others wounded. the shooting occurred on june 14. as lawmakers were practicing for the annual charity baseball game. this is 25 minutes. gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. dr. robert golden. please be seated. to members of congress, and are distinguished guests, members of the law-enforcement community from across the united states. on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. and welcome to american heroes week. america awoke to the news that a congressman had been wounded by a shooter. president trump will pay a debt of gratitude to the men and women who inspire the nation and all they represent. this week, good news. the nation rejoiced with word congressman steve scalise was released from the hospital. [applause] vice president pence: i know you are watching, so let me say we are inspired and believed by your recovery. we are honored to be joined by your remarkable and courageous wife jennifer. [applause] vice president pence: i know i spe
with the russian story and found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. nice. that s trump in tweet. joining me now are three national security reporters, charlie savage, adam entous and shane harris. shane, you ve got the story which follows up on what we had last night, that the special counsel is looking at the president for obstruction of justice. my question is how do you have to add to that? what you have now is you have the president both trying to convince director rogers of the nsa to come out and shoot down these issues of collusion, but also privately still continuing to doubt the very intelligence that the nsa collected that led to the conclusion that russia interfered in the election. we ve seen trump publicly talk about the fact he thinks they re nothing to russia, but to know that he s now saying this privately and continuing to argue with one of his intelligence chiefs about that, i think really reveals the degree to which this has
greg: despite the attacker, the lawmakers to the field tonight at nationals stadium in d.c. more on that as well as an update on congressman steve scalise later. we have seen a lot of finger-pointing since the shooting, after preaching unity, nancy pants blames the republicans. do you think see this equally afflicting the left and the right customer somewhere in the 90s, republicans decided on the politics of personal destruction. that s what has continued. greg: sorry, lady, the politics of destruction started way before that. the attacks on discourse, if you shutdown discourse, there s no stop gap between rage and violence. discourse keeps us from killing each other. knowing this, let s ask these questions. our conservatives the ones shouting people down on campus? are conservatives blockading offices and physically attacking speakers? are conservatives riding after elections? are they harassing professors for calling out racism? are they stabbing police forces? are
greg: despite the attacker, the lawmakers to the field tonight at nationals stadium in d.c. more on that as well as an update on congressman steve scalise later. we have seen a lot of finger-pointing since the shooting, after preaching unity, nancy pants blames the republicans. do you think see this equally afflicting the left and the right customer somewhere in the 90s, republicans decided on the politics of personal destruction. that s what has continued. greg: sorry, lady, the politics of destruction started way before that. the attacks on discourse, if you shutdown discourse, there s no stop gap between rage and violence. discourse keeps us from killing each other. knowing this, let s ask these questions. our conservatives the ones shouting people down on campus? are conservatives blockading offices and physically attacking speakers? are conservatives riding after elections? are they harassing professors for calling out racism? are they stabbing police forces? are
sourced. 99% are getting pushed around and the 1% are not giving a dam. amazing that this is the second story of the day, a huge one. obstruction of justice. reports out that the special counselor is zeroing in on president trump perhaps with criminal charges surrounding james comey s finding and trying to halt the russian investigation. so much to cover. good to be here in washington where we re going to begin where house republicans are meeting as we speak to talk over yesterday s tragic shooting. the house officially convenes in about 60 minutes, but today no such thing as business as usual. not after this. each and every lawmaker arriving here this morning. it is painful, painfully aware, that one of their leaders, majority whip steve scalise remains in critical condition, hospitalized just a few miles away. you re looking at live at nationals park where the game is still scheduled for tonight. this game, this unity, important more than ever. and our team is covering