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US ELECTION 2024 NEW MISS TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT 7 News Spotlight: Donald Trump shot: 7NEWS Spotlight in-depth coverage of the assassination attempt. Others killed and wounded. PLAY YOUTUBE VIDEO Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPDRx3bcYcE Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
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Watch 7NEWS nightly at 6pm and weekdays at 11:30am and 4pm on Channel 7 and 7plus. #trump #donaldtrumpnews #americanpolitics #assassinationattempt Transcript 0:04 if you want to really see a moment that has shocked the world Donald Trump centimeters from Death tonight we look at how a shooter got this close to killing not only a former president but perhaps the next president of the United States with stunning new insights from Trump's former staffers a former secret service agent and a former FBI hostage negotiator this is a special LIVE edition of 7 News Spotlight good evening I'm Michael aser and welcome to this special edition of Spotlight coming to you live well what an extraordinary day it has been a typical Donald Trump rally in pensilvania took a dramatic turn just minutes before 6:15 p.m. local time when multiple shots rang out the former president centimeters from being killed hit by a bullet this is how events unfolded no I love this is a big crowd this is a big big beautiful crowd 1:30 and then the worst president in the history of our country took over and look what happened to our country 1:37 probably 20 million 1:45 people take a look at what happened 2:01 Mo hold hold when you're ready on you 2:07 move down we good 2:14 to get my get my got you sir I got you let me get my 2:20 shoes we got to move to 2:27 the watch out so we got to wait wait 2:58 wait get here get over here we heard gunshots 3:07 there I don't know Trump is standing Trump is standing horrifying I mean I was it the 3:15 shot I mean and then the stuff was coming off the side um for people to do this I don't know it's just I it's 3:23 stunning it's absolutely stunning 3:30 I heard the shots um I um I thought it was firecrackers to begin with uh 3:35 somebody over there was screaming he shot he's been 3:40 shot it was bullets I mean it wasn't it wasn't firecrackers I mean they weren't they weren't super loud shots but you 3:46 could tell they were they were you know you could hear Landing the ammunition 3:52 Landing all of a sudden somebody hollers get down on the ground and everybody's going down on the ground as low as they 3:58 can get the bullets rattling around the grand stand one hit the speaker tower 4:04 and then chaos broke we hit the ground and the police converged to the grand stand then the Secret Service comes 4:11 running up through and says everybody out get out of here now guys take the road take the road it was just complete 4:22 panonia you're in any situations a second feels like it's an hour half the the crowd was in shock and the other 4:28 half thought it was some type of weird joke 4:34 he's we noticed the guy crawling bear crawling up the roof of the building 4:41 beside us 50 ft away from us we're pointing at the guy crawling up the roof and he had a gun right he had a rifle we 4:47 could clearly see him with a rifle absolutely the police are down there running around on the ground we're like 4:53 hey man there's guy on the roof with a rifle and the police were like huh what you know like like they didn't know what 4:59 was going on you know we're like hey right here on the roof we can see him from right here we see him you know he's 5:05 he's crawling and next thing you know I'm like I'm thinking to myself I'm like why 5:10 is Trump still speaking why have they not pulled him off the 5:17 stage you're pretty sure they they they shot the guy absolutely 100% yep you saw 5:23 that happen yep yep okay yep and did you see them go up to him afterwards or they 5:29 yeah they cross Up on the Roof they had their guns pointed out and make sure he was dead he was dead and that was it it 5:34 was over so I made my way over uh I said I'm 5:41 an emergency department phys let me help you the guy had spun around was jammed 5:46 between the benches he had a head shot here there's lots of blood then I jump 5:51 over the the barrier and put my hand on the guy's head to think that they came 5:57 here um with with a smile and hope uh today only to um not be able to leave 6:04 here today to go home to their loved ones is is is uh sombering and then I helped carry the 6:10 body of the man down out of the bleachers and they took him to a tent uh behind the bleachers we put a towel over 6:16 his head but he he's 6:23 diseased thanks for coming folks I've been thoroughly briefed by all the 6:28 agencies in fedal government as to the situation based on what we know 6:33 now there's no place in America for this kind of violence it's sick it's 6:40 sick we cannot allow for this to be happening we cannot be like this we 6:45 cannot condone this pray for our nation pray for the individuals here whose lives were upended today because of uh 6:51 this this violence I'll tell you what it's only going to cause more division in this country because of the people 6:57 that support president Trump and there's enough already you're going to see 7:04 more the attempted assassination was the work of 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks krooks who was armed with a rifle 7:11 and fired multiple shots as we heard in those reports there was killed by Secret Service sniper moments after the 7:18 assassination attempt just milliseconds in fact laying on the roof of that building outside of the Cordon rally 7:23 area the gunman was some meters away about 139 M from Donald Trump Witnesses 7:29 say they saw the suspected shooter climbing up on the roof of the nearby building with his assault style rifle 7:35 and they alerted police about that Crooks were told lived at bethl Park 7:40 about an hour south of Butler the town where the rally was he's believed to have graduated from the local high school there in 2022 earning himself a 7:47 national maths and science initiative award it is almost 7: a.m. on America's East Coast now the scene of the 7:53 assassinated uh attempted assassination let's try and go to it Michael yida from CNN is there in Butler Pennsylvania uh 8:01 Michael thanks so much for joining our program this evening we know that one person attending the rally was killed an 8:06 update on the others who were injured plays hey good morning Michael uh at 8:14 this point we know you mention it that one attendee killed the two others at last check with officials critically 8:22 injured officials not going into a lot of details beyond that but they have confirmed all three were adult men 8:29 obviously they're attending to support uh former president Donald Trump at this 8:34 rally uh hoping to get more information as the day goes on here he had mentioned it it's early in the morning here at 8:40 this point uh still a very active scene here still a lot of road closures a lot of police investigators on the scene but 8:47 uh last check those two who were critically injured uh that's the latest update we have but we do know a lot of 8:54 support from around the country probably from around the world for those involved in in this attempted assassination those 9:01 who were injured uh uh a GoFundMe page has been set up uh already this morning 9:06 hundreds of thousands of dollars have been raised to support those victims and their families yeah and behind you there 9:14 U Michael that is an active crime scene forensically they have to find the bullets search for all the evidence to 9:19 put together the case there are now active investigations into all of this but on President Trump himself he's 9:24 returned to New Jersey he did that overnight the vision we saw was him coming down the rear of his plane getting into his motorcade an update on 9:31 him how he's feeling any more word out of the Trump Camp 9:37 Michael yeah so latest from them you mention it we saw him return back to New Jersey early this morning uh he has put 9:43 out some statements his campaign as well talking about it was uh the upper part of that right ear that uh that was hit 9:49 by that bullet uh we're told uh he's doing fine um and that the plan right now still obviously the Republican 9:57 National Convention a major event set to happen this week in Milwaukee here in 10:02 the United States that's where he'll formally accept uh to be the nominee uh for the Republican party for this year's 10:08 presidential um election uh all of that set to be going on um hearing from those 10:15 who have spoken with the former president uh appears to be be in good spirits given everything that has 10:21 happened obviously security going to be upped though uh as we head into this week Michael isid really good of you to 10:27 join us tonight from CNN thank thank you for that from the scene where that assassination attempt happened now 10:34 tonight we'll be hearing from a woman who knows Donald Trump better than most a former secret service agent and a man 10:40 who was a top FBI hostage negotiator and we also have a panel of experts who can share their unique insights across all 10:47 the key issues Professor Simon Jackman is a political scientist from the University of Sydney and Kim hogard was 10:54 a press secretary and Senior advisor to presidents Ronald Reagan and George J W 10:59 bush really good to have you both here at the desk tonight thank you both uh Kim I'll start with you first now that 11:05 we've had a bit of time to digest all of this and understand it America's gone to bed uh they're certainly contemplating what has happened in their country your 11:12 take on exactly what has happened here well I'm sure I share the same uh shock 11:18 and sadness that a lot of Australians would be thinking today and certainly a lot of if not most Americans to see this 11:25 happen again in the United States of course uh I was present uh or working in 11:32 the White House when Ronald Reagan's assassination attempt occurred and uh I 11:37 had hoped that we wouldn't be seeing a scene like that ever again so it's very unfortunate that this has happened but 11:44 there has been a lot of Discord and disharmony and anger in the United States for many many years given you 11:50 were in the White House at that time that is a fascinating perspective what are what are the shock waves like when you get that news about an assassination 11:57 attempt well it's chaotic it's confusion it's uncertainty and even on the part of 12:05 the secret service at the time uh when they threw him into the car after the 12:11 shooting by a single loone uh gunman uh which injured three other people uh 12:18 includ seriously including my direct boss the press secretary James Brady paralyzed in fact wasn't he yes was shot 12:25 in the head but Reagan was thrown into the car the Secret Service weren't sure that he had been shot and it wasn't 12:32 until he coughed up blood that they changed direction from going to the White House to going directly to the 12:37 hospital emergency room so from that point on there was a lot of chaos there was chaos in the government uh with 12:44 certain cabinet members coming in over to the White House to declare that they were in charge and yeah that's right 12:51 there a lot going on quite a large KnockOn effect um soimon as we saw with Ronald Reagan I mean he was treated in 12:56 hospital and obviously put on a brave public face but it rocked him heavily it left him in some Shock and very nervous 13:01 about public appearances and putting other people In Harm's Way from that point onwards what do we think Donald Trump will do in terms of changing his 13:08 behavior or not after this I'm betting not Michael um that was an act of 13:14 defiance as we saw him come off stage uh the fist bump and the yelling fight to 13:19 his to to to his audience there we are two days away from the start of the Republican convention I think Donald 13:25 Trump has some big choices to make about how to play this once he gets over what must be at a personal level and 13:32 Incredibly shocking event but it's all about the politics and in particular all 13:38 about this next big set piece in the American political calendar Trump the coronation of trump as the party's 13:44 nominee happens this week in Milwaukee how they choose to play this moment I 13:49 think is is incredibly important do they escalate the rhetoric of division and start blaming the other side for this or 13:56 do they say this wasn't just an attack on Donald Trump this was an attack on the Democratic process perhaps steer the 14:02 rhetoric in that way and perhaps letting Karma heads prevail rather than upping the an question for both of you I guess 14:08 I mean the early commentary during the day of all of this was this puts him in the white house it is now absolutely 14:14 given this propels him all the way with popular support but but is that the case as it's sunk in a bit now and we 14:20 understand what's happened in America we saw Joe Biden come out calmly you know the commander-in chief the calm leaderin 14:27 Chief and make some comments out afterwards Kim your views on that does this Propel Donald Trump or does America sit back and just wonder what angry 14:34 stage it's got to I think it's a little bit of both to be honest it's a little bit hard at this stage of the campaign 14:41 to say that this is going to uh predict a trajectory to to the Oval Office for 14:47 for Donald Trump there's a lot of time and investigation to go on between now and then but it certainly is initially a 14:55 boost particularly leading into the Republican National convention where the 15:00 spotlight would have been on their party platform the divisions uh that that causes and instead there's going to be 15:08 as Simon pointed out a a defiant attitude and I think that will be carried you know imagery is very 15:14 important to former president Trump and that image of him standing bloodied and 15:20 defiant with his fist in the air is going to be a theme I think that's going to carry through the week ahead there's 15:25 a campaign poster right there isn't it I mean some of the imagery just extraordinary on on that point I mean 15:31 there are just iconic images that have been taken out of the day uh the photographer who took that photo in fact of trump has spoken about the moment of 15:37 the shooting his name is Evan vuci from Australian a rather Associated Press have a listen to this describing the 15:57 moment 16:27 e e 17:07 there you go Simon Donald Trump despises the the mainstream media but there's a a fast thinking photojournalist working in 17:13 the moment to capture what will be historic uh moments on his camera there what does that image do and help Donald 17:21 Trump oh that has become in a matter of hours perhaps one of the most famous photographs in American political 17:27 history uh it is on the landing page of every met organization in the world if it's not on the landing page of the 17:34 Trump campaign um it soon will be and expect that image to figure prominently 17:39 and a video package of multiple video packages around these events to be a big 17:45 piece of the Republican National Convention this is an image of a defiant virile politically courageous president 17:53 in Waiting former president waiting to be a president uh Elon Musk on the back of that photograph declar cled Trump to 18:00 be the most courageous president since Theodore Roosevelt um uh and future 18:05 Generations will point to that photograph that will be the photograph that the history books take when they 18:12 when they talk about Donald Trump as well all right Simon Kim stay with us there's still plenty to examine in this special edition of Spotlight still to 18:22 come how on Earth did a shooter get so close to Donald Trump next a former 18:27 Secret Service a joins us live Plus on alert how many potential Shooters is the 18:34 FBI tracking later a woman who knows Donald 18:39 Trump better than most beneath the Bluster how will this day really affect 18:45 the former president 19:07 good to have you company this Sunday evening and welcome back to this special LIVE edition of Spotlight the assassination attempt on Donald Trump 19:13 has raised a lot of questions about the failures of the Secret Service how did it get it so wrong while the FBI spoke 19:19 to Media a few hours after Donald Trump was shot the Secret Service remains silent he's part of that statement by 19:25 the FBI and I want to let the public know that the FBI has deployed a number of 19:32 our resources including investigative agents our evidence Response Team bomb 19:39 technicians and we have additional resources coming from other field offices as well as from FBI 19:47 headquarters including our evidence response from quono 19:55 Virginia Cory Allen is a former secret service agent and joins me live from San Francisco now Cory good to have you on 20:00 our program thank you for having me let me ask you this and at the beginning of the day and all the coverage it seemed like 20:07 the Secret Service had done exactly the right thing by the book by the end of the day serious questions about their actions what do you think 20:14 happened uh let me just start out with I do not speak for the Secret Service I left the agency about five years ago so 20:20 I I'm not speaking for them and in no way do I represent them but uh the end of the day it looks like there was a a 20:26 breakdown in the security plan um and hearing reports it's only 400 am. here in San Francisco it sounds like you know 20:33 somebody was scaling the building and and the word of mouth didn't get back fast enough for somebody to to affect uh 20:40 what needed to be done to ensure that this wasn't the end result the reports that we had earlier and I've been 20:45 hosting our coverage throughout the day said that people certainly saw the shooter climb onto the roof do a bear 20:51 craw get in position very clearly had an assault weapon and that local police around that shed or that warehouse 20:57 building knew the messaging didn't get through to the Secret Service there was a breakdown in the security perimeters 21:04 there and we're only talking about 130 odd meters away what went wrong there do you 21:10 think probably Mass confusion whether because security is like a layer of an onion so your outer rings and it gets as 21:17 you get closer and closer to the Secret Service because they only have you know limited agents and and officers that that work these details they rely 21:23 heavily on State and local police officers for assistance uh so it sounds like whether there's radio 21:29 communications that broke down but as soon as somebody was alerted you know that there was a subject climbing up the 21:34 building with a rifle um it just didn't get back to the Secret Service quick enough and and I'm not privy to the 21:41 inside information on who the who's and the WIS and the wise um but at the end of the day I think it's it's apparent 21:47 that that's probably what occurred is just there was confusion on who should be acting who should be addressing the 21:54 situation right then and there uh and unfortunately it elevated to the point that it did so with your experience then 21:59 do you believe there's been a failing at the Secret Service there was a failure in in the 22:06 security plan yeah and we don't know whose fault that is and there will be as the FBI's pointed out a thorough and 22:12 comprehensive investigation to comb through all of this to figure out where that breakdown occurred and why and as 22:18 somebody who handled shooting on the White House grounds in 2016 that was my investigation uh these things can take a 22:24 lot of time uh to come through and figure out what happened and at the end of the day ensure this does not occur 22:31 again obviously it's been 43 years since the assassination attempt on Reagan and 22:36 this is worst case scenario for Secret Service agents you know you go through all this training to make sure and 22:42 mitigate any risk that is apparent and this is like worst case scenario and thank heavens that uh former president 22:49 Trump is okay unfortunately obviously somebody else lost their life um but this is a a bad day for that as a former 22:57 president he carried is an extensively strong Secret Service detail as the 23:02 potential candidate he had extra security in your view did he have enough security around him on this day and 23:08 going forward what happens to that level of security now I'm sure it's as I was listening to 23:14 your broadcast earlier it's going to be amped up more more support more assets are going to be added 23:19 unquestionably um the gun violence that plagues the US um as we know we're we 23:24 known around Renown around the world for that unfortunately um is now hitting to that level and yeah 23:32 there additional assets has to be have to be added um to make sure this does not ever happen again and and what can 23:38 we learn from it I mean I mean we know about Donald Trump's strong character and him taking advantage of this moment 23:45 the fight fight fight he was defiant and strong in the very short minutes after this all happened does Donald Trump take 23:52 the advice of the Secret Service then might they say to him look tone down the public rallies don't do it you've had 23:57 one attempt you're a very very lucky man you were centimeters away from potentially taking a Bullet to the Head 24:02 does he listen to you think or does he go back to his people your guess is as good as mine on 24:08 on what he chooses to do uh certainly the the rhetoric across the board would 24:14 help for all of us on both sides and and just in general for all of us to tone down the rhetoric and employe active 24:20 listening and learn how to talk to each other again regardless of the political spectrum of just our day-to-day lives 24:26 and the proliferation of social media and people just not knowing how to interact with anybody anymore I think it's part of the problem but whether he 24:33 heeds advice or not unfortunately that's that's up to them and and we'll see what happens well you've conducted as you 24:39 mentioned one inquiry into the Secret Service action before no doubt you'll be watching this one with close interest 24:44 Cory Allen good to have you with us tonight and thank you for joining us thank you for having me well today's 24:49 assassination attempt on Donald Trump is the first of its kind as Corey was mentioning in the era of social media 24:55 the former president Trump had barely left the stage before social platforms went into meltdown with unfiltered wild 25:02 and imaginative theories I have told you for months on air they're going to try to kill Trump 25:08 and when they try to kill Trump they're going to go after everybody else that is his top supporters your 25:14 fault this is your fault it is their fault this is your hey I would like to thank the 25:21 powers who thought that would be a great idea to try to uh harm president Trump 25:27 we'd like to thank you for the house the Senate and the presidency if you ask me something 25:34 smells a little fishy with this Donald Trump situation so let's talk about it 25:39 just wait until we know who the shooter was then it's going to get really bad the left is perfectly happy to commit 25:46 political violence and they just tried to assassinate Donald Trump two words for everyone just two words false 25:54 Flags so apparently someone tried to um pew pew Trump and I'm just curious as to 26:02 how long before he tries to use this moment to relate to black folks again 26:07 this pretty much guarantees Trump the presidency I don't see anybody going up against a guy who says hey you know what 26:13 I took it in the ear for this country I survived I stood up and I raised my fist 26:18 in defiance I have never been more sure of who I'm going to vote for because 26:23 there is no way I'm voting for the side that tries to murder the president 26:31 Simon and Kim at the desk with me Simon to you first social media's obviously changed all the narratives around political campaigns around the world 26:37 especially in the United States um the information that's out there and sometimes the misinformation so hard to 26:43 control now in any set of circumstances but particularly with an event like this 26:49 which plays into the load Stone of conspiracy theory in American culture 26:54 that is the Kennedy assassination of course even the Lincoln assassination an 27:00 attempted assassination of a president um turns up the volume on this sort of 27:06 stuff immensely and indeed therefore I think turns up the obligation on mainstream media and on responsible 27:12 political leaders Donald Trump himself and again back to All Eyes being on how they set the tone for the country and 27:20 indeed for the for the globe as as we react to this uh at the convention over the next couple of days Kim if there 27:25 were levels of misinformation before they're about to go through the roof now I guess everyone's got an opinion as we saw in some of the social media posts 27:32 there um it makes getting the truth through in an election campaign particularly as contentious as this in 27:38 the states extremely difficult doesn't it it's nearly impossible Michael I really don't know how not only the 27:46 United States but other countries including Australia handle this problem 27:51 particularly without regulation you know none of our elected officials have really grasped the enormity of not just 27:58 the internet but now social media on our society it's it's massive and it's 28:04 uncontrollable and until there is some sensible regulation we'll be dealing with this misinformation 28:11 disinformation for the rest of our lives and God forbid what happens when AI 28:17 becomes as relevant as social media that's rapid isn't it yes so I think 28:23 that as Simon said leadership is very important but even leadership is having a hard time getting its messages across 28:30 because people don't agree on what the facts are anymore let's have a look at some of the the quotes that came out fairly quickly after this incident today 28:37 uh some Republicans blaming President Biden for the assassination attempt Congressman margorie Taylor green posted 28:44 on social media that Democrats wanted this to happen they've wanted Trump gone for years and they're prepared to do 28:50 anything uh to make that happen the senator J D Vance I'll quote this uh 28:55 today is not just some isolated incident the central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump 29:01 is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all cost that rhetoric led directly to president Trump's attempted 29:07 assassination uh today uh those comments are just inflammatory aren't they I mean 29:12 this is going to completely skew the entire election campaign and if Joe Biden thought he had problems with his 29:18 own party backing him uh he's now got everyone reactivated against him from the other side as well it's like the 29:24 part calling the kettle black because it's really hard to understand how 29:30 Republicans can come out with those sorts of accusations when we've had on the other 29:36 side former presidents Obama and Bush we had vice president Harris the leaders in 29:43 the house and the Senate all coming out on the Democrat side with expressions of 29:49 concern for the former president and uh condoning saying that they do not 29:56 condone political violence and that this is not acceptable so we're getting two 30:02 different reactions again I get back to the leadership question as Simon mentioned 30:07 Donald Trump has to be the one that set the tone for the for the uh Republicans 30:14 and hopefully other Republicans will be coming out and and uh uh joining 30:20 Democrats in telling the country to calm down let's investigate what's happened 30:25 no pointing fingers and no blaming you know in the Reagan Era there wasn't this 30:31 lack of bipartisanship as exists today in America and that's going to be very 30:36 difficult it has all but disappeared hasn't it yes all right Kim Simon stay with us still to come on this special edition of 30:43 Spotlight up next America often forgotten history of 30:49 presidential assassinations I coughed Blood Plus former Aid and friend of 30:55 Donald Trump omos is here ready to call it as she sees 31:09 it watch 31:24 out you're watching a live addition of Spotlight well a lot of us have been surprised to learn today that 31:30 assassinations and assassination attempts on US presidents aren't uncommon politics is very dangerous in 31:35 the United States of America four US presidents have been 31:41 assassinated while in office Abraham lincol in 1865 James Garfield in 31:48 1881 William McKinley in 1901 and the crowd is absolutely going 31:54 wild this is a friendly crowd in downtown d the most recent was on November 22 32:02 1963 when President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas several 32:08 shots were fired as President Kennedy's murder Cade passed through downtown 32:13 Dallas President Kennedy died at approximately 1:00 Central Standard 32:20 time that we can start to work together we are a great country and a compassionate country and I intend to 32:26 make that my basis were running and over the period of 5 years later President Kennedy's brother Robert F Kennedy a 32:33 presidential candidate was shot dead in Los Angeles California she went through a side door into a hotel kitchen and 32:40 there it happened 32:47 oh he was 42 President Gerald Ford a republican 32:54 would survive two assassination attempts in the same month another person a redheaded woman moved toward him 33:01 president made a motion like this as if he'd been punched or pinched or something September 33:08 1975 the president was leaving the St Francis Hotel after his last scheduled 33:15 appearance president appeared stunned momentarily but he was not hit he was quickly pushed into a crouching position 33:22 into his limousine and in moments the motorcade was underway rushing away from the trouble area toward the 33:32 airport in 1981 John hinley Jr fired several shots at President Ronald Reagan 33:39 details are very sketchy at this moment we don't know precisely what happened we don't know the sequence Reagan would 33:46 spend time in hospital but survived the attempt on his life I coughed and I had 33:53 a handful of bright red frothy blood 34:03 it's The Gunshot that reverberated around the world so what is happening at the FBI right now Phil Andrew is a 34:09 former FBI hostage negotiator and joins us live from Chicago now I feel good to 34:15 have your company on Spotlight this evening what would be happening inside the FBI now they're taking the lead on this 34:21 investigation they are gathering all the physical evidence as well as any digital evidence there is going to be lots and 34:28 lots of photographs film audio and then they're going to be interviewing some 34:33 witnesses in this case we've already identified the perpetrator um he is 34:38 deceased but there's going to be a uh investigation that leaves no stone 34:45 unturned turning up his past his associates any kind of financial support 34:50 what he did on social media we're going to learn a lot more about this individual in the coming days in this 34:56 electronic social media all the online platforms is it easier for the FBI to find a motive a reason why or 35:05 harder well it can often be buried with lots of digital evidence all of that has 35:11 to be reviewed it has to be received information's going to be coming in from the public and at a rally of that size 35:19 you're going to have potentially hundreds if not potentially thousands of 35:24 different Vantage points we've already seen that a photographer actually 35:31 captured potentially the the trajectory of the bullet the bullet passing behind 35:36 with a high-speed camera so all of that is going to be helpful to the investigation so I'm not sure that it's 35:43 easier or harder the volume is greater but then the value of that tends to be 35:49 better because there's so much what if what if this young shooter is just a a lone Soul operator um finding his motive 35:57 might be trying to grab like a column of smoke what if he isn't connected to organizations that can be found does 36:03 that make it extra difficult for the FBI well we don't know at this point but 36:09 what we do know is that this is a young person they had to access and secure a 36:15 weapon they had to have some sort of plan in place and they will have touched 36:20 a store a toll booth um they will have been seen by others there may be just 36:28 ancillary pictures being taken even the selfie of you know some happy rally 36:34 attenders may have a photo of this individual in the back and what we do know is some of the crowd had had 36:41 identified this person as being on a rooftop before shots were taken so all 36:47 of that might have produced some digital evidence and certainly some eyewitness evidence I would imagine that the FBI 36:54 would be tracking certain people with plans to assassinate political figures perhaps they're noisier in their Communications or social connections and 37:01 those intentions become known um I'd imagine also it's the something the FBI spends a lot of time working on would 37:07 this person on the brief understanding that we have of him have been on any uh alert radar of the 37:13 FBI absolutely so the Secret Service maintains um great insights into those 37:20 that have threatened presidential protectees as well as um potential 37:27 working with local law enforcement to identify people who might have problems 37:32 and they do this as part of the advance of setting up the security for this so there's going to be a very very careful 37:39 analysis of what went right and what went wrong in this in this particular 37:45 incident clearly that this gunman got within hundreds of feet and on a rooftop 37:52 was that part of the secure area whose responsibility was it to review that um 37:59 it does look like the countermeasures were deployed very quickly and very effectively but there's going to be a 38:06 lot of scrutiny on how quickly the response was and why this wasn't 38:12 identified or prevented in the first place all right Phil Andrew good to have your Insight former FBI agent thank you 38:18 for that this evening okay let's return to our panel now um Kim let me ask you about this we saw the vision of Ronald 38:24 Reagan before in the previous package in the history of assassinations and atts in the United States did he ever talk 38:29 about that attempt on his life uh with all of you after the fact we heard some of the public comments and he was at a 38:35 good bit of wit on most of the stories to lift it up a bit what did he talk about with all of you well when he was 38:41 first shot of course he tried to reassure not just the staff but the entire country if not the world with his 38:48 comments uh as he was entering the hospital which he tried to walk into the hospital but collapsed but upon seeing 38:56 his wife wife Nancy who had been rushed over from the White House and had been 39:02 obviously frightened to death and she was Ashen face and he looked at her and he just smiled and said honey I forgot 39:09 to duck and those were some of the first words coming out of his mouth that reverberated around the country and 39:15 calmed everyone down that okay maybe he's going to be okay because the extent of his injuries really weren't known at 39:21 that time uh so it it is confronting to watch this footage sure uh and of you 39:29 know the uh at that time there was so much confusion and uncertainty uh about the other people 39:36 who were shot as well so it it it's a it's unfortunate that that America is 39:43 going through this period and has forgotten this part of its history its 39:48 relatively recent history did it change him he not in in the sense that he 39:55 decided he couldn't be as free as he wanted to be he stopped going to church on Sundays because he didn't want to uh 40:03 put anyone at risk he didn't want inconvenience parishioners with going through security checks we had an 40:09 enormous change in security where he couldn't do rope lines anymore couldn't shake hands with people you know the the 40:17 Secret Service were very very nervous uh every time so there was this tension 40:22 between staff and security wanting to get him out and then wanting to keep him 40:28 in in Cotton wall yeah all right Kim thank you for that uh we're going to analyze this a bit further stay with us 40:33 for this special edition of Spotlight up next Omarosa knows Donald 40:39 Trump better than most how she believes he's really coping after the assassination attempt 41:08 welcome back to Spotlight this Sunday evening there is no doubt the events of the day would have had a profound impact 41:13 on many of us but what about Donald Trump Omarosa Newman was a close associate of the former president first 41:19 as a contestant on The Apprentice and then as an adviser during his presidency and happy to sayos has joins us now live 41:26 from Los Vegas good to have your company again this evening you know better Donald Trump probably better than most 41:32 how does this change him or does it change him do you think you know thinking about Donald and 41:39 how this would impact him it would certainly in my opinion make him a bit more defiant yes and a bit more 41:46 combative if you can imagine that I mean we are on the eve of his nomination to become the Republican nominee and this 41:55 assassination attempt happened so it has to shake him right at the very core 42:00 Donald Trump doesn't like to be out of control and certainly these are events that he could never anticipate and that 42:07 will rattle him in a way that I don't think that many other things can we know that his children have a high level of 42:13 influence uh around him are very close Inner Circle what might they be saying to him do you think you know I thought 42:20 about that a lot because of how so many of them would run to his Aid and want to 42:25 be close to him but from what I understand from insiders they were asking for a bit of a distance that 42:31 Donald had to kind of hunker down a bit so they can assess his security plans and make sure that he had enough 42:38 security around him going forward and of course some changes that were made by the UN United States Secret Service but 42:45 I know that Tiffany for instance is very sensitive to the things that happens with her father uh Ivanka would be a bit 42:53 more H stoic in her approach but she too of course but want to be close to him 42:58 and comfort him the boys are always near to make sure that they're uh Staffing 43:04 him and aiding him and advising him that's Don Jr and Eric of course and baron hasn't taken much of a role in uh 43:12 the campaign show I'm certain that he'll be concerned about his father but certainly Melania would keep him at a 43:18 great distance from any of this that would cause any pain or suffering to his 43:23 children Roa from first hearing about it your immediate reaction to now a bit of 43:28 time to digest it and think about it all what do you make of the timeline today and your reactions during that 43:34 period you know I've been working at this level of politics for about 20 43:40 years and it's shocking um to even think 43:45 that someone would be so bold and so audacious to try to take the life of a former US president and a current 43:53 Presidential nominee um it really just shook me as well to the core no matter 44:00 what side of the aisle you're on whether you're a Republican or Democrat independent or Progressive there is no 44:07 place in US politics for violence and so I hope that going forward that there are 44:14 some adjustments to not just some of the actions but the words because Donald 44:19 would have to realize that words have consequences and you're not really sure how people react to the things that he 44:26 is saying and sometimes the words that he says Michael quite frankly incite 44:32 people to act or react in different ways it's good advice I just wonder whether there's that reflection there tonight 44:38 he's in his uh New Jersey uh house where he went straight to after leaving the rally and I don't know perhaps a night 44:45 to sleep about it some close counsil around it might lead to that reflection we'll have to see I'm maros and new good 44:51 to talk to you again thanks for joining us and you too as well Michael we'll have more of this special LIVE edition 44:56 of spotlight in just a 45:20 moment 45:25 American 45:55 e 46:25 e 46:55 e 47:25 e 47:55 e e 48:56 out 49:05 down out the voices of the Secret Service and 49:11 Donald Trump in that audio there welcome back the attempt at assassination of Donald Trump has certainly rocked America and shocked the world let's get 49:18 some final thoughts from Kim and Simon who've been with us here at the desk this evening Simon I might start with 49:23 you first as we reflect on the day that has been America coming into its new morning now Donald Trump waking up um 49:30 your thoughts on the day and this failed assassination attempt um make America great again is an extraordinary 49:36 political movement but it has just been supercharged in terms of emotional power 49:42 for its supporters Donald Trump and his supporters are now bonded by Blood 49:49 Donald Trump's blood there to see and the death of one of the spectators at the event I don't think we can State how 49:57 powerful that is for the magum movement particularly that they will take advantage of the talk about Tailwinds 50:04 heading to a political convention but I come back to the choice this now presents Donald Trump he can use this as 50:10 he ought to as an opportunity to unite his side of Politics as if they needed much uniting but does he let it further 50:16 divide the United States this could even indeed be an opportunity for Donald Trump to say it ends now um we we unite 50:25 be around this tragic event as we are united in our movement Maga it's time to 50:31 unite the country I I wonder if words like that will become from Donald Trump in the next 96 hours or so on Milwaukee 50:37 Kim your final thoughts well I agree with what Simon has said but I would add to that uh picture that this comes at a 50:46 time when the Democrats are arguing about who their candidate will be an 50:51 incumbent president or someone younger so we've thrown into the mix now 50:57 this uh assassination attempt and we've created a very dangerous moment in the United 51:04 States and it's very hard to predict how Donald Trump will 51:10 react going forward going into the Republican National Convention I don't see him changing his 51:17 stripes just because of this event you would ex you would think that some would 51:23 who have experienced this would feel a bit shaken and calm down the rhetoric we 51:28 can only hope he helps to do that but it really comes from him and the fist 51:35 pumping in the air and the words fight fight fight resonate and they resonate 51:40 with a lot of Americans and so it's going to be a bumpy ride and we can only hope that other elected leaders come 51:47 forward and uh do the responsible thing and tone down the political rhetoric Kim 51:53 hog thank you for joining me Simon Jackman all c as well thank you both that brings us to the end of this special edition of Spotlight our 51:59 promoted stories on San Francisco and Crowded House they've had to be postponed obviously due to our special courage we'll bring you those shortly 52:06 I'm Michael aser really good to have you company this Sunday evening thank you and good night

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