The country, to shot world, that we are one house, the peoples house, united in our humanity, it is that humanity which will win the day and it always will. God bless. [ applause ] House Speaker paul ryan making empassioned speech in congress. The president praising the heroes who took down the shoot shooter. Our Brave Capitol Police performed a challenging job with incredible skill and theyre sacrifice makes democracy possible. Recommend also offering his thoughts and prayers to the injured congressman the Capitol Police officer, the congressional aid and lobbyist injured in the shooting. Tonight congressman Steve Scalise is recovering in the hospital listed in Critical Condition after surgery. Thank you for joining us at 5 00. Im lucy noland. Im iain page. This all began as you heard just after 7 00 this morning as republicans were actually wrapping up practice ahead of tomorrows congressional softball game. Heres what we know right now. Gunman arrived at the republican softball practice field around 7 00 this morning. Police say he was prepared way lost ammo when he opened fire. Capitol Police Officers with scalise fired back at the shooter ton night the gunman is dead. Foxs Caroline Shively joins us live from washington, d. C. To tonight. Good evening, caroline. Good evening, lucy and iain. Word started leaking out early this morning four people had been shot including congressman Steve Scalise apparently they were all targeted at baseball practice in a washington, d. C. Suburb. [ gunfire ] reporter the shots rang out as republicans were finishing their practice for the annual congressional baseball game. Leaving four people injured. Two Capitol Police officers, a congressional aid and congressman scalise the House Majority whip. Im shaken up. Um, my colleagues were targeted today by somebody that wanted to kill them. Called my wife and my children told them i love you. And dad is okay. Reporter the shooter is also dead. Hes been identified as 66yearold james t. Hodgkinson of bellville, illinois. A self described democratic socialist and former Bernie Sanders campaign volunteer. Violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society and i condemn this action in the strongest possible terms. Reporter that zen sent many echoed by President Trump as well calling on lawmakers to put politics aside today. Everyone who serves in our nations capitol is here because above all they love our country. Reporter meanwhile lawmakers remained stunned but most are saying they wont be intimidatintimidated and their s will remain unchanged. Continue to do your work. Continue to be accessible and thats my plan. Um, to continue to be out there in the community. Reporter congressional baseball game has been a tradition in d. C. Since 1909. We are told it is game on tomorrow night. They will pay at nationals park. Lucy and iain, back to you. 7 05c span is carrying from it what i understand. Caroline, we heard there were also children there. Reporter yes, this really humanizes it. Just the horror that this tenyearold representative joe barton his tenyearold was there congressman barton was by the dug out. His son was farther away. He couldnt get to him. He told him to run. He dove under an suv for save team they were speaking about this later today. Still both in their ball caps clearly shaken up by this incident but theyre both okay tonight. You dont imagine this happening, caroline, there you are bring your kid with to you baseball practice. Caroline shively live in washington, d. C. Thank you so much. Who is congressman Steve Scalise . Well the republican congressman represents louisianas first district. That stretches from the outskirts of new orleans to the bayous. He has served in Congress Since 2008. In 2014, he was elected to serve as the republican whip one of the leadership positions in the party. Scalise is married with two children. Congressman fat trick meehan represents pennsylvanias seventh Congressional District thon republican softball team. Meehan actually serves as the teams number one relief pitcher and says one of his colleagues from South Carolina actually spoke to the shooter and congressman meehan joins us live from washington, d. C. Congressman, thanks for joining us. Can you tell us about that . Yeah, thats jeff duncan from South Carolina as he was exiting the field this morning, a guy came up to him and asked him whether this was the congress sean team in which team was it and he said republicans and they moved on to their car only to hear the news report just a few minutes later and jeff told me that he thought he had spoken to the guy who was the shooter and when the news publish the picture he said that was definitely him. Congressman, were thankful that you and your colleagues are as safe as possible tonight. We understand that a lot of times you the pictures do the batting practice by that third base dug out which is where the shooter was today. But today nobody was there. Yeah, thank you for your kind words and sentiments, and what the pitchers, we will throw on a bit of a schedule but being that the game is tomorrow, we sat with the coach yesterday and everybody went through their routine. So that today there was no need to be at practice and i scheduled another breakfast for the morning. Had we been in that same location we not only would have been pitching in that space but you would have been contained inside he can tiff al cage with nowhere to go. And trust me, i thought about that quite a bit a few times in the last few hours. You know, there but for the grace of god you wonder why it was yesterday we were there and today not. But thank god and thank god for those officers who responded because quite frankly it could have been a much bigger tragedy had they not and so heroic. Absolutely. Congressman we know youre a republican of course representing the district in pennsylvania. But talk about the hug you got from representative tim ryan a democrat today. I know that was emotional for you. Can you talk about that . Yeah. Tim and i know each other as so many republicans and democrats from the long history of this game and we have a joke. Tim is a pretty good baseball player and one year i struck him out on curve ball. Sort of froze him, and you know, he jokes about it all the time. We walk and its a little back and forth. Well, this morning after the briefing it was one of those moments where we didnt have to say a word. He . Unfortunate came up and he gave me a hug and it spoke to what we, what we share and it sort of drove home the sentiment that, n we have for each other but the tragedy of today as we well. Well theres unity in the capitol tonight. Congressman patrick meehan, thank you so much for joining us on this very difficult day, of course, he represents pennsylvania seventh Congressional District. Thank you for having me on. Of course. So again, to recap here four people shot by gunman at a gop base base practice including a congressman and leadership which is why Capitol Police were there and were able to stop down the shooter. Our coverage continues on fox29. Com 24 7. Well have another life report from d. C. In just minutes. Developing to night in San Francisco, police say a ups employee shot and killed three coworkers at a delivery facility today near the downtown area. Two others were wounded. Police say the gunman then killed himself when he was confronted by officers who had entered the building. Police are still investigating the motive for the shooting. Day three of jury deliberations in the bill cosby sex assault case and still no verdict tonight within just the past 20 minutes the jurors had another question. The jury has come back time and again hear portions of the trial again. Our bruce gordon of course has been covering the case since day one and joins us from the Montgomery County courthouse in norristown. Bruce . Reporter yeah, the clock ticks and the tension grows. This Allegheny County jury of seven men and five women, ten white, two africanamerican, has now been at it for 24 hours and anyone who tells you that they know what direct this is headed where things stand, is blowing smoke up your shorts i can tell you that much right now. Cosby of course facing three counts of aggravated indecent assault for the january 2004 incident inside his home. The jury has now a total of six occasions come back into the courtroom looking for further guidance on one occasion asking for a further definition of a legal term. The judge declined to give them that extra information. On five times now, five occasions, theyve sought to reexamine testimony from one side or the other in this she said he said discussion. Twice they sought to hear testimony from andrea con stan. Her version of the events. Twice from bill cosby, his side of the story, and just now, they went back into the courtroom yet again we still at this hour do not know exactly what question they have. We do know it is a question not a verdict and so the clock ticks and of course the tension continues to grow outside the courthouse plenty of drama as well. Gloria allred the celebrity attorney representing some 33 other cosby accusers. I asked her about what theyre going through right now and andrew wyatt the cosby spokesman discussing what cosby is going through these last couple of days. Lets hear from both of them. I would say most of them are trying to be optimistic and theyre hoping for a verdict and theyre hoping that it will be a just verdict and theyre constantly checking in to see whats happening and why its taking so long. Telling old stories, you know, hes telling stories i spy stories, cosby show stories, family stories, family values. You know its just its almost like its in his home. Hes calling that room his dressing room right now. Of course if cosby is convicted he will trade that dressing room for prison cell. Still no verdict at this hour. Well be here when it news breaks. Iain . All right, bruce, we know you will, thank you. Flames tear through a high rise Apartment Building in london at least a dozen people dead. Tips to protect yourself should the unthinkable happen at your home or workplace. Philadelphia beverage tax looks like its here to stay at least for now. The reaction due to the decision from an Appeals Court tonight. 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Stonewall means fight back. Stonewall means fight back. Discover new york states rich legacy of equality. Plan your trip to our equal rights destinations at iloveny. Com we continue to follow a developing story a shoot tag congressional baseball practice outside washington, d. C. A gunman shot four people at a gop baseball practice including a congressman who remains in Critical Condition at this hour. News of the shooting reached democrats who were also practicing for tomorrows charity game. The team kneeled in prayer congressman ruben, from nevada snapped this emotional photo. Ryan company stelle low Chester County congressman was supposed to be at the gop practice where the gunman opened fire this morning. But he missed his ride by two minutes. So he wrote this on facebook. For the past two years ive played in the congressional baseball game for charity. This morning i missed my ride by two minutes and did not attend practice. We know now a gunman fire shots at that practice this morning. While i am fine, i am praying for my colleagues, majority whip scalise, police and staff. Former congresswoman gabbie giffords tweeted aft the shooting writing my heart is with my former colleagues. Their families and staff and the us Capitol Police. Public servants and heroes today and every day. A man shot giffords in the head during Campaign Event in 2011. He killed former phillies manager dallas greens granddaughter who was only nine years old a live report from washington, d. C. In minutes. Scary and tragic scene in london after a high rise becomes engulfed in flames leaving a dozen people dead. Officials say that number is expected to rise. You saw this as breaking news last night on fox 29 news at 10 00 and 11 00. The inferno broke out in a 24story building in the overnight hours london time. More than 200 firefighters balanced those flames throughout the night. In west land North Kensington district. Dozen of people are injured and family and friends are still trying to find people who are missing. The citys mayor says hes got a lot of questions about the construction. A firm hired to refurbish the building last year says its work met all required codes and regulations but that doesnt make it ease your for those who watched in horror. I saw one person trying to jump out. One actually jumped out and obviously what happened. Its a nightmare. Horrific just slammed the door shut. Immediate knew what the situation was. Rolled up some towels and immediately notified my wife and said lets get out of here. Investigators are trying to pinpoint what started the inferno and its raising all kinds of questions about what you should do if you live or work in a high rise an fire breaks out. Hundreds of high rises in philadelphia. Our dawn timmeney talk to the deputy fire commissioner about whether she should stay or go. Dawn. Reporter iain and lucy there really is no right answer it all depend on the buildings evacuation and shelter in place plan. The city says, any building over seven stories is required to have one and it must be approved by the Fire Department. Lisa free man lives on the 14th floor of a high rise on philadelphias rittenhouse square. And shes rattled by the deadly inferno that ripped through the 24story building in london. After trying to digest how horrific and looking at the footage and wondering how an entire building to be end sap so lated that way i think theres always certain fears about living in high rises. Reporter with that said her building has good safety plan in place and residents are notified over a pa system if theres a fire emergency. Will let us know can we remain on our floor . Should we go somewhere some place else . Even during a drill, we have been woken up at all kinds of ungodly hours. For which she doesnt mind. Deputy fire mission cher gary loesche says every high rise in the city must have an evacuation policy and practice it. He says residents should follow instructions but you always want no matter whats given to you you want to check before you open your apartment door. You want to check for heat. You want to city theres any smoke. Reporter if there is, keep the door closed. Put something that blocks the smoke from coming in and call 911. Give your name, the floor youre on and apartment number and the Fire Department will come and well get you. We need some fresh troops with air packs in the west tower on 23. Reporter Deputy Commissioner says he was an acting lieutenant back in 1991 when one meridian plaza a 38story Office Building in philadelphia burned out of control for hours. Three members on the 28th floor in the process of bringing them out now. Can we get some ems people up here. Reporter loesche knows first happened how deadly and difficult a high rise fire can be. Its very labor intensive. A fire thats burning on upper floors we basically have to more than double our triple or resources just to get up to it. Reporter three philadelphia firefighters died fighting that 12 alarm fire. Since the meridian fire et cetera now the law that all new high Rise Construction in philadelphia must have a Sprinkler System on every single floor. Older buildings were required to install sprinklers in common areas and basements. Iain. Dawn, thank you. Charges havcharges have beed against a delaware man in connection to that shooting of a sixyearold wilmington boy last week. Chelsea outlaw was charged with attempted murder recent lated offenses but tonight police say those charges are dismissed after developing some new leads in the case. Sixyearold gentleman sean banner remains in Critical Condition after someone shot him in the head while he sat in car on june 6th. The boys mother was shot in the arm. New information tonight in a center city crash that injured two people walking on sidewalk yesterday. One of them a 76yearold man has died. The second has an injured leg. Just before noon police say a woman driving a van ran into an suv on jfk boulevard, that van also slammed into a newsstand pushing it into those two people who were on the sidewalk. The man in the newsstand is not hurt badly. Both drivers are okay. The woman who crashed her van does not face charges. Philadelphia soda tax isnt going anywhere. At least for now. State Appeals Court has upheld the tax. The panel of judges rejected arguments from the American Beverage Association and local retailers that complained the tax is unlawful. The judges say it does not duplicate the state sal