gone before us and done things that have been heroic and who oftentimes are forgotten. so he was a remarkable human being and should always be remembered for what he did for his constituents. this story is so dramatic. when we spoke on wednesday to the republican congressmen who were part of this baseball game and they talked about the ambush, you know, the police down there say that it took them three minutes to get to the ball field. but the congressmen or senators like rand paul described it as feeling like an eternity. to hear the gunshots and not to hear the sirens yet they described a feeling like an eternity. the idea that you endured 22 hours being left for dead, it s impossible to get our minds around what that experience was like for you. well, it was an experience
chris cillizza, and michael selden. chris, what is the impact of this type of tweeting, not just saying i don t agree and i don t like it and i think it will reveal nothing but the people who are doing it it is bad. it is a witch hunt and a sham. it is his mo and has been his mo not just in political life but his entire life. the new yorker, you are probably closer to this than i am not growing up there, but this is what donald trump does when a story comes out that he does not like. he attacks the messenger, pivots and tries to tell a story that s better for him. why isn t hillary clinton being investigated? the cumulative effect, it will continue to convince people who support him unquestioningly that this is a witch hunt, that he is the subject of an unfair and
evan perez is a great reporter, a justice department official says this. i give him the benefit of the doubt. doesn t smell right. now we have to tell you about this next story. you probably know congresswoman jackie spear. she s been on our air as well as many other networks. she herself survived a shooting that left her congressman dead and severely injured her. so we will get her take on this week s horrible attack on republicans. that s next.
trajectory, we changed the trajectory of these kids lives and there is nothing more powerful than that. your interest isn t passive. mentoring is huge. i only know because my mother runs a huge mentoring program. people like you in those kids lives make all the difference. it lets them know there are other avenues. when angel called me and said i ve got so much going on between work and college, i think i m going to take a semester off, i said, no, you aren t. her mother plays an important role in her life. i am there on and off. i m not there like her family is, but i m there when she needs it and she s given me more than i ve given her. thank you for sharing that story. we have been bringing you their causes every week. you can go to cnn.com and tune in tomorrow for a special event