former alexandria mayor bill euille said he was pleasant. >> to the local alexandria community, we believet the shooter has been living out of his vehicle in the vicinity of eastman road -- street, therefore, asking you to report any interactions that you may have had with him. >> reporter: and just a reminder of the carnage that happened here yesterday. looking now live at that baseball field where baseball gear remains on that diamond where it was left yesterday when those bullets went back and appears on social media with presidential rants. sanders saying he does not support what happened here yesterday. that is the latest live here in alexandria. i'm justin finch, news 4. back in to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> here's the latest that we know about the victims who were shot. >> house majority whip steve scalise is still in critical conditions. he was shot in the left hip. doctors say the bullet broke bones in his pelvis and caused severe bleeding. president trump and the first lady visited med star washington hospital center last night. they met with officers, the doctor who -- they

and i said, yes, i'm the former mayor bill euille.uple days later he asked me to recommend places for him to go for breakfast or lunch and i did so and he took me up on some of those referrals and then a week or so later, hey, i'm new in the area, i'm looking for a job. do you know anybody hiring. and i said, you know, as a mayor, former mayor, people come to me for all kinds of help and assistance and i said i don't know about any job openings at the moment. i said, what do you do? he said, construction. i said, i'm in the construction but what's your skill set? he said, well, i'm a home inspector. i said, well, certainly i'll keep my eyes and ears open for you. >> so you're -- if i can jump in, you're having conversations with him about breakfast spots and how he can get work in alexandria. he had been in town pretty much since march. did he ever ask you about these republicans playing baseball or chat about politics with you? >> not at all. on the tv -- it's on for public viewing right at the entrance to the y. no matter what stati

former mayor bill euille joins me from alexandria. thank you for joining us, sir.ump right into, you knew this man, you were told by the fbi living in a van the last three months, how did you meet him? >> i'm a 20-year member of the ymca and work out there monday through friday. arrive about 7:15 to 7:30 a.m. every morning and about a month and a half ago i noticed this gentleman sitting at the front table i would enter the front lobby and he'd be on a laptop and civilian clothes and then after a couple of days, after i finished my routine workout and come back upstairs, get a cup of coffee and sit at a table, check my iphone, read a newspaper, members of the y and local residents say good morning, mr. mayor, how are you doing? we miss you, and sometimes say hey, i have a question, can i sit and chat. and after a couple of days he approached he and said hey, are you really the mayor of alexandria? i said yes, and introduced myself. he obviously told me his name, which i never remembered. every morning subsequently, i'd go in and he'd be there almost in the same tab

himself but he was known to strike up conversations with other members including former city mayor bill euille. >> i encountered him monday morning at the y. he samed normeemed normal a he was no different. if somebody put two people in front of me and said this incident happened, pick the person you think may have participated, he would not have been on my list. >> and you will know, too, that van again still parked there. fbi agent haves been swarming the van and spots in the parking lot throughout the morning here. that van parked facing the simpson park baseball diamond where the gop team was practicing yesterday and hodgkinson is said to have opened fire. on the ymca website, they do plan to be closed for today and also say that hodgkinson did report to their club yesterday morning about 5:31 that day in the morning, which means he spent about an hour and a half or so there before making that short walk to that diamond and opening fire yesterday. we are live here in alexandria, i'm justin finch, news 4, back into you. >> justin, thank you. >>> this morning it's possible the president is u

. >> bill euille, the former mayor of alexandria, v.a.emarkably had conversations with this man before he carried out these attacks today. thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> we have much more to come tonight after what has been an unbelievable news day. stay with us. a millie dresselhaus doll! happy birthday, sweetie! oh, millies. trick or treat! we're so glad to have you here. ♪ what if we treated great female scientists like they were stars? ♪ yasss queen! what if millie dresselhaus, the first woman to win the national medal of science in engineering, were as famous as any celebrity? [millie dresselhaus was seen having lunch today...] ♪ [...rumors of the new discovery...] what if we lived in a world like that? (crowd applauding) ♪ we know a place that's already working on it. ♪ 60% of women are wearing the w...experience leaks. introducing always my fit. find the number that's right for your flow and panty size on the top of any always pack. the better the fit, the better it protects. always. sorry about the holdup, folks. we ha

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. >>> i want to bring in now bill euille, former mayor of alexandria, virginia. thank you for coming on. i wish we could have met under better circumstances. i'm sorry for the tragedy that has hit your community. you have unique insight into the shooter, james hodgkinson. you spoke with him every morning over the last month or so. tell me about that. >> yes. first of all, i'm saddened about what happened here in the city of alexandria today and at our local ymca and the congressional baseball team has played on this field probably several times a month for several months over the past four or five years and never any incidents or circumstances. but i'm a 20-year member of the y, i go there every morning monday through friday, usually arrive between 7:15 and 7:30 and about a month and a half ago i noticed this gentleman who was new sitting at a table drinking coffee and always on his laptop. after a couple of mornings after i finished my workout, i'd sit at a table and read my iphone and members of the y would walk up and say, hi, mr. mayor, how are you? we miss y

i said, my name is bill euille. never thought of it.couple days, he said you've been here a long time, you're the mayor, i'm sure you know good places to eat, what's a good place for breakfast, lunch? i would tell him places. he said, i'm looking for something close by that's walkable. by him saying that, i concluded maybe he doesn't have a car. i said, okay, go out, mt. vernon avenue, del ray, there's nice places, coffee shops and restaurants there. then a couple days later we'd chat and so forth. he would say, hey, you know, i'm looking for employment. do you know anybody hiring? i say, well, what kind of work are you looking for? he said i'm in construction. i said, oh, i'm in construction as well. and then i said, what kind of work? he said, well, i said are you a carpenter, electrician? he said, no, i work for home builders, i'm a home inspector. i said, oh, well, you know, i know home builders but i don't know too many people that are looking for home inspectors. i said that may be something that the city government or local gover