pete: there is ribs. if there are ribs, there will be people. ainsley: never too early for ribs. pete: never. diners, plazas, whatever it, it s good. ainsley: it s friday. steve: it is a friday. of course last night was a big night. we had two hours of coverage of the baseball game here on fox. ainsley: record turnout for that congressional baseball game as lawmakers were stepping up to the plate one day after the shooting at the g.o.p. team practice. steve: the democrats won and then immediately handed their controversy over to the republicans to present to congressman steve scalise who is still recovering in critical condition at the hospital. pete: that s right. our own kristin fisher is at the white house with the latest. good morning, kristin. good morning, steve, ainsley and pete. president trump wanted to attend last night s game but the white house says that he wasn t able to because there wasn t enough time for the secret service to fully secure thagnat park. snat park.
says he wasn t able to because there wasn t sufficient time to fully secure nat park. so he made this video message. playing tonight, you are showing the world we will not be intimidated by threats, acts of violence, or assaults on our democracy. on this special night, i leave you with three great american words that for generations have torn down barriers, built bridges of unity, and defied those who have sought to pull us apart. ladies and gentlemen, let s play ball. in fact, one of the capitol police officers that was injured in the shooting threw out the opening pitch, which you can see there. at this event they also raised money more than a million-dollar for charity. that s more than double that was raised last year. ivanka trump also presented a $50,000 check from the friends in the trump administration. in the end, democrats won 11-2. after they were presented the