and render aid after the shooter had been neutralized. >> reporter: let's go to a news conference with the fbi. >> actually saving lives. i remind you this is an active investigation and details continue to unfold. i stressed this earlier and i'm going to underscore it now. that the fbi is not going to talk about the character or nature in which we are investigating this case. other than to say we continue to work this as an active investigation and an ongoing matter. there has been some confusion about the injuries involved. our statement sent out earlier today, this afternoon actually, identified the number of vict let me just review that quickly for you. five individuals were shot. a congressman, a united states capitol police officer, a congressional staffer, , a lobbyist, and the subject. an additional two individu

we don't have any update on steve scalise. we do see a couple capitol police cars and potentially his suv that is still here. he's inside but has told friends he's in good condition. chris? >> i know if you get an update on steve scalise, you'll bring it to us. let's go back to where hallie is. hallie? >> reporter: as we talk more about the suspected shooter in this case, i want to bring in now from the washington bureau pete williams with what he has learned. pete, what do you have? >> chris was talking about across that field from her is a ymca. that's important because people say they saw him, saw james hodgkinson at that ymca in the past couple weeks. the former mayor of alexandria, virginia said she actually talked to him and knows he has been in this area for at least five weeks. his neighbors in illinois said he left his house, he had been there recently, and came to washington. but we still don't know why he came to washington. his friends and neighbors have described him as someone who was distraught by the election o

. >> i see steve scalise out in the field. he dragged himself after he was shot from the near second base about 10 or 15 yards in the field. he was laying motionless out there. >> the emotional shock of seeing your friend shot where you're helpless, you have a baseball bat. they have a rifle. you're defenseless. >> our lives were saved by the capitol police. had they not been there, i think it would have been a massacre. >> this could be the first political rhetorical terrorist act. that has to stop. >> an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. >> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. thanks very much for joining us. we begin this hour with breaking news in the nation's capitol. a congressional leader and four other people shot and wounded when a gunman opened fire during a baseball practice early this morning. in remarks just a little while ago, president trump announced that the gunman is dead. >> authors are continuing to investigate the crime. and the assailant has now died from his injuries.

he shot steve scalise. >> steve scalise dragged himself after he was shot. >> i went out to steve scalise. it was like i was back in iraq as a surgeon. >> reporter: you hear that comment about being back in iraq. when the shooting was done, alexandria police had arrived. there was a shootout between they and the suspect. when it was said and done, five people were transported to area hospitals. the updates we have on some of them, the two capitol police officers who are wounded are said to be in good condition. steve scalise has come out of surgery. he's been awake and talking and in good condition. two people were taken to the george washington university hospital in critical condition. one of those is the shooter who has since died. that leaves one person who came into the hospital in critical condition. so we're not out of the woods just yet. >> yeah, i want to get more on the condition of the people who were hurt here. hans joins me from med star washington hospital center where congressman scalise was transported. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: we haven't gotten an official

of his friend steve scalise and his staff. so we're just really starting to get this information as it comes in. and here we have a shot. this looks to be from twitter of a helicopter arriving at the scene. perhaps a medivac. hard to make out from the picture. >> peter alexander just a few moments ago here on our air doing some reporting based on congressman moe brooks from alabama. congressman brooks was giving an interview and during the course of that interview, according to peter, sort of recounted what appears to have happened. shortly after 6:00 a.m., someone behind the third baseline at this park in northern virginia heard a rifle. shortly thereafter saw steve scalise, the congressman, the majority whip, crawling into the outfield. he was bleeding profusely, according to congressman brooks, who was also on the scene there. the eye-witness, mr. brooks, allegati also telling us that the shooter appeared to have been hit by gunshots. there are still a number of things we do not know at this point. among the outstanding que

and saw steve scalise, crawling into the outfield. he was bleeding profusely, according to congressman brooks. mr. brooks also telling us that the shooter appeared to have been hit by gunshots. there's a number of things we co-not know at this point. among the outstanding questions, is the suspect in custody? was the suspect shot and killed there? did he act alone? this is an area that appears to be -- the situation appears to be under control to a certain extent. >> we have somebody on the phone that can shed some light, charles hallaran. >> i came in the side door because the front door was locked. i came in the gym, and people were visibly shaken. a woman had been leaving. it went through the glass and into the pool area. another shot. >> you were in the "y." how close is the "y" to the baseball field? can you give us a sense of how close this was? >> 75 yards. it's adjacent. >> what did you hear about what happened here this morning? >> she said she thought some of the shots might have come from law enforcement but wasn't sure bec

here's cnn reporting about the shooting of steve scalise. he's the ninth sitting member of congress to be shot. louisiana steve scalise, the ninth member to be shot while in office. and one of two dozen targeted by mr. ayotte: tackers since 179 -- by attackers since 1789. gabrielle giffords, the congresswoman from new mexico, who was shot in january of 2011 in tucson, at her campaign event there. tweeting this morning her thoughts and prayers. my heart is with my former colleagues and their staff. and u.s. capitol police. public servants and heroes today. and every day. just some information too on the alleged shooter. "politico," here's a tweet -- host: your reaction, 202-748 -8921, 202-748-8920 for democrat. -922.thers, 202-748 robert, republican line. robert in pennsylvania. go ahead. caller: hi. this is robert. i pray for the people that were injured and their families. but i'd like to give three cheers for nancy pelosi and her comments. three cheers for the speaker of the house for his comments. and three boos for the governor virginia

steve scalise. one of the most powerful men. conflicting stories about what happened to the gunman though. >> yeah. right now we're getting reports from authorities that steve -- steve: all right. brian: bret, are you still wi . >> we are following this breaking news story out of the washington dc area about a member of the house majority whip who has been shot and others who have been shot at a baseball game. we will continue to bring you details but right now we will take a break and be right back. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison our water... and harm wildlife. and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] . >>> the president's crusade to let up federal regulations is taking aim at a consumer watch dog. why the president is going after this particular agency. >> reporter: the financial protection bureau cre

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steve scalise remains in critical condition. you were looking out a live shot of the nation's capitol. a live report from washington with the development. i'm lauren simonetti. >> i am laurie brought in for cheryl casone. robert mueller expanded its investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. election into whether president trump abstract digest this. quoting anonymous sources in the story. lauren: futures have been under pressure overnight. big tech stocks could face more selling today. taking a look the nasdaq futures down one and a quarter%. an all-time high yesterday 10 to 31%. laurie: stock price up after new interest rate increase and then filled lands to start selling a part of its massive $4.5 trillion fund portfolio. we will have reaction to the unwinding. traded to the new york mets overcome adversity to beat the chicago cubs and it is time. mixed martial arts master conor mcgregor. we will tell you what is at stake. laurie: good morning once again. pleasure to be with you. 5:01 in new york. welcome to "fbn:am," yo

. >> i could see steve scalise on the field. he dragged himself after he was shot near second base 10 or 15 yards into the field, just to be a little further away from the gunmen, but he was laying motionless out there. i wanted to get to him, but there were still shots going overhead from both sides. finally, when we heard that the shooter was down, i just ran low out to steve and started putting pressure on the wounds. laura: the gunmen was james hodgkinson from illinois. his social media posts were antirepublican and anti-trump. he died in hospital after being shot by capitol hill police. survivors say this would have been a massacre without their help. they are coming to terms with having to dodge bullets on what should have been a day for batting practice. >> the emotional shock of seeing your friend shot, where you are helpless, you have a baseball bat, they have a rifle. you are defenseless. laura: the shooting has shaken washington. both sides of the political aisle seem in shock. >> when you go to baseball practice for

suffice to say, our officers acted heroic today. >> reporter: congressman steve scalise, the third highest ranking republican in the house, a congressional staffer, a aid and two police officer, others injuries in the scramble for safety while residents are in disbelief. >> it's echoing everywhere and then you just hear boom, boom, boom. >> you don't associate those noises with my gosh there's a shoot-out going on in the front yard >> i thought it was horrifying. >> reporter: a left this alexandria neighborhood and the nation in shock. >> we're back live now at the simpson field here in dell ray neighborhood. what you're looking at right now is a live shot of what has been going on here, a sweep by alcohol, tobacco and firearms agents who have been going up and down the length of this baseball field tonight. scoping that out, picking up shell casings, trying to identify pieces of evidence. it is not just this baseball field, which is the crime scene here, as you can see, this tape literally comes up right to where we're standing, there's a playground next to us, it's a four-block region he

among them house majority whip steve scalise who is critically hurt. abc7 has team coverage tonight led by nancy chen at the capitol and jonathan elias at the scene of the ambush in del ray. jonathan: it has been 12 hours since the shooting at the simpson field behind me. earlier this morning this is where the member of congress, republican members were gathering for a practice to get ready for a charity game tomorrow night at nats park. after 7:00, a busy place. a lot of folks walking a dog, getting a walk in before they headed to work. that is when it was interrupted by gunfire. not a couple of shots. a lot of shots went off in the park right now. the game we understand will go on despite what took place on the field. let me show you a mass cam version, a bird's-eye view of the field. you can see house majority whip steve scalise was on second base. the gunman was over by the third base line standing in the grand stand to shoot over the fence. that is where we understand he opened fire according to witnesses. we understand that mr. scalise was hit in

they did not see the shooter, but obviously, they saw steve scalise -- steve scalise injured. this isn't an event where it's just members of congress. a lot of times, even the children of these members might attend if they are going to be up early enough for this. a lot of shock here as members figure out what happened. i want to bring in renee marsh. she has been looking at the time line here. there have been different discussions about how much time passed, obviously. these folks were under a lot of stress as this happened and the success seconds felt like minutes to them. take us through that so you can tell the viewers exactly what happened here. >> right, brianna. we're giving you the bird's-eye view of the event that unfolded. the del ray neighborhood that we're talking about where this happened is right in the alexandria, virginia, neighborhood which is about eight miles from where you are right now at the u.s. capitol. we know that the events and the gun shots broke out right here at the eugene simpson stadium. as you can see, it is a residential area. you have homes h

scalise. >> congressman steve scalise is a friend and a very good friend. he's a patriot and he's a fighter. he will recover from this assault. and steve, i want you to know that you have the prayers not only of the entire city behind you but of an entire nation and, frankly, the entire world. america's praying for you and america's praying for all of the victims of this terrible shooting. >> let's go to our senior white house correspondent jim acosta. that was the president's message for steve scalise. has he made other phone calls to these other survivors, their families? what is going on at the white house? >> reporter: he and the vice president have been making phone calls and our colleague jeremy diamond says that a senior official told him that the president is keeping tabs on congressman steve scalise's condition. he and the vice president have canceled their events for today. obviously the entire nation is very concerned about the victims of that shooting in alexandria earlier today. you heard the president talking about congressman scalise and how