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Capitol is waiting for additional word on those injured, there is a balance of trying to keep things moving and going forward, canceling certain events where appropriate and at the same time reeling from the shock. there's always a heightened awareness of the risk that the members of congress face interact in the world and yet when it happens, it is still such a surprise. and as we've talked about, this is a bipartisan tradition, one of those things that is a part of old washington in a much more hardened difficult time of our national discourse about politics where things are so much uglier f...

Enormous security because you have numbers of principles, even supreme court justices who attend. it is highly, highly secure under those circumstances. but a practice, that's something very very different. how was it known. one might imagine that they have practiced at this same location before. perhaps it had been observed before. but again the timing and all of that would not be something that would be readily publicly available. and i'm sure that is a part of the investigative process that they're looking at. so many events relating to congress are in fact advertised. they're tweeted about...

Let's take into consideration, senator rand paul was there. there should have been greater fortifications in place. granted this capitol police were heroes but there should have been more fortifications. and we have to take into consideration the entrance and exit strategies in the case of an emergency. and i don't think that was drawn out in this situation. >> and this is the end of innocence. this is the last time it will be like this. and you want to insist that this is just a baseball practice, part of a game that's been a tradition. of course, nothing is just that anymore. clint, hang on ...

Members that aren't on your committee. it's really a highlight on the calendar every year. it's a great, great, great event. and to be able to see it marred this morning in such a tragic way is really heartbreaking. >> david woodruff, a veteran congressional aide. thank you for getting in touch with us by telephone and telling us -- >> thank you brian. >> -- what you witnessed about this. we want to replay remarks by joe barton of texas who was interviewed after the shooting about what he saw and experienced. >> we were at batting practice, we have a congressional baseball game. we play every ...

Staffers here who told me they're trying to determine next steps. i of course asked if the president had reached out to steve scalise, any of the other victims, congressional leaders. that is all still being worked on, as is whether we will hear from president trump about all of this. in terms of the scene outside the white house, brian, pennsylvania avenue shut down to all pedestrian traffic earlier this morning. that has sense opened up. lafayette park had been shut down. all of that out of an abundance of caution, of course. that has opened up. you can tell how somber it is as this administ...