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And we not feel it personally. i can assure you every member of congress is a person. he has family and while we try not to show it, sometimes we do take it personally. >> yeah. there's just very few opportunities to interact outside having our suits on. i've watched joe's son jack grow up and i always have a yearly banter about him about trying to get a secret out of jack, saying, hey, yeah, tell me something that your dad is doing that i don't know about and jack would always say, i'm not telling you anything, you know. i'm not giving you any information, and -- and when you know somebody's ...

Ground. my son, jack, was under an suv and he was very brave. my other son, brad, was in the batting cage, and he also was very brave. >> senator joe barton, who had two sons there, including his 10-year-old son jack. kristen welker joins me now. this is a moment that brings the country together, for the worst of possible reasons. violence against a member of congress and the police officers, the two shot were crystal brinert and david bailey. heroes both. what is the president saying today? >> reporter: you're right, andrea, and you highlight the key point we heard from the president. he stre...

Thank the security detail. because they saved our lives. >> reporter: how long did it last? five to ten minutes. there were dozens if not hundreds of shots fired. it was scary. >> reporter: did you take cover? >> of course we did. >> reporter: where did you take cover? >> some of us were in the dougout, some on the ground. i was behind the dugout. my son jack got under an suv. he was very brave. my other son was in the batting cage and he also was very brave. >> that was joe barton from the state of texas who we just learned was the manager of the team. he recounted the scene. he had his young...

Several people, the security people were hit. one of our staffers were hit. scalise was hit. i've talked to the speaker, i've talked to capitol hill police. i'm sure there will be a general statement later on. luckily no one appeared to be killed and again i just want to thank the security detail because they saved our lives. >> reporter: how long did it last? >> ten minute, five to ten minutes. there were dozens if not hundreds of shots fired. it was scary. >> reporter: did you take cover? >> of course we did. >> reporter: where did you take cover? >> some of us were in the dugout, some in th...

Obamacare -- >> how far he moved the country is still an open question. now, the festivities are already under way here at the jfk library. in a few moments we expect the official ceremony to begin with a performance to start everything with -- by james taylor who sang at obama's second inaugural. and then the official presentation, with caroline kennedy and her son jack who is the only grandson of president kennedy, will present the profile in courage award to president obama. chris? >> thank you, rehema. thank you. joining us tonight is the washington post eugene robinson, josh earnest, time...