in this role he exercises command, administered and fiscal authority of the pennsylvania state police, the tenth largest police agency in the united states. commissioner paris pestered the pennsylvania state police since his enlistment in 1999. thank you for the support getting to the site yesterday. mr. patrick yoes curry served as president national fraternal order of police. in this role mr. yoes leads the order and is more than 367,000 law enforcement numbers and represent police officers in the profession. prior to taking his current role mr. yoes served an impressive 36 years as an active law enforcement officer. i think the witnesses for being a today and i now recognize commissioner paris for five minutes to summarize his opening statement. >> chairman green, ranking member thompson, homeland security committee members, good morning. i am colonel christopher paris, commission of the pennsylvania state police. i would like to take this opportunity to offer our condolences of the passing of congresswoman lee. i would also like to take this opportunity to express our condolences

paris on the pennsylvania state olice. ., ., paris on the pennsylvania state olice. ., ~' ,, , paris~ , . ~y police. thank you very much. my name is colonel _ police. thank you very much. my name is colonel chris _ police. thank you very much. my name is colonel chris parris, - name is colonel chris parris, commissioner of pennsylvania state — commissioner of pennsylvania state police and i would just like to — state police and i would just like to say that the state police _ like to say that the state police have been in regular contact _ police have been in regular contact with the governor's office — contact with the governor's office and the full support and assets — office and the full support and assets of _ office and the full support and assets of the entire agencies are behind the fbi and other federal— are behind the fbi and other federal and municipal partners to assist— federal and municipal partners to assist in this investigation. the thoughts and prayers — investigation. the thoughts and prayers of the pennsylvania state — prayers of the pennsylvania state police are l

in this role he exercises command, administered and fiscal authority of the pennsylvania state police, the tenth largest police agency in the united states. commissioner paris pestered the pennsylvania state police since his enlistment in 1999. thank you for the support getting to the site yesterday. mr. patrick yoes curry served as president national fraternal order of police. in this role mr. yoes leads the order and is more than 367,000 law enforcement numbers and represent police officers in the profession. prior to taking his current role mr. yoes served an impressive 36 years as an active law enforcement officer. i think the witnesses for being a today and i now recognize commissioner paris for five minutes to summarize his opening statement. >> chairman green, ranking member thompson, homeland security committee members, good morning. i am colonel christopher paris, commission of the pennsylvania state police. i would like to take this opportunity to offer our condolences of the passing of congresswoman lee. i would also like to take this opportunity to express our condolences

responsible for the pennsylvania state police. i place a any and all support that we can give to keep all pennsylvanians save comp which is what 6400 civilian and enlisted pennsylvania state police show up every day to do, that we will do. we want a robust republic and we want a secure people's ability to express their views, and we have worked diligently and will continue to work diligently to make sure that that happens. >> commissioner paris, you are the thin blue line that keeps us safe. secret service is an even thinner line that keeps in many ways our democracy functioning, protecting us. they have to score 100%. they cannot let one bad thing happen as they did on the 13th 13th. i want to make sure that we know that we give the secret service the ability to make those decisions when it comes to safety of our candidates and elected officials. and for the third time i'm going to repeat, those words that were told to me by an individual law enforcement individual on the ground when he said, lou, who's in charge? is at the campa

i trust with the fbi i in the pennsylvania state police. i will keep you posted throughout the day and in the days ahead. as to their investigation, governor, there were some concerning items at the police and found in the suspects vehicle. do you have any update on those and are you confident at this point? right is over that he acted alone in the public is in fact the investigation is ongoing and law enforcement will update you on the status of their investigation throughout the day. i have not spoken directly to the former president. i have wished them well. i mean multiple times, last evening through statements laurie and i have the people of pennsylvania, i know we're praying for him. and again, according to his team and himself, it seems as though he will be fine. obviously, relatively speaking. and we're glad to see that violence is never acceptable. i should also let you know that i did speak to present biden. he called me last night to make sure that here in the commonwealth we had all the resources we needed. i assured him that we

perhaps they will come up at a briefing within the next few minutes with the governor of pennsylvania and state police officials. and when that happens, abc news, we'll have a special report. but for now, we are live in butler, pennsylvania. josh einiger, abc seven news stephanie. >> yeah. josh a lot still developing. we do know the firearm recovered at the scene was legally purchased by the suspect's father. that's according to multiple law enforcement sources. looking ahead to the rnc. josh, what do you know about the plans to reexamine security protocols for the convention? >> well, we know just that that they are reexamining security protocols. there's an enormous concern. obviously, it already was of domestic violent extremism surrounding the potential for political violence. and, of course, we saw that yesterday with his historic attempted assassination of a former president. so, yeah, it already is an armed camp. and as it as it has been for years at a political convention. but you could definitely expect that the rnc is going to be rethinking their security protocols over the next coupl

at the pennsylvania state police i talked to pennsylvania state police. at the end of the day we don't have the answers we need to have. i said it earlier and i mean it. there was no reason for cory coppertory to be dead today, no reason for donald trump to have been wounded or two other members of the audience that data have been wounded had we done what we knew. that could have been stopped early on. nobody can convince me when people see somebody on the roof of a building and pointing to him and yelling there is somebody up there, it needs to be taken care of and other people who are there, eyewitnesses said they watched him go on to those grounds. every time they said there is something wrong, somebody is going in the wrong direction, shouldn't be there, the answer comes down, there' s nobody there. as we continue looking at this, we have a lot of testimony today and i thank you for being there. i submitted to you that the victims of that day, innocent people, none of it had to happen. we knew before hand. we could have prevented it but failed to act

you very much, commissioner of pennsylvania state police. i want to say that the state police have been in regular contact with the governor's office and the full support and assets of the entire agency are behind the fbi and our other partners to assist with this investigation. the thoughts and prayers of the pennsylvania state police are likewise with the victims of this terrible act. we are prepared to support this investigation in any way, shape or form, and we stand ready to participate in a full and thorough investigation. to give you an operational rundown. the deputy commissioner of operations is behind me and he well discussed the operational portion that is being conducted by the pennsylvania state police. >> good evening, so let me describe for you a little bit about the scene that we have over there. as you know, there was a grandstand, large area with lots of people when this unfolded. the former president had come out and begun to speak shortly after 6:00 this evening. and within 10 to 15 minutes, a number of sounds were heard

my name is cornel chris paras, p a r i s commissioner of pennsylvania state police. i would just like to say that say police have been in regular contact with the governors office and the full support and assets of the entire agency are behind the have to be i and our other federal municipal partners to assist with this investigation the thoughts and prayers of the pennsylvania state police are likewise with the victims of this terrible act. we are prepared to support this investigation in any way, shape or form. and we stand ready to participate in a full fair and confident a thorough investigation. to give you an operational rundown, a deputy commissioner of operations, lieutenant colonel george bins is behind me and he will discuss the operational portion that's being conducted by the pennsylvania state police, which i currently have. it's a good evening. so let me describe for you a little bit about the, the scene that we have over there. as you know, uh uh, you know, there was a grand stand, a very large area, a lot of people there when this all and. ready the f

so we'll be hearing from pennsylvania state police, butler township police department, the fbi and the secret service. and we're expecting it to begin less than five minutes or so from now. in the meantime, i want to talk to jonathan wackrow and evan perez about what to expect next in this investigation, jonathan, you're a former secret service agent. what do you expect? >> well, wolf, listen, we there's a lot of questions that need to be answered specifically around, you know, why was there a line of sight vulnerability how could this individual, this shooter get up onto an elevated building without being identified by law enforcement on the outer perimeter. so the the investigation is going to start answering some of those questions, but we really need to get answers quickly because there may need to be protocols changed at the secret service, especially as we're entering in this heightened campaign season where sure, there are anticipated outdoor, multiple outdoor events that will be held after the rnc and then leading up into the dnc and all the way through the election day. so rig

i'm in pennsylvania, which is a, you know, critical state in the election. it's one of the 6 states. it's going to decide things, and we're going to see a lot of president trump. we're going to say a lot of his supporters out here for him from his nomination next week through the election in november. and i think he's going to be on the campaign trail on all of the states and he's gonna speak his mind. and of course, it certainly looks like uh, he's in a great position to, to, to win the election, particularly because of the catastrophic events. you know, the president by didn't have, you know, at the, at the last debate. okay, well look, thank you very much for joining me. both of the that was states and the temporary smocks for my pennsylvania state. send that to enjoy and also law. i know who's a legal and media analyst really interesting comments to hear from you. obviously, this is a breaking your story. well, so trying to find out all the information but much appreciated for your time and do . thank you very much. thank you very much and maybe maybe i

were any pennsylvania state troopers state police assigned to the building when the shooting happened? >> there were no state troopers to my knowledge assigned their. >> tito if any of the local law enforcement assigned inside thae building? >> i only know that butler esu were assigned. when you say that building i'm referring to there's a series of buildings there that have covered walkways or second-story walkways that allow you to almost like a pole barn type configuration modular type building. but to my knowledge the window troopers assigned to that location. >> thank you. mr. yoes, as technology has evolved and to become widely available to law enforcement and the general public. for large even with this level security we generally expect long for that use drones for surveillance and avoid counter go check out? >> i'm sorry, i couldn't hear the last part. >> we generally expect law enforcement to use drones for surveillance and the point counter drone technology? >> obviously as a meeting earlier i just in my experience at this location is her number elevated locations that shou

i know that we could not communication with secret service or pennsylvania state police or really in effort the patrol directly. >> reporter: the secret service declined to respond directly to the comments from beaver county authorities but said in a statement, the agency is committed to better understanding what happened to insure it never happens again. >> linsey: aaron katersky joins us tonight. we know donald trump has said he's going to go back to western pennsylvania for another rally. could it be the same s.w.a.t. team is asked to secure the same event? >> sure could. that's part of the reason they're racing to understand what happened, what went wrong at the earlier rally. and linsey, this team from beaver county is willing to concede it was a failure and they're now shouldering their share of the blame. >> linsey: a number of lessons learned here. aaron, thank you so much. you can see much more of that exclusive interview tomorrow morning on "good morning america." >>> now to the race for the white house. tightening 100 days out from election day. a new abc news ipsos poll s

immediately pennsylvania state police telling us we needed to leave. we were potentially putting ourselves at risk. what the risk was they would not specify. of course we comply with law enforcement. we are here in a new location. you can see the road closures. getting to butler right now is a bit of a mess. the roadways are close, indicating that they are looking for information and maybe canvassing for evidence near where this assassination attempt took place. of course the community here in the dead of night is quiet. so many people, for some of our reporters for them this was their first rally and then this happens. you heard from the officials one person died and 2 of his critically wounded. we have not learned the identities of those peoples. you know that loved ones are grieving. one thing that nbc was able to confirm through the trump campaign is president donald trump has authorized a gofundme and a place for donations for the supporters and families of those wounded or killed. all donations directed to those americans as they grieve and recov

we have been hearing from the fbi and also the pennsylvania state police. at the time. —— pittsburgh field office. in terms of the investigation, a number of things will be taking place. the fbi have described as a number of suspicious activities. they do not believe that there is an ongoing threat out in the public. they believe this was a lone wolf attack but they are open to any other information from the public to show otherwise. a number of suspicious locations are being investigated. the area of this rally itself is an active crime scene. some of the shots have been described as being scattered in nature. a lot of the questions that were put to the questions that were put to the members letting that press conference were actually directed to the secret service, he was a sad are not in attendance, and we often heard members of the fbi and the pennsylvania state police that thatis pennsylvania state police that that is something the security services will have to answer themselves. sojust services will have to answer themselves. so just to confirm, two

our pennsylvania state troopers were also highly engaged. there was a lot of security there. very sadly, an individual sitting right behind me, a few rows was also hit. that was a bad scene, and my understanding is that was a fatality. that he was killed. it was chaotic. it was a shame. we were lucky the president, former president trump by quarter of an inch avoided assassination. >> you describe being close to someone ultimately killed. i imagine there was a fear for your own safety? >> i think everybody was fearing some or in some cases quite a bit, when you are hearing rapidfire like that and you see the president go down. certainly, when trump got up and waved his fist and he is on the rise, that change the mood in a hurry. there was still pandemonium, tears, and quite a bit of fear. regarding the shooter, look, got information on him a little earlier. if it's the same person, he seems that he put out something earlier that was very threatening. that he was going to do something today. if it was the same individual, whether there's mental illness there were the level of

just came out of our hearing right now just talking to the pennsylvania state police.sterday when we were visiting the site. you mentioned the team they are, we looked really at the planning phase and saw lots of errors they are. and then we saw errors today in the actual conduct of this thing, communications, handoff, the suspicious person when it all happened, so there are -- the list is long. but i can go on launch into it if you want but a lot of things that have to be addressed and addressed quickly. >> sandra: absolutely, congressman. you mention talking to the pennsylvania state police, the colonel explaining communications between local police and this is key with secret service in that moment, listen. >> there was a text thread that was going between the esu members, the identified, they took a photo of him. at some point when he realized the range finder, the suspicion was heightened. so i know at a certain point in the command post a member of psp received a phone call and a text message from members of esu. and i know from an interview that was immediately

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 fire, killing one and we others, including former president donald trump, who posted on social media the biden harrison administration did not properly protect me. for john abel, who was seated steps from trump and the podium, the resignation was warranted. >> i think it is kind of a slap in the face for everybody who was there that the safety was put on the line from their lack of confidence. >> reporter: acting secret service director ron rowe will now lead the agency. in the meantime, the u.s. house has launched a bipartisan tax pores to investigate the incessant asian attempt but the secret service's own review, norah, due in about two months.

, what is your— in the state of pennsylvania, what is your message _ in the state of pennsylvania, whatle? i have directed that flags _ is your message to people? i have directed that flags be _ is your message to people? i have directed that flags be flown - is your message to people? i have directed that flags be flown at - is your message to people? i have directed that flags be flown at half staff in _ directed that flags be flown at half staff in corey's memory, and our chief— staff in corey's memory, and our chief of— staff in corey's memory, and our chief of staff is working through that process now. my message to all americans— that process now. my message to all americans is to be firm in your beliefs — americans is to be firm in your beliefs to _ americans is to be firm in your beliefs. to believe what you believe _ beliefs. to believe what you believe. to advocate for what you believe _ believe. to advocate for what you believe and to be engaged in the political— believe and to be engaged in the political and civic process. but you always _ political and civic process. but yo

alicia: president biden in the battleground state of pennsylvania. ments to ago to churchn philly tries to hold off calls for him to drop out of the race. democratic senator john fetterman. what about the rest of the state we will be taking a look at that next. liberty mutual customized my car insurance and i saved hundreds. with all the money i saved i thought i'd buy stilts. hi honey. ahhh...ooh. look, no line at the hot dog stand. yes! only pay for what you need. ♪liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty.♪ ♪("baby" by summer walker)♪ ♪ ♪ book in the hotels.com app to find your perfect somewhere. alicia: president biden wrapping up his remarks at a traditionally black church in philadelphia. now he is on his way to harrisburg. before we get any further on his stop there in pennsylvania, we do have an update to his story actually had been breaking surrounding the president. over the past couple of days we learned there are two radio host who interviewed the president, who later said they were given questions by the white house to ask the president and thos

thank you very much my name is colonel chris paris commissioner pennsylvania state police. i would just like to say the state police have been in regular contact with the governor's office and the full support and assets of the entire agency are behind the fbi and other federal and municipal partners to assist with this investigation. the thoughts and prayers of the pennsylvania state police are likewise with the victims of this terrible act. participate full they are competent thorough investigation to give an operational rundown deputy commissioner of operation lieutenant colonel george a bivens is behind me he will discuss the operational portion that is being conducted by the pennsylvania state police. lieutenant colonel. >> good evening. so, let me describe for you a little bit about the scene we have over there. as you know there was a grandstand a very large area. a lot of people there this unfolded the former president had come out the gun to speak shortly after 6:00 p.m. this evening. within about 10 -- 15 minutes a number of sounds were heard it became apparent sh

i just come from a briefing with the fbi and the pennsylvania state police. i am joined today by colonel christopher paris of the pennsylvania state police. law enforcement will have more to share throughout the day, but i'd like to make a few comments from the ongoing investigation. first and foremost, the assassination attempt on the former president, donald trump, last night was absolutely unacceptable and tragic. lori and i are grateful that the former president is safe, and according to him and his team, he is fine. it's also important to note that last night, three of our fellow pennsylvanians were shot, one fatally, two in critical condition. i just spent time speaking to the families, and i want to offer my prayers and the prayers of all 13 million pennsylvanians for the two individuals were being treated at this time. we lost a fellow pennsylvanian last night. corey. i just spoke to cory's wife and corey's two daughters. corey was a girl dad. corey was a firefighter. corey went to church every sunday. corey loved his community. most especially, corey

i trust that the fbi, the pennsylvania state police. we'll keep you posted throughout the day and in the days ahead as to their investigation. >> and the man at the trump rally who was killed during that assassination attempt on former president trump being called a hero by many people, including his family. and pennsylvania's governor is confirming that corey copper toward a former fire chief for the buffalo township fire company used his body as a shield to protect his wife and daughter from the bullets. today fire crews were honoring his memory. >> hard to believe how it happened. what happened? happen a kind man. this was the last thing we deserve. the man. like things true here. and here. >> today, some bay area residents were in the streets. there are showing their support for donald trump after the shooting kron. 4 s jack molmud reports from walnut creek. >> well, most of the banners that are posted here along this overpass on highway 24 walnut creek are gone for now. but for most of the people that we're putting up the banners h

>> pennsylvania state police identifying all of the swric tims. governor josh shapiro actually speaking about cory comparatore. you see him on the screen. he was a firefighter, a girl dad. the family shared this about him, that he actually leaped onto his family when the shots rang out, protecting them from any potential harm. we also know the other two individuals who were harmed, 54-year-old david dutch, 74-year-old james copenhaver, they are actually now in stable condition. previously we were heard they were in critical condition. they're stable. we reached out to the family for comment. at this point the family is asked for privacy. they're experiencing grieve and other things. >> i understand we also have some new comments, a new interview from donald trump. what's he saying about all of this? >> ana, they say sometimes it takes tragedy to bring people together. it is difficult to say what the tone and tenor of the former president might be moving forward. we know that in his speech in prime-time has been rewritten to a caller if unity, but

the head of the pennsylvania state police testified before a congressional committee yesterday, and it came on the same day the director of the u.s. secret service stepped down. cbs' scott macfarlane reports. >> reporter: 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 she didn't want to be a distraction. in a statement president biden said she had shown incredible integrity. >> i take full responsibility for any security lapse. >> reporter: a nearly 30-year veteran of the agency and director since september, 2022, cheatle frustrated a u.s. house panel monday. >> i believe your horrifying ineptitude is a disgrace. >> reporter: declining to answer questions about what went wrong. >> i lost all confidence in her in that hearing. >> reporter: more revelations the pennsylvania state police commissioner revealed two 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

the traumatic impact does not stop at the borders of butler county or the state of pennsylvania. people who are witness to this event and people who watched it unfold. >> reporter: i don't know if the video does it justice. there were so many children here. little kids here. i heard from parents talking about how they were protecting their kids. >> reporter: one of the most memorable, and frankly haunting pieces of this for me when i think back on it is the screams of the children, and every time i hear that video play back, that's what's sticks with me. >> are dasha burns who was here live on the scene as it was happening. we thank you for your reporting. i want to send it back to hallie jackson, live in washington. hallie. >> hey, tom. it's so difficult for people to hear the stories that you are telling, that dasha is telling, considering when folks show up to a political rally, especially in a community like this, this is so called trump country. this is a very republican part of pennsylvania, talking to folks who had been there. this were excited to show up and celebrate the

they are dealing with the assassination attempt the pennsylvania state police, they're dealing with the homicide of one person who was also in the crowd and two others who were also critically wounded at that trump rally due to gunfire as well. there are so many questions that we have at this point. it's too early, according to law enforcement officials to say if this was just a lone wolf, it is too early to say how long this shooter potentially was up there on that roof that you've been describing over the past few minutes and also at this point, it's too early to say what any motive for this particular shooting is. so those are all some of the questions since that we are hoping to get answers to in the coming certainly hours and days. the one thing that i'll note though, is i asked the folks here behind me, the law enforcement officials if this was a failure of charity, which clearly it does seem here that it was a massive failure of security and the fbi special agent in charge who was addressing the media said, it's too early to identify where specific failures were, but i bring that

forget as far as michigan is concerned, this election is coming down to separate states of michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, and nevada, arizona, georgia, maybe one other states of having to be somebody at the top of the ticket ever cox from michigan. i think we'd be helpful to the democrats watching, and of course, you know, i'm all harris's there. uh, but it would. i just don't think that there's much interest overall. she's very unpopular as a vice president, and i don't think that people would think that she would help the ticket much, even though she might be slightly better than the 5 or i. but today they all the candidate be able to compete against donald trump at this time. i think so. uh, i bought a rug said sometimes that you know, the only person on the truck might be, is bike and the only person that buy it might be peters trump. donald trump, you know, obviously has some issues is his personality and so forth. so i think if you had a uh, a new democratic candidate express spaces if were given that the election is only gonna really be decided, 7 states. it is possible that one of these democrat

so josh _ voters in the state of pennsylvania so josh shapiro _ voters in the state of pennsylvania ylvania so josh shapiro has won _ voters in the state of pennsylvania so josh shapiro has won those - voters in the state of pennsylvania . so josh shapiro has won those voters and i_ so josh shapiro has won those voters and i think— so josh shapiro has won those voters and i think it— so josh shapiro has won those voters and i think it makes sense. - so josh shapiro has won those voters and i think it makes sense. on - so josh shapiro has won those voters and i think it makes sense. on the l and i think it makes sense. on the other— and i think it makes sense. on the other hand. — and i think it makes sense. on the other hand. i— and i think it makes sense. on the other hand, i think— and i think it makes sense. on the other hand, i thinkjamie - and i think it makes sense. on the other hand, i thinkjamie pritzkerl other hand, i thinkjamie pritzker should _ other hand, ithinkjamie pritzker should not— other hand, i thinkjamie pritzker should not he _ other hand, i thinkjamie pritzker s

and do the pennsylvania state police have any responsibility too? security. >> i'm not going to get into any questions for guard, answer any questions regarding the ongoing investigation i trusted the fbi and the pennsylvania state police we'll keep you posted throughout the day and in the days ahead as to their investigation, governor, there were some concerning items that the police had found in suspect's vehicle. do you have any update on those? and are you confident at this point the threat is over that he acted alone and that the public is in fact say the investigation is ongoing and law enforcement we'll update you on the status of their investigation throughout the day from her i have not spoken directly to the form former president, i have wished him well i mean, multiple times last evening through statements, lori and i have the people of pennsylvania. i know we're praying for him. and again, according to his team and himself, it seems as though he will be fine obviously relatively speaking and we're glad to see that violence it's never acc

problems there, but they actually when what prompted them to leave was radioed through the pennsylvania state police to the secret service, about ten to 12 minutes before president trump went on stage. >> so we're looking for a guy using a rangefinder they get told by pennsylvania state police, and yet they still let the president yet up on the podium. i mean, that's insanity. >> yeah, that doesn't that doesn't make a lot of sense. do you think that other people other than the secret service director, should should lose their jobs over these failures. >> i think what i'm most looking at right now is the person who was running that operations center during the event. okay. so he failed to make a decision there to stop the president. i'm also looking at the pre-planning and the way that building was covered. because another agent who went out and did the assessment and decided the assets that were necessary. interestingly enough, they didn't have a drone there were other assets missing, were still trying the dig in and see if a k9 unit was used. so far, we're saying we're hearing there wasn't o

the fbi i was there, pennsylvania state police were there. the secret service didn't show up for that briefing, which raised enormous amount of questions in my mind as someone who's covered these issues for a long time, why was that the secret service there they are now getting ready. we hope to answer some questions. we'll see how they do right? and well, if you know me, they've talked about how there's going to be an investigation and obviously you've got calls in congress for that, but it's also been made clear by the biden administration, right. in homeland security, there's going to be an investigation and everything that happened. but as you point out an investigation is one thing and important hearings obviously could be important but what also matters is what we find out now, not finding out in months from now. you know, there are real questions, obviously, the numbers we've talked about wolf 150 yards away in terms of where that sniper had located himself from where the former president of the united states was and all of this wolf,

i particularly in the state like pennsylvania?— particularly in the state like pennsylvania? very much does. how— pennsylvania? i think it very much does. how voters i pennsylvania? i think it very| much does. how voters react pennsylvania? i think it very i much does. how voters react to this in the coming months i think is going to largely depend on which narrative they adopt. we had the first there being ajew adopt. we had the first there being a jew collated byjoe biden tonight and we will hear another narrative that will help put yesterday's events into a larger context of the republican national convention. if the narrative that voters ultimately are exposed to and ultimately are exposed to and ultimately accept as being the best way of understanding yesterday's event includes discussion of gun control then i think that is what pennsylvanians may focus on. pennsylvanians may focus on. pennsylvania is a state where gun rights are important. we have a lot of hunters, a lot of people who shoot recreationally. but at the end of the day pennsylvanians are incredibly empathet

dasha burns has his story. >> reporter: tonight, pennsylvania state police releasing the names of three victims shot during the attempted assassination of former president trump. 57-year-old david dodge and 74- year-old james copenhaver both in stable condition. 50-year-old corey comperatore was killed in the crossfire. joseph was feet away from corey comperatore when shots rang out. >> it was chaotic at that point because half the people were looking because they thought it was fireworks but i know it was gunshots. >> reporter: a 30 year veteran firefighter former chief. he died shielding his wife and daughters. the station reeling from the loss. >> it's close to home and in our neighborhood, we find out that one of our own was taken. his life was taken too early. it's tough to process. >> reporter: the man hanging a symbol of warning on the firehouse and enough soccer. uniform still hangs. what's it like to stand here next to his locker where you spend time with him and to see. >> it's heartbreaking but it's a true honor to speak about how good of a man he was. >> reporter: for people

they heard from the pennsylvania state police commissioner who shut down the claim that the roof theman used to shoot at trump was too steep for officers to man it. they say they left the post to find the shooter. watch. >> those esu officers left that -- the location where they could look out the window to go in search of this person? >> that is my understanding. >> between the time he was spotted on the ground and identified as someone suspicious, until the shooting, they had left that post to go look for him, is that what you're saying? >> my understanding is, yes, along with other municipal officers that responded to the what area. maria: joining me now is tennessee congressman mark green, he's the chairman of the house homeland security committee. mr. chairman, thank you very much for being here this morning. >> thanks, maria. maria: what are your most important take aways about this epic security failure at president trump's rally? >> well, if you divide it into phases, i think like the military guy, so the intel phase, the ngo or the nation state, intelligence that we got, whe

then they start to spread into the middle of the pennsylvania state and federal area. so we have to stop it from spreading it into the protects. there is no way in panos of out of pocket. so we'll say vs. that's when you see all this destruction that we saw from the helicopter. how do you feel about bro? cuz you caught us home is, is a feeling that low cost a share 0 that ascentis lives by the river. so here land was the sped the fires, but the drought is also affecting the water. it's to me to is lower than normal, jeopardizing the fishing business. as have passed this difficult, there are very few fish. we don't have fish like we used to. my, we usually go here to my porch and catch printed or so they were good conducted not just the right size, and nowadays i don't catch them. neither the right nor the wrong size. give me the, the new part of give me the, the, the whole region, ripple and land are in trouble. as firefighters tried to limit the damage, the government is investigating potential culprits. if you're watching, do you have any news has reminds me of the t

year-old young man who is registered as a trump-supporting republican in the voting records of the pennsylvania state presidential election. ali rajabi, new york broadcasting news agency. mr. abbasi, finding the roots of such events in america and how much these issues affect the 2024 presidential elections of the united states . yes, well, what happened the other day. maybe he can't mention a single reason for it, that is , a set of factors and roots can be listed for it, but the american society has always been a society in some way with the amendment that is in the us constitution, a weapon in the american society. . it is free, naturally, in a society where weapons are free, and perhaps one of hashim's philosophies is that the people should confront the government. when this constitution was written, people should have tools to confront the government. well, naturally, the use of weapons can have such effects. statistics it shows 40 thousand people in america every year they are losing their lives because of weapons just the other day, after now, it was around the same time that what happened to

the head of the pennsylvania state police said in the presence of the journalists: "the security forces a heroic performance." they quickly identified the threat and eliminated him. nata linz. the political analyst warned about the possibility of revenge and increased violence due to the intensification of bipolarity in the united states and due to the fact that a large number of people in this country are armed. historian tim naftali the american also advised the politicians of both rival parties of the united states to learn from this incident and not to further inflame the tense political atmosphere. television network also showed images of the moment of shooting at the candidate of the presidential election. the republic in america and the reaction of the people has been published. while the unsuccessful assassination of trump has raised concerns about political violence in the us elections, the results of the elections have not been confirmed. it has also become a new concern for election organizers . according to cbs news, the observers of a number of american cities did not confi

this is the state of pennsylvania, and this is the former president of the united states, donald trump. fiance. currently, the presidential election of this country is 6 minutes after the beginning of his speech, while he was busy blaming joe biden, the other candidate for the presidency of the united states, and considered bid's performance to be destructive for america. suddenly he was shot. at least eight shots were heard. moments later, the bodyguards and security agents surrounded him and lifted him from the ground , and while his right ear was covered with blood, they immediately took him out of the lecture hall. no information has been published yet about the person or persons who did this shooting and with what motive, or whether anyone has been arrested or not. but cnn television network the united states has announced that the perpetrator of the shooting at trump along with one of the company. participants were killed in an election rally in the city of pennsylvania. donald trump's son immediately described this incident as terrorist . american republican and democratic offic

opposed to washington, the leaders of some latin american states , spoke out about the events in pennsylvania statedviolence unacceptable. later , eu officials from the office of un secretary general guterres reacted, also condemning the assassination attempt. experts from the international aviation committee successfully copied flight information from the flight recorders of a superjet that crashed in the moscow region. the data has been prepared for analysis, the department reports. in parallel with deciphering the so-called black boxes , employees of the central apparatus of the investigative committee are working at the plant where the airliner was serviced. and fragments will begin to be removed from the accident site today crashed airliner. they will be sent for a separate study. the day before , the bodies of the dead were discovered; genetic examination will be required to identify them; the victims of the crash were three people, two pilots and a steward who accompanied the plane during the flight to vnukovo airport. preliminary versions of the superjet crash: failure of one or both engines

they just wrapped up about 38 may be 27 minutes of a news conference i was a pennsylvania state police as well as the fbi giving us information kind of a rundown of what they said is they let off a news conference by saying there were no of the threats. but then they continued to say they had not yet identified the shooter except to say he is a 28-year-old white mail from pennsylvania. they are doing biometrics because there was no id on this person doing some biometrics trying to make a positive identification. and then they went on to say a little later than trying to make the positive identification because that is what they need to make sure there are no other threats out there. so a little bit of a contradiction. they do not have a motive yet. they do not believe that there are any other people involved in this, at this point in time. but a lot of things could change in that. it is interesting because they said there is no information related to this event. meeting there were no warning signs. there were no red flags coming into the rally today in butler, pennsylvania. now they're

one of the key states in the race, pennsylvania, where trump will hold a rally today. first rally in the state since the assassination attempt as his campaign hits kamala harris hard on her border record. >> this is america's border czar. and she has failed us. under harris, over 10 million illegally here. a quarter of a million americans dead from fentanyl. >> so what message does 'president trump hope to send today? let's ask trump 2024. deputy communications directors caroline sunshine from the sunshine state. hello caroline, good to see you. >> great to see you. >> ainsley: thank you. tell us about this message and your reaction when you look at the polls. nate silver says electoral college trump will win 61.3%. some of the other polls tied in these states. pennsylvania, michigan. it just baffles me when you look at her record. she is so progressive. how in the world can they be tied? >> well, she is dangerously liberal. and she has a liberal mainstream media, the same liberal mainstream media told the american people for years that joe biden was fine. he sharp as

pennsylvania state police say the scene has been cleared, but there is still a stage there, the flag, we will have to see once daybreak comes how things are moving forward. we are still learning more about the suspected shooting shooter, here. thomas matthew crooks. no motive at this hour. authority say he was alone after from bethel park, pennsylvania. about 30 or 40 minutes from where we are, here. a registered republican, some reports in his history that he donated to a democratic group. some conflicting ideology there. you mentioned at the top of the broadcast, the suspected shooter's cell phone is now in the hands of the fbi, along with that assault style ar rifle, as well as to devices that authorities found in a car , rudimentary in the design, they did not quite classify them as exposes, all that now in the hands of experts -- authorities. sunday was a church day here in this community. we know a lot of people were talking about the aftermath of this, about the victims, the one hero, a firefighter who was killed in this shooting, identified as 50-year-old corey comparatore. th

he's the penn state put pennsylvania state police commissioner who said they found eight shots. but casings, shell casings at with the shooter, meaning it appears he shot eight times. he he got about eight shots off in the second that he had to operate. we also know, again from paris that there was that he was probably on the roof for about two to three minutes and he was essentially in the seconds before he was started firing. there was a police officer who lifted up his head above that roof, saw him and perhaps prompted him to fire off much faster than he wanted to. i want to refer to that video. that video that we've that we've now watched a little bit it gives us some important context ashley the video that they put out on the left side, you see the building where two members of the beaver county emergency services unit, the swat team, so to speak to snipers were in that in that building. they were supposed to be watching that roof could they have seen something at a key time? very important information there? yeah. and steve, we're seeing this subcommittee hearing getting u

his district is a little further east in pennsylvania it was you know will be a battleground state in november. but tonight it is the story as he watches him fold. a little bit of information on the election front. we are hearing from the biden campaign that it will pause all outbound communications and working right now to pull down all television ads as they relate to the election as quickly as possible but we do believe we will see the president momentarily for that we go back to delaware and lucas of totomlinson for more there. >> and bill, we are minutes away from president biden address in the nation about the shooting breathed as a key word used in the statement from president biden that martha read earlier let me read it will more time i have been briefed on the shooting at donald trump's rally in pennsylvania which by all intensive purposes has to now be called an characterize and then satuanassassination attempt agat the former president they were told the motorcade is here and just arrived we saw numerous oppressed reporters walking into this police station right behind me.