The highrise Apartment Building up in flames. The death toll rising tonight. The mother who dropped her baby nearly ten stories to safety. Announcer this is a Special Edition of World News Tonight with david muir, reporting tonight from washington. And good evening on this wednesday night. Were back at the capitol in washington tonight, because of that awful scene that played out this morning. As lawmakers were practicing for an annual tradition, the congressional Baseball Game, when a gunman opened fire. It was not long before the gunman allegedly asked, are they democrats or republicans . He was told they were republicans. Five people were hit, including congressman Steve Scalise, a member of the house leadership. Tonight, hes in Critical Condition. After trying to crawl across the field to safety. Authorities now say James Hodgkinson was the attacker, the husband and Home Inspector from illinois. Who had Strong Political views. Tonight, that gunman is now dead, taken down by two Cap
reporter: two dozen atf agents and fbi teams descended on the scene, gathering evidence. as we see the evidence, a baseball glove left behind, of the panic in the ball park. and david kerley joins us live tonight from that baseball field in alexandria. david, we just saw authorities there on the scene. there s still a heavy presence at this hour? reporter: yes, david, we just saw five agents crisscrossing the outfield looking for bullets that were lodged in the field here. also, the fbi has issued a poster tonight looking for more informrmation about the assaila who they say was living in a white van in this area for the past couple of months. david. david kerley leading us off tonight. david, thank you. and as you heard david mentioned just a short time before we came on the air, the fbi putting out this bulletin. they want to know more about the gunman. how he got his weapons and who bought them. he was from illinois. he was a bernie sanders supporter and he didn t hide his