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opens fire in on a suspected gunman while form earn president trump was golfing. the fbi calling it a possible assassination attempt. the secret service rushing him to safety. authorities saying the suspect had an assault-style rifle and had these two backpacks. the photos of police pulling him over and taking him in. what we're learning about the secret service response just months after the failed assassination attempt in butler, pennsylvania. the new precautions they're now taking the keep the candidates safe. three americans allegedly detains in venezuela accused of trying to kill that nation's leader. the historic spacex mission splashes back down to earth. the amazing images. tua tagovailoa saying he will not quit despite concussions, but will he be allowed to play

again? and there's good news tonight. the college coach's tearful postgame interview now is surprising next play. ♪♪ this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening. we're coming on the air with another horrific and historic moment in america. the fbi says there has been another possible attempt on former president trump's life. mr. trump is safe and was not harmed. law enforcement sources say that while the former president was golfing at one of his courses in florida, the secret service fired in the direction of a person with an ar-style rifle. the secret service found these two backpacks and a gopro camera before the suspect was found in a car on i-95 and taken into custody. for his part, mr. trump says he is glad to be alive. this comes months after the gunman grazed the republican presidential candidate's ear

during a rally in pennsylvania. the secret service was blamed for allowing that shoot tore get close. tonight we are tracking, the late-breaking details and keeping our leaders safe in america today. let's be gain with kathy park in west palm beach, florida. tonight, the fbi investigating what appeared to be an assassination attempt to former president donald trump. >> shortly before 2:00 p.m. sunday at golf international golf club at west palm beach. the u.s. secret service personnel opened fire on a gunman located near the property line. >> as a precaution, agents rushed the former president to safety. according to sources trump was between the 5th and 6th hole when the incident took lace. >> what they do is they have an agent that jumps one hole ahead of time where the president was at, and he was able to spot this rifle barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engaged

that individual at which time the individual took off. >> reporter: officials say two backpacks and a rifle were found in the bushes. >> there was also a gopro on the fence where he was attempting to film what was going on. we were able to locate a witness that said hey, i saw the guy running out of the bushes. he jumped into a black nissan, and i took a picture of the vehicle and the tag. >> reporter: the license plate tracked by law enforcement on i-95. the sheriff's office in neighboring marten county stopped the black nissan and took the suspect into custody. >> it was a lone driver in the vehicle, that driver is now in custody and in the hands of the federal bureau of investigations. >> reporter: this happening just two months after an assassination attempt. the former president shot and wounded in butler county,en pen. officials have not released a motive on that investigation. lindsay graham spoke to the former president writing he's

one of the strongest people i've ever known and he's in good spirits and more resolved than ever to save our country. >> kathy joining us from outside the golf international golf club. the security has been huge. >> that's right. it was huge and immediate, as well. there is a large security perimeter around the golf course right now. several roadblocks in and around this area as the investigation presses ahead. officials are saying there's no longer a threat with the suspect now in custody. >> kathy park starting us off tonight. thanks. i want to bring in tom winter and our law enforcement and intelligence correspondent and tom, we are learning more about the suspect. what do we know? >> that's right, lester, three senior u.s. law enforcement officials tell us the suspect has been preliminarily identified is ryan wesley ruth born in february of 1966. they say this is the person they believe was responsible for this incident today in what has been described by the fbi is an apparent assassination attempt.

it was the quick thinking of a witness, lester that not only photographed this individual's car according to police, but also the license plate. they took that license plate, put it into a database and using license plate readers were able to determine not only which highway he was on i-59 and the general direction he was going that led to the arrest that kathy referenced earlier. lester, taking a step back here. there are discussions at the most senior levels of federal law enforcement as to the amount of threats that former president trump as well as his opponent vice president kamala harris are receiving and what is to be done about their security. on top of that, lester, we are just a week away from the unga, the united nations general a assembly which is an even larger need for secret service. >> i want to bring in correspondent hallie jackson. what are we hearing from the

campaigns tonight? >> let's start with the trump campaign, lester, which put out a short statement about gunshots in the vicinity of the former president indicating he was okay and a fund-raising email which seemed to be a message from mr. trump saying before rumors start spiralling out of control, i wanted you to hear this first. i am safe. the white house says president biden and vice president harris have been briefed and are being kept regularly updated with vice president harris writing a post online tonight that she's glad mr. trump is safe, and that violence has no place in america. that, lester, is a sentiment echoed by her running mate tim walz, as well. >> it would certainly rattle anyone. do we have any sense of mr. trump's state of mind, hallie? >> great question, lester. allies including his running mate say he's in good spirits as they tell it. mr. golf had been golfing with a friend when the incident happened. mr. trump was talking about his golf game after the shooting and was also saying that he is glad to be alive. remember, after the rally in

butler, pennsylvania, mr. butler described that attempt on his life as surreal, showing up in person to the republican convention a couple of days later. mr. trump doesn't have any in-person campaign stops and it is basketball he could decide to appear or speak publicly in the day given everything that has happened today. >> halle jackson, thank you. just two months since the attempt on mr. trump's life in pennsylvania. that led tote resing naz of the secret service director. kelly o'donnell has more on what this latest incident means for the service. >> reporter: tonight, a new security challenge for the u.s. secret service in what has been a season of danger and heightened scrutiny. only nine weeks after gun fire erupted in butler, pennsylvania, wounding former president trump, killing a rally goer and

injuring two others. the protective agency has been making changes and facing hard questions and consequences. much of the focus for the july 13th assassination attempt centers on how that gunman, thomas crooks, was able to reach a rooftop with a line of sight fewer than 150 yards from mr. trump, but outside the protected perimeter. the security failure forced the resignation of then secret service director kimberly cheatle. later the acting director said the lapses were unacceptable. >> what i saw made me ashamed. >> another key issue, lack of coordinated communications with other law enforcement works that day. >> there were clearly radio transmissions that may have happened on that local radio net that we did not have. >> reporter: a bipartisan congressional task force deployed to butler in the weeks after the shooting. >> we'll conduct a full,

thorough and robust investigation. >> reporter: among the changes, additional agents have been assigned to the former president's protection. ballistic glass is being used at certain outdoor events for mr. trump and vice president harris, but today' events happened around a weekend golf game. a stark reminder that any public exposure can put national leaders at risk. >> kelly, these are all important questions and what are the next steps that we know of from the secret service? >> reporter: lester, two tell me the active service members are headed to florida. they've been calling on military assets to support their protected operations in certain events involving the former president and that is unusual because the military is typically only for the sitting president and not former president and candidates, butge changed. lester? >> kelly o'donnell. let me bring in nbc news and former secret service agents evy

pompouras. it is about pressing the flesh, getting out, and being seen and making your case. what happens now? >> first you will see a massive increase in assets and it has finite power and you can't hire more agents. they will reach out to local law enforcement and possibly the military to help secure these, vents. you are looking at mass numbers of people and open areas and lots of vulnerabilities and this is the second attempt possible owe president trump and they are going to take it seriously. they'll also be looking at these threats coming in. they already have a massive amount of threats and the manpower needed to assess these threats coming in to make sure that nothing is -- that they're assessing them in the way that nothing can touch president trump or any of the other candidates and you know what? you'll also be looking at the potential of more copycats. >> all right. that's a worrisome thought. evy pompouras, thank you for

being with us. today's assassination attempt comes amid fierce rhetoric on the campaign trail itself. mr. trump, his running mate, j.d. vance continued to make baseless claims about haitian immigrants in ohio. this weekend there were new bomb threats in that town. our maggie vespa is in columbus, ohio with more. >> reporter: lester, simply put, springfield, ohio, has been inundated by threats. today effectively closing a university campus after an administrator said someone threatened a mass shooting targeting haitians. this after a false online conspiracy theory alleging that haitians in the city are eating people's pets, something -- >> all right. we've lost our contact with maggie. we want to turn to other breaking news overseas. a member of the u.s. military is among three americans arrested in venezuela. they are part of of a plot of

killing dictator nicholas maduro. six people in total were arrested by venezuelan authorities along with the two americans, two spanish nationals and a czech citizen were also detained. the state department confirmed the arrests of the u.s. service member and said any claims of a u.s. plot to overthrow maduro are, quote, categorically false. still ahead tonight, exclusive video shows the man suspected of killing four suspected of killing four university of idaho i have relapsing ms but i still want to spend my time my way. i chose kesimpta because it works for me and my schedule. kesimpta is a once-monthly treatment for rms that had powerful results a reduced rate of relapses and slowed disability progression. don't take if you've had an allergic reaction to ofatumumab, life-threatening injection-related reaction to kesimpta, or have hepatitis b. tell your doctor if you've had hepatitis b as it could come back. kesimpta can cause serious side effects, including fatal infections. while no pml cases were reported in rms clinical trials, it could happen. tell your doctor if you had or plan to have vaccines,

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back now with nbc news exclusive video of a suspect in the university of idaho murders being transferred to the new bigger county where his trial for allegedly killing four university students will take place next year. here's sam brock. >> reporter: clad in an orange jump suit and handcuffs, brian kohberger was whisked by sheriff's deputies in the early morning hours to a waiting plane. arriving 90 minutes later in boise, idaho, in this county jail inside one of those suvs. some 300 miles away from the site of the brutal murders tonight and xana kernodle and ethan chapin. the university of idaho students found fatally stabbed in the home. kohberger charged with the grisly crimes for which the judge pled not guilty on his behalf receiving a new booking

photo. >> the state of idahoers have us brian kohberger. >> following a high-stakes week in the case where the judge granted a request. >> professionally, the most difficult decision i have ever had to make. >> the judge citing concerns about a prejudiced jury pool after a tight-knit and insulated community and a lack of resources to stage a trial of this magnitude. katy goncalves' parents and assumes control. >> we're not going to be quiet about it and go get us a real judge to get the stuff done. >> the new judge is signed by the idaho supreme court, the honorable stephen hipler has pointed to high-profile cases as proof they're up to the task of a kohberger murder trial. >> sam joins us now. what's next in terms of court proceedings. >> sure, lester. the next scheduled hearing is november 7th.

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inspiring. here again is hallie jackson. >> they believed. they believed. we came here and got it done. >> reporter: an emotional postgame interview just as inspiring as his team's improbable victory. >> they listened to what i said. i told them all week. we don't need luck, we just have to be our best and they were their best today, and we were able to get it done. >> reporter: northern illinois university coach thomas hammock overcome after his team's stunning upset over legendary notre dame. >> and that's blocked at the line of scrimmage, and the huskies are celebrating. the biggest upset in their school's history. >> reporter: what was going through your mind in those last 30 seconds? >> to get the result that we got i was just overcome just watching them celebrate and see their family and the husky fans. it was just a surreal moment. >> and a moment of pride. >> it's like they're my kids. i'm happy for their adversity,

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