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 cared. The sheriff that he was called to the scene and co
Director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director, witch hunt. There are new developments tonight. Evan perez joins us with that. The new question is, will the attorney general Rob Rosenstein recuse himself from the russia probe. John, its looking more and more like thats where hes going to be, probably not in the next couple of days, but certainly as probability mueller starts staffing up his investigative staff, hes got about a dozen lawyers now, the real possibility is that Rob Rosenstein is going to become a witness in that investigation, because obviously he was part of the Decision Making to fire james comey the fbi director, and now that is going to be wrapped into whether or not the president was trying to interfere or obstruct the ongoing russia investigation, obviously this is something that has been on rob rosesteins mind. He has said he will recuse himself, when he learns from Robert Mueller whether hes going to be a witness, then hes going to have to make that decis
Erin, thanks so much. Good evening, everyone, from Nationals Park in washington. Where democratic and republican lawmakers are swearing off on the baseball diamond tonight, while trying to project unity to the country. Just about a mile north here is the capitol, while the country was united in shock and horror. The ball field shooting was just about 15 minutes a s away. And were not far from the hospital where congressman steve scali scali scalise is. And there is breaking news in the russia investigation. The Washington Post reporting tonight that special counsel Robert Muellers russia investigation now including Jared Kushners finances and business dealings. We begin, though, with some of the sights and sounds from the ballpark tonight. I want to thank members of congress, their staffs and baseball fans across the country for supporting tonights congressional baseball game. O say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broa
His colleagues call for unity and a change in tone here in the beltway. But are any of them actually doing anything to shift the rhetoric. Well look at that and deadlock, the judge in the bill cosby Sexual Assault trial ordering that jury to keep trying after they informed him they are deadlocked. Is a mistrial or hung jury imminent. Lets start with the russia investigation, President Trump pushing his jobs agenda before the cameras a short time ago. He has also launched an attack via twitter on a special counsel investigating this controversy calling Robert Mueller and his team, quote, bad and conflicted people. Nbc news has confirmed that mueller is expanding his investigation to determine whether the president tried to obstruct justice. Meanwhile, the Senate Intelligence committee, which has been leading the congressional charge here, has had more closed door hearings with key figures in the controversy. Last night, through today, were told. Im joined by nbc hans nichols who is a st
Following now because we didnt really have that concept in here. Maybe some of my guests have thought of it. But it hadnt crossed my mind until ari just said it. Thats right. He is a consequential man, this medical better fellow. Its a stunning day starting with that horrible shooting which were going to talk about in this program later. Use know, and everyone knows that anyone who works in the capitol, develops a real affection for Capitol Police. And to see what they did today heroically and what they were ready for is just an amaze thing to have seen. To have two of the three members of scalises protective detail, to have two of them pretty seriously injured in trying to save him and trying to stop this attack. It was incredible heroism. We will get more details on it. Right now a lot of thoughts and prayers throughout still for Steve Scalise himself and that congressional staff, both in Critical Condition tonight. Your sentiments are thoughtful and complete on this tonight, rachel.