years since have proven him right. >> our thanks to josh mankiewicz for that story. i hope we all learned something from what happened here in butler, pennsylvania. we want to thank you for joining us for this special. i'm tom llamasa i'm hallie jackson. join lester holt tomorrow night for the interview with president biden. and join tom and i tomorrow live from milwaukee for our coverage of the republican national convention, all of it on the heels of this difficult moment in american history. for all of us here at nbc news. thank you for watching our special coverage. goodnight and we will see you soon. t and we will see yo soon

good evening. continuing aricept national coverage of the assassination attempt on former resident donald trump rooted in a moment of great challenge for our country, president biden addressed the nation tonight from the oval office, stressing a message of national unity and and and to political violence. >> tonight, i want to speak to what we do know. a former president was shot eric an american citizen killed while simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing. we cannot and must not go down this road in america. we have traveled it before throughout our history. violence has never been the answer. whether it's members of congress in both parties being targeted and shot or a violent mob attacking the capital on january 6, or a brutal attack on the spouse of the former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. information and intimidation on elected officials with the

kidnapping lot against a sitting governor and an attempted assassination on donald trump york there is no place in america for this kind of violence, for any violence ever, period, no exceptions. we cannot allow this violence to be normalized. >> even as the president spoke, the investigation is yielding new clues as to how this could have even happened. a senior secret service source familiar with the planning of yesterday's event tells msnbc news that the roof or the shooter was located was a well- known high-priority vulnerability identified the day before during a security walk-through. we've also learned there were two counter sniper teams on site and that the counter sniper did not need approval to shoot. one source sing prior protocols were not followed. the fbi now says the alleged shooter, 20-year-old thomas matthew crooks appears to have acted alone. this evening, trump landed in

milwaukee, the site of this week's republican national convention. in a security briefing, the lead secret service coordinator for the rnc says there is no change to security operations. the fbi said today it already has more than 2000 tips about saturday's assassination attempt. joining me now, justice and intelligence correspondent ken delaney. this number alone gives you an idea of the breath of this investigation right now. tell us the very latest and what are the key questions that are yet to be answered here >> two distinct angles for this investigation. you described both of them there. the fbi is now trying to determine principally the motive, why the shooter did what he did and how he did what he did, where he got the gun, how he got the gun, so the fbi's engineering women members and relatives, trying to get inside of his home phone and hunt for digital trails, social media postings. it was clear from an fbi briefing this afternoon to

reporters that they haven't learned all that much yet that sheds on motive. we know he was a registered republican. he gave $15 to a progressive organization, which is perplexing. there's big unanswered questions on the outside of the investigation. on the other side, you have the question of security failure, how this could have possibly happened. he said, we are learning that the secret service there was a vulnerability with these buildings outside the security perimeter, particularly with their rooftops that provided an advantageous position for a sniper. but that source did not explained to us is why it wasn't the roof covered? there appears to be an attempt by some secret service officials to blame local officials, to say that they were assigned to do it and they did not there at york what i'm told by experts today is that ultimately, the buck stops with the secret service. they're the ones protecting former president trump it's

their scene. if they assign police officers to protect the building that did not happen, they have a responsibility to pull him offstage or fix it york that is a question that will be inquired about four an independent review and by house republicans and senate democrats, both of whom announced investigations today. house republicans plan to call the secret service director to testify before congress. >> there was a lot of conversation in the press conference today with any number of officials there. we should say that the person was at the milwaukee press conference for the sacred service set i'm just focused on what's happening at the rnc. i cannot speak -- that's a job for the dmc -- d.c. secret service office to answer, but there seems to be some confusion, for those who are not familiar with the way these security situations are set up about who is responsible for what, because there are state

and local law enforcement and then there is the secret service. help folks understand who is supposed to be doing what and how those other places supplement what the secret service cannot do. >> that is an excellent question. it is confusing. what former officials are telling us is that it is the secret service that designs the security plan, the security mosaic. it is ultimately their responsibility but they do not have all the manpower to fanout and cover every possible site and possible threat, so then last the help of local officials. in this case, pennsylvania state police, butler township police and other local police from all around the area. they come in and do things and go places where the secret service agents can't go because they don't have the staffing. typically what we are told is that it would be local police assigned to buildings outside the security perimeter to stand on the roof and make sure that snipers don't get up on the

roof. that obviously did not happen in this case. the question becomes did a local police agency dropped the ball? did the secret service not ask for this to be done for some inexplicable reason? we do not know the answer to that yet ultimately, the buck stops with the secret service. they can assign local officials to do things, but if they don't do them, the secret service has to follow up and make sure it happens or they have to take donald trump away because ultimately it is their job to protect the former president. >> where does this go from here? you covered any number of big high-profile situations like this, not the attempted assassination of a president but very high profile. where does this go from here? >> the public is going to get the answers to these questions in due course. there is real pressure here. there is a real hunger for information about this, so i think it will happen sooner rather than later. it is unclear at the contours of this independent

investigation that biden ordered today, how long that will take but you can be sure congress will demand answers rather quickly. i think we will see public hearings york will this be the kind of thing that leads to people in the secret service losing their jobs? we don't know yet. that's not clear. what is clear is that there was a profound security failure here and senior officials in washington and want to use. >> the man who fired from the rooftop at warmer president trump's relic 20-year-old thomas matthew crooks, worked as a dietary aide at a nursing home and bethel park, pennsylvania. the facilities administrators say he performed his job without concern and his background check was clean. saturday night, he was shot and killed at the scene of the attempted assassination by secret service snipers and that investigation is now underway to find the motive as we just heard and also how he pulled it off. former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence frank

joins us now. let me start with questions that were raised at the end there which are about, frankly, the guy on the roof. he was clearly in the line of sight, easily discernible by people who were near donald trump you're in those bleachers behind donald trump york some of whom reportedly made comments about it telephone calls were made. within the line of sight of an armed man. so what happened here? what are your questions? >> i've got a few questions. the secret service's own language to describe their mission on the website is zero fail, period. that's a high bar york you won't find a special agent in the secret service anywhere today to say that saturday was anything but a colossal failure. it was. and it is likely, as ken

pointed to, that even though it is early, we are likely to find out that this was identified as you have reported as a high risk threat and then likely assigned to state or local police and that is where something broke down. other officers left their post and allowed the shooter to climb up to the roof, or they thought maybe someone had got up there but maybe it was a secret service agent, but the colossal breakdown in communications has been fatal. so we are going to have questions like who understood what their role was? was it a mixed responsibility? which in my experience is a disaster when you say for example the secret service can see that roof, so we will take the roof of our sniper. you take the floor. make sure no one gets in or out of that holding and we are good. when you split that up, that's a problem. that's a scenario that is hypothetical now. they could have completely said it is all yours. roof and ground. you do this.

but there could have been confusion amongst state versus local or local versus county. all of this will come out eventually. we have limited time here, because we do have the rnc and then the dnc. most importantly, it has been looking like the secret service was spread way too thinly for a long time. too many protect these of all kinds. large family to protect, as well. from candidates and everyone. they still do investigative work. let's not forget that. we are not mentioning that enough. will think of them as progressing -- protecting the presidency. they investigate high-tech crimes, currency crimes, crimes against children, anything to do with technology. they do it also. they need to be relieved of those duties so they can concentrate on the primary mission. >> we heard from at least one witness who claims he watched the shooter with a gun for several minutes before shots

were actually fired deric in that time, law enforcement allegedly did not react. i wonder how important eyewitness accounts will be as they are putting together a picture of what actually happened there. >> rest assured the fbi will be tracking those people down. it is important to emphasize, though, that the fbi's focus is not what went wrong with the secret service or the police, but rather to focus the shooter, how he got his weapon, his background in motive and any connections to others in the conspiracy. part of that is going to be interviews. the president, as can said, has set i'm ordering an independent investigation. what does that mean? does he mean the dhs ig which may not be in favor inside the beltway's of washington? does he mean secretory mayorkas who was the subject of an attempted impeachment or is he going to go outside the government and assemble a special team for this investigation.

that's where i think this is heading. >> you are on call today with the earlier -- fbi director and attorney general. what were those conversations like and what was the briefing like? >> we learned something. the fbi even said on the call we don't usually do this, but we understand the demand for information, so i think this was positive to get out in front of this. what new things did we learn? there was something else that will be the focus of the investigation. the shooter had a suspicious explosive type devices in his vehicle and they searched the vehicle. fbi bomb tax rendered those entered and they were transported to the fbi lab in quantico. we know the fbi did fingerprinting right on the scene on the deceased shooter. they did dna. we are learning things here, but the question with the bomb material is again, the use of

bomb dogs, was that explored? who is responsible for that? how far away was this? close enough to block egress of the motorcade if it exploded? those are things that we will discuss on the call today. >> it's always great to have your expertise, thank you. why secret service says is not expanding security at this week's republican national convention. we will take you to milwaukee. .

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thousands of republicans have descended on milwaukee looting armor president trump who arrived earlier today. top political figures, celebrities and business leaders i had at the start of the rnc. in the shadow of the assassination attempt against the former president. this is the rnc coordinator for the secret service he was asked

if there any plans to expand security operations there. >> is the secret service, anticipating county planning to ask and perimeter? >> we are not anticipating any changes to our current security plan. >> after yesterday's assassination attempt, questions were circulating about whether people will be allowed to carry guns in the area surrounding the secret nervous perimeter. milwaukee's police chief address that question earlier today. >> in regards to the ability to carry a firearm outside of the perimeter, again, state law allows for the particular right to carry firearm. we, as a city, cannot legislate out of that work we have to risk the second amendment right to carry a firearm, especially in regards to open carry or conceal carry with your license. >> von hilliard live in milwaukee. that question about firearms was a key part of the press, wrens. we know they are expecting

large numbers, perhaps thousands of protesters. i don't know the latest numbers are that you might be hearing. talk about that and about the rnc plans to make sure this convention is secure. >> you are the milwaukee police chief suggest it was not the decision of the city on whether firearms can be promoted or not because wisconsin is an open carry state. so the area that we are calling the soft perimeter where the public is able to come and go, there are no cars allowed but several blocks are blocked off except pedestrians can come and go as they please. that's outside the hard perimeter which is where we are standing right now. can a hard perimeter, only vips, delegates, credentialed press are able to enter that secure area and no firearms are allowed in the. that's right us to secret service official there overseeing ordination of the rnc convention this week

whether based on the request of the governor, the democrat here to expand that no firearms on, that secured zone, she said no, they were not making a consideration. of course, there is concern stemming from that attempted assassination just a little over 24 hours ago. now they've made the case that they have been preparing for this in milwaukee for 18 months and they have the resources it takes to give the area secure. >> obviously the president of the united states sat in the oval office today and decried political violence, calling for unity. what do we know about donald trump's approach to this, the tone that he is going to set and there has been some talk about whether he might even look to sort of shift the theme of his speech and of the convention overall. >> just in the last hour, donald trump has arrived here to milwaukee for the convention. he stayed last night at ed minster. i'm told he played a full 18 holes of golf here today.

for him, he talked with the washington examiner who just published a piece about 30 minutes ago in which trunk described rewriting his entire thursday night primetime convention speech. those were the words of donald trump to the washington examiner. i want to read you part of his own quotes. the reality is just setting in. i really look away from the crowd that had i not done that in that moment, we would not be talking today, would we? he goes on to say this is a chance to bring the whole country, even the whole world together. the speech will be a lot different, a lot different than it would have been two days ago. those are words hear from donald trump today to the washington examiner. there will be a roll call vote tomorrow inside of this convention to formally making the nominee for president for the republican party but we don't expect him at least as of now to actually address the arena crowd, the thousands of

delegates who will be on hand until thursday night with his nomination acceptance address. >> one are we likely to see him actually? we have not seen him publicly. we did not see him obviously once he got in the vehicle after the assassination attempt he was gone. >> the campaign team posted a short video of him getting off of the plane here today but that's about it. tomorrow we could of the vice presidential announcement. what form that comes in is unclear. does he go until thursday without addressing the crowd or cameras? likely not. usually you see the presidential nominee come out and introduce their vice presidential running mate the night before their own address where you see them in a video recording or something, so knowing him, it's hard to see him not being in the public eye for four days but it's what's happening here in milwaukee i had of the convention. the push on capitol hill to

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i'm chris jansen in new york and continuing special coverage of the assassination attempt the former president trump. last night, president biden addressed the nation from the oval office sing plainly there is no place in america for the violence that we saw yesterday. meanwhile, trump is now in milwaukee. according to fox anchor rick baer, trump praised biden for calling him after the accident. trump is rewriting his conventions each with a theme of unity. tonight the secret service says there are no changes to the current security plan for the event and there are no known threats against the rns the or against anyone in attendance.

president biden has ordered an independent review of the attempted assassination with congressional leaders demanding briefings and planning their own investigations. mike johnson on the today show this morning promised congressional action. >> we will do a full investigation of the tragedy yesterday to determine whether relapses and security and anything else the american people need and deserve to know. in the meantime, got to turn the rhetoric down and the temperature in this country. >> also announcing they will propose legislation providing joe biden, trump and robert kennedy jr. with enhanced secret service protection. joining me now is the republican congressman mike lawlor. tell us about the proposed legislation.

>> obviously, chris, our country is at a precarious moment. our election should be determined by the at a ballot box. it's essential to ensure the well-being of all of his candidate starting with former president trump and president biden. and robert kennedy jr. his family has been victim twice to assassination. what we saw yes today is unconscionable and it never should have happened here the grace of god, millimeter over and we would be having a very different conversation tonight. incumbent to ensure the safety and well-being of each of these candidates. i think we need to make sure is a congress and as an executive branch government with president biden's admin is ration that all precaution is taken and enhance security is

provided. there should never be a question, certainly not at this moment, with four months to go until an election, about whether there is enough sick harrity to protect these candidates. >> the rnc is about to start hours from now. the dnc is coming up and we're heading into the heat of the campaign season. once we get into october and november. we've been through this before as a country. the number of appearances by these candidates gets exponentially higher, generally. how fast, how urgent is the need, as you see it and what conversations have you been having? i know it has not been long since this attack, but are you anticipating bipartisan support? >> i would hope so. there are a lot of questions that have arisen from yesterday's assassination attempt, including how and armed gunmen was able to get on top of a roof with an open,

clear line of sight to the former president. as i said, we would be having a very different conversation. universally, i would hope all of my colleagues agree we need to act swiftly. we need to make sure these candidates have the resources and security that they need. obviously, there has been numerous reports about robert f kennedy requesting and being denied secret service protection. and as i understand it, president trump does not have the full suite if you will of security that the current president has. given that the president trump and very likely next president of the united states, and given

what happened yesterday, we need to make sure all precaution is taken and all resources are are taken to ensure the well-being of these candidates. >> we are hearing publicly many of the same messages with biden in the oval office fleeing to lower the temperature. vigor of the house mike johnson. are the conventions an opportunity to both parties to show that they can lower the temperature while still having the necessary debate about the important issues facing our country? do you believe it's realistic, it's possible, congressman, the lower the temperature? >> i represent a district that joe biden won 10 points that has 80,000 more democrats and republicans. when i go out in my district, people are tired of the division. they want us to unite. we have political differences. we disagree on policy. and we should have those robust

debate. the vitriol and by hatred and the rhetoric, you know, that it targets on each side, it needs to stop. if trump wins, american democracy will endure. our democracy is not under threat. he's not a fascist. we need to get back to debating these issues, the substance of these issues, the policy differences that we have as republicans and democrats, but understanding fully well that at the end of the day we are all americans and we care about this country. we love each other and we need to move forward as a nation. the reality here is this. america is the greatest force for good in the world pure can precede right now the world is a tinderbox. i need america to lead. we need america the way it appeared we have challenges in this country that need to be addressed but they can only be addressed if we are willing to have honest, robust debate and

not use these political exercises to demonize one another. >> congressman mike lawlor, thank you so much. we appreciate your time. president biden today is reset using the historic backdrop of the oval office to deliver that message of national unity. >> we disagree, compare and contrast the character of the candidates, records, issues, agenda for america. we resolve our differences at the ballot box. >> joining me now, correspondent mike emily and congressional correspondent julie sirkin. i will start with you since we just talked to mike lawlor and there have been all these various calls for investigations, for change, as we heard from the congressman, more secret service protection for the presidential candidates. talk about what you are hearing from members on the hill and whether they they will be able

to accomplish some things here in terms of the investigation. and what might be needed in the very short term. >> that's at the role of congress. as mike johnson said they will need to take time for mike johnson -- law enforcement to complete an investigation before congress can step into any sort of oversight role. today, members and leadership of committees have been in touch with that head of secret service, fbi and homeland security secretary alejandra mayorkas, as well. potentially sing the oversight hearing on the house led by jens, as soon as next monday, eight days from now. he wants to call and all of those agencies to find out exactly what transpired and how that assassination attempt of former president donald trump was possible. my conversations in the last

double of hours with democrats, they are really looking at this moment as you heard mike lawlor seeing the republican side of the aisle is a moment of transformation that perhaps the rhetoric could be cooled down. this is a congress that has been part and 32 january 6th to increased rhetoric and increased political violent -- violence. we know that security is heightened and light of this attempt on the former president/last night. members, though not here in town and on recess, will be briefed virtually from tomorrow on the sergeant at arms. this is really top of mind for republicans, for democrats. for lawmakers as you heard, time to cool down the rhetoric, turned on the page. unfortunately some democrats also tell me they do not believe that will happen. i think this is only the beginning. to seven hours ago. we are talking potentially more democrats calling out president biden to exit the race.

you are dealing with that situation but also not dealing with the fallout of this assassination attempt and everything that comes with it in the capital here >> that skepticism that i think a lot of people feel when they hear things like unity, lowering the temperature, stopping the attacks, reality check if i might, what was president biden and his team's realistic object of going into this speech tonight? >> is one person close to the president would put it, it is to get the president back to home base. this is a theme.: four lowering of the political temperature. not rivals or enemies even. it goes back to a theme of the 2020 campaign. it was part of the vic speech he gave days after the election when they called the election and it was a major theme of his state of the union address and what have we seen during his three point years in office?

he had to advance a policy agenda that at times was very difficult and had him at odds with his own party. dealing with foreign crises and the aftermath of the january 6th attack on the capital which really did change the way lawmakers looked at one another. even just in the last 48 hours, we saw president biden making some of the starkest romance he has made to date about trump, his political opponent. now there is a moment that the white house sees as an opportunity for the president to bring back his role as a unifier, as an important one in the week ahead. >> thanks to both of you. for your report and throughout these last 24 hours. for every moment that shakes us, there are indelible images and indelible stories york yesterday it was the associated press photographer who captured the moment that the former president, bloodied, was surrounded by the secret service york the story of the heroic father who died while shielding his family, and also the stories of the people who never wanted to become a part of history, including this e.r.

dr. >> i was covered with blood red my face was covered, so was my shirt. my usa shirt on. my trump hat on. also had some brain matter on me. after that interview, and i was in shock with that. i was in disbelief, just shock. after that interview, to the left was an army combat veteran. and -- excuse me. after the interview, he came up to me and said brother, there's blood on your face. i said okay. and he gave me his water bottle, wash it off, look at my shirt and i wash it off as much as i could. and then i had to the bottle back. he would not take it. he stepped over and put his hand on my shoulder and said,

are you okay, brother? >> joining me now is historian doug brinkley. i want to talk about images and stories and how they shape history. i think if you say kent state or you say dealey plaza or president bush at ground zero, everybody knows that part of history that i'm talking about. how do these images shape moments, modern history in particular where there is so much available imagery? >> most famously, jfk's assassination, you had the film. now anybody can find clint on the limousine and the image of jackie kennedy with a pink suit on and actually having to put brain matter, doing that with john f. kennedy. we've seen that over and over and over again. your question reminds you of andy warhol, the famous pop

artist. he did an entire series and the '60s called death and disaster. whenever there was a iconic image, he would blow it up and put it in the on colors. documents in car crashes and assassinations and suicide. sent campbell's soup or john wayne portraits and culture. we are a culture of gun violence and pretended to all turn forward when tragedy happens, both in a mournful way but also the sense of human entry. art photography, film, any of these things becoming part of the story like trump's felony photograph, or getting arrested. his mug shot becomes kind of an iconic visual document of our time also. >> it is impossible obviously to know what this moment in history will mean pure crystal have the rnc, the dnc and the

election. because of the things we know about right now. when you look at this moment in history, what went through your mind as you are hearing what the president had to say about calls for unity and calls for lowering the temperature x >> you know, mainly that we live with one president at a time and that our president york whether he runs or not, he's going to be most likely the president all the way through january. that's a long time. we'll have to get around that regardless of politics. second, he seems tired and sad. i know he is saying cool things down, guys, but it has been a very tough few weeks for him. he has also had the problem of his son, hunter biden, to worry about. a lot of his close friends and allies wanting him to step down and not be the democratic nominee after he bundled up all the delegates. so he is in mourning like a lot of people are. there is a certain sadness

across the land once the kind of shock of seeing trump shot. we all turn forward. the is to be kind of a downer like what are we doing in this country? i feel there is an element to president biden and his remarks this evening. it's grief. >> this reflects what the country is feeling. millions of americans feel tired and sad york i certainly know a lot of our viewers come up to me and tell me that they are costed here and they have a sad about them, about what they are seeing unfold in this country. we go back to 1963 or 1968 and it felt, at times like how are we going to get through this? 9/11, january 6th, the thing that we always hear from president biden is that we are the greatest country in the world and there is nothing that we can't do if we remain together. what does history tell us about

dealing with these moments that feel so bad in the moment and are horrible? >> particularly, barack obama was good whenever there was a tragedy, he kind of became the grief counselor in chief. after obama we are always looking for a president to heal. i thought he was trying to do that but he doesn't want to go to texas, doesn't want to show off. shouldn't be campaigning because people are dead. there is a feeling that he did the right thing, talking to the nation in a straightforward fashion. don't be too long. don't make it about american politics or with yourself. let it settle here so people can process. in that way, he represented a lot of us who on this sunday evening are fatigued by the last 30 plus hours. >> douglas brinkley, thank you.

new details about the former fire chief whose life was taken at trump's rally in pennsylvania. one of his firehouse colleagues will join me next to tell us what we should know and what we should remember about him. him.

storm tonight we are learning more about the rally go were killed in the attempted assassination of former president trump. 50-year-old corey comperatore, a former fire chief, was shot as he used his body as a shield to protect his wife and two daughters. here is how pennsylvania's governor josh shapiro described him in a press conference today. >> he was a dad, he was a firefighter here he went to church every sunday. he loved his community. most especially, he loved his family here he was an avid soup order of the former president.

she was so excited to be there last night with him in the community. i asked his wife if it would be okay for me to share that we spoke. she said yes. she also asked that i share with all of you that he died a hero. that he dove on his family to protect them last night at this rally. >> joining me now, randy reamer, president of the buffalo volunteer township company where he served for two decades, including three years as chief thank you for joining us tonight york my condolences to you and your colleagues with corey. you heard what the governor just said. he was a hero. is that the man you knew?

>> it is pure q was the greatest american hero. he took a bullet for the president. he protected his family. he covered his family from gun fire. he loved his family, loved his girls. there were his world. loved the fire company. he was a 30 year veteran of the department. is one of the greatest human beings i've ever met in my life. you will be greatly massed. high praise indeed. among firefighters, there are amazing and terrific people. looking at the photos of him and his family and these two beautiful daughters, can you tell us about him as governor schapiro put it, as a girl dad? >> he was definitely a girl dad. she loved those girls more than anything on earth.

they were his world. and tragically now they will never see their dad again. i feel for them. the worst thing that you could ever go through probably. >> losing a father -- unimaginable, going together as a family york i wonder how things are around the firehouse. are you feeling the love, the admiration that so many people in this country who never met him feel? understanding what he did to save his family. >> we've been doing phone calls pretty much all day. i have heard from guys from the fdny, oklahoma city, pennsylvania, ohio.

san diego. everywhere from across the country. sending their condolences. we are a big brotherhood and we lost a great brother tonight. yesterday, i'm sorry. it's just a tragedy. >> there is a neighbor of cory's who one of my colleagues was able to have a conversation with his name is paul. they were neighbors for about 20 years. here is what he told folks. he says he knew i was a biden fan. i know he's a trump fan but we never let that come between us. we still said hi to each other. we still talk to each other. and i wonder if there is a lesson from him. gets her ethic that he lost his life in telling it, but in the

way he treated other people, and he treated them that way in the midst of what is a highly charged political environment. >> he never talked about political affiliations down here at the fire company. we knew where he stood and he never posted on anyone. if you had a different opinion, it did not matter to him. we are all human beings living on earth and it doesn't -- it shouldn't matter what your political affiliation is, or anything. you can still talk to each other. that's one thing that you can learn from corey. he didn't care what you believed in peer care with still talk to you and be your friend in a minute. you could call him at any time and he would be there for you. >> we only have a minute left

but i wonder if you can tell us what you will miss the most about corey. >> i will miss his leadership. he was a good leader. he was a great mentor. she would always take the time to show you any you wanted to know beer core if you did not know how to do something at the station or on a fire scene, he would show you what to do and how it should be done. so you get back on the truck and you go home and your family also. it is a tragedy. the world lost a brother, a friend, a father, a husband, a son, just an all-around great person. >> again, our condolences to you. for folks who would like, there

is a gofundme for his family. randy, thank you and our best to you and the folks there at the firehouse. that does it for our special coverage of the assassination attempt on donald trump. we will be back after a short break. t break.

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