the secret service -- mr. waltz: the secret service should have been aware. mr. sullivan: absolutely. mr. waltz: you had been in charge, would certainly make local law enforcement aware. hey, we not only have ongoing plots, we just arrested someone in the united states putting down payments to kill president trump. this is on top of the ongoing domestic threats. correct? mr. sullivan: yes. mr. waltz: you would make your counterparts aware? mr. sullivan: i would think the secret service headquarters knew about that. i'm assuming that. i don't know for a fact. but i've been in law enforcement my whole life. unless you're in the room, unless you're one of the persons putting handcuffs on the suspect and bringing him in the room and conducting the interview, you're never going to get the whole story. you have to be part of that arrest. mr. waltz: at least an awareness to your local law enforcement. so were you also aware, was anyone aware that president trump had been denied additional resources but the reason the secret service countersniper team wasn't there to coo

secret service.is important that we hold ourselves accountable for the failures of july 13th and that we use the lessons learned to make sure that we do not have another failure like this again. the findings of the mission assurance review have prompted the secret service to move into the accountability phase of this process. the office of professional responsibility and the office of integrity are reviewing the findings. as a result of these failures, what has become clear to me is we need a shift in paradigm in how we conduct our protective operations. as was demonstrated on sunday in west palm beach, the threat level is evolving and requires this findings from this mission assurance review. with respect to command and control of the site in butler, pennsylvania, the secret service has the main responsibility of building the site plan. we cannot abdicate or defer our responsibilities to others. advance team personnel have an obligation to ensure that each site meets the protective requirements and

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we know the secret service director is either in or on his way to florida from two secret service officials, kelly o'donnell earlier this evening, and you can imagine that he is going to be hands-on for the after action reporting on this from the secret service perspective. we know he is a former police officer in west palm beach, florida, and he was the deputy director the secret service prior to becoming the actor director this past summer. he would've been in charge of the day-to-day operations of the agency. now, he will be on the ground to get information about what happened there from the secret service perspective. he likely would be part of the president's daily briefing tomorrow morning when he gets his update from his national security and homeland security -- from the secret service director in front of the cameras potentially, tomorrow, as this develops. >> thank you. >>> we will get reaction from a congressman is sits on the arms services committee. services committee. (man) mm, hey, honey. looks like my to-do list grew. "paint the bathroom, give baxter a bath, get life insuran

secret service training. it is different but it doesn't mean one branch is incompetent, it just means protection requires a different way of thinking and different way of assessing assets and communication, all these things come into play. i do think you're going to see a massive influx for the u.s. secret service, and not the traditional relying on these other assets. not that they are incompetent or not great, it's just the game is changing. the game is changing. >> wanting that tom was talking about, and i saw the reaction when he was talking about, they're saying this backpack also had ceramic tiles. people might wonder, why has he got ceramic tiles? ayman and i have been in war zones where we had ceramic plates in our bulletproof vests. is that what we believe they are referring to? >> that's exactly right. you caught me when i did that. when you wear a ballistic vest, what's interesting, ballistic vests are typically made of something called kevlar, it is actually fabric, layer upon layer. when you're i

of the secret service? >> there were so many. it is getting to the point now where i thank them and say i have already heard that from 10 other guys. i bring that up because none of these problems are new. anybody telling you that is lying directly to your face. you better hope they are not under oath. anyone suggesting in a congressional hearing or elsewhere, that these problems are new, personnel problems, logistics problems, the manpower problems, technology problems. i just told you a sad running joke in the service. i am gone since 2011. last time i checked it is 2024. it was yesterday's technology tomorrow. other things that are inexcusable that have been brought up before like ben and erik brought up. the communication failures are basic. this is not like the secret service million-dollar radio system that uses nsa-level encryption magically broke down that day. they literally handed them a radio they didn't take. this is why when congressman mills says, borderline criminal negligence, you should tak

i mean, that must make it incredibly difficult uh, from the secret service has point of view to actually give him the best service that they possibly can. i guess that is now going to be changing. one would assume what one would assume and, and sure, maybe the president can be resistant to certain ideas, but it's a secret service is job to override those concerns and to coax control and do and convince whatever they have to do to make sure that they can protect the president, so i think look for the present and certainly it for president rather doesn't want to be put in this position. it's a very difficult job, but you know, this is a job that's a secret service service does typically does it quite well. so i think, you know, it's going to be business as usual with maybe a little bit more scrutiny going forward. okay, thank you so much call on. we really do appreciate you brushing all of this down for us. uh, pretty much as it happens, colin clock director of research at the refund group. thanks so much. i thank you for the palm beach sheriff say is the suspect. pointed a rifle at the tr

it is the secret service's responsibility to secure a site. we certainly have conversations, and it doesn't matter when it's a campaign staff or a white house staff. we have conversations and we have very good working relationships with those staffs. but ultimately it's the secret service's responsibility to secure a site. reporter: director, thank you. based on your review and analysis, what is the reason -- what's the best explanation for why there was not law enforcement personnel covering the roof, ifley on the roof itself, or making sure someone could not get on top of the roof? and the follow-up question would be, how disappointed are you in what you described as deficiencies in diligence? mr. rowe: ultimately, we have to be very direct and clear when we're talking to our state and local counterparts. with respect to butler, i think what the mission assurance review has identified is that there was that lack of clarity. and i can tell you since july 13, when i've been out on the road and i've watched field offices and i gave guidance upo

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

that is not what you see or expect of the secret service. the director at the time has to leave their job. her job, a lot of senior officers, officials in the department had to leave. there's multiple congressional investigations going on and it was just failure after failure in pennsylvania. did that you're seeing right there. the suspect was allowed to get incredibly close to the former president with a clear line of sight. and experts that you talked, you said if, if he hadn't been a really bad shot at that stuff, is that it would have worked at a donald. trump moved his head obviously at the exact right time. but it was an incredibly easy shot. the suspect didn't able to make, wasn't able to be on their rifle squad at high school because it was such a bad shot. but there was a lot of criticism. they were slow to get on stage with and then and again, never seen anything like it. they allowed him to stand off when the area wasn't secure and the zip air picture easy of him with is vir fist raised. and they took a really long time getting hi

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secret service. these men answered a call to play a role protecting the public and our political process even though providing security at a political rally is not their usual line of work. our country already knows what happened. at 6:11 on sunday, july 13 in butler. the law enforcement professionals are here to tell us about specific actions and events that led to this outcome. testifying today we also have the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on thomas crooks. he's testifying to answer questions about how crooks died and to hopefully put to rest some theories and doubts that often seem to follow high profile violent events. finally, our panel includes a distinguished retired secret service agent who played no role in the events of july 13 on this panel to provide insights into secret service protocols and practices. after this hearing, the task force will use what we have learned from today's testimonies. additional documents and local law enforcement resources and the next phase of our

and the secret service. just to give you a little information, as you well know, the road down there on summit is still blocked off. it will be blocked off probably for the remainder of today and probably a good portion of tomorrow. until some of the investigative things need to be done are finished. but we're accommodating people in and out. getting them to the library, getting them to the post office. the public is not going to be that far inconvenienced. the security level at mar-a-lago is the highest it could possibly be now. the road closures are back in place and will remain there. the check points are in place. and my commitment to the secret service is to give them every possible resource from pbso. once they determine the level of security they need they'll get all the security resources possible. having said that, i'll let you talk to the u.s. attorney. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us today. my name is markenzy lapointe. i want to start by expressing my deep gratitude to sheriff bradsha

the secret service did a great job. in light of the new reporting the secret service did what it is supposed to do. saw a threat to the present a potential threat amount and ak-47 within the vicinity of the former president on the street a few hundred yards apparently away from the fifth hole. the secret service agent did what they are trained to do, check out the service revolver their weapons and tried to stop this apparent suspect this now with a gun and the shots were fired and now he is in custody. we do not know if he was shot we do know this man is in custody. so at least in this case right now it appears the secret service protection worked. but as a sean hannity was saying there's certainly a lot of question why was i was an ak-47 why was he allowed on that street in the vicinity closed so this could not have happened in the first place question. >> and ak-47 is very hard to conceal. it's a rifle, not a hand got in unless the man was wearing a long jacket. again it's probably 80 degrees down there so it would l

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i know it's a challenge to secret service and something every secret service agent wants to wake up every day and avoid so please pass on our gratitude for the work they're doing every day and the work they're doing and appreciate about that. i want to ask you about the interviews that's happening and you've done about 400 to this point. the counter team that was law enforcement that was on the rooftop, have they been interviewed? ronald: i believe so. sen. lankford: do you know they were at that post sometimes, were they at that post 6:08 to 6:11. ronald: i have not read the reports directly, to be fair but briefed on some of it. paul: they were at times during the time frame i'm talking about here on post within the a.g.r. building and i do believe, i'd want to confirm it at some point, one or more did venture out in an effort to locate and isolate. sen. lankford: they also were looking for this individual that was suspicious and they left that post to look for him on the ground at different points to see if they could get a different perspective and we're trying to discover if during t

the secret service has directed their team to make sure the secret service has all of the resources itneeds to carry out the task of protecting former president trump. we know roe. he's going to be hands on from the afteraction reporting on this from the secret service perspective. we know he's a former police officer in west palm beach, florida. and he was the deputy director of the secret service before becoming the director this summer. he is going to be deputy director. he likely would be a part of the president's daily briefings tomorrow morning when he gets his update from his tphalgts security and homeland security teams. and we'll be looking to see chris too, if we hear from the secret service director in front of the cameras potentially tomorrow as this story develops. >> aaron gillcrest thank you. >>> up ahead we get reaction from the security committee. when they're dehydrated, pedialyte is great for— wait... umm... isn't that for the kids? —isn't this for the kids? —yup. good point. when you're feeling super hot or super not, it's pedialyte. the #1 dr. recommended brand for

the secret service must do better.n urgent responsibility to uncover the failures and help stop them from being repeated. the american people deserve clearances about what happened on july 13th. this hearing will provide the first pieces of what we learned but make no mistake, this investigation is still in the early days and there is much more to do. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses and learning more about their perspectives on what happened, what went wrong and how we might prevent these failures moving forward. thank you, chairman. i yield back. >> i want to introduce our witnesses. we're joined by edward lens the commander of the butler county emergency service unit. he is a sergeant with a township police department. on july 13th while working for there he was stationed in the local campaign post at the campaign rally site. next a patrolman for butler township police department. he is also a sniper team assistant leader for butler county esu. july 13th working for butler township. he was stationed with

lucas: this with the secret service did 130 this afternoon come the secret service agent opened fire when he saw under spot of the muzzle of a rifle sticking up from a chain-link fence surrounding the golf club in the agent fired up four — six shots was just one whole ahead of where trump is playing in expected to play through trump with and for all of the diamonds you heard from sean hannity earlier never the secret service agent opened fired on the suspect fled in a black nissan suv, and left behind in ak-47 rifle, the scope and to backpacks with ceramic place essentially it's incredibly to find it body armor gopro camera also recovered the suspect was just 300-500 yards away from the former president is not a long distance when the scope is involved in just heard sean say the same thing at the suspect has been identified former fox news asked ryan wesley routh, another witnesses saw him flee nissan suv and took a photo quick action to the photo of the license plate and alerted the police that the suspect mr. ryan wesley routh was a nearby burning county to the north up traveling o

the fbi and secret service. you could not ask for better inter-agency cooperation complications after you got that, how quickly do you think sheriff's office yeah the time between when the balloon out and when we had the vehicle was a time at all. >> i just sat down to have my only second cup of coffee here today. and as soon as i heard the ball, i'll be on the lookout and the martin, i knew we got a sound mccarthy downside, getting ready to come out here. sure enough. we've got to talk there you have the sheriff the sheriff of martin county, which is right next to palm beach county, the sheriff william snyder updating that the suspect who was detained, it was relatively calm at that moment. and apparently, they they also found an ak-47 assault rifle that they have been involved in this what he described as very serious instead, it right now and i was going to ask you kaitlan as a former white house correspondent, you know, there is always a pool of white house correspondents who traveled with the president, cov

to have the acting director of the secret service confirm it was a secret service agent ahead of the former president on that golf course who fired at the suspect. that agent was one hole ahead of trump on the course when he spotted that barrel in the bushes. >> reporter: yes, david. this was an extremely close call. the acting director of the secret service emphasizing tonight this was an unexpected visit by donald trump to his golf club. it was not on his official schedule. he spoke to donald trump directly today and assured him he has the highest level of the protection the secret service has to offer. we're also learning that donald trump and president biden spoke by phone. trump saying it was a nice conversation focussed on his safety and protection. >> rachel, thank you. tonight what pierre thomas and our team has learned about the suspect. >> keep walking. >> reporter: tonight, that newly released body camera footage, the moment the suspect was captured. overnight, the vast search underway, multiple properties. the fbi launching an urgent investigation into the man they believ

so this is a very, very busy time for the secret service, but this is what the secret service does.'t do it well on july 13th but we need to get out there and make sure that we are providing a seamless, no-fail protective apparatus for all of our protectees each and every day. >> bobby mcdonald, thank you very much for joining us and offering your expertise as always. >>> next, donald trump's message to supporters after this incident and a fundraising solicitation. >>> plus, the impact on an already heated, tense campaign season. jolted again with just 50 days to go. jolted again with just 50 days to go. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this one is for you. growing old is part of the journey, even when you have heart failure. but when he had shortness of breath, carpal tunnel syndrome, and lower back pain, we wondered, could these be warning signs of something bigger? thank goodness we called his cardiologist because these were signs of attr-cm, a rare and serious disease... ...that gets worse over time. if you see any of the warning signs, don't wait, ask your cardiologist about attr-cm today. this is not

that led tote resing naz of the secret service director. kelly o'donnell has more on what this latest incident means for the service. >> reporter: tonight, a new security challenge for the u.s. secret service in what has been a season of danger and heightened scrutiny. only nine weeks after gun fire erupted in butler, pennsylvania, wounding former president trump, killing a rally goer and injuring two others. the protective agency has been making changes and facing hard questions and consequences. much of the focus for the july 13th assassination attempt centers on how that gunman, thomas crooks, was able to reach a rooftop with a line of sight fewer than 150 yards from mr. trump, but outside the protected perimeter. the security failure forced the resignation of then secret service director kimberly cheatle. later the acting director said the lapses were unacceptable. >> what i saw made me ashamed. >> another key issue, lack of coordinated communications with other law enforcement works that day. >> there were clearly radio transmissions th

it's a combination of the secret service.tor since 9/11, not going to congress and asking for more money and resources over several decades, and which causes kind of a ripple effect, right? like a compounding issue year after year after year, with increasing mission demands and sort of stagnant orjust minimal increases in budget and resources. so, you know, ithink it's a combination of factors. and so, you know, was human error involved in butler, pennsylvania, and in the golf course? possibly. i think that will come out in some of the reports. but in my opinion, again, formerly being on the inside, i think it's mostly going to be an issue of resources with a little bit of possibly incompetence. tell us more about the golf side of all of this, because you must have spent a lot of your time on golf courses. it is weird, isn't it? something about presidents and golf and just the difficulty of looking after them on the course? yeah, and the secret service uses sort of a protective model they've used here in america. you guys are

we've also now gotten a statement from secret service that says it secret service is investigating what they are calling a protective incidents following trump and following those gunshots being fired. so this is clearly an evolving situation we are still trying to understand what exactly the gunshots look like. and i heard you talking to one of your former guest about his security and just to explain as somebody who has followed this closely since that shooting assassination attempts in butler, pennsylvania, trump has had an extraordinary amplification of the security around him that includes when he has those at home with local pd, as well as traveling with local pd, as well as with secret service. that means that he has people traveling with him at all times. i've seen him on the golf course. i've seen the videos of him on the golf course. he has he goes around one cart. he has secret service in the cart behind him the amount of people traveling with him has also gone up since that assassination attempt. they have been amplifying that, again, both with local pd and with secret servic

president biden demanding more help for the secret service. >> thank god the president is okay. i think we have a full report so far, but one thing i want to make clear, the service needs more help. i think congress should respond to the need. >> we begin in west palm beach, florida, with garrett haake, nbc news national law enforcement and intelligence correspondent tom winter, former secret service special agent and "washington post" national reporter who has written extensively about the secret service. garrett, first to you. what is the former president doing today? how has this attempt impacted him from your reporting? >> reporter: he's expected tonight to make an announcement about a new crypto enterprise he's working on that has nothing to do with his campaign. what i can tell you now based on his social media posts and an interview with another network, the former president is angry. he posted on truth social a little while ago, fight, fight, fight, which became his mantra after the first assassination attempt in butler, pennsylvania, and in a lengthy interview he told fo

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we don't need more funding we've got 7,000 secret service officers out there. 100 secret service offices across the country and 7,000 employees, hundreds of these offices out there. they've got plenty of personnel, plenty of money. they need to prioritize where to be placing these secret service agents. they've got the people to do it. >> and i've talked to the secret service agents and they will tell you, all we're doing, we're chasing fraudulent money, counterfeit money instead of doing their job in protection in a crucial time in our democracy, they should be doing their job. and if we've got all of these irs agents that we've hired in the last few years, give them something to do other than go after the american citizen, but it is-- this comes from the secret service, we need to use more people in the secret service in terms of securing and protecting the candidates in our election. >> all right. what do you make of the fact that this gunman apparently was able to stake out the golf course for about 12 hours and, the actual action of the secret service on top of prioritizing-- >> i'v

reporter: but larry last month five secret service employees were placed on administrative desk duty following the july 13 shooting in butler, pennsylvania. the service is working on this report for a couple of months . it's almost complete. the summary was released and here is a highlight that says a consistent theme gathered from state and local law enforcement personnel who helped secure the butler rally was the presence of communications deficiencies. the building where the 20-year-old shooter took his shots, not in the secure perimeter, apparently also was not on the minds of certain secret service personnel that critical day, the report summary continues. there was a lack of detailed knowledge by secret service personnel, regarding the state or local law enforcement presence that be present in and around the agr complex. you mentioned legislation, today the house of representatives voted 400-0. all those present in the chamber uunanimously voted to give presidential candidates the same protection as a sitting president. you don't see a lot of unanimous votes. donald trump and ka

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idea is secret service guy, this is not like butler. he saw that barrel, he took action right that minute. >> brian: i imagine if they had drones in the sky, they might have video of him gets set up. >> maybe, it is a dense area, eight or nine feet high and four feet wide. >> brian: great work, thank you. appreciate it. sean hannity spoke with donald trump moments after second assassination attempt, he will join us next. choose advil liqui-gels for faster, stronger and longer-lasting relief than tylenol rapid release gels. because advil targets pain at the source of inflammation. so for faster pain relief, advil the pain away. there are many ways to deliver a shipment. at old dominion freight line, we deliver them this way. this way uses technology and goes the extra mile to do things the right way. the delivering promises on time, every time, way. elmer>> hi, i'm elmer heinrich. i am the owner of the 40-year-old company that sells immuno 150. immuno 150 contains 9 exotic fruits, 13 vitamins, 17 herbs, 18 amino acids, 70 minerals, coq10

secret service. whether that be under director cheadle or whether that be under rowe. to quote a former secret service agent, he said that he does not feel any safer or better now than he did under cheadle, having rowe at the helm. i think leadership as we can all admit to, whether it be in the military, the police force or whether it be here in the house, leadership is one of the things that we must rely upon heavily and there's a crisis in leadership. i also want to look at the fact that there is a prioritization across not just our military but other departments and agencies to prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion under d.e.i., the meritocracy and readiness of our actual capabilities on the ground. the further thing needing to be explored is the doctrine itself that is being utilized by the u.s. secret service. for too long they've continued to go under a very specific and very understandable thing where whatever your title is that you hold, results in the amount of resources and assets bein

i'm a retired secret service agent with 23 years of service. i'm a life memeber of the international associate of chief of police and board member on the united states secret service association. i'm speaking for myself this morning as a subject matter expert. the information that has come to light so far regarding the security failures in butler is shocking and infuriating. however, i am very proud the bravery of the agents to put themselves in harms way and the skill of the counter sniper that neu neu neutralized the shooter. the secret service cannot function without the assistance of the state and local law enforcement partners. i truly believe the men and women of the secret service have the most difficult and unforgiving job in law enforcement. a 0 fail mission. i have the utmost respect for the staff facing the challenges. for presidential visit the secret service must provide 360 degree coverage to include the sky above and ground below. secret services establishes a inner, middle and outer perimeter. prior to july 13th, what follows wa

attorney, with the fbi and the secret service. just to give you a little information as you will note, the road down there while some of it is still blocked off, it will be blocked off probably for the remainder of today and probably a good portion of tomorrow. until some of the investigation thanks need to be done and finished. but we are accommodating people in and out getting them to the library can getting them to the post office. for the public is not going to be that far in convenience. the security level at mar-a-lago is the highest it can possibly be now. the road closures are back in place and we'll remain there. the checkpoints are in place, and my commitment to the secret service is to give them every possible resource from pbs oh one to determine the level of security that they need, they will get all the resources possible. so having said that i'll let you talk to the u.s. attorney. >> thank you, sheriff. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us today. my name is mark kendall lapointe cap and unite -- for the distr

takeaways from the secret service's conference, secret service has president trump right now the highest level of protection, ths president biden. >> john: the first assassination attempt on july 13th and butler, pennsylvania, investigation finds communication gaps and a lack of diligence from the agency. >> sandra: let's get right to david spunt, who was in that room. for the news conference. david, we learned a whole lot more but possibly it is one of those moments where it raises a whole lot more questions. >> yeah, sandra, john, i think it really does. i have plenty of more questions to ask director rowe and we are waiting on this interim report from -- internal report from the secret service. we got a summary today with some observations of things that will be changing. first of all, director rowe was candid and came out and said after two plus months since juls now in the disciplinary phase, meaning some people are going to get punished here, watch. >> this agency has among the most robust table of penalties in the entirety of the federal government. in these penalties will be admi

campaign staff, i cover and travel with this campaign, these are people with him day in and day out, secret servicents that recognize him from stop to stop. the secrets is did their job today, and protected the current nominee, potentially future president today. this is one where it comes at certain moments in time, where, of course, we have seen some on the right who have questioned out loud, whether there is some conspiracy to allow these attempted assassinations to come within striking distance of donald trump. there is no evidence that would back up such conspiracies or claims. and yet, i think at the heart of those conspiracies, there's potentially, you could say, understandable concern about the vitriolic state of affairs. and the individuals who clearly have the intent to harm donald trump or seek that violence as a means to an end for what is a moment in america that is incredibly difficult and one that has clearly led to moments that put the former president's life on the line. >> and tonight, even more unsettled, vaughn hillyard, aaron gilchrist, thank you. as vaughn pointed out a man wi

that's bad for the secret service. they cannot conduct their protective mission without the support of them. so that includes everything from motorcade advances to street closures to site security. so the secret service has to take the hit on this, but they've got to make sure that their personnel that are going out to these assignments have the 10-year in the job, have the experience, and have the know-how and follow-through on d local partners to make sure the job is getting done. >> john: i thought it was very interesting that the agent who spotted the rifle at the trump national doral course in west palm beach was a relatively new agent. experience and motivation can go hand-in-hand, motivation can certainly sometimes trump experience depending on who you are talking about here. charles, thank you so much for being with us. we really appreciate it. a lot more on this to come. >> sandra: thanks a lot for joining us on the breaking news. we are going to have more reaction to that news conference, a lot to dig into, c

the secret service director patted himself on the back.pment yesterday was an off the record movement, off the record. and the president was not even supposed to go there, not on his official schedule. so we put together security plan and that security plan worked. >> jesse: it worked because trump is alive. but it failed because it was too close for comfort. it's just odd that this was a last-minute decision to play golf and the assassin was already at the core since 2:00 am. and then an agent fired rounds and he escapes into a different county, only captured because of sharp citizen nabbed pics of his plate. the second time in two months were trump almost died because of an unsecured perimeter. the biden and harris administration are in charge of protecting that perimeter. and they failed twice. biden still does not seem angry about it. and has not fired a soul. >> do you have any more information on the assassination attempt? >> president joe biden: thank god the former president is okay. we got a full report and one thing i want to mak