which is not ideal, but that's the shelter we have at the moment. there is no place in america for this kind of violence. it is sick. it is sick. it's one of the reasons why we have to unite this country. hello, i'm maryam moshiri. donald trump has survived an assassination attempt at a rally in pennsylvania. before we start this full hour with reports and analysis — let's first show you the moment donald trump was shot. the fbi says the gunman, who was on a nearby roof, killed a spectator and wounded two others before being shot dead by snipers. and as you can see, security agents rushed to protect the former us president and hurried him

offstage with blood on his face. in a social media post, mr trump said a bullet had pierced his ear. he is now in newjersey, where he plans to spend the night at his private golf club. this image, obtained by the entertainment news outlet tmz, shows the exact moment the shooter, who is lying on his stomach, lines up his shot from the roof. clearly questions about how we was able to do that without being stopped. the gunman was shot dead moments after this. panicked shouting and what you just heard there was some of the reaction from the distressd crowd after he was killed, and the panic which followed. speaking at a news conference, fbi special agent kevin rojek gave this update. this evening, we had what we're calling an assassination attempt against our former president, donald trump. it is still an active crime scene.

as i mentioned, we have a number of agents on scene. we are also working closely with other federal agencies, our state partners and our local police partners as well. we do not currently have an identified motive, although our investigators are working tirelessly to attempt to identify what the motive was. speaking at the same press conference, pennsylvania state police lieutenant colonel george bivens gave this update. let me describe the scene that we had over there. there was a grandstand, a very large area, a lot of people there. the former president had come out and had begun to speak shortly after six o'clock this evening, and within about ten to 15 minutes, a number of sounds were heard and it became apparent that shots were being fired in that direction.

it was a chaotic scene. law enforcement acted heroically, quickly identifying and neutralising the threat, as well as responding to assist the various victims. our senior north america correspondent, gary o'donoghue, was outside the venue where trump's rally took place. this is his report. that's a little bit old, that chart. . .. it was a few minutes into donald trump's speech when a volley of shots rang out. gunshots get down, get down! the former president can be seen clutching at the right side of his head, after that he hits the ground as the secret service pile on top of him. theirjob is to put their bodies between him and the shooter. there was panic among the thousands of people inside the rally. many ran, many threw themselves to the ground.

donald trump was seen getting to his feet and raising a fist to his supporters. signs of blood at his right ear. we were about ten minutes into donald trump's speech and while we were just about to go live on the bbc world service, we heard some shots fired, probably a few hundred metres from where we were standing, probably about half a dozen shots we heard. a woman was shouting that someone had been shooting, a guy came by and said that he thought there had been a couple of snipers, but he was not sure. we are just waiting to see if things have cleared and as you can see, we are on the ground behind our car, which is not ideal, but that is the shelter we have at the moment, and that is what we are trying to ascertain, what has happened. i think the speech has stopped, i cannot hear donald trump speaking any more. as people streamed out of the venue they told us what they had seen.

one man, a local business owner, described how he noticed a man he believed to be the shooter climbing onto a low roof nearby, holding a weapon. we noticed the guy crawling, bear crawling up the roof of the building beside us. 50 feet away from us. we were standing there and pointing at the guy crawling up the roof. he had a gun? he had a rifle. we could clearly see that. absolutely. we were pointing at him and the police were down there and running around on the ground and we were saying there was a guy on the roof and the police were like "huh?" they did not know what was going on. president trump was taken straight to the local butler county hospital. shortly afterwards he released a statement paying tribute to law enforcement and expressing condolences for those killed and injured. the statement said...

the secret service also released a statement, which said in part... condemnations were swift. president biden had this to say. the idea that there is political violence and violence in america like this is just unheard of. everybody, everybody must condemn it. everybody. i will keep you informed and if i speak to donald i will let you know that as well. but so far it appears he is doing well. the biden campaign is suspending its activities at the time being.

but donald trump has indicated he plans to go to the republican national convention on monday as planned. in the meantime, investigations will continue. everyone asking, how could an attempted political assassination be part of modern day america? let's get some more analysis now of the events on saturday night. it is difficult to get a feel of the geography of the site, where the rooftop was, for the gunman was lying, where the president was speaking where the crowds were around him. our correspondentjoe inwood was looking at the layout of the site and how close the shooter was able to get to the former us president. using images from social media that we have verified, we get a bit of an idea of the layout of events

that led to the attempt on donald trump's life behind this lectern. look at these three buildings. this gives us a sense of the layout. you can see the stands where the spectators were waiting and where some of them were hit. this is the stage where donald trump was speaking. so we will go to here — those the three buildings. this is the area where donald trump was. back now, this is an image, a video that was taken by somebody who was an onlooker. look at this building here. this is where the shooter was lying. you can see there are trees. and as we come in and zoom in here you can see that we have blurred the body of the shooter. coming forward one image, you can see those trees i pointed out there and there, and this is the building. the shooter was here and donald trump was here. using google maps it is easy to see it is approximately 130 metres —

really not a great distance, and that is one of the reasons there are so many questions for the secret service about how this was possible, how the shooter got so close with an assault rifle. a couple more things to show you. this image was taken from a verified video — look on the roof. this is one of the secret service snipers and in this video we can see him firing back at the would—be assassin. there is donald trump. and here is another thing to show you, rather gruesome video, rather chilling. this man here, we have blurred for obvious reasons but when you watch this full video taken from social media you can hear a shot ring out and then while everyone else is slow to react, this figure in the crowd, you can see he curls over. he doubles over and falls down far faster than anybody else and we think this is one of the people in the crowd who were hit by one of the bullets which seemed to have been intended for the former president. so using these publicly available videos, we get a sense

and we can see that he was here, so there is the stage. the building i showed you before is in that direction and this is where that doubled—over man was. we have more of a picture now of the events that led to the attempted assassination of donald trump. thanks to my colleague with such a clear explanation where everything occurred because it is important to get a feel of the rally. let's take you very briefly to the live shot in butler. this is the location of the rally, where the rally was held, and we are hearing in these last few hours that the fbi potentially are going to be taking over the investigation into what happened. we know that they have identified 20—year—old thomas matthew crooks of bethel park pennsylvania is what

they see as the suspect involved in what is an attempted assassination on former president trump. let's speak to robert mcdonald. he's a retired supervisory secret service agent and lecturer at the university of new haven. before retiring, he led the team that protected then vice presidentjoe biden. so you have an awful lot of experience in what it takes to protect someone of this ranking. just talk me through your reaction, first of all, to what happened last night. first of all, to what happened last ni. ht, , ., ., first of all, to what happened last ni. ht, ,., ., ., first of all, to what happened last nii ht, ,., ., ., . first of all, to what happened last niht. ., . .,, first of all, to what happened last niiht. ., . .,, night. good morning. nice to be with ou, albeit night. good morning. nice to be with you, albeit under _ night. good morning. nice to be with you, albeit under horrible _ you, albeit under horrible circumstances. the first thing that came to mind was, what would i have donein came to mind was, what would i have done in that situation was mike i went through a 21 year career with the secret service and never had to go through a situation like that. a lot of chaos comes out of that, we practise and prepare for those type of things every single day of our career, we hope we never have used those skills. we have utilised the protective advanced method of going

out a week ahead of time and scoping out a week ahead of time and scoping out every possible hypothetical situation that could come to us at a particular venue, this venue being outside venue, which is very hard to secure, and we hope that nothing like this ever happens. we had a situation where we had a shipper —— my shooter got on top of a roof and there were lots of questions for the secret service as to how and why this happened to how we make sure this happened to how we make sure this doesn't happen again. we this happened to how we make sure this doesn't happen again.— this doesn't happen again. we saw video of a witness _ this doesn't happen again. we saw video of a witness saying - this doesn't happen again. we saw video of a witness saying we - this doesn't happen again. we saw video of a witness saying we saw l this doesn't happen again. we saw l video of a witness saying we saw the shooter on the roof, we were trying to warn people, to warn the officials of what was happening, and it feels like there was a lot of confusion at that time. in a situation — confusion at that time. in a situation like _ confusion at that time. in a situation like that, - confusion at that time. in a situation like that, there i confusion at that time. i�*i —. situation like that, there will be a lot of confusion. i'm a little bit troubled i'm a bit slow to point fingers at this point because we are still very early in the investigation, but i'm a little concerned that if the witness that was talking to your reporter, that

information didn't seem to get to the detail in and around the area where the former president was. if that information didn't get to them in a timely fashion, this is the result that we are dealing with. if that information had been passed in a timely fashion, the detail could have made the decision to take the former president off the stage and hopefully prevent him from coming to harm. so a lot of questions, we will have to build back and see what layers of information got to who and when they got there and if they didn't, why they didn't. let’s when they got there and if they didn't, why they didn't. let's talk about the reaction _ didn't, why they didn't. let's talk about the reaction of _ didn't, why they didn't. let's talk about the reaction of president i about the reaction of president trump. you can see there, there is the shot, he touches his ear, then he ducks. i mean, that is the training that he received when he first became president many years ago in action, isn't it?— ago in action, isn't it? yes, the detail that _ ago in action, isn't it? yes, the detail that works _ ago in action, isn't it? yes, the detail that works in _ ago in action, isn't it? yes, the detail that works in and - ago in action, isn't it? yes, the detail that works in and around| ago in action, isn't it? yes, the - detail that works in and around the president, vice president orformer president, vice president orformer president, works regularly to communicate with them what we will

do, meaning the secret service, in a particular situation. you get a vibe, a familiarity with your agents. not in a friendly fashion but on being with people on a daily basis. so the former president obviously knew that something was wrong, he looked around him, the agents put a body shield if you will around him and if you listen to a lot of the video tapes that were available, the agents�* responses to each other are spot on, they are communicating in and around that area, they are communicating with each other and they chose not to move the president to the vehicles, the armoured vehicles until they were made aware that the threat was negated, and that�*s when they moved him to get him to the car, putting their bodies between him and any subsequent harm that might still be out of the area. i�*m subsequent harm that might still be out of the area.— out of the area. i'm already hearing a bit of criticism _ out of the area. i'm already hearing a bit of criticism of _ out of the area. i'm already hearing a bit of criticism of the _ out of the area. i'm already hearing a bit of criticism of the secret - a bit of criticism of the secret service, is thatjustified, do you think? service, is that 'ustified, do you think? ~ ., ~ think? again, i think we will find out. if think? again, i think we will find out- if the _ think? again, i think we will find out. if the secret _ think? again, i think we will find out. if the secret service - think? again, i think we will find out. if the secret service needsl think? again, i think we will find i

out. if the secret service needs to take a hit on this, they will command a thing that they will also utilise the situation to look in the mirror and see what may have gone wrong, something did go wrong, and how do we fix this in the future, how do we fix this in the future, how do we continue to develop our protective methodologies to make sure that you are providing the best protective product to our protectees everyday? we have to be perfect everyday? we have to be perfect every single day so we have a zero failure situation here that we have to make sure we don�*t get involved in. to make sure we don't get involved in. ., , .,, to make sure we don't get involved in. ., , ,, . to make sure we don't get involved in. how must those secret service a i ents in. how must those secret service aients be in. how must those secret service agents be feeling _ in. how must those secret service agents be feeling right _ in. how must those secret service agents be feeling right now, - in. how must those secret service agents be feeling right now, do i in. how must those secret service | agents be feeling right now, do you think? we agents be feeling right now, do you think? ~ ., ., , _, . think? we are all very concerned, we obviously have _ think? we are all very concerned, we obviously have a _ think? we are all very concerned, we obviously have a connection - think? we are all very concerned, we obviously have a connection with - think? we are all very concerned, we obviously have a connection with our| obviously have a connection with our brethren who were out working that venue yesterday, ethic a lot of us were wondering if we could react in the proper way if that situation had approached us. but a lot of camaraderie and a lot of very good people in this agency that worked very hard everyday to protect a lot of people in the united states. so i

for that detail and i�*m keeping them in my thoughts and prayers, as was the family of the injured and deceased participant at the venue yesterday, there is a very sad situation. d0 yesterday, there is a very sad situation-— situation. do you think this is ioiin to situation. do you think this is going to affect _ situation. do you think this is going to affect the _ situation. do you think this is going to affect the way - situation. do you think this is going to affect the way in - situation. do you think this is l going to affect the way in which these rallies are held in the future, the way in which evenjoe biden is protected? this change the way in which the us political system sees protection? i way in which the us political system sees protection?— sees protection? i don't think you are ioiin sees protection? i don't think you are going to _ sees protection? i don't think you are going to see _ sees protection? i don't think you are going to see a _ sees protection? i don't think you are going to see a lot _ sees protection? i don't think you are going to see a lot of- sees protection? i don't think you are going to see a lot of major- are going to see a lot of major changes. you may see some tweaks, some sanding down of some protocols to try to make things a little better. the secret service is very good at what it does but we can certainly get better by looking at the situation, having a hot wash in an after action session to see what theissues an after action session to see what the issues are and how we begin to prevent those from happening again. and there will be an investigation, i�*m sure. how long do these stay, normally? i'm sure. how long do these stay, normall ? �* . ~ i'm sure. how long do these stay, normally?— normally? again, i think they are ioiin to normally? again, i think they are going to want _ normally? again, i think they are going to want to _ normally? again, i think they are going to want to get _ normally? again, i think they are going to want to get to _ normally? again, i think they are going to want to get to the - normally? again, i think they are l going to want to get to the bottom of this pretty quick but you want to make sure an investigation was

thorough. the secret service will be investigating its practices and protocols with respect to the actions and crimes that were committed. they will be conducted by the fbi. so there will be some investigations going on at a lot of different levels, again, to see what went well, what didn�*t go well and how we avoid those bad aspects in the future. ., , how we avoid those bad aspects in the future. .,, a ., the future. robert mcdonald, retired secret service _ the future. robert mcdonald, retired secret service agent, _ the future. robert mcdonald, retired secret service agent, it's _ the future. robert mcdonald, retired secret service agent, it's been - the future. robert mcdonald, retired secret service agent, it's been a - secret service agent, it�*s been a really interesting to get your expertise, thank you very much. thank you. hours after the assassination attempt, a video of donald trump walking down the steps of his plane in newjersey was shared online. posted by his deputy communications director on social media, the video shows trump descending the staircase unaided, whilst an armed agent stands guard. his right ear, which was injured, cannot be seen in the footage. donald trump has posted these comments on his truth social site.

there has been a lot of reaction from all political sides to the events we can speak now to greg swenson, chair of republicans overseas uk. let me ask you for your reaction, first of all. it let me ask you for your reaction, first of all-— first of all. it was total shock here in the — first of all. it was total shock here in the us. _ first of all. it was total shock here in the us. i— first of all. it was total shock here in the us. i landed - first of all. it was total shock here in the us. i landed in i first of all. it was total shock - here in the us. i landed in chicago right around what had happened so my phone was lighting up my first thought was, this was an assassination, and i was relieved five or ten minutes later when people confirmed that he was not killed and not tragically injured. but definitely shock, and people are

i think in many ways, people on both sides of the aisle are rallying round and i hope this is a moment where the rhetoric and dial down a little bit. ~ ., ., , ., ., _ little bit. what do you mean by that? well, — little bit. what do you mean by that? well, just _ little bit. what do you mean by that? well, just the _ little bit. what do you mean by that? well, just the trump - that? well, just the trump derangement _ that? well, just the trump derangement syndrome, i that? well, just the trump i derangement syndrome, the that? well, just the trump - derangement syndrome, the focus that? well, just the trump _ derangement syndrome, the focus on personality over substance and policy. sound problems 0k, greg, i'm sound problems ok, greg, i�*m afraid we�*re having a bit a problem with the line. i�*m not sure if you can hear me but we are having a bit of a problem with your line, it seems to not be working particularly well. let me try again. can you tell me again, what did you sayjust their? he talked about issues surrounding

rhetoric from the democratic side, i imagine, to the republicans. but there is an argument to say that the republican cycle particularly from mr trump has been quite similar, focusing on personality and not policy? focusing on personality and not ioli ? ., ., ., , focusing on personality and not ioli ? ., ., ., policy? yeah. i mean, as long as it is personality _ policy? yeah. i mean, as long as it is personality in — policy? yeah. i mean, as long as it is personality in a _ policy? yeah. i mean, as long as it is personality in a positive - policy? yeah. i mean, as long as it is personality in a positive way - policy? yeah. i mean, as long as it is personality in a positive way and i is personality in a positive way and we can make that argument either way, but i think what�*s important is that some of the rhetoric in the last eight years, but especially this year, has been really hateful. i think that�*s a mistake. i think we should be able to criticise each other and have intelligent conversations about strengths and weaknesses without getting really hateful. i mentioned a trumped arrangement syndrome, it is really alive and well and i hope i�*ll a bit after this. alive and well and i hope i'll a bit after this. �* ., . ., , after this. but the rhetoric has also come _ after this. but the rhetoric has also come from _ after this. but the rhetoric has also come from the _ after this. but the rhetoric has also come from the trumpet . after this. but the rhetoric has l also come from the trumpet xi, after this. but the rhetoric has - also come from the trumpet xi, has it not, in the past? it is notjust trump derangement syndrome, as you put it. there has been rhetoric from

the trump side which some have argued has been going on for a lot longer. so sorry, i don�*t think this is going to work. i feel that the technical gremlins are getting in between you and i. i think we�*re going to try in a bit to try and get a better line for you because i do want to hear what you have to say and i appreciate you taking the time, having landed in chicagojust last night, as you said, it is very early morning in america. so, thank you for your efforts to try and speak to us, we will try to get greg back a little later. let�*s bring you some reaction now from international leaders to the assassination attempt on donald trump. the prime minister keir starmer said... the french president emmanuel macron

said... the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau said... meanwhile, fumio kishida said... and the indian women�*s nyirenda multi—set, deeply concerned by the attack and my friend, former president donald trump. strongly condemn the incident. violence has no place in politics and democracy is. wish him a speedy recovery. our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the deceased and those injured and the american people. the kremlin has also responded to the attempt on donald trump�*s life. the russian government said this.

there was dmitry peskov. we have also had some news from the trump campaign. there has been a memo apparently sent to staff saying they are increasing security at campaign offices around the country. these are attributed to the politico, not from us. the trump campaign has sent a memo to staff which says they are increasing security at campaign offices. but if we can, let�*s just show you pictures once again of the

events of last night. ijust want to show you these pictures one more time of what happened at that rally. you can see herejust moments you can see here just moments after he is speaking, he purchases here and drops to the ground. the fbi says it is continuing its investigation into these events. it has identified the gunman as 20—year—old thomas matthew crooks, who was shot and killed by the secret service shortly after this happened. if you are stepping away from the television and you want to keep up—to—date with what�*s happening, do go to the bbc�*s live page. you can see there is live reporting from so many of our correspondence and journalists both in the uk and indeed in the us, lots of video, lots of eyewitness accounts, everything you need to know about those events. i�*m back in

a few minutes here on bbc news so for now, stay with us. hello, there. for many, there�*ll be some dry and bright weather around today, a little bit of sunshine, but quite a bit of cloud, too — particularly across parts of northern england and across scotland. in the borders earlier, it was a little bit murky, and we�*ve got some rain around here, but also there�*s some murkiness around some of the coasts of scotland further north, too. this low pressure�*s the reason that we�*ve seen all the rain through the weekend — high pressure, though, is building into the west, which is why the north west highlands may well see the lion�*s share of the sunshine. it�*s still a cool breeze with us today, but not as strong as yesterday — however, still bringing in rather dank and drizzly weather to parts of southern scotland, into northern england. one or two light showers potentially, northern ireland,

further south and west across england and wales, but fewer than yesterday and they shouldn�*t be as heavy, either. and temperatures will get a little higher, as well, because we�*re getting a bit more sunshine. so just the slightest chance of a shower at wimbledon, and it should be dry — as you can see — in berlin, for the match this evening. and quite warm, as well — probably warmer than it will be here in the uk this evening. if you are planning to go and watch the match on a big screen around the uk, i think you will be quite cool into the evening hours. a lot of dry weather around, but just still some lingering drizzle perhaps across parts of the north of england in particular, and towards the north midlands — but again, it should be light and patchy, as you can see, by that stage, it�*s a weakening feature all the time. the north wind starting to ease, the winds falling light, little bit of mist and fog again by morning, as we saw this morning, and already by morning more rain pushing into the south and west. so a little bit on the cool side first thing, but actually it looks like a reversal of fortunes for tomorrow. we�*ll see drier weather across the north and east

of scotland, northern england. we�*ve got offshore winds instead, so it�*ll be warmer. instead, we get heavier rain, some thundery rain moving in across parts of southern england, wales, marching its way steadily southwards through the day. but, yes, quite a notable change where we�*re seeing just 12 to m across the north sea coast today. it should feel warmer and a little bit brighter tomorrow with some sunshine. that low pressure moves into the north sea again on tuesday, taking with it a lot of showers. then perhaps a brief ridge of high pressure around mid week — it doesn�*t last long, we�*ve got more weather systems coming into the north and west, so that�*s primarily where we think we�*ll see the rain late in the week, and perhaps something a little bit drier further south. there�*s more, as ever, on the website.

this is bbc news. the headlines: an assassination attempt on donald trump as he speaks at an outdoor election rally in pennsylvania. the former us president says a bullet ripped through his ear, but he survived without serious injuries. this is the gunman filmed on a nearby roof. the 20—year—old was shot dead moments later. we do not currently have an identified motive, although our investigators are working tirelessly. the bbc�*s gary o�*donoghue was covering the rally. he and his team were forced to take

cover as shots rang out. we are just waiting to see if things have cleared and we are just — as you can see, we are on the ground behind our car, which is not ideal, but that�*s the shelter we have at the moment. there's no place in america for this kind of violence. it's sick. it's one of the reasons we have to unite this country. we heard earlier some reaction from world leaders to the assassination attempt on donald trump. well, we have also had reaction from uk policians. the house of commons leader, lucy powell, spoke to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg on her sunday programme. well, these are appalling scenes. this is an horrific incident which we can condemn completely and fulsomely. thankfully, president trump was not injured more seriously.

the consequences of that are unthinkable.