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Republican-hating gunman. now that hes had a number of surgeries, what is next? i want to go to doug mckelway. hes outside medstar hospital in washington d.c. with the latest. fill us in on his prognosis. >> this was the long-awaited press conference that weve been awaiting here at washington medstar medical center. theyve had a lot of firth. we understand why now. we operate on the 24-hour news circle and want information immediately. the medical establishment operates on a different news cycle...

And for that reason, and i was part of it, when we withdrew a number of those sanctions that were under treasurys per viurv the reaction we got was generally support i have. both from regular cuban people on the ground and americans and from both sides of the aisle. but if he wants to really focus on sanctions, then what i would have done if that were my goal and i were president, i would have gone to my treasury secretary and said, this is my goal, which is what i want to do. clearly this is no...

Ssh surgeries in order to make a full roecovery. not much speculation, but a note of optimism by the hospital. were going to take a break. when we come back, well talking about president trump tweeting that hes under fbi investigation for his firing of fbi director jim comey and then he goes the extra mile to accuse rod rosenstein, his own deputy attorney general, of leading the justice departments witch hunt. trouble is, hes now contradicting himself, again. also, vice president mike pence ha...

>> i dont want to get into the details of what i think hes going through. i think were happy to see that he can respond to us and to the family. >> dr. sava, was the broken leg or the result of the bullet, was that a result of the bullet or falling down? its quite common that we dont remove bullets and fragments. thats the case here. i have not counted but id guess theres hundreds of fragments. usually theres more risk in trying to find and remove the fragments than benefit. so we have no intent...

Everything that they did for those shooting victims. we are all well aware here at the medstar washington hospital center of all that those folks did to save these people. we here salute their commitment, their dedication and their skill. i can answer a few questions. but as donna said, its possible that we will not be able to answer all of the questions due to privacy concerns. >> dr. sava, just a question here, you described multiple procedures and there was some confusion -- many of us are no...

Thank you. good afternoon. im dr. jack sava, the director of trauma at medstar washington hospital center. im here to give you an update on the two patients that we cared for after the shooting in alexandria, virginia, on june 14th. special agent crystal griner of the united states capitol police sustained an ankle gunshot wound. she remains in the hospital. shes in good condition and shes in good spirits. congressman scalise sustained a single rifle wound that entered in the area of the left ...

Thank you. >> good afternoon. im dr. jack sava, the director of trauma at med star washington hospital center. im here to give you an update on the two patients that we cared for after the shooting in alexandria, virginia, on june 14th. special agent crystal griner of the united states capitol police sustained an ankle gunshot wound. she remains in the hospital. shes in good condition and shes in good spirits. congressman scalise sustained a single rifle wound that entered in the area of the lef...

Two things, in some cases he wont be able to answer all of the questions to try to protect our patients privacy as much as possible but were going to share additional information with you. he also has another meeting to go to right after this so our residents are graduating this evening so hes heading to that. so we are trying to keep this somewhat tight. we do have a printed copy after this briefing is over, a printed copy of his remarks so youll have that for your records. before dr. sava join...

To go get prepared. who would have thought that god would have put brad out there on the field with me because the tourniquet he applied, many will tell you, saved my life so that i could actually make it to the hospital in time with all the blood loss. brad, where are you at? right down front. right down front. [ applause ] >> im glad. >> thank you. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> once i arrived at medstar hospital, i was a little bit out of it at that point. but luckily i ended up in the trusted ...

>> and steve, i know youre watching, so let me say were inspired and really by your recovery. its an answer to prayer. and were especially honored to be joined today by your remarkable and courageous wife, jennifer. jennifer, i know i speak for the president when i say that you and the kids will remain in our prayers until steve is back to work. jennifer also wanted me to recognize two medical professionals who cared for congressman scalise from the very moment he arrived at the hospital and ten...