kimberly cheatle was accused by the committee of stonewalling. over bipartisan. we always make this point that whenever you see any sort of bipartisanship on the hill, its was quite a rare moment, —— it is always quite a rare moment, —— it is always quite a rare moment, but she said that when she was called on to resign, she was the best person for thejob, was called on to resign, she was the best person for the job, that this investigation was still getting at what happened at donald trump's rally, and she would not stand down that was happening, but i was saying yesterday when we were covering it on air that her position was becoming increasingly untenable. for the last nine days, before she appeared at the hearing, there were constant calls for her to step down. at the republican national convention, which we attended last week, she was there and she was confronted very angrily by many republicans who were demanding to know what happened, why did the secret service not deliver, why did they fail to protect the former president donald trump, an

mike johnson and mcconnell are demanding that kimberly cheatle resign. back to you. >> steve: chad, isn't kimberly cheatle's boss, homeland security's alejandro mayorkas. why don't they call on him? >> chad: we don't know if mayorkas will be there. green told me he would be happy to have the deputies come in for the hearing, he wants kimberly cheatle there on tuesday. she will appear on know monday and we'll have hearings each during the august recess. >> steve: we heard mayorkas say the border is secure, he cannot say this site was secure. >> chad: may might try to have contempt of congress for kimberly cheatle, maybe something for mayorkas. >> brian: i could not be less interested in that, i just want answers. you had this guy lined up 10 minutes before, did not shoot him, you let the president go on stage. that is why senator barrasso, mild-man erred guy, when you have barrasso irate like that, you know how unacceptable it is, she would not explain why a presidential candidate was almost assassinated and does not feel compelled to discuss it with lawm

secret cert purity officer kimberly cheatle faced criticism. >> because president trump is alive coming to look incompetent. if donald trump had been killed, you would've looked culpable. >> from both parties on the u.s. oversight committee -- >> how could this happen? >> i can tell you, you are not making my job easier. >> you are full of belief today. being completely dishonest. >> cheadle acknowledged the severity of the breakdown. speak of the most significant operational failure of the secret service and decades. >> reporter: revealed the gunman was deemed suspicious five times before he opened fire, that he flew a drone over the site for the rally and that though he was deemed suspicious he was not considered a threat to. she said donald trump's team was not denied any of its security requests for that day. >> all of those requests were fulfilled. >> she acknowledged and defended denials of some security requests made on other occasions. repeated questions about the evidence and the timeline of the shooting. >> how many shell casings were found on the roof. >> citing an ongoing fb

kimberly cheatle became head of the secret service less than two years ago.had to stand down, both united in agreement — always a rare moment in us politics. she just resigned? can you say how this i changes the oversight of the assassination attempt? well, she must have been watching our press conference. i'm glad she did the right thing. look, our reaction, the immediate reaction to her resignation, is that it is overdue. we have to rebuild the american people's faith and trust in the secret service as an agency. it has an incredibly important responsibility in protecting presidents, former presidents and other officials. presidentjoe biden, who appointed kimberly cheatle, said he was grateful to herfor her service. the head of the fbi will face questioning later this week, whilst an independent review into the shooting continues. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. elizabeth hoffman is the director of congressional and government affairs at the center for strategic and international studies in washington, dc. thank you very much, elizabeth, for your time on

. >> my name is kimberly cheatle -- >> reporter: tonight kimberly cheatle, the 29-year veteran of the secret service is out, in a letter to president biden saying the secret service's solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders. on july 13th, we fell short on that mission. i take full responsibility for the security lapse. her resignation first reported by nbc news, comes nine days after a gunman tried to assassinate donald trump at a rally, putting cheatle in the hot seat yesterday as she struggled to answer basic questions. >> why was the rooftop left naked to begin with, can you tell us that? considering it was within the line of sight and so very close. >> again, i can't speak to the specifics of this particular event site. >> reporter: the deputy director has now stepped in temporarily. but questions and harsh criticism of the agency persist. committee chairman mark green has subpoenaed the secret service. >> the fact that there was nobody covering the top of that building is ridiculous. >> reporter: he is calling for even more changes, especially during this tense and high

kimberly cheatle became head of the secret service less than two years ago.had to stand down, both united in agreement — always a rare moment in us politics. she just resigned? can you say how this i changes the oversight of the assassination attempt? well, she must have been watching our press conference. i'm glad she did the right thing. look, our reaction, the immediate reaction to her resignation, is that it is overdue. we have to rebuild the american people's faith and trust in the secret service as an agency. it has an incredibly important responsibility in protecting presidents, former presidents and other officials. presidentjoe biden, who appointed kimberly cheatle, said he was grateful to herfor her service. the head of the fbi will face questioning later this week, whilst an independent review into the shooting continues. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. you saw footage there from ms cheatle�*s appearance at monday's house oversight commitee hearing. earlier, i spoke to one of that committee's members: democratic representative raja krishnamoorth

kimberly cheatle needs to step down.senator, said this, resignation or full explanation right now. that is what every member of the american public should be echoing. >> emily: and guy, information hoa hoarding is assign of toxicity, dysfunction or refusal to release information that reflects negatively on this. >> guy: this is worse than information hoarding, there is lying. kimberly cheatle tried to blame locals, we heard the clip from the gentleman representing the locals. he said that was not true, we were in charge of traffic. the slopped roof lie was so -- that does not make sense, there are people on slopped roofs all the time, including on the footage we have seen. not like they are hoarding information, they have led with actual misinformation from the top of the agency and people are infuriated with this director, i can't imagine how she could survive this, she shouldn't. we need to know everything and what we heard from harris is right. seems like every passing hour, when we learn something new, it makes the s

: ten days after the historic failure in butler, pennsylvania, kimberly cheatle resigned as u.s. secret service director, writing to colleagues, "this incident does not define us" and that she didn't want to be a distraction. in a statement, president biden said cheatle had shown incredible integrity. >> i take full responsibility for any security lapse beards between nearly 30-year veteran of the agency and director since september 2022, cheatle frustrated u.s. house panel monday. >> i believe your horrifying ineptitude at your lack of skilled leadership is a disgrace beards be too declining to answer questions about what went wrong. >> i lost all confidence in her in that hearing. >> reporter: more revelations today. the pennsylvania state police commissioner revealed to local police snipers were posted with a review of the roof used by the gunmen but left their post search for him at a local officer came space to face-to-face with the shooter minutes before the gunmen pulled the trigger pits big within minutes, a very -- >> not seconds? >>> reporter: he was still able to open f

kimberly cheatle, said he was grateful to herfor her service.ce questioning later this week whilst an independent review into the shooting continues. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. meanwhile, us vice—president kamala harris says donald trump "wants to take our country backwards", speaking at a campaign rally in the critical swing state of wisconsin. speaking for the first time since securing enough support to become the democratic party's nominee. president biden, who arrived back at the white house this evening following his recovery from covid, has said he will address the nation tomorrow from the oval office following his decision not to seek a second term. with more, here's our north america editor, sarah smith. it's back to work forjoe biden. he is not a presidential candidate any more, but he does have a dayjob — running america. reporter: why did you drop out of the election? - was it a difficult decision to make? he will explain his decision to the nation on tv tomorrow night — including why, if he's not fit enough to run for electio

minutes ago the secret service director kimberly cheatle resigned. secret service director cheatle never went to the site where former president donald trump was nearly assassinated ten days ago. her testimony on capitol hill yesterday was anemic and she was not informed and apparently not too curious. that came off as unprofessional and incompetent as one lawmaker put it. she was not curious enough to prepare for the house oversight hearing. cheatle was called incompetent and calls for her to be fired were made to her face in that hearing by democrats and republicans. cheatle said she would not quit. but she just did. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." i want to go right away to u.s. congressman andy biggs, member of the house oversight committee, who was one of those who questioned cheatle yesterday. congressman biggs, first of all your reaction to the resignation and fill us in what it was like to try to get answers from her. >> good to be with you. i will tell you the difficulty is that she should have resigned almost immedia

second trump turn would devastate democracy first rally one week since assassination attempting kimberly cheatleill testify before house oversight committee as first congressional democrat is calling for cheatle to resign, the agency admitting to wash to have the it rejected trump's request for additional security in two years before last weekend's shooting officials made a request for more agents extra snipers they claimed they lacked the resources, rob whitman vice chairman house armed services committee house national resources in china select committee congressman, quite a day on capitol hill today with kimberly cheatle do you think she should resign? >> well cheryl i think she needs to be held accountable. what happened there in butler pennsylvania absolutely inexcusable i am so happy speaker appointing a special task for those to hold people respectable people around united states expect us to get that done. cheryl: obviously, the concerns about we heard are former president trump, talked about this reported repeatedly extensively first "washington post" they were asking for resources did

today the secret service director kimberly cheatle finally faced some questions. she was called him many times to resign based on her performance that day and what we've heard from her since from members of both parties on capitol hill. congressman walsh is standing buy but was go to professional correspondent aisha. hello aisha. >> hello martha i wish i had something to tell you and our viewers to check something new about this investigation today but i've got to tell you director kimberly cheatle practically ignored or avoided, dodged every question that came her way and said the investigatory report would be completed in 60 days. that is taking off people on both sides of the aisle. watch. >> i would have to get back to. >> that is a know you're full of [ bleep ] today in completely dishonest. this is not about chocking the idea a report we'll be finalized in 60 days let alone prior to any actionable decisions that would be made is simply not acceptable. >> martha: >> martha, kimberly cheatle said it was the worst attempt since 1981 on person at reagan but she

yeah, wolf, we're also hearing from dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas in the wake of director kimberly cheatle, aos resignation. he similarly, thanks director cheatle for her leadership as the director of the secret service and for her lifelong devotion to our country. now wolf, i want to make clear that this comes immediately after yesterday's very contentious and very frustrating for lawmakers hearing on capitol hill, where director cheatle really refused to provide any sort of detail about the security failures that led up to the assassination attempt on former president donald trump's life on july 13, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle called on her to resign, including the chairman and ranking member of the oversight committee after yesterday's hearing before yesterday's hearing, house speaker mike johnson met in person with director cheatle and i'm told he urged her to resign during that meeting as well. so things seem to be seen we've been bubbling under the surface for a while, but yesterday, the bipartisan calls for cheatle to step down seem to have tip the scales in the developme

former president trump said he spokes to secret service director kimberly cheatle and she made a big admission about why the roof where the shooter took position was not secure. >> todd: cheatle was pressed by lawmakers throughout that heated hearing. brooke singman has more. heated is an understatement, it got hot. >> brooke: it did. former president trump said he spoke to secret service director kimberly cheatle during an in-person visit earlier this month and here is what cheatle told him about the security failure that allowed the shooter to get on the roof and fire at him. >> she was very nice. somebody should have made sure there was nobody on the roof. that of radio was dead aim to the stage. they said they did not have the manpower for it, which was crazy. >> brooke: the former president and his v.p. j.d. vance sat down with jesse watters. >> you had one man dressed in black like this. where are they? he starts pointing, this man had no fear, none of them did. the women were incredible -- >> where were you when butler happened? >> playing mini-golf with my kids. i said, we hav

for nine days, kimberly cheatle has faced strong bipartisan calls to resign.ill under way and she is going nowhere. tensions flared up at one point after she was accused of dodging questions. have you provided all audio and video recordings in your possession to this committee, as we asked onjuly 15th? yes or no? i would have to get back to you... that is a no. you are full of shit today. you are just being completely dishonest. mr chairman... we have to retain decorum in this committee. kimberly cheatle has pledged to move heaven and earth to ensure nothing similar happens again. but there is still much to learn about what happened that day, including exactly why the gunman tried to kill donald trump. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. and victoria derbyshire will have more on what president biden�*s departure from the race means for america on newsnight on bbc two shortly. yes, if it is to be harris versus trump, who is going to win and how? we will talk to kamala harris�*s trusted advisors, political opponents and a pollster, on newsnight. so that's all fro

for nine days, kimberly cheatle has faced strong bipartisan calls to resign.estigation is still under way and she is going nowhere. tensions flared up at one point after she was accused of dodging questions. have you provided all audio and video recordings in your possession to this committee, as we asked onjuly 15th? yes or no? i would have to get back to you... that is a no. you are full of shit today. you are just being completely dishonest. mr chairman... we have to retain decorum in this committee. kimberly cheatle has pledged to move heaven and earth to ensure nothing similar happens again. but there is still much to learn about what happened that day, including exactly why the gunman tried to kill donald trump. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. now to the middle east — and the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says at least 70 palestinians have been killed and more than 200 wounded by israeli shelling and air strikes on areas east of khan younis. and israel says two of its hostages — held captive in gaza after the 7th of october attacks — have died. 0u

we just got word that the secret service director kimberly cheatle has resigned. o go back to ryan nobles on capitol hill. we were just discussing the questions lawmakers have of the law enforcement actions that day. what do we know about cheatle's resignation? >> reporter: we're just getting this information in right now. our colleague julia ainsley has two law enforcement sources that tell nbc news that director cheatle has tendered her resignation. it is expected that an official announcement will come in the very near future. this, of course, not really a surprise given the fallout that has occurred since the assassination attempt on former president trump and her response to that fallout. she's been defiant at times. she was evasive in the many questions that she was asked during this hearing on monday. and also when you take a step back, ana, and look at the way everything progressed to that hearing on monday, initially she was offered an invitation. the oversight committee offered her the opportunity to come voluntarily to that hearing on monday. she initial

their senators tried to ask director kimberly cheatle a bunch of questions about the secret service.uickly ended the telephone briefing, and then refused to answer questions from politicians even at a decent meeting. thank you very much, i don't think this is the right place to discuss this. to call at their convention in wisconsin they go through the pits, but evenly, kimberly cheatle was hidden by security. but trump was not saved. the fbi is now studying thomas crooks' laptop, in the history of the search for photographs of former and current presidents. information about the republican convention and trump's rally with supporters, at which the assassination attempt took place. the shooter also had two phones, one of them had 27 contacts, all of whom are now being interrogated by the fbi. particularly interesting. listen to his parents, his parents were looking for him on the day of the assassination attempt, a few hours before the shooting they called the police and reported that crooks was missing they were worried, we don’t know what exactly was bothering them, they were worrie

get the fastest connection to paris with xfinity. >> lawrence: secret service director kimberly cheatletting on capitol hill her team failed at protecting former president trump at his campaign rally nine days ago. >> secret service solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders. on july 13th, we failed. as director of united states secret service, i take full responsibility for security lapse of our agency. >> lawrence: cb cotton is at the site. >> kimberly cheatle has yet to visit the site, lawmakers have and got on top of the roof the gunman fired from. committee member eli crane, a former navy seal, here. >> it is not that steep at all, we had a 70-year-old man climb up on the roof. see that water tower behind me, secret service had sniper teams up there, this guy would not have made it five feet up this of radio, he would have been taken out. >> secret service director kimberly cheatle was subpoenaed to appear before the house judiciary committee yesterday. committee members called for her resignation, she said she does not plan to leave and she has not fired anyone that is part

it is unacceptable and be shouldn't happen again. >> kimberly cheatle stopped short of saying she would resign. she will appear before congress next week, expect tough questions. thomas crooks's family is being cooperative and fbi continues to pour through his phone to see if anybody else knew of the plan before it went down saturday. harris. >> harris: thank you. straight to our guests and co-host. range finder. emily, my husband uses one in golf, just a device that estimates sdan for a camera or gun. you want to know how many yards is such and such, how do i aim at that? what can it tell you, the timing of what was going on and how long people say they saw things, man on the roof and this, that and the other? emu >> emily: i don't have expertise needed to analyze this information. it reveals information i have as an american who invests faith and truck in organizations to protect the highest office and these individuals we love and hold so dear. questions i have, if we have use of technology and demonstrated at that time, even a half second on air feels like an attorney on air. a half

secret service kimberly cheatle. the main question to which these lawmakers are looking for an answer, as they say, is an explanation of how exactly a 20-year-old boy was able to bypass all the security measures of the security structures of the united states of america, move to such a close distance to the former president and to carry out an actual assassination attempt on the former president, from which some people were injured and some even died. i suggest you listen. more details on exactly what they plan to investigate in this, in this congressional investigation right now. the house of representatives will conduct a full investigation into these tragic events. the american people deserve to know the truth. we have invited the director of the secret service, kimberly cheatle, and other responsible officials from the us department of homeland security and the fbi to appear before our hearings as soon as possible. committees you don't need to. be a security expert to see that there were security failures in the

meanwhile straight ahead, secret service director kimberly cheatle admitting on capitol hill yesterdayt her team failed to protect former president donald trump in pennsylvania last saturday. >> the secret service's solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders. on july 13th, we failed. as a director of the united states secret service, i take full responsibility for any security lapse of our agency. >> ainsley: c.b. cotton is in butler, pennsylvania with the latest on the investigation. c.b.? >> hi,good morning, ainsley. a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the house homeland security committee has now done something that secret service director kimberly cheatle has yet to do. that is visit the rally site here behind me where former president donald trump survived an assassination attempt. some of the lawmakers were even able to get on top of the roof that gunman thomas crooks fired from. they did this they say without using any kind of equipment. the committee chairman mark green also told fox that he learned a water tower overlooking the rally site was never used by law enforcem

>> reporter: at the republican national convention last night, republican senators directed kimberly cheatle demanding to know why the president was even allowed to take the stage. >> we want answers. >> reporter: former secret service agents charles marino says trump should never have started his speech. >> he should be held in a secure area until the threat is resolved and that it's concluded there is no additional other threats. >> reporter: today hundreds of people turned out at this visitation to pay their respects for a 50-year-old corey comperatore who died during the rally. he leaves behind a wife and two daughters, the private funeral is scheduled for tomorrow.

congressman, here is what donald trump told fox digital about kimberly cheatle. "she never gave me proper protection so i ended up having to take a bullet for democracy." many requests were made by on-site secret service were more people, always with a turndown or no response. i had the biggest crowds in history and they should be treated accordingly. ">> john: the question i had, mr. chairman since all this happened is how many times were direct line of sight elevated domain elevated positions left uncovered by the secret service for local to police department's they've been partnering with but they just got lucky and those occasions? >> yeah, good question. i don't think she would've answered that yesterday, of course she resigned today which everyone knows is the right move. in my mind, john, it's the before, during, and after. questions like that are important but why wasn't every building there? and limited number of them weren't secured why was it secure? why was president trump where were those requests denied? how many times were those denied question wor

meanwhile, the director of the us secret service , kimberly cheatle, has service, kimberly cheatle, hasthe attempted assassination of donald trump. she was accused of cutting corners on the former president's security and was urged to resign . well, to chew urged to resign. well, to chew over that, i'm now joined by the former deputy assistant to donald trump, sebastian gorka. it's always an absolute pleasure to have your company. can we start, seb? can we start with the cross examination of kimberly cheatle earlier on today?i kimberly cheatle earlier on today? i don't think seb can quite hear us yet. we'll try and get a link with him and go back to him in a moment. i wanted to go over some of the detail of that cross examination. it was absolutely savage, at times, utterly savage, she said at the top of that, of course, she's the director of secret services, responsible for the security detail on july the 13th in pennsylvania at that trump rally and on, she started by saying, on july the 13th, we failed. she then went on to was she was asked why wasn't a secret service agent on the roo

kimberly cheatle will be in the congressional hot seat on monday where she is expected to be grilled about the security failures of a lot of would-be assassins to get a clear shot at the former president. meantime and the shooting was laid to rest today in pennsylvania and cbs's charlie de mar. >> reporter: community in morning. dozens of fire trucks formed a procession through pennsylvania to honor 50 year old corey comperatore peered at the retired firefighter and father who died shielding his family from gunfire at saturday's rally. firefighters from florida joined residents as his caskets draped with an american flag. >> it's an emotional feeling. he served our country. he served his community and family. he >> reporter: his wife and two daughters were among the mourners. also paying tribute, former president donald trump appearing on stage thursday night with his uniform. trump kissed his helmet during the speech at the republican national convention. >> he lost his wife, he acted as a human shield to protect them from flying bullets. he ran up to them and was hit. what a fine m

that is something kimberly cheatle, who resigned after the hearing last week, did not do.will speak from first-hand perspective and get tough questions about the roof. one thing i expect to hear from him, what they are doing to increase secret service service protection and some democrats, dick durbin is chair of judiciary committee, one of two committees holding this hearing, has questions about how to secure the democratic con convention. >> steve: one thing, chad, particularly and it started when kimberly cheatle, the former secret service director was in the hot seat and they were asking her, the lawmakers, simple questions and she would not answer them. yesterday "new york times" ran a tiktok timeline of everything the shooter did. it has to be frustrating for lawmakers who say, i read in the new york time, what do you say? they will go, i can't talk about it now because there is an ongoing investigation. >> chad: that is something josh hawley, the republican senator from missouri said, we don't want these platitudes. they had exchanges that came out through iowa sena

kimberly cheatle needs to see assign. congress will look into this, as well. joe biden should demand accountability. not just about -- safety of other protectees, secret service has best men and women in law enforcement, they deserve better leaders. >> what is the plan in the senate to investigate this? >> i think we're going forward with hearings, if not this week, hopefully week after that and ms. cheatle need to answer her failures and hear from people on the ground to include local law enforcement about the planning that went into this, why there were not more resources dedicated to it >> this was not a 1500 yard shot with $75,000 sniper arrivally and scope, this is a shot we expect privates in basic training to make. >> they found a golf rangefinder. >> john: it was a lone wolf attack, too. imagine if this was a trained team going after the former president what would have hap happened. >> because of threats, this is enhanced or beefed up security, i trust the secret service will be wired tighter from top to bottom for president trump, president biden and

and he is particularly angry about what kimberly cheatle said in that tv interview with abc news, whenlanted. listen to this. that buildin: slanted. listen to this. that building in _ slanted. listen to this. that building in particular - slanted. listen to this. that building in particular has . slanted. listen to this. that building in particular has a i slanted. listen to this. that building in particular has a sloped roof at— building in particular has a sloped roof at its— building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point, so there is a safety— roof at its highest point, so there is a safety factor that would be considered there, that we would not want to— considered there, that we would not want to put— considered there, that we would not want to put somebody up on a sloped roof, want to put somebody up on a sloped roof. so— want to put somebody up on a sloped roof. so the _ want to put somebody up on a sloped roof, so the decision was made to secure _ roof, so the decision was made to secure the — roof, so the decision was made to secure the building from inside. 30

. >> martha: i would imagine that kimberly cheatle would be at the top of your last?top of my list, she can either resign or written -- to personally redound to one dollar and hopefully she -- even sheep she resigned i will not stop her from coming before my investigation. >> martha: yeah. like it without a lot about -- about 20 hours talking to former secret service agent again about the standards of what they were. and there are no standards. if firing isn't a real consequence. once you have firing as a consequence then the -- >> as i said before di results in the ie. we have to understand this is not about meritocracy, this is not about a quarter this is not about -- we need to ensure the safety and security of all politicians are being threatened especially when we talk about president from. this is an individual, he seemed is only by the way. when he got hit, he got to the ground lowering his silhouette which is only thing that prevented him -- its divine intervention and we have to do a better job of getting a kind of entity. >> martha: absolutely. and cume are

jim comer subpoenaed director of secret service kimberly cheatle whos she will come here today to testifydemands her resignation. here is comer's opening remarks, saying, it is my firm belief director cheatle, that you should resign, however, in complete defiance director cheatles she will not and will answer questions from this committee to declare clarity about how the events were able to transpire. ahead of cheatle's testimony, dhs announced new bipartisan independent committee of law enforcement experts to conduct a full review. you can see people lining up behind me, expect the director to be pressed by republican lawmakers about why the roof was not better protected. where was the overwatch? >> brian: there is a ton of questions and this is a series of investigations. thank you, lucas. >> ainsley: this morning, another big story, president biden dropping out of race of the white house. >> lawrence: what do the people think? doos is on the loose to find out, what are they saying? >> steve: excuse me, hello, hi, we're live on fox, can i ask a quick question? take a second. joe biden s

l lawmakers want answers from kimberly cheatle. before president biden tapped her for her role, she was glow glowingal security at pepsico and was in the secret service and served on biden security detail when he was vice president. has the vetting process become les strict? sgls as a veteran, i don't care what race, religion, creed you are. i don't care what the person looked like, i want that person to do their job so i can get home back to my family after combat deployment. >> madeleine: pushing back on criticism surroundings dei saying no time has the secret service lowered standards and cheatle and saying they will work on oversieth agz yash. >> brian: the nation reals from this assassination attempt as staffer for thompson is fired after posting on facebook, a quote, don't miss next time, just after the shooting. lee zeldin was wons attacked on the campaign trail in 22, he joins us now. shot at the president, we have not had since 1981, your thoughts about benny thompson and his staffer? >> he was wrong to push to get rid of

kimberly cheatle straightaway conceded that the secret service had failed in their duty.ews cycle has moved so fast. there is renewed scrutiny on the secret service about what appears to be an astonishing lapse in security. i was at the republican national convention last week. kimberly cheatle was angrily confronted by republicans who wanted to know how this could have happened. donald trump himself has praised the secret service for their quick reaction that day, but many republicans and democrats want to know what happened in the run—up. ms cheatle was confronted with a lot of questions. the key ones were, how was it that an agent was not on the rooftop where the gunman was? also, why was donald trump allowed to take to the stage when there was a known threat? ms cheatle did say the fbi had told the secret service that the gunman had been flying a drone over the rally beforehand. now, she did push back on a lot of the questions. in terms of the rooftop one, she said that the secret service preferred sterile rooftops. the reaction by the committee was one of exasperated

calls for accountability, after the trump rally shooting, the director of the secret service, kimberly cheatle, met personally with former president trump tuesday, according to two sources with direct knowledge. cheatle, a 30-year veteran with request nearly two years as director, was swarmed at the rnc wednesday night. >> either you resign tonight or start answering our questions right now. >> republican lawmakers unsatisfied. >> this is exactly what you were doing today, stonewalling. >> i can't. you owe president trump answers! you owe president trump answers. >> reporter: demanding action, both democrats -- >> we have to look at what happened. we almost had a former president assassinated live on television. >> reporter: and republican. >> she needs to step down. this happened on her watch. >> reporter: but in a new statement, the secret service says its director has no intentions to step down and is fiercely committed to transparency. on social media, another angle of saturday's gunfire, a puff, visible near the crowd. and this view of when former president trump was rushed off stage. a p

>> reporter: -- secret service director kimberly cheatle faced unrelenting criticism. >> based on thee, thank god you look incompetent. if he had been killed, you would have looked culpable. >> how did this happen? >> i can tell you you're not making my job easier. >> you're full of [ bleep ] today. yo you're being completely dishonest. >> reporter: she revealed the gunman was spotted and deemed suspicious as many as five times before he opened fire and drove a drone over the site before the rally and though deemed suspicious he was not seen as a threat. she said trump was not denied any of his security requests that day, but she acknowledged and defended denials of some security requests made on other occasions, but cheatle declined to answer repeated questions about the evidence and the timeline of the shooting. >> how many spent shell casings were found on the roof? >> reporter: citing an ongoing fbi investigation and frustrating the panel. >> you felt like a lot of questions were unanswered. >> oh, yeah, for sure. there were tons of them. >> reporter: she said she apologized to tr

. >> that's another question, secret service director kimberly cheatle will have to face this week as she testifies before several congressional committees over the security failures that led to the assassination attempt house homeland security chair mark green will visit the rally site tomorrow to understand how this mere assassination took place. and a mar-a-lago, the secret service is increasing security measures through election day, which includes road closures around trump's palm beach residence. >> last hour, i spoke with former secret service agent jonathan wackrow about why the secret service would deny trump additional resources here's what he said i find it hard to believe that you since the former president left office, there had been multiple threats that have been made towards him. >> and most recently, we've been reporting this threat from iranian proxies operating in that persistent threat environment for the, for the former president. every resource that is potentially available, that the secret service has should have been applied to the former president you know, we

secret service director kimberly cheatle told lawmakers on monday she takes full responsibility for the security lapse. the led to the attempted assassination of donald trump. we must learn what happened and i will move heaven and earth to ensure that an incident like july 13th does not happen again. however, when pressed by lawmakers to determine how can you answer why the signatures did in place? a single agent on the roof? we're still looking into the advanced process and the okay. okay. members furious with the lack of answers. never. maryland democrat congressman jamie raskin question. why the former president was allowed to take the stage when secret service was warned of a suspicious person. so you distinguish between someone who is suspicious and someone is threatening there are a number of times protective events where >> suspicious people are identified and those individuals have to be investigated and determined. what is it identifies that person? a suspicious ohio republican congressman jim jordan became enraged because the secret service denied some requests from the trump

he hasjust put out a statement thanking kimberly cheatle for her years of service and going on to sayndependent review to get to the bottom of what happened onjuly 13 continues and he looks forward to assessing its conclusions. those are the pictures from capitol hill yesterday, and that was a quite extraordinary session of democrats, republicans, putting in question after question to kimberly cheatle and getting real anger and frustration at some of the answers, the gaps, the obfuscation, and sometimes simply not accepting what she was saying and demanding she resigned. less than 2a hours later that exactly is what has happened. that news breaking that she now intends to resign. just a short while ago i spoke to our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal, and asked if his resignation was inevitable after what we saw yesterday. it was inevitable after what we saw esterda . . , was inevitable after what we saw esterda . ., , ,., was inevitable after what we saw esterda . yesterday. it was so combative, can cheatle was — yesterday. it was so combative, can cheatle was accused _ yester

their senators tried to ask director kimberly cheatle a bunch of questions to the secret service, shed the telephone briefing, and then... to call on their convention in wisconsin to go to the pits, but even so, kimberly cheatle was hidden by security. but trump was not saved. the fbi is currently looking into thomas crooks' laptop. in the search history , photographs of former and current presidents. information about the republican convention and trump's rally with supporters, where the assassination attempt took place. the shooter also had two phones. in one of them, 27 contacts are all being questioned by the fbi. particularly interesting. listen to his parents. his parents were looking for him on the day of the assassination attempt. several hours before the shooting, they did not call the police and report they are worried that crooks is missing. we don't know what exactly bothered them. they were worried that he took weapons from the house or that he went to kill the president of the united states. we don't know the details. even in the laptop of twenty-year-old crooks, they fo

again, kimberly cheatle said she was looking at the advanced processes, and that the building was outsideso far?— her responses so far? i think it's clear that _ her responses so far? i think it's clear that direct _ her responses so far? i think it's clear that direct mike _ her responses so far? i think it's clear that direct mike is - her responses so far? i think it's clear that direct mike is a - clear that direct mike is a consummate professional here. what she is doing is trying to protect the integrity of this investigation. over and over again, that is the rationale she is giving for withholding specific information until she is certain that what she has is factual. i think she is leaving open the door that the responsible decision for her after an open, independent investigation may well be to step down as the director at that time, but not now. like she says, she is the best one to lead this investigation at the moment. .. ., , ., ., ~ moment. yeah, what did you make about what — moment. yeah, what did you make about what she _ moment. yeah, what did you make about what she sai

it stopped with kimberly cheatle. i have to tell you, she lied again yesterday and was the sad part of her lies was she went before a committee and she couldn't even tell them what happened here in butler. i can tell you, i have talked to people here in butler and they've said why hasn't the director of the secret service come here to butler to see this site herself? so that's very troubling, bill and dana. >> bill: thank you, appreciate your being there and check in with you again tomorrow. thank you, ted williams. donald trump says the biden/harris administration did not protect me. i took a bullet for democracy. it was my honor to do so. >> dana: he does an interview with jesse where he says the u.s. secret service director cheatle did come to see him and said she was very nice but did not give him any answers as to what happened. i think we all need to make sure we are focused on she is resigning. what changes are being made to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> bill: fair point. president biden says jill and

in her letter , kimberly cheatle said that one of the primary responsibilities of the secret serviceto protect the nation's leaders, and that the agency failed to complete this mission because it failed to secure the campaign rally. trump chittel's resignation came a day after she testified before the house oversight committee , where the official was criticized by lawmakers from both parties. katya, how did the legislators argue their position? in fact, during these hearings, lawmakers sought to answer two questions. how did it happen that a 20-year-old boy was able to commit an assassination attempt on the republican presidential candidate party, and who should be responsible for it. during his reports and conversations with legislators that lasted 5 hours, actually these hearings lasted 5 hours, but kimberly cheatle did not actually give specific answers and mostly referred to the fact that there is an ongoing investigation, and some of this information is classified because of this ongoing investigation , such an answer did not satisfy the legislators and during these hearings an

. >> after the attempted of former president trump, secret servic director kimberly cheatle is set toestify on security losses -- lapses that may have led to the shooting. what's the house oversight and watch the house oversight and reform committee hearing live monday at 10:00 eastern on c-span2, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including buckeye broadband. ♪ buckeye broadband supports -- supports c-span as a public service, along with these other a ont row seat to democracy. you >> more from the republican national convention up next. first up, former trumped trade advisor peter navarro. next, donald trump, jr. offer

>> reporter: ten days after the historic failure in butler, pennsylvania, kimberly cheatle resigned ascret service director, writing to colleagues, "this incident does not define us," and that she didn't want to be a distraction. in a statement, president biden said cheatle had shown incredible integrity. >> i take full responsibility for any security lapse. >> reporter: and graphic video after the assassination attempt, agents can be seen over the bloodied body. investigators also sought access to a drone. more revelations today. the pennsylvania state police commissioner revealed to local police snipers were posted with a view of the roof used by the gunman but left their posts to search for him, and that a local officer came face-to-face with the shooter minutes before the gunman pulled the trigger. >> it was minutes, it was a very short period of time. >> but not seconds? >> i would say minutes. >> reporter: despite that encounter and rally goers pointing out thomas crooks on the roof, he was still able to open fire, killing one and wounding three others, including former president

r ryan nobles reports. >> reporter: for secret service director kimberly cheatle, it was a bipartisan unloading. >> president biden needs to fire you. >> if you have an assassination attempt on a president, a former president or a candidate, you need to resign. >> would you like to use my five minutes to draft your resignation letter? yes or no? >> no, thank you. >> reporter: cheatle, appearing by subpoena and testifying under oath, directly addressed the attempted assassination of former president donald trump. >> on july 13th, we failed. as a director of the united states secret service, i take full responsibility for any security lapse of our agency. >> reporter: but facing off with members of congress, she left many frustrated. >> was the gun already on the roof? or did the shooter carry the gun up with him? >> i do not have that information at this time. >> reporter: cheatle pressed on why the building thomas crooks fired shots from, less than 150 yards from the stage, wasn't secured. >> wasn't that building within the perimeter that should be secured? do we agree with that? >> t

may be kimberly cheatle, she will lower your up. be the doj that defends her because i don't want to pay for it, do you question right now, let her play for her own attorney. >> paul: there is a bible for this event yet congress doesn't have it. >> emily: jesse watters held an exclusive interview with donald trump and j.d. vance on saturday ahead of the michigan rally. trump gave this account of a conversation he had with cheatle after the assassination attempt. watch. >> you spoke to cheatle, how does that go? >> she came to see me actually. she was very nice, i thought. but somebody should have made sure the there was an opening on the roof here that ruth was a deadname right onto the stage. and they said they didn't have the manpower for it, which is crazy. 130 yards is like sinking 100-foot putt. you think like a barn but this thing had a little upswing in it in a few degrees. essentially, a flat roof. so i don't know if somebody gave her false information when she talked about the slope of the roof. i thought she was very nice,