out on the golf course. oftentimes, cnn's photographers would be able to spot him with their cameras that tall he would we would often find out that he was indeed on the golf course or who he's golfing width. so there is some visibility from the road. of course wolf, we're still trying to learn a lot more about what it was that happened here where donald trump was on that golf course. and of course, most importantly, what's happening with this investigation into who did this? both very as you correctly pointed out, the gulf the golf club, the actual golf course is not at mar-a-lago, which is his residence over there. >> it's a different location in palm beach as we're watching all of them unfold, do we know kaitlan if there's always a white house? i'd network pool of correspondents who are watching. hold, hold on one second. the sheriff of palm beach county is speaking right now. i want to listen then but it's very urgent. bowl are asking all law enforcement for specific vehicle with a tag number and occupan

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is golf course is out by the airport. there are some neighborhoods around there that again, i think the more likelihood is there was probably gunshots outside the golf course involving something else, not targeted, and they are just taking, based on everything else come the most prudent the safest route for the former president. >> let me ask you. your familiarity with secret service protocol. the first scenario that you described, 100% makes sense. you had also guessed that the secret service does advanced sweeps before a president gets anywhere. of course they will do that. the question is, with a conduct and advanced sweep of the golf course yesterday? early this morning? might they do it hole by hole. could they be three or four holes ahead to make sure that everything is clear? is that a possible scenario? >> absolutely. since he goes there, they've done the initial assessment and when they find out he is going to go there and play again, the day before or a day or two before, they will go out make sure everything to

he is a candidate and he has security, but this was not an event golfing at his west palm beach golf club that was on any sort of external scheduled. in fact, he's been traveling a lot with the campaign travel and it's very various properties that there were several people i've spoken to who didn't even know that he was in palm beach, florida this weekend, that he would be playing golf and these are people who talked to him on a regular basis. so while the preliminary conversations, i'm having with advisers and the people close to him say they are very happy with the way the security was handled. we know that after the shots were fired, donald trump was whisked away in a golf course by golf cart by a second set of security agents who secret service agents who put him into the club again, that was secured down there are still a lot of questions as to how exactly the suspect knew where donald trump was going to be and when all right. >> kristen, thank you very much, kristen holmes reporting, doing excellent reporting for us. appreciate it very much. kaitlan back to you yeah wolf it as

if we talk about the development of golf in our country, then of course we did not have coaches, golf instructors, we attracted them. here i am very grateful, when we were just starting out, for several years they helped us, including the pakistani embassy, ​​for example, they invited their golf pro, who taught our golfers to play, now his students are already taking prize places in other tournaments. give about twenty to thirty different qualities, but some of the most fundamental ones are, of course, patience, endurance, attention, commitment. many people think that when you play golf - it's very simple, but in fact there are many different characteristics of this game, for example, at what angle to hold the club, how to swing correctly, how to hit correctly, how strong. in addition, endurance is needed, because players can face different circumstances. for example, how to hit the ball from the forest and cut it across the river, so from this whole big list, i think that these are all the main qualities that a golfer should have. it always seemed to me that golf is a game for such p

own golf courses. and certainly the way this incident unfolded today just gives you a sense of the challenges they're facing. for starters, this course is bounded by three major roads. they're open to traffic, they're open to pedestrians it's very close to the airport and donald trump's courses are semi-public. they're open to members and paying guests even when the president and now the former president is they're playing around of golf. so this is essentially a porous environment. and for a president or a former president that really does present a major challenge for the secret service now, when donald trump was the sitting president, and i covered him down in palm beach frequently. the access to the perimeter of the golf course was much much more limited. a certainly the public roads remained open, but the sidewalks did not that changed when he became the former president and we heard that directly from the palm beach county sheriff earlier today saying that if donald trump had been the sitting pre

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there are several qualities a golf should have among them patience. in fact, to play golf you need tohave about twenty to thirty different qualities. but some of the most fundamental ones are, of course, patience, endurance, attention. commitment to business, many people think that when you play golf , it is very simple, but in fact, there are many different characteristics of this game, for example, at what angle to hold the club, how to swing correctly, how to hit correctly, how strong is the force of the blow, in addition to this , endurance is needed, because players can face different circumstances, for example, how to hit a ball out of the woods and throw it across the river, so from this whole big list, i think that these are all the main ones... it doesn't fit in 2016 one of my friends invited me to golf in a club in islamabad, well, that's where my story with golf began. people who play golf will agree with me when i say that golf is a kind of addiction, because you need to be really addicted to this game to play decently, so you understand, for example, golf per day consists

this is golf me.ry to interrupt is the palm beach sure is that news conference a few minutes ago. >> the golf courses surrounded by shrubbery so somebody gets into the shrubbery pretty much outside. this level believes that right now, he's not the sitting president. if he was, we would've had this entire golf courses read but because he is not, the security is limited to the areas of the secret service deems possible. so i would imagine if the next times he comes onto the golf course of the probably be people around the perimeter. eric: strikes me about that, is not the sitting president and is not. former presidents do not receive of course the same level of security a sitting president still going to end up with where i begin this interview, don't you think it's time to get near the level perhaps of a sitting president and just taking resources and it does take more money and more for operation in coordination with local law enforcement minute lease close the streets for sake around were former pres

he's on the golf course. yeah. but he's back a ways for the secret service haven't changed at all nice and protect former president donald trump is now second potential second. countdown. >> and can you just elaborate on how things have changed you make yes. the threat level is high we have increased the amount of acids that we supported. so we are we live in danger times, done with questions right now. there's really nothing more for us to add. this one i'll tell you. the secret service and the fbi, and the state attorney's office have been fantastic to work with and i can tell you right now, our agency with this real time five center was fabulous. that's how we got the guy we started out with. >> we don't know anything to where we had a tag. >> we had a vehicle description and we got area where we saw the person. so be proud, be proud of your law enforcement thanks, folks. will get back to you there you have the palm beach county sheriff, ric bradshaw updating us kaitlan. we learned some important information abo

the golf course is surrounded by shrubbery. when somebody gets into the shrubbery, they're pretty much out of sight. all right. and at this level that he is at right now, he's not the sitting president. if he was, we would have had the entire golf course around it. but because he's not security is limited to the areas that the secret service deems possible. so i would imagine the next time he comes to the golf course there probably will be a little more people around the perimeter. but the secret service did exactly riwhat they should have done. they provided exactly what the protection should have been and their agent did a fantastic job. >> which direction was the shrubbery where he was. more south? east, west, south of the road? >> the lay out of the golf course. you have three holes, 5, 6 and 7. one of them runs parallel to summit boulevard. one runs parallel to congress he was in the area in the shrubbery where he could see both holes. so the president was another hole back. which means he's about between 4 and 500 yards a

at his golf club in west palm beach. the source says he was between holes five and six. at that point, a secret service agent, a whole ahead, spotted a rifle barrel sticking. out of a chain link fence shows spotted that barrel and then open fire. now police say trump was not that far away, about 300 to 500 yards. obviously not far when a scope is involved, which it was shortly after authorities say a witness saw the suspect, run from the bushes and then jump into a black nissan witness taking a picture sure. of the car and plates, and that is how officials were able to detain him as he fled, nor here's how officials are describing what they found this hour the. bushes where this guy was is ak 47 style rifle with a scope two backpacks, which we're holding on but yes, that had ceramic tile in them and a gopro, which he was going to take pictures of it all right. so we are just learning that the person in custody has been identified and a lot is still unfolding at this hour as we are learning more about him and about what h

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his golf course.s possible still. and we again, just have to keep that on the burner that donald trump was somehow or other the target here. and if we don't develop a second piece and there's one person, one car and one gun, the argument becomes who is this person shooting at? and as you said, there are data points to work with. the person may be identified if the car is not stolen, et cetera. and i can tell you that right now there are a lot of police and a lot of analysts who are really crunching who that person could be. they're looking at social media. they're already well into a deep dive on this. they're getting emergency search warrants. they're grabbing everything they can relative to a phone that may go back to this person. so we will know. i think, relatively soon. it's a good sign that they're going to give press conferences soon. but we need we do need some sort of reassurance. i think today, sunday, i know a lot of people probably weren't working, etc. this is one of those situations wher

i've seen him on the golf course. i've seen the videos of him on the golf course. he has he goes around one cart. he has secret service in the cart behind him the amount of people traveling with him has also gone up since that assassination attempt. they have been amplifying that, again, both with local pd and with secret service. the other thing to keep in mind that they have done is they have tried to block off specific roads now, what's interesting about that, fred, is that a lot of the roads that we know that they have blocked off or actually at his mar-a-lago resort, making it impossible for people to get close or to stop. not clear what they have done. if anything, around this second property. so that'll be interesting for seemed to figure out what exactly they had in terms of security protocols in place. just a reminder, even regardless of what exactly happened, the idea that gunshots could be fired within the vicinity close the secret service is investigating now that be campaign put out a statement saying that they were that she was safe. is pretty extraor

this person was outside the boundaries of the golf course. law enforcement has now recovered an assault style, ar -style rifle. this man is in custody. no one has yet told us they have confirmed that this person was intending to harm donald trump. obviously, the secret service received the threat, fired shots. it is unclear if this person was hit but he is alive and in custody, we are told. again, with an ar -style fought rifle outside of that golf ou course. it is unclear if he was even in a position, if he was targeting trump, to successfully take a shot at mr. trump. the secret service received a threat, fired shots at this individual and he was taken du into custody. that is what we know. it is frustratingly vague in terms of the ultimate mode s about this person but he is in custody. my law enforcement sources tellw me they believe they will know soon exactly what this was and what the motive was here. >> yeah, part of this may be more clear in about 25 minutes or so when we expect the sheriff to brief here. we are told there will be a p

they know he likes to play golf in the know he is implored is going to play golf they should've closehey have the power to do that, they ought to do that they're going to come to us for more money. they need to quit with the dei hires and start putting qualified people out there in decision-making positions and said what they're doing right now. before we do not know dei had something to do with this. we know he was able to thankfully avert a tragedy. so bottom line from you? let's treat former president trump on a higher level of security twice in two months. it is past time. >> it is too many both times were due to their lack of ability but thank god for that brave agent who took those sh shots. >> we have to thank him. hopefully we will know more about him and we thank the secret service for what they did today. representative of tennessee thank you for joining us. you know there will be calls to actually get more security for the former president after this. molly: let's bring in palmer a former nypd officer and fox news contributor but thank you for staying with us through this o

he is like why don't you come play golf i said i don't have time to play golf i i got to wo. but he did invite me. and his description of everything that happened is pretty chilling. these are life changing moments i remember where i was when i saw when president reagan was shot. we remembered the assassination attempt against gerald ford. i remember as a kid went robert f kennedy was shot. i have talked to robert f kennedy jr. about it, and jfk. we have got to do a better job here. there certainly a lot of questions that need to be answered as a result of this. the distance issue is a big problem for me. the drone footage could be the most helpful bit of news that we have. that it already been confirmed by the president to me and by steve wit cough to me. that is what enabled the law enforcement to go out in force, find the shooter the person they believed to be involved in the shooting where it look at live pictures right now police presence very heavy. few details that we do have lots of black vehicle has been impounded a gun has been recovered an ak-47 has been recovered

he is at an open golf course. and the golf course is open to the public.nd where the guy squeezed off. >> brian: not open to the public, it's a private club. >> ainsley: you have to be with a member or play with a member. >> steve: they don't close it down. it's like michael jackson taking over a whole restaurant when it's empty. that's not the case. goes to trump international glorify club there are members or friends of men's playing golf. the problem is because it's open and right there next to -- that's congress street. that's where the guy was on the other side of the bushes. and i have been to. there is another trump club just north thereof this in jupiter. it doesn't have a chain link fence. it has quote a solid block wall. so, and it goes up about 10 feet. here's the thing and i have seen this and i was talking to our white house correspondent about this last night. we know that local photographers, news agency photographers know the spots around the golf course where you can get a picture of the president. and so we have driven by on a 1 a where t

rachel scott asking the secret service did they sweep the golf course before the president played golf and how they answered. >> driver, take two steps to your right. >> reporter: tonight, newly released body camera footage showing the moment officers handcuff the 58-year-old man authorities say camped out for 12 hours overnight at donald trump's west palm beach golf club with a rifle, apparently trying to assassinate the former president. >> we are investigating this matter as an apparent assassination attempt of former president trump. we view this as extremely serious and are determined to provide answers as to what led up to the events which took place. >> take a look at what happened over -- >> reporter: what could be the second attempt on the former president's life in just nine weeks, raising serious questions about how an armed man was able to get within 400 yards of trump under heightened security protocol. >> is there any evidence to suggest that the suspect knew that donald trump would be on the golf course at that time, and was the golf course searched thoroughly before the

not only was the president at the golf course, but where he was on the golf course, he was positioned chin in those bushes. how long was he positioned in those bushes? at what point did he do advanced work on this? a lot of these questions, but fortunately for the fbi miami division, they have a lot of electronic evidence. this individual clearly had a tremendous electronic presence. social media, he was online a lot. he was over for ukraine, was traveling there. so a lot of these digital evidence is going to be collected along with what the sac of miami was asking for, was the community providing any video evidence, any closed circuit tv from stores that are across the street from the day before was that vehicle seen their so all this evidence is going to be collected together. and a timeline, a pathway to violence will be determined. and to find where did this pathway start where did it diverge from his travels in ukraine to where he is now to figure out why did he, what was his motivation. but the fbi will be leading that investigation and find out the things. >> yeah. i mean, the

thankfully, no one was injured at the golf course. this is not a matter that we take lightly, your safety is always top priority we ask that you remain vigilant in your daily comings and goings. be observant, maintain a constant level of situational awareness. we are also told that for at least some time period after this assassination attempt, they did close down the west palm beach or at least locked down the west palm beach campaign offices. they had done this same thing after the assassination attempt in butler, pennsylvania. there clearly trying to make sure that everyone around donald trump is safe, but also you hear them. there are encouraging an urging people to remain vigilant to keep their eyes open they believe there is potentially an ongoing security threat, but again, a big a huge notable event here we are now talking about the second assassination attempt in roughly two months, but on top of that, lots of questions still as to how exactly and why exactly this happened oh again, kristen holmes, cnn, washington earlier, cn

golf course. or full of valleys, live in west palm beach for us, a full, you've been following the court proceedings through the day. and what are you finding out is that what we're getting more and more information as the hours go by and bits and pieces. and if i'm going to have more in the next few minutes, because the acting director of the secret service, i wonder about julia is your think of a press conference alongside other officials. so we're gonna find hopefully out even more information. but what we do know is that this man had a very prolific, very active social media life. he had written a book he being interviewed on television. he was no stranger. and as people start delving into his post as investigators on joe, let's start looking around. that is where we start to see those of a clearer and clearer picture of it. let me just show you some pictures of what happened yesterday. this was just started by 24 hours ago when he was arrested. this was the only 95 in florida. it was a major

he was just out on the golf course golfing, when the incident took place. and we know that in the vicinity as well, of the attack and a case style weapon has been found. are you what if the reactions be in washington dc to to this news as well? both president joe biden and vice president carmella harris. the current democratic nominee for president are in the white house are in washington today, and they are not a she's not on the out on the campaign trail. they've both been briefed on the incident and kala harris and joe biden have both of issued statements, you know, expressing relief that the former president has not been heard and reiterating, you know, statements that we've heard them say after the 1st assassination attempt on donald trump. slice a in pennsylvania, which is that violence has no place in american politics. but certainly this does add another twist to, you know, that the turbulence and um, you know, the shocking news that has, that has accompanied this campaign season. yeah, i, as you mentioned, there was an attempted assassination on do

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 took place at his golf course in west palm beach, trump international golf course.ign for us and is joining us on the phone. jake, tell me what you know of this, if it is anything more than what we have been able to report, partly from shaniqua and partly from your reporting. >> i want to be clear, this is very developing. >> reporter: it just happened moments ago. nbc news has not independently verified if those shots were fired and if they were gunshots well trump was on the golf course. from a source familiar with the situation, there were shots heard on trump's golf course where he was playing in west palm beach, florida, earlier today. trump was out golfing when it took place and was immediately rushed to a safe place. he is safe and fine, per that source and was not impacted in any way physically from that. we are working to learn more right at this moment, alex. >> okay. i just want to reiterate, this is west palm beach, my understanding of that area, it is just over a water causeway from actual palm beach. mar-a-lago is in palm beach. this is the trump inter

trump as donald trump was playing golf outside the perimeter of the golf course in the bushes and the encountered him appointing an assault rifle in the direction of the golf course, and open fire. and apparently, he wasn't hit, he was able to escape into an suv, but using license plate readers and other technology, the police quickly tracked down the suv, pulled him over, and arrested him. apparently was not struck by the secret service gunfire, he is in custody. they recovered what they described as an ak-47, certainly an assault rifle, some ceramic plates, a gopro, suggesting he may have wanted to stream or film whatever he was trying to do, and they're calling it an apparent assassination attempt. so, those are the bare facts. at last check, he wasn't cooperating, he wasn't talking about motives or things like that. now, obviously we are being very careful, but there is a lot of information that we are going through right now where it appears that this man had an extensive criminal record in north carolina some felony convictions. there is an active social media profile where he i

. >> present donald trump is even well after being targeted were golfing at the trump international golfb and the suspected comments was pulled over by martin county police, where he was taken into custody. also that of the same or shots were fired, weapons, hanging on event and this comes just 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

golf?d, apparently spotted 3 to 500 yards away from the would be president. the man that like, would like to re—enter the white house in november. but this is the alleged weapon that might just have changed the direction and outcome of that race for the white house but mercifully, donald trump lives to fight another day against his opponent, kamala harris. well, let's get reaction now from former government minister and reform uk spokesperson ann widdecombe . uk spokesperson ann widdecombe. and what do you say? it's easy to forget that at the heart of this. yes, you've got politicians, but they're human beings too. and donald trump might have lost his life this evening. >> well, indeed. >> well, indeed. >> and of course, he came extremely close to losing it in the not so long ago assassination attempt. >> and i mean, he must be feeling, however brave a front he's putting on. he's putting on a very brave one. he must be feeling pretty vulnerable, i would think in the run up to the election,

now, president obama would frequently golf at military golf courses.t easier to protect, because here in america, the president is viewed as the commander in chief. and i can remember multiple times where very high—ranking military officers would be, have a tee time, they would have it reserved weeks in advance, and they show up to play and they're turned away, generals and colonels. so, it's a weird job, isn't it, because you do sometimes have a lot of ability to do stuff, but at the same time, you've got this kind of stress in your mind that there is a constant threat notjust to the life of the principal, but actually potentially to yours, as well. yeah, yeah. and listen, i have dozens of stories and i don't want to hyperbole here or overexaggerate, but there were times where there were serious geopolitical consequences for stuff that was happening in real time. you know, there were times... give us an example. well, there was a time in mumbai, india, where we discovered an indian police sniper, but we didn't know it at the time. he was covered in a

maybe instead of going to a public golf course like the one that he was at yesterday, maybe go to golf hate to say it this way, the candidates deserve r & r as well, but maybe they just don't get to play golf for a little while while we make sure that the protection that can be provided is up to snuff. keep in mind the next week we have the delegations of international leaders coming to the united states as well and the secret service is going to be expected to provide that level of protection as well, too. so there is a finite number of resources there, the secret service is being stretched in many different directions at once. i think it's important for us in congress and the administration to make sure that we're providing all of the resources that they need as fast as possible so they can get these tasks done and live up to the demands of their mission. >> congressman glenn ivey, thank you so much for being with us. >>> still ahead next hour, we have new details about the suspects as we hear from a reporter who interviewed him last year. >>> plus, with two incidents apparently targ

the former president was on the golf course.hearing from sources, anywhere between the fifth and sixth hole, and typically, when the former president plays golf here or at any golf course, he has security detail that has this kind of protective bubble around him. they were out in front and they noticed something suspicious and noticed that the gunman was aiming toward the former president. that is when these agents decided to react quickly. they are fired at least four rounds but they are saying right now it's unclear if the suspect actually fired at the agents, but we are told at this hour no injuries to report but obviously, after they heard shots fired, local, state, federal agencies moved in very quickly securing the area right now, even though security is pretty tight we are told there is no danger but obviously this is just the beginning of the investigation, and authorities are actually encouraging members of the public if you have any information, if you're in the area, witness anything, to contact them right away. >> wi

so i would imagine that the next time becomes at a golf course. there'll probably be a little bit more people around the perimeter but the secret service did exactly what they should have done. >> but some feel the secret service has a lot to answer for his democratic congressman jared i'm deeply concerned about what's going on right now. i'm deeply concerned, quite frankly for the former president's safety the secret service has a lot to explain how an individual was able to get this close to the former president told me mao cheryl tyler, former secret service special agent, and you've been on golf courses, have new working with sitting presidents is it right to say that the whole area would have been locked down if he was a sitting president as opposed to a prospective one thank you for having me not necessarily. it depends on the golf course. it depends on where it's located. there are times where yes, the entire golf course is locked off for president, and i've been there where there's times where there are people pretty far back from the pres

of blend in playing golf, but actually in the golf bag is going to be some weaponry. know, that model has kind of stuck and been very successful. there's also going to be counter—sniper teams and, um, counter assault teams, like i was on the cat team there, as well. listen, golf courses are like mini nature preserves, right? i mean, there's wood lines, sand traps, water hazards. you know, i'm a golfer, i love the game, and, what, the average hole is boo—plus yards. as the commander in chief. and i can remember multiple times where very high—ranking military officers would be, have a tee time, they would have it reserved weeks in advance, and they show up to play and they're turned away, generals and colonels. so it's a weird job, isn't it, because you do sometimes have a lot of ability to do stuff, but at the same time, you've got this kind of stress in your mind that there is a constant threat notjust to the life of the principal, but actually potentially to yours, as well. yeah, yeah. and, um, listen, i have, you know, dozens of stories and i don't want to hyperbole

let's golf." >> jimmy: whoa, come on now. [ cheers and applause ] >> let's golf. let's golf.now what your game is like. how long have you been golfing? is it a new thing for you? >> um, i always had a nice, little swing, and i always liked playing golf. but i never really played it, like, every day. so, when the pandemic hit, i started playing, like, every single day. and i became nice. and the thing about golf is some people think it's like, "oh, he ain't really good. oh, it's the i.g. he edited it." bring two bags. [ light laughter ] one golf bag -- >> jimmy: what are you talking -- >> -- and a big brown paper bag. and that's what i'm telling you. but not just you, everybody out there that doubting me on my golf game. [ laughter ] 'cause i'm actually -- like, why can't you just say, "khaled is good"? like, you know what i'm sayin' [ light laughter ] 'cause golf makes me happy. >> jimmy: what -- what are you talking about? >> it makes me happy. >> jimmy: why do i have to bring two bags? what are you talking about? >> well, you got to bring your golf bag. >> jimmy: of course.

golf, it's hard to — down time, he loves to play golf, it's hard to protect the golf course, _ it'sy _ you have agent after agent across every foot — you have agent after agent across every foot or yard for that golf course, — every foot or yard for that golf course, he _ every foot or yard for that golf course, he might be in danger. you also need _ course, he might be in danger. you also need to— course, he might be in danger. you also need to weigh the impact on local— also need to weigh the impact on local residents, buciuc down the road _ local residents, buciuc down the road that— local residents, buciuc down the road that is close by when he is golfing? — road that is close by when he is golfing? -- _ road that is close by when he is golfing? —— do you shutdown. do you put more _ golfing? —— do you shutdown. do you put more local law enforcement there _ put more local law enforcement there. but after the election, the temperatures cooled down and people feel less _ temperatures cooled down and people feel less jazzed up does that reduce further— feel less jazzed up does that

>> well, that they are correct with golf courses, a very difficult to cover. that's why they have a legal team, a follow team, and teams are parallel. the president. they also have post-daniel's out on the golf course i'm conducting surveillance and counter-surveillance so that assessment is really correct. it would actually take hundreds of people to properly secure a golf course the fact that the suspects had his guns sticking through the fence, obviously, looking through the scope, it would suggest that he was quiet inexperienced. >> what is your evaluation i wouldn't say it was inexperienced. >> his timing was just bad looking at his history. he has a history of weapons. he was arrested in 2002 with a submachine gun. so he understands weapons. he talks about participating in war fairen, him filing for ukraine he just had a bad timing when he did is when he's when he conducted his check and the agent saw this appropriately? >> i, bet you pardon the fact that this man was known to law enforcement how was he able to get so close to donald trump well, you know

and a round of golf. and a round of golf. he's - this. and a round of golf. and a round of golf. now he's feeling a bit more sanguine i suppose about things. yeah, he's not been afraid - suppose about things. yeah, he's not been afraid to - suppose about things. yeah, he's not been afraid to call i he's not been afraid to call public interest and intrigue and i haven't agreed with everything he's done, but i do think some of the choices he's made over the last ten years have been quite brave. he has been a trailblazer. in the royal family sol been a trailblazer. in the royalfamily so i think it been a trailblazer. in the royal family so i think it does have a lot to be proud of. i wonder, i don't want to ask your agent anything but how important are the numbers aren't they, how important are these big milestones to people? i think it is suppose a moment to reflect on what you've achieved, do you feel that? the big birthdays if you any sort of sense of trepidation? yes. yes! i was asking anna. i’m yes! i was asking anna. i'm sor . yes! i was asking anna. i'm sorry- go — yes! i was

he has several golf courses. we all know he loves to golf. he is not probably going to stop golfing. and so trying to protect something like a golf course is altogether different from trying to protect an area that we saw in butler, pennsylvania, but they're going to have to come up with something because, you know we simply can't have something like this continue and it's not just mr. trump, as i mentioned before, the other candidates as well. and the more you harden one target that the more another one looks softer and so, you have to be very, very careful when it comes to the resources that are going to be used for that they're going to have to increase and do something more than what they're doing now but at the same time, we also have to realize that if someone is really bent on trying to cause harm and if they're willing to die for it, it's going to be very difficult to stop them. this is not a person willing to die. i mean, it looks like he was prepared to either shoot it out or he definitely had an escape plan very interesting. >> i c

he can continue to golf. he can continue to hold outdoor events, but i think he's going to be counseled that this is not safe. you'll remember that former presidents, then presidents, often golfed in secure military bases. where ail guy with a gun would t have been able to push through a bushy fence. that just would not have happened. you may remember, you brought it up actually, chris, otrs. off the record is the way to go when a president, or a candidate, is trying to interact with the public. it's often a great way, in the secret service's view, because it's a surprise. no assassin can be laying in wait as matthew crooks was or as the suspect ryan routh was. nobody can be laying in wait and planning if it's an off the record. finally, you said it earlier, too, and i just don't want to forget this point, chris, it's so important for thepo candidat to be with the people weeks and days before the election. well, everyone now knows that is what got john f. kennedy killed. he insisted with the secret service ov

golf is something he does on sunday. we heard him praising secret service and local law enforcement for keeping him safe speaking out about this. the maps, you see how close the golf course holes are to the public streets in west palm beach. ryan wesley routh was three to five hundred yards from the president hidden in shrubbery as he played. >> our agents will get there first. agent noticed gun pointing out and we engaged. for sure our agents were able to engage with the suspect. >> fbi and local law enforcement are posted at mobile command center outside hole five and six right now processing evidence, including the rifle found on the scene in the bushes. it was an ak-47-style rifle. >> in the bushes where this guys was is an ak-47-style rifle with a scope, two backpacks hung on the fence that had ceramic tile in them and a gopro, which he was going to take pictures of. those are being processed right now. >> a witness has wibeen a huge help in this situation, he saw ryan wesley routh run from the golf course bushes an

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he loves to play golf. it is really hard to protect a golf course.oing to have agent after agent across every foot or yard for that golf course, he might be endangered. —— in danger. you also had to weigh the impact on local residents. do you shut down that road that is close by when he is golfing or do you try to put more local law enforcement there but also, after the election do the temperatures cool down? do people feel less kind ofjazzed up. reduce further attempts on political violence. we saw nancy pelosi's husband get attacked. another was shot on a baseball field more than a decade ago. sadly, with america being so divided, this is one of the consequences of that. as always, good to get your thoughts. thank you very much forjoining us. let's talk to barry donadio, a former secret service agent who worked in the white house protecting other presidents. good to see you. there was so much criticism of the secret service after that first assassination attempt in pennsylvania. they have been widely praised today for their actions. what are your t

this is trump international golf club where the president was playing golf yesterday with a friend andom winter, he arrived here around 2:00 a.m., stayed overnight and then put up those two backpacks that you've seen in the pictures that authorities have released so far. the two pictures of the two backpacks. a go pro camera on one signed of them and then that long weapon, the, apparently, looks like an ak-style long semiautomatic weapon. but, andrea, all of this, what we're talking about today, happened only because a good samaritan spotted that person running from somewhere outside trump golf club heading into that automobile and had the presence of mind and the strength and the valor to take a picture of the car, take a picture of that car's tag, and then call that in to authorities. that's how officials at martin county shersheriff's departmente able to spot and find that car about 41 miles north of here at one of the -- you know, just before one of the exits. but, andrea, had they not had that information, we'd have a whole different conversation going on and, by the way, we're be