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Ballplayers, arriving ready for the big game. >> steve scalise, this hat is for you. >> reporter: many in lsu hats, a tribute to the player not on the field. second baseman, louisiana congressman steve scalise, tonight, hospitalized in critical condition. shot down when a barrage of gunfire tore through the republicans final practice. senator jeff flake tweeting, "were all pulling for you, republicans and democrats alike." overnight, the president visiting him at the hospital telling reporters t...

Go. especially when leaving the field. >> reporter: thats when agents bailey and griner sprung to action. running toward the danger and returning fire. >> they were taking on a guy with a rifle from 90 to 120 feet away. they had pistmis pistols. he had a rifle. the bravery they showed is inn tre credible. >> these two capitol police officers are warriors. i have never seen anything like it. both had wounds and still firing. >> reporter: bailey and griner were at practice because they are securit...

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...

Also that if it wasnt for the presence of the two the u.s. capitol police officers who were at the scene, that this could have been much, much worse. theyre saying these two officers engaged the shooter and helped take him down and saved lives in the process, john. so a lot of gratitude being handed out to those two officers on the scene. not clear if one of them is the second person being treated here or not. we hope to get that information for you soon. >> brian todd, thanks for that informati...

Members that arent on your committee. its really a highlight on the calendar every year. its a great, great, great event. and to be able to see it marred this morning in such a tragic way is really heartbreaking. >> david woodruff, a veteran congressional aide. thank you for getting in touch with us by telephone and telling us -- >> thank you brian. >> -- what you witnessed about this. we want to replay remarks by joe barton of texas who was interviewed after the shooting about what he saw and e...

Second baseman. he hit steve scalise. scalises security detail and capitol hill police immediately begin -- 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 police security detail. [ bell rings ] fun in art class. come close, come close. [ moans ] when your pain reli...

The most common side effects of viberzi... ...include constipation, nausea, and abdominal pain. stay ahead of ibs-d with viberzi. welcome back. time for sports. nba and nhl had the night off. well get right to major league baseball. to cincinnati, second baseman scooter jeannette enters the history books. four home runs against the cardinals. thats the 17th player to accomplish that, hitting five for five, including a grand slam, 13-1 victory. in kansas city, trying to extend a leading win s...

And carrying a no-hitter into the 8th inning until gregory polanco steps up to the plate. >> this one is hit hard again. that one is gone. >> he breaks up the no-no with a so low shot to the right that cuts the d-backs lead in half. arizona goes on to win it, 2-1. in new york city, the yankees trailing the astros in the bottom of the 9th. >> on the ground, base hit to left. he charges. the throw by jake is in time. astros win! >> thats a rocket. houstons jake more is sick cuts down jacoby ells...

Today our legislative function in order to not compromise on going law enforcement investigations and at the same time not confirm that law enforcement investigations ongoing. that is a recipe for having the ball plop between the second baseman and the shortstop. we are entitled to investigate under the constitution. they have executive responsibilities, and if we are only connecting with one another in a classified fashion, i dont think that serves the public interest, so we will pursue this fu...

Of tweets about the robot threa threat. he wrote -- already today, a fully robo ties factory reduces human jobs 95% and reduces deficits 80%. 87 tweets let later, he concluded that all will be left is uber technical human trained service robots. at least robots could never replace baseball players, or could they? [laughter] that thinks the best. a >> tom: he does it better than a certain light hitting second baseman. i guess someone forgot to put the joke in the prompter there.