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and democratic congressman, jason crow, an army ranger in afghanistan. >>> good day, everyone. andrea mitchell in washington. both sides make their final push before their all important face off on the debate stage tomorrow night. the former president focusing on policy prep in mar-a-lago today after suggesting over the weekend he won't accept this year's election results if he doesn't win. while also threatening retribution against election workers. writing on social media that when he wins, quote, those people that cheated will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law which will include long-term prison sentences. this as the closely watches siena college poll shows 28% of likely voters still say they need to learn more about kamala harris. and a majority said that the vice president will be more of the same while 53% say trump represents major change. that's a big advantage for trump considering what voters want. we begin with nbc news senior political editor, mark murray. boston globe columnist, kimberly atkins store, and peter baker. mark, first to you. the internals

republican chairman mike kelly and democratic ranking member jason crowe.ormer president trump is reacting to iranian threats to try to assassinate him. he has been -- this comes as the republican nominee announces plans to return to butler, pennsylvania. site of the first attempt on his life. the former president speaking to supporters today in the battleground state of north carolina. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie reports tonight from mint hill. >> no threat will shake me, no enemy will intimidate me. >> tonight, former president trump defiantly back on the campaign trail after his campaign says intelligence officials warned him about an increasing number of real and specific threats from iran to saassassinate him. >> if i were the president i would inform the threatening country that if do you anything to harm this person, we are going to blow your largest cities and the country itself to smithereens. >> at a rally outside charlotte trump suggested iran might be behind the to assassination attempts against him while accusing the fbi of draggi

and i want to also commend my colleagues, congressman mike kelley and jason crow who are leading the house task force on the attempted assassination of president trump. their work to investigate this incident and the detailed shortcomings within the secret service will certaintily help congress implement further meaningful reforms in the future and to ensure the funding and resources are available. i think the most i think the most important thing for the american people to understand is that it is the responsibility of the government to ensure that our elections are free, are fair and are decided by the american people. at the ballot box. and that any attempt, either by a foreign government or by a fellow citizen, to undermine that by trying to assassinate a political candidate must be stopped at all costs. so i thank speaker johnson, i thank leader scalise, i thank chairman jordan for swiftly moving to advance this legislation to the floor for a vote. and i encourage every single one of my colleagues, regardless of their political views, regardless of whether they like or dislike o

and its ranking member, jason crow of colorado, joins me know. we saw a repeated theme in today's hearing about the logistical problems and the proximity of the shooter. i want to remind viewers of the layout in butler, pennsylvania. you can see mr. trump's location where the stage was and the agr companies complex where the shooter got onto the roof unimpeded. it was outside the security perimeter. what have you surmised about the biggest issues that led to him being able to get on that rooftop? >> well, lisa, there was not just one failure but it was a cascading series of failures, of things that we would normally expect would go into planning security for a large event like this. it was everything from a lack of unity of command, so command, so command-and-control that was uncertain and disjointed. to lack of interoperable communications between units that were on site. to a security plan that had a perimeter that was too small and not overall secured. then lack of guidance given to local law enforcement. we heard that today during our hearing

jason crow, tell us about your reaction yesterday as the butler investigation is still underway. >> mike this most recent attempt is what it looks like. political violence has no place in our country. republicans and democrats must come together and say this is unacceptable. this should never happen. you don't need to be one side of a party or another to condemn this. we settle our issues with debate and discourse in america. we really have to focus on that and every leader needs to be very clear about it. >> dana: congressman kelly the "new york post" headline says why hasn't the secret service given trump the security he plainly merits? do you have an answer for that? >> well, the only answer i can give you is the answer that as jason and i have listed last thursday, they claim they don't have enough personnel that they can put in place. going forward, i think we're at a point where it's not about republicans and democrats. this is about america. we have reached a point now where the rhetoric has hit a fever pitch and when we look at the similarities first of all. the event in butler w

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lying in wait for nearly 12 hours, just outside the golf course, joining us now is congressman jason crow. he's the ranking democrat on that task force. congressman. thank you so much for sharing part of your afternoon with us. what do you make of the security response to this event? what do you think could have been done differently? >> well, thanks for having me. >> it's too early to tell right now or to make any conclusions about what exactly happened or didn't happen here i'm grateful that the former president it was unharmed and it did appear as though the secret service did foil this attempted assassination attempt. >> although we have to wait for more information from federal law enforcement, but what's important here is to know what type of situation we're dealing with, right? our task force was convened in focusing on the butler, pennsylvania incident, and in that incident, there were numerous security lapses and failures, right? protocols that were not followed, things that weren't done that were supposed to be done what we don't know is whether or not this is a situation where

colorado democratic congressman jason crow says with the campaign season being in full swing that is creating staffing challenges for the secret service were just in an era of extreme threats, increased threats across the board. the congressional task force has until december 13th. >> to release its full investigative report reporting in washington reshad hudson. >> well, a tiny black and white kitten was rescued from an uber driver's car by menlo park firefighters earlier this week. the uber driver tells kron 4 he was about to pull out of the parking lot of woodside bakery and cafe. but he noticed a woman frantically trying to get his attention. the woman told them she had seen a kitten disappear under his car. they both tried to look, they couldn't find the kitten. fire crews eventually came and were able to safely extract it. after all that one of the bakeries employees immediately decided to adopt the little do. >> for a the 13th is in full swing here at the winchester mystery house in san jose. the historic mansion is hosting a haunted event. they're calling unhinged hotel. the

colorado democratic congressman jason crow says with the campaign season being in full swing that isextreme increased threats across theeboard. the congressional task force has until december 13th. >> to release its full investigative report reporting in washington reshad hudson. >> well, mister khan says here in california, governor tim walz and vice president harris were visiting key battleground states walls and michigan and harris in pennsylvania. the harris campaign says that they are trying to capitalize on tuesday night's debate. meantime, president joe biden responded today too. trump's claims about haitian migrants in migrants in ohio eating people's pets. >> there's no place in america. this to stop what he's doing. that to stop. >> mayor of springfield, ohio, says that these unstuck substantiated claims undermine the actual issues the city is having when it comes to serving the nearly 20,000 migrants who have settled there since 2020. happening today. santa is a is children's discovery news in kicked off hispanic heritage month with a cold event for the family. the low rid

member of the task force on the attempted assassination of donald trump, democratic congressman jason crow. >>> turning now to this, colleges in springfield, ohio, are shifting to remote learning as a result of the threats of violence tied to the lies about the city's haitian migrant community. in alerts to students yesterday officials at clark state college and whittenburg university announced moves to on line classes following multiple bomb and shooting threats. despite this former president donald trump and his running mate j.d. vance continue to down play those threats, ignore them, really, and amplify the baseless claims that have led to them. here is what trump had to say on friday and then j.d. vance yesterday. >> mayor of springfield, ohio, the police chief, the republican governor of ohio have all debunked the story about people eating pets and now there are bomb threats at schools and kids being evacuated. why do you still spread this false story? >> the real threat is what's happening at our border. they are all now in the united states and they are taking over cities. it's like

shooting in pennsylvania, lawmakers were briefed by acting secret service director ronald rowe and jason crowa top democrat on that panel. >> they should never be an attempted assassination against that close if it's allowed to happen, people have rightful questions in this task force was formed to help restore the confidence and were going to the process now of restoring the american people's confidence. >> it's unclear if the florida episode could be enrolled into the july investigation. a report about the pennsylvania shooting is due from the secret service soon. ashley: thank you very much, pennsylvania congressman scott perry joins us, great to have you here, that is the question how does this guy get so close to the president again. >> obviously personally concerned about we wanted accountability but the resignation at the top of the secret service and he continues at the very top, the person that replaced her it is no better obviously based on what we're seeing today my colleague from colorado talked about reinvigorating confidence in the institution for the american people they are wa

chairman congressman mike kelly and ranking member jason crow have said in a statement we have requested briefing on what happened and how security responded. we're thankful the former president was not harm bud remain deeply concerned. >> and joining us the former director of the cia john brennan. director thank you for being here with us. your reaction to what is now a second attempted assassination attempt on donald trump. and the secret service as far as we know. their handling of the situation so far. >> well, i think there's still a lot that we don't know about this instant. but it sounds like the secret service did a very good job in terms of preventing this individual from actually getting a shot off against donald trump. there were a couple of holes ahead of the way donald trump was playing. and the secret service was able to identify this gun that was sticking out of the fence. engaged the individual. so bravo to the secret service for taking those actions. secondly it once again shows how difficult it is to protect individuals in these open venues. especially in a golf course

special report" our "common ground" segment looks at the first treangs task force hearing joining us jason crow and republican chairman mike kelly plus we have new election polling from arizona and georgia. remember, if you can't catch us live. set your dvr 6:00 p.m. in the east, 3:00 p.m. on the west coast. thanks for inviting us in your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington tonight. as always, thank you for joining us. kamala harris finally takes off the little training wheels to sit down for first solo interview. >> well, here's what i know in terms of the facts. >> laura: plus, the liberal ladies over at "the view" fawn over joe. [applause] >> like having one of the beatles at the table. >> trump takes on world leaders hoping for president kamala. >> our enemies are desperate to prevent donald trump from returning to the white house because they know i will make america great again. >> my angle on trump vs. the

. >> now for the democratic perspective from capitol hill, congressman jason crow of colorado who servesce committees, a former army ranger who saw action in afghanistan. thanks for being here. i am you heard the condiment -- his take on all this. i want to read from that majority reports. "president biden's public assertions to the contrary despite those come our investigation has revealed his secretary of defense, chairman of the joint chiefs, commander of -- the secretary of state, the officer, office of national intelligence, resolute support mission of united states forces, afghanistan, all advised against withdrawing all u.s. troops from the country." why did the president go solo on this? >> i would like to address the conduct of the investigation, but to the point of the withdrawal itself, our elected officials, our leaders, the commander in chief is responsible for deciding when a war is winnable and when it is not. 2402400-plus americans gave their lives in this war. it lasted 20 years. american taxpayers spent over $2 trillion fighting it. you know it's not happening today? st

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jason crowe said she was on it, and he was going to encourage an october -- another debate. i think, you know, to your point she did a really good job of taking him off like what he was supposed to accomplish, which was obviously to tie kamala harris with the biden administration. tie her to, you know, inflation or rising grocery prices or rising gas prices. he didn't do that effectively, and that was probably yet another missed opportunity. and i think part of that was because, as you mention, she kind of got under his skin. there was several times that you could kind of anticipate her, you know -- you know, zeroing in on something, anticipating that he would respond in a certain way. and he took the bait every single time. >> you mention the possibility of another debate. one is not yet in the books, but in the moments after last night ended the harris team said, yes, we'd love to do it again in october. trump when asked in the spin room later was more noncommittal, so we shall see in the weeks ahead. thank you so much for starting us off today. and coming up we have much,

joining us tonight house trump assassination task force chairman mike kelly and ranking member jason crowr being here. >> thank you. >> bret: chairman kelly, what did you get from today? what do you take away from it? there are a lot of people hungry for answers. >> when jason and i first start on this tank, one of the things we looked at early on was the blaming of local law enforcement for not doing what they were supposed to do. i think today was a validation not only did they do what they were supposed to, they did everything they were supposed to do. but they weren't informed of everything that was expected of them. and i think that was -- it was a great stain that was put on local law enforcement. they were deeply wounded that day because and it still exists to this day people live in my time that said you didn't do the right job and should have been there that's not the case. one thing jason and i looked at when we first had this ability to work on this task force. let's make sure we get the truth to the american people. you don't have to get it out quickly. but you have to realize

and you are right, pastor jason crow i think about it a couple of different ways, right?t is the most important fertilizer that is used in the united states of america today? it is derived from natural gas. i did not realize this until i got into politics. it is derived from natural gas. natural gas is too expensive and we are not letting pennsylvania workers get the stuff out of the ground, then what happens? that means the flow goes up because the farmers are struggling to make ends meet. here's the other thing. sometimes you talk to people on the other side of the break of lisle, and look, i don't mean to beat up on them, but you ask them come and they will say, well, i drive an electric vehicle, so, you know, my energy, i get it from plugging into the wall. welcome to where you think the power came when you plug it into the wall? it does not come from the energy fairy. someone has to create that power in the first place. if a truck driver is getting the groceries to the grocery store paying 50 more percent -- 50% more for diesel, what is happening to my cost? if they

ranking member on the task force, democratic congressman jason crow, spoke about the task force's workhis morning. >> the scope of our task force was limited to investigating the butler pennsylvania incident, so it is too early to tell whether those same issues were at play here or not. >> it's unclear how the incident will affect trump's schedule with just 50 days of campaigning left to go. for the pbs newshour, i'm laura barron lopez. amna: the white house as president biden spoke with trump and conveyed his relief that the former president is safe. let's look deeper now i the challenges facing the secret service. acting director ronald rowe again for -- begin vowed to take a look at the agency roscoe procedures after the latest attempt on the life of former president trump. >> our methodologies work in there now and and we saw that yesterday but the way we are positioned now in this dynamic threat environment, it has given me guidance to say we need to look at what our methodology is, get out of a reactive model and get to a readiness model. amna: for more, we are joined by an inves

the chairman congressman mike kelly and ranking neb jason crow said in a statement, we have requestedwith the u.s. secret service about what happened and how security responded. we are thankful that the former president was not harmed, but remain deeply concerned about political violence and condemn it in all its forms. the task force will share updates as we learn more. joining me former congressmaned members of the committee for the apparent assassination of president trump. law members were asked the questions that i now ask you under different circumstances. and it's this, are you confident that the secret service has the resources it needed to protect trump and kamala harris and joe biden? >> well, chris, thanks for having me. i never thought that, first, i would be appointed to an assassination task force, attempted assassination on a president. in my first years in congress, little did i think it would be groundhog day. and while on that assassination task force there would be a second assassination attempt, just two months from the first one, not only a month into the formatio

colorado democratic congressman jason crow says with the campaign season being in full swing that is creating staffing challenges for the secret service were just in an era of extreme increased threats across the board. the congressional task force has until december 13th. >> to release its full investigative report reporting in washington reshad hudson. >> we're learning more this afternoon about a tesla semi truck that went up in flames on 80 in august. the ntsb released its preliminary report of the fire that brought traffic on the interstate to a stop for 12 hours. the crash was along the freeway near emigrant gap. we no the firefighters needed to douse the semis battery with about 50,000 gallons of water to get the flames extinguished. firefighters previously told us the battery reach temperatures of 1000 degrees. the agency also found the truck was not operating on one of tesla's partially automated driving systems at the time of the crash. >> still ahead and access closing up its san francisco headquarters where employees are being relocated to. plus boeing workers in seattle

the chairman congressman mike kelly and ranking member jason crow said in a statement, we have requestedce about what happened and how security responded. we are thankful that the former president was not harmed but remain deeply concerned about political violence and condemn it in all its forms. the task force will share updates as we learn more. joining me now, jared moskowitz, one of the members of the task force on the attempted assassination of donald trump. after the close of briefing you all got into the first assassination attempt, a lot of members were asked to have -- a question i now ask you under different circumstances. are you now confident the secret service has the resources it needs to protect president trump and kamala harris and joe biden? >> i never thought that first i would be appointed to an assassination task force. while on that assassination task force there would be a second assassination attempt just two months from the first one, only a month into the formation of this task force so i am deeply concerned that right now we don't have a good handle on the situa

the task force on the attempted assassination of donald trump, democratic colorado congressman jason croweead the senate report that's out today. was there anything new to you? >> thanks for having me on today. i have reviewed the report. it highlights many of the things that the house task force has uncovered in the preliminary stages of our investigation. we are conducting a longer-term investigation that will culminate in december when we will submit our final report. we are also conducting a review of the most recent incident in florida as well. the issues are around communication, lack of command and control, the line of sack, lack of securing the building where the shooter took shots, those are things we have uncovered and have reviewed in our first stage of our investigation. >> what about the drone failure? >> that's certainly another one of them. i was an army ranger. i served in iraq and afghanistan. when i took my visit, the task force visited butler, pennsylvania, last month. when we visited, the first thing i looked at, where is the high ground, where are the lines of sight, h

in conversations that i had afterwards with the ranking democrat, jason crow, as well as the chairmanittee mike kelly, the congressman for this district, it's clear that here they were trying to just establish the basic facts from people who had firsthand knowledge of the ground, but then also going to continue doing investigations and other hearings. this is not the last time we are going to see a public posture from this group of bipartisan lawmakers, but in the interim period while congress is gone most of the month of october, come back in november after elections, in the interim period this committee hat plans to go to-of-mar-a-lago, where the most recent assassination attempt happened. not just focused on butler alone but what almost happened but went right for the secret service being able to avert that assassination attempt down there. doing a cohesive investigation here of multiple different threads. this was just part one, but clearly the blame being laid at the feet of secret service. >> and planning to visit the trump international -- >> yes. >> golf club there in palm bea

one last thing before i recognize the ranking member jason crowe.ver reason we're put in the same place at the same time for the right reasons. i will ask unanimous consent to enter a letter from leader scalise granting permission to have one of our witnesses testify remotely today. without objection, so ordered. i now recognize the distinguished ranking member from colorado mr. crowe for his opening remarks. >> thank you, chairman and i want to start by thanking all the witnesses for coming here willingly on your own time to provide important information for this panel and for the american people as we seek answers that they need. political violence has no place in our democracy period. we must be united in our belief as americans, not as republicans or democrats, that political disagreement is settled through rigorous debate, not violence. that is why this task force's investigation in today's hearing are so important. since the establishment of this task force two months ago i have worked closely with chairman kelly to insure this investigation i

our mission is the same, whether you are talking to chairman kelly or ranking member jason crow. it is to get at the truth to find out what went wrong. we will also find out things that went right but to also find out, how do we make sure moving forward from that day forward that every one of the protectees has the maximum protection, and we find out the glitches, whether it is in communications, whether it is an oversight, whether it is in coordination with local law enforcement, whether it is in site selection, and so many others thanks. so i'm not sure what the senator is referring to, but we are getting the production of tremendous number of documents and data. >> how big of a solution in terms of your recommendations are you, are you prepared to make, for instance, senator lindsey graham is actually calling for treasury to take the secret service out for dhs. do you agree with that i would not prejudge what our recommendations are going to be as you know, we have a monumental task to take a look at this assassination attempt from july i'm not sure whether or not two days ago

mike kelley from pennsylvania and jason crow of colorado. let me begin with you.of a deeper problem inside the secret service? >> you know, the more we look at it, what caused that? this is the elite -- this is the best group we can put forward and if we're having failures at that stage there's something more we have to take a look at so a lot of different thing, george, we're looking at. our staff, not just the 13 members of the task force but a staff working hart every day to get to the bottom of what happened on july 13th but more importantly, i think, george, what happened on july 12th, july 11th, what was the preparation for that event and were we ready for that day or had we been too casual because it seems to be commonplace that trump will be somewhere, speaking and there's going to be thousands of people, let's go at hit. i do know this and i think that jason will agree. the preparation for that event leaves a lot in our minds as to how in the world the most elite group, the people we rely on to protect people was so casual about that and that's the way it

join me right now is democratic congressman jason crow. he's the ranking member on the task force formed to investigate the first set assassination attempt on the former president, congressman good to have you on the acting director of the secret service said that president biden wanted the highest levels of protection for former president trump and vice president harris that that level of protection was in place yesterday. if that's true, what does that tell you you, anderson. >> well, it tells us that there are several things potentially going on here. we saw in butler, pennsylvania an incident where there were several security failures or lapses were protocol wilson procedures weren't actually followed. that should have been followed. what we don't know yet is what exactly happened in florida, whether procedures had been followed and this is simply a resourcing problem that there aren't resources, there isn't manpower, there isn't technology that was made available. we don't know that, but i do know is that president biden did order aft

at the truth as to the first assassination attempt, i've been in touch with our ranking member, jason crowack to session tomorrow, as you know, i'll be interested to see if the leadership of the house decides to consolidate this by way of legislation with the first assassination attempt. >> it is mighty frightening and we need to get to the truth. we have to learn all the lessons. i think it would be so important to consolidate both of these assassination attempt investigations. and you guys are going to be doing very important work. congress are. but how do you assess the us secret services response here in this second assassination attempt doesn't raise concerns to you for example, that the shooter appear to be staked out in that area near the golf course? undetected for some 12 hours oh, it's very worrying. >> and i have to tell you, wolf, we had the benefit of the acting director of the secret service in in a classified briefing when we were last in session a week or so ago, and he was very forthcoming, wanted to be as transparent karen as possible. and we ultimately want the transpare

, coordinating across local, state and federal law enforcement, colorado democratic congressman jason crow says with the campaign season being in full swing that is creating staffing challenges for the secret service were just in an era of extreme increased threats across the board. the congressional task force has until december 13th to release its full investigative report reporting in washington reshad hudson. >>it's the 30th anniversary of the violence against women act and in honor of it, the department of justice is rolling out millions of dollars in new grants to help law enforcement tackle gender based violence. the original violence against women act passed as part of the 1994 crime bill and was most recently updated by congress back in 2022. now our dc's raquel martin has the latest developments. >>washington, 30 years ago was a bit different for women. women on the senate floor had to be wearing a skirt entered women. shelters were called by one senator indoctrination centers for runaway wives. despite all odds, these women help secure the 1994 violence against women at its enac

one last thing before i recognize ranking member jason crow. we have, i think, for whatever reason, we are put in the same place at the same time for the right reasons. i am going to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from leader scalise granting his permission to have one of our witnesses testify remotely today. and without. so ordered. i now recognize the distinguished ranking member from colorado, mr. crow, for his opening remarks. mr. crow: thank you, chairman. i want to start by thanking all of the witnesses for coming here willingly on your own time. provide really important information for this panel. for the american people as we seek answer that is they need -- answers that they need. political violence has no place in our democracy, period. we must be united in our belief as americans not as republicans or democrats that political disagreement is settled through rigorous debate, not violence. that is why this task force's investigation and today's hearing are so important. since the establishment of this task forc

and i want to also commend my colleagues, congressman mike kelley and jason crow who are leading the house task force on the attempted assassination of president trump. their work to investigate this incident and the detailed shortcomings within the secret service will certaintily help congress implement further meaningful reforms in the future and to ensure the funding and resources are available. i think the most i think the most important thing for the american people to understand is that it is the responsibility of the government to ensure that our elections are free, are fair and are decided by the american people. at the ballot box. and that any attempt, either by a foreign government or by a fellow citizen, to undermine that by trying to assassinate a political candidate must be stopped at all costs. so i thank speaker johnson, i thank leader scalise, i thank chairman jordan for swiftly moving to advance this legislation to the floor for a vote. and i encourage every single one of my colleagues, regardless of their political views, regardless of whether they like or dislike o

one last thing before i recognize ranking member jason crow. we have, i think, for whatever reason, we are put in the same place at the same time for the right reasons. i am going to ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from leader scalise granting his permission to have one of our witnesses testify remotely today. and without. so ordered. i now recognize the distinguished ranking member from colorado, mr. crow, for his opening remarks. mr. crow: thank you, chairman. i want to start by thanking all of the witnesses for coming here willingly on your own time. provide really important information for this panel. for the american people as we seek answer that is they need -- answers that they need. political violence has no place in our democracy, period. we must be united in our belief as americans not as republicans or democrats that political disagreement is settled through rigorous debate, not violence. that is why this task force's investigation and today's hearing are so important. since the establishment of this task forc

i was struck in the opening remarks from the opening chair, mark kelly, and jason crow, the bipartisanp order that does not know political party or political partisanship. what is interesting about this hearing, this week we have seen the investigations in butler, and the secret service did their own investigation into something like this happening, and secret service and local law enforcement agencies were not coordinating the way they should have been, for example, communicating directly by cell phone. that doesn't make for fast and rapid communication and seconds matter in moments like this one. you look at the screen at some of the other things found in the bipartisan report, the fact 7 there were additional resource requests denied and breakdowns in communication, and congress continues to try and find out what happened so it doesn't go wrong again, guys. >> all right, nbc's ali vitali, thank you so much. people may try on social media to make this a one side against another wedge issue, but the anger and concern is bipartisan. all americans should be stunned by what happened in b