last point there, john mccain issued a statement from his sick bed where he s recuperating from surgery, saying let s go to regular order, let s have hearings, let s have, you know, debate, let s work with democrats basically. and that s probably where they should have started in first place maybe, but for mccain to have someone issuing that or he issuing that, from where he is in arizona, recuperating, is very telling indeed. i want to go to kristen, though. what was the heads up to the white house crack legislative strategy team that lee and moran were going to defect after that dinner at the white house last night? they didn t get a heads up, andrea. they were completely surprised by the tweets. they were left flat footed. i spoke with one senior administration official who said, look, they didn t get a heads up at the same time. they knew this bill was in very perilous condition. the question becomes, why was the president meeting here with senators who supported the bill? well,
watching. it will be streergesd i m sure. we ll have extensive coverage here on cnn throughout the night as well. this is an important event in washington. it is. you were to did these members of all of the activities they have to do in this job is this one of their favorite nights, i would tell you that most of them would say this is one of their dpairt nights. they took the rivalries and relationships throughout the course of practice. when i was interviewing someone, he played on the congressional baseball team and he and jeff duncan, the congressman from south carolina would mock each other and their play. it really is a fun thing. recuperating now from his third round of surgery, we miss him automatic tll the best. here s an idea that someone wrote to me. jeffrey, let me get your thaulgts. if they really want to show some
mintz shot seven times charging at the shooter. his aunt said he was trying to save other students lives. here s a photo tweeted out of his recuperating, smiling at the local medical center and first responders being hailed today for getting the scene within ten minutes preventing even more carnage. nbc s jacob rascon is outside the medical center. jacob, powerful stories coming to light today. reporter: initially, there were ten people brought here. after the shooting happened, this place was chaos. the ambulances all rushed right here, only about two miles away from umpqua. and when they arrived, one of the people who arrived was deceased here and then others were carried away into another hospital because they were their injuries too complicated and too difficult and then some of the others treated here including the hero shot seven times but some of the good news today is that in all of the
home and probably at five to seven days it will just be a handful of folks left recuperate recuperating. [ inaudible ]. yes, we have no intention to transfer these patients. how are they going? oh that s a very good question. the question is how are they going home. there are a lot of folks here from out of town. in fact a lot of folks from other countries. there have been four amtrak representatives on site for most of the day, which is extremely helpful. they re able to help the families with incidentals, hotel, and transportation. amtrak has been very helpful in making sure they re cared for. are there any children? no we didn t see any children. in your experience how does this compare to things you ve seen in the past the magnitude of something like this? yeah the i was surprised at the number of rib injuries. that surprised me and the relative few head injuries. i think we were fortunate there weren t more deaths. i haven t seen the site yet. i know you ve all s
of drugs, valium, ambien. prosecutors say martin mcneill used medical knowledge to take advantage of her recent weakness while recuperating from surgery. he acquired the drugs and dispensed them to his wife in a lethal dose. we heard in the courtroom moments ago the doctor went right back to work right away after her death. prosecutors say he told coworkers he was doing fine and things happen for a reason. they noticed he was wearing a different wedding band. he told him it was an older ring. those are some early details starting to come out for potential jurors in early part of this trial right now. at the heart of the accusations against the doctor the prosecution says after his wife s body was found inside the family s home, martin mcneill tried to hinder the investigation to deceive a 911 operator, and staged the scene as an accident. michelle macneil, beautiful