[Whitfield:] Some hopeful news for Louisiana's Congressman Steve Scalise. Doctors say an excellent recovery is a good possibility. This after being shot in the hip during that attack on Republicans Wednesday on a ball field. And there was a moving moment at Thursday night's congressional baseball game as one of the officers who helped save Scalise's life through the first pitch. CNN's Alexander Marquardt has more on Officer David Bailey and his colleague who went beyond the call of duty.
[Alexander Marquardt, Cnn Correspondent:] They are officers in an arm of law enforcement that most Americans had probably never heard of until Wednesday. David Bailey and Crystal Griner, special agents for the U.S. Capitol Police, are being hailed as national heroes for preventing a slaughter at the Republican Congressional baseball team practice.
[Donald Trump,  President Of The United States:] Many lives would have been lost if not for the heroic actions of the two Capitol Police officers who took down the gunman despite sustaining gunshot wounds during a very, very brutal assault.
[Marquardt:] According to the harrowing accounts of the members of Congress and staffers at the practice, when they realized they were being shot at, they franticly ran for cover.
[Rep. Brad Wenstrup,  Ohio:] Everyone was basically a sitting duck in many ways. There was only so many places you could go, especially when leaving the field.
[Marquardt:] That's when agents bailey and Griner sprung to action, instead running toward the danger and returning fire.
[Rep. Mo Brooks,  Alabama:] They were taking on a guy with a rifle from 90 to 120 feet away. They had pistols, he had a rifle. That's not a fair fight. Both of them were wounded. The bravery that they showed is just incredible.
[Rep. Mike Bishop,  Michigan:] These two Capitol police officers are warriors. I have never seen anything like it before. Both of them had wounds and they were still fighting.
[Marquardt:] Bailey and Griner were only at the early morning practice because they are the security detail assigned to Congress Steve Scalise, the team's second baseman, but more importantly, the House majority whip, a leadership job that comes with 247 protection.
[Bishop:] I can't underscore enough how important the Capitol police were. They were there within seconds, and had they not been there, I would not be standing here today. I am sure of that fact.
[Marquardt:] More than 50 shots were exchanged before the attack finally ended, but not before the shooter, James Hodgkinson of Bellville, Illinois, wounded four, including Scalise and special agent Gringer. Had they not been there, it could have been what several players have called a massacre.
[Rep. Roger Williams,  Texas:] There could have easily been 25 deaths or more today. But Officer Griner and Bailey prevented that, and my family and I will be forever grateful.
[Marquardt:] Alex Marquardt, CNN, Alexandria, Virginia.
[Whitfield:] Officers Griner and Bailey indeed heroes. All right, that's going to do it for me. Thanks so much for being with me today. I'm Fredricka Whitfield. There is so much more straight ahead in the newsroom with Ana Cabrera.
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