some of this is confirming what we knew. we knew when he went to the hospital that told us something about the timeline, that it was more accelerated than he or the white house was letting on. how do you see this picture of someone putting so many people, his own family, joe biden, gold star families, his staff, congress, supreme court nominee potentially, although she had covid previously. what does it tell you about all the people being put at risk. it is a narcissism. in the context of our democracy, here s what really jumped out at me. at the first debate where we now have reason to believe that donald trump was did have covid. the source being here the guardian s copy of mark meadows book.
it is so cynical. it s really a sad i can t believe how dysfunctional that place is. there are some republicans inside congress who are speaking out against this kind of behavior. nancy mace from south carolina condemned what boebert said. as a result, marjorie taylor greene attacked nancy mace. i want to play some of the sound from her last night. what it says to me is that if you say something that s bat-shut crazy, you re going to raise money. that is the only reason she does that. she is a grister of the first order. and she does it to raise money. again, she s talking about marjorie taylor greene here. i m offended she said bat-shut. is that a battle nancy mace can win? probably not in this republican party. which is amazing.
a glimmer of good news tonight for congressman steve scalise and a frightening perspective on how serious his injuries were. he faced a serious imminent death. he is still in critical condition in the intensive care unit, but doctors today say they see signs of improvement. ryan noble outside the med star hospital where the congressman is being treated. and also you have some new information about the shooter, what can you tell us? reporter: that s right, john, cnn learning from law enforcement sources saying there was a list found on the shooter after the shooting took place on wednesday. that list included the name of a number of members of congress. some who were on the field at the time, among them mo brooks. none of the victims were on that list, john. at this point, law enforcement sources tell us that they re not ready to call this an
comey became friends at the formative moment in his career, and the thing for which he s best known. that being the case, i think the ethics rules dictate that mueller step aside. it s interesting because mueller was hired to investigate russia initially and the possibility of collusion, but it shows where this investigation is going, it might be a challenge, it might be that when he was hired by rod rosenstein, he wasn t even considering that recent mueller would be investigating the department of justice. is that one of the problems? that s one of the problems and one of the reasons that special counsels are problematic and that congress did not renew the law, and appoint an independent counsel, is that a special counsel has a preselected defendant and then you follow the evidence to it. the way an ordinary prosecutor is supposed to work ethically, is that you follow the evidence and find the defendant at the end of the evidence rather than at the beginning.
condition in the intensive care unit, but doctors today say they see signs of improvement. ryan noble outside the med star hospital where the congressman is being treated. and also you have some new information about the shooter, what can you tell us? reporter: that s right, john, cnn learning from law enforcement sources saying there was a list found on the shooter after the shooting took place on wednesday. that list included the name of a number of members of congress. some who were on the field at the time, among them mo brooks. none of the victims were on that list, john. at this point, law enforcement sources tell us that they re not ready to call this an assassination list, but this is obviously a key part of their investigation going forward. it s got to be chilling for the people who were on that list, ryan. what can you tell us now about the condition of congressman steve scalise.