mr. steve scalise. our prayers have been answered. his bravery and his family's strength have been such an inspiration to this house and to the people it serves. america is grateful for this moment. he chair now proudly asks, for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? mr. scalise: to speak out of rder, mr. speaker. the speaker: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. as you can imagine these last 3 1/2 months have been pretty challenging times for me and my family. but if you look at the outpouring of love, of warmth, of prayer, my gosh, jennifer and i have been overwhelmed with all of that outpouring. us the strength to get through all of this and to get to this point today. t starts us the strength with . when i was laying out on that ball field, the first thing i did once i was down and couldn't move anymore is i just started to pray. and i'll tell you it gave me

mr. steve scalise. [ applause ]. >> the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. >> wow. thank you, mr. speaker. >> morning glory, america. i'm hugh hue et. steve scalise returning to the house marked by terrible images out of puerto rico and bad news for the republicans. steve scalise coming back to the house. a good moment. the majority of the leader of the house of representatives. kevin muck kaerbgt from california, long-time friend. you were standing right behind steve. >> that was awe big moment. i have known steve long before he got into congress. i was with steve in louisiana. we got sworn into the state senate. this is a man that is a real fighter. >> i played his whole speech on my radio show. i did not know that the democrat was the first man to get to his hospital bed in his baseball uniform. >> he and cedric have been friends for quite some time. so i was down at the hospital the way he was shot waiting for jennifer to come up. people don't realize how close steve calm to not making it. but his strength was amazing. for him to be able to be walking, because

mr. steve scalise. [ applause ]. >> the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. >> wow. thank you, mr. speaker. >> morning glory, america. i'm hugh hue et. steve scalise returning to the house marked by terrible images out of puerto rico and bad news for the

mr. steve scalise. ( applause ) >> mason: a house united.he emotional return of steve scalise, 15 weeks after a gunman nearly killed him. >> and they did a phenomenal job of rebuilding humpty dumpty. >> mason: also tonight, puerto rico in crisis. a general is put in charge of the recovery. the president lifts shipping restrictions to let more aid in. the health secretary apologizes for using chartered planes as cabinet travel bills get high-level scrutiny. and hugh hefner-- he defined

mr. steve scalise. ( applause ) >> mason: a house united. the emotional return of steve scalise, 15 weeks after a gunman nearly killed him. >> and they did a phenomenal job of rebuilding humpty dumpty. >> mason: also tonight, puerto rico in crisis. a general is put in charge of the recovery. the president lifts shipping restrictions to let more aid in. the health secretary apologizes for using chartered planes as cabinet travel bills get high-level scrutiny. and hugh hefner-- he defined playboy and turned it into an empire. >> sex is about the best things on this planet. i think we need to get our heads around that fact. this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: goo good evening. i'm anthony mason. today, the trump administration, under growing pressure to speed things up, temporarily waved the jones act, allowing more foreign ships to deliver aid. and three-star army general jeffrey buchanan was chosen to direct the military's response. omar villafranca saw firsthand the challenges facing those sent in to help. >> reporter: a platoon of u.s

mr. steve scalise. [cheering and applauding] >> reporter: with the help of crutches, congressman steve scalise slowly but deliberately moves to the podium for the first time in 15 weeks. >> you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. [ applause ] >> reporter: there was a time when many of his colleagues wondered if he would ever be back. >> it's wonderful. it's a great day. >> reporter: 3 1/2 months after one of the darkest days in congressional history. when 66-year-old james t. hodgkinson opened fire during an early morn baseball game, four people were hit before police shot and killed the gunman. scalise's injuries were the most severe, shot in the hip, the bullet traveling across his pelvis, fracturing bones, injuring internal organs and causing severe bleeding. >> i am definitely a living example miracles really do happen. >> reporter: scalise spoke for more than 15 minutes, thanking god, his doctors, family and friends, colleagues, and at one point turning t

mr. steve scalise. and applause] >> i'm not a big crier, but i was a babbling infant. >> the first thing i did is i just started to pray. the power of prayer is just something you can't underestimate. >> bret: at wow, one week. i say that every week, but that was one week. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. don't forget, "fox news sunday" one hour earlier this weekend because of the nfl game. a new policy on the private flights. and brock long from fema. that is 848 "special report," fair, balanced, and unafraid.!!! >> sean: thanks, tucker. welcome to "hannity" on the busy breaking friday news night. tonight part two of the exclusive interview with the leading voice of conservatism in america, the one and only rush limbaugh. tonight we will ask him about the deep state, the liberal, main stream, drive-by media as he calls them. robert mueller overreaching russia investigation and so much more. also the president's son eric trump will join us in studio. and i have a special message for all of

mr. steve scalise. [cheers & applause] >> you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. i am definitely a living example that miracles really do happen. nancy: strong bipartisan action in congress today. standing ovation york saw there for house majority whip steve scalise. alison: he returned to capitol hill for the first time since he was shot at the congressional baseball practice in alexandria this summer. nancy: richard reeve joining us live on the hill with more of this emotional return. rich? richard: wow! what a day. steve scalise returning after months of surgeries and therapies. of course, badly wounded in the hit after that terrible shooting back on june 14. his return to the chamber today, the applause was deafening. [applause] there was a standing ovation for scalise as he entered. walking on crutches. hugs and smiles all around. "our prayers have been answered," pall ryan said. steve scalise badly wounded in a hip in a g.o.p. baseball practice on june

mr. steve scalise. >> a wonderful moment on capitol hill. a rare moment here today.ajority came back to the house floor since he was wounded so badly at a baseball practice in june. >> you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. when i was laying out on that ball field, the first thing i did once i was down and i wouldn't move anymore, i started to pray. i will tell you, it gave me an unbelievable sense of calm knowing tapped it was in god's hands. i prayed for very specific things. i will tell you, every one of the prayers was answered. i'm a living example that miracles do happen. >> the republican lawmaker tweeted out this photo with a caption, i'm back. pure joy in the chamber and in steve scalise. wonrf moment, megan. it's nice to see people in the house chamber clappin like that. and sharing a moment like that. >> it's nice to see any example of bipartisanship. i don't think anybody will be o politicizing that and asking if it's going to last. particularly to walk in. we have seen it before with senator mccain. it's a gr

mr. steve scalise. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> our prayers have been answered.and his family's strength have been s an inspiration to this house and t th people it serves. america is grateful for this moment. the chair now proudly asks for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? [ applause ] >> to speak out of order, mr. speaker. [ applause ] >> what emotions. [ applause ] >> the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. >> wow. thank you, mr. speaker. you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. [ applause ] as you can imagine these last three and a half months have been pretty challenging times for me and my family, but if you look at the outpouring of love, of warmth, of prayer, my gosh, jennifer and i have been overwhelmed with all of that outpouring. it's given us the strength to get through all of this and to get to this point today. it starts with god. [ applause ] when w

mr. steve scalise. >> just 15 weeks ago he nearly died. tonight steve scalise is back in d.c. his rye triumphant return to th capital to colleagues on their feet. >> president trump is not happy and now price will pay. what health and human services secretary tom price says about the pricey private jet trips he took on the tax payers' dime. >> safety changes to sack dances, a lot of things have spread from the nfl to high school football. and it's happening again, tonight some local players may be taking a knee. >> good evening. we begin right now with some breaking news. a bad wreck in prince george's county leaves one person in critical condition. >> news 4's erika gonzalez joins us from the live desk with what we are learning about this crash. erika? >> hi, doreen. this is a bad crack at aquasco road and neck road. you can see this mangled mess, these two vehicles there, we understand three people were involved in this crash, but we are hearing specifically that one person was air lifted from the scene with some very critical injuries. again, this is at aquasco road and nec

mr. steve scalise.not a big crier, but i was a babbling infant. >> the first thing i did is i just started to pray. the power of prayer is just something you can't underestimate. >> bret: at wow, one week. i say that every week, but that was one week. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. don't forget, "fox news sunday" one hour earlier this weekend because of the nfl game. a new policy on the private flights. and brock long from fema. that is 848 "special report," fair, balanced, and unafraid. "the story" with guest host sandra smith starts right now. ♪ >> sandra: it is friday night, president trump is at his golf club in new jersey, but it is anything but quiet at the white house tonight. washington is buzzing in the wake of the sudden resignation of health and human services secretary tom price, happening late this afternoon. good evening everyone, i am sandra smith in for martha maccallum, and this is "the story." the resignation comes after days of intense scrutiny over secretary price's u

mr. steve scalise. [ cheers and applause ] >> our prayers have be answered.y and his family's strength have been such an inspiration to this house and to the people it serves. america is grateful for this moment. the chair now proudly asks for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> to speak out of order, mr. speaker. [ cheers and applause ] >> the gentlemen is recognized for as much time as he may consume. >> well, thank you, mr. speaker. you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. as you can imagine, these last three and a half months have been pretty challenging times for me and my family. but if you look at the outpouring of love, of warmth, of prayer. my gosh. jennifer and i have been overwhelmed with all of that outpouring. it's given us the strength to get through all of this and to get to this point today. and it starts with god.

mr. steve scalise [ applause ] our prayers have been answer his bravery and his family's strength have beens house and to the people it serves america is grateful for this moment the chair now asked for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> to speak out of order, mr. speaker. [ applause ] >> the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. >> wow, thank you, mr. speaker you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house [ applause ] as you can imagine, these last three and a half months have been pretty challenging times for me and my family, but if you look at the outpouring of love, of warmth, of prayer, my gosh, jennifer and i have been overwhelmed with all of that outpouring, and it's given us the strength to get through all of this and to get to this point today. and it starts with god [ applause ]

mr. steve scalise. our prayers have been answered. his bravery and his family's strength have been such an inspiration to this house and to the people it serves. america is grateful for this moment. he chair now proudly asks, for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? mr. scalise: to speak out of rder, mr. speaker. the speaker: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. as you can imagine these last 3 1/2 months have been pretty challenging times for me and my family. but if you look at the outpouring of love, of warmth, of prayer, my gosh, jennifer and i have been overwhelmed with all of that outpouring. us the strength to get through all of this and to get to this point today. t starts us the strength with . when i was laying out on

mr. steve scalise. [ cheers and applause ] >>> our prayers have been answered.iration to this house and to the people it serves. america is grateful for this moment. the chair now proudly asks for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition. to speak out of order, mr. speaker. [ applause ] >>> the gentleman man is recognized for as much time as he may need. >> wow, thank you, mr. speaker. you have no idea how great this feels to be great back here at work in people's house. as you can imagine, these last 3 1/2 months have been pretty challenging times for me and my family. but, if you look at the outpouring of love, of jennif and i have been overwhelmed with the outpouring. it's given us the strength to get through all of this and get to this point today. it starts with god. [ applause ] when i was laying out on that ball field, the first thing i did once i was down and couldn't move anymore, i started to pray. and tell you, it gave me an unbelievable sense of calm. knowing at that point it's in god's hands. i prayed for specific things, and

mr. steve scalise. [applause] >> our prayers have been answered.been such an inspiration to this house and the people it serves. america is grateful for this moment. chernow proudly asks, for what purpose does the gentle men from louisiana speak recognition? speak out of order mr. scalise. [applause] the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. [laughter] >> thank you, mr. speaker. you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work and the people's house. [cheers and applause] as you can imagine, these last three and a half months have been pretty challenging times for me and my family. if you look at the outpouring of love, of warmth, of prayer, my gosh, jennifer and i have been overwhelmed with all of that outpouring and it's given us the strength to get through all of this and to get to this point today. it starts with god. [applause]

mr. steve scalise. >>> our prayers have been answered.d to the people it serves. america is grateful for this moment. the chair now proudly asks, for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> to speak out of order, mr. speaker. >> the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. >> wow. thank you, mr. speaker. you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. as you can imagine, these last three-and-a-half months have been pretty challenging times for me and my family. but if you look at the outpouring of love, of warmth, of prayer, my gosh. jennifer and i have been overwhelmed with all of that outpouring. and it's given us the strength to get through all of this and to get to this point today. and it starts with god. when i was lying on the ball field, the first thing i did once i was down and i couldn't move any more is i just started to pray. and i will tell you, it gave me an unbelievable sense of calm, knowing that at that point it was in god's hands. but i p

mr. steve scalise. [cheers and applause] >> our prayers have been answered.ngth have been such an inspiration to this house and to the people it serves. america is grateful for this moment. the chair now proudly asks for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? [laughter]. >> to speak out of order, mr. speaker. [applause] [laughter] >> the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. >> wow, thank you, mr. speaker. you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. [applause] as you can imagine these last 3 1/2 months have been pretty challenging times for me and my family, but, if you look at the outpouring of love, of warmth, of prayer, my, gosh, jennifer and i have been overwhelmed with all that outpouring. it has given us the strength to get through all of this and get to this point today. and it starts with god. [applause] when i was laying out on that ballfield the first thing i did once i was down, and i couldn't move anywhere, i just started to pray, and i will tell you it gave m

mr. speaker, i first want to welcome steve scalise back to this house floor. the strength of his message shows why he's such a hero to us all. i also want to tell the story of another hero, one from my congressional district in dayton, ohio. april 5, 2016, dante cotton saw an overturned car that collided with a pole. the driver told him her child was inside the car. acting on immediate instinct , he crawled through broken glass to rescue the baby from the car. both the mother and child were taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries. in august of last year, dante again found himself in the right place at the right time, again on his letter carrying route. on his normal mail delivery route, an elderly woman whose home had been invaded ran up to him needing help. he drove her to a police cruiser, ensuring her safety. his courage is being recognized by the national association of letter carriers, which has given him their 2017 hero award. i uld like to thank dana fo -- dante for his acts of true hoe rowism in our community and with that, i yield back. t

mr. speaker. i ask to speak out of order to join you in thanking god for the return of our colleague steve scalise and to do -- to have him do so in such a strong way. you were brief, mr. speaker, i'll be even briefer. thank god our prayers are answered. i take great pride in steve because we're both italian americans and i think that's a sort of some of his strength. right, steve? i, too, want to say how proud we are of jennifer, harrison, and madison and of your staff and of our first responders, our capitol police who took such good care of you. but if it is as you said an attack on you is an attack on all. we all came through this magnificently because of your strength. so the day we came to the floor when you weren't here, we were all team scalise. today we are team scalise. thank you for being so wonderful. god bless you. [ applause ] >> five-minute voting will continue. the question is on passage of the bill, those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the ayes have it, the bill is passed. from california. the yeas and nees are requested. a sufficient number have risen. members will recor

mr. speaker. this has been a that answered a lot of our prayers, seeing our good friend steve scalise here and it brings to mind part of the story of that tragic morning that i haven't but told anywhere else ne of our members, mr. loudermilk, was there. the shooter started behind the third base dugout and hit steve scalise right away and it was so deeply touching to hear steve's words today. just rather emotional seeing so many of our prayers answered, seeing steve return to the house. that morning barry was saying little was behind a shooter ea, and as the was moving toward the first ase side, continuing to shoot, matt mika had been shot, was down. barry said he had no place to go. he looked for places to run and there was no place to run. the shooting had been going on for a while, perhaps nine, 10 nutes at that point, and our capitol police officer griner, she was there. she and david bailey were the other capitol policemen were using their suburban for cover in shooting at the shooter, the hate-filled leftist that felt like it was a good idea to kill as many republicans in congress as he could

to join you in thanking god for the return of our colleague steve scalise and to do so -- have him do so in such a strong way. you're brief, mr. speaker, i will be briefer, thank god our prayers are answered. i take great pride in steve because we're both italian-americans and i think that's a sort of some of his strength, right, steve. i, too, want to say how proud we are of jennifer harrison and madison and of your staff and of our first responders, our capitol police, who took such good care of you. but if, as you said, an attack on you is an attack on all, we all came through this magnificently because of your strength. so the power of steve scalise today we came to the floor when you weren't here, we were all team scalise today we are team scalise. thank you for being so wonderful. god bless you. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> five-min voting will continue. the question is on passage of the bill, those in favor say aye. >> all right. with that, i think we can all say welcome back, congressman scalise. congressman steve scalise, after three months of being in the hospital, in patient recuperation after being shot in the hip

mr. mccarthy: before i give the schedule, i want to say that today was a day that was very good to see our very dear friend steve scalise make it back. as the gentleman said, an attack on him was an attack on the entire institution. i was there that day in the hospital, my wife and i and waiting for jennifer to arrive and steve going through the surgeries, the number of times we would go back to visit, he is the strongest man i have ever known. his speech was from the heart that he first would seek god's guidance, the strength of jennifer, watch madison and harrison spend their entire summer in that hospital with their father and for him to be able to walk back here as soon as he did and the excitement in his face when he was able to cast that vote. i know steve is going to continue to get stronger as he goes and he thanks everybody for the help they provided. but we should not forget the spirit this floor had today. we should take that spirit into the days forward and continuity. we can disagree, but it takes an unbelievable terrible situation at times to remind us of the human spirit we have for one another. i want to

steve scalise came around the corner, his colleagues came to to floor with thunderous applau applause. >> for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> to speak out of order, mr. speaker. >> reporter: it's been three months days since he was gunned down on that virginia baseball field. >> so, i'm definitely a living example that miracles really do happen. >> reporter: thanking the capitol police offers he calls his angels. crystal griner and david bailey, who was there today. >> david, you are my hero, you saved my life. thank you so much. >> reporter: also on the field, congressman and doctor brad wenstrup. >> the tourniquet he applied, many will tell you, saved my life, so, brad where, are you at? right down front. right down front. >> reporter: and for the colleagues who were there when he needed them most -- >> both republican and democrat reached out in ways that i can't express the gratitude in how much it means to me. >> reporter: as he walked off the floor, the public waiting -- [ cheers and applause ] what's it like to be back on the floor? >> it felt incredible to be back in the house chamber, and voting, and back to my normal job. >> reporter: it w

mr. secretary, we appreciate you coming on and answering these questions. >> thanks. >> bret: up next the triumphant return to congress of house majority whip steve scalise. here's what tamara fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox 5 in las vegas. o.j. simpson could be released from prison with ms. monday. simpson was granted parole in july. he has served nine years from fr armed robbery. he was acquitted for the murder of his wife and -- hugh hefner helped to usher in the so-called revolution. his empire included "playboy" magazine and a string of clubs around the world. two his life was chronicled on a reality tv show called "the girls next door. hugh hefner was 91. live look from fox 13. big story there, city officials admit there have been setbacks in clearing debris from hurricane irma. starting tomorrow, they will have two contractors working the streets along with city employees. they say some trucks owned by one vendor ended up going to south florida where help with cleanup was needed. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. >> bret: the commerce department says the economy grew at 3.1% in the s

mr. chairman. >> great to be with you, here, neil. great day on capitol hill with steve scalise'seturn obviously but it is all about getting tax reform done. neil: i was thinking congressman scalise, he is a very good salesman in his own right. wayward congressman and women get a call from him, will at least take it, if he is making a pitch for cuts, they will take it, right? >> exactly right. i tell you a quick story about that i got a call from steve scalise from his hospital bed, whipping me on the budget and tax reform just a few weeks ago. so he is already at work. you're more inclined to say yes when you get a call from steve scalise. neil: absolutely. we're all glad he is doing well. what an incredible journey. talk about the journey, sir, where this tax cut is going. you and your conservative colleagues immediately said you were on board. >> right. neil: and that surprised some because they also know you're concerned about deficits and debt and this cynical view that many have this is going to worsen that. that it is going to go way beyond the 1 1/2 trillion been allocated

congressman steve scalise entered the house chamber for the first time since a shooting at a congressional baseball practice that put him in critical condition, his life in the balance. >> wow. thank you mreaker. you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. >> battling back from week in the hospital one of four people shot on june 14th as house members practiced for the congressional baseball game. in a speech today, recognizing the capital police officers david bailey and crystal greiner who saved his life. [ applause ] >> let me tell you if they didn't act so quickly and even after being shot both themselves continued to engage the shooter and ultimately got him down which not only saved my life, but saved the life of a lot of other people that are here in this chamber today. >> he poignantly gave a personal thank to you ohio congressman brad, who rushed to his side after the shooting. >> who would have thought that god would have put brad out there on that field with me because the tourniquet he applied many will tell you saved my life so that i can actually make it to the hospital in time with all the blood loft. >> their hug uniting house memb

steve scalise's return to the house. >> he's a great man, a special friend, so excited. what happened to him, we are so happy. >> tom price says he has your confidence. is that true, mr.nt? >> nick burns, we've been around washington a long time. tom price, the h.h.s. secretary said today he has the confidence of the president despite those charter flights. you saw the president's reaction. and now you see him talking to newt gingrich and others. when monica asked him "do you still have confidence in tom price?" and he turned and walked off. >> it speaks volumes, the president had an opportunity to say something positive and he didn't. it's great to see congressman scalise back after what happened to him. i think everyone welcomes him back to the white house. >> that's all for . chris jansing takes over. >> good afrnoon. i'm chris jansing in for craig melvin. two top stories to lead off with, the latest on the humanitarian crisis in puerto rico, which is affecting millions of americans. democrats are asking for more action after the president lifted a restriction on nonamerican ships delivering aid. those affected say the aid is still not getting to those who quickly