1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,360 UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED 2 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,150 ONE THING DONALD TRUMP JR DID SAY TO ME WHIT 3 00:00:04,150 --> 00:00:05,760 WE WERE ON THE PHONE IS 4 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:06,420 THAT 5 00:00:06,420 --> 00:00:07,970 HIS FATHER MADE A REMARK IT WAS A LOT OF 6 00:00:07,970 --> 00:00:09,050 BLOOD 7 00:00:09,050 --> 00:00:10,480 BUT AGAIN 8 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:11,450 NOT SOMETHING 9 00:00:11,450 --> 00:00:12,610 FROM MY UNDERSTANDING 10 00:00:12,610 --> 00:00:13,460 OF THE CONVERSATION 11 00:00:13,460 --> 00:00:14,770 I HAD WITH THE PRESIDENT'S 12 00:00:14,770 --> 00:00:16,100 SON NOT 13 00:00:16,710 --> 00:00:17,900 SOMETHING THAT 14 00:00:17,900 --> 00:00:18,780 WAS HEIGHTENED 15 00:00:18,780 --> 00:00:19,440 ALONG 16 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:20,930 IF YOU 17 00:00:21,010 --> 00:00:22,680 WE REPORTED A STATEMENT 18 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:24,000 FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN 19 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,240 THAT HE WAS QUOTE FINE BUT I 20 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:27,360 HAD THE CONVERSATION 21 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:28,740 WITH HIM 22 00:00:29,750 --> 00:00:31,090 THAT THINGS SEEMED TO BE OKAY 23 00:00:31,090 --> 00:00:33,040 REMAINING UNDER OBSERVATION 24 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:34,339 N 25 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,580 NEVER THE LES THE FORMER PRESIDENT OKAY AND 26 00:00:40,580 --> 00:00:42,300 IN GOOD SPIRITS 27 00:00:46,850 --> 00:00:48,300 WE ARE JUST COMING UP AT THE TOP OF THE 28 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:49,830 HOUR IT IS 8 00 P M IN THE EAST 29 00:00:49,830 --> 00:00:51,630 5 00 P M IN THE WEST IF YOU'RE JUST 30 00:00:51,630 --> 00:00:53,060 JOINING US NOW 31 00:00:53,060 --> 00:00:56,720 AS IF CAMPAIGN COULDN'T GET MORE HISTORIC AND UNPRECEDENTED 32 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,120 WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE NOW INVESTIGATING 33 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:00,039 AS A POSSIBLE 34 00:01:00,039 --> 00:01:00,960 ASSASSINATION 35 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:01,750 ATTEMPT 36 00:01:01,750 --> 00:01:03,049 OF FORMER PRESIDENT 37 00:01:03,049 --> 00:01:04,349 TRUMP 38 00:01:08,230 --> 00:01:11,799 THIS WAS A MAJOR CAMPAIGN EVENT DONALD TRUMP WAS HOSTING 39 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:14,230 BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 40 00:01:14,230 --> 00:01:17,330 WAS SET TO TAKE PLACE IN MILWAUKEE THIS WEEK 41 00:01:17,330 --> 00:01:18,629 THEN 42 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:24,409 YOU SAW THE 43 00:01:27,180 --> 00:01:28,709 FORMER PRESIDENT 44 00:01:38,780 --> 00:01:41,420 DUCKING DOWN DIVING BEHIND THE PODIUM 45 00:01:41,420 --> 00:01:44,519 AND THEN SECRET SERVICE RUSHING TOWARDS THE FORMER PRESIDENT JUMPING 46 00:01:44,519 --> 00:01:47,970 ON HIM AND FORMING SORT OF A HUMAN SHIELD 47 00:01:47,970 --> 00:01:51,790 AS OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENTS JUMP ON STAGE YOU SEE THEM 48 00:01:51,790 --> 00:01:54,660 WITH TACTICAL GEAR LOOKING INTO THE CROWD 49 00:01:54,660 --> 00:01:57,890 THEN THESE REMARKABLE IMAGES COMES IN THE FORMER WITH THE 50 00:01:57,890 --> 00:02:00,079 WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE BLOOD DRIPPING FROM HIS RIGHT 51 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:02,689 HERE BEING ESCORTED OFF THE STAGE 52 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:04,290 THERE'S ALSO A MOMENT 53 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:06,900 WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT PUMPING HIS FIST 54 00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:09,580 AS THE CROWD STARTED CHEERING WHEN THEY SAW HE WAS 55 00:02:09,580 --> 00:02:10,500 OKAY 56 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:11,939 THE PRESIDENT THEN ESCORTED 57 00:02:11,939 --> 00:02:13,689 INTO TH HIS MOTORCADE 58 00:02:13,689 --> 00:02:14,990 REPORTS 59 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:18,009 FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN 60 00:02:18,009 --> 00:02:23,909 AND FAMILY TELLING US THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS DOING 61 00:02:32,940 --> 00:02:36,020 THE D A IN BUTLER COUNTY THERE PENNSYLVANIA 62 00:02:36,020 --> 00:02:37,840 TELLING ABC NEW THAT IS 63 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,509 THE SHOOTER IS DEAD 64 00:02:39,509 --> 00:02:42,030 ALSO TELLING US THAT AT LEAST ONE BYSTANDER 65 00:02:42,030 --> 00:02:43,849 WAS KILLED AND PERHAPS ANOTHER 66 00:02:43,849 --> 00:02:45,150 WITNESSES 67 00:02:45,410 --> 00:02:48,940 TALKING ABOUT BLOOD IN THE STANDS BEHIND FORMER PRESIDENT 68 00:02:48,940 --> 00:02:50,990 AND PEOPLE BEING CARRIED AWAY 69 00:02:50,990 --> 00:02:51,979 IT'S UNCLEAR 70 00:02:51,979 --> 00:02:52,740 EXACTLY 71 00:02:52,740 --> 00:02:54,260 WHAT HAPPENED 72 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,650 WE'RE STILL WAITING ON MULTIPLE SOURCES FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 73 00:02:57,650 --> 00:03:00,919 TELL US WHETHER THE THREAT IS OVER 74 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,280 THAT'S UNCLEAR 75 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,520 BUT AGAIN THE SOURCE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING NOW IS 76 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:06,180 THAT 77 00:03:06,180 --> 00:03:08,479 LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TREATING THIS AS A POTENTIAL 78 00:03:08,479 --> 00:03:09,370 ASSASSINATION 79 00:03:09,370 --> 00:03:10,099 ATTEMPT 80 00:03:10,099 --> 00:03:11,490 AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT 81 00:03:11,490 --> 00:03:12,990 UNTIL THEY GET INFORMATION 82 00:03:12,990 --> 00:03:13,689 THAT 83 00:03:13,689 --> 00:03:17,009 IT WASN'T BACK TO RACHEL SCOTT WHO'S OUR SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL 84 00:03:17,009 --> 00:03:17,750 CORRESPONDENT 85 00:03:17,750 --> 00:03:20,620 ALSO HAS BEEN COVERING THE CAMPAIGN FOR US RACHEL WAS 86 00:03:20,620 --> 00:03:22,300 INSIDE THE ARENA 87 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:24,250 DURING THIS EVENT AND WHILE WE WERE ON THE AIR 88 00:03:24,250 --> 00:03:26,530 FOR WORLD NEWS AND IT WAS MINUTES LATER 89 00:03:26,530 --> 00:03:28,729 WHEN SHE HEARD THOSE SHOTS RING OUT 90 00:03:28,729 --> 00:03:29,970 YOU'VE NOW BEEN ESCORTED 91 00:03:29,970 --> 00:03:30,610 OUTSIDE 92 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:32,930 YOU'VE BEEN WITH US THE ENTIRE EVENING 93 00:03:32,930 --> 00:03:35,170 WHAT ARE SOURCES TELLING YOU 94 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,160 NOW Reporter 95 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,349 THIS IS THE SCENE THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WE ARE 96 00:03:39,349 --> 00:03:40,620 ESCORTED OUTSIDE 97 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:43,419 OF THE TRUMP RALLY WE ARE STILL NOT FAR FROM 98 00:03:43,419 --> 00:03:45,690 WHERE THOSE SHOTS RANG OUT INSIDE I WANT TO SHOW 99 00:03:45,690 --> 00:03:47,960 YOU RIGHT HERE THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH CONVERSATION 100 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,500 ABOUT THE SECURITY THESE WHITE TENTS RIGHT HERE 101 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:55,639 THIS IS WHERE SUPPORTERS WERE SCREENED BY SECRET SERVICE 102 00:03:59,389 --> 00:04:02,259 YOU GO THROUGH METAL DETECTOR YOUR BAGS ARE THEN SEARCHED 103 00:04:02,259 --> 00:04:05,180 THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS LIKE LARGE BAGS THAT ARE PROHIBITED 104 00:04:05,180 --> 00:04:06,480 THEN 105 00:04:07,449 --> 00:04:09,979 YOU ARE SCREENED AND GO INSIDE 106 00:04:09,979 --> 00:04:12,599 OFF INTO THE DISTANCE THIS IS THIS AREA THAT'S AN 107 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:15,139 ACTIVE CRIME SCENE WE WERE INSIDE 108 00:04:15,139 --> 00:04:17,339 THE MOMENT THIS HAPPENED WE WERE ON AIR WITH YOU 109 00:04:17,339 --> 00:04:19,860 LIVE WHIT FOR WORLD NEWS TONIGHT 110 00:04:19,860 --> 00:04:22,610 THEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOOK THE STAGE WITHIN SEVERAL 111 00:04:22,610 --> 00:04:23,910 MINUTES 112 00:04:24,829 --> 00:04:25,620 WE HEARD 113 00:04:25,620 --> 00:04:29,120 THESE POPPING NOISES ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER AFTER ANOTHER AFTER 114 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:29,850 ANOTHER 115 00:04:29,850 --> 00:04:31,560 AND THEN THERE WERE THOSE SCREAMS 116 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:32,339 WE HEARD 117 00:04:32,339 --> 00:04:35,560 SCREAMS FROM THE CROWD PEOPLE YELLING PEOPLE SHOUTING TO GET 118 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,600 DOWN PEOPLE SHOUTING GUNFIRE 119 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,600 GUNFIRE 120 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:39,519 COVER 121 00:04:39,519 --> 00:04:40,129 WE 122 00:04:40,129 --> 00:04:43,509 ALONG WITH OTHER TRUMP SUPPORTERS THEN DUCKED FOR COVER 123 00:04:43,509 --> 00:04:44,149 WE 124 00:04:44,149 --> 00:04:45,009 TOOK OFF 125 00:04:45,009 --> 00:04:47,230 GOING BELOW THE RISER COVERED OURSELVES 126 00:04:47,230 --> 00:04:49,620 OUR HEADS WE WATCHED AS TRUMP SUPPORTERS 127 00:04:49,620 --> 00:04:52,790 TILTED OUT OF THEIR CHAIR COVERED THEMSELVES AS WELL SHIELDED 128 00:04:52,790 --> 00:04:54,090 THEMSELVES 129 00:04:54,629 --> 00:04:55,350 ONE SUPPORTER 130 00:04:55,350 --> 00:04:59,509 TELLING ME ALL SHE COULD DO WAS 131 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:03,379 PRAY HOPING THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY 132 00:05:03,379 --> 00:05:04,730 THOSE SCREAM WENT ON 133 00:05:04,730 --> 00:05:07,319 WHAT FELT LIKE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES I KNOW IT WAS 134 00:05:07,319 --> 00:05:10,329 ON LLY A MATTER O SECONDS BUT 135 00:05:10,329 --> 00:05:11,329 JUST ENCAPSULATES 136 00:05:11,329 --> 00:05:12,750 THE TERROR 137 00:05:13,110 --> 00:05:14,759 PEOPLE WERE FEELING 138 00:05:15,220 --> 00:05:17,240 ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON INITIALLY 139 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,779 WE DID HEAR SHOT OF GUNFIRE AND GET DOWN BUT 140 00:05:19,779 --> 00:05:21,420 DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE 141 00:05:21,420 --> 00:05:22,949 THEN WITHIN JUST 142 00:05:22,949 --> 00:05:25,420 A FEW MOMENTS AFTER THAT WE SAW THAT IMAGE 143 00:05:25,420 --> 00:05:27,170 AND WE WERE THERE 144 00:05:27,699 --> 00:05:29,300 THE FORMER PRESIDENT 145 00:05:36,540 --> 00:05:39,339 HE THEN ROSE UP WE SAW HIM PUT HIS FIST 146 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:40,379 IN THE AIR 147 00:05:40,379 --> 00:05:41,100 THE CROWD 148 00:05:41,100 --> 00:05:42,400 CHEERED 149 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,579 THEY WERE RELIEVED TO SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS OKAY 150 00:05:45,579 --> 00:05:46,899 HE WAS THEN ESCORTED 151 00:05:46,899 --> 00:05:47,720 INTO 152 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,759 HIS VEHICLE AND TAKEN AWAY 153 00:05:51,990 --> 00:05:52,620 OUR EYES 154 00:05:52,620 --> 00:05:53,279 WENT 155 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:54,810 TO THE BLEACHERS 156 00:05:55,190 --> 00:05:57,970 DURING THESE RALLIES THE FORMER PRESIDENT LOVES A CROWD HE 157 00:05:57,970 --> 00:06:01,040 HAS SUPPORTERS ALL AROUND HIM HE WANTS THINGS TO FEEL 158 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,513 AS INTIMATE AS POSSIBLE EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND 159 00:06:03,513 --> 00:06:05,550 HUNDRED OF PEOPLE THERE 160 00:06:06,550 --> 00:06:08,949 WHAT WE THEN NOTICED WERE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS AND LAW 161 00:06:08,949 --> 00:06:10,389 ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 162 00:06:10,389 --> 00:06:11,000 SWARMING 163 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,939 WHAT APPEARED TO BE 164 00:06:30,420 --> 00:06:32,682 ONE OR TWO INDIVIDUALS LAW ENFORCEMENT FIROFFICIALS WE TELLING EVERYONE 165 00:06:32,682 --> 00:06:34,300 TO STAY DOWN I NOTICED THERE WAS BLOOD ON THE 166 00:06:34,300 --> 00:06:35,170 BLEACHERS 167 00:06:35,170 --> 00:06:36,569 ON THAT 168 00:06:36,569 --> 00:06:37,870 AREA 169 00:06:38,089 --> 00:06:40,500 THAT WAS THE MOMENT WHERE PEOPLE STARTED TO 170 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:43,279 CLEAR OUT OF THAT AREA WE SAW LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 171 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:44,279 COME OUT 172 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,759 WITH CRIME TAPE THEY STARTED TAPING OFF THE AREA WE 173 00:06:46,759 --> 00:06:49,259 CONTINUE TO BE LIVE WITH YOU ON THE AIR REPORTING 174 00:06:49,259 --> 00:06:51,000 WHAT WE SAW AND WHAT WE WERE LEARNING IN THE 175 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:51,940 MOMENT 176 00:06:51,940 --> 00:06:54,100 THEN WE SAW TRUMP SUPPORTERS START TO FILE OUT ONE 177 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:55,400 BY 178 00:07:02,060 --> 00:07:03,530 THIS AREA 179 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:04,930 STARTED BECOMING A GATHERING 180 00:07:04,930 --> 00:07:05,569 PLACE 181 00:07:05,569 --> 00:07:07,540 FOR A LOT OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS A PLACE THEY WERE 182 00:07:07,540 --> 00:07:11,579 CALLING THEIR FAMILIES LETTING THEM KNOW THEY 183 00:07:13,509 --> 00:07:14,629 WERE OKAY 184 00:07:14,629 --> 00:07:16,459 AND I WANT TO BRING IN RIGHT NOW 185 00:07:16,459 --> 00:07:19,129 ONE PERSON WHO WAS INSIDE OF THIS RALLY SIR 186 00:07:19,129 --> 00:07:20,379 YOU WERE INSIDE 187 00:07:20,379 --> 00:07:22,589 WHERE WERE YOU SEATED AND WHAT DID YOU HEAR 188 00:07:22,589 --> 00:07:23,410 WE WERE 189 00:07:23,410 --> 00:07:25,660 SEATED RIGHT IN THE FRONT THERE LITTLE BIT TO THE 190 00:07:25,660 --> 00:07:26,379 LEFT 191 00:07:26,379 --> 00:07:27,079 ABOUT 192 00:07:27,079 --> 00:07:28,810 SIX SEVEN ROWS BACK 193 00:07:28,810 --> 00:07:32,019 AND WE WERE JUST STANDING UP LISTENING 194 00:07:32,019 --> 00:07:33,139 TO TRUMP TALK THERE 195 00:07:33,139 --> 00:07:34,209 AND 196 00:07:34,209 --> 00:07:36,420 WE JUST HEARD LIKE A BULLET YOU SAW 197 00:07:36,420 --> 00:07:37,279 HIM 198 00:07:37,279 --> 00:07:39,670 SWIPE HIS EAR THERE THEN THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW 199 00:07:39,670 --> 00:07:43,579 YOU HEARD OTHER BULLETS HE FELL 200 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:44,930 PROBABLY LIKE THREE MORE 201 00:07:44,930 --> 00:07:46,230 SHOTS 202 00:07:46,810 --> 00:07:49,029 THEN YOU JUST SEEN THE CROWD 203 00:07:49,029 --> 00:07:51,620 LOOK OVER AT THE BLEACHERS THERE YOU KNOW 204 00:07:51,620 --> 00:07:52,920 THEN 205 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:54,589 IT JUST GOT 206 00:07:54,589 --> 00:07:58,500 CRAZY THERE I MEAN IT WAS SO SCARY YOU KNOW 207 00:07:58,500 --> 00:08:00,660 I FELT FOR ALL THE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS 208 00:08:00,660 --> 00:08:01,960 THERE 209 00:08:02,589 --> 00:08:05,009 WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT GOT HURT AND 210 00:08:05,009 --> 00:08:06,220 WE'RE 211 00:08:06,220 --> 00:08:08,209 JUST PRAYING FOR THEM MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL RIGHT AND 212 00:08:08,209 --> 00:08:09,329 THAT YOU KNOW 213 00:08:09,329 --> 00:08:10,180 AND 214 00:08:10,180 --> 00:08:13,339 PRAY FOR TRUMP Reporter WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL REACTION 215 00:08:13,339 --> 00:08:17,720 WHEN YOU HEARD THOSE POPPING SOUNDS WE WERE INSIDE 216 00:08:19,709 --> 00:08:22,839 AS WELL SOUNDED LIKE FIRE CRACKERS BOOM BOOM 217 00:08:22,839 --> 00:08:24,139 THEN 218 00:08:32,149 --> 00:08:33,470 THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A SHOOTER 219 00:08:33,470 --> 00:08:36,059 ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PERIMETER 220 00:08:36,059 --> 00:08:38,409 AND HE MUST HAVE BEEN SHOOTING INSIDE 221 00:08:38,409 --> 00:08:40,759 AND HIT SOME INNOCENT BYSTANDERS 222 00:08:40,919 --> 00:08:42,609 THERE WAS A 223 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:45,480 BIG CRANE THERE WITH SPEAKERS 224 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,259 AND THERE WAS A LINE THERE AND 225 00:08:48,259 --> 00:08:50,620 THE BULLET GOT HIT 226 00:08:50,649 --> 00:08:52,970 LINE GOT HIT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE 227 00:08:52,970 --> 00:08:53,690 FLUID 228 00:08:53,690 --> 00:08:55,210 GO OUT OF THE HYDRAULIC 229 00:08:55,210 --> 00:08:56,480 LINE 230 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,299 Reporter WE KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY UNCONFIRMED REPORTS LAW 231 00:08:59,299 --> 00:09:01,700 ENFORCEMENT IS STILL WORKING THIS IS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION 232 00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:03,019 HOW ARE 233 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:04,750 YOU FEELING 234 00:09:05,389 --> 00:09:08,590 STANDING HERE RIGHT NOW THIS HAS BEEN A VERY CHAOTIC 235 00:09:08,590 --> 00:09:09,620 24 HOURS WE'RE LIVING 236 00:09:09,620 --> 00:09:11,250 IN A SCARY TIME THIS 237 00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:12,259 WORLD 238 00:09:12,259 --> 00:09:14,850 WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE POLICE TO 239 00:09:14,850 --> 00:09:16,959 PATROL EVERYTHING AND 240 00:09:17,740 --> 00:09:20,580 HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT WITH TRUMP COMING IN HERE 241 00:09:20,580 --> 00:09:21,460 YOU KNOW 242 00:09:21,460 --> 00:09:23,460 EVERYONE SHOULD GET OUT THERE AND VOTE FOR HIM Reporter 243 00:09:23,460 --> 00:09:25,519 YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU SAW THE FORMER PRESIDENT 244 00:09:25,519 --> 00:09:28,629 AFTER HE WAS SHIELDED BY SECRET SERVICE AGENTS 245 00:09:28,629 --> 00:09:31,210 HE RAISED HIS FISTS I HEARD THE CROWD CHEERING 246 00:09:31,210 --> 00:09:33,909 HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS SHOOTERS 247 00:09:33,909 --> 00:09:37,220 HE WAS LIKE WHERE MY SHOOTERS 248 00:09:37,299 --> 00:09:39,129 HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT 249 00:09:39,129 --> 00:09:39,950 HE'S STRONG 250 00:09:39,950 --> 00:09:41,829 HE'LL COME BACK AND 251 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:43,720 BE READY FOR NOVEMBER 252 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,440 Reporter THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME 253 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:46,950 I'VE BEEN TO ALMOST EVERY 254 00:09:46,950 --> 00:09:48,250 CAMPAIGN 255 00:11:01,605 --> 00:11:02,904 AGO 256 00:12:16,259 --> 00:12:17,629 RECEIVING TREATMENT 257 00:12:18,289 --> 00:12:20,029 BUT THAT HE WAS DOING FINE 258 00:12:20,029 --> 00:12:22,539 AGAIN WE EMPHASIZE NO LIFE THREATENING 259 00:12:22,539 --> 00:12:23,789 INJURY TO THE PRESIDENT 260 00:12:23,789 --> 00:12:26,139 BUT AGAIN AS OF A FEW MINUTES AGO THE PRESIDENT 261 00:12:26,139 --> 00:12:27,759 WAS STILL AT A MEDICAL FACILITY 262 00:12:27,759 --> 00:12:29,309 RECEIVING TREATMENT 263 00:12:29,309 --> 00:12:30,179 THE 264 00:12:30,179 --> 00:12:34,230 FBI IS ALSO NOW GOING TO ENGAGE IN THIS INVESTIGATION 265 00:12:34,230 --> 00:12:36,490 EVERY EFFORT WILL BE PUT ON 266 00:12:36,490 --> 00:12:37,299 IDENTIFYING 267 00:12:37,299 --> 00:12:37,990 UNDERSTANDING 268 00:12:37,990 --> 00:12:39,519 WHO THE SHOOTER WAS 269 00:12:39,519 --> 00:12:40,990 UH THIS ATTEMPTED 270 00:12:40,990 --> 00:12:42,320 SHOOTER WAS 271 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,649 FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THAT PERSON'S BACKGROUND 272 00:12:44,649 --> 00:12:46,629 TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS CONFINED TO A SINGLE 273 00:12:46,629 --> 00:12:47,350 INDIVIDUAL 274 00:12:47,350 --> 00:12:48,889 WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET 275 00:12:48,889 --> 00:12:50,320 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAIN 276 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:50,990 CONVERGING 277 00:12:50,990 --> 00:12:53,299 NOW TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 278 00:12:53,299 --> 00:12:55,580 SO THAT SECURITY CAN BE SURGED 279 00:12:55,580 --> 00:12:57,309 FOR THE UPCOMING CONVENTIONS 280 00:12:57,309 --> 00:12:59,490 ALSO WE ARE GETTING INFORMATION THAT 281 00:12:59,490 --> 00:13:00,450 LAW ENFORCEMENT 282 00:13:00,450 --> 00:13:03,289 WILL BE BRIEFED LATER IN IN THE EVENING ABOUT WHAT 283 00:13:03,289 --> 00:13:05,429 TOOK PLACE HERE BUT WHIT 284 00:13:05,429 --> 00:13:06,309 AGAIN 285 00:13:06,309 --> 00:13:08,730 YOU HAVE A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WHO 286 00:13:08,730 --> 00:13:10,350 IS THE LEADING CANDIDATE 287 00:13:10,350 --> 00:13:11,570 SOON TO BE 288 00:13:11,570 --> 00:13:12,200 NOMINATED 289 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:14,549 BY HIS HIS PARTY AS THE 290 00:13:14,549 --> 00:13:16,110 THEIR THEIR CANDIDATE 291 00:13:16,110 --> 00:13:19,899 SOMEONE ATTEMPTING TO APPARENTLY KILL HIM THAT IS THE FEELING 292 00:13:19,899 --> 00:13:21,990 UNTIL THEY CAN PROVE THAT IT'S NOT THE CASE THAT 293 00:13:21,990 --> 00:13:23,929 IS HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT IS OPERATING 294 00:13:23,929 --> 00:13:25,599 IN THIS MOMENT 295 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,570 PIERRE THOMAS FOR US THANK YOU SO MUCH I DO 296 00:13:29,570 --> 00:13:31,330 WANT TO NOTE WE ARE AWAITING 297 00:13:31,330 --> 00:13:32,830 WORD FROM PRESIDENT 298 00:13:32,830 --> 00:13:34,580 BIDEN THERE IS A PODIUM THAT HAS BEEN SET UP 299 00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:36,809 THERE THAT IS REHOBOTH BEACH DELAWARE 300 00:13:36,809 --> 00:13:40,159 THAT'S WHERE PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS SPENDING THE WEEKEND WE'RE TOLD 301 00:13:40,159 --> 00:13:41,730 THAT WE'RE ABOUT TWO MINUTES OUT 302 00:13:41,730 --> 00:13:44,470 FROM THE PRESIDENT SPEAKING TONIGHT OF COURSE HE SENT OUT 303 00:13:44,470 --> 00:13:46,039 THAT STATEMENT EARLIER 304 00:13:46,039 --> 00:13:47,870 AND WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN BRIEFED BY 305 00:13:47,870 --> 00:13:50,090 HIS STAFF AND BY THE SECRET SERVICE 306 00:13:50,090 --> 00:13:52,730 WE'RE ALSO LEARNING THAT THERE IS HEIGHTENED ALERT ACROSS THE 307 00:13:52,730 --> 00:13:55,120 COUNTRY WE'RE GETTING REPORTABLE INFORMATION 308 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,840 FROM OUR SOURCES HERE IN NEW YORK CITY SAYING THAT 309 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,649 FOLLOWING THIS POSSIBLE ASSASSINATION 310 00:13:59,649 --> 00:14:01,750 ATTEMPT SECURITY IS BEING INCREASED 311 00:14:01,750 --> 00:14:03,370 ACROSS NEW YORK CITY 312 00:14:03,370 --> 00:14:05,730 THEY SAY OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION THE NYPD 313 00:14:05,730 --> 00:14:07,419 IS INCREASING ITS PRESENCE 314 00:14:07,419 --> 00:14:10,100 ACROSS THE CITY INCLUDING AT TRUMP TOWER 315 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:11,259 40 WALL STREET 316 00:14:11,259 --> 00:14:13,629 FOLEY SQUARE AND CITY HALL 317 00:14:13,629 --> 00:14:16,059 NO SPECIFIC THREAT THOUGH IN CONNECTION TO NEW YORK AT 318 00:14:16,059 --> 00:14:18,169 THIS TIME HERE COMES PRESIDENT 319 00:14:18,169 --> 00:14:20,070 BIDEN LET'S LISTEN ALL THE AGENCIES IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 320 00:14:20,070 --> 00:14:21,610 HAS THE SITUATION 321 00:14:21,610 --> 00:14:23,570 BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW NOW 322 00:14:23,570 --> 00:14:26,480 I HAVE TRIED TO GET A HOLD OF DONALD 323 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,349 HE'S WITH HIS DOCTORS 324 00:14:28,539 --> 00:14:29,519 THEY APPARENTLY 325 00:14:29,519 --> 00:14:31,110 HE'S DOING WELL 326 00:14:31,110 --> 00:14:33,370 I PLAN ON TALKING TO HIM SHORTLY 327 00:14:33,370 --> 00:14:34,419 I HOPE 328 00:14:34,419 --> 00:14:36,940 WHEN I GET BACK TO THE TELEPHONE 329 00:14:36,940 --> 00:14:37,809 LOOK 330 00:14:37,809 --> 00:14:40,330 THERE'S NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE 331 00:14:40,330 --> 00:14:41,559 IT'S SIC 332 00:14:41,559 --> 00:14:42,870 IT'S SICK 333 00:14:42,870 --> 00:14:44,210 IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE TO UNITE 334 00:14:44,210 --> 00:14:45,240 THIS COUNTRY 335 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:46,080 WE CANNOT 336 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,590 ALLOW FOR THIS TO BE HAPPENING WE CANNOT 337 00:14:48,590 --> 00:14:51,190 BE LIKE THIS WE CANNOT CONDONE THIS 338 00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:52,090 AND SO 339 00:14:52,090 --> 00:14:54,000 I WANT TO THANK THE SECRET SERVICE AND ALL THE 340 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,960 AGENCIES INCLUDING THE STATE AGENCIES THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED 341 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,179 IN MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE 342 00:14:59,179 --> 00:15:01,529 AND WE HAVE MORE DETAIL TO COME 343 00:15:01,529 --> 00:15:03,990 RELATIVE TO OTHER INJURED OTHER PEOPLE MAY BE INJURED IN 344 00:15:03,990 --> 00:15:04,889 THE AUDIENCE 345 00:15:04,889 --> 00:15:07,419 I DON'T HAVE ALL THAT DETAIL WE'LL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE 346 00:15:07,419 --> 00:15:08,169 TO YOU 347 00:15:08,169 --> 00:15:10,000 I MAY BE ABLE TO COME BACK 348 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,970 A LITTLE LATER TONIGHT BUT WE'LL PUT OUT A STATEMENT 349 00:15:11,970 --> 00:15:12,850 IF WE DON'T 350 00:15:12,850 --> 00:15:15,259 IF I'M NOT ABLE TO GIVE IF IT'S NOT CONVENIENT 351 00:15:15,259 --> 00:15:18,120 FOR YOU ALL BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS 352 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,120 THAT THE TRUMP RALLY WAS A RALLY THAT HE SHOULD 353 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,580 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE CONDUCTED PEACEFULLY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM 354 00:15:24,580 --> 00:15:25,990 BUT THE IDEA 355 00:15:25,990 --> 00:15:27,360 THE IDEA 356 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,129 THAT THERE'S POLITICAL VIOLENCE OR VIOLENCE IN AMERICA LIKE THIS 357 00:15:30,129 --> 00:15:32,710 IS JUST UNHEARD OF IT'S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE 358 00:15:32,710 --> 00:15:33,799 AND WE EVERYBODY 359 00:15:33,799 --> 00:15:36,460 EVERYBODY MUST CONDEMN IT EVERYBODY 360 00:15:36,460 --> 00:15:38,669 I'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED AND IF I AM ABLE TO 361 00:15:38,669 --> 00:15:41,070 SPEAK TO THE TO DONALD I'LL 362 00:15:41,070 --> 00:15:42,639 LET YOU KNOW THAT AS WELL 363 00:15:42,639 --> 00:15:44,379 BUT SO FAR IT APPEARS 364 00:15:44,379 --> 00:15:46,100 HE'S DOING WELL 365 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:47,129 NUMBER ONE 366 00:15:47,129 --> 00:15:48,289 NUMBER TWO 367 00:15:48,289 --> 00:15:50,029 THAT THERE'S THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATING 368 00:15:50,029 --> 00:15:52,620 WHAT HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE I HAVE 369 00:15:52,620 --> 00:15:53,799 WE HAVE 370 00:15:53,799 --> 00:15:56,200 SOME REPORTS BUT NOT FINAL REPORTS 371 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,970 AND EVERY AGENCY IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND I'M GOING 372 00:15:58,970 --> 00:15:59,940 BACK 373 00:15:59,940 --> 00:16:02,679 TO MY PHONE TO SPEAK WITH 374 00:16:02,679 --> 00:16:04,889 THE FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT ARE BEING PUT TOGETHER AGAIN TO 375 00:16:04,889 --> 00:16:07,509 GIVE ME AN UPDATED BRIEFING AS ANYTHING HAPPENED 376 00:16:07,509 --> 00:16:10,059 THEY LEARNED MORE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS SO 377 00:16:10,059 --> 00:16:12,039 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I HOPE I GET TO 378 00:16:12,039 --> 00:16:13,360 SPEAK TO HIM TONIGHT 379 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,750 AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU IF I DO OKAY 380 00:16:16,750 --> 00:16:17,497 IT WAS 381 00:16:17,497 --> 00:16:18,205 AN 382 00:16:18,205 --> 00:16:18,912 ASSASSINATION 383 00:16:18,912 --> 00:16:19,620 ATTEMPT 384 00:16:19,620 --> 00:16:22,269 I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO I HAVE 385 00:16:22,269 --> 00:16:24,340 AN OPINION BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY FACTS 386 00:16:24,340 --> 00:16:26,320 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE 387 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,779 FACTS BEFORE I MAKE SOME COMMENT ANY MORE COMMENTS THANK 388 00:16:28,779 --> 00:16:30,679 YOU ARE YOU WORRIED 389 00:16:31,259 --> 00:16:33,240 WHAT WAS THE SECURITY FAILIN MR PRESIDENT 390 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,129 PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH THAT SHORT STATEMENT THERE AGAIN HE'S IN 391 00:16:36,129 --> 00:16:37,240 REHOBOTH DELAWARE 392 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:38,519 FOR THE WEEKEND BUT 393 00:16:38,519 --> 00:16:40,389 RELEASED A STATEMENT EARLIER TONIGHT 394 00:16:40,389 --> 00:16:42,350 BUT COMING OUT BEFORE THE CAMERAS RIGHT NOW ON THE 395 00:16:42,350 --> 00:16:43,029 MICROPHONE 396 00:16:43,029 --> 00:16:45,570 SAYING THAT THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS 397 00:16:45,570 --> 00:16:48,200 KIND OF VIOLENCE IT'S SICK IT'S SICK 398 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,470 AND ON THAT POLITICAL VIOLENCE YOU SAID EVERYONE 399 00:16:50,470 --> 00:16:52,200 MUST CONDEMN IT 400 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:52,840 PRESIDENT 401 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:54,809 BIDEN ALSO SAID THAT HE MADE A FEW ATTEMPTS TO 402 00:16:54,809 --> 00:16:56,019 TRY TO REACH 403 00:16:56,019 --> 00:16:58,730 FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO BUT 404 00:16:58,730 --> 00:17:00,529 SAID THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK 405 00:17:00,529 --> 00:17:03,549 WITH HIM AT SOME POINT WHEN HE'S ABLE 406 00:17:03,549 --> 00:17:05,539 BUT AGAIN PRESIDENT BIDEN REITERATING 407 00:17:05,539 --> 00:17:08,099 WHAT WE'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN THE CALLS 408 00:17:08,099 --> 00:17:09,430 FOR CALM 409 00:17:09,430 --> 00:17:10,170 FOR 410 00:17:10,170 --> 00:17:11,400 PEOPLE TO CONDEMN 411 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,230 THE VIOLENCE ALTHOUGH WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED 412 00:17:14,230 --> 00:17:15,519 OTHER THAN A FEW REPORTS 413 00:17:15,519 --> 00:17:16,140 ABOUT 414 00:17:16,140 --> 00:17:16,890 A SHOOTER 415 00:17:16,890 --> 00:17:19,369 WHO'S BEEN KILLED AND A POSSIBLE BYSTANDER 416 00:17:19,369 --> 00:17:21,049 AND THE SHOTS FIRED 417 00:17:21,049 --> 00:17:23,059 SO AGAIN ALL OF THIS SORT OF PLAYING OUT THIS 418 00:17:23,059 --> 00:17:25,470 EVENING IN REAL TIME AS WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION 419 00:17:25,470 --> 00:17:28,000 AND THESE TRULY REMARKABLE IMAGES 420 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,220 THAT WE SAW ON THE SCREEN AS THEY PLAYED OUT 421 00:17:30,220 --> 00:17:32,509 WE WERE ON WORLD NEWS TONIGHT RIGHT HERE 422 00:17:32,509 --> 00:17:33,490 ON 423 00:17:33,490 --> 00:17:36,130 ABC AS THE TRUMP RALLY IN BUTLER PENNSYLVANIA 424 00:17:36,130 --> 00:17:37,319 GOT UNDERWAY 425 00:17:37,319 --> 00:17:38,279 AND IT STARTED 426 00:17:38,279 --> 00:17:40,779 IN HIGH SPIRITS AS MANY PEOPLE WERE ANTICIPATING 427 00:17:40,779 --> 00:17:41,609 AND AWAITING 428 00:17:41,609 --> 00:17:42,869 HIS PICK FOR 429 00:17:42,869 --> 00:17:45,190 A POSSIBLE RUNNING MATE THAT WAS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT 430 00:17:45,190 --> 00:17:47,720 48 HOURS SO ALL EYES WERE ON THIS EVENT TO 431 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:49,490 SEE IF TRUMP WOULD HINT 432 00:17:49,490 --> 00:17:51,289 TO WHO THAT PERSON MIGHT BE 433 00:17:51,289 --> 00:17:53,200 AND IT WAS A MATTER OF MINUTES LATER 434 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,650 WHEN WE HEARD THOSE POPPING SOUNDS AND WE WENT BACK 435 00:17:55,650 --> 00:17:58,339 TO RACHEL SCOTT WHO TOLD US WHAT HAPPENED AS IT 436 00:17:58,339 --> 00:18:00,930 OCCURRED YOU SEE THE SECRET SERVICE THERE SURROUNDING 437 00:18:00,930 --> 00:18:02,319 THE FORMER PRESIDENT 438 00:18:02,319 --> 00:18:05,549 FORMING A HUMAN SHIELD AROUND HIM THEM ESCORTING HIM OFF 439 00:18:05,549 --> 00:18:08,079 THE STAGE AND AS THE CROWD STARTED TO REALIZE THAT 440 00:18:08,079 --> 00:18:10,150 TRUMP WAS OKAY THERE WERE CHEERS 441 00:18:10,150 --> 00:18:12,390 AND HE PUMPED HIS FIST IN RESPONSE BEFORE HE WAS 442 00:18:12,390 --> 00:18:13,319 LED AWAY 443 00:18:13,319 --> 00:18:15,109 AGAIN WE'RE TOLD THAT HE WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY 444 00:18:15,109 --> 00:18:18,130 MEDICAL CENTER THAT HE RECEIVED TREATMENT BUT THAT HE IS 445 00:18:18,130 --> 00:18:20,309 DOING OKAY THAT HE IS FINE 446 00:18:20,309 --> 00:18:23,259 HIS FAMILY AND A STATEMENT CALLING IT A HEINOUS ACT 447 00:18:23,259 --> 00:18:25,160 WHAT IS PLAYED OUT BUT THE DETAILS 448 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:25,990 ARE STILL 449 00:18:25,990 --> 00:18:27,440 FAR AND FEW 450 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,470 WE ONLY KNOW THE VERY LITTLE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE 451 00:18:29,470 --> 00:18:30,750 TO GET FROM WITNESSES 452 00:18:30,750 --> 00:18:32,319 AND FROM THE SECRET SERVICE 453 00:18:32,319 --> 00:18:35,240 WE'VE GOT OUR ENTIRE TEAM ON THIS JON KARL OUR 454 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:36,960 CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT 455 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:38,029 IS IN MILWAUKEE 456 00:18:38,029 --> 00:18:40,650 BECAUSE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE SCENE 457 00:18:40,650 --> 00:18:41,730 OF THE WEEK'S 458 00:18:41,730 --> 00:18:45,039 MAJOR NEWS IN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 459 00:18:45,039 --> 00:18:46,700 AND INSTEAD JOHN EVERYTHING 460 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:48,000 IS ABOUT TO CHANGE 461 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,809 AFTER THIS INCIDENT 462 00:18:50,950 --> 00:18:52,410 THIS THING HAS SENT SHOCKWAVES 463 00:18:52,410 --> 00:18:53,140 SHOCKWAVES 464 00:18:53,140 --> 00:18:55,130 THROUGHOUT THE POLITICAL WORLD 465 00:18:55,130 --> 00:18:57,289 I WAS ON THE FLOOR OF THE CONVENTION 466 00:18:57,289 --> 00:18:58,549 SPEAKING WITH THE REPUBLICAN 467 00:18:58,549 --> 00:19:00,490 PARTY CHAIRMAN MICHAEL WHATLEY 468 00:19:00,490 --> 00:19:02,230 WHEN THIS NEWS BROKE 469 00:19:02,230 --> 00:19:03,380 SAW HIM 470 00:19:03,380 --> 00:19:05,549 WHISKED AWAY BY AN AIDE ON THE PHONE 471 00:19:05,549 --> 00:19:08,150 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING 472 00:19:08,150 --> 00:19:08,950 AND 473 00:19:08,950 --> 00:19:09,559 OBVIOUSLY 474 00:19:09,559 --> 00:19:12,279 SHOCK WAVES NOT JUST HERE IN MILWAUKEE WHERE THE POLITICAL 475 00:19:12,279 --> 00:19:12,910 WORLD 476 00:19:12,910 --> 00:19:13,869 AT LEAST THE REPUBLICAN 477 00:19:13,869 --> 00:19:15,259 PART OF THE POLITICAL WORLD 478 00:19:15,259 --> 00:19:17,970 IS GATHERING FOR THIS CONVENTION THAT IS SET TO KICK 479 00:19:17,970 --> 00:19:19,019 OFF OFFICIALLY 480 00:19:19,019 --> 00:19:21,609 AT 2 00 ON ON MONDAY 481 00:19:21,609 --> 00:19:23,269 BUT ALSO OVER ON THE DEMOCRATIC 482 00:19:23,269 --> 00:19:24,740 SIDE WE ARE TOLD 483 00:19:24,740 --> 00:19:25,369 WIT 484 00:19:25,369 --> 00:19:27,569 THAT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN 485 00:19:27,569 --> 00:19:28,670 HAS 486 00:19:28,670 --> 00:19:29,740 PAUSED ALL 487 00:19:29,740 --> 00:19:30,519 OUTBOUND 488 00:19:30,519 --> 00:19:31,289 COMMUNICATIONS 489 00:19:31,289 --> 00:19:32,349 AND THEY'RE WORKING 490 00:19:32,349 --> 00:19:34,440 TO PULL DOWN ALL OF THEIR POLITICAL 491 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:35,579 ADS EFFECTIVELY 492 00:19:35,579 --> 00:19:36,670 PUTTING THIS 493 00:19:36,670 --> 00:19:37,549 INTENSELY 494 00:19:37,549 --> 00:19:38,349 FOUGHT 495 00:19:38,349 --> 00:19:40,130 HEAVILY FUNDED 496 00:19:40,130 --> 00:19:41,369 VERY NEGATIVE 497 00:19:41,369 --> 00:19:42,019 PRESIDENTIAL 498 00:19:42,019 --> 00:19:42,779 CAMPAIGN 499 00:19:42,779 --> 00:19:45,490 AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT ON HOLD 500 00:19:45,490 --> 00:19:48,690 IN THE WAKE OF THIS INCIDENT AND YOU HEARD 501 00:19:48,690 --> 00:19:49,819 YOU KNOW PRESIDENT 502 00:19:49,819 --> 00:19:52,309 BIDEN CONDEMN WHAT HAPPENED I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING TO 503 00:19:52,309 --> 00:19:53,490 HEAR HIM 504 00:19:53,490 --> 00:19:54,329 REFER 505 00:19:54,329 --> 00:19:55,769 A COUPLE OF TIMES 506 00:19:55,769 --> 00:19:59,039 TO PRESIDENT TRUMP SOMEBODY HE HAS CLASHED WITH AS MIGHTILY 507 00:19:59,039 --> 00:20:01,039 AS ANY TWO POLITICAL FIGURES 508 00:20:01,039 --> 00:20:03,069 IN OUR HISTORY HAVE CLASHED 509 00:20:03,069 --> 00:20:05,140 CALLING HIM DONALD AND SAYING HE TRIED TO GET A 510 00:20:05,140 --> 00:20:06,670 HOLD OF DONALD 511 00:20:06,670 --> 00:20:09,539 AND HE HOPES TO HOPES TO SPEAK TO HIM 512 00:20:09,539 --> 00:20:11,680 IN SAYING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO CONDEMN WHAT HAPPENS 513 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:12,910 AND THAT IS 514 00:20:12,910 --> 00:20:15,940 WHAT IS HAPPENING WHAT WE ARE SEEING 515 00:20:15,940 --> 00:20:16,789 STATEMENTS 516 00:20:16,789 --> 00:20:20,190 FROM POLITICAL LEADERS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM 517 00:20:20,190 --> 00:20:21,579 NOT JUST CONDEMNING 518 00:20:21,579 --> 00:20:24,789 WHAT IS AN APPARENT OR BEING INVESTIGATED 519 00:20:24,789 --> 00:20:25,890 AS AN APPARENT 520 00:20:25,890 --> 00:20:27,240 POLITICAL ASSASSINATION 521 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:28,539 ATTEMPT 522 00:20:28,539 --> 00:20:30,569 BUT CALLING FOR CALM 523 00:20:30,569 --> 00:20:31,849 AND SAYING 524 00:20:31,849 --> 00:20:34,789 THAT POLITICAL VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND CERTAINLY NOT LIKE THIS 525 00:20:34,789 --> 00:20:35,789 HAS NO 526 00:20:35,789 --> 00:20:36,460 PLACE 527 00:20:36,460 --> 00:20:37,410 IN AMERICAN 528 00:20:37,410 --> 00:20:38,299 POLITICS 529 00:20:38,299 --> 00:20:39,670 ONE OF THOSE BRIEFED 530 00:20:39,670 --> 00:20:41,869 ON THIS AND PUTTING OUT A STATEMENT 531 00:20:41,869 --> 00:20:44,240 IS THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE THIRD IN LINE OF 532 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:45,230 PRESIDENTIAL 533 00:20:45,230 --> 00:20:46,319 SUCCESSION 534 00:20:46,319 --> 00:20:47,349 MIKE JOHNSON 535 00:20:47,349 --> 00:20:49,779 WHO SAYS HE'S BEEN BRIEFED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT 536 00:20:49,779 --> 00:20:52,569 AND SAYS THIS HORRIFIC ACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AT A 537 00:20:52,569 --> 00:20:56,059 POLITICAL CAMPAIGN RALLY HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY 538 00:20:56,059 --> 00:20:57,579 AND SHOULD BE UNANIMOUSLY 539 00:20:57,579 --> 00:20:58,420 AND FORCEFULLY 540 00:20:58,420 --> 00:20:59,190 CONDEMNED 541 00:20:59,190 --> 00:21:01,210 AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING 542 00:21:01,210 --> 00:21:02,500 WE'RE HEARING FROM 543 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:04,200 FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA 544 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:09,180 FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON OBVIOUSLY YOU JUST HEARD FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN 545 00:21:09,180 --> 00:21:11,589 AND I THINK QUITE 546 00:21:11,589 --> 00:21:12,529 MOVINGLY FROM 547 00:21:12,529 --> 00:21:13,970 A FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN 548 00:21:13,970 --> 00:21:16,509 NAMED GABBY GIFFORDS WHO HERSELF 549 00:21:16,529 --> 00:21:17,630 WAS SEVERELY 550 00:21:17,630 --> 00:21:18,839 WOUNDED IN 551 00:21:18,839 --> 00:21:21,750 POLITICAL VIOLENCE AT A CAMPAIGN EVENT OF HERS 552 00:21:21,750 --> 00:21:22,789 IN ARIZONA 553 00:21:22,789 --> 00:21:25,329 GABBY GIFFORDS PUTTING OUT A STATEMENT SAYING 554 00:21:25,329 --> 00:21:27,720 POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS TERRIFYING 555 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,160 I KNOW 556 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,200 I'M HOLDING 557 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,859 FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY TODAY'S INDEFENSIBLE 558 00:21:33,859 --> 00:21:35,809 ACT OF VIOLENCE IN MY HEART 559 00:21:35,809 --> 00:21:38,190 POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS UN AMERICAN 560 00:21:38,190 --> 00:21:39,940 AND NEVER ACCEPTABL 561 00:21:39,940 --> 00:21:40,960 NEVER 562 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:42,019 A VIEW 563 00:21:42,019 --> 00:21:44,299 THAT IS BEING UNIFORMLY 564 00:21:44,430 --> 00:21:45,059 EXPRESSED 565 00:21:45,059 --> 00:21:45,869 ACROSS 566 00:21:45,869 --> 00:21:48,059 THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM AND OBVIOUSLY 567 00:21:48,059 --> 00:21:51,009 BEYOND THE POLITICAL WORLD WITH AND OBVIOUSLY JOHN SOMETHING WE 568 00:21:51,009 --> 00:21:52,410 ALSO HEARD FROM THE WITNESSES 569 00:21:52,410 --> 00:21:54,680 WHO WERE THERE TONIGHT AND WITNESS 570 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,960 THIS CHAOS AND THE BLOODSHED 571 00:21:57,009 --> 00:22:00,220 ASKING ASKING FOR PRAYERS NOT ONLY FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP 572 00:22:00,220 --> 00:22:01,839 BUT FOR THE BYSTANDERS 573 00:22:01,839 --> 00:22:04,019 OR AT LEAST ONE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED IN 574 00:22:04,019 --> 00:22:05,029 THIS INCIDENT 575 00:22:05,029 --> 00:22:07,660 JOHN THANK YOU STAND BY WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU 576 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:08,670 AS THE DEVELOPMENTS 577 00:22:08,670 --> 00:22:10,200 PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT BUT I WANT TO GO BACK 578 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,380 TO MARY BRUCE 579 00:22:11,380 --> 00:22:14,099 AT THE WHITE HOUSE MARY JUST GETTING SOME MORE INFORMATION 580 00:22:14,099 --> 00:22:16,160 BEFORE I COME TO YOU BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO TOLD NOW 581 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:16,930 THAT 582 00:22:16,930 --> 00:22:18,059 FBI PERSONNEL 583 00:22:18,059 --> 00:22:20,269 ARE ON THE SCENE IN BUTLER PENNSYLVANIA 584 00:22:20,269 --> 00:22:23,769 THE FBI WILL WORK JOINTLY WITH THE US SECRET SERVICE 585 00:22:23,769 --> 00:22:24,819 AS THE INVESTIGATION 586 00:22:24,819 --> 00:22:25,789 MOVES FORWARD 587 00:22:25,789 --> 00:22:27,710 AND MARY I JUST WANTED TO PICK UP WITH YOU 588 00:22:27,710 --> 00:22:30,619 ON SOMETHING THAT THAT JOHN NOTED TOO ABOUT 589 00:22:30,619 --> 00:22:31,279 BIDEN 590 00:22:31,279 --> 00:22:33,339 REACHING OUT TRYING TO SPEAK WITH 591 00:22:33,339 --> 00:22:35,900 FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THESE ARE TWO MEN WHO DO 592 00:22:35,900 --> 00:22:38,309 NOT SPEAK TO EACH OTHER I MEAN THEY HARDLY EVEN 593 00:22:38,309 --> 00:22:40,720 ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER AND THAT DEBATE A COUPLE OF WEEKS 594 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:41,740 AGO 595 00:22:41,740 --> 00:22:44,500 SO THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO REACH OUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT 596 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:47,039 TRYING TO TRYING TO AT LEAST YOU KNOW 597 00:22:47,039 --> 00:22:49,039 GIVE AS MUCH OF A PERCEPTION OF UNITY 598 00:22:49,039 --> 00:22:50,829 IN THIS MOMENT OF TRAGEDY 599 00:22:50,829 --> 00:22:52,269 IN AMERICA 600 00:22:52,549 --> 00:22:55,059 YEAH AND YOU HEARD WHAT THE PRESIDENT THERE ESSENTIALLY ARGUING 601 00:22:55,059 --> 00:22:56,829 THAT NOW IS NOT A TIME FOR POLITICS 602 00:22:56,829 --> 00:22:59,140 THAT THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE THE COUNTRY 603 00:22:59,140 --> 00:23:01,500 HAS TO UNITE YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAYING THERE IS 604 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:02,420 NO PLACE 605 00:23:02,420 --> 00:23:05,240 IN AMERICA FOR THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE AND AS JOHN 606 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:06,630 NOTED YES IT IS 607 00:23:06,630 --> 00:23:08,789 CERTAINLY UNUSUAL TO HEAR PRESIDENT 608 00:23:08,789 --> 00:23:11,380 BIDEN REFER TO DONALD TRUMP BY HIS FIRST NAME 609 00:23:11,380 --> 00:23:13,190 AND YES WE KNOW THAT HE TRIED TO REACH OUT 610 00:23:13,190 --> 00:23:14,890 TO HIM WE DON'T KNOW WHY HE WASN'T ABLE TO 611 00:23:14,890 --> 00:23:16,599 GET AHOLD OF HIM BUT THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE'S GOING 612 00:23:16,599 --> 00:23:17,660 TO CONTINUE 613 00:23:17,660 --> 00:23:18,690 TO TRY 614 00:23:18,690 --> 00:23:19,940 AND THIS 615 00:23:19,940 --> 00:23:21,009 YOU CAN'T UNDERSTATE 616 00:23:21,009 --> 00:23:22,460 HOW MUCH IT HAS COMPLETELY 617 00:23:22,460 --> 00:23:24,669 AND TOTALLY UPENDED 618 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:25,680 THIS CAMPAIGN 619 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,210 THIS RACE THIS MOMENT THAT WE ARE IN IN AMERICA 620 00:23:28,210 --> 00:23:29,789 WE WERE JUST DAYS AWAY 621 00:23:29,789 --> 00:23:31,849 FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 622 00:23:31,849 --> 00:23:33,470 WE HAVE SEEN OF COURSE 623 00:23:33,470 --> 00:23:34,220 A RATCHETING 624 00:23:34,220 --> 00:23:37,140 UP OF DIVISIVE RHETORIC IN THIS COUNTRY 625 00:23:37,140 --> 00:23:39,250 WE WERE AT A POINT WHERE YOU WERE HEARING 626 00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:41,579 YOU KNOW AS JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN FACING A LOT 627 00:23:41,579 --> 00:23:44,710 OF YOU KNOW DOUBTS FROM THOSE WITHIN HIS PARTY ABOUT 628 00:23:44,710 --> 00:23:46,839 THE FUTURE OF HIS OWN CANDIDACY IN THIS RACE HE 629 00:23:46,839 --> 00:23:49,150 HAS BEEN URGED BY OTHERS TO TAKE THE FIGHT 630 00:23:49,150 --> 00:23:52,049 TO DONALD TRUMP MORE FORCEFULLY TO OUTLINE MORE FORCEFULLY THE 631 00:23:52,049 --> 00:23:54,769 CASE IN THIS RACE ALL OF THAT NOW COMING TO 632 00:23:54,769 --> 00:23:56,880 A HALT THE CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCING THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO 633 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,569 PULL DOWN THEY ARE GOING TO BE PULLING DOWN THEIR 634 00:23:59,569 --> 00:24:01,460 ADS OFF OF THE AIRWAVES 635 00:24:01,460 --> 00:24:03,250 THAT THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE INSTEAD 636 00:24:03,250 --> 00:24:06,230 OF RAMPING UP YOU ARE HAVING THE CAMPAIGNS HIT THE 637 00:24:06,230 --> 00:24:07,869 PAUSE BUTTON COMPLETELY 638 00:24:07,869 --> 00:24:10,579 NOW WHAT WILL THAT MEAN HOW WILL THAT CHANGE THIS 639 00:24:10,579 --> 00:24:13,160 RACE WILL IT CHANGE THE WAY THE TWO PARTIES TALK 640 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,549 ABOUT EACH OTHER GOING FORWARD WILL IT ACTUALLY BRING THE 641 00:24:15,549 --> 00:24:16,480 COUNTRY TOGETHER 642 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,019 ALL HUGE QUESTIONS 643 00:24:18,019 --> 00:24:19,650 AND THINGS THAT REMAIN TO BE SEEN IN THE COMING 644 00:24:19,650 --> 00:24:21,660 DAYS AND JUST ONE MORE THING WHICH I DO THINK 645 00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:23,890 IT WAS INTERESTING THE PRESIDENT THERE WAS ASKED IF HE 646 00:24:23,890 --> 00:24:25,630 THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ASSASSINATION 647 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:27,240 ATTEMPT HE SAID I HAVE AN OPINION 648 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,309 BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY FACTS 649 00:24:29,309 --> 00:24:29,970 ECHOING 650 00:24:29,970 --> 00:24:32,619 WHAT I THINK MANY AMERICANS ARE THINKING RIGHT NOW ABSOLUTELY 651 00:24:32,619 --> 00:24:34,640 MARY BRUCE THANK YOU SO MUCH I DO WANT TO 652 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,720 BRING IN DISTRICT ATTORNEY RICHARD 653 00:24:37,730 --> 00:24:40,210 GOLDINGER FROM BUTLER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA 654 00:24:40,460 --> 00:24:43,089 RICHARD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME WE APPRECIATE 655 00:24:43,089 --> 00:24:43,759 IT 656 00:24:43,759 --> 00:24:47,009 WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN REPORTING THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU GAVE 657 00:24:47,009 --> 00:24:49,710 TO SOME OF OUR TEAM HERE AT ABC NEWS 658 00:24:49,710 --> 00:24:52,140 ABOUT THE SHOOTER BEING DEAD 659 00:24:52,140 --> 00:24:53,660 AND AT LEAST ONE BYSTANDER 660 00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:54,289 POSSIBLY 661 00:24:54,289 --> 00:24:55,930 A SECOND ALSO KILLED 662 00:24:55,930 --> 00:24:59,220 WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS INCIDENT 663 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:00,279 WELL I'M 664 00:25:00,279 --> 00:25:03,250 SORRY TO BE TALKING TO YOU UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES 665 00:25:03,250 --> 00:25:04,279 BUT 666 00:25:04,279 --> 00:25:07,640 YEAH I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE SHOOTER IS DEAD 667 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,599 AND WE HAVE ONE SPECTATOR 668 00:25:09,599 --> 00:25:10,670 WHO DID 669 00:25:10,670 --> 00:25:11,670 PASS AWAY 670 00:25:11,670 --> 00:25:12,789 AS 671 00:25:12,789 --> 00:25:14,460 A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT 672 00:25:14,460 --> 00:25:15,539 THE SECOND 673 00:25:15,539 --> 00:25:16,190 INDIVIDUAL 674 00:25:16,190 --> 00:25:18,809 THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCENE 675 00:25:18,809 --> 00:25:21,390 IS IN WHAT I WOULD SAY SERIOUS CONDITION 676 00:25:21,390 --> 00:25:22,500 I DON'T KNOW 677 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:25,099 THEIR CONDITION AT THIS POINT BUT 678 00:25:25,099 --> 00:25:28,109 WE DO HAVE AT LEAST TWO SPECTATORS 679 00:25:28,109 --> 00:25:29,029 THAT 680 00:25:29,029 --> 00:25:30,190 SUSTAINED INJURIES 681 00:25:30,190 --> 00:25:33,769 OR YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST ONE PASSED AWAY 682 00:25:33,769 --> 00:25:36,029 FROM FROM THE SHOOTER 683 00:25:36,420 --> 00:25:38,180 AND FORGIVE ME JUST TO CONFIRM 684 00:25:38,180 --> 00:25:40,809 SO THE SHOOTER IS DEAD YOU NOTED THAT 685 00:25:40,809 --> 00:25:42,700 BUT EARLIER WE REPORTED POSSIBLY 686 00:25:42,700 --> 00:25:43,440 TWO 687 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:44,119 SPECTATORS 688 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:47,079 WERE KILLED SO NOW YOU'RE SAYING JUST TO CLARIFY 689 00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:48,759 ONE WAS SHOT AND KILLED 690 00:25:48,759 --> 00:25:51,549 ANOTHER ONE SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES 691 00:25:51,549 --> 00:25:53,059 THEIR CONDITION AT THIS POINT 692 00:25:53,059 --> 00:25:54,359 UNKNOWN 693 00:25:54,579 --> 00:25:56,130 THAT IS THAT IS CORRECT 694 00:25:56,130 --> 00:25:56,900 YES 695 00:25:56,900 --> 00:25:58,339 DO WE KNOW ANYTHING 696 00:25:58,339 --> 00:26:00,200 ABOUT THIS SHOOTER 697 00:26:01,509 --> 00:26:03,659 AT THIS POINT NO 698 00:26:03,789 --> 00:26:05,740 IS IT A MAN I MEAN ABOUT I DON'T EVEN 699 00:26:05,740 --> 00:26:07,720 KNOW IF IT'S MALE OR FEMALE TO BE HONEST WITH 700 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:08,500 YOU SO 701 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:10,329 OKAY SO WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS MALE OR 702 00:26:10,329 --> 00:26:12,430 FEMALE WAS WAS THE SHOOTER 703 00:26:12,430 --> 00:26:14,769 IS IT BELIEVED THAT THE SHOOTER WAS ACTUALLY IN THE 704 00:26:14,769 --> 00:26:15,930 VENUE 705 00:26:15,930 --> 00:26:19,059 OR FIRED THE SHOTS FROM OUTSIDE 706 00:26:19,059 --> 00:26:22,869 I CAN'T CONFIRM THE SHOOTER WAS NOT WITHIN THE VENUE 707 00:26:22,869 --> 00:26:24,650 THE SHOOTER WAS ON A 708 00:26:24,650 --> 00:26:27,240 THE ROOF OF A BUILDING THAT WAS ADJACENT 709 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:28,779 TO THE VENUE 710 00:26:29,039 --> 00:26:30,339 AND 711 00:26:31,930 --> 00:26:32,950 SO THEY 712 00:26:32,950 --> 00:26:36,049 WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE SECURITY PROCESS 713 00:26:36,049 --> 00:26:38,759 OF ENTERING THE THE RALLY 714 00:26:38,759 --> 00:26:43,809 AND YOU KNOW BE SUBJECT TO THE SEARCH AND EVERYTHING 715 00:26:44,019 --> 00:26:45,759 FORGIVE ME I WAS JUST GETTING SOME INFORMATION IN MY 716 00:26:45,759 --> 00:26:48,160 EAR AS YOU WERE SPEAKING SO SO THE SHOOTER 717 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,259 NOT IN THE VENUE ON THE ROOF ADJACENT 718 00:26:50,259 --> 00:26:51,789 TO THE VENUE 719 00:26:52,039 --> 00:26:54,059 SO IS IT BELIEVED THEN THAT SOME OF THESE OTHER 720 00:26:54,059 --> 00:26:56,930 SHOTS THAT WE HEARD WITNESSES DESCRIBE THAT THAT WAS LAW 721 00:26:56,930 --> 00:26:59,559 ENFORCEMENT RETURNING FIRE WAS IT LAW ENFORCEMENT 722 00:26:59,559 --> 00:27:01,670 WHO TOOK THE SHOOTER OUT 723 00:27:01,670 --> 00:27:03,609 THAT I CAN'T CONFIRM 724 00:27:04,140 --> 00:27:06,109 THAT'S A THAT'S A YES 725 00:27:06,109 --> 00:27:08,759 NO I CAN'T CONFIRM THAT OKAY SO IT'S OKAY IT'S 726 00:27:08,759 --> 00:27:10,710 NOT CLEAR HOW THE SHOOTER 727 00:27:10,710 --> 00:27:11,950 DIED 728 00:27:11,950 --> 00:27:12,579 CORRECT 729 00:27:12,579 --> 00:27:14,960 AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW 730 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,980 ABOUT THAT I DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT FAIR ENOUGH 731 00:27:16,980 --> 00:27:19,359 I UNDERSTAND AND FORGIVE ME I KNOW IT'S A FLUID 732 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:20,019 SITUATION 733 00:27:20,019 --> 00:27:20,829 AND INFORMATION 734 00:27:20,829 --> 00:27:23,440 IS COMING IN PIECE BY PIECE EXTREMELY 735 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,660 YES YOU KNOW RICHARD JUST JUST YOUR TAKE IN GENERAL 736 00:27:26,660 --> 00:27:28,639 THIS IS THIS IS OBVIOUSLY 737 00:27:28,779 --> 00:27:30,829 A TRAGIC MOMENT IN THIS COUNTRY 738 00:27:30,829 --> 00:27:32,759 I MEAN NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THIS ACT OF 739 00:27:32,759 --> 00:27:34,920 POLITICAL VIOLENCE WE HAVE WE HAVE BYSTANDERS 740 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,700 PEOPLE OUT THERE JUST EXERCISING 741 00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:39,440 THEIR RIGHT TO SUPPORT A CANDIDATE 742 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,940 POTENTIALLY SHOT AND KILLED 743 00:27:41,940 --> 00:27:44,380 WHAT ARE YOU FEELING AT THIS TIME 744 00:27:44,380 --> 00:27:46,460 WELL I MEAN IT'S TERRIBLE 745 00:27:46,799 --> 00:27:47,509 I MEAN 746 00:27:47,509 --> 00:27:50,210 FIRST OF ALL I'M EMBARRASSED FOR MY COMMUNITY 747 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:51,910 THAT THIS HAPPENED HERE 748 00:27:51,910 --> 00:27:53,240 I'M I 749 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:54,279 AM DISGUSTED 750 00:27:54,279 --> 00:27:55,529 AND 751 00:27:55,529 --> 00:27:58,460 SAD THAT SOMEBODY ACTUALLY LOST THEIR LIFE AS A RESULT 752 00:27:58,460 --> 00:27:59,909 OF THIS 753 00:28:00,470 --> 00:28:01,740 AND 754 00:28:01,740 --> 00:28:02,990 YOU KNOW I MEAN 755 00:28:02,990 --> 00:28:03,740 UNFORTUNATELY 756 00:28:03,740 --> 00:28:05,480 IT APPEARS TO BE 757 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:06,279 JUST 758 00:28:06,279 --> 00:28:06,920 ALMOST 759 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,410 I DON'T WANT TO SAY A MICROCOSM 760 00:28:08,410 --> 00:28:09,710 BUT 761 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,549 THE STATE OF OUR OUR COUNTRY 762 00:28:12,549 --> 00:28:14,769 WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND HOW DIVIDED WE ARE 763 00:28:14,769 --> 00:28:16,430 AND SOMEBODY WOULD 764 00:28:16,430 --> 00:28:19,099 RESORT TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS 765 00:28:19,289 --> 00:28:20,589 TO 766 00:28:20,869 --> 00:28:22,910 WELL I DON'T KNOW THE MOTIVES BUT POTENTIALLY 767 00:28:22,910 --> 00:28:24,410 AFFECT A PRESIDENTIAL 768 00:28:24,410 --> 00:28:25,069 ELECTION 769 00:28:25,069 --> 00:28:26,579 AND IT'S JUST 770 00:28:26,579 --> 00:28:28,960 IT'S REALLY SAD I MEAN 771 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,410 WE NEED TO I AGREE WITH PRESIDENT 772 00:28:31,410 --> 00:28:32,599 BIDEN WE NEED TO 773 00:28:32,599 --> 00:28:34,980 WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER WE NEED TO UNITE 774 00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:36,519 BECAUSE OF THIS 775 00:28:36,519 --> 00:28:39,099 AND I HOPE THAT MAYBE 776 00:28:39,099 --> 00:28:40,289 YOU KNOW 777 00:28:40,289 --> 00:28:42,359 SOMETHING BAD LIKE THIS HAPPENING 778 00:28:42,359 --> 00:28:44,470 GOOD CAN COME OF IT 779 00:28:44,470 --> 00:28:46,210 AFTER THE FACT 780 00:28:46,509 --> 00:28:48,630 YES LET'S ALL HOPE THAT THAT COULD BE THE CASE 781 00:28:48,630 --> 00:28:49,740 AND PERHAPS 782 00:28:49,740 --> 00:28:51,329 THIS COUNTRY COULD 783 00:28:51,329 --> 00:28:53,710 HAVE A MOMENT OF UNITY AND WHAT HAS BEEN A 784 00:28:53,710 --> 00:28:55,690 VERY DIVISIVE TIME 785 00:28:55,690 --> 00:28:57,420 AND ONLY GETTING PAINFUL 786 00:28:57,420 --> 00:28:59,430 BY THE MINUTE HERE AS WE GET MORE DETAILS ABOUT 787 00:28:59,430 --> 00:29:00,319 WHAT HAPPENED 788 00:29:00,319 --> 00:29:02,460 I DO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE BYSTANDERS 789 00:29:02,460 --> 00:29:04,029 DO WE KNOW ANY INFORMATION 790 00:29:04,029 --> 00:29:05,859 ABOUT THEM 791 00:29:05,869 --> 00:29:07,539 WHERE THEY WERE SEATED 792 00:29:07,539 --> 00:29:09,379 DURING THIS EVENT 793 00:29:10,619 --> 00:29:12,299 I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION 794 00:29:12,299 --> 00:29:13,920 AT THIS POINT I'M 795 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,480 GOING TO GUESS 796 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:16,390 THAT 797 00:29:16,390 --> 00:29:18,059 THEY WERE PROBABLY SEATED BEHIND 798 00:29:18,059 --> 00:29:19,819 PRESIDENT TRUMP 799 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,869 YOU KNOW BASED ON 800 00:29:22,230 --> 00:29:23,690 THE WHOLE THING BUT I 801 00:29:23,690 --> 00:29:25,440 DON'T KNOW I SHOULDN'T EVEN SPECULATE 802 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:26,240 UNDERSTOOD 803 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:27,799 AGAIN RICHARD 804 00:29:27,799 --> 00:29:30,569 GOLDINGER WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME 805 00:29:30,569 --> 00:29:32,829 THIS EVENING AND WE'RE WISHING THE VERY BEST OUR HEARTS 806 00:29:32,829 --> 00:29:34,380 GO OUT TO YOU 807 00:29:34,380 --> 00:29:36,000 AND YOUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY 808 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,450 AS YOU TRY TO BUILD BACK FROM THIS TRAGEDY THANK 809 00:29:38,450 --> 00:29:39,859 YOU AGAIN 810 00:29:41,059 --> 00:29:42,460 I WANT TO GO TO 811 00:29:42,460 --> 00:29:44,990 LET'S GO BACK TO MARTHA RADDATZ IN WASHINGTON MARTHA I 812 00:29:44,990 --> 00:29:47,480 KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO NOT ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT 813 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,740 SOURCES POLITICAL SOURCES BUT ALSO 814 00:29:49,740 --> 00:29:50,839 FOLKS IN THE MILITARY 815 00:29:50,839 --> 00:29:52,170 WHO WERE DESCRIBING 816 00:29:52,170 --> 00:29:53,539 WHAT THEY HEARD 817 00:29:53,539 --> 00:29:56,049 WITH THOSE GUNSHOTS WE GOT SOME MORE INFORMATION 818 00:29:56,049 --> 00:29:57,839 FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY THERE 819 00:29:57,839 --> 00:29:59,180 THE SUSPECT 820 00:29:59,180 --> 00:30:02,029 WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED AND WE'RE NOT SURE HOW 821 00:30:02,029 --> 00:30:03,200 WE'RE CAREFUL TO 822 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,750 YOU KNOW TO POINT THAT OUT WAS ON A ROOFTOP 823 00:30:05,750 --> 00:30:06,509 ADJACENT 824 00:30:06,509 --> 00:30:08,089 TO THE VENUE 825 00:30:08,650 --> 00:30:11,240 WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU AND WHAT'S THE REACTION YOU'RE 826 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:12,890 GETTING FROM YOUR SOURCES 827 00:30:12,890 --> 00:30:15,039 WELL IT CERTAINLY WAS A WAYS AWAY 828 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:17,900 FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THAT IN IN THE BEGINNING WHEN 829 00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:20,960 I STARTED TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH WEAPONS 830 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,279 AND WHO HEARD THAT 831 00:30:22,279 --> 00:30:22,950 GUNFIRE 832 00:30:22,950 --> 00:30:23,990 ON THE TAPE 833 00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:26,690 SAID THEY WERE CERTAIN IT WAS PROBABLY A WAYS AWAY 834 00:30:26,690 --> 00:30:27,700 FROM THE ACTUAL 835 00:30:27,700 --> 00:30:30,779 VENUE OUTSIDE THE SECURITY ZONE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT 836 00:30:30,779 --> 00:30:32,920 THAT HAS PROVEN TO BE TRUE 837 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,670 THERE WERE SEVERAL SHOTS 838 00:30:34,670 --> 00:30:37,349 YOU COULD HEAR AND THEY WERE VERY DISTINCT 839 00:30:37,349 --> 00:30:39,450 AT LEAST 2 OR 3 POSSIBLY 840 00:30:39,450 --> 00:30:42,259 MORE SHOTS AND WE DON'T KNOW YET WHETHER WE WERE 841 00:30:42,259 --> 00:30:43,420 HEARING 842 00:30:43,420 --> 00:30:45,079 NOT JUST THE SHOOTER 843 00:30:45,079 --> 00:30:48,180 BUT THOSE WHO THEN TOOK OUT THE SHOOTER 844 00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:50,380 BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AND WE'VE ALL 845 00:30:50,380 --> 00:30:53,099 LOOKED AT IT OVER AND OVER AND YOU SEE 846 00:30:53,099 --> 00:30:56,400 PRESIDENT TRUMP GET UP AND PUT THAT FIST IN THE 847 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,220 AIR WE'VE NOW