Play ball! GOP, Democrats battle as one - Team Scalise

The stadium projected a rare sense of unity in Washington, as members of both parties rallied together after the shocking shooting that left House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) in critical condition. Four others were wounded. "We love you." Lewis led a House floor Democratic sit-in previous year when Republicans refused to consider gun control legislation.

"Crooked H destroyed phones w/ hammer, "bleached" emails, & had husband meet w/AG days before she was cleared- & they talk about obstruction?" President Donald Trump tweeted late Thursday afternoon.

I answered a frantic phone call from my husband and sent my mother the text message I always do when there's an incident in Washington she might hear about: "I'm safe".

Asked if he thinks Scalise, the No. 3 GOP leader, will pull through, Richmond replied cautiously: "I'm prayerful he will pull through". Price wouldn't answer yes or no.

Even before the shooting, Speaker Paul Ryan and Pelosi had begun talking about changes that could improve members' safety, said Ryan's spokeswoman, AshLee Strong.

Outside Washington, the venom was flowing too.

Hodgkinson - an IL home inspector who had been living out of his van near the park - had a social media page filled with criticism of Republicans and the Trump administration. Both had appeared on the House floor earlier Thursday. "There's no other reason for what happened".

"I would argue that the president is at least - is partially - again, not in any way totally but partially to blame for demons that have been unleashed", said South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford in an interview on MSNBC.

Democrats at their baseball practice - the two teams were preparing separately Wednesday morning for Thursday night's Congressional Baseball Game - gathered in their dugout upon hearing the news and bowed their heads in prayer for their Republican colleagues. Capitol Police officers returned fire, and Hodgkinson was fatally wounded.

The right side of the bleachers roared, as Democrats in the stands pursed their lips, but they erupted when their team tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the first.

Democrats remain deeply upset about Trump's win and by his presidency, and frustrated over how to channel the energies of a restive and angry base.

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders said the president is not exclusively responsible and does not "own" the heated rhetoric in American politics, and she said he was justified in responding to attacks.

Five people were taken from the scene to hospitals, Alexandria police Chief Michael Brown told reporters.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

"I think the answer to that question is yes", he said.

He noted in an apparent reference to Trump that "I never had confrontations and fights at my rallies".

"I don't go every year", Lance said.

But we're going to violate that unofficial rule today because if we needed one more example of law enforcement officers doing astonishingly fearless, heroic work and ultimately taking bullets for the public, we got one. The bill was a bipartisan slap at Trump as it seeks to punish Russian Federation for interfering in the USA elections and for Moscow's involvement in Ukraine and Syria.

Democratic and Republican senators literally broke bread together, noshing on ribs Thursday at the annual Senate bipartisan summer barbecue.

"This is what I want to say: that we are Americans first, regardless of party", Sen. "We are all on the same team".

Zack Barth, and aide to Texas Rep. Roger Williams, was wounded but is expected to make full recovery. "Look, we're one family here, and here's an opportunity to demonstrate that".