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For 100 years plus, this baseball game between democrats and republicans. i think the capitol police are going to focus more towards ramping up their security moving forward for additional games. >> while its not confirmed that its an ar-15, eyewitnesses across the board have said they believe based on the sound of the shots it was an automatic rifle. congressman barton is speaking now. >> she started shooting, shot a her third baseman, shot at steve scalise, our second baseman. he hit steve sca...

Minutes this was over. five people shot according to the police chief in alexandria, virginia. we shad senators and congressmen coming out to describe the chaotic scene on the baseball diamond. here was senator jeff flake this morning. >> we were doing batting practice and all of the sudden we heard shots and it was clear pretty quickly that there was a shooter there was a high powered rifle. and we -- many of us dove in the dugout. steve scalise, one of the members of majority whip in the house...

Outfield. >> theres a volley of fire, and i just remember seeing sam kind of gravel being kicked up by a couple bullets, i guess, and i am thinking this is very serious. and a lot of us ran to the dugout to take cover. >> scalise is security detail and capitol hill police immediately began -- to return fire. >> 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. someone in the parking lot who asked m...

Third base side. by this time, i was behind home plate laying on the ground with larry by the fence. it was obvious that there was an active shooter. after about a minute, i got up and i ran and dove into the dugout where there was several people in there. >> there was a pile of you, right? >> absolutely. we were trying to get together. i figured the inside was the best way to cut down on angle because shots were being fired. >> reporter: how many at this point? could you even count? >> several....

>> came out to practice, started shooting. he start at trent kelly, our third baseman, shot at steve scalise. he hit steve scalise. scalises security detail and capitol hill police immediately began -- to return fire. and alexandria police also immediately came and began to return fire. they shot the shooter, and i think the security detail saved a lot of lives, because they attacked the shooter. so the heroes are the capitol hill police, the alexandria police and steve scalises security detail....

About what happened this mornin morning. across the field, practice gear are still left out, for the game that was scheduled for tomorrow. its a very residential area here, theres a ymca, a foo market, a copy shop, tennis courts and lines of homes here. people originally thought it was a construction mishap because there is construction. there were lots of things going on, and as it continued to unfold, they realized it was not construction. >> bill: thank you. there were reports that officers r...

There was a very rapid fire of shots. what went through my mind is that we need to get people away from the windows. since then i had some time to reflect. it is sad that our political discourse has gotten to this point. >> bill: was he moving and firing in a methodical way, or was he wildly shooting. >> he was crouched behind cover and moving in a crossed way as one does in combat. he was certainly methodical. >> by the time he saw the shooting happening, he had already shot the congressman and...

He fired two more times and i saw scalise go down. >> jon: former homeland security advisor for the state of new york, you bring an interesting perspective to the because of your experience. >> i am counsel for the sergeant of arms. we talk about this type of situation, how do you respond, what are the things he tried to do. in my former career i worked for the state police. what do you do to try to eliminate these threats and protect them? here is one of the nightmarish scenarios. but for the c...

Afterwards. the shooter just missed him and as horrible as this has been, it could have been a lot worse, but for the fact that the capitol police were armed and were able to return fire. >> its hard to deal if someone has a rifle, a high-powered rifle, and there were two members of the capitol police and part of the protective detail for congressman scalise, they were there and they had to deal with this until alexandria police and how long did it take, do you know, congressman, for the backup ...

Remember being on top of a few of other people, and i knew that was not a safe place. the gunshots after it slow down, eventually made it into an apartment building across the street where a good samaritan told three of us to come inside. >> bill: how many gunshots do you think the gunman was able to squeeze off at that point? >> you dont really count them as you are running away. >> bill: dozens, 50, weve heard 100. >> one is too many. >> bill: do you know how long it took capital police to ret...