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>> and when these first reports came in, people didnt quite believe it. the pieces didnt make sense, that this could have been at a baseball practice across the potomac in alexandria, that this might have involved members of congress. >> reporter: one of the things, having covered this body for so long. im aware of the game, im aware that they practice. sometimes when you get to work early in the morning you see members dressed in casual attire. you know theyre doing other things before the busi...

Who is standing in front of a wall. you can sort of help us map out, renee, where this baseball practice was. explain to people who are watching. why were these men playing baseball at 7:00 a.m.? >> right. theres this bick game thats happening for charity tomorrow, and they have been practicing pretty much every day before they head into their day jobs at work on the capitol, so -- at the capitol, and so thats what they were doing this morning and that was all happening in alexandria, virginia. ...

Everybody has a right under the first amendment of the constitution to address congress for redress of grievances, and thats why we do a lot of town halls so our constituency can come and talk to us directly face to face. your family should not be exposed to that and who would have thought that taking my son or in the case of cedric richmond, his son to a baseball practice in the early morning would expose him to danger. thats -- thats not acceptable, so that is something that i will think about...

Theyre doing okay because were all in this job and its a public responsibility and there are times when you feel the heat from your constituents or the glare of the media and people arent happy. >> you knew what you were signing up for, to an extent. >> but the safety concerns have become more pronounced, particularly this year. and when something like this happens, it kind of affirms within your own consciousness why you feel and should feel concern and make sure that when youre putting yoursel...

You, representative rodney davis of illinois. i take it, he was at that baseball practice. >> he was at bat when the shooting happened, actually. this is congressman rodney davis. you represent the 13th district of illinois, central and southwestern illinois. tell us what happened? you were actually at bat when this happened? >> i was batting. we heard a loud noise and felt like a construction site and somebody dropped a big piece of metal and someone on the field yelling run, hes got a gun. i r...

>> chris: finally, there was a welcome sense of unity on capitol hill today in the wake of that terrible shooting. nevada congressman ruben t1 tweeted this picture out of house democrats praying for the victims during their own baseball practice. members of the house and senate held the prayer sessions and for once, the talk on capitol hill was not about what divides republicans from democrats, but instead, what unites them. speaker tomorrow, well go out on the field and root for our t. we want ...

Fence and i saw this weapon and with the clip and what went through my mind, why would anybody have a rifle shooting birds outside of a baseball practice and then we heard the shots and members and the staff ran for the dugout. we -- i landed on top of the congressman and the shooting stopped because the clip was finished and then i started to get up and somebody in the dugout literally saved my life because they said stay down and then they said get closer to the wall. well, it turned out that ...

Shots, one after another, from this morning at baseball practice. a lobbyist, congressional aide and two members of the capitol police were also shot in this mornings attack before police ultimately took down this attacker. he opened fire from behind a dugout with some kind of rifle. police are trying to pinpoint why he did this, whats the motive. >> i actually left right before the shooting happened and had an interaction with who i believe was the shooter based on the profile that i saw on tv....

Of the constitution to address congress for redress of gr grievances and thats why we do a lot of town halls, our constituency can come and talk to us directly face-to-face. your family should not be exposed to that and who would have thought that taking my son or in the case of cedric richmond, his son to a baseball practice, in the early morning, would expose him to danger. thats -- thats not acceptable. so that is something that i will think about in the future. >> i bet you most members of c...

Always remember those who serve and keep us safe. god bless them all, god bless you, and god bless america. thank you. >> jon: the first confirmation there from the president of the shooter has died, a man who went to the congressional republican baseball practice, the baseball team is planning to take on the democrats tomorrow and eight charity baseball game that has been a fixture in washington for decades. just after 7:00 this morning, he walked up to congress, said who is this, was told that...