. >>> tuesday's primary the new polls show the national committee chair, gillespi gillespie favored and on the democratic side is >> republican senator vogel for voting for the first openly gay judge. he filed a lawsuit accusing the ve vogel campaign. >>> he's served times for corruption charges. jack johnson already served several years in a federal prison in cumberland. at the end of last year, he was transferred todd a half way house in baltimore. court record shows a judge denied his request. johnson claims the evidence shows misconduct. >>> donald trump breaking his silence creating a sense of he silence. >> reporter: president trump punching back saying he lied and he's willing to swear to it under oath. >> 100%. >> the president prepares to talk to special counsel and calling james comey's testimony is not true. >> no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leak and frankly james comey confirmed a lot of what i said and some of the things he said were not true. >> like now that infamous loyalty pledge. >> he asked specifically of loyalty in the context of asking me to stay. >> i hard l

gillespie. he acknowledges gillespie as the gop nominee. >>> there could be more trouble for president trump in the washington investigation. >> robert mueller is now looking into whether the president tried to obstruct justice. news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. what actions of the president are the special counsel looking into and who do they want to interview? >> reporter: they want to talk to members of the senior national security team, according to the washington post, about whether the president tried to lean on them to somehow get involved in or get the fbi to back off this russia investigation. specifically, according to the post, mueller wants to talk to the director of national intelligence, dan coats, admiral mike rodger nsa and richard leggett who according to "the new york times" may have detailed a conversation between his boss and the president. coats and rodgers when they testified here recently wouldn't say what they talked to the president about. leggett may be able to shed some light on that. according to the post, those are the people that the special counsel wa

gillespie. news 4 today. >>> unity will also be a focus, big one for the republican nominee for governor, ed gillespie. starts today. gillespie is now looking ahead to november too. >> we will fight for you through november to win this election and we want you to be part of our efforts and you are very welcome to join this campaign. we cannot afford four more years of a liberal governor in the common wealth of virginia. >> served at president trump's campaign chairman refused to concede the election last night. when he s had a very clear message. fight, fight, fight. to ask for a recount, final vote margin would have to be less than 1%. >>> now for a look at the results from last night's primaries in virginia, just open the nbc washington app. >>> disturbing development coming out of virginia. concerning now a former substitute teacher. >> justin finch live with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, it's the kind of news that would make any parent more than uneasy. a one time fairfax substitute teacher accused of seeking out a young girl for sex. she 22 years old. he was arrested monday in the area. authoritie

gillespie is in a dog fight with prince william board of senators corey stuart gillespie holds a narrow lead over stuart h three to 42 percent. the other candidate in the race frank wagner is a distinct third with just 13 percent of the vote. stay with fox5 on the air and online for the latest primary results. we will continue to give the latest information as soon as we get it. an intense man hunt is underway right now in georgia. police are de inmates who killed two guards at a prison. the parent of a local teenager shot to death on the eve of his high school ed gracious is sharing graduation is sharing his story only on fox5 a. we'll be right back. ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ happening now, a massive man hunt is underway for a pair of escaped inmates in put in an county, georgia. the county sheriff's' office say done i row and ricky due beaus broke through a gait on a transport bus and then shot and killed two guards before get investor way with their guns. they kar jacked a green honda civic before they fled the scene. row is serving a life sentence without parole for armed rob rirks depose was also behind bars for robbery. it has been a week since two teenagers were shot to death in montgomeryville age. shot in a disar and ar rof were quilled the day before they were supposed northwest germantown. they were reportedly selling extra graduation tickets when they were shot. the night he was killed nothing seemed off at eul. upstairs he's got a very neat, clean, orderly room. that's not the signs of somebody who is stressed out. at some point in time a person's conscious he -- they may not have committed the crime, but if they know it and don't come forward they're going to live with the fact, especially if there's another victim later. >> sib rof was born in russia. his body is being sent there for burial. in a disar has already been laid to rest. at least six people were killed in the past 24 hours and the murder rate in baltimore continues to sore. the police commissioner calls the murders unconsciousable. he ordered the officers to work 12 2350 in the city there year. >> we have been reporting for months now about the growing opioid problem in our region and across the country. maryland is taking action to help people who may have overdosed. the department of health and mental hygiene issued an order that orders pharmacies to stock in a locks own. it can reverse an overdose. several months ago governor larry hogan signed a billion giving better access to the drug. a billion that would make it easier to fire employees at the department of affairs is now heading to president trump's desk. the house overwhelming passed the billion today. the senate passed a similar version last week. president trump had campaigned on fixing the v.a. system which for years has come under fire for mismanagement. >> well, it is hot outside so you can just imagine what it is like inside the metro tunnels and stations that don't metro is having trouble pumping cold air inside the dupont circle and farragut station on the redline. the metro station came in with a fix. it is going to pump cool air. the lack of ac is not the only problem metro had to deal with. today the bethesda station closed for a short time after the escalators and elevators stopped working. it was too hot for people to walk up and down the long line of stairs. so metro closed the station for about 30 minuteses while crews worked to get moving again. ending up on the naughty or nice list can all depend our name. >> i thought it depended on how acted. >> that's a different list. >> why president trump made the phone call to the mayor of a small chesapeake bay island. that's neck. and tomorrow morning the crew will wake up bright and early starting at 46789. 25 a.m. they will have some of the can get for dad this father's day and kevin mccarthy is going to go one on one with actor ryan fill pee. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. 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(vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> new at ten tonight, president trump reportedly called the mayor of a tiny island in the high temperature chesapeake bay after learning it overwhelmingly supported him. according to the daily times salsbury maryland the president called jameses ridge about the threat the village faces from the rising see level. escort says the president told him not to level saying the island has been there for hundreds of years and will be around for hundreds more. about 87 percent of tan just so we're clear residents voted for president trump. >> if your child seems to get into trouble frequently his or her name may be to blame. the name blame game. a teachers use to track students' behaviors. the top three naughty boyses' names are joseph, cameron and william. the top three names of the worst behaved girls are ella, bethany andette ethyl nor. i swear i saw sue down there. if you one of those housewives shows. >> fox5 news at 10:30 is coming up next. hey, jim and sarah. >> sarah with an h, troublesome sarah with no h troublesome. >> i was going to say sarah tops the list. a rape at the university of virginia. the paternity who sued the magazine just won a big settlement but they won't keep a chu cash. a psychologist talks about the impact of the stress that comes from your dale drive when you react up the heat it can be really tough to take, that is for sure. good news, today was the last of the super hot days, the heatwave is breaking down. we'll talk about what you can expect hour by hour on wednesday. coming up, the news a at 10:30 is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. visit your volvo dealer to take advantage of our midsommar sales event offer. hi. i'm the one clocking in & when you're clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i can even warm these to help you fall asleep faster. does your bed do that? oh. i don't actually talk. though i'm smart enough to. i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store. >> this is fox5 local news at 10:30. right now at ten:30 people trying to escape the heat end up in danger, the latest on the multiple drownings and water rescues in our area. then sessions takes center stage on capital hill. the white house doing damage control over reports there the counsel interfering with russian interference. could your commute giving you posttraumatic stress disorder. a psychologist weighs in. the 10:30 starts now. good evening, everyone i'm sarah simmons. up first, a two year old boy dead after an accidental drowning in the district. teisha is live with the late osmose that. reporter roar. >>reporter: really a tragedy in this capital hill east neighborhood. it happened at a home-based daycare. here's what we know so far, the daycare is licensed. the first responders when they arrived bystanders were performing cpr. they then took over. they performed cpr on route to the hospital where the child was pronounced dead. th neighbors tell us this incident happened in a kiddie pool. >> rescue crews also had a busy night. marina maracco with the details on this one. >>reporter: 90 minutes of extremely critical calls right to those calls. the first one coming in at about 5:00 this afternoon right the at the howard county line at the rocky george reservoir, a confirmed drowning, a young man along with a group of friends went out swimming. he went under but never came back up until his body was found. a five-year old found floating face down. and the most recent call out of potomac happening at about 6:30, crews pulled out a woman from bot objection to the form of a house pool in cardiac arrest. both the woman and the five-year old child transported to area hospitals in critical condition and there is a winner on the democratic side tonight in the virginia gubinatorial primary. lieutenant governor beat his opponent. perriello with h 4 percent of the votes. the associated press has declared ed gillespieart. gillespie ahead of stuart 43 to h 2 percent. fox5 bo like to extend an invitation to mr. northam and mr. gill less pi to join us on fox5 news morning tomorrow. let's check in with sue now and get the latest on our weather out there it has been a scorcher of a day i would like it to cool down. & think you have a lot of company in that department, sarah and jim. i'll tell you what, tonight the humidity has really come up. it was bad this afternoon, but it's really bad tonight. one of our staffers went outside a little while ago and said a it was hard to breathe as you hit the wall of humidity. we're seeing some places with dewpoints in the mid 730s tonight. that is really tropical humidity. what that means tomorrow as a frontal boundary gets closer we will likely have more widespread storms. we have isolated storms mainly west. any storms we see tomorrow could feature heavy rain and they would be slow moving. the potential for a little bit a flash flooding if we get a marginal risk

. >> so cory stewart was the trump person, sort of ran in trump's image gillespie did not? >> ed gillespie distancing himself a bit from trump, not doing the full trump embrace, taking more of the establishment lane and it gave him a bit of a scare tonight perhaps. he does emerge with the victory and it's about trying to piece together the factions of the republican party to have a unified party going into the genroom election. >> we will follow. thank you so much. let's talk about the attorney general jeff sessions today now. infuriating democrats by leaving many of their questions unanswered. john barrett, former white water independent counsel robert ray and cnn legal analyst who is a former watergate special prosecut prosecutor i am really exstatic. so i'm going to start with you. you were all uniquely involved. you're the former watergate special prosecutor. do you see similarities in what happened back then and play out in washington d.c.? >> everything is compressed in time now . this is such an early stage in the investigation and yet there's such chaos with one investigator being

gillespie beating back the former chairman. is this the window of what happened with gillespie and stewart? >> that is a stunning result. ed gillespie. if you told me he would beat corey stewart because president trump fired because he was too out there. as a small amount as he did, it is stunning. it tells you and you have to be careful one event is one event. it suggests that trump is not a black swan. that trump being elected in the republican primary is not something that is a one-off. that corey stewart ran as the trump candidate. drain the swamp. against the confederate statues around the state. unapologetic like president trump. for him to almost beat ed gillespie more has been running for the office the last four years is stunning. it suggests the republican base is not unenergized. it is the trump base is energized. the establishment wing of the base is not. if you are a republican facing a primary, establishment republican facing a primary, today is a worrisome day for yu. >> i would add that the notion that trump is some kind of rogue wave is dissipatindissipating. somehow we will go back to a republican, even mainstream

gillespie and corey stewart -- separated only a few thousand votes. the associated press- calling the race for gillespie -- but stewart -- saying not so fast. suzanne kennedy is live in vienna.. suzanne? breaking overnight - - president trump facing another lawsuit - this time from congress. nearly 200 democratic senators and representatives are suing the president over foreign money flowing into his global business interests. they allege the president is violating the so-called emoluments clause of the constiutition, which says only congress may approve foreign gifts and payments. the lawusit is the third of it's kind against the president. earlier this week, the democratic attorneys general of maryland and the district filed a similar claim. this afternoon both of them will be holding a conference call to discuss that case. the president and called these lawsuits baseless.. arguing the emoluments clause is not intended to prevent normal business like hotel payments and real estate transactions. breaking overnight... an american student detained in north korea - 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after being held in north korea. this is new video from overnight.. as otto warmbier returned to ohio. the 21-year-old was carried off the hospital in cinncinnati. warmbier has been in a coma for more than a year. north korea says he had botulism- and took a sleeping pill. he was sentenced to hard labor last year for stealing a propaganda poster from a hotel. some speculated his release coincided with a visit from dennis rodman- but the state department denies that. the former n-b-a player's visit to north korea has been unusually low key so far. today - rodman met a women's basketball team at a gym and visited the birthplace of north korean founder kim il sung. right now there is no clear sign that he will meet with leader kim jong un as he did on previous visits. rodman's four past trips generated a storm of publicity and did little in terms of diplomacy. happening now... a manhunt underway in georgia now 24 hours after a pair of inmates escaped. authorities say donnie rowe and ricky dubose killed two prison guards on their transport bus -- then carjacked a passing vehicle. none of the other transport bus escaped. investigators hope video from the bus will show how the prisoners made it through the security gate. it's day three of deliberations in the assault case against bill cosby. a jury of 5 women and 7 men... are trying to come to an agreement. they have asked for a few clarifications so far. one of the charges -- involves cosby giving pills, without the alleged victim's knowledge. the jury wanted a clearer definition of the phrase "without her knowledge." the judge told the jury -- they would have to figure it out themselves. cosby faces decades in prison, if convicted. we're on verdict watch, around the clock. sign up for breaking news alerts -- at wjla dot-com, slash text. megyn kelly's nbc interview with infowars' alex jones airs sunday, and it's already causing controversy. kelly has now been dropped as host of the "promise champions gala," which is set for tonight at d-c's mellon auditorium. the event is for the sandy hook promise foundation. alex jones has said the shooting at sandy hook elementary school was a government hoax. he later said it kelly says it's important for her to "shine a light" on jones. and she notes, his organization was given a temporary white house press pass last month. a local historian is accused of stealing artifacts from the national archives, and selling them on e-bay. he's 32-year-old antonin dehays of college park. he allegedly stole dog tags and other documents belonging to u.s. servicemen whose planes had crashed during world war two. dehays is charged with theft of government records. he had his first court appearance yesterday. if convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison. a first look this morning at plans for d-c's first wawa store. the new 9-thousand square foot facllity will open at 19th street in northwest in december. it's wawa's biggest interior space to date. there's no gas station - but the store will feature both indoor and outdoor seating... touch screen ordering.. and free wifi. wawa says it's the first of five to ten stores they want to open in the district in the next few years. and this morning we washington. with all the bad news happening in the world - we want to report some good news. so tell us something good. it could be a new baby, a birthday or anyhing positive happening in "your" life. email us at goodnews@wjla.co m and let us know. time now for weather - not as hot, but still very humid today - thunderstorms this afternoon - slightly cooler, less humid tomorrow father's day weekend today: partly cloudy. warm and very humid. thunderstorms likely. highs: 84-88 winds: n to e 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 65-69 winds: e 5 mph thursday: mostly cloudy to partly sunny. slightly less humid. highs: 80-84 winds: se 5-10 mph julie toss to break every second of life adds up. you a little advice: so make sure they're filled with the good stuff. 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gillespie was down in suburban richmond and gillespie pulled it out. but it was a very narrow. we should tell you that corey stewart was a staunch republican -- donald trump supporter. still is. told supporters for much of last night that the race was too close to call. he campaigned on a can -- on a conservative platform, making provocative statements to garner the attention of the electorate. old show that he had a fraction of the some orton of ed gillespie. he was the gop favorite. at one point he headed the republican gop national had the solid backing of most elected state republicans. he did not embrace trump in the way that stewart did. we heard from both republican candidates. >> we will not rest until we defend our history and heritage and stop this politically correct insanity. not put that outside the realm of possibility. a recount would he in the bounds of the draining of the swamp. >> [indiscernible] suzanne: you just heard that representative saying that they were strongly considering asking for a recount, but they say they won't make a decision until all of the absentee ballots are counted. in vienna, virginia, suzanne kennedy. another lawsuit against president trump this morning. a group of senators want to taken to court this morning area keeping on breaking news in london, an apartment veronica: wow, it is some kind of humid outside this morning. you are likely to notice that as you step out the door. maybe if you are ar

gillespie is now looking ahead to november 2. >> we will fight for you. gillaspespie gillespie. we want you to be efforts. you are very welcome to join this campaign. we cannot afford four years of another liberal governor in virginia. >> served at virginia campaign chairman for a while refused to concede the election last night. when he spoke to his supporters, he had a very clear message, fight, fight, fight. in order to ask for recount, final vote margin would have to be less than 1 percentage point. for a look at all the results in the primaries, open the washington app. >>> seeking relief at the nearest school, but after two deaths in four separate swimming actions across the area people are being reminded to take safety precautions. started yesterday morning when a nearly 2-year-old boy died at a home day care pool. then on the montgomery county line, a man's body was recovered near the reservoir where swimming in not allowed. inve pulled a five-year-old boy from a pool and is now in serious condition. and determines what was found at the bottom of a pool and rushed to the hospital. >> are attractiv

gillespie. cabot what's your pick for the republicans. >> on the democrats i'm going to pick per yellow pulls it out. on the republicans ed gillespie did unif i the party early on. he didn't go as far as to the right. corey stuart ran a diversified campaign. it definitely seemed gillespieunified the party early on than a i think that will serve him going forward. >> he learned the hard way not to win an election a couple years ago. it was close. thank you both. when we come back we're going to take a closer look at what voters are saying at home. we'll be right back. we have less than 14 minutes left to hit the polls in virginia and let's go back to what we show you some p one that was in alexandria today and that's where democratic candidate tomorrow per yellow was running. he's running against north a.m. corey stuart also the former rum p virginia campaign manager and also state senator frank wagner. a lot of people say that's likely going to be a two-man race between gill less i and stuart. fox5's ronica cleary live in northern virginia. ronica, save me. >>reporter: i'm here. whatever i can do to help you out, guys. we have been here for a few hours and it's been slow, a slow trickle of people in and out of this location in falls church. it's a little deceiving beca

gillespie--the director of the institute for the study of race and difference at emory university says this uptick áisá partially a reflection of the current political climate. andra gillespie: "we have a president of the united states that has made statements that many people find to be racist. they have to acknowledge that may have drawn some voters to their coalition-- as a result they have a particular responsibility to once correct the divisive rhetoric that they used during the campaign and to call their supporters to task when they enge in this behavior."the white house friday denying any correlation: question: what is the president saying about this? especially as people are saying over the past 130 plus days people are saying there has been a divide that has perpetuated from this white house?sean spicer, white house press secretary: "i would respectfully disagree with the premise on that. we need to denounce hate in any form in any act and the president made it clear from election night through his inauguration that he wants to unite this country moving forward."but politics might not be the only explanation. gillespieciting social media and advancements technology for the increase in overtly racist acts.andra gillespie: "that allows people to say things freely and actually creates a false sense of intimacy that allows people to really bare their true selves i'm kristen holmes reporting. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with meterologist brittney shipp. a slight warming trend will occur on monday and persist into tuesday as a weak ridge builds over the region. patchy night and early morning coastal clouds are likely early in the work week. a cool down occurs late in the week along with a chance of rain showers as an unseasonably deep upper level trough pushes through the region thursday into friday. warriors cavs game two of the n-b-a finals golden state trying to put another great performance at home before heading to cleveland for game 3 good news for the warriors -- steve kerr back on the sideline after missing nearly a month. steph curry didn't waste anytime -- he hits an open three

and right now many see ed gillespie as the heavy favorite to win the republican nomination.. richard reeve takes a closer look at the race. gillespieas a huge cash advantage--- about $2.5-million available. stewart has about $187,000 and wagner, stewart has about $187,000 and wagner, about $59,000... they are now 2nd and 3rd in recent polls. learn more about all the candidates... on both sides at wjla dot com. if your getting ready for work today.. you probably aren't the one who hit the powerball jackpot over the weekend. we know at least one lucky person who lives in california had all the winning numbers. the grand prize reached an estimated 447-point-eight million dollars! it's unclear if the california player was the only winner. the massive jackpot came in at tenth in the list of the largest awarded u-s lottery prizes of all time. at 4 xx time for weather. toss to eileen weather. toss to eileen alert - record highs possible today - heat wave breaks wednesday - t-storm chances wednesday through sunday today: mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 91-95 winds: nw to sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy. mild and muggy. lows: 66-74 w

gillespie seen as the front-runner. and both voters choosing gillespie because they believe he has the best chance of winning back the governor's seat. >> i was looking for somebody that i thought would most likely beat the democrat. >> that sounds like a vote for ed gillespie to me. >> that's right. >> i see him as the strongest. >> reporter: and some democrats also motivated to vote today by someone who is not on the virginia ballot -- president donald trump. >> his agenda and the republicans in congress scare me. so it was very motivating for me to be out. >> reporter: democrats hoping that trend will carry through to november. now, i will be with ralph northam in crystal city where he's hoping to become the democratic nominee for governor. we'll have reaction from both republicans and democrats tonight at 11:00. i'm julie carey, back to you. >>> we'll be staying up for that. julie, thank you. >>> we want to go back live to chopper4 over the scene of a trail derame fredericksburg, virginia, near route 3 and federal drive. police tell us nine cars of this csx train, pulling coal just left the tracks. the train stayed upright but did lose some of its load. no one was injured. but it will take a while too clean up. >>> there was more action today in that vi

gillespie" will be campaigning in alexandria. he'll make two stops in old town later this afternoon. gillespie is facing democrat "ralph northam". feels a bit like october this week at nats park.. tonight the best pitchers in the national league the past two years go toe to toe.. max scherzer vs. jake arrieta of the cubs.. the defending world series champs in town for a 4-game series.. the nats down 5-0 going into the bottom of the 9th.. but they'd rally.. "mister walk-off" ryan zimmerman up with a chance to do what he's famous for. instead, zimm strikes out to end it. cubs win 5-4. game two begins at 7:05 tonight.. longtime virginia attorney patrick killebrew was an avid nationasl fan - and he apparently had a great sense of humor too. the 68 year old died last week. his obituary in the richmond times dispatch read, quote pat "passed away peacefully at home, after watching the washington nationals relief pitchers blow yet another lead". killebrew died a day after watching the nats blow a six run lead against the marlins. his family says the good natured obit was something they knew they had t

gillespie does not like the plans to cut fighting, but likes the war on call. the other to call gillespie the establishment candidate who says he is pandering to voters. the road to-95, richmond. experts say the path to victory in this race for the gop candidates has to include northern virginia, especially the suburbs. in arlington, richard reeve, abc 7 news. kimberly: gillespies a huge cash advantage, about $2.5 million available. only has about 100 87,000 dollars, wagner 59,000, and they are second and third in recent polls. learn more about all candidates on both sides by going to wjla.com. it is still warm outside. you can see pennsylvania avenue here, still busy even though the capital pride festival has wrapped up. let's check in with josh: yes, the temperatures topped out at reagan national at 93 today, and it is currently still sitting at 80. the dew point continues to creep up, so it is feeling soupy, and more than likely will start off that way tomorrow as well. the feels-like temperature's, right around 80 degrees. we have the high pressure continuing with the southwesterly flow. we follow that in a clockwise direction, pumping all of the warm air in our direction. tonight, the temperatures stay on the warm side again, close to a full moon, 64 to 72. within the beltway, most of us will stay in the 70's. further out west, some temperatures in the 60

gillespie--the director of the institute for the study of race and difference at emory university says this uptick áisá partially a reflection of the current political climate. andra gillespie: "we have a president of the united states that has made statements that many people find to be racist. they have to acknowledge that may have drawn some voters to their coalition-- as a result they have a particular responsibility to once correct the divisive rhetoric that they used during the campaign and to call their supporters to task when they engage in this behavior."the white house friday denying any correlation: question: what is the president saying about this? especially as people are saying over the past 130 plus days people are saying there has been a divide that has perpetuated from this white house?sean spicer, white house press secretary: "i would respectfully disagree with the premise on that. we need to denounce hate in any form in any act and the president made it clear from election night through his inauguration that he wants to unite this country moving forward."but politics might not be the only explanation. gillespieso citing social media and advancements technology for the increase in overtly racist acts.andra gillespie: "that allows people to say things freely and actually creates a false sense of intimacy that allows people to really bare their true selves i'm kristen holmes reporting. ( james ) bay area baseball. the san francisco giants in the city of brotherly love trying to win the series finale against the phillies. the giants won friday, the phillies won on saturday. it was a high scoring game, tied at 7 runs each in the 8th inning.. and that's when derek law gives up a two run home run. the phillies win 9 to 7. san francisco heads to milwaukee to take on the brewers. jeff samardijza gets the start. first pitch set for 4:40. ( james ) over in oakland, bryce harper returns from his suspension against the a's after his fight with hunter strickland. let's go to the top of the eighth -- game tied at 3 -- ryan zimmerman hits a 3-run blast down left field. the nationals win, 11 to 10. the a's h

gillespie narrowly defeated corey stewart. stewart made preserving virginia's confederate history a top campaign issue. it came within one percentage point of upsetting gillespie. in virginia's democratic primary ralph no orcnortha mrm won that. >>> a ruling on president trump's travel ban. justice department lawyers got more time to respond to 9th circuit ruling, a ruling that went against the administration. the justices are expected to consider the case behind close doors one week from tomorrow. >>> almost 200 congressional democrats will sue the president over foreign payments. the constitution says the president needs the okay from congress before receiving money from foreign governments. the suit alleges president trump has not sought approval violating the constitution. the president refused to sell his businesses before taking office instead shifting assets to a trust but he can withdraw money at any time. watchdogs worry his business transactions could influence policy. some examples, saudi arabia government renting rooms at trump's hotel. kuwait holding a celebration at the same place. chinese government approve of the trump trademark. trump organization previously said it would donate all profits of the foreign government to the treasury. the suit will be filed today. it's the fourth connected to the president in conflict of interest. >>> tragedy in london this morning as a massive fire tears through a 24 story apartment building. a number of fatalities have been confirmed. we'll go there live next on "early start". ♪ runway models on the runway? 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there are none senator wyden. there are none. >>> a testy day on capitol hill. defensive jeff sessions denies any collusion with russia. >>> another wild day on the hill, no question. welcome back to "early start". i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it's 30 minutes past the hour. we start with breaking news overnight from london as hundreds of firefighters are battling a blaze that's consumed a 24 story apartment building in west thrown. you're looking at live pictures of this huge fire so far. authorities tight lipped saying only there have been a number of fatalities. the cause of the fire still not known. cnn is on the scene and we'll go there shortly. >>> to politics here, attorney general jeff sessions analgrily denouncing claims he colluded with russian officials during the election. sessions declined to talk about his private conversations with president trump leaving democrats fuming with frustration and accusing their former senate colleague of stonewalling. >>> attorney general did confirm that he left then fbi director james comey alone with president trump in the oval office on february 14th. >> i was standing there and without revealing any conversation that took place, what i do recall is that i did depart. i believe everyone else did depart. and director comey was sitting in front of the president's desk and they were talking. so that's what i do remember. i believe it was the next day that he said something, expressed concern about being left alone with the president. but that in itself is not problematic. he did not tell me at that time any details about anything that was said that was improper. >> for the latest let's bring in senior congressional reporter on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. jeff sessions appearing in public before the senate intelligence committee, the first time he has testified publicly since becoming confirmed as attorney general and since he belatedly disclosed he had two meetings with russian officials and maybe a third meeting with the russian ambassador after he was asked about this during the confirmation proceedings said there was nothing of campaign related at that time. since then he's recused himself of running the russian investigation but appearing in public yesterday, before the committee for the first time. now answering a number of questions and pushing back rather aggressively on the idea that he may have helped russian officials try to sway the election for donald trump, including this very testy exchange with senator wyden. >> mr. comey said that there were matters with respect to the recusal that were problematic and he couldn't talk about them. what are they? >> why don't you tell me? there are none, senator wyden. there are none. i can tell you that for absolute certainty. this is a secret innuendo being leaked out there about me and i don't appreciate it. >> reporter: sessions did not respond to a number of questions that democrats had particular about his interactions with president trump, what he discussed with president trump with regards to the firing of james comey, whether or not the russian investigation was discussed in anyway. question after question jeff sessions would not answer. he would not say if there was executive privilege that was claimed by the white house. instead saying it was some sort of department of justice policy that prohibited him from discussing this matter with the committee. democrats will point to that provision within the department of justice guidelines. jeff sessions struggled to do that and would not commit to answering questions behind closed doors, so after the hearing democrats very frustrated, did not get their answers to some key questions, republicans trying to move on to other areas of the investigation. >>> thank you. democrats fumed over sessions testimony, republicans used lighter touch. here's senator tom cotton down playing these allegations while nodding at sessions taste for espionage thrillers. >> do you like spy fiction? daniel silva. jason matthews? >> yeah. david ignatius. >> you like jason bourne or james bond movies? >> no. yes, i do. >> have you ever in any of they fantastic situations heard of a plot line so ridiculous that a sitting united states senator and an ambassador of a foreign government colluded in an open setting with hundreds of other people to pull off the greatest caper in the history of espionage? >> thank you for saying that, senator cotton. it's just like through the looking glass. i mean what is this? >> bourne and bond. over the white house press secretary sara sanders weighed in on president trump's behalf he thought attorney general jeff sessions did a very good job. >> i think it's our generation, though. but we digress. after a day of headlines, questioning whether president trump might fire robert mueller, the special counsel still has his job for now but when deputy press secretary sanders was asked if the president has confidence in mueller she said i don't have anything more to add. "new york times" reporting this morning that gray area is by design, citing a source who spoke to president trump on tuesday. paper says the president was pleased by the ambiguity of his position on mr. mueller and thinks the possibility of being fired will actually focus the veteran prosecutor on delivering what the president desires most a blanket public exoneration. the man who directly controls mueller's fate, deputy rod rosenstein told a senate committee yesterday that as long as he holds his job, mueller won't be fired without good cause. >> the republican effort to repeal and replace obamacare may have hit another road block this one placed there by the president himself. at a lunch meeting with the republican senators the president called the health care bill passed by the house quote too mean and said the solution may be to quote add more money. the problem with that suggestion is that doing so would likely lose crucial conservative votes for the measure. that's right. too mean, the house bill that the president called a white house rose garden press conference to celebrate. >> complete with high fives. >> phil mattingly has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: it was conceived as a status update. more than a dozen republican senators going to the white house, sitting down with the president and vice president, talking about where they currently stand on their version of the repeal and replace of the affordable care act. this is a crucial time in those negotiations. republicans working in a purely partisan basis, trying to figure out a path forward. but there might be a bit of a problem and that's coming from the president himself, something he hinted at at the top of the meeting. >> the senate is working very, very hard and specifically the folks in this room i really appreciate what you're doing to come out with a bill that's going a phenomenal bill for the people of our country. generous, kind, with heart. that's what i'm saying. and that may be adding additional money into it. >> reporter: let me explain why that's an interesting comment. i'm told that behind-the-scenes after the cameras left he reiterated that point over and over again, specifically referring to the house bill as quote mean, saying it didn't go nearly far enough to be generous to people. one source telling me the president made very clear what the house did wasn't sufficient and the senate needed to head in a different direction. at this point there's still no clear pathway forward. mitch mcconnell has made clear he wants a vote on this bill before the fourth of july recess. that will give them exactly 13 days to try and figure this out. i'm told by multiple people they aren't there yet. no question they are working towards it. the bigger question might be what the president said in that closed door meeting, did he hind terrify entire process entirely? >> phil thank you. close call for former rnc chairman gillespiethe next governor of virginia. he nearly defeated corey stewart in the state's republican primary last night. stewart made preserving virginia's confederate history a top campaign issue. he was expected to lose by double digits. take a look at the final numbers. came within one percentage point of upsetting gillespie. the establishment candidate far better financed. in the democratic primary, lieutenant governor northam defeated tom pierello by 12 points. >> are you buying a home, do you have credit card. the fed is expected to raise interest rates today. before that rates were near zero for a decade. this was emergency aid for a fal faltering economy. the central bank thinks it doesn't need all that help. for example, 30 year mortgage rates fell this year even as the fed raised interest rates. that's because of low bond yields and rates are at historic loss, less than 4% nationwide. if you're buying a home, this chart is your dream chart right now. >>> now investors expect there will

gillespie and prince william's county corey stewart. >> i used to say, i was trump before trump was trump. >> stewart trails in recent policy to eddie gillespierom a trump tribute? when the administration putting forth policies good for virginia i'll work get them enacted in washington, dc, but for policies that don't or hurt us, i'll oppose them >> virginia elects the governor the year after the country elects president. >> from 1969 to 2013, all of those governors' races, half of them predicted what would happen in the next year's mid term elections, so history is as good as a coin flip. >> it looks like this governor's race will be a good test of the old add taj all politicses is local because lawmakers from the other state and the president seem to get at much attention like improving schools and raising the minimum wage. in article, peter due si, fox news >>> a fairfax county district court judge is in trouble. he was stopped at a dui checkpoint on april 28 building. a spokesperson said the deputy smelled alcohol on he refused to take a field sobriety test and a breathalyzer his license was suspended. the chief judge said he will not hea

gillespie and ralph northam are the respective party's nominees. gillespie's opponent refused to concede. the election november 7th. >>> this substitute teacher has been arrested and fired from fairfax county schools. police are asking parents to call child he arranged to have sex with a young girl and he arrested them. >>> a look at a problem on the beltway. inner loop disabled vehicle. take a look here. northbound gw south of montgomery, cras reported in the two right lanes. southbound 95 and maryland after 32, lanes opened after the crash. and bw parkway between m.d. 198 and 197, crash on the left shoulder. >>> a check on the forecast is coming up nex >>> a warm and dry start to the day. we're at $79 this morning. afternoon highs not as warm as the last couple days. upper 80s thunderstorms between 4:00 and 8:00. off and on rain chances for the next few days. >> thank you, chuck. >> back to the "today" show after this break vo: delivering cleaner, reliable energy... creating jobs for 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treated for injuries this morning. we'll get a live report from the scene in a mot. last night after his sudden release from a north korean prison. the young man his parents say is in a coma. he was taken immediately by ambulance to a cincinnati hospital. he was arrest january of last year and sentenced to 15 years hard labor accused of stealing a political propaganda poster. >>> and jurors are resuming deliberations afte failing to reach a verdict on tuesday in the cosby case. the jury must decide if he is guilty of druggind leing andrea constand. they spent 12 hours behind closed doors reviewing key pieces of evidence, including excerpts from his deposition in a 2005 civil case. coming up we'll speak to a fellow actor who accompanied him to the trial. >>> first, this terrible apartment fire in london. bill neely is on the scene for us this morning. bill, what's the >> reporter: goomorning. the entire block is still burning. the smoke, seen across the capital. hundreds of people inside this block at the time. the official cause still not known. but i've been hearing heart breaking stories from people who saw residents inside the block screaming from window people saying save my child. one woman says she saw another woman throw her baby from the ninth floor which remarkably was caught, she says, by a neighbor. firefighters still inside going floor to floor. i've also been talking to one resident who said this building was a death trap. it was renovated over the past year at a cost of $11 million. but plastic clating was put on the outside, and the resident said the fire which started on the second floor made the building go up like a candle. he also says there was no central alarm system and no just one stairwell which sounds absolutely incredible. there are a lot of questions being asked here. the police said just over an hour ago that six people are confirmed dead, but that number, they say, is expected to rise. back to you guys. >> an awful story. bill, thank youe much. >>> another major story we're following this morning. the nationwide man hunt for two escapeden inmates in georgia. they overpowered and then killed two guards on a transport bus before getting away. nbc kerry sanders has the latest. >> reporter: it's now been 24 hours since the two inmates made their deadly escape. investigators say e two inmates at this point who are believed to still be traveling together could be halfway across the country. >> 43-year-old donny rose serving life behind bars, 24-year-old ricky on a prison transport bus. an on board security camera showed the cold-blooded murder of two guards. >> they got into the driver's compartment, overpowered the guards, obtained their weapons, and shot and killed both of the corrections afrss. >> reporter: susan dun heard the shots and snapped shots shortly after. >> it was quick succession, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, and then a sound, a scream, a yell, something. then nothing. dead silence. >> reporter: murdered corrections officers 58-year-old curt us blue, a family man, and 42-year-old christoer monniaca, a father of two girls. the mayor was with officer learning he'd been murdered. >> he had to get up to 2:30 to go to work. last night for some reason she got up and hugged his neck and told him she loved him before he left. she has that memory. >> reporter: they carjacked this honda civic and about 30 miles from the escape, authorities say they broke into a home, ditching their prison uniforms, changing clothes. later spotted in a family dollar store. both inmates armed with nine millimeter pistols. authorities assume they have nothing to lose. this morning the loss of life says the sheriff is both painful and personal. >> i saw two brutally murdered corrections officers. that's what i saw. i have their blood on my shoes. >> reporter: there's now a 70,000 reward for the capture after these two men. federal agents have joined in with state inmates. the sheriff says his fear is these two inmates who are believed to still be armed know what's happened and likely fear -- or believe they have nothing to lose. so law enforcement fears they could kill again. back to you. >> all right. kerry sanders for us. thank you. >>> al is out in kentucky. he has a check on the weather. later he's going to be a big surprise. al, good morning. >> good morning. fort campbell, kentucky, and we're going to surprise a conserving dad in a little bit. let's talk about this heat. it's going to get hot here in kentucky. temperatures in t 90s. it's cooling down in the east. let's go to the maps and show you. we are looking at out west that big dome of high pressure upper level high. that's going to make for hot conditions through t southwest. in fact, we haeaadsoes for 20 million people from california into the southwest. temperatures are going to be getting up well over 100 degrees from fresno through sunday and that spreads into the southwest as well with triple digits stretching from death valley all the way to tucson. the rest of the country cooling off in the northeast and new england. strong storms through the northern plains. gulf coast looking at wet weather. sunshine from texas to the west. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's hang i your neck of the woods. >> not getting that hot out there. not as hot as yesterday. temperatures 70s. annapolis at 80. and we'll contin see the temperatures ri io t upper 80s for daytime highs today. it is going to be a little warm and a little on the humid side. we'll have the temperatures moving up and up. now, again, temperatures are going to be in e upper 80s. we have a chance for showers and thunderstorms after about 2:00 a.m. until about 8:00 p.m. tonight. >> and that's your latest weather. get the weather any time you need it. go to the weather television and attended part of the bill cosby trial this week. she's speaking out in an exclusive live interview. we'll catch up with her right after this. it's 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of information but we are learning that multiple people have been shot in alexandria. this happened at simpson baseball field on eastman. police believe they have the suspect in custody. we don't know exactly what happened, what led up to this multiple shooting. we have justin finch there as well as others headed to the scene on top of the story. follow them on twitter for the latest on the breaking updates. also police are telling anyone who lives or wks around eastman avenue to stay away from this area. now let's get a c othe forecastex >>> temperatures will make it into the upper eighty. we'll have the humidity between 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. humidity drops for another. another chance for storms and we keep daily chances hidi rises friday into the weekend. >>> a shooting in alexandria. we'll update everything in our app. for right now, over to aaron gilchrist. >> thank you. we are staying on top of this breaking news as we approach the 8:00 hour. alexandria police investigating a shooting in the 400 block of east mo it happened about 7:30 this morning. it puts it close to the delray neighborhood. east monroe avenue runs up to jeff davis highway to route 1 and over to mt. vernon avenue, and right there below jeff davis highway on that road on east monroe there is a baseball field and a dog park in that area. it puts it across the street from a grocery store and a ymca facility. we know alexandria police have shut down this area at this point. they have cordoned off the area close to the baseball field. as you might know, there are several homes and businesses a coffee shop close to this area. several other sma businesses. this would be a busy part of that area of alexandria at this point in the morning. alexandria polic ha swarm third down area and shut down some of the roads surrounding the baseball diamond for know at this point they are looking at at least several people having been shot early this morning. the circumstances, why folks may have gathered in that area? we're not clear on. we're working to gather the latest detail on that. we have several crews headed to the scene. we want to go to a nbc news special report already in progress. >> more coming in the next few minutes. a tremendous amount of emergency equipment here in alexandria, virginia with police, fire rescue all on the scene and allegedly one gunman taken into custody. >> there are rerts a member of congress had beeshot. we're not clear yet whether or not that identityee confirmed. we have no report at this hour of any fatalities. as tom mentioned, potentially multiple shots fired. >> tom, you mentd is this an area in lockdown? do they believe this is a gunman that acted alone in do they think he may be part of something larger and the caveat being this is early and all the information is preliminary? >> there is so much police activity in this area. i'm still not able to get right up to the scene itself. i'm a couple of blocks away. and as you would expect, with this much police activity, the streets are a bit locked down at the moment. difficult to get in close. i can't answer your question as to whether they think other players might b involved. we have a report that at least one gunman may be in custody at this point. there are members of congress tweeting out updates on themselves and reporting that multiple shots were fired. and that one report has it that a rifle was involved in the shooting. but we don't have t independently confirmed. >>> nbc has confirmed the republican whip, a congressman in leadership in the uni who was shot. unclear on what his condition is at the moment. i want to go to peter alexander at the white house. i see sean spicer has said that both the president and vice president have bn briefed. peter, what more u tell us. >> reporter: w hearing from sean spicer. he has close relationships with members of congress that includes steve scalise. writing both the idt d the vicpridt aw of the developing situation adding our thoughts and prayers are with all affected today. there are reports right now so far not yet independently confirmed by nbc news that scalise was hit in the hip by gunfire today. other reports, a lot of this through twitter. one suggesting another republican lawmak actl used his try to stop the bleeding. it took place in the delray area that has been a gentry if iing area. it's an area that's had problems with crime in the past. at this point unclear whether, in fact, the victims here, the individuals who hit were specifically targeted or if this was just violence that happened to take place in that area. but about this congressional baseball game that's at least as of this morning scheduled to take place at the home of the washington nationals baseball team, this is really one of the few bipartisan opportunities that still exists in washington with the deeply divided congress right now. this is a chance for everybody to come together dsi tomorrow night. it's the reason why so many lawmakers get up for an early morning practice. we'll work to get new details on exactly who was t by the bullets. >> we're just getting this information, so forgive us as we try to put it togee nbc has been able to that steve scalise, one of the republican leaders in the congress was among those shots. we believe there were multiple shots fired, and there is another congressman there at the time, is my understanding, and may have been involved as peter mentioned in administering aid. we're continuing to gather facts. >> peter, stand by with us at the white house. let's get to tom costello. on his way to the baseball field. at this point since our last conversation, we'rle confirm it was congressman scalise shot. awaiting an update on his condition. can you descre for us the scene where you are right now? >> yes. >> reporter: i' managed to get up to the field, and there's a series of recreational fields, soccer fields, baseball fields and the like. a very heavy police presence blocking all roads going into that area around the baseball field. so for several and ems personnel on the scene as well as police. we don't see any at this moment, don't see any officers who are tactically armed. in other words, we don't see any signs of s.w.a.t. that doesn't mean they're not here. it may mean is scene is big enough, it's difficult to see where police are. also police helicopters above the scene. >> tom, you've been around washington a long time. if a member of congress is in a recreational settg like this practicing baseball, is there any kind of security detail that goes along with that member of congress? >> i really don't believe so. not for a typical member of congress. for the most part, as you know, they kind of come and go. they may or may not have a security individu watching over them or there for their protection, but this is not the kind of protection you would get with the president or the vice president or even a cabinet member, as you know. >> this picture right now for our viewers at home, this is a this is alexandria, virginia. over the bridge, washington d.c. a word of shots fired at a congressional basell game practice waiting to get a little bit more details here. tom costello for us on the phone. telling us the scene right now, roads blocked into the fields. fire and ems, a large presence, of course, obviously, there as well. waiting to find out more about the suspect. tom, i know that iiced a short time ago there are reports that there's a suspect in custody. do you have any more information on that? >> i'm afraid i don't, craig. and candidly, as i try to make my way closer to the command post, i'm not even at this moment in a position to ask the police for an update. so you may have a little bit quicker access to information through the network news desk than i do at the moment. >> and obviously we're all over that. there are a lot of conflicting reporon and this is one of the times we try to take a deep breath and have caution because this is often in the early hours we get information that ultimately changes. we want to be as careful as we can be, but we know a congressman has bn sh and apparently thereas shooter that we know of so far who fired multiple shot at the baseball practice. >> i was in washington d.c. over the weekend, and there was a great deal of talk about the game. we'll get to in a moment. these are the first pictures from the baseba field we're getting in in northe virginia. first pictures from the scene. difficult to dis fm this vantage point. >> is this a live picture? it is a live picture. >> we heard from tom that this is an area where you've gotten in the distance to the right, you can see what appear to be baseball fields. a soccer field in the front. peter alexander still standing by for us with more information. pete, what do you have? >> we're hearing from the alabama congressman moe brooks baseball practice as this took place. he's saying in interviews behind third base on this practice field he saw a rifle and then he heard steve scalise, his colleague, the repuic screaming over near second base. he said scalise then bleeding crawled into the outfield. he's detalging the scene. he says the two members of the congressional security detail were among those shot which is important. it indicates that these lawmakers did ha members of their own security teams with them at the time. he also said that the shooter was hit by gunshots by security who apparently were firing back at the time. he describes when it happened he was in the on deck circle. basically just alongside home base. he was looking in the outfield. as he mentioned, he saw someone, a shooter behind third base. he saw the rifle, and that's when shots were fired. he is saying there were at least 50 shots, 50 shots or perhaps communicating sofar. this again coming from moe brooks, one of those republican members of congress at the baseball practice taking place early this morning. the shooting said to have taken place shy of an hour ago at about 7:15 this morning. >> it sounds like congressman brooks is giving an interview. we have not had a chance to talk to him ourselves. it sounds like he's describing the situation that's harrowing. he reportedly is also somebody who was able to try to help aide steve scalise. some people talked about him using his belt as a tourniquet to address some of the bleeding. we don't have any word right now on the congressman's condition. whether he's at the hospital, where he is right w. these softball practices are a right of summer in washington and members of congress and staffers go. there would have ui a few people the baseball field. alexandria j virginia is right d.c. and you can see the capital from alexandria. >> can you clear up some confusion? the reports are that congressman scalise has been shot. we have that confirmed. can you confirm wer staffers have been shot as well? >> reporter: i can only base my reporting on what moe brooks is saying. he says that steve scalise, the majority whip was among those shot. he said he believes one staffer was hit as well a two members of the congressional detail. he said he thought about five people were wounded. we don't have specifics on their conditions and in terms of the number of injuries right now we don't know. >> all right. peter, thank you. i don't know if we have tom to check back in with who was make higz way to the baseball field and i believe arrive tatd scene. are you with us? >> yes, i am. let me tell you that meanwhile a block and two blocks away from the scene you've got a school kids and clearly their last day of school. all of them walking to school. true, this is a very sensitive area. these kids with backpacks, shorts and t shirts on a hot day in the washington d.c. area. all making their way to the local schools. so business as usual in the blocks surrounding us. but the police focus is very much on the scene on the ballpark scene right there, the fields, just a block or two away from the schools. and a very heavy police presence as well. we've not seen anymore ambulances rushing in through the area. in other words, one would ascertain just paced on that body language that perhaps, in fact, the situaon is contained at this moment. >> and i was having the same thought. we were looking at this live shot, and we can see some of the emergency personnel that are there. but they do not seem to be in a state of trying to actively protect a scene or somebody. so perhaps it is the case that whatever has unfolded and transpired thismorning, it's somewhat under contr at this moment. it's scary when you talk about the school kids who are walking right through tha area. >> and you mentionhechl kids. you can see regular passers by there as well appearing to go through what appears to be an area cordoned off with police tape. tom, you're making your way to the command center to try to talk to officials. when you get more concrete information, let us know. but, again, this is a situation that may be, hopefully, contained at this point. >> i'm reading a tweet from the democratic whip. he's the democratic counterpart to steve scalise in the congress. he said he's monitoring reports of the situation thinking of his friend steve scalise and his staff. we're just really starting to get this information as it comes and here we ha a shot. this is from twitter of a helicopter arriving at the scene. perhaps a med vac. it's hard to make out. >> peter alexander a few moments ago on our air doing reporting based on congressman moe brooks from alabama. congressman brooks was giving an interview and during the course of the interview according to peter, sort of recounted what appears to have happened shortly after 6:00 a.m. someone behind the third baseline at this park in northern virginia heard a rifle. shortly thereafter, saw steve scalise, the congressman, the majority whip, crawling into the outfield. he was bleeding profusely, according to congressman brooks who was also on the scene there. the eyewitness also telling us that the shooter appeared to have been hit by gunshots. there are still a number of things we do not know at this is the suspect in custody? was the suspect perhaps even shot and killed on the scene there? did he act alone? according to tom costello this is an area now that appears to be -- appears to be somewhat, the situation appears to be under control to a certain extent. >> i think we have somebody who might be able to shed light. i think i have on the phone charles. charles, you were just on your way to workout and you passed the scene. do i have that right? what happened? >> i came upon the scene when all the police cars were arriving. i came in the said door because the front door was blocked. i came into the gym and people were visibly shaken. a woman i work out with generally next to me named amber had been leaving the y and someone took the first shot. it went above her head, went through the glass. and went through another interior piece of glass and into the pool area and they t baseball field? can you give us a sense of how close this was? >> 75 yards. it's adjacent. >> what have you heard from other witnesses and the young lay duh you mentioned about what happened this morng in. >> she said she thought some of the shots might have come from law enforcement b wasn't sure because they were shoing the shooter and took the shooter down, and there were three bodies out on againnies they were attending to. and then a chopper came and pulled at least one of them out of here. we can't see who anyone is. we can't confirm whether they were shooters staff or what not. >> it was her sense the shooter had been shot by police? >> yes. she said he was down, yes. >> charles, the scene right now, where you are, can you tell whether this is a situation that appears to be ongoing or can you tell whether this is a situation that seems to be under control right now? >> my firsh it's under control and it probably is. but there's mayhem out there looking with all the police vehicles and fire vehicles. they're probably ju making sure there's not another shooter but people are inside the y. some are already working out. they won't let anyone leave until it's all clear. >> charles, thank you for calling in and telling us your story. we appreciate and send you our best. we want to go back to tom costello. you've been speakio otr witness wh h you learned? >> reporter: i'm speaking with a witness right now. what happened? what did you see? >> i was getting out of the car with my dogs to go to the dog park, and i heard really, really loud popping sounds. i knew a baseball team was practicing at the baseball fields, and everybody starting screaming hit the ground, hit the ground, and a bunch of the players ran behind a tree. i layed flat in the field i was louder like they we coming. he was walking across the field toward all of us. >> reporter: thgunnman? >> the gunman, and i was screaming can someone help me? i have my dogs. but they couldn't. nobody could do anything. and then security -- special agents pull out a handgun and tried to shoot back screaming drop your weapon and shot her. and she fell on trod. >> repoerwa. th shooting suspect was a woman? >> no. no. no. >> reporter: t agent was a woman? >> suspect, i'm not sure. i think the agent was a woman. i'm not sure of that either. but he or she fell on the ground in front of us, and we were all just trying to lay as flat as we could. then i crawled dragging my dogs to a car, and i shoved them under the car andas close as i could under the car to hide from the person, and then whoever came and to get it under control. >> reporter: d notice members, anybody who was shot? in other words, bd the officer, did you notice anybody else shot? >> there were a couple people injured that th took out on stretchers. the person who w the security guard, they took out in a helicopter. other than tt, i'm not sure who was there. i didn't even know it was -- until the investigator just told me five minutes ago. >> reporter: and the gunman, you say they were also shot, you believe? >> i don't kno they said they captured him. >> tom? >> reporter: let me just tell the anchors in new york that you are shaking. it's hard for you to control right now. because you've seen something very traumatic. and i would imagine you're just grateful that you got out alive? >> um, it was -- you never think something like th is going to happen to you, and it was terrifying and also it was even scarier that i had my dog children with me. so i'm very glad that all of us are okay. >> reporter: i'm g kk it back t she's shaking and difficult to -- just trying to hold it together. >> is katie still with you -- >> you're watching a special report. we're going to take over this local story that will have national implications about a shooting in alexandria and a congressman among the victims after this incident that started a little after 7:00 this morning. we'll fill you in on the details we have at this point. we know alexandria police shut down an area of east monroe avenue. just off route 1. jeff davis highway in alexandria after a shooting at simpson field in that area. we know that the house majority whip, a congressman from louisiana, has en injured. has been shot in this incident. we can tell you a little bit more of what we know about him. >> here's more information about congressman, the congressman from louisiana. steve scalise. at this point as we take a live look, this is outside of simpson field. you can see emergency response there the louisiana house majority whip chairman of -- congressman scalise is also the house majority whip, and he was among those shot. we also have confirmed that two capital police officers were also shot. they were wounded and are being treated. >> we underan w a practice happening at simpson field, a baseball game scheduled for tomorrow. the congressional baseball game we all hear about annually happening is scheduled for tomorrow. this practice w happening on the field. it would have be members of congress as well osb some of their staffs with them at this practice. we don't know which side of the aisle they may have been on at this practice, but this representative, two capital police officers a part of the security detail were also shot here. you heard from the nbc news reporting that someone said they saw a rifle. another congressman said he saw a rifle there on the crawling across the field and bleeding. you may have seen of the video of a helicopter. i believe that was a u.s. park police helicopter landing on the field there. very liky bei used as a medical transport for someone hit. >> you saw moreoro that's what we wanted to bring you about steve scalise. he's the father of two children and represents the first district there in louisiana. in addition to this, we note that alabama congressman moe brooks was also there. he was actually on deck when this happened. and he is the one that described that that's when he saw the rifle behind third base, and that's when he saw congressman scalise start crawling into the outfield and bleeding. they said congressman brooks actually took his belt and used that as a tourniquet. for more details, we're going live to meghan fitzgerald at the scene. >> an active scene. it tapes off about a block or so away from where the shooting happened. you'll see a heavy police presence and also some fire trucks. obviously the bigger trucks. just to the left is where we understand the field at the moment. here's what wise e telling us. they heard multiple gunshots. upwards of 30 gunshots. we're also told by witnesses as well that some of those bullets went into the ymca which is nearby. police forces, we're having some police sources confirm for us that two u.s. capital protection agents were among the shot along with an aide and as we've been reporting this morning, representative ste scalise of louisiana. obviously a large police presence here. the initial information that came out just about an hour ago from alexandria police was they believed custody. so, of course, this is information that's coming in right now. we don't know if that suspect was shot and killed or if that suspect is actually in custody right now. but we know that this area right here is secured. law enforcement are out here investigating. certainly scary moments as we've been reporting here. this is one of those practices that has been taking place for a while now for this congressional baseball game that was set to happen here shortly. they practice in the morning. so, again, information still coming in right now. we are still gathering information here on the scene. but again, we know that house majority whip representative from louisiana was among those who are shot and law enforcement sources are confirming that also two u.s. capital protection agents were among the shot along with an aide. they were flown to local hospitals. we'll be out here gathering information. as soon as we get more information, we'll t it back to you. us. we also have a witness on the phone with us. david woodruff is near the scene. tell us where you are and what you have seen. >> i'm basically right across the street from simpson field looking down again at the first and third baseline. as this happened i was out running by the scene here this morning. heard the shots, couldn't have been more than 30 yards over my left shoulder. heard betwe 1 to 14 shots, a brief pause and about four more shots when i ducked into a garage and called 9-1-1. other witnesses here said they heard upwards of 60 shots. it sounded like there was a rather lengthy gun battle between the protective detail and the assailant before he was ut two victims going north up to area hospitals. we also saw at le o ambulance leave with police protection. but at this point, the situation does seem as though it's under control and folks have calmed down a bit. it was the republican congressional te practicing. some of the witnesses said a couple members of congress sought shelter in apartment building across the street where some of the staff happen to live. it's not uncommon for staff to come out here and help members of congress practice as they go. look over, again, at simpson field, it's, again, a large field next to the ymca, and you can see there's about a dozen members of congress still talking. and i'm getting talked to right now by the secret service, so i think i might need to let you guys go. >> all right. david, a lot of information. we appreciate your time, and we can also, i want to reiterate this as meghan referenced a moment ago. alexandria policere saying a suspect is in cusndot a threat. that's a direct statement from the police a few moments ago. >> we heard from peter alexander earlier who was smoking with mo brooks of alabama who was there on the scene on the field when the shooting occurred. according to congressman brooks, he said he believed that the suspected shooter had been shot. that there was gunfire that followed and that security detail that was the was involved in that. along with the two u.s. capital protection agents not and being treated. we're hearing that the person believed to bepen custody was shot as well. no update on that individual's condition. tom costello and also david they're seeing a lot of what you're looking at right now at this live look. emergency response, very stationary. no sense of a scramble or panic. it suggests the situation is under control. david mentioning that there are members of congress on the ground right now that are talking and able to stay there. they're not being told to stay away. we know the public is being advised to keep away from the 400 block of east monroe street in the delray area of alexandria. >> as of 8:15, the public schools are now in lock-in position. they don't call it a lock-down. they're calling it a lock-in because of the multiple shootings, victims they've learned about in that area. i can tell you i'm familiar with this area. my bar bar shop is over there. there's no schol there is, i believe a middle school around the block on mount vernon avenue, not too far away from this, but out of an abundance of caution, alexandria public schools putting all schools in the city in a lock-in mode right now. they say it takes place if a threat is identified outside the school. all school doors are locked. classes are continuing normally. there's no entry or exit from the school buildings as this lock-in is unfolding at the alexandria public schools. this as an abundance of caution. we believe the situation is not fluid in the sense that there's someone that police are looking for. you can see atf police officers on the scene here now. because this involved members of congress, you sho exct to see a large federal presence. we've seen reports the fbi is on scene. jackie benson reported the chief of capitol police is also on scene here. we, capitol protecti agents we believe were shot in this incident along with that congressman, and as there would have been members of congress gathered for this particular practice, there would have been a capitol law enforcement presence with so many members potentially of congress there as well. let's listen in. >> we want to check back in with meghan fitzgerald -- actually, let's check in with a witness to hear their account. >> it's just crazy. >> what did your supervisor tell you about the people in the y at the time? did they evacuate or shelter in place? >> he didn't say, but i believe that they sheltered. >> other than yourself, were there any other pedestrians or drivers? was it crowded? >> it was crowded. i'm not sure what anybody else seen. >> there weren't any other -- just youlf that's not -- i mean, i just pulled up when everything was blocked off. >> how do you feel right now? >> it's just -- i'm -- i don't know. words can't describe right now. >> a semi automatic weapon? >> that's what i heard. >> from a witness? >> yeah. >> can you describe how everybody looked running away from the feel? >> i can't describe it. i wasn't hear at the time. when they said the people were running away. >> can you just go over one more time what you saw from the beginning? we got here a little late. >> you've been listening to a website account of what unfielded here about an hour or so ago at simpson field in alexandria on monroe avenue in what would typically be a busy time this time of day. shop, where there's a grocery store. all within close omi to this field. we're learning several people including a congrsm, oo scalise, have been shot. >> and meghan fitzgerald is reporting from thne and said it's believed at least 30 shots were fired in this exchange. and that there were actually bullet holes at the ymca, that they were hit by this. it's early in the morning. not sure if summer camp or if anything was in session. we know that alexandria schools right now putting out a notice that all of their schools out of caution, they're in a lock-in status right now. >> and we talk about the shots fired here. there's been a mix of information coming in this morning. we just want to show you video. we're getting it in of a bullet hole, i believe ths ing to be at a window. it looks like directly across the street from simpson field where the baseball diamond is. i believe thers a soccer field there as well and a dog park there as well. now you see the images of large bullet holes and cracked glass across the street from simpson field, we believe in the ymca building. we weather we heard from david woodruff saying he was headed there. there were folks either working out or about to go to work out in that area, and this is now the scene that they are watching unfold befo them in alexandria. >> a lot of the staff members were saying there were reports that some of the people who were there, they sought shelter in nearby homes because apparently some of the aides live near simpson field. for those of you not familiar with the congressional baseball game, this is an annual event. this is a tradition in washington. it's n sometng necessarily see oe news, but people that are in the political world know about this. it one of the few that still exists here in washington. and at a time when the congress is just so divided, people really were looking forward to it. it's the one time they set their differences aside, and i believe this is the eve. i mean, this was the day before the game was supposo take place. >> for our control room, i want to let everyone know scott mcfarland joining us in the studio in position one. scott, you've covered congress. you're aware of how these things would unfold from a federal perspective. >> the baseball game, it's the thursday in june. it's an annual tradition. it's republicans versus the democrats. they play it at gnanats par it gets a crowd. it gets media coverage as well. u.s. capitol police will protect members of congre off the campus. when they go to a police like delray to practice baseball, there would be capitol police there. what's more, the minority whip, the majority leader and minority leader all have their own special protective level. what they call protective service. especially assigned u.s. capitol police who shadow them. they walk with them along the grounds and the capitol and go with them and back to them with their home districts and would go with them to delray to protect them today if they're participating in a baseball practice. this is a normal posture for u.s. capitol police to be with members of leadership or gatherings of members of congress. even if it's off site. even if it's off campus. the chief of u.s. capitol police was scheduled to appear this morning before a u.s. senate panel to argue for a budget increase. to help beef up his force, to beef up his man power and equipment. that was going to happen. it may still happen or may be called off becau he circumstances. this was a day u.s. capitol police were planning to argue why they need a staffing. and funding. u.s. capitol policve several hundred members. they work on campus. they work throughout the country. shadowing poss threats and shadowing members of congress including the leadership. not unexpected they'd be in delray into the majority of the u.s. house was there. >> i want to mention as you're talking we're getting information here. a tweet from senator mccaskill. it says police indicate officers will be okay. thank god. hope true forel >> that update from the senator from missouri after speaking with capitol police according to her twitter accou >> sean spicer now writing on twitter, both the president and the vice presiden aware of the developing situation in virginia. our thoughts and prayers are with all affected. we also know that early on the house minority whip and he's thinking of his friend. >> the president just issued a statement as well. i'll read it from the white house. the vice presi a i are aware of the shooting incident in virginia and are monitoring developments closely. we're keeply saddened by the tragedy. our thoughts and prayers are with the members of congress, first responders, and all others affected. >> even as we talk about this having the impact of a national stage as a resu of being a member of congress involved here, we can't help but remember there are local folks impacted. alexandria city schools in a lock-in status. fairfax county schools saying their safety and security folks are monitoring the situation in the delray neighborhood. and that all schools are safe. they likely are getting some feedback from thr parents who are learning about this news happening in aleck zoon dree ya. >> when you have the fbi on the time before they are able to open the streets. we want to go to meghan fitzgerald who is on the scene? how close can you get and at this point we know we believe there's one suspect in custody. getting any kind of word that there's anybody else that they're looking for or anybody else they say might be involved that this could be larger than one shooter? >> reporter: that good question. usually during big shootings such as this, police are very easy going with the information that they're letting out. i just got off the phone with the public informn ofcer for alexandria, she's not releasing much. she doesn't know if the shooter was shot, but she knows there's not anyone else right now that is someone they're looking for. i want to show you the scene. you can see it's secure. police taped off the area. we're about a block away from where that baseball fie is. i want to draw your attention to the fire trucks that are down a little bit further down there. we understand the field was. i talked to an eyewitness -- not an eyewitness, but he was driving to work at the ymca which is nearby to the field. he tells us he was not able to get to work because there was a large police presence. he called in and was told by people that are -- his employees there at the ymca that they were not able to get out, and he is not able to get in. another colleag of mine talked to witnesses who described seeing about -- hearing about 30 gunshots. they also say that there were gunfire that hit the windows of the ymca. this is coming from two witnesses that we spoke in. but this is n confirmed information. this is inrmiot continues to com us right now. but we do know multiple people shot. the representati from louisiana among those who was shot this morning just after 7:00 or so. and was rushed to the hospital. so, again, a developing story right now. we're continuing to work if we can, there's a lot of media presence out here as well, but this is a neirhd. a lot ous around here. a lot of people walking their dogs. people getting ready to start their day. and just as that day was getting ready to start, witnesses are telling us they heard multiple shots being fired. again, rapidly evolving situation out here. of course, we'lltieo work o source and bring you the latest information as we get it. >> all right. meghan fitzgerald live for us this morning. we'll let you gather more information and come back to you as we watch the live pictures unfolding and hear a heavy response from alexandria city police as well as the aleck zoon dr -- fire department. a large shooting scene in aleck >> law enforcement confirming the -- >> if you're asking why members of congress are gathering at the dawn for baseball practice, this is a full day scheduled in the u.s. house. session beginst 10:00 p.m. some of the leadership meetings are at 9:00 a.m. it goes through the dinner hour. to prepare for tomorrow's game with everybody in town, they do so typically in the morning. it's not uncommon in the week of congressional basa games for them to gather at dawn to have an all hands on dat 7:00 a.m. the hour is not unusual. u.s. capitol police do shadow collections of members of congress. if you have several of them together at one spot, not uncommon for u.s. capitol police to be there. and wherever steve scalise goes, capitol police go. the majority whip has protection. that's a u.s. capitol police officer. if you see them in the capitol, they wear suits and secret service like ear pieces. they follow leadership wherever they go. >> we heard the eyewitness account from david woodruff. he was there. he said he believed this was the republican team practicing at simpson field. we heard this morng miur of reporting about the number of shots fired. we heard peter alexander reporting earlier that someone saw a person with a rifle there near third base. we heard from david woodruff that he heard 12 to 13 shots, the thought, a pause, and then possibly more shots, and peter says he's indicating 50 shots. that leads you to believe that not only was there the shooter but at least sevel members of that protective detail for the members of congress who would have been armed and likely retur was unfolding and as peter alexander reported earlier, having seen this member of congress, the house majority whip, bleeding and kraulging across the infield there at simpson field where they were practicing for the baseball game tomorrow. >> yeah. we just want to go ahead and recap what we are hearing through our sources through peter alexander who spoke with mo brooks who was there at the time on deck. and he saw what he said was believed to be a rifle behind third base which was followed by congressman scalise crawling into the outfield as aaron mentioned, bleeding, and hearing the screams from aides and staff from second base. these are the scenes they're describing and how it all unfolded. gunfire continues after that. and congressman brooks telling peter alexander more shots fired and the suspected gunman was also hit. we have yet to information. there's sti a lot more questions. one of them is were they targeted? i mean, this was a group of republican congressmen practicing early in the morning. if there is, indeed, only one person involved with this, i don't know wh th says about the situation, but i know that's one question th is up in the air. was this a targeted group of people? >> it's not the first time u.s. capitol police have faced armed v individuopfire. a little more than a year ago there was bulle flying in the capitol visitor center lobby as a man with a gun pulled that gun near a security check point. u.s. capitol police fired back and 19 years ago a deadly shooting outside the office of majority leader th tom delay. >> we want to go tthe scene. julie carrie is on the ground for us. bring us up to sp and a half from here. i heard about this this morning and came over directly. let me -- we heard from some of the earwitnesses in the neighborhood. we'll have some of that in a minute. but let me set the stage. this is the y where i work out most mornings. one of my first was to a staffer. he confirmed the gunfire broke out around 7:00 this morning. in fact, some of bullets came flying through the windows of the ymca. no one hurt inside the building. directly across from the ymca is the baseball field. it's customary to see the members of congress practicing across the away at simpson field. they're here sever mornings a week practicing for upcoming baseball games. this morning the staffer at the ymca tells me they heard the gunfire. he said some of it seemed to be directed at the parking lot, some at the baseball field. i talked to some neighrs here is what reba heard this morning. she says she heard at least 30 gunshots. this is what she told us. >> boom, boom, boom, boom, for the first ten or so, and then there was a pause and they started up again rapid fire. >> what time was it? >> it started about five minutes to 7:00 this morning. >> what were you thinking? >> holy crap. that was the thoughts in my mind. we were getting my daughter ready for school. i was on the front porch. it was a calm morning and all of a sudden there's gunfire in our neighborhood. >> reporter: agai a lot of gunfire. some of the neighbors were waking up to it. reba said she talked to a man who was exercising at the ymca who was an eyewitness. and he said that he spotted the gunman initially sort of hiding in an area betweene and between the baseball dugout. she didn't have a lot more details of him, and right away directed police to speak to him, but again, just a very shocking start to the morning for people in the delray neighborhood of alexandria. a quiet area normally. this is a very community gathering place. a lot of people come in the morning to exercise. this is where all the little league teams play baseball. where the tc williams high school team plays baseball. this has really shattered the sense of security in this community. speaking to some of the neighbors that live around the ymca in hearing that a member of congress and his staff were shot in this gunfire, you know, they have their very strong feelings that this must have been a targeted shooting. we don't have tdetails and we're waiting to be briefed on exactly what happed here this morning. >> all right. l live for us. we'll let you she alluded to the alexandria police department. we now here the chief will speak shortly in that area there on monroe avenue. we're going to make sure we have a camera ready to hear him when he lays out some of the details about what unfolded. we're also seeing reports from the associated press right now that congressional aide has said that congressman scalise is in stable condition george washington universy hoit at this hour. we know u.s. park police had their chopper evacuate at least two people, we believe likely congressman scalise among them, evacuated them from that field there after havin landed a short time ago taking them as we understand from t congressional aide in the ap report to george washington university hospilre he's in stable condition. nbc news reported earlier they believed he was shot possibly in the hip. we don't know that directly from police yet, but >> a lot of the reports surfacing on social media. of course, because it's so early in the investigation, there's so much information iou there, tt we are just going to use caution with our reporting right now. but in addition to that, aaron, i wanted to add as you mentioned before, law enforme confirming the t u.s. capitol protection agents who were also shot are expected to be okay. there were also reports that an aide was shot, but we have yet to learn the status of that individual's condition. what we know is that alexandria schools are in a lock-in right now and people who live and work and wanted to go in that area for the 400 block of east monroe street are being told to stay away. even our reporters are one block away. >> steve scalise is a relatively new member of congress to be in leadership. he became the majority whip when in virginia a couple years ago there was an upset the leadership moved up a step and steve scalise took over so the majority whip could make over the spot. he was handing out little baseball bats to otr members of the gop conference. he was a big baseball fan. his metaphor for his run for majority whip was to hand out baseball bats like i'll crack things into place. he took this event tomorrow seriously. and ultimately the question becomes does it still happen? it's one of the fiptin things atti exists in the u.s. congress in 2017. >> i have to read this. i'm seeing this tweet. the "today" show sent it out. quoting rand paul doing an interview with msnbc saying scalise being at practice saved everybody else's not have been security there or not as much. the fact that he was there is what put security on the ground to shoot back. >> security follows congressional leadership, at least metaphorica 27. perhaps not into their personal homes, but congressional leadership has an elite protective detail furnished by the police. when they're in the office build, those police officers are wearing suits and ear pieces like secret service. >> this is a photograph that was tweeted out by a member of congress. you're looking at the people, the aides, the staff members, the individuals that were there at the republican congressional baseball practice, gathering, linking arms, holding each other and praying shortly after the shooting had occurred. also hearing from witnesses that a lot of them have remained on the scene and that they're still there. they're still there in the tradition that dates pack to 1909. when the first annual partisan showdown began, and it has evolved over the decades into a big charity event that actually benefits a lot of washington charities including the nationals dream foundation, the boys and girls club. >> and angie, the female members of congress have a correspondentingofall game that they play against each other and i believe against female members of the media. >> yes. >> they've enhanced that. >> they look forward to that every year. this is with one time they come together and set their differences aside. they take all their differences from the floor, and they get together on the field, and it's really become a loved event for both parties. as we take a live look of the scene here, honestly, since we've come on the air, not much as changed as far as emergency response. that tells us it seems like the situati president trump now tweeting about what happened this morning. first time he's tweeted today. in that tweet he says representative ste scalise of louisiana, a true friend and patriot was badly injured but will fully recover. our thoughts and prayers are with them. that tweet coming from president trump's personal twitter account in the last couple of minutes. >> you're looking at the statement released earlier. i can go over that. the vice presidentni are aware of the shooting in virginia. we're monitoring developments closely. we're deeply saddened by this tragedy. our thoughts and prayers with the members of congresses, their staffs, capitol police, first responders and aller affected. we also know the other half of the house, the house minority whip from maryland, also echoing the same sentiment here saying they are monitoring the reports, and also that he's thinking of his friend, steve scalise as well as his staff. >> u.s. house foreign affairs committee, the first one out of the box to they had scheduledm for 10:00 p.m. there's a busy day of congressional hearings on the house and senate day. the first one is delayed. we'll see how much of the u.s. floor house activity will be delayed. they're supposed to debate a veteran's bill and they were going to wrap votes by 4:00 this afternoon. we'll see if it happens as the u.s. house watches what happens in alexandria. >> as we talk about this, we might be talking about the primary in virginia last night otherwise. we're hearing from the current lieutenant governoof virginia and the man who won the democratic primary last night in virginia. ralph thonortham treating what happened is horrifying. praying for all those affected. i looked for a statement from ed gillespiel likely hear from him at some points are becoming more aware of what's unfolded in -- i think what is typically thought of as someone who has traveled through this year. i went there for six years to get my haircut. this is a quiet area. there are new apartment building across from simpson field that weren't there three years ago. that community has been growing. there's a giant grocery store newly renovated that julie talked about a while ago. a coffee house on the corner. this area is growing but it's residential and woulbe surprised to he dozens, possibly, dozens of gunshots having rang out before possibly before 7:00 a.m. in this neighborhood off monroe avenue. >> we want to check in with tom costello who is reporting for nbc and has new information. >> reporter: that why they gh escort that particular officer out. she thought that officer was a woman, but s wasn't sure. what we have now is pretty consistent reporting from witnesses that a total of five people shot including the g

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gillespie in the general election. after the republican primary was over, cory stewart said this. there is one word you'll never hear from me and that is unity. [laughter] unless gillespie comes across to his point of view. so in other words, the republicans are intent on remaining divided. virginia has 13 electoral votes. if they allow that stage of the democratic ill have a tough time losing presidential elections. so you have to wonder what people like cory stewart are thinking when they say, we can't support our candidate. breathless talk about the democrats. because the turnout was enormous. the last time you had a competitive race, 2009. only 320,000. qwest may have over 500,000. where republicans should be a little worried. they had a pork turnout compared to the democrats made a 60 percent. republican turnout was pretty low and that deep suburbs area. that really hurt gillespiehat is, it is a huge vote for one thing and it has been trending left. >> traditionally it is groups that favor republicans. but this also was -- >> i think the democrats are fired up. they will vote for anybody. and this is crucial you know there is a lot of talk in the press about heaven democrats will move left and have disrupted primaries. they have one here and as dan suggested they are not joining hands and uniting to paste a defeat on not just gillespie but donald trump. >> there making the campaign about donald trump. it is probably a good message in virginia where he lost by five percent or so.that is a message that can resonate there. i think if anyone can squeak it out it is ed. he is an old friend of mine, a colleague at the white house. i knew him for 30 years before that. he is a happy warrior. he is as conservative as they come. any kind of attack that he is some kind of rhino, people do not know at gillespie. but it is a challenge for him. and when the parties and they

gillespie barely survived. stewart led by fewer than 5,000 votes. he made protecting confederate monday utilities a pillar of the campaign. voter turnout stunned many fellow republicans. stewart didn't concede and said he wouldn't back gillespied you will never hear from me, that's unity because look, folks, we've been backing down too long. we've been backing down too long in defense of our culture, our heritage and our country. >> all right. >>> let's check the weather with bill karins. storms in the midwest, we get a reprieve from the heat. >> three or four days in the 90s, mentioned yesterday that crazy temperature at laguardia of 101. temperatures have come down. relief has been found. buffalo, windows open, 59. northern new england in the 50s. 60s many areas. cooler air settling to the south. you'll feel it today. the morning will be humid, this afternoon nicer from philadelphia to new york, boston, hartford, providence. the heat is on. upper 70s to start the morning. 80 in st. louis when you walk out the door. that's where the heat and humidity remains. 94 in st. louis, 94 in oklahoma city. you'll probably be happy to get afternoon thunderstorms to cool you off, chicago included in that, mississipnneapolis, too. midwes

gillespie won a narrow victory over his trump-supporting challenger in the republican primary for the virginia governor's race. his challenger, corey stewart, ran his campaign on his loyalty to president trump. while gillespie was expected to win by a wide margin, he ended up winning by only a few thousand votes. he'll now face democratic lieutenant governor ralph northam in november. and a new analysis of 2016 data shows that five men now possess as much wealth as half of the world's population combined. , a five men, bill gates spanish businessmanan, jeff bez, warren buffett, and a mexican medications.. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. attornrney general jeff sessions appeared before the senate intelligence committee on tuesday for a highly anticipated hearing. during his opening statement, sessions denied colluding with russia ahead of the 2016 election. participated in any collusion, that i was aware of any collusion with the russian government to hurt this country, which i have served with honor or to undermine the integ