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this is fox news continuing coverage of breaking news, president biden calling on americans to unite in a rare address from the oval office. >> mus there is no place in america for this kind of violence, period. no exceptions. we can't allow this to be normalized. >> the address comes as investigation to what went wrong is now ramping up with investigators trying to figure out why there was a major break down, thomas matthew crooks was able to get a clear line of sight to shoot and open fire on former president trump. at a campaign rally in pennsylvania, moments ago, president trump landed in milwaukee, has only

addressed the public through social media weaker team fox coverage, cb cotton is live in pennsylvania with latest. aishah hasnie in milwaukee just hours ahead of the start of the republican convention, we begin with senator white house correspondent peter doocy who is live at white house with more from president biden's remarks. reporter: good evening, president biden says he is grateful that donald trump is doing well' after a phone call the two of them had. and president biden setting aside the adjectives he has used for donald trump for now. >> we can't allow this violence to be normalized. the political has gotten heated, time to cool it down. we have responsibility to do that. reporter: biden campaign that had paused negative ads after this assassination attempt will resume

tomorrow, both dnc and campaign will continue to draw the contrast between our positive vision for future and trump and republicans backyard's looking agenda over the course of the week according to biden campaign official, president biden will visit nevada tuesday to counterprogram the republican national convention a little bit, urging republicans on stage to let him have it as long as criticism remains focused on policy. >> i have no doubt they will criticize my record and offer their own vision, i will be traveling this week with our vision. i'll continue to speak out strongly for democracy. stand up for the constitution. and rule of law. call for action at the ballot box, no violence on the streets. that is how democracy should work. reporter: president biden saying he will make sure that trump gets whatever protective measures he needs to stay safe. trace.

>> peter doocy we'll get back to you. >> let's bring in former 2024 republican preside presidential candidate vivek ramaswamy. it is great to have you on the show, we have learned now that president trump will adjust his speech, change it maybe entirely focusing on that america should be united. what do you think of that? what do you think the message trump should convey at this convention? >> i think his head is in the right place, this is a time for national unity, you want to think about lincoln over 160 years ago called on the same convention, saying a house divided cannot stand. against itself, reality is united states of america is deeply divided today. joe biden is the guy who ran on the promise of unites the country, he failed on that. or we would not be where we are, i think that biden in particular faces a fork in the road on one hand his message has been historyionics about saving

democracy this creates greater risk of wrong national climate, on the other hand, if that is his only message there is room for another candidate to replace him, rrn republicanses would be well to focus less on president biden and more on who we are and what we stand for, i believe in doe beforing a landslide it year. >> interesting vivek, i was listen it president's oval office address he was talking about lowers rhetoric and bringing temperature down he said we must not go down the road, but honest truth he brought us down that road, we'll show cheasm examples later. but he brought us down that road. >> there is no doubt, i think that address, this is san opportunity -- trace this is an opportunities for us to step back as americans what happened last night was a wake-up call for us, did biden make the mistakes and

-- is media to blame for this national environment, absolutely. but this is beyond blame game. we have an opportunity to take the road less traveled and say, we're not just running from something, we're running to something. i think this could be if one silver lining comes out of what was tragic over the week, one silver lining, let to be this could be a wake-up call to america to turn the page on this toxic chapter in our history, we have an opportunity do it. mr. trump, the way he has conducted himself has been an example of what true leadership looks like, i spoke to him last night after midnight, he was in strong spirits, and his fortitude and his team of national unity will be good for the country and next 4 years. >> are you saying this is end of nicknames for former president trump. of pointing out what his

opponents are doing wrong and how they are doing it wrong. is this kind of a new or we going to see a new donald trump when we speaks before the country first speech after the assassination attempt? >> the reality is trace, there is a side of donald trump that the rest of the country has not seen, i have gotten to known him well. and this something that cares about national unity. i don't think that media or platforms he has been given have given him an opportunity to show that side about how much he cares about this country, he does, not so much a change as showing the country who he really. is and who we really are, not just as a republican party, but as americans. and i think that people across the country are hungry for this america that i miss is where we could disagree. at the dinner table in open debates, yet still befriends and fellow citizens at the end of it that is not compromising our values but standing for our values

without compromise, but one of those values is we settle our differences through peaceful free speech and open debate, not through violence, that isa what makes america great. >> vivek ramaswamy thank yothank you, sir for your time. it is interesting steve hilton, you listen to vivek ramaswamy, he says we at this convention could see a new donald trump. >> well, i agree with vivek's characterization this is part of donald trump, remember, in the years before he became a politician, as it were, he was used to uniting the country, through admiration for his business accomplishments and in television, this is a big part of who he is, we need to take stock and remember, what we have just seen. remember that it means. we just saw someone in that

moment, of a normal person, terror and fear, stand up and demonstrate the kind of strength and courage that will be essential for tackling all of the problems that we need to see solved in the country. whether it is taking on the bureaucrats in deep state or china or radical left, you name it, the whole country in need whole world saw strength and courage that trump supporters have seen. for so many years, and explained the kind of devotion that they have to this man, it has been a historic moment in so many ways, but the positive aspect, is that we have seen kind of leadership on display, that is truly, truly remarkable, and we have never seen from any president, certainly in our lifetime, probably in history. >> i wonder, if anyone in democratic party, is anyone talking now about joe biden's stepping down.

right now, joe biden seems to have a more difficult task on his hand, he is now vowing he is not starting to call donald trump names no longer hitler or no longer say he is unhinged. he has to run on his own record with could a tall task. >> very tall, we have seen a new side of donald trump over past couple days, un; unfortunately we have seen the same old joe biden even tonight, there were two very simple words that joe biden should have given to public, i'm sorry, he should have apologized hear his role in heating up rhetoric in this nation that led to us this boiling point, he paid lip service to political unity. just last year he got on stage and smeared the is

country here, is part of the problem. >> she says he should say i'm sorry, and joe biden just days ago, this is part and parcel of rhetoric he was using against his opponent. >> we're going to say who he is, what he intends to do, focus, donald trump is a convicted criminal. convicted hos most importantly, from the welcombottom of high heart, trump is a threat to this nation. >> threat to this nation, it was rough, gloves off. steve hilton. >> and you can go back month by month, year by year, see the same rhetoric from joe biden. and from all of the democrats that the media amplifying it, you know in good faith, we should

sincerely appreciate the warmth of the president's words in terms of his personal concern of donald trump in this moment and his family, but honestly these lectures about unity and calls for unity, spare us, joe biden, you have no standing to issue those calls based on what you have been doing for the last few years. >> interesting now, kaylee white, you say have ron desantis will speak, and president will give a united speech, a u.s. needs to unite speech. if feels like the g.o.p. is uniting itself, do you get that take away? >> absolutely, you know, trace, i said last night, i was worried about assassination attempt on donald trump would have a chilling affect on the republican party and on trump's supporters.

i am here in milwaukee today for the rest of the week, i'll say, speaking to delegates who are here, you are experiencing the opposite, they have hope, they have optimism for the future of the country it because they are here in large part they are here to see a real example of leadership which has been sorely lacking here for three years, donald trump is here and promising to deliver what joe biden has not been able to deliver to the american people. >> here it is steve, you talk about historic images one from yesterday, one last year, you remember the one on left. it was president biden speech he had the red curtain it looked like soviet union circa 1981, you see yesterday, donald trump it looks like american flag is upside down, and only one that can make it right side up is donald trump with that you know post asis nati

assassination thing here, he is an image that a lot of people are moving forward in in campaign, one is not so flattering and the other is historic and could soon b iconic. >> yes, because the biden image was fake and manufactured and total dishonest. that speech was crafted to tell a lie about donald trump and his supporters, and you see in that moment, authentic donald trump extraordinary, the raw strength and energy and fierce commitment to this country, to his supporters and movement he built but above all to america and making america great again, all captured in that moment. absolutely incredible, and people thought that mug shot was going to be the iconic image that captured donald trump's strength and determination, now we have some that is even more powerful and will echo down

history for decades and centuries to come i would imagine. >> caylee, your thoughts, i asked same of vivek ramaswamy, what do you believe the former president needs to convey during this co this convention. >> provide alternative to american people, do you want 4 more years of chaos that we've seen from biden administration. where left does whatever it pleases or know what example of strong and courage, which is what trump shows when he raised his fist in the air after nearly avoiding being shot. i think those two very clear images are what voters will head to polls with this november. >> thank you so much. >> the trump campaign and rnc affirming plans that this week's national con convention will go on as scheduled, aishah hasnie is live for us in milwaukee with the latest on this.

reporter: i am here on the floor of the convention center, and i can tell you that security is very high. but delegates say, they feel safe. >> i have full faith in our law enforcement they will allow to us have a great time here and a lot of fun, me as a delegate to cast my vote for donald trump to be next president of the united states of america. reporter: now, no major changes at the rnc this week, other than former president trump's speech in an interview. trump said this is a chance to bring the whole country together. even the world together. the speech will be a lot different, a lot different than it would have been two days ago, in this very same interview trump describes how close he was to death. saying he had just turned his head to read from a screen, which actually saved his life. he said, that reality is

just setting in i rarely look away from the crowd. had i not done that, in that moment, well we would not be talking today would we, congress is taking action, senate homeland security committee launching an investigation into assassination attempt and security failures that led to it and house oversight committee called secret service director to testify on hill next week about what went wrong, in milwaukee a programming announcement today. former presidential candidate nikki haley has accepted an ini have vyi invitation to speak tuesday, we're told there might be a few mentions about this assassination dar attempt president asked everyone to stick to their preassassination attempt speaks to issues and themes of the day and source said that is what presidentment business. >> to move on irk aish, aishah hasnie in milwaukee

thank you. >> "new york post" report irlidlidia moynihan and dee sarton, lidia, i am stunned at media reaction to the assassination attempt on former president trump, but this is cnn special correspondent jaime, in what she said. >> i do want to say there is one thing that when i watched the tape, i found that -- because of all of the heated rhetoric that is that after he was hit, former president trump got up and said, fight, fight, fight. i think what we're hearing from people is, that is not the message that we want to be sending right now, we want to tamp it down. >> the guy who just got shot, seems like he is a bit angry lidia that should be tamped down. he should say something calmer or cool and

collected. >> the idea that you are victim blaming to check treatment goes to show how angry, the media is with trump it belies hatred they peal for him, but they are outliers, think that everyone was blown away by strength and courage he displayed with that reaction, still officially a potential shooter he is still putting up his fist, in hours since then he and former first lady melania have been clear they want county. this is what you will see for the rest of the campaign. they biden, can barely get off the stage, and barely climb stairs, you see on the other hand this strength that trump displayed. >> seems to me.

>> no commentary, change. >> seems that the media is fomenting this, this is the new republic, the cover in june, released in early july. this is donald trump as hitler, american fascism is headline. on to read today we at new republic is spend this new election year debating -- or we could spend it saying he is damn close enough and we better figh fatal ways villainizing. >> i saw this made me sick to my stomach it demonizing trump, we have seen how differently people can look at same scene, the same thing happening and see it so differently. we talked about it a lot before, one thing that i want to comment otrace, adversity, i have watched with this president over the last several years, now but, in the last few months, is

how adversity seems to be shaping him. in a different way, you know we talked about god 's grace saving his life, bible talks about adversity, and how it shapes us and how god can use it, ke. i really will be curious to hear how the president connects the dots about all adversity he has faced, with what he faced yesterday. >> this this jen psaki talking about how going into the convention she is afraid. >> i am scared. i am scared for journalists and people who have public platforms of all parties that is how people should feel, unless the programming changes, the rhetoric and how the programs is set up is not actually calming the tone. or restoring civil tie. >> sity. >> she is scared. >> the self importance of

media is shocking in hours that someone was assassinated, they turn narrative to be all about them, you learn from day one, you should not be the story. >> we learn this a long time ago, we should not be the story this is not about us. >> that is the truth, and in this moment, this is about the american people. and about the need for real leadership, true leadership, honestly, humility and moving forward. >> well said, thank you so much dee and lidia. >> coming up latest on ground in pennsylvania outside of home of suspected is shooter thomas matthew crooks, cb cotton has been covering story all day, she is joining us live. that is next

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look. speaking of getting a closer look we know investigators are trying to get access to gunman's phone. they -- i'm told by sources there may be data to give new insight on how the shooter was trained. an attorney for a local sports man club confirming to new york times that shooter was a member. the attorney said that club admonishes senseless act of vie been he could not comment purring because of the investigation. the 20-year-old graduated from high school just two years ago and he worked as dietary aid a local nursing center, a spokesperson said that his background check was clean it clear himself to work. rwe have learned he was a registered republican, according to voting records and another set of records, and those show that during the 2021 inauguration, shooter made a 15 dollar donation to a progressive turn out project, a

chicago-based political act committee, we did not have a clear view the shooter home, until now, we know from the law enforce think sources that bomb making togethers were found inside, most of those items have been shipped off to kwa quantico and we're learning about long time firefighter who was killed in this horrific tragedy. pennsylvania governor shares that firefighter was passionate about his faith and family and died a hero. >> corey was a girl dad, he died a hero. the corey dove on his family to protect tell last night. >> a senseless tragedy, we know governor shapiro has ordered flags across state to be flown half-staff. trace: thank you cb cotton, bringing in fox news

contribute or nicole parker and israeli special ops veteran, aaron cohen welcome to you. do you first nicole, rallygoers knew there was a mun began gunman on top of that roof, they talked about it. >> he had a rifle. we could see him with the rifle. we're pointing at him, police are down there running around on the ground. we're like, hey, man, there is guy on the roof with a rifle. in police were like what. you know, like they didn't know what was going on. trace: we learned that a police officer actually confronted the shooter then, either ducked or turned away and he got the shots off. the bottom line he got shots off and question is, how. >> that is a great question, you are a sworn officer to protect, you encountertion asomeone at a rally, how

could you just walk away from that go back down the ladder, you fire that weapon with whatever you have maybe they thought they were going up against an assault rifle. i don't care. you are expected to go toward fire. and i believe that this actually this shooter was not going to be dissuaded from former president trump, he could have shot the police officer, he did not, he was set on the target. thank goodness, by the grace of god trump is still with us today. trace: right, and question, aaron cohen, is this is a 20-year-old with no military experience how in the world does this person get up on a roof with a rifle, and aim it at former president of united states maybe get off 9 shots. >> trace, the secret service model is based on multilayer flats form. platform, it would a

multilayer failure evening, i believe it was in first part, and fourth layer, the advance teaming that get to locations before anyone shows up, they do searches and they are checking for anything suspicious and they systematically could systemic lock it down. that including all of the buildings in the surrounding area, that is where the security failure was for whatever reasons, whether manpower not enough guys or enough support from leadership in dc, the heads of secret services security for president trump is not nearly as robust as security for standing president, trump will have hundreds of agencies with him, including support personnel. for whatever reason there was a failure in advance and ability to lockdown that

building that saimon ster failure -- is monetary failure, the sniper dee team that neutralized him good on them. >> congress can, cory mills was talking with jesse waters crime time prim primetime he said this about people on top of the building. >> there should have been -- the men you that the local law enforcement who had a rifle pointed on him, there should have been a channel, we have a shooter on the roof, shooter on the roof, secret service should have rushed stage, and taken president off of the stage, the shot should have not gone off. >> 100% right, as a former fbi agent, they have been a problem. at parkland school shooting comes were a problem, there is a pat energy law enforcement. i would say let's learn a

lesson, i know that secret service director, she is so focused on things such as you know by 2030 hiring 30% he fails, whme mails, wh females what that about, i am a female, i should not be hired based on my gender, i should be hired because i am qualified, you should be buying 30 drones that could be eliminating the problem, what is up with technology at u.s. secret service they this have stop technology in world, and the fact they are more worried about dei, that is unacceptable. >> dan bongino said the same thing, there was no raria aerial view. >> a lot of technology that was missing, with my agency back east we have a half dozen drones, they are not cheap but we fly them, they give you an ability too see

things, they feedback real-time, i agree with nicole, failure is astronomical, i agree with bongino, but i want to say, looking at the footage, that footage on the actual beast -- >> let's pull up that, video of trump put into the car. >> the footage you notice, some of red flags that are ticking with me hard, i'm not pointing my finger at fe salfemale service agents, you see her struggle to get her pistol back in her holster, chaos insuing, people are running around in a monitor chemical dump, my monster can the inability the train stock able to function under stress with thissic racktion ectoget that vehicle out, no one is performing under stress that is my main red flag. you have to get off of the

exit that truck needs to be moving. there could have been additional shooters get that vehicle out, that quickly as possible so that president is alive by the grace of god he turned his head. trace: aaron cohen, nicole parker thank you. >> anna paulina luna is joining us live next.

trace: republican lawmakers calling for investigation into attempted assassination of former president trump, we bring in florida congresswoman anna paulina luna, great to have you on. want to play you sound, the president talking about the investigation. >> we do not know the motive of the shooter yet. we don't know his opinions or affiliations.

we don't know whether he had help or support. or if he communicated with anyone else. law enforcement professionals as i speaker investigating those questions. >> you want congress to investigate, what are you looking for? what do you want them to focus on. >> correct, i have asked speaker johnson and a number of clothes to set up a select commit we full soup opensubpoena authority to conduct a parallel investigation to what happened we have director of secret service agreed to give us a briefing, it has not happened yet. fact it has not happened yet is not putting much faith in my opinion in to their own ability, i think right now number one question i have is why was president not provided with more secret service protection, who is making those decisions, i want to remea remind

americans that biden denied secret service for rfk jr., what happened last night should have never happened there was a gross drop in judgment. it is a divine inten intervention by god that president trump is not dead now. trace: saying that potential domestic terrorist tack, at-this-point, it appears that he was a lone actor, we investigating this as an assassination attempt as a potential domestic terrorism tack, is it more important to get to the motive, which appears to be fact that he wanted to kill. the former president or more important that we actually get to the security and how this happened in the first place? >> i think it is

multifaceted, it emboldens others. will not take note, we need to ensure that all angels are hit and working with people with an interest in finding out the truth of what happened. i do look forward to conducting the investigations. trace: what do you think about when you hear some of the security people talk about there was a major breach, a major break down in what happened at that rally in pennsylvania yesterday. what do you think? is this the motivation for you, to call for the investigations? >> i think it is multi facetted you are looking at footage coming out from people who were screaming there was a shooter on the roof, and law enforcement could not neutral rise t ize the threat and the way secret service responded to have trump seem to have been left in the open by agents who were ful fumbling to

control there are firearms, i do respect our men and women in law enforcement but they should not be fumbling like this. he was within range of any other i think elected official that would have confidenhave never been tolerated, we need t to ensure that truth is out there for american people. trace: congresswoman thank you for coming on the show. >> god bless. trace: coming up we're joined to weigh in you on cloifsclose of a call of it for president trump, and impact that social media could have had on young people, specifically the shooter in this case, we're coming right back. to duckduckgo on all your devie

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trace: talk about a close call, board certified medical doctor and pro israel activist. welcome to you both. i want to put this up, dr. hamadi, you showed us, this is an mri, purpose to notice, give you more context about what we're

seeing, see that red that is an arrow to goes from ear to the brain. you tell us it is about one third to two-thirds of an inch between the ear and the brain. relating to shooting yesterday. >> this mri image shows you what a close call trump had, it could have been fatal or very devastating that red arrow from outer ear, where we call the ear. not the inner ear. actual brain tissue, you have scene, soft tissue, bone and protective layer the durarc anra that is one thirds to 2/3 of an inch at most it is under an inch that is very little space even if he did not get a direct hit, the shock wave

from a bullet at that speed, it enough to have actually caused damage. it is major. trace: we talked about it yesterday, he was facing audience, then he turned, shooter was on this thing, you are staying same direction. it was close, we talk about political violence, one of the i'm actions people have talked about over past 30 years, an expert in political violence said, once political violence is normalized it spreads across the spectrum, we have talked about it dr. nazariam, when the antiisrael protests, and george floyd riot its was normalized. you talk about this stuff work. we have normalized violence, see this, young people realize it, it di detrimental.

>> most of the country wants civility. we don't want to normalize violence, like you said we saw it with george floyd, globalize intifada, you hear from left, that president trump is hitler, a fascist for 8 years, what do you think will happen? what is the next step. >> you are right. you look at this, you think. for young people, who get most of their news, as we know from tiktok, and social media. you know it has an -- i don't know enough about social media to say it has a negative affect. it has to play into this. >> absolutely, studies show younger you go the more you can be influenced by social media, there is a reason that term going viral exists, something spreads

within a community like a virus, it explodes. when they do look and react and respond, you know people will act on it. that is where danger is. trace: we talked about this, we were talking about these protests, you look at this you talk to young people who are involved in these anti-israel protests, you ask them questions, that a refeerepeat the phrase, from the riffe river to the sea, they have no idea what it means, they believe there is a noble gesture to protest on behalf of the -- they believe are oh, presse the oppressed people, you wonder if this translates to this young 20-year-old shooter. who got up on the building and fired shots at the former president. >> but the same type of

moral twisting that allow people to condone rape or murder, we saw in reaction was a lot of social media media people, saying why did you miss. or if only it was you know a blitz ain't inch this way, you would have killed trump. i mean, over and over again. today. >> they think it is okay, they think it is okay, the same reason you can't wear people who wear maga hats are afraid, they are afraid to put trump signs in their front yard, there is no hate here, and kamala harris and joe biden but you put a trump sign, and you are always looking out like i hope i don't offend anyone displooy s. >> what i saw today, in san francisco, people are walking with maga hats on. >> really. trace: that crazy. dr. hammati, we have a situation, where maybe people are coming out, saying i'm doing what i want to do this is how i feel,

and that guy is tough, meaning former president trump. and i'm standing up on his behalf. >> president trump has a unique opportunity to turn this crisis to change. one that actually brings us to what your nation is founded on it is not just okay it is good to disagree and debate, we need that. trace: thank you, both. fox news special coverage continues at the top of the hour, coming back and hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don't have to worry about it" conversation. so you're calling about the $9.95 a month plan -from colonial penn? -i am. we put it off long enough. we are getting that $9.95 plan, today.

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