this is a statement moments ago from former president trump on his truth social, social media account. he said nothing is known at this time about the shooter who is now dead. he believes he was shot on truth social with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear as he put it. he said he heard a whizzing sound, shots, and what he felt was a bullet ripping through the skin. cbs news is reporting out exact details of what happened on stage in terms of the firearm, what happened on top of that building hundreds of yards away where the shooter was -- who was ultimately killed was seen by many eyewitnesses. we're trying to figure out what exactly happened on stage when a firearm was discharged, but that is what former president trump, margaret, said tonight on his truth social account. his version, his statement of what he just said. as we said his family says he's fine, they're talking with him and communicating with his aides and family members tonight. he also posted this on truth social end wg god bless america. he said much bleeding took place, whizzing sound, shots, and fel

former president trump has now posted on social media from his truth social media from his truth socialhooting that just took place in butler pennsylvania. most importantly i want to extend my condolences to the family the person at the rally who was and to the family of another person badly injured. it is incredible that such an act can take place in our country. nothing is

we saw what donald trump _ donald trump posted on truth social.aspect, what does this mean for his campaign now? i what does this mean for his campaign now?— campaign now? i think the republicans _ campaign now? i think the republicans will _ campaign now? i think the republicans will look - campaign now? i think the republicans will look at i campaign now? i think the l republicans will look at this as a bit of a wild card for them. they knew what they were getting from joe biden. when i was at the republican national convention, nearly every republican i spoke to was very happy of the idea of donald trump facing joe biden, they felt he was no competition, that donald trump was going to wipe the floor with mr biden, that mr biden had following the debate really sort of hindered his ability to convince the american public that he could serve another four years, and the polls were showing that donald trump was beating, especially in battle ground states. the republicans will say doesn't matter who they put forward, we are confident donald trump wil

donald trump reacted on his social media platform truth social saying "crooked joe biden was not fitpresident and is certainly not fit to serve and never was. he only attained the position of president by lies, fake news, and not leaving his base," is what donald trump said. he said his doctor and the media knew he wasn't capable of being president, "and he wasn't." he went on, and i quote "we will suffer because of his presidency, but we will remedy the damage very quickly — make america great again." that is what donald trump said in response tojoe biden stepping out of the presidential race. this talk about the democratic convention. gavin newsom has just endorsed kamala harris, writing on x" with our democracy at stake and future on the line, nobody is better to prosecute the case against donald trump's dark vision and guide our country in a healthier direction than america's vice president, kamala harris." his endorsement joins ben shapiro. she wrote on x, myjob in the election will remain the same, doing everything i can to elect democrats and stop donald trump. that is what sh

trump posted on truth social. crooked joe begins his big boy press conference with i would have picked vice president trump to be vice president, though i think she was not qualified to

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trump did respond on social media on his truth social site about the decision by the supreme court. he says this. this is part of what he said. total exoneration. it is clear the supremcourt's really written and historic decision ends l of crooked joe biden's witchhunts against me, including the white house and doj inspired hoaxes in new york, all of these unfair charges represent the worst level of election interference ever seen in our country's history. it must be understood that i am innocent from the beginning of this giant and highly illegal scam, long before the supreme

on his social media platform truth social, mr trump said: .hospital without any serious injury, mr trump returned to his home in newjersey. and a few hours later, flew to milwaukee for the republican national convention, a gathering of the party which is expected to confirm him as their presidential nominee. he talked about the moments before he was hit in an interview with the washington examiner. he said, "i rarely look away from the crowd. "had i not done that in that moment, "well, we would not be talking today, would we?" he also referred to his gesture to his supporters. "it is hard to describe what that felt like," he said, "but i knew that the world was looking. i knew that history would judge this and i knew that i had to let them know we are ok." as final preparations were being made for the convention, he told the new york post, �*i am not supposed to be here. i am supposed to be dead.�* i personally tweeted that this was divine intervention and that has been just repeated over and over and over. something had to be and then there w

trump takes yet another victory lap in a series of truth social posts he calls the decision brilliantly written and wise and a big win for the constitution and

on his truth social account the president said, i know nothing about project 2025. i have not seen it, i have no idea who is in charge of it, and unlike our well-received republican platform had nothing to do with it.

trump also made note of the meeting on truth social, posting, there must be peace and quickly. this was orban's second time visiting mar-a-lago since march. hehas already publicly endorsed trump for president saying the presumptive gop nominee could bring an end to the war in ukraine. now, orban's visit came just days after he traveled to moscow and beijing to meet with presidents vladimir putin and xi jinping. the hungarian leader has repeatedly clashed with eu and nato allies over his often

president has actually the former president is actually just issued a statement moments ago on truth, social, i'm going to read you just a full quote of it because we're just kidding it in moments ago, he says, i want to thank the united states secret service and all of law enforcement for their rapid response on the shooting it just took place in butler, pennsylvania. most importantly, i want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the rally who was killed. and also family of another person that was badly injured. trump says, it is incredible that such an act can take place in our country. he said nothing is known at this time about the shooter who is now dead. i was shot with bullet that prc upper part of my right ear. i knew immediately that something was wrong and that i heard aid sound shot and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin, much bleeding took place. so i realized then what was happening. than an all caps. he says, god bless america and will if i do want to add to that that we did just get a statement from his son donald trump junior, as well, who

he posted on truth social. he filled in a lot of blanks for us. what did he write? >> his campaign has been all but silent tonight. the candidate himself has been speaking out on truth social in which he describes the incident from his perspective. talking about being up on stage and thinking he was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of his right here. i knew something was wrong. i heard a whizzing sound, shot, and felt the bullet ripping through the screen. much bleeding took place, he said, i realized then what had happened. the former president also thanked law enforcement and offers condolences to the person killed at the rally and another badly injured. now we know there were two people badly injured. he also talks about the idea that it's incredible an act like this can take place in our country. even he knew nothing about the shooter at the time. that has been the only communication we have gotten from donald trump directly. what more we've been able to piece together has come from his son, donald trump jr. who said he spoke with his father and he

the former president posting on his truth social account that he, quote, was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. i knew immediately that something was wrong and then i heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt a bullet ripping through the skin. this stunning photo from "the new york times" capturing what appears to be a bullet on the right-hand side of the image whizzing by the former president's ear. >> if he had not moved his head at that nick of time, it could have been a lot worse. >> mr. trump extending his condolences to the family of the person at the rally who was killed and also to the family of another person that was badly injured. >> the man beside me suffered a gunshot wound to the head. was instantly killed. >> reporter: president biden who learned about the tragic events condemned the shooting. >> there's no place in america for this kind of violence. it's sick. it's sick. it's one of the reasons why we have to unite this country. we cannot allow for this to be happening. we cannot be like this. we cannot condone this. >> reporter:

and we, we just, i just read out trump the truth, social post. uh, how much is this going to change the republican presidential campaign strategy? well, before you go to that, can we just look at the text of that that post that he sent out? i mean, this is a moment when donald trump could have been the candidate for unit 5 of the country . it could have been the moment that this he could have said despite our differences, i want to congratulate joe biden. you know, this is the, this is the moment where you shed party coats and you come together is one, but we didn't get that from donald trump. i mean, he was just blasting a bite and as if it was just any other day. and that's, i think that's, that's very disappointing. and i think a lot of people will be disappointed to see that even maybe some, maybe some of his supporters. and we saw a little bit of that with trump, with his republican convention speech trying and starting out with the unity message, right. but ending up in a morass of accusations and, and of fake elections and, and so on and s

a few hours after the shooting, trump posted on truth social, describing the moment, saying, quote, i was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. i knew immediately that something was wrong in that i heard a whizzing sound shots and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. this morning he posted another message thanking people for their prayers, adding, quote, in this moment, it is more important than ever that we stand united and show our true character as americans, remaining strong and determined and not allowing evil to win. trump said he looks forward to speaking this week from wisconsin, where the republican national convention begins tomorrow in milwaukee. as you've likely seen by now, cameras were rolling as the gunman fired shots and a chaotic scene unfolded. the fbi confirms the identity of the suspected gunman, 20 year old thomas matthew cruz of pennsylvania. he's accused of killing at least one person at the rally, two others critically wounded. still in the hospital today, crooks was killed by law enforcement. new this morning, nbc new

you have to former president and the truth social today in the deliberation and thought of the talents of the many others, he would like the person best suited to take the position is senator vance. you can see the post here coming at a moment, kristen, where we are moments away of the ticket becoming officially and no longer presumptive of former president trump now minutes away to go over the top to get enough delegates to lock up the nomination. and as others have reported that marco rubio and north dakota governor doug burgum had not been chosen and there was a residency requirement of rubio being from the same place, and not coming to a resolution for the reason he could not be the pick. >> and burgum was seen as a nomination safe and he would have never overshadowed donald trump, and the pick of j.d. vance is so fascinating, because this is the apprentice pick somehow. >> the intriguing pick. >> and he is seen as the future of the maga movement, and will this resonate with the moderates and the nikki haley voters who donald trump has to win over if he wants to win this election,

a name, truth and then they sort of quickly google that to see if there was any website called truth social. there wasn't. when they ran it by no. melania trump, she burst out laughing. being and said, turn to the people that suggested and said truth. this guy, she was shocked that he would name it. yes. yes. >> according to my reporting, david blender it's a fascinating report. everyone should read it. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us tonight. and thank you all so much for joining us here on the source, cnn news night with abby phillip starts right now tonight. >> the private fears of the trump camp why kamala harris has the ticket on edge and what he said, the former friend on the other end of texts and emails what i've theme is a chameleon revealing what j.d. vance really thought about trump

i flagged it because truth social is how trump communicated that j.d. vance was his pick. caroline: all about communication at the moment. let's go to the comerica on the ground from our -- communication on the ground from a very own joe mathieu. there was a lot to be said about the prominence of the role of j.d. vance in silicon valley, in venture capital. what are you making of it on the ground? joe: it's pretty interesting. obviously, a venture capitalist best known to many of our viewers and listeners on bloomberg, but he has also become a much louder voice when it comes to economic policy, when it comes to government spending, when it comes to crypto. it's quite be interesting to see how he gets into donald trump's head, because donald trump is not known for taking a lot of advice, in this case from a running mate. we saw these two together in the convention hall last night and it was about donald trump. j.d. vance was at his side, smiling, waving, a celebration in milwaukee. this is donald trump's convention, this is donald trump's -- ed: going to jump in because i t

you could just go over to truth social. he is not at all. he is all exactly the same. >> that is true. sort of revealing how many reporters are not reading truth social because trump has been commenting for days. his comments about project 2025 having nothing to do with him and not knowing who is behind it i think is a bit of a mistake campaign that has drawn attention that was on truth social and it took a little bit longer for it to get around the world because it is not an reporters faces every single second like twitter is. >> yes, i think that is actually been a huge, i said this before, and enormous benefit to him like the best of both worlds like he gets his weird posterior energy out and he can like rent his rants and no one reads them. which is just like, it is perfect it is like crumbling them up like little prayers to god and they just disappear. shelby, you have been writing about the platform. i think the platform is an interesting document because look, these people aren't them. they know how to read a poll. so they understand

>> donald trump has indicated that these other federal cases should be pulled off on his truth socialte as it is called, he said jill biden should call off his dogs, to quote him. i think what we will see is more delays. the judge in the case has been very thorough. some say she is holding back the trial in going through everything. i would imagine this they may be true for the case in georgia, which is also tied up with lots of legal proceedings. the estate case that remains against donald trump will very likely not be heard before the election. with this case, if donald trump wins the white house, he will appoint a new justice department and end the federal cases. >> thank you for joining us with that. in reaction to this, former president trump posted on truth social that the ruling is a big win for our constitution and democracy. the biden campaign said the ruling doesn't change the facts about what happened. a senior biden campaign advisor said donald trump snapped after he lost the 2020 election and encouraged a mob to overthrow the results of a free and fair election. the state

former president trump has now posted on social media from his truth social media from his truth socialedia account he said he wants to thank the united states secret service and all of law enforcement for the rapid response on the shooting that just took place in butler pennsylvania. most importantly i want to extend my condolences to the family the person at the rally who was and to the family of another person badly injured. it is incredible that such an act can take place in our country. nothing is known at the time about the shooter was now dead. i was shot at the bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear i knew immediately something was wrong and i heard a whizzing sound, shot and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. much bleeding took place so i realised then what was happening and he ends that post by writing god bless america. the president spoke about the incident a short time ago while he was in the state of delaware. let's now listen to that address byjoe biden. i have been thoroughly that address byjoe biden. i have been thoroughly briefed by all t

for days and comments about project 2025 having nothing to do with him -- that was on truth social, but it took longer for that to get around the world, because it is not in reporters faces every single second like twitter's. >> s and i have said this before. an enormous benefit to him. the best of both worlds where he gets his weird energy out and can rant and no one reads them, which is perfect. it is like crumpling them up like little prayers to god and they just disappeared. shelby, you and david have been writing about the platform and i think it is an interesting document. look, these people are not dumb. they understand how to read a poll. they understand that their position is not popular. they understand that cutting social security is not popular. there is clearly an effort in the platform on a bunch of key things to signal to moderates or centrists, don't worry, we are not nuts. >> at, this is the first opportunity that donald trump has had to really write the platform himself and you can see exactly how his team has tried to do that. whereas in 2016 abortion was mentione

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president trump and his legal team put out statements on truth social, president trump said this wasin o democracy. proud to be an amecan.i have you heard any statement from jack smith's office reacting to this yet? guest: i haven't. we have asked for statements. we haven't gotten any from him. obviously he is supposed to be an independent part of the executive branch, only subject to minorney general. but we dobvi in this statement from president biden, have a pretty strong denunciation of this supreme court ruling, and i jb:really fa little bit surprising that the ]<+zdÑpresident, who had earlied he wasn't commenting on federal cases and this is -- -- certainly a federal case -- he is taking a differenttement, ita conclusion by the part of the president and his attorneys that the chances of there being a jury trial i months before the election are next to nothing and therefore are any concerns about polluting the atements should take aidenti backseat to speak into the the former president's actions and the supreme court decision. seems to me that is a calculation that president bid

we also have a new truth social post from trump just moments ago posted to truth social. he said this, thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday. as it was god alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening. we will fear not, but instead remain resilient in our faith and defiant in the face of wickedness. our love goes out to the other victims and their families, we pray for the recovery of those who were wounded and hold in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was so horribly killed. in this moment it is more important than ever that that we stand the united and show our true character as americans, remaining strong and determined and not allowing evil to win. i truly love our country. and love you all. and look toward to speaking to our great nation this week from wisconsin, signed djt. rachel: wow. that is an incredible statement. you get the sense that he has reflected overnight and as a he's sort of processing this, giving thanks to god. and there's a sense of gratitude in it. what i loved about it also is his call that,s you know, it's an

you can see the moment president trump grabbed his face and duct in a post on truth social. the former president says he immediately felt the bullet ripping through his skin. secret service returned fire, killing the shooter. as secret service lifted trump up. he fist-bumped to the crowd. photos show blood on trump's face. easton smith says he was standing outside the western pennsylvania rally by the fence. probably a minute or 2 before the shooting. >> sa guy, gray shirt climbing up the metal roof on the building the he says he saw the shooter with a rifle over his shoulder. after that, a couple shots fired president biden says he's been briefed on the shooting. he cut his weekend trip to delaware short after the attack on the former president. there's no place in america. kind of violence sick. it's sick. president biden spoke with former president trump on saturday evening. the idea that there's political violence or violence in america like this is just not appropriate. >> everybody, everybody must condemning. the trump campaign says the republican national convention w

he described the moment on truth, social writing. quote i was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. i knew immediately that something was wrong and that i heard a whizzing sound shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. he thanked the secret service and law enforcement for taking down the shooter. he also offered condolences to the families of other victims, and nbc bay area's emma goss has been closely following the developments out of pennsylvania. dc beyond, you're joining us right now with the latest gia and terry. the fbi is leading the investigation into the shooting, and while they've identified the potential shooter, they are still working to determine a possible motive. it was a chaotic scene. law enforcement, i believe, acted heroically, quickly identifying and neutralizing the threat. take a look at what happened. he's bloodied, but fine. according to donald trump's recent post on truth social, after he says he was shot in the ear, forcing him to leave the stage of his rally

shortly after trump posted on truth social saying he is doing well, thanking the secret service agents that jumped in and offering condolences of the family of the rally goer who was killed. two other attendees are in critical condition. as we watched all of this unfold live, it was hard to believe we were witnessing what was really happening. >> take a look at what happened. [ sound of gunfire ] >> get down, get down. [ sound of gunfire ] [ screaming ] >> reporter: secret service agents rushed former donald trump off stage after shots were fired moments after he started speaking at the evening rally in butler county, pennsylvania. >> we had an assassination attempt against our former president donald trump. it is still an active crime scene. >> reporter: the secret service says a man attending the rally was killed. a doctor standing nearby tried to help him performing cpr. >> a guy was jammed between the benches. >> reporter: trump raised his fist as he left the stage. on his truth social site, the president said he was shot by a bullet that pierced the upper part of his right ear. i

. >> he has tweeted on truth social this morning. he also described the attack last night. he said i knew immediately that something was wrong and i had a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. this morning, the authorities have identified the gunman. 20-year-old thomas matthew crooks from bethel park, pennsylvania. records show he is a registered republican. he made a $15 donation to a fund that provides funds for democrats. >> the fbi has been trying to learn everything they can about him as a motive. one spectator was killed. and two others injured. >> with e will start with tom llamas who is in pennsylvania near the rally site, the building where the shooter was found. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you guys. just behind me is where former president trump was speaking, just underneath the american flag when the alleged assassin opened fire. the red barn with the door open, that is where law enforcement was positioned when they returned fire. we have reporting this morning that is coming in from the secret servic

in a statement on his truth social account following news of cheadle's resignation, trump says, quote, the biden-harris administration did not properly protect me and i was forced to take a bullet for democracy. it was my great honor to do so, unquote. in the meantime, president biden released a statement thanking cheadle for her service that reads in part, quote, the independent review, to get to the bottom of what happened on july 13th continues. and i look forward to assessing its conclusions. we all know what happened. that day can never happen again. nbc has learned likely democratic candidate for president kamala harris has asked to review information on five potential vice presidential candidates, including astronaut mike kelly, now a senator from arizona and michigan governor gretchen whitmer. scott mcgrew has the rest of the list i do. good morning, minnesota governor tim walz. governor roy cooper of north carolina, governor josh shapiro of the very important state of pennsylvania. here's shapiro answering reporters questions earlier this morning. president biden yesterday en

trump actually came up with a name, truth, and then they sort of quickly google that to see if there was any website called true social. there wasn't. when they ran it by no. melania trump he burst out laughing and said, turn to the people that suggested and said truth. this guy, she was shocked that he would name it. yes. yes. according to my reporting, david blender it's fascinating report everyone should read it. thank you. >> thank you for joining us tonight. thank you. >> it's a much for joining us. the news continues right here

you. >> on truth, social trump called the ruling a big win for democracy. the court's cotservative majority suggested without some immunity prosecution of ex-president could quickly become routine. the 3 liberal justices sharply disagreed. justice sonia sotomayor writing the decision, quote, makes a mockery of the principal foundational to our constitution that no man is above the law. the ruling does lee president on the hook for non official acts? but george washington university professor paul schiff, berman warns it would be difficult to separate the 2. it's hard to imagine any prosecution of a president that would not involve some intrusion on executive power. the justice department which brought these charges forward against the former president has not released a statement on this ruling. >> the case will now head back down to a lower court which will have to decipher exactly what charges fall under the category of official at an unofficial at for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> all right, another big story we're following tonight.

trump eventually deleted that video from his twitter rip-off, called truth social, which we might note to think about much longer because in the first quarter of 2024 trump's truth social lost $328 million. [cheering] first of all, ha-ha. second of all, how could they be losing money? doesn't every business want to associate their product with the "unified reich?" at the very least, they ought to be able to sell ads for mein slappen choppen. [german accent] "it invades poland und it makes delicious guacamole!" things are so bad over at truth social that in the last three months of running an actual internet thing, they brought in revenue of only $770,500. there's a 5-year-old on youtube making more than that unboxing gogurts. [applause] speaking... i could go for a -- anybody got any gogurts? speaking of failing businesses, red lobster has filed for bankruptcy! or as one employee put it: "free! i'm free!" good luck, buddy. the official reason red lobster gave for filing was "financial and operational challenges." namely that it's hard to run a business when your hands are wrapped up i

el primer testimonio del expresidente trump lo publicÓ en su red social truth social. scripciÓn lo mÁs detallada posible en una red social, pero en donde es evidente que se da cuenta de todo lo que estÁ sucediendo y lo describe a detalle. y otra vez lo que decÍamos que hemos hablado aquÍ contigo es un hombre que se ve con energÍa, que se ve activo y despierto, dispuesto a seguir la batalla. >> con energÍa desafiante. y ademÁs narra el tamaÑo del milagro que lo salvÓ porque ya lo estaban discutiendo ustedes. un balazo en la parte de arriba de la oreja derecha estÁ muy cerca de haberle cruzado la sie. entonces estÁ estarÁ sintiÉndose muy afortunado y muy bendecido. y definitivamente en estos momentos yo te digo que he hablado en el pasado con personas que han sufrido atentados y como se dice, les cae el 20 un poco mÁs tarde. al principio estÁn bien, estÁn con sus familias, hay un momento, un momento de de de angustia, pero tambiÉn de descanso, de alivio. las cosas estÁn bien, siguen pensando en dar la batalla, pero despuÉs, con el tiempo, con el paso de las horas, es cuan

former president trump reacted on truth social, saying...cbs news has also gotten some reaction from the former president. in a phone conservation with cbs news' chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa, mrtrump said... joining me is north america correspondent nomia iqbal. thank you forjoining us. much pressure had been circling around joe biden for a few weeks now since that debates in atlanta, but was there any indication that news coming today he would make that decision see mark? it today he would make that decision see mark?- today he would make that decision see mark? it is been an extraordinary _ decision see mark? it is been an extraordinary few - decision see mark? it is been an extraordinary few weeks l decision see mark? it is been| an extraordinary few weeks in us political history. as you said, on the moment the presidential debate wrapped in june, it has been huge pressure on president biden to stand aside from members of his political party, which came to a standstill with the attempted assassination of former p

we know the former president has posted on truth social that he's okay. he's been injured in his right ear. he did send condolences to the family of the person who was injured fatally. this is something that of course president biden has spoken about as well, the two of them have spoken and now, we are just 48 hours from the republican national convention, a massive event, and an event where security was already a concern and now it remains to be seen just what this means for the protection around the former president. certainly, to be escalated after this, hallie. >> dasha, thank you so much. i want to go to tom winter who is with us and you've got new details on how the shooting took place, what can you tell us? >> first i think we should get to some additional information that myself and my colleagues have been learning. the individual who is believed to have tried to shoot former president trump is somebody who is not a foreign national. there's no nexus here, we've been told, to any sort of foreign country. separately, it's possible this. -- person c

donald trump has just on truth social come out in favor of doing that, saying in light of what is goinghe world today i believe it is imperative that robert f. kennedy jr. receive secret service protection immediately. given the history of the kennedy family, this is the obvious right thing to do. so he has come out in favor of it and that kind of puts president biden's decision even more under the spotlight. this is something that rfk jr. and his supporters have been demanding and given the context it could very easily be done. >> he has been demanding this since earlier this year. i was on the campaign trail with him in the early days after he switched from democrat to independent to run third party and he has been clear that there are threats that have been made against him. while he is trying to gain ballot access across the country to be the third party contender in all 50 states, he has made clear that he has felt like the u.s. secret service protection is something that is warranted for him, his family, his campaign, and something that he is begrudged and bee moaned and knocked t

he had a couple of posts on truth social that called for unity in the country. he expressed that he is going to make that a theme here in the convention and may be making some changes based on what he says, what others are doing. he did talk about inviting nikki haley to speak and her accepting that as one with of those, those things. he praised president biden for the phone call that he gave him, made to the former president. he said it was a good conversation and, many not so many words, biden expressed condolences for the family that was lost, the comperatore family, and the former president mentioned that as a well. they talked about that, but also that the president was lucky that he turned to the side. so he praised president biden for that. he's worried about, you know, how things are going to develop in the country, but he said that he was really pleased with how the secret services acted and thinks that the convention's going to go on as scheduled. and if he's on his way here to milwaukee. martha: well, he's one tough guy. i think anybody if who watches

president trump posted this on truth social.teresting delaying the trip but he said he will not allow a potential as as sin to force a schedule change. he said he will rewrite his speech to focus on unity, writing unite america. former white house press secretary jen psaki sa i says ip to republicans to tone down the rhetoric, he despite the attack on trump. >> the convention is changing. unless it changes, the programming on how it's set up is not calming the tone or restoring civility. for anyone who thinks the moment is to be political and attack the other party, you are feeding into the danger. you are making it more likely there's retaliation. maria: and joining me right now live from the rnc here in wisconsin is wisconsins congressman, scott fitzgerald. a member of the house financial services and judiciary committees, congressman, thanks very much for being with us. >> you bet. maria: what did you make of what you heard from jen psaki, she's putting it on republicans, tone down your rhetoric. >> it's unbelievable. as a me

trump announcing on truth social saying j.d.ill continue to fight for our constitution, stand with our troops and do everything he can to help me make america great again. advance spoke with sean hannity about his history with president trump. >> i was skeptical of trump in 2016, but president trump was a great president and changed my mind and changed the minds of millions of americans. it is good when you see somebody, you are wrong about them, admit you were wrong. i have the vision and the agenda aligned with president trump to make the american worker better off, bring peace to the world and advance an against for american citizens. we have president biden slamming trump's newly selected running mate. >> he is a clone of trump on the issue, i don't see a difference. >> brooke: amber rose took the stage. >> i'm a mother, my whole world revolving around providing for my children, keeping them safe and giving them a opportunity for a better life, something that unites all american pa parents, we all want a better country for o

he said on truth social.r lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, i've decided that the person best suited to assume the position of vice president of the us is senator jd vance of the great state of ohio. we should note that vance is a millennial, 39 years old now, a trump loyalist who's challenged the legitimacy of criminal prosecutions and civil verdicts against the former president. we're monitoring reaction to this choice. one of the biggest questions that was left in the 2024 race for the white house. that news came just moments before former president trump received enough convention delegates to become the official republican presidential nominee. inside the convention hall, delegates flanked by make america great again signs cheered wildly. a state after state voted their support for mr. trump's second term. we will continue to follow the latest developments from the republican national convention in milwauke. we'll bring you much more today at four. a

we have had more comments from former president trump on his truth social website. former president trumppresident trump on his truth social website. he said thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday as it was god alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening. we will fair or not but instead remain resilient and our faith and defiant in the face of wickedness. 0ur faith and defiant in the face of wickedness. our love goes out to other victims and their families. we pray for the recovery of those who were wounded and hold in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was so horribly killed. in this moment it is more important than ever that we stand united and show our true character as americans, remaining strong and determined and not allowing evil to win. i truly love our country and —— and love you all and look forward to speaking to our great nation this week from wisconsin. just to make a point perhaps in the rhetoric and that statements, i suppose it could be described as quite calm, he is calling for unity, talking about being strong and determined. there was

he took to "truth social" sent out a two word "truth social" it was unity now. we'll see with the messaging is from the president tonight from the oval office there was also this analysis from brit hume earlier today on newsroom. >> i guess we can hope and pray for some relief from this poisonous political atmosphere we have been living a nap for quite some time. we live in an age of exaggeration in which everything is pushed out to its possible outer limits. nobody is dangerous, they are all hitler we can hope we can turn the temperature down but the country is deeply divided. passions are very intense. my concern is this will tamp things down for a while but it tends to wear off and we are back to where we were. >> i'm sure there are so many americans right now in this moment having very similar thoughts. cox i am sure there are. i remember in 2016 when donald trump was having his first republican convention. typically the nominee for the presumed nominee stays under wraps until thursday, the last day there's a big unveiling. trent came at on the stage on the

point at the moment that she saw that blood come out of his ear that we now know from his own truth social post was a bullet grazing his ear. she says if he hadn't turned his head at that very moment, things could have been very different for the former president. and the current republican candidate for president of the united states, lester. >> i think anybody who looks at that picture comes to the same conclusion, how close this was. thank you. >>> rico emlore was at the trump rally. he said he saw someone get hit by gunfire and rushed to their side. he joins me on the phone. where were you in relation to the president? >> i was 15 to 20 feet to the president's right. i spoke today with a few other friends of mine. we were speaking as well. >> as the shots rang out, did you identify them as shots right away? how did you react? >> so part of me thought they were fireworks. it was like a split mental thought because i'm like, oh. you can't have a gun or anything in this area because of the security measure that's are in place. it is impossible. so my brain says that's a firework going off

we have reaction from the president himself on his truth social, former president, i should say. donald trump weighing in on his truth social account calling it a big win for our constitution and democracy. proud to be an american says former president donald trump. we went back and highlighted this portion about motive in the ruling as andy and jonathan were pointing out earlier. this is specifically what it says. if dividing official from unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into the president's motives. such a highly intrusive inquiry would risk exposing even the most obvious instances of official conduct through jude ilks examination on the mere allegation of improper purpose. obviously a key point in this ruling. >> i think they want to get to just looking at the official act itself. is it official? is it unofficial? are they part of the core duties of what a president is doing? there is a lot of worry, can these things be used politically. a political motivation rather than a legal one. an enterprising prosecute whore in a new administration may assert the president v