it reminds you that they didn t sign up for this. but the other point tells us we have a real mental health crisis in this country, and whether it is the rhetoric or a bunch of other things, this is not the country that we know it is not the country we sacrificed to make a more perfect union. this country is probably on the verge of going backwards in terms of peace and tranquility and all those things, but nevertheless we will continue with the game tonight. senator richmond giving a limited update i think on the congressman s fight here medically, totally understandable, keeping a lot of that private as you would understand and of course talking about the history of the game itself there. any other additional information he provides, we will bring it to you as well. let s go back to the other
of the evidence. it is not a witch-hunt, no. i think he s got a job to do. clearly he s flirting with obstruction of justice. plus congressman steve alise, still in critical condition after yesterday s shooting. a nation still shocked but briefly united. steve in his own way may have brought some unity to our long divided country. senator jeff link joins us live ahead of tonight s congressional baseball game. what virginia s primaries this week tell us about which party will win and about the national mood more than a year before mid terms. this is mtp daily and it starts now. good evening, i am chuck todd in washington. welcome to mtp daily. we begin offering prayers for speedy recovery of republican congressman steve scalise, remains in critical condition after yesterday s horrific shooting while practicing with his colleagues for tonight s
tech: when you schedule with safelite autoglass, you get a text when we re on our way. you can see exactly when we ll arrive. i m micah with safelite. customer: thanks for coming, it s right over here. tech: giving you a few more minutes for what matters most. take care. kids singing: safelite® repair, safelite® replace. welcome back. the shooting in virginia eclipsed another big story out of that state, the beginning of general election for governor. saw a surprisingly competitive race tuesday, but not on the closely watched democratic side. lieutenant governor defeated congressman by a decent margin, 12 points, larger than people expected. the two were scheduled to hold a union tee rally but it was cancelled after the shooting. the republicans, their contest turned out closer than expected.
him and the good thing is i know steve and i know that he is a fighter and whether that fight is for the next two weeks, two months, two years, we know he will fight all the way to the end. when we got the news of the shooting through republican baseball practice, we were at our democratic baseball practice and i was there with my three-year-old and joe barden who coaches the republicans was at the republican practice with his ten-year-old. and just reminds you that we signed up for this as elected officials and we put ourselves out there so that we could do what we call public service to contribute back to the country. reminds you our families didn t. as i thought about steve s wife jennifer and his two children,
each other on the field. he handed out bats to his team, fancy, louisiana made red bats. because the republicans would never pitch to me in a game, i actually took his fancy red bat to the plate with me because they were going to walk me anyway. i remember him screaming from the dugout that bat was expensive and it is not to be used in a game. i said to beat republicans we don t need to use it. but after yesterday s incident, it really put a different spotlight on the game. one of the areas where republicans and democrats come together for a good cause, boys and girls club, the literacy project, and now the nationals baseball academy which is similar to urban youth academy in new orleans. i will tell you that we will miss steve on the field but steve has a long fight ahead of