He was reportedly shot in the hip. Luckily, one of the other republican members on site at the time is a doctor. Congressman Brad Winstrop of ohio was playing with republicans was at the practice. He is an army surgeon who served in iraq. He was one of the members of congress who was able to personally able to render immediate firstaid to congressman scalise as soon as the gunman was down, as soon as he was shot by police and therefore safe for these other members of congress to get to congressman scalise as he lay grievously wounded in the infield of that baseball diamond. Congressman scalise has had surgery today after his gunshot wound. He remains in Critical Condition tonight. A former congressional staffer, a man named matt mika was also apparently playing with the republicans on their congressional Baseball Team. He was also very seriously hurt today. According to mr. Mikas family, they say he suffered multiple gunshot wounds in todays attack. Mr. Mika has undergone surgery and a
The alexandria chief. Thank you, chief. Were not going folks, were not going to answer any questions at this point because as the chief pointed out, this is an active, ongoing investigation. We call it crime scene hot because were collecting information and evidence. It would be premature for us to respond any further. In an hour and a half, we will come back together and give you an update on what we can speak to and perhaps answer some questions at that time. Were done right now. This is a stable situation at this point. Theres no additional threat. We consider this incident to be a closed incident under investigation. Thank you very much. Well be back in an hour and a half. Thank you. Youve been listening to both the chief of the Alexandria Police department as well as the Capitol Police chief of Capitol Police. Heres what we have so far. They got reports that nine minutes after 7 00 this morning of an active shooter at simpson park on monroe in alexandria, virginia. At that time re
Saying, quote, for the first time, im worried about the president. For the first time, im worried for him. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying when interviewed by the fbi last december about his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. The top snick the russian sanctions that the Obama Administration slapped onto russia in response to meddling in the president ial campaign. Flynn lied about his conversations with the Russian Ambassador specifically about whether hed asked the russians to refrain from escalating their response to the obama sanctions. Court documents say that on december 29th last year, flynn called a senior transition official who was with other members of the team at mr. Trumps Maralago Club in florida to discuss what, if anything, to communicate to the Russian Ambassador about the u. S. Sanctions. Nbc news is not able to report who that senior official is, but the Court Documents also reveal an important detail about another one of flynns communications with fo
Are increasingly under attack, Andrew Mccabe is out at the fbi. The reporters breaking the news on this story standing by for us with details. And whats its going to be like when donald trump walks into that chamber tomorrow night as a man under investigation on so many fronts. The 11th hour begins now. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 375 of the Trump Administration. The extraordinary rift between the white house and federal Law Enforcement agencies over this russia investigation has grown much wider and to some observers much more dangerous. Earlier tonight the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to do what the Justice Department warned them against. They voted to release a classified memo that republicans say shows the fbi and the Justice Department improperly used their Surveillance Authority in the russia investigation. As our nbc news colleagues write, the vote will quote, make public a classified memo about some
Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 375 of the Trump Administration. The extraordinary rift between the white house and federal Law Enforcement agencies over this vu russia investigation has grown much wider and to some observers much more dangerous. Earlier tonight the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to do what the Justice Department warned them against. They voted to release a classified memo that republicans say shows the fbi and the Justice Department improperly used their Surveillance Authority in the russia investigation. As our nbc news colleagues write, the vote will quote, make public a classified memo about some of the governments most sensitive secrets. The democrats on the panel describe the memo as an attack on the mueller investigation. And they say republican members are risking National Security to protect this president. This committee voted to put the president s personal interest, perhaps their own p