Jumping more than a thousand during the press conference, is settled after that. But they are all up big time, a vast difference from yesterdays blood bath. Hillary vaughn is live at white house, jackie deangeles the new york stock exchange, but alex hogan is life in st. Patricks cacathedral that would have beea very busy st. Patricks day. Reporter a year ago, i would be standing here with about 2 million people, watching a parade go by, this is a different side of new york from what people are used to seeing, as cases spread, more people are told to stay inside, the major landmarks in new york are empty. Millions of people worldwide are under lockdown, they vary country by country, here die he state. Most banning gatherings, and and 5 million. Pennsylvania will close state owned wine and Liquor Stores at 9 p. M. , new jersey closing malls, and ohio calling identiff prime elec election. These close ours cutting deep into the nations economy. In terms of the economic dislocation, it is
We are back, obviously, from the break. We are following the news very closely. We understand the president is going to speak to the nation at 11 00 this morning about the circumstances with respect to iran. We are absolutely unified as a conference, unified behind the president , unified with respect to the importance, significance, and the righteousness of the act the president took to eliminate soleimani from the battlefield. And i think its very important that following the course of time during the Obama Administration when the policy toward the iranians was nothing short of appeasement, President Trump has turned that around. President trump has made clear that the United States will not tolerate the kind of iranians maligned activity we have seen in the past and certainly will not tolerate the kinds of attacks that soleimani was instrumental in for so many years that resulted in the death of American Service members. We also think its very important for people to recognize at th
What do you remember about june 14, 2017 . I remember waking up excited about going to practice. As the day before the congressional annual baseball game and a great tradition. I was Just Announced to be the second base starter so i was excited about that you get out there early in the morning working with your colleagues and its kind of lighthearted because most of the real practice has already been done and youre just kind of going through the motions of getting ready for the game, and all of a sudden a shot goes out. Youre not thinking its a gunshot because why would somebody be shooting a gun on a baseball field. By the time we figured out what was going on, i got his and went down. Did you know you had gotten his . I knew that my legs gave out. I didnt necessarily instantly feel i was hit by just felt like something hits me that i wasnt thinking a bullet. When my legs went out and i was down in the gravel i started crawling away and i heard it coming from the thirdbase line. I nev
Colleagues getting ready. It is kind of lighthearted because most of the real practice has been done. All of a sudden, a shot goes out. You are not thinking it is a gunshot because, why would somebody be shooting a gun on a baseball field . By the time we figured out what was going on, i got hit. Did you know that you had got hit . Rep. Scalise i knew that my legs went out. I did necessarily know right away i did not necessarily know right away that i was hit. Play second gravel base. I heard it coming from the third base line. I never saw the shooter. There was more gunfire. I started crawling away. Pictures of a blood trail about 20 feet long and at that point, i started to pray. For some pretty heavy things and he delivered. How long were you out there . Rep. Scalise it seemed like an hour but i think it was only a few minutes. The whole thing was a 15, 20 minute period from when he started shooting and he was taken down. There were a lot of rounds, between the shooter and then dave
Reagan institute. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage director of the Ronald Reagan institute, mr. Roger zakheim. [applause] mr. Zakheim i appreciate it. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for joining us today at the Ronald Reagan institute. Which as those in the room no, carries on the legacy of our nations 40th president here in washington, d. C. As mentioned i am roger zakheim, director of the institute. And we are excited to host this event as part of our center for peace through strength, National Security innovationbased programs. In collaboration with congressman Brad Wenstrup and the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence for their really consequential series, beyond the skiff. And for those who are not aware of this series, what it means is you get to interact with the members of congress that never see sunlight outside our nations capital. Not that there is much sunshine today. But in reagan country is always sunny, so we will bring some into this disc