>> well, thank you so much for joining us. i'm melissa francis. up next, it's harris faulkner in for shep. >> and we begin with breaking news. we're moments away from an update on the condition of congressman steve scalise, critically wounded in the baseball game ambush. we'll hear from his doctor live. we're now hearing for the first time from the window of the man that opened fire at the baseball field. >> you know, i just don't know what to tell you people. i had no idea that this was going to happen. >> also, president trump is lashing out on twitter calling the russia investigation a witch hunt. saying there's no proof of collusion. he's taking aim at the justice department official that appointed a special prosecutor and the trump transition team has ordered to save records

related to the investigation. and the hero homeowner that captured two escaped inmates end ago man hunt. that and all the top stories this hour. and here's the breaking that we're following right now. a live look now. let's go to medstar hospital in washington d.c. we're about to get an update on steve scalise. i'm harris faulkner in for shepard smith. the hospital's head of trauma is set to talk with reporters at any moment now. the last we heard about the house majority whip, scalise, he appeared to be doing a little better, but he's still in critical condition. that's what sources told chad pergram hours ago. the congressman has had two rounds of surgery. the hospital has reported he will need more and could be there for some time. those are their words. two days ago, a gunman shot scalise and three others at the

gop charity practice. his wife told reporters she can't believe what happened and offered this apology. >> i had no idea this would happen. i don't know what to tell you about it. i can't wrap my heard about it. i just want my neighbors to be in peace. sorry he did this. there's nothing i can do about it. >> matt mika, a lobbyist for tyson foods was also shot on wednesday. he's also in critical condition. his family reported that yesterday. his relatives say he was shot in the chest and arm and he will need many surgeries. he's at george washington university hospital in d.c. zach barth, a staffer for congressman roger williams of texas, was shot in the leg. yesterday he was back at work at the u.s. capitol. two capitol police officers who were hailed as heros also injured in wednesday's attack. special agent crystal griner was

shot in the ankle. last we heard she was in good condition. special agent david bailey that received treatment for a minor injury. last night he through the first pitch at the baseball game that went on as scheduled. doug mckelway will join us by phone. we're moments away. we want to leave you where you are, doug and get the latest update. we have the media advisory that the head of trauma would give this update. >> this is a key event, harris. the hospital has been very sparse with their public pronouncements of the condition of mr. scalise. this is going to be with the head of the trauma here, dr. jack saba. this is such a mammoth injury that was done to the house majority whip, considering the

high speed bullet like this that can devastate human tissue and bone. this went into the hip, shattered his pelvis. probably suffered some veins or arteries given the extend of the bleeding. that's been a major problem in the surgeries today, just to try to stem the bleeding. hopefully we'll get an update in greater detail about what his condition is and perhaps what the prognosis is. the reason for their being so sparse, because he was in critical condition. anybody that is suffered a major gunshot wound and has undergone major surgery is oftentimes placed in critical condition. but given the extent of the injuries, it's a situation where you expect the hospital doesn't want to get out ahead of themselves. they're handling this piece by piece, operation by operation. we know there's two operations and other procedures to date,

more in store, but from dr. jack saba, we should get a better idea of the prognosis. >> doug, here's one to toss into the mix. we've just gotten word, doug, i don't know if you know this, but the news conference has been pushed back a couple minutes. now we can bring in our a team and learn more. you mentioned stemming the bleeding, that that's been an issue for representative scalise. doug mckelway, we'll come back as the news warrants. now let's move on what is also making news at this hour. president trump tweeted about the investigation into firing fbi director james comey. that's causing drama. here's the tweet "i'm being investigating for firing the fbi director by the man that told me to fire the fbi director. witchhunt."

sources now tell us the president was referring to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. he's been overseeing the investigation. remember, there's no evidence. just tossing that in. the washington most and "new york times" reported the newly assigned special counsel robert mueller is looking into whether president trump obstructed justice. now deputy attorney general rosenstein is warning americans to be skeptical about news stories that cite anonymous officials and sources. john roberts is live for us at the white house. a little alert for fake news? >> let's dissect that tweet. first he says i am under investigation. a lot of people left to the conclusion that the president confirming that he is indeed

under investigation for obstruction of justice by the special counsel's office headed i up by robert mueller. a source in the trump legal team, the outside legal team said the president is not confirming he's under investigation. he's merely suggested the same thing that "the washington post" had been reporting or merely repeating it but not confirming that he's under investigation. let's take the second part of the tweet. this is the startling part. the president is taking aim at his deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. this is an interesting development. the president is pointing out to twitter followers, and tens of millions of them, what he sees is the hypocrisy that he, the president, is under investigation for doing what rosenstein in his three-page letter effectively recommended. he didn't exactly say fire comey

but he said the fbi needed a change and didn't think that comey would be able to fulfill that role. now it raises questions as to whether or not the president may be seeking to get rid of rosenstein as the deputy attorney general. that topic did come up earlier this week in a senate judiciary committee hearing. listen to west virginia senator joe manchin questioning rosenstein here. >> could you be terminated without cause? >> yes. >> and who would appoint your replacement as your position now deputy attorney general? >> the president. >> so that's a possibility? >> anything is possible, senator. >> at the same time, the president is tweeting about this, there's speculation or at least some reports that rosenstein may be the next person to recuse himself in the russia investigation i the department of justice is pushing back hard saying he would consider doing that maybe if the

investigation turned its investigation toward him but there's no consideration of that right now. the department of justice spokesman, ian prior saying as the deputy attorney general said numerous times, there's a point that he needs to recuse, he will. nothing has changed. the president today taking aim of what he says is a lack of any finding investigation that has been going on literally since the day of the election tweeting "after seven months of investigations and committee hearing about my collusions with the russians, nobody has shown any proof. sad." what is really bugging the president, it seems the special counsel's office is leaking like asive. >> leaks in the administration. like a sive. we're getting more news now. we're going to get an update at medstar washington. the hospital where house majority whip steve scalise is after being shoot this past wednesday.

we'll hear from his chief of staff in addition to the doctors. so we'll get to learn a little bit perhaps about his family and some other issues. i can imagine the reporters will ask about that. so we'll make you aware of that. also this hour, much more on politics in the news on this friday. president trump signed a rollback of a key obama legacy point. i'll get into that and more with "fox news sunday" anchor chris wallace. stay close.

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>> harris: let's talk more about the russia investigation. let's bring in "fox news sunday" anchor chris wallace. chris, good to see you. my first question would be, the president has a right to defend himself. when he tweets, i mentioned it caused drama but he's pointing to facts. there's no ed. he's catching it a witchhunt. your thoughts? >> yeah, he can do anything he want. its a free country. it's not helpful to his legal case. there's some evidence here that would seem to add to the possibility or his liability for object stregs of justice. the fact is that he's now in that one tweet where he says i'm now being investigated by -- for

obstruction for firing the fbi director by the man that told me to fire the fbi director. we all know because the president told us in an interview with nbc that he didn't fire james comey because of the recommendation of the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. he said he decided to do that before he even met with the attorney general and with rod rosenstein. so it just seems curious and smarter for him -- he has the right to do it, but it would be smarter for him to stop talking about this particular issue. not saying he can't stop talking about health care or taxes or anything else, this is a sensitive issue. most lawyers would say don't talk any more than you need to. >> harris: aside from the lawyers, the american people have said what they want is to concentrate on the things that matter to their lives. this is a huge shiny object that is distracting everybody at this point. no doubt the trump side wants it to go away. i hear you saying the attorneys would prefer if he stopped

commenting on it. i want to talk about where we are with the leaks now and the mueller investigation. what is going on with that? how can it be a fair investigation if it too is leaking as john roberts put it like a sive? >> yeah, we don't know who is leaking. there's this implication that the special counsel's office that is leaking. we know the special counsel, his office, has been reaching out to a variety of people. we know it from the reports. for instance, the director of national intelligence, dan coats or mike rogers. perhaps it's somebody from their office that leaked this information. we don't know who is leaking it. it's not fair that they're leaking it but it isn't going to interfere with the investigation. >> harris: can i put this out there? why did robert mueller, the head of the special counsel now ahead

of the special investigation, why did he choose to stack the prosecutorial deck with hillary clinton supporters? people can support whomever they want is. that a problem in terms of the leaks do you think? >> well, i don't know. you know, a supposition. a big leak to say those are the folks that are leaking. you don't know that and i don't know that. you can argue about the choice of who he's making. look, some of that is just push-back by people that don't like this investigation by robert mueller. i have to tell you, robert mueller, the fbi director at 9-11 and then for about -- >> harris: impeccable resume. >> has an impeccable reputation and supported by the right and the left. you heard this week when there was a hint of a suggestion the president might try to find some way to get rid of mueller, you

hid mitch mcconnell and paul ryan and others saying absolutely not, let mueller do his job. >> harris: thanks for addressing that. as it comes out and you hear about leaks, wouldn't it make sense that people don't hear with you might push back. but you're right. we don't have the facts. i asked the question. the last is about the discipline of this president and maybe a call for that a little bit and getting back to the issues. i'm wondering what the dream beat is on capitol hill. >> a lot of people are tremendous supporters of donald trump and want to see him succeed and feel that the tweeting about these kinds of issues, which as you say don't affect people's lives, involve him, but not about facts or healthcare reform or infrastructure, you know, win he would stop it and focus on doing his job and solving their problems, not worrying about and talking a lot about his problems. >> harris: right.

they tend to step on the news that he's already making. he just signed legacy, reversing from president obama, legacy-reversing legislation with policy with cuba and that gets stepped on by this other stuff. >> i was going to say, harris, look at our conversation right here. we could be talking about cuba. we're not. the only person responsible for that is the president with these controversial tweets today. >> harris: we're going to talk about it more with a panel. we appreciate your time. i'm going to brag on you. this weekend, "fox news sunday" chris wallace will talk with congressman rodney davis who was on the field during the shooting at the gop baseball practice this week. also minnesota democratic senator amy cloveratar. is it sincere? and the latest on the russian investigations with one of

president trump's attorneys. that's this sunday on your local fox broadcast station. check the times in your area. here's what we're watching. we're watching for this news conference to pop up on screen there and for doctors -- we also understand a member of rough -- representative scalise's team and possibly answer questions. we're going to take a quick commercial break and come back to the breaking news. ♪ say no to this because of my bladder? thanks to tena. not anymore! only new tena intimates has pro-skin technology designed to quickly wick away moisture. to help maintain your skin's natural balance. it goes beyond triple protection from leaks, odor and moisture. so you can feel fresh and free to get as close as you want.

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i understand he was awake on scene, but by the time he was transported by helicopter to the medstar trauma center, he was in shock. my partners, dr. tony shiplet saw him in the trauma center with the other doctors and nurses there. they treated him there and quickly brought him to the operating room where we performed ing room, he was in critical condition and received many units of transfused blood. hed truly amazing dr. eric and dr. scott frank. due to their great work, we got him through that procedure and we took him to the radiology suite where he underwent an additional procedure by dr. khan to control bleeding from. there, we went to the intensive care unit where he got additional care under the

direction of dr. owosuali. and yesterday we did an additional operation and dr. robert golden, our director of orthopedic trauma, did an operation to repair a broken bone in his leg. the congressman's status remains critical. we're encouraged by improvement in his condition over the last 36 hours. we have controlled the internal bleeding and his vital signs have stabilized. he will require additional operations to manage abdominal injuries and other bone injuries. predicting the length of his hospital stay is difficult today, presumably easier in some days when more time has passed and we have more information. after he leaves the hospital, he will req a period of healing and of rehabilitation. on behalf of the med star trauma team, i want to thank the special agents on the scene as well as the first responders for everything that they did for the

shooting victims. we're all aware here of all the folks did to save these people. we here salute their commitment, their dedication and their skill. i can answer a few questions, but as donna said, it's possible that we will not be able to answer all the questions due to privacy concerns. >> dr. sava, just a practical question. you described multiple procedures. some confusion from -- many of us are not medical professionals. what is the a fair assessment of the surgeries he's had? what is the best way to characterize these procedures and how many? >> there's a bit of semitic confusion there. i leave it to you how to characterize. he went from an operation to a procedure that i mentioned in enter conveniental radiology. we don't call that a surgery. it has many similarities.

there's anesthesia and in many ways it resembles and operation. >> did he come back from anesthesia between the two? >> no. the second possible point of confusion is that yesterday he underwent an operation that involved two separate surgical teams. it was in the same room in one continuous sitting with one set of anesthesia. first it was my team doing abdominal surgery and the orthopedic surgery. the confusion of whether you count that as one or two. >> you read one of our articles. what number would you say would be most accurate? >> two. >> thank you. >> what are your major concerns going forward at this point in terms of his recovery? do you expect mr. scalise to live in most respects a normal life and what the limitations on your experience? >> i don't want to get too far ahead of myself.

all of us care for severely injured patient are reluctant to predict which way things can go with all the branches in the road that are to come. usually the initial period is about hemorrhage control. i feel like we've made a lot of progress about that and hopefully that won't be our biggest enemy any longer. other things to worry about include infections and other complications that come about from intensive care. >> in terms of rehabilitation? >> hopefully you'll have an opportunity to talk to dr. golden about the orthopedic aspect. i think we fully expect him to walk, to be able to do -- again, i don't want to speak to dr. golden, but my understanding is he will walk and hopefully run. as far as the degree of athletic limitation, i'll kick that to dr. golden to answer. >> and a lot of people have heard shot in the hip and were

surprised to hear that he's in critical condition. can you describe what made the injuries so severe or difficult to treat? >> i thought about that. i was surprised by some of the reports also. i would encourage you the talk to your medical military colleagues to learn what it means to be shot in the hip with a high velocity rifle. most of us wouldn't consider that a benign wound. as i said, in his case, the major risk to life is because of the hemorrhage that results when that travels through blood vessels. >> it's a bleeding thing. >> yes. >> has he been conscious at all? has he talked to his family, friends or anything like that? take visitors? >> he's been sedated. we've been able to turn down that sedation enough for him to respond to his family members. he clearly knows they're there and appreciates their presence. >> does he understand what he's going through at this point?

>> i don't want to get into the details of what i think he's going through. i think we're happy to see that he can respond to us and to the family. >> dr. sava, was the broken leg or the result of the bullet, was that a result of the bullet or falling down? it's quite common that we don't remove bullets and fragments. that's the case here. i have not counted but i'd guess there's hundreds of fragments. usually there's more risk in trying to find and remove the fragments than benefit. so we have no intention to remove the fragments. >> any internal organs that you're concerned about? >> we decided not to get into

detail about internal injuries at this time. >> and how about mrs. griner? >> i don't have information on that. dr. golden operated on here. >> only one surgery for her? >> she has had one operation at this point. dr. golden can answer to whether additional work will be needed. >> bottom line, you sound optimistic. >> it's my job to be pessimistic. i feel a lot more confident and a lot more optimistic than i did two, three days ago. >> how serious of a situation or how would you describe the seriousness when he was first here and the risk that he could die? >> i would say when he arrived, he was in critical condition with an imminent risk of death. >> how long do you think he would be in the hospital? >> again, it's too hard to say

at this point. once we get through a few more days, we might prognosticate more. he will certainly be in the hospital for a considerable period of time. presumably weeks. >> i was surprised to hear you say that you expect to see him walk again perhaps run again given the fact that his hip was shattered. isn't that the main support structure of the erect body and what kind of repair work is done to see that he can run again? >> you're correct. it's a critical piece of support for standing and walking. again, dr. golden would be a better person to answer that question our orthopedic drama surgeons are very good and they can work miracles. >> in that vein, there's no nerve damage or anything like that that would impair -- >> i think also i will sort of stop at the really detailed

assessment of each individual injury. again, we sort of decided we wouldn't go there today. >> maybe you can say for sure -- >> i have given much thought to word choice yet. we've been awfully busy. i have to admit, i find that challenging. there's not really strict definitions. your idea of critical and my idea of critical and don's idea of critical are different. i usually steer away from those terms. >> you said he was critical when he came in. while his still in critical is he still at risk of death? >> i think that his risk of death right now is substantially lower than when he came in. certainly whatever you think of the word "critical" he was as critical as you could be when he

came in. there's no controversy about word choice then. >> does the risk of infection increase with each surgery? >> no, i wouldn't say that. increases over a period of time. usually infections typically don't happen in the first couple days. you enter a time period where infections are more common regardless of surgery yes or no. >> what do you think the next step will be for treatment? additional operations? where are we going from here? >> yes, he has additional operations that he will need before leaving the hospital. >> is there a recuperation period between now and when the next operation will be? i don't know how aggressive you would be in that timetable. >> i think the next operation would likely take place within 48 hours. it's a pretty dynamic decision making process. what typically takes place when patients are severely injured

like this is called damage control surgery. what that means is that rather than trying to do everything in one operation on day one, we generally stage the operations. first operation is dedicated usually mainly to bleeding control. the other types of work you have to do are staged for later operations. >> [question inaudible] >> infection is a significant risk. >> dr. sava, you see congressman scalise returning to work in the future? >> i think that's a possibility. >> [question inaudible] >> hard to say. >> thank you very much. >> [question inaudible] >> i think that an excellent recovery is a good possibility.

>> thank you all very much. >> harris: the head of trauma at medstar washington trauma there, dr. jack sava taking questions from the media about the current condition of representative steve scalise. the headline had to be "i feel more optimistic than i did two days ago", that his risk of death has substantially been lowered. he talked about the fact that scalise was awake at the scene from the baseball practice, that gop baseball practice on wednesday. by the time he was transported to the hospital, he was not in that way. he described the early hours of when he arrived, he was with imminent risk of death. you heard me say the headline has to be that that is substantially lower. let's bring in the fox news

medical correspondent, dr. mark siegle and dr. rashine raj. i gave you the headline. what was it to you? >> i agree with you. he's out of major risk. seemed like he had to go to enter convenientional radiology. sounds like arteries were affected and caused severe bleeding and that has been controlled, which is great news. >> dr. siegle, i want your thoughts. >> it was clear, controlling the bleeding is number 1. what he also emphasized, which we've been wondering and worried about, would the patient wake up. when you lose so much blood and

you have low blood pressure, is there any damage to the brain? he said today, he answered questions. how wonderful is that? he also said he thinks he's going to walk again. i've been worried about nerves in pelvis. the iliac arteries and veins. as dr. raj just said, there was damage to the arteries and veins there and those cause death. so they controlled the bleeding, stabilized his vitals. they preserved blood flow to the brain. >> it's so interesting to get this textured detail from this doctor. he said we don't want to go too deep but he did give us a lot of information. the line is slightly better today. didn't take us journalistically anywhere we can go. we can sit around and talk. now we have facts. what did they say about how quickly he's progressed? >> they did mentioned he needed

abdominal surgery. not only was the hit affected, but the phones and the an dom nat organs. perhaps the bowel was affected. very often when you do surgery on the bowel, you have to do it in stages. getting rid of the immediate danger. he didn't specify which organs were affected. >> he called it damage control surgery at this point. >> because when you rip organs apart with a bullet as he said today, fragmenting, the organs have to be sewn up, the blood vessels sewn up. stopping bleeding. he said you guys out there love the term "critical." for me, it's about the details of what's going on. >> harris: we heard a slight update on some of the others that were hit.

we heard a little bit about mr. mika. just to get a quick thought from you, dr. raj. >> what we need to focus on, the types of bullets. the assault bullets scattered in the body and produce more damage. so something in the chest could be very dangerous. you can be affecting the heart and the blood vessels around that area. >> lungs and things we can put chest tubes in. he may be in the icu, but we don't know the information but if the heart was avoided, he's in better shape as a result. >> harris: i want to regenerate now if we can i'm telegraphing this to the team in the booth. if regenerate and replay what we missed joining in. we didn't know until moments before we went to air that the chief of staff for representative scalise would be joining. let's watch this.

>> i'm brett horton. have a brief statement from jennifer scalise regarding wednesday's attack. on behalf of steve and our children, i want to thank everyone from the bottom our hearts. the incredible amount of prayers that we've received. we're appreciative of the strong outpouring of love and support from neighbors, friends, across louisiana and across the country as well as president trump, vice president pence and all of steve's colleagues that have reached out. we're forever grateful for crystal griner and david bailey that saved everybody's lives at the baseball field that morning, including steve's. crystal and david have been family to us for years. we ask you to continue to pray for their full recovery. i would like to pray and thank the first responders and all those at medstar.

we ask you to continue the pray for steve, mike mika and all of those he hurt in the attack and keep them in your prayers during the recovery. thank you. >> harris: so you saw representative scalise's chief of staff reading a statement by jennifer scalise. real quickly before i let you go. i'm curious to know based on what the doctor said, how close to imminent death the representative was. what you think is maybe remarkable or stands out. what do you think they need to do first or impresses you most? >> what impresses me, this is where a true trauma team works to their best. this is their job, to treat acute situations. you're talking about something that is bleeding out. they did a fantastic job. but they're not out of the woods yesterday. when you're in the hospital, you can get infections and blood

clots. he's pessimistic. a lot of things can happen in the next couple weeks. >> harris: he said that he's not doing his job if he's not pessimistic. last thoughts from you. >> infections can creep in. it's about the speed and the skill that they showed. i want to add the word "courage" here. representative scalise is recovering because of his own courage and heroism. >> harris: thank you to you both. you heard from the chief of staff. representative scalise and president trump have forged a great relationship with the healthcare bill and tax reform. president trump as we move along now is rolling back part of president obama's legacy and policy on cuba. the changes include bringing back restrictions on american's

traveling to that communist nation. we'll debate political sides and touch on other political news being made on this friday ahead on the fox news deck. stay close. whoooo.

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as part of an organized tour group that american companies run. president obama did away with that requirement. the white house says the goal is to stop american cash from getting into cuba's military and security services, which run a great deal of that island nation. the critics say the restrictions will cut off money to cuba's private sector. the architect of president obama's cuba's policy wrote a response blasting the changes. not liking it. "while not a full reversal, trump's actions have put relations between the united states and cuba back into the prism of the past setting back the prospect for reform inside cuba and ignoring the voices of the cuban people just so he can reward a small political constituency." we'll talk about that. let's bring in our political panel, amy is here, a republican strategist and former chair of the nevada republican party. democratic strategist, michael

tobman is a former senior aid to chuck schumer and president of tobman strategies. amy, i'm going to start with you. on the kind of policy that the president just reversed, it's a legacy point for obama. what happened today? >> well, the president basically fulfilled one of his promises. what he made on the campaign trail. we have to understand, this is a limited roll back from what. obama had put into -- into place. what this does, this forces the cuban regime to basically focus on humanitarian effort, to make sure that we mean business and it's time to release political prisoners. >> harris: michael? >> i can answer that question right now. you know, the definition of insanity they say is repeating the same actions again and again and hoping for a different

result. we've had decades and generations of sanctions. it's not really changed the way this communist island conducts its affairs and own personal business in their country. so there's no reason to think that rolling back what amounts to just less than two years of efforts of reform is anything but again a prison of the past. i would point out that again, this is the fault of the previous democratic administration. you can't win florida in a presidential election as we saw in 2016 and normalize relations with cuba. that's what the democrats tried to do. you have to pick one. the obama administration chose to normalize relations. that's one of the reasons they lost florida. >> a very interesting point. a fair one, too. the president has talked about getting a better deal for america in terms of the things that are important to us. he did, because they're not going to -- the white house and the administration, the trump administration, are not going to weigh-in on the dream act. so that is something that happened today. what is your take on it, amy?

>> well, this is something that once again, you know, yes, he did talk about this a lot on the campaign trail. but you can change your mind. you can learn as you go. i actually agree with the fact that we're going to leave this in place. >> harris: i want to move ahead with some of the things that will be talked about moving into the weekend and beyond. that is -- i know you worked for chuck schumer. >> i did. >> harris: he's calling the senator for all 100 senators to meet on healthcare, this is kind of an outgrowth of the unity happening because of the baseball practice perhaps. how optimistic are you that this will happen and he and mitch mcconnell can garner a deal? >> clearly we know there was no compromise or middle ground to be found in the house. the senate, even those things are raucous and partisan is a more thoughtful and deliberate and measured conversation. so i'm cautiously optimistic that some compromise will be found on what ultimately is a $2

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>> harris: police say a homeowner in tennessee took matters into his own hands when two violent fugitives tried to steal his car. the homeowner called his neighbor and the two of them held the suspects at gun point and waited for police to show up and arrest them. the suspects appeared in court for the first time today. police say they had been on a crime spree across two states stealing cars, robbing homes and holding an elderly couple hostage. they say it began tuesday morning when the suspects overpowered two guards at a prison bus outside atlanta. shot them dead and got away.

jonathan serrie live with more. this story has a lot of details. wow! >> it does, harris. the fugatives tried to evade authorities by moving from stolen car to stolen car. they were in one of the stolen vehicles when it crashed. the suspects fled on foot to a nearby home. they apparently lost their weapons in the crash but the homeowner and his neighbor were armed. listen. >> they thought it was going to been an opportune moment to steal a car. it was not. as the director stated, we're very thankful that the cooperation from the homeowners led to this, to helping law enforcement to get these suspects off the road, in custody. >> it was a peaceful end to a man hunt that started with the violent death of two georgia state correctional officers.

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we got some news this hour. representative steve scalise doing better. away from imminent death and moving to looking pretty good. "your world" with trish is now. >> forget draining the swamp. the white house trying to plug the leaks. i'm trish regan in for neil cavuto. we have headlines like this one on the russia probe. all quoting anonymous sources. americans should question all reports where sources are not named. this is john roberts with the very latest. >> yeah, rather bizarre when rod rosenstein released the st