shakeri replied, quote, it would cost a huge amount of money. the official then said we've already spent a lot of money so money is not an issue. and telling him to provide a plan within seven days to kill trump, if not to wait until the election and, quote, afterwards, it would be easier to assassinate him. two of his alleged associates were arrested. photos of their weapons were in the doj complaint while shakeri at large, believed to be in iran. trump supporters now demanding the president-elect get more security. >> they are trying to kill right now as we speak president-elect trump. they think they can get away with it, and that is what's so disturbing. >> reporter: a trump spokesperson saying, quote, nothing will deter president trump from returning to the white house and restoring peace around the world. it comes as trump's decisive margin of victory is growing. nbc news projecting trump will win nevada, which means he's won six of the seven battleground states. only arizona remains unsettled with trump in the lead. trump tonight working

what is interesting to me, justice department is going after this guy asset farhad shakeri.ial actually in tehran as part of the islamic revolutionary guard corps. yet the biden administration has taken no action or punished iran for a plot to kill the president-elect. >> no, john, thank you for having me. i can tell you these plots are very serious and that change her to the former president is serious. it is interesting when the attempted assassin or attempted assassin told them it would cost a lot of money there revolutionary guard official said that's okay we have plenty of money. where did that come from? $6 billion in hostage ransom the biden administration provided the iranians. they have plenty of money with sanction relate because we have not enforced sanctions. these plots are very real and i hope the president of the united states, president-elect joe former president of the united states is getting security detail as big as joe biden's with coast guard assets down to mar-a-lago, south florida and protecting the president as especially amp of these threats. >> joh

the fbi looking for a 51-year-old asset farhad shakeri and they believe he is he in iran right now. a criminal complaint unsealed friday and asset farhad shakeri with revolutionary guard on active plan to kill president-elect trump. he demanded large sums of money. according to the complaint, he indicated irc if they show it would cost a huge amount of money to officials who have already spent a lot of money. money is not an issue and trump has been with the radical government to order the killing of this man, in january 2020. official see these plots as a chance for revenge. law enforcement sources also tell fox the iranian american dissident, he was a target of this foiled plot here at at the doj said asset farhad shakeri worked with two men based in new york currently in jail and they went to surveil and murder and here she is on friday. i am not just there to be followed by three attacks on my life. and already 45 and i'm not carrying weapons. in the biden administration advised me to go under witness protection. two it means i have to disappear. i don't want to disappear here t

it is believed farhad shakeri is in iran at the moment, so he has not been detained.ice department is saying is that the iranian government essentially directed shakeri to surveil and assassinate donald trump. and this murder-for-hire plot with these two u.s. citizens as well to also surveil and target iranian critics who are u.s. citizens on u.s. soil. pretty dramatic, and this is what attorney general merrick garland said, quote, there are few actors in the world who pose as a threat to the national security of the united states as does iran. and fbi director christopher wray saying, the charges today show iran's continued attention target citizens including u.s. president trump. he goes on to say "this will not stand." this is especially chilling because we know there were two field assassination attempt against donald trump, and as mentioned in the intro earlier as we heard from will, donald trump and his team were actually alerted to this assassination plot back in september, the fbi alerting him and his team as he was still running the campaign to become preside

the criminal complaint says shakeri spoke voluntarily from tehran. >> i received a phone call from thebi. >> reporter: telling the fbi he was first instructed to target iranian-american writer and activist masih alinejad. prosecutors said he recruited two americans he met in a new york prison to assist. tonight, those men are under arrest and in custody. the complaint says iran also told shakeri to kill two people described as "jewish businesspeople residing in new york city" because of their support for israel. then he was told "to put aside his other efforts" and focus on trump. attorney general merrick garland said tonight, david, there are few actors in the world that pose as grave a threat to national security as iran. the president-elect was made aware of iran's intent to kill him, but his spokesman said tonight, david, nothing will deter trump's return to the white house. david? >> david: aaron katersky with us tonight, aaron, thank you. >>> tonight, president-elect trump working on putting together his team for the white house. and the president-elect says he's now spoken with

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farhad shakeri is still at large according to the justice department.also on the target list was journalist and activist -- she is a prominent critic of the iranian regime, the fbi says the iranians have been trying to kill several other times. prosecutors say farhad shakeri told the fbi involuntary interviews about the various tasks he was given by the irgc. this includes plans for a mass shooting that targeted israeli tours in sri lanka and they also told the fbi that he was tasked with surveilling and assassinating two jewish business people living in new york city. the u.s. government has repeatedly raised concerns that iran is trying to retaliate for a 2020 was drone strike that killed irgc general custom solo money. they say he has plotted to kill trump, who ordered the strike, as well as a number of trump administration officials. more recently, in the summer, a pakistani national was arrested and charged with seeking to hire assassins, to carpet trump, as well as other u.s. political figures, including some in the biden administration. evan pere

farhad shakeri is an afghan he was arrested nine states and serve 14 years in prison.his prison network as his own accomplices in an effort to launch these assassination plots. now, the tricky part about this is the fbi reportedly conducted those interviews while shakeri was an ironic. why think the intelligence community will be asked for the biden administration is what other intelligence do we have two back up the story? because again, the idea we could conduct an interview with shakeri who is accused of seeking to assassinate president trump while he is and iran, that would appear at least to me, to be a case where the iranians to be monitoring every bit of those conversations. and so we have to factor that into account and do a little bit more digging here. arthel: let me play some sound from former acting attorney general matt whitaker that he was on fox earlier, listen. >> this not only cannot be tolerated, we need a strong response for it is not just indicting people that are in iran for these plots on american soil. we need to contain the iranians. make sure t

shakeri lived in the u.s. and spoke multiple times to federal agents over the last few weeks. the charges announced just days after mr. trump's election win as the president-elect and his transition team are busy working on appointments and democrats, of course, are trying to regroup. former house speaker nancy pelosi reflected on the loss in the new york times interview blaming president biden for dropping out of the race too late and the open primary. now, republicans are looking to fill mr. trump's cabinet with a lot of attention surrounding the roles focused on the nation's security and intelligence, and, a lot of speculation around the influence and potential role of elon musk who is in the room with president-elect trump on election night and speaking on the phone with ukrainian president zelenskyy during a congratulatory turn. laura. >> and now the election interference case in washington. >> reporter: we just heard about this yesterday, laura. the office of special counsel jack smith saying they are hi

shakeri says he was tank sked trying to find ways to kill donald trump. you remember early this summer a plot of pakistani men sent here to try to kill donald trump. something the fbi exposed over the summer. according to the prosecutors also other people on this list. two jewish americans. we don't know their names. $500,000 the iranians planned to pay to kill these two prominent jewish americans in new york city as well as targeting israeli tourists in sri lanka. you know the iranians have been doing this for a number of years. a number of people from the trump administration that have been under protection of the secret service because of threats to their lives. we also know that over the summer they believe that there was a number of people in this administration also who were on the targeted list for the iranians. t. and what is your reaction to the news and your concerns here about what appears to be iran not letting up on this desire? >> yeah. brianna, obviously i am greatly concerned and have been for quite some time and why i'm not entirely shock

authorities are still looking for this 51-year-old farhad shakeri. they believe he is in iran now as i speak. according to a criminal complaint unsealed friday shakeri worked with the revolutionary guard to kill president-elect trump. he demanded large financial sums in return. he indicated to an irgc official this would cost a huge amount of money and in response the official said we already have spent a lot of money so the money is not an issue. the complaint alleges he spoke to f.b.i. officials. via telephone and gave them conditions. the complaint continues and says he wanted to let somebody else out of jail already inside jail. intelligence officials have been telling fox news for sometime trump has been the target of a steady threat stream since he ordered the killing ever this man on your screen, soleimani in january of 2020. officials see these plots as a chance for revenge. law enforcement sources also tell fox iranian dissident was the target of the plot. he worked with two men no new york to murder her. >> i don't want to die. i want to fi

shakeri, operative, was to get a olympian in plan in seven days to kill trump.ouldn't, he'd wait until after the election. they assessed he'd lose the election, and afterward, it'd be easier to assassinate him. iran has been determined to avenge the death of revolutionary guard general soleimani, killed in an american drone strike during trump's first term. the fbi learned of the plot from the man asked to arrange it. the criminal complaint said shakeri spoke from iran. >> i receivered a phone call from the fbi. >> reporter: he was first instructed to target american writer and activist. he got two men in prison to assist. those men are under arrest and in custody. the complaint says iran told sh shakeri to kill two people in new york city because of their support for israel. then he was told to put aside his other efforts and focus on trump. abc news, new york. >> thank you for that. >> whit: the news of the s assassination plot comes as the election picked up speed. his administration now begins to take shape. white house correspondent maryalice parks joins us

the alleged ringleader farhad shakeri admitted he was told to find a way to kill trump.ad an arsenal of weapons on stand by. shakeri is still at large. >> dana: benjamin netanyahue saying and he president trump see eye-to-eye when it comes to iran and said the two have spoken three times since the election describing the calls as good and very important. on the campaign trail trump promised to end the war in gaza quickly and many israelis celebrated his re-election. >> bill: two jewish students attacked over the weekend on campus now speaking out. one of the victims suffered a concussion. one other broke their nose. chicago police are still trying to identify the suspects. mike tobin is on that in our midwest bureau to tell us what he has found thus far. mike, hello. >> bill, max and michael say the anti-israel activists may have attacked them physically but never break their spirits. both jewish students at depaul university in chicago. one a reservist with the israeli defense forces and police say they were attacked on campus. the two were regularly take a spot on the

in addition to this, according to the fbi, farhad shakeri also had -- on october 7th. he was tasked with trying to find ways to kill president-elect donald trump and there is also plots to kill two u.s. citizens, jewish u.s. citizens, in new york. they are being offered $500,000 to do either of those assassinations, as well as targeting israeli tourists in sri lanka. this is a wide-ranging attempt by the iranians to try to go after people that they believed were on their target list, not only people associated with president-elect donald trump, which we have known in previous plots, but also those in this administration who they also believed should be targeted as these court documents say. they are also looking to head, target people, overseas, israeli tourists in sri lanka. >> now, london. the u.s. government has raised concerns that iran may try to retaliate for the u.s. drone strike in 2020 that killed a top general in iran's revolutionary guard . by trying to kill president-elect donald trump, who ordered that strike or some of his former advisers, what does it sa

i want to be alive to see the end of this regime. >> two suspects who shakeri hired to kill ms.linejad are in custody right now. third time she has actively been targeted on american soil, bret? >> david, another potential threat to the president-elect at his florida home, what about that? >> palm beach county authorities have arrested a chinese man for trying to break into mar-a-lago with more notable, bret, it's allegedly the fifth time he has tried to get on the property in as many months. police arrested lee yesterday after he was seen trying to gain access to the florida club and future winter white house. is he currently held on a $100,000 bond and no contact order. is he 39 years old, bret, in the country on a student visa which soon may be revoked following this arrest. bret? >> bret: okay, david, thank you. >> david: thank you. >> bret: we're obviously just a few days out from president-elect trump's victory. some democrats are not wasting any time trying to mount opposition. correspondent bill melugin is in west palm beach, florida tonight to tell us how and what the t

shakeri >> your neighbors, people you see in the grocery store, your teachers, your friends' parents.se people are in danger, it is terrifying. >> people will not realize the importance of immigrant workers. >> why did they not take the legal route in the first place? >> it takes 12-15-20 years. there was a time in our country when you could do it in 18 months. that is why comprehensive immigration reform is so critically important. >> i feel a sense of repugnance when i hear people talk about immigrants with this disdain. >> there are an estimated 12 million undocumented migrants in the u.s., many who have worked here for decades. donald trump can use presidential powers to order deportations. it could be costly and time-consuming and may face legal challenges. >> it is the best way to fix the border. >> he has significant support for his plans. >> once you start holding people accountable and securing the border, you will see a lot of folks go back on their own. i think we go after the criminals. people causing problems, gang members, people who were not vetted, we find those and th

shakeri has spent time in american prisons for robbery.ins at large and is believed to be in iran. separately, a ukrainian official tells pbs newshour that elon musk joined a phonecall this week involving the president-elect and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. the official said that zelensky thanked musk for his starlink satellite service, which provides internet access in ukraine. on wall street today, stocks closed out a blockbuster week with modest gains. the dow jones industrial average added more than 250 points to close just shy of 44,000. the nasdaq added about 17 points. the s&p 500 tacked on 22 points, capping its biggest weekly gain since last november. and the 2025 grammy nominations are in. beyonce leads this year with 11 nods, making her the most-nominated artist of all time. >> ♪ this ain't texas ain't no hold 'em ♪ amna: "texas hold 'em" raked in three nominations for record, song and country song of the year. it's from her album "cowboy carter," which itself is up for both album and country album of the year. today

two of the men have been arrested, while the third, 51—year—old farhad shakeri, has not been arresteds believed to be in iran. senior us democrat nancy pelosi has suggested president biden is partly to blame for the party's election defeat on tuesday. the former house of representatives speaker told the new york times that democrats might have fared better had mr biden exited the race sooner. the police watchdog will review how metropolitan police officers handled allegations of sexual offences against former harrods owner mohamed al fayed. the independent office for police conduct will review two cases the met police investigated in 2008 and 2013 after the force referred itself. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world, at a moment ofjubilation for some and deep depression for others, as donald trump sweeps to an extraordinary victory. after one of the fiercest and most divisive elections in modern american history, how worried should we be about what's happening? there still is concern that these divisions within the american public, cultural

prosecutors say shakeri told the fbi in voluntary interviews about the plans. this includes a shooting targeting an israeli and assassinating two business people. trying to retaliate for the 2020 drone strike that killed the general, plotted to kill trump who ordered the strike as well as a number of prominent trump administration officials. this summer a pakistani national was arrested and charged with seeking to hire assassins to target trump as well as other u.s. political figures including some in the biden administration. >> evan, thanks so much. >>> state attorneys jenae cross u.s. trying to figure out who is behind racist texts being sent to black college students, business professionals, children, in at least two dozen states. some of the messages use offensive painful messages claiming slave catchers would round them up to pick cotton. jones shared her reaction to receiving the anonymous text message. >> what is going on in the world? there is no way it's 2024 and things like this are happening again? it's just insane, the level of disrespect people ha

the usjustice department has charged farhad shakeri —— who it says told police he was instructed to killct last month. he is now believed to be in iran. samira hussein reports from washington. a political comeback of monumental proportions, but also a story of survival for the president elect. twice, the former president avoided assassination attempts on the campaign trail, and now the government says it revealed a third plot, an iranian asset planning to kill mr trump. tehran says the former president should face trial or face revenge for ordering the assassination of iranian general qasem soleimani. two assassination attempts on my life that we know - of, and they may or may not i involve, but possibly do, iran. the first, a narrow miss. the bulletjust grazing mr trump's ear. just over two months later, a man with a rifle found at his golf course in florida. mr trump's communications director says the president is aware of the most recent plot, but nothing will deter him. so, celebrations continue for mr trump for both surviving and winning this election. samir hussein, bbc news, washi

out through unsealed documents opened in charges brought in federal court in manhattan that farhad shakeriear—old iranian man, and two others, carlisle rivera and jonathon loadholt, both from new york, were allegedly part of this plot against donald trump, to carry out surveillance of him and indeed is you mentioned in your indirection, a number of figures in the us of whom donald trump was one. the charges were also brought against a specific plot against against a specific plot against a man of iranian origin. two of the men were actually in the courtroom for those charges, mr carlisle rivera and mrjonathon loadholt, the other, mr farhad shakeri, the irani and believed by the us government to be an asset of the iranian revolutionary guard, is essentially still at large and believed to currently be in iran. i have a quote for you from the us attorney general merrick garland who said there are few actors in the world that pose as grave a threat to the security of the us as does iran. ~ . ~ the security of the us as does iran. ~ ., ~ ,, , . iran. well, thank you very much indeed for _ iran.

> reporter: the three charged carlisle rivera and jordan loadholt arrested in new york and farhad shakeri in iran. he said he'd been directed by an iranian official with the revolutionary guard to surveille then-candidate trump and a plan to assassinate him. the foreign ministry called it baseless. u.s. prosecutors say an american journalist was also a target for assassination by the same criminal network, an iranian born woman said she was the target. >> i was invited to go to fairfield university. the fbi came to my house the same day and warned me not to go. >> reporter: long openly critical of the government, she vows she will not back down. >> they want to kill me. that makes me more determined to give voice to iranian women, iranian men, fighting shoulder to shoulder to bring the wall of dictatorship down. >> reporter: following the two other assassination attempts against president-elect donald trump during the campaign, curity at his mar-a-lago home at new heights. this robotic dog captured walking on its metal legs around the grounds just feet away from armed guards patrolling by

prosecutors say shakeri told the fbi in interviews about tasks he was given. this includes plans for a mass shooting that targeted tourists in sri lanka and also he was tasked with surveilling and assassinating. u.s. government has raised concerns iran is trying to retaliate for a 2020 drone strike that killed the irgc general. they plotted to kill trump who ordered the strike as well as a number of trump administration officials. more recently this summer a pakistani national was arrested and charged with seeking to hire assassin to his target trump as well as other u.s. political figures including some in the biden administration. >> who should be the 2025cnn hero of the year. cast up to ten votes a day every day. >>> it's hard to believe but it's been nearly two months since hurricane helene tore across the southeast. as the second deadliest hurricane to strike u.s. mainland, more than 200 people killed with over half of the fatalities in north carolina. at a press conference yesterday the governor estimated helene cost about $53 billion in damage across hi

prosecutors say, shakeri told the fbi involuntary interviews about the task he was given by the rgc.s includes plans for a mass shooting, targeting israeli tourists in sri lanka . he also told the fbi, he was tasked with surveilling and assessing two jewish business people living in new york city. the u.s. government has repeatedly raised concerns that iran is trying to retaliate for a 2020 u.s. drone strike that killed i rgc general solo money. they have plotted to kill trump, who ordered the strike, as well as a number of prominent administration officials . more recently, this summer, a pakistani and national level was arrested and charged with seeking to hire assassins to target trump as well as other political figures including some in the biden administration. >> all right, evan, you so much. >>> president-elect donald trump's cabinet is coming together. we have not heard a lot of names, though. the transition of power from one administration to the next is starting to get underway. what is happening behind the scenes, that is coming up. >>> it is a big busy weekend for preside

election, according to the information filed in federal court in manhattan, on october 7th, farhad shakeri51 years old, he was saying that he was tasked to carry out an attack in the short term against trump, the idea being that he thought he might lose and they wanted to get it done before the u.s. election. this is just one of multiple plots that according to the fbi and prosecutors in manhattan, they say he was trying to coordinate the surveillance and the assassination of a prominent claimant -- critic of the iranian regime, and she has been the subject of plots by that regime over a number of years. according to these documents, he reached out to a couple of people that he knew from serving time in prison in the united states, he was deported back a number of years ago, and over a period of months, they followed her and she went to do speeches in connecticut, and she came and went from her home, there were pictures of the front door of her home in brooklyn , no attack actually ever happened but it gives you a sense of the level of planning that went into this. according to the documen

start out focused on the dissident and then the next thing you know if you believe the main defendant shakeri who is relating this to the fbi in a series of phone conversations that i can only describe as completely bizarre. >> explain why is this guy giving this evidence to the fbi? >> that's a great question and it's not explainable from the affidavit that we have. we know they talked something like five times. he's in tehran, allegedly. conducting these revealing conversations directly with the fbi. >> so this guy is in iran talking to the fbi on the phone? >> yeah. these are telephonic interviews that took place over presumably sever weeks while he was in tehran. so there's a lot of questions there as to what would have been his motivation to ingauge directly with the fbi and reveal these incriminating facts. it's also clear from the affidavit the agent specifies on a number of facts he lied to them. he lied about some things. tried to correct things later. didn't correct everything. so his credibility is definitely questionable. now the statements he makes about targeting president-elect

shakeri is a rainy national at-large and aaron.source tonight was donald trump's national security adviser and before that, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, ambassador john bolton, it's great to have you here. when you hear this news of an alleged plot to assassinate donald trump, as someone who has also been targeted, i wonder what your level of concern is about an iranian attack like this happening on u.s. soil? >> i think it is a major concern. the latest criminal charges expands the information which is now publicly available, there are a lot of current and former u.s. government officials who have been subject to this iranian activity. a lot of ordinary american citizens who were simply voicing their disapproval of the iranian regime, and i have to say, a lot of other people who are in the range of the iranian effort who are being harassed and surveilled . their names are not public, and they shouldn't be, but this is a large effort by the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism. this is not computer chatter. this

the department described shakeri as an iranian asset residing in tehran.hat he immigrated to the us as a child and was then deported in 2008 following a robbery conviction . following a robbery conviction. and it's been announced that the princess of wales is to attend two remembrance day events this weekend . buckingham palace said weekend. buckingham palace said that kate would attend both the remembrance day sunday service at the cenotaph and the festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall tomorrow. but the palace says the queen's attendance at remembrance will be will be subject to medical advice nearer the time. queen camilla is unwell with a chest infection and was forced to pull out of engagements earlier this week . now nearly 2000 fake week. now nearly 2000 fake paddington bear items worth more than £15,000 have been seized in a crackdown on counterfeit merchandise. nearly 2000 fake items have been confiscated from shops across notting hill, where scenes from the paddington bear film franchise were filmed. a trading standards raid in portobel

the department described shakeri as an iranian asset residing in tehran. it's said he immigrated to the us as a child and was deported around 2008, following a robbery conviction . following a robbery conviction. another top story this evening , another top story this evening, dutch media is reporting that the dutch politician geert wilders will meet israeli foreign minister gideon saar at amsterdam's schiphol airport. this follows an independent investigation launched by dutch authorities into an incident where israeli football fans were attacked when leaving their europa league match between ajax and maccabi tel aviv. the public prosecutor says 62 arrests have been made and the dutch prime minister has condemned the anti—semitic attacks. before the match, there was trouble between maccabi fans and pro—palestinian protesters, with maccabi supporters reportedly attacking a taxi and setting a palestinian flag on fire. >> it came too late. they came when a lot of people were were already halted, injured . some of already halted, injured. some of them probabl

the department described shakeri as an iranian asset residing in tehran.hat he immigrated to the us as a child and was then deported in 2008 following a robbery conviction . following a robbery conviction. and it's been announced that the princess of wales is to attend two remembrance day events this weekend . buckingham palace said weekend. buckingham palace said that kate would attend both the remembrance day sunday service at the cenotaph and the festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall tomorrow. but the palace says the queen's attendance at remembrance will be will be subject to medical advice nearer the time. queen camilla is unwell with a chest infection and was forced to pull out of engagements earlier this week . now nearly 2000 fake week. now nearly 2000 fake paddington bear items worth more than £15,000 have been seized in a crackdown on counterfeit merchandise. nearly 2000 fake items have been confiscated from shops across notting hill, where scenes from the paddington bear film franchise were filmed. a trading standards raid in portobel

shakeri has not been arrested and is believed to be in iran.as condemned what israeli and dutch leaders have called a "terrible night of violence" in amsterdam on thursday night. joe biden said he's spoken to israeli and dutch leaders and said, quote, "the anti—semitic attacks on israeli soccerfans in amsterdam are despicable and echo dark moments in history whenjews were persecuted." it happened after the israeli football club maccabi tel aviv played ajax in the europa league. and here, the police watchdog is to review how metropolitan police officers handled allegations of sexual misconduct against former harrods owner mohamed al fayed. the independent office for police conduct will review two cases the met police investigated in 2008 and 2013 after the force referred itself. hundreds of women have alleged the billionaire, who died last year aged 94, raped or sexually assaulted them. more now on that breaking news that the justice department in the united states says three people have been charged in connection with iranian plans to murder us

the department has described farhad shakeri as an iranian asset residing in tehran.said he immigrated to the us as a child and was deported in 2008 following a robbery conviction . now, the robbery conviction. now, the metropolitan police has referred itself to the police watchdog over complaints from two women about the handling of investigations into allegations made against mohammad al fayed . made against mohammad al fayed. the complaints were initially made in 2008 and 2013, and the met have now raised concerns about the quality of police response . commander stephen response. commander stephen klayman, from the met's specialist crime team, said they're actively reviewing 21 allegations reported to the police to determine if additional investigative steps are available or there are things that they could have done better . seven scots are among better. seven scots are among the first people to receive an elizabeth emblem. the award recognises police officers, firefighters and other public servants who died whilst on duty. the emblem is the civilian equivalent of

the justice department says farhad shakeri is believed to be in iran, so can't be arrested. iran's foreign ministry says the claim is "totally unfounded". the president—elect faced two unsuccessful attempts on his life during his election campaign, as our correspondent samira hussain reports. # i'm proud to be an american. a political comeback of monumental proportion and also a story of survival for the president—elect. all chant: usa! twice, the former president avoided assassination attempts on the campaign trail and now, the government says it revealed a third plot — an iranian asset planning to kill mr trump. tehran says the former president should face trial or face revenge for ordering the assassination of iranian general qasem soleimani. two assassination attempts on my life that we know of, and they may or may not involve iran. —— and they may or may not involve — but possibly do — iran. gunshots. get down, get down, get down, get down! _ the first, a narrow miss — the bulletjust grazing mr trump's ear. just over two months later, a man with a rifle found at his gol