just like the gabby giffords shooting in 2011, we had this great discussion. there s going to be a rachup of security. after nothing happens, nothing happens, nothing happens. it gets forgotten about. unfortunately, and especially in this case, they are actual fatalities in that shooting. we don t have today except for the shooter. i hate to say it but i think after awhile, this will go by the boards and nothing major will happen. we ll see about that. very quickly, the baseball game will go on tomorrow night. chief ramsay over at washington nationals park here in the district, thousands of people will show up. if you go to the game, they have good security when you go in. you have to go through metal detecters. they have good increase and maybe will increase it slightly in light of what took place. that will be a secure location. everybody stand by. up next, calls for unity coming from capitol hill and the white house. we ll report the latest when our
has died from injuries he sustained in the shoot-out with police. authorities have identified the gunman as 66-year-old james hodgkinson of belleville, illinois, according to a law enforcement source. investigators found anti-trump postings on his social media page. he was also a supporter of the presidential democratic presidential candidate cap senator bernie sanders. the gunman opened fire on republican lawmakers during the early morning baseball practice in alexandria. lawmakers were getting ready for a charity game tomorrow night. they say the game will go on at washington nationals park tomorrow night as planned. those shot and wounded include the house majority whip steve scalise. president trump today called the congressman a patriot and a fighter. the man who shot congressman steve scalise and four others was very active on social media. there were recent posts like this one, for example, on facebook. trump is a traitor. trump has destroyed our
from this sort of injury. he s undergoing surgery at the med star hospital center which, by the way, is not that far away from capitol hill right now. once again, congressman, steve scalise, the majority whip and the number three republican and the number three leader in the house of representatives was shot in the hip earlier this morning, 6:30, 7:00 a.m. when he was doing baseball practice with the democratic members tomorrow. we don t know if that game will go forward in washington nationals park. sanjay, stand by. representative dave brat of virginia is joining us right now. you were supposed to join us to talk about a whole host of other issues to talk about those other issues, while i have you, i want to get your reaction. you know this area. you know alexandria and the republican members of the baseball team, the roster of about 34 members. give us your reaction? we all know the risks, and i
know, this is something that has just stunned congressmen and the community here on capitol hill and it happened such a short time ago. people are still very much shaken up. we are seeing the schedule being affected here. we know all house votes have been canceled. the house is in recess until noon. these members are going to be getting a briefing this morning. we think it s going to be shortly before noon. so they ll be getting some of the latest information and a lot of them, of course, have concernses about what this means going forward and why this happened, wolf. they were supposed to be having this big baseball game at washington nationals park tomorrow to raise money for kids, a charitable game and thousands of fans show up for this game. we don t know, at least at this point, breanna, if that game was postponed. no, we don t know. i think the expectation in talking to members of congress is that may not happen, but we don t know that. the other thing to consider is somethin
the house just put out this morning. the hearts of the whole house are with the representative steve scalise, the brave staff and all those in harm s way. as we heard from mo brooks maybe 25 or 30 members of the republican baseball team. their roster has about 34 members in the house and the senate. they were getting ready for a big game against the democrats tomorrow in washington nationals park. they were practicing early this morning as they had been doing batting practice, field practice and all of a sudden a shooter shows up and starts firing from a rifle. joining us on the line joining us right now is david woodrough, a local resident who was running in the area when the shooting took place. tell us where you were and what you saw. good morning, wolwolf. i live about a mile and a half west of there when i happened to look over at the field and