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Tower, anthony bourdain s film on cnn, only sunday, 9:00 p.m. eastern. back to washington, d.c. a ceremony that wrapped up honoring five law enforcement officials including the capitol hill police officers and alexandria, virginia, police officers who saved the lives of so many at that republican baseball practice last june. you can be see them there holding their awards. special agent crystal grinner, special agent david bailey, alexandria police officer kevin jobe, nicol battaglia and alexander jensen and as we heard from steve scalise wounded in this attack we would not be here if it were not for them. steve scalise said he would not be alive today if not for the heroism of the officers. we saw leaders of both parties up there. any time you see that it is a welcomed sign. a good day. a great honor. thank you all for being with us today. i m poppy harlow. i m john berman in new york.
Towards the danger. nicol and alexander and kevin, they came running towards the danger too. and these five brave men and women pro vented what would have been mass execution, a lot of members of congress that are here today wouldn t be here today, i wouldn t be here today, without the heroism and their bravery. i do want to mention, i know tiffany, crystal s wife is here, tiffany, thank you. you re providing great care to crystal and it s good to see crystal without her boot on. she s getting closer. she keeps challenging me. she actually inspired me to get these crutches and then she went down to one crutch and down to no crutches and no boot. i am so glad to see you getting so much better and one day you will be back to work and david, tiger blood. with we ve always had this
officer kevin jobe. medal of valor presented to officer kevin jobe, alexandria police department, virginia, for placing himself in grave danger to protect two u.s. capitol police officers, members of congress, their families, and congressional staff. officer jobe engaged an active shooter, neutralizing a volatile gunman, and preventing further injuries to innocent bystanders in the park. [ applause ]
Gunfire. matt mika, zachary barth, and beloved congressman and my friend steve scalise were each shot during an attack. others were injured trying to evade the incoming bullets, of which there were many. fortunately, from the moment that gunman began to shoot, he was met by return fire. capitol police, special agents, david bailey and crystal griner raced through the bullets, and that s exactly what they did. they raced through the bullets. and immediately engaged the gunman. minutes later, members of the alexandria police department arrived on the scene. officers nicole bataglia, kevin