you are taking the local authorities in butler, pennsylvania, in butler township, in butler county.aring today that report on the senate side did not do? >> they can basically tell the truth from the point of view that they saw it. they can go back and tell them exactly step-by-step what they saw and how they reacted. in those situations, typically the secret service hopes that a law enforcement officer will react in accordingly just as he would if secret service was not there. hopefully they can retrack their steps and give them some good valid information. >> dana: one of the things that i think has been important to note is the bipartisanness of this and senate democrats have been the ones as outraged as republicans. here is senator richard blumenthal. >> i have said our report. you don't have to attend a classified briefing to know we need to be doing more to protect elected officials. americans need to know that the threat level has multiplied to a different order of magnitude because iran, russia, china, and others are in effect trying to sow discord, divide the nation and und

butler county e.s.u. july 13, while working for butler township, he was stationed with a secret service agent where former president trump's motor car arrived. our third witness, mr. john harold, who was a lieutenant for the pennsylvania state police. lieutenant harold was the officer in charge of the pennsylvania state police on july 13. next we have mr. patrick sullivan who served over 40 years in federal law enforcement. he began his career at 18 working for the f.b.i. and he joined the secret service as a special agent where he served 23 years retiring as a supervisor. though he is retiring and not present on july 13, he served on the secret service presidential protection division for four years and conducted numerous advances both domestic and foreign. his expertise will be helpful in context of how the secret service works with local law enforcement to ensure the safety of all protectees. last but not least, we have dr. ariel goldschmidt testifying remotely. he is the chief medical examiner for the

butler county e.s.u. july 13, while working for butler township, he was stationed with a secret service agent where former president trump's motor car arrived. our third witness, mr. john harold, who was a lieutenant for the pennsylvania state police. lieutenant harold was the officer in charge of the pennsylvania state police on july 13. next we have mr. patrick sullivan who served over 40 years in federal law enforcement. he began his career at 18 working for the f.b.i. and he joined the secret service as a special agent where he served 23 years retiring as a supervisor. though he is retiring and not present on july 13, he served on the secret service presidential protection division for four years and conducted numerous advances both domestic and foreign. his expertise will be helpful in context of how the secret service works with local law enforcement to ensure the safety of all protectees. last but not least, we have dr. ariel goldschmidt testifying remotely. he is the chief medical examiner for the

a phone call asking for assistance with the upcoming butler rally. we then had a police planning meeting that was on july 8th, 2024 in allegany county. during that meeting is where they relayed the information specific to their request. at that point for butler esu two counter assault teams and a quick reaction force. >> where did that meeting take place? >> i believe it was the allegany county emergency operations center. i couldn't be there that day. i was teaching an active shooter class in erie. one of our deputy commanders went to that meeting. >> mr. blasko. >> so again, we took from that meeting, we took direction from commander lenz and team leaders and we started to formulate a plan of what to do. the first interaction that i personally had with the secret service would have been the july 11th walk-through at the farm show grounds. >> bill: on the site. >> yes, sir. >> you were -- who actually saw the site and determined a lot of things, including where the perimeter should be? i would think it would be the -- supposedly there would be a lot

>> unlike butler, where the shooter really was in plain sight for an awful long time. the shooter in this incident in this incident had cover and concealment or at least some level of cover and concealment along that along the woodline in because of that, you can really start to believe that the attacker actually had some level of a line of sight to where the former president was. now were they in the actual range to launch an attack or were they discovered by some of these counter surveillance or other agents that really constitute the enhanced security measures around the former president. but the key factor here is the assessment the accessibility that this attacker had two, the secure sight really the ease of ingress and egress in really the thought that there was some level of an escape route. all of this to me starts to signal a more elevated attack than something that was just a spontaneous yes. right. you start thinking about the the weapon that was utilized, the backpack that gopro the ease of ingressive and egress with a specific escape route. so all of these

at butler, it was at a rally, here he is outside golfing. it is so difficult to secure environments like this, you need so many more resources. u.s. secret service is typically towards the center. outside is usually local law enforcement. now, i can absolutely see them asking for more assets. not all local authorities have the numbers, so they are going to be reaching out to perhaps even military. there is some speculation about that, saying we need help. also, it is not just trump. you're going to be looking at vice president kamala harris, president biden. secret service also protects former presidents, usually that stays a little bit low, those contingencies also tend to be small. when you have actors like this, it is interesting, because with this stuff, they found a gopro. because in these situations, they want to be seen, the attackers. i want people to know, i want to broadcast that at the trump rally, what did we have there? lots of cameras. one of the things that we look for with attacks, when people select their targets, they want

by brexit being killed in butler, the same thing.e a number of conspiracy theories that have come out there will be none of that this time they will get to the bottom of it and discover if there was in fact a group or others involved with the individual. >> is it tell you anything in particular the effect this guy did not want to die? cooksey may very well have been prepared to die had the president walked another 350 or 400 yards pretty heavy taken the shot there would've been massive fire brought on to his location before he was shot at, as it was by the secret service agent that discovered him. whether he wanted to commit suicide by cop, whether he thought he might be able to escape, i do not know. it is going to be very interesting to find out the answer to those questions. cooks are still have so many questions. thank you for your time today, we appreciate it. >> you are welcome, thank you for asking me. >> former assistant director joins us in now. chris, thank you for being here. i do have one question regarding this suspect.

was in butler. there was one at this location. were not only did you have emergency services in so far as fire life safety, but you had emergency management officials. you had the highway patrol and the state police in that room. you had local law enforcement in that room. you had secret service agents in that room monitoring frequencies and listening to what was going on in those state and local networks. in addition to that, the locals were flying a drone in proximity to the site. that drone feed was being beamed into that unified command post and our agents had total domain awareness about what was going on. also, they had traffic cams. they were able to pipe in those traffic cams into that unified command post. that is the model by which our field, they have taken this to heart, and those special agent in the field are now having those conversations and they are directing exactly what we need and they are posting our people exactly where we need to be so that when our protectees are in a site, w

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 c

let's look at, first, butler. what he's saying about the failure of butler.t because i've been a side agent, and i have done this. when you go out there and you are a site agent, you have to work with locals, and you work with local police departments all across the country. sometimes you work with people older than you, much more seasoned than you. you are working with locals who have done this before. i cannot tell you how many times i would go and instructions and i was told by locals, i have done this before. i know what we're doing. and so what happens over times, because you want to protect those relationships, you are a bit almost like you tippi toe around telling them what to do. it's a federal agent versus the local psyche. this is our town, don't tell us what to do but i have to tell you what to do. i am responsible, and it's happened to me multiple multiple times where i would try to convey, this is what i need, and i would get pushback. yes, we know. and that's a bit problematic when you're a field agent. when i'm hearing this, what i'm hearing is

let's think back to butler.re we told initially that that we didn't have agents on the roof because it was a sloped roof? we soon found out that there was a great a roof with a greater pitch. but we did have agents on that roof. now, now that we've had a chance to actually look at the roof, where the where the shooter shot the president in the ear, you know, i used to do roofing guys. i fell off a roof nearly three stories and nearly died. and busted up my face and my arm. it was a mess. so i know what a sloped roof is on the roof in particular, that they that we were initially told was sloped. it wasn't sloped at all. and that is alarming to me because they didn't tell us the truth from the very beginning. and you could almost put ice on it, let it freeze, and i could ice skate on the roof because the pitch was so it wasn't really a pitched roof in any way. yeah. go ahead. and sean, to your point. no, to your point, sean, because you mentioned how eric trump was pointing out that this fifth hole, the putting gr

we've just learned the secret service has concluded its investigation into the security failures in butler, pennsylvania and soon ronald rowe, the acting director of the secret service, will announce those findings and then take questions from reporters. it was at 13th of july shooting and butler in which gunman opened fire at a trump campaign rally, grazing the ear of the former president. and killing a spectator will injuring others the secret service has been facing significant criticism for more than two months now for the actually, let's go now to that press conference today's hyper dynamic threat environment, the mission of the secret service's clear we cannot afford to fail after reviewing the planning event details. and coordination with partner agencies regarding the attempted assassination of former president donald trump on july 13 our mission assurance review is nearing its completion. >> as i've said, this was a failure on the part of the united states secret service it's important that we hold ourselves accountable for the failures of july 13 and then we'll use the lessons le

by brexit being killed in butler, the same thing.e a number of conspiracy theories that have come out there will be none of that this time they will get to the bottom of it and discover if there was in fact a group or others involved with the individual. >> is it tell you anything in particular the effect this guy did not want to die? cooksey may very well have been prepared to die had the president walked another 350 or 400 yards pretty heavy taken the shot there would've been massive fire brought on to his location before he was shot at, as it was by the secret service agent that discovered him. whether he wanted to commit suicide by cop, whether he thought he might be able to escape, i do not know. it is going to be very interesting to find out the answer to those questions. cooks are still have so many questions. thank you for your time today, we appreciate it. >> you are welcome, thank you for asking me. >> former assistant director joins us in now. chris, thank you for being here. i do have one question regarding this suspect.

reporter: on butler. you testified before congress that all assets requested for the butler rally by trump's detail were approved but there are secret service assets that may have prevented the tragedy on july 13. most notably a counterassault advance team that would have surveyed the site ahead of time or enhanced counterdrone protection that might have prevented the tragedy. were those specific assets requested by trump's detail? if they were, were they denied? and if they weren't, why weren't they requested? mr. rowe: the counterassault team had an element that was there that was embedded with local law enforcement. so we had tactical elements in place. the counterassault team leader that day had been in direct contact in the days leading up to july 13 with those tactical elements. reporter: to be clear, did the trump detail ask for additional resources that were denied by the secret service? mr. rowe: so based on the asset, based on the information i have right now, the asset request, all of those ass

so that's butler. mallacoota west palm beach where the secret service is congratulating themselves for a job well done. >> the former president is getting tactical assets. he's getting everything the former president, i'm sorry the current president has with respect to secret service assets. >> if he did the golf course would have been securing west palm beach. can you tell people what's going on with that? >> no shot was fired at the former president. of former president was not exposed to where he was on the golf course. and what i said and i said this monday, that procedures work. the redundancies work so high level of protection is working. >> a ukraine fanatic with a scoped rifle getting this close to the president isn't working. what's changed from butler to west palm? >> agents didn't man the roof and they didn't and the gaping hole in the fence. >> why did known within your secret service sweep behind that fence line for threats. they were sweeping ahead. so what i just explained is the element

rowe: beaver county assisted butler, but the butler team were part of the advanced process. sen. hassan: how many agents to the secret service provide to the event and how money people from state and local law enforcement agencies supported the event? mr. rowe: between law enforcement state and local and federal, there were 155 personnel that day. all combined, secret service is in the 70's and then we had support from homeland security investigations providing and we had approximately 70 or so various pennsylvania state law enforcement. sen. hassan: i want to go to one other issue before my time expires. you have talked today and in our secure briefing about the interoperability of counter drone capability, that it failed early on so it did not catch the drone over the site. first, what changes -- what changes is the secret service making to ensure it has backup technology but also what efforts to the secret service undertake to coordinate with other law enforcement regarding anti-drone capability at the rally site? mr. rowe: we are working to determine that now. we are redundan

idea is secret service guy, this is not like butler. he saw that barrel, he took action right that minute. >> brian: i imagine if they had drones in the sky, they might have video of him gets set up. >> maybe, it is a dense area, eight or nine feet high and four feet wide. >> brian: great work, thank you. appreciate it. sean hannity spoke with donald trump moments after second assassination attempt, he will join us next. choose advil liqui-gels for faster, stronger and longer-lasting relief than tylenol rapid release gels. because advil targets pain at the source of inflammation. so for faster pain relief, advil the pain away. there are many ways to deliver a shipment. at old dominion freight line, we deliver them this way. this way uses technology and goes the extra mile to do things the right way. the delivering promises on time, every time, way. elmer>> hi, i'm elmer heinrich. i am the owner of the 40-year-old company that sells immuno 150. immuno 150 contains 9 exotic fruits, 13 vitamins, 17 herbs, 18 amino acids, 70 minerals, coq10

i like butler. arthel: you're right the suspect is in custody so i ask you, what are they asking this would have been gunman. what questions do they have for him? obviously he will have his right to an attorney give us an idea of what would be happening right now. >> is going to be mirandized as if he has a right to an attorney. if he gets an attorney present. with this individual chooses to speak up a law enforcement is going to be asking him everything imaginable under the sun, what were you doing there? what were your intentions? why were you here? where are you from? that would look at things he's not going to tell law-enforcement very early to go into interrogation setting they confess and say this is what is up to this is what i was doing that is extremely rare. they're going to look at is digital footprint to look at everything the location of a car, the drone, that drone is a much valuable evidence law-enforcement thought was thag to be speaking to the suspect going through all the social me

over two months of the former president survived a first assassination attempt during his rally in butler, pennsylvania, and 20 is now to discuss my house, sean hannity and think you so much for being here tonight, and especially is even talking to the former president tonight his family and how are they doing. sean: trump is fight fight fight trump it's interesting and i'd going to breakfast with steve wycoff and he is a brilliant developer businessman and florida, good friend of mine and of the president we went to breakfast and he was trying to get me to play golf with him and i really do not play a lot of golf and i said thank you but i have work to do. and so he called me not long after this happen i spoke to him numerous times and president trump numerous times in the above-described pretty much the same thing, and see probably giving more details and terms of what was happening because he was the observer of the secret service, that was on duty and he could save enough in terms of praising them and the people around the president that quickly they were to jump on him and get him in

palm beach is the suspect in butler, dead.be able -- if he chooses, to tell the truth, and talk to cops, he can fill you in on everything. >> that's right. in any criminal investigation. having a suspect in custody creates an opportunity for that interview to learn more about what may have motivated him, what led him to this day. who he may have been working with. so, we don't yet know whether the suspect is cooperating with law enforcement. but, it's a tremendous opportunity to be able to understand what brought us to this day. and whether there are other co-conspirator who are part of this happening. >> steve: right. >> another key difference here is that thankfully, that secret service, those agents who were assigned to the president, who were with him that day, acted swiftly and decisively and kept this situation from being far worse than it could have been. and the president is safe today because of their swift and decisive action. >> steve: we did hear from the secret service spokesperson yesterday in the afternoon when

upcoming butler rally. we then had a police planning meeting. it was on july 8th, 2024, in allegheny county. during that meeting is where they relayed the information specific to their request, and at that point for butler esu, it was two sniper teams and a quick reaction force. >> where did that meeting take place? >> allegheny center. i was not there because i was teaching a class, but one of our deputy commanders went to that meeting. >> mr.blasko? >> again, from that meeting we took direction from commander lenz and deputy leaders and started to formulate a plan on what to do. the first interaction i personally had with the secret service was the july 11th walk through at the farm show grounds. >> actually on the site? >> yes, sir. >> okay. that was my question, and i know you were in allegheny county getting ready for this, and who walked the site and determined a lot of things including where the parameter should be, i think it would be -- supposedly there would be a lot of coordination between the lo

this is why i started off with "senator butler." it is important even how we present ourselves to each other. we will get to "lisa," but i'm going to start with " congresswoman." i'm going to start with "senator." give her her respect. [applause] another thing is to make sure you are educated and equipped. on social media, disinformation, misinformation, all of these memes, everything is out there and we need people who can influence -- you know your family, your friends, your coworkers, get the truth and spread the truth. the next 53 or so days, it's going to be a sprint, so it will have to be rapid response. rapid response. i got cousins that are posting things, and we are like, no, that's not true. each of you participating in whatever way you can in campaign. you don't have to run, everybody doesn't have to run for office. my sister marlo always says you need for these. one is volunteers. get engaged, get involved. the other is your voice, speak up, add to the conversation, help us to know what's important to you so we can hit t

we didn't get it in butler.he sheriff spoke for the secret service and said something about he is not a sitting president so, you know, this is the only detail that he gets. this is enough at the time. etc. , etc. strange not coming from the service. i don't know what to make of that because the allotment of protection you get is generally not based upon your role, etc. it is based upon the level of the threat. the threat assessment. you have to have protection commensurate with the threat. this guy is a significant target. they tried him once. i don't know what it takes for the service and the police in the area, the sheriff's office, to say we have to up the cordon around president trump. if this guy could find him, others could find him and he did. you have to say so yourself, how did he know where trump would be? was he able to put trump on the x there. they will dump the car and look at his travel. the car is a rental? he is not from the area. was the car there for a month and has the been around mar-a-lago

he fire the first secret service director kimberly cheadle after the incredible mistakes made in butlerennsylvania. a point made by mr. trump in his debate with kamala harris as they never seem to fire anybody the afghanistan qatar for sure they, the open border catastrophe, the inflation catastrophe nobody gets fired in the biden here's the administration this is very peculiar here on the point take a listen to my pal mark levin who was on last night on fox. take a listen. >> who's in charge, we don't have any idea who's in charge who is in charge of protecting the candidate in this country. i served in the reagan administration the chief of staff to attorney general let me tell you what would've happened in the administration ronald reagan would've picked up the phone he would've called the attorney general niece and said you're in charge to get to the bottom and you have 48 hours to do it. larry: harry truman's phrase the buck stops here had never been part of joe biden's vocabulary not only should biden fire kimberly cheadle but is almost inconceivable after the butler pa debacle pr

butler: it's on? fantastic. good morning, everyone. thank you, angela, for taking time to speak here and give voice to such an important discussion. i realize the significance of math as i walked into the chamber of the united states senate on october 3 of last year. being sworn in as only the chamber's third black woman to serve and 12 black person ever. with the service of more than 2000 just as of earlier this week, now 2006 united states senators, three of them have been black women. there is, of course, a policy of representation that is important, giving voice to the policies that matter, not just to the community of lack women across the country, but all families, all people. it is true, and i have seen it in my own family from my grandmother to my mother, when black women are present, we bring our entire community with us. it is important for us to be there for the reasons of informing policy. one of the things that i have learned and come to value much more deeply is the experience that we bring when it comes to nominations an

-- the inquiry report on butler. all of that is going to go forward on this too and resource, you know, accountability, you know, to get to the heart of your question will come from those taskforces. we will be asking and this is the question i ask about butler t. know where every service agent were -- was that they and -- because they see where constrained were -- with resource as well tell me were all of your resources were. that's one of the question will be asking but today it look like, you know, the work i heard of the bag -- bad guy. >> neil: indeed. chairman, thank you so much. i know you have a lot on your plate and we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. all right so we are putting together what we can at this time, is our tentative again at this time so it's a good thing we have pack brought in with us. brodmann risk consultant, -- former nypd detective and part c. is and puts together a lot of things people can muster all guilty to do something i noticed in my notes that you had noticed and this

similar to the butler investigation and that shooter.ry aspect of this shooters life. right now they're going through a digital trail. and trying to determine everything that they can find. we're trying to confirm exactly which particulars apply to him. and the fbi is going to go through all of that information. they're going to interview, friends, relatives, associates. go through his employment history. his digital footprint. messages people, they're going to get search warrants and go through every device he was using to try to figure out what his movements were. what inspired him, what his ideology was. that's where the investigation goes from here. >> cam, can you talk about the significance the head of the secret service heading down to the scene. is that something that would be standard operating procedure given the situation that we're in? >> it might be, but it certainly reflects a situation where this is the second attempted assassination of the former president in a short period of time. there are going to be questions raised

what happened in butler?at, one building they have to secure was not second cure, i'm getting passed point or just -- is just incompetence there is too many instances now. larry: that would have happened, after the butler problem. much less this one. no body gets fired now one in charge who is running this show it is not mayorkas, these of white house decisions, trust me on this house senior staff, preempting usurp cabinet officers of time. that is how the system works, what is up with this? they never make decisions. they never make changes. there is no ed meese, there is no ronald reagan, donald trump said in his debate, i fire peopled who were incompetent, they don't do that why not. >> they want to get to november 5, trying to run out the clock, the less they speak the better they feel it is for them, we know what happens when they and speak outside of a teleprompter and they don't have ai aid of abc moderators. larry: i want to talks about the politics of this -- but we don't have time, i'm sick to my st

. >> john: the first assassination attempt on july 13th and butler, pennsylvania, investigation finds communication gaps and a lack of diligence from the agency. >> sandra: let's get right to david spunt, who was in that room. for the news conference. david, we learned a whole lot more but possibly it is one of those moments where it raises a whole lot more questions. >> yeah, sandra, john, i think it really does. i have plenty of more questions to ask director rowe and we are waiting on this interim report from -- internal report from the secret service. we got a summary today with some observations of things that will be changing. first of all, director rowe was candid and came out and said after two plus months since juls now in the disciplinary phase, meaning some people are going to get punished here, watch. >> this agency has among the most robust table of penalties in the entirety of the federal government. in these penalties will be administered according to our disciplinary process. >> last month, five secret service employees were placed on administrative desk duty following

but butler was a test and she failed it. a local swat team commander says there was really no direction from ms.. >> meredith's bank. vice ask >> secret service asked for two snipers, but never told wante butler officials where they wanted them posted. so when local said agent bank, there's a roof with a direct line of sight to the stage. >> should someone cover ban that bank pass?k, the buck said some other unit probably has a covered oth. . this jives with what whistleblowers told senator hawley. >> this individual, the site agent, the lead agent, washis ip known to the trump campaign to be inexperienced, to be ineffectuacampaign inexpl, to by incompetent at their job. >> well, i'm also told she by whistleblowers that on that day she was not enforcing the normal securit noty protocoo she was not checking people's ids. she did nopl t use secret service agents. most of the agents there that day were nof thret secret service agents. >> they were homeland security agents. agenmeland security , jesse. >> most of them had never

former president will return to butler next week. >> butler, pennsylvania, great place.e're going back to butler, will go back and finish our speech. >> brooke: trump campaign saying during his visit president trump will honor memory ofses -- former president will recognize two other victims who were wounded and express gratitude to law enforcement and first responders. >> steve: thank you. comperatore and his family, and then those two were wounded. >> steve: right now lead political story at "new york times" is about the threat from mo iran, two secret service, the attempts. he might travel less on the trump plane and in fact yesterday, wednesday, flew to north carolina, they used multiple planes. told advisors he is not planning to play golf at his golf courses, according to "new york times." during one campaign stop, there was a drone that was spotted flying over the motorcade, secret service scrambled the cars in different direction so they couldn't figure out which car they were in to create confusion. the daunting part, on saturday he's going to university of alab

they had, as you know, the dnc, the rnc, all sandwiched around the time of the shooting in butler. literally there were agents saying as they prepared for donald trump to have that outdoor campaign rally, hey, we're not going to be able to have as many agents as we'd like because we have a bunch of people that we're sending either from milwaukee to another location or to another part of the dnc preparation. that's how strained they are and now they're preparing for the united nations. and still, to your question earlier about the use of all of the technology and all of the services that the secret service has at its disposal to protect donald trump, i can't answer that. sources have told me that a drone was in use at the site the other day when trump was golfing, and he did have protection that was nearly on par with the protection that he had as president. and i mean to be very specific about that and say he had the protection from the secret service that they normally provide him when he's president. >> garrett haake, tom winter, evy, carol, thanks for starting us off. and joinin

paul mauro retired nypd inspector and fox news contributor in butler, pennsylvania. that's important. charles marino, also important and our voices here. former department of homeland security advisor. it is stunning to learn a key question that many of us have been asking now, why didn't they ever pull trump off the stage? they had time from the reporting done from these agencies investigating. your thoughts about the response that it didn't occur or cross the mind of the individual who should have done that? >> well, stunning is right. inexcusable misses by the agency all around, including the advance process leading up to the visit in butler, pennsylvania, and on the day of. and a complete catastrophic collapse of communication and information sharing the likes i have never seen in my 25-year career. >> harris: paul mauro, you are on the ground and i would have to imagine around some law enforcement especially with your background, your connections and sources. what are you learning about what is revealed in this report? how is it playing out in butler? >> well, i

i know a lot of you there were there in 2020 when we did the rally at the butler airport, i get that. there was a time they said maybe 50,000 people. that went on very smoothly, no problem. july 13th was a problem. a huge problem. you guys did everything you were asked to do that day. you stayed your course and you did everything, everything. and i want to thank you for coming here today that the public can sit here and what happened that day and you can answer questions that were very relevant. thank so you much for your commitment. appreciate it all. thank you all. now, without objection, members have five days to submit written materials and questions to the witnesses to the chair which will be forwarded to the witnesses. i ask the witnesses to please respond properly. we'll now allow the witnesses for our second panel to come forward. thank you. we'll take about a 10-minute break. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] chair kelly: i would like to introduce the witness for our second panel. first we have representative eli crane from arizona. representative crane

butler says sometimes the programs don't help. >> not really. they promise you a lot but they don't do much. they really don't. >> reporter: so far, 40 tons of large debris have been removed by public works. now, the beautification counsel, a nonprofit, is coming in to clean up the rest. hans was out early saturday morning putting on the finishing touches. he expects to be back. >> we have a big problem with garbage right now so our job is just trying to clean it up , but since like every day that we cleanup , there's more garbage on the street. >> reporter: for now, bonnie griffith is grateful the area is cleaner and some fences have been reinforced to prevent people from moving back in. she lives nearby and walks here every day. she says before, temps covered the sidewalks. >> extremely dangerous. it left the pedestrians with no place to walk but the streets. >> reporter: now, she questions the people who are moved are safe. >> but, i'm not happy thinking, where do these people go? where are they going to sleep tonight? >> reporter: butler sha

butler bufrlt mr. president -- ms. butler: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from california. ms. butler: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. butler: i ask unanimous consent that the committee on the judiciary be discharged from further consideration of s. 2120 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 2120, a bill to direct the attorney general to include a data field in the national missing and unidentified persons system to indicate whether the last known location of a missing person was confirmed or suspected to have been on federal land and for other purposes. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. the committee is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. butler: i ask unanimous consent that the

not need money to succeed in butler they just did not secure the building that is a failure.u expecting the task force repeat this week or not. >> i'm expected that this week and i hope they release it. maria: let me ask you about the budget come october 1 is a new start of the fiscal year, we know that, not of the appropriation bills that fund the various departments and agencies have passed into law so we are expecting a continuing resolution, house speaker mike johnson is facing a coleadership challenge again with the looming government shutdown at the end of the month. let's look at what is happening he's trying to push the plant to link the safe act to continuing resolution to the end of march in the safe act would help secure the election by prevented noncitizens from voting but your colleagues on the left refused to do it in yesterday i spoke with wisconsin congressman bryan steil importer congressman cory mills. cory mills also says he is not going to vote yes to attach the state and to save act. here is a bit of that. >> i think this because play call to attach the s

i'd tell you senator butler is a bad lady. she is accredited or we should blame her for it with the always woman succeeding all across the country because of the work she did even emily's. she still believes in women and black women before i declared myself a candidate she is already there. to come by, help me too really get started making phone calls for contribution she is been incredible weight so, so a good mire and value you, angela my goodness her voice all across this country. they already know when they hear her coming she is really there for the right cause. my sister senator to be so much more admiration s for. quit a luncheon together to talk about our kids. we intend to be quite bold god willing upon our election there is no reason for us to hold back. we have a whole lot of energy andct focus and mission we are serious about. i do a want to answer the questn about fiction to vision to victory. i have to tell you every day i have had the opportunity to run this race i have run with us so somuch passion and energy b

they visited the site in butler and have identified potential ways for secret service to improve their protection. it's important for the task force to hear from these snipers and learn from their experience, better understand how the secret service missed on these key areas of coverage. this is particularly important given the fact that former president trump will be returning to the same site to finish his speech on october 5. i talked to both cory and eli before this. rarely in your life do you have a second time to do the right thing after you messed up the first time. this panel will be different than the last. both witnesses will be allotted five minutes for remarks and then we'll gavel out. i want to recognize representative crane for five minutes. mr. crane: thank you, mr. chairman. we appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today, as you conduct this very critical hearing. i served in the u.s. navy from 2001 to 2014. i had the opportunity to deploy to iraq multiple times with seal team 3. one of my qualifications was as a sniper. we are highly trained in various aspect

affirmed the secret service, butler is a very different story.y should have been on that a building, that is a different story. but they were very brave, one of those bullets were flying, they were trying to protect me. >> sean: but don't you think that an area with trees leading into a fence, 300 plus yards away from you, that area as a matter of standard operating procedure should be swept and we should have our eyes on it to make sure nobody, be it a paparazzi or into this case a would-be assassin, has access to being close to you with an ak-47 with the scope? years sounds could tell you, they are both excellent marksman, and that that is the equivalent of a 1 foot pot if you want to use a golf analogy. you have two incidences in 24 months or people with rifles and scopes get within hundred and 30, 300 plus yards of you, which would be an easy shot for even a marginal shooter. that to me, and we heard this, ahead of the secret service praising his organization and saying this is a great success, the fact they did the -- they did not cover that