economic crisis, voters will choose a new president as the nation faces, quibbling, austerity measures many say the poorest of suffering the most. what direction with the country takes as it takes tough decisions? sure line collection on al jazeera, the, to a mine is in custody of to being seen near republican presidential candidate, donald trump with the rightful the, the ice visits appears to be on this last the nation attempt. we're not sure right now if the individual was able to take a shot are our agents. but for sure, the hello i'm sort of part of this is alex, is there a lie from the how also coming up. often months of denials,

israel says 3 captives who died in gauze, a late last year, were killed by its own as strikes. yeah, mine's food sees fire and bis solve it, reaches the inside, is ro prime minister benjamin netanyahu. once the group will pay a heavy price, i have my house on the water. and i'm curious if i ever be able to return to the wes flooding in europe in decades, lines and livelihoods all destroyed as entire towns sit under water. the while we begin in the united states for a mine is in custody of the f. b ice, as opposed to be an assassination attempt on republican presidential candidates. donald trump not happens at trump's golf course in west palm beach. a witness sold a gunman and managed to take photos of his call. office has been spots of the

vehicle on the i 95 highway and presented the suspects in motion counts. you may palm city around 45 minute drive away to meet treatments with and co reports. donald trump was playing golf here at the trump international golf club in west palm beach. when the secret service said they spoke to the government and the bushes at the edge of costs and open fire out to the us secret service personnel open fire on a government located near the property line. and this matters on a secret service agent that was all the course did a fantastic job. what they do is they have an agent that jumps one hole ahead of time to where the president was and he was able to spot this rifle barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engaged that individual. at which time david individual took all the police, say, the suspect escaped the scene, and then s u,

v i d by witness and apprehended later without any additional violence. we took as high profile selling off this race. as this class. we did it safely and nobody else was a law enforcement officials say they found an a k 47 rifle with a scope to backpacks. with ceramic, placing hung on the fence and a gopro camera, the republican presidential candidates was taken to a folding room at the club by the secret service donald trump late. so sent an email to his fundraising list saying, see a note i am safe and well and no one was had printed over 2 months ago. donald trump's p a was graced by a bullet when a gun man took a shot at him during a campaign speech in pennsylvania. the head of the secret service resigned of that assassination attempt. now new questions about his security will be raised off of this latest incident to meet them if it didn't go out to 0. well for more on this,

that's close to right, so i see positive hole hand in washington. dc pots has been a remarkable austin in, in the us. can you talk us through how all of this has unfolded in the last few hours? i guess it was just around 4 o'clock local time just before that we started to hear statements just to give you some perspective. it's now some of the talks about $33.00 and a half hours ago. we got a statement from the trump campaign saying that shots were heard near where the former president was golfing, but that he is safe. very unusual to hear that kind of thing from the campaign 1st . so lot of speculation is whether there were gunshots just heard in the vicinity. but at the hours that unfolded, we learned as to meet you just was mentioning incredibly lucky moment for the former president, the secret service agent was just ahead of him about we believe one or 2 golf holes ahead of heavy in the bubble as they call it and see, i have somehow spotted this rifle sticking out from behind the trees behind defense . not only were they were able to shoot at that suspect he ran away,

we will eat. he's alleged to a runaway and there was a witness who upon hearing the shots had the presence of mind to take out their phone and take a picture of the vehicle as it was lean. so then the police said that they were able to put that vehicle license plate into their automatic card reading system. and basically a lot of cities in the us anywhere. he drives a lot of intersections. they've got these cameras that are reading license plates, goes to the computer. they were able to find him and i think less than an hour followed him for a little bit in the county just at north of west palm beach is police are out of the vehicle, force them to the side, arrested him and he is in custody. now, of course, we know that i went online and your social media, all of these reports are saying who the suspect is an older gentleman. but we're not going to go ahead with that until we have confirmation from sources or from the authorities. but again, it's the present, a former president sending out a letter to his supporters, as has mentioned saying, you know, i,

i appreciate your support. so what does that mean? luckily, who's going to use this try and fundraise, he did that after the assassination attempt, or just over to months ago. and it worked for me. is fundraising increased by quite a bit. so don't know if will hear from the former president tonight. he tends to like to be on camera when the story is this much of a big deal. so we'll see. but haven't heard anything just yet other than to say that he is in fact safe. yeah, exactly. is your sign up has to call him and usually we do have from donald trump when it comes to things like that. certainly when he's in the long not we'll be checking in with you a little bit late. so thank you very much, costco. hey know the latest update from washington d. c. now let's go to lawrence cove is a full us assistant secretary of defense and form a darts of national security studies at the council of foreign relations. and he joins us now from washington d. c. now this clearly seems to be according to the f b i of the say it appears to be an us plus

a nation attempt. does this carry the whole box of that in your experience? well, i do, obviously, i think it was, it attempted assassination. i mean, he has gone the port a through the fence and i'd have to compile that he was going to take pictures of it after you know, he accomplished uh his objectives. thank goodness that he didn't. but i think what it says is about the fact that we've had, unfortunately, a long history of people assassinating our. our lead is john kennedy. robert kennedy, dr. king, we're all fascinated. our gun control laws are very low. so what comparatively easy for people, even with a very suspect record, to get guns like the person who tried to kill a trump up in pennsylvania 2 months ago had a very checkered record, but he was able to get guns. we don't know enough about this individual whether he

had a past history of violence or anything like that. yeah. and of course as you assign them, we don't know just yet the details. um, there's still speculation, but we're waiting for an official statement on who that person is. but when it comes to donald trump, certainly in this campaign, the moment this is the 2nd, it seems a tens of it and fascination attempts. why do we think not is, does this say a lot about the situation now and perhaps um, in terms of the security of, you know, what was there a security lots this time especially given that donald trump has it seems previously aust, for a step up in security before the 1st assassination attempt that happened a while ago. well, there's no doubt about the fact and we've had an investigation with the head of the secret service, how to resign, that there was a laps in security. back in pennsylvania 22 month, 2 months ago. we don't know this time we do know that they stopped it even before

they did it last time. they didn't, and we were lucky, it just hit his ear and didn't hit him and, and, and completely they do bill of change him. the secret service people world a whole ahead if you will. a where trump was making sure it was safe for him to go to each of the hall and they spotted it. and this was not easy. it was in a fence on a golf course just to, you know, our rightful, stinking out. i mean that was a remarkable. busy finding by the secret service of people here, but i do think it what it says is, trump is a very polarizing figure. and unfortunately with the access to guns being relatively easy in our country, people who get upset about his cabinet so they can take action. yeah, and this isn't just the only targeting of donald trump during this campaign. you

also have us intelligence officials that just said a few days ago that they were confident that iran was responsible for a heck of donald trump's presidential campaigns. so this is, seems like a security breach on, in many ways as well. but there's no doubt, no doubt about the fact that you're going to have to have increased security for a full, a president trump during this camp. right? because a we have are too many people with access to guns and the other is i think just a really, he's a polarizing figure. he doesn't try and accommodate or make compromises. he comes out with a very radical proposal and that box sets people on. fortunately, who have access to well through guns at all, i know our rook in our, in our system. hi k, thanks very much. the lawrence, cool, a full mirror as the assistant secretary of defense, really appreciate your thoughts on that. so then suddenly explaining to us the

security situation that in us thank you for having me take care of while we're talking about. so security that but let's also speak to eric. com who's the most political unless he's also in washing some dc. a eric, does this explain a lot about the political situation in the us as we inch close to the presidential election, which is less than 2 months away? well, none of this, i think, at this point can be explained. and of course, it's also cleared to me and perhaps others who are watching all of this. i'm told that none of this can also be normalized. this is the 2nd attempted assassination of a former us president in less than 2 months. and now we're just 50 days away from the american electorate heading to the polls. and already there is a growing concerned about potential violence. if donald trump doesn't win,

more importantly, we're already beginning to see the implications of donald trump. smith's information on a small community in ohio, where patient emigrants who are here legally are actually now under threat because of this information. and so what we're seeing now is this polarization which has led to violence throughout this campaign is continuing to ratchet up. the question will be, well donald trump, well his mag or supporters actually began to actually came down on the rhetoric also attempt down on the political temperature was already asked earlier. if we're going to see donald trump, or we're going to see a difference in this campaign, this election cycle, i don't think we're going to, and i think also this issue surrounding guns and the violence that continues to pervade our political landscape is not actually going to go away and i think this is now with us for the foreseeable future. yeah, and we're, yeah, it's a hey,

from donald, from to respond to this situation. but some what if he does come up and speak on this, what do you expect his reaction will be? and it's not i o, we really don't know and fact after. and the reason why we don't know is because we don't really have much to go on from the 1st assassination attempt. we haven't heard from those who treated donald trump in the immediate aftermath of that assassination attempt. we did not really hear much from donald trump himself, and we did not hear from law enforcement now. we have heard from lawrence enforcement, we're told that there is a suspect that is a custody right now. but was also striking about both of these assassination attempts. is that both of the of the, the alleged shooters in these assassination attempts more seen as supporters of donald trump. in fact, the individual in this shooting are today with someone who voted for donald trump in 2016. and also apparently his social media platforms were filled with conspiracy

theories, particularly around koby. so it seems as though these are people who certainly support donald trump delete. and donald trump and i have also amplified many of the talking points from donald trump and other mag a supporters. so i think what we're seeing here is just how inexplicable the environment is. and more importantly, given that donald trump is now ground 0 toward the political violence that raised the political landscape, it simply is just inexplicable as to why this continues to happen to donald trump himself. well, and you're just saying the about some of you know, as we said, it's still not confound officially. the person behind the slightest incident. but you know, if they, if he was a full, not donald trump supposed to perhaps the route of republican support. and what does that say about the republican base that the moment with, when you know, is a pun,

roy's ation within the republicans to that's a really good question and we know that you have beer and i wrote them entire both on the, in the civil war within the republican party in the aftermath of the 2012 presidential election. and so i think what we're seeing, even now with so many high profile conservatives coming out in support of comma harris. there is a schism. i divide within the republican party. is that leading to this level of violence on the ex president on political leaders in the country? it's, it's, i think it's too early to tell. but what we do know is this is a country that certainly has had a longstanding problem with guns. and of course with violence and when you look at the number of mass shootings that continue to, to take place throughout the country. what we're saying now is americans obviously are becoming increasingly more comfortable settling their differences, being political or otherwise with violence and with weapons of mass destruction.

more so than trying to debate those issues on an intellectual level. yeah, i'm all right. how i'm just going by. so one of your points earlier where we were talking about whether, whether, what we would expect donald trump will predict on a trump how he would react to this. so suddenly when the last assassination attempt took place. um, he then did the fist in the uh, sort of uh, victory 1st, you know, we will prevail. um, do you think an incident like this last time would actually be strength and his fun based on his support network. so it's a head of the presidential election that we have seen, at least until recently, the polls have shown that this is going to be a razor thin race. and the, the outcome is going to be very, very tight. and the reason for that is because donald trump support is already hard

. it already got very, very locked in, in terms of it support for donald trump. and i think that's why he has been so competitive. threw out this campaign cycle. now it's only been recently that we have seen, comma let harris begin to actually set some distance between herself and donald trump. but never the less. what we have seen over and over again is donald trump's base continues to stay on with him, no matter what. and quite frankly, i think that's one of the reasons why we continue to see donald trump push the envelope, not only on what's politically acceptable, but also what is continuing to actually ignite the flames of the ongoing violence that the country is now confronting. as it looks, a head to this consequential election when bowers tied to the polls on november 5th . thanks very much, eric. hi, i mean really some interesting stuff and we'll be following the latest developments on that story. eric home, us political analyst lives from for us from washington

d. c. thank you. thank you. well, so heads on, i'll just sarah with the codes. why the name of an iconic bridge in cost of i is threatening to escalate ethnic tensions? the hello, we do have another storm brewing across the east disabled of the last thing. see this little heavier cloud here, just around the carolinas, just to the south is that developing tropical system. this one is 5050 channels as to whether it does become a tropical storm, but it's going to push my close as we go through the next couple of days. and this is drawing that wet weather written across the carolinas. pushing further north as we go on through monday, the rafters chows still in place across the deep south pushing up towards arkansas

and then something of a rush of showers out of the west as well. fruitfully, some useful right into california. you can see the, the wild fonts i suspect is going to be not quantity enough to be of significant benefit for the law office and whether around the pacific, northwest, west, and positive canada. she was right along the rockies. what the weather around the east coast will that creeps a little further east was through the mid atlantic states. and that is his way up towards new england. meanwhile, but got a rash of showers across the caravan. nothing too much to concern ourselves with tiny of dry weather and sunshine sunshine to establish that for jamaica for cuba. few showers to just around the eastern islands as well, and maybe a little live. the other half will barbados as we go through choose day. but law to dry trinidad the,

there's no limit to how far a dream contains sta in your own adventure. now. counter arrange the the the welcome back you watching out. is there a reminder about of stories this our b s. b? i says former us president donald trump was the subjects of an apparent nation attempt golf course in florida. and mine was seen pointing

a rightful towards the course as a republican presidential. no, many tied around of gulf ages 5 that the man who then fled but was late with taken into custody. and a case all firearms recovers from the same. police also recovers a grove pro camera and to find mike's trump puts out the statement, saying he is safe and well, he was shot tearing around the back in july when a bullets grazed his is the is really strikes is killed at least 20 people since the early hours of sunday, his really forces targeted and destroyed the home of the civil defense officer and all the slate off for a few g comp. at least 3 children were killed. and now the 15 people, including children as well, from nearby homes and tense, would say you can fool ok, felt hospital the medical facility and did it by the is the largest in central gaza

media. yeah, of the israel's will on golf, assaulted families all still morning, the last of children. the violence has been so devastating that view and has described the occupied territory as a graveyard for young people. award for distribution vehicle was also hit the on the site us for a few g accounts. one person was killed in dots attack and 6 other people were injured. you know, often months of denials is ray, the army is confirmed. that's 3 captives who died and goes a late last year, was killed by is rarely showing the bodies of alia, totally, donna, nick. as yet and wrong sherman were recovered in december, israel had previously denied responsibility for the desk and military officials list that was said at the time of the attack, there was no intelligence indicating captives were held at the location where they were killed. honda said who has this update from the jordanian comp to online and not because he is rated government has bind dial 0 for reporting from inside of his

ro. these rarely army released a statement saying that it conducted an extensive investigation about an air strike that was conducted on november the 10th. the military says they were targeting a senior him, us official and had no intelligence whatsoever that there were captive in the nearby vicinity. now the bodies of the captives were recovered on december 14th, and the military is finally acknowledging that it is really airstrike is what killed them. the military went on to say that they do not conduct airstrikes showing or any other sort of attacks. when there is intelligence or information about the whereabouts of captives, but this is just one in a series of intelligence and security failures by these really military threw out the last 11 months. the greatest of those failures was also back in december when these really army shot and killed 3 of their own captives. there's been a lot of frustration from these really public from family members of is really captives who have said the policy, the benjamin netanyahu,

and his cabinet are not going to bring about the release of the remaining captive, saying that he is neither capable nor willing to accept a deal and you have to remember that for the last couple of weeks there had been consecutive protest against israel's government calling for a deal to bring about the captives. but nothing y'all who maintains that military pressure is the only way to bring them back. well, family members of the captive say that that is doing the opposite of the central veto. i'm to now these righty ministry says early investigations contradicts the claim by humans who is the rebels that they fired a hypersonic. ms. collins has really tired tree. israel says it was a less advanced ballistic missile. the minute tree of knowledge, the project called evaded. it's a, the defense system and was only partially destroyed, of some of the debris line did close to the instructional airport. so that's been going to tell a visa and is ready. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the whole teas will pay

a heavy price for the attack. the updates will see that there's just going on. we are in the multi fund visual against around the excess of able, that strives to destroy us this morning to who to use launched a surface to surface missile from human into a to a tree. it should have known by now that we exec, he'd be price, but any attempt to to home us is those who need to remind to in this matter are invited to visit the poto data. anyone who attacks us will not escape from out of a mazda is already learning this and add to, to meant action that will lead to its destruction. and the release of lat hostages . to all the plans, reopening of a bridge in the city of miss rebecca and northern costs of her is causing control the sea, the bridge lynx yesterday called damien. and as next, the parts of the city bots. it was the sides of blood, the violence between the 2 communities in the 1990s. how much vol has more on this bridge across the bottom, you for the fights? we thought it's not just geographically, but a long estimate. claims to every day said and done. paintings cost ciboney,

it's on foot, but it's been close to vehicles for decades. concrete body is on the tanya and security forces. have been guarding it since a need to a peacekeeping force known as k for was established in 1999. it's now close of us by minister once the breach reopened, to traffic move, supported by on paintings. not meant this, but as we can't wait for the bridge to be open to vehicles, again, we go back and forth all day by foot. i don't know who finds the reopening problem matic it should have been done 20 years ago. so we wouldn't have had to struggle all these years. somebody problem is a just double check. what subs opposed to the plan? the seat of a symbol of resistance against kosovar authorities establishing full control in recent years, incidents on the bridge huffman rail. but the peacekeeping force says it plans to remain here. asia, indeed, but must be taken to

a bar. and the vision we got national community or in the meantime, diesel will not pay the $0.06 on the lease. so you have some boss of the to kosovo has one that he opening could post. it is to the safety of nato troops, new york, the new data between cost of all of sadie has called for for the nation. the position of the up in union, i think is well known, but the real repeated debates would be open. but these opening should be done in close cooperation with the cost of, of the international partners course of us by administer says on preparations for the reopening, have been made, pending coordination with a peacekeeping force. when political analyst believes its success hangs on the course of what was that of the most to form an association of municipalities with a sub and majority as agreed upon in brussels blocking me and put in a, put them out. as i saw you were cutting the blockaded the bridge for traffic is

a symbolical by sips to show that they political demand is the establishment of an association of municipality sort of a. so it'd be in the majority cost of oh has not taken steps in that direction stating that the sylvian side is not being constructive in the dialogue. but at the serbian side is not constructive. why should the cost of buy side behaving the same man? i mean, to other bridges on the body for open to traffic control vesee over this one is seen by some of symbolic how much fun punches you several people have died in thousands of hyams have been damaged. also, some of the heaviest, rain in use at central and eastern europe floods the full tens of thousands of people from that homes and a number of countries. andrew simon reports of the europe hasn't seen sledging on such a scale in decades. here in the czech republic lives saved fire, rescue helicopter 3, but elsewhere others haven't been so fortunate with

a wide sway of central and eastern europe hit by storm bonus. normality has been lost along with lives and livelihoods replaced by seems like this. and people wait to see if the homes spent most of the way to here to see whether the brave survives or not. if not, the water will immune data, all of the area, all the she has the shopping. so what you see here is worse than in 1997. i don't know what will happen further because i have my house on the water. and i'm curious if i ever be able to return to into this river runs across the check for the interposed. and the search has broken banks and defenses in polish towns down the street. this is one of the cause of submerged property lost or destroyed. this little movement apart from the water. thousands of people have had to leave the

homes all over the region. day and night. storm virus has proved devastating problems. prime minister donald task took a look for himself and later declared a state of natural disaster. here he tries to convince people to follow evacuation orders is the most of the days that we know this cannot last for weeks. this is for several 1000 hours. we expect that will be many such evacuations. in romania search and rescue teams under particular stress with submerge villages, people are overwhelmed, many losing full of possessions. so it's a storage every 2nd. i don't have anything left. the beds are filled with much. i've nowhere to sleep. i have nothing, nothing, nothing. we don't have food, water, clothes, look, the neighbor gave me a dress. i can't stand it anymore. we have nothing left. even my husband is wearing clothes he received from the neighbors in australia before which is preparing for

the west in the capital vienna. the river, the danube has risen to record levels. it's already booked. it's banks in linds.