line of casting blame for this heinous act on the president of the united states. now, whether this person that did this today is a disturbed human being or something more sophisticated, the world is watching here to see, are we going to continue to tear each other apart internally in this country, the president got it right today. what he has to do tonight is get it right twice in a row and in front of a crowd of partisans. if he does that, and no democrat steps forward to say, the president got it right today, that will be a tragedy. >> well, let's see what happens. but i want to bring in right now republican congressman joe barton of texas. he was at the republican congressional baseball practice when that gunman opened fire last year. thankfully, there were no fatalities. there were several people wounded. congressman, thanks for joining us. the shooting on that baseball field last year was a clear political attack by a left wing nut. do you believe that today this is potentially a political attack as well? >> well, it's obviously an