>>> back here in this country, in the race for the white house, former president trump returning to the campaign trail tonight for the first time since the second apparent attempt on his life, and looking to place blame for the incident on democrats. garrett haake is in michigan. >> reporter: tonight, former president trump thanking officers who caught the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt against him and describing the alarming moments on his golf course. >> all of the sudden we heard shots being fired in the air, and i guess probably four or five. secret service knew immediately it was bullets. and they grabbed me. >> reporter: an agent had fired on the armed suspect who was able to hide in the bushes undetected by secret service for nearly 12 hours. trump revealing a phone call from president biden and late today vice president harris said she also called him. >> i checked on him to see if he was okay. and i told him what i have said publicly. there is no place...