The vote to repeal and replace obamacare was planned to be up for an historic vote tonight. No more. The reason, republicans simply dont have the votes. Cnns latest count has 30 House Republicans either definite nos or leaning that way. The math is simple. Republicans can only afford the lose no more than 21 from their party, because, of course, democrats arent voting for it. So, now what . The House Speaker is huddling right now with his entire party behind closed doors to figure that out. A sign of just how high the stakes are for the president tonight, a fullcourt press from the white house. Steve bannon, Reince Priebus, the budget director, Mick Mulvaney, all over at the capital, trying to twist arms, as well. The Freedom Caucus, a group of conservatives is the linchpin right now. The 40 members have frustrated the white house and congressional leaders, as they have the numbers to either push this thing through, or force the bill to fall apart completely. The question right now, th
Investigated. Congress calling for unity after the senseless attack. The Charity Baseball game is going on as scheduled. The Washington Post is reporting that special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating President Trump for possible obstruction of justice. Any tone of conciliation ends right there. The president tweeting this morning saying that this is a phony collusion with the russia story. They found zero proof. Now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice. We have it all covered. Lets begin with Alex Marquardt live in virginia. Alex. Reporter good morning, chris. This immediately became a federal investigation because it was members of congress targeted. The fooibi is taking the lead. We are learning more about the attacker james t. Hodgkinson from belleville, illinois. Particularly with the past brush was the law. In 2006, arrested on multiple charges. Including two counts of domestic battery and discharge of a firearm and criminal damage to a car. And hodgk
Were learning more tonight about the shooter, who was killed by police, and his troubled life. We have fox team coverage. Mike emanuel on capitol hill where both parties are vowing to dial down the partisanship. Peter doocy is at Nationals Park where players and fans are gathering. Doug mckelway with an update on on the victims conditions. Start with our chief intelligence correspondent catherine harwich. Good evening. Tonight the fbi says there is nos to suggest that weapons were bought illegally. 99 are getting pushed around in the 1 are just not giving a [bleep]. That its James Hodgkinson six years ago. The fbi issued this poster seeking any information about the suspect before he opened fire on republican lawmakers. It was a highpowered rifle. Hodgkinsons neighbor says he witnessed a strange incident in march when the 66yearold opened fire in their backyard. I yelled at him, hey, stop shooting. There is houses. I didnt get any kind of notion from him that he heard me or that he car
House gop whip Steve Scalise remains in Critical Condition this morning after a day of surgery for his gunshot wounds that he suffered. And we are now learning more about the gunman who was killed by Law Enforcement after that horrific attack. Lets begin with cnns boris shaan che sanchez, live at Nationals Park where the game will go on. Boris, what are you seeing there . What do you know this morning . Reporter hey there, kate. Good morning. We are waiting for an update on the condition of Steve Scalise. As you said, he is in Critical Condition. We understand he had at least one more surgery to go through, but we dont know exactly how hes doing. Youll remember, he was shot in the pelvis, had serious internal bleeding. From what we understand, congressional leaders have asked that people give his family privacy at this point. Here at Nationals Park, there is an expanded Law Enforcement presence. We understand that several streets are going to be cleared and closed before the game today
Any questions because this is an active ongoing investigation. All right. So the police chief is giving some information. Just as important the information theyre not giving. They didnt want to release the identities or locations of the five people transported with injuries. There may be concern about a continuing threat. This is an active crime scene for them. There was one shooter engaged by Capitol Police and local police within three minutes he said they engaged the shooter. The shooter was hit. He, too, has been transported to the hospital were told by authorities. Cnn is going to have continuing coverage of this shooting in virginia at a gop republican baseball practice early in morning. We do note that the house gop whip, Steve Scalise was hit in the hip. He was treated there. His injuries are not life threatening. Lets go to wolf blitzer for continuing coverage of this situation. Wolf . This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news here in the nations capitol in washi