captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is wednesday, june 14th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." a deadly fire roars through a london high-rise apartment building overnight. people trapped inside take desperate action to get out. the death toll could be very high. nearly 200 congressional democrats sue president trump over his company revenues from foreign governments. plus white house advisers has to discourage the president from firing the special counsel in the russian investigation. and we'll intro dye deu trow drewes you to a

we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> we could hear people scaming, "hel pme, help me." >> you could see people bending from the windows and fires were all around them. it was horrendous. >> a deadly fire in a london high-wise. >> i have never, ever seen anything of this scale. >> you can only imagine how utterly terrifying it's got to be wondering how you're going to get out if you get out. >> it's going to be shocking. >> to suggest that i was aware of any collusion is an appalling and detestable lie. >> this is the side show to a sideshow. sessions did a very good job fending off all of these charges. >> his refusal today to answer legitimate questions is going to lead to an investigation of his conduct.

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believe in yourselfing and have every great player other than lebron james, you can accomplish anything. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." a massive and deadly fire overnight swept through a london apartment tire. witnesses described people trapped inside screaming for help. so far six people are confirmed dead, but the death tol death t go much higher. >> the intense fire sent raining debris to the residential neighborhood below. it could be seen 12 hours after the fire started. dozens of people are hospitalized. >> this tower is located miles west of kensington palace in the hearst of london. jonathan vigliotti is on the scene. jonathan, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning. we're standing a block away and

remains engulfed in smoke. you need to remember this. when this fire happened, it happened in the middle of night with hundreds of people inside likely asleep at the time. the flames moved fast. the wall of fire trapping people inside. cell phone video captured their desperate attempt to escape the 24-story inferno. some waved flags hoping firefighters would spot them. another screamed to those inside. >> what floor are you on? >> seventh! >> reporter: witnesses described the chaos. >> people were waving on the top floor. you can't do nothing. >> were you able to hear what they were saying? >> just screaming. >> people throwing themselves out just so they don't get

>> this is quite high up. >> as high up as past as eight stories. people were jumped and dropping their kids. please, save my children. >> she said friends of hers and their five children were unaccounted for. 16-year-old inez was asleep at the time and made it out with her family only to watch helplessly along with hundreds of others as their homes were destroyed. >> you could see flashlights because it was dark. you could see flashlights that people were home, people screaming, banging on the window. >> reporter: witnesses say the fair started on one of the lower levels of the building around 1:00 in the morning and within an hour engulfed most of the more than 120 homes. hours later smoke still poured into the sky as firefighters were able to bring one man out alive. and that man is very lucky. we have been here for several hours and he is the o

we have seen firefighters pull from this building alive. we spoke with several witnesses who said initially when this fire happened, firefighters actually told them to stay indoors and to put towels underneath their door to prevent smoke from coming inside. at this point it's still unclear what caused this fire, why it spread so quickly. the mayor of london speak out saying there are some serious questions that need to be answered. norah. >> lots of questions. jonathan vigliotti on the scene in london. thank you. president trump faces a new legal challenge this morning from congressional democrats. they plan to sue the president over foreign governments doing business with the trump organization. the suit focuses on a clause in the constitution intended to prevent bribery. 196 democrats, but no republicans, are involved in this challenge. the attorneys general from the detective and maryland recently filed a similar lawsuit. major garrett at the white house. major, good morning. >> good rn

because president trump has not fully divested of his businesses, he receives gifts from foreign countries and profits from higher named recognition his reports and properties now have. they essentially seek more details on the president's finances. that means his tax returns. and if these lawsuits are deemed legally viable, the discovery process they set in motion could bring those tax returns to light. now, all of this as revelations of special counsel robert mueller's russian investigation and his own job security continue to swirl. the president returned from a fund-raiser in milwaukee last night in a new controversy after it was reviewed that president trump thought about firing mueller. alarmed about the idea, it was advised against.

>> i have confidence in mr. mueller that now that sessions has recused himself from the russia investigation, only deputy attorney deputy rod rosensteinas h the ability to fire mueller. >> if the president ordered you to fire the special counsel, what would you do? >> if there were good cause, i would consider it. if not, it wouldn't matter. >> during a meeting with president trump, the president kept his focus on health care. there he flip-flopped on the health care calling it mean. with the gop-controlled senate struggling with the house bill's reduction to medicaid and loss of coverage, the president is now looking for something

that's going to be a phenomenal bill for the people of our country. generous, kind, with heart. >> no one knows what that means because senate republican health care dedeliberations with this white house's blessings have all been conducted behind closed doors. no public hearing is scheduled. that's a far more secretive one that led to obamacare in 2009 and 2010 that, gayle, republicans described then as secretive. >> thank you very much, major. attorney general jeff sessions says any questions regarding the campaign said is appalling and a lie. he defended his role in the firing of fbi director james comey. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with that part of the story. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. the republicans say it's now time to get back to the original investigio

russian meddling in the 2016 election. democats say that's hard to do when the democrats won't acknowledge it and when their top advisers like sessions won't answer all their questions. >> i mean what is this? >> an angry attorney general said he was being smeerd over rumors that he had undisclosed sessions. >> there are none. >> he said there was nothing wrong with the firing even though h had recused himself. >> the recusal involved -- one case involved in the didn't of justice. and in the fbi. they conduct thousands of investigations. >> but he refused to describe the conversations he had with the president on the matter. >> mr. chairman, i'm not able to comment. i'm not able to comment on that. >> and any other matter. >> you're not answering questions. you're impeding this investigation. >> it would be ap

me to answer and reveal private conversations with the president. >> it left one democrat suggesting that perhaps sessions should be held in contempt of congress. >> we may have to litigate that if we think they're not making a sound basis for their claim. >> the republicans argued sessions was following a long-standing tradition. >> there isn't a president in the united states that has not had that expectation unless those conversations are about wrongdoing, which there is no evidence of that. >> sessions was asked about his one-on-one communications with the former fbi director. >> there's nothing wrong with the president having communication with the fbi director. >> but it did appear comey felt the conversation was improper. >> he was concerned about it. >> there have been reports of tensions between president trump and the attorney general but the white house thinks sessions did a very good job yesterday and that he made a strong case that there was no collusion,

between the trump campaign and the russians. >> thanks, nancy. cbs news chief correspondent and moderator of "face the nation" is with us, john dickerson, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> did sessions' interrogation help or hurt the white house? >> it helped the white house. he was there when the president was evaluated james comey. he was there for some of these conversatio conversations, but he didn't answer any of those questions. he answered questions about his own behavior, contact abowith r. he gave sound bites that showed oupen the news and that's what the white house wants because they want to be able to say this collusion story, there's nothing to it, so let's put this away. what's still out there, of course, is the obstruction story, but there was no real new grounds. >> the collusion is where he's recused himself. >> the obstruction of justice.

the investigation with james comey, he said those are private conversations with the president and i academy not going to talk about that. >> that seemed to frustrate his colleagues. he was at times defiant and defensive. they seemed angry. did we learn anything? >> because he's fighting charges that are all basically rumors and questions about you, jeff sessions. so he had all access to real anger on that. he did not get as angry about the suggestion that the president might have interfered in the investigation. but he gave no answers because he said the president might assert executive privilege. the president has not yet. but in order for that story to continue, congress would have to hold jeff sessions in contempt. >> another big story not to get lost is major garrett reported he met with them and they said the health care version to repeal obamacare is mean. >> this is a leak coming from the senators, by t

the leak out of this meeting, it's extraordinary because the president has now just put a really damaging word on the house bill. democrats are going to pick up on h. also, the president is judging this bill. he talks about generous, kind, and with heart. they wouldn't have defended on giving personal freedom, helping market work better. if the president keeps defining it on the generosity terms, that's playing to a strength the democrats has. it talks about who it covers and medicaid coverage. >> thanks, john. it's good to see you. in the next hour let's talk with tom kohn, the republican senator suggests that democrats' allegations sound something like a spy move. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." an american college student held for 14 months is back home but he's in a coma. a medevac

back. his parents said, quote, we want the world to know how we and our son have been brutalized and terrorized by the pariah regime. ben tracy is there with the details of the early release. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the state department said it was notified last week about warmbier's condition. they went to pyongyang and demanded his release. apparently warmbier had been in a coma for more than a year. he arrived home in cincinnati on a medevac flight late last night. an ambulance carrying the 22-year-old rushed him meetly from the airport to a nearby hospital. the last time he was seen in public, he was being paraded through the halls of the north korean supreme court in handcuffs. his sign, ripping down a propaganda poster in a pyongyang

my life. he gave a tearful and seemingly coercive statement. >> i entirely beg you for your forgiveness. >> they claim warmbier fell into a coma shortly after his one-hour trial. he became ill after getting botulism. he had repeatedly been beaten and there were concerns he had died. secretary of state rex tillerson credited president trump for pushing for warmbier's release. >> we continue our discussions with the north korean regime regarding the release of the three other american citizens that have been detained. >> why was he in a coma? >> reporter: former ambassador bill richardson had some questions. >> the excuse the north koreans have givensn

>> now, warmbier's parents do plan to hold a news conference tomorrow and may shed light on what happened to their son. meanwhile the conditions of the three other americans held by north korea is unknown. norah? >> ben tray is in beijing. thank you. a nationwide manhunt is under way for two georgia inmates accused of shooting and killing two correctional officers. they escaped yesterday morning. investigators say they killed two guards on a prison bus. mark strassmann is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. these are violent convicted felons who are armed and this the words of the local sheriff, beyon dangerous. >> i'm assuming the shooters have escaped. >> reporter: teams of federal,

searched through the night for debose and rowe. they were wo of 30 prisoners who were riding on this bus. investigators say debose and romanaged to get past the gate. sergeant monica and sergeant beaulieu. >> two of the prisoners overpowered the guards. officers driving the bus. they obtained their weapons, shot and killed both of their officers. the biggest worry is the inmates might kill someone else. >> i saw two brutally correct n corrections officers. that's what i saw. >> debose carjacked this honda

into this home where they stole food and changed clothes. detectives are questioning the other inmates on that bus and looking at on board surveillance tape. but, remember, this search going on here, the only time that they have spotted these escapees is after they bur larrized that home, they were spotted at a local store. but since then, nothing. gayle? >> thank you, mark. jurors will begin a third day of deliberations in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. >> hey, hey, hey. >> he appeared to quote one of his most famous characters, fat albert as he left the court around 9:30 last night. now the jury has been deliberating on this case for more than 15 hour. if convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison. ride hailing uber is making big changes without its ceo. ahead, whether travis

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to suggestion i participated in any collusion, was in a discussion to co-collude and hurt this country for which i've honored for 35 years or to undermine the integrity of our democratic process is an appalling and detestable lie. >> i say pistols at dawn, sir, pistols at dawn, which which is not a great idea since the committee chair is named bu are r

that's an interesting observation. president trump has given jim matusz the authority to decide how many troops to put on the ground there. >> interesting. >> they're increasing their current forces on the level of 8,400 but mattis said u.s. is not winning the war that started in 2001. he warned against leaving the country prematurely. the retired general promises a new strategy by next month. here's a look at this morning's other headlines from around the globe. britain's "telegraph" reports on the reopening of london's burro market. it's been closed since the attack on london bridge. a moment of silence was made to remember the victims killed. he plowed into pedestrians before heading into the market area. this photo was tweeted. london is

expected to raise interest rates after its two-day policy meeting wraps up. it would be the fourth such increase since december 2015. rolling stone settled a lawsuit prompted by a debunked article. the magazine will pay more than $1.6 million to a fraternity facility. some of money will be used to fight campus sexual assault. and the "san francisco chronicle" reports an uber board member resign after making a sexist remark at a staff meeting about sexism. dave bonderman said adding another women to the board would create more talking. arianna huffington is currently the only member. he later apologized. uber ceo travis kalanick will take a leave of absence as

culture. he said he'll work to focus on myself and to focus on building out a world-class leadership team. >> uber released a report yesterday. they include transferring some of kalanick's responsibilities, creating new requirements to handle harassment complaints. holder's investigation was prompted by a scathing post by a former employee susan fowler who ahedged mismanagement and sexual harassment. jodi is a correspondent. good morning to you both. >> set the tone, joni, for the meeting. mr. bonderman said his statement was taken out of context. >> this was about the most

imagine. as reported the former attorney general has just investigated the company. they're saying they're going to remake this company from top to bottom. the ceo is about to take a leave of absence. the whistle blower who revealed the sexual harassment is getting a round of applause at this meeting and then a board member takes this remark which is widely construed as sexist which seems to re-enact the problem. >> in fact, arianna huffington says that ire going to add a lot. she said if there's one more woman on the board there's likely to be a second. he said, well, it actually shows there's going to be more talking. >> he was trying to say talking is a good thing, is he not? >> we can't know. >> what does the statement say? >> he has released a statement. i think anybody who released that statement would say their comm h

>> it leads to question wls this company can really change or not. >> they're certainly taking steps to do that, are they not, nick? travis kalanick is going to take a leash of absence. we don't know how long yet. >> this is a massively broken company and there are huge implications to it. they have unanimously accepted many, many recommendations which will completely turn it into a different company. they've been operating it like a pirate ship. now they're going to run it more like a cruise line. >> but is there market advantage or market share they can do now taking advantage of what happened before and create an even better company? >> this is so interesting. there's one theory. they had a culture, a style that has worked up to this point. maybe changing the culture won't work or maybe this is the right thing for uber's business and they'll make more responsible decisions. >> had it already

market share? >> they even got the market share. a very strong position. >> think about three groups of people and customers. if you were a woman hailing uber alone late at night, would you want to associate that brand with sexual harassment and misbehavior? think about potential employees if you want to come work at this company. you're going to read that holder report and what conclusions are you willing to draw as this as a potential workplace and then think about investors. this company has a $70 million valuation. it's huge amount of money that hangs in the balance. >> what about some of the other changes that uber plans to make? some are cosmetic. changing the war room to the peace room which seems, i call it cosmetic for a reason clearly, but what are some of the other changes they're going to make? >> i feel like they should have called it the strategy room. it was overkill there. a lot of changes will do with

the processes they have for people who elevate complaints, the way they will recruit for diversity. it really is a long, long report for best practices. it actually is a really good document for any leader of an organization to read about the steps you need to take to build a good workplace. >> fashion nating that the whistle blower gets the recognition. >> it's very rare. if you look at this in conjunction with what happened at fox, we now see two major ceos, kind of signature ceos whose work had so much cultural value who set the phone tone with major companies who had to resign because of sexual harassment. >> one more thing about uber. they have this big cultural problem. they have a bunch of other problems hangs over them including google over the self-driving car. they

and they've still got a lot to go through. >> thank you. great to have you. >> great to be rehe. an army veteran has made it his new mission. ahead, how he triggers the quest to expose people who fabricate military service and experience. tomorrow we look at how dangers in the water are hurting businesses on the land. >> you could see as many as 10,000 people here, but because of an increase of great shark sightings right off the shoreline, well, it's pretty much empty. we'll take a look at how it's impacting business coming up tomorrow on "cbs this morning." walk, move and earn money... ...for out-of-pocket medical expenses. he's ok! unitedhealthcare ♪ the sun'll come out for people with heart failure,

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to rescue wounded comrades despite getting injured himself but some people try to get recognition for events or service that never happened. jeff glor met a veteran who made it his life's work to bring those to justice. >> stolen val lar is implied for those who falsely claim million tair service i her to gain recognition or in some cases money. it's offensive for many americans to think of but it's real and often because the government doesn't have the resources or time to investigate, private citizens pick up the slack. >> this is babtly a memorial tribute to all those who pass aid way overseas. >> in "american idol," a contestant had a story. matt farmer served in iraq but was never injured in battle and later admitted it was all lies. in a letter to the website guardianf

>> when we saw that, that pretty much started the whole thing. >> guardian of valor founder anthony anderson may be the country's most prominent stolen honor. he's separating fact from fiction. >> we've had family members turn their own family missions in. i've had sons turn their dads in, dads turn their sons in. >> it features hall of shame and links to video confrontations. >> my son looks to me and admires those in the army. where did you go to basic training. >> fort jackson. >> you know the infantry only goes to ft. benning, right? >> reporter: it's been viewed 6 million times. >> watch your flag. it should be on your shoulder. >> got me on that one, d.

>> george nalley i did. i felt angry and sorry. now i don't feel anything. now i know i'm protecting what our brothers and sisters have earned overseas. >> false claims have been made as long as there's been war. but as you can see from the online videos, confrontations now can easily escalate in intensity. only of this work, not all of it can come off as the work of vigilantes. >> right. >> it can each get dangerous. >> it can. >> if somebody's falsely accused. >> rye. and we have never falsely accused anyone. >> you don't consider yourself a vigilante. >> no, not at all. we don't chase people. we give them a chance to explain themselves. >> what's up with the dog? >> that's my standard issue canine. >> it's very important that the veterans of the military war system be protected. >> joe plens ler

the 2.2 million vote rans and sees andrew's work as a service. >> it's a very important concept to us so we don't look kindly on those who lie, cheat, steal. >> that's my retirement flag and certificate. >> anderson who serve 13d 1/2 years in the army including a tour in afghanistan funds the site through donations. he can spend years on an investigation and says he won't skploes someone unless he's 100%. >> i've got six or seven guys constantly working these e-mails, you know. >> you realize that this patch, first of all, is upside down. >> they never learn. >> they never learn. the attraction of that glory -- >> -- is just too great for some people. they'd rather impersonate than raise their hand and serve their country. >> one of the things the services don't talk to each other so it can be very challenging to figure out whether someone did what they said. there's also no comprehensive

military. anderson believes that should change. >> that's interesting they don't have a comprehensive list. >> it's very difficult. >> i understand his passion and he's 100% right. >> he is. >> i just can't understand how people think they can get away with it, even though they do. >> we all ask that question. >> and why they do >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning"

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an annual baseball game. democrats versus republicans. it dates back to 1909 and the game was supposed to beld tomorrow but what we have learned is that four people have been shot including the gunman and one congressman has been shot in the hip, and a short time ago mo brooks who's a republican congressman reportedly got a message through to a radio host in alabama and here's what he reportedly said. shooter attack at gop practice with a rychel. 50-plus shots. five or more hit. i am not shot and he used his belt to assist one of the other congress-americ congressman who was hit. a troubling detail unfolding in delray. >> were other congressmen there who may have run from

or been able to find shelter somewhere else? >> it sounds as if it was a mix, charlie, of members of congress and their aides. we don't know exactly how many. clearly they were trying to get some practice in before a workday. it was a busy day as many days a are. alexandra just over the river. it's not clear who the gunman might have been and how the person would have if he did know these were members of congress and their aides who were practicing. still a lot of unanswered questions. >> we're watching live pictures. we understand there are helicopters in the air. you can see them there. they're there to medevac any wounded individuals out of the park area as nancy described were doing their baseball practice. we spoke with a witness on the scene who said nearly three members of congress took shelters in his apartment. they were not hurt. we know that this shooting actuallype

we're also learned from our washington correspondents that the president and the vice president have now been informed of what has happened. and you can see here what looks like -- that looks like a member of congress that i recognize, but we'll wait for confirmation. >> we do have it, norah. we're told the congressman who was shot in the hip has been identified as steve scalise. >> he's the house republican majority whip. as you see here they're medevacking him. they're medevacking him to get treatment. >> and the shooting happened in the dugout of the baseball field. >> and as of this time, we do not know, even though we know he's in custody, the name of the shooter and his motive or intent. >> this story just breaking. more details o come. we'll, of course, monitor it for the next hour. thank you very much,

cordes. our coverage will continue. >> we want to stay with these pictures here because we are watching as a sitting member of congress, a member of the republican majority has been shot. >> in the hip. >> at a baseball field. >> at a baseball field in lex rhr alexandria, virginia. we've seen him evacuated. we do not know if any other members of congress were injure. we do not know who the name of the suspect is who is being held. we believe -- we're trying to figure out more details about that. certainly whether there were any other people or what the intent was of the person doing this, still as always in these circumstances, there are a lot of things we do not know. we do not know all the questions that we've talked about. also there are a lot of, as you can see, police officers on the scene now trying to ascer

answers. >> charlie, we're going to go back to nancy cordes. nancy? >> gayle, i can tell you that a number of members of congress are going to be stunned and devastated to learn that steve scalise was injured in this incident. he's well liked, a long-time leader on capitol hill. as you mentioned, he's the house majority whip but he's held a number of majority positions here on capitol hill, and, of course, this is going to bring up terrible memories of the shooting of gabby giffords, congresswoman from tucson, arizona, in her home district back in 2011. she's still recovering from the injuries that she received in that shooting as she just went about her daily job as a member of congress, meeting with her constituents. and so this is something that is going to absolutely stun members of congress, their aides who, you know, typically feel free and comfortable to

community and do things like practice baseball or meet with constituents or go to the grocery shop -- go to the grocery store, feeling that they will not encounter any kind of danger along the way. >> nancy, one of the interesting things and we haven't confirming this, the gunman fired a least, it is reported some places, 50 shots, more than 50 shots, and that perhaps at least five people might have been hit. >> right. >> we looking to ascertain the accuracy of all these numbers that and so that raises the possibility, obviously, charlie, that there are other members of congress or their aides who were involved in this shooting and who are being treated either at the scene or at area hospitals right now as well. just to recap, this was a early morning baseball practice for -- a traditional event that is supposed to be a lot of fun. democrats and republicans go after each other every day here on capitol hill, but this was an event that is

of ease the tension. it's the annual congressional baseball game between democrats and republicans. it's been going on for more than 100 years now, so this is something that members and their aides look forward to and is a time when everyone hear on capitol hill can kind of come together and have a good time. >> we're hearing from our sources that the injured include two capitol hill police officers, the gunman and congressman steve scalise as we mentioned possibly shot in the hip but he seems to be okay. nancy, do we have any idea if there was a crowd there? we hear it happened in the dugout. were people watching the game. were they just practicing? >> they were just practicing. it's hard to say they had drawn a group of onlookers or whether you had members and their aides. and now apparently some members of the capitolhill police team there as well. so we just don't know how many people at this point were practicing and exactly how many of the people who were there

>> nancy, describe the security that a member of the republican leadership or even the democratic leadership would have from the house. >> they have more protection than your average rank-and-file member of congress. they have typically security detail that includes a driver. wherever they go, they often have at least one security staffer sort of lingering in the background. if you're talking about the speaker of the house, he's got an even larger security detail. so someone like steve scalise would have had at least one member of his security detail with him, somebody who would have probably driven him to that practice. >> all right. nancy, stand by. i know you're doing some reporting as well. the president's press secretary sean spicer tweeting out that the president and the vice president have been informed. major garrett is at the white house. major? >> yes. that's what we basically know, norah, that the press secretary has let the country know that in this volatile situati

president and vice president have both been informed and the white house is monitoring the situation. i can tell you here at the white house itself at long pennsylvania avenue security has tightened. we're told that's a reaction to alexandria. that's not unusual for them to push out security around the white house when anything like this happens in the nation's capitca capital. the house majority whip who was injured in this chuting at alexandria. i am told that he is scheduled to begin remarks at 9:00 a.m. this morning talking about -- talking on the homebuilders association about related economic activities. we're told those remarks are still scheduled to occur at 9:00 a.m. eastern, but the vice president may be in touch with those involved in this, trying to gather more information. he may have something to say about that at 9:00 a.m. here in

at the white house is proceeding as originally scheduled. >> and, major, we're hearing from mo brooks who tweeted out, he was there, there was a rifle, 50-plus shots fired. five hits, he says, including stooev scalise, who we've mention and congressman mo brooks saying i am not shot. so he was surrounded by colleagues there who aided the majority whip and then helped him get medevacked out of that baseball field. charlie? >> well, the report also says it was a republican practice. we don't know how close the democrats are practicing for this matchup. this shooting seems to have occurred where the republicans were practicing. >> and we heard from an eyewitness earlier he had taken three congressmen with him into his apartment to shelter them and they're all okay. we do not know their identities either. >> we remind you in circumstances like this,e

not have many facts and we're all searching for facts and trying to confirm exactly what happened and what the police will tell us about what they know. >> we should note that alexandria, virginia, is one of the suburbs right across from washington, d.c. it's not far at all. in fact, people who wong in congress even live there. a really nice community. and this was right near a ymca, this baseball field we're showing you here, of course, early in the morning. members of congress out there practicing. since its was majority whip steve scalise with them, they have campus police with them. what we understand at this hour is that a gunman with a rifle essentially was there on that baseball field targeting these members of congress, shooting at them. steve scalise was on base, shot, and then crawled into the dugout

in fact, mo brooks describing the situation saying scalise was dragging his body from second base into the outfield to get away from this shooter. >> and we're hearing that this shooter happened inside the dugout. the injured include two capitol hill police officers and a congre congressman who we've been telling you about. >> we don't know any of the answers to the question about intent or motive or why the gunman was there at that field this morning to engage in this act. >> nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy? >> well, norah, i can tell you i'm now here with senator tom cotton, the senator from arkansas. senator, if you can tell me and also norah, gayl a

what took place. >> what i can tell you from combat is reports like this are often incomplete and sometimes even wrong. if it's true that steve scalise and capitol officers have been shot, the most we can do is pray for them and for those caring for them. steve scalise is very well liked and respected. he took an interest in my race as someone who lived in a neighboring state and it's just a reminder of the very brave and great work the capitol police have to do every single day on capitol hill, not just protecting just senators but every american citizen who comes here. >> you know about these kinds of athletic contests that take place across the political divide. give us a sense of that. >> sure, charlie. this baseball game has been going on for over 100 years. i have never participated myself but haveen

american people see my friends on tv debating very serious issues. when they're out here, there's a lot of camaraderie. it's unfortunate that this happened at a baseball practice. it's such a great tradition for congress. it's a chance for members of congress to come together and have some fun without the rancor of public debates. i just hope that steve and the capitol police who were protecting the congressmen pull through this safely. >> how did you know about this? was there an announcement made? >> my staff heard from the capitol police this morning and they briefed me on it shortly before i appeared on your show. >> senator cotton, thank you for joining us. we join you in our thoughts for steve scalise and the others. thank you. >> of course.

shooting. ben, what can you tell us? what did you see? >> i was sitting on my balcony this morning when i heard what, you know, i later figured out was the first gunshot, although, that's not what i thought it was. i just thought it was some construction going on and i assumed it was construction. then after a few more of, you know, what we later figured out to be gunshots, i looked ore at the baseball field, and that's when all of the field playing baseball were just running off the field. we called 911 at that moment, assuming that it must have been a shooting which later on got confirmed that's what was happening. the gunshots kept coming. i have no idea how many there were. we did have -- there were three people that were playing baseball were coming around the corner and we were able to get

way they could shelter in place and they could call their families and call their offices and let them know they were okay. so that's what we were able to do. >> did they talk to you about what they had seen or heard? >> i would say the only thing i felt comfortable stating is they also said steve scalise was down. >> did they give you any indication, ben, about who the gunman is? we're looking at the video on the screen. sounds like a terrifying and frightening situation for all involve and certainly for the people who witnessed it. >> i think that would be accurate. they had no idea who was shooting at them or how many people. it seems to be that it's obviously over at this point, but we're not sure, you know, what happened beyond that. >> yeah. we're hearing there are reports of 50 gunshots. that's an awful lot of firepower. >> there were at

gunshots. i feel highly confident saying that. i'm no expert on guns. i have no idea what kind of gun it could have been. >> where were the people in your apartment? where were they when the shots rang out. >> they were on the baseball field. >> on the field, not in the dugout. >> i guess i don't know that far. when i say field, the general proximity of the baseball field. >> okay. >> and how long did they stay in your apartment? what has happened to them? how has that turned out? what happened? >> they were there for maybe five or ten minutes. we got them some water and gave them some phones so they could call their -- one of them called his wife, the other was calling through to their office to let them know they were okay, three of them were okay, you know. none of them had nothing more than a scratch from playing baseball. >> do you know who they are? their identities

>> i don't think that's appropriate. >> okay. >> let me ask you this. what can you see now? >> well, i guess the better answer is about five minutes ago when i was standing there, i could see about 40 cop cars. you know, there were two helicopters that had come in. one came in and took somebody away. another one came in and didn't take anybody away. you know, there were about 100, you know, police officers there, fbi agents, their sheriffs, you know, from the city of alex a alexandr alexandria. i'm down by the middle school now walking the dog. >> for those of us -- you viewers joining us at this hour, what we're learning is republican congressman steve scalise who is a member of the house republican leadership has been shot. he's

condition. he has been medevacked to a hospital. we're told at least four other people were shot including reportedly two capitol policemen who went to the defense of those on the field. we should note, too, that the reason that these members of congress were on the field is that they were practicing for tomorrow's congressional baseball game. and that is one of few bipartisan events left in washington, d.c.ing something that has been going on for more than 100 years where democrats and republicans engage in sport in a friendly way, and this is really just terrible to hear that this has happened this morning. >> that's the last thing you want to see take place. let's go back to nancy cordes who can tell us more about this baseball game and what it means to the members of congress who participate. >> well, it's a longstanding tradition, charlie. it dates back to 1909. the game was

place tomorrow and cbs news has confirmed that while this was a republican practice, the democratic practice was going on just a few miles away. and democrats, when they heard that this shooting had taken place, they immediately stopped and began to pray together for the victims. so an incredibly poignant situation where you have members of congress, their staffers and now apparently capitol hill police officers as well trying to have a good time in these early morning hours before the day here on capitol hill really gets going and now they are all in mourning together over the fact that this shooting took place and hob obviously hoping that the victims are okay. steve scalise, his job is essentially to count votes here on capitol hill which may seem like an easy task but when you've got members who sometimes don't want to say how they're going to vote, they want to hol

blows, perhaps they're changing their mind, he is the person who's responsible for arm twisting, talking to members, cajoling them, and giving the speaker of the house a realistic portrayal of whether he has the votes on a piece of legislation or not. so steve scalise has been a very busy man in recent months because as you know the health care bill in the house really came down to the wire in the end. it only passed by one vote and steve scalise would have been the man who knew better than anyone the moment that they had enough votes to pass that bill. so he is vitale important to the speaker of the house. he's someone who gets to know every single republican member of the house of representatives and many democrats as well and so hi's a very genial personality here on capitol hill. that's the kind of person you need to be to have that role. and there's a reason why he was anosen for it.

republicans and a lot of democrats who know him well and who are going to be devastated by this news and hoping, if reports are true, that he actually is going to pull through and be all right. >> nancy, thank you so much. we can report the suspect is in custody. that suspect is one of the people wounded in the shooting. stevedorecy from radio talked with a wince named dave miller. let's listen to what he had. >> lots of shots. it seemed to go on for three to five minutes if not longer. it seemed longer. people were playing baseball over here and they were running through this ballpark development on their hands and knees, so we opened up the side door to our building and hollered for them to come in to get some kind of shelter because at that point no one really knew what was happening, so we thought having shelter was probably the best case. >> how many shots did you hear? >> there had to be -- >> 100 shots. and did you see anything happen? >> we didn'ee

gunfire. it looks like it happened right over the crest from where we were standing at the ymca, in that general facility. there's a bullet hole in the new construction of the facade near the electrical area. >> i think we can confirm the suspect is in custody and i think we heard he may have been injured himself. >> that's correct. >> he was one of those shot, reportedly by some of the capitol police officers who were there. nancy cordes, can i ask you, is one of the reasons that the capitol police were there is because there was a member of the leadership actually practicing that, in fact, because there were -- he was there, that it may have saved the lives of many of those there? >> that is probably the case, norah, but we don't know for sure whether these were members of

detail or whether they were involved in the practice somehow themselves. members of congress get to know the members of the capitol hill core pretty well. it's a very close knit group. members of congress rely on them for safety. they see them every time they come into the building. they get to know them by name. it's certainly possible that some of these capitol hill police officers were practicing in part of the games themselves. so that's what we're still waiting toing if out,these two capitol hill police officers were injured many their capacity as scalise's private security detail orthey were just will and playing. still so many things that we're trying to learn about this incident. >> nancy, we know that steve scalise has been medevacked away. he's a member of the house of representatives doing the duties that you described. do we know if there were

united states senators there at the practice? >> we've heard various stories about which members were there, who wasn't. we've heard that senator rand paul has been talking about what took place there. we know of other republican senators who were on the team like jeff flake of arizona. and so we're still in the process of figuring out who was there and who wasn't. you wouldn't necessarily see every single member of the team that was going to be playing tomorrow at the practice field this morning. members of congress are a busy bunch. they would have had fund-raisers and wouldn't have all made it to the practice. >> what can you tell us about congressman scalise. how long has he been a member? what's his background? >> he's been there for a long time.

whip he was part of the republicans study group and that's a group that now comprises almost all republican members but is really responsible for putting forth conservative policies and pushing for conservative measures on health care, on tax reform, on abortion, on every issue under the sun. and so that was one of his first leadership roles. and then when you saw this big shakeup when a couple of years ago the former house speaker john boehner decided to leave, an entirely new leadership took shape, that's when he decided to run for house majority whip and has been a highly visible member of house leadership since then. >> what do we know about his family and what do we know about his occupation before he came to congress? >> he has a couple of kids, one

to be honest, i don't know what his job was before he came to capitol hill. he's been here for so long rngs that's the only capacity in which i've known him. he's someone well liked here on capitol hill, i can tell you that. when we catch up with him in the halls of congress, he's always got a smile on his face. he may not tell you everything you want to hear, but he's going to smile, e's going to talk to you, and, you know, he's someone who many reporters were in hot pursuit of during health care deliberations because he was the one person who knew whether republicans had the vote for their health care bill or not, and his job was to act very confident that republicans would eventually have the vote, even as behind the scenes he was twisting arms and trying to get more republicans to get on board. >> all right, nancy. stand by. at this hour there i

outpouring of support and concern and shock from members of congress and the white house at what has happened this morning. you see now house majority whip steve scalise taken off the field. he was shot in the hip. there were 50 shots according to multilet. witnesses. there were four wounded including congressman, gunman, and at least two capitol police officers. i'm looking at twitter now. claire mccaskill from missouri calling this unspeakable evil and praying for steve scalise and police officers and everyone will be okay. this is especially shocking because it was so early in the mornin

the few bipartisan events in washington. it happens tomorrow. >> you turn away from work and play. >> right. and we know there's been a lack of bipartisanship on capitol hill. they were practicing today for the game tomorrow. >> this was a republican practice. the democrats were practicing miles away and they immediately started praying when they heard the news. >> we talked to a witness who described a really harrowing experience where steve scalise on second base reportedly shot in the hip, drags himself into the dugout to try and save himself, screaming, happening. several members of congress retreating to an apartment building, trying to take shelter there. a witness telling us about trying to sheikh shelter. >> and calling their wives or relatives to say i'm okay. very frightening report. we're going to go to major garrett.

and vice president have been briefed about this event, which is still unfolding. major, what can you say? what can you add to the conversation? >> sean spicer on twitter at 8:03 eastern this morning made it clear that both president trump and vice president mike pence had been informed about this ongoing development and situation just across the potomac in alexandria, virginia. of the two, vice president pence knows the house of representatives very well. he knows steve scalise very well. nancy cordes, my colleague on capitol hill mentioned steve scalise was part of the study group. so was mike pence. he always considered himself one of the conservative representatives. he knows all of them who serve in that coalition very well. very close to steve scalise, and as nancy was talking about the development of the passage of the president's effort to repeal and ac

pence and steve scalise worked in lockstep on all the final vote counts and when that day came and the bill passed by one vote on the house floor, they had parisely the same republican whip count vote. they're very close, working in lockstep with one another. the president developing his relationship with those in congress. doesn't have a particularly close rip with steve scalise but nevertheless is shocked as everyone is. as i mentioned at k89 when i first came here t see krut service has beefed up the perimeter security here around the white house. there's nothing that has been changed on the compound itself. but anyone on or near pennsylvania avenue or adjacent lafayette square is encountering a much more aggressive secret service as far as checking identification, limiting access either to lafayette square or pennsylvania avenue. that is what the secret service does bhefr there is an episode in washingto.c

either violent or uncertain. this in alexandria is quite obviously both of those, and so the secret service is taking natural precautions by extending the perimeter here at the white house. >> describe how long it's been. >> it's interesting to say. we don't know how long they were for for steve scalise or whether they were there because lots of members of cob would be there for baseball practice. one of the pieces of terminology we've become familiar with are 9/11, soft targets. they were getting together practicely before dawn to practice baseball before going to work. you would not expect that to be a place

committed or members of congress would be in any particular danger nevertheless, they wering and there were a few chaotic moments we're learning in which there was not enough protection for the lawmakers and there was a sense of being exposed to this particular gunman. happily that situation changed rapidly and the situation became less pair lus oveperilous over . we don't know how many were there coincidently, if they were there because other members of congress with were there and they thought it was a good idea and were assigned. we'll learn that over type. clearly their presence was important. and, two, we have been informed, have been wounded as a result of that. i assure you every member of congress will feel that deeply because the relationship between lawmakers and capitol police is as close and as self-reliant and back and forth in term os li

seen in washington. they get to know each other very well, tlanld is tremendous respect that lawmakers have for everyone in the capitol police because they do lots of jobs dealing with tourists, dealing with the public that comes through congress all the time and then also keeping track of every security measure that ever rises for members of congress. >> thank you. let me go to chip reid who arrived on the scene in pursuit of the questions. we do not know how many people might have been hit, who the person who was doing the shooting was, and what was his intent, and did he intend to shoot particular people. we hope to find some of those answers from the police and also from chip reid, who's now on the scene. chip? >> reporter: well, charlie, i'm on the overpass as you can see. there are numerous police cars, fire trucks and ambulances. the baseball field is over there. you can probably see the lights around the field.

is. between here and the baseball field, believe it or not, there's a dog part and it is full of people and dogs. my guess is those are the people who were there when this happened. i can't believe they're allowing people into this field area now. so they're probably all witnesses or at least some of them witnesses to what happened. so certainly we're going to be interested in talking to them. but as far as we know, this gunman may have started shooting into the air first and then trained his gun on the people on the softball field. we do know that congressman steve scalise who is the republican majority was shot in the hip. we know others were shot. perhaps capital police officers to keep them safe. but on vutly in a situation like this, there are staffers there. we're still waiting on details. this is

investigative scene right now with dozens of first responders on the scene. >> thank you very much. as you know, the president and vice president have been briefed. a statement has been released. let's go back to major garrett. >> i quote directly. the vice president and i -- this is president trump speaking -- are aware of the shooting incident in virginia and are monitoring developments closely. we are deeply saddened by this tragedy. our thoughts and prayers are with the members of congress, their staffs, capitol police, first responders, and all others affect. that statement by the president. gayle? >> major, thank you so much. we should go back to the scene and describes what happened. this is a very family-oriented neighborhood in alexandria, virginia, where you can see kids walking to school, where chip described people walking at a dog park. many of the neighbors say they would have

having their baseball practice there early in the morning at 7:00. and so witnesses describe really a harrowing situation there already on flag day even as we look now at the flag. >> and we should say that no one, as far as we know, is speculating as to what the motivation of the assailant might have been. we're waiting to hear from the police who have that person in custody. >> what we do know sit'sis it's frightening swachlgts four were shot including a congressman. two capitol hill police officers. we don't know kwhie they were there. are they part of the security detail or did they happen to be part of the team and the gunman himself was also shot, but more than 50 shots firing is a lot of firepower. >> we see a victim being loaded onto

claire mccaskill, democrat from missouri said she's been informed by the capitol police that the two officers who were shot are going to be okay, according to senator mccaskill there. we should just reset for our viewers who are joining us on cbs that what has happened is a shooting at baseball field in alexandria, virginia, in washington, d.c., where republican members of congress were practicing for the bipartisan baseball game and a member of the house, steve scalise, was shot in the hip. he was medevacked out. there are portedly three others out including a gunman who is now in custody as well as two capitol police officers. >> and we're hearing too, norah, from congressman brad wine strep who served in iraq said

wounds. he said the gunman was armed with a rifle and a pistol. the gunman had moved from the third base dugout. that it all seemed to last 10 to 15 minutes before law enforcement moved in. >> in fact, we have audio of that. let's listen. >> i was standing on my front porch and heard shots fired. i was on the phone calling 911. asia was on the phone, i saw one woman running away at taupe speed obviously in a panic and i heard bullets. another eyewitness looking to take cover and get away from it he said the shooter was behind the dugout and had at least one rifle with him. one of my neighbors said sounded like several different fire arms. an eyewitness said he was shooting up in the air and then shooting 360. he thought he was shooting indiscriminately. >> brad who was

treated steve scalise. he said steve scalise is conscious and okay but he's not confirming that the wounds are not life-threatening. he's refusing to say anything about stiev scalise's condition at this point. >> we also know from a tweet from the alexandria police where this took place, that the suspect is in custody and not a threat. as we watch the pictures of the congressman being taken away after being hit as identified as being hit in the hip. we know not whether these injuries are threatening his life or not. >> we're also hearing from congressman mike bishop. he's from mitch. he said scalise was standing on second base when he was shot. he told a detroit police station he was looking at him, a sitting dug. he crawled from the outfield leaving a trail of blood. he was given liquids. we're told he was shot in the hip.

hill with more details. nancy? >> norah, we're starting to hear from some of the other lawmakers who were there at the baseball practice including barry louder mills of georgia. he's a republican because this was a republican practice. he said, quote, i was on the field, but i'm okay. this was a senseless act of evil, please pray for those shot and their families. this roster of republican members who are on the team that is supposed to be playing tomorrow against democratic members, 34 lawmakers 34rks republicans, two f them were senators. jeff lake of arizona and rand paul of kentucky. the rest were members of the house of representatives like steve scalise. and this is something that is shaking democrats and republicans aliechlkt when something like this happens, it really doesn't matter what party you belong to. and so there's already been an outpouring

certainly a lot of well wishes for those who were injured. for example, senator shot of hawaii just tweeted, horrifying news. prayers for representative scalise and staff and thanks to capitol police. and this is what you're going to hear a lot of today as people set partisanship aside to grieve, to try to figure out what happened and to do what they can to support the victims. >> thank you, nancy. congressman jeff duncan was also here. he released a statement. he was at the practice, saw the shooter. he, too, is asking the country to pray for his colleagues. we now have audio from witnesses on the scene. let's take a listen to that. >> do they usually practice at this field? >> yeah. >> so you've seen them before. >> oh, yeah. >> how crowded was it when it all happened? >> you've got people in the dog park every morning and sometimes it's very crowded here. a very crowded neighborhood. it's very unusual for t

on. >> and what about when this attack happened? what did you hear? what did you see? >> i see it's just people going nuts all over the place and then i came out, runs out, and i seen a lot of cops and helicopters. and my brother sean knew the guy who got shot. so he -- >> the congressman? >> reporter: yeah. >> he knew him. >> yeah. my brother sean called me to make sure i was already. >> reporter: how many shots did you hear? >> about 100. >> reporter: there's a ricochet, gash on the side of that building, in the cement part. >> yeah. >> let's go to jeff lake, congressman. >> we didn't know whether to run or number as soon as we found

out we had a friendly behind us, we stayed. i looked and saw the shooter behind the backstop or behind the fence, but he still had a line of shots, line of fire into the dugout. >> firing through the fence? >> well, he was firing around, but he still could have sfwierd the dugout. that's why he kept everybody down. joe barton ice boy was here, a 10-year-old just shagging balls, we got him into the dugout and stuffed him under the bench. >> and joe barton? >> congressman from texas. he's manager. >> did this appear to be a coordinated attack. >> it looks like only one shooter, so i -- you've got to assume he knew what he was doing here. whether he was targeting certain members, we don't know. >> how long did this go long? >> did you realize there were police officers armed with you here? >> yes. >> k

steve scalise is a member, the whip. there was one african-american gentleman shot in the leg and i believe he's the one that brought the shooter down. he ran around for quite a while with a leg wound, returning fire. and then after i got out -- i was the first out to steve and then brad, another member of ohio who's a physician came out and we applied pressure on the wound. >> and he seems okay to you? >> yeah. he was coherent the whole time. boy, he laid out there for at least ten minutes alone in the field. we couldn't get to him while there were shots? >> which way. >> this way. >> did the shooter say anything? >> there was a lot of yelling going on. but to tell you the truth, some of the members had different angles so they may have heard him yell something, but i didn't. but the two security detail, i think the woman was crystal is

pretty early, and she went down. and so the other gentleman was returned fire. >> reporter: a female police officer? >> female, yeah, capital police officer. she was wounded. taken by helicopter. >> was someone shot in the head? >> no. a gentleman by the name of matt was shot in the chest and he was taken, i think, by ambulance. >> what do you make of this? >> what do you make of it. you have no idea. no idea. but i got steve scalise's phone and called his wife. i didn't want her to wake up and hear the news and not know what was going on. so i talked to her. >> reporter: this is senator jeff flake of arizona. >> chuck flashman, marty the photographer was there, i think mo brooks came in. during that time you'd see more and more pile in.

some staff, some members, maybe six, eight members in the dugout. but like i said, there were people hiding behind trees. there's a dog park over there and all these people over here, so i think they were running in another direction. >> you say ten minutes to get the gunman down but you had security detail. what took so long? >> he had a lot of ammo. and i think he must have been secured behind the third base dugout for a while. so it was tough to get to him. >> you took he took a tactical standpoint. >> i would assume so. marty saw him raise the gun the first time, the rifle. he thought, why in the world is somebody bird hunting out here at this time. this -- i -- looked like his 40s. maybe 50. dark hair, white, with a blue shirt

i think jeans. my view of him was just quick behind the dugout. and when i realized he had a line of sight into the dugout with all the members there, then we obviously went back down quickly. >> and there were reports of 50 to 100 gunshots. obviously that's because capitol police were returning fire. >> 50 would be an understatement, i'm quite sure. >> reporter: sir, we're being joined by national audience. can you recap what you saw from the beginning? >> we were doing batting practice, and there were a number of staff fielding. member steve scalise was on second base fielding balls. all of a sudden we heard a very loud shot. everybody thought that sounds like a gun and the gunman was over by the third base dugout with a clear view of the field and everybody on it. and then all of a sudden a couple more shots and we knew what it was.

and i just remember seeing some gravel, you know, bounce up as shots were coming near us. so we climbed into the dugout and tried to get our own people engaged. some people were called 911. it was at least ten minutes because we were applying pressure to one of the staffers was shot in the leg, and we had -- we got a belt out and put that on. i could see steve scalise out into the field. he dragged himself after he was shot from near second base about 10, 15 yards into the field just to be, i think, a little further away from the gunman. he was lying motionless out there. so i wanted to get to him, but there were still shots going overhead from both sides. so finally when we heard that the shooter was down, i just ran low out to steve and started putting pressure

and then for about 10 or 15 minutes we did that until the members arrived. >> how many people? i see young people. >> both parties? >> no. just the republicans. the game is tomorrow. we've been doing this -- i've been in congress for 16 years. this is my 16th year doing this. >> tell us what that is. >> we have a congressional baseball game for charity. this year we'll raise about $650,000 for some underprivileged kids here in d.c. so it's one of the longest institution events in congress. it's a big event. about 2,000 will come to the game it's charity event we do every year. >> this was your final practice beforehand. >> that's right. i hope steve's okay. i did call his wife.

i got his phone and called his wife to make sure when she woke up, she didn't hear news and let her know i thought he certainly was going to be okay. >> senator, thank you very much for coming over. >> you bet. >> senator jeff flake, republican senator of arizona. >> there you hear senator jeff flake describing exactly what happened. steve scalise on second base, shot in the hip, and the gunman firing more than 50 rounds. he said, quote, there was a lot of am missouri. we're learned the gunman had an m-4 assault weapon and according to another congressman he had a standard issue pistol. >> from what senator flake said, firing from the third base dugout as they were taking batting practice. and scalise was on second base. >> i should note these are initial reports at this hour that we're hearing about the gun and what h

should always take that into account in a breaking news situation. now we're going to senator cedric richmond, a senator from louisiana. he's one of the members of the managing republican team. >> democratic. >> democratic team, sorry, but a friend of congressman scalise. what can you tell usz, congressman richmond? >> well, i can't tell you much. >> we may have lost him. >> it sounds like he is on his cell phone. >> he's on his way. i apologize. he's on his way to visit his friend and colleague. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy? >> norah, we're getting an update from capitol hill leadership, house republican leadership who tell cbs news that scalise is doing okay and that he is at the george washington hospital here in washington, d.c., right now. furthermore, his two

were both hit but if it had not been for them, the situation would have been much worse. this is one of those times when you're glad that members of congress have such a varied background because one of the members of congress was w.h.ho there, brad, who was an army vet who served as a surgeon in iraq tended to scalise's wounds before the ambulance arrived and what you heard just now from senator jeff flake and what's been described by other members who were there at the scene is truly horrifying. rand paul, senator from kentucky, said that the shots went on for so long they were all lying there not knowing whether they should stay where they were even as the gunman got closer or whether they should try to make a run for it. so a very frightening situation where you had members and aides alike who didn't know what they should do. >>

we're learning steve scalise had security detail there. one man and woman were hit. we told the gunman continued firing back even though he had been wounded in the leg. you see children on the scene. we saw that interview with floyd flake -- senator jeff flake, i'm sorry, from arizona, who said one of the congressmen's sons, congressman barton's son was shagging balls. one of the first things they did was run the boy to safety. itz's a terrible, terrible situation. we're going to major garrett for the most recent statement. major? >> president trump has just tweeted what i think is the most definitive account of what he believes the condition of house majority steve scalise is. i'll read the tweet directly. rep steve scalise of louisiana, a true friend and patriot, was badly injured but will fully recover. our thoughts and prayers are

gayle? >> yes, that is new information to hear the phrase "badly injured." we'll go to chip reid. norah, were you going to add something? >> i was going to say that we also know about the two capitol police officers who were reportedly hit because we just heard from senator flake describing that if it had not been really for these police officers, it it might have been worse. one was shot in the leg and repeatedly tried to shoot the gunman who was caring this out. so they were acting incredible in that situation. >> very fortunate that they were there. >> as was said earlier, very fortunate that they were there as part of the security detail for congressman who was hit. >> we're going live to the scene with chip reid right now. >> reporter: gayle, you see there, i think it's safe to assume there are members of congress in shorts, t-shirts,

socks. some loaded onto that yellow and white bus over there to be moved out as a group. others are walking this way. we're on an overpass. we won't be able to get down to talk to them and i can't tell from here which congressmen they are and which staff members they are, but a large exodus of people came from the baseball field a short time ago. as i say, some walking over here, and some appearing to get on the yellow bus so they can be transported back to the capitol or wherever they left their cars or where they're going. e i'm sure they're going to be heading home as soon as they possibly can. >> we're now going to a briefing with the alexandria police and we'll hopefully hear from the police chief michael brown as far as the details and what happens in alexandria when a congressman was shot and an assailant was in custody. the briefli

>> you see them gathering there. not only was the congressman shot but the gunman. >> and two d.c. security people. >> we'll give you what we currently have at this location. i am chief michael brown of the alexandria police department. i'm joined here by a number of officials that are working with us on this particular scene and event, and what i'd like to talk to -- give you an overview of what took place. we received a call of an active shooter, shots fired at ed at monroe at citizens park. at that time there was a practice team event with a baseball team of folks that were representing some folks on the hill. we were there within three minutes. we do know that officers from the office of

well as three officers that we had on scene arrived. two of the officers engaged and gunfire -- returned fire. beyond that, we're not going to make any oh statements until such time as we know exactly what took place. it's an active scene. there are a lot of witnesses we need to interview. we are collaborating with the capitol police, alexandria police, the fire department, medical department and we're here with the investigation collecting evidence and doing statements and the things we normally do in these types of situations. wheel try to keep you posted as we get more information. right knew we're going to try to schedule a press conference probably in about an hour and a half from now and give you an update. right now that's all i have. i will tell you five people were transported from the scene. we will not give out their names or locations aet this point or the

injuries. i'm not going to take questions at this point because you've got everything i'm going to release at this juncture. what i would do is ask the chief from the capitol police to come up and make a brief statement. chief? >> good morning. i'm chief of the united states capitol police. >> can you speak just a little louder, please? >> this morning we received a call via our communications of shots fired at this location. officers who were on scene responded and engaged the suspect in gunfire. very shortly thereafter the alexandria police and other city units responded to assist, and at that point, we were able to calm the situation. victims were transported to the hospital. we're not going to get into any details of the investigation. this is very early on. we will -- i want to

alexandria police, the sheriff's office, and the alexandria fire department for their appreciate their rapid response and certainly it saved lives. >> was there one shooter? >> at this point, we're going to gather the investigators together and look at what we have and put this incident together. again, it's very early on, and there's a lot of witnesses to be interviewed. once we have more information, we'll certainly pass on whatever information we can to make sure you have the information you need for your work. i'm going to turn it back over to the alexandria chief. >> we're not going to answer any questions at this point because this is an active, ongoing investigation. we call the crime scene hot because we're collecting information and evidence,