york city, i'm dimarco morgan. captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, june 15th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." >> today i experienced the carnage of actual gunshots being fired firsthand. it was horrific. >> very tough shape. that's how the president describes congressman steve scalise after visiting him at the hospital last night. this morning updates on the victims of the baseball field shooting. the search for culturaler's motive, and the resolve of lawmakers to unite and play ball. >> if we don't play this

baseball game and go home, then they win. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. house majority whip steve scalise is in critical condition this morning. he and others were shot in open fire. the president visited scalise last night where he was being treated. he suffered broken bones, internal organ injuries and severe bleeding. he's listed in critical condition after surgery and will need additional surgery. lobbyist matt mika was hit in the chest. one bullet hit his lung. he's also in critical condition.

zachary barth was shot in the leg and was released. two capitol hill officers were also shot. seth lemon is at the capitol. seth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. this morning lawmakers are going to try to get back to business as yushlg. this morning the house and the senate are both going reconvene. of course, reconvening as those wounded in the shooting are still recovering. >> reporter: tex republican roger williams is among lawmakers backing the decision to press ahead with today's annual baseball game despite the shooting still rattling the chile. members of the republican party were playing. the 60-year-old gunman was shot

and killed by officers. scalise was shot in the hip. president trump visited him if the hospital afterward tweeting in part representative scalise is in tough shape but he's a fighter. >> reporter: investigators are reviewing his online activity. he repeatedly took to facebook. his office has seened several calls from the shooter in the past. h hindsight one raised the red flag. >> if you vote this way, we'll remember you. that means if you're a political activist, that means you're going to work harder against me next time. you don't take that as a physical threat. >> reporter: hodgkinson also wrote in the local newspaper.

he talked about policies too often favoring the rich. >> president trump wanted to attend the white hou attend the game but because of protocols that's not going happen. the gunman 60-year-old james hodgkinson had been living out of his van in the area for months. he had a history of grievances against the president and the republican party. >> reporter: in 2011 hodgkinson who was active politically was interviewed at an occupy wall street protest. >> 99% are getting pushed around and the 1% are just not giving a damn. >> reporter: he was also known to post anti-republican comments on line. on facebook he was direct about his disdain for the president. trump is a traitor and he's destroyed our democracy, he wrote on march 22nd. it's time to destroy trump and

company. two days later, march 24th, neighbored near his home in bellevue, illinois, called to complain about a subject in the pine trees shooting. according to the sheriff's office it was hodgkinson and deputies told him not to discharge his weapon in the area. he did have a valid firearms weapon and was told not to discharge. he called the republican theeving and cheating. mary ellen o'toole is a former fbi profiler. >> one is a justice collector. this is someone who goes through life and looks for grievances that are occurring to them and they blame other people for it. >> reporter: in 2006 hodgkinson was arrested for punching a woman in the face and threatening a man in the home with a shotgun. hitting him with a shot as the man ran away.

investigators are now tracing the assault rifle and handgun in going through an old white conversion van they think he may have been living in. they believe he's been in the le alexandria area since march. senator sanders said he was sickened by the attack. >> violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society and i condemn this action in the strongest possible terms. >> so far investigators have found no connection to domestic or international terrorist groups. they say he had recently been hanging out at the ymca near the baseball field where the shooting occurred. police are asking you to report any past sightings of the subject as they try to build a timeline. the last lawmaker shot in an

attack former congresswoman gabby giffords said her heart is with the family. giffords tweeted, i am thankful for the latest who were my protectors after i was shot and became my friends. scott pelley asked her husband mark kelly how she's doing. >> she's good. her injury -- as people know, she was shot from about three feet away with a 9 millimeter in her head and it's a serious traumatic brain injury, but gabby works incredibly hard all the time to try to make this country a better place, she's in a good mood, enthusiastic, she just had a u.s. navy ship named after her, the lcs-10 now the uss gabby giffords.

>> giffordss with shot in the head at close range. she's been an advocate for gun control. the gunman took aim through a chain link fence. >> we were doing batting practice and there were a number of members of staff fielding. >> i was up at bat. i heard a loud noise. i thought it was a construction site dropping a large piece of metal. >> as i was on the phone with 911, e saw one woman running away at top speed obviously in a panic. >> we didn't exactly know where shots were coming from, but it was loud and constant. i actually ran. >> everybody was many line of fire. the people in the dugout were seeing the bullets careening off the dirt. >> he shot at tray kelly our

third baseman, steve scalise, or second baseman. he hit scalise. >> nobody could get to him. at that point, he's the only one left on the field. as the gunshots ring out, he falls. everybody flees the field but the gunshots are spraying the whole width of the field. >> fortunately there was return gunfire from the capitol police to keep him at bay. >> did you see him? >> i saw him lying down on the pavement with a knee in his back. >> they were the ones that saved countless innocent lives thaunld're the heroes of today. >> ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll have updates on the patient conditions and the latest developments in the investigation. president trump is reported low being investigated for possible obstruction of justice by special counsel robert mueller. the investigation of the president began days after he fired fbi director james comey.

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the death toll currently stands at 12. the fire quickly engulfed the 24-story building yesterday. 74 others are injured, 12 of them critically and an unknown number missing. jonathan vigliotti with the latest. jonathan, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. a much different scene today than when we spoke yesterday. the building stands much like a skeleton, much of those 24 stories completely gutted by the flames. the firefighters remain here on the scene. their main focus is hot spots that flared up overnight. fire officials say it could take several weeks before they can carry out an entire search of this building. it's still unclear what caused this fire. we also don't know why it was able to spread as quickly as it did. the building itself has had complaints for years.

residents worried about fire hazards including blocked exits. one man i spoke with said the management company simply ignored those concerns. the building itself also underwent a renovation. as a result, a cosmetic siding was put up on the exterior of the building. that may have played a large part in why the fire spread. experts say it may have been flammable. what's clear is it spread overnight when many people were sleeping. those images of people in the windows crying desperately for help below. anne-marie, you said the death toll stands at 12, but there are dozens still missing at this hour and the bbc is reporting that as many as 00 peop100 peop

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the shooting yesterday in alexandria happened during congressional practice in baseball game. it gives democrats and republicans a chance to show rare bipartisanship. scott pelley reports. >> while it is republicans versus democrats and there's a lot of good-natured trash talk and ribbing, you really do form friendships and working relationships with your colleagues on the other side of the aisle that you compete against. >> democrat linda sanchez has been playing for 15 years. mike doyle of pennsylvania is her manager. >> it's made it much easier for me to walk across the aisle and say, hey, you know, can we get this done. >> reporter: the game first

played in 1909 was the idea of republican congressman john tenor of pennsylvania, a former major league player. the democrats won. the cincinnati inquirier read, republican poll team ground into dust by the unholy score of 20-16. unholy even though a priest was the umpire. senators did not join until 1950. the first grand slam was hit by a congressman from grand rapids, michigan. future president gerald ford. in 1958 the game was called over pain. too many members were hurt. they returned in 1962 as a best of five series, played for charity. the roll call trophy, and bragging rights. since all politics is local

players wear uniforms from home state college and professional teams. republican patrick mia from philadelphia. over the years democrats have won 39 times, the republicans, 39. one game ended in a tie, and, no, the vice president can't break a tie. >> we leave you with the words of house speaker paul ryan and nancy pelosi as they make a call to put aside political differences in the wake of a shooting. >> you see people have the biggest differences of opinion on politics and yet when their team is on the field, people come together. >> for all the noise and all the fury, we are one family. these were our brothers and sisters if the line of fire. >> for this person to take this

action was so cowardly, so cowardly. >> these were our brothers and sisters who ran into danger and saved countless lives. >> i want us to remember that every single day the capitol police protects all of us, takes risks for us. >> i ask each of you to join me to resolve, to come together, to lift each other up, and to show the country, to show the world that we are one house, the people's house, united in our humanity. it is that humanity -- -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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extraordinary, wonderful full, he cares about everybody >> congressman steve scalise hometown holds a prayer vigil as he recovers from the gunshot wound and we will tell you how he is doing this morning and what we're learning about the gun man. more trouble for president trump this morning, why the special counts he will conducting the russia investigation may be turning his attention to the president and wait continues, jurors return to the montgomery county courthouse for another day of deliberations in the bill cosby trial, why both side are saying about how long deliberations are going. today is thursday june 15th good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. you may have to boil your water before brushing your teeth, we will have those details in a minute. but first a check of the re