most seriously wounded that day. joining us from nationals park and washington, d.c. nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d.c. on msnbc, kasie hunt. kasie, it has to be incredible to see steve scalise come back on the diamond. >> reporter: that wi i. >> that was a difficult day for those who were wounded but today i am thrilled to be able to be covering a much happier story and, of course, as the situation in washington can be, we are out here practicing on nats field today which is where the game will be held tonight and steve scalise was able to get out and practice with his team ahead of this big game tonight. >> it's been a long journey back to the baseball diamond for steve scalise. the number three house republican nearly died a year