Youre with the guardian. You just broke my glasses. Last guy did the same dam thing. You just body slammed me and broke my glasses. Get the hell out of here. You would like me to get the hell out of here and i would also like to call the police. Can i get you guys names . You got to leave. He just body slammed me. You got to leave. A reporter for fox news saw the whole thing go down. Heres what she said. I myself was standing about two feet from both gianforte and jacobs when this happened. There was a table in between us. I did see the whole thing when gianforte grabbed him by the neck, both hands, slid him to the side body slammed him and got on top of him and started punching and then yelling at him. After the incident, gianfortes campaign issued a statement detailing their version of events. As greg was giving a separate interview in a private office the guardians ben jacobs entered the Office Without permission aggressively shoved a recorder in gregs face and jacobs grabbed gregs
They have looked at that video. They have not talked a great deal about it. They also say the suspect did not have a license to carry the three firearms that were recovered. Also some new elements to the timeline. Of the shooting. Authorities say that the suspect was, in fact, shot during a fire fight with the Good Samaritan, a neighbor who had heard the shooting. I talked to him a short time ago. They say the suspect also talked to his father by cell phone after he had been shot, while he was driving away. Authorities also revising the age of the youngest victim and the oldest victim. A 5yearold did die during the shooting, officials now say an 18monthold died as well. The oldest victim, 77 years old. We start this hour with reports from here on the ground in texas and also at the justice department. Pete williams is standing by for us in washington with the latest on the suspect. Pete, theres been a lot of focus on this guys connection to the church behind me, his connection to First
Community of roughly of 50 people. One we are learning more about by the hour. The motherinlaw attended this church. We know that he had made threatening she had received threatening texts from him. He was wearing a black mask that had a white skull face to it. However, investigators found evidence at the scene that indicates the subject may have died from a selfinflicted gunshot wound. 26 people were killed when defb kelly opened file. The First Baptist church behind me yesterday. Authorities now say the ages of the victims range from 18 months to 77 years old. As many as half of the dead are children. In a Small Community like this, literally everyone is affected. Everyone knows somebody who was inside that church. 7 percent of the population gone in minutes. Among those lost, a teenage daughter of the pastor and his wife, who were not inside yesterday but did talk about the tragedy late this morning. You lean into what you dont understand. You lean into the lord. And i would submit
We have a new statement from senator franken. Lets start with msnbcs garrett haake. At the capitol. Hans nichols is at the white house. Garrett, lets start there on the hill. Whats the mood . Are lawmakers excited . This is a dance that theyve been to before with the health care vote. It sounds as if they are certainly more optimistic about the chances for passes this time around. Well, craig, this has turned into a pretty weird day on capitol hill. Weve gotten used to some weird days. Theres on one chamber, everything has been completely rocked on the senate side by these allegations against senator al franken. On the house side, the president was here, essentially pulling a pep rally in the basement of this building, trying to fire up republican lawmakers to get this tax bill across the finish line. Yeah, look, it does look like this thing will pass the house. The fight continues in the senate. But republicans here are feeling relieved. Theyre feeling good. They were taking selfies.
The survivors, are now sharing their stories. It didnt get real until we came down this street. You came down here, right . Came down the street and there were bodies. Helped pull a young girl out and she was lifeless. Im sitting there thinking, you know, that could be my daughter. It all happened and we were just like holding our heads and praying and Holding Hands and then i got hit. I felt like a pain in my hip and it felt like a boulder hit my hip and thats when my boyfriend told me to get up and we needed to go and i needed to fight for my life. I know you wanted to thank him. I did. We brought him here. Hey, man, thank you, buddy. Of course. Appreciate it. That was some hug. President trump will be here in las vegas tomorrow. Today he is in puerto rico. The president and the first lady are getting a firsthand look at the devastation that maria left behind and he is also receiving a number of briefings as well. Briefings on the relief effort to help millions who are still very muc