Trump Jr. says father is 'changed man'

The family of James Copenhaver, one of the two men critically injured in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, released a statement Tuesday, thanking the public for their "outpouring of support."

"Jim would like to especially thank the first responders, medics, and hospital staff who have provided him with initial and continuing care," the statement read. "Additionally, Jim would like to express his thoughts and prayers for the other victims, their families, and President Trump. He prays for a safe and speedy recovery for them all."

Copenhaver, 74, of Moon Township, Pennsylvania, "remains in critical but stable condition" as of Tuesday afternoon. He is being treated at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

His family has requested privacy as he recovers.

"The Copenhaver family would like to thank you for your continued thoughts, prayers, and support as Jim and his family recover from this horrible, senseless, and unnecessary act of violence," they said.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said he believes Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle should resign.

"I've been very disappointed in her and her lack of candor," Scalise told Politico. "I think the American people need to see whatever the answers are. Tough questions, you got to take the tough questions. You take a position like that ... you can't have a bad day."

Scalise said the Secret Service "should have been out publicly right away" and addressing the press after the shooting.

"You had the local law enforcement giving a press conference, frankly, being asked questions that the head of the Secret Service should have been asked," he said. "And she, you know, kind of was nowhere to be found during that period, and yet they took those tough questions. She's got to answer tough questions. You can't hide from them."

Scalise was shot and wounded at a congressional baseball practice in 2017.
Click here for U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle's first network interview following the attempted assassination.

Former President Donald Trump has spoken to a family member of Corey Comperatore, the 50-year-old firefighter who was killed at Saturday's rally, a source told ABC News.

Comperatore leaves behind a wife and two daughters. His funeral is set for Thursday.

Donald Trump Jr. said he was fishing with his daughter on Saturday when his fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle, called to tell him that his father was shot.

"Kim calls me [and said], 'Your father was shot,'" Trump Jr. recounted during a fireside chat with Axios.

But she had no other information to give, he said.

"It was 90 minutes before I even knew he was alive," Trump Jr. said.

Trump Jr. said then he was able to speak to his father on the phone.

"Considering the heaviness of that moment, sort of gave me a window for some levity and. you know, I asked him, 'Well, most importantly, like, how's the hair?'" he said.

Trump Jr. said his father responded, "The hair is fine ... a lot of blood in it, but it's fine."

"It was a heavy couple of hours, just that unknown," Trump Jr. said. "And then you finally find everything's OK, and then you sit down, and you start seeing the video when you're watching the news. And it was like, the adrenaline dump leaves, you know. Sort of amazing how calm I was first, and then, it's like, once that goes -- 'poof.'"

Trump Jr. said he believes his father is a changed man after the shooting.

"There are events that change you for a couple minutes and there's events that change you permanently," he said.

He also said he believes that there was a breach in security procedures at Saturday's rally.