Injured during a shooting this morning as the fbi is removing evidence from the dead shooters home. Well 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 Robert Mueller is investigating whether President Trump possibly attempted to obstruct justice. Three top intelligence fishes 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. Lets bring in evan perez. Evan, forget for a moment about what the Washington Post is reporting. What do we know . What is going on . We know that the fbi and the special council are gathering information as part of the investigation. We know theyre going to talk to dan coats, the director of national intelligence. Michael rogers who is the head of the National Security agency as well as the former deputy at the National Security agency. What they want to do is try to gather information to determine whether or not theyre going to launch a fullscale information of possible obstruction. Theres a few steps here before we get to that stage. But, look, theres no doubt here that that is where everybody believes this is going to go, because the president has made it almost impossible for the fbi or special counselor not to investigate him. One reason he fired james comey was because comey wouldnt go out publicly and say he wasnt investigation. At the time that was true. By his actions and tweets and statements, hes now made it impossible for that to be still true. Lets game this out. If the investigation goes into whether or not firing comey and everything are surrounding that was obstruction of justice, that could have ramifications at the department of justice. Right. Exactly. If now mueller decides he wants to investigate the firing of comey as part of an obstruction scheme by the president and other people, then the Deputy Attorney general who right now is the head of the this investigation because sessions had to recuse himself. The Deputy Attorney general is now the top official in charge of this investigation. He would have to recuse himself because he participated in the firing of james comey. It seems like it would be impossible for them to continue to oversee this. Then there would be another recusal at the justice department. Because he wrote the memo explaining why he thought comey he prepared the memo. He explained why he did it and believes he was right. Evan perez, thank you for the breaking news. Lets go to jim acosta at the white house at this late hour for us. Jim, what is the reaction from the white house to the Washington Post report . Reporter the white house is pointing us to a spokesman who is responding to the Washington Post story. We can show you the brief statement and talk about it. The fbi, leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, enexcusable, and illegal. A couple of interesting things about that statement, jake. One is that the spokesman for mark kas wits, this is not a denial. It is not denying the president is under investigation for obstruction of justice by mueller. It chocks up the story to an fbi leak. Thats not proven. Its just something the legal team appears to be throwing out right now as part of the defense of the president against some pretty bad news tonight. And j jim, an interesting tweet earlier this evening from the chairwoman of the Republican National committee, accusing mueller of making an unfounded accusation against President Trump. I dont know of any accusation founded or otherwise that Robert Mueller has made at least openly about the president. I assume there are there is some talking points being distributed for the president s supporters. Thats right. And we obtained some of the talking points. There are talking points somcom out of the rnc. Here are pictures of them right here. Essentially, it ended with a conclusion that says that here are the main talking point. The illegal leaks are the only crime here according to reports from the rnc. The committees have clearly struck out on the collusion charge and are turning to caseless obstruction of justice charges. It says there is no case for the charges and why is this fishing expedition going to end . A couple of interesting things. Weve been hearing from the republicans and the white house and the president s surrogates that the real crime here are the leaks. Now, obviously if the president was somehow involved in obstr t obstructing justice, that would be the overriding crime that would have to be investigated by authorities. So it does seem at this point that the rnc, the president s surrogates, the president s aides and allies out there are trying to put a stop to this investigation as best as they can, and put a stop to the Media Attention as best as they can with these talking points, but its unclear as to whether thats going to be successful, obviously, because when you have the president of the United States firing the fbi director going on nbc news and saying is it because of the russia thing, i did it because of the russia thing and james comey putting down in memos he felt pressured by the president. Obviously that is going to lead i would think most special prosecutors to at least take a look at this. All right. Jim acosta, thank you so much. You bet. Joining me now is Erik Swalwell of california. Represents the San Francisco area. Serves on the house intelligence committee. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. I wa i. I want to get your reaction to the shooting today. Youre on the democratic baseball team. Whats this day been like . Awful. You get up early and go to practice. You never think Something Like this could happen. We see police cars out there from time to time. We always joke, like, who would come attack us this early in the morning. And now you see why theyre there. Were all hopeful that the majority whip, his staff and the officers recover and that tomorrow night we can come together for a good cause and hopefully this can be a bridge to more working together in the future. The shooters facebook feed was full of antitrump rhetoric, much of it reposted. He wrote trump is a traitor. Its time to destroy trump and company. He is guilty and should go to jail for freeztreason. Do you worry that the left has gone too far in the rhetoric . I worry that anyone would think that the way to express themselves would be through violence, and the beauty of this country is our protections of speech, and sometimes we see from time to time on both sides it turns into violence, and it should be roundly condemned whoever the person is, whether theyre a republican, democrat or independent. It never should be tolerated to move your actions from a belief to violence. The question is if people are using rhetoric like this president is a traitor and the republicans are treasonous and destroying the country and theyre going to kill our people through health care and all this stuff, that might give the unhinged among you an excuse or a target as it were. Yeah. And i certainly hope that no one would be out there trying to incite violence. I think what we can do tomorrow is show the country were coming together. I was 20 years when september 11th happened. I was sent home and watched Congress Stand on the steps and hold arms and sing god bless america. Today we went and prayed together hand and hand. I think theres more gestures like that that we could do to just calm the tone around washington. Lets turn to russia. Whats your reaction to the Washington Post report that the special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating trump for possible obstruction of justice . We just want the investigations to proceed without any further interference from the president. They have a job to do. We have a noncriminal but important job to understand what russia did, whether any u. S. Persons were responsible. The president at every turn seems to rear his way in, obstruct, and disrupt. And he needs to get out of the way. And let special counsel Mueller Report back to the American People whether anyone in the u. S. Was responsible, whether the president if this is true, obstructed justice. What we cannot have is any further involvement by the white house. Are you concerned about the leaks leaks. A spokesman for the president s attorney didnt deny the investigation, but he said its outrageous that the fbi or whoever is leaking. Are you upset about the leaks or worried that it might give the president to fire bob mueller as it might be his right under the constitution . Leaks are bad. And the department of justice has a responsibility to investigate that. They should not be stopped from doing so. But there are also serious allegations here that need to be looked at. For anyone to impugn the integrity of bob mueller is stooping low. He is someone who has served our country, i think, with the highest integrity, and at least at this point, i dont see any reason why shouldnt at this point be allowed to go forward. The president should state he will not fire bob mueller. Is there a case the president obstructed justice . Let me give you the Trump Defense from people who support the president. They say if he did in fact say i hope you can see your way toward letting this thing go with mike flynn, thats it obviously wasnt serious enough that comey felt like he needed to do it and saying i hope is not do it. Theres wiggle room there. Yeah. First ill say this about comey. The president intimated he had tapes. Comey did not know if he did or did not. He came out anyway. If he wanted to embellish, he could have said the president ordered me to make the case go away. He said the president said i hope. But in that context, i hope, coming from the president with no one else around, sure, i think is a directive. And so thats something bob mueller should weigh. He should look for other corroboration. I think theres a story that admiral rogers and dan coats have to tell as well as Jeff Sessions and Jared Kushner who were allegedly in the room when the president ordered them out. I miss being a prosecutor in the courtroom. This is one im leaving to bob mueller and trust theyll report back to the American People. What position are you playing tomorrow night . Im usually designated a runner, not my glove or bat. Ill be a punch runner for anyone. Good luck tomorrow. Thank you. Steve scalise needing more surgeries than previously reported, and his battle is not over yet after a gunman with a left wing political vendetta ambushed republicans. Stay with us. Y282uy ywty this is a story about mail and packages. And its also a story about people. People who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams theyre handing us more than mail theyre handing us their business and while we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget. That your business is our business the United States postal service. Priority you now you drive 300to be fmiles to watch this. Dont get me wrong. You love flag dancing as much as the next guy. 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Late this evening President Trump visited the hospital, but he was not able to see congressman in his current condition. Three other survivors are recovering tonight, matt mika,a lobbyist, zach barth, and crystal griner. Capitol hill Police Officer david bailey was injured. Witnesses describe a chaotic scene with people diving over fences to dodge bullets. If not for the he rowic capitol Police Officers, i might be reporting to you about a massacre on the baseball field. There are new details tonight about the shooter identified as 66yearold james t. Hodgkinson. The fbi is now investigating the social media posts. One calling for President Trumps destruction, for example. Cnn is Digging Deeper into his back ground. Well documented hatred of President Trump and republicans. Right. We know the gunmen, he spent significant time on his laptop computer over the last two months near the scene of the crime typing up messages of hate. The gunman came to alexandria in march and filled his facebook feed with political rants. In public facebook postings james t. Hodgkinson repeatedly railed against republicans calling them stupid, writing that the party hated americans and is full of smoke and mirrors. In this post saying republicans are the taliban of the usa. And in march, linked to a change. Org petition. Trump is a traitor, its time to destroy trump and company. In 2015 he posted a cartoon about congressman Steve Scalise, the lawmaker he shot this morning, commenting heres a republican that should lose his job, but they gave him a raise. The gunmans profile picture, Bernie Sanders as uncle sam. James t. Hodgkinson reportedly volunteered for the sanders campaign, but theres no records of his involvement. The senator denounced the shooting on the senate floor. I am sickened by this despicable act, and let me be as clear as i can be. Violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society. Reporter after the primaries james t. Hodgkinson seemed to shift his support to jill stooin and shared antihillary clinton statements. He called and emailed his republican congressman ten times over the past year complaining about policies like health care. Congressman mike boss says there were no red flags even though in one email he wrote if you vote this way, well remember you. A Law Enforcement source says two weapons were recovered at the scene. An sks rifle that investigators believe was used in the shooting and a nine millimeter pistol. Next to the ballpark he parked his van. The fbi says hes been living in it since march. Do we know where hes at . Hes behind home plate. Reporter he joined the ymca on april 4th and cancelled his membership yesterday. He checked in this morning at 5 31 a. M. Staff saw him on his laptop. The former mayor of alexandria saw him at the y and engaged him in conversation. I concluded until i learned who he was today that this was a person that seemed very calm, very, no Mental Health issues or anything like that. He was very respective and spoke very well, and just a normal person. Reporter but at the local bar james t. Hodgkinson frequented the perception was quite different. I recall him sitting down. I go up and say, hi. Hows it going. He was very gruff, very, like, not friendly. Thats a good way of putting it. Reporter james t. Hodgkinson was arrested for battery in 2006 for allegedly firing off a gun and punching a friend of his daughter in the face and. The charges were dismissed later that year. He also reportedly belonged to antirepublican groups including one called terminate the republican party. According to his local paper. He repeatedly wrote letters to the editor denouncing republican policies and expressing concern about the Unemployment Rate and taxes. And james t. Hodgkinson was unemployed after quitting his own company late last year. He was fired from a job in 2003 for what his employer called, quote, unacceptable behavior. Meanwhile the fbi is piecing together all the details about james t. Hodgkinsons movements, where he got his gun, and jake, they can asking the public for any help they can give. Jez ssica, thank you. He was a medical medic. Brad win strap will join me next. Plus ill talk to a man who spent time in the shooter in the last weeks. Their interactions. Stay with us. Special report. Im jake tapper. Steve scalise remains in Critical Condition at this hour while three others are also recovering from shooting wounds. The most recent serious attack on a sitting lawmaker could have been worse if not for the brave Capitol Police, and if not for brad wenstrup. He served in iraq as a combat surgeon. He rushed to treat scalise. He gave us the chilling descriptions of what happened and how congressman scalise was doing shortly after being shot. You tended the wounds of congressman Steve Scalise during the attack. It sounds like you went straight into physician mode. How was he holding up during the moment of shock . He was doing well. He was talking. I was concerned about fluid loss internally. I found his entry wound but not an exit woubd. That concerned me. Even though we were able to stop the bleeding externally, i was concerned what was going on inside. So we were getting him water, gatora gatorade, to keep fluids going in and wanted to get an i. V. As soon as possible. Which we didnt have. Senator rand paul said if the officers wouldnt have been there, it might have been an massacre. Yes. Everyone was fenced in. The man, in my opinion, knew what he was doing, had been there before, had seen the set up. He started at a position of advantage beyond the third base dugout. No one is over there. Everyone is on the first base side. I was along the first baseline. Then he went behind the dug out and went to home plate and then went behind a building thats behind home plate and came around the back of that. All the while coming closer to all the people that were there and taking their escape rout and taking cover. Then he went back behind the building and came out at that point after exhausting a lot of ammunition with his rifle and at that point he had a handgun, and thats when they took him down. Thats when i was able to run out to mr. Scalise. Mike bishop said you were all sitting ducks. We were in so many ways. If not for the fact that the Capitol Hill Police were there. He was moving in toward us, toward our only escape rout. Steve scalise was a sitting duck. Everyone was basically a sitting duck in many ways. There was only so many places you could go, especially when leaving the field. So he never got as far as he would have liked. Im quite sure. But he was moving everyone into one area where he had hoped, i believe, to open fire on them. But, again, thanks to the Capitol Hill Police, he was thwarted. Sadly, others were injured. And were going to pray for them. I know theyre fighting hard to get well. Calls today from President Trump. The House Speaker and Democratic Leaders for a recognition of the shared humanity and some semblance of working together. Earlier aspoke with mark walker who left the field right before the shooting began. I started by asking him how he was holding up. Were doing fine. My heart and immediate attention as all of it should be to the ones still victims. Not only Steve Scalise, but a lot of times we talk about saying the name and those are the folks, david bailey and crystal griner along with Zachary Barth and matt mika. They are in our thoughts and prayers. Describe what you remember. I get a chance to be the starting pitcher. I was resting the arm this morning. It was a tragic scene, almost surreal. I had just, myself, when the shooting took place, we had departed. But in relaying accounts to several members, it was a tragic situation. Did you see the gunman . Did you hear him say anything . I did not hear or see the gunnman, but his first shot was at trent franks. Trent franks is a colonel, retired, playing third base. Its about 30 feet away from where the gunman was located crouched behind the third base dugout. You tweeted the gunman wanted to kill republican members of congress. Obviously his facebook is full of antirepublican viewpoints. The country is obviously divided right now, although, thankfully most people are not like this horrific shooter. What message do you want to send today to republicans and democrats and unaffiliated voters . Thank you for the opportunity. In fact, a few minutes ago when the first time the entire members of congress came together, i was asked to lead in a prayer being a former pastor. Ill share with you what i shared. A verse that said let our speech be seasoned with salt, with grace. And i think right now living in the days and times that we are, the rhetoric is quite heated. And i think it takes a discipline on all our parts to make sure were able to separate the policies from the personality attacks . Many people pointed out if Steve Scalise had not attended the practice, the security detail with him, because hes a member of Republican Leadership would not have been there, and the outcome could have been much worse. Do you think members of Congress Need to have more production . I will tell you, it looks like were trending that way, but to your point, had Steve Scalise not been there with a couple of agents there, there is no doubt in my mind there would be 15 to 20 potentially dead congressmen along with staffers as well. There was no way to defend yourself. Youre in athletic gear. You dont even have your phone with you. You have a baseball bat, but thats not going well against the guy thats bringing the fire power like this morning. The baseball game planned to go on as planned. Its a great bipartisan since 10909. The republicans and democrats have played. Tomorrow night at Washington National stadium, 600,000 weve raised to go to the boys and girls clubs in d. C. We think its a great cause, and its a great way to show that we are united when it comes to reaching out to our different communities to bring help and hope to these places. Congressman mark walker, thank you for your time and rest up your arm. Good luck tomorrow night. Thank you. Minutes before he started his rampage the shooter spoke with two members of congress. What did he say . Thats next. And well talk to a man who met the shooter. Did he notice anything unusual about his demeanor . Stay with us. For an exceptionally fresh feeling choose Philips Sonicare diamondclean. Hear the difference versus oral b. 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He opened fire at the package storage and delivery facility killing three and wounding two. Then he turned the gun upon himself. Its not clear how many people were trapped inside the location at the time of the shooting, but the company said the facility employs about 350 people. Police said theres no indication it was related to terrorism. Theyre investigating whether the shooter specifically targeted the victims. In washington two of the victims are in Critical Condition including Steve Scalise. He suffered an injury to his internal organs and will require more surgery. Lets get to brian todd at Washington Hospital. The statement from the hospital this evening suggests the congressman has something of a long road ahead of him in terms of his recovery. Reporter he certainly does. The hospital gave us jarring detail of the congressmans condition a short time ago. They say he sustained a single gunshot, a rifle shot to the left hip, that the bullet traveled across his pelvis. That it fractured bones, injured internal organs and caused severe bleeding. He was transported to this facility in shock, they say. He had one immediate surgery and then another procedure to stop the bleeding. Hes received multiple units of blood transfusion, and hes going to require additional srnls. He does remain in Critical Condition. Also tonight, jake, another victim, the officer who helped save a lot of peoples lives there today. This is special agent crystal griner of the u. S. Capitol police is in Good Condition after receiving a gunshot to the ankle. Witnesses at the ball field and elsewhere are telling us if it hadnt been for the presence of those officers, this could have been a blood bath on that field. The gunfire captured on cell phone video by an eyewitness seemingly came out of nowhere, aped at members of congress and their staffs. I hear the big blam, and i thought it was a car backfiring until the i see the rifle barrel, and a white male taking careful aim at congressmen, staffers, whoever he could get ahold of. Reporter witnesses say the gunman identified as 66yearold james t. Hodgkinson appeared to be laying in wait with a long gun behind the dugout at this alexandria, virginia ymca baseball field. On the field, republican representatives practicing for the annual bipartisan congressional baseball game. All of a sudden there were multiple gunshots being fired. Reporter it was just after 7 00 a. M. And rodney davis was at bat. Somebody on the field yelling run. He has a gun. Reporter Steve Scalise was the first victim. He was in the infield. He dragged himself after he was shot from near second base about ten or 15 yards into the field just to be, i think, a little further away from the gunman. But he was laying motionless out there. I wanted to get to him, but there were still shots going overhead from both sides, and so finally when we heard that the shooter was down, i just ran low out to steve and started putting pressure on the wound. Reporter a republican staffer identified as zach barth was also hit. He was gutsy. He was saying it wasnt bad at all. There was a hole in his leg. Reporter capitol Police Officers assigned to scalise because of his leadership position returned fire. I saw at least two of them go toward the shooter. They were themselves in the line of fire. Two of his detail were shot. One African American gentleman shot in the leg, and i believe hes the one that brought the shooter down. He ran around for while with a leg wound returning fire. Reporter witnesses are crediting the bravery of the officers with saving countless lives. It was the Capitol Police that saved us all. If it wasnt for the Capitol Police, i would assume that everybody would have been killed this morning. Reporter a total of four victims were shot including congressman scalise, lobbyist matt mika, staffer zach barth, and crystal griner. I watched Steve Scalise lay motionless on the field wondering if he was going to be okay. Thats a picture ill never forget. Reporter the hail of gunfire evident in bullet holes in the cmca building. Investigators try to find a motive and two members of congress are pointing to a conversation they had with the shooter earlier this morning in a parking lot. He asked me if this team was the republican or Democrat Team practicing. I responded it was the Republican Team practicing. And he proceeded to shoot republicans. Take that for what its worth. Reporter tonight President Trump and first lady melania came to visit with congressman scalise and his family. President trump, were told, sat by congressman scalises bedside and spoke to members of his family, presented them with flowers and also brought flowers were crystal griner. A dramatic day and evening here at Washington Hospital center. Brian todd, thank you. Next well go live to the home of the shooter where the fbi is gathering evidence. What are they finding . Is there anything theyre specifically looking for. Plus Steve Scalise, hes the latest victim in a long line of congressional victims. Lawmakers becoming targets. Stay with us. R ways to manage my symptoms. I thought i was doing okay. Then it hit me. Managing was all i was doing. When i told my doctor,. I learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of moderate to severe crohns disease. Even after trying other medications. In clinical studies,. The majority of people on humira. Saw significant symptom relief. And many achieved remission. Humira can lower your ability. To fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened;. 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There is a corn field right across from where were standing. A lot of them are shocked by the activity they see right here in their neighborhood. Ryan, as we reported earlier, the gunman left a social media footprint, political rants against republicans and President Trump, pro jill stain and pro Bernie Sanders. Did his neighbors say whether there were any signs that could have predicted that his political anger would turn into Political Violence in. Reporter well, there is five homes just in this area. Four of them we cant get to because the fbi has the area shut down. The one neighbor said one thing they never talked about was politics. He saw the Bernie Sanders sign up front, but he said most of the time they talked about home repairs and how the weather was going. Now, there was a time the Sheriffs Department had to come out here because of shots fired call. That was because he was using a deer rifle in the backyard. A neighbor became concerned. They came out here and realized he was doing everything legally so she stopped shooting, but neighbors hear shots all the time. It was not the gun used the sheriff believes, because it was a rifle, not a semi automatic weapon. All right, ryan young, thank you so much. Here with me is an attorney who works out at the ymca in alexandria next to the ball field where the shooting happened. He regularly saw the gunman. You say you saw the. I saw him and he was sitting at a different table. Most of the times he was sitting at the table in the back window that was shot out today. If you turn around 180 degrees, you can see the ball field. What was your impression of him . My friend hes a friendly guy. I tried to talk to him and i talk to everybody. I would look at him and he never looked up at me. Even if hes looking straight ahead and i am still in his still vision. He never said anything like he had this look of his own in the wor world. Did you ever try to talk to him . I did. Sometimes i would talk to people near my tables just to see if hes looking up at us. He will never look up at me. He will look at his laptop or having a blank stare. Do you see what hes looking at in his laptop . Well, he had his back to the windows. Even when he sat at the table in the lobby, he always had his back to the wall so no one could see it. Did he ever talk to anyone . He spoke to the former mayor, and i heard that hes a funny guy. He struck me as an unhappy guy. There are hundreds of people and heavier and thinner and every ethnicity and we are all funny and love each other and this guy, he never talked to anybody and he just sat at his laptop for weeks. So he did not fit in per se. He did not fit in at all. I try not to profile him of something. When i first saw him i thought he maybe a contractor there or a sales rep or somebody and i saw him weeks after weeks and never in gym clothes and always in polo shirt and did not fit in. He was living in his van parked near by, does that surprise you . It does. His clothes never looked like they were wrinkled or deshe desheveled. In retrospect, it did not sound like he would do something violent. The way you described him like a cranky old man. Exactly. He seems like a kind of guy just leave me alone, but why are you at the gym . Hes sitting there for hours and not doing anything. How close is the ymca to the baseball field . About 50 or 70 yards oh, it is really close. If you turn around, there is a little drive way and there is a parking area and the grassy area and the baseball field right there. We ran the tape at the congressman who was at the basketball practice today and thankfully escaped. He said it seems as though the shooter had scoped up the baseball stadium that he knew where to go to do this heinous act. Is it possible that he was at the ymca trying to stake out the baseball part . I think thats the only reason he would be there because this is not a coffee shop. You dont come there to hang out. It happened right where he was installing and consulting in his chair for weeks and weeks. The thing is when he asked about is this a republican or a democratic group, to me i thought thats a confirmatory question. Ymca is a secured place and ymca is careful of kids being safe. I have only seen kids playing on the field and not older people. He had to know something was up. I dont know whats in his mind but it was suspicious thank you so much. The shooting today sadly not as uncommon as you may think. Well take a look back at other members from congress who had been targeted. Stay with us. Uh huh. I switched to tmobile, kept my phone everything on it oh, they even paid it off wow yeah, its nice that every bad decision doesnt have to be permanent now you can ditch verizon but keep your phone. Well even pay it off when you switch to tmobile. Looking for a hotel that fits. 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The shooting attack involving most members of Congress Happening in 1954 when a group of puerto rican nationals opened fire in the house press gathering injuring many others. Luckily, all of them survived. Senator huor hewey long died. We often forget how much our Public Officials sacrifice for their services. It is no doubt of an unsettling day to be in the office holder. We at cnn thinking of all of you. I am jake tapper, i will be back tomorrow for the lead at 4 00 p. M. Eastern. Thank you for joining us. Good evening from washington, there is a lot going on tonight. News breaking just night of the Russian Investigation directly involved of the president of United States. People are terribly shaken here. Four people in were in the building around me, Steve Scalise were shot this morning and others was hurt. Many more around the country, they have been wounded in