Traveled across his pelvis, fractured bones and caused severe internal bleeding. Well have a live report from outside the Medstar Washington Hospital Center tonight, where the congressman is being treated in just moments. But first, we are moments away from the first pitch in tonights game, which has been breaking fundraising records and fox Business Correspondent adam shapiro, live at nationals park, in washington, d. C. Adam, good evening. Reporter and a good evening to you, lou. What could be a better show of unity than the fact that this event, which goes back to 1909, this charitable congressional baseball game. This year, has raised 1 million. Last year it raised 500,000. They doubled how much they raised for charitable causes in the washington, d. C. , area and sold far more tickets of over 20,000 sold for tonights game, and also added to the charitable causes that will receive funding, the Capitol Police memorial fund, because it was of course two Capitol Police officers who we
Two Capitol Hill Police officers who were shot according to our justice correspondent Pete Williams, and Pete Williams, those officers are expected to be okay. Again, all of this unfolding just after 7 00 a. M. On the east coast in alexandria, virginia. This is just outside washington, d. C. The situation right now, though, according to Law Enforcement officials, stable. This is a situation that is under control. They believe they have the lone gunman in custody. A number of folks who were there at the field describing him as a middleaged. Were told he was wearing blue jeans, a blue shirt, and he had a riechfle. We heard from congressman joe barton from texas a few moments ago. He said that it also appeared as if the gunman had a pistol as well. Perhaps even a semiautomatic pistol, said that the shooting went on somewhere between five and ten minutes. A number of other eyewitnesses say at least 50 shots were fired. It would seem as if, as the morning has gone on, that 50 number may be
Cancelled. Major garrett is at the white house and joining us with the latest on that. It was a short agenda today. Only one public event for the president , a a 3 30 speech at the department of labor to highlight his efforts to expand the workplace apprenticeships. That event has now been cancelled. And the white house is contemplating where and how and if the president will give remarks about todays tragic events. I can tell you that the president has telephoned House Speaker paul ryan and is making other calls to members of the House Republican conference and leadership and the white house is reviewing the president s schedule for the remainder of the day gathering more information and contemplating when or if the president will make public remarks on todays tragic events. One of the things we do not know what the motives were, but if this was terrorism, this is exactly the kind of impact that they want to have. They want to scare people, create disruption and that kind of thing. Th
On the grade. What is happening now. Now the crash is cleared, it has been gone for an hour but the damage is done when it comes to the commute in the east bay. 680 straight out of pleasanton all the way down to fremont because of an earlier crash on the grade. It is still very, very slow. Driving through. If you drive this commute and youre thinking, okay, i need to add extra time, you level do. And alternate routes really arent suggested. And ill tell you why. Because if youre driving over to 238 and 880 southbound, there was also an accident at mawry avenue that has 880 under the limit as well. Lets talk about highway 4. Slow from the slow from the antioch area all the way out to concord. That is kind of a slow commute. And traffic on the east shore freeway this morning from the cara liu bring to the macarthur maze, taking just a little bit less than 40 minutes at the bay bridge toll plaza. We have a backup of about 25 minutes before you make it on to the bridge. And San Francisco c
The courtroom and one juror seemed angry while a Court Reporter read bill cosbys interview from 2005. Last night, bill cosby left the courtroom without saying his hey hey hey catch phrase. The jury came back with two questions, one focused on the police detective, richard schaefer, who says cosby gave andrea 2 1 2 pills of benadryl the day she says cosby sexually assaulted her. Constand was in the courtroom with her mother yesterday but showed no emotion. A cosby spokesman came out yesterday saying the comedian is still upbeat taking this one stride at a time and waiting. I think these are intelligent jurors. They want to be able to go to bed and sleep at night knowing they made the right decision. We feel good about that. Reporter were hearing bill cosby has been taking naps in a Conference Room while they wait for word of a verdict to come in and go into the courtroom as one question after another has been asked in this case. The jury has been in deliberations more than a total of 24