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Ballplayers, arriving ready for the big game. >> steve scalise, this hat is for you. >> reporter: many in lsu hats, a tribute to the player not on the field. second baseman, louisiana congressman steve scalise, tonight, hospitalized in critical condition. shot down when a barrage of gunfire tore through the republicans' final practice. senator jeff flake tweeting, "we're all pulling for you, republicans and democrats alike." overnight, the president visiting him at the hospital telling reporters today scalise is in "tough shape." >> it's been much more difficult than people even thought at the...

Go. especially when leaving the field. >> reporter: that's when agents bailey and griner sprung to action. running toward the danger and returning fire. >> they were taking on a guy with a rifle from 90 to 120 feet away. they had pistmis pistols. he had a rifle. the bravery they showed is inn tre credible. >> these two capitol police officers are warriors. i have never seen anything like it. both had wounds and still firing. >> reporter: bailey and griner were at practice because they are security detail assigned to congressman steve scalise. the team's second baseman, but more importantly, th...

For 100 years plus, this baseball game between democrats and republicans. i think the capitol police are going to focus more towards ramping up their security moving forward for additional games. >> while it's not confirmed that it's an ar-15, eyewitnesses across the board have said they believe based on the sound of the shots it was an automatic rifle. congressman barton is speaking now. >> she started shooting, shot a her third baseman, shot at steve scalise, our second baseman. he hit steve scalise. the security detail and capitol police immediately began to return fire. and alexander polic...

Also that if it wasn't for the presence of the two the u.s. capitol police officers who were at the scene, that this could have been much, much worse. they're saying these two officers engaged the shooter and helped take him down and saved lives in the process, john. so a lot of gratitude being handed out to those two officers on the scene. not clear if one of them is the second person being treated here or not. we hope to get that information for you soon. >> brian todd, thanks for that information. we'll keep in touch. as brian noted steve scalise is a feisty conservative member of congress,...

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 ...