>> charlie daniels tomorrow on the all american summer concert series. >> run to the radio. our first guest lindsey graham. >> bill: we're waiting more information on the condition of steve scalise at this hour still in critical condition. it was 25 hours ago when a gunman opened fired on the political leaders of our democracy. a tender scene at the hospital last night as president trump and first lady saw the house majority whip at his bedside. good morning. welcome to another day. i'm bill hemmer live in america's newsroom. >> shannon: good morning. long recovery ahead for the congressman. they also visited one of the injured capitol police officers being hailed as heroes for helping there not to be a massacre.

>> shannon: a bullet traveled across scalise's pelvis. he received several units of blood. >> bill: we're learning more about the shooter james hodgkinson. he died in a shoot-out with police. stunning video captured that moment. [gunfire] >> do we know where he is at? >> he is behind home plate. >> shannon: the first moments of uncertainty. terror recorded by a neighbor near the ball field where republican lawmakers had turned charity baseball game. catherine herridge has more on the shooter. >> they're tracing a rifle and. at the they will fox an incident in belleville,

illinois last march that only stopped after police were called in. >> he pointed the rifle towards the center of the timber and started shooting across the field, you know. it was a high-powered rifle. i thought good grief there are houses over there. >> a facebook page includes photos of bernie sanders and anti-trump rhetoric, it's time to destroy trump and company. spokesperson for the american society of home inspectors confirms a james hodgkinson was a member of the trade association but dropped out in 2015. a few years earlier an illinois newspaper reports that the suspect sent letters to the editor railing against republicans and tax policies. he wrote i have never said life sucks, only the policies of the republicans. >> shannon: what are we learning about his time in virginia? that seems relatively new. >> the f.b.i. is telling reporters that they believe the

suspect got to virginia in late march and since he has been living out of a white cargo van. the mayor saw him at a regular basis on the y near the ball field. >> he would be sitting at another table next to me with his laptop and have his coffee and cookies, whatever. so then after the third day he asked me, he said are you really the mayor? i said yeah, how about you? i knew he was new to the y, didn't know where he lived. he said yeah, i just moved to the area. >> the f.b.i. telling reporters at that news conference they remain focused on timing as well as the motive. >> shannon: catherine herridge live for us in washington >> bill: a big part of the program yesterday we lived it together on camera as events unfolded in virginia outside of washington, d.c. it wasn't long before there was a call for unity.

we heard a lot of that yesterday and there was also a call for greater discourse on behalf of both parties. now we examine the media and find this in the "new york times" called america's lethal politics an opinion piece noted on june 14th. the article invoked sarah palin and connects her name to gabby gifford from 2011 and this from the "wall street journal." political disorder syndrome. public theater should cancel its trump assassination play where the shakespeare takes place. >> shannon: we've seen crowds all along. picnic baskets and lawn chairs. it was a sea of humanity. i thought after what had happened yesterday morning maybe there would be less interest in seeing it last night and postpone it a night.

that wasn't the case. >> bill: the reaction on the right and left has been, as you would expect perhaps. polar opposites so far. from fox news.com our executive john moody writes this today. democrats are fully justified in being disappointed even enraged that trump was elected instead of sanders or hillary clinton. but far too many seem to feel that because trump is an unconventional president there are no bounds to what can be said, threatened, broadcast or published about him and that goes to you could argue the shakespeare play. the kathy griffin display from a couple weeks back and on and on it goes. we don't know what triggered this guy but we know his history. from the state of illinois he was very much against the republicans and very much against donald trump. this question came to the f.b.i. and they wouldn't touch

it. for good reason. this has to be a part of our discussion today and we'll cover it for the next couple hours. >> shannon: the "l. a. times" in its editorial a piece talking about gun control saying it's time for republicans to have more honest conversations with the -- mel brooks was still supporting the second amendment after the fact pointing out and including the senate minority leader a democrat chuck schumer saying praising those officer who were there using their guns to stop this guy. it's a conversation that will continue. >> bill: you may have seen the clip rodney davis the republican from illinois. he talked about political rhetorical terrorism. and that's a phrase we'll explore coming up, too. we're awaiting a news conference as well. cincinnati, ohio, the parents of otto warmbier are about to

talk. he was imprisoned in north korea. he returned home in a coma. january 2016 the rej ao*em through him in jail. they hold a one-hour trial. the government sentences him to 15 years hard labor and in february secretary of state rex tillerson briefing president trump on the matter. fast forward to may. last may his imprisonment came up. then last week the state department learning about warmbier's condition. tuesday he was finally evacuated, brought back home to ohio. here is his father now talking with tucker carlson from last night. >> being able to see otto for the first time in gosh, i bet it's 18 months, it was fantastic. you know otto is not in great shape right now. he has been through a real tough time and it is great to

have him with us. >> bill: we're live at the high school in wyoming outside of cincinnati. what do we know about his condition today? >> not a whole lot. the hospital isn't commenting at this point. we expect to hear from them at this press conference and then again at a press conference later this afternoon. bill, i'm standing in warmbier's high school in a residential area. when you go outside no matter which direction you go for blocks there are trees with blue and white ribbons tied around them. they are for otto. a lot of mixed emotions in this community. on the one hand they're glad to have him home but on the other hand they know he is not okay. when he landed here tuesday night, his plane was met on the tarmac by an ambulance. they rushed him to a cincinnati hospital. as you said, warmbier's parents told fox news the 22-year-old is in a coma. north korea says he has been in one for a year. a senior state department

official tells fox news the regime claims he contracted botulism and slipped into a coma after taking a sleeping pill. the state department isn't confirming or denying those details. that information is coming from the north koreans. the last time we saw him in public was march of 2016 making a tearful confession. >> my brother and my sister need me. i have made the worst mistake of my life. >> every since the u.s. asked north korea to let swedish diplomats check on warmbier and three other american prisoners. no luck until last month. >> bill: we stand by. news conference scheduled for 10:00 a.m. eastern time. live coverage when it begins. all of that as we go throughout

the program. tune into tucker carlson later tonight for the interview with his father. if we did not know as a government that warmbier was in a coma for 15 months what do we know about the nuclear program in north korea today? big questions for our leaders and we'll get that coming up in 20 minutes. >> shannon: on top of all this a new leak in the russia investigation. special counsel robert mueller sin vest gaiting president trump for possible obstruction of justice. the newspaper cites various unnamed officials saying it began soon after president trump fired f.b.i. director james comey last month. mr. trump blasting the report on twitter this morning. they made up a phony collusion with the russian story, found zero proof. now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. you are witnessing the single greatest witch hunt in political history led by some

very bad and conflicted people. >> bill: the nightmare that unfolded above london. the engulfing a high rise apartment. plus there is this. >> i have long advocated this is not what today is about. there are too many guns on the street. >> shannon: the governor of virginia playing the gun control card hours after yesterday's shooting. was it too soon to get political or will republican lawmakers take a different view of the nra? >> bill: details of a deadly shooting on the west coast unfolding just after the one in virginia. >> you start screaming get out. gunshots, go, go, go. you could see the employees. they made it onto the roof and they were all waving their hands. to anticipate is lexus.

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>> shannon: a ups driver opened fire during a meeting with co-workers in san francisco killing three employees, injuring two others and then turned the gun on himself. here is one co-worker describing what it was like. >> we started screaming get out, get out. gunshots, go, go, go. everybody started running. >> he was right behind me. six or seven shots inside at least five to six outside. i was just running.

>> shannon: a massive police response shutting from downtown san francisco for two miles and beyond. the shooter had filed a grievance asking for his overtime to be cut back. police say they're still working on finding out a motive. >> there are too many guns on the street. we lose 93 million americans a day to gun violence. shutting down gun show loopholes. that's not for today's discussion but not just about politicians, we worry about this everyday for all of our citizens. >> 93 individuals a day. >> bill: that was terry mccaul i have yesterday. he misspoke twice calling for a tougher fight against gun violence. he was making those remarks hours after the shooting and also said in the press conference it was too early to

go there. a spokeswoman for the nra. dana loesch, good morning to you. the virginia got a lot of attention. we need to take this to a higher level here at the moment. that is how do we understand the events a day later as -- as america starts to absorb what happened? >> i think it's a great way to put it and thank you for having me. when i saw the virginia governor give these remarks and this was if everyone remembers, this was just what, an hour, hour and a half after this attempted political assassination took place and he goes without knowing knowing this guy's motive and knowing the name of the suspect and makes crazy statement as people are processing this and people are finding out about it watching fox news and reading it online and says this sort of thing. it doesn't help. there is a huge problem in the united states. i know you guys know, you've

been reporting on this with political discourse in this country. as a free speech purist i think there are certain forms of speech that are not protected by the constitution. slander and libel and death threats. why can't someone like this guy simply the way we all in america do, bill, when we come across a political opinion we don't like, most of us just say you know what, that's life. everyboefd has different opinions or they rant about it on facebook like normal people in america. what this guy decided to do is take it to a different level and express his dissent in the form of a murderous attempted assassination and this is the second time, bill, in the last month this has happened. >> bill: it is a fact that there are so many facts missing when he made that comment but to be fair again he concluded his remarks by saying today is not the day to talk about that. i want to share this with our viewers, the vice president mike pence arrived at the

hospital and will make a visit with congressman scalise as well 12 hours after the president and first lady were there as well. back to our topic. i mentioned "the new york times" op-ed today the piece that "wall street journal" wrote. "l. a. times" writes this. we also hope the next time the national rifle association lobbyists visit capital hill with their guns for everyone they are treated with more skepticism they have. the republicans who run congress need to learn from the awful incident in alexandria and drop their cynical posturing on behalf of the nra. i don't believe that commentary surprises someone like you. i think in the interest of being fair on all this without the baseball field, how many more people are dead

as a result? >> as other congressional members said it would have been a killing field. the good guys with guns that saved the day. if steve scalise had not been there as a member of gop leadership it was capitol hill police and they give him two officers to detail him when he leaves the grounds. if he hadn't been there with the officers there would have been no one there to defend them. these congressional members, are not allowed to carry. i know that congressman has suggested reciprocity for congressional members but everyone in the united states so no one is forced to look in the eyes of a bad guy as he is trying to kill us with an illegally possessed firearms. they're criminals and will break laws. i would think the "l. a. times" would realize this. this is not a guns for everyone

agenda but for innocent law abiding americans who want to exercise their right of self-defense. i've had my life protected by a firearm. i don't want to feel as i or anyone on that baseball field has felt and think you don't have anything else to defend yourself with but your hands or a baseball bat or a glove. >> bill: thank you for your commentary there. the debate about civility has started. my guess it does not last long. dana loesch, thanks good. >> shannon: we're hearing from the victims of yesterday's shooting in washington zach barth is an aide to congressman williams. he was shot in the leg. you'll hear his story when we come back. 100 people still missing after that massive building fire rocked the u.k. the latest from london and the stories of the survivors. >> i just pray for the people that are left inside and the people still looking for their loved ones.

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>> bill: here we go. we're hearing for the first time from one of the victims from that virginia shooting when the gunshots rang out. several republican congressman, two senators were practicing for tonight's charity baseball game that will be played at 7:05 in washington, d.c. also in that field zach barth and aide to roger williams who describes running to the dugout after being shot in the leg trying to protect his boss. >> i was bleeding a little bit and i wasn't really concerned about that. i was concerned about staying alive. i was keeping my head down and keeping the congressman's head down and trying to make it through. we didn't know what it was

going on. thank the lord for officers bailey and griner. without them i might not be talking to you. >> bill: the other victims is steve scalise, waiting for word on his condition. matt mika, lobbyist for tyson food suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. both in critical condition. capital police officers. griner was shot in the ankle. the gunman hodgkinson died in the hospital after a shoot-out with police. he has been living in the washington, d.c. area out of his car. his van since march and living out of a gym bag and going to the ymca and the f.b.i. will give an update at some point. we'll learn more about him and the hospital will update us on the condition of those being treated. >> shannon: amazing to see zach at work this morning in a suit and tie. the game will go on tonight as

well. a full investigation into the high rise fire in west london. at least 100 people are still missing. 17 are confirmed dead and there is a very real fear that number will continue to climb after this inferno rocked the u.k. >> it's just a nightmare. >> we saw people looking out the windows screaming help and now all those windows people are gone. >> it was really traumatizing. there were people down the stairs. some people carrying luggage and elderly, disabled, kids. it was really terrifying. >> the fire was raging through the building for a good four or five hours. it was so powerful. you could really feel the heat. >> shannon: we're live in london to go through the devastating scene and the images wow, that's all i can

say. >> i was out there yesterday and i can tell you it was a horrific scene. a horrific and horrible day. as you were saying 17 have been confirmed dead but that number is expected to rise and possibly rise significantly. the apartment building had 120 units in it. over 500 residents and many are still missing. whole families are still missing including the elderly and children. and the search could take weeks. the building just isn't safe at the moment. rescuers can't reach the top floors. when they do they'll need to conduct a fingertip surge as everything inside has been turned to ashes. some family members are still holding out hope. >> a little bit of hope for me thinking he is unconscious somewhere in a hospital and they just haven't identified him yet and he is okay. but my gut feeling is -- >> the fire start evidence at around 1:00 a.m. on wednesday near noting hill in the heart of london and led to one of the

biggest fire operations in memory. 45 fire engines and 200 firemens rushing to the flames. because of gas work it took over an hour for the first trucks to reach tblg. chilling tales inside. one lady threw her baby 10 floors. others made ropes and tried to climb out. others saw people jumping. the fire began on the fourth floor and spread up to the 24th. last year there was a $13 million refurbishment. it was meant to make the building look good that went up so quickly. no money was spent on fire safety. one staircase, no fire alarms or sprinklers. hundreds are homeless. the community is pulling together. so much bedding and water and clothing have been brought the charities have asked the public to stop because it's too much. london, who has seen so much

tragedy is rallying around its own. there were numerous complaints about fire safety and hazards in that building and they were ignored. to put it in perspective it would have cost $400,000 to install a sprinkler system. they spent $30 million making the building look pretty. the prime minister has called for a full public inquiry. we're waiting to hear what the death toll will be and fears it will climb higher. >> shannon: the city has been through so much. an outpouring of charity in the midst of all that. thank you. >> bill: breaking news from another terror hot spot. details on the latest at tropical storm tee in a moment today. >> shannon: we're standing by for a verdict in bill cosby's sexual assault trial. a live report from the courthouse just ahead. >> bill: the parents of otto

warmbier will hold a live news conference for the first time as their son lies in a coma. what is his condition after being released from a prison in north korea. we'll take you there live when it begins. >> otto, we love you. you are an amazing guy. hang in there, tiger boy. you are coming home.

>> shannon: we are 30 minutes away from a news conference with otto warmbier's family. the american college student held in north korea for more than a year is back at home but hospitalized after the regime released him in a coma. his father saying he was terrorized and brutalized adding he is grateful to be with his son after all this time. he is talking with tucker carlson. >> being able to see otto for the first time in gosh, i bet it's 18 months, it was

fantastic. otto is not in great shape right now and he has been through a real tough time, and it is great to have him with us. >> shannon: joining me now rob portman. thank you for being with us this morning. i know you have worked relentlessly around the clock trying to get this young man home. what can you tell us about how this finally came to fruition? >> first, shannon, this family has been remarkably strong over the past 18 months. i don't know how they've done it. no family should have to go through what they've gone through. we found out eight days ago that in fact for the past 16 months that otto has been in this really tough condition and unable to respond and i guess now we know why they wouldn't allow access. normally with the swedish embassy there is able to visit the prisoners and so it's a real tragedy. yet he is home. and i was there, as you know, with the family when he came

home. very emotional. my heart goes out to the family and we worked hard with them trying every angle but the north korean regime is as bad as the worst expectations. if anybody questions the nature of this regime they shouldn't anymore. they don't expect the rule of law and basic freedoms that we all enjoy, but this is a regime that has little regard for human dignity or human rights at all to not permit once they knew of his medical condition for there to be access and for there to be help is abhorrent. so we'll know more later today. there will be a press conference by the family and also a press conference by the medical professionals caring for otto. >> shannon: in the meantime there are reports a senior u.s. official says u.s. intelligence

got word he had been repeatedly beaten during his time away and they suggest that's a break with past policy. they didn't want to have an injured or dead american on their hands. any clue why otto may have been treated differently? >> we don't know. one of the sad realities is how much we don't know because there is no line of communication in effect. the only reason eight days ago we were able to find out about the tough condition he had been in for the previous 16 months was because the north koreans had detained two additional americans and they were interested in talking about a potential line of communication regarding all the detainees. there are three still there. the two new ones and one previously detained. by the way, we should ask for their unconditional release at this point as well. given what's happened i think the international community should step up and be much more

aggressive helping us retain the release of those three individuals but also putting pressure on the north korean regime on a series of issues including their development of capability to deliver them. >> shannon: should there be in your estimation a response, a punishment, something further that we could do to north korea after this treatment of this young man? >> well yes, we should again work with the international community, china in particular. there are still a number of chinese companies that do business with north korea. in fact, some of those companies have been involved in the development of the nuclear weapons programs as we understand it. it's time for us to treat them as the country they are. it will require other countries to join as well. the consequences here are obviously incredibly important. they do have the nuclear capability now. we know that. they're developing the means to

have an intercontinental ballistic missile. it's an issue that every country in the world should care about. >> shannon: we know you worked hard with this family and will stay with them through the recovery process as well. we'll hear more from them in a half hour and the medical team this afternoon. thank you. >> thank you, shannon. >> bill: we're in jury watch in the trial of bill cosby. the fourth day of deliberations. the jury could come back with a decision at any moment. they've asked a number of questions looking for clarification, reviewing testimony from the trial and from years ago. rick leventhal is watching that in pennsylvania. good morning there. >> good morning, bill. the jury has interrupted deliberations six times with six different questions and after nearly 30 hours still no verdict for the comedian formerly known as america's dad. cosby arrived at the courthouse about an hour ago as he has every day of this trial accompanied by his spokesman. he faces up to 10 years in

prison on the indecent assault charges 13 years ago when a temple university employee says cosby invited her over, gave her pills and knocked her out and took advantage of her. other alleged victims have been coming to the courthouse every day to show their support for her. >> andrea is a symbol for all of us. this is about her to support her. she is the tip of the iceberg. >> at left 50 other women have come forward with similar allegations against cosby stemming back 40 years. as for those jury questions, two of them were requests for read back of his depositions from years ago. two of the questions were for read backs from testimony from police officers who interviewed the woman after the incident and the final jury question was the definition without her knowledge which could be key to

determining consent in this case. >> i think that's great for all of us involved in this case. it's great for mr. cosby. they want to do the right thing. they want to get it right and that's all we ever asked for was people to come, hear the truth, not to take a side. >> the jury has been deliberating about 12 hours every day. so long that the 79-year-old cosby had a pillow brought from home and using it to take naps in a conference room in the courthouse upstairs. the jury is back at it this morning. >> bill: often going until 9:00 at night. when there is a verdict we'll bring you back. rick leventhal in southeastern pennsylvania. >> shannon: we're waiting the hear from the parents of that american freed from prison in north korea. their son, otto, remains in a coma. we'll go live to the podium as soon as they get there. >> bill: lawmakers coming together in the wake of yesterday's shooting raising questions about the political

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>> we're united in our shock, we're united in our anguish. an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. [applause] >> my prayer is that we can resolve our differences. today again, it's again it's in the family. it's an injury in the family for the staff and for our colleague and for his leadership. >> bill: house leaders speaking out on the floor on an emotional day of washington lawmakers talking about how to come together. how long does it last? they said the right things. brad blakeman and richard fowler, good day to both of you. we debate often on this program and i like to think we end it with civility. brad, how long does it last?

>> i think we're seeing unfortunately a truce, not a peace. i think the game tonight will be tremendous for americans to watch because in this town and i think richard will agree, we're all friendly in this town. people get along quite well. it is the rhetoric that goes beyond this town and out in the hinderlands that i think it where it needs to be toned down. my hope is there will be more civility outside the beltway. there is much more civility inside the beltway than gets reported. >> bill: here is my observation. i don't live there but i observe it. my observation to brad and richard is they do get along in person. we saw that yesterday when republicans and democrats came to the microphone together. when they get within their debates among each other they're used to that. i think oftentimes the american people aren't exposed enough to understand that's the way you guys work. after this interview you guys will walk down the hall

together. richard, if we saw more of it, it would go a lot longer. >> brad can tell you i guest lectured his class a couple of times and we actually are friend. on capitol hill they are friends. the piece that struck me this morning in the post talking about we're at a tipping point and there is so much reminiscent to this moment in 1968 and we have got to sort of pull this back a little bit and say this fever pitch, this name calling that happens on both sides of the aisle has really got to stop. we disagree on ideals and we can debate ideals all we want but we love each other because the one thread that connects us all is we're all americans. as we move forward hopefully this will be the tipping point that says we're not going to go over this cliff and walk it back and begin to work together more. >> bill: bret was on with martha. in the context he said the following. >> we're living, martha, in the

most poisonous political atmosphere that i can remember experiencing in my years as a reporter going back a half century. we've had turbulent times before. the sheer loathing that people have for each other. people in politics have for each other and for our president at this stage transcends even what we had then. >> bill: what do you think of that, brad? worst in 50 years? >> shannon: brit is right. in order to lead people you have to have people follow your lead. if they're following a lead that's toxic or it empowers people to be something that they shouldn't be, then shame on the leadership. i agree with richard. this is a bipartisan effort now to turn a new page in washington and see if it can't be more of a peaceful co-existence than constant war. >> i think that's absolutely right. here is the thing. this guy was inspired by left wing media. tomorrow there could be a guy inspired by right wing media

engaged in the same sick and disgusting behavior. we have to come together and we've got to put -- figure out where these sort of lines in the sands are and really do a good job of sort of erasing them and where can we work together and what can we do together and let's get that done. >> bill: the debate will continue. both of you gentlemen agree even by this afternoon or no later than tomorrow but to express that to the american people is where washington could shine. gentlemen, thank you, richard and brad. thanks. >> shannon: the other big story of the day. otto warmbier's parents about to hold a news conference amid growing questions about what happened to him overseas and how he ended up in a coma. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you.

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>> bill: this is going to be a moment. we're awaiting a news confronts from the parents of otto warmbier. 22 years old, college student at the university of virginia. released from a north korean prison days ago. he is back in ohio but in terrible shape. said to be in a coma. we expect an update on his condition and possible details about what he endured at the hands of the regime while in captivity. that live press conference coming up in a matter of moments. you will not miss a minute here on "america's newsroom." >> shannon: vice president mike pence, secretary of state rex tillerson and john kelly headed to miami this morning for a conference on u.s. relations with central america. we're live there. steve, what can you tell us about the focus of this get together? >> shannon, a lot of heavy weights here this morning to focus on one thing. they say it will be fixing u.s. policy towards central america. in just the past three years alone there have been 50,000

murders in three central american nations, guatemala, honduras and el salvador. training security forces and trying to put pressure on mexico to do more to shore up its southern border as well. >> shannon: will there be heightened security for this conference? a lot of big names there. >> we've already seen very heavy security with the miami-dade police force and secret service and reaction force. they've dealt with one suspicious package. a busy 48 hours for security here in florida. we've got the vice president here today and the president tomorrow in miami. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: thank you very much. >> bill: we just mentioned this. the parents of otto warmbier are about to speak out. this will take place at wyoming high school where otto warmbier went to school before going off to university of virginia. their son is in a coma, said to be at the hands of the north

korean dictatorship. we have very little information about his captivity. the condition for warmbier went unnoticed for 15 months. so we're watching this and will bring you the remarks live here in a moment. >> shannon: a defiant stand in the face of violence. the congressional baseball game will go on tonight. k every six months i'm accident free. because i don't use my cellphone when i'm driving. even though my family does, and leaves me all alone. here's something else... i don't share it with mom. i don't. right, mom? i have a brand new putter you don't even know about! it's awesome. safe driving bonus checks, only from allstate. sometimes i leave the seat up on purpose. switching to allstate is worth it.

>> shannon: we want to take you straight to wyoming ohio where we're getting a news conference on otto warmbier. a member of the medical team. we'll hear from his parents as well. >> they are truly incredible people. i feel like i know otto. later today at the request of the warmbier family, three health physicians caring for otto will share details of his medical condition. i can tell you that today at the university of cincinnati medical center otto is in stable condition but has suffered a severe neurological injury. again, the physicians, specifically caring for otto will provide the medical details later this afternoon.

on behalf of u.c. health we're honored to care for otto and the entire warmbier family. thanks. >> thank you. okay. thank you, everyone, for coming here and i made a decision this morning to wear the coat that otto wore when he was -- i don't know -- a prisoner in north korea. this is the coat he wore when he did his confession and i thought it was an amazing performance. i'm proud of him and i will start with an opening statement. i want to thank everyone who has shared their thoughts, prayers and best wishes with the warmbier family during the past 17 months. the burden of our ordeal has been eased by the support we have experienced. not only from our friends in cincinnati, but throughout ohio, at the university of virginia, throughout the united states and indeed from around the world. i would also like to thank todd, lynn, mr. siler and mr.

burke from wyoming high school. otto would be pleased to know his return to the united states would be acknowledged on these grounds. my wife, cindy, is at otto's side this morning as she has been since the moment he returned to ohio. she wanted me to tell you that she knows that otto is a fighter and she and i firmly believe that he fought to stay alive through the worst that the north koreans could put him through in order to return to the family and community he loves. cindy joins me in expressing our gratitude to so many people. the wonderful people at the university of cincinnati medical center are providing otto the excellent medical care he has been denied for so long. as you know, the doctors there will be holding a press conference this afternoon to discuss otto's medical status and i will leave the details of such matters to them. we also want to thank senator

rob portman who has stood by us throughout this entire ordeal. last evening we received a very nice phone call from president trump who told us that secretary of state tillerson worked hard to help bring otto home. we're extremely grateful for their efforts and concern. i would like to highlight this morning the bittersweet feeling that my family has, relief that otto is now home in the arms of those who love him. and anger that he was so brutally treated for so long. we went for 15 months without a word from or about otto. it was only a week ago that we were informed that the north korean government now claims he was in a coma for almost all of that time. even if you believe their explanation of botulism and a sleeping pill causing the coma, and we don't.

there is no excuse for any civilizeed nation to have kept his condition secret and denied him top notch medical care for so long. when otto was first taken, we were advised by the past administration to take a low profile while they worked to obtain his release. we did so without result. earlier this year, cindy and i decided the time for strategic patience was over and we made a few media appearances and traveled to washington to meet with ambassador joe yun at the state department. it is my understanding that he and his team under the direction of the president aggressively pursued resolution of the situation. they have our thanks for bringing otto home. i know you have many questions about what transpired. so do we. we have few answers. there is no excuse for the way

the north koreans treated our son. and no excuse for the way they have treated so many others. i call on them to release the other americans being held. no other family should have to endure what the warmbiers have. thank you. now i would be happy to answer questions. >> before you begin asking questions, state your name and news organization you're from, please. yes, sir. [inaudible question] >> that's a loaded softball question. obviously otto is an amazing kid. what he endured, the brutality and the terror that he went through. he made it back to the united states. the performance he did. but that doesn't really speak to who otto really is.

otto is a sweet, loving, kind person. and that's what we loved about him and that's what his teachers loved about him. obviously otto was brilliant but that's not what otto was. otto was a sweet, loving, kind person who he was never in a fight. so thank you for the question. >> i'm from "the new york times." i'm wondering if you could share a little bit from your perspective about how he is doing right now? >> we're trying to get, cheryl, the question is what we're doing about otto's condition, how is otto? well, we're trying to make him comfortable. >> can you tell us a little bit what did you say and do when you were able to see your son for the first time?

did you say anything to him? >> of course. what did i say to my son? i knelt by his side and i hugged him and i told him i missed him and i was so glad he made it home. [inaudible question]. >> these things are tough to process but he is with us and we're trying to make him comfortable and we want to be a part of his life. [inaudible question]. >> you thanked president trump and you said -- [inaudible] do you feel that president obama should have been doing more to help? >> the question is do i think the past administration could have done more? i think the results speak for themselves. >> you say that you doubt the botulism and sleeping pills.

you say he was brutalized. do you think it was physical injuries that left him in this state? >> we're going to leave that to the doctors today. >> do you get the sense the relations between north korea and the u.s. has been bad for some time. can you give us a sense how a guy from a lovely town in ohio, what it is like to have your family being the center of this? >> that's a good question. i'm proud of otto and the courage he showed by going to north korea and having that adventurous side to him. the fact that he was taken and treated this way is horrible and it is tough to process. but we're tremendously proud of

him and so we're looking to the future. >> something that doesn't quite to my mind -- the swedish -- [inaudible question] >> it's our understanding they didn't know. nobody has seen or heard from otto since march of 2016, nobody. [inaudible question] >> what were you doing in terms of efforts to try to make some contact with your son during that period of time? >> sure. what did our efforts consist of

to help bring our son home? good question. we've been to washington, d.c. over a dozen times. we met everyone in the past administration from john kerry to the swedish ambassador who lives in pyongyang. we met his aide when he came in town. we've met our senators, congressman. worked with governor richardson. so we were -- those were our efforts and we relied on this false premise that they would treat otto fairly and let him go. and otto was held as a war criminal. they termed his confinement as a war criminal. and so that seemed to get cindy and i's attention. so we knew the dynamic was changing and honestly nothing was happening in our world for

otto. no communication, no letters, nothing. so we did what we could. we tried to stay low. we were advised it was important that you don't upset the north koreans and so we followed that logic and then at this -- there came a time where we're tired. that doesn't seem to have any impact. so we went public with an interview on the tucker carlson show and did a couple written pieces and then very quickly we have otto home. >> are you blaming president obama? >> never, no, absolutely not. >> [inaudible question] >> well, personally north korea is a regime that is brutal and

terroristic. it's your choice. we don't believe anything they say. we see the results of their actions with otto. so it's all speculation. [inaudible question] if you could speak to the north korean regime what would you say to them. >> what i would say to the north korean regime. i would say i'm so proud of otto, my son, who has been in a pariah regime for the last 18 months brutalized and terrorized and he is now home with his family and i am tremendously proud of otto. his spirit is with us and i can share my spirit with his spirit and i'm just so happy for that.

>> [inaudible question] >> was otto treated differently? the quick answer is the results speak for themselves. and you will hear more about it at the medical conference today. >> [inaudible question] >> can you speak to when you found out otto was going to north korea or ended up there and your reaction to -- >> sure. the north koreans, when did we find out otto was north korea? they lure americans to -- they

proclaim no america gets detained off our tours and this is a safe place to go. so otto is a young, thrill seeking, great kid who was going to be in that part of the world for a college experience and said hey, i've heard some friends who had done this and i would like to do this. we agreed to let him do that. they lure americans and then take them hostage and then they do things to them. and that's what happened to my son. he was taken hostage at the airport as he was trying to leave the country. and then he was put through the trial which we've all seen. he performed amazingly well and here we are today. >> [inaudible question] >> i don't see a tough approach to north korea.

they are still able to take americans hostage and abuse them. they are still able to be terrorists in the world. i don't know that -- listen, north korea -- it extended to the u.s.s. pueblo and now to my son, otto. it's not -- i'm not in government and that's not my call. >> [inaudible question] >> north korea has proven they are not nature's noble men. again, do you believe my son needed a used car? do you believe he -- he is not even a member of the church that he was accused of stealing

a banner from. so again, i -- we are not burdened with whatever north korea says or does any longer. the warmbier family is not and i'm so happy for cindy, myself, my community, this community has been amazing. they've been supportive. we've been forced to be quiet and act different because we didn't want to offend them and so i don't know if that answers your question but that's my feeling. >> [inaudible question] >> did dennis rodman? no, he didn't. he had nothing to do with otto. it's a diversion. they just released otto, it's a diversion i'm sure. this is all planned. dennis rodman? i could care less.

>> [inaudible question] you mentioned he was over there because of a company in china lured him there. >> well, again, young pioneers tours advertise it's the safest trip ever and it's the one your mother wouldn't want you to go on but what they do is provide fodder for the north koreans and my son happened to become fodder for the north koreans and so that's what happened. they took him hostage at the airport and then the outcome is self-evident as it will become. >> [inaudible question] >> how did it feel?

otto is an amazing guy and has always made me look good. we made me and my wife look good. the salutatorian of the school here. he gave an amazing speech. it doesn't surprise me honestly. it saddens me. it saddens me. >> [inaudible question] what do you think the real reason is they released otto? >> the real reason they released otto. i think the state department was negotiating pretty tough with them. i don't know if we'll ever find the answer. they didn't do it out of the kindness of their hearts. they don't do anything out of the kindness of their hearts. i don't think we'll find out. i really don't.

>> talk a little bit more about your conversation with president trump. >> president trump called me at 10:00 last night and just wanted to find out how cindy and i were doing and wanted to know about otto. it was a really nice conversation. it was kind and it was are you taking care of yourself? and we worked hard. and i'm sorry this is the outcome. told me a little bit about secretary tillerson and joe yun that teamed up and made things happen. he was very candid and a nice conversation. i had avoided conversations with him to be honest with you, because to what end? i'm dealing with my son. this is about otto. but i did take the call and it was gracious and it was nice and it felt good and i thank him for that.

>> [inaudible question] >> no, i don't. we did not choose this. we don't like this. we do this because we have to and do we want to be in this arena? no. it is not -- cindy and i -- this is not what we wanted. we did this because we had to. >> we have time for two more questions. >> [inaudible question] >> that's a great question and i think we felt -- what did we feel like when we got the call last tuesday that otto was in a coma in north korea?

disbelief. couldn't sit down. i don't know what shock is but i'm pretty sure i was. i was out of town with my son, austin. and then we drove home immediately. got in at 1:00 and told cindy. and you know, we've been brutalized for the last 18 months with misinformation, no information, and so we're -- we are proud of the fact that our family are happy, positive people and we'll stay that way. and we're thrilled that our son is on american soil. we're in the school he thrived in and i'm able to talk to you on otto's behalf and i'm able

to wear the jacket that he wore when he gave his confession. i'm not confessing, i'm speaking, but otto, i love you and i'm so crazy about you and i'm so glad you are home. you are such a great guy. and by the way, my family has been rock solid throughout this. we have supported the heck out of one another and it's just been -- it's been a wonderful experience to feel that. now we get to feel the love of the community and not have this crazy oh, what are they thinking? are we afraid of what north korea will say? don't put ribbons on the trees. that's all gone. we don't care now. >> the last question. >> [inaudible question]

>> we see absolutely no similarities and have we communicated with jeff and the others? no. otto is a young university student who was on a tour with other university students. he has never been in trouble in his life. he wasn't trying to do anything in the country. there just weren't similarities. otto was considered a war criminal. we weren't looking for confirmation that oh, this is the way things are. it's our son, it's unique. and we knew it was unique and it is unique. so no. they've reached out to us and i think they only wanted to help, but that's not what we're looking for. >> thank you. >> on behalf of the entire warmbier family, the school,

and the community we would like to thank you for being with us today. >> bill: that is one of the more remarkable and strong moments that you will ever see. fred warmbier is a great american, a great man, too. he comes from a very strong family and the community of wyoming outside of the cincinnati, ohio. what he described toward the end was what his family has gone through for 18 months. that comment at the end about not putting ribbons on trees. that has been an american tradition for a very long time and the fact that he was told and his family was told and the community was told not to do that just gives you just a glance inside the pain that this man and this family has been living through for the past year and a half. a couple things here. he is wearing the jacket that his son was wearing when he was sentenced and he said that was march of last year. said i was so proud of him, the statement that he gave there in

pyongyang. he also made this comment about strategic patience. he said that is over. when he was asked about what the previous administration should know about this, they need to speak for themselves. 12 times they had been to washington, d.c., brutalized for the last 18 months. we're thrilled that he is back here on american soil. they come from a community -- i know this very well -- wyoming, ohio, that is fantastic. anyone in america would be proud to grow up in this community. it is a place where families are raised, big families. it's a place where kids play in the streets every hour of every day and they do not worry about the outside world. wyoming is a special place and this family is special, too. his wife, cindy, the mother of otto, was not there. we were told she would be there today. she is by her son's bedside at a nearby hospital but he is back on american soil. shannon. >> shannon: we'll hear more

from his medical team this afternoon as well. let's bring in retired jack keane and retired chief of staff and fox military analyst. general, your reaction to what we've heard from this father about what his son suffered and the people responsible. >> certainly that was very heartwarming listening to the emotions and the contours of what has happened to him over this almost year and a half. frankly, the north koreans, they are fundamentally the most moral corrupt, dangerous regime in the world. they are sdsh -- they kill their own leaders, they starve their own people. they take people hostage for political reasons and they are threatening to use nuclear weapons against their adversaries in the region and the united states. there is no other place like this on the planet. the fact that this youngster is

finally home likely brutalized by this regime physically, psychologically and emotionally. hope he will have a life in front of him that will be -- >> shannon: they talked about a severe neurological injury. we'll get more details this afternoon. i want to play a little bit what his father had to say with regard to coming to the end of waiting to move this forward. here is what he said. >> earlier this year cindy and i decided the time for strategic patience was over and we made a few media appearances and traveled to washington to meet with ambassador joe yun at the state department. it is my understanding that the ambassador and his team at the direction of the president aggressively pursued resolution of the situation. they have our thanks for bringing otto home. >> shannon: that phrase he used strategic patience is over.

it's the same language, general. we heard vice president pence use. those same words when talking about north korea. are we turning a page in our relationship with them? >> absolutely. the obama administration has consistently advised parents of people being held hostage not to do anything, not to make public statements. this happened when we had people in syria if you remember. it's happened in korea. we have a new administration here that is taking a much tougher stand with the north koreans and china. north koreans are very much aware there is an administration here that put the military option back on the table. obama never took it off the table in terms of rhetoric but nobody believed it was ever on the table. yes, this administration has gotten north korea's attention, to be sure. we'll see where we go. we have huge problems here to solve. it's the most dangerous regime

on the planet. and as secretary mattis says, they're a clear and present danger to us and our allies. >> shannon: south korea's new leader is not a fan of the anti-missile defense system. they share a border. they are the most at threat but also one of the biggest key players in bringing about real change with this regime. >> we've had regimes like this before in south korea who a little left of center and want to try to work something out with the north koreans using diplomacy and dialogue. it has all failed miserably over 30 plus years. the fact that president moon wants to try that. we want stand in his way. he is certainly aware of the history of what that is. i think it's a mistake on his part if he does not want to have those missiles that can defend his people. the thad missile system is the

only missile system we have on the ground that will actually defeat a ballistic missile. the patriot system would not do that. that missile system defeats a ballistic missile coming at south korea in its final terminal phase. it is a very significant capability. there are two employed, the other four he has held up based on an environmental test. truth be known. china has put pressure on him. i think in the long run he will likely take those missile systems because they'll help protect his people. >> >> shannon: china a mixed interest in that region and we continue to put pressure on them. >> bill: they were looking for proof of life, the warmbier. they had no communication and not sure whether or not there son was alive or dead.

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>> shannon: chaos and courage as a gunman targeting republicans on a baseball field went on a shooting spree leaving five people wounded before capitol police took him

down. two including steve scalise are still in critical condition. tonight the annual congressional baseball game goes on tonight. they are searching for evidence to try to explain the shocking scene of violence. the ball field turning into a battlefield. lawmakers and aides say they felt trapped like sitting ducks. one aide recalls praying when he got hit. >> i was a sitting duck out there. we were on the flat baseball field, no cover. there was a 20-foot gate and i didn't know that i could scale it with my leg. but i didn't really feel much. my adrenaline was pumping at that point instincts take over. >> where were you hit? >> i was hit in the left calf. >> due feel it? >> it was a burning sensation. i saw blood flowing out of there. thankfully it tore through the meaty part of my calf. it was in and out and i was able to run on it thank

goodness. >> shannon: peter doocy is live at national stadium where they'll have the game tonight. what kind of update on congressman scalise's condition? >> the update we got was the rifle round that hit him in the hip also damaged his internal organs that caused a lot of bleeding and has required multiple transfusions. there will be more surgeries on the way soon for the house majority whip who is still in critical condition this morning. in the last hour the vice president mike pence visited medstar hospital where scalise is being treated and last night president trump paid a visit, too, after leaving the president described scalise as being in very tough shape. the f.b.i. is across the river asking northern virginians for help looking into the alexandria attacker living in the white cargo van close to the baseball field since march. his social media accounts have been taken down but had been

filled with rants against republicans. the f.b.i. won't say what they think motivated yesterday's early morning ambush. they are also not telling us yet what they know about the two guns they found with him, a rifle and a handgun, shannon. >> shannon: peter, this is a long tradition in washington, this game. have organizers decided to do something different this year given what's happened? >> they have. the organizers decided late yesterday some of the proceeds from this event will benefit a new charity. the capitol police memorial fund. other charities will still get money this year, like the boys and girls club of washington the washington literacy center and the washington nationals dream foundation. security, we've seen a bomb squad getting the lay of the land several hours ahead of the event. >> shannon: i would expect they may get a record crowd tonight. thank you, peter. >> north korea is a pariah

regime, they're brutal and terroristic. you can't believe anything -- well, it's your choice. we don't believe anything they say. >> bill: a stunning statement from the father of otto warmbier holding a news conference on their son's release out of north korea. they said they're grateful for the efforts of the trump team to help bring him home. he is back on american soil. the executive director of the american center for law and justice, jordan sekulow and also katie pavlich. you've dealt with matters such as this before. what did you think? >> this is a situation again i think the difference between the past administration and the new trump administration. they don't take this approach of just wait and see with these horrendous governments. and so whether it was in the case as i've handled out of

iran and sudan. enemies of the united states like north korea. with the obama administration it was begging. they had to beg. i'm sure this family went through the same process. beg them to take action and get any kind of information. with the trump administration. we have a nato ally in turkey. the moment from transition began the trump administration through the president of the united states and vice president and secretary tillerson has taken this as a top priority. i'm sure for those other three americans being held in north korea. like the woman who was released in egypt so quickly. we're seeing a change amidst all the political turmoil in how our state department is engaging on behalf of americans. >> bill: the reaction and the response is different. >> totally different. bill. >> bill: think about this. if we as a government whether

the obama or trump administration. if we didn't know he was in a coma, what do we know about their nuclear program, about their missile capability? what do we know? >> it's very scary, bill, when you deal with these regimes and in this situation they have at least one of your americans that they have probably beaten so badly that he is in this medical condition which we'll get an update on later. a young kid. if they'll treat him like this and we don't know about it, then as you said, does our intelligence have any information really about what is going on? you know, we heard that testimony from secretary general mattis about the state of our military. you wonder if that's the state of our intelligence community as well. it's nerve racking. through all of that our state department under the leadership of president trump, vice president pence and secretary tillerson were able to get this accomplished in the midst of

this chaos around the world and even the political chaos at home and why it's been for all of us who represent folks like this, it's been a much better situation in dealing with this administration than the past one. you heard it from the father very clearly today. >> bill: thank you for your time. katie pavlich now, town hall.com fox news contributor. you spent time this week with steven's family. he was killed by isis. are you able to compare the experiences of parents longing for children lost overseas? >> they have a similar story as the warmbier family does. they believed that the american government let them down and obama administration officials really engaged in dereliction of duty when it came to getting their son home. they were also told to sit down, shut up, not do any media interviews and take a low profile. they visited washington, d.c. dozens of times like the warmbier family did with no results.

in fact, they were threatened with prosecution when they tried to do something else to try and get their son home and other american hostages who were sent there. the problem with their case was steven was being told by isis the government is not going to come get you, they are trash. they'll leave you behind and that's exactly how they felt. when the families talk about not getting information from the state department under president obama, they aren't just talking about information from these bad foreign governments or from terrorist organizations, they're talking about not getting information from the state department and being left completely in the dark. clearly as we've seen with the release of the egyptian aide worker in prison for three years in egypt recently under the trump administration, as we've seen with otto warmbier the results are changing. we don't know exactly what's happening but a different approach is being taken. one last point. president obama never called the families of hostages when they were taken. clearly last night trump --

president trump called the warmbier family to check in and see what they were doing. that alone speaks to the difference of strategy on the hostage recovery comments. >> bill: fred warmbier said no ribbons on the trees. yellow ribbons, orange ribbons. we grew up with them. >> yep. >> shannon: back to the big story of the day. the shooting that left scalise and others in critical condition. they targeted them because he knew they were republicans. as the country's political rhetoric become too toxic? >> the country is fraying at the edges and we have to pull the country back together. we've got to be able to reestablish a civil discourse, otherwise the future of the nation, i think, is in grave danger. you don't let anything

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>> shannon: lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say it's

time for everyone to cool down the political rhetoric saying it has become toxic. we'll talk about it with doug schoen and alex conant. good to see you both, gentlemen. i want to read from the "wall street journal" piece that says that both sides have some cleaning up to do. he says this. it's impossible to miss, though, is how jacked up emotional intensity has become in american politics. the campaign rallies of both mr. trump and bernie sanders often were on the edge of violence. reporters describe political town hall meetings, shouting down the opposition in these forums or on campuses and standard behavior, refusal to reason is the new normal. then the unreason is talked about as free speech. >> well, it is free speech but it is toxic speech. i hope alex would agree with me that we have to end this.

look, what happened to representative scalise is a great tragedy. what is happening to our politics is really, really harmful to our nation both here at home and abroad. we are really becoming dysfunctional, divided. our enemies see it and, you know, whether you believe there was collusion or no collusion, the one thing that's clear with the russia investigation is we're so polarized it gives the russians advantages around the world that they didn't have before. i would make the point that as a democrat and a person of goodwill, unless we reach out to our opposition and seek to heal the wounds, unless we do that we run the risk of more chaos, division, dan haniger couldn't be more right. >> shannon: what we've heard about the russia investigation from both sides of the aisle it is exactly what russia wants to

undermine democracy. we've heard from members of both sides of the aisle. we saw democrat ballplayers getting ready yesterday and stopped to pray for the republicans. we hear these good messages right now and we want them to linger like we did after 9/11. what is your real hope that it will last? >> life comes at you fast. yesterday was a tragic day but the silver lining in it was there was a moment where, as you said, everyone came together and you saw that scene on the house floor where paul ryan gave a fantastic speech that received four standing ovations from republicans and democrats. i can't remember the last time anything like that happened. president trump gave what i thought was the finest speech of his presidency to date where he reminds us there is more that unites us that divides us. i don't know if it will last long. there are real disagreements on healthcare, taxes and the things we're debating right now.

but it is important to remember that there is more that we agree on than disagree on. i don't agree with doug very much but i agree with everything he said in the opening comments there. there is a need for civility. we can agree to disagree respectfully. >> shannon: any clue why it's so different now? britt hume talked about the rhetoric so hostile. >> the ideological extremes have come to control the political dialogue and the message. it's very sad. when i grew up there was a sense that politics ended at the water's edge. we were the united states of america, the greatest country and we would come together around issues like civil rights, medicare, medicaid. that's all gone now. we are in a zero sum society where the winner is fighting against a loser, good versus evil.

i very much hope that alex is right, that it does last. i fear that it won't, but really, we have to as a nation for the reasons you were suggesting have to pull together because the russians, the chinese and our adversaries take advantage, make no mistake, of the division we now face. >> shannon: with all of that agreement in mind, doug and alex we'll leave it there and hope folks are listening and heeding. >> bill: president trump moments away going to sign an executive order about jobs in america. also expected to make some comments. you'll hear those remarks when they happen. squeeze in a quick break live at the white house right after this. time's up, insufficient prenatal care. and administrative paperwork... your days of drowning people are numbered. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face.

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>> continuing coverage of the virginia shooting. targeting the republican

lawmakers. an update on majority whip steve scalise and an effort to keep democrats and republicans united in the after math. we'll speak to a reporter live. the new reporting of a possible obstruction of justice inquiry on the president and waiting on verdicts in two big legal cases ahead on "happening now." >> bill: u.s. marshalls arresting two turkish officials in connection with the crazy brawl outside the turkish embassy in washington officials are accused of attacking the demonstrators protesting against president erdogan. rich edson is live with more on this. what are the charges being filed today? >> we expect the announcement to come in washington, d.c. in 45 minutes. that's when various reports say a dozen turkish officials, those members of that security detail, will be charged by officials here in washington, d.c.

u.s. marshals have confirmed to fox news they have apprehended two of those suspected here. one in northern virginia, the other in new jersey. the attack happened outside the turkish ambassador's residence in mid may. state department officials say they're waiting for the conclusion of this investigation before they decide on any diplomatic response in this case. at the time the state department said it had communicated its concern to the turkish government in the strongest possible terms. last year the turkish president's security detail fought with protestors in washington outside an event at the brookings institution. >> bill: what's the impact on america's relationship with turkey at the moment? >> a very delicate relationship. a strong alliance between the u.s. and turkey. turkey is taking the lead on a number of the refugee problems coming out of that region as well as isis. there are problems with the

relationship. first off, turkey objects to the u.s. partnership with kurdish forces in the fight against isis. turkey views those fighters as terrorists and human rights concerns, turkey's president has consolidated power in that country. the government there has jailed journalisted and political opponents. it has been a delicate balance since turkey in the past has been a strong ally against isis but there are issues that have created problems between the two countries. >> bill: thank you, rich. >> shannon: we're learning more about the shooting that seriously injured a republican lawmaker and several others, an update an steve scalise's condition as new information comes out on the man accused of pulling the trigger. the incredr accident that i had tonight- four weeks without the car. okay, yup. good night. with accident forgiveness your rates won't go up just because of an accident. switching to allstate is worth it.

>> we are going to hear more at 3:00 for the medical team but so far the words they are using, severe neurological injury. doesn't sound positive.

>> see you at 3:00. have a great day, everybody. president trump in a moment will sign an executive order, so we will have that for you as well. we will see you later. ♪ >> jon: a fox news alert, investigation into the targeted shooting of republicans which left house majority whip steve scalise in critical condition. i am jon scott. >> heather: and i am heather childers. this time yesterday thought he would be okay. >> jon: the reports are different today. >> heather: the president and vice president both visiting congressman scalise in the hospital. his injuries are worse than first reported. the bullet hit internal organs. the doctors expect them to make a full recovery. the attack lasted ten horrible minutes and injured ten other people. one witness describing the scene. >> they started shooting at me, i was pinned d