hello. america is reeling tonight from an assassination attempt on donald trump. it happened at a rally in pennsylvania, when a gunman on a nearby roof evaded security and shot at mr trump, who dived for cover. one member of the crowd was killed while protecting his family, and two others were injured. the gunman was subsequently shot and killed by the secret service. donald trump has called for americans to stand united after the attack — and president biden has condemned it. but as well as shock, there has been immediate blame and counter—blame — and also a strong sense of foreboding as to what this means for the us. for ourfirst report tonight, our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in pennsylvania and was at the rally where the attack took place. and you know, that's

a little bit old, that... it was just a few minutes into donald trump's speech when a volley of shots rang out. get down, get down, get down. the former president could 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, to put their bodies between him and the shooter. get down, get down! when you look back closely at those moments, the sheer horror of the events is hard to avoid. first, the rapid gunshots. then the bullet, captured in midair on its way to its target. the former president going down to the ground and then, with help from the secret service, getting to his feet. he also resisted leaving the stage because he can't find his shoes. i got you, sir. let me get my shoes. sir, we've got to move.

a potent reminder of what shock can do to people's thinking in the moment. it's difficult to hear, but he tells them several times to wait before raising his fist. he can be heard saying the words, "fight, fight". cheering. usa, usa, usa! while all this was going on, close to the stage, we were outside, hearing the shots, not knowing where they were coming from, afraid for our own safety. we're just waiting to see if things have cleared. as you can see, we're on the ground behind our car, which not ideal but that's the shelter we have at the moment and that's what we're trying to ascertain, what's happened. as people streamed out of the venue

they told us what they'd seen. one man, a local business owner, described how he noticed a man he believed to be the shooter climbing a low roof nearby, holding a weapon. we noticed a guy crawling, you know, bear crawling up the roof of the building beside us, 50 feet away from us. so we're standing there and we're pointing at the guy crawling up the roof. he had a gun, right? he had a rifle. we could clearly see him with a rifle, absolutely. we're pointing at him. the police are down there, running around on the ground. we're like, hey, man, there's a guy on the roof with a rifle. and the police were like, huh, what? they didn't know what was going on. get over here!

we now know at least one spectator was killed and two more critically injured. a doctor in the crowd tried to help. i heard the shots. i thought it was firecrackers to begin with. somebody over there was screaming, "he's been shot, he's been shot," so i made my way over. i said, "i'm an emergency department physician, let me help you." the guy had spun around, wasjammed between the benches. there's the helicopter coming in to get him. so i got people... was the only one person shot that you saw? - i did cpr and chest compressions. president trump was taken straight off 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. later, he posted on truth social.

thomas crooks. the fbi has named 20—year—old thomas matthew crooks as the subject involved. he graduated from high school two years ago. condemnation of the shooting was swift. the idea that there is political violence or violence like this isjust unheard of. it's not appropriate. everybody, everybody must condemn it. everybody. joe biden headed straight back to the white house. a rare oval office address to the nation in prime—time scheduled for this evening. meanwhile, promising full investigations. the biden campaign is suspending its activities for the time being, but donald trump, seen here after the shooting last night, has said 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? gary o'donoghue, bbc news, butler, pennsylvania. so, as we heard there, the fbi has named the gunman as 20—year—old thomas matthew crooks. authorities say that a motive has not yet been identified. crooks lived around an hour's drive from the site of the rally in pennsylvania in the town of bethel park — from where tom batemen sent this report. this ordinary suburb of pennsylvania woke to news that one of their own tried to kill donald trump. 20—year—old thomas crooks lived here with his parents, now being told their son was dead. the fbi and state police raided in the darkness, trying to work

out what motivated him and whether he acted alone. how does it make you feel, knowing that...? he's on the street? yeah. how anybody else would feel. you know, as far as... i trust the neighbourhood, i trust the people. there's never been anything happening that brought the police down here. he rode my son's school bus. so what happened 7 tell me what you were told. they said that the state police came to the door and told us that we had to evacuate, that there was a state of emergency and they said there's a bomb on the street. the police haven't confirmed a report that explosives were found in the family home, but it's known that crooks followed a website about guns and detonations. the fbi is searching the house. they've been here through the night. a key question for them will be over any motive and whether crooks's politics played any role. records show that he was a registered republican, but he also gave $15 to a progressive or liberal campaign group on the dayjoe biden

was sworn into office. in his high school yearbook, crooks appears as a smiling teenager. one former classmate is baffled about what switched for this once diligent student. he was always getting good grades on tests, everything like that. he was very passionate about history. but it was nothing out of the ordinary. he was a nice kid and i had never had an experience with him where i was, like, he isn't nice. he was always nice and i was always friendly to him. america's suburbs were always set to decide this coming election. now, fear and angry division is deepened, not because of the ballot box, but because of the barrel of a gun. tom bateman, bbc news, bethel park, pennsylvania. let's speak to julia manchester national reporter for the us political news website, "the hill".

this "the hill". covers everything in congress oi’ this covers everything in congress or us politics. when it comes to what we have been witnessing, there are criticisms already of those republicans who are trying to link the biden campaign rhetoric to trump�*s assassination attempt. what do you make of that kind of conversation already kicking off just moments after this assassination attempt? just moments after this assassination attemt? ~ ~ assassination attempt? well, we knew that this was — assassination attempt? well, we knew that this was going _ assassination attempt? well, we knew that this was going to _ assassination attempt? well, we knew that this was going to be _ assassination attempt? well, we knew that this was going to be politcised - that this was going to be politcised from the get—go because the situation in itself is very political. remember, this is the front runner, the republican nominee for president. it happened quite frankly on the eve of the republican national convention before president trump was supposed to head out to milwaukee and it came on the heels of a disaster two—week news cycle for president biden amid questions about his health and his fitness for office. so this was a really perfect storm for the politicalisation and we are seeing some republicans

levelling this rhetoric. now, president trump himself has not yet levelled this rhetoric. we know that he spoke with president biden last night. we are told that that conversation was brief but respectful. we are seeing president trump untruth social today calling for unity and to unite the country. so we will see what he says in the coming days. but it does just emblematic of the increased political violence against elected officials we have seen here in the united states and really around the world in recent years. you united states and really around the world in recent years.— world in recent years. you have touched upon — world in recent years. you have touched upon this _ world in recent years. you have touched upon this statement i world in recent years. you have| touched upon this statement on world in recent years. you have - touched upon this statement on truth social, of course, donald trump's social, of course, donald trump's social media sites calling for unity. we also had a president biden call for unity, that unity is elusive but it's what's absolutely needed. is that possible given the politicalisation that you have just described? politicalisation that you have 'ust described? ., ~ ., �*, ., ,

described? you know, it's really hard to see _ described? you know, it's really hard to see how— described? you know, it's really hard to see how it _ described? you know, it's really hard to see how it is _ described? you know, it's really hard to see how it is possible i described? you know, it's really i hard to see how it is possible right now in this moment. we are at an incredibly divisive moment here in this country and we knew this was going to be a long hard campaign cycle, but you know, we didn't expect it to escalate to this level. now that it has reached this extreme, maybe there will be more of an effort from democrats and republicans to try to bring this down. i thought it was notable earlier today we saw pennsylvania governorjosh schapiro, a democrat himself, talking about the rally attendee who was killed in the shooting yesterday talking about his passion to go see former president trump, talking about how he was a girl dad. and that was sort of symbolic of what politicians from both sides of the aisle need to do in this moment. it's important to point out that online right now we are seeing social media accounts from the left and the right

spreading disinformation, misinformation and politicising this. so i think right now it is very hard to do in this age of social media when information is spreading so fast and sometimes for the wrong reasons.— the wrong reasons. julia, a sad note to leave it on. _ the wrong reasons. julia, a sad note to leave it on, but _ the wrong reasons. julia, a sad note to leave it on, but we have - the wrong reasons. julia, a sad note to leave it on, but we have to - the wrong reasons. julia, a sad note to leave it on, but we have to leave | to leave it on, but we have to leave it from the news hill website. thank you. all this has happened as the republican national convention gets under way in wisconsin — where the party is due to crown donald trump as its candidate in november's presidential election. our north america editor sarah smith is there. president trump come the moments he almost lost his life yesterday and he told everyone to fight, fight, fight, we must dojust he told everyone to fight, fight, fight, we must do just that. he told everyone to fight, fight, fight, we must dojust that. we must fight, we must dojust that. we must fight to protect the future this country.

what a display of donald trump's rob political instincts. demonstrating his defiance under attack, he will not be seen as both a martyr and a hero. donald trump had already cast his vote as a choice between his strength and machismo versus what he describes as joe strength and machismo versus what he describes asjoe biden�*s weakness and advancing age. i describes as joe biden's weakness and advancing age.— and advancing age. i really don't know what _ and advancing age. i really don't know what he _ and advancing age. i really don't know what he said _ and advancing age. i really don't know what he said at _ and advancing age. i really don't know what he said at the - and advancing age. i really don't know what he said at the end . and advancing age. i really don't know what he said at the end of| and advancing age. i really don't - know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either. haw sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either.— what he said either. now he has shown he is _ what he said either. now he has shown he is the _ what he said either. now he has shown he is the ultimate - what he said either. now he has l shown he is the ultimate survivor. the contrast between the two men is even more stark. the president says he hopes the country can unite as one nation. he hopes the country can unite as one nation-— one nation. there is no place in america for— one nation. there is no place in america for this _ one nation. there is no place in america for this kind _ one nation. there is no place in america for this kind of- one nation. there is no place in| america for this kind of violence one nation. there is no place in . america for this kind of violence or any violence — america for this kind of violence or any violence for that matter. an assassination attempt is contrary to everything — assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation. everything — everything we stand for as a nation. everything. it's not who we are as a nation _ everything. it's not who we are as a nation its— everything. it's not who we are as a nation. it's not america. the everything. it's not who we are as a nation. it's not america.— nation. it's not america. the calls for him to — nation. it's not america. the calls for him to drop — nation. it's not america. the calls for him to drop out _ nation. it's not america. the calls for him to drop out of _ nation. it's not america. the calls for him to drop out of the - nation. it's not america. the calls for him to drop out of the race - nation. it's not america. the calls| for him to drop out of the race will be positive not silenced entirely.

some of donald trump's closest allies are directly blaming joe biden for yesterday's shooting, saying he incited it by calling mr trump a dangerous autocrat. the rhetoric has _ trump a dangerous autocrat. tie: rhetoric has been over trump a dangerous autocrat. ti2 rhetoric has been over the top. it really has. there's no figure in american history, at least in the modern era who has been so vilified and really persecuted. we modern era who has been so vilified and really persecuted.— and really persecuted. we fight, we fiuht like and really persecuted. we fight, we fight like hell. _ and really persecuted. we fight, we fight like hell, and _ and really persecuted. we fight, we fight like hell, and if— and really persecuted. we fight, we fight like hell, and if you _ and really persecuted. we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don't - fight like hell, and if you don't fight _ fight like hell, and if you don't fight like — fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you are not going to have — fight like hell, you are not going to have a — fight like hell, you are not going to have a country any more. donald trump himself— to have a country any more. donald trump himself has _ to have a country any more. donald trump himself has been _ to have a country any more. donald trump himself has been accused i trump himself has been accused of fomenting violence. on the 6th of january 2021 when his supporters ransacked the us capitol. he has been criminally charged with inciting this riot. it’s been criminally charged with inciting this riot. it's disgusting, it's one inciting this riot. it's disgusting, it's gone on _ inciting this riot. it's disgusting, it's gone on for— inciting this riot. it's disgusting, it's gone on for tart _ inciting this riot. it's disgusting, it's gone on for tart too - inciting this riot. it's disgusting, it's gone on for tart too long... l it's gone on for tart too long... all of the charges brought against him are claimed to be persecuted by the biden administration. i him are claimed to be persecuted by the biden administration.— the biden administration. i don't ever want to _ the biden administration. i don't ever want to hear _ the biden administration. i don't ever want to hear another - the biden administration. i don't ever want to hear another word | the biden administration. i don't - ever want to hear another word about january six. afterjuly 13. not one more! january six. afterjuly13. not one more! it needs to stop.— january six. afterjuly13. not one more! it needs to stop. donald trump is already looming _ more! it needs to stop. donald trump is already looming over— more! it needs to stop. donald trump is already looming over milwaukee -

is already looming over milwaukee this week. his message of making america safe again obviously now has particular resonance as his narrow escape will dominate the political discourse. sarah smith, bbc news, milwaukee, wisconsin. we're joined now byjames vike —professor of political science at widener university in pennsylvania, who focuses on political polarisation in us presidential elections. has it ever been this bad? of course, we have different assassination attempts, ronald reagan in 1981, jfk, but when it comes to the rhetoric, the discourse, has it ever been this polarised?— polarised? so, i can't speak to early american _ polarised? so, i can't speak to early american history, - polarised? so, i can't speak to early american history, there l polarised? so, i can't speak to i early american history, there was some pretty aggressive oppositional points, but my own research, i have been looking at the state of voters and their attitudes towards parties and their attitudes towards parties and major party candidates since

2008, 2008, 12, 16 and the 2020 election. what we have seen as a dramatic increase in a number of people who are what i call fully radicalised, where they have exceptionally negative views about the other party candidates and the other party in general, those views, including their candidate qualities and their candidate capabilities and strong among levels of support among their own parties, so in 2008 in the obama john mccain election, i found of the individuals affiliated with parties didn't have exceptionally high polarised viewpoints whereas now, that particular number is down to less than 20% of the individuals who are identified as potential voters as being able to kind of express viewpoints that aren't extremely polarised.—

express viewpoints that aren't extremely polarised. what you think that is coming _ extremely polarised. what you think that is coming from? _ extremely polarised. what you think that is coming from? 's _ extremely polarised. what you think that is coming from? 's are - extremely polarised. what you think that is coming from? 's are just - extremely polarised. what you think that is coming from? 's are just too | that is coming from? �*s are just too simple to blame this on the misinformation on social media, on spreading these kind of echo chamber feelings and thoughts? is that simplified explanation for this? so simplified explanation for this? sr there is certainly a rise of what is called negative partisanship where individuals are the primary driver of their attachment to candidates and their attachment is their disdain for the other party. a lot of that has come out of our contemporary news cycles and the internet is focusing a great deal on negativity, so you will find that if someone is fully polarised, either opposed to a democratic party in favour of a republican or the other way, favouring republican party and having disdain for the democrats, then they are going to be collecting and consuming news that is only

reinforcing that which they already believed to be true, which is that the other side is evil and not worthy of any type of support or admiration at all.— admiration at all. professor, on that note, _ admiration at all. professor, on that note. we — admiration at all. professor, on that note, we have _ admiration at all. professor, on that note, we have to _ admiration at all. professor, on that note, we have to leave - admiration at all. professor, on that note, we have to leave it l that note, we have to leave it there. thank you so much for sharing your expertise. thank you. much more on our website and i keep talking about president biden, he will be speaking about two hours' time or so. so we will bring that to you. but let's bring you up—to—date on the football news. spain is celebrating victory over england in the final of the european football championship in berlin. the score was two — one at full time. nico williams of spain put his team ahead early in the second half. england equalised shortly afterwards, before a late goal from spain to clinche victory lets crossover live to spain... apologies, we are crossing live to berlin, because that's where the game was. i'm focusing a little bit too much on spain, but given the

results, you will understand why. many thanks. i would love to be in spain, because the party there will be something else. england fans here and there are tens of thousands outnumbering the spanish hugely, but spain very, very worthy winners here, winning all seven of their matches here over the past month, and of course, the most important match, the final against england against berlin's iconic olympia stadium, which is about six miles away from us here on the other side of the gate. in some of their fans, the spaniards, you can hear them chanting in the night here in berlin, and that will go on for a long time as they become record for time winners of the european championship, winning 2—1, an unheralded hero for them scoring the winner in the 87th minute, giving england too much to do to come back

into the match again, as you are saying come all the way through the knockout stages, england really pushing their luck, coming from behind each time, but spain scoring that critical second that saw them to go on to lift the trophy. some big decisions for england now, really. gareth southgate 102 big decisions for england now, really. gareth southgate102 matches in eight years in charge, very likely that that will be his last game in charge. the fa would like them to stay on, but he almost walked away after they got knocked out in the quarterfinals of the world cup two years ago. he has worked wonders with this england team, picking them up from the roy hodgson ridging when they got beaten by iceland, two european championships ago and that disastrous bill for one match under... it was southgate who stepped up, got them to a world cup semifinal have now taken them back to back european championship finals, but they are the first team to lose back—to—back european championship finals.

to lose back—to—back european championshipfinals. he's to lose back—to—back european championship finals. he's the first manager to lose 2 euros finals —— 2 euros finals, that will really hurt this england team and gareth southgate. so expect there to be changes there, but what a turnaround for spain, beaten by morocco in the last 16 at the world cup, sacking their coach will stop louis bill la fuente is stepping up from the under 21 �*s, the spanish federation in turmoil, the sexual harassment case against their president, lewis through bla �*s, he had to step down, but against all of the outcome of this young team that lewis has shaped and crafted has been absolutely magnificent here in germany. the young player of the tournament, limning jamaal, scoring in the semifinals, setting up the opener here. he was the young player of the tournament. spain very, very worthy winners. but this is going to hurt england for a long time. it hurt england for a long time. it certainly will but what a journey it has been. thank you for being there

on every street twist and turn. live from berlin. i promise we will go to spain, we are going to go to spain, because someone who has been watching the team closely is sports journalist semra hunter — shes in barcelona congratulations. thank you very much. congratulations. thank you very much- and _ congratulations. thank you very much. and as _ congratulations. thank you very much. and as was _ congratulations. thank you very much. and as was just - congratulations. thank you very i much. and as wasjust mentioned, much. and as was 'ust mentioned, it's been much. and as was 'ust mentioned, its been a _ much. and as was 'ust mentioned, it's been a real — much. and as wasjust mentioned, it's been a real incredible - much. and as wasjust mentioned, it's been a real incredible journey i it's been a real incredible journey for spain following on what happened in the world cup, but let's face it, spain where the favourites, they went all seven games of the euros. you had to win, really, i guess. i suppose he would have to say based on everything that we have witnessed throughout the entire tournament, spain really should have one because they are the only nation to have ever won all seven games at a european championship before. and notjust that, they did with blair —— they did it with flair, they did with style. they did it in the way that they played. and i think that's the really exciting thing about

spain is not only do they have this new and improved identity, but they created a real team of collective individuals with a lot of question marks about how the young players would handle such pressure and such exposure on the stage and a manager that no one really knew how he would handle, because of course he had been at the federation for a long time, but working largely with the youth players, so he's actually the first coach, i think, to have ever won the euros, the other 21 team as well as now the euros for the senior team. so he clearly knew what he was doing. he had that experience of working with those young players, so for so many different reasons it has alljust for so many different reasons it has all just come for so many different reasons it has alljust come together so beautifully over the last four weeks when i have to be honest with you, going into the tournament, spain didn't really have high hopes, we thought that maybe quarterfinals at best, semifinals and then completely blown away by all expectations that we had. and i think that... we been

watchin: we had. and i think that... we been watching very _ we had. and i think that... we been watching very closely _ we had. and i think that... we been watching very closely as _ we had. and i think that... we been watching very closely as spain - we had. and i think that... we been watching very closely as spain did, l watching very closely as spain did, you are talking about those youth teams, those young players, my goodness. just turning 17 yesterday we had a correspondent where he started off, where he was starting to play football and that is certainly something to watch, isn't it? fit certainly something to watch, isn't it? �* ' certainly something to watch, isn't it? ' y ., , certainly something to watch, isn't it? ~ ' y ., certainly something to watch, isn't it? ' _,., ., certainly something to watch, isn't it2 ' _,., ., ., certainly something to watch, isn't it? ' ., ., it? at 17 years old and one day he has ltecome _ it? at 17 years old and one day he has become the appearance - it? at 17 years old and one day he l has become the appearance maker at european championship final, and on top of that record for the most assists provided in a tournament as well. he's the youngest player to do so and he is someone that is behind the scenes, he has been going through the academy for many, many years so many of his coaches said watch out for this one. he's a special talent, watch out for this one. he's a specialtalent, he's watch out for this one. he's a special talent, he's a rare talent. he someone who will make a difference in football. that is certainly proved to be the case for barcelona last season and for the

national team because he broke all kinds of records domestically. so 'ust kinds of records domestically. so just time for me to cut in there and just time for me to cut in there and just say congratulations once again to spainjoining us live from barcelona, from me and the team, congratulations england, but congratulations england, but congratulations spain. hello. we are very nearly halfway throuthuly, and the month so far has been decidedly cool — and for some of us, very wet indeed. there is some heavy rain in the forecast for the week ahead, but it is likely to turn drier and warmer, at least for a time. in the short term, though, it is this area of low pressure that is swirling its way in from the southwest, and this frontal system, which is going to generate some very heavy rain across the south of the uk during monday. further north, many places getting off to a fine start with some sunshine, but let's zoom in — some heavy thundery downpours for the channel islands, turning very wet across southern england, south west england and also wales likely to see some particularly heavy rain through the day, which could give rise to some localised flooding and some transport disruption.

that cloud spilling its way northwards all the while across the midlands, north wales, eventually into northern england. northern ireland not doing too badly — some sunny spells but increasing amounts of cloud. sunny spells and just one or two showers across scotland, although it could stay quite grey and quite murky up towards the far north — 1a degrees there for lerwick. but come further south, a fairly warm feel, particularly for these north sea coast where it has been so cool over recent days. temperatures getting up into the low 20s. now, that wet weather continuing to spill its way northwards across parts of england and wales as we go through monday night into the first part of tuesday morning, something a little bit drier and clearer out towards the west. and that rain will linger for parts of northern england down into the midlands, east anglia as we go through the day on tuesday. further west, though, we will see some spells of sunshine, albeit with some scattered heavy showers. and temperatures on tuesday, well, it's not going to feel too bad if you get yourself into some sunshine. typically high teens, low 20s celsius, but perhaps a little bit cooler than that where the rain lingers

for any length of time. now, as we move into the middle part of the week, this area of high pressure will tend to build. and that means actually on wednesday, a lot of fine weather around, some spells of sunshine, just one or two showers here and there. the frontal system is likely to bring rain into northern ireland later in the day, but ahead of that it is going to be pretty warm. in fact, temperatures down towards the south east corner could well get to 2a or 25 degrees. now, that drier and warmer weather will hold on for some of us as we head through the end of the week. but generally the further north and west you are across the uk turning unsettled again, turning cooler as well.

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