our f.b.i.'s honolulu and charlotte field offices have initiated interviews of several family members, friends and former colleagues of the subject. f.b.i. has deployed several specialty teams to -- and assets from f.b.i. headquarters and our lab division in quantico to include evidence and critical incident responses per net. the evidence response team is collecting and pros processing multiple evidentiary items. these range from the rifle, which is an sks mod well a scope, and obliterated serial number to two bags, the subject''s electronics and what appears -- appears to be ceramic tiles. d.n.a. has been collected from those items which are being sent to quantico for testing. we will also process the subject's vehicle for evidence. the analysis and survey team, what we refer to as cast, conducted thorough analysis of the suspect's cellular device locations. the analysis aligns with witnesses' accounts of the subject's presence at the scene, both before and around the time of the incident on se

threats the f.b.i. as both a law enforcement and an intelligent agency will continue to work 24/7 to uncover and disrupt. that means aggressively combating attempts by foreign adversaries to undermine confidence in u.s. elections, sow discord and damage our democratic institutions. the actions announced today focus on russia but russia is by no means the only adversary we've seen try toed me until our society -- to meddle in our society and democratic processes. just last month, for instance, the f.b.i., working with the broader intelligence community and cisa, called out iran for targeting and attempting to compromise former president trump's campaign. and we continue to keep a close eye on china's efforts to denigrate down-ballot candidates it cease as a -- sees as a threat and on their broader efforts to sow discord. whether it's china, iran, russia or any other country, attempts to meddle in our elections or destabilize our free and open society represent attacks on our democracy. and as long as for

an f.b.i.ource telling fox news the bureau did not interview the georgia shooting suspect or his family. the f.b.i. says it received an anonymous tip, passed that on to local law enforcement. the sheriff in the county interviewed the then 13-year-old student. now 14, and his father. the f.b.i. says the sheriff determined at the time there was no probable cause to proceed and that's what we have learned for the moment. there is no news conference scheduled for today. we would expect that out of georgia. when it happens we don't know and who attends it. some of these questions are certain to come up. >> dana: we'll keep you posted as we learn more. you love that music. the trump campaign shifting strategy reflecting a change in the electoral landscape placing less priority on new hampshire, massachusetts and minnesota but going for pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. tim murdaugh was with us. >> out there doing rallies and interviews. had a town hall on your network last night. all of that is d

an f.b.i. supervisor admitted that if someone took a hard drive containing classified information from the pallet pictured in the poster next to me that almost 400 people had access to no one would ever know. pictured is a pallet full of sensitive electronic storage media which includes classified information. it's hard to know bus the f.b.i. didn't bother to mark the media on this pallet with classified markings. the pallet is marked nonaccountable which is a perfect word for the biden-harris f.b.i., unaccountable. this is another example of the two-tiered justice system. they were giddy to prosecute the former president for mishandling classified information but when the f.b.i. is caught red-handed by their own inspector general, there has yet to be a single charge filed, leaving americans wondering if there will ever be accountability. will the f.b.i. agents responsible for mishandling classified material be criminally prosecuted? will anyone hold senior leadership at the f.b.i. for allowing

to date the f.b.i. team has conducted more than 460 interviews, executed search warrants including at the shooter's residence, and seized electronic media to include phones, laptops, hard drives and thumb drives. legal process has been issued to dozens of companies and we received more than 2,000 tips from the public. the full resources of the f.b.i. have been brought to bear in furtherance of the investigation. agents, analysts, professional staff, experts, i've personally visited the site of this horrific attack and seen firsthand the work of f.b.i. pittsburgh and our partners on the front line and want to thank all involved for their ongoing and tireless efforts to get the answers that we need and to deliver justice. specialized resources deployed included evidence response teams, victims services specialist, laboratory and operational technology division resources to process physical and digital evidence, a shooting reconstruction team, additionally our explosive experts have age hraoeuzed the three

the f.b.i. in turkey has been interviewing people in turkey on this same case. f.b.i. has offices there. i'm sure the agents assigned to that office have been interviewing people in turkey as well and may even have some witnesses from over there. >> harris: all right. phil holloway, you are with me as well. what kind of prison time could this mayor be facing, if any? >> listen, there is no parole in the federal system to speak of. so the way this indictment, if he is convicted of these charges as charged he could spend his life in a federal penitentiary. he said he would do his day-to-day jobs. that's what we expect politicians to say. senator menendez did something similar. it is worth remembering that the governor in new york, i think, does have the power to potentially remove him. she has recently said it was too early to move on that front. but now i'm asking the question is it still too early or is it now possibly the time to do that? because if you have a mayor that is facing these kind of corruption charges, including bribery and all the things we've been talkin

joining us now is former f.b.i. assistant director chris swecker and robin drake, former chief of the behavioral analysis program. we showed video of routh in an interview from 2023. chris, from your perspective, what could you expect from what you've learned about him so far he is in court any minute now? >> he looks to me like he is sort of that proto typical person that takes up a message, acts on this heated rhetoric. he is unbalanced. he has at least six arrests, if not more. doesn't like authority. doesn't like the police. had a stand-off with them in greensboro for two hours. somehow escaped through the net there and not done any serious time. he has a very -- anti-trump ideology and liberally posting on social media. he is that type of wing nut that will take the message up and act on his own and do one for the team. i think the motivation here is going to come -- that's the motivation the f.b.i. already knows about. they'll protect their prosecution right now and not put out a lot of information but i think

meanwhile the f.b.i. has provided clear evidence that iran is engaged in a targeted campaign to compromise the integrity of our democratic system. here is the f.b.i. director christopher wray sitting next to the a.g. on a stern warning, watch. >> knock it off. as long as adversaries keep trying to influence and interfere in our society and democratic processes they will keep running into the f.b.i. we'll keep calling it out. >> dana: fox team coverage. trey gowdy on deck. gillian turner is live at the state department. good morning. >> good morning. the attorney general now is taking legal action against russia but he is also dinging iran making it clear that regime is trying to medal in the u.s. election and also said they have a clear candidate of choice. listen. >> we have observed increasingly aggressive iranian activity during this election cycle. that includes recently reported activities by iran to compromise former president trump's campaign and to avoid an election outcome that it regards as agai

finally, the f.b.i. has authority under current law to seek the assistance of any federal, state, local agency including the military to help investigate an assassination or assassination attempt after the fact. i believe the secret service should have similar authority to call for such assistance to prevent an assassination or assassination attempt. that concludes my statement. thank you very much. >> bill: recognize dr. gold schmidt for his opening remarks. the witness will be testifying over the phone, right? okay. >> good morning, chairman kelly, ranking member crowe and distinguished members of the task force. i'm the chief medical examiner for allegany county, pennsylvania. on july 13th, 2024, after the attempted assassination of former president trump, i and my staff reached out to the butler county coroner to offer our assistance if needed. later that night our assistance was accepted by butler county and arrangements were made to transport the bodies of thomas crooks and victim corey comperatore

f.b.i. a disinformation effort to make people think it was about the russians. so nobody should trust blindly the department of justice when it says anything about russia. >> harris: well, some recent headlines offer a similar view to what he is talking about. the daily caller, biden administration revives russian election interference boogeyman in time for november. the "new york post" went after the administration for turning a blind eye to another foe, the editorial board writing biden goes all in on russiagate 2.0 while ignoring china's creeping attacks on democracy and former secretary of state mike pompeo with this. white house put blinders on as china infiltrated our government. that's referred to the accused chinese double agent working for democratic new york governor kathy hochul. they did so much more. they were flying spy ball ounce. setting up their own police precincts in america. china is here. let's bring in mike waltz of the house foreign affairs committees. what china has d

former assistant f.b.i.s swecker has some thoughts. >> he basically made the case against himself, which i suspected, you know, might happen. that brings it under some very serious federal statutes. the more serious charges will come. they may not come today but they will use all this evidence and there is other evidence as well, to hold him on no bond. they don't want him getting out. >> harris: dana marie mcnicholl is in west palm beach, florida, outside the suspect's detention hearing. you have some new details. >> that's right. good morning. that detention hearing is expected to be quick. no cameras in the federal court. we'll get details to you as it finishes. let's get to the new information, the court documents revealing a lot of information about the day of that assassination attempt. what police searched ruth's car they found two additional license plates, six cell phones, one of those cell phones had a google search of how to travel from palm beach county to mexico. the agents also found 12 pairs o

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 allegheny office of medical examiner. he conducted the autopsy of the would-be assassin, thomas crooks. before recognizing the witnesses for their testimony, i would like tree mind them their oral testimony is restricted to five minutes in lengths. if you see the light turn red in front of you it it means your five minutes has concluded and wrap up your testimony as quickly as possible. will the witnesses stand and raise their right hands. do you sole

. >> when the secret service and f.b.i. dhs for two solid months now have refused to give congressional investigators information. why? it raises questions. >> it is the responsibility of federal government to insure their safety and well-being. you have death threats from iran against the former president. you have had two assassination attempts. one that struck him. >> it is incumbent upon us to look everywhere we can to get the answers and information that everybody needs. >> harris: conservative legal watchdog group is suing the united states secret service and department of homeland security for records on the first trump assassination attempt. in their lawsuit they write this. the security failure indicates a failure of leadership and a profound miscalculation of law enforcement personnel and resources, end of quote. david spunt is at the justice department. david, it has been quiet again as i just told the audience, i hope it's about to get loud with truth now. >> i suspect it will get louder. we'll find out more tod

f.b.i. investigating ryan routh's life. >> with reports of gunfire the president's detail immediately evacuated the president to a safe location. protective methodologies of the secret service were effective yesterday. >> bill: u.s. secret service under new scrutiny now after this latest attempt. does the agency need to change its ways? if so, how would you do it? senator josh hawley has some ideas. >> dana: we're waiting combs' appearance in court in new york as we learn more about the new charges against him. is persona. made possible by t-mobile for business. with t-mobile's reliable 5g business internet. employees get the information they need instantly. this is how business goes further with t-mobile for business. >> it would be one thing to hand off to the feds if somehow they had more significant crimes that they could pursue. it doesn't seem that's the case as of now. clearly if -- the f.b.i. admitted it was an attempted assassination, you have that jurisdictional hook at the state l

resources aren't going to the f.b.i. or secret service but other programs that we see every day being funded overseas and to this large immigrant population that we're importing. >> harris: i'm curious from you, dan, after the boston marathon, what kind of presence did the white house have? what were you bolstered by and what did they offer to do? we saw president biden saying they need more people, as if it were news at the u.s. secret service. we already knew that from two months ago with the first attack on his life. what was it like, if you can compare with what you know about this situation? >> i met with president obama when he came to visit boston and had a private conversation and told him where we had to go and get them. he told me we would have whatever we need. the full support of the federal government. we did. i had atf, dea, marshals, cops from chicago, new york, all of new england. i had blackhawk helicopters from the national guard. every resource possible working on the field that day and that investigat

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 allegheny office of medical examiner. he conducted the autopsy of the would-be assassin, thomas crooks. before recognizing the witnesses for their testimony, i would like tree mind them their oral testimony is restricted to five minutes in lengths. if you see the light turn red in front of you it it means your five minutes has concluded and wrap up your testimony as quickly as possible. will the witnesses stand and raise their right hands. do you sole

as for the motive of the shooter 20-year-old thomas crooks the f.b.i.till does not have one and may never have one. he was killed by a secret service agents moments after taking a shot at the former president july 13th. a husband and father lost his life, two others were injured. it is unusual but not unprecedented to have no definitive motive. seven years later and authorities still don't know the motive of the las vegas hotel shooter. congress is conducting its own investigation and will have its own report soon on july 13th. dick blumenthal said the department of homeland security the oversees the secret service agency is stonewalling. watch. >> i am reaching the point of total outrage. the department of homeland security has to be more forthcoming not only to me but to the american people and it has to do it quickly or it will spew conspiracy theories that are so dangerous to our democracy and undermining its own credibility. >> republican and democratic members of the senate expect to have an interim report out by the end of the month stressing it

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and i think in research the f.b.i. did or other researchers did talking about people convicted of terrorism crimes and talking to their families. over 70% of the cases there was a bystander had a suspicion that this person was about to commit an act of violence. no one wants to turn in their brother but are there ways to do this and elevate threats that is not -- that people feel more comfortable doing. >> i helped prosecute timothy mcveigh. >> depending on the jurisdiction, you might have a protective order. >> i see what you are saying. i have antiterrorism people in my family, how would you define the difference between political violence and actual domestic terrorism situation? to me terrorism is an act of violence intending to cause a outcome isn't that creating a political outcome and not domestic terrorism? mary: when i think of domestic terrorism because of my history at the department of justice i tie it to the u.s. definition which does not create a crime which is an act of violence that is unlawful under fed

that's the case between the f.b.i. and us. the f.b.i. is a law enforcement and intelligence agency. that's the beauty of it. that's its strongest asset and the ability to protect against national security threats. but doing intelligence work in the space, that overlaps what we do. the reality is in practice, the f.b.i.'s focus is largely investive. they generate intelligence products out to the state and local partners about, you know, strategic intelligent threat topics. but their first mandate is to run the investigation. so whenever there's a question of a chinese spy you're in the united states. or a foreign terrorist threat or domestic terrorist threat. they're running those investigations down. and that's their primary focus. once again also in the intelligence circle, we don't have investigative power. we don't have search warrant authorities. we can't arizona people. we generate and share intelligence. we provide information to homeland security adviser for the commonwealth of virginia about the. looming threats in the united states and specifically in their area so that the

f.b.i. caught her spying on my campaign and giving all the information to the kamala harris campaign. she and her campaign were illegally spying on me. to be known as the iran iran iran case. will kamala resign in disgrace and will she be replaced? >> dana: tim murtaugh is here. you see him there. aishah hosni has the details on last night's trump rally. gillian turner is following this story from the state department. >> the iranian regem is upping its game. we're learning new information this morning how back over the summer, iran hacked into the trump campaign, stole information and tried to share it with his political opponent. this now a response from the harris-walz campaign saying we're not aware of any material being sent directly to the campaign. a few individuals were targeted on their personal emails with what looked like spam or phishing attempt. we condemn in the strongest terms any effort by foreign actors to interfere is u.s. elections. the f.b.i. now leading an investigation

lawmakers, though, say the same cannot be said about the f.b.i. >> the f.b.i.her hand is completely stonewalling this task force. it has not been forth coming. i would love to see director wray and secretary mayorkas have a press conference like secret service just did. >> the f.b.i. is still investigating the shooter, thomas crooks, who was killed on july 13th in pennsylvania. still no motive and we've been told it is possible there will be no motive. look at the las vegas shooter from 2017, no motive there. possible we may not have one here as he is dead. >> dana: david spunt, thank you so much. >> bill: let's bring in texas republican member of the trump assassination task force. good morning to you. before i roll the bite from ronald rowe from friday, what more can you add to david's reporting about a motive? will we get one? >> the latest attempt it is clear he was politically opposed president trump's views but actions and his take and plan for ukraine. this is just damning what we found with this letter. it is proving that he had a pre-meditated murder a

we strength and clarified the guidelines for sensitive f.b.i. investigations. we implemented remedial measures to ensure robust compliance with section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. we updated protections for the press and law enforcement investigations in order to safeguard the essential role that a free press plays in our democracy. we published new policies to guide prosecutorial discretion with respect to charge, pleaing and sentencing. we sup lemed our state secrets privilege policy to ensure that the united states invokes that privilege only when there's genuine risk to national security. and department leadership restated and demonstrated through our actions again and again our respect for the work and integrity of the career employees who constitute the institutional backbone and historical memory of this department. over the past 3 1/2 years, i have seen how the public servants of this department have continued to uphold and strengthen those norms. i have seen how you have risen to meet a range of extraordinary challenges. and i hav

this past monday, the f.b.i. released data showing crime is down in america.before we came into office rntion last year we saw the largest decrease of murder rates. [cheers and applause] thanks to guys like you wearing those uniforms. homicide rates was 16% below. and first half of 2024 in large cities, homicides dropped another 17%. last year we saw the lowest rates of crime in more than 50 years. murder, rape, aggravated assault dropped with property crime. we are making clear talking about reducing crime and violence in america, need to talk about guns in america. [cheers and applause] just heard kamala say the statistics every american should be ashamed of. hard to believe that the number one killer of children in america more than any other cause, accidents -- more than any other cause and it's unbelievable. it's sick. last year after another school shooting my predecessor said, just get over it. i'm going to be blunt. secretary vance have said these are acts of life. who the hell do these people think they are? i mean it. [cheers and applause] think abou

christopher wray, head of the f.b.i. now at an aspen cyber summit in our nation's capital talking about the assassination attempt on sunday in florida. let's drop in on that. >> good morning. thank you, sean, great to be here with you today. let me say -- i realize we're at the aspen cyber summit this morning and i have some very important cyber-related issues i want to discuss with all of you. before i get to those i want to take a quick moment to talk about what happened over the weekend at west palm beach. for the second time in just over two months, we have witnessed what appears to be an attempt to attack our democracy and our democratic process. and i'm relieved that former president trump is safe and i want the american people to know that the men and women of the f.b.i. are working tirelessly to get to the bottom of what happened. our work is very much ongoing and we're just a few days into the investigation so we're limited in what we can say. at this point what i can say we have dedicated the full force of the

according to the f.b.i. and d.h.s., the biggest issue right now is domestic terrorism in this country. i have a chart here that shows all of the domestic terrorism attacks in this country today. and for the record, mr. chairman, i also have a couple of articles, one, just today from the "l.a. times" saying, second attempt on former president trump sounds alarm abroad. people around the world are concerned that our american democracy is at a breaking point. another one here from "politico" this morning, russian election interference targeting harris campaign. chair green: so ordered. mr. correa: again, we thank the secret service and i think our priority has to be protecting our democracy here in this country. ms. morin: thank you for being here. i heard your testimony in judiciary committee. i he mentioned to you then as i will repeat now that in my district we had a young man, an american citizen, we caught. his m.o. was raping undocumented women in a local apartment complex. he raped probably 20 women that

f.b.i. did confirm yesterday he never had a line of sight to the former president. f.b.i. also said they are determined to provide answers. they have interviewed seven civilian witnesses as well as speaking with people close to routh to determine a possible motive. routh previously lived in north carolina moving moving to hawaii this year. police said they had over 100 interactions with routh who constantly broke the law. >> it was almost like blatantly saying here i am and it doesn't matter. so he would be constantly pulled over. >> he barricaded himself inside his business with a fully automatic rifle after being pulled over in 2002 and charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction. social media presence called out politicians including trump. last year in a self-published book he called for iran to assassinate the former president. routh is facing two federal firearm charges, possession of a firearm by convicted felon and obliterated serial number. they are initial charge. more may be added later. the palm beach county sheriff said the security at mar-a-lago a

he began his career at 18 working for the f.b.i.ce as a special agent where he served 23 years, retiring as a superviseor. though he is retired and not present july 13th he served on the secret service presidential division for four years and his expertise will be helpful in context of how the secret service works with local law enforcement to insure the safety of all protectees. then we have dr. gold schmidt. he is the chief medical examiner for the allegany county office of the medical examiner. he conducted the autopsy of the would be assassin thomas matthew crooks. we appreciate you all for being here today. before recognizing the witnesses i would like to remind them their oral testimony is restricted to five minutes in length. if the light in front of you is red the testimony is concluded. will the witnesses stand and raise their right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god. all with witnesses answered in the affirmative. commander l

the f.b.i.'s investigating what appears to be an attempt to assassinate former president donald trump. moments ago we learned more about the acting head of the secret service. he just pulled into mar-a-lago and have a meeting with the former president and then we'll let you know what we're learning about the suspect in custody in a local jail. it is monday. good morning. hope you had a good weekend. we're off and running on a significant story again with the election around the corner. >> dana: i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. it's monday. >> dana: always, jumping on him. i'm dana perino an this is "america's newsroom." so we have a big show for you. we're waiting for live events and keep you updated. let's get you up to speed. this happened yesterday at trump international golf club in west washing machine beach. the president was golfing. the secret service spotted the muzzle of a gun through a fence and ab agent opened fire. authorities pulled him over and arrested him. >> bill: he i