to this are dead as a response to this incident. a spokesperson for the campaign said that mr trump wasafine the campaign said that mr trump was a fine and undergoing checks at a medical facility. look at gunshots, screaming. that was the moment when shots rang out minutes into the campaign event in pennsylvania outside the city of pittsburgh. i will go to gary o'donoghue but first i want to read this statement, just coming into us from the white house, from presidentjoe biden. he told us that i have been briefed on the shooting trump's rally in pennsylvania and i am grateful to hear he is safe and doing well. i pray for him and his family and all those who were at the rally as we wait further information. jill and i are

grateful to the secret service for getting him to safety. there is no place for this kind of violence in america. we must unite as one nation to condemn it. that comes from the president of the united states, joe biden, the political rival of former president donald trump and at this moment those two men in this country searching for unity as we witnessed a potential assassination attempt on the former president, donald trump. you can see here video of the aftermath of the shootings. shots rang out and donald trump was whisked off the stage by secret service to a vehicle where he was then driven off the scene. let's go now to pennsylvania. oursenior correspondent is reporting for us all day there. gary, you were there already, outside the rally. obviously before the incident took place and now

there you are on lockdown. this entire area is being controlled. this is now an active investigation?- controlled. this is now an active investigation? this is a massive crime _ active investigation? this is a massive crime scene, - active investigation? this is a massive crime scene, that. active investigation? this is a massive crime scene, that is| massive crime scene, that is what this is. what we have had is what looks like, what looks like an attempt on donald trump �*s life. that is what the initial evidence would suggest and we have gathered from eyewitnesses and people inside the rally. we were a few hundred metres away, about to go on air and this isjust under two hours ago now. i was talking to our colleagues on the bbc world service and we heard a volley of shop from maybe 150, 200 metres away. we knew immediately it was gunfire and that is why we lay down on the grass behind our car and tried to make sure we had shelter. it is exposed here, as you can tell, we are on a hill and you have no idea whether shots are coming from and the

screaming started from inside and people started to stream out. we a number of eyewitnesses about the nature of what they saw. people very shocked, people loaded into ambulances. donald trump himself fell to the ground and was told to go to the ground by secret service people. they pile on top of him as you heard. they do that because it is their job heard. they do that because it is theirjob to put their bodies between him and the bullets. that is what theirjob is and what they are paid to do. they took him away quickly and we are told by eyewitnesses as well that before he left he stood up himself and raised his fist and i think that she had some of the supporters who were here. we've since heard from his campaign that is fine and at a medicalfacility. we his campaign that is fine and at a medical facility. we also heard from a number of eyewitnesses here who have described to us their belief that the shooting was coming from a one story building with

a white roof, a metal one story building with a white roof off to the right of the stages donald trump was standing on one eyewitness we spoke to was from around here said that he saw a man climbing onto the roof. five, seven minutes into the speech, he climbed up the side and onto the roof with a rifle and he tried to point that out to the secret service and the police and they could not see from where they were but he was pointing it out and a couple of minutes later the shooting started. he also told us he saw the man killed. we cannot confirm any of that but we hear from law cannot confirm any of that but we hearfrom law enforcement sources and talking to our partners at cbs that the suspect was neutralised and potentially one other person was also lost their life at this point in time. it is early days and we will have to see. there were at least six or eight shots fired. they may have been in both directions, it may have been the shooter and those who shot back because

people did shoot back and we have another eyewitness, a teenager who said he saw the muzzle flashes as the secret surfers fired back. —— secret service. we heard a number of eyewitnesses talk about the panic inside the wilting at the time. people hitting the ground and people terrified about what was happening. shocking. you have been _ was happening. shocking. you have been speaking with eyewitnesses there as you said about how shocking this was and how this unfolded. many people there have now obviously left but we want to play some of those conversations being had with the eyewitnesses moments after this took place. you with the eyewitnesses moments after this took place.— after this took place. you were inside. what _ after this took place. you were inside. what did _ after this took place. you were inside. what did you _ after this took place. you were inside. what did you hear- after this took place. you were inside. what did you hear and l inside. what did you hear and what did you see? we inside. what did you hear and what did you see?— inside. what did you hear and what did you see? we were on the riaht what did you see? we were on the right hand _ what did you see? we were on the right hand of _ what did you see? we were on the right hand of the _ what did you see? we were on the right hand of the stage - the right hand of the stage facing _ the right hand of the stage facing president trump and we heard — facing president trump and we heard a — facing president trump and we heard a couple, a variety of shots _ heard a couple, a variety of shots. there was a spray which we initially— shots. there was a spray which

we initially thought was maybe a fire _ we initially thought was maybe a fire hose that was squirted for some _ a fire hose that was squirted for some reason and then the speaker— for some reason and then the speaker came down. what we ascertained later was that something must have hit one of the hydraulic lines which caused _ the hydraulic lines which caused the lift to drop the speaker. we saw president trump io speaker. we saw president trump go to— speaker. we saw president trump go to the — speaker. we saw president trump go to the ground and then everybody started to hit the ground, _ everybody started to hit the ground, it was chaos and people were _ ground, it was chaos and people were like — ground, it was chaos and people were like what is going on? we spoke — were like what is going on? we spoke to— were like what is going on? we spoke to different people who were — spoke to different people who were there and things like that and unfortunately and that is the sad — and unfortunately and that is the sad thing about this, this is not — the sad thing about this, this is not our— the sad thing about this, this is not our country. this is a country— is not our country. this is a country it— is not our country. this is a country it is _ is not our country. this is a country it is going to but this would — country it is going to but this would not happen before. yeah we have — would not happen before. yeah we have had assassinations that this is— we have had assassinations that this is crazy. i served in the military, _ this is crazy. i served in the military, for us to come here and — military, for us to come here and he — military, for us to come here and be able to support our candidate, i'm not in the lay blame — candidate, i'm not in the lay blame that this was a democratic thing or whatever because _ democratic thing or whatever because this could be a rogue shooter, _ because this could be a rogue shooter, we do not know. but this— shooter, we do not know. but this is— shooter, we do not know. but this is a — shooter, we do not know. but this is a political game, this stuff— this is a political game, this stuff has _ this is a political game, this stuff has to stop. it does. this— stuff has to stop. it does. this is— stuff has to stop. it does. this is ridiculous. you win

fair— this is ridiculous. you win fair and _ this is ridiculous. you win fairand square. win this is ridiculous. you win fair and square. win by governing for the people, fair and square. win by governing forthe people, ok? by governing forthe people, ok? by the — governing forthe people, ok? by the people. that is who goes in. by the people. that is who goes in you — by the people. that is who goes in. you govern for us, not for your— in. you govern for us, not for your own _ in. you govern for us, not for your own interest. it is enough _ your own interest. it is enough. i your own interest. it is enough-— your own interest. it is enouuh. . . enough. i can hear you are uuite enough. i can hear you are quite emotional. _ enough. i can hear you are quite emotional. i - enough. i can hear you are quite emotional. i have - enough. i can hear you are i quite emotional. i have kids, grandkids — quite emotional. i have kids, grandkids will _ quite emotional. i have kids, grandkids will have _ quite emotional. i have kids, grandkids will have to - quite emotional. i have kids, grandkids will have to up - quite emotional. i have kids, grandkids will have to up in l grandkids will have to up in this — grandkids will have to up in this we _ grandkids will have to up in this. i've been to third world countries _ this. i've been to third world countries and i do not want that— countries and i do not want that here _ countries and i do not want that here. | countries and i do not want that here-— countries and i do not want that here. i don't want that. let me take _ that here. i don't want that. let me take you _ that here. i don't want that. let me take you back - that here. i don't want that. let me take you back inside j that here. i don't want that. i let me take you back inside for a moment and i let me take you back inside for a momentand i hear let me take you back inside for a moment and i hear the emotion in your voice and it is very upsetting and it must be very upsetting and it must be very upsetting to be any kind of american right now but did you see or get any idea of where the shooting was coming from and did you see any response from the security people? i did not initially _ from the security people? i did not initially know _ from the security people? i did not initially know where it came _ not initially know where it came from but there was a building _ came from but there was a building over here, the building over here, the building i heard you talk about, _ building i heard you talk about, they did shoot the shooter _ about, they did shoot the shooter-— about, they did shoot the shooter. ~ ., , ., ., ., shooter. who did you hear that from? from —

shooter. who did you hear that from? from different - shooter. who did you hear that from? from different people. i shooter. who did you hear that i from? from different people. he was on the _ from? from different people. he was on the left. _ from? from different people. he was on the left. it _ from? from different people. he was on the left. it is _ from? from different people. he was on the left. it is a _ from? from different people. he was on the left. it is a water- was on the left. it is a water tower, — was on the left. it is a water tower, where the water tower is, he — tower, where the water tower is, he was _ tower, where the water tower is, he was there and as we were coming — is, he was there and as we were coming out _ is, he was there and as we were coming out there was a lot of rnilitarym _ coming out there was a lot of military... whatever, they were in camouflage in that building so our— in camouflage in that building so our understanding was that was where the shot came from. the snipers brought him but unfortunately different reports, one person suspected of being — reports, one person suspected of being deceased and possibly another — of being deceased and possibly another. innocent civilians there _ another. innocent civilians there supporting a candidate we -ot there supporting a candidate we got this— there supporting a candidate we got this kind of thing going on in the — got this kind of thing going on in the country. we cannot have this _ in the country. we cannot have this this— in the country. we cannot have this this is— in the country. we cannot have this. this is unheard of. you must have _ this. this is unheard of. you must have great _ this. this is unheard of. you must have great fears - this. this is unheard of. you must have great fears for i this. this is unheard of. wm. must have great fears for the next few months. i must have great fears for the next few months.— must have great fears for the next few months. i fear for the next few months. i fear for the next centuries, _ next few months. i fear for the next centuries, decades - next few months. i fear for the i next centuries, decades because our country as we know it has changed _ our country as we know it has changed and i know different

countries do different things and i— countries do different things and i get that but it is not the — and i get that but it is not the land _ and i get that but it is not the land of the free. we have a lot more — the land of the free. we have a lot more freedom than some other— lot more freedom than some other people, i get that, again. _ other people, i get that, again, i've been to other countries and i know how other people — countries and i know how other people live but when you do not have _ people live but when you do not have the — people live but when you do not have the freedom to choose and the freedom to do the things that lsa _ the freedom to do the things that isa military person fought for you — that isa military person fought for you are losing. you may never— for you are losing. you may never get _ for you are losing. you may never get it back. i get it that— never get it back. i get it that there are some things that have _ that there are some things that have to — that there are some things that have to change. i understand that — have to change. i understand that but _ have to change. i understand that but we cannot have this. this— that but we cannot have this. this is, — that but we cannot have this. this is, i_ that but we cannot have this. this is, i don't know how any people — this is, i don't know how any people were here... . thousands. there were more than thousands — thousands. there were more than thousands i— thousands. there were more than thousands. i went to a rally last— thousands. i went to a rally last campaign cycle and this was — last campaign cycle and this was much larger. in last campaign cycle and this was much larger.— last campaign cycle and this was much larger. in the freedom to come and _ was much larger. in the freedom to come and turn _ was much larger. in the freedom to come and turn up _ was much larger. in the freedom to come and turn up and - was much larger. in the freedom to come and turn up and support your candidate.— your candidate. don't get me wronu. your candidate. don't get me wrong- i'm — your candidate. don't get me wrong. i'm not _ your candidate. don't get me wrong. i'm not for _ your candidate. don't get me | wrong. i'm not for gun-control

wrong. i'm not for gun—control and _ wrong. i'm not for gun—control and i_ wrong. i'm not for gun—control and i know— wrong. i'm not for gun—control and i know our nation is not a free _ and i know our nation is not a free nation _ and i know our nation is not a free nation. iwill tell you that _ free nation. iwill tell you that 0ur— free nation. iwill tell you that. our nation is not a free nation — that. our nation is not a free nation. but there are things that— nation. but there are things that we _ nation. but there are things that we may be need to do to control— that we may be need to do to control some things. so that we don't _ control some things. so that we don't have — control some things. so that we don't have things that this happen _ don't have things that this happen. this is uncalled for. again, — happen. this is uncalled for. again, god be with those families and the ones that sound _ families and the ones that sound like president —— it sounds _ sound like president —— it sounds like president trump is ok. thoughts and prayers to the families— ok. thoughts and prayers to the families of those involved because they come here to support— because they come here to support their candidate and have — support their candidate and have a _ support their candidate and have a good time and something like this— have a good time and something like this happens. now they suspect— like this happens. now they suspect there may be a bomb over— suspect there may be a bomb over here _ suspect there may be a bomb over here so where is it going to end? — over here so where is it going to end? ., , ._ over here so where is it going to end? ., , .,~ to end? you stay safe, take our to end? you stay safe, take your body — to end? you stay safe, take your body home _ to end? you stay safe, take your body home and - to end? you stay safe, take your body home and look i to end? you stay safe, take i your body home and look after yourself and thank you for talking to us on bbc news. that was a senior— talking to us on bbc news. that was a senior north _ talking to us on bbc news. that was a senior north american correspondent gary o'donoghue speaking with eyewitnesses

after that shooting in pennsylvania. that was, of course, at a rally for former president donald trump on the campaign trailjust outside of pittsburgh. that took place in the last hours of shots fired and we do believe the president was potentially injured in the ear, he is currently fine according to his campaign but a shocking moment and one that will have everybody on edge across the country. i want to bring you now some of the latest we are getting, this comes from our partners at cbs news saying that the biden campaign is pausing all of its outbound communication and working to pull down television ads as quickly as possible. i should say we are also hearing from a spokesperson from downing street condemning political violence in all forms. let's bring in our state department correspondent who has been standing by to cover this with us. tom, so many reactions beginning to come in.

obviously in the united states republicans and democrats but also from around the world. across the board politically. what we just heard from the eyewitnesses at the scene hearing the fear and anxiety is about what this says about this country in this moment has really been reflect that across its political echelon. at the same time also a raft of calls for calm and full effect that so many politicians, senior politicians across the political divide are saying there is no place for political violence. you could almost copy and paste some of these statements. you mentioned presidentjoe biden, of course he was in michigan last night at a rally and he had flown to delaware and was at his residence and we are now told that president biden, according to the reporter... . that president biden, according to the reporter. . ._ to the reporter... . could i 'ust to the reporter... . could i justjump _ to the reporter... . could i justjump in _ to the reporter... . could i justjump in here, - to the reporter... . could i justjump in here, it i to the reporter... . could i justjump in here, it looks| justjump in here, it looks like the president has begun speaking, let's listen. he

like the president has begun speaking, let's listen.- speaking, let's listen. he is with his doctors _ speaking, let's listen. he is with his doctors and i speaking, let's listen. he is- with his doctors and apparently he is doing well. i plan on talking to him shortly, i hope. look, there is no place in america for this kind of violence. it is sick. it is sick. it is one of the reasons we have to unite this country. we cannot allow for this to happen, we cannot be like this, you cannot condone this. and i want to thank the secret service and all the agencies including the state agencies who were engaged in making sure that the people, that we have more detail to come relative to other people who may be injured in the audience, we do not have all the detail and we will make that available to you, and may become back a little later tonight and put out a statement. but the bottom line is that the trump rally, a rally that should have been

conducted peacefully with no problems but the idea, the idea that there is political violence or violence in america like this isjust violence or violence in america like this is just unheard of and inappropriate. everybody must condemn it. everybody. i will keep you informed and if i am able to speak to donald i will let you know that as well. so far it appears he is doing well, number one. numbertwo, well, number one. number two, they well, number one. numbertwo, they are thoroughly investigating what has happened to anyone else in the audience. we have some reports but not final reports and every agency and the federal government and i am going back to my phone to speak with the federal agencies that have been put together again to give you an update and see if they have learned anything more in the last couple of hours. thank you very much and i will get back to you later tonight.— later tonight. assassination i later tonight. i assassination attempt? i later tonight. _ assassination attempt? i have an opinion _ assassination attempt? i have an opinion but _ assassination attempt? i have an opinion but i _ assassination attempt? i have an opinion but i do _ assassination attempt? i have an opinion but i do not i

assassination attempt? i have an opinion but i do not have . an opinion but i do not have any facts. i want to make sure we have all the facts before i make any more comments. thank you. lie make any more comments. thank ou. ,, , , . ., make any more comments. thank ou. ,, , , �* you. us president joe biden there with _ you. us president joe biden there with brief _ you. us president joe biden there with brief remarks i there with brief remarks addressing the nation. some reporters they were in attendance as well after this shooting occurring at a presidential campaign rally for the former president donald trump. gary o'donoghue was there in pennsylvania for us and has been covering this. gary, we heard there the president condemning this kind of violence saying there is no place in america for this kind of violence. he called it sick and said that this should have been a rally that should have been a rally that should have been conducted peacefully and interesting to hear as well that he does hope to speak with donald trump in the coming hours. ,., donald trump in the coming hours. ,. ., , donald trump in the coming hours. ., , ., ., hours. he said he was going to t and hours. he said he was going to try and speak _ hours. he said he was going to try and speak this _ hours. he said he was going to try and speak this evening i hours. he said he was going to try and speak this evening and | try and speak this evening and said he would let us know if he managed to do so. referring to him as donald, i have never heard him call him donald

before. and, yes, condemning any political violence as everyone will. the biden campaign is already trying to hold a lot of its campaign activity at the moment, trying to stop the tv ads playing and stuff going up online. i think there will be a lot of pressure for some sort of pause in this campaign in general while things become clearer. he was asked there whether he regarded this as an assassination attempt he said he did not have the facts at this stage, he had an opinion but no fact at this stage. that is clearly the question that people will ask, was this another former president, was this anotherformer president, another holder of the most powerfuljob in the world with an attempt on his life. that is the question people will ask. it would not be the first time in this country but it is a shocking moment when things like this happen. we heard from our eyewitnesses here how upset and emotional they have been about what happened and i have been raising all sorts of questions. there has been some anger as

well. we witnessed some anger here on bbc news shortly after the shooting. we were trying to bring you the news of what was happening and there was a guy understandably upset it was not very keen for us to do that and tried to stop us doing that but it is ourjob to bring you the details of what happened as best we can and to explain it to the public and explain it to the world. that is what we're here for and that is why we are staying in broadcasting. this is not ghoulish, this is not us being mawkish about anything, this is us trying to tell people what has happened in the clearest possible way and also tell you what we do not know because we do not know most of the facts about what is happening. we do not know anything about this shooter, we do not know anything about the potential motive, we do not know anything about the security lapse they may have been. we do not know how injured donald trump is at this stage. we do not know how many people have been wounded or

killed in a crowd. there is so much we do not know but we will try to explain what we do know until you how we think we know and that is why we have been talking to so many eyewitnesses over the last few hours. you heard from greg who said he saw a man crawling up onto the roof of the single story building with the white roof, the middle single story building, saw a man crawling onto it with a rifle. he tried to alert security services. he also saw that man killed by security services and described that in graphic detail. all these things will have to be checked out and verified that the moment we are in a massive lockdown area and cannot go anywhere in or out. police are looking particularly at that building, there was never dogs over there about 30 minutes ago. this is one great big crime scene as we speak.

motorbikes, choppers, police, everything you could imagine because there are many questions still to answer. gary, thank you for bringing us those details and speaking with so many people on the ground. the emotion and the anger that you were describing is now the task of leaders including us presidentjoe biden to try and quell those emotions. i want to come back to the studio now i have a former white house correspondent with me. we were listening to that speed, brief remarks from president biden. what did you make of what he said and of course there is now a task lead before his feet. this is something that the nation is going through and he will be out there, outfront and trying to make sure that those emotions don't spike. it is interesting _ emotions don't spike. it is interesting coming i emotions don't spike. it is interesting coming on i emotions don't spike. it 3 interesting coming on the heels of that press conference compared to 48 hours ago where he was going after trump and referring to in this trump. i have never heard president biden referred to him as donald

and i will try to reach out to him later. he also said there is for this and everyone must condemn it. he referred to what happened and he thanked the secret service and said there were possibly injuries in the audience he had no information about that yet i was waiting for facts. about that yet i was waiting forfacts. and something about that yet i was waiting for facts. and something you expect to see in times like this it is important for the president to get out and make a statement, show is face, show support and condemn violence and his campaign issued a statement saying that they were pulling down media ads because this is a time, you do not want the optics of campaigning while your opponent has intentionally survived, president biden said he could not confirm if it was an assassination attempt. it appears like this has already changed the state of this campaign in the way that this will move forward.— will move forward. even the ima . e will move forward. even the image you _ will move forward. even the image you have _ will move forward. even the image you have seen, i will move forward. even the image you have seen, you l will move forward. even the i image you have seen, you will see that image in this campaign of president trump raising his

fist after surviving whatever this is. you will see this dominating, for better or worse, the conversations at the rnc next week and you can bet that this has altered the course of this already very contentious race between these two men. there is no love lost between these two men but obviously president biden right now is not campaigning. he is the president of the united states and he needs to play united in chief and come out and unite. there is no reason this rally should not have been able to take place peacefully. we were discussing the republican national convention earlier due to begin on monday, a gathering of, who's who of the republican party. coming up very shortly. how do you think this would act now, if it does begin on monday, you are saying there is state laws regarding guns in wisconsin that really could factor in here. it is an open curry state so they are within the perimeter of the rnc

and anyone going to these big conventions, there are parameters and parameters and parameters and parameters and parameters and parameters and parameters and they usually block off several city blocks. if you are outside the building you are allowed to carry a gun. it is an open curry state. it was allowed or at least it was until today. you must remember that this is an incredibly pro gun party and you will see a lot of lawmakers find themselves in an interesting spot now where they will obviously want to condemn the violence but they are probably not going to change their stance on gun rights and you heard that from some witnesses talking to saying this is why i need to carry a gun, this is why i need to protect my family. incidents and violence like this because in their minds and in the minds of a lot of people, a lot of the people i grew up with in the midwest, the only thing that beats a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun and i think that is a message we will hear even louder next week at the rnc. of course this is a country on edge and we have just watched here in washington, dc the nato summit and major leaders here

from all over the world. this is a country where the rnc coming up and there could be another debate, the democratic national convention coming up, how do you anticipate the way security protocols might change in the next three or four months?— in the next three or four months? , months? the interesting thing about the races _ months? the interesting thing about the races for _ months? the interesting thing about the races for the i months? the interesting thing about the races for the first i about the races for the first time you have a former president was not incumbent who is running. it depends on the candidate. obama got secret service a little earlier than usual because he was receiving so many threats. so he got secret service because of the little earlier but normally, historically they do not normally get secret service protection until they are the official candidate. this is different because former president trump is a former president so he already had secret service protection which means when you go into one of these rallies it is essentially like you are going into a presidential event and anyone who covers this nose have to get there at the crack of dawn,

you have to drop your gear because dogs come in and sweep the facility for any bombs or ied devices. they are talking, your witnesses are talking about someone climbing onto a building with a visual proximity of the rally. normally when we cover these you can see secret service on every visible rooftop so that an interesting detail on why that roof top, if that is correct, was not covered and how someone was able to get up there. even some of our live shots from roof tops have to be swept by secret service and all equipment must be looked at by secret service because there is always a potential to take the high ground and take a shot. lode high ground and take a shot. we hear now from the former president bill clinton from social media writing this "violence has no place in america especially in our political process. hilary, hillary and i are thankful that president trump is safe and heartbroken for all those affected by the attack in

pennsylvania today and grateful for the swift action of the us secret service. it is telling, we have heard from several former presidents, president obama releasing a statement earlier and bill clinton and we've also heard from the current president. it we've also heard from the current president. it would be an aberration _ current president. it would be an aberration of _ current president. it would be an aberration of this - current president. it would be an aberration of this was i current president. it would be an aberration of this was not. an aberration of this was not what you saw happen. these individuals do not agree with each other, there is no love lost between them but this is the kind of thing that they do not want to spiral because this impacts everyone on both sides of the aisle. and the heated rhetoric of this campaign, i am sure contributed to feelings that possibly could have led to this because i have been in dc for 17 years now and it used to not be like this. republicans and democrats disagreed on policy but agreed as human beings and as is buttons further and further apart people take extreme action and nobody wants that. so if anything good can come out of this, perhaps it could be a cooling down from the top with some of this rhetoric to try

and foster a more productive disagreement than we've seen so far. ~ ., ., disagreement than we've seen so far. . . ., ., ,., disagreement than we've seen so far. . . . . ., far. we are hearing also from the former— far. we are hearing also from the former congressman i far. we are hearing also from | the former congressman from illinois about the political violence he personally witnessed, that targeted another member of congress several years ago in 2017, 2018 around that time. i now want to bring in our north american correspondent nomia iqbal. thank you for being here with us. what are you hearing on the ground. what is the mood like after this terrifying event that has taken place and you are in a city, of course, whether former is supposed to make an appearance in a matter of days. —— where the former president. it of days. -- where the former president-— president. it was all quiet re president. it was all quiet pretty much _ president. it was all quiet pretty much because i president. it was all quiet pretty much because the | president. it was all quiet i pretty much because the final touches are being made to the republican national convention due to start on monday. ultra

will here in milwaukee where he will here in milwaukee where he will be crowned the king of the republican party, essentially. and we were talking about how the news cycle has been dominated by the challenges that president biden has been facing, the fractures within his own democratic party and the republican party have been quiet and so when this news came through there was just complete shock. people were running around on their mobile phones saying, just in disbelief and there were a couple who walked past us a moment ago, they were here on holiday and they asked us what was going on and when we said there have been shots fired at donald trump �*s rally the man said to us what happened to ronald reagan, that assassination attempt on ronald reagan it is important to stress however that we do not know what happened at the rally at donald trump �*s rally if it

was an assassination attempt or what. we're still trying to verify information detected security at rnc is tight. it must be tight and it was always going to be tight, much tighter than at the thought of rallies and i imagine it will now really ramp up. we do not know when donald trump is due to arrive here. we know he is at a medicalfacility arrive here. we know he is at a medical facility and his campaign medicalfacility and his campaign team has said that he is fine but in terms of when he arrives here we are not 100% sure of when that will be. what is the feeling _ sure of when that will be. what is the feeling you _ sure of when that will be. what is the feeling you get _ sure of when that will be. what is the feeling you get there i is the feeling you get there from the ground on whether security protocols may be changed or whether the open carry law could affect the way these events go forward? we expect so many important politicians, republican candidates and media to convene their in wisconsin. how will this change?— their in wisconsin. how will this change? politicians have lona this change? politicians have long talked _

this change? politicians have long talked about _ this change? politicians have long talked about the i this change? politicians have | long talked about the concern around violence. we saw the speaker of the house nancy pelosi releasing the statement, saying that she was sending thoughts and prayers to donald trump and she knows what that violence is like. earlier this year, a man was jailed for the attack that he carried out at her home in california against her home in california against her husband a couple of years ago, so security is always tight whenever you have high—profile politicians and, of course, donald trump is the former president, which means he has secret service detail with him all the time. and as we still try to verify and find out exactly what happened at the rally, was it a security lapse, which is what one witness suggested, in the interview with my colleague gary o'donoghue, although we have to stress those early witness reports have to still be verified but if indeed that does bear out to be true, there will be lots of questions asked about the security around mr trump and when, indeed, he does come here, i can imagine that

would only be ramped up further. security is tied here anyway and when we would walking around and going to the different venues the convention will be held, we have passes at have to go through security and that was always going to happen and it will not change but i do suspect in terms of what's happened tonight, in pennsylvania, there will be, they will be just so incredibly on top of it, on top of security here to make sure that nothing like that can happen here. ., ., ., ., ., here. you would have to imagine security there — here. you would have to imagine security there would _ here. you would have to imagine security there would be - here. you would have to imagine security there would be so i security there would be so tight, it would only get tighter. nomia iqbal in milwaukee, the city where that republican national convention is scheduled to take place on monday. that's of course where we were expecting the former president donald trump to arrive as well. thank you very much. i want to set the scene here and update our viewers who mayjust bejoining us here and update our viewers who mayjust be joining us at this hour. former president donald trump

has been rushed off stage with blood on the side of his head and his ear