. >> o'donnell: jennifer scalise thought so too. >> steve scalise: oh man. >> o'donnell: describe, likemeant to you, to see your husband on his own, walking. >> jennifer scalise: it gave me hope. ( laughter ) >> o'donnell: hope for what? >> jennifer scalise: it's hard not-- you know, seeing him not be able to do things on his own, and walk on his own. so when i saw that, it was just a huge sigh of relief, that, he can do this. like, he's got this. >> steve scalise: i'm ready to go both. all right, we made it. >> o'donnell: after three and a half months in two hospitals... ( applause ) ...on september 28, 2017, steve scalise made his return to capitol hill, and with the help of crutches, walked back into the house and his role as majority whip. ( applause ) >> steve scalise: you have no idea how great this feels, to be back here at work in the peoples' house. >> o'donnell: he says his doctors are optimistic that he'll be able to walk without help, and perhaps even run again. but, hundreds of pieces of that single bullet will remain inside him for the rest of his life. ( applause ) >> thi