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>> sandra: its been exactly one year since the gunman opened fire at the gop lawmakers softball practice and injured steve scalise. we will start at second base alongside his teammates. a special moment for those impacted by the shooting. congressman rodney davis was one of them and at the practice and plays catcher. well talk to him coming up in our 11:00 a.m. hour. >> now, history is against me because for whatever reason you win the election and then you lose lots of seats. i think were going...

Republican members nearly shot and killed during softball practice and they did nothing. after pulse nut club, republicans did nothing. after vegas, hundreds injured, over 50 killed. republicans did nothing. flip the house. republicans are not going to do a single thing after this shooting we saw today. >> is that true? >> i think republicans will act if faced with the prospect of mass losses. in answer to your question, what can be done? in a word, elections. advocates like myself and other gro...

The same conclusion. is everybody listening? the only variable that can explain the high riate of mass shootings in america is the astronomical number of guns. and it goes on to look at the numbers and give the facts. what do you say to that, david? >> don, we haare a broken natio on the issue of guns. lets be brutally honest about what we do know. i say this as a republican. republicans will never do anything on gun control. last sum eshgs you had republican members of congress shot and nearly ...

He was asked about it. he said now is not the time to talk about it. we hear it time and again. its important for you to hear the questions, especially on the scene of the tragedy. we all know congress has not taken action. by they i mean republicans. theyre the ones in power. they wont even meaningfully ask the question, what are we going to do to stop school shootings. you dont even have to have the word gun in the question. they still wont ask it. many are pointing fingers at republican leade...

Congressmen, we just saw jeff flake on the screen. hes one of the many lawmakers who was also at the congressional softball practice over the summer with that shooter. this is happening. its a lot. in the span of less than a year for this republican conference. are you a little shaken up? >> well, ill tell you, i was sitting directly behind senator flake whos here with his wife and his son. theres a dynamic of having a spouse and having your children here. but he has an older son. that has great...

Transparency. lets let republicans and democrats in middle america decide what is best because they get a chance to see it rather than politicians here in washington, d.c. thats going to lead to more bipartisan solutions and thats what i want the president to address tomorrow night. >> i will tell you that did stick with me that day, congressman, davis, when you said that. thats probably one of the things that stuck with me the most of that incredible day after that softball practice. thank you ...

Terms of trade, foreign policy, you see autocratic leadership like you see out of china or russia thats certainly going to be a problem for business. >> john, good to see you. thank you for joining us. john harwood, cnbcs editor at large. >> discharged from the hospital. a statement from medstar washington hospital center says hes now beginning intensive outpatient rehabilitation. congressman scalise, of course you remember, was shot during an attack on a baseball field. a softball practice just...

Theres only one invokana®. ask your doctor about it by name. good news here. nbc news has krmconfirmed that congressman steve scalise is out of the icu. the hospital previously listed him in fair condition. congressman scalise is out of intensify concern. matt micah a former congressional aide also shot at that republican softball practice is out of icu as well. white house press secretary sean spicer is about to brevief

Not at all. is this going to change policy? i am pessimistic. i hope so. eric, you were mentioning the rhetoric of political war rooms. >> eric: the media -- we do the same thing but the problem is when crazy people listen to it and look up to celebrities or politicians or media personalities, they take it literally and they take things into their own hands. which i would say is a better argument for the second amendment than any of this. >> kat: there is no argument for the second amendment. th...

Conde staired down cheney for a couple years. there will be nothing to shake and rattle her. >> this is the first of many. >> if she can handle an 80-year-old white man with a bad heart, she can handle anything. >> as a sequential hemaphrodite you are not welcome at the masters, what do you think of that, jerk? >> i will say this time you didnt start it with a jerk. now i can answer. mark cannot be talking about people being in the wrong room when he is conducting a news thing wearing what he ha...