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>> sandra: it's been exactly one year since the gunman opened fire at the gop lawmakers softball practice and injured steve scalise. we will start at second base alongside his teammates. a special moment for those impacted by the shooting. congressman rodney davis was one of them and at the practice and plays catcher. we'll talk to him coming up in our 11:00 a.m. hour. >> now, history is against me because for whatever reason you win the election and then you lose lots of seats. i think we're going to do very well. i really do. i think the economy's doing so well, we're doing so well as a nati...

Republican members nearly shot and killed during softball practice and they did nothing. after pulse nut club, republicans did nothing. after vegas, hundreds injured, over 50 killed. republicans did nothing. flip the house. republicans are not going to do a single thing after this shooting we saw today. >> is that true? >> i think republicans will act if faced with the prospect of mass losses. in answer to your question, what can be done? in a word, elections. advocates like myself and other groups and organizations around the country, they are springing up and growing in power, they need to m...

The same conclusion. is everybody listening? the only variable that can explain the high riate of mass shootings in america is the astronomical number of guns. and it goes on to look at the numbers and give the facts. what do you say to that, david? >> don, we haare a broken natio on the issue of guns. let's be brutally honest about what we do know. i say this as a republican. republicans will never do anything on gun control. last sum eshgs you had republican members of congress shot and nearly killed after a softball practice and they do nothing. after the pulse nightclub, they had a sit-in ...

He was asked about it. he said now is not the time to talk about it. we hear it time and again. it's important for you to hear the questions, especially on the scene of the tragedy. we all know congress has not taken action. by they i mean republicans. they're the ones in power. they won't even meaningfully ask the question, what are we going to do to stop school shootings. you don't even have to have the word gun in the question. they still won't ask it. many are pointing fingers at republican leaders, not just me. including former gop congressman david jolly who said this on cnn last night. ...

Congressmen, we just saw jeff flake on the screen. he's one of the many lawmakers who was also at the congressional softball practice over the summer with that shooter. this is happening. it's a lot. in the span of less than a year for this republican conference. are you a little shaken up? >> well, i'll tell you, i was sitting directly behind senator flake who's here with his wife and his son. there's a dynamic of having a spouse and having your children here. but he has an older son. that has greatly weighed on us every single day putting today