duncan: yes. we were on field and we had already take batting practice, already shagged a lot of balls on the infield. he said, when do you want to leave? i said, i can leave now. i've already practiced enough. get back to the hill. make an early meeting. he said, let's go. i said, let's let chairman conaway, he was in the batter's box, let's let him finish his bat and then we'll leave. he finished. they started gathering balls up. desantis and i walked off the field. i fist bumped scalise on the way off the field because i run around the mound. then we get to the parking lot, scalise -- i mean, desantis in the car, i'm getting in when this guy approaches. reporter: how are you feeling today? mr. duncan: i'm shaken up. my colleagues were targeted today by somebody that wanted to kill them. trent kelly from mississippi played third base, when desantis left. he's one of my best friends. he was the closest person to the shooter. so he was targeted first. by the grace of god he was missed. he zigzagge

duncan. mr. duncan: guests in the gallery join members in the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and ustice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? address the to house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. emmer: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the great men and women and their families that drive minnesota's dairy industry. this month is national dairy month. in fact, considering the amount of milk and other dairy products we consume on a daily basis in the united states and beyond, one could argue that we already remember and recognize our dairy farmers every day. in minnesota our dairy farmers produce nearly 10 billion pounds of milk each year. our dairy farmers along with their industry colleagues across the country not only bring billions of dollar

i immediate hi sent it to duncan and say this is him, right? and jeff was like, yeah, that's him. we're both in agreement that that was the ge guy who approac our vehicle. >> had now not left when you did, is it our understanding that you would have been in the line of fire? >> i would have been at the third base. i would have been much closer to the shoot per. joef would have been closer too. it was the obvious thing that we were trying to beat the traffic. had we just decided to stay a little longer, who knows what would have happened. i still haven't come to terms with what has happened yet. >> to the extent that you can, what was the demeanor of the shooter? at the moment you didn't think anything of it. but when you look back at it now and run it through your mind, does anything stand out? >> it was a little odd. this is a public field. people walk their dogs and everything. but it's not the type of thing that anyone necessarily goes and watches. and he was really interested in whether it was republicans o democrats and then he immedia immediately turned to the field. i just

hello. lam duncan i am duncan golestani. the british prime minister has acknowledged shortcomings in the response to the devastating grenfell towerfire in london. police say at least 58 people died in the disaster — and that number could rise further. our correspondent, jeremy cooke, reports. in the midsummer heat, grenfell tower casts a long shadow. a new dark reality on the london skyline, with the power to shock, and to move. a sight which stops you in your tracks. too much to take in. it's hard to know what to say, yeah. it's just horrific. we just said that everyone's busy talking, but yet you can just feel a silence. it's really overwhelming. four days on from disaster, and with every official update, more grim news. sadly, at this time, there are 58 people who we were told... we have been told were in grenfell tower on the night that are missing, and therefore sadly i have to assume that they are dead. the investigations into how this happened will be complex and lengthy, but the residents‘ association for grenfell to

duncan, thank you very much. duncan kennedy in hastings.rs actress sian blake has lost his appeal against his ‘whole—life' jail sentence for killing her and their two children. a9—year—old arthur simpson—kent was sentenced to life in prison in octoberfor stabbing ms blake to death along with their sons zachary, eight, and amon, four. this was the verdict a short time ago from the court of appeal. in ourjudgment, in our judgment, considering in ourjudgment, considering all the circumstances put before us, we are entirely satisfied that the judge was entitled to reach that conclusion and on this basis therefore we dismiss this application. snooker player ronnie o'sullivan says he's getting better at handling the pressure of the game. speaking on the victoria derbyshire programme, the five—time world champion explained why he's enjoying playing now more than ever. i have always enjoyed playing, i have had a bit of a love hate relationship with the game and over the last five, six years i have addressed the mental side rather than the playing s

duncan kennedy in north london. david davis, says he's "pretty sure" but not certain, the uk can secure a deal with brussels, as it leaves the european union. his remarks come after the chancellor, philip hammond, said no deal would be "very, very bad" for the uk. here's our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. a year after the vote to leave the eu, talks about the terms of britain's divorce have now started. the eu, talks about the terms of and brexit looms overhead for the prime minister. but a week after the chancellor said no deal would be very, very bad for the uk, the brexit secretary, the man tasked with securing that deal, seems uncertain as to whether he will get one. seems uncertain as to whether he i'm pretty sure. i'm not 100% sure. you can never be. i'm not 100% sure. it is a negotiation. i'm not 100% sure. you said right at the beginning of this, "we are guaranteed to get a deal, you can be sure we will get a deal." you can be sure there will be a deal. whether it's the deal that i want, which is

manja and duncan gibson have run the hotel for 15 years now.hey take care of the guests and the kitchen. under their management, the hotel has won a host of accolades. glenfinnan house lies on picturesque loch shiel. it's a country mansion, built in the 18th century. here in scotland's west highlands, tourism is a seasonal trade, though the summer months are always busy. but local businesses have also had a bit of good luck. manja: with films like "harry potter," it's just been phenomenal, especially in the lochaber area, because they filmed a lot of the "harry potter" movies in the area. we've had the film teams staying here many times as well. reporter: that's because, just a stone's throw away from the hotel, harry potter's train crosses the world famous glenfinnan viaduct every day. before harry potter's time, glenfinnan and the surrounding area was just a remote region on scotland's west coast. now, it's a tourist magnet. but brexit could change all that, because workers from other eu countries may no longer be welcome here. manja: i think

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in north london.he residents affected by the grenfell tower disaster have come together today to mark the muslim festival of eid, which marks the end of ramadan. the muslim festival of eid, but what should be a time of celebration has left many reflecting on their loss, as frankie mccamley reports. spilling as frankie mccamley reports. out onto the streets this spilling out onto the streets of this mosque to pray on a day of celebration for muslims across the country, but here in west london it is tainted with sadness. for us, at the centre of a wider community,... sorry, sorry about this... it is a day when people won't be able to see some of their relatives for a long time... and even for those trying to help, it's been tough. and we also know the tower block had hundreds of residents, and maybe also more visitors, so the number of missing 01’ visitors, so the number of missing or dead could be a lot higher than just 79. the mosque has not only become a place for those affected to collect donations

duncan kennedy, bbc news, southampton.n investigation has begun into how a us navy destroyer, one of the most sophisticated warships in the world, was involved in a collision with a vast container ship offjapan. seven crew members are still missing after the uss fitzgerald, which has now arrived back at port, was hit by the philippine vessel in the middle of the night. the ships commanding officer has been taken to hospital by helicopter. the husband ofjo cox — the mp who was murdered last year — has said his wife would be incredibly humbled by events held today in her memory around the uk. brendan cox, who helped organise "the great get together", said it showed the country was crying out for a sense of togetherness. the entertainer bill cosby has walked free from a court in the united states after a judge declared a mistrial in his sexual assault case. the jury were unable to reach a decision on whether the 79—year—old was guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 13 years ago. aleem maqbool reports. after so ma

duncan, for five minutes. mr. duncan: i ask unanimous consent to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. duncan: thank you, mr. speaker. before i start, i just want to ask america to continue praying for our good friend, steve scalise, who was injured last ek in the horrific targeting of republican members of the congressional baseball team over in alexandria. i had been there moments before the shooting starting. i want to ask america to continue praying for those in law enforcement that every day run toward the danger when we're fleeing the danger to protect us and our families, our property. two brave capitol hill police officers that helped stop an active assassin last week, krystal griner and david bailey, wounded in the act of fulfilling their role. two congressional staffers, matt mika and zack barth injured on that baseball field, just participating in america's pastime, a game of baseball, a charity game to raise money for inner city children. it's tough. it's tough on members of congress. it's tough on our families and

jeff duncan confirmed that to me. so he obviously had a reason to target that group. >> you talk about feeling vulnerable, congressman. what can you do? what will you do? are you going to move your district office into a courthouse where there's more protection? >> no. we work with our local police department, who have already trained all of our individuals on how we can keep doors locked and only admit people under protected circumstances. but when you're a person of the people, this is our job. it's very hard to separate yourself from it. there's a degree which you know that's part of our accessibility needs to be part of the job that we do. what we need to have confidence in is that we can do it without being worried about physical assault. >> how do you do that? >> use common sense in some circumstances. don't put yourself in the middle of situations which you can anticipate might be problematic. how do you know if somebody is going to step on the scene? nobody would have thought for a minute on that practice fiel

duncan kennedy reports. generations of families have made their summer holidays. long, wide, safe. a place where happy memories are created. but for kobi saththiyanathan, his brother ken, nitharsan ravi, inthushan sriska ntharasa, and gurusha nth srithavarajah, it became a place of danger and death. tonight the men's families rejected the coroner's findings that lifegaurds would not have saved them. their anger, matched by their anguish. they didn't make any attempt to find those boys. they didn't make any attempt. my brother was there for six hours. and even then my brother was found by the public. even all the other boys were found by the public, not by the staff. the families also said rother council, which runs camber sands, had been wrong to suggest people from ethnic minorities were not good swimmers. that's why we're fighting, to change something. not for us, because my son will never come back to us. saththiya natnan, the father of the two brothers, kobi and ken who died, said his children were being

. >> also joining me now from london is security analyst, duncan guardm. theresa may suggested this was a case of copycat terrorism. so do you thing this was inspired by the westminster bridge attack earlier this year? >> i would have thought it's almost certainly inspired by that kind of thing and the nice attack we saw last summer. the methodology was first introduced into the uk in that attack in wulch three, four years ago in which a soldier was killed outside a barracks and we seem to have a spate of these copycat attacks going on. also two foiled attacks between the westminster attack and this attack. there seem to be rather like suicides generally inspire other suicides, we call them clusters, we seem to have a spate of copycat suicide terror attacks. >> british police say the attackers were wearing what appeared to be explosive vests and were later determineded to be explosives. what were the possible reasons for doing this? >> in britain, we have tight control over most explosives and firea firearms. it's hard to get hold to detonators and plastic

congressman duncan said that it was republicans. and he immediately turned around and went towards the field. it was a little weird because you know, no one's really out there at that time. but we just kind drove back. once we got to the hill, we got word that there was a shooting, immediately jeff and i looked at each other and we said we've got to report this individual. we reported him the best description we could get. since he's been identified, the picture on the individual's twitter page matches the individual who approached our vehicle probably about ten minutes before the shooting started. >> you have no doubt about that. >> i'm very sure. like it's the type of thing where i probably saw him for ten seconds. having seen someone for ten seconds i think i'm assure as i could be. >> you communicated with congressman duncan who shares your view. >> he thinks it's him too yeah. >> obviously there will be a lot of conversation about potential political motivation. can you think exactly what you heard him say? was it just a simple

congressman duncan says only kinson talked to him during wednesday's practice. >> he asked me if this team was the republican or democrat team practicing. i responded that it was the republican team practicing and he proceeded to shoot republicans. >> reporter: investigators have anything yet to find hodgkinson had a plan in mind. he told his wife earlier this week he was heading back to illinois and canceled his membership in the ymca the day before the shooting and talked to a local garage his van ready. ct >> that was pete williamst from the shooting is waiting to be interviewed by the fbi. the manager says he had a brief encounter with james hodgkinson. the day before the shooting, he went to the station to ask for help putting air in his tires. he said he mentioned to hodgkinson he worked six days a week. and from there that small talk took a quick turn. >> at that point, he lost it. he went from a normal conversation to, what was that? have you seen what that [ bleep ] has done to our taxes? he's like, i mean, he just went off. it was abnormal the way he flipped out about trump

brooks, alabama and morgan griffith, virginia, fox news is reporting both jeff duncans and month.inson opened fire. the fbi is stop be shortest calling this a hit list. investigators were seen combing the field to complete a shooting trajectory analysis, that's going to help them determine the number of shots fired, and from what direction. meanwhile, the simpson baseball field remains closed. and neighbors are still in shock. >> w take the time they need, it's not really an thoughts and prayers go out to the folks and their families. >> reporter: according to the alexandria little league facebook page, there were league games scheduled twhishgsd, however, likely they will be cancelled. as you can see the field is simultaneously roped off. but according to the facebook page, they plan on having a reopening ceremony monday evening, they hope people will come out to basically reopen the field and to make it a familiar and comfortable place for all the kids and families who use it on a regular basis. that's latest on alexandria. >>> a fraternity brother steve scalise from louisiana s

our correspondent, duncan kennedy, reports.htaking beauty of the perfect summer solstice, celebrated today at stonehenge with meditation and anticipation of the longest day ahead. by mid morning, at the emmbrook court shelter in berkshire, it'd had already reached 30 degrees. what do you make of these temperatures? very hot. too hot? too hot, yes. but others here were following the advice of nhs england to avoid the heat, if not the humour. yeah, i can cope with it, yeah. i mean, you just take a few more clothes off, don't you? it gets embarrassing, eventually! the met office confirmed today has been the hottest june day since 1976. that long, languid cauldron of heat where temperatures peaked at 33.8 degrees. today, it hit 34.5 degrees at heathrow airport, but it certainly wasn't sunny everywhere. this was newcastle. there was also rain in scotland. and it was wet at the start of glastonbury, but not in the usual way, and so far without the mud, all courtesy of the localfire brigade. in reading, pet owners were also keeping an

duncan told them it was republicans. we both kind of shrugged it off. by the time we got back to the hill, when news broke, we immediately called each other and said, that guy was really -- we got to report that. so we report it to the capitol police. now having seen his photo, and i do believe, and i talked to jeff as well, we do believe that was the guy that has been identified as the shooter. the same guy that came up to our car before we pulled out five, ten minutes before the shooting this morning. >> his photo has been shared with members of congress like you, not with us. so use your best powers of description and describe the gentleman to us. >> you actually could go on his twitter. he has a twitter account. james hodgkinson or something like that. it's on an image search. as soon as i found his name, i typed it in. he's a middle-aged, looks like late 50s, mid-60s, caucasian. little heavy set. that's similar to the guy we saw. i think the description fits very well. >> and i guess we're very thankful that scalise was there today because that mea

we have new tape in that i want to play for you of congressman duncan, a member of congress who was at this practice this morning. he left early and all reports are that he actually had some kind of conversation with whom they now believe is that gun mid-cap. let's listen in to what congressman duncan has to say. >> so i was there at baseball practice this morning. i actually left right before shooting happened and had an interaction with who i believe was the shooter based on the profile that i saw on tv. i've given a statement to the alexandria police department this morning after i heard about the shooting and they asked me to come down there because i did have an interaction with someone in the parking lot who asked me if the team practicing was a republican team. they said things turned around and i got in the car and left and found out that my republican colleagues were targeted by an active shooter. >> that is some pretty startling information. jeff duncan saying he believes he had that conversation with who he believes is the gunman from all of the pictures that he's now seen o

domestic issues likely to decide it. >> duncan woodside, thank you. british police investigating the deadly attack on london bridge on saturday say they have arrested three more suspects in connection with the case. counterterrorism officers said two men were arrested on the street in east london late on wednesday night. another person was arrested at a nearby house. comeyfbi director james will give a hotly awaited testimony before the u.s. senate today. he is expected to reveal that president trump pressed him for loyalty. the first time he speaks in public since the u.s. president fired him. confirmed trump had urged him to drop a probe into the former national security advisor michael flynn. it's an opening statement that gives a behind-the-scenes view of what dealing with donald trump is really like. an experience that was so far from the norm for james comey that the former fbi director describes how he began taking notes after each meeting. began toure accuracy i type in a laptop and an fbi vehicle outside of trump tower. this had not been my p

duncan, for five minutes. mr. duncan: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. duncan: mr. speaker, i rise today in honor of anderson county master deputy devin hodges. who tragically passed away june 1 in the line of duty while participating in a training exercise on lake hardwell. he pursued his childhood dream and started his law enforcement career out of high school working as a dispatcher in anderson county, then working for the lawrence county, abbyville county, before returning to anderson in january of this year. as anderson county sheriff chad said, devin had a big personality and a big heart and it's a big loss. devin was a man of character, a man of faith who was known as a great father. my thoughts and prayers are his four 's wife, children, his brother, his sister, and his parents. all of whom are constituents in my district, the third district of south carolina. his four children i know devin is in a better place right now. join in predeceased daughter, isabella. but the family he l

i talked to congressman duncan about it. if the shooter had his pistol on him when he walked up to our vehicle, he could have taken out jeff in the front seat. he could have taken out jeff's staffer thomas who was driving and taken out me in the back seat. it would have take and few seconds to do that. judge jeanine: do you at least want the ability to carry? >> this is a situation where you had so many congressmen in one spot. i think those situations we may have to look different at. but at the end of the day, i don't want congressmen to be in a bubble. we have to beer act with people. and i hope in a society people like hodgkinson and their lawny- their loony behavior, that we are identifying them. judge jeanine: i doubt we'll be able to and we have to realize where the case stems from, the left-wing ideology. earlier i spoke with former speaker of the house and fox news contributor newt gingrich about the mueller investigation and why he agrees with president trump that it's clearly a witch hunt. take a look. so the post

jericka duncan is in wilmington. >> reporter: this fayetteville plant 80 miles upstreet from wilmington where genx is manufactured by dupont, and company officials revealed the chemical has been released into the river for nearly four decades. >> they caught us off-guard. >> wilmington mayor bill safo. >> we don't know what will this do to us drinking it for long period of time. three year study by north carolina state university and the epa out this past fall, showed an elevated presence of genx in wilmington's tap water. but the findings weren't publicly disclosed until this month. >> so i ask all of you to keep this going until our walter is clean! >> reporter: last week city council meeting was standing room only. why has this been allowed to go on for so long? i have been drinking this water my entire life. >> reporter: the long term health effects of genx are unknown. studies submitted by dupont to the epa have shown it caused tumors in reproductive problems in lab animals. >> what you going to do now? >> lisa grogan's son battled rare kidney cancer. she and other parents with can

jericka duncan is in wilmington. >> reporter: this fayetteville plant, 80 miles upstream from wilmington, is where genx is manufactured by dupont and chemours for nearly four decades. the chem cam has been released into the river for nearly four >> it caught us all off guard. >> reporter: wilmington mayor bill saffo. >> we don't know what this will do to us that have been drinking it for long periods of time. >> reporter: a three-year study by north carolina state university and the e.p.a. out this past fall showed an elevated presence of genx in wilmington's tap water, but the findings weren't publicly disclosed until this month. >> so i ask all of you to keep this going until our water is clean. >> reporter: last week's city council meeting was standing room only. >> why has this been allowed to go on for so long? i've been drinking this water my entire life. >> reporter: the long-term health effects of genx are unknown, but studies submitted by dupont to the e.p.a. have shown it caused tumors and reproductive problems in lab animals. lisa grogan's son nathan battled a rare kidney canc

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duncan, for five minutes. mr. duncan: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, in one of the capitol hill newspapers today i duncan, for five minutes. mr. duncan: thank you, mr. speaker. this cartoon, cartoon showing a general with several stars on his shoulders saying, 16 years of blood, bombs, bullets, and devastation, and no one's winning. talking about the war -- our 16-year war in afghanistan. . then the cartoon shows a greedy looking men with all kinds of cash sticking out of both sides and with this greedy smile saying, oh, i wouldn't say that. and that's what this war is now all about, the 16-year war. it's being held up and continued only because so many people and companies are making money out of it. and just yesterday in "the washington times" there was this story entitled "war and waste," and i'd like to read some of that story. quote, these are the basics for outfitting an afghan soldier but in that simple uniform combination are the threats of two troubling stories. one, about the waste of millions in american taxpayer dollars. actually,

duncan told him it was the republican team according to duncan's own recounting. now, what bernie sanders' campaign is also responding to this, as well. they're saying they have no recollection of this individual. they said there were 10,000 campaign volunteers at one point. even in dealing with their iowa caucuses. some of them, a lot of them unpaid. it appears mr. hodgkinson, the shooter was also unpaid volunteer. but they have no recollection of him according to what these campaign officials are now telling our colleagues but clearly bernie sanders felt the need to respond rather strongly earlier today after learning this news that this person was trying to elect him as president, wolf. >> strong statement from senator sanders. thanks very much, manu raju. up on capitol hill. let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she's over at the scene in alexandria, virginia, not very far very far pae /* /- away. >> we're just about ten minutes south of the pentagon. i came here right away this morning. this neighborhood i would think it's fair to say on this

i talked to congressman duncan about it. if the shooter had his pistol on him when he walked up to our vehicle, he could have taken out jeff in the front seat. he could have taken out jeff's staffer thomas who was driving and taken out me in the back seat. it would have take and few seconds to do that. judge jeanine: do you at least want the ability to carry? >> this is a situation where you had so many congressmen in one spot. i think those situations we may have to look different at. but at the end of the day, i don't want congressmen to be in a bubble. we have to beer act with people. and i hope in a society people like hodgkinson and their lawny- their loony behavior, that we are identifying them. judge jeanine: i doubt we'll be able to and we have to realize where the case stems from, the left-wing ideology. earlier i spoke with former speaker of the house and fox news contributor newt gingrich about the mueller investigation and why he agrees with president trump that it's clearly a witch hunt. take a look. so the post

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jericka duncan is there. >> reporter: the university president told me that what happened here in februaryto these changes. 19-year-old timothy piazza died after an alleged hazing ritual at the beta theta pi fraternity house. 18 students face criminal charges. the board members took several measures today, including the university will now take control over the greek system and be responsible for disciplinary actions. there's a zero tolerance for hazing incidents, with a push for stronger criminal punishments and hard liquor has been banned at social events. fraternities and sororities are allowed to have just 10 parties each semester, down from 45. piazza family attorney: >> there have been no concrete, real changes made today. we still have in the same exact spot. >> reporter: anthony, if these greek organizations do not follow these new guidelines, president baron said he is not shy about banning them from the university. >> mason: jericka duncan at penn state. thanks. in an inn prus dented decision, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is putting out a workout book. we're not kidd

jericka duncan is at the courthouse. >> reporter: andrea constand testified for over four hours. grilled her on what they say were discrepancies in her statement about the date she originally told investigators she had been sexually assaulted at cost bea's philadelphia-area home. the defense attorney said, "you told investigators that was the day, march 16th." constand replied, "i was mistaken." the defense showed the jury cell phone records from the night of march 16th to prove constand could not have been drugged and passed out that night based on the time of the alleged assault and the phone calls she made. later constand said march 16th was the day she went to cosby's home to confront him about what allegedly happened. the attorney asked, "you were confronting a man who attacked you and you brought him bath salts?" constand said, "yes, warren, man i worked with, had give me a box for many cosby." from february 12004 until she resigned from temple university on march 31st, the defense said she placed 53 calls to cosby using her work-issued cell phone. the prosecution noted mos

jericka duncan is at the courthouse outside philadelphia. >> reporter: for the first time in the trialll cosby's wife camille walked arm in arm with her husband as he entered court today. cosby chose not to take the stand. instead, his attorney brian mcmonogal told jurors, "the accuser andrea constand told a stone cold lie and cosby cheated on his wife but did not commit a crime. " as his lawyer said, "you deserve better." prosecutor kevin steele countered by using koskoff's -- cosby's 2005 and 2006 deposition where cosby described giving quaaludes, a hypnotic truck, to women. steele went on to say, "drugging somebody and putting them in a position where you can do what you want with them is not romantic. it's criminal." cosby is accused of drugging and molestic constand at his pennsylvania home in 2004. last week constand told the jury cosby gave her three blue pills which left her feeling paralyzed and unable to fight him off. cosby spokesperson andrew wyatt. >> mr. cosby is very confident. he's confident in his legal team. >> reporter: cosby claims his sexual encounters with constan

congressman duncan says he spoke to the gunman shortly before the interaction erupted. >> i did have an interaction asking me if the team practicing was republican or democrat team. >> president trump suggested the vines could inspire unity. >> my dear friend, steve scalise took a bullet for all of us. our country will perhaps become closer. >> in miami's little havana friday, the president signed a new cuba policy that brings back restrictions lifted by president trump. the move will curb individual americans from travel to cuba and tighten u.s. business with business with military-owned interests. but the president draw attention away from that event with new actions tied to the russia investigatio president trump added washington's john dowd to his outside legal team. but can another lawyer bench the president's twitter game? friday, the president declared i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt. referring to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. the president delivered another surprise. he voluntarily relea

i spoke with my go man -- good friend congress and jeff duncan, who -- congressman jeff duncan, who lefthe practice earlier than i did. he asked who was practicing out here today, are these republicans? the answer was in the affirmative. it is common for people to come out and watch us play. it has been very safe, so that is an innocuous question most of the time. aese are -- sadly, it was person who had a vendetta against republicans, and he attempted and did carry it out. charlie: and we know from later events and senator sanders said he was a volunteer in some way in the campaign, although nobody remembers him, he was a volunteer in bernie sanders' think yound i posted that on his facebook. >> i think you have an ideology of hatred and eddie not want to blame anyone other than the shooter, but i think it is a very important sign that the rhetoric in this country sometimes gets so volatile and file on both sides -- file -- vile on both sides, and this gentleman clearly has problems that is deranged in some way to do this to conduct an act of violence like that. i sincerely hope that mo

congressman duncan says hodgkinson talked to him during wednesday's practice. >> he asked me if this team was the republican or democrat team practicing. i responded it was the republican team practicing and he proceeded to shoot republicans. >> reporter: investigators have yet to find anything indicating hodgkinson had an attack plan in mind. they say he told his wife this week he was heading back to illinois and cancelled his membership the day before and talked to a local garage about getting his van ready. doctors treating congressman steve scalise say while he remains in critical condition, they hope for an excellent recovery. lot of things that can happen. there are a lot of forks in the road we may not see yet. >> reporter: investigators say they have checked his laptop, his cell phone and a camera found in his van but have found no manifesto, no intent to commit violence, nothing to indicate hodgkinson was scouting potential targets, lester? >> pete williams, thank you. >>> in washington a tweet from president trump had everyone trying to figure out what he really meant today

that's something the prime minister pointed out. >> duncan, let me ask you. the prime minister also suggested that it was a copy cat type of terrorism. do you think that this was inspired by the westminster bridge attack earlier this year? >> probably. inbetween that attack and this one, we've seen two foiled attacks that have been foiled by security services who had the individuals under surveillance. so it does appear that that particular attack which gained such a lot of publicity and was so high profile because it was right in the center of the capital has also inspired several other individuals who were thinking along the same lines to product copy cat attacks. it's possible that the manchester attack which was more sophisticated may have pushed them down that line as well. >> all right. thank you lucy and duncan in london. >>> let's bring in an msnbc contributor malcolm nantz. let me bring this full circle. the attacks in london, paris, president trump now saying that's why we need a ban not a united states, new york, l.a., chicago, washington d.c., the

two of them were at the baseball practice that morning when the shooting began, including f duncan.one of the congressman who later recall the gunman came up to him and asked, are these players democrats or republicans. that raises questions that if you have lawmakers on the list why is it that he didn't recognize congressman duncan. maybe was just a list that he wanted to visit on capitol hill. those are details there sorting through. >> thank you for the update. >> julie: the topic of political unity continues. illinois congressman rodney davis and minnesota senator. the tube will join chris wallace in a bipartisan discussion on the current political environment. check your local listings for time. >> protesters are taking to the streets in london. their demanding justice for the this week's devastating high-rise fire were 50 people are now presumed dead. >> julie: protesters lemon the government for they say was a slow response to the scene and the lack of communication with families. there are also questions about a recent renovation to the building that included material that f

duncan kennedy reports.ord, the latest location where tower block cladding is being removed. it is an unsettling sight for another group of residents who have lived here many years. it's left us, as residents, very confused and very concerned about the safety of where we live. the government has continued to test cladding. tonight, they released new figures. 60 buildings have now failed safety checks. that is across 25 local authorities. of the 25, 14 have been named, including barnet, manchester and sunderland. the government confirmed that of those tested, so far there has been a 100% failure rate on samples. it's a list that keeps on growing, but it is also the fact that every single sample of cladding being tested is now failing that will be most worrying for these local authorities and their residents, but also the government, whose bill for fixing all of this continues to mount. in 2009, six people died at lakanal house in london. the report author was sir kenneth knight. he has been drafted in by the

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