Critical condition tonight. He is one of four people shot during practice for the congressional baseball game to be played tomorrow evening. Two others were also injured in the attack. The gunman was killed by the congressmans security detail. Chip reid is in alexandria. Nancy cordes is at the capitol. Well begin with chip. Reporter well, scott, we may be just outside of washington, d. C. , but people who live in this neighborhood call it small town, u. S. A. You can see a playground behind me. At 7 00 a. M. , there were parents and their children playing in this playground. And over here you can see a aseball field. And there was a relaxed and jovial practice going on there by the republican members of the house of representatives when suddenly shots rang out. Steve scalise, a congressman from louisiana, who is the third ranking republican in the house, was standing by second base. En suddenly went down, shot in the hip. He tried to crawl into the outfield to get away from the shootin
White house. Everyone on that field is a public servant. Our courageous police, our congressional aides. Who worked so tirelessly behind the scenes with enormous devotion and our dedicated members of congress who represent our people. Reporter the attack is the most highprofile act of domestic Political Violence on his watch. Mass shootings have become an unfortunate, but repeated, tragedy for recent american president s. Known for his often direct, off the cuff style, today the president chose his words carefully, after speaking with the wife of wounded congressman Steve Scalise. His speechwriter edited the remarks until moments before the president delivered them with his daughter and soninlaw standing nearby. We are strong els when we are unified and when we Work Together for the common good. Reporter a white house official said the president was very aware of the delicate nature of what was unfolding this morning. And he worked on his remarks with Vice President pence. Someone who
If we dont play this baseball game and we go home, then they win. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. House majority whip Steve Scalise is in Critical Condition this morning. Scalise and three others were shot by a gunman who opened fire on republican lawmakers as they practiced for a Charity Baseball game early yesterday. President trump visited the hospital last night where scalise is being treated. Scalise was hit in the left hip. He suffered broken bones, internal organ injuries, and severe bleeding. Hes listed in Critical Condition after surgery and will need additional surgery. Lobbyist matt mika was hit twice in the chest, once in the lung. Hes listed in Critical Condition. Zachary barth was shot in the leg and was released. Two capitol hill officers were also wounded. Crystal greiner was shot in the ankle and david bailey is listed in. Annemarie. This morning lawmakers are going to try to seth l
Motive officially. But as we heard from fbi officials eofficials earlier today, they feel they have a pretty good handle on this investigation. It is uncheer what that means but clearly they have some information that leads them closer, perhaps to a motive in this case. And when you look at this social media and these postings that were allegedly put on social media by these suspects, it was suggesting that yes he was following politics certainly in washington. He had put on his social media pages antitrump postings, several. What i read to you was just a sampling so. This is information that investigators will look to, as they try to put together pieces, pieces of this pulls. Puzzle. There is more information to gather, specifically ive said before. Why was he in washington, d. C, in this area alexandria, at that moment . Were there any threats from this man to members of congress . That is something that Capitol Hill Police would have investigated. Was he on their radar . So these ar
During practice for the congressional baseball game to be played tomorrow evening. Two others were also injured in the attack. The gunman was killed by the congressmans security detail. Chip reid is in alexandria. Nancy cordes is at the capitol. Well begin with chip. Reporter well, scott, we may be just outside of washington, d. C. , but people who live in this neighborhood call it small town, u. S. A. You can see a playground behind me. At 7 00 a. M. , there were parents and their children playing in this playground. Over here you can see a baseball field. And there was a relaxed and jovial practice going on there by the republican members of the house of representatives when suddenly shots rang out. Steve scalise, a congressman from louisiana, who is the third ranking republican in the house, was standing by second base. He suddenly went down, shot in the hip. He tried to crawl into the outfield to get away from the shooting. He left a trail of blood behind him. The assailant had a l