congressman from indiana, gunned down on baseball practice field by someone from my state, i believed identified with the left in politics. it doesn t make any difference, it was outrage that good man has suffered because of it. we have the story in great britain, david amos, goess to town meeting and is stabbed to death in his constituency in england. even if we disagree on issues to a great degree, agree with the premise anyone who engages in violence or threats of violence stepped over the line whether they come from the right or left, i think that is what you were trying to say in your memo about the school board. i ve never heard the school board identified as great, strong, special interest group, i haven t seen that in years i ve been in congress and there are many great, strong special interest groups. thank you for doing that, it was
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member of republican house leadership is in critical condition after a gunman opened fire on a baseball practice field just outside washington, d.c. three other people were also shot. the gunman was mortally wounded in a shotout with capitol hill police officers who were part of the congressman s security detail. within the past hour the fbi identified the attacker as 66-year-old james hodgkinson of bellville, illinois. he had been in the alexandria, virginia area since march. was living actually out of his car. right now we are joined by someone who spoke multiple times with the gunman. former mayor of alexandria where the shooting happened. mayor, thanks very much for joining us. as mentioned, you spoke with this shooter, hodgkinson, several times over the last month. describe those conversations. wolf, i m a 20-year member of the local ymca. i live in a neighborhood and work out at the y monday through
distraug distraught. we agreed it was a terrible day and they went back in and were meeting with investigators and talking with them. and members of congress had only left a few moments ago. david, this has already this has arrived in an era where washington, d.c., to people visiting who are used to the old era, the pre-9/11 era, it s already changed so much. you see so many kind of hulking weaponized vehicles, motorcades of two or three vehicles, usually suvs. and it seems like every member of congressional leadership obviously cabinet secretaries, deputy secretary level, this can only heighten that kind of aggressive law enforcement stance if we now have to worry about a baseball practice field
rhetoric you re talking about, felt that was after eamped up. have you noticed an increase of threats and violence to your office? we get them. people will let go because they re angry about something. it s usually our young staffers on the front lines of the telephones that get it. i may not be targeted as much as some of my colleagues. some seem to particularly get the vitriol. you know, you report eed the incident is of great concern. you got emotional earlier today talking about the camaraderie and the fact that this happened at a baseball game on a baseball practice field with members of congress. i can see you re getting emotional now. i think i mentioned tim ryan, who is a good friend from the other side. we have a fun rivalry going on