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Manager of the team. he was wearing the r, the red r uniform and hat for the republican base team. had his 10-year-old son jack with him. the kid, instead of enjoying a morning of baseball practice with members of congress ends up with this lasting memory of all these rounds being fired, of a scramble, of friends of his dad getting hit and hiding under an suv from a gunman who apparently came out of nowhere. unbelievable turn of events. kelly odonnell is next up for us on capitol hill. kelly? >>...

We dont know if alexandria police were just on post knowing this was an unusual event for the baseball diamond? >> reporter: well, brian, ive heard from people who said they got an active shooter phone call. so its not clear that the alexandria police were there sort of watching the baseball practice. but we know they got here within three minutes of getting the call. as you said, the whip, really the only person who would have had any official security detail here. its a regulation thats been i...

I got out of the building at 6:02. they said they just left. i went looking for a different ride. i couldnt find one. at 6:20, i went in and changed and got ready for my day and went to my office and was reading up on preparing for today and heard on the television that there was a shooting at a baseball practice and then i heard the word congress and looked up and it was the baseball field that we practice at. i cant even begin to describe the rang e of emotions that i felt. first and foremost,...

Has died from injuries he sustained in the shoot-out with police. authorities have identified the gunman as 66-year-old james hodgkinson of belleville, illinois, according to a law enforcement source. investigators found anti-trump postings on his social media page. he was also a supporter of the presidential democratic presidential candidate cap senator bernie sanders. the gunman opened fire on republican lawmakers during the early morning baseball practice in alexandria. lawmakers were getting...

>> the chair lays before the house a communication. >> the honorable the speaker house of representatives sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate. >> you just heard the house democratic leader nancy pelosi. before that the republican speaker of the house paul ryan both delivering quite emotionalra, here in the house of representatives paying their best w...

Protection. quite a bit. we saw at how a baseball practice, these officers were able to respond. so an emotional day at the white house, a now quiet day at the white house on not only the presidents birthday, but also flag day. a day when people are coming together emotionally. we stand behind the flag as well. nicolle? >> kelly o., incredible reporting all day long. anyone wants to get more texture on what this days been like, readily kelly o.s twitter feed. joining me from capitol hill, mr. co...

I went to s.w.a.t. officers school with the capitol hill police. i could easily see that they would have engaged the gunman and would have been running towards him. so in fact i think that their presence, their engaging the gunmen, even though they both -- two were injured, took the effort, you know, took the gunmans attention away from all the other people and he shot them. >> now, while we dont yet know, to your point, malcolm, what the motive was, clint, when we talk about the scope and that ...

Another, maybe the public will start being civil towards one another, too. >> lawmakers on the democratic baseball team were at practice when they learned about the shooting. their response was to gather in the dug out and pray. with me, congressman joe crowly, member of the democratic baseball team. he was on his way to the practice at the time the republicans practice was under siege by the shooter. thank you for being with me. >> thank you, greta. >> obviously unthinkable, tough. >> i was on ...

Police for their heroic actions to prevent further harm. >> now, john, our colleague jeff zeleny did speak to the person in charge of bernie sanders iowa campaign operation. robert becker who told jeff that nobody has any recollection of james hodgkinson, the man who shot the members of congress and opened fire during this baseball practice. according to becker, bernie sanders campaign aide, nobody has any recollection of hodgkinson. hes not anybody anyone can remember. thats the quote that he g...

The house steps and had a moment of silence to demonstrate that aids are also often on the front line >> sandra: for a lot of people, we are right in the middle of the workday here. this happened when a lot of people are on their way to work. just to recap what happened here, a congressional baseball practice was taking place in alexandria, virginia. we are now learning that the suspect, who the president said it is now dead, a 66-year-old man from illinois, approached from behind the dugout, sh...