LIVE: Former President Donald Trump targeted in assassination attempt l Latest updates

LIVE: Former President Donald Trump targeted in assassination attempt l Latest updates

. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. >> SECRET SERVICE RACING TO SHIELD THE FORMER PRESIDENT AS SHOTS RANG OUT. TRUMP RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. ONE PERSON KILLED, TWO OTHERS CRITICALLY INJURED. AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY THE SHOOTER OVERNIGHT. THIS MORNING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE 20-YEAR-OLD ARMED WITH AN AR-15 STYLE RIFLE AFTER HIS HOME WAS SEARCHED. WAS HE A LONE WOLF GUNMAN? WITNESSES DESCRIBE THE TERRIFYING SCENE A BYSTANDER SHOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES. >> I KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY HE WAS GOING TO SURVIVE. >> George: PRESIDENT BIDEN’S MESSAGE TO THE NATION DENOUNCING THE SHOOTING. >> THERE’S NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE. >> Michael: THIS MORNING, OUR INTERVIEW WITH THE SENATE CANDIDATE WHO WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW WHEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT. DAVE McCORMICK JOINS US LIVE. AND RIGHT NOW, THE HEIGHTENED THREAT, THE LATEST ON THE FBI’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE SECRET SERVICE INVESTIGATION WITH THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION ABOUT TO GET UNDER WAY, THE GROWING QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURITY. >> George: THIS MORNING, FULL TEAM COVERAGE ON THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "GOOD MORNING AMERICA." >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS, LIVE IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "GOOD MORNING AMERICA." >> George: GOOD MORNING AMERICA. IT IS A MORNING SO MANY WARNED WOULD COME. AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON A FORMER PRESIDENT, A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, AND A TOXIC AND DANGEROUS POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT. AFTER THE SHOOTING AND TREATED IN A HOSPITAL, DONALD TRUMP ARRIVED BACK IN NEW JERSEY LATE LAST NIGHT. >> HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH THE EVENTS. AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 LAST NIGHT SHORTLY INTO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S APPEARANCE AT A RALLY IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, GUNFIRE ERUPTED. TRUMP SAID HE WAS, QUOTE, SHOT WITH A BULLET THAT PIERCED THE UPPER PART OF HIS RIGHT EAR AND FELT THE BULLET RIPPING THROUGH. HE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS BRIEFED ON THE SITUATION AND THE WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMED THE PRESIDENT SPOKE WITH TRUMP BY PHONE. >> Michael: THIS VIDEO SHOWS WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN AND OVERNIGHT THE SHOOTER WAS IDENTIFIED. THE SECRET SERVICE SAYS THE 20-YEAR-OLD ARMED WITH AN AR-15 STYLE RIFLE ON THE ROOF OF A BUILDING UNDER 200 YARDS FROM THE PODIUM OUTSIDE THE EVENT SECURITY PERIMETER AND WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY SECRET SERVICE AGENTS. SENATE CANDIDATE DAVE McCORMICK WAS STEPS AWAY FROM TRUMP AT THE SHOOTING AND WILL JOIN US LIVE JUST AHEAD. >> George: WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM PENNSYLVANIA, WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY AND MILWAUKEE WHERE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS SET TO BEGIN. RACHEL STARTS US OFF FROM BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: GEORGE, TOMB TO YOU. WE WERE, IN FACT, INSIDE OF THAT RALLY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD JUST TAKEN THE STAGE AND WITHIN MINUTES INTO HIS SPEECH WE STARTED HEARING LOUD POPPING NOISES. IT WAS THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE. AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ON A FORMER PRESIDENT DAYS BEFORE HE’S SET TO ACCEPT THE PARTY’S NOMINATION THIS IS THE MOMENT GUNFIRE ERUPTED JUST MINUTES INTO DONALD TRUMP’S SPEECH IN PENNSYLVANIA. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED — >> GET DOWN, GET DOWN, GET DOWN! >> Reporter: AT 6:15 P.M. SATURDAY, SEVERAL POPS COULD BE HEARD. THE FORMER PRESIDENT GRABBING HIS EAR, DUCKING BEHIND THE PODIUM. SECRET SERVICE MEMBERS QUICKLY RUSHING ON TO THE STAGE TO SHIELD HIM. THE CROWD JUST FEET AWAY, SCREAMS, RUNNING FOR COVER, AS AGENTS LIFT THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO HIS FEET. >> I GOT YOU SIR. >> LET ME GET MY SHOES. >> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE THE BLOOD RUNNING ACROSS TRUMP’S FACE AS SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SURROUND HIM, THE FORMER PRESIDENT REACHING THROUGH HIS SECURITY DETAIL PUMPING HIS FIST IN THE AIR. TRUMP RAISING ONE MORE FIST TO THE CROWD AS HE’S PUT IN AN ARMORED SUV RUSHING HIM TO A LOCAL MEDICAL CENTER. TRUMP REVEALING HE WAS SHOT WITH A BULLET THAT PIERCED THE UPPER PART OF MY RIGHT EAR. >> HE STARTED SPEAKING AND WE HEARD POUND, POUND, POP, POP, POP. >> Reporter: TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW AND HEARD IN? YOU HEARD THE POPPING SOUNDS. >> LIKE FIRECRACKERS BUT IT CONTINUED AND CONTINUED AND SOMEBODY YELLED GET DOWN. WE GOT DOWN. WE GOT DOWN AND HUDDLED AND STARTED PRAYING. >> Reporter: ONE MAN SEEN GRIPPING HIS CHEST ANOTHER CARRIED AWAY BY TWO POLICE OFFICERS. AUTHORITIES SAY ONE ATTENDEE WAS KILLED, TWO OTHERS CRITICALLY WOUNDED. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS AS MANY AS EIGHT ROUNDS WERE FIRED FROM AN AR-STYLE RIFLE WHILE PERCHED ON AN ADJACENT ROOFTOP. OPENING FIRE LESS THAN 200 YARDS AWAY FROM TRUMP’S LOCATION. YOU SEE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW PUTTING UP THIS CAUTION TAPE AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS VERY MUCH AN ACTIVE SCENE AT THIS MOMENT. THE SECRET SERVICE SAYING THEY NEUTRALIZED THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN THE FBI LATER IDENTIFIED AS 20-YEAR-OLD THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS. YOU CAN SEE THE SNIPERS REACTING TO THE SOUND MUCH GUNSHOTS SHIFTING THEIR POSITION BEFORE RESPONDING FIRE. A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL BRIEFED ON THE INVESTIGATION TELLS US THIS IMAGE IS PLEEFBDS TO SHOW THAT SUSPECTED GUNMAN ON THE ROOF. PRESIDENT BIDEN BRIEFED ON THE SITUATION, ADDRESSING THE NATION. >> 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: SHORTLY AFTER HIS ADDRESS, THE WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMING THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND TRUMP SPOKE BY PHONE, BUT THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT PROVIDE DETAILS OF THEIR CONVERSATION. TRUMP POSTING ON TRUTH SOCIAL THANKING THE SECRET SERVICE, SAYING, I WANT TO EXTEND MY 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. IT IS INCREDIBLE THAT SUCH AN ACT CAN TAKE PLACE IN OUR COUNTRY. AND OVERNIGHT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT LANDING BACK IN NEWARK, HOURS AFTER AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT THAT COULD HAVE TAKEN HIS LIFE. SO AS OF THIS MORNING HERE IS WHAT WE DO KNOW. ONE PERSON HAS DIED, TWO OTHERS WERE CRITICALLY WOUNDED AND ARE BEING CURRENTLY TREATED AT A NEARBY HOSPITAL. AUTHORITIES TELL US ALL OF THOSE VICTIMS WERE MALE, THEIR IDENTITIES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. >> George: YOU WERE THERE ON THE SCENE. WHAT WERE YOU AWARE OF IN THE MOMENT? >> Reporter: TO BE HONEST, I THINK ALL OF US ARE STILL SORT OF PROCESSING WHAT WE WITNESSED. I HAD NEVER BEEN IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIO BEFORE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE HEARD THE LOUD POPPING NOISES, THE SOUND OF ALMOST FIRECRACKERS, WE DIDN’T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS. WE STARTED HEARING PEOPLE SHOUTING GET DOWN, GET DOWN. WE HEARD THE SCREAMS. I CAN STILL RECALL THE SCREAMS OF CHILDREN THERE WITH THEIR PARENTS ATTENDING THIS RALLY. WE DOVE FOR COVER. GEORGE, I’VE BEEN TO ALMOST EVERY TRUMP RALLY THIS CAMPAIGN CYCLE AND THERE IS THIS SENSE OF SECURITY WHEN YOU’RE THERE. YOU’RE AT AN EVENT WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SECRET SERVICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU GO THROUGH THE METAL DETECTORS, YOUR BAGS ARE SCREENED. THIS WAS THE UNTHINKABLE FOR SO MANY OF US WHO ATTENDED THIS RALLY, AND LEAVING THAT RALLY YESTERDAY, WALKING OUT AFTER OUR LIVE SHOTS, AND JUST THIS IMAGE OF A LARGE AMERICAN FLAG HANGING OVER A CRIME SCENE, IT WAS JUST A SOBERING REALITY THAT THIS, IN FACT, DID JUST HAPPEN RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, GEORGE. >> JUST TERRIFYING. THANKS VERY MUCH. >> Michael: THANK YOU, GEORGE. WE’RE JOINED BY A WITNESS IN THE FRONT ROW OF THE RALLY WHEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT. DAVE McCORMICK IS A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR SENATE. MR. McCORMICK, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. PLEASE, TELL US WHAT YOU SAW. >> YOU KNOW IT WAS — I WAS RIGHT IN THE FRONT ROW OFF TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RIGHT, AND HE HAD ANNOUNCED ME AND SAID COME ON UP ON THE STAGE, AND, SO I STARTED TO WALK UP ON THE STAGE, AND HE SAID, NO, NO, I’LL HAVE YOU COME UP IN A LITTLE BIT. WITHIN A MINUTE OR TWO AFTER THAT WE STARTED TO HEAR THIS — THE FIRE, SORT OF THE STE CATTO. IT STARTED, AND IT CLEARED AND IT WAS RIFLE SHOTS AND THE PRESIDENT WENT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND THE SECRET SERVICE COVERED HIM. AND THEN HE STOOD UP, AS YOU SAW AND YOU SAW HIS FIST EMERGE. AN UNTHINKABLE MOMENT, WHERE THE PRESIDENT’S LIFE, YOU KNOW, WE NOW KNOW, WAS WAS SAVED BY AN INCH. >> AND YOU TALKED ABOUT HEARING THE SHOTS. AT WHAT POINT DID YOU REALIZE THAT THIS WAS AN ATTACK OR WAS THAT APPARENT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN A MILITARY PERSON AND I’VE BEEN A HUNTER, SO I KNOW THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE, BUT BUT IT WASN’T QUITE OBVIOUS TO START WITH. BUT WHEN THE STACCATO NATURE, WHEN IT WAS, IT FELT LIKE 7 OR 8 SHOTS.M EXACTLY HO HOW MANY IT WAS, WAS, BUT BUT THEN IT BECAMS IT WAS GUNFIRE AND, AND EVERYBODY WENT DOWN AND, AND, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE ENTIRE SECRET SERVICE TEAM WENT INTO ACTION TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT. AND, IT WAS, IT WAS OBVIOUS WE WERE UNDER FIRE, UNDER ASSAULT AT THAT POINT. >> AND WHAT WAS YOUR SENSE OF WHERE THE SHOTS CAME FROM? >> YOU KNOW, I IT WASN’T COMPLETELY CLEAR. IT’S HARD TO TELL. SOMETIMES IT FELT TO ME LIKE THEY WERE OFF TO THE PRESIDENT’S LEFT AS HE WAS FACING THE CROWD BECAUSE, THE PERSON BEHIND ME WAS SHOT AND THE PRESIDENT WAS SHOT, WHICH WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE THINGS I’M SEEING ON, ON THE, ON THE, THE REPORTING NOW, BUT BUT IT’S REALLY HARD TO TELL. IN FACT, I THOUGHT THAT THERE MIGHT BE TWO SHOOTERS, BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH GUNFIRE, AND IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS ALL ALL IN UNISON, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS ONLY ONE AT THE TIME, BUT IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS. AND IT WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY CHAOTIC, THE MOMENT IT STARTED. >> AND SO WHAT WAS RUNNING THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY, ONCE THE INITIAL FIRING STOPPED, IT WAS CLEAR SOMEBODY WAS INJURED BEHIND ME. SO I STOOD UP AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO GET MEDICS IN AND, AND IT WAS VY DENSE. IT WAS HARD TO HARD TO DO. EVENTUALLY SOME POLICE OFFICERS CAME IN AND CARRIED THE MAN OUT AND TOOK HIM TO MEDICAL CARE. BUT BUT BUT THE INITIAL REACTION WAS MAKING SURE WE GOT THE RIGHT MEDICAL CARE. WE NEEDED FOR THE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. >> YEAH, THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. WELL, MR. DAVE MCCORMICK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FIRST PERSON, EXPLANATION OF WHAT YOU SAW. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ROBIN. ALL RIGHT. >> MICHAEL, OVERNIGHT, THE SHOOTER WAS IDENTIFIED. LET’S BRING IN OUR CHIEF LAW AND JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS, WITH THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. GOOD MORNING TO YOU, PIERRE. >> ROBIN, GOOD MORNING. TODAY, THE MOST EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO A SINGLE SUSPECT IN RECENT HISTORY CONTINUES AS THE FBI DESPERATELY TRIES TO FIND THE MOTIVE FOR THE MAN THEY SAY TRIED TO ASSASSINATE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> WE HAD WHAT WE’RE CALLING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST OUR FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP THIS MORNING, AN INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE SHOOTER TRYING TO KILL FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> YOU KNOW, THAT’S A LITTLE BIT HE’S GOT A GUN IN THIS VIDEO, BELIEVED TO BE THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN, ACCORDING TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL BRIEFED ON THE INVESTIGATION, A MAN IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A T SHIRT AND KHAKI SHORTS ON A ROOFTOP, ALLEGEDLY FIRING AN AR 15 STYLE ASSAULT RIFLE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TRUMP RALLY. >> TRUMP WATER TANK. >> AND IN THIS AERIAL VIDEO FROM OUR AFFILIATE WTAE, YOU SEE A MAN’S BODY AFTER HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY WHAT SOURCES SAY WAS A SECRET SERVICE COUNTER SNIPER. THE FBI OVERNIGHT USING DNA AND BIOMETRICS TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT AS 20 YEAR OLD THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS OF BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA. >> AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE VICTIMS OF THIS HEINOUS ACT WHICH OCCURRED TODAY. >> SEARCHES CONDUCTED OVERNIGHT AT THE SUSPECT’S HOME AND LOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE YOUNG MAN. AS AUTHORITIES TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER HIS BACKGROUND AND POTENTIAL MOTIVE, LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS. THE EARLY EVIDENCE POINTS TO THE SHOOTER BEING A LONE WOLF GUNMAN. >> WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANY OTHER EXISTING THREAT OUT THERE. >> INITIAL INVESTIGATION, COMPLICATED BY A SPRAWLING CRIME SCENE AND CONCERNS THE SUSPECT MIGHT HAVE LEFT BEHIND EXPLOSIVES, THERE WAS IDENTIFICATION OF SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES AROUND WHERE THE SHOOTER WAS, AND SO WE DEPLOYED IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION BOMB ASSETS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WERE CLEARED. THE STATE POLICE WILL CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION INVOLVING THE MURDER OF AN INNOCENT SPECTATOR AND TWO OTHERS IN THE CROWD WHO WERE CRITICALLY WOUNDED. WHILE THE FBI CONDUCTS THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSASSINATION PLOT, THE FBI HAS DEPLOYED A NUMBER OF OUR RESOURCES, INCLUDING INVESTIGATIVE AGENTS, OUR EVIDENCE RESPONSE TEAM, BOMB TECHNICIANS, THE FBI DIRECTOR IS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN THIS CASE, WHICH IS NOW THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF THE FBI. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS REPEATEDLY WARNED ABOUT A SURGE IN THREATS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES HAVE BEEN TELLING ME FORME FOR MONTHS THIS IST PERHAPS THE MOST DANGEROUS E THREAT ENVIRONMENT SINCE 9/11. ROBYN. >> YES, WE HAVE BEEN911. >> WE HAVE BEEN HEARING THAT. THERE ARE CALLS FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SECRET SERVICE? >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT. THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN HAS INVITED THE SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR TO APPEAR BEFORE A HEARING ON JULY 22nd. I’M TOLD BY THE SECRET SERVICE THIS MORNING THAT THE DIRECTOR WILL COOPERATE WITH ANY CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION AND THAT AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION WILL BE LAUNCHED TO REVIEW THE SECURITY FOR YESTERDAY’S EVENT. ONE THING THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT WHETHER THE SECURITY PERIMETER NEEDS TO BE PUSHED BACK EVEN FURTHER. ROBIN? >> SO MANY QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED. THANK YOU. >>> SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING PRESIDENT BIDEN ISSUED A STATEMENT AND THEN APPEARED BEFORE CAMERAS TO DENOUNCE POLITICAL VIOLENCE. LET’S BRING IN OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE. GOOD MORNING TO YOU, MARY. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, ROBIN. OVERNIGHT THE PRESIDENT RACING BACK HERE TO THE WHITE HOUSE CUTTING SHORT HIS WEEKEND IN DELAWARE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS CRISIS. THE PRESIDENT REACHING OUT AND SPEAKING WITH DONALD TRUMP, BUT THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT PROVIDING ANY DETAIL OF THAT CONVERSATION. THE TWO MEN, OF COURSE, DO NOT SPEAK OFTEN. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY RARE THING FOR THEM TO CONNECT. THE PRESIDENT EARLIER DID SAY HE WAS GRATEFUL TRUMP IS SAFE AND WAS PRAYING FOR HIM. THE PRESIDENT IS NOW CALLING FOR THE COUNTRY TO UNITE IN THIS MOMENT. HE IS STRONGLY CONDEMNING THIS VIOLENCE AND TRYING TO DIAL DOWN THE POLITICAL TEMPERATURE IN THIS COUNTRY. THE PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN ALSO QUICKLY HITTING THE PAUSE BUTTON. THEY ARE STOPPING THEIR POLITICAL COMMUNICATION, PULLING DOWN THEIR ADS, PULLING THEM OFF OF THE AIRWAVES. IT IS A SIGN FOR NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT POLITICS ASIDE, BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION, THIS HAS COMPLETELY UPENDED THIS RACE. NOW LATER THIS MORNING HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT WILL BE BRIEFED BY HIS HOMELAND SECURITY TEAM AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, NO WORD YET ON WHETHER THE PRESIDENT, THOUGH, PLANS TO CHANGE HIS UPCOMING CAMPAIGN TRAVEL. MICHAEL. >> Michael: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, MARY. >>> DONALD TRUMP TOUCHED DOWN IN NEW JERSEY OVERNIGHT HEADED TO HIS HOME IN BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, WHERE TREVOR AT JOINS US FROM THERE. GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING. THE FORMER PRESIDENT ARRIVED HERE IN BEDMINSTER WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT, LANDED AT NEWARK AIRPORT WHERE HE WAS SURROUNDED BY THE SECRET SERVICE COUNTER ASSAULT TEAM, A VERY VISIBLE DISPLAY OF FORCE AS HIS MOTORCADE TOOK HIM TO TRUMP NATIONAL, HIS GOLF COURSE, WHERE WE HAVE SEEN HIM SPEND A LOT OF TIME OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS DURING THE MOST STRESSFUL MOMENTS OF HIS PRESIDENCY AND THE AFTERMATH. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING WE’VE SEEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT GO THROUGH BEFORE. WE HAVE HEARD FROM SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, PARTICULARLY FROM HIS CHILDREN, HIS DAUGHTER IVANKA WRITING I LOVE YOU, DAD, TODAY AND ALWAYS. SONS DON JUNIOR AND ERIC, TYING THINGS BACK TO THE UPCOMING ELECTION WITH DON JUNIOR WRITING HE’LL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR AMERICA AND ERIC WRITING, THIS IS THE FIGHTER AMERICA NEEDS AND THEN A FOLLOW-UP POST SAYING NEVER SURRENDER. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS ALREADY PLANNING ON STAYING HERE IN BEDMINSTER AFTER HIS RALLY. IT’S UNCLEAR NOW HOW LONG HE WILL BE HERE AS HE RECOVERS FROM THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. GEORGE. >> George: LET’S BRING IN JOHN CARLOS, THE NATIONAL CONVENTION SITE IN MILWAUKEE, REVERBERATING ACROSS THE POLITICAL WORLD INCLUDING FORMER PRESIDENTS. >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY, GEORGE. WE’RE HEARING CONDEMNATIONS ACROSS THE POLITICAL WORLD AT WHAT HAPPENED, CALLS FOR CALM INCLUDING FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT, FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA, SAID THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN OUR DEMOCRACY. WE SHOULD ALL BE RELIVED THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT AND USE THIS MOMENT TO RE-COMMIT OURSELVES TO CIVILITY AND RESPECT IN OUR POLITICS. MICHELLE AND I ARE WISHING HIM A QUICK RECOVERY. FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH ALSO PUTTING OUT A STATEMENT SAYING LAURA AND I ARE GRATEFUL PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SAFE FOLLOWING THE COWARDLY ATTACK ON HIS LIFE AND A FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON SAYING VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE IN AMERICA, ESPECIALLY IN OUR POLITICAL PROCESS. HILLARY AND I ARE THANKFUL PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SAFE AND HEARTBROKEN FOR ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY THE ATTACK AT TODAY’S RALLY. SO THAT’S THE — AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, I WAS HERE ON THE FLOOR OF THIS CONVENTION, GEORGE, TALKING TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, WHEN THIS NEWS BROKE. SOMEBODY TOLD ME ABOUT IT. I WALKED UP TO CHAIRMAN MICHAEL WHATLEY, TOLD HIM, SHOTS WERE JUST FIRED AT THE RALLY IN PENNSYLVANIA AS I WAS DOING THAT, AN AIDE CAME UP TO HIM, GAVE HIM THE PHONE, WHISKED HIM OFF THE FLOOR. CLEARLY AN EVENT THAT IS GOING TO HAVE REP PRECUSION, NOT JUST FOR WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN MILWAUKEE, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE POLITICAL PROCESS AND THIS ELECTION. >> George: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR MILWAUKEE FOR THE CONVENTION, WHAT DO WE KNOW? >> Reporter: THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT WAS THE PRECONVENTION ACTIVITIES. THERE WAS A BIG WELCOME PARTY PLANNED LAST NIGHT. THAT WAS ALL CANCELED. BUT, GEORGE, I GET THE SENSE HERE THAT THIS CONVENTION IS GOING TO GO FORWARD IN ALL FORCE. IN FACT, ONE OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING SAID, THE CONVENTION WILL CONTINUE WITH A VENGEANCE. I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT IMAGE, THAT IMAGE OF DONALD TRUMP WITH HIS ARM RAISED, BLOOD ON HIS FACE, THAT WILL BECOME THE SYMBOL OF THIS CONVENTION. I DON’T THINK YOU’RE GOING TO SEE ANYTHING SCALED BACK HERE. PERHAPS SOME OF THE EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE CONVENTION HALL, BUT THIS CONVENTION IS GOING TO GO FORWARD. >> George: JON KARL, THANKS VERY MUCH. MORE ON THE SECURITY AND THREAT ENVIRONMENT WITH E AARON KATERS. >> Reporter: THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE IS GOING TO BE REASSESSING ITS SECURITY PLAN FOR THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION STARTING TOMORROW THERE IN MILWAUKEE WHERE JON IS, AND THAT HAPPENED ALMOST RIGHT AWAY AFTER THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA. AND EVEN BEFORE IT, OFFICIALS HAD FEARED THAT THE COUNTRY’S BITTER POLITICAL DIVISIONS COULD RESULT IN VIOLENCE WITH ELECTIONS, POLITICAL CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL EVENTS HAVE LONG BEEN CONSIDERED TARGETS AND THREATS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND JUDGES, HAVE BEEN SURGING. AUTHORITIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ARE NOW STEPPING UP SECURITY FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES IN NEW YORK, HEAVILY ARMED OFFICERS DESCENDED ON TRUMP TOWER, AND OTHER LOCATIONS, ASSOCIATED WITH DONALD TRUMP, AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES HERE IN BUTLER TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS YOUNG PLAN ARMED WITH AN AR-ARR STYLE RIFLE ACTED ALONE APPARENTLY NO TIES TO ANY TERROR GROUP. DONALD TRUMP IS LONG GONE FROM HERE, BUT THE FEAR WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM HERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, COULD LEAD TO MORE VIOLENCE. >> A FEAR GROWING FOR SOME TIME. THANKS VERY MUCH. >>> OUR COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE. TIME FOR THE WEATHER AND LEE GOLDBERG FROM WABC IS HERE WITH US. GOOD MORNING, LEE. >> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE MORE DISRUPTIONS FOR THE RNC IN THE WORLD OF WEATHER. A LOOK AT MILWAUKEE, SOME SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE FIRST OF SEVERAL ROUNDS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER AS THESE RIDGE RIDERS ARE AIMED AT THE UPPER MIDWEST AND INTO THE DAKOTAS. A CLUSTER OF STORMS TONIGHT, ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW NIGHT IN MILWAUKEE. THANKFULLY THAT WILL BE ENDING BY MONDAY AND BETTER WEATHER BY THE END OF THE WEEK. HERE’S THE LOCAL FORECAST FOR YOU. UP HERE ON GMA. I’LL ALSO BE ANCHORING THIS WEEK LATERLL THIS MORNING JOINED BY JON KARL AND THE BE REST OF R TEAM. AND OUR TEAM COVERAGEHIS LATER. >> Michael: COMING UP, A CLOSER LOOK AT THE SECRET SERVICE RESPONSE. WE’RE GOING TO SPEAK WITH A FORMER SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH THE AGENCY. >> Robin: AS THE REACTION RIPPLES THROUGH THE NATION FROM POLITICIANS TO VOTERS IN THIS TENSE ELECTION YEAR. 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You’re watching America’s number one streaming news keeps streaming with ABC News live. ♪ >> Michael: WELCOME BACK TO "GMA" AND OUR COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. THE ALLEGED SHOOTER OPENING FIRE FROM A ROOFTOP DURING THE RALLY IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, SENDING THE CROWD INTO CHAOS WITH TRUMP SAYING HE WAS SHOT IN THE EAR. SECRET SERVICE RUSHING TO SHIELD HIM FROM THE BULLETS. RACHEL SCOTT WAS RIGHT THERE WHEN THE SHOTS RANG OUT. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, RACHEL. >> Reporter: HEY, MICHAEL, GOOD MORNING TO YOU AGAIN. WE WERE INSIDE OF THAT RALLY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD ACTUALLY JUST TOOK THE STAGE AND WITHIN MINUTES OF HIS SPEECH, WE STARTED HEARING THESE LOUD POPPING NOISES WHICH ULTIMATELY TURNED OUT TO BE GUNFIRE. CAMERAS CATCHING THE FORMER PRESIDENT GRABBING HIS EAR, DUCKING BEHIND THE PODIUM, SECRET SERVICE MEMBERS RUSHING ON TO THAT STAGE TO SHIELD HIM. IMAGES YOU CAN SEE THE BLOOD RUNNING ACROSS TRUMP’S FACE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SURROUNDED BY SECRET SERVICE PUMPING HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS HE EXITED THAT RISER. HE WAS THEN RUSHED TO A LOCAL MEDICAL CENTER AND LATER REVEALED HE WAS SHOT IN THE UPPER PART OF HIS RIGHT OTHER. ONE ATTENDEE WAS KILLED TWO OTHERS CRITICALLY INJURED. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS AS MANY AS EIGHT ROUNDS WERE FIRED FROM AN AR-STYLE RIFLE WHILE PERCHED ON AN ADJACENT ROOFTOP OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER OF THE EVENT. THE SUSPECT OPENING FIRE LESS THAN 200 YARDS AWAY FROM WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS STANDING. THE SECRET SERVICE SAYING THEY NEUTRALIZED THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN THE FBI LATER IDENTIFIED AS 20-YEAR-OLD THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS. NOW PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS BRIEFED ON THE SITUATION. WE ARE TOLD THAT PRESIDENT DID SPEAK WITH DONALD TRUMP AND THEN THE PRESIDENT LATER ADDRESSED THE NATION, CALLING FOR THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE TO COME TO AN END. >> George: WHAT AN ENVIRONMENT IT IS. CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JON KARL IN MILWAUKEE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. JON, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN THE MOST UNUSUAL AND UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF OUR LIFETIMES. EVERYTHING NOW. >> Reporter: IT’S ALL UP ENDED. YOU ARE SEEING THE INITIAL REACTION ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, FORMER PRESIDENTS, CONDEMNING THE VIOLENCE SAYING VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE IN OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM. NANCY PELOSI, THE FORMER SPEAKER WHO KNOWS POLITICAL VIOLENCE, HER HUSBAND PAUL ATTACKED BY SOMEBODY WITH A HAMMER LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO IN THEIR HOME N SAN FRANCISCO, SAYING VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE. BUT YOU’RE ALSO SEEING SOMETHING ELSE, GEORGE, AND THAT IS, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY ENERGIZING MOMENT FOR REPUBLICANS. THAT IMAGE OF THE BLOODIED DONALD TRUMP STANDING UP AND RAISING HIS ARM TO THAT CROWD, HAS NOW BECOME THE SYMBOL OF THIS CAMPAIGN. IT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE THE SYMBOL OF THIS CONVENTION. REPUBLICANS ARE ANGRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY ARE ENERGIZED AND YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME RHETORIC OUT THERE WHERE THEY ARE PUTTING THE BLAME ON DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING BIDEN AND THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, FOR THEIR RHETORIC ABOUT DONALD TRUMP. OF COURSE, NO SHORTAGE OF VIOLENT RHETORIC ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. >> George: JON KARL, THANKS VERY MUCH. >> Robin: WE’RE GOING TO OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE THERE ON THE NORTH LAWN FOR US. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, MARY. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING AGAIN. THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS SITUATION. HE IS HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE THIS MORNING HE WILL RECEIVE A BRIEFING, ANOTHER BRIEFING, FROM HIS HOMELAND SECURITY TEAM, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. THIS AFTER THE PRESIDENT RACED BACK HERE TO THE WHITE HOUSE OVERNIGHT, CUTTING SHORT HIS WEEKEND IN DELAWARE SO THAT HE COULD CONTINUE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON ALL OF THIS AS IT WAS UNFOLDING. THE PRESIDENT REACHED OUT AND SPOKE WITH DONALD TRUMP OVERNIGHT. THE WHITE HOUSE, THOUGH, PROVIDING FEW DETAIL, NO DETAILS ON THAT CONVERSATION. THE PRESIDENT THEN COMING BEFORE CAMERAS LAST NIGHT AND CALLING ON THE COUNTRY TO UNITE IN THIS MOMENT, STRONGLY CONDEMNING THIS VIOLENCE. HE IS TRYING TO DIAL DOWN THE POLITICAL TEMPERATURE. HIS CAMPAIGN HITTING THE PAUSE BUTTON. THEY ARE PULLING ALL OF THEIR ADS OFF OF THE AIRWAVES AND THEY ARE TRYING TO USE THIS AS A MOMENT TO BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER AND PUT POLITICS ASIDE, BUT NO QUESTION THIS IS COMPLETELY AND FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED THIS RACE FROM HERE ON OUT. ROBIN. >> Robin: NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THANKS TO YOU. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE IN A MOMENT BUT TIME NOW AGAIN WITH THE WEATHER AND LEE GOLDBERG IN FROM OUR NEW YORK STATION WABC. GOOD MORNING TO YOU, LEE. >> Lee: GOOD MORNING. IT’S A HOT WEEK AHEAD. I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND COMFORT ON THE WEATHER MAP. SEATTLE TEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS ABOVE 80. I DON’T KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE AIR CONDITIONING THERE. WE HAVE A RECORD BACK IN 2015 OF 15 DAYS. 105 TO 110 IN NEW ORLEANS. NOW THAT THE RAIN IS GONE ALONG THE EAST COAST THE HEAT BUILDING THERE. I-95 MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FEELS LIKE 108 IN PHILLY AND NEW YORK CITY 101 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE GOOD NEWS PRETTY STRONG FRONT FOR JULY COMING THROUGH DURING THE MIDWEEK COULD BE STRONG STORMS BUT TEMPERATURES EVEN COOLER THAN NORMAL. RARE TO SEE THE BLUE ON THE MAP. THAT’S REALLY FOR NEXT WEEKEND. THAT’S THE NATIONAL VIEW. HERE’S THE LOCAL FORECAST FOR YOU. >> Michael: COMING UP ON "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" WE LOOK AT THE SECRET SERVICE RESPONSE WHEN THE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WE’LL There is a price to be paid every time a Survivor shares their story. I will not be silenced. Do you feel the church accepted abuse? And once he accepted it as so much pretended it didn’t exist ready? Kyra Phillips with ABC News does your church protect sexual predators by Nightline secrets of the to buy to church. 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WE WERE INSIDE OF THAT RALLY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD ACTUALLY JUST TOOK THE STAGE AND WITHIN MINUTES OF HIS SPEECH, WE STARTED HEARING THESE LOUD POPPING NOISES WHICH ULTIMATELY TURNED OUT TO BE GUNFIRE. CAMERAS CATCHING THE FORMER PRESIDENT GRABBING HIS EAR, DUCKING BEHIND THE PODIUM, SECRET SERVICE MEMBERS RUSHING ON TO THAT STAGE TO SHIELD HIM. IMAGES YOU CAN SEE THE BLOOD RUNNING ACROSS TRUMP’S FACE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SURROUNDED BY SECRET SERVICE PUMPING HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS HE EXITED THAT RISER. HE WAS THEN RUSHED TO A LOCAL MEDICAL CENTER AND LATER REVEALED HE WAS SHOT IN THE UPPER PART OF HIS RIGHT OTHER. ONE ATTENDEE WAS KILLED TWO OTHERS CRITICALLY INJURED. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS AS MANY AS EIGHT ROUNDS WERE FIRED FROM AN AR-STYLE RIFLE WHILE PERCHED ON AN ADJACENT ROOFTOP OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER OF THE EVENT. THE SUSPECT OPENING FIRE LESS THAN 200 YARDS AWAY FROM WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS STANDING. THE SECRET SERVICE SAYING THEY NEUTRALIZED THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN THE FBI LATER IDENTIFIED AS 20-YEAR-OLD THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS. NOW PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS BRIEFED ON THE SITUATION. WE ARE TOLD THAT PRESIDENT DID SPEAK WITH DONALD TRUMP AND THEN THE PRESIDENT LATER ADDRESSED THE NATION, CALLING FOR THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE TO COME TO AN END. >> George: WHAT AN ENVIRONMENT IT IS. CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JON KARL IN MILWAUKEE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. JON, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN THE MOST UNUSUAL AND UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF OUR LIFETIMES. EVERYTHING NOW. >> Reporter: IT’S ALL UP ENDED. YOU ARE SEEING THE INITIAL REACTION ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, FORMER PRESIDENTS, CONDEMNING THE VIOLENCE SAYING VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE IN OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM. NANCY PELOSI, THE FORMER SPEAKER WHO KNOWS POLITICAL VIOLENCE, HER HUSBAND PAUL ATTACKED BY SOMEBODY WITH A HAMMER LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO IN THEIR HOME N SAN FRANCISCO, SAYING VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE. BUT YOU’RE ALSO SEEING SOMETHING ELSE, GEORGE, AND THAT IS, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY ENERGIZING MOMENT FOR REPUBLICANS. THAT IMAGE OF THE BLOODIED DONALD TRUMP STANDING UP AND RAISING HIS ARM TO THAT CROWD, HAS NOW BECOME THE SYMBOL OF THIS CAMPAIGN. IT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE THE SYMBOL OF THIS CONVENTION. REPUBLICANS ARE ANGRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY ARE ENERGIZED AND YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME RHETORIC OUT THERE WHERE THEY ARE PUTTING THE BLAME ON DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING BIDEN AND THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, FOR THEIR RHETORIC ABOUT DONALD TRUMP. OF COURSE, NO SHORTAGE OF VIOLENT RHETORIC ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM. >> George: JON KARL, THANKS VERY MUCH. >> Robin: WE’RE GOING TO OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE THERE ON THE NORTH LAWN FOR US. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, MARY. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING AGAIN. THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS SITUATION. HE IS HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE THIS MORNING HE WILL RECEIVE A BRIEFING, ANOTHER BRIEFING, FROM HIS HOMELAND SECURITY TEAM, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. THIS AFTER THE PRESIDENT RACED BACK HERE TO THE WHITE HOUSE OVERNIGHT, CUTTING SHORT HIS WEEKEND IN DELAWARE SO THAT HE COULD CONTINUE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON ALL OF THIS AS IT WAS UNFOLDING. THE PRESIDENT REACHED OUT AND SPOKE WITH DONALD TRUMP OVERNIGHT. THE WHITE HOUSE, THOUGH, PROVIDING FEW DETAIL, NO DETAILS ON THAT CONVERSATION. THE PRESIDENT THEN COMING BEFORE CAMERAS LAST NIGHT AND CALLING ON THE COUNTRY TO UNITE IN THIS MOMENT, STRONGLY CONDEMNING THIS VIOLENCE. HE IS TRYING TO DIAL DOWN THE POLITICAL TEMPERATURE. HIS CAMPAIGN HITTING THE PAUSE BUTTON. THEY ARE PULLING ALL OF THEIR ADS OFF OF THE AIRWAVES AND THEY ARE TRYING TO USE THIS AS A MOMENT TO BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER AND PUT POLITICS ASIDE, BUT NO QUESTION THIS IS COMPLETELY AND FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED THIS RACE FROM HERE ON OUT. ROBIN. >> Robin: NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THANKS TO YOU. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE IN A MOMENT BUT TIME NOW AGAIN WITH THE WEATHER AND LEE GOLDBERG IN FROM OUR NEW YORK STATION WABC. GOOD MORNING TO YOU, LEE. >> Lee: GOOD MORNING. IT’S A HOT WEEK AHEAD. I CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND COMFORT ON THE WEATHER MAP. SEATTLE TEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS ABOVE 80. I DON’T KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE AIR CONDITIONING THERE. WE HAVE A RECORD BACK IN 2015 OF 15 DAYS. 105 TO 110 IN NEW ORLEANS. NOW THAT THE RAIN IS GONE ALONG THE EAST COAST THE HEAT BUILDING THERE. I-95 MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FEELS LIKE 108 IN PHILLY AND NEW YORK CITY 101 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE GOOD NEWS PRETTY STRONG FRONT FOR JULY COMING THROUGH DURING THE MIDWEEK COULD BE STRONG STORMS BUT TEMPERATURES EVEN COOLER THAN NORMAL. RARE TO SEE THE BLUE ON THE MAP. THAT’S REALLY FOR NEXT WEEKEND. THAT’S THE NATIONAL VIEW. HERE’S THE LOCAL FORECAST FOR YOU. >> Michael: COMING UP ON "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" WE LOOK AT THE SECRET SERVICE RESPONSE WHEN THE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WE’LL Can you stick good mornings in America? Can you feel the knife wounds that Inspire filled with hope kindness Joy surprises in so much fun start your day with good winning. America’s ray of sunshine highlighting the best of America and helping make dreams. Come true is so happy it is so good and ready to smile and put the good into your Morning America because you know, what will make the morning better a little ray of sunshine. There is a price to be paid every time a Survivor shares their story. I will not be silenced. Do you feel the church accepted abuse? And once he accepted it as so much pretended it didn’t exist ready? Kyra Phillips with ABC News does your church protect sexual predators by Nightline secrets of the to buy to church. There’s nothing pretty about hearing the now streaming on Hulu. As some kind of a bowl demon here somebody is killing young black women. The feared was just insane. I was not going to stop until I found out who did this knew all of his victims. He portrayed himself as a good friend now Friday the prison interview with the killer as I touch them and the first interview with the only surviving victim 2020 Friday night on ABC Let’s go. The ship is incredible. It feels like living in a science fiction movie. We just saw where no one has seen before look at that. We are heading into the unknown. 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Fork Mississippi, Santa Fe New Mexico Raleigh, North Carolina, the US Capitol Mayfield Kentucky Minneapolis, Mexico tongass national forest, Alaska getting you behind the stories as they happen giving you a front-row seat to our world as it plays out in real time live ABC News live Prime will take you there stream ABC News live weeknights America’s most honored streaming news program only on ABC News live streaming free right now wherever you stream your news. Starting tomorrow Donald Trump and the Republicans make their case see it all screaming on BBC News live all day live nonstop coverage and then at 7 p.m. Eastern Lindsey Davis live at the Republican National Convention on ABC News live. America’s number one source >> George: WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE SECRET SERVICE RESPONSE TO THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. OUR CONTRIBUTOR A FORMER SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH THE SECRET SERVICE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. IT’S REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN IT? >> THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION AND THE QUESTION I THINK EVERYBODY IS GOING TO WANT ANSWERED EVENTUALLY WHICH IS GOING TO COME IN THE FORM OF AN INVESTIGATION. WE’RE POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT THREE INVESTIGATIONS HERE. THE FBI INVESTIGATION FOR AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, LOOKING AT AN ASSURANCE INVESTIGATION OF THE PROTECTION METHOD ALLEGE AT THE EVENTS, LAST GAPS OR PROBLEMS THAT OCCURRED AND THE OFFICER USE OF FORCE HERE THE COUNTER SNIPER SHOOTING OF THE SUSPECT. ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE LOOKED AT, INVESTIGATED, AND THEN DETERMINE WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE AND FOR THE SECRET SERVICE TO BE LOOKING AT WERE THERE ANY POTENTIAL GAPS, WHAT ARE THE GAPS. ONE THING PEOPLE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THAT THE SECRET SERVICE IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF RISK ELIMINATION. YOU CAN’T ELIMINATE ALL RISKS. WHAT THEY DO IS RISK MITIGATION AND THAT RISK MITIGATION PROCESS COMES IN THE FORM OF THE ADVANCED PROCESS WHERE THE ADVANCE TEAM GOES OUT TO A SITE LOOK OVER THE SITE AND PUT IN PROTECTIVE METHODOLOGIES TO MINIMIZE RISKS. THAT RISK MITIGATION IS NOT ONLY SECRET SERVICE PERSONNEL BUT COUNTERPARTS FROM LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES THAT HELP WITH THAT TO FORM THE PERIMETERS THE RINGS OF PROTECTION AROUND AN EVENT SITE. I’M SURE THE INVESTIGATION WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT AND THE SECRET SERVICE DOES ONE THING VERY WELL, IT ADJUSTS AND ADAPTS TO PROBLEMS. >> Michael: YOU SPOKE WITH THE SECRET SERVICE AGENT, THEY MANAGED TO SHOOT THE SUSPECT, BUT WHY DIDN’T THEY SEE HIM ON THE ROOF BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO GET ANY SHOTS OFF? >> SO MIKE, IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO, THERE’S A VIDEO OF THE COUNTER SNIPERS ON THE ROOFTOP. IF YOU WATCH THAT VIDEO, THEY APPEAR TO RANGE AND IDENTIFY THE THREAT AS SOON AS IT SHOWED UP ON THE ROOF. NOW THE SECRET SERVICE COUNTER SNIPER PERSONNEL ARE BOUND BY TYPICAL U.S. USE OF FORCE RULES. THEY CAN’T JUST SHOOT SOMEBODY BECAUSE THEY SEE SOMEBODY. THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE AND IDENTIFY IT’S A THREAT AND THE THREAT IS ACTIONABLE. IN THIS SITUATION YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A THREAT 120 YARDS OUT THAT IS NOT EASY TO SEE FROM A ROOFTOP PEB SPECULATIVE. WHEN YOU DO SEE THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT IS A THREAT AND WASN’T A MECHANIC OR SOMEBODY ELSE GOING ON THE TOP OF THE ROOF TO DO SOMETHING, OR WORSE A POTENTIAL OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY IDENTIFY THE THREAT, THEY PROBABLY CALL IN A GROUND TEAM TO GO ASSESS, IS THAT A FRIEND OR A FOE, AND THEN ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY, YOU SEE THE RIFLE DISCHARGE THE ROUND AT THE TARGET. SO IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THEY DID SEE THE THREAT, THEY DID TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS THEY COULD IDENTIFY IT WAS A THREAT AND STOP THE THREAT. >> Robin: WE SO APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT. IT’S VERY, VERY HELPFUL. YOU TALK ABOUT THE INVESTIGATIONS. THE FBI IS GOING TO BE INVESTIGATING INTO THE BACKGROUND OF THE SHOOTER AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE SECRET SERVICE ALSO UNDER AN INVESTIGATION. WHO WOULD BE LEADING THAT INVESTIGATION AGAINST THE SECRET SERVICE? >> WELL THE SECRET SERVICE IS GOING TO DO ITS OWN INVESTIGATION, PROBABLY WITH THE HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE FBI IN TOW AS WELL TO LOOK AT THE METHODOLOGIES IN PLACE, TO ASSESS WHAT THE ADVANCE DID, WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT, WHAT ASSETS WERE IN PLACE, IF MORE ASSETS WERE POTENTIALLY NEEDED, IF THERE WERE GAPS, IF THERE WERE PERSONNEL FAILURES. THEY’LL LOOK AT OFF TALL OF THA. IF WE LOOK AT PAST INCIDENTS THEY’VE TON THAT IN ALMOST EVERY SINGLE INCIDENT WHERE THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PROTECTIVE FAILURE AND WHAT THEY’VE DONE MOVING FORWARD THEY MADE SURE THEY’VE PUT INTO PLACE THINGS THAT WOULD MITIGATE THOSE POTENTIAL GAPS. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IS VERY FRENETIC, A TASKING OF RESOURCES ON THE SECRET SERVICE. POTENTIALLY THEY’VE GOT TO PROTECT THESE GOING INTO FOUR OR FIVE STATES WITH MULTIPLE STOPS, DEPLOYING PERSONNEL ALL OVER THE PLACE, CARS, VEHICLES T ARMOR. THERE’S ONLY A FINITE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THE SECRET SERVICE HAS AND IN MANY WAYS THEY DEPEND ON THEIR STATE AND LOCAL COUNTERPARTS TO HELP FILL THOSE GAPS, WHICH THEY DID HERE IN BUTLER WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE AND THE LOCAL OFFICERS. ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE LOOKED AT. ALL OF THAT WILL BE ROUX REVIEWED, QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CAMPAIGN AHEAD THAT HAS TO BE PROPOSE TEXTED, SAFE AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE TO FEEL THAT IT IS SAFE. >> Michael: TALK AGTS THE AGENTS’ RESPONSE AS THEY RUSHED THE STAGE AND FORMED A SIRC ISCLE AROUND THE PRESIDENT. >> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU PRACTICE IS AN ATTACK ON A PROTECTY. THIS WAS ALMOST A TEXTBOOK WHERE YOU HAVE AN DOESN’T HAPPENING AGAINST A PROTECTY, THE AGENTS RESPONDED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, FORMED A HUMAN SHIELD, A BODY BUMPER, PUTTING THEIR LIVES AND BODIES IN BETWEEN THE THREAT AND THE PROTECTY AND EVACUATING THE PROTECTY TO A SECURE LOCATION, THE MOTORCADE, AND THEN, OF COURSE, TAKING THE MOTORCADE TO THE HOSPITAL SO THE PROTECTY COULD BE ASSESSED. THE VIDEO ITSELF IS ALMOST A TRAINING EXERCISE FOR THE SECRET SERVICE. IT WAS ALMOST TEXTBOOK. >> Robin: THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR INSIGHT AND PERSPECTIVE. REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 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GOOD MORNING TO YOU, CHRIS. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO YOU, ROBIN. BELOVED BY MILLIONS AS THE SELF-DESCRIBED COURT GESTURE OF AMERICAN FITNESS RICHARD SIMMONS ENTERTAINED MILLIONS AND IMPROVED PEOPLE’S HEALTH BY BRINGING EXERCISE A BUZZ OF PURE DELIGHT. ♪ RICHARD SIMMONS WAS AMERICA’S MOST POPULAR AND IRREPRESSIBLE FITNESS ADVO ATE CATE. AN ENERGIZER BUNNY. FROM HIS HIGH ENERGY VIDEOS LIKE SWEAT INTO THE OLDIES. AND HIS MILE A MINUTE INFOMERCIALS TO THE WILD EFFERVESCENCE OF HIS MANY TALK SHOW APPEARANCE. SIMMONS BUILT A BUSINESS EMPIRE AND BECAME A BUZZED ABOUT CELEBRITY BY BRINGING PASSION AND PIZAZZ TO THE WEIGHT LOSS WORKOUT. HIS BROTHER LENNY RECALLING RICHARD SIMMONS’ CARING NATURE. >> HE MADE PEOPLE LAUGH. HE MADE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES. HE MADE EXERCISE FUN, EVEN FOR ME, AND THAT’S WHAT MY BROTHER, DID FOR PEOPLE. >> Reporter: RICHARD SIMMONS CONCERN FOR THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC WAS REAL. BORN OF HIS 250 POUND TEENAGER YEARS IN NEW ORLEANS. WHAT WAS THE CRAZIEST THING YOU EVER DID TO TRY TO LOSE WEIGHT? I DID MANY THINGS. DIET PILLS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THROWING UP FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A DAY. >> Reporter: WHY DIDN’T YOU LIKE YOURSELF WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG? >> I WAS SO DIFFERENT IT SEEMED FROM EVERYBODY ELSE. >> Reporter: HIS ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF KIDS’ SELF-ESTEEM LEADING HIM TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS YEARS AGO. >> I DO NOT WANT ANY CHILD IN AMERICA TO HAVE MY CHILDHOOD BECAUSE IT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME BECAUSE I JUST WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY KNEW THE OTHER SIDE OF RICHARD SIMMONS AND I PUT A SUIT ON AND WENT TO WASHINGTON AND PEOPLE TOLD ME I LOOKED GOOD. AND THAT I SOUNDED GOOD AND I MADE SENSE. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE MY LEGACY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. >> Reporter: RICHARD SIMMONS DIED AT HIS HOME IN LOS ANGELES ON SATURDAY THE DAY AFTER HE TURNED 76. AFTER YEARS OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT RICHARD SIMMONS HAD BEEN REACHING OUT RECENTLY TO OLD FRIENDS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES. HE WAS HAVING SO MUCH FUN, LENNY TOLD US. WE’RE LUCKY RICHARD SIMMONS SPENT A LIFETIME SHARING THAT FUN WITH THE REST OF US. >> Michael: WE ARE, CHRIS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS MORNING WE ALSO ARE REMEMBERING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER. DR. RUTH WAS 96 AND SHE BROKE GROUND, CHRIS. >> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT. IN THE ’80s AND ’90s IF YOU HAD THOSE TWO AS GUESTS ON YOUR SHOW ALL YOU NEEDED WAS A BAND AND AUDIENCE AND OPENING MONOLOGUE. RUTH WAS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO BECAME AMERICA’S BELOVED AND TRUSTED EXPERT ON THE SUBJECT OF SEX, ENLIGHTENING AND REASSURING MILLIONS AS HER MEDICALLY ASTUTE ADVOCACY AND MERRY OUTLOOK ON BEHALF OF GOOD SEX MADE HER A POP CULTURE PHENOMENON. DR. RUTH A FREQUENT PRESENCE ON RADIO AND TV SPEAKING TO MANY WHO NEVER HEARD SEX DISCUSSED WITH SUCH FRANKNESS. HER MEDICAL WISDOM, GRANDMOTHERLY WARMTH SOOTHING THE INSECURITY AND ANXIETY OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH ISSUES OF INTIMACY. DR. 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Recording on the campaign Trail for the Taiwanese presidential elections hundred Clinic where story is will take you there. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER IS DEAD, IDENTIFIED AS 20 YEAR OLD THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS FROM BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA. INVESTIGATORS CONFIRMED TO ABC NEWS THEY BELIEVE THIS SCREENSHOT SHOWS THE SUSPECT RECEIVING HIS DIPLOMA. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS JUST A FEW MINUTES INTO HIS SPEECH WHEN SOURCES SAY THE SUSPECT FIRED AS MANY AS EIGHT ROUNDS FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING ABOUT 300 YARDS AWAY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOUCHED HIS EAR, THEN DUCKED FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE AGENT SWARMED TO PROTECT TRUMP, COVERING HIM WITH THEIR BODIES. ONCE HE STOOD BACK UP, YOU COULD SEE BLOOD COMING FROM TRUMP’S RIGHT EAR AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN PHOTO, PUT HIS FIST IN THE AIR, SIGNALING TO THE CROWD THAT HE WAS OKAY AND PUMPED HIS FIST IN DEFIANCE A FEW TIMES BEFORE. AGENTS THEN ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE AND INTO A VEHICLE. AND THAT IMAGE OF TRUMP’S BLOODIED FACE WITH HIS FIST RAISED IS DOMINATING THE FRONT PAGES TODAY. BUT TRUMP’S NOT THE ONLY VICTIM. AUTHORITIES SAY ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD. TWO OTHERS ARE CRITICALLY INJURED. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS OFFERING CONDOLENCES TO THOSE VICTIMS FAMILIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND RECOUNTING THE MOMENT HE FELT THE BULLET RIPPED THROUGH HIS EAR. IN A POST THIS MORNING, HE’S ALSO CALLING ON AMERICANS TO BE UNITED AND, QUOTE, SHOW OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS AMERICANS. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE TO TRUMP AND IS CONDEMNING THE ATTACK. AND NOW A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS THEY WILL REEXAMINE SECURITY PLANS FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE THAT KICKS OFF TOMORROW, WHERE TRUMP IS POISED TO FORMALLY CLINCH HIS PARTY’S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY IS NEAR THE SCENE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. >> ERIN, EVENTS LIKE THIS GENERALLY GO THROUGH AN INTENSE LEVEL OF SECURITY SCRUTINY. SO I THINK THE BIG QUESTION THIS MORNING IS HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WHAT ARE INVESTIGATORS SAYING ABOUT HOW THIS WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN AT ALL? THAT’S THE SAME QUESTION THAT INVESTIGATORS ARE. THERE ARE TWO PRIORITIES HERE. ONE IS FINDING OUT EVERYTHING CAN ABOUT THE SHOOTER, THIS 20-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN, A LOCAL MAN FROM HERE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. WE KNOW THE AUTHORITIES HAVE ALREADY SEARCHED LOCATIONS ASSOCIATED HIM, INTERVIEWED MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THEY’RE LOOKING ANYTHING ONLINE THAT MIGHT GIVE THEM A HINT ABOUT MOTIVE. SO FAR, BELIEVE HE ACTED ALONE AND THAT THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL THREAT. BUT THEY’RE WORKING TO CONFIRM THAT. THEY ALSO HAVE FOUND NO LINKS TO ANY KIND OF ORGANIZED TERROR GROUP. THEY’RE STILL LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER HE MAY BE LINKED TO ANY KIND OF DOMESTIC EXTREMISM. BUT THEY’RE THEY’RE NOT QUITE SURE YET. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF INVESTIGATION IS JUST THE QUESTION YOU ASKED DIANE. HOW DOES HAPPEN? WHY WAS THAT ROOFTOP POSITION LESS THAN 200 YARDS AWAY FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT AVAILABLE AS A AS A POSITION THAT THIS THIS YOUNG MAN COULD TAKE? ORDINARILY, THE SECRET SERVICE IS MOST CONCERNED WITH THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY AROUND THEIR PROTECTEE AND THEY WOULD OUTSOURCE THE OUTER PERIMETER BEYOND THE MAGNETOMETERS TO TO STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. WE’RE TOLD THAT THIS ROOFTOP HAD BEEN SWEPT. SHOULD THEY HAVE A PERSON ON IT? SHOULD THEY HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB? IT. ALL THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT THEY’RE ASKING NOW AS THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS MAN WAS ABLE TO CLIMB TO THIS ROOFTOP POSITION AND OPEN FIRE WITH AN AR-15 STYLE RIFLE. >> AND AARON, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT SUSPECTED SHOOTER AND THE OTHER VICTIMS HERE? >> HE’S 20 YEARS OLD. AND AS I SAY, HE IS LOCAL. SO FAR, THE SEARCHES ONLINE HAVEN’T TURNED UP MUCH, WE’RE TOLD, BUT THEY’RE STILL LOOKING INTO ANY HISTORY TO SEE WHETHER HE MAY HAVE BEEN STEEPED IN ALL THE THE DISINFORMATION AND RADICALISM THAT’S PROLIFERATED ONLINE OF LATE. NOTHING DEFINITIVE THERE. THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO WAS KILLED BY BY GUNFIRE. TWO OTHERS WERE CRITICALLY. AND SO THIS DOES QUALIFY ASSUMING FORMER PRESIDENT WAS HIT BY A BULLET AND HE SAYS HE WAS GRAZED HIS EAR, THIS WOULD QUALIFY AS A MASS SHOOTING. SO AS MUCH IT IT MAY BE AN EXAMPLE OF, THE NATION’S TOXIC POLITICS. IT ALSO IS EMBLEMATIC OF ANOTHER PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY, AND THAT’S GUN VIOLENCE. >> AND ERIN, ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THE OTHER VICTIMS IMPACTED IN THIS SHOOTING? >> NOTHING SPECIFIC OTHER THAN THEY IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE TWO THAT THAT HAD, YOU KNOW ,THAT WERE INJURED, THEY WERE TAKEN IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THEY REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION TODAY. AND WE EXPECT AN UPDATE FROM AUTHORITIES SOME POINT. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED EITHER OF THE DECEASED VICTIM OR THE TWO WHO WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, CRITICALLY HURT. AND THANK YOU. >> MEANWHILE, A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS SECURITY PLANS FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION ARE NOW BEING REEXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. ABC NEWS SENIOR JUSTICE REPORTER JACK DOCTOR JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THAT. >> JACK, HOW WORRIED ARE SECURITY OFFICIALS ABOUT SAFETY AT THE CONVENTION IN LIGHT OF YESTERDAY’S ATTACK? >> CLEARLY, WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IS AMONG ONE OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS FOR SECURITY PLANNERS THAT A LONE WOLF TYPE SCENARIO WOULD TAKE PLACE, THAT A GUNMAN WOULD HAVE AN ELEVATED POSITION AND GET THAT CLOSE TO A PROTECTEE. SO CLEARLY, EVERYTHING’S ON THE TABLE AS WE HEAD INTO THE CONVENTION THIS WEEK. THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO REASSESS EVERYTHING THAT THE CONVENTION ITSELF HAS DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT. THE SECRET SERVICE HAS BEEN SPENDING, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY MONTHS OVER A YEAR PLANNING THIS, ALONG WITH STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND ALL THEIR FEDERAL PARTNERS. THE POLICE PRESENCE, THE SECURITY PRESENCE IS MASSIVE. THE POLICE AND FEDERAL AGENTS IN THE THOUSANDS WILL BE IN. MANY HAVE ALREADY DESCENDED ON MILWAUKEE. THE THE PERIMETER THAT THEY HAVE SECURED IS MASSIVE. BUT THEY’RE GOING TO TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE IT’S ENOUGH, BECAUSE AS WE SAW YESTERDAY, WHATEVER THEIR PROCEDURES WERE IN THAT EVENT, IT WASN’T ENOUGH. AND THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. >> SO WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR NOW AS THE CONVENTION GETS STARTED TOMORROW? WELL, I THINK YOU CAN ANTICIPATE WHAT WE’D ALREADY ANTICIPATED WAS BASICALLY A VERY PRESENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. I THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE STEPPED UP EVEN MORE, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT. SO WITH WITH, AGAIN, OF POLICE OFFICERS DESCENDING ON MILWAUKEE, I KNOW THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY FEDERAL AGENCY YOU CAN NAME IS THERE. BUT ALSO THEY’RE GETTING HELP NOT JUST FROM THE MILWAUKEE PD, WHICH IS A PARTNER IN THIS, BUT ALSO OUTSIDE PARTNERS. POLICE OFFICERS FROM MINNESOTA ARE COMING DOWN. POLICE OFFICERS FROM CHICAGO ARE COMING, AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MANPOWER, TOO, TO KEEP THE PERIMETER SECURE. BUT THERE’S ALSO AREAS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE CONVENTION WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING WILL BE STAYING IN HOTELS OR ATTENDING OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE JUST OUTSIDE THAT PERIMETER. AND SO THOSE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AS WELL TO SEE SECURITY NEEDS TO BE STEPPED UP IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL, BECAUSE THE WHAT THEY’RE REALLY HOPING TO DO IS GET THROUGH THE WEEK WITHOUT THIS CONVENTION BEING MARRED BY ANY MORE SECURITY. >> ALL RIGHT, JACK, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO BRING IN BRAD GARRETT, OUR CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER FBI AGENT, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE. THE SECURITY QUESTIONS NOW BEING RAISED. AND THE BIG QUESTION, BRAD, IS HOW THIS HAPPEN. WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND NOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TIMELINE. IS THIS SOMETHING THE SECRET SERVICE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PREVENT? >> WELL, I DON’T ENOUGH INFORMATION, DIANE, TO ACTUALLY ANSWER THAT. BUT LET’S IT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS REALISTICALLY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT MANPOWER DO YOU HAVE, HOW BIG AN AREA DO YOU HAV TO COVER. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE ONLY BASED ON WHAT THERE’S BEEN TALKED ABOUT PUBLICLY, THEY HAD CLEARED THAT BUILDING. THEY HAD TALKED TO THE FOLKS THAT OWNED THAT BUILDING AND APPARENTLY HAD BLOCKED OFF THE PARKING LOT TO IT. SO DID THIS GUY SNEAK IN? HE OBVIOUSLY GOT HIMSELF TO THE ROOF AND WAS ABLE TO FIRE A NUMBER SHOTS BEFORE HE WAS ACTUALLY KILLED. AND SO I DON’T KNOW. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ALWAYS GUESSED, DIANE, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE THINGS. SECRET MAY FIND THAT THEY DID HAVE A LAPSE IN REFERENCE TO THAT BUILDING. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IT IS JUST CHAOS GETTING. THESE THINGS ORGANIZED WHERE YOU HAVE EVERYBODY IN PLACE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PARTS. THERE’S SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED . AND SO WE’LL HAVE TO SEE. BUT WHAT TROUBLED ME WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS AT THIS LAST NIGHT IS THAT HE JUST REALLY WASN’T VERY FAR AWAY. I WAS INITIALLY HE WAS SO FAR OUT THE ZONE THAT PROBABLY COULDN’T EVEN REALISTICALLY SEE HIM, MAYBE HAD A SCOPE OR WHATEVER. SO THAT WASN’T THE CASE. I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE 100 FEET AWAY. AND SO TO YOUR POINT, DOES THAT SEEM LIKE A REAL SECURITY BREACH. I THINK THAT’S A POSSIBILITY. AND BRAD, I’M OUT OF TIME. BUT QUICKLY, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE RESPONSE ONCE THOSE SHOTS WERE FIRED? WELL, I THINK WAS QUICK. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THE THE SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS ARE SCANNING EVERY PLACE AROUND WHERE THE CROWD WAS FORMED IN FRONT OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND MAYBE THEY LOOKED OVER THERE. MAYBE HE GOT UP THERE QUICKLY, DROPPED AND STARTED FIRING. BUT ONCE THEY REALIZED IT, THEN THEY SHOT. SO MY GUESS IS THEY DID IT AS QUICKLY AS THEY REASONABLY COULD. I MEAN, YOU HAD TO LOCATE HIM FIRST. SOUNDS LIKE THE SECRET SERVICE SNIPER WASN’T FAR AWAY AND WAS EASILY ABLE TO TAKE A SHOT. >> ALL RIGHT. FORMER FBI AGENT BRAD GARRETT. BRAD, THANK YOU. AND JACK, THANK YOU AS WELL. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE PHONE AFTER THE SHOOTING. AND THOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT OFFERING ANY READOUT OF THEIR CONVERSATION BEFORE THAT CALL, THE PRESIDENT SPOKE ABOUT THE INCIDENT FROM DELAWARE, CALLING IT SICK AND SAYING ALL AMERICANS SHOULD CONDEMN THIS ATTACK. >> 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. THE IDEA THAT THERE’S POLITICAL VIOLENCE OR VIOLENCE IN AMERICA LIKE THIS IS JUST UNHEARD OF. THAT’S NOT APPROPRIATE. AND WE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY MUST CONDEMN IT. >> WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS HAS MORE ON THE WHITE HOUSE REACTION. MARYALICE, WHAT IS THE LATEST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? DIANE, THE PRESIDENT LEFT REHOBOTH, DELAWARE LAST NIGHT AND MADE IT BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE. RETURNED HERE LATE NIGHT. WE KNOW THAT HE’S BEEN RECEIVING REGULAR BRIEFINGS FROM MEMBERS, HIS CABINET, HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM. AS SOON AS HE LEARNED OF THE INCIDENT. AND OF COURSE, THESE BRIEFINGS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, HIS SENIOR ADVISERS ON HOMELAND SECURITY, THE DIRECTOR OF SECRET SERVICE, ALL CONTINUING TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT UPDATES AS THEY TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS, AS THEY TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS AND UNPACK IT AS THE NATIONAL SECURITY SITUATION THAT IT IS. YOU SHOWED THERE A LITTLE BIT OF THE PRESIDENT’S AS YOU SAID, WE DID NOT GET A FORMAL READOUT OF THAT CALL. THE PRESIDENT AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT DID OFFER, OF COURSE, HIS PRAYERS, SAID THAT HE WAS HOPING THAT DONALD’S RECOVERED VERY QUICKLY. HE SPOKE IN PERSONAL TERMS ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT. AND LIKE YOU SAID, HE REALLY CALLED ON THE COUNTRY TO UNITE THIS MOMENT. HE CONDEMNED THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE STRONGEST OF TERMS, SAID IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE. IT’S SICK. IT’S SICK. >> IT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE TO UNITE THIS COUNTRY, DIANE. IT’S ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WE’VE SEEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN A SIMILAR MESSAGE BECAUSE, OF COURSE, TODAY WE’RE SEEING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF CALL FOR UNITY, SAYING UNITED WE STAND. SO I WANTED TO GO TO WHAT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. ALSO SAYING HE IS THE SON OF YOU ASSASSINATED U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT F. KENNEDY. HE’S THE NEPHEW OF ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT F KENNEDY, AND HE’S CALLING ON BIDEN TO OFFER TRUMP A PODIUM TO JOINTLY ADDRESS THE NATION TOGETHER. HOW THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONDING TO THAT SUGGESTION. YEAH, I HAVEN’T SEEN A FORMAL RESPONSE TO THAT YET. WE’VE, OF COURSE, BEEN ASKING THE WHITE HOUSE THE CAMPAIGN. LOOK, THEY ARE VERY CAREFUL AT THIS TIME. THEY DON’T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF OF ANY SORT OF FBI INVESTIGATION. BUT THIS IS, OF COURSE, A POLITICAL REQUEST. IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE WHITE HOUSE DOES CONSIDER IT. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS THE AUDIENCE THAT HE WANTS. I MEAN, HE AS A FORMER PRESIDENT, CAN SPEAK TO THE COUNTRY WHENEVER HE CHOOSES. BUT WHAT AN INTERESTING REQUEST FOR THE COUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER IN THAT WAY. AND LIKE YOU SAID, AN INTERESTING REQUEST FROM SUCH A SOMEONE WHO BRINGS SUCH AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE HAVING, HAVING EXPERIENCED A POLITICAL IN HIS OWN FAMILY THERE. BUT NO DOUBT THIS CHANGE, THIS CAMPAIGN MOVING FORWARD, IT WILL HAVE TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES, BETWEEN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS CAMPAIGN AS WELL. AND THAT’S FOR SURE, MARYALICE ,THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, MORE ON THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSIN OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE REACTION IS COMING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ELECTION AFTER THE BREAK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE AT THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THIS STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI BEFORE HE ENDORSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE, 10 DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING ,ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. >> SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HOW YOUR MONEY BREAKING NEWS POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS. MUSIC TRENDS AND OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. COMING UP ON "GMA3", YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE’LL SEE YOU THEN. SEE THREE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOINING AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT THREE TO GO. THE SHIP IS INCREDIBLE IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. BUT I LOOK AT THAT, OH, MY GOSH . WELL, THAT HAD WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN HAMMER, HAMMER, HAMMER. IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE. AND NEXT THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO AND REACTION AA PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN RALLY THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES ALSO CONDEMNED THE ATTACK, SAYING HE’S SENDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR AND EDITOR AT THE DISPATCH, SARAH ISGUR AND FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, MARCIA ESPINOZA, HAS MORE ON THIS. SARAH, HOW DO YOU THINK THIS INCIDENT WILL AFFECT BOTH THE TRUMP AND THE BIDEN CAMPAIGNS? >> WE’LL SEE OF COURSE, SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN THIS CAMPAIGN ALREADY THAT HASN’T AFFECTED THE POLLS. THERE’S A CHANCE THAT THIS WON’T EITHER, THAT SO MANY VOTERS OPINIONS ARE ALREADY BAKED ON BOTH CANDIDATES. AND I THINK IT WILL ALSO MATTER AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MOTIVE. YOU KNOW, WE’VE SEEN, FOR INSTANCE, IN 1981 WHEN PRESIDENT REAGAN SUFFERED AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION THAT WAS ABOUT IMPRESSING JODIE FOSTER. SO THIS COULD BE JUST SOMEONE WHO HAS MENTAL ILLNESS AND MAY NOT BE RELATED TO THE POLITICAL MOMENT WHATSOEVER. >> MARCIA TRUMP POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL TODAY, SAYING, IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE STAND UNITED AND SHOW OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS AMERICANS, REMAINING STRONG AND DETERMINED. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE THIS MORNING? SOME ARE SEEING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UNITY. OTHERS ARE NOW FEARING THIS COULD CAUSE MORE POLITICAL VIOLENCE GOING FORWARD. >> WELL, I THINK THAT WAS A VERY MEASURED STATEMENT FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND I HOPE THAT HE STAYS WITH THAT TYPE OF MESSAGE. YOU KNOW, WE SAW PRESIDENT BIDEN COME OUT LAST NIGHT AND SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR, HE HAD JUST BEEN BRIEFED BY THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR, DHS HOMELAND SECURITY OVERSEES SECRET SERVICE AND SO WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THOSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL OF THE RHETORIC THAT IS OUT THERE. ALL OF THE THREATS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SEEING AND THE LANGUAGE FROM OUR LEADERS REALLY DOES MATTER IN THESE INSTANCES. SO, TAKING THE TIME TO, TO TAMP THINGS DOWN, I THINK IS A VERY SMART MOVE TO TRY TO BRING SOME CLARITY AND SOME SOME UNITY TO WHAT HAS ACTUALLY JUST HAPPENED. >> AND, SARAH, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF TRUMP’S RESPONSE NOT ONLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA? THE TWO MESSAGES HE’S POSTED SO FAR, BUT ALSO HIS REACTION IN THE MOMENT WHEN IT HAPPENED? >> CERTAINLY, THAT’S GOING AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. ALL RIGHT, SARAH ISGUR MARCIA ESPINOSA, THANK YOU. AND LET’S BRING IN ELIZABETH NEWMAN, FORMER ASSISTANT FOR COUNTERTERRORISM FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, A NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERT, LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANT, A DONALD MIHALEK FOR MORE. ELIZABETH, FIRST, I JUST WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION. WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? >> THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FEARING FOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE COUNTERTERRORISM AND SECURITY COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, IN PART BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN ATTACKS AGAINST ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THREATS AGAINST ELECTED OFFICIALS ONLINE. WE HAVE SEEN THE RHETORIC SUGGESTING THAT ATTACKS TOWARDS ELECTED OFFICIALS JUST SPIKE REALLY HIGH THIS LAST SPRING. SO, YEAH, I MEAN, IT WAS A DEVASTATING DAY YESTERDAY, BUT ALSO KIND OF YOUR WORST FEARS REALIZED. YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU JUST DIDN’T KNOW HOW. AND QUITE FRANKLY, WAS JUST REALLY THANKFUL THAT IT WAS A WORSE OUTCOME. >> DON, THE SECRET SERVICE IS FACING A LOT OF QUESTIONS NOW AMONG THEM, COULD THIS AND SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED AS FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGENT YOURSELF? WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW THAT WE’RE LEARNING MORE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TIMELINE WHERE THIS SHOOTER WAS? YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. >> I KNOW IT’S EARLY DAYS IN THE INVESTIGATION, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS? >> WAS THIS A LAPSE IN SECURITY ? WELL, THAT’S THE QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY’S GOING TO WANT ANSWERED. THAT’S THE QUESTION THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS WILL METE OUT. GOING TO HAVE THREE INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON HERE. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE THE FBI DOING THE ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION, THE SECRET SERVICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WILL DO WHAT’S CALLED THE MISSION ASSURANCE INVESTIGATION. THEY’LL GO INTO THE SITE, LOOK AT IT, LOOK AT THE SECURITY PLANS, TALK TO THE AGENTS INVOLVED. FIGURE OUT GAPS. TALK TO THE STATE AND LOCAL COUNTERPARTS. SEE THEIR VIEWS ARE. PUT THAT TOGETHER AND COME OUT WITH EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. WHERE WAS THERE A GAP? WAS THERE OTHER THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE? AND THEN THIRDLY, THERE’S GOING TO BE A SHOOTING INVESTIGATION . THE SECRET SERVICE, LIKE EVERY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE WORLD, IS BOUND BY THE NATION’S USE OF FORCE RULES. SO THEY HAVE TO ALSO DOCUMENT WHY THEY ACTUALLY USED FORCE IN THAT INCIDENT. ONE THING EVERYBODY HAS TO UNDERSTAND IS THE SECRET SERVICE IS ABOUT RISK MITIGATION, NOT RISK ELIMINATION. NOBODY CAN ELIMINATE RISK, BUT THE SECRET SERVICE DOES RISK MITIGATION THROUGH ITS ADVANCED PROTOCOLS IN AN ADVANCED PROCESS, WHICH AGAIN, WILL BE COMING UNDER SCRUTINY AS THEY LOOK AT THIS INCIDENT AND ITS AFTERMATH AND TO DO THEIR INVESTIGATION. ONE THING I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO OF THE COUNTER SNIPER RESPONSE, YOU SEE THE COUNTER SNIPERS RANGING IN ON THE ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME AND TAKING A SHOT AS ROUNDS WERE IMPACTING AROUND WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS. SO ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE LOOKED AT. ALL OF THAT WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND WE’LL HOPEFULLY GET SOME ANSWERS HERE SOON. >> AND DONALD, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE IN THAT VIDEO WHERE THE SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS SEEM TO SEE THE THREAT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE SPECULATING ABOUT THE TIME LAPSE AND WHEN THEY FINALLY FIRED THE SHOTS. AND I THOUGHT YOU HAD A REALLY INTERESTING EXPLANATION OF WHAT’S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN THAT MOMENT. >> SO THE SECRET SERVICE COUNTER SNIPERS ARE PART OF THE ADVANCE TEAM WHEN THEY ROLL OUT TO A SITE, THEY DO THEIR OWN ADVANCE. THEY ASSESS LONG DISTANCE THREATS. THEY PUT THEIR OWN ADVANCED PLATFORM TOGETHER VIA A GRID OF THE ENTIRE SITE AREA. SO IF THERE IS THREAT, THEY CAN CALL IN A THREAT VIA A GRID PATTERN. WHAT WE’RE AT IN A VIDEO TO ME IS THE COUNTER SNIPERS SEE A PROBLEM ON THE ROOF. NOW, STANDARD LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTOCOL IS YOU CAN’T JUST SHOOT SOMEBODY BECAUSE YOU SEE SOMEBODY. YOU HAVE TO DOCUMENT THAT THERE IS INDEED A THREAT. THE COUNTER SNIPERS WORK AT A GRAND TEAM. IT’S CALLED COUNTER SNIPER RESPONSE TEAMS THAT THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY DISPATCH TO A LOCATION IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON. AND THEN WHAT YOU SAW WAS THE COUNTER SNIPER CLEARLY SAW THAT THERE WAS AN IMMINENT THREAT AND THEN TOOK A SHOT TO MAKE IT LOOK ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY DEAD. AS SOON AS THEY SAW THE THREAT, YOU SEE THE GUN LOOKS LIKE A RECOIL. THEY FIRED AT THE SAME TIME THE ROUNDS WERE HITTING PRESIDENT TRUMP. IN MY VIEW, WATCHING THE VIDEO SAW IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAPPENED PRETTY SIMULTANEOUSLY. >> ALL RIGHT. ELIZABETH NOLAN, DONALD MIHALEK, THANK YOU BOTH. COMING UP THE PREPARATIONS NOW UNDERWAY IN MILWAUKEE AHEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL. HOW SECURITY MIGHT CHANGE THERE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE. THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO ON TO 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. FOREVER. THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC LIVE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SO ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA’S NUMBER MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL A TELEVISION. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". >> TO BE IN THE KNOW AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. 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I’M MELISSA DAN ON MAUI, WHERE THE WILDFIRE RECOVERY EFFORTS CONTINUE AND THE PEOPLE REMAIN HOPEFUL, RESILIENT. >> YOU’RE SCREENING ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR US. WE ARE NOW LESS THAN 24 HOURS FROM THE START OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AS OFFICIALS TRY TO EVALUATE IF THEY NEED TO ADJUST SECURITY AFTER, THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE EVENTS OF THE RNC ARE SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN US NOW FROM THE SITE OF THE EVENT THERE IN MILWAUKEE. HOW ARE RNC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REACTING TO THIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IN TERMS OF SECURITY CONCERNS? >> WELL, DIANE, THERE WAS ALWAYS TO BE A HEAVY SECURITY PRESENCE HERE AT THE RNC. IT’S ONE OF THE MOST SECURE POLITICAL EVENTS OF ITS NATURE IN THE COUNTRY THE DNC IS NO DIFFERENT. THE SECRET SERVICE RUNS PROTECTION, BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE WILL BE A HEIGHTENED STATE OF ALERT NOW. JUST TO GIVE A SENSE OF HOW HEAVY THE SECURITY IS, THERE IS THIS TIGHT PERIMETER AROUND THE FISERV FORUM HERE IN MILWAUKEE IS THE SITE OF THE CONVENTION. YOU CAN’T DRIVE A CAR EVEN REMOTELY NEAR THE FORUM. STREETS ARE BLOCKED DOWN. THERE ARE BARRICADES PUT UP. WE JUST SAW THEM PUTTING UP A FEW MOMENTS AGO. POINT BEING THERE WAS ALWAYS TO BE A HEAVY SECURITY PRESENCE HERE. BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE NOW, GIVEN THE NEW CONCERNS IN JUST THE LAST 23, 24 HOURS, THERE WILL BE THIS HEIGHTENED STATE OF ALERT FOR ATTENDEES GOING INTO THE VENUE FOR OBVIOUSLY PRINCIPLES, NOT JUST THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BUT HIS CHILDREN, CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS, REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO WILL FLOCK HERE AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN, THANK YOU. >> THE NEWS NEVER STOPS AND NEITHER DO WE? WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. 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IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. RIGHT? LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WELL, WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN. EVER, EVER, EVER. IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE IN THIS? IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO ARE WE SERVING UP? >> WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HOUSE, YOUR MONEY, BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS AND OF COURSE GOOD FOOD. SO COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE’LL SEE YOU THERE, YOU THREE. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOINING US AFTERNOON HERE. >> EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT THREE TO I AM DEVASTATED TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY YESTERDAY. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER IS DEAD, IDENTIFIED AS 20 YEAR OLD THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS FROM BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA. INVESTIGATORS CONFIRMED TO ABC NEWS THEY BELIEVE THIS SCREENSHOT THE SUSPECT RECEIVING HIS DIPLOMA. A FORMER PRESIDENT WAS A FEW MINUTES INTO HIS SPEECH WHEN SOURCES SAY THE SUSPECT FIRED AS MANY AS ROUNDS FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING ABOUT 300 YARDS AWAY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOUCHED HIS EAR, THEN DUCKED FOR COVER . SECRET SERVICE AGENT SWARMED TO PROTECT TRUMP, COVERING HIM WITH THEIR BODIES. ONCE HE STOOD BACK UP, YOU COULD SEE BLOOD COMING FROM TRUMP’S RIGHT EAR AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO, PUT HIS FIST IN THE AIR SIGNALING THE CROWD THAT HE WAS OKAY AND PUMPED HIS FIST IN DEFIANCE A FEW TIMES BEFORE. AGENTS THEN ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE AND INTO A VEHICLE, AND THAT IMAGE OF TRUMP’S BLOODIED FACE WITH HIS FIST RAISED IS DOMINATING THE FRONT PAGES TODAY. BUT TRUMP’S NOT THE ONLY VICTIM . AUTHORITIES SAY ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD. TWO OTHERS ARE CRITICALLY INJURED. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS OFFERING CONDOLENCES TO THOSE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND RECOUNTING THE MOMENT HE, QUOTE, FELT THE BULLET RIPPED THROUGH HIS EAR. IN A POST MORNING, HE’S ALSO CALLING ON AMERICANS TO BE UNITED AND, QUOTE, SHOW TRUE CHARACTER AS AMERICANS. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE TO TRUMP AND IS CONDEMNING THE ATTACK. AND NOW A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS THEY WILL REEXAMINE SECURITY PLANS FOR THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE. THAT KICKS OFF TOMORROW, WHERE TRUMP IS POISED TO FORMALLY CLINCH HIS PARTY’S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY IS NEAR THE SCENE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. >> ERIN, EVENTS LIKE THIS GENERALLY THROUGH AN INTENSE LEVEL OF SECURITY SCRUTINY. SO I THINK THE BIG QUESTION THIS MORNING IS HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WHAT ARE INVESTIGATORS SAYING ABOUT HOW THIS WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN AT ALL? THAT’S THE SAME QUESTION THAT INVESTIGATORS ARE ASKING. THERE ARE TWO PRIORITIES HERE. ONE IS FINDING OUT EVERYTHING THEY CAN ABOUT THE SHOOTER, THIS 20-YEAR-OLD YOUNG MAN, A LOCAL MAN FROM HERE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. WE KNOW THE AUTHORITIES HAVE ALREADY SEARCHED LOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HIM, INTERVIEWED MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THEY’RE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING ONLINE THAT MIGHT GIVE THEM A HINT ABOUT MOTIVE. SO FAR, THEY BELIEVE HE ACTED ALONE AND THAT THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL THREAT. BUT WORKING TO CONFIRM THAT. THEY ALSO HAVE FOUND NO LINKS TO ANY KIND OF ORGANIZED TERROR GROUP. THEY’RE STILL LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER HE MAY BE TO ANY KIND OF DOMESTIC EXTREMISM. BUT THEY’RE THEY’RE NOT QUITE SURE. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THE INVESTIGATION IS JUST THE QUESTION YOU ASKED DIANE. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? WHY WAS THAT ROOFTOP POSITION LESS THAN 200 YARDS AWAY FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT, AVAILABLE AS AS A POSITION THAT THIS THIS YOUNG MAN COULD TAKE? ORDINARILY, THE SECRET SERVICE, AS MOST CONCERNED WITH THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY AROUND THEIR PROTECTEE AND THEY WOULD OUTSOURCE THE OUTER PERIMETER BEYOND THE MAGNETOMETERS TO TO STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. WE’RE TOLD THAT THIS ROOFTOP HAD BEEN SWEPT. SHOULD THEY HAVE HAD A PERSON ON IT? SHOULD THEY HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB SECURING IT? ALL THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT THEY’RE ASKING NOW AS THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS MAN WAS ABLE TO CLIMB TO THIS ROOFTOP POSITION AND OPENED FIRE WITH AN AR-15 STYLE RIFLE. >> AND WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT SUSPECTED SHOOTER AND THE OTHER VICTIMS HERE? >> HE’S 20 YEARS OLD AND AS I SAY, HE IS LOCAL. SO FAR, THE SEARCHES ONLINE HAVEN’T TURNED UP MUCH, WE’RE TOLD, BUT THEY’RE STILL LOOKING INTO ANY HISTORY. SEE WHETHER HE MAY HAVE BEEN STEEPED IN ALL THE THE DISINFORMATION AND THAT’S PROLIFERATED ONLINE OF LATE. NOTHING DEFINITIVE THERE. THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO WAS KILLED BY BY GUNFIRE. TWO OTHERS WERE CRITICALLY HURT. AND SO THIS DOES QUALIFY, ASSUMING THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS HIT BY A BULLET AND HE SAYS HE WAS IN HIS EAR. THIS WOULD QUALIFY AS A MASS SHOOTING. SO AS MUCH AS IT IT MAY BE AN EXAMPLE, THE NATION’S TOXIC POLITICS. AND IT ALSO IS EMBLEMATIC OF ANOTHER PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY, AND THAT’S GUN VIOLENCE. >> AND ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THE OTHER VICTIMS IMPACTED IN THIS SHOOTING? >> NOTHING SPECIFIC OTHER THAN THEY ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE TWO THAT THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE INJURED, THEY WERE TAKEN IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THEY REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION TODAY. AND WE EXPECT AN UPDATE FROM AUTHORITIES AT SOME POINT. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED EITHER OF THE VICTIM OR THE TWO WHO WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. CRITICALLY HURT AND AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU. >> MEANWHILE, A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS SECURITY PLANS FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION ARE NOW BEING REEXAMINED TO DETERMINE ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. ABC NEWS SENIOR JUSTICE REPORTER JACK DOHERTY JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THAT. >> JACK, HOW WORRIED ARE SECURITY OFFICIALS ABOUT SAFETY AT THE CONVENTION IN LIGHT OF YESTERDAY’S ATTACK? >> CLEARLY, WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IS AMONG ONE OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIOS FOR SECURITY, THAT A LONE WOLF TYPE SCENARIO WOULD TAKE PLACE, THAT A GUNMAN WOULD HAVE AN ELEVATED POSITION AND GET THAT CLOSE TO A PROTECTEE. SO CLEARLY EVERYTHING’S ON THE TABLE AS WE HEAD INTO THE CONVENTION THIS WEEK. THEY’RE TO HAVE TO REASSESS EVERYTHING THAT THE CONVENTION ITSELF HAS DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT. THE SECRET SERVICE HAS BEEN SPENDING, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY MONTHS OVER A YEAR PLANNING THIS ALONG STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND ALL THEIR FEDERAL PARTNERS. THE POLICE PRESENCE, THE SECURITY PRESENCE IS MASSIVE. THE POLICE AND FEDERAL AGENTS IN THE THOUSANDS WILL BE IN. MANY HAVE ALREADY DESCENDED ON MILWAUKEE THAT THE PERIMETER THAT THEY HAVE SECURED IS MASSIVE. BUT THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE IT’S ENOUGH, BECAUSE AS WE SAW YESTERDAY, WHATEVER THEIR PROCEDURES WERE IN THAT EVENT, IT WASN’T ENOUGH. >> AND THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. >> SO, JACK, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR NOW AS THE CONVENTION GETS STARTED TOMORROW? >> WELL, I THINK YOU CAN ANTICIPATE WHAT WE’D ALREADY ANTICIPATED WAS LIKELY OF A VERY VISIBLE PRESENCE OF, LAW ENFORCEMENT. I THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE STEPPED UP EVEN MORE, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT SO WITH WITH, AGAIN, HUNDREDS OF POLICE OFFICERS ON MILWAUKEE . I KNOW THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY FEDERAL AGENCY YOU CAN NAME IS THERE. BUT ALSO THEY’RE GETTING HELP NOT JUST FROM THE MILWAUKEE PD, WHICH IS A PARTNER IN THIS, BUT ALSO OUTSIDE PARTNERS, POLICE OFFICERS FROM MINNESOTA ARE COMING DOWN. POLICE OFFICERS FROM CHICAGO ARE COMING AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MANPOWER TO TO KEEP THE PERIMETER SECURE. BUT THERE’S ALSO AREAS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE CONVENTION WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING WILL BE STAYING IN HOTELS OR ATTENDING OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE JUST OUTSIDE THAT PERIMETER. AND THOSE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AS WELL TO SEE IF SECURITY NEEDS TO BE STEPPED UP IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL. BECAUSE THE WHAT THEY’RE HOPING TO DO IS GET THROUGH THE WEEK WITHOUT THIS CONVENTION BEING MARRED BY ANY MORE SECURITY INCIDENTS. >> ALL RIGHT, JACK, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO BRING IN BRAD GARRETT, CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER FBI AGENT, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SECURITY QUESTIONS NOW BEING RAISED. AND THE BIG QUESTION, BRAD, IS HOW DID THIS HAPPEN. WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND NOW HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TIMELINE? IS THIS SOMETHING THE SECRET SERVICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PREVENT? >> WELL, I DON’T KNOW ENOUGH INFORMATION AND DIANE TO ACTUALLY ANSWER THAT, BUT WHAT’S IT YOU HAVE TO LOOK THESE THINGS REALISTICALLY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT MENTALITY YOU HAVE, HOW BIG AN AREA THAT YOU HAVE TO COVER AND IT SOUNDS LIKE ONLY BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT PUBLICLY. THEY HAD CLEARED THAT BUILDING. THEY HAD TALKED TO THE FOLKS THAT OWN THAT BUILDING AND APPARENTLY HAD BLOCKED OFF THE PARKING LOT TO IT. SO DID THIS GUY SNEAK IN? HE OBVIOUSLY GOT HIMSELF TO THE ROOF AND, WAS ABLE TO FIRE A NUMBER OF SHOTS BEFORE HE WAS ACTUALLY KILLED. AND SO I DON’T KNOW. YOU’RE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ALWAYS SECOND GUESSED. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THESE, THE SECRET SERVICE MAY FIND THAT THEY DID HAVE A LAPSE IN REFERENCE TO THAT BUILDING. BUT I WILL TELL YOU IT IS JUST CHAOS GETTING THESE THINGS ORGANIZED WHERE YOU HAVE EVERYBODY IN PLACE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PARTS. THERE’S SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED . AND SO WE’LL HAVE TO SEE. BUT WHAT TROUBLED ME WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS AT LAST NIGHT IS THAT HE JUST REALLY WASN’T VERY FAR. I WAS THINKING INITIALLY HE WAS SO FAR OUT ZONE THAT YOU PROBABLY COULDN’T EVEN REALISTICALLY SEE HIM, MAYBE HAD A SCOPE OR WHATEVER. SO THAT WASN’T THE CASE. I MEAN, HE WAS LIKE 400 FEET AWAY. AND SO, TO YOUR POINT, DOES SEEM LIKE A REAL SECURITY BREACH. I THINK THAT’S A POSSIBILITY. >> AND, BRAD, I’M OUT OF TIME. BUT QUICKLY, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE RESPONSE ONCE THOSE SHOTS WERE FIRED? WELL, I THINK IT WAS QUICK. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THE SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS ARE SCANNING EVERY PLACE WHERE THE CROWD WAS FORMED IN FRONT OF FORMER PRESIDENT. AND MAYBE THEY LOOKED OVER THERE. MAYBE HE GOT UP THERE QUICKLY, DROPPED DOWN AND STARTED FIRING. BUT ONCE THEY REALIZED IT, THEN THEY SHOT HIM. SO MY GUESS IS THEY DID IT AS QUICKLY AS THEY REASONABLY. I MEAN, THEY HAD TO LOCATE HIM FIRST. SOUNDS LIKE THE SECRET SNIPER WASN’T FAR AWAY AND WAS EASILY ABLE TO TAKE SHOT. >> ALL RIGHT. FORMER FBI AGENT BRAD GARRETT, BRAD THANK YOU. AND JACK, THANK YOU AS WELL. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE PHONE AFTER THE SHOOTING. AND THOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT OFFERING ANY READOUT OF THEIR CONVERSATION BEFORE THAT CALL, THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE INCIDENT FROM DELAWARE, CALLING IT SICK AND SAYING ALL AMERICANS SHOULD CONDEMN THIS ATTACK. >> THERE’S NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR KIND OF VIOLENCE. IT’S SICK. IT’S SICK. IT’S OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE TO UNITE THIS COUNTRY. WE CANNOT ALLOW FOR TO BE HAPPENING. THE IDEA THAT THERE’S POLITICAL VIOLENCE OR VIOLENCE IN AMERICA LIKE THIS IS JUST UNHEARD OF IS JUST NOT APPROPRIATE. AND EVERYBODY EVERYBODY MUST CONDEMN IT. >> HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS HAS MORE ON THE WHITE HOUSE REACTION. MARYALICE, WHAT IS THE LATEST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? YEAH, DIANE, THE PRESIDENT LEFT ROBERT DELAWARE LAST NIGHT AND MADE IT BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE. RETURNED HERE LATE LAST NIGHT. WE KNOW THAT HE’S BEEN RECEIVING REGULAR BRIEFINGS FROM MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET, HIS NATIONAL SECURITY, AS SOON AS HE LEARNED OF THE INCIDENT. AND, OF COURSE, THESE BRIEFINGS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, HIS SENIOR ADVISERS ON HOMELAND SECURITY, THE DIRECTOR OF SECRET SERVICE, ALL CONTINUING TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT UPDATES AS THEY TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS, AS THEY TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS AND UNPACK IT AS THE NATIONAL SECURITY SITUATION THAT IT IS. YOU SHOWED THERE A LITTLE BIT OF THE PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT. >> AS YOU SAID, WE DID NOT GET A FORMAL READOUT OF THAT CALL BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT DID OFFER, OF COURSE, HIS PRAYERS, SAID THAT HE WAS HOPING THAT DONALD WAS RECOVERED VERY QUICKLY. HE SPOKE IN PERSONAL TERMS ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT. AND LIKE YOU SAID, HE REALLY CALLED ON THE COUNTRY TO UNITE IN THIS MOMENT. HE CONDEMNED THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE STRONGEST OF TERMS, SAID THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE. IT’S SICK. IT’S SICK. IT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE TO UNITE THIS COUNTRY, DIANE. >> IT’S ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WE’VE SEEN FORMER PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH A SIMILAR MESSAGE BECAUSE, OF COURSE, TODAY WE’RE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF CALL FOR UNITY, SAYING UNITED WE STAND. SO I WANTED TO GO TO WHAT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR IS ALSO SAYING. HE IS THE SON OF ASSASSINATED U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT F. KENNEDY. HE’S THE NEPHEW OF ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY AND HE’S CALLING ON BIDEN TO OFFER TRUMP A PODIUM AND TO JOINTLY ADDRESS THE NATION TOGETHER. >> HOW IS THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONDING TO THAT SUGGESTION? YEAH, I HAVEN’T SEEN A FORMAL RESPONSE TO THAT YET. WE’VE OF COURSE BEEN ASKING THE WHITE HOUSE, THE CAMPAIGN, LOOK, THEY ARE VERY CAREFUL AT THIS TIME. THEY DON’T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF OF ANY OF FBI INVESTIGATION. BUT THIS IS, OF COURSE, A POLITICAL REQUEST. IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE WHITE HOUSE DOES CONSIDER IT. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS THE AUDIENCE THAT HE WANTS I MEAN, HE HAS A FORMER PRESIDENT. HE CAN SPEAK TO THE COUNTRY WHENEVER CHOOSES. BUT WHAT AN INTERESTING REQUEST FOR THE COUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER IN THAT WAY. AND LIKE YOU SAID, AN INTERESTING REQUEST FROM SUCH AND SOMEONE WHO BRINGS AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE, HAVING HAVING EXPERIENCE A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION IN HIS OWN FAMILY THERE. BUT NO, THIS WILL CHANGE THIS CAMPAIGN MOVING FORWARD. IT WILL HAVE TO CHANGE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES, BETWEEN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS CAMPAIGN AS WELL. >> YEAH, THAT’S FOR SURE. MARYALICE, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, MORE ON THE ATTEMPTED OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE REACTION IS COMING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ELECTION AFTER THE BREAK. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> GET READY, AMERICA. EVERY FRIDAY,HE HOTTEST TRENDS DIALED AND MUST HAVE WHAT’S THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY RIGHT NOW? REALLY LOVE THAT. TIME TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND SAVE BIG TIME TO DO THE RIGHT STUFF. FRIDAYS ON "GMA". YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA, SO WHY DON’T WE SERVE THAT? >> WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HOUSE, YOUR MONEY? >> BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS, AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE’LL SEE YOU THEN. THREE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> THREE TO IS SOME KIND OF A BALL GAME IN HERE. SOMEBODY IS KILLING YOUNG BLACK WOMEN AT THE FEARED WAS JUST INSANE. I WAS NOT GOING TO UNTIL I FOUND OUT WHO DID THIS. KNEW ALL OF THE VICTIMS. HE PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS A GOOD FRIEND. NOW, FRIDAY, THE PRISON INTERVIEW WITH THE KILLER. I TOUCHED THEM. CONTROL. AND THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH THE ONLY SURVIVING VICTIM FOR 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC. >> YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ABC NEWS, BREAKING NEWS, EXCLUSIVES, LIVE REPORTING KEEPS STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO AND REACTION IS POURING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON. THE ACT A HORRIFIC ACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AT A PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN RALLY THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER KIM JEFFRIES ALSO CONDEMNED THE ATTACK, SAYING HE’S SENDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR AND EDITOR AT THE DISPATCH SARAH ISGUR AND FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, MARCIA ESPINOSA, AS MORE ON THIS. SARA, HOW DO YOU THINK THIS INCIDENT WILL AFFECT BOTH THE TRUMP AND BIDEN CAMPAIGNS? >> WE’LL SEE. OF COURSE, SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN THIS CAMPAIGN ALREADY THAT HASN’T AFFECTED THE POLLS. THERE’S A CHANCE THAT THIS WON’T EITHER, THAT SO MANY VOTERS OPINIONS ARE ALREADY ON BOTH CANDIDATES. AND I THINK IT WILL ALSO MATTER AS LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MOTIVE. YOU KNOW, WE’VE SEEN, FOR INSTANCE, IN 1981 WHEN PRESIDENT REAGAN SUFFERED AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION THAT WAS ABOUT IMPRESSING JODIE FOSTER. SO THIS COULD BE JUST SOMEONE WHO HAS MENTAL ILLNESS AND MAY BE RELATED TO THE POLITICAL MOMENT WHATSOEVER. >> MARCIA POSTED ON SOCIAL TODAY SAYING IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. WE STAND UNITED AND SHOW OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS AMERICANS REMAINING STRONG AND DETERMINED. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE THIS MORNING? SOME ARE SEEING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY UNITY. >> OTHERS ARE NOW FEARING THIS COULD CAUSE MORE POLITICAL VIOLENCE GOING FORWARD. >> WELL, I THINK THAT WAS A VERY MEASURED STATEMENT FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND. I HOPE THAT HE STAYS WITH THAT TYPE OF MESSAGE. YOU WE SAW PRESIDENT BIDEN COME OUT LAST NIGHT AND SAY SOMETHING SIMILAR. HE HAD JUST BEEN BRIEFED BY THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND AND THE SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR, DHS, HOMELAND SECURITY OVERSEAS SECRET SERVICE. >> AND SO WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THOSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL OF THE RHETORIC THAT IS OUT THERE, ALL OF THE THREATS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SEEING. AND THE LANGUAGE FROM OUR LEADERS REALLY DOES MATTER IN THESE INSTANCES. >> SO TAKING THE TIME TO TO TO TAMP THINGS DOWN, I THINK IS A VERY SMART MOVE TO TRY BRING SOME CLARITY AND SOME SOME UNITY TO WHAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. >> AND SARAH, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF TRUMP’S RESPONSE NOT ONLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO MESSAGES HE’S POSTED SO FAR, BUT ALSO HIS REACTION IN THAT MOMENT WHEN IT HAPPENED? >> CERTAINLY, THAT’S GOING TO BE AN ICONIC PHOTO AS DONALD TRUMP STANDS TO PUMP HIS FIST IN THE AIR, LETTING HIS SUPPORTERS AND AS HE KNOWS ,WHAT WOULD BE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WATCHING ON TELEVISION KNOW THAT HE WAS. OKAY. I THINK THAT YOU HEAD INTO NOW REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION THIS WEEK, CERTAINLY AS SOMEONE WHO’S BEEN INVOLVED THOSE IN THE PAST, YOU NOW HAVE A SCRAMBLE TO THINK ABOUT WHO WHAT ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS YOU MIGHT WANT, WHAT MESSAGES YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE. I THINK YOU COULD SEE REAL CHANGE AT THE RNC CONVENTION, YOU KNOW, PLAYING OFF OF THIS MOMENT, BUT ALSO THIS MOMENT WHERE WE ALL GET TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE ADDING TO THE RISING TEMPERATURE OR ACTUALLY TRYING TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, LIGHT AND NOT HEAT. >> AND MARCIA, THIS IS A DELICATE MOMENT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. WHAT TIME DO YOU THINK HE NEEDS TO STRIKE DURING THESE NEXT FEW DAYS? >> WELL, I THINK HE NEEDS TO CONTINUE ON THE TRACK THAT HE’S BEEN ON TO SHOWCASE, YOU KNOW, GOING TOWARDS THE ELECTION, WHAT HE HAS DONE AS PRESIDENT AND COMPARING THAT TO WHAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT DID. BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, AS I MENTIONED, WE COULD SEE THE RHETORIC CHANGE AHEAD OF THESE CONVENTIONS, ESPECIALLY AS SECURITY IS LIKELY RAMPING UP. WE’RE LIKELY TO SEE A LOT SECURITY AROUND THESE VENUES. THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION STARTS TOMORROW. THE SECRET SERVICE OR YEAH, MONDAY HAS TOMORROW. AND THE SECRET SERVICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THAT NATIONAL SECURITY EVENT. >> BUT THEY DO IT IN IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LOT OF OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. >> SO THEY’RE DEPENDING ON THE LOCALS, OTHER AGENCIES TO COME IN AND HELP SECURE THIS EVENT AND MAKE IT AS SAFE POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. >> ALL RIGHT, SARAH ISGUR MARCIA ESPINOSA, THANK YOU. >> AND LET’S BRING IN ELIZABETH ,FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COUNTERTERRORISM FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANT, A DONALD MIHALIC FOR MORE. ELIZABETH, FIRST, I JUST WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION. WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY? >> THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FEARING FOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE COUNTERTERROR AND THE SECURITY COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, IN PART BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN A SIGNET ACCENT, UPTICK IN ATTACKS AGAINST ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THREATS AGAINST ELECTED ONLINE. WE HAVE SEEN THE RHETORIC SUGGESTING THAT ATTACKS TOWARDS ELECTED OFFICIALS JUST SPIKE REALLY HIGH THIS LAST. SO, YEAH, I MEAN, IT WAS A DEVASTATING DAY YESTERDAY, BUT ALSO KIND OF YOUR WORST FEARS REALIZED. YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU JUST DIDN’T KNOW HOW. AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT WAS JUST REALLY THANKFUL THAT IT WAS A WORSE OUTCOME. >> DON, THE SECRET SERVICE IS FACING A LOT OF QUESTIONS NOW, CHIEF AMONG THEM, COULD THIS AND SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED AS A FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGENT YOURSELF, WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW THAT LEARNING MORE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TIMELINE WHERE THIS SHOOTER WAS? YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. >> I KNOW IT’S EARLY DAYS IN THE INVESTIGATION, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS? WAS THIS A LAPSE IN SECURITY? >> WELL, THAT’S THE QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY’S GOING TO WANT AND THAT’S THE QUESTION THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS WILL ALL MEET. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THREE INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON HERE. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE THE FBI DOING, THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION, THE SECRET SERVICE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WILL DO WHAT’S CALLED A MISSION ASSURANCE INVESTIGATION. ALL GO INTO THE SITE, LOOK AT IT, LOOK AT THE SECURITY PLANS, TALK TO THE AGENTS INVOLVED, FIGURE OUT GAPS. TALK TO THE STATE AND LOCAL COUNTERPARTS, SEE WHAT THEIR VIEWS ARE. PUT THAT TOGETHER AND COME OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. WHERE WAS THERE A GAP? WAS THERE OTHER THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE? AND THEN THIRDLY, THERE’S GOING TO BE A SHOOTING INVESTIGATION, BECAUSE THE SECRET SERVICE, LIKE EVERY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE WORLD, IS BOUND BY THE NATION’S USE OF FORCE RULES. SO THEY HAVE TO ALSO DOCUMENT WHY THEY ACTUALLY USED IN THAT INCIDENT. ONE THING EVERYBODY HAS TO UNDERSTAND IS THE SECRET SERVICE IS ABOUT RISK MITIGATION, NOT RISK ELIMINATION. NOBODY CAN ELIMINATE RISK. BUT THE SECRET SERVICE DOES RISK MITIGATION THROUGH ITS ADVANCED PROTOCOLS IN AN ADVANCED PROCESS, WHICH AGAIN, WILL BE COMING UNDER SCRUTINY AS THEY LOOK AT THIS INCIDENT AND ITS AFTERMATH AND TO DO THEIR INVESTIGATION. ONE THING I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO OF THE COUNTER SNIPER RESPONSE, YOU SEE THE COUNTER SNIPERS RANGING IN ON THE THREAT ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME AND TAKING A SHOT AS THE ROUNDS OR IMPACTING AROUND WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS. SO ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE LOOKED AT. ALL OF THAT WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND WE’LL HOPEFULLY GET SOME ANSWERS HERE SOON. >> AND DANIEL, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE SEE IN THAT VIDEO WHERE THE SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS TO SEE THE THREAT? BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE SPECULATING ABOUT THE TIME LAPSE AND WHEN THEY FINALLY FIRED THE SHOTS AND I THOUGHT HAD A REALLY INTERESTING EXPLANATION OF WHAT’S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN THAT MOMENT. >> SO THE SECRET SERVICE COUNTER SNIPERS ARE PART OF THE ADVANCE TEAM. WHEN ROLL OUT TO A SITE, THEY DO THEIR OWN ADVANCE. THEY ASSESS LONG DISTANCE THREATS, THEY PUT THEIR OWN ADVANCED PLATFORM TOGETHER VIA A GRID MATRIX OF THE ENTIRE SITE AREA. SO IF THERE IS A THREAT, THEY CAN CALL IN A THREAT VIA A GRID PATTERN. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT IN A VIDEO TO ME IS THE COUNTER SNIPERS SEE A PROBLEM ON THE ROOF. >> NOW, STANDARD LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTOCOL IS YOU CAN’T JUST SHOOT SOMEBODY BECAUSE YOU SEE SOMEBODY, YOU HAVE TO DOCUMENT THAT THERE IS INDEED A THREAT. THE COUNTER SNIPERS AT A GROUND TEAM CALLED COUNTER SNIPER RESPONSE TEAMS THAT THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TO A LOCATION IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON. AND THEN WHAT YOU SAW WAS THE COUNTER SNIPER CLEARLY SAW THAT THERE WAS IMMINENT THREAT AND THEN TOOK A SHOT TO MAKE IT LOOK ALMOST IDEAL. IS THAT AS SOON AS THEY SAW THE THREAT, YOU SEE THE GUN LOOKS LIKE A RECOIL. THEY FIRED AT THE SAME TIME THE ROUNDS WERE HITTING PRESIDENT. IN MY VIEW, WATCHING THE VIDEO SAW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAPPENED PRETTY SIMULTANEOUSLY. >> ALL RIGHT. ELIZABETH NOLAN DONALD MIHALEK ,THANK YOU BOTH. >> COMING UP, THE PREPARATIONS NOW UNDERWAY IN MILWAUKEE AHEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. HOW SECURITY MIGHT CHANGE THERE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORK. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN, LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO. 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WE ARE NOW LESS THAN 24 HOURS FROM THE START OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AS OFFICIALS TRY TO EVALUATE IF THEY NEED TO ADJUST SECURITY AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSIN OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE EVENTS OF THE RNC ARE SET KICK OFF TOMORROW. ABC’S JOE O’BRIEN JOINS US NOW FROM SITE OF THE EVENT THERE IN MILWAUKEE. HOW ARE RNC AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REACTING TO THIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IN TERMS OF SECURITY CONCERNS? >> WELL, DIANE, THERE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A HEAVY SECURITY PRESENCE HERE AT THE RNC. IT’S ONE OF THE MOST SECURE POLITICAL EVENTS OF ITS NATURE IN THE COUNTRY. THE DNC IS NO DIFFERENT. THE SECRET SERVICE RUNS PROTECTION HERE, BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE IT WILL BE A HEIGHTENED STATE OF ALERT. NOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW HEAVY THE SECURITY IS, THERE IS THIS TIGHT SECURITY PERIMETER AROUND FISERV FORUM HERE IN MILWAUKEE, WHICH IS THE SITE OF THE CONVENTION. YOU CAN’T DRIVE A CAR EVEN REMOTELY NEAR THE FORUM. STREETS ARE DOWN. THERE ARE BARRICADES PUT UP. WE JUST SAW THEM PUTTING UP A FEW MOMENTS AGO. POINT BEING THERE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A HEAVY SECURITY PRESENCE HERE. BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE NOW, GIVEN NEW CONCERNS IN JUST THE LAST 23, 24 HOURS, THERE BE THIS HEIGHTENED STATE OF ALERT FOR ATTENDEES GOING INTO THE VENUE . OBVIOUSLY, PRINCIPALS, NOT JUST THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BUT HIS CHILDREN CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS, REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO WILL FLOCK HERE AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN, THANK YOU. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS AND NEITHER DO WE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED. WE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING? >> ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH. ALL THE BUZZ IN BASEBALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. 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ABOUT 300 YARDS AWAY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOUCHED HIS EAR THEN DUCKED FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SWARMED TO PROTECT HIM, COVERING HIM WITH THEIR BODIES. >> ONCE HE STOOD BACK UP, YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE HERE COMING FROM TRUMP’S RIGHT EAR AND ONTO HIS THE FORMER PRESIDENT THEN PUT HIS FIST IN THE AIR, SIGNALING TO THE CROWD THAT HE WAS OKAY AND PUMPED HIS FIST IN DEFIANCE BEFORE AGENTS ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE AND INTO A VEHICLE. THAT IMAGE TRUMP’S BLOODIED FACE WITH HIS FIST RAISED, IS NOW DOMINATING FRONT PAGES. BUT TRUMP’S NOT THE ONLY VICTIM. AUTHORITIES SAY, ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD. TWO OTHERS ARE CRITICALLY INJURED. NOW, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS OFFERING CONDOLENCES TO THOSE VICTIMS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND RECOUNTING THE MOMENT HE FELT THE BULLET RIPPED THROUGH HIS EAR. AND IN A POST THIS MORNING, HE’S ALSO CALLING ON AMERICANS TO BE UNITED AND SHOW, QUOTE, OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS, AMERICANS. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE TO TRUMP AND IS CONDEMNING THE ATTACK. NOW A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS THEY’LL REEXINE PLANS FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE THAT KICKS OFF TOMORROW, WHERE TRUMP IS POISED TO FORMALLY CLINCH HIS PARTY’S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. ABC NEWS ALEX PRESHA IS NEAR THE SCENE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA AND ABC NEWS TREVOR AULT IS IN BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE NIGHT AFTER THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. >> ALEX, WHAT’S IT LIKE THERE IN BUTLER TODAY AND HOW ARE INVESTIGATORS PIECING TOGETHER HOW THIS WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN? HEY, DIANE. SO HERE IN BUTLER, IT’S A TOWN ABOUT 13,500. IT’S TENSE. I MEAN, YOU SEE THE PERIMETER IT’S BEEN SET UP BEHIND ME. THIS IS A SPRAWLING CRIME SCENE, A STRETCH OF OF OF THIS TOWN. BUT PEOPLE ARE ON EDGE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN IN THEIR BACKYARD. IT’S — IT’S ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS KNOW EACH OTHER. A LOT OF THEM HAVE TIES TO THE PITTSBURGH AREA. WE’RE JUST ABOUT AN HOUR NORTH THERE. AND THEN ALSO AS THE NEWS ABOUT THIS ALLEGED SHOOTER IS TRICKLED OUT IN THE EARLY PART OF THIS MORNING, LEARNING THAT HE’S FROM BETHEL PARK, THERE’S A SIT, WHICH IS JUST AN HOUR SOUTH OF THERE’S THERE’S A SENSE OF SHOCK AND AWE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SINCE IT’S HAPPENED WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. BUT IN TERMS OF YOUR SECOND QUESTION AS TO HOW DID THIS HAPPENED, THERE’S GOING TO BE A LOT OF SCRUTINY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKES, A 20 YEAR OLD ALLEGED SHOOTER, GOT ACCESS TO THAT ELEVATED POSITION, LOOKING OUT JUST ABOUT JUST UNDER 200 YARDS FROM THE PLATFORM. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT AT THIS POINT. I MEAN, WE’VE COVERED A A NUMBER OF TRUMP RALLIES. AND IN GENERALLY THERE IS A LARGE PERIMETER. THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME SCRUTINY IN THE ADVANCE SCOUTING THAT HAPPENED HERE AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THREATS WERE. WERE WERE WERE WERE THOUGHT ABOUT IN ADVANCE. ALSO, WHAT TACTICS WERE TAKEN TO TO SORT OF MITIGATE THESE THREATS. >> AND HOW HOW DID THIS SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS? TREVOR, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AGAIN THIS MORNING SAYING IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT STAND UNITED AND SHOW OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS AMERICANS. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU HEARING FROM HIS CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S REACTION AND HOW HE’S DOING? WELL, IT’S CLEAR, DIANE, THAT THERE ARE CERTAINLY TAKEN ABACK BY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY FORWARD WITH THE CAMPAIGN AND USING IT TO KIND OF STURDY THEIR RESOLVE, THE FACT THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT DONALD TRUMP IS WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS. WE’RE HEARING THAT FROM THE CAMPAIGN. WE’RE HEARING THAT FROM THE PRESIDENT’S FAMILY. WELL, AND THAT WILLINGNESS TO KEEP ON FIGHTING. YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT IMAGE OF THE THE FORMER PRESIDENT RAISING HIS FIST, KIND OF ENCOURAGING CROWD TO KEEP FIGHTING IN THE MIDST OF THIS CRAZY INCIDENT AND THE FACT THAT HE HAD JUST TAKEN A GUNSHOT TO HIS EAR. NOW, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT OVERNIGHT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HERE IN NEW JERSEY FLEW BACK TO NEWARK AIRPORT AS HE GOT OFF THE PLANE, WE SAW THE PRETTY HEAVY RESPONSE FROM THE SECRET HERE WITH LONG GUNS. IT WAS A VERY PROMINENT DISPLAY OF FORCE AS THEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S MOTORCADE TOOK HIM TO BEDMINSTER. HE’S BEEN STAYING AT TRUMP NATIONAL. WE’VE SEEN HIM STAY HERE ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS OVER PAST EIGHT YEARS, PARTICULARLY DURING STRESSFUL TIMES WHEN HE WAS THE PRESIDENT AND ALSO IN SOME OF THE MORE CHAOTIC MOMENTS AFTERWARDS, THEY CAN EVEN REMEMBER HIM SPENDING SOME OF THE TIME RECOVERING AFTER HE HAD COVID HERE IN BEDMINSTER, TOO NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THEY ARE, OF COURSE, TO PRESS ON. THEY ARE MORE STEADFAST THAN EVER. AND EVEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAID IN THAT POST THAT HE LOOKS FORWARD TO SPEAKING TO THE NATION LATER THIS IN WISCONSIN, WHICH WOULD INDICATE THAT THE RNC AND HIS NOMINATION IS GOING TO PRESS ON AS SCHEDULED. >> SO, TREVOR, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TRUMP’S MOVEMENT AHEAD OF THE RNC TOMORROW? SO IT’S NOT 100% CONFIRMED WHEN EXACTLY HE WILL BE ON THE MOVE. OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT HE HAS TO RECOVER AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT HERE. THEY HAVE NOT GONE ON THE RECORD TO SAY EXACTLY HE’LL BE LEAVING. BUT THE FACT IS, WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR IS THAT HE TELLING EVERYONE THAT HE’S GOING TO BE THERE AND SPEAKING. NOW, HE’S NOT SCHEDULED TO SPEAK SEVERAL DAYS, BUT IT’S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT HE COULD GET TO WISCONSIN AS EARLY AS TODAY. THEY’RE STILL KIND OF PLAYING THAT CLOSE TO THE CHEST. THEY VERY WELL COULD BE JUST SEEING HOW HE IS RECOVERING THROUGH THE DAY. BUT IT DOES SEEM TO INDICATE HE’S NOT GOING TO BE HERE IN NEW JERSEY FOR VERY LONG. THEY ARE PLANNING TO KEEP RESUMING GETTING TO THE RNC AND ALSO GETTING BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN AFTER THIS MOMENT. >> SO, ALEX, WHERE DOES THIS INVESTIGATION GO FROM HERE? >> WELL, DIANE, SO THERE’S GOING TO BE A HUGE, HUGE FOCAL POINT ON THE DISCOUNTING OF THIS EVENT THAT THAT SECRET SERVICE TEAM THAT SENT AN ADVANCE GROUP TO TO TO SCOUR AND PICK OUT POTENTIAL LOCATIONS. THERE’S ALSO GOING TO BE A SCRUTINY OVER THE SECURITY PREPS THAT DAY, GETTING ATTENDEES THROUGH THE MAGNETOMETERS. THOSE THOSE AGENTS THAT WERE THAT WERE SCOURING THE PLACE IDENTIFY POTENTIAL THREATS AS FOLKS WERE COMING IN. AND THEN THAT THIRD PIECE THEORY, THEY’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE RESPONSE, NOT THAT THAT COUNTER SNIPER FIRE THAT ULTIMATELY TOOK OUT THIS ALLEGED GUNMAN, BUT ALSO ALSO THE RESPONSE IN CREATING THAT HUMAN SHIELD, ESCORTING THE FORMER PRESIDENT AWAY AND GETTING HIM SAFE INTO THAT MOTORCADE. AND DIANE, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT JUST HOW BIG OF A SCENE THIS IS. SO YOU SEE THIS ROADBLOCK, ROAD CLOSURE BEHIND ME. WE’RE STILL PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THAT THAT THAT RALLY WAS TAKING YESTERDAY. THE WATER TOWER ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY. AND EVERYONE HAD TO BE ESCORTED OUT OF THERE, LEAVING THEIR GEAR OUT. MEMBERS OF THE PRESS CORPS, ALL STILL HAVE THEIR GEAR IN PLACE THERE. THIS IS A LOT OF MATERIAL FOR INVESTIGATORS TO GO THROUGH. IT’S GOING TO TAKE TIME. IT’S A SPRAWLING, SPRAWLING CRIME SCENE. >> ALL RIGHT. ALEX PRESHA TREVOR AULT, THANK YOU BOTH. AND THE ATTEMPT ON TRUMP’S LIFE IS PUTTING A SPOTLIGHT ON. THE SECRET SERVICE VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENTS THE SHOOTING OCCURRED WITH SECRET SERVICE REACTING TO THE SHOTS. BUT WAS THERE SOMETHING MORE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE? AND THIS IS COMING AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER. ABC NEWS SENIOR JUSTICE REPORTER JACK DOHERTY JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER CHIEF OF DETECTIVES FOR THE NYPD, ROBERT BOYCE JACK, THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRET SERVICE IS RESPONDING TO CLAIMS THAT THEY DENIED A REQUEST FROM TRUMP’S TEAM FOR ADDITIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES, CALLING THAT CLAIM ABSOLUTELY FALSE. SO WHAT MORE ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THE SECURITY MEASURES IN PLACE YESTERDAY? WELL, WE’RE LEARNING THAT THE SECRET SERVICE HAD RECENTLY INCREASED SECURITY MEASURES, INCREASED TECHNOLOGY, INCREASED OTHER MEANS TO TRY TO SECURE THE PRESIDENT AND HIS AND HIS EVENTS. SO, HOWEVER, CLEARLY, SOMEBODY HAD ACCESS TO THIS ROOFTOP, THE GUNMAN DID. AND IT WAS ADJACENT TO THE EVENT, ADJACENT THE TO WHAT WAS THE SEALED AREA OR THE SCREENED PERIMETER OF THIS EVENT. AND SO CLEARLY THEY’RE SCRUTINIZING WHETHER ENOUGH WAS DONE AND HOW THAT PERSON WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO A ROOFTOP WITH THE LINE OF SIGHT TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. SO CLEARLY, THERE WERE THERE WERE THERE WERE HOLES IN THE SYSTEM AND AND THERE ARE GAPS THAT THEY NEED TO WORK THROUGH. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A NO FAIL MISSION. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW IN THIS CASE. BOB, AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL YOURSELF, WHAT’S TAKE ON WHAT WE’VE LEARNED SO FAR ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED? WAS THIS PREVENTABLE? WAS THIS THE RESULT OF MISTAKES MADE? >> IS THIS JUST PART OF THE INEVITABLE RISK ANALYSIS? >> LISTEN, DIANE, THIS IS AN OUTSIDE VENUE. SO WITH AN OUTSIDE VENUE COMES MORE AND MORE ASSETS, MORE DEPLOYMENTS. AND IT’S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. BUT THIS WAS NOT A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS SOMEWHAT A RURAL AND THEY HAD THE ABILITIES TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT YOU, LOOK AT HANDGUN LENGTH AND YOU LOOK AT RIFLE LENGTH. AND RIFLE LENGTH IS IMPORTANT IN AND OUTSIDE VENUE LIKE THIS. SO WHAT COULD THEY HAVE DONE WITH YOU? HAD A PITCHED ROOF THEY CLIMBED UP, WAS NOT SEEN UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, BUT PEOPLE ON THE GROUND SAW HIM. SO YOU LOOK AT COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, HOW QUICKLY THAT INFORMATION MOVED AROUND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER, HE FIRED THE SHOT. SHE WAS FIRED AT HIM. SO I DON’T KNOW WHEN. HE DISAPPEARED HERE. SO THAT WILL ALL COME OUT. BUT IT’S REALLY STRANGE, THE FACT WE HAD CIVILIANS WHO SAW HIM THAT ALERTED POLICE AND WHAT HAPPENED THEREAFTER. THAT’S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW QUICK AND HOW THE COMMUNICATION AT THE SAME TIME. >> AND, JACK, THIS IS ALSO COMING AS WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER. >> WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? WELL, WE’RE LEARNING THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER WAS ABLE TO GET ACCESS HIS WEAPON. WE’RE HEARING THAT IT WAS PURCHASED LEGALLY, OBTAINED THROUGH HIS FATHER, WHO HAD PURCHASED IT. AND SO THAT’S ONE ELEMENT WE’RE HEARING ABOUT IT. AND APPEARS TO BE FROM WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, FROM A SUBURB SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH. SO IT WAS A LOCAL PERSON. AND RIGHT NOW, AUTHORITIES ARE DIGGING THROUGH ANY TRACES OF INFORMATION THAT HIS COMPUTER HISTORIES MIGHT SHOW OR ANY ONLINE PRESENCE AND INTERVIEWING EVERYBODY THAT KNEW HIM TO TRY TO ASCERTAIN WHAT LED HIM TO THIS. >> ALL RIGHT, JACK DATTA ROBERT BOYCE, THANK BOTH. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE PHONE AFTER THE SHOOTING, THOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE NOT OFFERING ANY READOUT OF THAT CONVERSATION. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH CALL TELLS ABC NEWS ABC NEWS, RATHER, THAT THAT CALL WAS RESPECTFUL, SHORT AND GOOD. NOW BEFORE THAT CALL, BIDEN SPOKE ABOUT THE INCIDENT FROM DELAWARE, CALLING IT SICK AND SAYING WE SHOULD ALL CONDEMN IT. >> THERE’S NO PLACE, 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. THE IDEA THAT THERE’S POLITICAL VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE IN AMERICA LIKE THIS IS JUST UNHEARD OF. IT’S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE. >> AND WE EVERYBODY EVERYBODY MUST CONDEMN IT. >> WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS HAS MORE ON THE WHITE HOUSE REACTION. MILES, WHAT IS THE LATEST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AS WE GET TO LEARN MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT THAT RALLY? YEAH, VERY FEW DETAILS, DIANE, LIKE YOU SAID, FROM THAT CALL BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT. IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR PRESIDENT BIDEN IN SUCH PERSONAL TERMS TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT DURING HIS ON CAMERA ,HE KEPT SAYING THAT HE WAS PRAYING FOR DONALD, HOPING FOR DONALD’S RECOVERY, THAT HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM. WE KNOW THAT THEY EVENTUALLY DID CONNECT. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE IS ONLY TELLING US SO FAR THAT IT WAS A SHORT, RESPECTFUL. THE PRESIDENT OFFERING HIS PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES BEFORE, LIKE YOU SAID, GOING ON TO ABSOLUTELY CONDEMN THIS VIOLENCE IN THE STRONGEST TERMS AND ASKING THE COUNTRY TO REALLY COME TOGETHER IN THIS MOMENT. WE KNOW THAT PRESIDENT IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE BRIEFINGS FROM MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET, TOP HOMELAND SECURITY AND NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS AS. THEY ALL TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED AND ANY ONGOING THREAT ENVIRONMENT GOING INTO THE REST OF THIS ELECTION SEASON. I AM. >> AND MARY ALICE, YOU’VE BEEN TO RALLIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACROSS MANY ADMINISTRATIONS. WHAT’S SECURITY LIKE AT THESE EVENTS? HOW SURPRISING IS IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN AT AN EVENT LIKE THIS? >> IT IS SO SHOCKING THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS. I CAN TELL YOU AS A REPORTER, THERE’S OFTEN A FEELING YOU MAKE IT TO THAT PERIMETER. INSIDE THE PERIMETER, YOU’RE AT AN INCREDIBLY SAFE SPACE BECAUSE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE. WHEN YOU GO THROUGH AIRPORT STYLE MAGNETOMETERS, SECRET SERVICE HAS DOGS CHECKING EVERY BAG THERE THEY DO. THEY’VE TAKEN APART MY MAKEUP BAG TO CHECK FOR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WHEN YOU’RE WALKING THROUGH. IT FEELS LIKE SUCH A SECURE ENVIRONMENT. OF COURSE, IT IS VERY DIFFERENT. EVEN THOUGH HE IS A FORMER PRESIDENT, HE IS A CANDIDATE AND NOT A CURRENT PRESIDENT. THE SECRET SERVICE FOOTPRINT FOR A CURRENT SITTING PRESIDENT IS VERY DIFFERENT. THEY TEND TO HAVE A MUCH WIDER, FURTHER LARGER BUFFER ZONE. AND OF COURSE, THERE IS ALWAYS A BIT OF A SORT OF BACK FORTH, A TUG OF WAR BETWEEN WHAT THE CAMPAIGN IS HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH AT AN EVENT WHERE THEY WANT SUPPORTERS TO BE CLOSE TO THE CANDIDATE. AND WHAT SECRET SERVICE WOULD HAVE HOPE FOR IN THEIR WORK TO TRY TO KEEP ANY CANDIDATE SAFE. BUT YES, IT IS THESE ARE HEIGHTENED SORT OF SECURITY EVENTS. AND IT IS SO SHOCKING THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN. >> ALL RIGHT. MARYALICE PARKS, YOU. >> COMING UP, MORE ON THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE REACTION COMING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ELECTION. AFTER THE BREAK, IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HOUSE, YOUR MONEY? >> BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS, AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE’LL SEE YOU THEN. TWO, THREE. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> THREE TO. >> LET’S GO. THE SHIP IS. INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN EVER, EVER, EVER. IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING . AND NEXT, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA TODAY? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION TO START COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS HERE, REACTING. SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG COMPANY THAT MADE THE USA GREAT WORK, I THINK IT’S LYLE. >> DAVID. I’M DAVID. YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE. YOU DO? >> EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST REACTION IS POURING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLS THE ACT A HORRIFIC ACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AT A PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN RALLY THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES IS ALSO CONDEMNING THE ATTACK, SAYING HE’S SENDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO TRUMP. BUT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS IN A STATEMENT THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT, QUOTE, LOOKS FORWARD TO JOINING YOU ALL IN MILWAUKEE, REFERRING TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. >> ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER SENATOR FROM NORTH DAKOTA HEIDI HEITKAMP AND ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN FROM VIRGINIA, BARBARA COMSTOCK. JOIN ME NOW FOR MORE. BARBARA, BOTH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ARE CALLING FOR UNITY AFTER YESTERDAY’S ATTACK. >> THE FORMER PRESIDENT EVEN POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MORNING SAYING IT’S MORE IMPORTANT EVER THAT WE STAND UNITED AND SHOW OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS REMAINING STRONG AND DETERMINED. >> DO YOU THINK EVENT COULD CHANGE THE TONE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE? >> WELL, I THINK WE CERTAINLY HOPE SO, BECAUSE NOTHING’S MORE ANTITHETICAL TO OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW THAN POLITICAL VIOLENCE. I MEAN, IT’S HORRIFYING I THINK PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU THINK OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE AT A RALLY PARTICULARLY, I THINK OF THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES WHO WERE THERE, AND TO BE IN THAT HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE. AND I KNOW AS I’M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FORMER MEMBERS ASSOCIATION, WE HAD A REPORT OUT THIS SPRING THAT THE INCREASING THREATS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT HAVE GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY. I’M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ELECTION INTEGRITY. AND WE’VE HAD INCREASED THREATS ,VIOLENCE AGAINST ELECTION WORKERS. SO WE WANT TO HAVE MORE FUNDING TO PROTECT THEM. AND THE FBI DIRECTOR HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS INCREASING THREAT, VIOLENCE THREAT IN. BYRAM AND SO I THINK WE CERTAINLY NEED TO HAVE WHATEVER RESOURCES THAT ALL OF OUR CANDIDATES, ALL OF OUR ELECTION WORKERS, ALL OF OUR POLITICAL CANDIDATES NEED TO KEEP THEM SAFE. AND I HOPE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, LOWERS THE RHETORIC. AND WE REALIZE THAT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS. AND CERTAINLY GOD BLESS THE SECRET SERVICE FOR KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. BUT WE REALLY DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL JOIN TOGETHER AND PROVIDE ALL THE RESOURCES NECESSARY SO THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES, PEOPLE CAN WITH THE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT IT’S SAFE. >> AND HEIDI, WHILE BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP ARE NOW CALLING FOR UNITY, SOME ARE WORRIED THIS COULD ACTUALLY LEAD TO MORE POLITICAL VIOLENCE. HOW WORRIED ARE LAWMAKERS RIGHT NOW AND HOW DO YOU SEE THIS IMPACTING BOTH CAMPAIGNS GOING FORWARD? WELL, I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE WORRIED IN AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS. IT’S NOT UNTYPICAL TO SEE COPYCATS PEOPLE SAY, OH, YOU GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION. I’M GOING TO GET ATTENTION. AS BARBARA SAID, THERE IS AN INCREASING LEVEL OF THREATS AGAINST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND IT GOES EVEN DOWN AS FAR AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, PEOPLE WHO WON’T RUN BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IT COULD THREATEN THEIR FAMILY EITHER WITH ATTACKS OR WITH PHYSICAL ATTACKS. AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS A REMINDER, YOU KNOW, AND FORTUNATELY, A A YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY CATASTROPHIC THING WAS PREVENTED YESTERDAY. BUT THIS IS A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE TO LOWER THE TPERATURE AND THAT THAT LOWERING THE TEMPERATURE HAS TO COME FROM LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP AND . I THINK WE’RE SEEING THAT NOW IN THE PRESIDENT REACHING OUT TO, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, FORMER PRESIDENT TWEETING A VERY ILL UNIFYING MESSAGE, SAYING IT HAS NO PLACE HERE. I THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE A DIFFERENT TONE GOING FORWARD. BUT, YOU KNOW, DOES THAT DOES THAT TRANSLATE INTO PEOPLE WATCHING THIS, FEELING LIKE THEY SHOULDN’T TAKE THESE UNILATERAL LONE WOLF ACTIONS TO PURSUE A POLITICAL POINT? WELL, WE’LL SEE. BUT I KNOW ONE THING. >> THE SECRET SERVICE IS GOING TO BE A LOT MORE CAREFUL GOING FORWARD. >> HEIDI HEITKAMP, BARBARA COMSTOCK, THANK YOU BOTH. >> SO WHAT DOES THIS ATTEMPT ON A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MEAN FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR ELECTION SAFETY? LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER ACTING UNDERSECRETARY FOR INTEL AT THE DHS, JOHN COHEN, FOR MORE. JOHN, THANKS FOR JOINING US. JUST MOMENTS AGO, BUTLER TOWNSHIP POLICE CONFIRMED TO ABC NEWS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN THE JUST BEFORE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? >> WELL, WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE AND THERE’S MORE TO LEARN, OBVIOUSLY, THAT PEOPLE POTENTIALLY OBSERVED THE SUSPECT AS HE WAS APPROACHING THE LOCATION, THAT HE EVENTUALLY FIRED SHOTS FROM. THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND THEY DID WHAT WE’VE BEEN ASKING THEM TO DO SINCE 911. THEY THEY CONTACTED LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND REPORTED IT. SO WHAT WILL WANT TO SEE IN ANY AFTER ACTION REPORT IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THOSE. HOW WAS THAT INFORMATION RESPONDED TO? WAS IT RELAYED TO OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE SECURITY RING PROTECTING FORMER PRESIDENT? >> SO WHAT’S NEXT IN THIS INVESTIGATION IN PENNSYLVANIA? >> WHERE DO YOU THINK THE FOCUS GOES NOW? SEVERAL AREAS. ONE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, SECRET SERVICE, THE FBI LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MOTIVATED THIS ATTACK. WHY IS THIS AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE WE’VE SEEN SO MANY TIMES THE PAST? A, WAS THIS A SITUATION OF A TROUBLED YOUNG PERSON WHO WAS ANGRY AT LIFE, SUFFERING FROM UNDERLYING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WHO ULTIMATELY DECIDED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE WAY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RIGHT THE WRONGS THAT THEY VIEW? THEY’VE BEEN THEY’VE SUFFERED. OR WAS THIS PART OF AN ORGANIZED EFFORT TO CONDUCT AN ACT OF TARGETED VIOLENCE? THAT’S GOING TO BE CRITICAL BECAUSE UNDERSTANDING THAT WILL TELL US WHAT ADJUSTS IS NEED TO BE MADE TO OUR SECURITY POSTURE. I MEAN, QUITE FRANKLY, AS I’VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE FOLKS EARLY ON IN THIS SHOW, YOU KNOW, THE THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE THAT WE EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY DID NOT START YESTERDAY. THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS GOING BACK EIGHT, TEN YEARS THAT THE INCREASING VITRIOL THE INCREASING ANGER, THE DIVISIVENESS OF OUR POLITICAL RHETORIC HAS HAS LED TO A VOLATILITY IN OUR THREAT ENVIRONMENT. SO WHERE WE GO FROM HERE IN LARGE PART IS GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT THE MOTIVE BEHIND THIS ATTACK. >> ALL RIGHT, JOHN COHEN, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, THE PREPARATIONS NOW UNDERWAY IN MILWAUKEE AHEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AND THE NEW SECURITY RAISED BY THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT. >> WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION WAR. 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WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR SECURITY QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED NOW FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AFTER AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT A PENNSYLVANIA RALLY YESTERDAY. NOW, A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS SECURITY PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK CONVENTION ARE BEING REEXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. >> ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS US NOW FROM MILWAUKEE. JAY, WHAT KIND OF SECURITY CHANGES ARE OFFICIALS LOOKING AT NOW? AHEAD OF THE RNC KICKING OFF TOMORROW? >> WELL, THERE’S A COUPLE OF THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS IT RELATES TO THE RNC. FIRST, IS THERE VARIATIONS OF SECURITY PERIMETERS? THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE FISERV FORUM, WHERE THE CONVENTION WILL BE, THE TIGHTER THE SECURITY IS. THAT’S THE SO-CALLED RED ZONE. AND THEN THERE WAS A VERSION OUTSIDE OF THAT SECURITY PERIMETER, WHICH IS MONITORED BY VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THE SECRET SERVICE IS OBVIOUSLY IN CONTROL HERE. BUT EVEN OUTSIDE OF THAT INITIAL SECURITY ZONE, THERE IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND HERE, DIANE, WHICH IS THAT UNDER WISCONSIN STATE LAW, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE. CURRENTLY UNDER THE CURRENT RULES OF THE RNC HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AND OBVIOUSLY EXISTING STATE LAW PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO HAVE FIREARMS IN THAT EXTENDED SECURITY PERIMETER. CAN’T HAVE THEM NEAR THE VENUE IN THAT SO-CALLED RED ZONE. BUT YOU CAN HAVE THEM IN THE ZONE OUTSIDE. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SECURITY, THINGS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY BEING REASSESSED. THAT MAY BE ONE OF THEM, DESPITE THE FACT THAT, AGAIN, IT DOES APPLY UNDERNEATH THAT EXISTING STATE LAW. SO THERE IS A CHALLENGE. I CAN TELL YOU I’VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH REPUBLICAN SOURCES IN THE LAST FEW. THEY SAY, AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS SAID, THE RNC IS ON. IT WILL BE HAPPENING AND THEY ARE HOLDING IT AS ONE DESCRIBED IT TO ME, DIANE, IN A FORM OF THE WORD THEY USED IS DEFIANCE, DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN, THANK YOU. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE SOME SAD NEWS TO REPORT. NEWS HAS CONFIRMED ACTRESS SHANNEN DOHERTY HAS DIED. DOHERTY HAD BEEN BATTLING STAGE FOUR CANCER AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED IN 2015. JUST EIGHT MONTHS AGO, SHE REVEALED THAT THE CANCER HAD METASTASIZED TO HER BRAIN AND LATER SPREAD TO HER BONES. THE ACTRESS ROSE TO FAME IN 1990, PLAYING WALSH ON THE HIT SHOW BEVERLY HILLS 902 OR NO. SHE ALSO STARRED IN THE SUPERNATURAL DRAMA CHARMED AS PRUE HALLIWELL, DOHERTY, 53 YEARS OLD. >> THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M JANE. ABC NEWS WILL HAVE MUCH MORE COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A NETWORK SPECIAL WITH DAVID MUIR THAT STARTS AT P M EASTERN. WE, OF COURSE, WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE UPDATES HERE ON NEWS LIVE FIRST. >> WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HEARING ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORWARD. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO OUT ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. THE STORY WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WANTING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED. ARE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17. HOLD A BUZZ IT BASED ON FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. WHAT LET’S GO. THE SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. BUT LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WELL, WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN. HAMMER, HAMMER. HOWEVER, IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE IN THIS IRON DOME ESTATE OUT TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY YESTERDAY. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED HAPPENED. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER IS DEAD, IDENTIFIED 20-YEAR-OLD THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS FROM BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA. INVESTIGATORS CONFIRMED TO ABC NEWS THEY BELIEVE THIS SCREENSHOT SHOWS THE SUSPECT RECEIVING HIS DIPLOMA. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS JUST A FEW MINUTES INTO HIS SPEECH WHEN SOURCES SAY THE SUSPECT FIRED AS MANY AS EIGHT ROUNDS FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING ABOUT 300 YARDS AWAY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOUCHED HIS EAR, THEN DUCKED FOR COVER . A SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SWARMED TO PROTECT HIM, COVERING HIM WITH THEIR ONCE HE STOOD BACK UP. YOU CAN SEE BLOOD IN THE IMAGE HERE COMING FROM TRUMP’S RIGHT EAR AND ONTO HIS FACE THE FORMER PRESIDENT THEN PUT HIS FIST IN THE AIR, SIGNALING TO THE CROWD THAT HE WAS OKAY AND PUMPED HIS FIST IN DEFIANCE BEFORE AGENTS ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE AND INTO A VEHICLE. THAT IMAGE OF BLOODIED FACE WITH HIS FIST RAISED IS NOW DOMINATING FRONT PAGES. BUT TRUMP’S NOT THE ONLY VICTIM. AUTHORITIES SAY ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD, TWO OTHERS ARE CRITICALLY INJURED. NOW, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS OFFERING CONDOLENCES TO THOSE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND RECOUNTING THE MOMENT HE FELT THE BULLET RIPPED THROUGH HIS EAR. AND IN A POST THIS MORNING, HE’S ALSO CALLING ON AMERICANS BE UNITED AND SHOW, QUOTE, OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE TO TRUMP AND IS CONDEMNING ATTACK. >> NOW A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS THEY’LL REEXAMINE SECURITY PLANS FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE. THAT KICKS TOMORROW WHERE TRUMP IS POISED TO FORMALLY CLINCH HIS PARTY’S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. ABC NEWS ALEX PRESHA IS NEAR THE SCENE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA AND ABC NEWS TREVOR AULT IS IN BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE NIGHT AFTER THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. >> ALEX, WHAT’S IT LIKE THERE IN BUTLER TODAY AND HOW ARE INVESTIGATORS PIECING TOGETHER HOW THIS WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN? HEY, DIANE. SO HERE IN BUTLER, IT’S A TOWN ABOUT 13,500. IT’S TENSE WHEN YOU SEE THE PERIMETER THAT’S BEEN SET UP BEHIND ME. THIS IS A SPRAWLING CRIME SCENE THROUGHOUT A STRETCH OF OF OF THIS TOWN. BUT PEOPLE ARE ON EDGE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN IN THEIR BACKYARD. IT’S — IT’S ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS KNOW EACH OTHER, A LOT OF THEM HAVE TIES TO THE PITTSBURGH AREA. WE’RE JUST ABOUT AN HOUR NORTH OF AND THEN ALSO AS THE NEWS ABOUT THIS ALLEGED SHOOTER IS IS TRICKLED OUT IN THE EARLY PART OF THIS MORNING, LEARNING THAT HE’S SOMEONE FROM BETHEL PARK, THERE’S A SIT IN WHICH IS JUST AN HOUR SOUTH HERE. THERE’S THERE’S A SENSE OF SHOCK AND AWE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SINCE IT’S HAPPENED WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. BUT IN TERMS OF YOUR SECOND QUESTION AS TO HOW DID THIS THERE’S GOING TO BE A LOT OF SCRUTINY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKES, A 20 YEAR OLD ALLEGED SHOOTER, THAT ACCESS TO THAT ELEVATED POSITION LOOKING OUT JUST ABOUT JUST UNDER 200 YARDS FROM THE PLATFORM. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS OUT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT AT THIS POINT. I MEAN, WE’VE COVERED A NUMBER OF TRUMP RALLIES AND IN GENERALLY THERE IS A LARGE PERIMETER THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME SCRUTINY IN THE ADVANCE SCOUTING THAT HAPPENED HERE AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THREATS WERE WERE WERE WERE WERE THOUGHT ABOUT IN ADVANCE. ALSO WHAT TACTICS WERE TAKEN TO TO SORT OF MITIGATE THESE THREATS. >> HOW HOW DID THIS SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS? TREVOR, FORMER PRESIDENT, POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AGAIN THIS MORNING SAYING IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE STAND UNITED AND SHOW OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS AMERICANS. WHAT ELSE. ARE YOU HEARING FROM HIS CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S AND HOW HE’S DOING? >> WELL, IT’S CLEAR, DIANE, THERE ARE CERTAINLY TAKEN ABACK BY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY PRESSING FORWARD WITH THE CAMPAIGN AND USING IT TO KIND OF STURDY THEIR RESOLVE OF THE FACT THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT DONALD TRUMP IS WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS. HEARING THAT FROM THE CAMPAIGN. WE’RE HEARING THAT FROM THE PRESIDENT’S FAMILY AS WELL, AND THAT WILLINGNESS TO KEEP ON FIGHTING. YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT IMAGE OF THE PRESS, THE FORMER RAISING HIS FIST, KIND OF ENCOURAGING THE CROWD TO KEEP FIGHTING THE MIDST OF THIS CRAZY INCIDENT AND THE FACT HE HAD JUST TAKEN A GUNSHOT TO HIS EAR. NOW, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT OVERNIGHT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ARRIVED HERE IN NEW JERSEY, FLEW BACK TO NEWARK AIRPORT. AS HE GOT OFF THE PLANE, SAW THE PRETTY HEAVY RESPONSE FROM THE SECRET SERVICE HERE WITH LONG GUNS. IT WAS A VERY PROMINENT DISPLAY OF FORCE AS THEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S MOTORCADE TOOK HIM TO BEDMINSTER. HE’S BEEN STAYING AT TRUMP NATIONAL, SEEN HIM STAY HERE ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, PARTICULARLY DURING STRESSFUL TIMES WHEN HE WAS THE PRESIDENT AND ALSO IN SOME OF THE MORE CHAOTIC MOMENTS AFTERWARDS, THEY COULD EVEN REMEMBER HIM SPENDING SOME OF THE TIME RECOVERING AFTER HE HAD COVID HERE IN BEDMINSTER TO NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THEY ARE, OF COURSE, TO PRESS ON. THEY ARE MORE STEADFAST THAN EVER. AND EVEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAID IN THAT POST THAT HE LOOKS FORWARD TO SPEAKING TO THE NATION LATER THIS WEEK IN WISCONSIN, WHICH WOULD INDICATE THAT THE RNC AND HIS NOMINATION IS GOING TO PRESS ON AS SCHEDULED. >> SO, TREVOR, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TRUMP’S MOVEMENTS AHEAD OF THE RNC TOMORROW? SO IT’S NOT 100% CONFIRMED WHEN EXACTLY HE WILL BE ON THE MOVE. OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT HE HAS TO RECOVER AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT HERE. THEY HAVE NOT GONE ON THE RECORD TO SAY WHEN EXACTLY HE’LL BE LEAVING. BUT THE FACT IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR IS THAT HE IS TELLING EVERYONE THAT HE’S GOING TO BE THERE SPEAKING. NOW, HE’S NOT SCHEDULED TO SPEAK FOR SEVERAL DAYS, BUT IT’S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT HE COULD GET TO WISCONSIN AS EARLY AS TODAY. THEY’RE STILL KIND OF PLAYING THAT CLOSE TO THE CHEST. THEY VERY WELL COULD BE JUST SEEING HOW HE IS RECOVERING THROUGH DAY. BUT IT DOES SEEM TO INDICATE HE’S NOT GOING TO BE HERE IN NEW JERSEY FOR VERY LONG. THEY ARE PLANNING TO KEEP RESUMING THAT GETTING TO THE RNC AND ALSO GETTING BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AFTER THIS MOMENT. >> SO, ALEX, WHERE DOES THIS INVESTIGATION GO FROM HERE? WELL, DIANE, SO THERE’S GOING TO BE A HUGE, HUGE FOCAL POINT ON THE BE SCOUTING OF THIS EVENT. AGAIN, THAT THAT SECRET SERVICE TEAM THAT SENT AN ADVANCE GROUP TO TO TO SCOUR AND PICK OUT POTENTIAL LOCATIONS. THERE’S ALSO GOING TO BE A SCRUTINY, THE SECURITY PREPS THAT DAY, GETTING ATTENDEES THROUGH THE MAGNETOMETERS. ALSO THOSE THOSE AGENTS THAT WERE THAT WERE SCOURING THE PLACE, IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL THREATS AS FOLKS WERE COMING IN. AND THEN THAT THIRD PIECE THERE, THEY’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE RESPONSE, NOT JUST THAT THAT COUNTER SNIPER FIRE THAT ULTIMATELY TOOK OUT THIS ALLEGED GUNMAN, BUT ALSO ALSO THE RESPONSE IN CREATING THAT HUMAN SHIELD AND ESCORTING THE FORMER PRESIDENT AWAY AND GETTING HIMSELF INTO THAT MOTORCADE. AND DIANE, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT JUST HOW BIG OF A CRIME SCENE THIS IS SO YOU SEE THIS ROADBLOCK, THIS ROAD CLOSURE BEHIND ME. WE’RE STILL PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THAT THAT THAT RALLY WAS TAKING PLACE YESTERDAY. THE WATER ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY. AND EVERYONE HAD TO BE ESCORTED OUT OF THERE, LEAVING THEIR GEAR OUT. MEMBERS OF THE PRESS CORPS ALL STILL HAVE THEIR GEAR IN PLACE. THIS IS A LOT OF MATERIAL FOR INVESTIGATORS TO GO THROUGH. IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. IT’S A SPRAWLING, SPRAWLING CRIME SCENE. >> ALL RIGHT. ALEX PRESHA TREVOR AULT, THANK YOU BOTH. AND THE ATTEMPT ON TRUMP’S LIFE IS PUTTING A ON THE SECRET SERVICE VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENTS THE SHOOTING WITH SECRET SERVICE DEAN REACTING TO THE SHOTS. BUT WAS THERE MORE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE? AND THIS IS COMING AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT SUSPECTED SHOOTER. ABC NEWS SENIOR JUSTICE REPORTER JACK DOHERTY JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER CHIEF OF DETECTIVES FOR THE NYPD ROBERT BOYCE JACK, THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRET SERVICE IS RESPONDING TO CLAIMS THAT THEY DENIED A REQUEST FROM TRUMP’S TEAM FOR ADDITIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES, CALLING THAT CLAIM ABSOLUTELY FALSE. SO WHAT MORE ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THE SECURITY MEASURES IN PLACE YESTERDAY? >> WELL, WE’RE LEARNING THAT THE SECRET SERVICE HAD RECENTLY INCREASED SECURITY MEASURES, INCREASED TECHNOLOGY ,INCREASED OTHER MEANS TO TRY TO SECURE THE PRESIDENT AND HIS AND HIS EVENT. SO, HOWEVER, CLEARLY, SOMEBODY HAD TO THIS ROOFTOP, THE GUNMAN DID, AND IT WAS ADJACENT TO THE EVENT, ADJACENT TO THE TO THE WHAT WAS THE SEALED AREA OR, THE SCREENED PERIMETER OF THIS EVENT. AND SO CLEARLY, THEY’RE SCRUTINIZING WHETHER ENOUGH WAS DONE AND HOW THAT PERSON WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO A ROOFTOP WITH A LINE OF SIGHT TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. SO CLEARLY, THERE WERE THERE WERE THERE WERE HOLES IN THE SYSTEM AND THERE ARE GAPS THAT THEY NEED TO WORK THROUGH. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A NO MISSION. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE A BIG PART. >> THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW IN THIS CASE. BOB, AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL YOURSELF, WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON WHAT WE’VE LEARNED SO FAR ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED? WHAT DOES THIS PREVENTABLE WAS THIS THE RESULT OF MISTAKES MADE OR IS THIS JUST PART OF THE INEVITABLE RISK? >> I KNOW IT’S THIS. AND DIANE, THIS IS AN OUTSIDE VENUE. SO WITH AN OUTSIDE VENUE COMES MORE, MORE, MORE ASSETS, MORE DEPLOYMENT. SO IT’S TO UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THIS WAS NOT A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT. THIS SOMEWHAT A RURAL AREA, AND THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT YOU LOOK AT HANDGUN LIFE AND YOU LOOK AT RIFLE LENGTH AND RIFLE LIFE IS IMPORTANT IN AN OUTSIDE VENUE LIKE THIS. SO WHAT COULD THEY HAVE DONE? YOU HAD A HISTORY OF THEY CLIMBED UP WAS NOT SEEN UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, BUT PEOPLE ON THE GROUND SAW HIM. SO YOU LOOK AT COMMUNICATIONS, HOW QUICKLY THAT INFORMATION MOVED AROUND ALMOST AFTER HE FIRED THE SHOTS. WHO WAS FIRED AT HIM? I DON’T KNOW WHEN HE DISAPPEARED HERE. SO THAT WILL ALL COME OUT. BUT IT’S REALLY STRANGE, THE FACT THAT WE HAD CIVILIANS WHO SAW HIM AND ALERTED POLICE AND WHAT HAPPENED THEREAFTER. THAT’S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW QUICK AND THE COMMUNICATION WAS AT THE SAME. >> AND, JACK, THIS IS ALSO COMING AS WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER. >> WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT? WELL, WE’RE LEARNING THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER WAS ABLE TO ACCESS TO HIS WEAPON. WE’RE HEARING THAT IT WAS PURCHASED LEGALLY OBTAINED THROUGH HIS FATHER WHO HAD PURCHASED IT. AND SO THAT’S ONE ELEMENT WE’RE HEARING ABOUT. IT. AND HE APPEARS TO BE FROM WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, FROM A SUBURB JUST SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH. SO HE WAS A LOCAL PERSON. AND RIGHT NOW, AUTHORITIES ARE DIGGING THROUGH ANY TRACES OF INFORMATION THAT HIS COMPUTER HISTORIES MIGHT SHOW OR ANY ONLINE PRESENCE. AND INTERVIEWING EVERYBODY THAT KNEW HIM TO TRY TO ASCERTAIN WHAT LED HIM TO THIS ACTION. >> ALL RIGHT, JACK DOHERTY, ROBERT BOYCE, THANK YOU BOTH. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE PHONE AFTER. THE SHOOTING, THOUGH, THE WHITE HOUSE NOT OFFERING ANY READOUT OF THAT CONVERSATION. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE CALL TELLS ABC NEWS, ABC NEWS, RATHER, THAT THAT CALL WAS RESPECTFUL, SHORT AND GOOD. NOW BEFORE THAT CALL, BIDEN SPOKE ABOUT THE INCIDENT FROM DELAWARE, CALLING IT SICK AND SAYING WE SHOULD ALL CONDEMN IT. >> 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. THE IDEA THAT THERE’S POLITICAL VIOLENCE OR VIOLENCE IN AMERICA LIKE THIS IS JUST UNHEARD OF ARE JUST NOT APPROPRIATE. AND WE EVERYBODY EVERYBODY MUST CONDEMN IT. >> WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS HAS MORE ON THE WHITE HOUSE REACTION. MILES, WHAT IS THE LATEST? THE WHITE HOUSE AS WE GET TO LEARN MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT THAT RALLY? YEAH, VERY FEW DETAILS, DIANE, LIKE SAID FROM THAT CALL BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT. WHAT’S INTERESTING TO HEAR PRESIDENT BIDEN REFER IN SUCH PERSONAL TERMS TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT? DURING HIS ON CAMERA STATEMENT, HE KEPT SAYING THAT HE WAS PRAYING FOR DONALD, HOPING FOR DONALD’S RECOVERY, THAT HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM. WE KNOW THAT THEY EVENTUALLY DID CONNECT. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE IS ONLY TELLING US SO FAR THAT IT WAS A SHORT CALL, RESPECTFUL. THE PRESIDENT OFFERING HIS PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES BEFORE THAT, LIKE HE SAID, GOING ON TO ABSOLUTELY CONDEMN THIS VIOLENCE THE STRONGEST OF TERMS AND ASKING THE COUNTRY TO REALLY COME TOGETHER IN THIS . WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUING TO RECEIVE BRIEFINGS FROM MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET, TOP HOMELAND SECURITY AND NATIONAL OFFICIALS AS THEY ALL TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED AND ANY ONGOING THREAT ENVIRONMENT GOING INTO THE REST OF THIS ELECTION SEASON BY HIM. >> AND MARY ALICE, YOU’VE BEEN TO RALLIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ACROSS MANY ADMINISTRATIONS. WHAT SECURITY AT THESE EVENTS, HOW SURPRISING IS IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN AT AN EVENT LIKE THIS? >> IT IS SO SHOCKING THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS. I CAN TELL YOU AS A REPORTER, THERE’S OFTEN A FEELING ONCE YOU MAKE IT TO THAT PERIMETER INSIDE THE PERIMETER, THAT YOU’RE AT AN INCREDIBLY SAFE SPACE BECAUSE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE. I MEAN, YOU GO THROUGH AIRPORT MAGNETOMETERS. SECRET SERVICE HAS DOGS CHECKING EVERY BAG. THEY ARE. THEY DO. THEY’VE TAKEN APART MY MAKEUP BAG TO CHECK FOR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WHEN YOU’RE WALKING. IT FEELS LIKE SUCH A SECURE ENVIRONMENT. OF COURSE IT IS DIFFERENT. EVEN THOUGH HE IS A FORMER PRESIDENT, HE IS A CANDIDATE AND NOT A CURRENT PRESIDENT. THE SECRET SERVICE FOOTPRINT FOR A CURRENT PRESIDENT IS VERY DIFFERENT. THEY TEND TO HAVE A MUCH WIDER FURTHER LARGER BUFFER ZONE. AND OF COURSE, THERE IS ALWAYS BIT OF A SORT OF BACK AND FORTH, A TUG OF WAR BETWEEN WHAT THE CAMPAIGN IS HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH AT AN EVENT WHERE THEY WANT SUPPORTERS TO BE CLOSE TO THE CANDIDATE. AND WHAT SERVICE WOULD HAVE HOPED FOR AND THEIR WORK TO TRY TO KEEP ANY SAFE. BUT YES, IT IS. THESE ARE HEIGHTENED SORT OF SECURITY EVENTS. IT IS SO SHOCKING THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN. ALL MARYALICE PARKS, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, MORE THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE REACTION COMING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ELECTION AFTER. THE BREAK WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST, ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> GET READY, AMERICA. EVERY FRIDAY, HOTTEST TRENDS, STYLES AND MUST HAVE WHAT’S THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY RIGHT NOW? I REALLY LOVE THAT IT’S TIME TO BUY THE STUFF AND SAVE BIG TIME TO THE RIGHT STUFF, RIGHT? >> DAVE AND GINA, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT WHENEVER BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE. THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. FOREVER STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT IN RIOT GEAR, ARRESTING OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE. >> WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS, FAST . STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17 PULLED A BUZZKILL IN BASEBALL. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. WHY IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHY DO WE SERVE OUT? >> WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HOW YOUR MONEY BREAKING NEWS POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST MUSIC TRENDS AND OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD ALL COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE’LL SEE YOU THAT "GMA3" WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR JAMMING IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOYNER AFTERNOON, SIR, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. >> NOT THAT TO WELCOME TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST REACTION IS POURING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLS THE ACT A HORRIFIC ACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AT A PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN RALLY AND HAS NO IN THIS COUNTRY. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES IS ALSO CONDEMNING THE ATTACK, SAYING HE’S SENDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO TRUMP. BUT TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS IN A STATEMENT THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT, QUOTE, LOOKS TO JOINING YOU ALL IN MILWAUKEE, REFERRING TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. >> ABC’S POLITICAL A FORMER DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FOR NORTH DAKOTA, HEIDI HEITKAMP AND ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN FOR VIRGINIA BARBARA COMSTOCK. JOIN ME NOW FOR MORE. BARBARA, BOTH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND BIDEN ARE CALLING FOR UNITY AFTER YESTERDAY’S ATTACK. >> THE FORMER PRESIDENT EVEN POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MORNING. IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE STAND UNITED AND SHOW TRUE CHARACTER AS AMERICANS REMAINING STRONG AND DETERMINED. DO YOU THINK THIS EVENT COULD CHANGE THE TONE, THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE? >> WELL, I THINK WE CERTAINLY HOPE SO, BECAUSE NOTHING’S MORE ANTITHETICAL TO OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE. I MEAN, IT’S HORRIFYING IF YOU THINK PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU THINK OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE AT A RALLY, PARTICULARLY THINK OF THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES WHO WERE THERE AND TO BE IN THAT HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE. AND I KNOW IS I’M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FORMER MEMBERS ASSOCIATION. AND WE HAD REPORT OUT THIS SPRING THAT SHOWED THE INCREASING THREATS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT HAVE GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY. I’M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ELECTION INTEGRITY. AND WE’VE HAD INCREASED THREATS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ELECTION WORKERS. SO WE WANT TO HAVE MORE FUNDING TO, PROTECT THEM. AND THE FBI DIRECTOR HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS INCREASING THREAT VIOLENCE, THREAT ENVIRONMENT. SO I THINK WE CERTAINLY NEED TO HAVE WHATEVER RESOURCES THAT ALL OF CANDIDATES, ALL OF OUR ELECTION WORKERS, ALL OF OUR POLITICAL CANDIDATES NEED TO KEEP THEM SAFE. AND I HOPE EVERYONE YOU LOWERS THE RHETORIC AND WE REALIZE THAT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC AND CERTAINLY GOD BLESS THE SECRET SERVICE FOR KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. BUT WE REALLY DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL JOIN TOGETHER AND PROVIDE ALL THE RESOURCES NECESSARY SO THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES, PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE WITH FULL CONFIDENCE THAT IT’S SAFE. >> AND WHILE BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP ARE NOW CALLING FOR UNITY, SOME ARE WORRIED THIS COULD ACTUALLY LEAD TO MORE POLITICAL VIOLENCE. HOW WORRIED ARE LAWMAKERS RIGHT NOW AND HOW DO YOU SEE THIS IMPACTING BOTH CAMPAIGNS GOING FORWARD? >> I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD BE WORRIED IN AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS. IT’S NOT UNTYPICAL TO SEE A COPYCATS. PEOPLE SAY, OH, YOU GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION. I’M TO GET ATTENTION. AS BARBARA SAID, THERE IS AN INCREASING LEVEL OF THREATS AGAINST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND IT GOES EVEN IS DOWN AS FAR AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, PEOPLE WHO WON’T RUN BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IT COULD THREATEN THEIR FAMILY EITHER WITH VERBAL ATTACKS OR WITH PHYSICAL ATTACKS. AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS A REMINDER. YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, A, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY CATASTROPHIC WAS PREVENTED YESTERDAY. BUT THIS IS A REMINDER THAT WE HAVE TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURE AND THAT THAT LOWERING THE TEMPERATURE HAS TO COME FROM LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP. AND I THINK WE’RE SEEING THAT NOW IN THE PRESIDENT REACHING. OUT TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT FOR PRESIDENT TWEETING A VERY ILL UNIFYING MESSAGE, SAYING IT HAS NO PLACE HERE. I THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE A DIFFERENT TONE GOING FORWARD. BUT KNOW, DOES THAT DOES THAT TRANSLATE INTO PEOPLE WATCHING THIS, FEELING LIKE THEY SHOULDN’T TAKE THESE LONG WALK ACTIONS TO PURSUE A POLITICAL POINT? WELL, WE’LL SEE. BUT I KNOW ONE THING. THE SECRET SERVICE IS GOING TO BE A LOT MORE CAREFUL GOING FORWARD. >> HEIDI HEITKAMP, BARBARA COMSTOCK, THANK YOU BOTH. SO WHAT DOES THIS ATTEMPT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MEAN FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR ELECTION SAFETY? LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER ACTING UNDERSECRETARY FOR INTEL AT THE DHS, JOHN COHEN, FOR MORE. JOHN, THANKS FOR JOINING US. YOU KNOW, JUST MOMENTS AGO, BUTLER TOWNSHIP POLICE CONFIRMED TO ABC NEWS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN THE AREA JUST BEFORE THE SHOOTING. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? WELL, WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE AND THERE’S MORE TO LEARN, OBVIOUSLY, IS THAT PEOPLE POTENTIALLY OBSERVED THE SUSPECT AS HE WAS APPROACHING THE LOCATION THAT HE EVENTUALLY FIRED SHOTS FROM. THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND THEY DID WHAT WE’VE BEEN ASKING THEM TO DO SINCE 911. THEY THEY CONTACT YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND REPORTED IT. SO WHAT WE’LL WANT TO SEE IN ANY AFTER ACTION REPORT IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THOSE REPORTS. HOW HAS THAT INFORMATION RESPONDED TO? WAS IT RELAYED TO OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE SECURITY RING PROTECTING THE FORMER PRESIDENT? >> SO WHAT’S NEXT IN THIS INVESTIGATION IN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE YOU THINK THE GOES NOW? >> WELL, SEVERAL AREAS. ONE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, SECRET SERVICE, THE FBI LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MOTIVATED THIS ATTACK. WAS THIS AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE WE’VE SEEN SO MANY TIMES THE PAST ABOUT WAS THIS A SITUATION OF A TROUBLED YOUNG PERSON, WAS ANGRY AT LIFE, SUFFERING FROM UNDERLYING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WHO ULTIMATELY DECIDED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE WAY THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RIGHT THE WRONGS THAT THEY VIEW? THEY’VE BEEN THEY’VE SUFFERED. OR WAS THIS PART OF AN ORGANIZED EFFORT TO CONDUCT AN ACT OF TARGETED VIOLENCE? THAT’S GOING TO BE CRITICAL BECAUSE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WILL TELL US WHAT ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE TO OUR SECURITY POSTURE. I MEAN, LOOK, QUITE FRANKLY, AS I’VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE FOLKS EARLY ON IN THIS SHOW, YOU KNOW, THE THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE THAT WE EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY DID NOT START YESTERDAY. THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS GOING BACK EIGHT, TEN YEARS THAT THE INCREASING VITRIOL, THE INCREASING ANGER, THE DIVISIVENESS OF OUR POLITICAL RHETORIC HAS HAS LED TO A VOLATILITY IN HER THREAT ENVIRONMENT. SO WHERE WE GO FROM HERE IN LARGE PART IS GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT THE MOTIVE BEHIND THIS ATTACK. >> ALL RIGHT, JOHN COHEN, THANK YOU. COMING UP, THE PREPARATION IS NOW UNDERWAY IN MILWAUKEE AHEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AND NEW SECURITY CONCERNS RAISED BY THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION WAR ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT, 10 DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. I’M JACLYN LEE HERE IN ARIZONA ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE ABORTION BATTLE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE WHEN IT MATTERS MOST, AMERICA TURNS TO DAVID MUIR AND WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR SECURITY. QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED NOW FOR THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AFTER AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT A PENNSYLVANIA RALLY. NOW A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS SECURITY PLANS NEXT WEEK’S CONVENTION ARE BEING REEXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN US NOW FROM MILWAUKEE. JAY, WHAT KIND OF SECURITY CHANGES OFFICIALS LOOKING AT NOW AHEAD OF THE RNC KICKING OFF TOMORROW. WELL, THERE’S A COUPLE OF THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND AS IT RELATES TO THE RNC. THE FIRST IS THERE ARE VARIATIONS OF SECURITY PERIMETERS. THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE FISERV FORUM, WHERE THE CONVENTION WILL BE, THE TIGHTER THE SECURITY IS. THAT’S THE SO-CALLED RED ZONE. AND THEN THERE WAS A VERSION OUTSIDE OF THAT SECURITY PERIMETER, WHICH IS MONITORED BY VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THE SERVICE IS OBVIOUSLY IN CONTROL HERE. BUT EVEN OUTSIDE THAT INITIAL SECURITY ZONE, THERE IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND HERE, DIANE, IS THAT UNDER WISCONSIN STATE LAW, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE. CURRENTLY UNDER THE CURRENT OF THE RNC THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE AND OBVIOUSLY EXISTING STATE LAW, PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO HAVE FIREARMS IN THAT EXTENDED SECURITY PERIMETER. YOU CAN’T HAVE THEM NEAR THE VENUE IN THAT SO-CALLED ZONE, BUT YOU CAN HAVE THEM IN THE ZONE OUTSIDE. THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SECURITY THINGS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY BEING REASSESSED, THAT MAY BE ONE OF THEM, DESPITE THE FACT THAT AGAIN, IT DOES APPLY UNDERNEATH THAT EXISTING STATE LAW. SO THERE IS A CHALLENGE THERE. I CAN TELL YOU I’VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH REPUBLICAN SOURCES IN THE LAST FEW HOURS. THEY SAY, AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS SAID, THE RNC ON. IT WILL BE HAPPENING AND THEY ARE HOLDING IT, AS ONE DESCRIBED IT TO ME, DIANE, IN A FORM OF THE WORD THEY USED DEFIANCE, DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN. THANK YOU. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE SOME SAD NEWS TO REPORT. ABC HAS CONFIRMED ACTRESS SHANNEN DOHERTY HAS DIED. DOHERTY BEEN BATTLING STAGE FOUR CANCER AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED IN 2015. JUST EIGHT MONTHS AGO, SHE REVEALED THAT THE CANCER METASTASIZED TO HER BRAIN AND LATER SPREAD TO HER BONES. >> THE ACTRESS ROSE TO FAME IN 1990, PLAYING BRENDA WALSH ON THE HIT SHOW BEVERLY HILLS 902 OR NOW. SHE ALSO STARRED IN THE SUPERNATURAL DRAMA CHARMED AS PRUE HALLIWELL. >> DOHERTY WAS 53 YEARS OLD. >> THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO. ABC NEWS WILL HAVE MUCH MORE COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A NETWORK SPECIAL WITH DAVID MUIR AT 10 P.M. EASTERN. WE, OF COURSE, WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE UPDATES HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE FIRST. >> WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER, THE STORY WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING EVERYWHERE. >> GREAT MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. GOOD AMERICA. ARE YOU COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW? >> WHAT GOING ON HERE? >> YOU DON’T JUST SEE IT, YOU FEEL IT. I’M IN, I’M IN. I’M IN. I’M IN GYM HERE. I AM HERE. AND SO I’M IN. I’M IN ZERO MICROPHONES. WELL, IT HAPPENS LIKE SOME KIND OF A BALL GAME DEMON HERE. >> SOMEBODY IS KILLING YOUNG BLACK WOMEN. THE FEARED WAS JUST INSANE. I WAS NOT GONNA STOP UNTIL I FOUND OUT WHO DID THIS KNEW. ALL OF HIS VICTIMS. HE PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS A GOOD NOW FRIDAY, THE PRISON INTERVIEW WITH THE KILLER. >> YES, I TOUCHED HIM. HE TOLD. AND THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH THE ONLY SURVIVING VICTIM 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA. WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION OR COMBAT OPERATION, SO WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM I THINK IT’S LYLE DAVID DAY FROM ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST REPORTING FROM THE STATE HOUSE IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. I’M ABC NEWS, ELIZABETH SCHULZE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE SCREENING ABC NEWS LIVE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE’VE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? >> TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS, FAST, STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17 YEAR, A BUZZ KILL AND BASEBALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT I’M HI, I’M JIM MACEDA TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY YESTERDAY. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT. INVESTIGATE SAY THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER IS DEAD, IDENTIFIED AS A 20-YEAR-OLD FROM BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA. AND INVESTIGATORS CONFIRM TO ABC NEWS, THEY BELIEVE THIS SCREENSHOT SHOWS THE SUSPECT RECEIVING HIS DIPLOMA. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS JUST A FEW MINUTES INTO HIS SPEECH WHEN SOURCES SAY THE SUSPECT FIRED AS MANY AS EIGHT ROUNDS FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING ABOUT 300 YARDS AWAY. THE FORMER PRESIDENT TOUCHED HIS EAR, THEN DUCKED FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SWARMED TO PROTECT HIM, COVERING HIM WITH THEIR BODIES. AND ONCE HE STOOD BACK UP, YOU COULD SEE BLOOD FROM TRUMP’S RIGHT EAR. THE FORMER PRESIDENT THEN PUT HIS FIST IN THE AIR, SIGNALING TO THE CROWD THAT HE WAS OKAY AND PUMPED HIS FIST CHANTING, FIGHT AND DEFIANCE BEFORE AGENTS ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE AND INTO A VEHICLE. AND THAT IMAGE OF TRUMP’S BLOODIED FACE WITH, HIS FIST RAISED, IS DOMINATING THE FRONT PAGES TODAY. BUT TRUMP IS NOT THE ONLY VICTIM. AUTHORITIES SAY ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD, TWO OTHERS ARE CRITICALLY INJURED. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS OFFERING CONDOLENCES TO THOSE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HE’S ALSO RECOUNTING THE MOMENT HE FELT THE BULLET RIPPED THROUGH HIS EAR. AND IN A POST THIS MORNING, HE’S CALLING ON AMERICANS TO BE UNIFIED, EXCUSE ME, TO BE UNITED AND TO SHOW, QUOTE, OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS AMERICANS. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE TO TRUMP AND IS CONDEMNING THE ATTACK. NOW, A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS THEY WILL REEXAMINE SECURITY PLANS FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL IN MILWAUKEE THAT KICKS OFF TOMORROW. TRUMP, OF COURSE, IS SET TO FORMALLY CLINCH THE PARTY’S NOMINATION AND ALSO SPEAK THE EVENT. ABC NEWS ALEX PRESHA IS NEAR THE SCENE IN. BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA AND ABC NEWS TREVOR AULT IS IN BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE NIGHT AFTER THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. ALEC, WHAT’S IT LIKE THERE IN BUTLER TODAY AND WHAT ARE INVESTIGATORS SO FAR ABOUT HOW THIS WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN? WELL, DIANE, I MEAN, THERE’S THERE’S A THERE’S AN EERIE KIND OF TENSION HERE. WE’RE PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THAT RALLY HAPPENED YESTERDAY WHERE THOSE SHOTS RANG OUT. AND CERTAINLY THERE’S CURIOSITY FROM HEARING JUST TO KIND OF SET THE SCENE HERE. BUTLER IT’S A TOWN OF ABOUT 13,500. IT IS A SUBURB OF, PITTSBURGH, JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY IN. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FOR MANY THEY FEEL LIKE IT HAPPENED IN THEIR THEY LEARNED THAT THAT THAT ALLEGED GUNMAN CAME FROM BETHEL PARK, WHICH WHICH IS ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTH OF HERE AS WELL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU’VE SEEN A STEADY STREAM OF FOLKS WHO LIKELY ATTENDED YESTERDAY’S RALLY OR OR ARE FROM THE AREA KIND OF COMING BY, JUST SEEING THIS SCENE. IT’S A MASSIVE PERIMETER SET UP BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. SOME FOLKS ACTUALLY BY IT SET UP AN AMERICAN FLAG HERE EARLIER. BUT THIS IS INVESTIGATION THAT’S GOING TO GO ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A MASSIVE ,MASSIVE INVESTIGATION. SEE HERE THAT TREVOR, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MORNING. IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE STAND UNITED AND SHOW OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS AMERICANS. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU HEARING FROM HIS CAMPAIGN ABOUT HIS REACTION TO WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW HE’S DOING? WELL, IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS CAMPAIGN IS ONGOING, DIANE, FROM THE MESSAGING THEY’RE ON TOP OF GIVING SOME DETAILS ABOUT HOW HE HAD FELT THAT BULLET AS IT HIT THE TOP OF HIS EAR AND HOW HE IS CALLING FOR THE STATES TO BE UNIFIED AFTER THIS, IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME BEFORE THEY GET RIGHT BACK OUT THERE, GET THE FORMER PRESIDENT BACK IN FRONT OF AMERICAN PEOPLE. AT THE END OF THAT POST, HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SPEAKING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AT THE RNC. IF A CONVENTION IN WISCONSIN LATER THIS WEEK. NOW, HE IS HERE IN, NEW JERSEY AND THEN BEDMINSTER, WHERE WE ARE, IS AT TRUMP NATIONAL HIS GOLF COURSE, WHERE WE KNOW HE HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, ESPECIALLY DURING SOME OF THE MOST STRESSFUL TIMES WHEN HE WAS THE PRESIDENT. AND IN THE AFTERMATH FLEW BACK HERE. THEY LANDED WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. WE WATCHED AS THE PRESIDENT GOT OFF THE PLANE AT NEWARK. HE WAS SURROUNDED BY THE SECRET SERVICE COUNTER ASSAULT TEAM, A VERY LARGE SHOW OF FORCE BEFORE THE MOTORCADE TOOK HIM TO TRUMP NATIONAL. IT’S NOT YET CONFIRMED HOW LONG HE PLANS TO STAY HERE. BUT THE FACT THAT HE IS ALREADY SAYING THAT HE DOES INTEND TO GET OUT AND SPEAK PUBLICLY LATER ON THIS WEEK SAYS IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE HE’S GOING TO BE HERE FOR TOO LONG. WE’RE, OF COURSE, WATCHING AND WAITING. WE KNOW THAT HE’S SURROUNDED BY SOME OF HIS AIDES. HIS FAMILY’S BEEN VERY OUTSPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF HIM, BOTH TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY LOVE THEIR FATHER, BUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY BELIEVE THAT HE IS THE FIGHTER THAT AMERICA NEEDS, IS STILL ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING TOWARDS THIS ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. DIANE ALEX PRESHA TREVOR AULT, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO BRING IN LEONARD RODINO, WHO WAS AT THE TRUMP RALLY YESTERDAY. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION HAPPENED. LEONARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH JOINING US. I’M GLAD THAT YOU ARE OKAY AND JUST TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. >> YOU SAY YOU WERE IN THE STANDS NEAR THE JUMBOTRON. >> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW AND HEARD? YEAH. FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON. MY PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES GO TOWARDS THE VICTIMS, THE FAMILIES. SO WE SAY OUR PRAYERS TO THEM AND ALSO SAY OUR PRAYERS TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT, TO HIS FAMILY THAT THEY CAN BE SAFE BY BEING IN THE STANDS. WHAT IT WAS LIKE IS, YOU KNOW, IT SOUND LIKE POPPING NOISES WERE GOING OFF THAT. AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS IT JUST HAPPENED SO FAST AND PEOPLE WERE SAYING IT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF I WAS SAYING, DON’T GET DOWN . EVEN OTHER PEOPLE WERE. SO WE’RE PROTECTING EACH OTHER. WE’RE PRAYING WITH EACH OTHER. AND THEN I LOOK UP AND I BASICALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE DOWN. THERE WAS BLOOD ON A COUPLE OF PEOPLE. I LOOK UP TO MY LEFT SIDE. I SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT DOWN WITH THE SECRET SERVICE. SO IT WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING ONLINE. SO IT WAS A LOT TO GATHER. SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WEREN’T EXPECTING BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WERE THERE TO STAND FOR WHAT THEY STAND, YOU KNOW, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMOTION. >> BUT THAT’S SOMETHING THAT WE WEREN’T EXPECTING. SO HOW DID YOU FEEL ONCE YOU REALIZED THAT THE POPPING SOUND THAT DESCRIBED WERE ACTUAL GUNSHOTS, BE HONEST WITH YOU. IT SOUNDED LIKE FIRECRACKERS. REALLY? YOU. BUT — BUT THEN REALIZING LIKE, OH, MAN, SHOTS WERE THAT’S WHEN WE ACTUALLY DUCK. SO WE KIND OF PULL SOLUTION LIKE, OH, THIS IS THIS IS SHOOTING THAT’S HAPPENING. SO IT WAS LIKE I SAID, IT WAS SO UNEXPECTED. LEONARD HAVE YOU NOW GONE BACK AND WATCHED VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT’S YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU SEE IT FROM THAT ANGLE? >> YOU KNOW, MY REACTION IS, IS THAT, AGAIN, THE PEOPLE THAT GOT SHOT, YOU KNOW, I WANT THEM TO BE OKAY. YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING AS AS AMERICANS THAT WE CAN REACH OUT, PRAY FOR THEM, THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN CREATE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO STICK TOGETHER AS AMERICAN CITIZENS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE’RE NOT IN A PHYSICAL BATTLE, BUT ALSO WE’RE IN A SPIRITUAL BATTLE. SO THIS IS THE TIME WE TO PRAY AND GO BACK TO YESHUA. SO SEEING THOSE VIDEOS TO YOUR QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES YOU A FULL PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE ONLY BY WHAT I SEEN OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING WHEN WE WERE ON THE GROUND AND RECOVERED, YOU KNOW, IT’S A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. >> WELL, IT’S AN EXPERIENCE I’M SORRY YOU HAD TO ENDURE. LEONARD, GLAD YOU’RE SAFE. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US. AND LIKE YOU WERE ALSO OFFERING PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES TO THOSE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. >> THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. SAME TO YOU. AND THE ATTEMPT ON TRUMP’S LIFE IS ALSO RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SECRET SERVICE. VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT SECRET SERVICE REACTED WHEN THAT SHOOTING. YOU CAN SEE SNIPERS TAKING OUT THE GUNMAN. BUT THE QUESTION NOW IS, WAS THERE MORE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE? WE’RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER AND THE GUN. >> AUTHORITIES SAY USED. ABC NEWS SENIOR JUSTICE REPORTER JACK DOHERTY JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER FBI AGENT BRAD GARRETT. FOR MORE ON. JACK, LET’S START WITH THE NEW INFORMATION BECAUSE WE’RE NOW LEARNING A GUN AUTHORITIES SAY WAS USED IN THIS SHOOTING WAS LEGALLY AND THAT THE SUSPECT WAS A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN. I DON’T WANT TO KEEP REPEATING HIS NAME AND GIVE HIM MORE NOTORIETY, BUT WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL ABOUT HIM? >> SO THAT’S RIGHT. SO AFTER AN INCIDENT LIKE IN THIS CASE, THE GUN WAS RECOVERED AT THE SCENE. THAT FIREARM WAS TRACED. THEY DO WHAT’S CALLED AN URGENT TRACE TO THE FIREARM. THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MAKE AND MODEL OF THE GUN AND SEE WHERE THAT WAS SOLD. SO THEY GO BACK TO THE SELLER AND THEY FIND THE PURCHASER OF THAT GUN. THE PURCHASER, IT CAME BACK TO BE A FAMILY MEMBER. THE SUSPECTED SHOOTERS FATHER WAS THE PURCHASER OF THAT AND EXPLAINS HOW HE HAD ACCESS TO THAT FIREARM. AND SO THAT PART OF THE INFORMATION WAS CONDUCTED BY ATF. THEY PROVIDED THAT TO THE FBI AND TO THEIR OTHER INVESTIGATIVE PARTNERS IN THIS MATTER. AND SO IT APPEARS THAT THE SHOOTER WAS ABLE TO GET ACCESS THROUGH HIS FATHER. >> NOW, BROUGHT A LOT OF QUESTIONS. ARE RAISED ABOUT WHETHER THE SECRET SERVICE COULD HAVE DONE MORE TO PROTECT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HERE. BUTLER TOWNSHIP POLICE NOW SAY THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN THE AREA JUST BEFORE THE SHOOTING. THE SHERIFF THERE SAYS A POLICE WAS ACTUALLY VAULTED UP TO THE ROOF AND, THAT THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER TURNED AND AIMED AT HIM. >> SO THAT OFFICER LET GO FELL DOWN AND WAS INJURED. AND THE SHERIFF SAYS IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THAT THAT, IN HIS WORDS, THE KID TURNED AROUND AND STARTED SHOOTING. SOME BYSTANDERS ALSO SAY THEY NOTICED THE GUNMAN ON THE ROOF BEFORE, THE SHOOTING AND TRIED TO WARN LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THESE REPORTS THAT WE’RE GETTING IN? >> SO THE SECRET OBVIOUSLY WILL LOOK AT ALL OF THESE REPORTS, BUT WE KNOW, DIANE, IS THE TIMING. FOR EXAMPLE, LOOKING SUSPICIOUS PERSON, DID THAT GET PASSED ON TO THE SECRET? HE THEN APPARENTLY GOES TO THE ROOF, LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLLOWS THEM AND THEN DROPS DOWN. DID IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT POINT START SHOOTING? IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT’S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE. WE DON’T KNOW THE TO THAT. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS, DID HE HAVE A POSITION ON THE ROOF OR THE SNIPERS COULDN’T ACTUALLY SEE HIM INITIALLY. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL HAVE TO BE PLAYED OUT. TO TAKE THIS TO A BIGGER PICTURE. SHOULD THEY HAVE? THE SECRET SERVICE HAD SNIPERS OR OTHER PERSONNEL OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE RING OF THIS EVENT? WELL, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. AND THAT’S SOMETHING I’M GOING TO GUESS IF, IN FACT, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE OUTDOOR BECAUSE THEY ADD SO MUCH MORE COMPLEXITY TO PEOPLE THAN, FOR EXAMPLE, INSIDE A CONVENTION CENTER OR A CLOSED ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF TAKING A SNIPER SHOT. >> AND JACK, THE FBI NOW SAYS THEY’RE TAKING THE LEAD IN THIS INVESTIGATION. SO WHERE DO THINGS STAND AND WHERE DOES THIS INVESTIGATION GO FROM HERE? >> WELL CLEARLY, THE FBI BY STATUTE IS GOING TO BE THE INVESTIGATIVE LEAD ON THIS ON THIS MATTER, BECAUSE IT’S AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE ARE ACTUALLY DESCRIBED IN FEDERAL STATUTE TO BE INVESTIGATED SPECIFICALLY BY THE FBI. AND AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THIS SUSPECT’S SOCIAL MEDIA HISTORY, IF THERE IS ANY. THEY’RE GOING THROUGH ANY DIGITAL THAT HE MIGHT HAVE HIS PHONES, COMPUTERS. THEY’RE INTERVIEWING EVERY ASSOCIATE, EVERY FRIEND, EVERY FAMILY MEMBER THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON TO FIND OUT IF HE HAD ANY SPECIFIC MOTIVATION AND WHAT MAY HAVE TRIGGERED THIS HORRIBLY TRAGIC EVENT. >> ALL RIGHT. JACK DORSEY, BRAD GARRETT, THANK YOU BOTH. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE PHONE. THE SHOOTING, THOUGH, THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT OFFERING A READOUT OF THEIR CONVERSATION. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE CALL TELLS ABC NEWS IT WAS RESPECTFUL AND GOOD. BEFORE THAT CALL, BIDEN SPOKE ABOUT THE INCIDENT FROM DELAWARE, CALLING IT SICK AND SAYING WE SHOULD ALL BE CONDEMNING ATTACK. >> THERE’S NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND 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. THE IDEA THAT THERE’S POLITICAL VIOLENCE OR VIOLENCE ,AMERICA LIKE THIS IS JUST UNHEARD OF. THAT’S NOT APPROPRIATE. AND WE EVERYBODY EVERYBODY MUST CONDEMN IT. >> AND HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS HAS MORE ON THE WHITE HOUSE REACTION. MARYALICE, WHAT IS THE LATEST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE NOW THAT WE’RE LEARNING SOME NEW DETAILS ABOUT THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? YEAH, WE’VE HEARD VERY LITTLE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE SO FAR. LIKE YOU SAID, THEY HAVEN’T OFFERED ANY FORMAL READOUT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THEY TOLD US JUST THAT THAT CALL WAS RESPECTFUL AND SHORT. LIKE YOU SAID, THE PRESIDENT RUSHED BACK HERE LAST NIGHT. HE HAS BEEN HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE RECEIVING FROM TOP MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET, HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM, SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY. LOOK, THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING VERY HARD TO NOT IN ANY WAY POLITICIZE THIS EVENT. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN THE SAME WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TRIED TO DIAL DOWN ALL SORT OF OUTGOING COMMUNICATIONS. THEY HAVE TRIED TO PULL THEIR CAMPAIGN ADS OFF AIR. THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY INCIDENT. THE PRESIDENT, OF COURSE IS A CANDIDATE, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. AND THAT IS REALLY HIS ROLE RIGHT NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE DIANE. AND MARYALICE, THIS HAS BEEN A DIVISIVE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. A LOT OF RHETORIC GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BOTH SIDES. SOME ARE NOW CRITICIZING SOME DEMOCRATIC RHETORIC FOR WHAT HAPPENED, SAYING MAYBE IT CONTRIBUTED. CRITICS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING AND CRITICS OF THE DEMOCRATS SAYING THAT. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK GOING FORWARD? COULD WE THE CAMPAIGN STRATEGY AND CAMPAIGN RHETORIC OVERALL CHANGE BECAUSE OF THIS? WE COULD. AND THAT IS DEFINITELY THE OF SO MANY LEADERS HERE IN WASHINGTON AND AROUND THE COUNTRY TODAY. WE HAVE HEARD FROM DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS A REAL EARNEST CALL TO, DIAL DOWN THE TEMPERATURE TO DIAL DOWN THAT POLITICAL RHETORIC. WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY THAT THIS IS A MOMENT FOR THE COUNTRY TO UNITE. HE, OF COURSE, CONDEMN, CONDEMN THAT VIOLENCE, THE ACT OF VIOLENCE IN THE STRONGEST TERMS, SAID IT WAS SICK, SICK. WE HAVE HEARD ACROSS THE BOARD, DEMOCRATS SAY THAT THERE IS JUST PLACE FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. BUT YOU’RE RIGHT, THE CAMPAIGN RHETORIC HAS BEEN HEATED AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME REPUBLICANS, SOME LEADING REPUBLICANS SITTING SENATORS ALREADY QUICK BLAME THE PRESIDENT. THEY THEY AREN’T OFFERING ANY EVIDENCE. THEY’RE JUST SORT OF ACCUSING HIM OF HEIGHTENED LANGUAGE. AND I THINK THAT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS VERY CAREFUL THEY DON’T BEING VERY CAREFUL RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE NOT RESPONDING PUBLICLY TO ANY THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO IN TIME. IF IT GETS WORSE, IF IT GETS LOUDER. BUT RIGHT NOW, THEY’RE TODAY LESS THAN 24 HOURS SINCE THIS HAPPENED. THERE IS VERY MUCH AOPE THAT THAT INSTEAD IT WILL BE A MOMENT OF REFLECTION AND PRAYER AND THE COUNTRY COMING TOGETHER DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. MARYALICE PARKS FOR US FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THANKS. MARYALICE AND COMING UP, WE HAVE MORE ON THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE REACTION COMING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND AS WELL, WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ELECTION. AFTER THE BREAK, THESE TWO MEN BOTH WON A SECOND TERM AS YOUR PRESIDENT AND STARTING TOMORROW . DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS MAKE THEIR CASE. DAVID MUIR AND THE ABC NEWS POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM LIVE FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION STARTING TOMORROW ON ABC. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. >> THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS IS RIGHT THERE ON THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN HEBREW, UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII, FROM CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP HIT BEIRUT FOR THE FBI. REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER THE STORY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS, LIVE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> LET’S GO. THE IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. LOOK AT THAT. OH, GOSH. WELL, THAT HAD WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN EVER, EVER. IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE. AND THIS WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION. THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. REACTION IS POURING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLED THE ACT A HORRIFIC ACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AT A PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN RALLY THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. WHILE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES ALSO CONDEMNED THE ATTACK, SAYING HE’S SENDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. TRUMP BUT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS IN A STATEMENT THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT, QUOTE, LOOKS FORWARD TO JOINING YOU ALL IN MILWAUKEE, REFERRING TO REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. ABC POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FOR NORTH DAKOTA HEIDI HEITKAMP AND ABC NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER, FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN FROM VIRGINIA, BARBARA COMSTOCK JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. >> HEIDI, THIS IS A DELICATE MOMENT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DIVISIVE CAMPAIGN WITH A LOT OF DIVISIVE RHETORIC UP UNTIL NOW. SO WHAT KIND OF TONE DOES THE PRESIDENT NEED TO STRIKE, PARTICULARLY AS ACTS AS BOTH PRESIDENT AND ALSO CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS REELECTION? I THINK EXACTLY THE ONE HE HAS THE PHONE CALL SIGNIFICANT, I THINK, SHOWING THE COUNTRY THAT THESE CANDIDATES CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION, CAN EXPRESS SYMPATHY, CAN EXPRESS CONCERN FOR EACH OTHER, A CONCERN FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. I THINK THAT THAT IS A GOOD MESSAGE, THE COUNTRY. AND I THINK KUDOS TO BOTH OF THEM FOR THAT. NUMBER ONE, MAKING THE CALL, ISSUING THE STATEMENTS THAT THEY’VE. THE QUESTION IS, HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SET THE TONE FOR THE REST OF THE FOR THE REST OF THE CAMPAIGN. WE WILL HEAR MORE AND MORE TALK ABOUT POLICY, MORE AND MORE TALK ABOUT WHAT WHAT DIRECTION EITHER ONE OF THEM ARE GOING TO LEAD THE COUNTRY AND LESS ABOUT WHO IS THE GREATER THREAT WHEN START TALKING ABOUT THREATS. I THINK YOU END UP WITH A COUNTRY THAT FEELS OBLIGATED AT LEAST SOME LONE WOLVES OBLIGATED TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. AND I THINK THAT AN IMMINENT DANGER. >> BARBARA, WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, THEY’RE LOOKING INTO POTENTIAL SECURITY. DO YOU THINK THEY’LL ALSO BE LOOKING INTO POTENTIAL CHANGES IN MESSAGING AND SPEAKERS IN LIGHT OF THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT? WELL, THEY HAD ALREADY HAD BEEN SET FOR THEIR CONVENTION, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE’S THERE’S HUGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN, THESE TWO PARTIES. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTING, YOU KNOW, HIS CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE, YOU KNOW, JANUARY 6TH, HIS CONCERNS ABOUT POLITICAL VIOLENCE. THE FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTING HIS CONCERNS ON MANY BIPARTISAN GROUPS THAT I BELONG TO, LIKE THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY. WE’VE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING OUR CONCERN ABOUT THAT ELECTION . WORKERS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO INCREASING VIOLENCE AS. WELL, AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THERE’S BEEN GROWING THREATS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THEM. SO I THINK WE ALL WANT TO SEE THAT LEVEL OF AND THREATS COME DOWN. AND SO I THINK WHETHER IT’S AT THE CONVENTION, EITHER CONVENTION, ALL OF RHETORIC NEEDS TO COME DOWN. BUT WE STILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT WE VERY MUCH DISAGREE ON. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT’S ISSUES LIKE ABORTION OR ISSUES ABOUT UKRAINE AND PUTIN, YOU KNOW THERE’S BIG DIFFERENCES ON WHAT WE THINK ABOUT PUTIN AND THE THREAT THAT PUTIN, YOU KNOW, THAT WE FACE WITH PEOPLE WHO LIKE PUTIN AND PEOPLE WHO DON’T. SO WE NEED TO BE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE STRONG DISCUSSIONS. BUT WE CAN DISAGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE. AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS SAYING LAST NIGHT. >> AND I THINK THAT THE MESSAGE THAT OUR PRESIDENT, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HOPEFULLY WAS MESSAGING AND I HOPE THEY’LL STICK TO IT THIS WEEK. >> ALL RIGHT. HEIDI HEITKAMP, BARBARA COMSTOCK, THANK YOU BOTH. >> COMING UP, THE NEW SECURITY CONCERNS AND CHANGES AHEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN FORK. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC LAW, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC? THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE, ABC NEWS. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST. >> LISTEN. NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. SO WHAT DO WE SERVE IN THAT? >> WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE YOUR HEALTH YOUR MONEY? BREAKING NEWS POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS, AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE’LL SEE YOU THEN. THREE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. A THIRD HOUR "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON. SO JOIN US. AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. >> CAN YOU TELL THESE TWO MEN BOTH WANT A SECOND TERM AS YOUR PRESIDENT AND STARTING TOMORROW. DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS MAKE THEIR CASE. DAVID MUIR AND THE ABC NEWS POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM LIVE FROM THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION STARTING TOMORROW ON ABC. >> TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT TO THE US-MEXICO BORDER, MARY BRUCE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE FOR SECURITY QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AFTER AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT A PENNSYLVANIA RALLY YESTERDAY. NOW A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS NEWS SECURITY PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CONVENTION ARE BEING REEXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS US NOW FROM MILWAUKEE, WHERE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IS SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. SO, JAY, WHAT KIND OF SECURITY CHANGES ARE OFFICIALS DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW AND HOW CONCERNED ARE THEY IN LIGHT OF YESTERDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE, OF COURSE, CONCERNED I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, JUST LIKE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, IS AN INCREDIBLY SECURE ENVIRONMENT. EVEN BEFORE TRANSPIRED YESTERDAY. BUT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THAT IN THE PROCESS OF RETHINKING THE SECURITY FOOTPRINT AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE WAY THERE’S ALREADY A VERY SECURE SECURITY FOOTPRINT, THERE ARE PERIMETERS AND THEN EXTRA PERIMETERS AND AREAS WHERE YOU CAN’T GO CALLED THE RED ZONE AND THERE’S A YELLOW ZONE, ETC., ETC.. BUT IN TERMS OF RETHINKING THAT FOOTPRINT, THERE COULD BE AS MUCH AS ADDING CERTAIN TACTICAL TEAMS TO CERTAIN AREAS ,ADDING CERTAIN COUNTER SNIPER PROVISIONS, THE KINDS OF COUNTER SNIPERS, FOR INSTANCE, YOU SAW IN IMAGES ON THAT ROOF FIRING AT THAT SHOOTER AT THAT TRUMP RALLY YESTERDAY. THERE ARE CERTAIN PRECAUTIONS THAT COULD BE TAKEN TO ADD TO AN ALREADY ROBUST SECURITY FOOTPRINT HERE. BUT IT’S ALSO WORTH NOTING, DIANE, THAT THERE’S ALSO A LAW IN MILWAUKEE THAT GIVES PEOPLE HERE THE RIGHT TO OPEN CARRY A FIREARM IF THEY, OUTSIDE OF THAT IMMEDIATE, INTENSELY SECURE SECURITY PERIMETER. SO IF THEY’RE OUTSIDE OF THE IMMEDIATE SECRET SERVICE, DENSELY PROTECTED PERIMETER, THEY CAN STILL HAVE A GUN, WHICH IS IN SOME WAYS SOMEWHAT ADJACENT TO THIS VENUE WHERE THE RNC IS BEING HAD AND. >> THAT IS, OF COURSE, ONLY GOING TO ADD TO THE CONCERNS FROM SECURITY OFFICIALS HERE. ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN IN MILWAUKEE FOR US. THANK YOU. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE SOME SAD NEWS TO REPORT. ABC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED SHANNEN DOHERTY HAS DIED. DOHERTY HAD BEEN BATTLING STAGE FOUR CANCER AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED IN 2015 AND JUST EIGHT MONTHS AGO, SHE REVEALED THE CANCER HAD METASTASIZED HER BRAIN AND LATER SPREAD TO HER BONES. THE ACTRESS ROSE TO FAME 1990, PLAYING BRENDA WALSH ON THE HIT SHOW BEVERLY HILLS 92 OR NO. SHE ALSO STARRED IN THE SUPERNATURAL DRAMA CHARMED PRUE HALLIWELL. SHANNEN DOHERTY WAS 53 YEARS OLD. >> THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. I AM DIANE MACEDO. ABC NEWS WILL HAVE MUCH MORE COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A NETWORK SPECIAL WITH DAVID MUIR TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. EASTERN. >> AND WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE NEWS RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. STAY WITH US. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. WHAT’S GOING ON? THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET, WHEREVER THE STORY WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT ON WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY, ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH. HOLD A BUZZ KILL AND FACE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. WHY? LET’S GO. THE SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOD. WELL, WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN. HAMMER, HAMMER, HAMMER. IT DOESN’T ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE. AND THIS IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA. >> SO WHAT DO WE SERVE ABOUT? >> WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HOUSE, YOUR MONEY, BREAKING NEWS, POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS, MUSIC TRENDS, AND, OF COURSE GOOD FOOD ALL COMING UP ON "GMA3". YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE’LL SEE YOU IN THREE. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW A THIRD HOUR "GMA" IN THE AFTERNOON SO JOYNER AFTERNOON FOUR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT THREE TO I. I’M JIM MACEDA TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING AN ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY YESTERDAY. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT THAT. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER IS DEAD, IDENTIFIED AS A 20-YEAR-OLD FROM BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA . AND INVESTIGATORS CONFIRMED TO ABC NEWS THEY BELIEVE THIS SCREENSHOT SHOWS SUSPECT RECEIVING HIS DIPLOMA. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS JUST A FEW INTO HIS SPEECH WHEN SOURCES SAY THE SUSPECT FIRED AS MANY AS EIGHT ROUNDS THE ROOF OF A BUILDING ABOUT 300 YARDS AWAY. THE FORMER TOUCHED HIS EAR, THEN DUCKED FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SWARMED ,PROTECT HIM, COVERING HIM WITH THEIR BODIES. AND ONCE HE STOOD BACK UP, YOU COULD SEE BLOOD COMING FROM TRUMP’S RIGHT EAR. THE FORMER PRESIDENT THEN PUT HIS FIST IN THE AIR, SIGNALING TO THE CROWD THAT HE WAS OKAY AND, PUMPED HIS FIST CHANTING FIGHT AND DEFIANCE BEFORE AGENTS ESCORTED OFF THE STAGE AND INTO A VEHICLE. AND THAT IMAGE OF TRUMP’S BLOODIED FACE WITH HIS FIST RAISED IS DOMINATING THE FRONT PAGES TODAY. BUT TRUMP IS NOT THE ONLY VICTIM. AUTHORITIES SAY ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD, TWO OTHERS ARE CRITICALLY INJURED, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS NOW OFFERING CONDOLENCES TO THOSE VICTIMS FAMILIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HE’S ALSO RECOUNTING THE MOMENT HE FELT THE BULLET RIPPED THROUGH HIS EAR. AND IN A POST THIS MORNING, HE’S CALLING ON AMERICANS TO BE YOU. YOU EXCUSE ME TO BE UNITED AND TO SHOW, QUOTE, OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS AMERICANS MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE TO TRUMP AND IS CONDEMNING THE ATTACK. NOW, A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS THEY WILL REEXAMINE SECURITY PLANS FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE. THAT KICKS OFF TOMORROW. TRUMP, OF COURSE, IS SET TO FORMALLY CLINCH THE PARTY’S NOMINATION AND ALSO SPEAK AT THE EVENT. ABC NEWS ALEX PRESHA IS NEAR THE SCENE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, AND ABC NEWS TREVOR AULT IS IN BEDMINSTER, JERSEY, WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE NIGHT AFTER THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. ALEC, WHAT’S IT LIKE THERE IN BUTLER TODAY? AND WHAT ARE INVESTIGATORS SAYING SO FAR ABOUT HOW THIS WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN? WELL, DIANE, I MEAN THERE’S THERE’S A THERE’S AN EERIE OF TENSION HERE. WE’RE PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THAT RALLY HAPPENED YESTERDAY, WHERE THOSE SHOTS RANG OUT. AND CERTAINLY THERE’S CURIOSITY FROM HEARING JUST TO KIND OF SET THE SCENE HERE. BUTLER IT’S A TOWN OF ABOUT THOUSAND 500. IT IS A SUBURB OF PITTSBURGH, JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS SOMETHING THAT FOR MANY, THEY FEEL LIKE IT HAPPENED IN THEIR BACKYARD. THEY LEARNED IT THAT THAT ALLEGED GUNMAN CAME FROM BETHEL PARK, WHICH WHICH IS ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTH OF HERE AS WELL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU’VE SEEN A STEADY STREAM OF FOLKS WHO LIKELY ATTENDED YESTERDAY’S RALLY OR WERE CERTAINLY ARE FROM THE AREA, KIND OF COMING BY, JUST SEEING THE SCENE. IT’S A MASSIVE PERIMETER SET UP BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. SOME FOLKS ACTUALLY CAME BY. IT SET UP AN AMERICAN FLAG HERE EARLIER. BUT THIS IS A INVESTIGATION THAT’S GOING TO GO ON FOR QUITE TIME. YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A MASSIVE, MASSIVE INVESTIGATION CVR, A TREVOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED SOCIAL MEDIA THIS MORNING SAYING IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT. WE STAND UNITED AND SHOW OUR TRUE CHARACTER AS AMERICANS. WHAT ELSE YOU HEARING FROM HIS CAMPAIGN ABOUT HIS REACTION TO WHAT HAPPENED, HOW HE’S DOING? WELL, IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS CAMPAIGN ONGOING, DIANE, FROM THE MESSAGING ON THEY’RE ON TOP OF GIVING SOME DETAILS ABOUT HOW HE HAD FELT THAT BULLET AS HE HIT THE TOP OF HIS EAR, HOW HE IS CALLING FOR THE UNITED STATES TO BE UNIFIED AFTER THIS. IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME BEFORE THEY GET RIGHT BACK OUT THERE AND GET THE FORMER PRESIDENT BACK IN FRONT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AT THE END OF THAT POST, HE TALKED HOW HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO STILL SPEAKING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AT RNC AT THE CONVENTION IN WISCONSIN LATER THIS. NOW HE IS HERE IN NEW JERSEY AND THEN BEDMINSTER WHERE WE ARE. HE’S AT TRUMP NATIONAL, HIS GOLF COURSE, WHERE WE KNOW HE HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, ESPECIALLY DURING SOME OF THE MOST STRESSFUL TIMES WHEN HE WAS THE PRESIDENT IN THE AFTERMATH. THEY FLEW BACK HERE. THEY LANDED WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT . WE WATCHED AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT GOT OFF THE PLANE AT NEWARK. HE WAS SURROUNDED BY THE SERVICE COUNTER ASSAULT TEAM, A VERY LARGE SHOW OF FORCE BEFORE THE MOTORCADE THEN TOOK HIM TO TRUMP NATIONAL. IT’S NOT YET CONFIRMED HOW LONG HE PLANS TO STAY HERE, BUT THE FACT THAT HE IS ALREADY SAYING THAT HE DOES INTEND TO GET OUT AND SPEAK PUBLICLY LATER ON THIS SAYS IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE HE’S GOING TO BE HERE FOR TOO LONG. WE’RE, OF COURSE, WATCHING AND WAITING. WE KNOW THAT HE’S SURROUNDED BY SOME OF HIS AIDES. HIS FAMILY’S BEEN VERY OUTSPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF HIM, BOTH TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY LOVE THEIR FATHER, BUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY BELIEVE THAT HE IS THE FIGHTER THAT AMERICA NEEDS, WHICH IS STILL ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING TOWARDS THIS ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. ALEX PRESHA TREVOR AULT, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO BRING IN LEONARD RODINO, WHO WAS AT THE TRUMP RALLY YESTERDAY WHEN THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION HAPPENED. LEONARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. I’M GLAD THAT YOU ARE OKAY. AND JUST TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. YOU SAY YOU WERE IN THE STANDS ,THE JUMBOTRON. >> CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW AND HEARD? YEAH. FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON. MY PRAYERS AND GO TOWARDS THE VICTIMS, THE FAMILIES. SO SAY OUR PRAYERS TO THEM AND ALSO SAY OUR PRAYERS TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT FAMILY SO THAT THEY CAN BE SAFE BY BEING IN THE STANDS. WHAT IT WAS LIKE IS, YOU KNOW, IT SOUND LIKE POPPING NOISES WERE GOING OFF. AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS IT JUST SO FAST AND PEOPLE WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, DUCK, DUCK. I WAS SAYING DUCK, GET DOWN. EVEN OTHER PEOPLE WERE SIMILAR, PRETENDING EACH OTHER WERE PRAYING WITH EACH OTHER. AND THEN I LOOK UP AND I BASICALLY SEE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE DOWN. THERE WAS BLOOD ON A COUPLE OF PEOPLE. I LOOK UP TO MY LEFT SIDE. I SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT. HE’S WITH THE SECRET SERVICE. SO IT WAS A LOT THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AND ONE SO IT WAS A LOT TO GATHER. SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WEREN’T EXPECTING BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WERE THERE TO STAND FOR WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, STAND, YOU KNOW, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMOTION. >> BUT THAT’S SOMETHING THAT WE WEREN’T EXPECTING. SO WE. HOW DID YOU FEEL ONCE YOU REALIZED THAT THE POPPING THAT YOU DESCRIBED WERE ACTUAL GUNSHOTS? BE HONEST WITH YOU. IT SOUNDED LIKE FIRECRACKERS, REALLY YOU KNOW, BUT — BUT THEN REALIZING LIKE, OH, MAN, SHOTS WERE THAT’S WHEN WE ACTUALLY DUCK. SO WE KIND OF PULL SOLUTION LIKE, OH, THIS IS THIS IS SHOOTING THAT’S. SO IT WAS LIKE I SAID, IT WAS SO UNEXPECTED. LEONARD HAVE YOU NOW GONE BACK AND WATCHED VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT’S YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU SEE IT FROM THAT ANGLE? >> YOU KNOW, MY REACTION IS IS THAT, AGAIN, THE PEOPLE THAT GOT SHOT, YOU KNOW, I WANT THEM TO BE OKAY, YOU KNOW? LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING AS AS AMERICANS THAT WE CAN REACH OUT ,PRAY FOR THEM, THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN CREATE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY, ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO STICK TOGETHER AS AMERICAN CITIZENS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE’RE NOT IN A PHYSICAL BATTLE, BUT ALSO WE’RE IN A SPIRITUAL BATTLE. SO THIS IS THE TIME WE NEED TO PRAY AND GO BACK TO YESHUA. SO SEEING THOSE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IT IT GIVES YOU A FULL PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE ONLY BY WHAT I SEEN AND WHAT PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING WHEN WE WERE ON THE GROUND FOR COVER ,YOU KNOW, IT’S A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. >> WELL, IT’S AN EXPERIENCE I’M SORRY YOU HAD TO ENDURE. LEONARD, GLAD YOU’RE SAFE. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US. AND LIKE YOU WERE ALSO OFFERING PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES TO THOSE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. >> THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. SAME TO YOU. AND THE ATTEMPT ON TRUMP’S LIFE IS ALSO RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SECRET SERVICE VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT SECRET SERVICE REACTED WHEN THAT SHOOTING. YOU CAN SEE SNIPERS TAKING OUT THE GUNMAN, BUT THE QUESTION NOW IS, WAS THERE MORE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE? WE’RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER AND THE GUN. >> AUTHORITIES SAY HE USED. ABC NEWS SENIOR JUSTICE REPORTER JACK DARK JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH ABC CONTRIBUTOR FORMER FBI AGENT BRAD GARRETT FOR MORE ON THAT. JACK, LET’S START WITH THE NEW INFORMATION BECAUSE WE’RE NOW LEARNING THAT THE GUN AUTHORITIES SAY WAS USED IN THIS SHOOTING WAS LEGALLY PURCHASED AND THAT SUSPECT WAS A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN. I DON’T WANT TO KEEP REPEATING HIS NAME, GIVE HIM MORE NOTORIETY. >> BUT WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HIM? SO. THAT’S RIGHT. SO AFTER AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS ,IN THIS CASE, THE GUN WAS RECOVERED AT THE SCENE. THAT FIREARM WAS TRACED. THEY DO WHAT’S CALLED AN URGENT TRACE TO THE FIREARM. THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MAKE AND MODEL OF THE GUN AND SEE WHERE THAT WAS SOLD. SO THEY GO BACK THE SELLER AND THEY FIND THE PURCHASER OF THAT GUN. THE PURCHASER CAME BACK TO BE A FAMILY MEMBER. THE SUSPECTED SHOOTERS, FATHER WAS THE PURCHASER OF THAT FIREARM AND EXPLAINS HOW HE HAD ACCESS TO THAT FIREARM. AND SO THAT PART OF THE OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED BY ATF . THEY PROVIDED THAT TO THE FBI AND TO THEIR OTHER INVESTIGATIVE IN THIS MATTER. AND SO IT APPEARS THAT THE SHOOTER WAS ABLE TO GET ACCESS THROUGH HIS FATHER. >> THAT BROUGHT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED ABOUT WHETHER THE SECRET SERVICE COULD HAVE DONE MORE TO PROTECT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HERE. BUTLER TOWNSHIP POLICE NOW SAY THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN THE AREA JUST BEFORE THE SHOOTING THE SHERIFF THERE SAYS A POLICE OFFICER WAS ACTUALLY BOLTED UP TO THE AND THAT THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER TURNED AND AIMED AT HIM. >> SO THAT OFFICER LET GO, FELL DOWN AND WAS INJURED. AND THE SHERIFF SAYS IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THAT THAT, IN HIS WORDS, THE KID TURNED AROUND AND SHOOTING. SOME BYSTANDERS ALSO SAY THEY NOTICED THE GUNMAN ON ROOF BEFORE THE SHOOTING AND TRIED TO WARN LAW ENFORCEMENT. >> WHAT’S YOUR TO THESE REPORTS THAT WE’RE GETTING IN? SO THE SECRET SERVICE OBVIOUSLY WILL LOOK AT ALL OF THESE REPORTS, BUT WE DON’T KNOW, DIANE, IS THE TIMING, FOR EXAMPLE, LOOKING FOR A SUSPICIOUS PERSON. DID THAT GET PASSED ON TO THE SECRET SERVICE? HE DIDN’T. APPARENTLY GOES TO THE ROOF. LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLLOWS THEM AND THEN DROPS DOWN. DID HE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT POINT START? THAT’S SOUNDS LIKE THAT’S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE. WE DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS, DID HE HAVE A POSITION ON THE ROOF OR THE SNIPERS COULDN’T ACTUALLY SEE HIM INITIALLY? YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL HAVE TO BE PLAYED OUT. YOU WANT TO TAKE TO A BIGGER PICTURE? SHOULD THEY HAVE SECRET SERVICE HAD SNIPERS OR OTHER PERSONNEL OUTSIDE THE IMMEDIATE RING OF THIS EVENT? WELL, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. AND SOMETHING I’M GOING TO GUESS IF, IN FACT, WE TO HAVE THESE OUTDOOR RALLIES BECAUSE THEY ADD SO MUCH MORE COMPLEXITY TO PROTECTING PEOPLE THAN, FOR EXAMPLE, A CONVENTION CENTER OR A CLOSED ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF TAKING A SNIPER SHOT. >> AND JACK THE FBI NOW SAYS THEY’RE TAKING THE LEAD IN THIS INVESTIGATION. SO WHERE DO THINGS STAND NOW? >> AND WHERE DOES THIS INVESTIGATION GO FROM HERE? CLEARLY, THE FBI BY STATUTE IS GOING TO BE THE INVESTIGATIVE LEAD ON THIS ON THIS MATTER, BECAUSE IT’S AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE ARE ACTUALLY DESCRIBED IN FEDERAL STATUTE TO BE INVESTIGATED SPECIFICALLY BY THE FBI. AND AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THIS SUSPECT’S SOCIAL MEDIA HISTORY, IF THERE IS ANY. THEY’RE GOING THROUGH ANY MEDIA THAT HE MIGHT HAVE HIS PHONES, COMPUTERS. THEY’RE INTERVIEWING EVERY EVERY FRIEND, EVERY FAMILY MEMBER THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON TO FIND OUT IF HE HAD ANY SPECIFIC MOTIVATION. AND WHAT MAY HAVE TRIGGERED THIS HORRIBLY TRAGIC EVENT. >> ALL RIGHT. JACK DORSEY, BRAD GARRETT, THANK YOU BOTH. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE SPOKE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT ON THE PHONE AFTER THE SHOOTING, THOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT OFFERING A READOUT OF THEIR CONVERSATION. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE CALL TELLS ABC NEWS IT WAS RESPECTFUL, SHORT AND GOOD. BEFORE THAT CALL, BIDEN SPOKE ABOUT THE INCIDENT FROM DELAWARE, CALLING IT SICK AND SAYING, WE ALL BE CONDEMNING THIS ATTACK. >> THERE’S NO 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. THE IDEA THAT THERE’S POLITICAL OR VIOLENCE IN AMERICA LIKE THIS IS JUST UNHEARD OF. JUST NOT APPROPRIATE AND WE EVERYBODY EVERYBODY MUST CONDEMN IT. >> AND WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS HAS MORE ON THE WHITE HOUSE. MARYALICE, WHAT IS THE LATEST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE NOW THAT WE’RE LEARNING SOME NEW ABOUT THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> YEAH, WE’VE HEARD VERY LITTLE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE SO FAR. LIKE YOU SAID, THEY HAVEN’T OFFERED ANY FORMAL READOUT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE FORMER. THEY’VE TOLD US JUST THAT THAT CALL WAS RESPECTFUL AND SHORT. LIKE YOU SAID, THE PRESIDENT RUSHED BACK HERE LAST NIGHT. HE HAS BEEN HERE AT WHITE HOUSE RECEIVING BRIEFINGS FROM TOP MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET, HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM, SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY. LOOK, THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING VERY HARD TO NOT IN ANY WAY POLITICIZE THIS EVENT. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN THE SAME. WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TRIED TO DIAL DOWN ALL SORT OF OUTGOING COMMUNICATIONS. THEY HAVE TRIED TO PULL THEIR CAMPAIGN ADS OFF THE AIR. THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY INCIDENT. THE PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, IS CANDIDATE, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. AND THAT IS CLEARLY HIS ROLE RIGHT NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, DIANE AND MARYALICE, THIS HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, A DIVISIVE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. A LOT OF RHETORIC GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BOTH SIDES. SOME ARE NOW CRITICIZING SOME DEMOCRATIC RHETORIC FOR WHAT HAPPENED, SAYING MAYBE IT CONTRIBUTED. THE CRITICS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING THAT AND CRITICS OF THE DEMOCRATS SAYING THAT. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK GOING FORWARD? COULD WE THE CAMPAIGN STRATEGY AND CAMPAIGN RHETORIC OVERALL CHANGE BECAUSE OF THIS? WE COULD. AND THAT IS DEFINITELY HOPE OF SO MANY LEADERS HERE IN WASHINGTON AND AROUND THE COUNTRY TODAY. WE HAVE HEARD FROM DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS A REAL EARNEST CALL TO, DIAL DOWN THE TEMPERATURE TO DIAL DOWN THAT POLITICAL RHETORIC. HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY THAT THIS IS A MOMENT FOR THE COUNTRY TO. HE, OF COURSE, CONDEMN CONDEMN THAT VIOLENCE. THE OF VIOLENCE IN THE STRONGEST TERMS SAID IT WAS SICK. SICK. WE HAVE HEARD ACROSS THE BOARD DEMOCRATS SAY THAT THERE IS JUST NO PLACE POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. BUT YOU’RE RIGHT, THE CAMPAIGN RHETORIC HAS BEEN HEATED AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING LEADING REPUBLICANS, SITTING SENATORS, ALREADY, QUICK TO BLAME PRESIDENT. THEY THEY AREN’T OFFERING ANY EVIDENCE OR THEY’RE JUST SORT OF ACCUSING HIM OF HEIGHTENED LANGUAGE. AND I THINK THAT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS VERY CAREFUL THEY DON’T BEING VERY CAREFUL RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE NOT RESPONDING PUBLICLY TO ANY THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO IN TIME. IF IT GETS WORSE, IT GETS LOUDER. BUT RIGHT NOW, TODAY, LESS THAN 24 HOURS SINCE THIS HAPPENED, THERE IS VERY MUCH A HOPE THAT THAT IT WILL BE A MOMENT OF REFLECTION AND PRAYER AND THE COUNTRY COMING TOGETHER. DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. MARYALICE PARKS FOR US FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THANKS. MARYALICE. AND COMING UP, WE HAVE MORE ON THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE REACTION COMING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND AS WELL WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ELECTION AFTER THE BREAK. AND AN GREAT MORNING AMERICA. >> GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. >> WE’RE COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS, THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON HERE EVERY DAY. YOU DON’T JUST SEE IT. YOU FEEL IT. I’M IN. I’M IN. I’M IN TO BE HERE. I AM HERE. AND SO I’M HAPPY. I MISS YOU, MICHAEL YOU NICE. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION. COMBAT OPERATION. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS HERE. RECEIVED A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG OF TERROR. YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT MADE THE USA GREAT WORK. HIGH PRESSURE. >> THANK YOU. IT’S LOUD. DAVID. I’M DAVID. YOU ARE. YOU ARE HERE EVERY NIGHT. >> ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO OUT ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC LIKE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL A FLASH FLOOD WANTING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE’VE BEEN RIGHT HERE ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR. THE 17 PULLED A BUZZ KILL. AND BASED ON FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS AND. GREAT MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. YOU DON’T JUST SEE IT. YOU FEEL IT. I’M IN. I KNOW I’M IN. I’M IN I’M IN TO HERE. THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. >> REACTION IS POURING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS AFTER. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON. THE ACT A HORRIFIC ACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AT A PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN RALLY THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. WHILE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES ALSO CONDEMNED THE ATTACK, SAYING HE’S SENDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO TRUMP. BUT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS IN A STATEMENT THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT, QUOTE, LOOKS FORWARD TO JOINING YOU ALL IN MILWAUKEE, REFERRING TO THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. >> ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FOR NORTH DAKOTA HEIDI HEITKAMP AND ABC NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER, FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN FROM VIRGINIA BARBARA COMSTOCK JOIN NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. >> HEIDI, THIS IS A DELICATE MOMENT FOR BIDEN BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DIVISIVE CAMPAIGN WITH, A LOT OF DIVISIVE RHETORIC UP UNTIL NOW. SO WHAT KIND OF TONE DOES THE PRESIDENT NEED TO STRIKE, PARTICULARLY AS HE ACTS BOTH PRESIDENT AND ALSO CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS REELECTION? >> I THINK EXACTLY THE ONE HE HAS. THE PHONE CALL WAS SIGNIFICANT, I THINK, SHOWING THE COUNTRY THAT THESE TWO CANDIDATES CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION, CAN EXPRESS SYMPATHY, CAN EXPRESS CONCERN FOR EACH OR CONCERN FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. I THINK THAT THAT IS A GOOD MESSAGE, THE COUNTRY AND I THINK KUDOS TO BOTH OF THEM FOR THAT. NUMBER ONE, MAKING THE CALL, ISSUING THE STATEMENTS THAT THEY’VE ISSUED. THE QUESTION IS, HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SET THE TONE FOR THE REST OF THE FOR THE REST OF THE CAMPAIGN. WE WILL HEAR MORE AND MORE TALK ABOUT POLICY, MORE AND MORE TALK ABOUT WHAT WHAT DIRECTION EITHER ONE OF THEM ARE GOING TO LEAD THE COUNTRY AND LESS ABOUT WHO IS THE GREATER THREAT WHEN . YOU START TALKING ABOUT THREATS. I THINK YOU END UP WITH A THAT FEELS OBLIGATED AT LEAST SOME LONG LOST FEEL OBLIGATED TO TAKE MATTERS IN THEIR OWN HANDS. AND I THINK THAT AN IMMINENT DANGER. >> BARBARA, WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, THEY’RE LOOKING INTO POTENTIAL SECURITY CHANGES. DO YOU THINK THEY’LL ALSO BE LOOKING INTO POTENTIAL CHANGES IN MESSAGING AND SPEAKERS IN LIGHT OF THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT? WELL, THEY HAD ALREADY HAD BEEN SET FOR THEIR CONVENTION, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE’S THERE’S HUGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN, THESE TWO PARTIES. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTING, YOU KNOW, HIS CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVER SINCE, YOU KNOW, JANUARY 6TH. HIS CONCERN, POLITICAL VIOLENCE. THE FBI DIRECTOR BEEN HIGHLIGHTING HIS CONCERNS ARE MANY BIPARTISAN GROUPS I BELONG TO, LIKE THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY. WE’VE HIGHLIGHTING OUR CONCERN ABOUT THAT ELECTION. WORKERS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO INCREASING VIOLENCE AS. WELL, AS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, THERE’S BEEN GROWING THREATS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THEM. SO I THINK WE ALL WANT TO SEE THAT LEVEL OF VIOLENCE AND THREATS COME DOWN. AND SO I THINK WHETHER IT’S AT CONVENTION, EITHER CONVENTION, ALL OF THIS RHETORIC NEEDS TO COME DOWN. BUT WE STILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT WE VERY MUCH DISAGREE ON. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT’S ISSUES LIKE ABORTION OR ISSUES ABOUT UKRAINE AND PUTIN. YOU KNOW, THERE’S BIG DIFFERENCES ON WHAT WE THINK ABOUT PUTIN AND THE THREAT THAT PUTIN, YOU KNOW THAT WE FACE, WHERE PEOPLE WHO LIKE PUTIN AND PEOPLE WHO DON’T. SO WE NEED TO BE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE STRONG DISCUSSIONS, BUT WE CAN DISAGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE. I THINK THAT’S WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL SAYING LAST NIGHT. AND I THINK THAT WAS THE MESSAGE THAT OUR PRESIDENT, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HOPEFULLY WAS MESSAGING. >> AND I HOPE THEY’LL STICK TO IT THIS WEEK. ALL RIGHT, HEIDI HEITKAMP, BARBARA COMSTOCK, THANK YOU BOTH. >> COMING UP, THE NEW CONCERNS AND CHANGES AHEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN, MILWAUKEE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE’VE SEEN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING? ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MRANT CRISIS FAST. 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SO LISTEN NOW TO OUR NEW PODCAST, POP CULTURE MOMS. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, HERE’S TO GOOD MORNINGS IN AMERICA. >> CAN YOU FEEL THE MORNINGS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES IS SO MUCH FUN. >> THINK IT’S GREAT, ABSOLUTELY GREAT. AND START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD AMERICA’S RAY OF SUNSHINE, HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND, HELPING MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. WE ARE SO HAPPY. IT IS SO READY TO SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD INTO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER. >> A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE. >> TIME FOR LIFE. YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S ONE STREAMING NEWS ABC NEWS LIVE BREAKING NEWS, EXCLUSIVES, LIVE REPORTING ACROSS THE GLOBE KEEPS STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC LIVE. FIRST SECURITY QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT A PENNSYLVANIA RALLY YESTERDAY. NOW A FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS SECURITY PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CONVENTION BEING REEXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. >> ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS US NOW FROM MILWAUKEE WHERE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IS SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. SO, JAY, WHAT KIND OF SECURITY CHANGES ARE OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW AND HOW CONCERNED ARE THEY IN LIGHT OF YESTERDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> WELL, THEY ARE, OF COURSE, CONCERNED. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, JUST LIKE THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, IS AN INCREDIBLY ENVIRONMENT. EVEN BEFORE WHAT TRANSPIRED. BUT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THAT IN THE PROCESS OF RETHINKING THE SECURITY FOOTPRINT AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED, BY THE WAY, THERE’S ALREADY VERY SECURE SECURITY FOOTPRINT. THERE ARE PERIMETERS AND THEN EXTRA PERIMETERS AND AREAS WHERE YOU CAN’T GO CALLED THE RED ZONE. AND THEN THERE’S YELLOW ZONE, ETC., ETC.. BUT IN TERMS OF RETHINKING THAT FOOTPRINT, THERE COULD BE AS MUCH AS ADDING CERTAIN TACTICAL TEAMS TO CERTAIN AREAS ADDING CERTAIN COUNTER SNIPER PROVISIONS, THE KINDS OF COUNTER SNIPERS THAT, FOR INSTANCE, YOU SAW IN IMAGES ON THAT ROOF FIRING BACK AT THAT SHOOTER AT THAT TRUMP RALLY YESTERDAY. THERE ARE CERTAIN PRECAUTIONS THAT COULD BE TAKEN TO ADD TO AN ALREADY ROBUST SECURITY FOOTPRINT HERE. BUT IT’S ALSO WORTH NOTING, DIANE, THAT THERE’S ALSO A STATE LAW IN MILWAUKEE THAT GIVES PEOPLE HERE THE RIGHT TO OPEN CARRY A FIREARM IF THEY ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT IMMEDIATE, INTENSELY SECURE SECURITY PERIMETER. SO IF THEY’RE OUTSIDE OF THE IMMEDIATE SECRET SERVICE, DENSELY PROTECTED PERIMETER, THEY CAN STILL HAVE A GUN, WHICH IS IN SOME WAYS SOMEWHAT ADJACENT TO THIS VENUE WHERE THE RNC IS BEING HAD AND IS, OF COURSE, ONLY GOING TO ADD TO THE CONCERNS FROM SECURITY OFFICIALS HERE. >> ALL JAY O’BRIEN IN MILWAUKEE FOR US. THANK YOU. AND FINALLY WE HAVE SOME SAD NEWS TO REPORT. ABC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED ACTRESS SHANNON HAS DIED. DOHERTY HAD BEEN BATTLING STAGE FOUR CANCER AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED IN 2015. AND JUST EIGHT MONTHS AGO SHE REVEALED THE CANCER METASTASIZED TO HER BRAIN AND LATER SPREAD TO HER BONES. THE ACTRESS ROSE TO FAME IN 1998, PLAYING BRENDA WALSH ON THE HIT SHOW BEVERLY HILLS 92 OR NO. SHE ALSO STARRED IN THE SUPERNATURAL DRAMA CHARMED AS PRUE HALLOWELL. SHANNEN DOHERTY WAS 53 YEARS OLD. >> THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO NEWS WILL HAVE MUCH MORE COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER TRUMP IN A NETWORK SPECIAL WITH DAVID MUIR TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. EASTERN. AND WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE NEWS RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. STAY WITH. >> NEWS BREAKS. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR IT AS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> THE GREAT MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. ARE YOU COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW? >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON EVERY DAY. >> YOU DON’T JUST SEE IT, YOU FEEL IT. I’M IN, I’M IN, I’M IN GYM HERE. I AM HERE. AND SO HAPPY I’M HERE. I GIVE YOU MICHAEL FOR THE NICE AS SOME KIND OF A BOLD GAME HERE. SOMEBODY IS KILLING YOUNG BLACK MAN THAT THE FEARED WAS JUST INSANE. I WAS NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL I FOUND OUT WHO DID THIS IN NEW ORLEANS. VICTIMS. HE PORTRAYED HIMSELF A GOOD FRIEND. NOW, FRIDAY, THE PRISON INTERVIEW WITH THE KILLER. >> I TOUCHED ON HIMSELF IN THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH THE ONLY SURVIVING VICTIM, 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION TO THIS COMBAT OPERATIONS. >> WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM HIGH THANKING ISRAEL DAVID DAY ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH. >> DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST REPORTING FROM FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTHOUSE IN WASHINGTON, DC. I’M TERRY MORAN. WHEREVER THE NEWS IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS RIGHT NOW. HORRIFIC ATTACK AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. A GUNMAN MULTIPLE ROUNDS AT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. ONE PIERCES HIS RIGHT EAR. FEDERAL OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING AS, AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. ONE SPECTATOR DIED, TWO CRITICALLY INJURED. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FIRECRACKER. AND THEN SOMEBODY WOULD GET DOWN. WE GOT DOWN. WE GOT DOWN AND WE HUDDLED AND STARTED PRAYING. PRESIDENT BIDEN CONDEMNS THE ATTACK. THERE’S NO IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE. SICK THIS MORNING. ALL THE FALLOUT AND FEAR IN THIS DANGEROUS CLIMATE. FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF THIS WEEK. HERE NOW. GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS WEEK. IT’S BEEN FOUR DECADES SINCE AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT. LAST NIGHT, THAT TERRIFYING SCENE PLAYED OUT AT A DONALD TRUMP RALLY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HIT WITH A BULLET IN THE AIR BEFORE BEING SURROUNDED AND TAKEN AWAY BY SECRET SERVICE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS SAID SUSPECT WAS KILLED. AN INNOCENT RALLY ATTENDEE WAS ALSO KILLED. AND THIS ATTACK HAS SHOCKED THE NATION, DRAWING CONDEMNATION FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM AND COMPLETELY UPENDING WHAT WAS ALREADY THE MOST UNUSUAL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF OUR LIFETIME IN A DEEPLY DIVIDED COUNTRY. WE ARE COVERING ALL THE FALLOUT THIS MORNING. WE BEGIN WITH RACHEL SCOTT, WHO WAS AT THE RALLY LAST NIGHT. GOOD MORNING, RACHEL. GEORGE, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. WE WERE, IN FACT, AT THE RALLY ON THE PRESS RISER, JUST ABOUT 100 FEET AWAY FROM WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS STANDING. AS THAT GUNFIRE ERUPTED. TRUMP HAD JUST TAKEN THE STAGE . HE WAS LESS THAN 10 MINUTES INTO HIS SPEECH AND THOSE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THAT AMERICAN. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NORMAL CAMPAIGN RALLY BY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. INSTEAD, IF YOU WANT TO REALLY SEE SOMETHING THEY SAID TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. THE GUNFIRE COMING JUST MINUTES INTO TRUMP’S SPEECH. THE PRESIDENT GRABBING HIS EAR, DUCKING BEHIND THE PODIUM. SECRET SERVICE MEMBERS QUICKLY RUSHING ONTO THE STAGE TO SHIELD HIM THE CROWD JUST FEET AWAY, RUNNING FOR COVER AS AGENTS LET THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO HIS FEET. LET ME GET SHOES IN YOUR HEAD. SO GET THE BLOOD ON TRUMP’S FACE VISIBLE AS HE’S HURRIED AWAY, THE FORMER PRESIDENT PUMPING HIS FISTS IN THE AIR IN ARMORED SUV, RUSHING HIM TO A LOCAL MEDICAL CENTER. TRUMP SAYING HE WAS SHOT WITH A BULLET THAT PIERCED THE UPPER PART OF MY RIGHT EAR BUT WAS SAFE RETURNING TO NEW JERSEY LAST NIGHT. AUTHORITIES SAY THE ATTACK ONE ATTENDEE AND CRITICALLY INJURED TWO OTHERS. YEAH, SAW THE MAN THAT WAS HIT IN THE HEAD AND HE THERE’S A LOT OF BLOOD. AND I KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY HE WAS GOING TO SURVIVE THAT. LAW ENFORCEMENT TELLING ABC NEWS. AS MANY AS EIGHT ROUNDS WERE FIRED FROM AN AIR STYLE RIFLE FROM A GUNMAN PERCHED ON AN ADJACENT ROOFTOP OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER OF THE EVENT. WOULD SEE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. RIGHT NOW, THEY’RE PUTTING UP THIS CAUTION TAPE AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS VERY MUCH AN ACTIVE SCENE AT THIS MOMENT. THE FBI IDENTIFIED, THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN, WHO THEY SAY IS DEAD AS 20 YEAR OLD THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS. TRUMP POSTING ON SOCIAL THIS. WE PRAY FOR THE RECOVERY OF THOSE WHO WERE WOUNDED AND HOLD IN OUR HEARTS MEMORY OF THE CITIZEN WHO WAS SO HORRIBLY KILLED IN THIS MOMENT. IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE STAND UNITED AND SHOW OUR TRUE AS AMERICANS. PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESSING THE NATION, CALLING UNITY. 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. THE WHITE HOUSE LATER CONFIRMING THAT BIDEN AND TRUMP SPOKE PHONE, THOUGH NOT RELEASING DETAILS OF THE CONVERSATION. LAST NIGHT’S RALLY WAS SLATED AS THE LAST BEFORE TRUMP HEADS TO MILWAUKEE, THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHERE HE’S SET TO ACCEPT HIS THIRD REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT AND ANNOUNCE HIS PICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT. ALL THREE POTENTIALS, OHIO SENATOR J.D. VANCE, FLORIDA SENATOR MARCO RUBIO, AND NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM REACTING TO LAST NIGHT’S ATTACK, AS WELL AS HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER SCALISE, WHO WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK AT A CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL BACK IN 2017. IT’S ALARMING TO THINK WE CAME THIS TO NOT HAVING HIM WITH US. THANK GOD THAT OKAY. IN A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TRUMP ALSO THE SECRET SERVICE FOR THEIR QUICK ACTIONS, RESPONDING TO WHAT? JUST LAST NIGHT. IN AN INTERNAL MEMO OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS TELLING ITS STAFF TO AVOID ITS OFFICES IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND WEST PALM BEACH AND ALSO TELLING THEM TO AVOID COMMENTING ON WHAT OCCURRED PUBLICLY, SAYING THEY WILL NOT TOLERATE DANGEROUS RHETORIC. GEORGE AND RACHEL, YOU WERE THERE ON THE SCENE LAST NIGHT. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A SURREAL AND QUITE SCARY EXPERIENCE. YES, GEORGE. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL STILL PROCESSING. YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN TO ALMOST EVERY SINGLE CAMPAIGN RALLY THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS HAD THIS ELECTION CYCLE. AND THESE ARE EVENTS THAT ARE TYPICALLY FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS WAITING IN LINE FOR HOURS, WAITING TO SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THAT RALLY, ONCE IT STARTED, WAS THEN OVER. WITHIN MINUTES, WE WERE ON THE PRESS RISER JUST ABOUT 100 FEET AWAY FROM DONALD TRUMP AS THAT GUNFIRE ERUPTED, WE OURSELVES DUCKED FOR COVER. WE WATCHED AS PEOPLE STARTED SHOUTING AND YELLING AND SCREAMING JUST IN FEAR AND TERROR. CONFUSE BY BY WHAT HAPPENED. AND TYPICALLY THESE EVENTS ARE EXTREMELY SAFE. GEORGE, YOU GO THROUGH METAL DETECTORS, YOUR BAGS ARE SCREENED. IT IS ALMOST UNTHINKABLE LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN AT AN EVENT WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT. BUT IT CERTAINLY DID. JUST LAST NIGHT. AND I WILL JUST SAY, GEORGE, THERE WAS A SENSE OF GRIEF AND SADNESS FROM EVERYONE JUST LEAVING THAT RALLY LAST NIGHT. MOST PEOPLE JUST COULD NOT EVEN BELIEVE THAT THIS OCCURRED JUST HOURS AGO, GEORGE. AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE THINKING OF THE WHO WAS KILLED AND THE OTHERS WHO WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. RACHEL SCOTT. THANKS MUCH. LET’S GET MORE ON THE INVESTIGATION NOW FROM OUR CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS. PIERRE, FBI, SECRET SERVICE, ATF, ALL INVOLVED. WHERE DO THINGS STAND? THE FBI IS TAKING THE LEAD ON WHAT THEY’RE CALLING AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. A DETAILED INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY INTO THE SUSPECT’S BACKGROUND LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND WHETHER HE HAD ANY SUPPORT . THEY ALSO WANT TO KNOW IF ANYONE KNEW ABOUT THIS BEFORE IT HAPPENED. AND GEORGE, GIVEN THE HIGHLY VOLATILE THREAT ENVIRONMENT, THEY CAN’T TAKE ANY CHANCES. THE EARLY EVIDENCE IS POINTING TO THIS BEING A LONE WOLF SITUATION. A TRACE IS BEING DONE ON THE ASSAULT RIFLE TO DETERMINE WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED AND WHO BOUGHT IT. AND AS FAR AS THE SECRET, THEY WILL BE DOING A POSTMORTEM ON EXACTLY WHAT WENT WRONG HERE. I’M TOLD THEY WILL BE LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR NOT THERE’S A NEED TO PUSH OUT FURTHER THE SECURITY PERIMETERS FOR EVENTS LIKE THIS. AND, GEORGE, WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THE STATE POLICE IN PENNSYLVANIA WILL TAKE THE LEAD ON INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF THE SPECTATOR AND THE TWO OTHER MEN WHO WERE WOUNDED IN THE CROWD. SO SO, SO FAR, THEY THINK THIS WAS A LONE WOLF. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SHOOTER? WELL, SO FAR, SO FAR, NO TIES TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED, BUT AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO LOOK TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY TO DOMESTIC EXTREMISTS. AND THEY’RE SEARCHING TO SEE IF THE SHOOTER HAD, ANY SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND IF SO, WHETHER THERE WERE ANY INDICATIONS OF VIOLENCE OR EXTREMIST EXTREMISM. WE’RE TOLD HE’S A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, AND AS OF YET, THERE IS NO SIGNS OF AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL. BUT THE QUESTION IS WHY? WHY DID HE DO THIS, GEORGE? ANYTHING POPPED UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. NOT SO FAR. THAT WE’RE SEEING LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE EXPECT THAT WILL GET ANOTHER BRIEFING TODAY. I’M TOLD BY FBI OFFICIALS TO TO LOOK FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS SUSPECT. YOU’VE BEEN DOING THIS AN AWFUL LONG TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH PRESIDENTIAL USUALLY WHEN IT DURING ANY KIND OF A PRESIDENTIAL EVENT, YOU HAVE OF THE ROOFTOPS SCOURED WITHIN FOR ANYTHING WITHIN RANGE. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAPPEN, GEORGE? THAT’S PRECISELY THE KEY ISSUE. I’M TOLD INITIALLY NOTHING WAS SEEN ON THE ROOF, BUT CLEARLY A LOCATION THAT CLOSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SECURED. WE’RE TOLD THAT AFTER THE SHOTS WERE FIRED, SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS WERE IMMEDIATELY ABLE TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION OF THE SHOOTER AND KILL HIM. BUT THE QUESTION IS WHY? WHY WAS HE ABLE TO GET ON THAT ROOF? GEORGE? OKAY, PIERRE THOMAS, THANKS VERY MUCH. LET’S GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE NOW. OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE. AND, MARY, WE SAW PRESIDENT BIDEN UPEND HIS WEEKEND AS WELL, GOING FROM ROBERT, DELAWARE BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE. GEORGE, THE PRESIDENT RACING BACK HERE LATE LAST NIGHT, SHORTLY AFTER HE CAME BEFORE THOSE CAMERAS AND FORCEFULLY CONDEMNED THIS ATTACK. THE PRESIDENT SAYING THAT THERE IS SIMPLY NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THIS KIND OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE, SAYS IT’S SICK AND HE IS CALLING FOR THE COUNTRY TO UNITE IN THIS MOMENT. HE’S TRYING TO DIAL DOWN THE POLITICAL TEMPERATURE DURING WHAT WE KNOW IS ALREADY AN INCREDIBLY DIVISIVE TIME IN THIS COUNTRY. HE DID OUT TO DONALD TRUMP DIRECTLY, THE TWO OF THEM SPEAKING BY PHONE LATE LAST NIGHT. IT IS, OF COURSE, INCREDIBLY RARE FOR THE TWO OF THEM TO SPEAK. WHITE HOUSE IS NOT, THOUGH, OFFERING ANY DETAILS OF THEIR CONVERSATION. BUT, OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT EARLIER IN THE NIGHT DID SAY HE IS GRATEFUL THAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING AND SAID HE WAS PRAYING FOR HIM AND THE OTHER VICTIMS GEORGE CAMPAIGN WAS ALREADY IN TURMOIL. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THE CAMPAIGN IS REACTING RIGHT NOW? WELL, RIGHT NOW THEY ARE HITTING THE PAUSE BUTTON FOR NOW. THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT POLITICS ASIDE THEY ARE STOPPING THEIR POLITICAL COMMUNICATION, PULLING THEIR ADS OFF OF THE AIRWAVES. IT IS UNCLEAR RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, GEORGE, IF THE PRESIDENT WILL CANCEL OR CHANGE ANY OF HIS UPCOMING CAMPAIGN TRAVEL PLANS. ALSO RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE, THIS DOES COME AS THE FUTURE OF PRESIDENT’S CANDIDACY IS STILL VERY MUCH BEING CALLED INTO QUESTION. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY STILL IN TURMOIL. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THIS INCIDENT, THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WILL IMPACT ANY OF THAT . FOR NOW, THE PRESIDENT IS CONTINUING TO RESPOND AS THE PRESIDENT FIRST AND NOT A CANDIDATE. HE IS BACK HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS MORNING. HE IS AGAIN BEING BRIEFED BY HIS HOMELAND SECURITY TEAM AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL, GEORGE MARY BRUCE. THANKS. LET’S GO TO OUR CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, JON KARL IN MILWAUKEE FOR THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. WE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN LAST NIGHT. HE SPOKE WITH DONALD TRUMP. WE’VE ALSO HEARD FROM THE FORMER, THE FORMER PRESIDENTS, ALL OF THEM PRESIDENT OBAMA, PRESIDENT CLINTON, PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH, ALL PUT OUT STATEMENTS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR, CONDEMNING WHAT HAPPENED, SAYING THERE IS NO PLACE IN OUR POLITICS FOR VIOLENCE AND CALLING FOR THE RHETORIC BE TURNED DOWN. AND, GEORGE, THAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE HEARING, NOT JUST FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BUT FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS IN BOTH PARTIES. WE SAW STATEMENTS FROM HAKEEM JEFFRIES AND CHUCK SCHUMER FROM SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, JOHNSON FROM FROM MITCH MCCONNELL AND QUITE NOTABLY FROM A FORMER SPEAKER, NANCY, WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN THE IMPACT ON VIOLENCE. OBVIOUSLY, HER HUSBAND, PAUL, LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO WAS ATTACKED INSIDE THEIR HOME IN SAN FRANCISCO BY A CRAZED INDIVIDUAL WIELDING A HAMMER AND SUFFERED A SERIOUS INJURIES. SO SHE IS ALSO SAYING THIS HAS NO PLACE IN OUR POLITICS. WE MUST CONDEMN IT AND MAKE IT CLEAR NO VIOLENCE AND TURN DOWN THE RHETORIC. HOW DID THIS ALL PLAY OUT AT THE CONVENTION SITE LAST NIGHT? WELL, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I WAS ON THE FLOOR OF THE CONVENTION WHEN I HEARD WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I WAS ACTUALLY SPEAKING WITH THE RNC CHAIRMAN, MICHAEL WHATLEY, RIGHT. STEPS AWAY FROM HERE. I WENT UP TO HIM AND HIM WHAT I HAD JUST LEARNED. AND AS I WAS DOING THAT, AN AIDE CAME HIM WITH A PHONE IN, RUSHED HIM RIGHT OFF THE FLOOR. THERE WAS A SENSE THAT EVERYTHING I HAD HAD CHANGED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. I MEAN, THERE IS AN INTENSE SECURITY POSTURE, OBVIOUSLY, ALREADY. MY SENSE IT’S EVEN FURTHER INTENSIFIED. AND REINCE PRIEBUS, WHO WE’LL BE TALKING TO LATER THE SHOW, IS THE CHAIR OF THE HOST COMMITTEE HERE. HE’S ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS MORNING . PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE REACHING OUT TO TO SAY THAT THIS CONVENTION HAS TO GO FORWARD AND ABSOLUTELY BE SCALED BACK. I WILL BE TALKING TO WRITES ABOUT WHAT ELSE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD TO SAY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN PENNSYLVANIA. AND IT’S GOING FORWARD WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW GALVANIZED ALL GEORGE GALVANIZED AT ABSOLUTELY. THAT IMAGE, THAT IMAGE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT. BLOOD DRIPPING DOWN HIS FACE, HIS ARM. THAT IMAGE IS NOW THE SYMBOL OF THIS CAMPAIGN, OF THIS CONVENTION, PERHAPS A DEFINING IMAGE FOR TRUMP. SUPPORTERS OF TRUMP HIMSELF. THIS CONVENTION WILL GO FORWARD IN A HIGHLY ENERGIZED FASHION AS ONE PERSON INVOLVED IN IT SAID, WE ARE GOING FORWARD WITH A VENGEANCE. OKAY, JON KARL, THANKS. HAS BEEN OUR CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS ANCHOR, MARTHA RADDATZ. AND MARTHA, I KNOW YOU’VE TRAVELED AROUND THE COUNTRY TALKING TO VOTERS IN OUR DEEPLY DIVIDED NATION RIGHT NOW. IN SOME WAYS, THIS IS A HORRIFIC SYMPTOM OF THE UNDERLYING DIVISION IN THIS COUNTRY. IT CERTAINLY IS, GEORGE. I’M SURE THAT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE. WE SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP RAISE HIS RIGHT HAND, AS JOHN JUST DESCRIBED. WE’VE SEEN THOSE PICTURES. WE COULD ALL ALSO SEE HIM SAY WHAT I BELIEVE, A FIGHT FIGHT. THAT WAS HIS FIRST INSTINCT. AND THIS IS A COUNTRY DIVIDED. THIS IS A COUNTRY WE SAW THE VIOLENCE YESTERDAY, THE HORRIFIC VIOLENCE YESTERDAY . AND WE’VE SEEN IT IN PLACES. AND WE’VE ALSO SEEN THIS MORNING WE’VE HEARD PRESIDENT TRUMP SAY HE WANTS THE COUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER TO BE UNITED. BUT OTHERS ARE DIRECTLY POINTING THE FINGER AT PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH, OF COURSE, NO EVIDENCE THAT HE INCITED THIS OR OR HAD ANYTHING DO WITH THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. WE HEARD J.D. VANCE, SENATOR J.D. VANCE, WHO IS ONE OF THE LEADING PICKS FOR VICE PRESIDENT IN A TWEET, SAY THIS IS NOT JUST SOME ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE CENTRAL PREMISE OF THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS AN AUTHORITARIAN FASCIST WHO MUST BE STOPPED AT ALL COSTS. THAT RHETORIC LED DIRECTLY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. AGAIN, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT. WE DO NOT KNOW THE MOTIVE OF THAT SHOOTER AT THIS POINT. AND OTHERS ALSO RAMASWAMY THAT THAT CRIME IS TWOMEY SAYING PRESIDENT BIDEN’S RITUAL CONDEMNATION OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE ARE INSUFFICIENT. NO AMOUNT OF VERBIAGE TODAY CHANGES THE NATIONAL CLIMATE THAT LED TO THIS TRAGEDY, SAYING TRUMP’S SAFETY IS NOTHING SHORT OF AN ACT OF GOD. AND I THINK YOU’LL A LOT OF SUPPORTERS THINKING THE SAME THING. AND ALSO, GEORGE, WE HAVE TO POINT OUT, NO MATTER WHO THE SHOOTER, WHAT THE SHOOTER’S MOTIVES WERE, NO MATTER WHO THE SHOOTER IS, YOU GOING TO HEAR CONSPIRACY THEORIES GOING FORWARD? NO, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. BUT AS YOU POINT OUT, THOSE STATEMENTS FROM J.D. VANCE AND THE BACKGROUND SWAMY, OF COURSE, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE HAVE TO THIS VIOLENT RHETORIC AS WELL. WELL, ABSOLUTELY, GEORGE. WE WERE JUST LOOKING BACK THIS MORNING AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID. HE WARNED LAST MARCH OF POTENTIAL AND DESTRUCTION IF HE WERE CHARGED BY THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY. OUR COUNTRY IS BEING DESTROYED AS THEY TELL US, TO BE PEACEFUL . TRUMP IN JANUARY WARNED OF BEDLAM IN THE COUNTRY IF THE CRIMINAL CHARGES HIM SUCCEEDED. AND OF COURSE, IN MARCH, HE NOW, IF I DON’T GET ELECTED, IT’S GOING TO BE A BLOODBATH FOR THE WHOLE. THAT’S TO BE THE LEAST OF IT. IT’S GOING TO BE A BLOODBATH FOR THE COUNTRY. THAT WILL BE THE LEAST OF IT. HE SAID HE WAS PARTLY JOKING AND THAT THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. BUT THOSE ARE INDEED HIS WORDS . YOU HAVE HEARD IT FROM SUPPORTERS AS WELL. AND SUPPORTERS ARE CERTAINLY IN SOME PARTS, ANGRY. AND LET’S REMEMBER, JANUARY 6TH IN SO MANY WAYS FOR THE CAMPAIGN, JANUARY 6 WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE BACKGROUND AFTER YESTERDAY’S EVENT. THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR THIS CAMPAIGN, I’M SURE THIS WEEK IN MILWAUKEE THAT PRESIDENT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS CAMPAIGN AND WHAT EXACTLY THEY SAY. MARTHA RADDATZ, THANKS VERY MUCH. SCREEN JON COHEN NOW FORMER COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIAL IN THE GOVERNMENT, OVER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. AND JOHN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING . AND THIS MORNING, WE’VE TALKED SO MUCH OVER THE RECENT YEARS ABOUT THIS THREAT ENVIRONMENT. YOU’VE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM BELL. YEAH, GEORGE, I MEAN, I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST YEAR WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ELECTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY SO WE CAN BE BETTER PREPARED AS A NATION TO DEAL WITH THE CURRENT THREAT ENVIRONMENT. AND QUITE FRANKLY, WHAT I WILL TELL YOU WHAT BEEN SAYING TO THEM, THIS IS THE MOST COMPLEX, DYNAMIC AND DANGEROUS THREAT ENVIRONMENT THAT I’VE EXPERIENCED IN THE 40 YEARS THAT I’VE BEEN WORKING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY. THE REASON MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT IS IN PART BECAUSE OF WHAT WE’VE BEEN HEARING FAR ON THIS SHOW. WE ARE AN ANGRY, DIVIDED NATION AND THAT ANGER AND DIVISION HAS BECOME INTERTWINED, OUR POLITICAL DISCOURSE. THERE ARE A GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO BELIEVE VIOLENCE IS AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO EXPRESS THEIR IDEOLOGICAL POLITICAL VIEWS OR TO EXPRESS THEIR DISAGREEMENT WITH OTHERS. AND WE ARE EXPERIENCING SUSTAINED LEVELS OF VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY, FUELED BY A MEDIA AND ONLINE ECOSYSTEM THAT’S SATURATED WITH, AS MARTHA SAID, CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND OTHER CONTENT THAT’S PURPOSELY PLACED THERE BY GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS HERE AND ABROAD SEEKING TO INSPIRE ILLEGAL AND EVEN VIOLENT ACTIVITY. WHAT KIND OF THREATS ARE YOU SEEING? COURSE, THROUGH THE SYSTEM EVERY DAY. WE’RE CALLS FOR ACTS OF VIOLENCE DIRECTED AT ELECTION OFFICIALS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND AT POLITICAL CANDIDATES. WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT BEING DOXXED. WE’RE GOVERNMENT OFFICES BEING SWATTED, WHICH MEANS FALSE. NINE ON ONE CALLS ARE BEING PLACED SO THAT POLICE WILL RESPOND IN AN EMERGENCY CRISIS MODE. WE’RE SEEING CYBERATTACKS DIRECTED, GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. WE’RE SEEING TARGETED ACTS, VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTIVE ACTIVITY BEING DIRECTED AT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE TARGETED BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH, THEIR POLITICAL ,THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. THESE ARE THE FACT. THESE ARE WHAT LAW ENFORCE THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS HAVING TO DEAL WITH ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. AND IN YOUR VIEW, WHAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT CAN BE DONE RIGHT NOW TO COMBAT IT? WELL, I THINK, UNFORTUNATELY, TWO THINGS WE’RE GOING TO NEED TO DO. ONE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DRAMATICALLY EXPAND THE INTELLIGENCE SHARING AND THE REACTION TO INTELLIGENCE LAW ENFORCEMENT. THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER WAS ,AS I POINTED OUT, WHETHER THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF FOREWARNING OF THIS ATTACK. WE NEED TO LOOK AT INTELLIGENCE DIFFERENTLY. SECONDLY, WE NEED TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURE OF OUR POLITICAL RHETORIC. PART OF THE DANGER HERE IS THAT THE VOICES OF EXTREMISM HAVE BECOME INTERMINGLED WITH MAINSTREAM POLITICAL AND MEDIA FIGURES WHO OFTEN MIMIC THEY BOTH MIMIC THE SAME LANGUAGE, AND THAT ADDS TO THE VOLATILITY OF THE THREAT ENVIRONMENT. JON COHEN, THANKS VERY MUCH. UP NEXT, SENATE KENNEDY WAS IN THE FRONT ROW AT DONALD RALLY WHEN TO SPEAK WITH HIM. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE, MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> THESE TWO MEN BOTH WON A SECOND TERM AS YOUR PRESIDENT. AND STARTING TOMORROW, DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS MAKE THEIR CASE. DAVID MUIR AND THE ABC NEWS POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM LIVE, THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. STARTING TOMORROW, ABC WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THE TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH ALL THE BUZZKILL AND BASED ON FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA’S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS WHY IT’S TIME IN AMERICA SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP? WELL HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR HEALTH, YOUR MONEY BREAKING POP CULTURE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS. MUSIC TRENDS AND, OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD. COMING UP ON "GMA3", YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. WE’LL SEE YOU. MAN THREE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW A THIRD HOUR OF JAMMING IN THE AFTERNOON. SO. JORDAN AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT NEED TO. I WAS IN THE FRONT ROW AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD JUST ANNOUNCED ME AND SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE ME COME UP ON THE STAGE AND SAID, WHOA, WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE. AND THEN THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SHOTS, I THINK PROBABLY SEVEN OR EIGHT SHOTS. THAT WAS PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN SENATE NOMINEE DAVE MCCORMICK HOSTING BEHIND DONALD TRUMP AT THE RALLY YESTERDAY. HE JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING, MR. MCCORMICK. JUST EXPAND ON WHAT YOU’RE JUST SAYING FROM LAST NIGHT’S SPECIAL. WHAT DID YOU SEE HAPPEN? DID YOU HEAR WHEN DID YOU REALIZE WHAT WAS GOING ON? WELL, AS I AS I SAID, I WAS SITTING RIGHT IN THE FRONT ROW AND THE SHOTS WENT OFF AND IT IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR QUICKLY IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A HUGE RALLY. IT WAS VERY A LOT OF UPBEAT ENERGY AND IT WAS PRETTY QUICK. QUICKLY, THIS WAS A SERIES OF SHOTS AND THE PRESIDENT WENT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. THE SECRET SERVICE JUMPED ON TOP OF THEM AND THEN HE GOT UP AND YOU SAW THE PICTURES YOU’RE NOW SEEING ON TV WHERE HIS CAME OUT AND SORT OF A MEASURE OF, I THINK, DEFIANCE AND, REASSURANCE AND, YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP. HE HE REALLY REASSURE PEOPLE THAT HE WAS OKAY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, OVER MY SHOULDER BECAME CLEAR THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD BEEN HIT. AND SADLY, INNOCENT BYSTANDER WAS KNOCKED OVER. AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE WAS VERY, VERY INJURED AND BLEEDING VERY BADLY. AND SO THERE WERE SORT OF TWO THINGS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME. ONE TO MY LEFT AND TO MY RIGHT. AND THE PRESIDENT WAS WAS, YOU KNOW TAKEN OFF THE STAGE AND THERE WAS A REAL CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHETHER THERE WERE MULTIPLE SHOOTERS, WHETHER THE SHOOTING WAS DONE. AND REALLY A SAD DAY THAT THE PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, AN INCH DIFFERENCE IN THE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD. IT WAS A VERY SCARY. YOU’VE BEEN OUT CAMPAIGNING FOR MONTHS. HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED? THIS TOXIC ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH JON COHEN, A COUNTERTERRORISM SPECIALIST? YOU KNOW, I MOSTLY HAVEN’T, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TWO VERY CONFLICTING VISIONS OF OF WHERE TO TAKE THE COUNTRY. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE PRESIDENT BIDEN VERSUS PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND SO THERE’S A REAL CONFLICT OF IDEAS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, DON’T HEAR EXTREME RHETORIC. AND OBVIOUSLY RHETORIC HAS NO PLACE IN POLITICS. YOU KNOW, AS A FATHER OF MY NIGY DAUGHTERS AND REASSURING THEM THAT THEIR DAD’S GOING TO BE OKAY, EVEN THOUGH HE’S DECIDED TO TRY. THIS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT NOW REPORTING DAVID MUIR. GOOD AND DAVID, YOU OVER COMING ON THE AIR BECAUSE WE’RE ABOUT TO LEARN MORE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO ON THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT THAT CAMPAIGN RALLY IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, LAST NIGHT. AS WE AWAIT THEM TO APPROACH THESE MICROPHONES, THESE ARE THE IMAGES WORLD HAS NOW SEEN. THE FORMER PRESIDENT PRAISED FOR THE BULLET THAT THE UPPER PART OF HIS RIGHT EAR, THE SOUNDS OF GUNSHOTS AT THAT RALLY. AND THEN AS YOU SAW THERE MOMENTS AGO, TRUMP REACHING FOR HIS EAR, LOOKING AT HIS HAND AND THEN DROPPING TO THE GROUND. SECRET SERVICE AGENTS RUSHING IN, SWARMING FORMER PRESIDENT, RUSHING HIM OFF THE STAGE, USHERING HIM TO WAITING SUV. YOU CAN SEE AUTHORITIES COMING THROUGH THE DOOR THERE RIGHT NOW. OF COURSE, WHAT WE SAW PLAY OUT IN PENNSYLVANIA, LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO HAPPENING JUST MOMENTS AFTER THAT RALLY BEGAN . >> LET’S LISTEN TO THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO. AND I’M HONORED EVERY SINGLE DAY TO REPRESENT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY IN BUTLER TOWNSHIP, A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, RESPECT ONE ANOTHER. UNFORTUNATELY LAST NIGHT HAD TO DEAL WITH TRAGEDY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. I’VE JUST COME FROM A BRIEFING WITH THE FBI AND THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE. I’M JOINED TODAY, OF COURSE, COLONEL CHRISTOPHER PARRIS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE. LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL HAVE MORE TO SHARE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I’D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS SEPARATE FROM THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP LAST NIGHT WAS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE AND TRAGIC. LAURIE AND I ARE GRATEFUL THAT FORMER PRESIDENT IS SAFE. AND ACCORDING TO HIM AND HIS TEAM, HE’S FINE. IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LAST NIGHT, THREE OF OUR FELLOW PENNSYLVANIANS WERE SHOT ONE FATALLY AND TWO IN CRITICAL CONDITION. I’VE JUST SPENT TIME SPEAKING TO THE FAMILIES AND I WANT TO OFFER MY PRAYERS AND THE PRAYERS OF ALL 13 MILLION PENNSYLVANIA FANS FOR THE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BEING TREATED AT THIS TIME. WE LOST A FELLOW PENNSYLVANIAN LAST NIGHT, COPPER, A TOUR. I JUST SPOKE TO COREY’S WIFE AND COREY’S TWO DAUGHTERS. COREY WAS A GIRL, DAD. COREY, A FIREFIGHTER. COREY WENT TO CHURCH EVERY. COREY LOVED HIS COMMUNITY AND MOST ESPECIALLY COREY LOVED HIS FAMILY. COREY WAS AN AVID SUPPORTER OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND WAS SO EXCITED TO BE THERE LAST NIGHT WITH HIM IN THE COMMUNITY . I ASKED COREY’S WIFE IF IT WOULD BE OKAY FOR ME TO SHARE THAT. WE SPOKE. SHE SAID YES. SHE ALSO ASKED THAT I SHARE WITH OF YOU THAT COREY DIED A HERO THAT COREY TOLD ON HIS FAMILY TO PROTECT THEM LAST NIGHT AT THIS RALLY. COREY WAS THE VERY BEST OF US MADE. HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING. LAST NIGHT WAS SHOCKING FOR THIS AND FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH. AND I KNOW FOR THIS COUNTRY, POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS CAN NEVER, EVER BE ADDRESSED THROUGH VIOLENCE. I DISAGREE. EVENTS ARE OKAY, BUT WE NEED TO USE A PEACEFUL POLITICAL PROCESS TO SETTLE THOSE DIFFERENCES. THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE ALL LEADERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK AND ACT. WITH MORAL CLARITY, WE’RE ALL LEADERS NEED TAKE DOWN THE TEMPERATURE AND RISE ABOVE THE HATEFUL THAT EXISTS AND SEARCH FOR A BETTER, BRIGHTER FOR THIS NATION. IT’S THE WORK THAT I TRY TO DO EVERY DAY HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND THAT’S THE WORK THAT FALLS TO EACH AND EVERY AMERICAN. RIGHT NOW. AND SO I ASK THAT YOU JOIN ME IN FOR THE TWO PENNSYLVANIANS WHO ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION, THAT WE CONTINUE TO WISH FOR A FULL AND SPEEDY RECOVERY. PRAY FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE COMFORTER REMAINS IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. THEY HAVE SOME VERY CHALLENGING TIMES AHEAD OF THEM. THEY WILL HAVE AN SEAT AT THE DINNER TABLE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT COREY’S MEMORY IS FOREVER A BLESSING. AND HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA, WE WILL SEE TO IT THAT THAT IS THE CASE. AND WITH THAT, I’LL BE HAPPY TO TRY AND TAKE A FEW OF YOUR QUESTIONS. GOVERNOR, A LOT OF FOLKS ARE STARTING TO ASK THE TOUGH QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THAT BUILDING THAT THE SHOOTER ACCESSED SHOULD HAVE SECURED, SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN SECURED? AND DID THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE SECURE? >> I’M NOT GOING TO GET INTO QUESTIONS REGARDING ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ONGOING. I TRUST THAT THE FBI AND THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND IN THE DAYS AHEAD AS TO THEIR INVESTIGATION. GOVERNOR, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNING ITEMS THAT THE POLICE HAD FOUND IN THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THOSE? AND ARE YOU CONFIDENT AT THIS POINT THE IS OVER THAT HE ACTED ALONE AND THAT THE PUBLIC IS, IN FACT, SAYING THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE YOU ON THE STATUS OF THEIR INVESTIGATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY. YOU HEAR ME MORE ABOUT YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OR HIS TEAM? I HAVE NOT SPOKEN DIRECTLY TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. I WISHED HIM WELL, I THINK, MULTIPLE TIMES LAST EVENING. STATEMENTS LAURIE AND I HAVE WITH THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA ,I KNOW WE’RE PRAYING FOR HIM. AND AGAIN, ACCORDING TO HIS TEAM AND HIMSELF, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH HE WILL BE FINE. OBVIOUSLY RELATIVELY SPEAKING. AND WE’RE GLAD TO SEE THAT VIOLENCE IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE. I SHOULD ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DID TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. HE CALLED ME LAST NIGHT TO MAKE THAT HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH, WE HAD ALL THE RESOURCES WE I ASSURED HIM THAT WE DID. AT THE TIME, HE HAD YET TO TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. I THINK THEY CONNECTED LATER IN THE EVENING AND HE WANTED TO KNOW THAT HE WAS TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. I THINK THAT THAT WAS THE HONORABLE AND RIGHT THING TO DO. AND I’M GLAD THE PRESIDENT BIDEN DID THAT. WE HAVE NO UNMET NEEDS AT THIS TIME. AND WE’RE WORKING IN CONCERT WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS. AND I LET THE PRESIDENT KNOW THAT. GOVERNOR, HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO WERE CRITICALLY INJURED AND YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THEIR . I SPOKE TO THE FAMILY OF ONE OF THEM AND THE OTHER LEFT A DETAILED MESSAGE AND I’M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THEIR THAT WILL BE SHARED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE AND OR THE FAMILY LATER TODAY FIRST CLASS TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED AT THE PROPERTY. ALSO KNOWING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY CONTENTIOUS, EVEN MORE SO, A BATTLEGROUND FOR THE REST OF WHAT WOULD CHANGE. >> I JUST MISSED THE LAST PART OF WHAT SHE THE FIRST WAS ABOUT THE FLAGS AND SECONDS, KNOWING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE EVEN MORE CONTENTIOUS NOW IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THAT WE’RE DIVIDED HERE. >> WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE? I HAVE DIRECTED THAT FLAGS BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF IN COREY’S MEMORY AND. OUR CHIEF OF STAFF IS WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW. MY MESSAGE TO ALL PENNSYLVANIANS, MY MESSAGE TO ALL AMERICANS, IS TO BE FIRM IN YOUR BELIEFS, TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE, TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE, AND TO BE ENGAGED IN THE POLITICAL AND CIVIC PROCESS, BUT TO ALWAYS SO PEACEFULLY TO REMEMBER THAT WHILE WE MAY BE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ABOVE ALL ELSE, WE ARE AMERICANS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE STORY OF THIS GREAT NATION OVER THE LAST 248 YEARS, A NATION THAT WAS BORN RIGHT HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA, IT’S BEEN ORDINARY AMERICANS EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY, RISING UP, DEMANDING MORE, SEEKING JUSTICE, ADVOCATING FOR CHANGE AND DOING SO PEACEFULLY. AND THOSE WHO HAVE ADVOCATED FOR SUCH PEACEFULLY, THEY HAVE BEEN THE ONES TO BRING THAT ABOUT. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT EVEN IN THESE TIMES WHERE THERE ARE REAL DIVISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE DIVISIONS THROUGH ENGAGEMENT IN THE POLITICAL AND CIVIC PROCESS IN A PEACEFUL MANNER THAT IS INCUMBENT UPON ALL POLITICAL LEADERS OF ALL PARTIES, AND IT IS INCUMBENT UPON THE PUBLIC. I WILL TELL YOU THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THE TRAGEDY THAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT HERE IN BUTLER, THE AWFUL TRAGEDY THAT EVERY DAY WHEN I’M AROUND PENNSYLVANIA, I SEE THE VERY BEST PENNSYLVANIANS, PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE FERVENT BELIEFS, PEOPLE DO HAVE PASSIONATE BELIEFS, BUT WHO ENGAGE IN A PEACEFUL MANNER AND WHO LOVE THEIR NEIGHBORS AND WHO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, EVEN THOSE THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENCES FROM. WE NEED TO LEARN FROM OUR HISTORY IN THIS COMMONWEALTH AND IN THIS COUNTRY. AND WE NEED TO BRING OUR BETTER ANGELS FORWARD AND CARRY THAT FORWARD INTO THIS POLITICAL SEASON. I’LL TAKE ONE MORE. YES. TO EXPAND ON THE SITUATION THERE. STANDING BEHIND PRESIDENT TRUMP, I THINK THAT YOU DON’T CONFRONT THE FAMILIES OR ANY WORKING TIME. >> HIS WIFE SHARED WITH ME THAT HE DROVE ON HIS FAMILY TO PROTECT THEM. AS FOR ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT WILL BE SHARED, LAW ENFORCEMENT. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. >> GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO OF PENNSYLVANIA, REPORTERS THERE IN BUTLER TOWNSHIP, LESS THAN 4 HOURS AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, SAYING HE SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM, DIED. THE SUPPORTER WHO DIED THERE FROM BULLET, DESCRIBING HIM AS A GIRL DAD, A FATHER OF TWO GIRLS. WE BELIEVE HIS NAME IS COREY COMPARATOR. ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR THERE JUST MOMENTS AGO, HE SAID HE SPOKE WITH COREY’S WIFE WHO GAVE THE GOVERNOR PERMISSION TO SHARE WITH THE COUNTRY THAT HER HUSBAND, A FIREFIGHTER, DIED. SHE SAID AS HERO, HE JUMPED ON FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT MADNESS AS IT WAS PLAYING OUT AT THE RALLY. I WANT TO BRING IN OUR TEAM MEMBERS FOR SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS JUST TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE AT HOME, BRING IN OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY, WHO IS RIGHT THERE AT THE SCENE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE. I KNOW, AARON, YOU ASKED MOMENTS AGO ABOUT THIS FAST MOVING INVESTIGATION WHETHER OR NOT THE GOVERNOR WOULD WEIGH IN ON WHAT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED INSIDE THE SUSPECT’S CAR. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL MOVING VERY QUICKLY. LET’S BRING OUR AUDIENCE UP TO SPEED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SHOOTER. >> WE KNOW THE SHOOTER WAS A 20 YEAR OLD LOCAL PERSON FROM HERE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, DAVID, AND HE KILLED BY A U.S. SECRET SERVICE SHARPSHOOTER. AND THAT WAS AFTER HE WAS ABLE TO FIRE OFF ABOUT EIGHT ROUNDS FROM AN AR STYLE RIFLE FROM AN ELEVATED POSITION, WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF IS CONCERNING. THERE WERE SOME CRITICAL IMAGES CAPTURED BY DOUG OF THE "NEW YORK TIMES", THE FIRST OF WHICH APPEARS TO SHOW A PROJECTILE PASSING BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, FOLLOWED BY A SECOND IMAGE BY DOUG MILLS OF THE NEW YORK IN WHICH THE FORMER PRESIDENT APPEARS TO TO HIS EAR. AND THEN YOU SEE IN A THIRD IMAGE BLOOD ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S HAND. THESE ARE IMAGES AMONG HUNDREDS OF OTHERS THAT LAW OFFICIALS ARE NOW STUDYING AS THEY NOW TRY TO FIND MOTIVE FOR WHY THIS SHOOTER DID WHAT HE DID. SO FAR, DAVID, WE’RE TOLD THERE HAS BEEN NO OBVIOUS MOTIVE EITHER SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THEY’RE STILL GOING THROUGH IT, INCLUDING A DISCORD ACCOUNT ,ALTHOUGH THAT HASN’T BEEN TERRIBLY REVEALING FROM WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TELL US. AND DAVID, HERE, YOU HEARD THE GOVERNOR TRY TO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA WHO ARE RIGHTLY SHOCKED. HE SAID BY WHAT OCCURRED IN THEIR STATE. HE SAID POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS CAN NEVER BE ADDRESSED WITH VIOLENCE. BUT THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON SATURDAY EVENING, DAVID. >> IN FACT, WE HEARD GOVERNOR THERE TELL NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA, GIVEN THE OUTSIDE ROLE THAT THAT STATE PLAYS IN REALLY ALL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND WILL AGAIN COME NOVEMBER TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, BUT TO DO IT PEACEFULLY. HE ENCOURAGED ALL AMERICANS TO ABIDE BY THAT PRINCIPLE. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SUSPECT THERE MOMENTS AGO, REALLY EXTRAORDINARY IMAGES, THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR MANY, VERY DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT AS YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE BULLET COMING IN. AND IT’S A LOT OF PEOPLE, ERIN ,LOOKING AT THAT KNOW THE VIDEO THEY SAW FROM LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO THAT IT WAS THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S RIGHT EAR AND YET IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S COMING IN FROM THAT SIDE. SO GIVE US AN IDEA OF THE RELATIONSHIP FROM WHERE THIS SUSPECT WAS AND HE WAS OUTSIDE THE SECURITY PERIMETER. BUT REMARKABLY CLOSE TO THIS RALLY. AND THEN PART OF THE MAJOR QUESTIONS GOING FORWARD, HOW HE WAS ABLE TO GET ON THAT ROOFTOP WITH THE SECRET SERVICE AND STATE POLICE TASKED WITH SECURING THAT POLITICAL RALLY AND THAT ROOFTOP, WE’RE TOLD, WAS SEARCHED AND SECURE. SO THERE IS A NAGGING QUESTION ABOUT WHY THAT ELEVATED POSITION WAS AVAILABLE AVAILABLE TO THIS YOUNG MAN TO TO FIRE OFF THESE ROUNDS FROM THE AIR STYLE RIFLE. AND THE IMAGES ARE EVEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE BROUGHT UP CLOSE IN TRUMP’S POLITICAL RALLIES. SO THEY WERE RIGHT THERE NEAR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. IT APPEARS HE WAS SHOT FROM LESS THAN 200 YARDS AWAY. OUR TEAM HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT SOME OF THE AND ALSO THE ROOFTOP FROM WHERE THAT WE BELIEVE THE SHOOTER WAS PERCHED. AND IT APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 130 YARDS AWAY. SO IT WAS FAR TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT. THE SECRET SERVICE OFTEN HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY AROUND THEIR PROTECTEE. SOMETIMES ARMS LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE SECURITY PERIMETER ARE OUTSOURCED TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED HERE WHETHER THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE FOR RESPONSIBILITY. THE GOVERNOR DID NOT REALLY ENTERTAIN THE QUESTION. HE SAID THAT’S GOING TO BE PART OF THE INVESTIGATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CERTAINLY ASKING TO HAVE IT. WE’RE LOOKING AT AERIALS NOW OF THOSE ROOFTOPS IN QUESTION. AND, ERIN, JUST TO UNDERSCORE WHAT YOU SAID THERE MOMENTS AGO, THAT HAD BEEN A SWEEP AT ONE POINT BEFORE THE RALLY OF THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. >> THAT’S WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE TELLING DAVID, THAT THEY SAW THE ROOFTOP. THEY KNEW ITS PROXIMITY, IT HAD BEEN SWEPT OR BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SECURE. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOW ASKING EYEWITNESSES TO COME FORWARD, SOME OF WHOM HAVE BEEN SAYING THEY SAW THE SHOOTER WITH A GUN CALLED OUT FOR HELP. AND THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE SHARP SHOOTER WAS ABLE TO TAKE HIM OUT. BUT JUST SECONDS TOO LATE, HE WAS ALREADY ABLE TO FIRE OFF THOSE EIGHT ROUNDS WHICH KILLED PENNSYLVANIA MAN, INJURED TWO OTHERS CRITICALLY. AND YOU HEARD THE GOVERNOR DESCRIBE THIS MAN, COREY COMPARATOR, WHO LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS. AND THE GOVERNOR THAT HIS WIFE SAID HE DROVE ON TOP OF THE FAMILY TO TRY PROTECT THEM. >> ERIN, YOU ALSO SHOWED OUR VIEWERS THE IMAGE THERE OF THE SUSPECT JUST MOMENTS AGO. THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE AN IMAGE FROM HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION OF THOMAS MATTHEW CROOKS, WHO IS WAS 24, NOW DEAD. TAKEN DOWN BY THE SECRET SERVICE. HE WAS SHOT, THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE. HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD FROM HERE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. AND WE’VE STARTED TO SPEAK WITH THOSE WHO WHO GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL WITH, HIM AND WHO HAVE NOT BEEN TERRIBLY REVEALING ABOUT HIS CHARACTER. SOME SAID HE WAS JUST NORMAL. SOME SAID HE WAS A LITTLE LONELY. SOME SAID HE WAS INTO COMPUTERS. >> SOME SAID HE TRIED TO JOIN A RIFLE CLUB, BUT THERE’S NO PICTURE OF WHO THIS YOUNG MAN WAS IN. HIS COMMUNITY THAT GIVES US ANY INDICATION OR PREDICATE FOR FOR WHY THIS MAY HAVE OCCURRED. AND THAT’S A NAGGING QUESTION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THIS HOUR, DAVID. THEY’VE BEEN SCOURING SOCIAL MEDIA. WE KNOW THEY’VE TALKED TO RELATIVES. HE HAS A SISTER WHO HAS PARENTS THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TALKING TO. BUT SO FAR, DAVID, WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHY HE DID THIS. >> AND WE UNDERSTAND, AARON THAT IT WAS AN AIR STYLE WEAPON THAT WAS PURCHASED LEGALLY. SO A HIGH POWERED RIFLE PURCHASED BY HIS FATHER. WE’RE TOLD THE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACE THE BULLETS AND THE GUN AND THE GUN PURCHASED COMES BACK TO TO THE SUSPECT’S FATHER. WE DON’T KNOW THE EXACT YEAR THAT HASN’T BEEN MADE PUBLIC YET, BUT IT DOES APPEAR ON ITS FACE TO BE A LEGAL PURCHASE. THE AUTHORITIES WILL CERTAINLY WANT TO ASK THE FATHER A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT GUN. BUT IT IS THE WEAPON CHOICE FOR MANY MASS SHOOTINGS. AND BECAUSE ASSUMING THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS, IN FACT, HIT BY A BULLET, AS HE SAYS HE WAS RAISED IN THE THIS WOULD QUALIFY AS A MASS SHOOTING, FOUR OR MORE PEOPLE SHOT. AND SO IT IN ADDITION TO THE NATION’S POLITICAL VIOLENCE, IT’S EMBLEMATIC OF ANOTHER PROBLEM THE U.S. FACES. AND THAT’S CHRONIC GUN VIOLENCE. >> ERIN, WE SHOULD MENTION THE IMAGES WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN NOW ARE APPARENTLY OF A COMMERCIAL THAT WAS SHOT DURING HIS HIGH YEARS. THE SUSPECT, OF COURSE, AS ERIN POINTED OUT THERE, MANY AND THE INVESTIGATION FAST MOVING INTO HIS HISTORY AS ERIN JUST AGAIN REPORTED, THIS WAS A HIGH POWERED AR WEAPON PURCHASED LEGALLY BELIEVED BY THE FATHER OR IN THE FATHER’S NAME SOME TIME AGO. AND OF COURSE, THOSE ARE ALL FACTS THAT WILL BE VERY CLOSELY SCRUTINIZED AS WE HEAR FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE GOVERNOR THERE, JOSH SHAPIRO, MOMENTS AGO SAYING WE WILL HEAR FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AT SOME POINT HERE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIKELY SIGNIFICANT UPDATES HERE. I WANT TO BRING IN OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE, MARY BRUCE, BECAUSE WE HAVE LEARNED MOMENTS AGO THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL AGAIN ADDRESS THE NATION MARY. >> DAVID, WE ARE TOLD, WILL COME BEFORE CAMERAS AGAIN AT 130. SO IN ABOUT AN HOUR, 45 MINUTES FROM NOW, WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT. THIS COMES AFTER HE SPENT THE MORNING HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE SITUATION ROOM BEING BRIEFED BY HIS SECURITY TEAM AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE’VE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT SINCE THOSE BRIEF REMARKS THAT HE GAVE LAST NIGHT, SHORTLY AFTER THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, AND THEN ,OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT ISSUED A REAL FORCEFUL CONDEMNATION OF THIS ATTACK, SAYING THAT THERE IS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THIS KIND OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE. HE SAID IT IS SICK. AND HE CALLED FOR THE COUNTRY TO TO COME TOGETHER AND TRY TO UNITE. OF COURSE, WE KNOW, THOUGH, THAT THIS COMES AT A POINT WHEN THIS COUNTRY IS DEEPLY, DEEPLY DIVIDED. THE PRESIDENT, THOUGH, TRYING TO LOWER THE POLITICAL TEMPERATURE SHORTLY AFTER THAT. LATE LAST NIGHT, THE PRESIDENT FINALLY CONNECT WITH DONALD TRUMP. THE TWO OF THEM SPEAKING ON THE PHONE, A CALL THAT’S BEEN DESCRIBED TO ME AS GOOD, RESPECTFUL, BUT SHORT. THE PRESIDENT, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IS RESPONDING TO THIS MOMENT AS PRESIDENT. BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS WILL IMPACT HIS CAMPAIGN, HOW THIS WILL SIMPLY IMPACT HIS TRAVEL IN THE UPCOMING DAYS. WE DO NOW KNOW THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAD AN ABORTION EVENT PLANNED, A CAMPAIGN EVENT PLANNED FOR TUESDAY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. OF COURSE, THAT’S DONALD TRUMP’S BACKYARD. THAT HAS NOW BEEN POSTPONED. THE PRESIDENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TRAVELING TOMORROW TO, TEXAS, THEN ON TO NEVADA ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LOTS OF QUESTIONS STILL UNANSWERED HERE, DAVID, ABOUT HOW HIS SCHEDULE MAY CHANGE AS WELL AND HOW WILL IMPACT HIS CAMPAIGN. >> CERTAINLY A DARK NEW TURN IN WHAT WAS ALREADY A DEEPLY POLARIZED CAMPAIGN LEADING UP TO NOVEMBER. MARY, YOU HEARD THE GOVERNOR THERE SPEAK OF THIS PHONE CALL THAT YOU JUST REPORTED. THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY SAW THAT FIRST DEBATE. BOTH OF THESE CANDIDATES COMING OUT ON THE STAGE AND NOT EVEN SHAKING HANDS. CERTAINLY AFTER LAST. THE GOVERNOR SAID THIS MOMENTS AGO, JOSH SHAPIRO, THAT THE PRESIDENT TOLD THAT HE DID INTEND TO TALK TO FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, THAT THAT WAS HIS PLAN, CONTINUE TO WORK IT AT THE NIGHT UNTIL THAT HAPPENED. AND AS YOU JUST REPORTED, SHORT GOOD BUT BRIEF. BUT WHAT THE GOVERNOR THERE OF PENNSYLVANIA SAID THAT WAS EXPECTED THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN FRONT OF THE NATION. AND JUST THE FACT THAT THEY TALKED IS SO NOTABLE BECAUSE AS YOU MENTIONED, THEY DON’T SPEAK. THESE ARE NOT TWO MEN WHO WE OFTEN EVER SEE OF ANY KIND OF CONTACT. THEY RARELY INTERACTED EVEN WHEN THEY WERE ON THE DEBATE STAGE. DAVID, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAD COME FACE TO FACE OR EVEN TALKED TO EACH OTHER IN SOME THREE AND A HALF YEARS. SO THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO REACH OUT TO DONALD TRUMP IS AGAIN, ANOTHER SIGN THAT HE IS SHOWING OR TRYING TO SHOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT NOW IS NOT A TIME FOR POLITICS. WE KNOW THAT HIS CAMPAIGN HAS REALLY HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON. THEY’VE PULLED DOWN ALL OF THEIR POLITICAL COMMUNICATION, PULLING THEIR ADS OFF OF THE AIRWAVES, TRYING TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, LEAD AND ENCOURAGE THE NATION TO SORT OF TAKE A BEAT HERE, THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOW DAYS AWAY FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, THE PRESIDENT RECOGNIZING WHAT A REALLY NOT JUST OF THIS IS, BUT — BUT WHAT A TINDERBOX MOMENT THIS COULD BE FOR THE COUNTRY AND TRYING TO JUST DIAL EVERYTHING. >> DAVID AND AGAIN FOR OUR AUDIENCE. MARY, WHEN DOES THE PRESIDENT PLAN TO ADDRESS THE NATION. >> 1:30 P.M. DAVID HERE FROM THE ROOSEVELT ROOM AT WHITE HOUSE. >> THAT IS THE EXPECTATION. ALL RIGHT. YOU AND I WILL BE RIGHT HERE TOGETHER TO BRING THAT TO THE COUNTRY AS WELL. THANK YOU, MARY. I WANT TO BRING IN PIERRE THOMAS, OUR CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT. PIERRE, YOU SAW THOSE IMAGES THAT ERIN UP ON THE SCREEN THERE MOMENTS AGO FROM DOUG MILLS AT THE "NEW YORK TIMES". EXTRAORDINARILY, VERY SPECIFIC ,DETAILED IMAGES ACTUALLY SHOWING AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE BULLETS COMING RIGHT TOWARDS THE FORMER PRESIDENT. HIS HEAD HIS HEAD WAS TURNED IN THAT MOMENT. IT GRACE, AS WE NOW KNOW, HIS RIGHT EAR. AND, OF COURSE WE’VE ALL SEEN THE VIDEO WHERE HE THEN LOOKS AT HIS HAND, LIKELY NOTICES THE BLOOD ON HIS HAND, THEN AND THEN GOES DOWN BEHIND THE PODIUM TO SEEK COVER. BUT THIS IS GOING TO LEAD TO, YOU KNOW, RENEWED QUESTIONS HERE. THERE WERE THERE WERE IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS LAST NIGHT, BUT NOW, NEARLY 24 HOURS LATER ABOUT HOW THIS YOUNG SHOOTER, PROPPED ON A ROOFTOP NEARBY, WAS ABLE TO GET SO MANY SHOTS OUT BEFORE BEING TAKEN DOWN. OF COURSE, THE SECRET SERVICE IS BEING THANKEDND LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE SCENE BEING THANKED FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARILY QUICK RESPONSE. BUT AS THIS INVESTIGATION MOVES FORWARD, THE QUESTION NOW TURNS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW ON EARTH DID THE SHOOTER GET MANY SHOTS, SHOTS AT ALL, BUT THAT MANY SHOTS ONCE HE STARTED? >> EXACTLY, DAVID. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING AT THAT VERY ISSUE. >> WE’RE TOLD THAT POLICE HAD GOTTEN INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE IN THE CROWD ABOUT SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY. THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PURSUING TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY. THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF HUNTING FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL . AND MY SOURCES ARE TELLING ME IS THAT THE SECRET SERVICE WHO SAW THIS PERSON ON TOP OF THE ROOF ENGAGE AFTER IT CLEAR THAT SHOTS WERE BEING FIRED, THAT THIS WAS AN ADVERSARY. AND WE WERE TOLD BY OUR SOURCES THAT THIS COUNTER SNIPER WAS ABLE TO PINPOINT HIM AND, THEN TAKE HIM OUT WITH A A SHOT FROM HIS RIFLE FROM A DISTANCE AWAY . BUT AGAIN, THE KEY HERE IS THAT, AS WE REPORTED EARLIER TODAY, THERE WAS A CLEARING OF THE BUILDING. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS LOOKED AT EARLIER THAT THERE WAS NO ONE ON TOP OF THE ROOF. BUT THE KEY THING IS SOMEHOW AT SOME POINT THAT, SUSPECT WAS ABLE TO GET ON TOP OF THE ROOF AND THEN START INCHING, BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE SHOT. IT WAS SPLIT SECOND. DECISIONS INVOLVED. AND WE’RE ALSO GETTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE FBI, WHICH IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION. AND, DAVID, THEY ARE TELLING US THAT, AGAIN, THIS APPEARS BE A LONE WOLF SITUATION. SO FAR, NO SPECIFIC TIES TO ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL. ARE WE EXPECTING THAT WE WILL GET A BRIEFING FROM THE FBI A BIT LATER TODAY AS THEY KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW AS MUCH AS THEY CAN ABOUT MOTIVE, WHETHER THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED. THERE’S A COMPUTER OR ALSO A PHONE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO EXPLOIT. THERE IS MISINFORMATION THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS YOUNG MAN WAS CONSUMING. THEY’RE TRYING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT. BUT AT PRESENT, NO CLEAR MOTIVE HAS BEEN UNCOVERED DAVID. >> PIERRE THOMAS, OUR CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT. PIERRE, OUR THANKS TO YOU. WANT TO BRING IN RACHEL SCOTT, WHO, OF COURSE, WAS AT THAT RALLY COVERING DONALD TRUMP’S RALLY, AS SHE HAS SO OFTEN DURING THIS CAMPAIGN. WHEN THE SHOTS BEGAN, BEGAN TO RING OUT THERE AND RACHEL OBVIOUSLY, WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING THESE LAST 24 HOURS. I’M GOING TO TRY TO LOOK FORWARD HERE IF WE CAN. HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT HOW SECURITY WILL BE DIFFERENT REALLY ON BOTH SIDES FOR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IN TERMS OF THESE OBVIOUSLY VERY PUBLIC RALLIES. AND ON THE EVE OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL. AND DAVID, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN A MEMO OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN LAID OUT TO ITS STAFF THAT THEY WANT THEIR STAFF TO START AVOIDING THEIR OFFICES, WASHINGTON, D.C. AND ALSO WEST PALM BEACH. RIGHT NOW. AS THEY CONTINUE TO HEIGHTEN UP THESE AND BEEF UP THESE SECURITY MEASURES, ENHANCE THE SECURITY MEASURES AT THOSE OFFICES. THEY ALSO IN THAT MEMO, VERY DIRECT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE POLITICAL RHETORIC, THE RHETORIC ON BOTH SIDES SAYING FLAT OUT THAT ANY VIOLENT RHETORIC WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IS A STRONG MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, THE SENIOR ADVISERS OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, DIRECTLY DOWN TO THE STAFF. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE BIG HERE ABOUT SECURITY, DAVID. YOU KNOW, EVERY TRUMP RALLY THAT WE GO TO, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE TO PASS THROUGH MAGNETOMETERS, OUR BAGS ARE SEARCH. THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT YOU CAN BRING IN TO THOSE RALLIES. FRANKLY, IT’S ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE YOU PROBABLY FEEL THE MOST SECURE BECAUSE YOU’RE AROUND LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU’RE AROUND SECRET SERVICE. YOU KNOW THAT THE FORMER OF THE UNITED STATES IS THERE. SO THERE ARE BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT EXACTLY THAT SUSPECTED SHOOTER OR THAT SUSPECTED GUNMAN WAS ABLE TO SO CLOSE TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT, LESS THAN 200 YARDS AWAY WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO FILE THROUGH THOSE MULTIPLE ROUNDS? DAVID. >> AND WE SHOULD MENTION THAT THE CONCERN LEADING UP TO NOVEMBER IN THESE PAST FEW MONTHS HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT RACHEL REALLY FOR BOTH CAMPAIGNS AS FAR AS THE RHETORIC IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE THREAT OF POTENTIAL POLITICAL VIOLENCE. YOU HEARD MARY REPORT THERE THAT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, SHE HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO CAMPAIGN IN FLORIDA EARLY THIS WEEK AT AN ABORTION RIGHTS RALLY, GOING TO BE A LEADING THEME OF THAT SPEECH. AND THAT’S NOW BEEN PUT HOLD, I WOULD GATHER, LIKELY BECAUSE OF SECURITY CONCERNS AND PARTICULARLY WHAT WE’VE ALL WITNESSED AS A NATION IN THESE LAST 24 HOURS. ABSOLUTELY, DAVID. AND IF WE EVEN GO BACK TO JANUARY SIX, THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN IN THIS HEIGHTENED STATE ON GUARD AS POLITICAL RHETORIC HAS JUST INTENSIFIED ON BOTH SIDES. AND WE SAW IT ON JANUARY SIX. WE SAW THE OUTCOME OF THAT AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT REPEATEDLY DENIED THAT HE LOST THE 2020 ELECTION, WE SAW RIOTERS STORMED THE CAPITOL WE SAW THE RHETORIC THAT UNFOLDED AFTER THAT FROM REPUBLICANS. WE KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT. HEADING IN TO THIS NOVEMBER ELECTION AS THIS REMATCH OCCURS BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN. BUT THIS IS WHERE IT ALL HAS COME TO A HEAD. AND I THINK THERE IS A MOMENT HERE AND YOU HEARD FROM THE GOVERNOR SHAPIRO THERE SAYING POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS MUST BE ADDRESSED IN A CIVIL MATTER, ALMOST PLEADING WITH THE NATION TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND LOWER THE TEMPERATURE. >> DAVID NO QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN THE CALL FROM FORMER PRESIDENTS ACROSS THE BOARD WHO CAME OUT SAYING THEY WERE GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS OKAY AS SOON AS THEY GOT FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT HIMSELF THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. AND RACHEL, OF COURSE, FROM JOSH SHAPIRO MOMENTS AGO, URGING NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA WHERE YOU ARE AND HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, BUT THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY TO STICK BY THEIR POLITICAL TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM, BUT TO DO SO PEACEFULLY IN THIS COUNTRY. RACHEL, THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE CREW THERE ON THE SCENE THESE LAST 24 HOURS. JUST REALLY TREMENDOUS AND CAREFUL WORK. THANK. I WANT TO BRING IN JON KARL. ONE LAST QUESTION HERE, BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE ON THE EVE OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. AND JOHN THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY POINTS ALONG THE WAY, A REMARKABLE SPLIT SCREEN OF BOTH OF THESE CAMPAIGNS AND THIS DEEPLY POLARIZED MOMENT IN, THIS COUNTRY, THAT IMAGE MOMENTS AGO WHERE YOU SAW PRESIDENT BIDEN INSIDE SITUATION ROOM, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AT HIS SIDE LEARNING OF THESE LAST 24 HOURS. THERE’S THE IMAGE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS SET TO ADDRESS THE NATION IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO, 130 EASTERN. WE WILL CARRY IT LIVE. YOU CAN SEE THE VICE PRESIDENT THERE AND HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM. AND YOU ALSO HAVE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SIGNALING THERE WILL BE CHANGE. >> THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> DAVID, THIS MORNING, THE FORMER PRESIDENT SPOKE TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOST COMMITTEE HERE IN MILWAUKEE WRITES PRIEBUS, THE MESSAGE FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO DO NOT SCALE BACK THIS CONVENTION ONE BIT. HE WANTS TO CHARGE AHEAD. HE ALSO DESCRIBED TO TO REINCE PRIEBUS, I SEEN THAT FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE AT THAT ATTEMPT IN PENNSYLVANIA TALKING ABOUT THE PIERCING HIS EAR. I GOING DOWN, BEING SHOCKED THAT PEOPLE DIDN’T SIMPLY ALL RUN AWAY AND THE HORROR HE FELT THAT SOMEBODY JUST TO HIS SIDE WHO WAS JUST SITTING THERE AT HIS RALLY, I WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS WAS SHOT AND KILLED. BUT THE MESSAGE ABOUT CONVENTION IS THIS CONVENTION IS GOING ON. AND I’VE GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS ,BE A HIGHLY ENERGIZED CONVENTION. THIS WILL NOT BE A TONED CONVENTION ALREADY. YOU ARE SEEING REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE BOARD FROM THE PRESIDENT’S OWN FAMILY TO PARTY LEADERS USING. THAT IMAGE OF THE BLOODY TO DONALD TRUMP, YOU KNOW, BLOOD COMING DOWN HIS HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS AS THE SYMBOL OF THEIR CAMPAIGN, REALLY AS THE SYMBOL OF THE CONVENTION AND OF TRUMP’S ROLE IN POLITICS. SO THIS THIS CONVENTION IS GOING TO GO FORWARD. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE RHETORIC? BECAUSE YOU HAVE HEARD FROM POLITICAL FIGURES ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM FROM, YOU KNOW, FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH TO FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI, TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, REPUBLICAN MIKE JOHNSON SAYING WE NEED TO TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC. WE NEED TO SHOW RESPECT AND CIVILITY AND THAT VIOLENCE HAS NO PLACE IN POLITICS. SO SO WE’LL SEE WHAT THE WHAT THE RHETORIC IS HERE IN MILWAUKEE, DAVID, AND WE’LL BE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU, JOHN, IN MILWAUKEE ALL WEEK LONG. APPRECIATE IT. YOUR COVERAGE ON THIS WEEK THIS MORNING. WE’RE GOING TO BE BACK ON THE AIR WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN AS HE ADDRESSES THE NATION. ABOUT 130 EASTERN, WE’RE BEING TOLD SOON AS HE COMES OUT, WE WILL COME BACK ON THE AIR. OUR COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE ON SPECIAL EDITION OF WORLD NEWS TONIGHT SUNDAY. I’LL SEE YOU A LITTLE LATER FOR THAT. WE SHOULD MENTION TONIGHT THAT ABC NEWS IS PUTTING TOGETHER A SPECIAL REPORT, 8 P.M. EASTERN. WE WILL BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH, OF COURSE, IS FAST MOVING. YOU’VE SEEN THAT RIGHT HERE DURING THIS SPECIAL, THE LATEST FROM FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, FROM PRESIDENT. AND WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE MOVING FORWARD. A SPECIAL EDITION OF WORLD NEWS TONIGHT SUNDAY, AND THEN OUR 8 P.M. SPECIAL REPORT BRINGING YOU UP TO SPEED WITH THE LATEST ON THIS INVESTIGATION. >> I’LL SEE YOU A LITTLE LATER TODAY. GOOD DAY. >> MORE ON THAT LATEST UPDATE ON ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO ADDRESSED REPORTERS IDENTIFYING THE BYSTANDER KILLED AS COREY CONSPIRATOR, WHO THE GOVERNOR DESCRIBED AS A GIRL DAD WHO DIED A HERO, PROTECTING HIS FAMILY. THE GOVERNOR IS ALSO CALLING ON ALL LEADERS TO SPEAK WITH MORAL RIGHT NOW, SAYING DISAGREEMENTS CAN NEVER, EVER BE SETTLED THROUGH. AND NOW WE KNOW PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SET TO SPEAK ABOUT THE INCIDENT AT 130 EASTERN TIME. I WANT TO BRING IN OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, MARY BRUCE, FOR MORE ON THAT. >> MARY, WHAT DO WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY? WELL, IN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 35 MINUTES OR SO, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WILL HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT SINCE THOSE BRIEF REMARKS THAT HE DELIVERED LAST NIGHT JUST SHORTLY AFTER THIS ASSASSINATION ATTACK. IT IS AN ATTEMPT FOR THE PRESIDENT, OBVIOUSLY, TO COME OUT CALM NERVES IN THE COUNTRY AND ALSO TO JUST DISCUSS WHAT HE’S LEARNING AS WELL. THE SPENT THE MORNING HUDDLED IN THE SITUATION ROOM. WE JUST RECEIVED AN OF THAT MEETING. HE WAS WITH HIS HOMELAND SECURITY TEAM. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS BEING UPDATED CONSTANTLY, CONTINUOUSLY ON THE CURRENT STATE OF WHAT OCCURRED, THE INVESTIGATION, ALL OF THAT. THE PRESIDENT IN HIS REMARKS LAST NIGHT, OF COURSE, ISSUED A FORCEFUL CONDEMNATION OF THIS ATTACK, SAYING THERE’S SIMPLY NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR, THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE. HE CALLED IT SICK. AND HE URGED THE COUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER AND UNITE AROUND THIS MOMENT. BUT I THINK TODAY YOU WILL ALSO HEAR HIM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, REALLY URGE EVERYONE. YES, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A VERY IMPORTANT PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR POLITICAL DISCOURSE, VOICING OPINIONS, BUT THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO TRY AND TAKE DOWN THE RHETORIC, PERHAPS. OF COURSE, WE STILL DO NOT KNOW WHAT EXACTLY MOTIVATED THIS ALLEGED SHOOTER, BUT CERTAINLY WE KNOW THAT OUR POLITICS ARE DEEPLY, DEEPLY DIVIDED AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE PRESIDENT. SO IS AN EFFORT TO TRY AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND SIMPLY KNOW DIAL THINGS DOWN, OF COURSE. HE DID SPEAK BRIEFLY LAST NIGHT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, PRESIDENT BIDEN REACHING OUT TO HIM. I’M TOLD THAT CONVERSATION WAS RESPECTFUL BUT SHORT. THE PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN REALLY THE PAUSE BUTTON. THEY’VE PULLED DOWN ALL OF THEIR POLITICAL ADS. WE’VE LEARNED THAT KAMALA, THE VICE PRESIDENT, IS NOW POSTPONED A TUESDAY EVENT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY ON ABORTION RIGHTS. LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW PRESIDENT’S SCHEDULE MAY CHANGE, THOUGH. YOU KNOW, THERE’S A LOT OF POLITICS TO UNPACK HERE. THERE’S A TIME FOR THAT. THE PRESIDENT SO FAR HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THIS AS PRESIDENT. FIRST. >> AND OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY, IS THERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, WAS AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE WE JUST HEARD THE GOVERNOR SPEAKING. AND, ERIN, THE GOVERNOR DIDN’T WANT TO SAY MUCH ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION. SO BASED ON WHAT YOUR REPORTING IS SO FAR, WHAT DO KNOW ABOUT THE SUSPECT HERE? I DON’T WANT TO SAY HIS NAME AND ADD TO THE NOTORIETY. WHAT DO WE KNOW ELSEWHERE AND OTHERWISE ABOUT WHAT LED THIS AND AS WELL AS WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE GOVERNOR ABOUT THE VICTIM KILLED IN THIS ATTACK? >> WE KNOW THAT THE SHOOTER WAS A 20 YEAR OLD LOCAL PERSON FROM ABOUT AN HOUR AND HALF OR SO AWAY HERE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A SECRET SERVICE COUNTER SNIPER AFTER HE FIRED ABOUT EIGHT ROUNDS FROM AN AR STYLE RIFLE WHILE PERCHED ON A ROOFTOP ADJACENT TO THE VENUE, AN AR STYLE RIFLE MAY NOT BE THE BEST FOR FOR SHARP SHOOTING, BUT IT CAN SURE SPRAY A LOT OF BULLETS. HE WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THESE EIGHT SHOTS WHICH INJURED TWO PEOPLE CRITICALLY AND KILLED A MAN. THE GOVERNOR IDENTIFIED, AS COREY COMPARATOR, WHO LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS. HE WAS A FIREFIGHTER IN THE COMMUNITY CHURCH GOING THE SAID, AND THE GOVERNOR SAID HIS WIFE TOLD HIM IN A BRIEF CONVERSATION THAT HE DIED A HERO BECAUSE HE TRIED TO COVER HIS FAMILY, LITERALLY DOVE ON TOP OF HIS FAMILY TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE GUNFIRE. AND HE NOW IS DECEASED. THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WE KNOW, WAS IN THE EAR AND WE SAW THE IMAGES OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT BLOOD ON HIS HAND AS HE GRABBED HIS EAR. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW TRICKLING DOWN THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SUSPECT, DIANE, IS FOCUSED ON A MOTIVE, BUT — BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL THREAT. THEY FOUND SOME CONCERNING ITEMS IN HIS CAR THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED MAY HAVE BEEN POTENTIAL EXPLOSIVES OR USED IN THE MAKING OF EXPLOSIVES. THEY CALLED IN THE BOMB TECHNICIANS TO MAKE SURE THOSE WERE RENDERED SAFE. BUT THE GOVERNOR WOULD NOT ADDRESS WHETHER HE’S AT THIS POINT THE SHOOTER ACTED ALONE AND THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL. >> SO WE WAIT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TELL US. AND FROM THERE, THE PRESIDENT WAS ESCORTED OFF THE STAGE. WE SAW BY SECRET SERVICE. HE GOT SOME MEDICAL ATTENTION, AND THEN WENT TO BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY. TREVOR AULT IS THERE NOW FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT. NOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS TREVOR. WHAT DO WE KNOW AT THIS POINT ABOUT HOW FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING AND WHAT HIS PLANS ARE FOR TODAY? >> WELL, FROM WHAT THEY HAVE REVEALED SO FAR, DIANE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS RECOVERING. HE IS HERE. BEDMINSTER AT TRUMP NATIONAL. HE ARRIVED WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT, FLEW TO THE AIRPORT IN NEWARK. WE WATCHED AS THE RESPONSE TEAM FROM THE SECRET SERVICE WAS THERE WITH LONG GUNS. IT WAS A VERY PROMINENT DISPLAY FORCE. AND THEN HIS MOTORCADE TOOK HIM THERE TO TRUMP NATIONAL, WHERE HE HAS BEEN RECOVERING AFTER THIS DAY, AFTER STAYING THE NIGHT THERE. NOW, WE’VE SEEN A FEW STATEMENTS FROM HIM AND HIS FAMILY ABOUT THE THE NEED TO STAY UNITED, THE SECRET SERVICE FOR KEEPING HIM ALIVE. IT’S VERY CLEAR, THOUGH, HE’S NOT TO REMAIN COOPED UP FOR ALL THAT LONG. WHILE HE HAS NOT YET REVEALED WHERE HE WHEN HE MIGHT LEAVE TRUMP NATIONAL, HE DID SAY OUTRIGHT IN A STATEMENT EARLIER TODAY THAT HE LOOKS FORWARD TO ADDRESSING THE NATION LATER THIS WEEK. BACK IN WISCONSIN. SO YOU HAVE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHICH IS STILL SCHEDULED TO GO. IT’S GOING TO BE UNLIKE ANY THAT WE’VE SEEN BEFORE, GIVEN WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED HERE. WE’RE WAITING TO SEE WHEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT MIGHT TAKE OFF. IT COULD BE TODAY IT COULD BE A FEW DAYS DOWN THE ROAD. THEY HAVEN’T CONFIRMED JUST YET WHEN THAT’S GOING TO BE. BUT IT WOULD SEEM, BASED ON THE FACT THAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING THE NATION IN WISCONSIN, HE’S LIKELY NOT GOING TO REMAIN HERE IN NEW JERSEY FOR FAR TOO LONG AND THEY ARE LIKELY GOING TO LOOK TO CAPITALIZE ON THE FACT THAT AFTER TAKING THAT GUNSHOT WOUND, HE RAISED THAT FIRST. HE REMAINED DEFIANT. AND I THINK THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO LOOK TO MAKE THAT A CORNERSTONE OF THE CAMPAIGN MOVING FORWARD. AND TREVOR, THANK YOU. >> AND I WANT TO GO TO A FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGENT, DON MIHALIC. MORE ON THE BIG QUESTION HERE, DON, WHICH IS HOW DID THIS HAPPEN SHERIFF IN BUTLER COUNTY IS NOW SAYING THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A SUSPICIOUS PERSON JUST BEFORE THE SHOOTING, EVEN SAYS AN OFFICER HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE SUSPECT WHERE THAT OFFICER WENT ON TO THE ROOF. THE SUSPECT POINTED THE GUN AT HIM. THE OFFICER LET GO, FELON WAS INJURED. AND IN THE SHERIFF’S WORD MOMENTS LATER, HE SAYS THAT KID WENT AHEAD AND STARTED SHOOTING . GIVEN WHAT THE SHERIFF IS SAYING THAT WE KNOW THAT THE SECRET SERVICE LOOKED AT THIS ROOF, SEARCHED IT BEFORE THE EVENT. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? HOW DOES THIS PERSON NOW GET ACCESS TO THIS SO CLOSE TO WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING? YEAH, THAT’S THE QUESTION THAT’S OUT THERE THAT’S GOT TO BE ANSWERED THROUGH THE INVESTIGATION. BUT THE ONE THING IS THE STORY YOU JUST RELATED POINTS TO IS THAT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE WAS PROTECTIVE THREAT MITIGATION TO THAT POTENTIAL ROOFTOP. AN OFFICER THERE, AN OFFICER WAS NEARBY. AN OFFICER WENT AND APPROACHED AND WITH THE SUSPECT. THE QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS GOING TO BE SHOULD THE HAVE DONE MORE NOW WHEN HE INTERACTED WITH THE SUSPECT, WHEN HE SAW THE SUSPECT WITH THE RIFLE, OR WHAT DID THE OFFICER DO WHEN HE INTERACTED WITH THE SUSPECT ? PROTECTIVE METHODOLOGY OF THE SECRET SERVICE INCLUDE STATE LOCAL PARTNERS FOR A REASON, BECAUSE THE SECRET SERVICE RECOGNIZES THAT CAN’T SECURE ALL THESE VENUES ALONE, ESPECIALLY DURING A CAMPAIGN, ESPECIALLY IF THEY’RE DOING FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT SITES IN FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT STATES IN THE SAME DAY. SO THEY BECOME HEAVILY RELIANT ON STATE AND LOCAL OFFICERS TO HELP THEM SECURE SITES, WHICH WAS THE CASE, IT SOUNDS LIKE, IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, THEY CAN’T DO THEIR JOB WITHOUT STATE AND LOCAL OFFICERS WHO ARE OFTEN IN BRIEFED THREATS AND ARE BROUGHT IN AND BRIEFED INTO THE SECRET SERVICE EXPECTATIONS. SIMILARLY, THE STATE AND LOCAL OFFICERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE SECRET HAVE THE LOCAL EXPERTISE AND KNOW THE TERRAIN, KNOW THE PEOPLE, KNOW THE AREA, KNOW WHAT LOOKS RIGHT NOW IT DOESN’T LOOK RIGHT. I’M SURE ALL OF THAT WAS PART OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS, THE PHYSICAL SECURITY OF THE SITE. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IF THE OFFICER INTERACT WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL AND APPROACH THIS INDIVIDUAL, THAT THERE WAS A THREAT MITIGATION THERE. AND AGAIN, THE SECRET SERVICE IS ABOUT THREAT MITIGATION, NOT THREAT ELIMINATION. THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A THREAT, BUT IT’S MATTER OF DOES THE SECRET SERVICE AND ITS PARTNERS TAKE STEPS TO MITIGATE THREAT? AND FROM WHAT YOU JUST RELAYED AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME THAT DID OCCUR. THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE TO WHAT EXTENT AND WHETHER NOT AND JOHN, YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE SECRET SERVICE SIDE OF, THAT EQUATION, FORMER NYPD CHIEF OF DETECTIVES ROBERT BOYCE. YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF THAT EQUATION. SO, ROBERT, I WANT TO BRING YOU INTO THIS CONVERSATION TO GET YOUR REACTION BASED ON WHAT WE’RE LEARNING FAR ABOUT THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE? WELL, I THINK ANG SORT OF AN ENFORCEMENT SIDE, THIS WAS STRONG BUT WE DON’T KNOW IF THEY HAD THE ASSETS NECESSARY. AND THAT’S IMPORTANT. DON SAID THAT WE ENGAGED THE LOCAL KNOW WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT 25 SWORN. SO I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY WERE THERE THAT DAY WHERE THE STATE TROOPERS THERE AS WELL AND THE GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNOR ALLUDED TO THAT. WE HAVE TO FIND THAT OUT. RIGHT NOW, THE BIG THING IS, IS NOT ONLY THE INVESTIGATION INTO SHOOTER’S MOTIVE, BUT ALSO THE PLANNING. HOW DID HE MANEUVER HIMSELF INTO THAT LOCATION TO SEQUESTER HIMSELF AND HIS WEAPON THERE? HOW DO WE SCALE ROOF? ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE TAKEN. TAKE A LOOK AT. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE DONE THROUGH WHAT THIS TELEPHONE CALL FOLLOWED AND SEE HOW MANY TIMES HE VISITED PRIOR TO THAT. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS COME IN PLACE. WE’RE REALLY ON INTO THIS ABOUT 20 HOURS. WE’RE NOT EVEN THERE. WELL, WE NEED TO COST TO BE MAKE STATEMENTS, SO WE’LL FIGURE OUT WHO HAD SECTOR RESPONSIBILITY AND EXACTLY WHEN THAT HAPPENED. WITH THE OFFICER FIRST CONFRONTED THE SHOOTER, EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT WHO RECALL TO TELL AND WHAT WITH THAT PHYSICAL TIME FRAME. AND OUR JAY O’BRIEN IS IN MILWAUKEE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS ALL COMES JUST A DAY BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IS SET TO KICK OFF. THAT’S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. NOW, THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURITY THERE. JAY SO, HOW ARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS? I KNOW THEY’RE ONGOING. WHAT’S THE LATEST IN TERMS OF THEY DO THINK SOME SECURITY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE THERE BEFORE THE RNC KICKS OFF TOMORROW? >> WELL, A SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL TOLD OUR COLLEAGUES AT ABC NEWS THAT THEY ARE EXAMINING SECURITY HERE AT THE MILWAUKEE CONVENTION, BUT ALREADY THIS IS A VERY SECURE ENVIRONMENT. IT IS A PLACE WHERE NO IS SPARED AS IT RELATES TO SECURITY. >> I’M SPEAKING TO YOU FROM THE BALCONY OF THE PFIZER FORUM, WHICH IS WHERE THE GOP CONVENTION IS TO BE HELD. AND WE ARE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY SECURE PERIMETER THAT HAS VARIOUS CIRCLES OF SECURITY AROUND IT. SO IN THE MIDDLE AND WHAT THEY CALL THE RED ZONE, THIS IS AN AREA OF INTENSE SECURITY. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH SECRET SERVICE SCREENING TO EVEN GET IN HERE. AND THEN THERE IS A FURTHER SECURITY ZONE IN WHICH THAT AREA IS PATROLLED AND VARIOUS SEARCHES OCCUR. IF NEEDED. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER LAYER OF SECURITY OUTWARDS AND IT RIPPLES OUTWARD FROM THERE IN THE IMMEDIATE SECURITY PERIMETER THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIALLY ADDING MORE TACTICAL UNITS THAT COULD BE A CHANGE THAT’S MADE TO SECURITY HERE THAT WOULD ONLY HEIGHTEN THE SECURITY ALREADY ROBUST HERE. YOU COULD ADD MORE COUNTER SNIPERS AND THINGS OF NATURE. VARIOUS TACTICAL ELEMENTS COULD BE ADDED. BUT AGAIN THIS IS A VERY INTENSE SECURITY PERIMETER AS IT IS, DIANE, THAT IS NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE. THE ONLY THING THAT IS REALLY EXPECTED TO CHANGE IS THAT AN ALREADY HIGH DEGREE OF SECURITY IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE HEIGHTENED IN TERMS OF ATTENTION BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS OF THE LAST 4 HOURS. >> AND I WANT TO GO OVER TO ALEX PRESHA, WHO’S IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. THE SCENES NOT FAR FROM WHERE YOU’RE STANDINGTHER EXACTLY HOWS HAPPENED? >> YEAH. DIANE SO WE’RE ABOUT A HALF AWAY FROM WHERE THAT RALLY TOOK PLACE. I CAN TELL YOU, AS WE TRANSITIONED INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON, THERE’S BEEN A STEADY UPTICK OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS THAT HAVE BY TO SHOW THEIR THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT, MANY WANTING TO SHARE THEIR STORIES OF BEING AT THAT RALLY YESTERDAY AND WHAT THEY WITNESS. WE’VE ALSO SEEN A NUMBER OF CARS GOING BY SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL. BUT THERE IS A TENSION HERE. YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME. ROAD CLOSURES ARE STILL IN PLACE AS LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ,A HUGE PERIMETER HERE. IT’S CREATED A TRAFFIC JAM AND MANY WAYS. BUT THERE’S A TENSION NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THAT, BUT ALSO THIS HAPPENING IN THIS SMALL COMMUNITY. ONLY ABOUT 13,500 HERE IN BUTLER. ALSO, IT’S A SUBURB OF PITTSBURGH. WE FOUND OUT EARLY THIS MORNING THAT THAT ALLEGED GUNMAN ACTUALLY CAME FROM BETHEL PARK, WHICH IS JUST OVER AN AWAY FROM HERE. SO FOR MANY PEOPLE, THIS HITS VERY VERY CLOSE TO HOME AND THEY’RE ON GUARD. ALEX, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO BRING IN OUR JACK TO GIVE US THE LATEST ON THAT INVESTIGATION. JACK, WHERE LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SHOOTER AS THE DAY GOES ON. ALSO, WHAT POLICE FOUND IN HIS CAR. WHAT IS THE LATEST AS THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT A POTENTIAL MOTIVE HERE? >> THAT’S RIGHT. SO LAST NIGHT, AS POLICE WERE LOOKING AT THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE OR A VEHICLE ASSOCIATED WITH HIM, THEY FOUND SOME SOME CONCERNING ITEMS THAT WERE SORT OF DISPOSED OF BY BOMB TECHS. THEY’RE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL OTHER ITEM OF CONCERN AT HIS RESIDENCE. SO THEY HAVE TO SORT OF FORENSICALLY LOOK AT THAT TO FIND OUT WHETHER THOSE ITEMS OF CONCERN WERE POSSIBLY EXPLOSIVES OR NOT. SO THAT’S STILL BEING SORTED OUT. SEPARATELY, INVESTIGATORS ARE GOING HIS PHONE. THEY’RE GOING THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIA AND TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS HE WAS HAVING AND WITH WHOM. AND ALSO WHAT TYPES OF INFORMATION WAS HE ASSOCIATING WITH AND WHETHER THAT HAD ANY ON HIS MOTIVATION AND WHAT TOOK PLACE. SO ANYTHING INDICATING REHEARSING OR PRACTICING OR RESEARCH THING OR OR THE TYPES OF INFORMATION HE WAS INTERESTED IN THAT COULD HAVE MOTIVATED TO THIS POINT, THEY’RE NOT FINDING ANY CONNECTIONS TO KNOWN EXTREMIST GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT’S STILL EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION AND WORK CONTINUES. >> ALL RIGHT. BIG THANKS TO TEAM WITH TEAM COVERAGE TODAY. A LOT TO KEEP TRACK OF AND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THE LATEST ON ALL THE ANGLES AS WE GET MORE. RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO BRING IN RYAN KNIGHT. HE WAS ACTUALLY AN EYEWITNESS AT YESTERDAY’S SHOOTING. RYAN, YOU SAY YOU SAW THE SHOOTER MOMENTS. HE TOOK AIM AT THE FORMER PRESIDENT. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT MOMENT. >> ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST GOT OVER TO THE FENCE LINE WHERE THE RALLY WAS GOING ON. I JUST LEFT MY JOB PIZZA DAY. I WAS GOING OVER THERE TO SEE DONALD TRUMP START SPEAKING ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO IT, A GUY BESIDE ME LOOKS AND SAID, HE HAS A GUN. HE HAS A GUN. I LOOK UP AT THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AND THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN GOING IN PRONE POSITION WITH A RIFLE. HE THEN LAID DOWN TO FOUR SHOTS. I’M THINKING IT WAS FOUR. IT COULD HAVE BEEN FIVE. IT WAS A KIND OF A CHAOS AT THE AT THE PRESIDENT, AS I HEARD THAT AND SEEN THAT I WAS WITH MY ONE BUDDY. WE KIND OF PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND AS WE’RE LOOKING UP. I HEARD ONE MORE SHOT AND SEEN THE GUY’S HEAD KICK BACK AND SPLIT OPEN. AND THAT’S HOW THAT WENT DOWN. AFTER THAT, IT WAS CHAOS, YOU SEE IN SECRET SERVICE COPS RUSHING TOWARDS AIR BUILDING, RUSHING AROUND TO START PUSHING PEOPLE OUT. >> NOW, YOU SAY YOU WERE YELLING AS AS THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU THAT HE’S GOT A GUN. HE’S GOT A GUN TRYING TO WAVE DOWN SECURITY. WHAT WAS THE REACTION OF SECURITY AROUND YOU? >> DID THEY HEAR YOU? DID THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? ONE WEIRD THING I THOUGHT WAS WEIRD, THERE WAS NO SECRET SERVICE ON TOP OF THE HDR BUILDING. THEY WERE ACROSS THE FIELD WHERE DONALD WAS. SO I DON’T THINK THEY COULD HAVE HEARD US AT THE TIME BECAUSE HOW FAR THE DISTANCE WAS UNTIL THEY STARTED SEEING THE CHAOS OF PEOPLE START RUNNING AND SCREAMING BECAUSE LIKE SAID, HE WAS ABLE TO GET FOUR SHOTS OFF BEFORE THE FOUR THEY TOOK HIM OUT. >> RYAN WHAT WAS REACTION IN THAT MOMENT? DID YOU FEEL LIKE MAYBE YOU WERE MISTAKEN? MAYBE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TENDENCY SOMETIMES TO DOWNPLAY SITUATIONS WHEN WE ARE IN THEM. >> OR DID YOU REALIZE RIGHT AWAY WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN? I REALIZED I REALIZED RIGHT AWAY WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I WAS SCARED FOR MY LIFE. I THREW MY OWNER. HE’S AN OLDER MAN, 70 YEARS OLD. I THREW HIM TO THE GROUND. AND THEN I TRIED TO GET DOWN TO THE GROUND WITH HIM BECAUSE THE SHOTS WERE GOING OFF AND I COULD SEE THE SMOKE COMING OUT AS. GUN. IT WAS INTENSE. IT WAS REALLY SURREAL. WHAT WAS IT LIKE RIGHT AFTER THEN? CHAOS, CHAOS, CHAOS, CHAOS. THE MULTIPLE AGENCIES TRYING MOVE, PEOPLE FIGURE OUT WHAT’S ACTUALLY GOING ON. OF COURSE, THEY RUSHED THE BUILDING, WENT UP THERE AND MAKE SURE HE WAS DEAD. IT WAS JUST IT WAS NUTS. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT. >> IT WAS JUST MASSIVE CHAOS. >> AND ARE YOU HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS NOW, RYAN, WHEN YOU GOT HOME LAST NIGHT AND IN TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THEY SAYING, HOW THEY’RE REACTING TO THIS? >> THEY WERE THEY’RE VERY AND SCARY THING. YOU KNOW, BUTLER IS A VERY SMALL TOWN AND FOR SOMETHING THIS BIG TO HAPPEN IN SUCH A SMALL AREA, IT’S QUITE EYE OPENER. >> RYAN, HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW? I MEAN, YOU WITNESSED SOMETHING INCREDIBLY DRAMATIC YESTERDAY. >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT’S SUNK IN? OH, YEAH. IT SUNK IN HARD. IT DEFINITELY MAKES ME FEEL LIKE ARE A LITTLE DIVIDED HERE IN OUR COUNTRY, WHICH WE SHOULD NOT BE. >> WELL, RYAN, I’M SO THAT YOU HAD TO WITNESS WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY. I’M GLAD THAT YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE SAFE. AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY WITH US. YOU’RE WELCOME. >> I WANT TO BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER SECRET SERVICE OFFICIAL DONALD MICHALEK FOR MORE ON THE INVESTIGATION. HERE NOW, DONALD LISTENING TO RYAN TELL HIS STORY AND SEEING ON THAT ROOF AND HE’S THINKING TO HIMSELF AS JUST A CIVILIAN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHY ISN’T THERE SECRET SERVICE ON THAT ROOF? HOW DO YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION NOW? WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHOULD THERE HAVE BEEN MORE AGENTS, BETTER COVERAGE SOMEHOW OF THIS? >> WELL, THE WAY SECRET SERVICE DOES IT, IT’S ADVANCED PROCESS WITHIN STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS IS THE SECRET SERVICE HAS RINGS OF PROTECTION AND. THEY DO THEIR STAFFING BASED UPON THE LEVEL OF PROXIMITY, PROTECT. THE INNER RING IS MOSTLY THE SECRET SERVICE PERSONNEL, THE MIDDLE OF THE RING IS TYPICALLY SECRET SERVICE PERSONNEL, SOME STATE AND LOCAL FOLKS. BUT THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE OUTER RINGS OF PROTECTION. IT’S TYPICALLY STAFFED BY STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE REPORTED THIS BETWEEN THE OFFICER AND THE SUSPECT. THAT’S TYPICALLY THE WAY SECRET SERVICE FUNCTIONS AROUND THE WORLD, BECAUSE THE SECRET SERVICE, ANY AGENCY HAS A FINITE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES. AND WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO STAFF A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE, YOU USE YOUR RESOURCES SMARTLY IN ORDER TO EFFECT A SECURITY PLAN, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE WAS BEING DONE HERE. BUT AGAIN, THE INVESTIGATION WILL REVEAL IF THERE WAS A GAP, IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED IF SOMETHING SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. AND, LOOK, ONE THING WE’VE LEARNED FROM THE SECRET SERVICE IN THE PAST IS WHEN THEY DO MAKE MISTAKES AND THEY HAVE THEY LEARN FROM THOSE MISTAKES AND THEY ADJUST AND THEY CHANGE THE MISTAKES, WHETHER IT WAS THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION, REAGAN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, THE WHITE HOUSE BREACHES, IF YOU GO THE WHITE HOUSE NOW, THE FENCE IS NOW TEN FEET VERSUS WHERE IT WAS SIX FEET. TRAINING IS INCREASED PROTOCOL ,IS INCREASED. THE SECRET SERVICE IS ONE OF THE FEW AGENCIES THAT WHAT IT MAKES A OWNS IT AND ADDRESSES IT AND DOES BETTER. >> ALL RIGHT. >> I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE WATCHING THAT INVESTIGATION CLOSELY AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG HERE AND OBVIOUSLY HOW TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. >> DON, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR ANALYSIS TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M JAMES SAITO. STAY WITH US FOR MORE COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. AS PRESIDENT BIDEN NOW PREPARES TO DELIVER REMARKS AROUND 1:30 P.M. EASTERN, WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE WHEN IT HAPPENS. PLUS THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION AFTER THE BREAK. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS AND NEITHER WE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER A NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND, UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE AT THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ,ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI REPORTING FOR THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER. THE STORY IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THERE YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING, ABC NEWS LIVE ,ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> THANK DO THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER? HE’S TARGETING WOMEN IN MALLS AND SINGLE. >> I WANT TO GO. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN THAT CAKE TORTURED ME? HOW DID SHE SURVIVED NINE DAYS OF TERROR? >> IN A WORD, ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY. THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION, COMBAT OPERATION SOUTHERN. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. NUCLEAR REACTORS RECEIVED A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAGS ARE GOING TO COME FOR AND MADE THE USA GREAT WORK. >> HI, IT’S MY DAVID. >> I’M DAVID. YOU ARE. YOU ARE YOU EVERY NIGHT. >> ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE ABC. NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE’VE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? >> ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS, FAST, STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH. HOLD A BUZZ KILL BASEBALL FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. THE TAIWANESE PRESIDENTIAL ACTION PLAN BRITT CLENNETT WAITING FOR YOU. WE’LL TAKE YOU BACK. >> CRIMEAN PENINSULA. I’M DIANE MACEDO IN NEW YORK AND WE ARE COMING TO YOU WITH AN ABC NEWS LIVE SPECIAL COVERAGE AS WE LEARN NEW ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. >> ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY YESTERDAY. YOU COULD SEE THE PRESIDENT TOUCH HIS EAR, THEN DUCKED FOR A SECRET SERVICE AGENT. SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SWARMED HIM. HE LATER PUMPED HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS AGENTS ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE SIGNALING TO THE CROWD AND HE WAS OKAY. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING OUTSIDE THE SECURITY PERIMETER BEFORE A SECRET SERVICE SNIPER RETURNED FIRE AND KILLED HIM. DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS ON THE ROOF OF A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS THEY REACTED TO THE SHOOTING IN REAL TIME. >> WHAT I REALLY SEE SOMETHING THAT SAID, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. >> INVESTIGATORS, THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER, A 20 YEAR OLD FROM BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, RECEIVING HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. STATE RECORDS SHOW HE WAS REGISTERED TO VOTE AS A REPUBLICAN, BUT POTENTIAL IS STILL UNCLEAR. >> LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS AUTHORITIES FOUND ITEMS IN HIS CAR PARKED OUTSIDE THE TRUMP RALLY THAT THOUGHT MIGHT BE EXPLOSIVES. THEY’RE NOW WAITING TO TEST RESULTS ON THAT. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES ALSO SAY A TRACE OF THE AIR STYLE RIFLE THAT THEY BELIEVE WAS USED IN THE SHOOTING SHOWS IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE SUSPECT’S FATHER. AND ALL THIS COMES JUST A DAY BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION KICKS OFF IN MILWAUKEE. WE’RE TOLD PLANS FOR THE CONVENTION WILL NOW BE REEXAMINED. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN IS NOW SET TO DELIVER REMARKS IN A FEW MINUTES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER SPEAKING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST NIGHT. THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO RELEASED THIS PHOTO, SHOWING THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT BEING BRIEFED IN A SITUATION ROOM THIS MORNING. WE’LL BRING YOU THOSE REMARKS FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN LIVE AS AS HE STARTS SPEAKING. BUT FIRST, LET’S GET RIGHT TO OUR ABC NEWS ALEX PRESHA NEAR THE SHOOTING SCENE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. >> ALEX, JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO, WE HEARD FROM PENNSYLVANIA’S GOVERNOR IN THIS NEWS CONFERENCE. HE WOULDN’T SAY MUCH ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION, BUT WE DID LEARN MORE ABOUT THE VICTIM WHO WAS KILLED IN THIS ATTACK. >> THAT’S RIGHT DIANE. HE SPENT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS PRESS CONFERENCE DETAILING WE KNOW OR WHAT HE KNOWS NOW ABOUT THAT, THAT. AGAIN, TWO INJURED CRITICALLY. ONE PERSON KILLED THAT MAN THAT WAS KILLED. WE’RE LEARNING. HIS NAME IS COREY CARPENTER. HE’S GOOD THAT THE GOVERNOR DESCRIBED HIM AS A GIRL. DAD, A DAD OF TWO. HE HAD A WIFE. HE WAS A FIREFIGHTER AND ALSO AN AVID SUPPORTER OF OF THE FORMER AND CARPENTER’S WIDOW SAYING THAT SHE WANTED THE GOVERNOR TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE DIED A HERO AND THAT HE DROVE ON TOP OF HIS FAMILY TO PROTECT THEM AS THAT GUNFIRE RANG OUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR WENT ON TO SAY THAT YOU THIS IS A TIME FOR PENNSYLVANIANS, FOR AMERICANS TO STAY STEADFAST ,THEIR BELIEFS, BUT ALSO TO REMEMBER THAT VIOLENCE IS NEVER THE ANSWER. >> TAKE A LISTEN. LAST NIGHT WAS SHOCKING FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH, AND I KNOW FOR THIS COUNTRY, POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS CAN NEVER, EVER BE ADDRESSED THROUGH VIOLENCE. >> AND SO IS A MESSAGE THAT WE’VE CERTAINLY HEARD FROM GOVERNOR SHAPIRO. IT’S BEEN ECHOED BY LEGISLATORS AND OFFICIALS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AT THIS POINT. GOVERNOR SHAPIRO SAYING THAT HE HAS SPOKEN WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN, THAT BIDEN HAS DEDICATED AS MANY RESOURCES NEEDED TO PENNSYLVANIA AS THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAYING THAT HE REACHED OUT TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND LEFT A MESSAGE THERE. >> AND, ALEX, WHAT’S THE SCENE LIKE IN BUTLER TODAY? WELL, DIANE, IT’S — IT’S TENSE. YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD THOSE THOSE SENTIMENTS FROM FROM GOVERNOR SHAPIRO, AS WE’VE TRANSITIONED IN THE AFTERNOON HERE, WE’VE SEEN A NUMBER OF CARS DRIVE BY SUPPORTERS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHO WILL STOP BY THE SCENE TO THE MEDIA STAGING AREA HERE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY’VE COME BY WITH THEIR FLAGS AND OFFERED THEIR SUPPORT AND EVEN SOME ANECDOTAL STORIES ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES YESTERDAY. BUT — BUT OVERALL, I MEAN, LIKE THIS IS STILL A MASSIVE INVESTIGATION AND A MASSIVE CRIME SCENE. I MEAN, THE ROADS BLOCKED OFF HERE BEHIND ME. IT’S GOING TO BE THAT WAY FOR QUITE SOME AS THEY INVESTIGATE THIS THIS RALLY SITE, JUST ABOUT HALF MILE AWAY. AND I THINK THAT AS WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT THIS ALLEGED SHOOTER WHO LIVE JUST ABOUT AN HOUR 15 SOUTH OF HERE IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA, THERE IS THERE’S A SENSE OF OF OF OF OF FEAR TENSION, BECAUSE FOR SO MANY HERE, IF IT’S JUST HAPPENED THEIR BACKYARD AND THAT IS JUST TOO CLOSE TO HOME. >> ALL RIGHT. >> ALEX PRESHA IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, THANK YOU. AGAIN, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PREPARING TO DELIVER REMARKS AROUND 130 EASTERN TIME FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE SPOKE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT ON THE PHONE AFTER THE SHOOTING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOW OFFERING A READOUT. THEIR CONVERSATION. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE CALL TELLS ABC NEWS IT RESPECTFUL, SHORT AND GOOD. NOW, BEFORE THAT CALL, THE PRESIDENT SPOKE ABOUT THE INCIDENT FROM DELAWARE, CALLING IT SICK AND, SAYING WE SHOULD ALL CONDEMN THIS ATTACK. >> 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. THE IDEA THAT THERE’S POLITICAL VIOLENCE OR VIOLENCE IN AMERICA LIKE THIS IS JUST UNHEARD OF. IT’S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE. AND WE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY MUST CONDEMN IT. >> WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS HAS MORE ON THE WHITE HOUSE REACTION. >> MARYALICE, WHAT MESSAGE ARE WE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY? YEAH, DIANE, YESTERDAY, AS A PART OF THAT QUICK STATEMENT, THE PRESIDENT THAT HE WOULD COME BACK AND TALK TO THE NATION AGAIN WHEN HE HAD MORE INFORMATION. OF COURSE, IN THIS MOMENT HE IS PUTTING ASIDE BEING THE CANDIDATE AND IS PRIMARILY EXCLUSIVELY ON BEING THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, DEALING WITH THIS NATIONAL SECURITY MOMENT. AND WE SAW IT. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THIS PICTURE, THEY JUST RELEASED THIS PICTURE OF THE AND THE VICE PRESIDENT SITTING THERE IN THE SITUATION ROOM GETTING UPDATED BRIEFING FROM THE PRESIDENT’S HOMELAND SECURITY TEAM, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISERS. HE’S BEEN CONTINUED TO BE BRIEFED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. WE’VE HAD THE MARINE POSTED THERE OUT FRONT, THE WEST WING. IF THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO BE WORKING THIS MORNING AFTER, HE RUSHED BACK HERE TO D.C., TO THE WHITE HOUSE LAST NIGHT. SO I ANTICIPATE THAT WE’LL GET AN UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATIONS, UPDATE ON WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS LEARNED FROM THE FBI, SECRET SERVICE, FROM HIS TEAMS. BUT LIKE I SAID, AT THIS MOMENT ,WE ARE NOT HEARING ANY POLITICAL CONVERSATION FROM THE CAMPAIGN, FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PRESIDENT SOLELY FOCUSED ON THIS INVESTIGATION. SO MARYALICE HOW MIGHT THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT CHANGE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN STRATEGY FORWARD? >> IS THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I LEARNED THAT RIGHT AFTER THIS INCIDENT, RIGHT AFTER THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. WE SAW THAT THE THE CAMPAIGN A MEMO TO THEIR STAFF SAYING THAT THEY’RE WORKING TO GATHER INFORMATION, BUT AT THIS TIME, THEY WANTED ALL ALL POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE PAUSED. WHAT WE’RE REALLY SEEING FROM THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS AN END TO THAT. A PAUSE ON ALL SORT OF CAMPAIGN MESSAGING. WE KNOW THEY’VE BEEN TRYING TO PULL CAMPAIGN ADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY SAY THEIR MESSAGE IS THAT THIS ISN’T A MOMENT FOR POLITICS. THIS IS A MOMENT FOR THE COUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER TO. AND, OF COURSE, THE BIDEN TEAM THERE, THEIR CANDIDATE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. AND THAT THAT IS WHERE THE FOCUS IS RIGHT NOW GOING FORWARD. I THINK WE WILL SEE. BUT — BUT THE TONE DEFINITELY FROM THIS WHITE HOUSE AND THE BIDEN TEAM IS IS ONE OF CALM, HOPING TO REASSURE CONFIDENCE AND, SECURITY FOR AMERICANS THAT ARE NERVOUS DURING DURING THIS THIS REALLY TOUGH TIME AND HOPING TO DIAL DOWN SORT OF THE HEIGHTENED POLITICAL RHETORIC DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE PARKS THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK YOU. AND WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MAN THE FBI IDENTIFIED AS THE SHOOTER. THIS IS THE SCREEN SHOT THAT INVESTIGATORS NOW CONFIRM THEY BELIEVE DEPICTS THAT SUSPECT RECEIVING, HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA BACK IN JUNE OF 2022. NOW WE’RE LEARNING MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE 20-YEAR-OLD FROM BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE WEAPON. POLICE SAY USED IN THE SHOOTING. FORMER NYPD CHIEF OF DETECTIVES ROBERT BOYCE HAS MORE ON THAT. ROBERT, WE’RE LOOKING AT A HUGE CROSS INVESTIGATION NOW. THAT’S JUST LOCAL FEDERAL AGENCIES, POLICE AGENCIES LED BY THE FBI. >> SO WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR AS? WE START TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS SUSPECT, ABOUT THE GUN THAT WAS USED, HOW THIS TIMELINE PLAYED OUT. >> SO LET’S LOOK AT MOTIVE PLANNING. TWO DIFFERENT PURSUITS WILL HAVE TO BE DONE IS IMPORTANT. IS ONE MOTIVE IS GOING TO BE THE TOP OF ONE OF THE TWO THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON ON THIS YOUNG MAN’S MIND. HE’S YOUR TYPICAL LONE WOLF COMING OUT OF NOWHERE LIVING IN A HOUSE WITH HIS PARENTS, 20 YEARS OLD, AND HE’S ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF AND SHOOT THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND KILL ANOTHER MAN AND TWO OTHERS. SO THAT’S REALLY SOMETHING. AND HAVE TO SEE A LOT. WE CAN SEE WHAT HIS PROFICIENCY IS WITH THAT WOMEN WEAPON THEN. 815, DID HE HAVE A SIZE THE OPTICS ON BOARD ON TOP OF THAT TWO SUICIDE IN THEIR HEAD, SUPPOSEDLY IT SOUNDS LIKE HE DID. ALSO HIS CHARACTER IN THAT NUMBER OF MAGAZINES, HE HAD ONE ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR, AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. SO WE LOOK AT THIS INDIVIDUAL AND HIS SOCIAL MEDIA. WHAT WAS HE SAYING? HE SEEMED TO BE A LONER IN AS WELL. HIS PARENTS CAN’T TELL US ANYTHING. BUT I UNDERSTAND. AND WHAT WAS HIS CAPABILITIES? AND, OF COURSE, THE MOTIVE. THIS ASSOCIATIONS WITH RADICAL GROUPS ON EITHER SIDE IS IT DOESN’T MATTER REALLY, THAT TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HE’S SAYING, WHAT HE’S HEARING, WHAT HE’S THINKING. SO A LOT HERE TO GO FORWARD HERE. BUT ALSO THE OTHER STUFF, THE INTANGIBLES HOW HE COMMITTED THIS CRIME, HOW DID HE GET IN AND MANEUVER HIMSELF TO THAT ROOFTOP AND PULL THAT SHOT OFF? DID HE SEQUESTER HIMSELF AND HIS WEAPON PRIOR TO THAT? HE MUST HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT. HOW MANY DID HE GO OVER THERE AND SCOPE OUT THE LOCATION JUST TO DO THIS? AND HOW LONG THAT PLANNING TOOK? HE WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY AT THREE TIMES. CAN WE TRACK HIS PHONE TO THAT LOCATION TO SEE THIS HAPPEN? SO THESE ARE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT ELEMENTS FOR NEXT TIME SO WE CAN MAKE THEM THINK THESE ARE THESE EVENTS IN THE SAFE. >> AND BOB, WE’RE HEARING THAT THE SECRET SERVICE, DUE TO SURVEY THE AREA, SEARCHED, THAT ROOF CLEARED, ETC.. NOW, THE BUTLER TOWNSHIP SHERIFF IS SAYING THAT THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPICIOUS PERSON JUST BEFORE SHOOTING, THAT A POLICE OFFICER ACTUALLY WENT UP ON THAT ROOF, ENCOUNTERED THE SUSPECT, THE SUSPECT TURNED AND AIMED THE GUN AT THAT OFFICER. THE OFFICER LET GO, FELL AND WAS INJURED, AND THAT IT WAS JUST MOMENTS LATER THAT THESE SHOTS OFF. SO GIVEN HOW MUCH SECURITY GOES INTO AN EVENT, THIS AND THE WAY EFFORTS ARE COORDINATED WITH EVERYONE FROM SECRET SERVICE DOWN TO LOCAL, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHAT’S YOUR REACTION, THE FACT THAT THIS HAPPENED AND THE SUSPECT WAS ABLE TO ACCESS THAT SO CLOSE TO WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING? >> SO I THINK WHAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE IN THE COMING HOURS AND DAYS GOING FORWARD IS EXACTLY DID THE SECRET SERVICE CLEAR THAT AND THEN AT SOME POINT HAND THAT OVER TO LOCAL P.D. BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE FINITE RESOURCES AT THE ONSET. AND IF SO, THE SECOND RESPONSIBILITY, IF THAT IN FACT DID OCCUR, WHERE THE COMMUNICATION WAS, IT WAS IT RIGHT THEN WHEN HE STARTED SHOOTING A LITTLE TIME IN BETWEEN THAT HE COULD HAVE ALERTED OTHER PEOPLE, SECRET SERVICE AND SHUT THAT THAT THING DOWN, SHUT IT DOWN TO GET THE PRESIDENT OFF THE STAGE AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SAVED LIVES. WE DON’T KNOW. ALL WE’RE GOING TO FIGURE THING OUT. SO THIS OFFICER WHO ENGAGED THE SUBJECT HAPPENED THEN WHAT DID HE IMMEDIATELY DO AFTER THAT? DID HE GET ON HIS RADIO AND CALL IT WHAT WE CALL IT, 1013, THAT HE’S DOWN AND WE HAVE A SHOOTER? THAT’S IMPORTANT STUFF TO FIGURE OUT. THAT TIMELINE IS WHAT’S HANGING IN THE BALANCE RIGHT NOW. >> AND WE’LL KNOW MORE IN THE COMING DAYS. >> ALL RIGHT. FORMER NYPD CHIEF OF DETECTIVES ROBERT BOYCE, THANK YOU. THANKS. AND DO STAY WITH US. REACTION IS POURING IN NOW FROM BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATS AFTER THAT ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLED THE ACT A HORRIFIC ACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE, A PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN RALLY THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES ALSO CONDEMNED THE ATTACK, SAYING HE’S SENDING THOUGHTS, PRAYERS TO TRUMP AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AS SAYING IN A STATEMENT THAT. THE FORMER PRESIDENT LOOKS FORWARD TO JOINING YOU ALL IN MILWAUKEE, REFERRING TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THIS WITH POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK, JOHN KATKO, AND FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY ,PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN MARCIA ESPINOSA. JOHN, YOU SAY YOU’RE ALREADY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARTISAN DISCOURSE IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAY’S SHOOTING. >> WHAT IS IT THAT YOU’VE SEEN THAT CONCERNS YOU MOST RIGHT NOW? WELL, I THINK IT WAS ESPECIALLY RIGHT AFTER WHEN TEMPERATURE WAS RUNNING HIGH THE COUNTRY. YOU SAW A LOT OF IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENTS, EVERYTHING FROM BLAMING IT ON BIDEN TO TERRIBLE LAPSES WITHIN, THE SECRET SERVICE AND NO ONE KNOWS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED YET AND WHAT THE TIMING WAS. AND YOU JUST WE JUST PROVED THAT A MINUTES AGO. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE SECRET SERVICE HAS TO BE 100% OF THE TIME. IF IF THEY’RE NOT RIGHT, 200% OF THE TIME, BAD THINGS HAPPEN. THEY WILL LEARN FROM THIS. BUT WHAT’S REALLY DISTURBING TO ME IS SOME OF THE RHETORIC POINTING FINGERS, MAKING ASSUMPTIONS. TO ME THAT’S A RESPONSE, WHETHER YOU’RE A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN OR A POLITICAL AGNOSTIC. I THINK GOT TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. HAVE A GOOD THROW, BIPARTISAN REVIEW OF WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW TO MAKE SURE MAKE IT BETTER GOING FORWARD. THAT’S THE BEST WE CAN DO AS A COUNTRY. BUT I URGE EVERYONE, HOLD YOUR POWDER AS TO WHO’S TO BLAME AND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. >> NOW, MARSHA, BOTH PRESIDENT AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ARE CALLING FOR UNITY AFTER VISIT YESTERDAY ATTACK. HOW DO YOU THINK THIS COULD CHANGE THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND SOME OF THE MESSAGING WE’VE SEEN SO FAR? >> THINK THIS IS GOING TO DEFINITELY HAVE AN IMPACT ON BOTH OF THE CAMPAIGNS. WE MOVE FORWARD. WE’VE SEEN FROM BOTH OF THEM VERY MEASURED RESPONSES CALLING FOR UNITY. AND LET’S HOPE THAT IT STAYS THAT WAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHAT LEADERS SAY REALLY MATTERS AND THAT RHETORIC CAN REVERBERATE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE SEEN DHS AND THE FBI ISSUE INTELLIGENCE BULLETINS AND LIKE A NOTICE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS TO THE THREATS THAT THEY ARE SEEING AND THE AND THE AND WE KNOW THAT POLITICAL RHETORIC DOES PLAY INTO THAT KNOW. AND JUST ON ABC A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO, THEY INTERVIEWED THE SECRET SERVICE DIRECTOR IN CHEADLE WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THE POLITICAL RHETORIC DOES PLAY INTO THEIR THREAT ASSESSMENTS WHEN THEY’RE PROTECTING ALL OF THEIR DIGNITARIES. AND OF COURSE THE CONVENTIONS WHICH THEY’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. AND IT’S IMPORTANT TO THAT THE SECRET SERVICE OVERSEES, THE SECURITY ASPECTS OF ALL OF THESE EVENTS, INCLUDING THE RALLY LIKE WE SAW YESTERDAY AND THE CONVENTIONS, BUT THEY’RE MORE LIKE THE CONDUCTOR OF AN ORCHESTRA AND THAT THEY THEY DON’T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, BUT THEY RELY ON PARTNERSHIPS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT KNOW THOSE AREAS THE BEST. SO IT COULD BE THAT THE SECRET SERVICE WAS WORKING WITH THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA AND HAD STATIONED AT DIFFERENT AREAS AND RESPONSIBLE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. >> WE KNOW THAT THIS ELEVATED PLATFORM OR WAS OUTSIDE THE SECURE PERIMETER. SO THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURING THAT AREA AND WHY WAS IT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THAT THERE WAS A LINE OF SIGHT TO? THE PRESIDENT. WHAT WE SAW WAS SWIFT, PROFESSIONAL REACTION FROM THE SECRET SERVICE TO THAT. >> THEY WERE ALREADY SEEMED TO BE LOOKING IN THAT AREA WHERE THEY HAD A SNIPER TEAM LOOKING TOWARDS THAT AREA AND RESPONDED SO, SO FAST. I MEAN, LITERALLY THE BLINK OF AN EYE. YOU SAW SECRET SERVICE AGENTS RUSH TO THE PRESIDENT AND PUT THEIR BODIES IN BETWEEN THE THREAT AND THE PRESIDENT THEMSELVES. >> AND SO I’VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF THESE AGENTS. IT WAS QUITE REMARKABLE TO SEE THEM AND KIND OF SCARY, ACTUALLY, TO SEE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW PUTTING THEMSELVES IN IN HARM’S WAY. BUT THAT IS THAT’S LITERALLY WHAT THEY DO. THEY ARE TRAINED TO DO THIS AND TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THESE THREATS ALL AROUND THEM, THEN WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT EVOLVE IN THE COMING DAYS ,BOTH, YOU KNOW, ON THE CAMPAIGN AND FOR BOTH NOMINEES AND THROUGH THE CONVENTIONS. >> WELL. JOHN, BE THAT AS IT MAY, THE PRESIDENT WAS GRAZED HERE. A PERSON IS DEAD. TWO MORE CRITICALLY INJURED. >> SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW? DO YOU SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UNITY? WE’VE GOT THE INDEPENDENT ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR EVEN CALLING FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TO SPEAK TOGETHER ON THE ISSUE AT THE SAME PODIUM. COULD THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER OR DO YOU THINK THIS COULD LEAD TO MORE POLITICAL VIOLENCE OF SOME ARE FEARING? >> WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE BOTH OF THEM. OF COURSE, IT’S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY. BRING HIM TURN THE TEMPERATURE DOWN DRAMATICALLY. AND THERE IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. THEY I HOPE THEY DO THAT. I’M NOT CONFIDENT THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS. AND ONE OF THE WAYS, SHAPE OR FORM AND THAT’S UNFORTUNATE, BUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT ARE ABSOLUTELY CRAVING SOME UNITY, CRAVING SOMETHING THAT GIVES THEM SOME HOPE FOR. THE FUTURE AND WHAT THEY’VE HEARD OUT OF BOTH THESE CANDIDATES HAS NOT BEEN HELPFUL UP UNTIL THIS POINT. LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS GOING FORWARD. BUT I GENERALLY HOPE THAT THEY TAKE THIS INCIDENT WITH THE SERIOUSNESS IT DESERVES AND UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THE COUNTRY WANTS PEOPLE TO TONE DOWN. I JUST COMPARED TO WHAT HAPPENED THERE, THE CHANGE OF POWER, ENGLAND JUST NOW, LAST WEEK ON JULY 4TH, THAT WAS A TROUNCING BY ONE PARTY OVER THE PARTY IN POWER. AND IT WAS A RESPECTFUL, PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER WITHOUT A LOT OF VITRIOL. SO I THINK THE AMERICAN REALLY WANT THAT. SO I HOPE THEY GET TO THAT. ONE LAST THING I’LL NOTE. ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS ARE, NOT UNCOMMON AMONG PRESIDENTS FOR U.S. PRESIDENTS, ARE BEING KILLED IN OFFICE. SEVERAL MORE HAVE BEEN SHOT AND SHOT AT. AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RFK KILLED. GEORGE WALLACE WAS SHOT AND TRUMP WAS SHOT. SO IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, UNFORTUNATELY. AND WE HAVE TO LEARN EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT HAPPENS. BUT EVERY TIME THERE’S AN TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. AND WE SHOULD CAPITALIZE ON THAT NOW. AND IDEALLY TO DO. >> MARCIA, PRESIDENT BIDEN, WE’RE LEARNING RIGHT NOW, JUST RESCHEDULED A TRIP TO AUSTIN, TEXAS, THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TOMORROW. >> AND THIS IS NOW A DELICATE MOMENT FOR THE PRESIDENT. HE WAS ALREADY DEALING WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS CAMPAIGN AND HIS SECURITY AS A CANDIDATE. AND NOW HE’S GOING TO TO CONTEMPLATE HOW HE APPROACHES THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WHAT DO YOU THINK. >> DEFINITELY. I THINK THAT WHAT IT SEEMS FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, THE CAMPAIGN IS TAKING A BIT OF A PAUSE AND KIND OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT JUST HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND IT ALL IN TO SEE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, WE SAW IN THAT PHOTO THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS BRIEFED BY HIS HOMELAND SECURITY TEAMS. THAT INCLUDES THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ALI MAYORKAS, AND THE DIRECTOR AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SECRET SERVICE, ALL GIVING HIM INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. >> BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT IN THE INITIAL HOURS OF ANY CRISIS, THERE IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE BYSTANDERS OR RANDOM COMMENTS. SO IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET TO THE GROUND TRUTH AND REALLY INVESTIGATE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT LED TO THIS WHAT THE MOTIVE WAS. >> AND I THINK THAT FROM THIS WE WILL SEE FROM THE PRESIDENT, FROM HOMELAND SECURITY AND POSSIBLY THE FBI IS SOME NOTICE TO LOCAL ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHERE THE PRESIDENT AND THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE CAMPAIGNING NEXT IS WHAT THEY’RE ACTUALLY SEEING ON THE GROUND OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHAT ARE THE THREATS THAT THEY’RE SEEING? WHAT ARE THE THE CHALLENGING ISSUES THAT THEY FORESEE, THE SORT OF TRENDS THAT THEY WILL BE LOOKING FOR AND AND THEY WILL BE ADVISING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WHAT THEY COULD EXPECT TO SEE UP UNTIL NOVEMBER WHEN THE HOMELAND SECURITY HAS ISSUED INTELLIGENCE BULLETINS THIS IN THE PAST. AND THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT POLITICAL RHETORIC DOES PLAY INTO, TO SOME FORMS OF VIOLENCE. >> IT’S VERY DIFFERENT FROM FREEDOM OSPEECH. IT’S THEY’RE LOOKING FOR LANGUAGE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO VIOLENCE. >> AND SO WE’LL BE SEEING A LOT OF THAT COMING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, DHS, FBI, THE COMING DAYS. AND I’M SURE THEY’RE TAKING A LOOK AT THEIR SECURITY PROTOCOLS RIGHT NOW. >> ALL RIGHT. JOHN KATKO, MARCIA ESPINOZA, THANK YOU BOTH. COMING UP WE HAVE MORE ON THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AS THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION NOW SAYS THEY WILL GO ON AS PLANNED, STARTING TOMORROW IN MILWAUKEE. BUT DO THEY HAVE ALL THE SECURITY BASES? WE WILL TAKE YOU THERE NEXT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE’VE SEEN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST. STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17 YEAR OLD BUZZKILL AND FACE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING. NUMBER ONE, EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT’S WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? AN OPERATION AFTER ISIS’S BLUNDERED COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR REACTORS, EVEN A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG THERE’S NOT A CARE IN AND OUT OF CARE. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL RIGHT HERE MADE AS THEY LOOK HERE, SMILE. >> YOU’RE PROUD OF IT? I LOVE IT. GREAT WORK. HI. WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU THINKING THAT IT’S DISLOYAL? >> DAVID? YES. YES, I’M DAVID. >> YOU ARE. I KNOW YOU ARE. YOU DO. EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> WHENEVER, WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS. IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON IN BUFFALO. YOU’VE ALL DAY TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI, UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE, PRIME. >> WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. >> THIS IS HERE. >> TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND. SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. HERE’S GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> CAN YOU FEEL THE MORNINGS INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOYOUS SURPRISES, AND SO MUCH FUN. >> I JUST PRAY. ABSOLUTELY PRAY. START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING AMERICA’S RAY OF SUNSHINE HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. I’M JUST SO IT IS SO GOOD. GET READY TO SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD INTO YOUR AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER. >> A LITTLE OF SUNSHINE FOR THE THE WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. SECURITY QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED WITH THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AFTER AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT A PENNSYLVANIA RALLY YESTERDAY. NOW A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS SECURITY PLANS FOR WEEK’S CONVENTION ARE BEING REEXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. >> ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS US NOW FROM MILWAUKEE. JAY THIS IS SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. SO WHAT’S THE MOOD AT THE CONVENTION RIGHT NOW AND HOW IS THIS SHOOTING CHANGING THINGS? >> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THE MOOD AMONGST CONVENTION ATTENDEES IS ONE OF RESOLVE. THIS CONVENTION WILL GO AS PLANNED. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID AS MUCH IN POSTS AND STATEMENTS. THE OTHER THING I CAN TELL YOU, THOUGH, IS SOMETHING THAT’S CONCERNED LOCAL LEADERS HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WHICH IS THE ABILITY FOR SOME TO BRING FIREARMS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THIS CONVENTION OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE VARIOUS CIRCLES OF SECURITY AROUND THE RNC. WE ARE STANDING ON THE BALCONY, ESSENTIALLY THE PFIZER FORUM. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT VERY HARD SECURITY PERIMETER. AND THEN ANOTHER PERIMETER AFTER THAT AND ANOTHER PERIMETER AFTER THAT, IT RIPPLES OUTWARDS. AND TO A CERTAIN POINT, AT THE EDGES OF THAT SECURITY PERIMETER, BASED ON WISCONSIN STATE LAW. THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE ALLOWED TO, IF THEY CHOOSE TO OPEN CARRY FIREARMS. THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE HAS PASSED AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS YOU CAN’T BRING WATER GUNS, YOU CAN’T BRING TENNIS INSIDE THAT GENERAL SECURITY PERIMETER THAT I’M TALKING. BUT BECAUSE THEY’RE PROHIBITED BY THIS WISCONSIN STATE LAW, THEY’RE NOT ALLOWED TO BAN MOST KINDS OF EXCEPT FOR FULLY AUTOMATIC FIREARMS AND GUNS THAT ARE ALREADY LARGELY BANNED. SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO IN CERTAIN AREAS HERE, NOT BE ALLOWED TO CARRY A TENNIS BALL OR A WATER GUN. BUT ALLOWED TO CARRY AN AR-15. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT’S ALREADY GETTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SCRUTINY NOW IN WAKE OF THE EVENTS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. >> SO, JAY, HOW ARE OFFICIALS, ATTENDEES OF THE CONVENTION REACTING? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING THEM? >> WELL, WE ALREADY SAW A CONVENTION ATTENDEES AS RECENTLY AS LAST NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THAT IMMEDIATE NEWS OF WHAT HAPPENED TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. SCRAMBLE AND TRY FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE GOING TO RESPOND TO IMMEDIATE SECURITY CONCERNS AT PLACES LIKE THEIR HOTELS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, HOW THIS WAS GOING TO AFFECT THE BROADER CONVENTION. THERE WERE EVEN CONVERSATIONS LAST NIGHT AS TO WHAT THIS IMPACT, THE SO-CALLED RUN UP SHOW OF THE CONVENTION, THE TIMING THINGS, THE TIMING OF WHO WAS GOING TO SPEAK AND WHEN. AND IT’S STILL UNCLEAR IF EXACTLY THOSE THINGS WILL BE IMPACTED. BUT THE BROADER SCHEDULE THE CONVENTION STARTING ON MONDAY, GOING TO THURSDAY NIGHT AS AS WE HAVE BEEN TOLD AT THIS HOUR, HAS NOT CHANGED. IT IS GOING TO BE ONE AS PLANNED. AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM REPUBLICAN SOURCES THAT I’VE BEEN TEXTING WITH, THAT IS A POINT OF PRIDE FOR THEM THAT THEY WILL GO ON UNDETERRED AS OPPOSED TO BEING CHANGED BY THE EVENTS OF THE LAST FEW HOURS. AND JOE, YOU MENTIONED THAT POLICY ON GUNS IN AND NEAR THE EVENT. >> ANY PLANS TO CHANGE THAT IN THE WAKE OF THIS INCIDENT? WELL, WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS A BATTLE AT THE STATE SUPREME COURT AS TO THIS LEGISLATION. OF COURSE, THERE WAS ALSO A BATTLE IN THE WISCONSIN SHOOTING IN THE MILWAUKEE CITY COUNCIL TO POTENTIALLY AMEND THAT. WHAT WE KNOW FROM LOCAL REPORTING IS THAT THE THE LOCAL TOP PROSECUTOR, THE CITY ATTORNEY, SAID, RATHER THE SENIOR NOT THE LOCAL TOP PROSECUTOR, SAID THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BAN FIREARMS WITHIN THAT SOFTER SECURITY PERIMETER BECAUSE IT WOULD CONFLICT WITH THAT WISCONSIN STATE LAW. SO IN TERMS OF PLANS GOING FORWARD, WE’RE NOT AWARE OF ANY. AND THE REALITY IS THAT THERE IS THAT CONSIDERATION, AS THE CITY ATTORNEY POINTED OUT, THAT ANY OF EFFORT TO BAN, FOR INSTANCE, AN AIR 15 IN WHAT’S REFERRED TO AS THE SOFT SECURITY PERIMETER WOULD CONFLICT WITH THAT EXISTING WISCONSIN STATE LAW, WHICH ALLOWS OPEN CARRY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. >> AND WE KNOW THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS SAID THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS STILL LOOKING FORWARD GOING TO MILWAUKEE THIS WEEK ANY MORE FROM THE CAMPAIGN ON HOW HE’S DOING IN GENERAL REACTION? >> WELL, THE GENERAL REACTION FROM THE CAMPAIGN HAS SAID THAT THE RNC, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WILL GO ON AS PLANNED. TRUMP MADE A POINT TO MAKE THAT NOTE LAST NIGHT AND THEN INTO TODAY THAT HE WILL SPEAK AS SCHEDULED AT THE RNC. NOW, EXACTLY WHAT HIS PRESENCE LOOKS LIKE AT THE RNC. BEYOND HIS SCHEDULE REMARKS ON THURSDAY IS UNCLEAR. IT WAS ALWAYS EXPECTED DID THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT WOULD ADDRESS THE CONVENTION AT VARIOUS OTHER INTERVALS AS WELL, POP UP IN VARIOUS PLACES, POP UP POTENTIALLY ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION, POP UP ON SUBSEQUENT NIGHTS AS WELL, AND THEN, OF COURSE, GIVE HIS BIG PRIMETIME ON THURSDAY NIGHT. NOW, AFTER THESE EVENTS IN THE LAST HOURS AND THE OBVIOUS RESOLVE OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO SHOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS RESILIENT AND SHOW THAT HE’S DOING WELL TO MIMIC IMAGE THAT YOU SAW IN THAT RALLY OF HIM PUTTING HIS FIST UP IN RESOLVE, SAYING TO HIS SUPPORTERS THAT HE’S OKAY. IT’S UNCLEAR HOW THAT’S GOING TO IMPACT THAT CONVENTION, BUT YOU CAN EXPECT IT TO IMPACT THE CONVENTION. JAKE. COULD IT ALSO IMPACT THE MESSAGING OF THE CONVENTION NOW THAT HAPPENED? >> WELL, CERTAINLY I ALREADY HAVE SEEN IT IMPACT THE MESSAGING FROM REPUBLICANS WHO ARE GOING TO ATTEND THIS CONVENTION AND HIGH PROFILE REPUBLICANS LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, LIKE J.D. VANCE, WHO’S ON THE SHORT LIST FOR TRUMP’S VICE PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IT HAS ALREADY SOMEWHAT STARTED TO IMPACT THE GENERAL TONE OF THESE RNC ATTENDEES, WHO JUST A FEW DAYS WERE GOING INTO THIS CONVENTION SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE ONE MESSAGE. THE GENERAL TONE OF THIS CONVENTION WAS MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. IT WAS BASED ON THAT TRUMP TAGLINE EACH NIGHT HAD THEME. MONDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MAKE AMERICA WEALTHY AGAIN, TUESDAY SUPPOSED TO BE MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. AND WHILE YOU CAN EXPECT THAT MESSAGING TO STILL TAKE SHAPE IN SOME FORM OVER NEXT FEW DAYS HERE, OBVIOUSLY THIS ASSASSINATION ON TRUMP IS GOING TO RIPPLE OUTWARDS AND THE MESSAGING OF THIS CONVENTION BEYOND WHAT WAS ALREADY PLANNED. AGAIN, THERE WERE GOP LAWMAKERS, GOP NOTABLES, MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP WHO HAD THEIR SPEECHES ALREADY WRITTEN FOR THIS CONVENTION. I’VE TALKED TO SOME GOP LAWMAKERS WHO KNEW THAT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO SAY AT THIS CONVENTION, WHO YOU CAN IMAGINE ARE CHANGING THE TONE OF WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO SAY BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO IMPACT WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. >> AND JAY, WE’RE NOW LEARNING THAT AFTER NOT BEING INVITED BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, THAT FORMER GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NIKKI HALEY IS GOING TO SPEAK AT THE RNC. NOW, THESE TWO WERE PRETTY BITTER POLITICAL RIVALS UNTIL JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. HALEY WAS THE LAST OTHER PRESIDENTIAL TO STAY IN THE RACE, COMPETING AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE PRIMARY . WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT, HER DECISION TO NOW OR HIS DECISION NOW SPEAK AT THE RNC? IT’S KIND OF A BROADER ARC, AS WE’VE SEEN WE’VE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. QUESTION REALLY HANG OVER TRUMP AS TO HOW HE WAS GOING TO EMBRACE OR NOT, HIS GOP POLITICAL RIVALS WHO RAN AGAINST HIM FOR THE NOMINATION JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. THERE WAS THIS OPEN QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT RON DESANTIS WOULD ADDRESS THIS CONVENTION. AND IT WAS QUESTIONED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD A SCHEDULING CONFLICT. ORIGINALLY, HE WASN’T ON LIST OF SPEAKERS. AND THEN, ACCORDING TO SOURCES WHO TELL ME HE IS NOW GOING TO SPEAK AT THIS CONVENTION. AND NOW, OF COURSE, THIS BREAKING NEWS AS IT RELATES TO NIKKI. THIS HAS REALLY HUNG OVER TRUMP FOR QUITE SOME TIME. HOW IS HE GOING TO BRING IN VOTERS WHO VOTED POTENTIALLY FOR SOMEONE ELSE IN THE PRIMARY? AND I’VE TALKED TO REPUBLICANS WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RYAN ISN’T ,AS VOTERS, FOR INSTANCE, ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE TRUMP VOTERS. BUT NIKKI HALEY VOTERS, MORE MODERATES IN THE PARTY. TYPICALLY, IT WAS A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TRUMP WOULD REACH OUT TO THEM, CREATE AN OLIVE BRANCH HIM WHEN HE BECAME THE PRESUMPTIVE GOP NOMINEE. AND THAT QUESTION HAS DOGGED FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS AT THIS POINT. AND NOW THIS OPTION, OR RATHER THIS, TO BRING NIKKI HALEY IN, TO HAVE HER SPEAK AT THE RNC SPEAKS TO A POTENTIAL BROADER THEME OF IF TRUMP IS GOING TO REACH OUT THOSE VOTERS EVENTUALLY AND TRY TO TURN THOSE HALEY VOTERS INTO VOTERS. >> JAY WE’RE ALSO STILL WAITING ON A VP PICK FROM FORMER PRESIDENT. THAT’S PART OF THE REASON WE WERE LIVE ON THE AIR YESTERDAY . THIS RALLY WAS HAPPENING. WE WERE WAITING TO SEE, IS HE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A POTENTIAL VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK? HE HAS SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO NAME THAT PERSON BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL OR IN TIME FOR IT. >> WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT NOW? >> WELL, WHAT TRUMP IS HAS SAID IS THAT HE EITHER WANTS TO TO YOUR ANNOUNCE THIS VP PICK SLIGHTLY BEFORE THE CONVENTION OR AT MINIMUM, IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CONVENTION, THERE WAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS ISSUE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WOULD FRANKLY EVEN BE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO THIS DECISION ONCE IT WAS MADE OR IF IT WOULD LEAK OUT OR NOT. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THREE CONTENDERS WHO ARE ON THE SHORT LIST. J.D. VANCE, WHO I MENTIONED EARLIER REPUBLICAN SENATOR OF OHIO, MARCO RUBIO, REPUBLICAN SENATOR OF FLORIDA, AND DOUG BURGUM, GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA. THOSE ARE THE THREE KNOWN TO BE ON TRUMP’S SHORTLIST, SAID IT’S UNCLEAR IF HE’S MADE A DECISION AS TO WHO HIS VP PICK WOULD BE. BUT YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT. ALL EYES WERE ON THAT TRUMP RALLY YESTERDAY IN PENNSYLVANIA TO SEE IF HE WOULD EITHER A ANNOUNCE HIS PICK OR BE JUST LET SOMETHING SLIP ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE PICK. AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT WAS CHAOTIC IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT AND THE NEWS COMPLETELY SHIFTED INTO THE TRAGEDY IN WHAT OCCURRED THERE. STILL, THIS QUESTION DOES FOLLOW THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. FIRSTLY, IS HE GOING TO ANNOUNCE HIS VP PICK IN THE NEAR FUTURE? EITHER TODAY OR THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONVENTION, WHICH IS TOMORROW? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT THEY TRIED TO HOLD CLOSE TO THE VEST PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THE CONVENTION, EVEN CLOSE TO WENT EVEN CLOSER TO WHEN THE VP PICK IS SUPPOSED TO ANNOUNCE THE CONVENTION, WHICH IS MIDWEEK. >> AND THAT’S MY QUESTION. >> JAY, IS THERE A SCENARIO WHERE THEY COULD GO THE WHOLE WEEK WITHOUT ANNOUNCING, OR DOES HE HAVE TO NAME HIS V.P. PICK BEFORE THE CONVENTION IS OVER? >> YOU KNOW, DONALD TRUMP AS, WE KNOW IN OUR REPORTING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WILL ALWAYS A VERSION OF WHAT DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO DO. SO IT’S UNCLEAR IF HE WOULD STICK TO SOME KIND OF A NORM. BUT TYPICALLY, YOU ANNOUNCE THE VP PICK CLOSE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVENTION, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE CONVENTION, MAYBE ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION AND GENERATE POSITIVE HEADLINES AND SOME ABOUT YOUR VP PICK AND HE TRY TO BUILD OFF OF THAT MOMENTUM, THAT IS THE TYPICAL ORDER OF SHOW HERE. BUT NOW, TWO THINGS HAVE SHAKEN UP THIS ENVIRONMENT. FIRSTLY, OF COURSE, DONALD TRUMP, UNPREDICTABLE, NATURALLY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE EVENTS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS AND THAT SHOOTING AT THE TRUMP RALLY AND HOW IT HAS COMPLETELY SHAKEN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS RIGHT NOW FOR VARIOUS REASONS. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT TRUMP’S VP PICK? WE GENUINELY DON’T KNOW. >> AND JAY, WE’RE LOOKING SIDE BY SIDE HERE IN ONE SHOT. THE OTHER SHOT IS OF THE PODIUM THERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. WE WAIT TO HEAR FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. HE’S SET TO ADDRESS THE NATION AT ANY NOW TO GIVE US THE LATEST ON THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT? WE’RE LISTENING FOR AS HE TAKES THE PODIUM TODAY? WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE’VE SEEN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE LAST FEW HOURS IS, A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS ENGAGED ON THIS ISSUE OBVIOUSLY CAME BACK FROM DELAWARE TO BE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. HE WAS BRIEFED IN THE SITUATION ROOM. WE’VE SEEN IMAGES OF HE OBVIOUSLY EXPRESSED HIS CONDOLENCES TO THAT RALLY GOER WHO LOST HIS LIFE. HE HAS EXPRESSED HIS SYMPATHY FOR FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS BEING WITH THE TRUMP FAMILY AT THIS TIME AND FRANKLY, HIS RELIEF AND HIS HAPPINESS THAT TRUMP WAS NOT OVERLY INJURED BEYOND THE BULLET GRAZE IN HIS EAR. WE’VE SEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN EXPRESS ALL OF THOSE SENTIMENTS. THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THIS RARE MOMENT, AND YOU REFERENCED IT EARLIER IN THE BROADCAST IN WHICH BIDEN CALLS TRUMP. THESE ARE TWO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT GET ALONG, BUT SPOKE TO EACH OTHER LAST NIGHT. IN THIS MOMENT OF NATIONAL CRISIS FOR BIDEN TO EXPRESS HIS THOUGHTS, PRESUMABLY TO TRUMP, AND THAT HIS THOUGHTS WERE WITH HIM. WE DON’T KNOW, FRANKLY, ANYTHING ABOUT CALL BEYOND THE FACT THAT THE TWO SPOKE. NEITHER SIDE IS RELEASING ANY. BUT THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A TOUCHSTONE MOMENT IN A SERIES OF CHAOTIC EVENTS YESTERDAY TO DEMONSTRATE SOME SEMBLANCE OF NATIONAL UNITY. THE TOP DEMOCRAT, OBVIOUSLY THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, CALLING NOT JUST THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, BUT ALSO HIS PREDECESSOR TO EXPRESS PRESUMABLY HIS THOUGHTS BEING WITH HIM IN THE WAKE OF THAT TRAGEDY YESTERDAY. AND WE CAN EXPECT, BY THE WAY, AS WE AWAIT THE PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS, PRESUMABLY HIM TO EXPRESS SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, NOT JUST AN UPDATE UPON WHAT HE’S HEARD IN HIS BRIEFINGS SO FAR. AGAIN, HE GOT THAT SITUATION BRIEFING EARLIER TODAY, BUT ALSO TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE THE NATIONAL MOOD AND BRING THE TEMPERATURE DOWN. WE’VE SEEN TRUMP ALLIES TRY TO DO THAT AS WELL, TRY TO BRING BRING THE TEMPERATURE DOWN IN THIS FRAUGHT MOMENT. AND THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE WE ALL SAW PLAY OUT YESTERDAY. AND J. ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE RUNNING HERE. HE’S THE SON OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED WHILE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. HE’S THE NEPHEW OF PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY, WHO, OF COURSE, WAS ASSASSINATED WHILE IN OFFICE. AND HE’S NOW CALLING ON PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TO JOIN TOGETHER AND SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE TOGETHER. IS THAT IDEA GAINING TRACTION ANYWHERE ELSE IN WASHINGTON? >> ARE YOU HEARING THAT FROM ANY OTHER LAWMAKERS PROPOSING THIS IDEA OR GETTING BEHIND IT? I HAVEN’T SEEN THAT NECESSARILY. THAT IDEA GAINED TRACTION FROM REPUBLICANS WOULD BE MAKING DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT BIDEN OR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. I HAVEN’T HEARD THAT IN MY REPORTING OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN TELL YOU, THOUGH, IS THERE IS THIS SENSE AMONGST AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE OF TRYING TO BRING THE TEMPERATURE DOWN, TRYING TO COOL THE RHETORIC, TRYING TO CALM THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO KIND OF SPIRALING OUTWARDS OF THIS OF ANY KIND OF MORE POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND ESSENTIALLY EXPRESS IN THEIR OWN DIFFERENT WAYS, A UNIFIED FRONT AGAINST AN ACTION OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE LIKE THIS. YOU SAW, FOR INSTANCE, THIS FREEZING BIDEN CAMPAIGN SOURCES TELL US OF THE BIDEN ADS AGAINST TRUMP AND THE STOPPING OF THOSE ADS BEING PLAYED. BIDEN CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS SAY THAT’S ONE ELEMENT OF THINGS WE’VE SEEN AS OUR KATHERINE FAULDERS AS REPORTED A MEMO THAT CAME FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO ITS STAFF EARLIER THIS MORNING, ALSO EXPRESSING SOMEWHAT OF A SIMILAR SENTIMENT A DESIRE TO TRY TO BRING DOWN THE POLITICAL RHETORIC, TO BRING DOWN TENSION HERE, AND MAKE SURE THAT YESTERDAY’S EVENT FIRSTLY A CONDEMNED AS AN UNSPEAKABLE ACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE, BUT BE DOESN’T SPIN INTO SOMETHING FAR MORE DANGEROUS. >> AND JAY, ON THAT NOTE, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT ALLIES TO THESE CAMPAIGNS AND THE CAMPAIGNS THEMSELVES TRYING TO BRING THE DOWN ON THE RHETORIC. BUT WHILE THAT’S HAPPENING, YOU ALSO HAVE CRITICS ON BOTH PLACING A LOT OF BLAME HERE, SOME BLAMING THE FORMER PRESIDENT HIMSELF FOR THIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, FOR PREVIOUS RHETORIC, THINGS THAT HE SAID SOME BLAMING THE CURRENT PRESIDENT FOR THINGS THAT HE HAS SAID ABOUT ABOUT TRUMP. IS THERE ANY SENSE IN TERMS OF LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON ANY SENSE OF UNEASE THAT THIS COULD ACTUALLY MAKE POLITICAL DIVISIONS, POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY WORSE IN SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS WE’VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS ARE COMING FROM ELECTED LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON, PARTICULARLY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, ETC., IN THE SENATE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, FOR INSTANCE, ON THE REPUBLICAN OF THINGS, IF YOU LOOK TO REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP, THEY ARE NOT PICKING THAT TORCH AND RUNNING WITH IT. FOR INSTANCE, SPEAKER JOHNSON GAVE AN INTERVIEW EARLIER TODAY. SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, OBVIOUSLY THE TOP REPUBLICAN IN THE HOUSE, AND HE CALLED FOR JUST THE OPPOSITE, AS YOU AND I WERE DISCUSSING, JUST MOMENTS AGO, FOR THE POLITICAL TEMPERATURE TO BE BROUGHT DOWN FOR ACTS OF POLITICAL LIKE THIS, TO BE CONDEMNED AND FOR ESSENTIALLY TENSIONS TO EASE. WE’VE SEEN REPUBLICANS REALLY, OF ALL STRIPES AND PARTICULARLY REPUBLICANS IN LEADERSHIP MAKE THAT PITCH. AND AS WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING, WE’VE SEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAY THAT TO ITS STAFF. WE’VE SEEN THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN MAKE THAT DECISION AS IT RELATES TO THE ADS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU LOOK AT RHETORIC LIKE THIS IS YOU HAVE TO SEE WHERE IT GROWS. DOES IT ESSENTIALLY ON THE FRINGES OF THE PARTY AND STAY THERE OR. DOES IT ECHO INTO THE HIGHER ECHELONS OF THE PARTY LEADERSHIP SOURCES, ETC.? AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE’VE SEEN AT THIS LEADERSHIP MEMBERS RATHER NOT SOURCING AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE’VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW IS LEADERSHIP TRY TO TAKE THE EXACT OPPOSITE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP, REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP. OBVIOUSLY, THE TOP CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, ETC. AND TRY TO EXPRESS THIS OBVIOUSLY CONDEMNATION OF WHAT SEEING THANKS AND PRAYER THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT. OKAY. THAT HE WAS ONLY MINORLY INJURED. CONDOLENCES FOR THAT RALLY GOER WHO LOST HIS LIFE AND NOTHING MORE. BEYOND THEY ARE NOT TAKING THOSE CUES FROM THE FRINGES OF THE PARTY WHO HAVE TRIED TO TURN THIS INTO A DIVISIVE ISSUE AND RUN WITH THAT RHETORIC. THEY ARE TRYING TO TAMP DOWN ON DIVISIONS LIKE THAT. RIGHT. AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ARE BOTH CALLING FOR IN THIS MOMENT. JAY O’BRIEN THERE IN MILWAUKEE. AHEAD, THE RNC. >> THANK YOU, JOE. AND WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AS WE AWAIT REMARKS FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. WE’LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU RIGHT AFTER THIS BREAK. >> WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, LIVE ALL DAY, TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM ROLLING, MISSISSIPPI, THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS. WHEREVER YOU SCREEN YOUR NEWS ONLY ON ABC NEWS LIVE WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA. WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION OR COMBAT OPERATION, SOMETHING WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE MILITANTS CAME IN FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION SOMETHING REACTOR SO EVEN A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED. THE FLAG YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT MADE THE USA GREAT WORK. 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IT’S WEEKENDS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM NEWS THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S INTO IT LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING WHEREVER. >> YOU GET YOUR PODCAST START HERE WITH SO AT STAKE SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE ANY OTHER NEWSCAST ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS OF TELEVISION. >> HERE’S TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA. CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE AGAIN? MORNINGS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, JOY AND SURPRISES AND SO MUCH FUN. I JUST ABSOLUTELY PRAY. >> START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING AMERICA. IS A RAY OF SUNSHINE HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE COME TRUE. >> OH, YOU’RE SO HAPPY. HERE’S TO GOODNESS IN AMERICA. >> CAN YOU GET A LITTLE MORE USE THAT? INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES AND SO MUCH FUN CAME BACK ON THE AIR AT THIS HOUR BECAUSE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ABOUT TO ADDRESS THE NATION ABOUT, THIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL FAST DEVELOPMENTS. THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS RECEIVING AN UPDATED IN THE WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM. THIS WAS JUST A SHORT TIME AGO . AND OF COURSE, THE ENTIRE WORLD IS NOW SEEING THOSE UNFORGETTABLE IMAGES. DONALD TRUMP TAKING THE STAGE THERE. THAT’S THE RALLY BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. MOMENTS LATER, THE GUNMAN OPENING FIRE. THAT BULLET PIERCING, TRUMP’S UPPER RIGHT EAR. YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE HIM THERE MOMENTS AGO REACTING TO THE SHOTS, BEING FIRED, LOOKING AT HIS HAND AND THEN GOING BELOW THE THERE. >> LET’S LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT. I SPOKE WITH DONALD TRUMP. I’M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT HE’S DOING WELL AND RECOVERING. WE HAD A SHORT BUT GOOD CONVERSATION. JILL AND I ARE KEEPING HIM AND HIS FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS. WE ALSO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM WAS KILLED. HE WAS A FATHER. HE WAS PROTECTING FAMILY FROM. THE BULLETS WERE BEING FIRED. HE LOST HIS LIFE. LOVE HIM. WE’RE ALSO PLANNING FOR THE FULL RECOVERY OF THOSE WHO WERE INJURED. AND WE’RE GRATEFUL TO THE SECRET SERVICES AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WHO AND INDIVIDUALS WHO RISKED THEIR LITERALLY FOR OUR NATION. >> AS I SAID LAST NIGHT, THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR KIND OF VIOLENCE OR ANY VIOLENCE, FOR THAT MATTER. >> AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IS CONTRARY TO EVERYTHING WE STAND AS A NATION, EVERYTHING. THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE AS NATION. IT’S NOT AMERICA. AND WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. UNITY IS THE MOST ELUSIVE GOAL OF ALL, BUT NOTHING IS IMPORTANT. AND THAT RIGHT NOW, UNITY WE WILL DEBATE AND WILL DISAGREE. IT’S NOT THAT’S NOT GOING TO CHANGE, BUT IT’S GOING TO WE’RE GOING TO NOT LOSE SIGHT FACT WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS. WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS MIGHT BRING. JUST BRIEFLY, THE SITUATION ROOM BY MY HOMELAND SECURITY, INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE OF THE SECRET SERVICE, MY HOMELESS SECURITY ADVISER, AND SECURITY ADVISER. AND WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE BRIEFED. >> THE FBI IS LEADING THIS INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES. WE DON’T YET HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER. KNOW WHO HE IS. I URGE EVERYONE, EVERYONE, PLEASE DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HIS MOTIVES OR AFFILIATIONS. LET THE FBI DO THEIR JOB AND THEIR PARTNER AGENCIES DO THEIR. >> I’M INSTRUCTED THAT THIS INVESTIGATION BE THOROUGH, SWIFT, AND THE INVESTIGATORS WILL HAVE EVERY RESOURCE THEY NEED TO GET THIS DONE. >> LOOK AT THIS INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO. FIRST, MR. TRUMP, AS A FORMER PRESIDENT NOMINEE, REPUBLICAN PARTY ALREADY RECEIVES A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF SECURITY. AND I’VE BEEN CONSISTENT IN MY DIRECTION TO THE SECRET SERVICE TO PROVIDE HIM WITH EVERY RESOURCE CAPABILITY AND PROTECTIVE MEASURE NECESSARY, ENSURE HIS CONTINUED SAFETY. SECOND, I’VE DIRECTED THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICE TO REVIEW ALL SECURITY MEASURES FOR ALL SECURITY MEASURES THROUGH THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO START TOMORROW. AND THIRD, I’M DIRECTING AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY, YESTERDAY’S RALLY TO ASSESS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. AND WE’LL SHARE THE RESULTS OF THAT INDEPENDENT REVIEW WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AS. >> AND FINALLY, I’LL BE SPEAKING MORE ABOUT THIS TONIGHT, GREATER LENGTH FROM THE OVAL OFFICE. WE MUST UNITE AS ONE NATION. WE MUST UNITE AS ONE NATION TO DEMONSTRATE WHO WE ARE. AND SO MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL. AND THEY GOT PROTECT OUR TROOPS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WHEN YOU SPOKE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. YES, PRESIDENT BIDEN, PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, AND MEMBERS OF HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RIGHT THERE LEAVING THE ROOSEVELT ROOM NOT LONG AFTER THEY BEEN BRIEFED IN THE SITUATION ROOM ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN PENNSYLVANIA. LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO, YOU HEARD, THE PRESIDENT THERE, OUTLINE A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE MOVING FORWARD. HE HAS DIRECTED THE SECRET SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE EVERY RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE ,KEEP FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAFE MOVING FORWARD. THEY WILL REVIEW ALL SECURITY MEASURES FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. THAT WAS THE THING HE REVEALED. THEY’RE AGAIN REVIEWING ALL SECURITY MEASURES FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION MOVING FORWARD IN THESE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AS WE’VE HEARD FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THEY DO PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONVENTION AS PLANNED. HE’S ALSO CALLED FOR AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF NATIONAL SECURITY AT THAT RALLY, PENNSYLVANIA PLEDGED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND. PERHAPS MOST TELLING THERE, HE ANNOUNCED AN OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS, 8 P.M.. EASTERN IS OUR BELIEF AT THIS POINT. LET’S BRING IN OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT. BRUCE, AGAIN, THE PRESIDENT THERE MOMENTS AGO SAYING HE’S INSTRUCTED SECRET SERVICE THAT THEY HAVE EVERY RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE, KEEP DONALD TRUMP SAFE. AND HE CALLED FOR AN IMMEDIATE REVIEW OF ALL SECURITY MEASURES AT THE RNC. >> HE’LL ADDRESS THE NATION TONIGHT. THAT IS THE CASE. DAVID, THE PRESIDENT HERE IS TRYING TO MAKE IT VERY THAT HE IS ON TOP OF THIS, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF HOW THIS COULD AND THAT HE AND THIS ADMINISTRATION ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN, STARTING, OF COURSE, WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE IS A SAFE AND SECURE AS IT POSSIBLY CAN BE. BUT OF COURSE, ALSO IS THAT OTHER IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO GET ACROSS, WHICH IS JUST THIS AMAZING, REMARKABLE AND SAD MOMENT THAT ARE AT CURRENTLY AS A COUNTRY. THE PRESIDENT COMING OUT AND SAYING, AGAIN, THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE. THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE SAYING. WE CANNOT LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. THAT, I THINK, IS THE MESSAGE YOU’RE GOING TO LIKELY HEAR MORE OF TONIGHT AS HE TRIES TO. YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS LESS THAN THAT, DIAL DOWN THE TEMPERATURE DIAL, DOWN THE EXPLOSIVE POLITICAL RHETORIC IN THIS COUNTRY. THE PRESIDENT NOTING WE DO NOT KNOW THE MOTIVE YET OF THIS ALLEGED SHOOTER. THE PRESIDENT SAYING DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS, BUT NONETHELESS HE IS MAKING CLEAR HE IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO TRY AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS AND THAT HE WANTS TO SHARE THAT MORE IMPORTANT OVERARCHING MESSAGE WITH THE COUNTRY. IT IS NOW THAT NOW IS AN IMPORTANT TIME TO COME TOGETHER AND YES, WE DISAGREE, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE IN A WAY THAT IS SAFE. DAVID, MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> MARY, THANK YOU. I’LL SEE YOU LATER FOR "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". AND, OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH, 8 P.M. EASTERN. HE JUST ANNOUNCED HE WILL ADDRESS THE NATION FROM THE OVAL OFFICE. LET’S BRING IN OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY FOR ONE MORE QUESTION ON THIS. YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT THERE, ERIN, URGE THE AMERICAN NOT TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT ON WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MOTIVE HERE FOR SUSPECT. HE SAID THAT WILL BE REVEALED IN DUE TIME, GIVEN FAST MOVING INVESTIGATION. >> AT THIS POINT, THOUGH, YOU’RE LEARNING FROM YOUR SOURCES THAT THEY BELIEVE HEAVILY THAT THIS IS A LONE WOLF TYPE SITUATION. >> THEY DO. DAVID, THE SECRET SERVICE BELIEVES THAT HE ACTED ALONE. THEY FOUND NO TIES TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, ANY DOMESTIC TERROR GROUPS. THEY’VE BEEN SCOURING HIS DEVICES. THEY FOUND SOME INTERESTING THINGS FROM SEARCHES ONLINE DISINFORMATION AND ALL SORTS OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES. BUT SO FAR. WE’RE TOLD THAT POINTS TO A CLEAR MOTIVE. THEY’RE STILL DAVID. AND AGAIN, THE WEAPON, AARON, WAS BELIEVED TO BE HIS FATHER’S A HIGH POWERED AIR STYLE WEAPON ,AN AIR STYLE WEAPON PURCHASED, IT APPEARS, LEGALLY BY HIS HOW THE SUSPECT CAME TO TAKE POSSESSION OF IT HAS NOT YET BEEN REVEALED, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO FIRE ABOUT EIGHT SHOTS FROM AN ELEVATED POSITION ON A ROOFTOP ADJACENT TO THE VENUE. THE AR 15 IS NOT A PRECISE WEAPON FOR A SHARPSHOOTER, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO GET OFF A LOT OF A LOT OF SHOTS. AND YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT THERE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE FATHER OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS WHO WAS SHOT, HIS WIFE SAID WAS PROTECTING HIS FAMILY FROM THE FROM THE GUNFIRE. AARON KATERSKY WITH US HERE AS WELL. AARON, OUR THANKS TO YOU AND TO MARY BRUCE SHOULD MENTION WE’LL HAVE A SPECIAL EDITION OF WORLD NEWS TONIGHT SUNDAY. A LITTLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. I’LL SEE YOU FOR THAT. OF COURSE, WE BACK ON THE AIR 8 P.M. EASTERN. PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH AN ADDRESS TO THE NATION FROM THE OVAL OFFICE. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER OUR SPECIAL REPORT ON WHAT’S HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND IN AMERICA. WE’LL TAKE YOU THROUGH IT MINUTE BY MINUTE WITH THE VERY LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. SO AGAIN, 8 P.M. EASTERN, THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSING THE NATION FOLLOWED BY OUR ABC NEWS SPECIAL, BRINGING YOU UP TO DATE ON EVERYTHING KNOW SO FAR AND I’LL SEE YOU FOR "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". UNTIL THEN, GOOD NIGHT. I’M JIM MACEDA. CONTINUING COVERAGE AFTER PRESIDENT PRIDE AND JUST HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE’S WISHING THE FORMER PRESIDENT WELL AND OFFERING CONDOLENCES TO THE OTHER VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS HE HAS NOW DIRECTED THE SECRET SERVICE TO HAVE ALL RESOURCES NEEDED TO KEEP FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAFE GOING. HE’S ALSO SAID THAT HE HAS APPROVED OTHER SECURITY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE PAST. HE SAYS HE HAS DIRECTED THAT SECURITY MEASURES AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION BE REEVALUATED NOW TO ENSURE SAFETY THERE. AND HE’S CALLING FOR AN INDEPENDENT AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED, SAYING UNITY IS THE MOST ELUSIVE GOAL OF ALL . NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT RIGHT NOW. WE’RE OUR ALEX PRESHA IS IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT YESTERDAY. ALEX, WHAT’S THE REACTION THERE IN BUTLER? HOW IS IT NOW AS INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW ON THE SCENE TRYING FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW THIS HAPPENED? >> THAT’S RIGHT, DIANE. AND THIS IS A MASSIVE, MASSIVE INVESTIGATION ESSENTIALLY THAT ENTIRE RALLY SITE IS BEING TREATED LIKE A CRIME SCENE. YOU SEE A HUGE PERIMETER HERE. THE ROADS BLOCKED OFF BEHIND ME AS INVESTIGATORS, THE FBI AND OTHER AGENCIES HAVE DESCENDED UPON THAT TO COLLECT EVIDENCE AND GO THROUGH AND COMB GRADE BY GRADE. THEY DO WHAT THEY CALL A GRID SEARCH TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY CLUES OR TIPS THAT MIGHT GIVE THEM MORE INSIGHT INTO. THE THAT ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION PLOT, IT TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY. BUT IN TERMS OF THE MOOD HERE, IT’S TENSE. WE’VE SEEN A NUMBER OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS THAT HAVE STOPPED BY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE FOR THEM YESTERDAY AT THAT RALLY AS THOSE GUNSHOTS RANG OUT. SOME HAVE HAVE POSTED SOME SOME SIGNS OF OF OF TOGETHERNESS, POSING LIKE AN AMERICAN FLAG NEARBY. BUT — BUT BUT ALSO, THERE IS TENSION HERE BECAUSE WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THIS SUSPECTED GUNMAN LIVED ABOUT AN HOUR AND CHANGE JUST SOUTH OF HERE IN A PART OF PENNSYLVANIA CALLED BETHEL PARK IN INDIANA. THERE’S BEEN A HUGE CONCENTRATION IN THIS INVESTIGATION. IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE BOMB SQUADS PUTTING UP A TAPE AS THEY COMB THROUGH HIS HOME AND ALSO HIS HIS HIS CAR. WE’VE ALSO LEARNED THIS AFTERNOON, TWO SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THAT THERE ARE WHAT APPEARS TO BE EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN HIS CAR. LOOK, A BIG PART OF THIS INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO BE NUMBER ONE, HOW DID HE PROCURE THAT FIREARM? WE JUST LEARNED THAT HE GOT THAT THROUGH HIS HIS HIS HIS FATHER WHO OBTAINED IT LEGALLY ,BUT ALSO WHERE THERE WERE OTHER METHODS BY WHICH HE PLANNED OUT SOME SORT OF ATTACK. AND SO LEARNING ABOUT THESE EXPLOSIVES, WERE THERE ANY WRITINGS, ANY SORT OF INDICATORS INSIDE HIS HIS HOME OR HIS CAR ABOUT A LARGER PLOT? THAT’S WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW? >> ALL RIGHT. ALEX PRESHA IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. AND I WANT TO BRING OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, MARY BRUCE, THERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. MARY, WERE CLAIMS EARLIER GOING AROUND THAT THAT THE SECRET SERVICE HAD REFUSED REQUEST FROM A TRUMP TEAM MEMBER TO BOOST SECURITY. THIS SECRET SERVICE SAYS THAT’S ABSOLUTELY FALSE. AND NOW WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT OFF THIS SPEECH SAYING, YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN CONSISTENT IN APPROVING SECRET SERVICE DETAIL TO. TRUMP. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT PART OF THIS SPEECH AND THE PRESIDENT’S PROMISE NOW I’M TRYING TO SHOW WHAT HE’S DOING, NOT ONLY TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED, BUT ALSO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. >> WELL, I THINK THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. PRESIDENT HERE IS TRYING TO CLARIFY SOME THINGS, WHILE ALSO MAKE CLEAR THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION IS DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN TO FIGURE OUT HOW ON EARTH THIS HAVE HAPPENED AND TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. AND THAT STARTS FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH PROTECTING THE RNC, WHICH IS COMING UP JUST TOMORROW. AND SO THE PRESIDENT THERE SAYING THAT THE SECRET SERVICE IS TO REVIEW ALL THE SECURITY MEASURES FOR THE RNC. SO THE PRESIDENT’S REMARKS WERE IN PART SIMPLY OPERATIONAL. RIGHT. HE JUST GOT OUT OF THAT SITUATION, BRIEFING WITH THE HOMELAND SECURITY TEAM, WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. SO THE SHARING WHAT HE KNOWS, WHAT DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE SO FAR, BUT THEN ALSO REALLY TRYING TO DELIVER THIS URGENT, OVERARCHING MESSAGE THAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER. AND YOU HEARD HIM SAY THAT THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE, AND THAT IS NOT WHO WE ARE AND WE CANNOT LOSE SIGHT OF THAT. I THINK THAT IS LIKELY MORE OF THE MESSAGE YOU’RE GOING HEAR FROM HIM TONIGHT WHEN HE DELIVERS THIS RARE OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS AT 8 P.M.. THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING THAT THERE AND HE HAS REALLY BEEN TRYING TO DIAL DOWN THE POLITICAL RHETORIC IN THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS SINCE THIS HORRIFIC ATTACK NIGHT. THE PRESIDENT MAKING CLEAR, LOOK, OBVIOUSLY, POLITICAL DISCOURSE IS WHAT MAKES THIS COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MANY THINGS SO WONDERFUL, BUT THAT IT HAS BE SOMETHING THAT IS SAFE, THAT VIOLENCE SIMPLY IS NOT. HE IS URGING THE COUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, REMINDING EVERYONE THAT WE STILL, OF COURSE, DON’T KNOW THE MOTIVE OF THIS SHOOTER. AND THE PRESIDENT SAYING DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT. THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO TO GET EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE, BRING EVERYONE BRING DOWN THE RHETORIC AT A MOMENT WHERE CERTAINLY THINGS COULD BE EVEN MORE DIVISIVE. >> AND, MARY, NO DOUBT WE’LL HEAR MORE OF THAT TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. EASTERN WHEN THE PRESIDENT PLANS TO ADDRESS THE NATION FROM OVAL OFFICE. NOW, WHAT ELSE DO YOU EXPECT TO HEAR FROM HIM AS LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR HOW TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION NOW? HE IS IN A REALLY DIFFICULT POSITION HERE. I THINK THE PRESIDENT AND FOREMOST WE’VE BEEN SAYING IS TRYING TO RESPOND TO THIS AS PRESIDENT, NOT AS A CANDIDATE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SUCH, YOU KNOW, WIDE RANGING POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS TO THIS AS WELL. BUT I THINK HE IS TRYING TO COME BEFORE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SHOW THAT HE CAN LEAD THE COUNTRY IN THIS MOMENT. OF COURSE, THIS DOES ALSO COME TO MAKE A NOTE POLITICS AS THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO FACE THOSE PERSISTENT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OF HIS OWN CANDIDACY. YOU’VE SEEN LOTS OF DEMOCRATS IN THE LAST WEEK CALL, YOU KNOW, CALL INTO QUESTION WHETHER HE CAN STILL DO THIS. THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THE PRESIDENT ALSO TO SHOW THEM THAT HE IS UP TO THIS TASK, THAT IS JUMPING IN, SWOOPING IN TO HANDLE THIS NATIONAL AND THIS EMERGENCY. SO THE PRESIDENT WILL TRY AND BE THAT LEADER TONIGHT. HE WILL TRY TO GET EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE, TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT AS A COUNTRY, WE LEARN LESSONS FROM THIS HORRIFIC INCIDENT AND USE IT TO COME TOGETHER INSTEAD OF DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN US. >> AND MARY, ANY SENSE OF WHAT MORALE IS LIKE AT THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW AS THEY BOTH ASPECTS OF THAT? ON THE ONE HAND, THE PRESIDENT FACING THIS AS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ON THE OTHER HAND, AND ALSO FACING THIS AS RIGHT NOW DONALD TRUMP’S RIVAL. >> WELL, LOOK, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A WHITE HOUSE THAT IS DEALING THIS SITUATION, YOU KNOW, AND THIS AN INVOLVING STILL A STILL INVESTIGATION. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THE POLITICS IS VERY SEPARATE FROM THE OFFICIAL HERE. SO THE CAMPAIGN OBVIOUSLY, I THINK, HAS BEEN LAYING LOW. THEY WE KNOW, HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON. THEY HAVE PULLED ALL THOSE POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS. THEY’VE PULLED THEIR ADS OFF AIRWAYS AIRWAVES. THE PRESIDENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, FOR AN EVENT AT THE LBJ LIBRARY COMMEMORATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. THAT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON TUESDAY. OF COURSE, DONALD TRUMP’S YARD THAT HAS ALSO IS GOING TO BE RESCHEDULED. SO THEY’RE TAKING A BEAT. YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT’S OVERARCHING MESSAGE HERE IS THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR POLITICS. THIS IS A TIME FOR THE COUNTRY TO TRY AND COME TOGETHER. SO, MARY, WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING FOR AS PRESIDENT BIDEN TAKES THE PODIUM TODAY? WHAT DO YOU THINK HE HAS TO DO TO INSTILL CONFIDENCE AND HIS ABILITY TO HANDLE THIS AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, GIVEN ALL THE POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS LATELY ABOUT HIS FITNESS TO RUN FOR OFFICE AGAIN? YEAH, I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DO, YOU KNOW, SHOW THAT HE YOU KNOW, HE RACED BACK HERE TO THE WHITE HOUSE LAST NIGHT. HE REACHED OUT TO DONALD TRUMP THIS MORNING. HE’S BEEN HUDDLING IN THE SITUATION ROOM WITH THOSE ADVISERS AND EXPERTS TRACKING EVERY MOMENT OF THIS. HE’S COMING OUT TRYING TO ASSURE THE NATION, GIVING AN OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THAT THAT I’M SURE YOU KNOW, WHILE. YES, THIS IS NOT THE REASON BEHIND THIS, BUT — BUT A SIDE EFFECT WILL BE THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT HE IS UP TO THIS JOB, THAT HE DOES HAVE MENTAL FITNESS, THE ACUITY THAT HE’S ABLE TO LEAD THE COUNTRY THROUGH A CRISIS. >> THIS. OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, MARY BRUCE, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO GO BACK TO OUR ALEX PRESHA, WHO’S THERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, JUST HALF A MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THAT ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION TOOK PLACE. ALEX, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM PEOPLE THERE NOW AS INVESTIGATORS TRY PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED AND AS THEY PREPARE TO HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT ON THIS? >> WELL, SO ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH TONIGHT IS JUST NOW KIND OF TRICKLING OUT. AND SO I’M SURE WE’LL GET SOME SOME SOME PEOPLE THAT WEIGH IN ON THAT. I’LL TELL YOU, DIANE, I MEAN, THERE IS THERE WAS A HUGE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM GOVERNOR SHAPIRO EARLIER THIS MORNING. WE WE ULTIMATELY DID HEAR HE HAD A PRESENCE HERE, A PRESS CONFERENCE. QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WERE DEMOCRATS, KEY DEMOCRATS GOING TO RESPOND. OBVIOUSLY, WE JUST HEARD FROM FROM FROM FROM THE PRESIDENT. BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE’VE HEARD CONSISTENTLY FROM THE FOLKS HERE IN BUTLER IS, YOU KNOW THIS FOR THEM IS IS IS JUST I MEAN, IT IT THE CALL TO TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURE. THIS WAS THE BREAKING FOR MANY OF THEM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS ONE THING TO WATCH THOSE CLIPS PLAY OUT ON ON ON TV. IT’S ANOTHER THING TO ACTUALLY BE THERE. AND SO FOR MANY OF THESE FAMILIES THAT I’VE TALKED TO AS THEY’RE LEARNING DETAILS ABOUT THE TWO THAT WERE INJURED CRITICALLY AND THAT ONE MAN THAT WAS KILLED PROTECTING HIS FAMILY, AS IS AS HIS WIDOW SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY HITS HOME FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THEY’RE REALLY HOPING, HOPING THAT IT’S A SIGN FOR PENNSYLVANIA, IT’S A SIGN FOR THE COUNTRY TO DIAL IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. >> AND ALEX, THE PRESIDENT REALLY TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY, LAY OUT WHAT HE’S DOING TO TRY TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. WE DIDN’T HEAR MUCH FROM HIM ON THE INVESTIGATION ITSELF. SO WHAT IS THE LATEST WE’RE LEARNING NOW ABOUT THIS SUSPECT IN THIS CASE? AND ALSO THE VICTIMS, AS YOU MENTIONED? >> WELL, IN RHODE ISLAND, WE THERE’S A HUGE FOCUS BASICALLY IN THIS SUSPECT’S HOME TOWN OF BETHEL PARK. THAT’S ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTH OF HERE, ACTUALLY JUST SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH. BOMB SQUAD HAS SHOWN UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY’VE BEEN LOOKING THROUGH HIS HOME AND ALSO THROUGH HIS CAR TO SOURCES, ABC NEWS THAT THEY FOUND WHAT APPEARS TO BE EXPLOSIVES IN THE CAR. >> THEY’RE GOING TO BE COMBING THROUGH HIS HOME TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY LITERATURE, ANY OTHER SORTS OF INDICATORS. ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A BIG QUESTION ABOUT HOW HE OBTAINED THAT AR 15 STYLE WEAPON. WE KNOW THAT HE GOT IT THROUGH HIS FATHER WHO OBTAINED IT LEGALLY. BUT ALSO WE’RE HEARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS PERSONALITY. I MEAN, CERTAINLY IN A TOWN LIKE BETHEL PARK, SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS WITH SOMEONE WHO WHO GREW UP THERE, YOU IT REVERBERATES. MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT AND TALKING ABOUT KNOWING THIS YEAR OLD IN HIGH SCHOOL ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT WENT TO BOTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIM DESCRIBED HIM AS A LITTLE BIT OF A LONER, SOMEONE WHO WAS WHO WAS WHO WAS QUIET, KIND OF KEPT TO HIMSELF. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS AN INTERESTING ONE. BUT ALL THESE LITTLE PIECES ARE COMING TOGETHER AND ARE PART OF THIS INVESTIGATION AS THE FBI CREATES A PROFILE ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL AND ALSO LOOKS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY’RE WARNING SIGNS. >> ALL RIGHT. ABC’S ALEX PRESHA THERE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. ALEX THANK YOU. >> AND WE WILL HAVE MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF, THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP RIGHT AFTER THIS QUICK BREAK. STAY WITH US. THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING WOMEN IN MALLS. >> AND I’M SINGLE. I WANT TO JOIN THE COUNTRY. >> AND REMEMBER ON THIS. HE TORTURED ME. HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR? THE WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. >> NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY . THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU, WHICH YOU GET TO WATCH. >> WE’RE GOING TO GET A GREAT DEAL. ON WHAT? I’M JUST DYING. BUY. OH, IT’S ALL RIGHT HERE, "GMA LIFE". GET THE LATEST BUZZ DEALS AND DEALS IN THE COOLEST LIFESTYLE. TIPS FROM "GMA". >> I LOVE THAT SO MUCH. STREAMING LIVE ENDS ON ABC NEWS LIVE AS SOME KIND OF A BALL GAME HERE. SOMEBODY IS KILLING YOUNG BLACK WOMEN. THE FEAR WAS JUST INSANE. I WAS NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL I FOUND OUT WHO DID. NEW ORLEANS VICTIMS. HE PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS A GOOD. NOW, FRIDAY, THE PRISON INTERVIEW WITH THE KILLER. >> YES, I TOUCHED ON IN THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH THE ONLY SURVIVING VICTIM, 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC. WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. >> MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE. ANY OTHER NEWSCAST, ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> ALL RIGHT. LET THE DOGS, PLEASE. >> I DON’T THINK HE’S GOING TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME, EVEN IF HE GIVES ME A HARD TIME. >> I’M THE RIGHT GUY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL LEARN TOGETHER. CALM, CONFIDENT, CALM, CONFIDENT, SURRENDER. EVERYTHING THAT HE’S TAUGHT HAS BECOME A REALITY. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AND IMPRESSED. I FEEL LIKE CRYING. >> YOU CHANGED OUR WORLD. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE AS YOU REHABILITATE THE DOG, YOU ALSO REHABILITATE AND YOU. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE IN KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER. >> GET YOUR PODCASTS. START HERE. HERE’S TO GOOD MORNINGS IN AMERICA. >> CAN YOU FEEL THE MORNINGS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY AND SURPRISES WAS SO MUCH FUN. IT’S JUST GREAT TO START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD AMERICA’S RAY OF SUNSHINE, HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND, HELPING MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. OH SO HAPPY. IT IS SO GOOD GET READY TO SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD INTO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER. >> A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE FOR LIFE. >> HEY, I’M GOING TO SAY THAT WE JUST HEARD FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN A FEW MOMENTS IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TALKING ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS WISHING THE FORMER PRESIDENT WELL AND OFFERING CONDOLENCES, THE OTHER VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND ALSO PROMISING THAT HE’S EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. HE SAYS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HE HAS DIRECTED THE SECRET SERVICE TO HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO KEEP FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAFE GOING FORWARD. HE HAS DIRECTED THAT ALL SECURITY MEASURES THE RNC BE REEVALUATED BY THE SECRET SERVICE TO ENSURE SAFETY THERE. AND HE’S CALLING FOR AN INDEPENDENT AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT RALLY YESTERDAY. >> HE SAYS UNITY IS THE MOST ELUSIVE OF ALL, BUT NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT RIGHT NOW. AND NOW THE PRESIDENT IS GETTING READY TO ADDRESS THE NATION TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. EASTERN FROM THE OVAL OFFICE. I WANT TO GO TO OUR JAY O’BRIEN WHO’S LIVE IN MILWAUKEE AHEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHICH STARTS TOMORROW. JOE, YOU YOU’VE BEEN THERE TODAY. HAS THERE BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, SECURITY AROUND THE EVENT, GIVEN THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT YESTERDAY’S RALLY, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE PRESIDENT NOW SAYING THAT HE HAS ORDERED THE SECRET SERVICE TO ALSO REEVALUATE SECURITY MEASURES THERE TO ENSURE ITS SAFETY? >> I MEAN, THERE’S A COUPLE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SECURITY HERE AT THE RNC. FIRST, THE RNC IS ALREADY AN INCREDIBLY SECURE PLACE. THE SECRET SERVICE WOULD TELL YOU NO EXPENSE IS SPARED AS IT RELATES TO SECURITY HERE. THEY PLANNED FOR MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS, FOR SECURITY AT BOTH THE RNC AND THE DNC. THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF SECURITY PERIMETERS HERE, WHAT THEY CALL THE HARD PERIMETER AND THE SOFT PERIMETER. THE HARD PERIMETER IS THE AREA IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE FISERV FORUM IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE, WHERE THEY’RE HAVING RNC. IT’S ACTUALLY WHERE I’M STANDING RIGHT NOW. I’M ON A BALCONY AT THE FORUM LOOKING OUT ON THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE. I’M PRETTY MUCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PERIMETER. AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT HARD PERIMETER, THERE’S WHAT’S CALLED THE SOFT PERIMETER. THAT’S AN AREA WHERE POLICE PATROL WHERE EVERYBODY WHERE VARIOUS VEHICLES CAN BE SEARCHED, IF NOT TO GET INTO THE HARD PERIMETER, YOU’VE GOT TO GO THROUGH A MAGNETOMETER. YOU GOT TO BE SEARCHED IN SOFT PERIMETER. POLICE ARE PATROLLING AT YOUR SUBJECT TO SEARCH, ETC., ETC.. THERE IS ONE CONCERN THAT CITY OFFICIALS EXPRESSED PRIOR TO THE EVENTS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT TRUMP RALLY, WHICH IS THE ABILITY TO CARRY IN WHAT’S CALLED THE SOFT PERIMETER. YOU CANNOT BRING A GUN INTO THE HARD PERIMETER. AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SECRET SERVICE SWEEP TO GET INSIDE THE IMMEDIATE AREA SURROUNDING THE PFIZER FORM. >> BUT IN THE SOFT PERIMETER, WISCONSIN LAW ALLOWS YOU TO OPEN, CARRY A FIREARM, AND IT DOES ALLOW A CITY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE BEYOND WHAT STATE LAW ALLOWS. >> SO THE CITY HERE IN MILWAUKEE TRIED TO PUT FORWARD A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HAVE BANNED GUNS IN THAT SO-CALLED SOFT PERIMETER AREA, BUT THEY WERE BARRED FROM DOING SO BECAUSE OF THAT STATE LAW. AND THE SECRET SERVICE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS AS WELL. NOW, THERE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE BANNED IN THE SOFT PERIMETER LIKE TENNIS AND WATER GUNS, WHICH MEANS IN THE AREA JUST OUTSIDE OF THE HARD SECURITY PERIMETER, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CARRY A WATER GUN. BUT YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO CARRY AN AR-15. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING CONCERNED MILWAUKEE CITY OFFICIALS, THEY EXPRESSED THOSE CONCERNS WEEKS AGO. AND OBVIOUSLY NOW JUST IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT CLEARLY HEIGHTENED THOSE. >> INTERESTINGLY, BOTH THE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN NOW AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS STATEMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE CALLING FOR UNITY. YOU SAY THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN TRYING TO SORT OF TAKE THE TEMPERATURE DOWN ON THE RHETORIC. HOW DO YOU SEE BOTH OF THESE CAMPAIGNS HANDLING THIS NOW? WELL, THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR CUES FROM THEIR BOSSES AND THE TOP. SO FOR DEMOCRATS, FOR INSTANCE, CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS AND DEMOCRATS WRIT LARGE, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN WHAT THE PRESIDENT JUST SAID MOMENTS AGO ABOUT TAMPING DOWN THE RHETORIC ABOUT DENOUNCING POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND FRANKLY, WHAT HE’S GOING TO SAY LATER ON TONIGHT IN THE OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS. HE CLEARLY EXPRESSED THAT HE’S GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE STATE ,THIS COUNTRY, IN THOSE REMARKS. AS FOR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, OUR CATHERINE FAULDERS, OUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER HAS OBTAINED A MEMO THAT TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS SENT TO TRUMP CAMPAIGN STAFF. AND IT HAS A FEW DATA POINTS AS IT RELATES POLITICAL RHETORIC. IT SAYS THAT, QUOTE, WE CONDEMN ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE. THIS IS A MEMO, AGAIN, FROM CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS, STAFF AND WILL NOT TOLERATE DANGEROUS RHETORIC ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT’S CLEARLY A WARNING TO STAFF. THEY ALSO TELL STAFF TO RECOGNIZE, QUOTE, THE POLITICAL POLARIZATION, THIS HEATED ELECTION. AND IT GOES ON TO TELL THEM, IN A SENSE, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING. SO THERE ARE MESSAGES GOING ON RIGHT NOW FROM THE TOP DOWN OF BOTH OF THESE CAMPAIGNS. TWO STAFFERS, ETC.. TWO, TO TRY TO BRING THE DOWN TO TRY TO BRING THE TENSION DOWN RATHER THAN RATCHETED UP IN THIS VERY FRAUGHT MOMENT. >> AND I WANT TO BRING IN OUR ABC NEWS SENIOR JUSTICE REPORTER JACK DART FOR A LITTLE MORE ON THE INVESTIGATION. JACK, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT IS IMPLORING THE PUBLIC NOT TO RUSH TO JUDGMENT ON THE SHOOTER’S MOTIVES HERE. I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE DON’T HAVE A TON ON THAT, BUT WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SUSPECT AT THIS POINT? >> WELL, RIGHT NOW, IT’S — IT’S IT’S — IT’S A MURKY PICTURE WE’RE GETTING SO FAR. AUTHORITIES AREN’T SAYING THAT THEY FOUND ANYTHING THAT SPECIFICALLY POINTS TO A MOTIVE. THEY’RE LOOKING AT SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY’RE LOOKING AT DEVICES LIKE PHONES, COMPUTERS. THEY’RE INTERVIEWING PEOPLE. BUT A THROUGH LINE ABOUT A SPECIFIC MOTIVE OR OR THAT TYPE OF THING ISN’T JUMPING OUT AT THEM. HOWEVER, THEY’RE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT HE MIGHT HAVE EXPOSED HIMSELF TO MISINFORMATION AND VARIOUS CONSPIRACY THEORIES ON THE INTERNET AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT COULD HAVE IMPACTED HIS MOTIVATIONS OR THINKING. BUT IT’S THOUGHT THAT SOME OF THAT STUFF IS NOT THOUGHT TO BE BASED IN ANY REAL FACTOR REALITY. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE’VE SEEN INCIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BELIEF SYSTEMS THAT ARE NOT ALIGNED WITH FACT OR REALITY AND ACT OUT. WE SAW A PERSON BRING A BOMB AND INTO NASHVILLE AND TRY TO BASICALLY BLOW UP THE CITY ON CHRISTMAS MORNING A FEW YEARS BACK. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS BASED ON SOME NOTION OF LIZARD PEOPLE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO SO IT’S UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT WHAT MOTIVE IS OR WAS AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE A SOURCE OF THIS INVESTIGATION. >> AND, JACK, WE’RE NOW HEARING THE BOMB SQUAD IS ASSISTING THE FBI IN A SEARCH OF THE SHOOTER’S HOME. THEY WERE ALSO ABOUT POTENTIAL EXPLOSIVES IN THE CAR THAT HE HAD PARKED THE RALLY. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT PART OF THE INVESTIGATION? WELL, AS AUTHORITIES WERE LOOKING AT A VEHICLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHOOTER LAST NIGHT, THEY FOUND SOME CONCERNING ITEMS, POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVES. THOSE MATERIALS WERE HANDLED BY BOMB TECHS AND. ANALYSIS IS BEING DONE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE WERE INDEED HAZARDOUS. OTHER MATERIALS OF CONCERN WERE FOUND AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE SUSPECT. AND SO, AGAIN, BOMB TECHS RECALLED TO TRY TO RENDER THAT MATERIAL SAFE AND THEN EXAMINE IT TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN LEARN. SO SOME ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIVE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM. WAS THIS AN ACTUAL THING OF A OR SOMETHING OF CONCERN THAT THEY NEED TO LOOK INTO FURTHER TERMS OF ITS SOURCE OR IF IT WAS INERT OR, NOT HARMFUL? >> SO, JACK, WHERE DOES THE INVESTIGATION GO FROM HERE ? >> WHAT’S THE MAIN FOCUS AT THIS POINT? WELL, THE MAIN FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE TO FOCUS ON TO TRY TO LEARN WHAT THE SHOOTER’S MOTIVES WERE. THEY SEEM TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE FIREARM CAME FROM. IT APPEARS TO HAVE COME FROM A FAMILY MEMBER. HIS FATHER APPEARS TO HAVE PURCHASED MANY YEARS AGO. SO IT’S BEEN IN THE FAMILY A LONG TIME. SO THAT PART OF THE INVESTIGATION SEEMS TO HAVE PROCEEDED QUICKLY. BUT REALLY GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS YOUNG MAN JUST YEARS OLD, TOOK SUCH AN ACTION AND TOOK A LIFE AND NEARLY ASSASSINATED A FORMER PRESIDENT. GETTING TO THAT MOTIVE AND FINDING OUT WHY HE TOOK THOSE ACTIONS, WHAT TYPE OF PLANNING WENT INTO IT AND WHETHER OTHERS MIGHT HAVE HELPED HIM IN ANY WAY. SO FAR, NOTHING LIKE THAT HAS TURNED UP. BUT AGAIN, THEY ARE GOING TO RUN EVERY LEAD DOWN TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH TO FIGURE IF ANYBODY ELSE WAS INVOLVED WITH HIM. >> YEAH, THE WHY OBVIOUSLY IS A HUGE QUESTION. THE HOW ALSO IS A HUGE QUESTION, RIGHT. HOW DID THIS MANAGE TO GET ON A ROOF SO CLOSE TO WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SPEAKING WITH SO MUCH SECURITY GOING INTO THIS EVENT? >> ABSOLUTELY THE PART OF THE REVIEW THAT THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT JUST A SHORT TIME AGO AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE ASKED FOR, IT NEEDS TO BE CONDUCTED AND CONDUCTED QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT, LOOK, THESE TYPES OF RALLIES HAVE BEEN A HALLMARK OF THIS FORMER PRESIDENT. NOW, THREE CAMPAIGNS THAT HE’S RUN FOR THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND. SO NO SURPRISE THAT THERE WOULD BE THESE PUBLIC VENUES. AND THE SECRET SERVICE HAS SUCCESSFULLY SECURED THEM IN THE PAST. BUT WITH THEM COMES A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS PERSON WAS ABLE TO ON A ROOFTOP AND, YOU KNOW WHAT GAPS IN SECURITY THIS PERSON WAS ABLE TO EXPLOIT TO GET THERE AND GET AN ELEVATED POSITION TO USE AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT, THAT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED. AND ANSWERED QUICKLY, BECAUSE IF THE CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO PROCEED AT THAT PACE, THERE ARE GOING TO BE OTHER CAMPAIGN EVENTS AND. WE HAVE A CONVENTION COMING UP THIS WEEK AND THEY NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THEIR AND UNDERSTAND IF THEY HAVE ANY BIGGER ISSUES HERE. >> AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN AS HE ADDRESSED THE REPORTERS TODAY. HE PLANS ADDRESS THE NATION TONIGHT. SO I WANT TO GO TO OUR ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE FOR MORE ON THAT PART OF THIS RALLY. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE PRESIDENT’S IN TERMS OF HIM TRYING TO LAY OUT HOW HE IS BOTH INTO HOW THIS HAPPENED AND TRYING TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN? YEAH, HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO NOT ASCRIBE ANY IDEAS ABOUT MOTIVE YET TO NOT MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT MOTIVE. HE SAID THAT THE FBI WILL BE, OF COURSE, CONDUCTING THOROUGH AND SWIFT INVESTIGATION. WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN GETTING REGULAR UPDATES FROM NOT ONLY THE FBI, BUT HIS HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY. HIS TOP NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISERS. WE SAW A FEW HOURS AGO THE PUTTING OUT THAT PICTURE OF HIM WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT THERE IN THE SITUATION, CONTINUING TO GET BRIEFED. I THINK THE PRESIDENT THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME OUT AND ADDRESS THE NATION AGAIN TO EXPLAIN THAT THEY ARE ON TOP OF THIS INVESTIGATION AND TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THEY WANT THIS INVESTIGATION BE PUBLIC AND TRANSPARENT. THAT WAS AN INTERESTING PART OF THE PRESIDENT’S REMARKS. HE SAID THAT HE THINKS THERE SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF NATIONAL SECURITY AT THE AT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S EVENT YESTERDAY AND THAT THAT INDEPENDENT REVIEW SHOULD ALSO BE MADE PUBLIC AND AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTRY MORE. HE SAID THAT HE DIRECTED THE SECRET SERVICE TO REVIEW ALL POTENTIAL SECURITY PROTOCOLS AND SECURITY PLANNING AHEAD OF THE CONVENTION. THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, LIKE WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THAT STARTS. AND SO SORT OF LOOK GOING FORWARD ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES IN PLACE TO KEEP THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAFE. I MEAN, THE REALITY IS I’VE BEEN AT A LOT OF THOSE EVENTS WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT. AND WHILE, OF COURSE, HE HAS SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION, IT IS NOWHERE NEAR THE LEVEL OF SECRET SERVICE DETAILS IN TERMS OF SORT OF RESOURCES AND NUMBERS ON THE GROUND THAT WE SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A SITTING PRESIDENT. SO CLEARLY, THE PRESIDENT HERE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY ENGAGED THOSE SECURITY CONVERSATIONS GOING FORWARD. >> DIANE AND MARYALICE STAY WITH ME. BUT WE DO HAVE, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME NEWS OUT OF BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. SO I WANT TO ALEX PRESHA BACK INTO THE CONVERSATION HERE. ALEX, YOU SAY THE FBI JUST SEIZED A BAG THERE. >> WE’VE BEEN SET UP AT THIS SHEETZ GAS STATION AND BASICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE, IT’S ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM WHERE THAT RALLY TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY DURING THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS TO HOW TENSE THINGS ARE, WE LITERALLY SAW MAYBE ABOUT A HALF HOUR AGO A VEHICLE FULL OF AGENTS COME OUT AND THERE WAS A BACKPACK THAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED OVER HERE. I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG, BUT IT HAD BEEN SITTING THERE, BUT IT HAD GOTTEN SOMEONE ATTENTION SOMEWHERE AND THEY REPORTED IT. THE FBI COMING THROUGH, INVESTIGATING IT, ULTIMATELY TAKING IT AWAY IN A IN A TRASH BAG. THEY COLLECTED IT, BUT AGAIN, IT’S JUST TELLS YOU JUST HOW ON ALERT THIS AREA IS. WE DON’T KNOW OF ANY CREDIBLE THREAT TO THE MEDIA, BUT JUST SEEING AN ABANDONED BACKPACK IS SOMETHING THAT IT’S GOING TO GET ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY ON A DAY LIKE TODAY AS THIS INVESTIGATION IS PLAYING OUT INTO. THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS YESTERDAY OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> UNDERSTANDABLE. SO, MARYALICE, I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID TODAY, WHERE HE SAID UNITY IS THE MOST ELUSIVE GOAL IN ALL OF ALL, BUT NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT RIGHT NOW. >> HOW DO YOU ACHIEVE THAT UNITY WHEN TENSIONS ARE THAT HIGH? IT’S GOING TO BE TRICKY. I MEAN, THIS IS ALSO A PRESIDENT WHO HAS SAID THAT HE VIEWS THE FORMER PRESIDENT AS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. SO HE IS THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TALK IN THIS POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AND HOW TO BALANCE BEING COMMANDER IN CHIEF WHERE HE THINKS IT IS CLEARLY THE URGENT NEED OF THIS COUNTRY TO LOWER THE POLITICAL TEMPERATURE, DIAL BACK THAT POLITICAL RHETORIC TO BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER. AND HE’S GOT TO THAT WITH, OF COURSE, A HEATED CAMPAIGN. I MEAN, NO DOUBT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IS GOING TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE CAMPAIGN CHANGE THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN THESE TWO MEN. I MEAN, THESE ARE TWO CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BARELY TALKED WHO HAVE HARDLY ANY RELATIONSHIP. YOU KNOW, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT EVEN ATTEND BIDEN’S INAUGURATION. THESE TWO MEN BARELY SPOKE AT THAT DEBATE. AND YET, OF COURSE, THEY SPOKE IN PERSONAL YESTERDAY AFTER THIS HORRIFIC ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. SO I THINK THAT YOU’RE RIGHT THAT THIS IS VERY, VERY TRICKY FOR THE PRESIDENT TO NAVIGATE NOW POLITICALLY. BUT — BUT IN HIS ROLE AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, HE CLEARLY BELIEVES IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE ASSURING THE NATION THAT THAT THINGS ARE SAFE, THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS SAFE. AND WE WILL HEAR AGAIN FROM HIM TONIGHT WITH THAT RARE OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS AND IMAGINE IT’LL BE MORE OF THIS MESSAGE OF A REAL HOPE FROM THIS PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY, UNITE AND COME TOGETHER. >> AND MARY, WHAT MESSAGE HE HAVE TO GET ACROSS OTHER THAN JUST COME TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO STAND UNITED. WHAT’S HIS MISSION TONIGHT TO GET ACROSS TO THE PEOPLE? I THINK HE FIRST NEEDS TO CALM NERVES. I MEAN, THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF THING THAT WE SEE IN THIS COUNTRY. AND THAT WAS SO MUCH OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT BOTH LAST NIGHT AND TODAY. HE SAID THAT THAT A POTENTIAL AN ATTEMPTED POLITICAL ASSASSINATION IS CONTRARY TO EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS THE IS THE VERY ANTITHESIS OF BEING A DEMOCRACY . SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE SHAKEN. OF COURSE, THEY SCARED IN THIS MOMENT. THIS IS NOT THE AMERICA THAT THEY WANT TO SEE. SO FIRST, THE BIGGEST PRIORITY OF THIS PRESIDENT OF ALL PRESIDENTS IS TO REASSURE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN BE SAFE, THAT THEIR POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS ARE SAFE, THAT THEIR CANDIDATES ARE SAFE. AND, OF COURSE, ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE, FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE IN THIS POLITICAL PROCESS, TO ENGAGE IN DEMOCRACY AND TO FIND WAYS TO DISAGREE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS. BUT DO SO SAFELY TO DO SO IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT ENCOURAGE VIOLENCE, THAT DOES NOT ENCOURAGE HATRED. AND THAT HAS BEEN THE WE HAVE HEARD NOT ONLY FROM THIS PRESIDENT, BUT FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC REPUBLICAN LEADERS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DISAGREE, BUT NOT NOT HATE EACH OTHER, THAT THAT IS ESSENTIAL IN THIS MOMENT, ESPECIALLY AFTER SUCH HORRIFIC ACT OF VIOLENCE. >> WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. >> THANK YOU BOTH. AND WE HAVE MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THAT’S COMING UP AFTER A QUICK BREAK. AND WE’LL ALSO HEAR FROM AN EYEWITNESS WHEN WE COME BACK. LET’S GO. THIS SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WELL, HEARD. WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN. HAMMER, HAMMER, HAMMER. IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE. AND THIS. >> ALL RIGHT, LET THE DOGS OUT, PLEASE I DON’T THINK HE SHOULD GIVE YOU A HARD TIME. >> EVEN IF HE GIVES ME A HARD TIME, I’M THE RIGHT GUY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL LEARN TOGETHER CALM, CONFIDENT, CONFIDENT, CALM, SURROUNDED. EVERYTHING THAT HE’S TAUGHT HAS BECOME A REALITY. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AND IMPRESSED. I FEEL LIKE CRYING. YOU CHANGED OUR. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE AS YOU REHABILITATE THE DOG. YOU ALSO REHABILITATE YOU. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSION. JUST LIKE THE NEED FOR UKRAINE . REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY, ENROLLING IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATED. DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ,ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI. REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHERE EVER THE STORY IS. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS THERE IS PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY TIME A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? I WON’T SAY ACCEPTED IT AS SO MUCH. PRETENDED DIDN’T EXIST YET. >> THAT’S YOU READY? KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. 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THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP EARLIER I SPOKE WITH RYAN KNIGHT, WHO WAS AN EYEWITNESS AT THE SHOOTING. HE SAYS THAT HE HAD GONE TO THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER OF THE EVENT TO TRY TO LISTEN TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT SPEAK WHEN HE SAW SOMEONE A ROOF WITH A GUN AND TRIED TO CALL ATTENTION TO SECURITY. >> HERE’S WHAT HE SAID HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER THAT. >> I JUST GOT OVER TO THE FENCE LINE WHERE THE RALLY WAS GOING ON. I JUST LEFT MY JOB, PIZZA PIE. I WAS GOING OVER THERE TO SEE DONALD TRUMP START SPEAKING ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO IT. A GUY BESIDE ME LOOKS OVER AND SAID, HE HAS A GUN. HE HAS A GUN. I LOOK UP AT THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AND THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN GOING IN PRONE POSITION WITH A RIFLE. HE THEN LAID DOWN, TOOK FOUR SHOTS. I’M THINKING THOSE FOUR COULD HAVE BEEN FIVE. IT WAS A KIND OF A CHAOS AT THE MOMENT AT THE PRESIDENT, AS I HEARD THAT AND SEEING THAT I WAS WITH MY ONE BUDDY, WE KIND OF PUSHED HIM TO THE GROUND AS WE’RE LOOKING UP. I HEARD ONE MORE SHOT AND SEEN THE GUY’S HEAD KICK BACK AND SPLIT OPEN AND THAT STYLE, THAT ONE DOWN AFTER THAT, IT WAS CHAOS. YOU SEE IN SECRET SERVICE COPS RUSHING THE ADR BUILDING, RUSHING AROUND TO START PUSHING PEOPLE OUT. >> NOW, YOU SAY YOU WERE YELLING AS AS WAS THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU, THAT HE’S GOT A GUN. HE’S GOT A GUN TRYING TO WAVE DOWN SECURITY. WHAT WAS THE REACTION OF SECURITY AROUND YOU? >> DID THEY HEAR YOU? DID THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? ONE WEIRD THING I THOUGHT WAS WEIRD. THERE WAS NO SECRET SERVICE ON TOP, THE HCR BUILDING, THEY WERE ACROSS THE FIELD WHERE DONALD TRUMP WAS. SO I DON’T THINK THEY COULD HAVE HEARD US AT THE TIME BECAUSE HOW FAR THE DISTANCE WAS UNTIL THEY STARTED SEEING THE CHAOS OF PEOPLE START RUNNING AND SCREAMING. BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE PRIOR FOUR SHOTS OFF BEFORE THE FOUR THEY TOOK HIM OUT. >> RYAN, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION THAT MOMENT? DID YOU FEEL LIKE MAYBE YOU WERE MISTAKEN OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TENDENCY SOMETIMES TO DOWNPLAY SITUATIONS WHEN WE ARE IN THEM OR. >> DID YOU REALIZE RIGHT AWAY WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN? I REALIZED I REALIZED RIGHT AWAY WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I WAS SCARED FOR MY LIFE. I THREW MY OWNER HE’S AN OLDER MAN, 70 YEARS OLD. I THREW HIM TO THE GROUND. AND THEN I TRIED TO GET DOWN TO THE GROUND WITH THEM BECAUSE THE SHOTS WERE GOING OFF AND I COULD SEE THE SMOKE COMING OUT AS GUN. IT INTENSE. >> IT WAS REALLY SURREAL. WHAT WAS LIKE RIGHT AFTER THEN? >> CHAOS CHAOS, CHAOS, CHAOS. YOU GOT MULTIPLE AGENCIES TRYING TO MOVE. PEOPLE FIGURE OUT WHAT’S ACTUALLY GOING ON. OF COURSE, THEY RUSHED THE BUILDING, WENT UP THERE, MAKE SURE HE WAS DEAD. IT WAS JUST IT WAS NUTS. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN. IT WAS JUST MASSIVE CHAOS. AND ARE YOU HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS NOW, RYAN? WHEN GOT HOME LAST NIGHT AND IN TALKING TO OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? >> HOW ARE YOU REACTING TO THIS? THEY WERE THEY’RE VERY FRIGHTENED. THE SCARY THING, YOU KNOW, BUTLER IS A VERY SMALL TOWN. AND FOR SOMETHING THIS BIG TO HAPPEN IN SUCH A SMALL AREA, IT’S QUITE AN EYE OPENER. >> RYAN, HOW DO YOU FEEL NOW I MEAN, YOU WITNESSED SOMETHING INCREDIBLY DRAMATIC YESTERDAY. >> DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT’S SUNK IN? OH, YEAH. WELL, THE SUNKEN HORROR DEFINITELY MAKES ME FEEL WE ARE A LITTLE DIVIDED HERE IN OUR COUNTRY, WHICH WE SHOULD NOT BE. AND NOW BOTH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ARE CALLING FOR UNITY. LET’S BRING IN ROBERT PAPE, AN EXPERT ON POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WITH ON THAT. ROBERT, THANKS FOR JOINING US. I KNOW YOU WORKED ON A NATIONAL SURVEY WHILE BACK THAT FOUND 10% OF ADULTS SAID THEY AGREE USE OF FORCE IS JUSTIFIED TO PREVENT DONALD TRUMP FROM BECOMING PRESIDENT. EXPLAIN THAT FOR US. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THOSE RESULTS AT THE TIME AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THEM NOW IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT? >> SO THAT SURVEY WAS DONE AT THE END OF JUNE, SO JUST LITERALLY TWO WEEKS AGO. AND ONCE WE ANALYZED THE DATA, WE TOOK IT TO START TO TAKE IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THE IMPLICATIONS WERE FAIRLY, WHICH IS WE HAD TO BE CONCERNED THAT THERE WOULD BE VIOLENCE VIOLENCE POSSIBLY EVEN DIRECTLY AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. AND SO I WAS UNFORTUNATELY NOT SURPRISED. I WAS I WISH THAT WE HAD DONE MORE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT DATA MORE QUICKLY TO EVEN MORE PEOPLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WITH 10% OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, THAT’S THE EQUIVALENT OF 26 MILLION PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE USE OF FORCE TO PREVENT DONALD TRUMP FROM BECOMING PRESIDENT. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, WAS ALL TO BE EXPECTED. >> ROBERT, THIS WAS ALREADY A CONTENTIOUS ELECTION. DO YOU THINK THIS WILL INCITE MORE POLITICAL VIOLENCE OR COULD THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UNITY AS BOTH TRUMP AND BIDEN ARE CALLING FOR? >> WELL, WE CAN BE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. BIDEN IS DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. HE IS JUMPING RIGHT INTO THIS. HE HAS PULLED BACK HIS CAMPAIGN. HE TALKED TO DONALD TRUMP DIRECTLY. HE IS SPEAKING TO THE COUNTRY. HE CONDEMNING POLITICAL VIOLENCE. AND IT’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE ASSUMPTION THIS IS POLITICAL VIOLENCE THAT MAY BE COMING FROM BIDEN SUPPORTERS. SO HE’S DOING SOMETHING MANY POLITICIANS DON’T REALLY IN THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, AS OPTIMISTIC AS I LIKE TO BE, IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT OUR SURVEY ALSO 7% OF AMERICAN ADULTS SUPPORT THE USE OF FORCE TO RESTORE DONALD TRUMP TO THE PRESIDENCY. THAT SIDE WAS ALREADY ANGRY BEFORE THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, AND THERE’S EVERY REASON TO BE WORRIED THAT THAT GROUP IS GOING TO GROW. IT’S GOING TO BECOME EVEN MORE ANGRY. WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NOW SPIRALS, RETALIATORY POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND. THIS COULD BECOME THIS COULD HAPPEN THIS WEEK, NEXT MONTH. WE HAVE MONTHS TO GO IN THIS VOLATILE ELECTION SEASON. SO THERE ARE GOOD REASONS WHY WE SHOULD WORK HARD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT MOMENT FOR UNITY, TO EXTEND IT RATHER THAN JUST THINK, OH, YES, WE’VE MADE OUR STATEMENTS HERE, WE’RE JUST GOING TO GO ON THE BUSINESS NOW OF DEMONIZING EACH OTHER IN THIS HIGHLY CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTION. >> SO, ROBERT, WHAT CAN NOT ONLY PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DO, BUT ALSO OTHER POLITICAL LEADERS DO TO TRY TO DETER PEOPLE FROM POLITICAL VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE OF WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY? >> YEAH. SO IF POLITICAL RHETORIC ACTUALLY STIMULATE POLITICAL VIOLENCE, IT CAN ALSO CALM IT DOWN. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT UNTIL NOW, POLITICAL LEADERS HAVE BEEN LOATHE TO CRITICIZE THE VIOLENCE THAT MIGHT COME FROM THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS. WE HAD, THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS, 70 10% OF WHICH WERE RIOTS. AND YET PEOPLE CALLED THEM MOSTLY PEACEFUL. TRUE, THEY WERE MOSTLY PEACEFUL, BUT THOSE RIOTS REALLY DID HAPPEN. JANUARY 6, 2000 OUT OF 100,000 STORMED THE CAPITOL. WELL, THAT BE CALLED MOSTLY PEACEFUL, AS SOME ARE, BUT THE VIOLENCE REALLY OCCURRED. WHAT WE NEED OUR DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AND REPUBLICAN LEADERS BE WILLING TO CONDEMN VIOLENCE EVEN IF IT COMES FROM THEIR OWN SIDE AND TO DO IT VOCALLY AND REPEATEDLY ON VIDEO, NOT JUST IN STATEMENTS TO DO IT REPEATEDLY, NOT JUST AS ONE OFF THIS IS A BIG CHALLENGE. BUT IF WE DON’T, WE ARE HEADING TOWARD AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE COULD SEE, AGAIN, SPIRALS OF VIOLENCE. AND AS THOSE BODIES THAT VIOLENCE SPIRALS, THOSE POLITICAL LEADERS THEMSELVES COULD BECOME MORE AND, MORE IN DANGER. AND WE SIMPLY DON’T HAVE THE ABILITY TO LITERALLY STATION A SWAT TEAM ON EVERY STREET CORNER IN THE UNITED STATES. SO WE NEED TO TAKE SERIOUSLY THAT FOR YEARS, POLITICAL VIOLENCE HAS BEEN BUILDING. WE’VE NOW REACHED AN IMPORTANT THRESHOLD. AND THIS THRESHOLD IS AN POINT EITHER WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING AS STRONG VISIONARY IN OUR HISTORY, WHICH IS TO TRULY UNIFY AND CONDEMN POLITICAL VIOLENCE, OR WE CAN LET THESE MOMENTS SLIP AWAY, IN WHICH CASE WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO THINK THIS WILL KEEP BUILDING AND NOT FADE AWAY ON ITS OWN. ALL RIGHT. WATCHING ALL OF THAT VERY CLOSELY, ROBERT PAPE, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND WE’LL HAVE MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER A QUICK BREAK. STAY US. >> CHEERS TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA. CAN YOU HEAR THE MORNINGS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES AND SO MUCH FUN. >> IT JUST ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. >> START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING AMERICA’S, RAY OF SUNSHINE, HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE COME TRUE. HI. I’M JUST SO HAPPY. IT IS SO GOOD. 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"GMA" WEEKENDS ON ABC NEWS. >> THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY TIME A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. I’M ON MY PIECE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? >> I WOULDN’T SAY ACCEPTED AS SO MUCH. PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST. I’VE GOT TO GET READY. KYRA PHILLIPS, ABC NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS THAT POWERFUL MEN "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TO BUY TO CHURCH . >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THAT. NOW STREAMING ON HULU AND A GREAT MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. ARE YOU READY? >> COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. >> YOU DON’T JUST SEE IT. >> FEEL IT. I’M IN. I’M IN. I’M IN GYM HERE. I AM HERE. AND SO I’M HAPPY I’M HERE. I MICROPHONES WHERE JERRY HAVING A NICE WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORTH. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE AND LET’S GO BACK ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. WHEREVER THE STORY WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU’RE STRAIGHT TO ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> I AM GOING TO SAY TO IN NEW YORK WE HAVE ABC NEWS LIVE SPECIAL RIGHT NOW AS WE LEARN NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED . ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY YESTERDAY. YOU COULD SEE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUCH HIS EAR AND THEN DUCK FOR A SECRET SERVICE. AGENTS SWARMED HIM. HE LATER PUMPED HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS AGENTS THEN ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE. HE WAS SIGNALING TO THE CROWD THERE THAT HE WAS OKAY. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE ABOUT THE SHOOTING JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. >> THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE OR ANY VIOLENCE FOR THAT MATTER. WE DON’T YET HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER. WE KNOW HE IS. I URGE EVERYONE, EVERYONE, PLEASE DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HIS MOTIVES OR AFFILIATIONS. >> BUT THE FBI DO THEIR JOB. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING OUTSIDE THE SECURITY PERIMETER OF THAT RALLY YESTERDAY BEFORE A SECRET SERVICE SNIPER RETURNED FIRE AND KILLED HIM. DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS ON THE ROOF OF A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS THEY REACTED TO THE SHOOTING IN REAL TIME. >> TAKE A LOOK. WHAT I REALLY SEE SOMETHING THAT SAID, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED OVER AND INVESTIGATORS CONFIRMED THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE SUSPECT, A 20 YEAR OLD FROM BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, RECEIVING HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. STATE RECORDS SHOW HE WAS REGISTERED TO VOTE AS A REPUBLICAN, BUT POTENTIAL REMAINS UNCLEAR. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS AUTHORITIES FOUND SOME ITEMS IN HIS CAR THOUGHT POTENTIALLY TO BE EXPLOSIVES. THAT RAISED SOME CONCERNS AND THEY ARE WAITING OFFICIAL TEST RESULTS. NOW THE BOMB SQUAD IS ALSO ASSISTING IN AN INVESTIGATE OF HIS HOME. AND ALL OF THIS IS COMING JUST A DAY BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IS SET TO KICK OFF IN MILWAUKEE TOMORROW. WE ARE TOLD SECURITY PLANS FOR THE CONVENTION WILL NOW BE REEXAMINED. ABC’S TREVOR AULT IS IN BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW RECOVERING. ABC NEWS ALEX PRESHA IS NEAR THE SHOOTING SCENE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA AND ABC EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL PRODUCER JOHN SANTUCCI IS HERE WITH ME IN STUDIO. SO TREVOR, WHAT IS THE LATEST ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? HOW IS HE DOING AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR TODAY? WELL, IT’S CLEAR, DIANE, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS TO RECOVER FROM THIS GUNSHOT WOUND, HE IS AT LEAST STRONG ENOUGH THAT WE ARE BELIEVING IN THE NEXT FEW MOMENTS, OR AT LEAST VERY SOON. HE’S LIKELY TO LEAVE HERE IN BEDMINSTER. HE SPENT THE NIGHT HERE INTO A LITTLE BIT AFTER MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. HE IS EXPECTED TO HEAD TO NEWARK AIRPORT AND THEN FLY BACK TO WISCONSIN. WE SAW HE POSTED ON TO SOCIAL THAT HE’S NOT GOING TO LET THIS SHOOTER, THIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSIN, DELAY HIS SCHEDULE WHILE, OF COURSE, HE IS RECOVERING, HAD SAID THAT HE’D CONSIDERED PUSHING BACK HIS ARRIVAL IN WISCONSIN FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION BY TWO DAYS. HE’S DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT. HE IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE OFF FROM NEWARK AROUND 330, ACCORDING TO HIS POST, WOULD MEAN THAT TO TAKE OFF HERE FROM BEDMINSTER SHOULD BE HAPPENING ANY MOMENT, WHICH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT YESTERDAY, IS A FAIRLY REMARKABLE TURNAROUND. HERE WE HAVE OUTSIDE OF TRUMP NATIONAL, THERE’S BEEN SOME OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S SUPPORTERS HOLDING SIGNS WAVING TRUMP FLAGS AND HE’S GOING TO VERY CLEARLY CONTINUE ON WITH HIS CAMPAIGN, JUST AS WE SAW ON THE STAGE AFTER HE WAS SHOT, HOLDING UP THAT FIST, INSISTING HE WAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT. AND ALEX PRESHA IS ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THAT ALL HAPPENED. SO, ALEX, WHAT’S THE SCENE LIKE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, TODAY ? WHAT I AND IT IS TENSE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT CERTAINLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY WE’VE HAD A NUMBER OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS STOP BY, SHARE THEIR ANECDOTES ABOUT BEING AT THAT RALLY YESTERDAY AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE ACTUALLY HEARING THAT LIVE GUNFIRE. BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THAT LAW HERE IS ON HIGH ALERT. IN FACT, A LITTLE UNDER AN HOUR AGO, THERE WAS A BAG THAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED AT OUR LIVE LOCATION. WE SAW AN FBI VAN PULL UP A NUMBER OF AGENTS, GET OUT. THEY INSPECTED IT, EVENTUALLY TOOK IT AWAY AS AS EVIDENCE. DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY CREDIBLE THREAT HERE, BUT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW ALERT. PEOPLE ARE TODAY, ONE DAY AFTER THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, JOHN. >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA CALLING FOR UNITY. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM HIS INNER CIRCLE? >> IT’S A REAL MIXED BAG WHEN YOU TALK TO MANY PEOPLE, FAMILY MEMBERS AND ALLIES AND AIDES TO DONALD TRUMP. DIANE. SO IN ONE CAMP, IT’S THAT EXACT MESSAGE, RIGHT? STAY UNITED DON’T GET INTO THE POLITICAL FRAY. A MEMO THAT WAS SENT OUT BY CHRIS, LOTS OF EDEN, SUSIE WILES, WHO RUN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, CALLED ON ALL STAFF TO NOT GET IN TO THEIR RHETORIC TO KEEP EVERYTHING, KEEP EVERYTHING PEACEFUL, BASICALLY TAKE THE TEMPERATURE DOWN. NOW IS NOT STOPPED. OTHER ALLIES IN CONGRESS, A POTENTIAL VP CANDIDATES FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT FROM TWEETING OUT THINGS ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND THINGS ABOUT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN STILL KEEPING THAT RHETORIC HOT. SO IT’S A BIT OF A BALANCING ACT AT THE MOMENT. NOW, WHAT BOTH CAMPS, THOUGH, THEY ARE SEPARATE. WHERE THEY DO MEET IS THE FOLLOWING. GET TO MILWAUKEE, GET ON WITH THE CONVENTION, DON’T STOP THE SHOW. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE DONALD TRUMP DO. LOOK, I’VE TALKED TO MULTIPLE SOURCES AS WELL KNOW, DIANE, IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS TREVOR JUST NOTED, WE’RE ABOUT TO SEE DONALD TRUMP LEAVE BEDMINSTER HEAD OFF TO HIS PLANE AT NEWARK AIRPORT AND GET TO MILWAUKEE. THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATION ABOUT MAYBE SOME SORT OF SIGN TONIGHT TO THE PUBLIC THAT FINE THAT HE’S OUT THERE, MAYBE SOMETHING OF A SHOW OF FORCE, IF YOU WILL. AND OF COURSE, WE SAW DONALD TRUMP, WHICH SURPRISED JUST EVERY SINGLE PERSON I SPOKE TO MANY LAST NIGHT AROUND THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S, TO SEE HIM GET BACK UP IN THE MOMENTS AFTER THAT SHOOTING. THEY KNOW DONALD TRUMP. DONALD TRUMP IS OFTEN SAID EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE IS A TV SHOW. COULDN’T HAVE PREDICTED THAT SHOW YESTERDAY FOR. SURE. BUT I DO THINK NOW THIS IS WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO SEE DONALD TRUMP THE MESSENGER, REALLY LEAN IN. I THINK WE’RE GOING TO START TO SEE TRUMP MORE AND MORE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS THAN EVEN ANYONE. THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE TO NOTE, TAKING AWAY EVERYTHING WITH THIS ASSASSINATION SITUATION FOR A SECOND. WE KNOW THAT DONALD TRUMP LASER FOCUSED ON A VP PICK, AND THAT IS SOMETHING COULD COME TONIGHT COULD COME TOMORROW. AIDES ARE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING. BUT I WILL SAY. THE OTHER THING I HEAR OVERARCHING GOOD SPIRITS FOR A GUY THAT JUST SHOT. EVERY PERSON I TALKED TO THAT HAS SPOKEN TO DONALD TRUMP SAY IN AN ABSOLUTELY IN A GOOD MOOD, HE SAID, RELAX A LITTLE UP BY WHAT HAPPENED. AND ONE PERSON I SPOKE TO ACTUALLY TO BOTH REMARKED THAT WHEN THEY SPOKE TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT, HIS FIRST REACTION WAS IT WAS A LOT OF BLOOD. IT IS A REALLY HIM BACK. I THINK YOU SEE THAT INITIAL DAZED AND CONFUSED REACTION FROM HIM PLAYS RIGHT INTO THAT. >> AND AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WATCHING ON WE CAN SEE IN SOME WAYS MORE CLEARLY WHAT’S HAPPENING THAN HE CAN IN THAT MOMENT. SO I IMAGINE THAT HAD TO BE SCARY FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD BE IN THAT POSITION. >> AND THE ONLY THING I’LL SAY AND I DON’T KNOW THIS FOR A FACT, BUT I DO KNOW IS YOU, DONALD TRUMP, VERY WELL. DONALD TRUMP HAS A HISTORY OF VERY WELL KNOWN PUBLIC HISTORY OF SAYING HE GOES BACK AND WATCHES HIS EVENTS WATCHES HIS SPEECHES, WATCHES HIS INTERVIEWS. I WOULD BE CURIOUS AND HE MAY HAVE ALREADY CONSIDER HE SPENT THE DAY IN NEW JERSEY BEFORE HE FLIES. I’D BE VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW IF HE HAS GONE BACK AND WATCH THAT FOOTAGE. >> IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME. TREVOR, WHAT IS SECURITY LIKE THERE? BEDMINSTER NOW, AS THEY’RE PREPARING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO LEAVE AND HEAD TO MILWAUKEE? >> WELL, IT’S VERY TIGHT, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, AS IT KIND OF ALWAYS IS. DIANE PARTICULARLY AROUND TRUMP NATIONAL. BUT WE DID SEE A DISTINCTIVE CHANGE WHEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT LANDED AT NEWARK AIRPORT LAST NIGHT. SO THEY GOT IN AROUND 1 A.M. OR SO. AND WHILE THERE’S ALWAYS SECRET SERVICE AROUND THE FORMER PRESIDENT, THERE WAS A NOTED TACTICAL TEAM FROM THE SECRET WITH LONG GUNS, WITH BODY ARMOR WAITING DOWN AT THE END OF THE STEPS OF THE PLANE. NOW, WHAT’S PART OF THAT MAY BE A SHOW FORCE, POSSIBLY, BUT ALSO IT’S CLEAR THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY CHANCES. I THINK YOU COULD ARGUE THAT THEY FELT THEY WEREN’T TAKING ANY CHANCES BEFORE. I DON’T THINK THE SECRET SERVICE IS KNOWN FOR CUTTING ANY CORNERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SECURITY. BUT IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LET ANYONE NEAR HIM RIGHT NOW AS IS GENERALLY THE CASE. WE’RE ABOUT TO SEE THAT MOTORCADE TAKE OFF AND HEAD BACK TO NEWARK AIRPORT. I IMAGINE THAT’S GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIAL. IT IS GOING BE SUBSTANTIVE. AND THEN I THINK AS AS JOHN HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THE PLAN IS TO JUST GET ON THE PLANE, GET TO WISCONSIN, AND THEN FIGURE IT FROM THERE. BUT, OF COURSE, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, GIVEN WHAT’S HAPPENED OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS OR SO, EVERYBODY IS ON HIGH ALERT, NEVER MORE SO THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. >> AND, JOHN, ANY FEEDBACK FROM THOSE AROUND TRUMP, HOW HE’S REACTING TO THAT ASPECT OF THINGS, THE FACT THAT HE DOESN’T LOVE HAVE A TON OF SECURITY IN TERMS OF LIKE KEEPING SUPPORTERS AWAY FROM HIM AND KIND OF LIMITS ON HIS SUPPORTERS IN THAT WAY. HE’S SPOKEN OUT AGAINST IT IN PAST. SO HOW IS HE REACTING TO THE IDEA THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO STEP THINGS UP EVEN MORE THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE? >> I CAN TELL YOU FROM EARLY THIS MORNING, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN AN ACTIVE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. BE CLEAR, BECAUSE IT’S A TWO TEAM EFFORT HERE, HAVE BEEN IN ACTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SECRET SERVICE ABOUT CHANGES IN WISCONSIN AROUND CONVENTION FOR SECURITY. AND YOU MADE THE POINT VERY CLEAR, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, DONALD TRUMP HAS OFTEN SAID LET THEM IN. RIGHT. LET PEOPLE IN ALMOST BREAKING THE BARRIERS, IF YOU WILL, OF SOME OF EVENTS. YOU KNOW, HE THROWS OUT NUMBERS OUT THERE, SOMETIMES TEN, 20, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, ETC.. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WILL PUSH THE LIMITS, WHATEVER HE CAN WITH WISCONSIN, BE CLEAR. AND OUR TEAM HAS SEEN IT ON THE GROUND. AND I’VE COVERED MULTIPLE CONVENTIONS FOR ABC NEWS, MY YEARS HERE. THOSE PLACES ARE LIKE A FORTRESS. YOU’RE NOT GETTING IN. I MEAN, IT’S EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY TIGHT. HAVING SAID THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS BEING REVALUED RIGHT NOW IS HOW WIDE TO MAKE THE PERIMETER. OUR ARE TEAMS BEEN REPORTING YOU KNOW SOMETIMES AND THIS IS NOT KNOWN YET BUT WE KNOW THAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES LIKE TO DO WHAT’S CALLED OFF THE RECORD STOPS RIGHT WHERE THEY’LL POP UP IN OTHER AREAS AROUND. A BIG EVENT. DONALD TRUMP, WHEN HE WAS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN 2016 FOR THAT CONVENTION, HE DID OTHER EVENTS AROUND TOWN. I DON’T KNOW IF THAT’S HAPPENING THIS TIME, BUT AGAIN ,THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THE SECRET SERVICE WOULD SAY, COOL IT AND THAT’S GOING TO BE HARD FOR DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE, AGAIN, HE DOESN’T LIKE TO SIT STILL THIS IS A GUY THAT DOES LIKE TO BE ON THE MOVE. SO THE FACT THAT HE BE FURTHER CONTAINED AND CONFINED IS CERTAINLY GOING TO OUR KEN AND ALEX. >> WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WASN’T THE ONLY VICTIM OF THIS ATTACK. WE HAVE ONE PERSON DEAD, TWO CRITICALLY INJURED. WHAT MORE ARE WE LEARNING ABOUT THOSE VICTIMS? ACTUALLY, DIANE, I HAVE A LITTLE BREAKING NEWS ON THAT FRONT. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE ACTUALLY JUST RELEASED THE NAMES OF ALL OF THE INJURED. WE’VE LEARNED THAT ANOTHER VICTIM WAS 57-YEAR-OLD DAVID DUTCH OF NEW KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA. HE’S CURRENTLY LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. AND THEN ALSO 74-YEAR-OLD JAMES COPAN HABER MOON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, WHO WAS ALSO NOW LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. AND EARLIER TODAY, GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO ANNOUNCED THAT A 50-YEAR-OLD NAMED COREY COMETARY WAS WAS KILLED THAT DAY. IT’S A GIRL, A HUSBAND, A FIREFIGHTER, AS HIS WIDOW SAYING THAT HE DIED A HERO DIVING ON TOP HIS FAMILY. AND SO NOW WE OFFICIALLY KNOW ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE INJURED IN YESTERDAY’S SHOOTING. >> AND BOTH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HAVE SENT THEIR CONDOLENCES TO THOSE FAMILIES JOHN. ALEX TREVOR, THANK YOU. >> AND WE HEARD FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST A SHORT TIME AGO SAYING THERE’S NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS VIOLENCE. PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO SAYS HE WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY IN, AN OVAL OFFICE SPEECH TONIGHT. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS HAS MORE ON THE REACTION THERE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. >> ROSS, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT THIS AFTERNOON AND WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM HIM TONIGHT? YEAH, HE URGED CALM. DIANE, WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT ASK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REALLY PLEAD WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO NOT MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THIS SHOOTER’S MOTIVE BUT TO LET THE INVESTIGATION PLAY OUT. AND WE SAW THE PRESIDENT PROMISE TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW THAT WOULD BE MADE PUBLIC TO, THE COUNTRY AS WELL. IT IS CLEARLY IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME FOR, THE COUNTRY TO FEEL REASSURED THAT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS GETTING TO THE BOTTOM WHAT HAPPENED, AND THAT THEY WILL BE MADE AWARE OF ANY RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION I MEAN, THIS IS A PRESIDENT THAT KNOWS THIS CANNOT HAPPEN IN AMERICA. THIS CANNOT EVER AGAIN. WE HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO SAY THAT HE HAS INSTRUCTED SECRET SERVICE TO DO WHATEVER IS NEEDED, POUR WHATEVER RESOURCES ARE NEEDED INTO THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S SECURITY. I MEAN, THE REALITY IS EVEN HE’S A FORMER PRESIDENT, THE PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, HE DOES NOT NORMALLY HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF SECURITY DETAIL, SERVICE DETAIL AS A SITTING PRESIDENT. OF COURSE, NOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND KNOWS THAT THAT WILL LIKELY NEED TO CHANGE. WE SAW THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAY THAT THE SECRET SERVICE CLEARLY NEEDED TO REVIEW ALL SECURITY AROUND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, LIKE YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH THE TEAM. THEY ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THEIR PROTOCOLS, OF THEIR PLANNING TO SEE WHAT ELSE THEY CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EVENT IS SAFE. BUT DON’T EXPECT THAT TONIGHT THIS WILL REALLY BE IN ADDITION TO AN UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION. THIS WILL REALLY BE A MESSAGE TO THE COUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER, TO BE CALM, TO PRAYERFUL AND TO LOWER THE POLITICAL TEMPERATURE THAT THIS A MOMENT WHERE THE COUNTRY SHOULD UNITE. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE HEARD THIS PRESIDENT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO HEAR TONIGHT. >> AND MARYALICE, ROBERT F JR WHO IS NOT ONLY RUNNING AGAINST BOTH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN, HE’S ALSO THE SON OF ROBERT F KENNEDY WHO WAS ASSASSINATED AS HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. THE NEPHEW OF FORMER PRESIDENT JFK, WHO WAS ASSASSINATED WHILE IN OFFICE. HE IS CALLING FOR BOTH OF THEM TO COME TOGETHER AND SPEAK TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE. FOR BIDEN TO OFFER TRUMP THE PODIUM IN THAT. HAS THERE BEEN ANY REACTION TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO THAT SUGGESTION? NO FORMAL REACTION YET. WE HAVE ASKED THEM. I’VE ASKED THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SO FAR NO REACTION. THEY’RE NOT ENGAGING IN THAT YET. LOOK, THIS IS A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN THAT AT THIS POINT HAS ESSENTIALLY GONE QUIET, GONE DARK. THE WHITE HOUSE MAKING IT VERY CLEAR THIS IS NOT A MOMENT FOR POLITICS. THIS IS A MOMENT FOR THE CAMPAIGN TO BASICALLY BE PAUSED WHILE THE BIDEN THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN VERY AWARE THAT THEIR CANDIDATE IS COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND HE NEEDS TO FOCUS ON BEING THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN MOMENT. IT’S A VERY INTERESTING PROPOSAL FROM RPG, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT BIDEN AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT RARELY TALK, RARELY APPEAR TOGETHER AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT ATTEND THE PRESIDENT’S INAUGURATION. THE TWO MEN VERY BARELY SPOKE AT THEIR DEBATE, BUT YET WE SAW THE PRESIDENT MAKE THIS CALL TO, THE FORMER PRESIDENT YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS THERE BEING SEEN BY HIS DOCTORS. WE HEARD BIDEN REFER TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN SUCH PERSONAL TERMS REPEATEDLY, CALLING HIM DONALD AND SAYING THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE DONALD A SPEEDY RECOVERY. IT WILL BE INTERESTING, IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING WE’VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, IT WILL BE SO INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE MEN, THESE TWO PRESIDENTS, CHANGES AT ALL AND IF, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY TAKE UP RFK JR. ON INTERESTING PROPOSAL TO APPEAR TOGETHER, DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. MARYALICE PARKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> THANKS, MARYALICE. AND WE HAVE MUCH MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT AND REACTIONS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL AISLE AFTER. >> A QUICK BREAK AS SOME KIND OF A BOLD STATEMENT HERE. SOMEBODY IS KILLING YOUNG BLACK WOMEN. THE FEAR WAS JUST INSANE AND WAS NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL . I FOUND OUT WHO DID THIS. NEW ORLEANS VICTIMS PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS A GOOD FRIEND. NOW, FRIDAY, THE INTERVIEW WITH THE KILLER. >> I TOUCHED ON HIMSELF AND THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH THE ONLY SURVIVING VICTIM. >> 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC. LET’S GO. THIS SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WELL, WE ARE HEADING THE UNKNOWN HALF HOUR. IT DOESN’T GET ANY CUTTING EDGE IN THIS. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAD PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAD PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT THAT CRITICS AGREE HAD AIDED THE BRAD PACK. WHAT A DISASTER. >> WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE? AND NOW, LIKE I SAY, WE’RE BEETLES. >> WELL, WE DIDN’T KILL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE HAD. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION. IT’S OUR COMBAT. >> WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM HIGH THINKING. ISMAIL DAVID FROM ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST, REPORTING FROM SPARTANBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. I’M STEPHANIE RAMOS. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE STREAM IT ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE REACTION IS POURING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLS THE ACT A HORRIFIC ONE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AT A PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN RALLY THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. WHILE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES IS CONDEMNING THE ATTACK, SAYING HE’S SENDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO TRUMP. NOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO HEAD TO MILWAUKEE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR ,FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK, JOHN KATKO IS HERE ALONG WITH ABC CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER SECRET SERVICE OFFICIAL DONALD MIHALEK AND HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, MARCIA ESPINOSA JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE. >> JOHN, I WANT TO START WITH JUST THE BIG QUESTION, WHICH IS HOW DID THIS HAPPEN AND HOW DO YOU PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, GIVEN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE SECRET SERVICE? WHAT DO YOU THINK PIECING TOGETHER WHAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR? >> WELL, THAT’S THE QUESTION THAT’S ON EVERYBODY’S MIND. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? WHERE WERE THE BREAKDOWN? WHERE WERE THE FLAWS? WHICH IS WHY BOTH THE FBI IS GOING TO CONDUCT THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION. THE SECRET SERVICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY WILL DO AN INVESTIGATION UNDER THE PROTECTIVE METHODOLOGIES IN PLACE AT THE SITE. AND THEN WE’RE ALSO GOING TO DO AN INVESTIGATION TO CLEAR THE COUNTER SNIPER FROM THIS SHOOTING INCIDENT, BECAUSE ALL SECRET SERVICE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE TO ABIDE BY STANDARD U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT USE OF FORCE RULES. SO GET THAT ANSWER ONCE THOSE INVESTIGATIONS ARE COMPLETE AND, ONCE WE FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. >> AND, JOHN, BOTH FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN EXCUSE ME, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING FOR UNITY. BUT THERE’S ALSO A LOT OF BLAME GOING AROUND BY CRITICS, SOME BLAMING THE FORMER PRESIDENT HIMSELF FOR, THINGS THAT HE HAS SAID FOR HIS OWN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT HERE. OTHERS BLAMING BIDEN FOR RHETORIC THAT HE HAS SAID ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT. SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS BACK AND FORTH AND HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD FROM IT NOW? >> I THINK THAT’S SO IRRESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH SIDES TO BE DOING THAT. I FOR ONCE, THEY HAVEN’T PUT DOWN THEIR SWORDS AND REALIZE HOW SERIOUS WAS HOW LUCKY PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS. NOT EVEN MORE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED, REALLY WITHIN ABOUT AN INCH OF HAVING A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK PEOPLE SOMETIMES MAKES ME REALIZE THEY DON’T LEARN ANYTHING FROM EVENTS LIKE THIS. THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THE RHETORIC DOWN. AND YET WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF HIGH RANKING INDIVIDUALS JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS, DON’T HAVE ALL THE FACTS YET. AND THE SECRET SERVICE RISKS THEIR LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY NEVER GET CREDIT FOR THE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF VERY SERIOUS THREATS THAT THEY STOP EVERY DAY. I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS HEAD OF HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS OVER MY EIGHT YEARS, AND I HAD DIRECT SUPERVISION OVER AND OVER HOMELAND SECURITY MATTERS IN GENERAL AND SECRET SERVICE IN PARTICULAR. THEY’RE HEROES. THEY’RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES JUST LIKE THEY DID YESTERDAY TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. SO LET’S JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE WE START MAKING ACCUSATIONS. THAT’S WHAT’S SO DISCONCERTING ABOUT THIS. HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING? LET’S FOR ONCE JUST GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN JUST LET THE FACTS TELL US WHAT HAPPENED INSTEAD OF US TELLING THE FACTS WHAT HAPPENED. >> AND, MARSHA, DESPITE SOME KIND OF BRINGING THE RHETORIC UP AGAIN, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN BOTH HAVE DONE THE OPPOSITE. THEY BOTH CALLED FOR UNITY. THEY BOTH SEEM TO BE TRYING TO BRING THE TEMPERATURE DOWN. DOES THAT GIVE YOU HOPE THAT THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER? >> ABSOLUTELY. I HOPE THAT WE KNOW CONTINUE TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD AND UNIFY THE COUNTRY. >> WE’LL SEE THAT HOPEFULLY FROM THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT IN HIS REMARKS TO TO THE COUNTRY WHERE HE WILL GIVE SOME SOME STABILITY THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE OKAY, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SEASON. >> AND BOTH THE RNC CONVENTION, WHICH STARTS TOMORROW AND THEN NEXT MONTH, THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN CHICAGO. SO WHAT WE SAW WAS THE PRESIDENT COME OUT EARLIER TODAY WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE DIRECTOR, THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, WHICH OVERSEES THE SECRET SERVICE AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE SECRETARY, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH OVERSEES THE FBI. SO ALL OF THESE FOLKS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO BRIEF THE PRESIDENT ON THE LATEST AND TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. AND JUST TO ECHO CONGRESSMAN KATKO REMARKS JUST NOW. >> THE SECRET SERVICE IS INCREASED ABLE AND DOES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK. THEY JUST FINISHED UP THE NATO SUMMIT IN D.C. WHERE EVERYTHING WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. WE SAW NOTHING FROM THAT, WHICH MEANS THEY WERE ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY WITH THEIR SUCCESSES. AND WE SAW YESTERDAY WHEN THEY LITERALLY JUMPED UP FROM ALL OF THAT STAGE TO PUT THEIR BODIES ON THE LINE IN FRONT OF THE PRESIDENT OR THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO PROTECT HIM FROM WHATEVER THREAT WAS EMERGING. AND, YOU KNOW, I’VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO JUMPED UP TO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM’S WAY. >> AND ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS HIS WIFE AND TWO KIDS AT HOME WATCHING THIS AND BEING SCARED. BUT JUST KNOWING THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. AND IS WHAT THEY DO BEST. >> ALL RIGHT. JOHN KATKO, MARSHA, THANK YOU BOTH. AND WE WILL TAKE YOU TO MILWAUKEE, WHERE THE SECURITY PLAN FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IS NOW BEING REEXAMINED. WE’RE GOING TO CHECK THAT OUT AFTER THIS QUICK BREAK. STAY WITH US. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S TO THE BRAT PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL AWARENESS, FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT FROM THE INSIDE, THE BRAD PACK WAS VERY DIFFERENT. IF YOU HAVE A BRAD NAME NOT EXIST, WOULD YOU? >> I HATED THE BRAD PACK. WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE? >> AND LIKE I SAY, WE WERE THE BEATLES. WELL WE DIDN’T SELL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE MADE MONEY. >> THE STORIES SCHEDULED. WHAT WOULD SHAKE YOUR LIFE DURING THE FIRST INNING? AND TOWERING, JAW DROPPING THE MOST POWERFUL STORIES OF OUR TIME. MEG RYAN ON READY TO KILL AND STREAMING ON HULU. THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS, SINGLE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DO YOU REMEMBER OF CAKE TORTURED ME? HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR? IN A WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. >> NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY. THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU. THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY TIME A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. >> I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? I WOULDN’T SAY ACCEPTING IT SO MUCH. >> PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST. YEP. READY KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS IN "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TO BY TO CHURCH. THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT THIS. >> NOW STREAMING ON HULU. "GMA" SURPRISED PEOPLE THE COUNTRY HELPING FIND THOUSANDS IN UNCLAIMED MONEY. THIS REALLY IS A CHECK. >> YES. AND THIS SUMMER, WE ARE ABLE TO GET. >> THAT’S INCREDIBLE BECAUSE NOTHING IS BETTER THAN HEARING YOU SAY, SHOW ME THE MONEY. >> AND GOOD MORNING AMERICA. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. SECURITY ARE BEING RAISED FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AFTER AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT, A PENNSYLVANIA RALLY YESTERDAY. NOW A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS SECURITY PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CONVENTION ARE BEING REEXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE AND. THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF HAS NOW SAID HE HAS ORDERED THE SECRET SERVICE TO REVIEW THOSE SECURITY PLANS AS WELL. ABC’S J. O’BRIEN JOINS US NOW MILWAUKEE WITH MORE. JAY, WHAT’S THE MOOD LIKE AT THE CONVENTION NOW AND HOW IS THE SHOOTING CHANGING THINGS? >> THE MOOD FROM CONVENTION ATTENDEES IS THAT THE SHOW WILL GO ON HERE. AS FOR. IT IS A VERY TIGHT SECURITY ENVIRONMENT. IT WAS ALWAYS PLANNED TO BE A TIGHT SECURITY ENVIRONMENT, BUT OBVIOUSLY CONCERNS HEIGHTENED NOW IN THE WAKE OF EVENTS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHILE SECURITY IS BEING REVISITED, THE OPTIONS ARE SOMEWHAT SLIM JUST BECAUSE OF HOW ROBUST THE SECURITY PRESENCE IS HERE. ALREADY, THEY COULD BRING IN MORE TACTICAL DEPLOY TACTICAL TEAMS TO CERTAIN PARTS OF THE SECURITY PERIMETER. THERE ALSO ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE AREAS ON THE EDGES, THE SECURITY PERIMETER HERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO CARRY GUNS. THEY ARE ON THE EDGES OF THE PERIMETER. YOU CAN’T CARRY GUNS CLOSE TO THE EVENT VENUE, BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN ON THE EDGES, THE PERIMETER HERE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, DAN, CONCERN ARE HIGH. AND GIVEN THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AND THERE WAS ALREADY A ROBUST SECURITY PRESENCE HERE AS REPUBLICANS, AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT VOWED, THAT THIS CONVENTION WILL GO ON UNDETERRED. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN IN MILWAUKEE FOR US. THANKS, JAY. >> AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M DIANE MACEDO, ABC LIVE. WE’LL HAVE MORE COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE NETWORK WILL BE HOLDING A SPECIAL WITH DAVID MUIR TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. EASTERN AND WE WILL COVER THAT LIVE. THE NEWS STOPS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS. I AM SINGLE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A MEMBER OF ONE OF KEY TORTURED ME. HOW DID SHE SURVIVED THAT? NINE DAYS OF TERROR IN THE WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. >> NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY. THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU. THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY TIME A SURVIVOR. >> THEIR STORY. I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? I WON’T SAY ACCEPTED SO MUCH. >> PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST. THAT’S HIM? YEP. READY? KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. >> DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS? THE POWERFUL MEN "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TO BUY TO CHURCH. THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THAT. >> NOW STREAMING ON HULU. ALL RIGHT. LET THE DOGS OUT, PLEASE. I DON’T THINK HE’S GOING TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME, EVEN IF HE GIVES ME A HARD TIME. I’M THE RIGHT GUY. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL LEARN TOGETHER. CALM, CALM, CONFIDENT, CALM, SURRENDER. EVERYTHING THAT HE’S HAS BECOME A REALITY. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AND IMPRESSED. >> I FEEL LIKE YOU CHANGED OUR WORLD. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE AS YOU REHABILITATE THE DOG. YOU ALSO. YOU AS SOME KIND OF A BULL DEMON HERE. SOMEBODY IS KILLING YOUNG BLACK WOMEN. THE FEAR WAS JUST INSANE. I WAS NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL I FOUND OUT WHO DID THIS. NEW ORLEANS VICTIMS. HE PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS A GOOD FRIEND. NOW, FRIDAY, THE PRISON INTERVIEW WITH THE KILLER THAT TOUCHED HIM. AND THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH THE ONLY SURVIVING VICTIM. 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC. I AM GOING TO SAY TO IN NEW YORK HAVE ABC NEWS LIVE SPECIAL COVERAGE RIGHT NOW AS WE LEARN NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY YESTERDAY. YOU COULD SEE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUCH HIS EAR AND THEN DUCK FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SWARMED HIM. HE LATER PUMPED HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS AGENTS THEN ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE. HE WAS SIGNALING TO THE CROWD THERE THAT HE WAS OKAY. >> AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE ABOUT THE SHOOTING JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE OR ANY VIOLENCE FOR THAT MATTER. WE DON’T YET HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOTIVE, THE SHOOTER. WE KNOW WHO HE IS. I URGE EVERYONE, EVERYONE DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HIS MOTIVES OR AFFILIATIONS. >> LET THE FBI DO THEIR JOB. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING OUTSIDE THE SECURITY PERIMETER OF THAT RALLY YESTERDAY BEFORE A SECRET SERVICE SNIPER RETURNED FIRE AND KILLED HIM. DRAMATIC SHOWS SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS ON THE ROOF OF A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS THEY REACTED TO THE SHOOTING IN REAL TIME. >> TAKE A LOOK. WHAT? >> I REALLY SEE SOMETHING THAT SAID, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. AND INVESTIGATORS CONFIRM THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE SUSPECT, A 20 YEAR OLD FROM BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, RECEIVING HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. STATE RECORDS SHOW WAS REGISTERED TO VOTE AS A REPUBLICAN, BUT POTENTIAL MOTIVE REMAINS UNCLEAR. >> LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS AUTHORITIES FOUND SOME ITEMS IN HIS CAR THOUGHT POTENTIALLY TO BE EXPLOSIVE. THAT RAISED SOME CONCERNS AND THEY ARE WAITING. OFFICIAL TEST RESULTS. NOW THE BOMB SQUAD IS ALSO ASSISTING IN AN INVESTIGATION OF HIS HOME. AND ALL OF THIS IS COMING JUST A DAY BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IS SET TO KICK OFF IN MILWAUKEE TOMORROW. WE ARE TOLD SECURITY PLANS FOR THE CONVENTION WILL NOW BE REEXAMINED. ABC’S TREVOR IS IN BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW RECOVERING. ABC ALEX PRESHA IS NEAR THE SHOOTING SCENE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA AND ABC NEWS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOHN SANTUCCI IS HERE WITH ME IN STUDIO. >> SO WHAT IS THE LATEST ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? HOW IS HE DOING AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIS PLANS FOR TODAY? WELL, IT’S CLEAR, DIANE, THAT EVEN HE HAS TO RECOVER FROM THIS GUNSHOT WOUND. HE IS AT LEAST STRONG ENOUGH THAT ARE, I BELIEVE, IN THE NEXT FEW MOMENTS OR AT LEAST VERY SOON, HE’S LIKELY TO LEAVE HERE IN BEDMINSTER. HE SPENT THE NIGHT HERE, GOT IN LITTLE BIT AFTER MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. HE IS EXPECTED TO HEAD TO NEWARK AIRPORT AND THEN FLY BACK TO WISCONSIN. WE SAW HE POSTED ON THROUGH SOCIAL THAT. HE’S NOT GOING TO LET THIS SHOOTER, THIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSIN DELAY HIS SCHEDULE WHILE, OF COURSE, HE IS RECOVERING. IT SAID THAT HE’D CONSIDERED PUSHING HIS ARRIVAL IN WISCONSIN FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION BY TWO DAYS. HE’S DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT. HE IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE OFF FROM NEWARK AROUND 330, ACCORDING TO HIS POST, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT TO TAKE OFF HERE FROM BEDMINSTER SHOULD BE HAPPENING ANY MOMENT NOW, WHICH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT YESTERDAY, IS A REMARKABLE TURNAROUND HERE. WE HAVE SEEN OUTSIDE OF TRUMP, THERE’S BEEN SOME OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S SUPPORTERS OUT HOLDING SIGNS, WAVING FLAGS, AND HE’S GOING TO VERY CLEARLY CONTINUE ON HIS CAMPAIGN, JUST AS WE SAW ON THE STAGE AFTER HE WAS SHOT, HOLDING UP THAT FIST, INSISTING HE WAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND ALEX PRESHA ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY FROM WHERE THAT ALL HAPPENED. SO, ALEX, WHAT’S THE SCENE LIKE IN BUTLER PENNSYLVANIA TODAY? >> WHAT I AND IT IS TENSE CAN TELL YOU THAT CERTAINLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY WE’VE HAD A NUMBER OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS STOP BY, SHARE THEIR ANECDOTES ABOUT BEING AT THAT RALLY YESTERDAY AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE ACTUALLY HEARING THAT THAT LIVE GUNFIRE. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE IS ON HIGH ALERT. IN FACT, A LITTLE UNDER AN HOUR AGO, THERE WAS A BAG HAD BEEN ABANDONED AT OUR LIVE LOCATION. WE SAW AN FBI PULL UP A NUMBER OF AGENTS GET OUT. THEY INSPECTED IT EVENTUALLY, TOOK IT AWAY AS AS EVIDENCE. DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY CREDIBLE THREAT HERE, BUT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW ALERT PEOPLE ARE TODAY. >> ONE DAY AFTER THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, JOHN. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA CALLING FOR UNITY. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM HIS INNER CIRCLE? >> IT’S A REAL MIXED BAG WHEN YOU TALK TO MANY PEOPLE, FAMILY MEMBERS AND ALLIES NEEDS TO. DONALD TRUMP, DIANE SO IN ONE CAMP, IT’S THAT EXACT MESSAGE, RIGHT? STAY UNITED, GET INTO THE POLITICAL FRAY. A MEMO THAT WAS SENT OUT BY CHRIS LOTS OF EDA AND SUSIE WILES WHO RUN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, CALLED ALL OF THEIR STAFF TO NOT GET IN TO THE RHETORIC TO KEEP CALM, KEEP EVERYTHING PEACEFUL, BASICALLY TO TAKE THE TEMPERATURE DOWN. NOW, THAT IS NOT STOP OTHER ALLIES IN CONGRESS OF POTENTIAL VP CANDIDATES FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT FROM TWEETING OUT THINGS ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND THINGS ABOUT THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN STILL KEEPING RHETORIC HOT. SO IT’S A BIT OF A BALANCING ACT AT THE MOMENT. NOW, WHAT BOTH CAMPS, THOUGH, THEY ARE SEPARATE. WHERE THEY DO MEET IS THE FOLLOWING. GET TO MILWAUKEE, GET ON WITH THE CONVENTION. DON’T THE SHOW. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO SEE DONALD TRUMP DO. >> LOOK, I’VE TALKED TO MULTIPLE SOURCES, AS YOU WELL KNOW, DIE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, AS TREVOR JUST WE’RE ABOUT TO SEE DONALD TRUMP LEAVE BEDMINSTER HEAD OFF HIS PLANE AT NEWARK AIRPORT AND GET TO MILWAUKEE. THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATION ABOUT MAYBE SOME SORT OF SIGN TONIGHT TO THE PUBLIC THAT. HE’S FINE THAT HE’S OUT THERE, MAYBE SOMETHING OF A SHOW OF FORCE, IF YOU WILL. AND OF COURSE, WE SAW DONALD TRUMP, WHICH SURPRISED JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON I SPOKE TO MANY LAST NIGHT AROUND THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S SURPRISE TO SEE HIM GET BACK UP IN THE MOMENTS AFTER THAT SHOOTING. THEY KNOW DONALD TRUMP. DONALD TRUMP IS OFTEN SAID EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE AS A TV SHOW. COULDN’T HAVE PREDICTED THAT SHOW YESTERDAY FOR SURE. BUT I DO THINK NOW THIS IS WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO SEE DONALD TRUMP, THE MESSENGER, REALLY LEAN IN. AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO START TO SEE DONALD TRUMP MORE AND MORE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AND EVEN ANYONE EXPECTED. THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE TO NOTE, TAKING AWAY EVERYTHING, THIS ASSASSINATION SITUATION FOR A SECOND. WE KNOW THAT DONALD TRUMP IS LASER FOCUSED ON A VP PICK AND THAT IS SOMETHING COULD COME COULD COME TOMORROW. AIDES ARE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING, BUT I WILL SAY THE OTHER THING. I HEAR OVERARCHING GOOD SPIRITS FOR A GUY THAT WAS JUST SHOT. EVERY PERSON I TALKED TO THAT HAS SPOKEN TO DONALD TRUMP SAY HE’S IN AN ABSOLUTELY IN A GOOD MOOD, RELAXED, A LITTLE SHAKEN UP BY WHAT HAPPENED. AND ONE PERSON I SPOKE TO ACTUALLY TO BOTH REMARKED THAT WHEN THEY SPOKE TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT, HIS FIRST REACTION WAS IT WAS A LOT OF BLOOD. IT IS A REALLY TOOK HIM BACK. I THINK YOU SEE THAT INITIAL DAZED AND CONFUSED REACTION FROM HIM PLAYS RIGHT INTO THAT AND AT THE TIME YOU KNOW WE ARE WATCHING ON VIDEO WE CAN SEE IN SOME WAYS MORE CLEARLY WHAT’S HAPPENING THAN HE CAN IN THAT MOMENT. SO I IMAGINE THAT HAD TO BE SCARY. >> ANYONE WHO WOULD BE IN THAT POSITION. AND THE ONLY THING I’LL SAY AND I DON’T KNOW THIS FOR FACT, BUT I DO KNOW IS YOU KNOW DONALD TRUMP VERY WELL. DONALD TRUMP HAS A HISTORY, A VERY WELL-KNOWN PUBLIC HISTORY OF SAYING HE GOES BACK AND WATCHES HIS EVENTS, WATCHES HIS SPEECHES, WATCHES HIS INTERVIEWS. I WOULD BE CURIOUS. AND HE MAY HAVE ALREADY SPENT THE DAY IN NEW, YOU KNOW, BEFORE HE FLIES OUT. I’D BE VERY CURIOUS TO KNOW IF HE HAS GONE BACK AND WATCH THAT FOOTAGE. >> IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME. TREVOR, WHAT IS SECURITY LIKE THERE IN BEDMINSTER NOW AS THEY’RE PREPARING THE PRESIDENT TO LEAVE AND HEAD TO MILWAUKEE? >> WELL, IT’S A VERY TIGHT, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, AS IT KIND OF ALWAYS IS, DIANE, PARTICULARLY TRUMP NATIONAL. BUT WE DID SEE A DISTINCTIVE CHANGE WHEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT LANDED AT NEWARK AIRPORT LAST NIGHT. SO THEY GOT IN AROUND AM OR SO. AND WHILE THERE’S ALWAYS SECRET SERVICE AROUND THE FORMER PRESIDENT, THERE WAS A NOTED TACTICAL TEAM FROM THE SECRET WITH LONG GUNS, WITH BODY ARMOR WAITING DOWN THE END OF THE STEPS OF THE PLANE. NOW, WAS PART OF THAT MAYBE A SHOW OF FORCE? POSSIBLY. BUT ALSO IT’S CLEAR THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY CHANCES. NOW, I THINK YOU COULD ARGUE THAT THEY FELT THEY WEREN’T TAKING ANY CHANCES BEFORE. I DON’T THINK THE SERVICE IS KNOWN FOR CUTTING ANY CORNERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SECURITY, BUT IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LET ANYONE NEAR HIM RIGHT NOW AS IS GENERALLY THE CASE. WE’RE ABOUT TO SEE THAT MOTORCADE TAKE OFF AND HEAD TO NEWARK AIRPORT. I IMAGINE THAT’S GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIAL. IT IS GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIVE. AND THEN I THINK AS AS JOHN HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THE IS TO JUST GET ON THE PLANE, GET TO WISCONSIN, AND THEN FIGURE IT OUT THERE. BUT, OF COURSE, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, GIVEN WHAT’S HAPPENED OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS OR SO, EVERYBODY IS ON HIGH ALERT. AND YOU MORE SO THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. >> AND, JOHN, ANY FEEDBACK FROM THOSE AROUND TRUMP ON HOW HE’S REACTING TO THAT ASPECT OF THINGS, THE FACT THAT HE DOESN’T LOVE TO HAVE A TON OF SECURITY IN TERMS OF LIKE KEEPING SUPPORTERS AWAY FROM AND PUTTING KIND OF LIMITS ON HIS SUPPORTERS IN THAT WAY. HE’S SPOKEN OUT AGAINST IT IN THE PAST. SO HOW IS HE REACTING TO THE IDEA THAT MAY HAVE TO STEP THINGS UP EVEN MORE THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE? >> I CAN TELL YOU FROM EARLY THIS MORNING, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN AN ACTIVE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE IT’S A TWO TEAM EFFORT HERE, HAVE BEEN ACTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SECRET SERVICE ABOUT CHANGES IN WISCONSIN AROUND THE CONVENTION FOR SECURITY. AND YOU MAY MADE THE POINT VERY CLEAR, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, DONALD TRUMP HAS OFTEN SAID, LET HIM IN. RIGHT. LET PEOPLE IN ALMOST BREAKING THE BARRIERS, IF YOU WILL, OF SOME OF THESE EVENTS. YOU KNOW, HE THROWS OUT NUMBERS THERE, SOMETIMES TEN, 20, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, ETC.. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT HE WILL PUSH THE LIMITS, WHATEVER HE CAN WITH. WISCONSIN, LET’S BE CLEAR. AND OUR TEAM HAS SEEN IT ON THE GROUND AND I’VE COVERED MULTIPLE CONVENTIONS FOR ABC NEWS MY YEARS HERE. THOSE PLACES ARE LIKE A FORTRESS. YOU’RE NOT GETTING IN. I MEAN, IT’S EXTREMELY EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY TIGHT. HAVING SAID THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS BEING REVALUED RIGHT NOW IS HOW WIDE MEET THE PERIMETER. OUR TEAM TEAM’S BEEN REPORTING THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME TIMES AND THIS IS NOT KNOWN YET BUT WE KNOW THAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES LIKE TO DO WHAT’S CALLED OFF THE RECORD STOPS RIGHT WHERE THEY’LL POP IN OTHER AREAS AROUND A BIG EVENT. DONALD TRUMP, WHEN HE WAS THE FIRST REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN 2016 FOR THAT CONVENTION, HE DID OTHER EVENTS AROUND TOWN. I DON’T KNOW IF THAT’S HAPPENING THIS TIME, BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THE SECRET SERVICE WOULD COOL IT. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE HARD FOR DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE, AGAIN HE DOESN’T LIKE TO SIT STILL. THIS IS A GUY THAT DOES LIKE TO BE ON THE MOVE. SO THE FACT THAT HE WILL BE FURTHER CONTAINED AND CONFINED IS CERTAINLY GOING TO OUR KEN AND ALEX. WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WASN’T THE ONLY VICTIM OF THIS ATTACK. WE HAVE ONE PERSON DEAD, TWO CRITICALLY INJURED. WHAT MORE ARE WE LEARNING? THOSE VICTIMS, ACTUALLY, DIANE, HAVE A LITTLE BREAKING NEWS ON THAT FRONT. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE ACTUALLY JUST RELEASED THE NAMES OF ALL OF THE INJURED. WE’VE LEARNED THAT ANOTHER VICTIM WAS 57-YEAR-OLD DAVID DUTCH OF NEW KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA. HE’S CURRENTLY LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION, CONDITION. AND THEN ALSO 74-YEAR-OLD JAMES COPE IN HARBOR OF MOON, PENNSYLVANIA, WHO IS ALSO NOW LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION. AND EARLIER TODAY, GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO ANNOUNCED THAT A 50-YEAR-OLD NAMED COMETARY WAS WAS KILLED THAT DAY. IT’S A GIRL, A HUSBAND, A FIREFIGHTER, HIS WIDOW SAYING THAT HE DIED A HERO DIVING ON TOP HIS FAMILY. AND SO NOW WE OFFICIALLY KNOW ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE INJURED IN YESTERDAY’S SHOOTING. >> AND BOTH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HAVE SENT THEIR CONDOLENCES TO THOSE FAMILIES. JOHN TREVOR, THANK YOU. AND WE FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN JUST A SHORT TIME AGO SAYING THERE’S NO PLACE AMERICA, FOR THIS VIOLENCE. PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO SAYS HE WILL HAVE MORE TO IN AN OVAL OFFICE SPEECH TONIGHT. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS. >> MORE ON THE REACTION THERE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. WHERE ELSE? WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT THIS AFTERNOON AND WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM TONIGHT THAT HE URGED CALM? DIANE, WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT ASK, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REALLY PLEAD WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO NOT MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THIS SHOOTER’S BUT TO LET THE INVESTIGATION PLAY OUT. AND WE SAW THE PRESIDENT PROMISE TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW THAT WOULD BE MADE PUBLIC TO TO THE COUNTRY AS WELL. THIS IS CLEARLY IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME FOR THE COUNTRY TO FEEL REASSURED THAT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT THEY WILL BE MADE AWARE OF ANY RESULTS, AN INVESTIGATION. I MEAN, THIS IS A PRESIDENT THAT KNOWS THIS CANNOT HAPPEN IN AMERICA. THIS CANNOT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. WE HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO SAY THAT HE HAS INSTRUCTED SECRET SERVICE TO DO WHATEVER IS NEEDED, POUR WHATEVER RESOURCES ARE NEEDED INTO THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S SECURITY. I MEAN, THE REALITY IS EVEN THOUGH HE’S A FORMER PRESIDENT, THE PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, HE DOES NOT NORMALLY HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF SECURITY, SECRET SERVICE DETAIL AS A SITTING PRESIDENT. OF COURSE, NOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND KNOWS THAT THAT WILL LIKELY NEED TO CHANGE. WE WE SAW THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAY THAT THE SECRET SERVICE CLEARLY NEEDED TO REVIEW ALL MEASURES AROUND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. LIKE YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH THE TEAM. THEY ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ALL OF PROTOCOLS, ALL OF THEIR PLANNING TO SEE WHAT ELSE THEY CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT EVENT IS SAFE. BUT THEY AND I EXPECT THAT TONIGHT THIS WILL REALLY BE IN ADDITION TO AN UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION. THIS WILL REALLY BE A TO THE COUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER, TO BE CALM, TO BE PRAYERFUL, AND TO LOWER THE POLITICAL TEMPERATURE . THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE THE COUNTRY SHOULD UNITE. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE HEARD THIS PRESIDENT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO HEAR TONIGHT BY HIM AND MARY ALICE, ROBERT F. KENNEDY, WHO IS NOT ONLY RUNNING AGAINST BOTH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN, HE’S ALSO THE SON OF ROBERT F KENNEDY WHO WAS ASSASSINATED AS HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. THE NEPHEW OF FORMER PRESIDENT JFK, WHO WAS ASSASSINATED WHILE IN OFFICE. HE IS NOW CALLING FOR BOTH OF THEM TO COME TOGETHER AND SPEAK TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE. FOR BIDEN TO OFFER TRUMP THE PODIUM IN THAT WAY. HAS THERE BEEN ANY REACTION TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO THAT SUGGESTION? NO FORMAL REACTION YET. WE HAVE ASKED THEM. I’VE ALSO ASKED THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SO FAR, NO REACTION. THEY’RE NOT ENGAGING IN THAT YET. LOOK, THIS IS A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN THAT AT THIS POINT HAS ESSENTIALLY GONE QUIET, GONE DARK. THE WHITE HOUSE MAKING IT VERY CLEAR THIS IS NOT A MOMENT FOR POLITICS. THIS IS A MOMENT FOR THE CAMPAIGN TO BASICALLY BE PAUSED WHILE THE BIDEN THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN VERY AWARE OF THEIR CANDIDATE AS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. AND HE NEEDS TO FOCUS ON BEING THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN THIS MOMENT. IT’S A VERY INTERESTING PROPOSAL FROM RFK JR ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT BIDEN AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT RARELY TALK, RARELY APPEAR TOGETHER. AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT ATTEND THE PRESIDENT’S INAUGURATION. THE TWO MEN VERY BARELY SPOKE AT THEIR DEBATE, BUT YET WE SAW THE PRESIDENT MAKE THIS CALL TO MEET WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS THERE BEING SEEN BY HIS DOCTORS . WE HEARD BIDEN REFER TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN SUCH PERSONAL TERMS, CALLING HIM DONALD AND SAYING THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HAD A SPEEDY RECOVERY. IT’LL BE INTERESTING IN. ADDITION TO EVERYTHING WE’VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, IT WILL BE SO INTERESTING TO SEE IF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE TWO MEN, THESE TWO PRESIDENTS CHANGES AT ALL AND IF, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY TAKE UP RFK JR ON THAT INTERESTING PROPOSAL TO APPEAR TOGETHER, DIANE. >> RIGHT. >> MARYALICE PARKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THANKS MARYALICE. >> AND WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND REACTIONS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL AISLE AFTER A QUICK BREAK. >> THEY CALL HIM BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS AND SINGLE. I WANT TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF A NUMBER OF WOMEN. KATE TORTURED ME. >> HOW DID SHE SURVIVE? NINE DAYS OF TERROR? IN A WORD, CAME UP. >> NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY. THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU. THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY TIME A SURVIVOR. >> THEIR STORY. I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? I WOULDN’T SAY ACCEPT AS SO MUCH. >> PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST. YOU READY? KYRA PHILLIPS WITH ABC NEWS. >> DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS TO ANY "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE"? SECRETS OF THE TO GO TO CHURCH. THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS. >> NOW STREAMING ON HULU, REPORTING FROM THE OSCARS RED CARPET. I’M MELISSA. DON, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE LIVE. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. REACTION IS POURING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLS THE ACT A HORRIFIC ONE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AT A PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN RALLY THAT NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. WHILE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES CONDEMNING THE ATTACK, SAYING HE’S SENDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO TRUMP. NOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO HEAD TO MILWAUKEE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK, JOHN KATKO IS HERE ALONG WITH ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER SECRET SERVICE OFFICIAL DONALD MIHALEK AND FORMER HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. ESPINOSA JOINING ME NOW FOR MORE. JOHN, I WANT START WITH JUST THE BIG QUESTION, WHICH IS HOW DID THIS AND HOW DO YOU PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN? GIVING YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE SECRET SERVICE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? PIECING TOGETHER WHAT WE’VE SEEN SO. >> WELL, THAT’S THE QUESTION THAT’S ON EVERYBODY’S MIND. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? WHERE WERE THE BREAKDOWNS? WHERE WERE THE FLAWS? WHICH IS WHY BOTH THE FBI IS GOING TO CONDUCT THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION. THE SECRET SERVICE AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WILL AN INVESTIGATION UNDER THE PROTECTED METHODOLOGIES IN PLACE AT THE SITE. AND THEN WE’RE ALSO GOING TO DO AN INVESTIGATION TO CLEAR THE COUNTER SNIPER, THIS SHOOTING INCIDENT, BECAUSE ALL SECRET SERVICE PERSONNEL, LAW ENFORCEMENT, HAVE TO ABIDE BY STANDARD U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT USE OF FORCE RULES. SO WE’LL GET THAT ANSWER. THOSE INVESTIGATIONS ARE COMPLETE. AND ONCE WE FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. >> AND JOHN, BOTH FORMER PRESIDENT EXCUSE ME, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN ARE CALLING FOR. BUT THERE’S ALSO A LOT OF BLAME GOING AROUND BY CRITICS BLAMING THE FORMER PRESIDENT HIMSELF FOR THINGS THAT HE HAS SAID FOR HIS OWN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT HERE. OTHERS BLAMING PRESIDENT FOR RHETORIC THAT HE HAS SAID ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT. SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS BACK AND FORTH AND HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD FROM IT NOW? >> I THINK THAT STORY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH SIDES TO BE DOING THAT. I THINK FOR ONCE, THEY HAVE PUT DOWN THEIR SWORDS AND REALIZE HOW SERIOUS THIS WAS HOW LUCKY PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS NOT TO GET MORE SERIOUS. THE INJURED OR KILLED REALLY WITHIN ABOUT AN INCH OF HAVING A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF FRUSTRATION RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK PEOPLE IT’S SOMETIMES MAKES REALIZE THEY DON’T LEARN ANYTHING FROM EVENTS LIKE THIS. THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THE RHETORIC DOWN. AND YET WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS, HIGH RANKING INDIVIDUALS JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS. WE DON’T HAVE ALL THE FACTS YET. AND THE SECRET SERVICE RISKS THEIR LIVES, EVERYTHING DAY DO THEY NEVER GET CREDIT FOR THE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF VERY SERIOUS THREATS THAT THEY STOP EVERY DAY? I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I WAS HEAD OF HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS OVER MY EIGHT YEARS. I DIRECT SUPERVISION OVER AND OVER HOMELAND SECURITY MATTERS IN GENERAL. AND SECRET SERVICE IN PARTICULAR. THEY’RE HEROES. THEY’RE WONDERFUL PEOPLE. THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES JUST LIKE YESTERDAY, TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. SO LET’S JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE YOU START MAKING ACCUSATIONS. THAT’S WHAT’S SO ABOUT THIS. HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING? LET’S FOR ONCE, JUST GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN JUST LET THE TELL US WHAT HAPPENED INSTEAD OF US TELLING THE FACTS HAPPENED. >> AND, MARSHA, DESPITE SOME KIND OF BRINGING THE RHETORIC UP AGAIN, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN BOTH HAVE DONE THE OPPOSITE. THEY’VE BOTH CALLED FOR UNITY. THEY BOTH SEEM TO BE TRYING TO BRING THE TEMPERATURE DOWN. DOES THAT GIVE YOU HOPE THAT THIS COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> I HOPE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD AND UNIFY THE COUNTRY. WE’LL SEE THAT HOPEFULLY FROM THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT IN HIS REMARKS TO TO THE COUNTRY WHERE HE WILL GIVE US SOME SOME STABILITY THAT THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE OKAY, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SEASON. AND BOTH THE RNC CONVENTION, WHICH STARTS TOMORROW AND THEN NEXT MONTH, THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, CHICAGO. SO WHAT WE SAW WAS THE PRESIDENT OUT EARLIER TODAY WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE DIRECTOR, THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, WHICH OVERSEES THE SECRET SERVICE AND THE DIRECTOR, THE SECRETARY, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH OVERSEES THE FBI. SO ALL OF THESE FOLKS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO BRIEF THE PRESIDENT THE LATEST, AND TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. AND JUST TO ECHO, CONGRESSMAN, THOSE REMARKS JUST NOW. >> THE SECRET SERVICE IS INCREDIBLE AND DOES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT WORK. THEY JUST FINISHED UP THE NATO SUMMIT IN D.C. WHERE EVERYTHING WENT WITHOUT A HITCH. WE SAW NOTHING FROM THAT, WHICH MEANS THEY WERE ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY WITH THEIR SUCCESSES . WE SAW THAT YESTERDAY WHEN THEY LITERALLY JUMPED UP FROM ALL ANGLES OF THAT STAGE TO PUT THEIR BODIES ON LINE IN FRONT OF THE PRESIDENT OR THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO PROTECT HIM FROM WHATEVER THREAT WAS EMERGING. AND, YOU KNOW, I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO JUMPED UP TO PUT IN HARM’S WAY. AND ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT WAS HIS WIFE AND HIS TWO KIDS AT HOME WATCHING THIS AND BEING SCARED. >> BUT JUST KNOWING THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. AND THIS IS WHAT THEY DO BEST. >> ALL RIGHT. JOHN KATKO, MARSHA ESPINOSA, THANK YOU BOTH. AND WE WILL TAKE YOU TO MILWAUKEE, WHERE THE SECURITY PLAN FOR THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IS NOW BEING REEXAMINED. WE’RE GOING TO CHECK THAT OUT RIGHT AFTER THIS QUICK BREAK. STAY WITH US. >> I THINK THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS AND I’M SINGLE. I WANT TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF A NUMBER OF WOMEN THAT KEEP TORTURED. ME. HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR? YOU WERE AN ACCOMPLICE. >> CAME UP. NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY. THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER WILL ONLY ON HULU. >> YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> MY REPORTING BREAKING NEW EXCLUSIVES KEEP STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. SECURITY QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AFTER AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT A RALLY YESTERDAY. NOW A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS NEWS SECURITY PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CONVENTION ARE BEING REEXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. AND THE HIMSELF HAS NOW SAID HE HAS ORDERED THE SECRET SERVICE TO THOSE SECURITY PLANS AS WELL. >> ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS US NOW FROM WITH MORE. JAY, WHAT’S THE MOOD LIKE AT THE CONVENTION RIGHT NOW AND HOW IS THE SHOOTING CHANGING THINGS? >> WELL THE MOOD FROM CONVENTION ATTENDEES IS THAT THE SHOW WILL GO ON HERE AS FOR SECURITY. IT IS A VERY TIGHT SECURITY ENVIRONMENT. IT WAS ALWAYS PLANNED TO BE A TIGHT SECURITY ENVIRONMENT, BUT OBVIOUSLY CONCERNS HEIGHTENED NOW IN THE WAKE OF EVENTS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHILE SECURITY IS BEING, THE OPTIONS ARE SOMEWHAT SLIM JUST BECAUSE OF HOW ROBUST THE SECURITY PRESENCE IS HERE ALREADY, THAT COULD BRING IN MORE TACTICAL TEAMS, DEPLOY TACTICAL TEAMS TO CERTAIN PARTS OF THE SECURITY PERIMETER. THERE ALSO ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE AREAS ON THE EDGES OF THE SECURITY PERIMETER HERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO CARRY GUNS. THEY ARE ON THE EDGES OF THE PERIMETER. YOU CAN’T CARRY GUNS CLOSE TO THE EVENT VENUE. BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN ON THE EDGES, THE PERIMETER HERE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, DAN CONCERNS, ARE HEIGHTENED GIVEN THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. AND THERE WAS ALREADY A ROBUST SECURITY PRESENCE HERE AS REPUBLICANS, AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT VOWED THAT CONVENTION WILL GO ON UNDETERRED. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN IN MILWAUKEE FOR US. THANKS, JAY. >> AND THANK YOU FOR SEEING ME WITH THOSE SAME DIANE MACEDO. ABC NEWS LIVE. WE’LL HAVE MORE COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF FORMER PRESIDENT. THE NETWORK WILL BE HOLDING A SPECIAL WITH DAVID MUIR TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. EASTERN AND WE WILL COVER THAT LIVE. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING FOR IT AS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. FROM THE SCENE OF THAT MISSILE STRIKE ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO BACK ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC LINKS LIKE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE, THE GREAT MORNING AMERICA. >> GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> ARE YOU COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW? >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON HERE . >> YOU DON’T JUST SEE IT, YOU FEEL IT. I’M IN, I’M IN, I’M IN GYM HERE. I AM HERE AND HAPPY I IN YOU, MICHAEL, FOR WHERE YOU’RE HAVING A NICE OH, HERE’S TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> CAN FEEL THE MORNINGS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE JOY SURPRISES IS SO MUCH FUN IT IS GREAT TO ALWAYS START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING AMERICA IS OF SUNSHINE, HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. I’M JUST SO HAPPY. IT IS SO GOOD. GET READY TO SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD IN TO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER. >> A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE FOR LIFE. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION. OPERATION SOMETHING WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. REACTOR. SO HAVE A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE FLAG YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT MADE THE U.S. GREAT WORK RIGHT THROUGH IT’S LOUD. >> DAVID, I’M DAVID. YOU ARE YOU ARE YOU EVERY NIGHT. >> ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. I AM DYING TO SAY TO IN NEW YORK THIS IS AN ABC NEWS LIVE SPECIAL COVERAGE AS WE LEARN NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED . ONE BYSTANDERS DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER THE FORMER WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY YESTERDAY. YOU COULD SEE THE PRESIDENT TOUCH HIS EAR AND THEN DUCK FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SWARMED HIM. HE LATER PUMPED HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS AGENTS ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE, SIGNALING TO THE CROWD THAT HE WAS OKAY. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE ABOUT THAT SHOOTING EARLIER TODAY. >> THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE OR ANY VIOLENCE FOR THAT MATTER. WE DON’T YET HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER. WE KNOW WHO HE IS. I URGE EVERYONE EVERYONE, PLEASE DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HIS AFFILIATIONS. BUT THE FBI DO THEIR JOB. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE GUNMAN FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING OUTSIDE THE SECURITY PERIMETER PERIMETER OF RALLY YESTERDAY BEFORE A SECRET SERVICE SNIPER THEN RETURNED, KILLING HIM. >> DRAMATIC VIDEO EVEN SHOWS THOSE SECRET SNIPERS ON THE ROOF OF A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS THEY REACTED TO SHOOTING. >> TAKE A LOOK. I WANT TO REALLY SEE SOMETHING THAT, SAID TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. >> AND INVESTIGATORS CONFIRM THIS IMAGE SHOWS. >> THE SUSPECT, A 20 YEAR OLD FROM BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, RECEIVING HIS HIGH SCHOOL. >> STATE RECORDS SHOW HE WAS REGISTERED TO VOTE AS A REPUBLICAN. BUT POTENTIAL MOTIVE REMAINS UNCLEAR. THE FBI DIRECTOR REPORTERS ON A CALL THIS AFTERNOON. YESTERDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS, QUOTE, ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY. AND ALL THIS COMES JUST ONE DAY BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION KICKS OFF IN MILWAUKEE. >> WE’RE TOLD SECURITY PLANS FOR THE CONVENTION WILL BE REEXAMINED. THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAYS HE HAS ASKED THE SECRET SERVICE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE SECURITY. AND I’M JOINED BY ABC NEWS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOHN SANTUCCI. HERE, STUDIO AND ABC NEWS TREVOR AULT, WHO’S ON THE PHONE FROM BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE NIGHT. JOHN, WHAT’S THE LATEST REACTION FROM TRUMP’S INNER CIRCLE TO ALL OF THIS? >> WELL, LISTEN, I MEAN, THEY ARE ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR MILWAUKEE. I WILL SAY THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE YESTERDAY AS THIS WAS DEVELOPING, WONDERING AT SOME POINT THE CONVENTION STILL GO ON. IT IS INDEED GOING ON. IT IS FULL STEAM TO GET TO MILWAUKEE. RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THERE’S BAD WEATHER IN BEDMINSTER, JERSEY, RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHY TREVOR IS NOT IN FRONT OF A CAMERA AND ON THE PHONE. I’M. BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THEY WANT TO GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE HERE’S THE THING, RIGHT? OBVIOUSLY, A HORRIBLE SITUATION . THIS IS WHERE DONALD TRUMP AND HIS TEAM ARE TRYING TO MOVE THE MESSAGE FORWARD, TRYING TO GET REPUBLICANS TO UNITE, TRY TO TONE THE RHETORIC. THERE’S BEEN SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT OUT MESSAGES THIS MORNING THAT THE TEAM HAS SAID ARE UNHELPFUL. THERE HAS BEEN MEMOS CIRCULATED FROM THE CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY, DIANE, TO REALLY TAKE THE HEAT DOWN. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TONIGHT OR, TOMORROW AHEAD OF DONALD TRUMP FORMALLY GETTING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION ONCE THE ROLL CALL STARTS, IS A VP ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT. WE ARE TOLD IT’S DOWN TO A FINAL I AM TOLD, FROM CALLS I HAVE MADE IN JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF HERE THAT NO FORMAL OFFER HAS BEEN EXTENDED. JUST BUT THAT IS ONE THING WE KNOW THE TRUMP TEAM IS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO. >> ALL RIGHT. AND TREVOR, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S TRAVEL PLANS THIS POINT AGAIN, DIANE, THAT THEY ARE READY TO GO AS SOON AS THIS WEATHER CLEARS OUT? WE HAVE HAD SOME THUNDERSTORMS THAT PASSED THROUGH IN BEDMINSTER AND IS IN NEW JERSEY AS A WHOLE. FORMER PRESIDENT TALKED IN HIS POST ONLINE ABOUT HOW THEY WERE GOING TO TICK OFF AROUND 330. HIS PLANE IS WAITING FOR HIM AS MIGHT IMAGINE, WHEN YOU ARE THE FORMER PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES AND YOU HAVE YOUR OWN PLANE, WHEN YOU GET THERE, YOU CAN TAKE OFF AS SOON AS YOU’RE READY. OF COURSE, WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THAT WHILE EVEN GETTING SHOT, CANNOT SLOW DOWN DONALD TRUMP SCHEDULE LIGHTNING CAN. SO WE’RE WAITING FOR THIS TO PASS THROUGH. IT SHOULDN’T TAKE TOO LONG. MAYBE OVER THE NEXT HOUR, TWO, AS THESE STORMS FINALLY MOVE THROUGH. BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY ARE READY TO GO AT TRUMP NATIONAL. WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF THE SECRET SERVICE. WE’VE SEEN HIGH SECURITY, AS THERE ALWAYS IS. BUT CERTAINLY THE TENSIONS HAVE BEEN RATCHETED A LITTLE BIT GIVEN WHAT’S HAPPENED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. BUT ESSENTIALLY, AS SOON AS THEY CAN, THEN THEY’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOP IN THE MOTORCADE. IT’S ABOUT A 20 TO 30 MINUTE DRIVE TO NEWARK AIRPORT AND THEY’LL BE OFF ON THEIR WAY BACK TO WISCONSIN, AS WAS ALWAYS. THE PLAN THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD PLANNED TO STAY IN BEDMINSTER OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT, WHICH HE DID END UP DOING, EVEN WITH THAT GUNSHOT WOUND TO EAR. HE ARRIVED A LITTLE BIT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WE SAW AN ELEVATED RESPONSE FROM THE SECRET SERVICE AT NEWARK BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN TO TRUMP NATIONAL. AND NOW, AFTER ABOUT 16 HOURS HERE, NOT A NOT EVEN A FULL DAY, IT SEEMS HE READY AS SOON AS THIS STORM STARTS TO HEAD BACK TO THE AIRPORT THAN GO WISCONSIN TO CONTINUE WITH THE CONVENTION. >> AND WE’RE NOW LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE. THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE, THE MAN SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN THE EAR YESTERDAY, WE’RE TOLD, WAS EMPLOYED AS A DIETARY AIDE AT THE BETHEL PARK SKILLED NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER. THAT’S ACCORDING TO AN ADMINISTRATOR THERE. THEY SAY HE PERFORMED HIS JOB WITHOUT CONCERN, THAT HE PASSED A BACKGROUND CHECK AND THAT THEY ARE SHOCKED AND SADDENED TO LEARN OF HIS INVOLVEMENT HERE. JOHN, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING? LISTENING FOR? >> WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION. WELL, I THINK THE REAL QUESTION LISTEN, AS YOU KNOW, DIANE, WELL, PRIOR TO THIS ROLE, I DID COVER DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST CAMPAIGN ON THE ROAD. I WENT TO EVERY TRUMP RALLY IN 15 AND 16. I WOULD HONESTLY BELIEVE, SOME OF THIS COULD NEVER HAPPEN SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY POSTURE, THESE EVENTS. AND WE’VE HEARD OUR COLLEAGUES, PIERRE THOMAS AARON KATERSKY AND JOSH MARGOLIN TALK ABOUT THIS ON ABC. >> IT’S ALMOST LIKE FOR VIEWERS AT HOME, JUST TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVE, IT’S LIKE GOING TO AIRPORT SOMETIMES THERE’S ACTUALLY TSA AGENTS DOING THE SECURITY CHECKING AND YOU GO THROUGH MAGNETOMETERS. THERE ARE SCREENINGS, THE PERIMETERS LOCK DOWN, THERE ARE POLICE AND SECRET SERVICE AND UNDERCOVER ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION THAT’S GOING TO COME OUT AND YOU HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN EARLIER TODAY, DIANE, TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE’S CALLING FOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW ,BECAUSE EVEN FOR HIM AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AS A SITTING PRESIDENT STATES, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN HIM. RIGHT. THESE ARE EVENTS POLITICIANS DO OUT IN THE FIELD. I MEAN, AS ONE AIDE SAID TO ME, WE WERE OUT A BARN. WHO WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE THE PLACE IT WOULD HAPPEN? IT’S AN OPEN FIELD TO THINK ABOUT THE SECURITY POSTURE AROUND EVENTS LIKE THIS. IT REALLY CHANGES POLITICS, AS WE KNOW, FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD HERE, IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING, RIGHT? IT AFFECTS HOW YOU DO EVENTS, WHERE YOU DO STAGING, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF HOW THIS HAPPENED, THIS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS 300 PLUS FEET AWAY ON ANOTHER FACILITY ON THE ROOF. MAYBE YOU DO THINGS INSIDE BECAUSE THE ALL LOCKED DOWN. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO AT, THESE FORUMS WHERE DONALD TRUMP SPEAKS, HAVING BEEN TO THEM OR PRESIDENT BIDEN, THEY DO WHAT’S CALLED A SECURITY SWEEP AT THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS, LOCK DOWN FOR SEVERAL HOURS. BOMB SNIFFING DOGS GO AROUND, MEAN ALL PROCEDURES ARE TAKEN TO REALLY MAKE IT AS SAFE AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, A LITTLE MORE CONTROLLABLE. OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU’RE INDOORS SO, THAT COULD BE ONE THING MOVING FORWARD. I DO THINK AS WE INTO THIS WEEK, THAT IS WHERE THE CONVERSATION IS GOING BETWEEN. THE SECRET SERVICE, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, DIANE SECURITY IN MILWAUKEE. >> AND WE’RE NOW HEARING THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE MOVE HEADED TO NEWARK AIRPORT. HE’S HEADED TO MILWAUKEE NOW. JOHN, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE FROM HIM ONCE HE GETS THERE? SO I’M TOLD IT’S A PASSIVE. WE COULD SEE HIM TONIGHT. IT SEEMS LESS AND LESS LIKELY, FRANKLY, BETWEEN WEATHER AND AS TIME GOES BY. BUT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING IS SCHEDULED FOR LET’S BE CLEAR, IN A LOT OF THE PRE CONVENTION PLANS WERE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN YESTERDAY IN MILWAUKEE AND TODAY HAVE BEEN CANCELED BY THE RNC, FRANKLY, BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN IN MEETINGS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH, AGAIN, SECRET SERVICE AND OTHER PLANS AS THEY NOW HAVE TO CHANGE SOME THINGS UP. SO I THINK IT’S POSSIBLE, UNLIKELY WE SEE HIM. MY SENSE IS THAT ALL THE ENERGY IS GOING TO GO INTO TOMORROW AS THE DAY BEGINS. THE BIG THING, IF YOU WILL, THERE’S TWO OF THEM, FRANKLY, TWO BIG THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR. ONE, THE ROLL CALL, MEANING WHEN THE STATES ACTUALLY ANNOUNCE THEIR SUPPORT FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HE FORMALLY BECOMES THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, THAT PROCESS WILL HAPPEN MID TO LATE AFTERNOON TOMORROW IN MILWAUKEE. THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR IS WE TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT EARLIER IS WHEN THE VP WILL HAPPEN. WE’RE TOLD IT’LL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND THEN. BUT AS ONE SOURCE SAID TO ME, YOU KNOW, DONALD TRUMP, THE PERSON TALKING ME, ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE. >> ALL RIGHT, ALEX TREVOR, THANK YOU BOTH. AND AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS TO THE AIRPORT TO GO TO MILWAUKEE, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS NOW PREPARING FOR AN ADDRESS TO THE NATION TONIGHT. EARLIER TODAY, THE PRESIDENT SAID THERE’S NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS VIOLENT VIOLENCE TALKING ABOUT THAT ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAID HE WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT IT IN THAT OVAL OFFICE SPEECH TONIGHT, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS HAS MORE ON THE WHITE HOUSE REACTION. MARYALICE THE PRESIDENT SEEMED TO REALLY TRY TO LAY OUT TO TWO PARTS IN HIS MESSAGE EARLIER TODAY. ONE, THAT HE’S DOING EVERYTHING TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. AND THAT HE WANTS TO URGE PEOPLE TO STAY CALM AND OFFER WELL-WISHING TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF HIS MESSAGE THIS MORNING AND ARE YOU LOOKING TO HEAR FROM HIM TONIGHT? BIRD BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE COUNTRY COME TOGETHER AND UNITE. WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY THAT HE WAS SINCERELY THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS DOING WELL AND RECOVERING. AND LIKE YOU SAID, LAID OUT STEPS THAT HE HAS REITERATED TO HIS NATIONAL SECURITY, HOMELAND SECURITY TEAMS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENS. HE PROMISED THERE WOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF EXACTLY HAPPENED YESTERDAY THE SECURITY BREACHES. HOW WHAT WHAT TRANSPIRED AND THAT THAT REVIEW WOULD BE MADE PUBLIC. OF COURSE, AMERICANS ARE SO EAGER FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ANY AT THIS TIME. HE SENT HIS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ,YOU CAN IMAGINE, TO THE VICTIMS, THE MAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE YESTERDAY. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WAS A FATHER HIMSELF. BUT MOSTLY HE TALKED ABOUT HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AN ATTEMPTED POLITICAL ASSASSINATION GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING THIS COUNTRY STANDS FOR. HE SAID IT IS FUNDAMENTAL, UN-AMERICAN, IT IS UNDEMOCRATIC, AND IT HAS NO PLACE, AMERICAN SOCIETY. AND I EXPECT THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MESSAGE FROM HIM TONIGHT. I AM MARYALICE. >> HOW DO YOU THINK THIS COULD CHANGE THINGS ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL? >> WELL, RIGHT NOW IT ALREADY HAS. WE KNOW THAT THE CAMPAIGN, THE PRESIDENTIAL THE BIDEN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN HAS ESSENTIALLY GONE DARK. I OBTAINED A MESSAGE THAT WENT OUT TO BIDEN CAMPAIGN STAFF LEADERSHIP YESTERDAY WHERE THEY ASKED THAT ALL COMMUNICATIONS SORT OF BE STOPPED. WE KNOW THEY’VE BEEN TRYING TO PULL CAMPAIGN ADS OFF OF THE AIRWAVES. WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT HAD PLANNED TO BE OUT THERE ON THE ROAD CAMPAIGNING AS A CANDIDATE IN TEXAS THIS WEEK. AND SO AT LEAST THAT THAT APPEARANCE HAS BEEN POSTPONED AT THIS POINT. REALLY, THE MESSAGE FROM THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN AND FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IS THAT THIS ISN’T A MOMENT FOR CAMPAIGNING BUT A MOMENT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO FOCUS ON BEING COMMANDER IN CHIEF, FOR THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, FOR THE COUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER, THAT THERE WILL BE A MOMENT FOR CAMPAIGNING LATER ON, DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT. MARYALICE PARKS, YOU. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS COUNTRY HAS A LONG OF PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS. IT’S BEEN NEARLY 43 YEARS SINCE PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN SURVIVED A SHOOTING OUTSIDE A HOTEL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PRESIDENT GERALD FORD SURVIVED TWO SEPARATE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS BACK IN 1975. AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL PRESIDENTS ACTUALLY ASSASSINATED. BUT THE FBI SAYS THIS COMES AT A MOMENT. THEY ARE CALLING THE MOST CHALLENGING THREAT ENVIRONMENT SINCE 911. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN MARK UPDEGROVE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. >> MARK, THIS IS THE FIRST AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF A PRESIDENT FORMER PRESIDENT CANDIDATE SINCE 19 81 WHEN PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN WAS SHOT. HOW DOES THIS MOMENT COMPARE TO THAT ONE? >> YOU KNOW, IT’S INTERESTING, DIANE. WHEN RONALD REAGAN WAS SHOT 69 DAYS INTO HIS PRESIDENCY YOU SEE IT BOOSTED HIS POPULARITY ENORMOUSLY, ENDED UP BEING A GREAT POLITICAL BENEFIT FOR FOR REAGAN AS AS TRAGIC AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. AND HE ENDED UP EMERGING FROM THAT STRONGER WITH HIS WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. AND WE SAW THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HOW WE AROUND OUR PRESIDENT, WHEN HE WAS STRUCK DOWN BY A WOULD BE ASSASSIN’S BULLET. WE ALSO SAW REAGAN. WE SAW THE BEST OF RONALD REAGAN, SORT OF THE OPTIMISTIC, UPBEAT REAGAN JOKING WITH HIS WHEN HE WAS ROLLED IN TO THE TO THE THE OPERATING ROOM ASKING IF THEY WERE ALL REPUBLICANS. I MEAN, AND SO IT REALLY SHOWED REAGAN’S BRAND. AND IN THE SAME WAY THE SHOOTING ATTEMPT, THE ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LIFE SHOWED HIS BRAND THAT DEFIANCE. THAT’S WHAT MARKED OCCASION AND PUMPING HIS FIST AS BLOOD STREAMED HIS FACE WHILE CHANTING THE WORDS, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT THAT IS VINTAGE DONALD TRUMP, SOMEBODY WHO DEFIED DEMOCRATIC NORMS AND TRADITIONS, DEFIED OUR LEGAL SYSTEM, DEFIED THE MEDIA. AND NOW HE IS DEFIED AN ASSASSIN’S ATTEMPT. >> MARK, HOW DO YOU THINK THIS MOMENT WILL GO DOWN IN AND WHAT WAS ALREADY AN INCREDIBLY CONTENTIOUS ELECTION CYCLE, OR DOES THAT DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? >> I THINK IT DEPENDS IN SOME WAYS ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. BUT BY THE SAME, I THINK IT IS TRULY REFLECTIVE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY DIVISIVE AND DANGEROUS POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE 2020S. WE SAW THAT, OF COURSE, WITH JANUARY SIX. THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF A VERY DIFFERENT IN AMERICA. SO I THINK IT’S IN KEEPING WITH LIGHT GHOST THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. ONE HOPES THAT WE CAN TURN THE CORNER ON THIS, BUT THERE IS NO CERTAINTY AT THIS POINT. >> ALL RIGHT, MARK UPDEGROVE. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL HAVE MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND REACTION FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL AISLE AFTER A QUICK BREAK. STAY WITH US. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY. >> HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE AWAY FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. THE NEIGHBORING UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY, ENROLLING IT. 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START HERE NOW THAT’S A OF A STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> WITH SO MUCH STAKE SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS OF TELEVISION. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION SINCE OUR COMBAT OPERATIONS CENTER. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM HIGH RANKING ISRAEL DAVID GEFFEN. NBC’S "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST REPORTING FROM THE STATE HOUSE IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. I’M NEWS ELIZABETH SCHULZE WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. REACTION IS POURING IN FOR BOTH REPUBLICANS. >> DEMOCRATS AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLED THE ACT A HORRIFIC ACT. POLITICAL VIOLENCE AT A PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN RALLY THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. WHILE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES ALSO CONDEMNED THE ATTACK, SAYING SENDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO TRUMP. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, MEANWHILE SAID THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING YOU ALL IN MILWAUKEE REFERRING TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW AND. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW ON HIS WAY THERE. ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SARAH ISGUR JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY UNDER PRESIDENT MARCIA ESPINOSA. SARA, YOU USED TO WORK FOR FORMER TRUMP. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND, THE RESPONSE FROM TRUMP AND HIS TEAM SO FAR? OH, CERTAINLY. IT WAS A SHOCK. I WAS SITTING AND WATCHING WITH MY FOUR-YEAR-OLD. I THINK THAT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, THEY WERE FEELING INCREDIBLY OPTIMISTIC, THE ELECTION. THEY FELT GOOD ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE VIS A VIS PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE POLLS AND THEY WERE HEADING INTO THE RNC CONVICTION CONVENTION REALLY AT THE VP ANNOUNCEMENT BEING THE BIG NEWSWORTHINESS AND PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT THERE WOULDN’T BE A LOT OF ATTENTION PAID TO THE RNC, WITH SO MUCH ATTENTION BEING PAID TO WHETHER PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD CONTINUE AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. OBVIOUSLY, LAST NIGHT HAS CHANGED THAT. WE EXPECT A LOT OF ATTENTION PAID TO THE RNC. NEW SECURITY MEASURES BEING TAKEN. THE RNC AND THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS LARGELY FALLEN OFF THE MAP. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE TRUMP TEAM WAS LOOKING FOR. MARCIA, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S REMARKS FOR UNITY THIS AFTERNOON? AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM HIM IN THE OVAL OFFICE TONIGHT? >> I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE SPOT ON. >> HE’S TAKING THE HIGH ROAD, ASSURING AMERICANS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD HERE AND CALL FOR CIVILITY. AND I THINK THAT WE WILL SEE MORE OF THAT. IN ADDITION TO WHAT HE HAS FOUND OUT AS COMMANDER CHIEF, HE’S VERY MUCH ACTING IN HIS ROLE AS PRESIDENT, NOT AS PRESIDENT, AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RIGHT NOW. >> AND HE’S GOT WE SAW EARLIER TODAY THAT HE’S BEEN BRIEFED BY HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS, ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND AND SECRETARY ALI MAYORKAS AND THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICE WERE ALL THERE BRIEFING THE PRESIDENT TODAY ON. WHAT THEY KNOW SO FAR AND MOST LIKELY ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTOCOL MOVING FORWARD. SO THE SECRET SERVICE HAS A IT HAS CONTROL OVER ALL OF THESE EVENTS, BUT THEY’RE SORT OF LIKE ACTOR OF AN ORCHESTRA IN THAT THEY THEY PLAN IT AND LAY IT ALL OUT. >> BUT THEY ALSO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SECURE ALL OF THOSE AREAS. BUT IT’S SORT OF LIKE A TRAVELING ORCHESTRA WITH NEW BAND MEMBERS. STOP THAT, YOU GO TO. SO THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT PROBABLY HOW TO MAKE THAT AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE. SECRET SERVICE JUST FINISHED UP SECURING THE NATO SECURITY SUMMIT IN D.C. AND NOW THEY’LL HEAD INTO THE RNC CONVENTION NEXT WEEK AND THEN NEXT MONTH, THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. >> SO I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE SECURITY PROTOCOLS IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER PROTECTEES THAT THEY THAT THEY PROVIDE CERTAIN PROTECTION FOR THE SECRET SERVICE IS THE BEST AT THIS. >> THEY THEY OFTEN HAVE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO MANY SUCCESSES THAT YOU JUST NEVER HEAR IN THE NEWS. AND THEY REALLY SPRUNG TO ACTION YESTERDAY JUST SO QUICKLY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, USE OUR AGENTS JUMP AND EMERGE FROM ALL CORNERS OF THAT STAGE TO LITERALLY PUT THEIR BODIES IN FRONT OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE THREAT. SO I THINK THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE COMING DAYS FROM THIS ADMINISTRATOR AS A WHOLE. >> ALL RIGHT. SARAH IS YOUR MARCIA ESPINOSA. THANK YOU BOTH AND I WANT TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ,ELIZABETH NEUMANN. ELIZABETH IS TAKING US BEHIND THE SCENES A LITTLE BIT. ELIZABETH, NOT ONLY HAVE YOU WORKED AT THE DHS, YOU ALSO WORKED FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS THEY TRY TO UNPACK WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND ENSURE IT DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN? >> LOOK, IT’S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE SECRET SERVICE CHANGES A BIT OF THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MILWAUKEE. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS IF YOU HAVE ANY ACTIVE THREATS, IF ANYBODY WAS PLANNING TO DO SOMETHING IN MILWAUKEE, YOU’RE CONCERNED. ONE, THAT THIS ATTEMPT IN BUTLER THIS WEEKEND ACTUALLY MIGHT EMBOLDEN SOMEBODY. AND THEN YOU’RE ALSO CONCERN THAT ANYBODY THAT WASN’T ALREADY THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING MIGHT BE INSPIRED. 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BUT THE FLAG, YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT MADE THE USA GREAT WORK. >> I THINK IT’S REAL. DAVID, DAVE I’M DAVID. >> YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> WHY DO SO PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> ABC NEWS. THIS IS TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES START HERE THAT THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING YOU GET YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. WELCOME TO ABC NEWS LIVE. SECURITY QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL AFTER AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT A PENNSYLVANIA RALLY YESTERDAY. NOW A SENIOR FEDERAL OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS SECURITY PLANS FOR NEXT CONVENTION ARE BEING REEXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CHANGES TO BE MADE. THIS AS THE PRESIDENT HAS NOW SAID. HE ALSO ORDERED THE SECRET SERVICE TO EXAMINE SECURITY AT THE CONVENTION. ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS NOW FROM MILWAUKEE WITH THE LATEST ON THAT. JOE, WHAT’S IT LIKE THERE ARE PEOPLE FEELING UNEASY IN THE WAKE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OR DOES FEEL LIKE SECURITY THERE IS UNDER UNDER CONTROL. >> BOTH SOMEWHAT AT THE SAME TIME. DIANE, I CAN TELL YOU FROM REPUBLICANS I’VE TO HERE AT THE CONVENTION THERE IS THIS SENSE OF RESOLVE THAT THEY WILL HOLD THIS CONVENTION NO MATTER WHAT. THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A HEIGHTENED PRESENCE HERE. THERE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A HEIGHTENED SECURITY PRESENCE HERE. BUT THERE’S EVEN MORE ATTENTION ON IT GIVEN THE EVENTS AT THAT TRUMP RALLY LONG AGO. AND THERE’S NEW REPORTING THAT I HAVE ON THING THAT YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY, WHICH IS THE AREAS AROUND CONVENTION HALL WHERE YOU’RE ALLOWED TO BRING GUNS. THERE ARE TWO PERIMETER TO KEEP IN MIND. THERE’S AN OUTER PERIMETER WHICH IS CALLED THE SOFT PERIMETER AND AN INTERPERSONAL MATTER, WHICH IS CALLED THE HARD PERIMETER. I’M ON TOP OF THE PFIZER CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE THE CONVENTION IS GOING TO BE. I’M AT THE MIDDLE OF THE HARD PERIMETER. AND THEN IF YOU GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUTWARDS, THERE’S AREA THAT IS BEYOND THE SECRET SERVICE PERIMETER INTO THAT SOFT PERIMETER. AND WHAT’S GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION IN THE RECENT HOURS SINCE THAT ATTACK, THAT TRUMP RALLY, IS THAT IN THAT SOFT PERIMETER UNDER WISCONSIN’S STATE LAW, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO CARRY A GUN. OFFICIALS HERE IN THE CITY OF WAUKEE TRIED TO BAN THAT RECENT WEEKS AND PROPOSE A CITY ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ADD GUNS TO. THIS LONG LIST OF BANNED ITEMS FOR THAT OUTER PERIMETER. THEY FAILED IN DOING SO. I JUST TALKED TO A CITY OFFICIAL MOMENTS AGO WHO CALLS IT, QUOTE, RIDICULOUS. BUT RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK THAT IN THAT OUTER PERIMETER IN THAT AREA STEPS AWAY, FEET AWAY FROM THIS RNC, INNER PERIMETER, PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO CARRY FIREARMS DOWN. ALL RIGHT. JAY O’BRIEN IN MILWAUKEE, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US TIME DIANE MACEDO, ABC NEWS WILL HAVE MORE COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT IN A NETWORK SPECIAL WITH DAVID MUIR. THAT’S TONIGHT WHEN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES THE NATION FROM THE OVAL OFFICE AT 8 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS AND NEITHER DO WE. WE HAVE MORE COVERAGE STRAIGHT AHEAD. WHENEVER NEWS WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE. THE SCENE, A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO OUT ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. FOREVER STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE PRAY EVERY MORNING AMERICA GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING AMERICA. ARE YOU COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW? >> A LOT GOING ON. YOU DON’T JUST SEE IT, FEEL IT. I’M IN, I’M IN. I’M IN GYM HERE. I AM HERE. AND SO I’M HAPPY. I MEAN, LIVE HERE. MICHAEL, FOR LIFE. >> WHAT YOU GET TO WATCH RE WHERE CAN I GET A GREAT DEAL AND WHAT I’M JUST DYING TO BUY? >> OH, IT’S ALL RIGHT, JIMMY LIFE GET THE LATEST CELEBRITY BUZZ DEALS AND DEALS AND THE COOLEST LIFESTYLE TIPS FROM "GMA". I LOVE THAT SO MUCH. IT’S WEEKENDS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION OR COMBAT, SO WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THE REACTOR RECEIVED A COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT FLAG NOT TO TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT MADE TO USA. GREAT WORK. >> I THINK IT’S LYLE. DAVID. I’M DAVID. YOU ARE. >> YOU ARE. YOU DO EVERY NIGHT. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> ABC NEWS THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> HERE’S TWO GOOD MORNINGS IN AMERICA. >> CAN YOU FIT ME HERE? MORNINGS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES AND SO MUCH FUN. >> I THINK IT’S GREAT. ABSOLUTELY GREAT. YOU START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING AMERICA’S RAY OF SUNSHINE, HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. I I’M JUST SO HAPPY. IT IS SO GOOD. READY TO SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD INTO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE FOR LIFE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL A FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? ESCALATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS, FAST, STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT SOME TIME IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH HOLD OF BUZZ KILL AND BASEBALL. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY? HI, I’M DIANE MACEDO IN NEW YORK. THIS IS AN ABC NEWS LIVE SPECIAL COVERAGE AS WE LEARN NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> TAKE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ONE BYSTANDERS DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY YESTERDAY. YOU COULD SEE THE PRESIDENT TOUCH HIS EAR AND THEN DUCK FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE SWARMED HIM. HE LATER PUMPED HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS AGENTS ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE, SIGNALING TO THE CROWD THAT HE WAS OKAY. PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE ABOUT THAT SHOOTING EARLIER TODAY. THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE OR ANY VIOLENCE, FOR THAT MATTER. WE DON’T YET HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER. WE KNOW WHO HE IS. I URGE EVERYONE, PLEASE DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT, HIS MOTIVES OR AFFILIATIONS. BUT THE FBI DO THEIR JOB. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE GUNMAN FIRED SEVERAL FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING OUTSIDE THE SECURITY PERIMETER. PERIMETER OF THE RALLY YESTERDAY BEFORE A SECRET SERVICE SNIPER THEN RETURNED, KILLING HIM. >> DRAMATIC VIDEO EVEN SHOWS THOSE SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS ON THE ROOF OF A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS THEY REACTED TO THE SHOOTING. >> TAKE A LOOK. I WANT TO REALLY SEE SOMETHING THAT SAID, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. >> AND INVESTIGATORS CONFIRM THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE SUSPECT, A 20 YEAR OLD FROM BETHEL PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, RECEIVING HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. >> STATE RECORDS SHOW HE WAS REGISTERED TO VOTE AS A REPUBLICAN. POTENTIAL MOTIVE REMAINS UNCLEAR. THE FBI DIRECTOR TOLD REPORTERS ON A CALL THIS AFTERNOON YESTERDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS A, QUOTE, ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY. AND ALL THIS COMES JUST ONE DAY BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION KICKS OFF IN MILWAUKEE. WE’RE TOLD SECURITY PLANS FOR THE CONVENTION WILL BE REEXAMINED. THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAYS HE HAS ASKED THE SECRET SERVICE TO TAKE A LOOK THOSE SECURITY PLANS. AND I’M JOINED BY ABC NEWS EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL PRODUCER JOHN HERE IN STUDIO AND ABC NEWS TREVOR AULT, WHO’S ON THE PHONE, BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, WHERE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPENT THE NIGHT. WHAT’S THE LATEST REACTION FROM TRUMP’S INNER CIRCLE TO ALL OF THIS? >> WELL, LISTEN MEAN THEY ARE ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR MILWAUKEE. I WILL SAY THAT THERE SEVERAL PEOPLE YESTERDAY AS THIS WAS DEVELOPING WONDERING AT SOME POINT THE CONVENTION WOULD STILL GO ON. IT IS INDEED GOING IT IS FULL STEAM AHEAD TO GET TO MILWAUKEE. RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THERE’S BAD WEATHER IN BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHY TREVOR IS NOT IN FRONT OF A CAMERA ON THE PHONE, I’M SURE. BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THEY WANT TO GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE HERE’S THE THING, RIGHT OBVIOUSLY A HORRIBLE SITUATION, BUT THIS IS WHERE TRUMP AND HIS TEAM ARE TRYING TO MOVE THE MESSAGE FORWARD, TRYING TO GET TO UNITE, TRY TO TONE THE RHETORIC DOWN, HAS SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT OUT MESSAGES THIS MORNING THAT THE TEAM HAS SAID ARE UNHELPFUL. THERE HAS BEEN MEMOS CIRCULATED FROM THE CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP ENCOURAGING DIANE TO REALLY TAKE THE HEAT DOWN. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TONIGHT OR TOMORROW AHEAD OF DONALD TRUMP FORMALLY GETTING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION ONCE, THE ROLL CALL STARTS IS A V.P. ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT, WE ARE TOLD IS DOWN TO A FINAL THREE. I TOLD FROM CALLS I HAVE MADE IN JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF MOMENTS HERE THAT FORMAL OFFER HAS BEEN EXTENDED JUST YET. BUT THAT IS ONE THING WE KNOW THE TRUMP TEAM IS VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO. >> ALL RIGHT AND TREVOR, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S TRAVEL PLANS AT THIS POINT? AGAIN, DIANE, THAT THEY ARE READY TO GO AS AS THIS WEATHER CLEARS OUT? SO WE HAVE HAD SOME THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE PASSED THROUGH IN BEDMINSTER AND IS IN NEW JERSEY AS A WHOLE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT TALKED INTO HIS POST ONLINE ABOUT HOW THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE OFF AROUND 330. HIS PLANE IS WAITING FOR HIM, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. YOU ARE THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES AND YOU HAVE YOUR OWN PLANE. WHEN YOU GET THERE, YOU CAN TAKE OFF AS SOON AS YOU’RE READY. OF COURSE, WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS THAT WHILE EVEN GETTING SHOT, CANNOT SLOW DONALD TRUMP’S SCHEDULE, LIGHTNING CAN. SO WE’RE WAITING FOR THIS TO THROUGH. IT SHOULDN’T TAKE TOO LONG. MAYBE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS THESE STORMS FINALLY MOVE THROUGH. BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY ARE TO GO AT TRUMP NATIONAL. WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF THE SECRET SERVICE. WE’VE SEEN PRETTY HIGH SECURITY, AS THERE ALWAYS IS. BUT CERTAINLY TENSIONS HAVE BEEN RATCHETED UP A LITTLE BIT GIVEN WHAT’S HAPPENED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. BUT ESSENTIALLY, AS SOON AS THEY CAN, THEN THEY’RE TO BE ABLE TO HOP IN THE MOTORCADE. IT’S ABOUT A 20 TO 30 MINUTE DRIVE TO NEWARK AIRPORT AND THEY’LL BE OFF ON THEIR WAY BACK TO, AS WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD TO STAY IN BEDMINSTER OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT, WHICH HE DID END UP DOING EVEN WITH THAT GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS EAR. HE ARRIVED A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WE SAW AN ELEVATED RESPONSE, THE SECRET SERVICE AT NEWARK, BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN TO TRUMP NATIONAL. AND NOW, AFTER ABOUT 16 HOURS HERE, NOT A NOT EVEN A FULL DAY, IT SEEMS HE, IS READY AS SOON AS THESE STORMS PASS TO HEAD BACK TO THE AIRPORT, THEN GO TO WISCONSIN AND CONTINUE WITH THE CONVENTION. >> AND WE’RE NOW LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE, THE MAN SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN THE EAR YESTERDAY. WE’RE WAS EMPLOYED AS A DIETARY AIDE AT THE BETHEL PARK SKILLED NURSING REHABILITATION CENTER. THAT’S ACCORDING TO AN ADMINISTRATOR THERE. THEY SAY HE PERFORMED HIS JOB WITHOUT CONCERN, THAT HE PASSED A BACKGROUND AND THAT THEY ARE SHOCKED AND SADDENED TO LEARN OF HIS INVOLVEMENT HERE. JOHN, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR AND LISTENING AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION? WELL, I THINK THE REAL QUESTION LISTEN, AS YOU KNOW, DIANE, WELL, PRIOR TO THIS ROLE, I DID COVER DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST CAMPAIGN ON THE ROAD. I WENT TO EVERY TRUMP RALLY IN 2015 AND 16. I WOULD HONESTLY, SOME OF THESE CAN NEVER HAPPEN SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY POSTURE AT THESE EVENTS. YOU KNOW, WE’VE HEARD OUR COLLEAGUES, PIERRE THOMAS AARON KATERSKY AND JOSH MARGOLIN TALK ABOUT THIS ON ABC. IT’S ALMOST LIKE FOR VIEWERS AT HOME, JUST TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVE, IT’S LIKE GOING TO THE AIRPORT SOMETIMES. THERE’S ACTUALLY TSA AGENTS DOING THE SECURITY CHECKING AND YOU GO THROUGH MAGNETOMETERS. THERE ARE SCREENINGS. THE PERIMETER IS LOCKED DOWN. THERE ARE POLICE AND SECRET SERVICE AND UNDERCOVER OFFICERS ALL THE PLACE. SO I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION THAT’S GOING TO COME OUT AND YOU HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN EARLIER TODAY, DIANE, TALK ABOUT THE FACT HE’S CALLING FOR INDEPENDENT REVIEW, BECAUSE EVEN FOR HIM, AS PRESIDENT UNITED STATES AS THE SITTING PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT. THESE ARE EVENTS THAT POLITICIANS DO OUT IN THE FIELD. I MEAN, THERE’S ONE AIDE SAID TO ME, WE WERE OUT IN A BARN WHO WOULD THINK THIS BE THE PLACE IT WOULD HAPPEN? IT’S AN OPEN FIELD. SO TO THINK ABOUT SECURITY POSTURE AROUND EVENTS LIKE THIS IT REALLY CHANGES POLITICS AS WE KNOW IT FOR THE NEXT MONTHS. BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD HERE AFFECTS EVERYTHING, RIGHT? IT AFFECTS HOW YOU DO EVENTS, WHERE YOU DO STAGING, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF HOW THIS HAPPENED, THIS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT 300 PLUS FEET AWAY ON ANOTHER FACILITY ON THE ROOF, MAYBE DO THINGS INSIDE BECAUSE THE BUILDING’S ALL LOCKED DOWN. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO AT THESE FORUMS WHERE DONALD TRUMP SPEAKS, HAVING BEEN TO THEM OR PRESIDENT BIDEN, THEY DO WHAT’S CALLED A SECURITY AT THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS LOCK DOWN FOR SEVERAL HOURS. BOMB SNIFFING DOGS GO AROUND, MEAN ALL THESE PROCEDURES ARE TAKEN TO REALLY MAKE IT AS SAFE AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, A LITTLE MORE CONTROLLABLE IF YOU’RE INDOORS. SO THAT COULD BE ONE THING MOVING FORWARD. I DO THINK AS WE PIVOT THIS WEEK, THAT IS WHERE THE CONVERSATION IS GOING BETWEEN SECRET SERVICE, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, DIANE SECURITY IN MILWAUKEE. >> AND WE’RE NOW HEARING THAT FORMER PRESIDENT IS ON THE MOVE, HEADED TO NEWARK AIRPORT. HE’S HEADED TO MILWAUKEE NOW. JOHN, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE FROM HIM ONCE HE GETS THERE? SO I’M TOLD IT’S A WE COULD SEE HIM TONIGHT. IT SEEMS LESS AND LESS LIKELY BETWEEN THE WEATHER AND AS TIME GOES BY. BUT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING IS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT. LET’S BE CLEAR. AND A LOT OF THE PRE CONVENTION THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN YESTERDAY IN MILWAUKEE AND TODAY HAVE BEEN CANCELED BY THE RNC, FRANKLY, BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN IN MEETINGS TO, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH, AGAIN, SECRET SERVICE AND OTHER PLANS AS THEY NOW HAVE TO CHANGE SOME THINGS UP. SO I THINK IT’S POSSIBLE, UNLIKELY WE SEE HIM TODAY. MY SENSE IS THAT ALL THE ENERGY IS GOING TO GO INTO TOMORROW BECAUSE AS THE DAY BEGINS, THE BIG THING, IF YOU WILL, THERE’S TWO OF THEM, FRANKLY, TWO BIG THINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR. ONE, THE ROLL CALL, MEANING WHEN THE STATES ACTUALLY ANNOUNCE THEIR SUPPORT FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE FORMALLY BECOMES THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. THAT PROCESS WILL HAPPEN MID TO LATE AFTERNOON TOMORROW IN MILWAUKEE. THE OTHER THING THAT WE ALL WAITING FOR, AS WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, IS WHEN THE VP ANNOUNCEMENT WILL HAPPEN . WE’RE TOLD IT’LL BE SOMEWHERE AROUND THEN. BUT AS ONE SOURCE SAID TO ME, YOU KNOW, DONALD TRUMP, THE PERSON TALKING TO ME, ANYTHING’S. >> ALL RIGHT, ALEX TREVOR, THANK YOU BOTH. AND AS FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HEADS TO THE AIRPORT TO GO TO MILWAUKEE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS NOW PREPARING FOR AN ADDRESS TO THE NATION TONIGHT. TODAY, THE PRESIDENT SAID THERE’S NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE, TALKING ABOUT THAT ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAID HE WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT IT . THAT OVAL OFFICE SPEECH TONIGHT. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS HAS MORE ON THE WHITE HOUSE REACTION. MARY, THE PRESIDENT SEEMED TO TRY TO LAY OUT TO TWO PARTS IN HIS EARLIER TODAY. ONE THAT HE’S DOING EVERYTHING TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN AND TWO, THAT HE WANTS TO URGE PEOPLE TO STAY CALM AND OFFER WELL-WISHING TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF HIS MESSAGE THIS MORNING AND WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO HEAR FROM HIM TONIGHT? >> HE KNOWS THAT IT IS HARD, BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE COUNTRY COME TOGETHER AND UNITE. WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY HE WAS SINCERELY GRATEFUL THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS DOING WELL, RECOVERING. AND LIKE YOU SAID, HE LAID OUT STEPS THAT HE HAS TO HIS NATIONAL SECURITY AND HOMELAND SECURITY TEAMS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. HE PROMISED THERE WOULD BE AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. THE SECURITY BREACHES WHAT WHAT TRANSPIRED AT THAT THAT WOULD BE MADE PUBLIC. OF COURSE, AMERICANS ARE SO EAGER FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ANY ANSWERS AT THIS TIME. HE SENT HIS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, TO THE VICTIMS THE MAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE YESTERDAY. HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WAS A FATHER HIMSELF. >> BUT HE TALKED ABOUT HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AN ATTEMPTED POLITICAL ASSASSINATION GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING COUNTRY STANDS FOR. HE SAID IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY UN-AMERICAN, IT IS UNDEMOCRATIC, AND IT HAS NO PLACE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. >> I EXPECT THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MESSAGE FROM HIM TONIGHT. I AM MARYALICE. HOW DO YOU THINK THIS COULD CHANGE THINGS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL? >> WELL, RIGHT NOW IT ALREADY HAS. WE KNOW THAT THE CAMPAIGN OF THE PRESIDENTIAL THE BIDEN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN HAS ESSENTIALLY GONE DARK. I OBTAINED A MESSAGE THAT WENT OUT TO BIDEN CAMPAIGN STAFF FROM LEADERSHIP WHERE THEY ASKED THAT ALL COMMUNICATIONS SORT OF BE WE KNOW THEY’VE BEEN TRYING TO PULL CAMPAIGN ADS OFF OF THE AIRWAVES. WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT HAD PLANNED TO BE OUT ON THE ROAD CAMPAIGNING AS A CANDIDATE IN TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. SO FAR AT LEAST THAT THAT APPEARANCE HAS BEEN POSTPONED AT THIS POINT. REALLY, THE MESSAGE FROM THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN AND FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IS THAT THIS ISN’T A MOMENT FOR CAMPAIGNING ,A MOMENT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO FOCUS ON BEING COMMANDER IN CHIEF FOR THE COUNTRY TO SUPPORT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND FOR THE COUNTRY TO COME TOGETHER, THAT THERE WILL BE A MOMENT FOR CAMPAIGNING LATER ON DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE PARKS. THANK YOU. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS COUNTRY HAS A LONG HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS. IT’S BEEN NEARLY 43 YEARS SINCE PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN SURVIVED A SHOOTING OUTSIDE A HOTEL IN WASHINGTON D.C. PRESIDENT GERALD FORD SURVIVED TWO SEPARATE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS BACK IN 1975. AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL PRESIDENTS ACTUALLY ASSASSINATED. BUT THE FBI SAYS COMES AT A MOMENT THEY ARE CALLING THE MOST CHALLENGING THREAT ENVIRONMENTS SINCE 911. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN MARK UPDEGROVE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. >> MARK, THIS IS THE FIRST AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF A PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT CANDIDATE SINCE 1981 WHEN PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN WAS SHOT. >> HOW DOES THIS MOMENT COMPARE TO THAT ONE? >> YOU KNOW, IT’S INTERESTING, DIANE. WHEN RONALD REAGAN WAS SHOT 69 DAYS INTO HIS PRESIDENCY, IT BOOSTED HIS POPULARITY ENORMOUSLY AND ENDED UP BEING A GREAT POLITICAL BENEFIT FOR FOR REAGAN AS AS TRAGIC AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. AND HE ENDED UP EMERGING FROM THAT STRONGER WITH HIS WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. AND WE SAW THE AMERICAN RALLY AROUND OUR PRESIDENT WHEN HE WAS STRUCK DOWN BY A WOULD BE BULLET. I THINK WE ALSO SAW REAGAN. WE SAW THE BEST OF RONALD REAGAN, SORT OF THE OPTIMISTIC, UPBEAT REAGAN JOKING WITH DOCTORS WHEN HE WAS ROLLED IN TO THE TO THE THE OPERATING ROOM ASKING IF THEY WERE ALL REPUBLICANS. I MEAN, AND SO IT REALLY SHOWED REAGAN’S BRAND. AND IN THE SAME WAY THE SHOOTING ATTEMPT, THE ATTEMPT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP’S WIFE SHOWED HIS BRAND THAT DEFIANCE. THAT’S WHAT MARKED THE AND PUMPING HIS FIST AS BLOOD STREAMED DOWN HIS FACE WHILE CHANTING THE WORDS, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT. THAT IS VINTAGE DONALD TRUMP, SOMEBODY WHO DEFIED DEMOCRATIC NORMS AND TRADITIONS TO FIGHT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM DEFIED THE MEDIA AND NOW HE IS DEFIED AN ASSASSIN’S ATTEMPT. >> MARK, HOW DO YOU THINK THIS MOMENT WILL GO IN HISTORY AND WHAT WAS ALREADY AN INCREDIBLY CONTENTIOUS ELECTION CYCLE, OR DOES THAT DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? I THINK IT PROBABLY DEPENDS IN SOME WAYS ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. >> BUT BY SAME TOKEN, I THINK IT IS TRULY REFLECTIVE OF THE EXTORTION, DIVISIVE AND DANGEROUS POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE 2020S. WE SAW THAT, OF COURSE, WITH JANUARY SIX. THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF A VERY DIFFERENT IN AMERICA. SO I THINK IT’S IN KEEPING WITH THE LIGHT GHOST THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. ONE HOPES THAT WE CAN TURN THE CORNER ON THIS, BUT THERE IS NO CERTAINTY OF AT THIS POINT. >> ALL RIGHT, MARK UPDEGROVE. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL HAVE MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND REACTION FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL AISLE AFTER A QUICK BREAK. STAY WITH US FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. WE’RE STILL IN A FLASH FLOOD WANTING TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE’VE IN RIOT GEAR ARRESTING DOZENS OF PROTESTERS. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? >> TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN. CHECK OUT THE GATOR ON THE 17TH. HOLD A PHONE CALL AND FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE, EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> HERE’S TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT WE GET MORE NEWS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES AND SO MUCH FUN. >> IT’S JUST GREAT TO START YOUR WITH GOOD MORNING. AMERICA’S RAY OF SUNSHINE HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AND HELPING MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. HI. I’M JUST SO IT IS. SO GET READY TO SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD INTO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER. >> A LITTLE OF SUNSHINE. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. 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WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. >> REACTION IS POURING IN FROM BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AFTER THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSIN OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CALLED THE ACT A HORRIFIC ACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AT A PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN RALLY THAT HAS NO PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. WELL, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES ALSO CONDEMNED THE ATTACK, SAYING HE’S SENDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO TRUMP. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, MEANWHILE, SAID THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING YOU ALL IN MILWAUKEE, REFERRING TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SET TO KICK OFF TOMORROW. AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW ON HIS WAY THERE. ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL SARAH ISGUR JOINS ME NOW ALONG WITH FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN, MARCIA ESPINOSA. >> SIR, YOU USED TO WORK FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND THE RESPONSE FROM TRUMP AND HIS TEAM SO FAR? OH, CERTAINLY. IT WAS A SHOCK. I WAS SITTING AND WATCHING CARTOONS WITH MY FOUR-YEAR-OLD, I THINK THAT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, THEY WERE FEELING INCREDIBLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE ELECTION. THEY FELT GOOD ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE VS VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THE POLLS AND THEY WERE HEADING INTO THE RNC CONVICTION CONVENTION, REALLY LOOKING AT THE VP ANNOUNCEMENT BEING THE BIG NEWS WORTHINESS AND PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT THERE WOULDN’T BE A LOT OF PAID TO THE RNC CONVENTION WITH SO MUCH ATTENTION BEING PAID TO WHETHER PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD CONTINUE AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. OBVIOUSLY, LAST HAS CHANGED THAT. WE EXPECT A LOT OF ATTENTION PAID TO THE RNC NEW SECURITY MEASURES BEING TAKEN AT THE RNC AND THE CONVERSATION ABOUT. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS LARGELY FALLEN OFF THE MAP. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE TRUMP TEAM WAS LOOKING FOR. >> MARCIA, WHAT DID YOU MAKE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S REMARKS CALLING FOR UNITY THIS AFTERNOON AND WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM HIM IN THE OVAL OFFICE TONIGHT? >> I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE SPOT ON. HE’S TAKING THE HIGH ROAD, ASSURING AMERICANS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD HERE AND CALL FOR CIVILITY. AND I THAT WE WILL SEE MORE OF THAT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO, WHAT HE HAS FOUND OUT AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, HE’S, YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH ACTING IN HIS ROLE AS PRESIDENT, NOT AS A PRESIDENT, AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NOW. >> AND HE’S GOT WE SAW EARLIER TODAY THAT HE’S BEEN BRIEFED BY HIS HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS, ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND AND SECRETARY ALI MAYORKAS AND THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICE WERE ALL THERE BRIEFING THE PRESIDENT TODAY ON WHAT THEY KNOW SO FAR, AND MOST LIKELY ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PROTOCOL MOVING FORWARD. SO THE SECRET SERVICE HAS HAS CONTROL OVER ALL OF THESE EVENTS, BUT THEY’RE SORT OF LIKE THE CHARACTER OF AN ORCHESTRA IN THAT THEY THEY PLAN IT AND LAY IT ALL OUT. THEY ALSO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SECURE OF THOSE AREAS. BUT IT’S SORT OF LIKE A TRAVELING ORCHESTRA WITH NEW BAND MEMBERS EVERY STOP THAT YOU GO TO. SO THEY BE LOOKING AT PROBABLY HOW TO MAKE THAT AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE. THE SECRET SERVICE JUST FINISHED UP SECURING THE NATO SECURITY SUMMIT IN D.C. AND NOW THEY’LL HEAD INTO RNC CONVENTION NEXT WEEK AND THEN NEXT MONTH THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. >> SO I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THEY ARE LOOKING ALL OF THESE SECURITY PROTOCOLS IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER PROTECTIVE FEES THAT THEY THAT THEY PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE SECRET IS THE BEST AT THIS. >> THEY THEY OFTEN HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO MANY SUCCESSES THAT YOU JUST NEVER HEAR IN THE NEWS. AND THEY REALLY SPRUNG TO ACTION YESTERDAY SO QUICKLY IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, YOU SAW AGENTS JUMP AND EMERGE FROM ALL CORNERS OF THAT STAGE TO LITERALLY PUT THEIR IN FRONT OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE THREAT. SO I THINK THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE COMING DAYS, THIS ADMINISTRATION AS A WHOLE. >> ALL RIGHT, SARAH, IS YOUR ESPINOSA. THANK YOU BOTH. AND I WANT TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION WITH FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AT THE DEPARTMENT HOMELAND SECURITY, ELIZABETH NEWMAN. ELIZABETH IS TAKING US BEHIND THE SCENES A LITTLE BIT. ELIZABETH, NOT ONLY HAVE YOU WORKED AT THE DHS, YOU ALSO WORKED FOR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS THEY TRY TO UNPACK WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND ENSURE IT DOESN’T HAPPEN? >> AGAIN, LOOK, IT’S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. SECRET SERVICE CHANGES A BIT OF OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MILWAUKEE AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS IF YOU HAVE ANY ACTIVE THREATS, ANYBODY WAS PLANNING TO DO SOMETHING IN MILWAUKEE, YOU’RE CONCERNED, ONE, THAT THIS ATTEMPT IN THIS WEEKEND ACTUALLY MIGHT EMBOLDEN SOMEBODY AND THEN YOU’RE ALSO CONCERNED THAT ANYBODY THAT WASN’T ALREADY THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING MIGHT BE INSPIRED. SO ANY TIME WE SEE TARGETED ATTACKS, ALMOST ALWAYS WE SEE COPYCATS OR PEOPLE THAT ARE INSPIRED GO DO MORE. AND SO THE THE OPERATIONAL THAT THAT THEY HAVE IN MILWAUKEE IS PROBABLY EXTREMELY STRONG. WE VERY GOOD AT NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENTS. HOWEVER, THERE’S DEFINITELY ALWAYS A NEED TO REVIEW WHAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE AND SEE IF THEY CAN MAKE IT STRONGER. ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH NEUMANN, THANK YOU. AND WE WILL HAVE MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. ALSO GO TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE RIGHT AFTER THIS. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. THE STORY IS. WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS HERE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE CASE ANYONE IN AMERICA WOW. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. ARE YOU COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW? >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON EVERY DAY. YOU DON’T JUST SEE IT. YOU IT. I’M IN, I’M IN. I’M IN GYM HERE. I AM HERE. AND SO I’M HAPPY. I’M IN. I’M IN. >> ZERO. MICHAEL, WHERE IS HAPPENING TONIGHT? >> HERE’S TO GOOD MORNINGS IN AMERICA. >> CAN YOU FIT ENOUGH MORNINGS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES IS SO MUCH FUN I JUST CRAZY TO START YOUR DAY WITH. >> GOOD MORNING AMERICA’S RAY OF SUNSHINE HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. I’M JUST SO HAPPY. IT IS SO GOOD. READY TO SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD INTO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER. A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE TIME FOR THE LET’S GO THE SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE WE JUST SAW WHERE NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. RIGHT? LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WE HAVEN’T HEARD. WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN HAMMER. HAMMER HAMMER. IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE. AND THIS. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. SECURITY QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AFTER, AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS IN THE EAR AT A PENNSYLVANIA RALLY YESTERDAY. NOW A SENIOR FEDERAL TELLS ABC NEWS SECURITY PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK’S CONVENTION ARE BEING RIGGED EXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. THIS AS THE PRESIDENT HAS NOW SAID HE ALSO ORDERED THE SECRET SERVICE TO EXAMINE SECURITY AT THE CONVENTION. >> ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS US NOW FROM MILWAUKEE WITH THE LATEST ON THAT. >> JOE, WHAT’S IT LIKE THERE ARE PEOPLE FEELING UNEASY THE WAKE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OR DOES IT FEEL LIKE SECURITY THERE IS UNDER UNDER CONTROL BOTH SOMEWHAT AT THE SAME TIME? DIANE, I CAN TELL YOU FROM REPUBLICANS I’VE TALKED TO AT THE CONVENTION, THERE IS THIS SENSE OF RESOLVE THAT THEY WILL HOLD CONVENTION NO MATTER WHAT. THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A HEIGHTENED SECURITY HERE. THERE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A HEIGHTENED SECURITY PRESENCE HERE. BUT THERE’S EVEN ATTENTION ON IT GIVEN THE EVENTS AT THAT TRUMP RALLY NOT LONG AGO. AND THERE’S NEW REPORTING THAT I HAVE ON. ONE THING THAT YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY, WHICH IS THE AREAS AROUND CONVENTION HALL WHERE YOU’RE ALLOWED TO BRING GUNS, THERE ARE TWO PERIMETERS TO KEEP IN MIND. THERE’S AN OUTER PERIMETER WHICH IS CALLED THE SOFT PERIMETER AND AN INTERPERSONAL MATTER, WHICH IS CALLED THE HARD PERIMETER. I’M ON TOP OF THE PFIZER CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE THE CONVENTION IS GOING TO BE. I’M AT MIDDLE OF THE HARD PERIMETER. AND THEN IF YOU GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUTWARDS, THERE’S AN AREA THAT IS BEYOND THE SECRET SERVICE PERIMETER INTO THAT SOFT PERIMETER AND WHAT’S GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION IN THE RECENT HOURS SINCE THAT ATTACK, THAT TRUMP RALLY, IS THAT IN THAT SOFT PERIMETER UNDER WISCONSIN’S STATE LAW, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO CARRY A GUN . OFFICIALS HERE IN THE CITY OF WAUKEE TRIED TO BAN THAT RECENT WEEKS AND PROPOSE A CITY ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ADD GUNS TO. THIS LONG LIST OF BANNED ITEMS FOR THAT OUTER PERIMETER, THEY FAILED. IN DOING SO. I JUST TALKED TO A CITY OFFICIAL MOMENTS AGO WHO CALLS IT, QUOTE, RIDICULOUS. BUT RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK THAT IN THAT OUTER PERIMETER IN THAT AREA STEPS AWAY, FEET AWAY FROM THIS RNC CONVENTION, INNER PERIMETER PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO CARRY FIREARMS. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O’BRIEN IN MILWAUKEE, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US TIME DIANE MACEDO, ABC WILL HAVE MORE COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT IN A NETWORK SPECIAL WITH DAVID MUIR. THAT’S TONIGHT WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESSES THE NATION FROM THE OVAL OFFICE AT 8 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE NEVER STOPS AND NEITHER DO WE. WE HAVE MORE COVERAGE STRAIGHT AHEAD WHENEVER BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN FROM LEWISTON, MAINE. THE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET. FOREVER THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> HERE’S TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA CAN YOU FIT INTO MORNINGS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE JOY SURPRISES IS SO MUCH FUN IT’S JUST GREAT ABSOLUTELY GREAT START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING AMERICA’S RAY OF SUNSHINE HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE DREAMS TRUE. HI. I’M JUST SO HAPPY. IT IS SO GOOD. GET READY, SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD INTO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER? >> A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE. TIME FOR LIFE. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST. LISTEN WHEREVER YOU. >> GET YOUR PODCASTS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I’M LINSEY DAVIS. THANKS SO MUCH, STREAMING WITH US. WE BEGIN THIS SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A SHOCKING MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LIFE AND FORMER SAYS A REPUBLICAN CONVENTION SCHEDULED TO START IN MILWAUKEE TOMORROW WILL GO ON AS TONIGHT BOTH PARTIES ARE URGING CALM AND AFTER THE HORROR THAT UNFOLDED IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY NIGHT. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT. AND HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. BYSTANDER IS DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY SATURDAY NIGHT. CAN SEE THE PRESIDENT TOUCHES HERE, THEN DUCKED FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SWARM. HE LATER PUMPED HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS AGENTS ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE. THIS STUNNING PHOTO SHARED AROUND THE WORLD TODAY. >> INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS FROM THE ROOF, A BUILDING JUST OUTSIDE THE SECURITY PERIMETER BEFORE A SECRET SERVICE SNIPER RETURNED FIRE AND KILLED HIM. >> WANT TO REALLY SEE SOMETHING THAT SAID? >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON A DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS ON THE ROOF OF A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS THEY REACTED TO THE SHOOTING. THE FBI IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION AND THE FBI DIRECTOR TOLD REPORTERS ON A CALL THIS AFTERNOON THAT YESTERDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS A, QUOTE, ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY. PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL ADDRESS THE NATION IN AN OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS AT 8 P.M. EASTERN TIME AND HAD THIS TO SAY A SHORT TIME AGO. THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE OR ANY VIOLENCE FOR THAT MATTER. WE DON’T YET HAVE ANY INFORMATION THE MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER. WE KNOW WHO HE IS. I URGE EVERYONE, PLEASE DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS, HIS MOTIVES OR AFFILIATIONS. BUT THE FBI DO THEIR JOB. >> BIDEN SPOKE ON THE PHONE WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT NIGHT. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE CAR DESCRIBED IT AS RESPECTFUL, SHORT AND GOOD. SECURITY HAS BEEN TIGHTENED IN MILWAUKEE, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, AND THE PRESIDENT CURRENTLY ON HIS WAY THERE RIGHT NOW. OUR TEAM IS STANDING BY TONIGHT TO BREAK ALL DOWN. AND WE BEGIN WITH ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH WHO IS LIVE AT, THE SITE OF THE RNC IN MILWAUKEE. GOOD EVENING, KAYNA. >> LINSEY, GOOD EVENING TO YOU. SO IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING NOW THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ON THE TARMAC THERE IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT HE DOES PLAN ON COMING HERE TO MILWAUKEE, TO THE SITE OF THE CONVENTION YOU CAN HEAR THEM DOING SOME MIC TESTING BEHIND ME. YOU’RE SEEING THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S THERE. SO IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A BIT OF A WEATHER DELAY. BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND HERE THAT THE PRESIDENT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, IS COMING TO MILWAUKEE AFTER SAYING INITIALLY HE MIGHT DELAY THIS TRIP BY COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. BUT THEN HE WENT ONTO SOCIAL MEDIA AND HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT I HAVE DECIDED I CANNOT ALLOW THE SHOOTER OR POTENTIAL ASSASSIN TO FORCE A CHANGE, SCHEDULING OR ANYTHING ELSE. THEREFORE, I WILL BE LEAVING FOR MILWAUKEE AS SCHEDULED. AND THIS IS ALL IN AN EFFORT TO REALLY UNITE THE PARTY, TO SEND THIS MESSAGE OF RESILIENCY AND STRENGTH THROUGHOUT, THE PARTY AND TO EVERYONE HERE IN MILWAUKEE AND REITERATING LINSEY THAT WE HEARD FROM THE FBI DIRECTOR, CHRISTOPHER WRAY, THAT THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. BUT STILL LINSEY, WE ARE SEEING DONALD TRUMP AGAIN URGING HIS TEAM TO GET HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO BE AT THIS CONVENTION. RIGHT. HE DID NOT WANT THIS TO UPEND WHAT IS FOR THIS WEEK. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE RNC IS GETTING UNDERWAY TOMORROW. WE’RE GETTING WORD THAT TRUMP’S OLD FOES, SOME OF ONE OF TRUMP’S OLD FOES, IS NOW BEING INVITED TO SPEAK. HOW ABOUT THAT FOR THE MESSAGE OF UNITY? LINSEY RIGHT. WE’RE NOW HEARING THAT NIKKI HALEY WILL, IN FACT, BE NOT ONLY THE CONVENTION, BUT SHE WILL BE SPEAKING IT OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE WILL BE SPEAKING ON TUESDAY. AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT NIKKI HALEY INITIALLY WAS NOT COMING TO THE CONVENTION. ABC REPORTING THAT SHE WASN’T EVEN INVITED. BUT AGAIN, SHE IS NOW SET TO SPEAK ON TUESDAY. SHE HAS ALREADY RELEASED HER PLEDGE DELEGATES. SHE IS ENCOURAGING THEM TO BACK TRUMP TO SUPPORT TRUMP. AND THIS IS CERTAINLY A PIVOTAL MOMENT NOT ONLY FOR THIS PARTY, BUT REALLY FOR THE DEMOCRACY. AND SO FOR TO COME UP ON THAT STAGE ON TUESDAY, WHICH I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, THE THEME TUESDAY IS MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. THAT CERTAINLY GOING TO BE AN UNDERLYING THEME, I THINK, FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, AS ARE INCREDIBLY HIGH HERE. SECURITY MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION AND WE’LL SEE HOW THEY CHANGE IN THE COMING HOURS AND DAYS. BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN PLAN TO SEE A LOT OF MAJOR SUPPORT HERE FROM TRUMP, EVEN FROM HIS FORMER FOES. >> YES, SAFETY, UNITY, CIVILITY ,THINK THAT ALL THREE ARE REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS TOP OF MIND FOR MOST AMERICANS AT THIS POINT. KATE WENTWORTH, OUR THANKS TO YOU. PRESIDENT BIDEN GAVE REMARKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE JUST A FEW HOURS AGO AFTER HIS TOP OFFICIALS IN THE SECURITY ROOM WITH THE HEADS OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THE FBI PRESENT AMID THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. HERE’S PART OF WHAT BIDEN TO SAY. >> THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS OF VIOLENCE OR ANY VIOLENCE, FOR THAT MATTER. WE DON’T YET HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER. WE KNOW WHO HE IS. I URGE PLEASE MAKE ABOUT, HIS MOTIVES OR AFFILIATIONS. BUT THE FBI DO THEIR JOB AND THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TO ADDRESS THE NATION IN AN OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS AT 8 P.M. EASTERN TIME . IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE JOINED NOW BY ABC’S MARYALICE PARKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. MARYALICE, DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT MIGHT SAY TONIGHT ? >> THE PRESIDENT EARLIER TODAY SAID THAT ANY ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IS CONTRARY TO EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR. IT IS NOT AMERICA. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. I IMAGINE, LINSEY, THAT HE WILL REPEAT THAT MESSAGE DURING THAT RARE OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS. HIS TEAM TWEETED A PICTURE FROM HIS STATEMENT EARLIER WHERE HE IS FLANKED ON EITHER SIDE BY THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DEBATE, WE DISAGREE, BUT WE HAVE TO UNITE AS A NATION TO DEMONSTRATE WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS. THAT HAS REALLY BEEN THE MESSAGE, OF COURSE, FROM THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF THE LAST 24 HOURS. >> WE KNOW THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS REALLY PUT A PAUSE ON ALL CAMPAIGNING AS THE PRESIDENT FOCUSES ON BEING PRESIDENT. YOU SEE HIM THERE IN THE SITUATION ROOM GETTING BRIEFINGS FROM HIS DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND TOP NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISERS. THE FOCUS CLEARLY ON THIS NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT, THE NATIONAL SECURITY SITUATION, NOT ON CAMPAIGNING OR POLITICS THIS TIME, LINSEY, FOR GOOD REASON. >> AND CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS PROMISING TO DO AS THE NEXT STEPS REGARDING ANY INVESTIGATIONS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE UNDERWAY? >> WELL, FIRST, THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT HE HAS DIRECTED THE SECRET TO INCREASE RESOURCES THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THE FORMER IS SAFE AT ALL TIMES. THEY CANNOT LET SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. THEY HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. THE REALITY IS, THOUGH, HE IS A FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE PRESUMPTIVE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. THE SOURCES I’VE BEEN TALKING TO TODAY WHO HELPED PLAN THESE SORTS OF EVENTS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY DO HAVE A SMALLER SECRET FOOTPRINT THAN A SITTING CURRENT PRESIDENT. SO WE HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN SAY THAT THEY HAVE TO DEDICATE MORE RESOURCES TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO KEEP TRUMP SAFE. >> AND HE ALSO PROMISED THAT THERE WOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED AND THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE THAT PUBLIC TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> SO MANY QUESTIONS, SO MANY CONCERNS FROM NOT ONLY TRUMP, BUT ALL AMERICANS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND HOW WE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. >> A NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS HAVE BLAMED THE PRESIDENT AND HIS RHETORIC FOR. WHAT THEY SAY IS HAPPENING YESTERDAY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IS THE WHITE HOUSE ENGAGING IN ANY OF THESE CLAIMS IN ANY WAY? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR TO ME AT THE CAMPAIGN HAS AS WELL, THAT THEY ARE NOT ENGAGING IN THAT. I DO SUSPECT. IF IT CONTINUES, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO AT SOME POINT RESPOND. BUT RIGHT NOW, ABSOLUTELY NOT. LIKE I SAID, THEY THINK THAT THEIR FOCUS RIGHT NOW SHOULD BE ON THIS NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT, THE NATIONAL SECURITY INCIDENT ON CAMPAIGNING. THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF BRINGING DOWN THE POLITICAL RHETORIC, LOWERING THE TEMPERATURE, NOT RESPONDING . I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT FIGHTING POLITICAL VIOLENCE HAS BEEN A CORE PART OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN. HIS MESSAGE. THIS IS, OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT WHO WHO DECIDED TO RUN AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE ATTACK. SO AT SOME POINT THEY ARE GOING TO TALK AGAIN, I’M SURE, ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ABOUT HOW TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND KEEP THAT ROOT THAT OUT OF OUR POLITICAL DISCOURSE. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE CAMPAIGNING IS ON HOLD. WE KNOW EVEN THE PRESIDENT HAS POSTPONED HIS CAMPAIGN TRIP THAT HE HAD HAD SCHEDULED TO TEXAS THIS WEEK LINSEY. ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE PARKS, OUR THANKS TO YOU. LIVE COVERAGE, LIVE COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S REMARKS WHEN HE DOES ADDRESS THE NATION AT 8 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. AND JOINING NOW FOR MORE IS FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COUNTERTERRORISM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ELIZABETH NEWMAN. ELIZABETH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. TAKE US BEHIND THE SCENES HERE. THE PRESIDENT CONVENING HIS TOP OFFICIALS IN THE SITUATION ROOM, BRIEFING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HAPPENING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY RIGHT NOW? >> WELL, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS THE SECRET SERVICE. >> THAT’S PART ITS COMPONENTS. AND THEY’RE ACTIVELY PREPARING FOR MILWAUKEE. THE PRESIDENT GAVE DIRECTION TO, DO A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE PLAN FOR MILWAUKEE. AND SO YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE ALL HANDS ON DECK WORKING OVER THE WEEKEND AND AROUND CLOCK TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT SECURITY PLAN AND THAT NO NEED TO BE MADE. NOW, THAT PLAN HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR TWO YEARS, AND YOU HAVE MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS ALL COMING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE. AND SO I FEEL QUITE CONFIDENT AS IT IS A NATIONAL SECURITY EVENT. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE PULLING THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS OFF THAT THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY IN A MUCH STRONGER TO PROVIDE SECURITY THAN, SAY, A SMALL RALLY LIKE SAW THIS WEEKEND. NEVERTHELESS, AFTER AN EVENT LIKE THAT, YOU ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT COPYCAT PEOPLE, THAT PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE INSPIRED TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING. SEEING THAT SOMEBODY HAD A MINOR SUCCESS, THEY COULD HAVE MORE SUCCESS. SO IT CERTAINLY INCREASES THE AND IF YOU’RE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, YOU HAVE A NO FAIL MISSION. AND SO YOU’RE DOUBLING YOUR EFFORTS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A SAFE AND SECURE WEEK. >> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY? WERE YOU SURPRISED? I WAS NOT SURPRISED. >> WE HAVE BEEN WARNING ABOUT THREATS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS NOW. AND CERTAINLY THIS YEAR, ALL OF THOSE THREATS HAVE ESCALATED. WE’VE BEEN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR POLITICAL ASSASSINATION TO BECOME, UNFORTUNATELY, A NORM. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN WAS ASSASSINATED A COUPLE OF AGO. WE’VE SEEN THIS OCCUR AND ELSEWHERE IN WORLD, IN THE GLOBE AND CERTAINLY IN THE COUNTERTERRORISM AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY. WE HAVE BEEN QUITE CONCERNED THAT ASSASSINATION, WHICH WAS TOOL THAT WAS UNFORTUNATELY QUITE PREVALENT IN OUR HISTORY 100 YEARS AGO. WE WERE VERY CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT MAKE A COMEBACK. IT CERTAINLY APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED. AND WHAT WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS THIS KIND OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND HOW IT DEVELOPS? LOOK, THE REASON BEHIND WHY SOMEBODY MOBILIZES TO VIOLENCE IS OFTEN NOT THE IDEOLOGY, WHICH IS WE MOSTLY FIXATE ON LIKE WHAT’S THE MOTIVE? AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT MOTIVE. AND CERTAINLY WHEN YOU TARGET A PRESIDENT OR CANDIDATE, FORMER PRESIDENT, IT CERTAINLY SEEMS POLITICAL RIGHT. BUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE THAT COMMIT ATTACKS LIKE THIS IS THAT IT’S ACTUALLY UNDERLYING PSYCHOSOCIAL DRIVERS. IT’S NOT THE IDEOLOGY. THESE INDIVIDUALS USUALLY HAD SOME SORT OF LIFE CRISIS IN THEIR IN THEIR BACKGROUND. THEY OFTEN HAD SOME MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, NOT NECESSARILY AN ILLNESS ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES WE DO SEE THAT. BUT — BUT SOME SORT OF CRISIS THAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE COPING SKILLS TO DEAL WITH. AND THEN WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE COMMITTED TARGETED ATTACKS IN THE PAST OFTEN ARE RADICALIZING ONLINE. THEY’RE FINDING BELONGING AND COMMUNITIES ONLINE THAT GLORIFY MASS SHOOTINGS, THAT FIND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN CARRYING OUT AN ACT LIKE THIS. AND THEY FIND THAT THAT’S INSPIRING TO THEM. AND SO SO VERY OFTEN IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE PARTICULAR IDEOLOGY AND, EXTREMIST IDEOLOGY OR POLITICAL MOTIVE, BUT RATHER SOMETHING THAT HAS GONE WRONG IN THAT PERSON’S LIFE. AND THEY SEE THIS AS THEIR SOLUTION. IT’S VERY TRAGIC. AND CERTAINLY NOT AN ANSWER THAT WE, THE PUBLIC, WANT. BUT — BUT THE THE MAYBE THE POSITIVE NOTE TO THIS IS WHEN SOMETHING IS IS NOT JUST PURELY ABOUT IDEOLOGY, BUT THESE UNDERLYING PSYCHOSOCIAL THAT ACTUALLY MEANS WE KNOW HOW TO PREVENT IT. WE KNOW HOW TO STOP IT. AND SO GIVEN THE THREAT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE’RE IN RIGHT . I’D ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS THAT IF THERE’S SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT SHOWING CONCERNING THAT IS TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE OR TALKING IN A WAY THAT CONCERNS YOU, PLEASE DON’T BRUSH THAT ASIDE. PLEASE GET THAT PERSON HELP OR CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT IS USUALLY A CLOSE ASSOCIATE THAT NOTICES SOMETHING IS WRONG. AND WHEN WE STOP ATTACKS, IT’S BECAUSE THAT CLOSE ASSOCIATE SPEAKS OUT. SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT’S CONCERNING, YOU DON’T RUSH IT ASIDE. AND ELIZABETH, JUST ONE MORE BEFORE I LET YOU GO. ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING, YOU SAID YOU WERE NOT SHOCKED. I THINK THAT ON ONE HAND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT ON THE OTHER, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE, LOOK, THIS IS THE SECRET SERVICE. THIS IS IS AS AS GOOD AS IT GETS WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT PROTECTION. AND SO IT WOULD SEEM THAT THEY’VE PREPARED FOR EVERY KIND OF CONTINGENCY. >> AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT THEY JUST THE RESOURCES ARE ADEQUATE AT THIS TIME. >> THE SECRET SERVICE HAS NO FIELD MISSION AND IT’S ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOBS OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY IN A VENUE LIKE WHERE THEY WERE OPERATING. SO I WAS CERTAINLY DISHEARTENED AT THE SECURITY FAILURE. AND WE DON’T EXACTLY KNOW ALL ASPECTS OF WHAT FAILED. BUT — BUT THEY THEY HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT JOB WHEN YOU’RE IN AN OPEN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT. AND, YES, I MEAN, THE RESOURCES LIMITED. WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH SECRET SERVICE PROFESSIONALS. EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH AN ELECTION YEAR, THEY ARE EXHAUSTED AND END UP VERY STRAINED AND STRETCHED THIN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DEPLOY THEM IN MANY PLACES. THEY ARE THEY ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST, BUT THEY ARE LIMITED BY THEIR RESOURCES. AND SO MAYBE THIS A TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE PROTECTION IN EVENTS LIKE THIS. ELIZABETH NEUMANN, SUPER HELPFUL INSIGHT. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TIME. NOW I WANT TO BRING IN ABC’S ALEX PRESHA WHO’S IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA FOR US. ALEX, I CAN IMAGINE THAT THINGS ARE ARE STILL RATHER TENSE THERE IN PENNSYLVANIA, EVEN ABOUT 24 HOURS AFTER THIS ATTACK. GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT YOU’RE SEEING ON THE GROUND THERE. AND LINDA, YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I MEAN, WE’VE HAD DRIVERS THAT HAVE DRIVEN BY AND CURSE AT US OR WISHED US ILL. WELL ALSO EARLIER TODAY, THERE WAS A BACKPACK THAT WAS LEFT UNATTENDED FOR FOR A WHILE. AND WE SAW A BAND OF FBI AGENTS PULL UP, INSPECT IT, ULTIMATELY TAKE IT AWAY. BUT THAT’S THE KIND OF ON EDGE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY THINGS ARE TENSE HERE. CLEARLY, THIS TOWN OF BUTLER, WHICH IS ABOUT 13,500, IS ON EDGE. ALSO LEARNING THAT THAT SHOOTER WAS FROM BETHEL PARK JUST A SUBURB OF PITTSBURGH, ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY HERE. MANY PEOPLE WONDERING HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN IN THEIR BACKYARD . WE’VE SEEN A STEADY FLOW OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS, MANY THEM WERE ACTUALLY THERE YESTERDAY AT THAT RALLY WHEN THAT GUNFIRE RANG, WANTING TO SHARE ANECDOTALLY THEIR EXPERIENCES. MANY OF STILL ON EDGE. YOU KNOW, THAT CHILLING SOUND OF OF HEARING THE GUNFIRE TAKE OVER TAKE OVER THAT RALLY YESTERDAY. BUT YES, I MEAN FOR FOR FOR A TOWN THAT’S USED TO NOT BEING IN THE HEADLINES, THIS IS CERTAINLY A DEPARTURE FROM THEIR NORM. >> AND THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT RIGHT NOW AND NOT A REASON OF COURSE, THAT YOU’D WANT TO BE IN THE HEADLINES. JUST BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US AS FAR AS THE ON THE INVESTIGATIONS AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE VICTIMS. WELL, SO, LINSEY, RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW TODAY THERE WAS A HUGE IN BETHEL PARK THE THAT THE TOWN THIS ALLEGED SHOOTER WE KNOW THAT THE FBI SEARCHED CAR AND HIS HOME. MULTIPLE SOURCES TELLING US THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELLING US THAT THEY FOUND WHAT THEY BELIEVE BE EXPLOSIVES IN HIS CAR. THEY’RE RUNNING TESTS ON THAT RIGHT NOW. THERE’S ALSO BEEN A INTO HIS BACKGROUND. WE TALKED TO NUMEROUS FORMER CLASSMATES THAT KNEW HIM FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL THAT DESCRIBE HIM AS A LONER OF SORTS. AND ONE FORMER CLASSMATE SAID THAT HE WAS AN INTERESTING ONE, BUT SOMEONE WHO REALLY KIND OF KEPT TO HIMSELF. WE KNEW THAT HE HAD INTEREST IN RIFLES. HE HAD TRIED OUT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL RIFLE TEAM, BUT WAS WAS DENIED A SPOT BECAUSE HE SAID HE WAS, QUOTE, A BAD SHOT. ALSO, THERE’S BEEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO HE PROCURED THAT AR 15 STYLE WEAPON. WE KNOW NOW THAT HE GOT IT THROUGH HIS FATHER, WHO HAD OBTAINED IT LEGALLY. LINSEY. OUR THANKS YOU. NOW I WANT TO BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR MICK MULROY, WHO’S ALSO A FORMER DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND RETIRED CIA OFFICER. NICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON THE SHOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE LOCATION THE SHOOTER FIRED FROM? SHOULD LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE ALSO BEEN ON THAT ROOF? >> THE LINSEY THE SECRET SERVICE HAS AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT JOB AND 99% OF THE TIME THEY DO A GREAT JOB. BUT THIS SHOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED. QUITE FRANKLY. THIS IS A CLEAR DANGER AREA. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE EITHER ON THE ROOF OR PREVENTING FROM GETTING ON THE ROOF. THIS INDIVIDUAL CRAWLING WITH RIFLE WITHIN CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT FROM AN ELEVATED POSITION TO A CLEAR PODIUM WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. AND I THINK EVERYBODY CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG AND DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO TO ENSURE THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. >> IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT’S IT LIKE SHOOTING FROM THAT RANGE? WHAT KIND OF DISTANCE ARE WE TALKING WITH THE SHOOTER? MOST LIKELY HAVE HAD A SCOPE ON HIS GUN, SO THIS REPORTEDLY WAS AN AIR 15, WHICH IS A FAIRLY INVERSION OF AN M-16 OR M4, WHICH IS WHAT WE CARRIED THE MARINE CORPS AND THE CIA. EVEN WITHOUT A SCOPE, 140 YARD SHOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRONE POSITION, NOT DIFFICULT FOR SOMEBODY WHO WAS MODERATELY TRAINED, COULD MAKE THAT SHOT. IF YOU HAD A SCOPE SO OPTICS ONTO IT, IT JUST EASIER. >> SO THIS IS A WEAPON THAT OUT TO 300 YARDS AT A POINT TARGET IS NOT TO HIT IT HIT A MAN SIZED TARGET AND THAT’S WHAT THIS WAS OF COURSE. SO THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE PERIMETER OF WHERE LAW WOULD NOT LIKE ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY IN AN ELEVATED POSITION ON ON A ROOF LIKE THAT. CERTAINLY WITHOUT A WEAPON THIS JUST SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. >> ALL RIGHT, MICK MULROY, WE ARE SHORT ON TIME, BUT WE’D LOVE TO BRING YOU BACK ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND INSIGHT. >> MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AHEAD, INCLUDING WHAT THE PAST COULD TELL US ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT NOW AND HOW THE TONE OF THIS YEAR’S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION COULD SHIFT AS SOME KIND OF A BONE DEMON HERE. SOMEBODY IS KILLING YOUNG BLACK WOMEN. THE FEARED WAS JUST INSANE. I WAS NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL I FOUND OUT WHO DID THIS. NEW ORLEANS VICTIMS. HE PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS A GOOD FRIEND. NOW FRIDAY, HE’LL PRESENT INTERVIEW WITH KILLER. >> UNLESS I TOUCHED THEM UNTIL . >> AND THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH THE ONLY SURVIVING VICTIM 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC. >> IF YOU WERE COMING OF AGE IN THE 1980S, THE BRAD PACK WAS NEAR THE CENTER OF YOUR CULTURAL FAIRNESS. BUT FOR THOSE OF US EXPERIENCING IT COMING INSIDE THE BRAD PACK WAS SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT. THE CRITICS AGREE, AIDED THE BRAD. >> WHAT A DISASTER. WHY DID WE TAKE IT AS AN OFFENSE AND NOW, LIKE I SAY, WERE EATING WELL. >> WE DIDN’T KILL SHEA STADIUM 1985. I THINK WE COULD HAVE. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. OF COURSE WE A PRESENCE, A STRONG PRESENCE AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK AS SECURITY QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. ABC JAY O’BRIEN JOINS US NOW FROM. AND YOU’RE JUST LEARNING SOME NEW DETAILS ON HOW OFFICIALS WILL HANDLE FIREARMS AT THE CONVENTION. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? YEAH, THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT JUST WRAPPED UP MOMENTS AGO. LINSEY AND THIS ISSUE UP IN THIS PRESS CONFERENCE AS IT RELATES TO RNC SECURITY. SO THE FIRST THING TO KNOW IS THAT THERE ARE TWO SECURITY PERIMETERS. ONE IS THE INNER PERIMETER WHERE THE FISCHER FORUM, WHERE I’M WHERE THE SITE OF THE CONVENTION IS. THAT’S INSIDE THE FIRST SECURITY PERIMETER. THEY CALL THAT THE HARD PERIMETER. YOU’RE SEEING IMAGES OF WHAT WOULD BE THE HARD PERIMETER THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. AND THEN JUST DISTANCE OUT. NOT FAR OUT, THERE WAS A LOOSER SECURITY PERIMETER THAT KIND OF SURROUNDS THAT HARD PERIMETER. THEY CALL THAT THE SOFT PERIMETER. WISCONSIN, IT IS IS A STATE THAT HAS OPEN CARRY GUN LAWS. YOU CAN OPEN CARRY AN AR-15, FOR INSTANCE. AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS HERE IN MILWAUKEE IS THERE WAS AN EFFORT RECENT WEEKS TO TRY TO ADD GUNS TO A LIST ITEMS THAT WERE GOING TO BE BANNED IN THAT SOFT OUTER PERIMETER. BUT THAT EFFORT FAILED. LOCAL CITY OFFICIALS HERE IN MILWAUKEE TELL ME BECAUSE OF THIS WISCONSIN STATE LAW, THERE WAS A LAW IN WISCONSIN SAYS YOU CAN’T ADD GUN RULES IN A LOCAL JURISDICTION. THAT CIRCUMVENT OR ARE ADDITIONALLY MORE STRICT THAN WHAT STATE LAW IS. THAT MEANS IN A SENSE THAT ARE ITEMS THAT ARE BANNED IN THAT OUTER PERIMETER LIKE TENNIS. BUT NOT GUNS, MEANING IN THAT SOFTER OUTER SECURITY PERIMETER JUST AGAIN, WALKING DISTANCE AWAY FROM WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO HOLD THE RNC, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO CARRY A GUN. BUT YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO HAVE A PAINTBALL GUN OR A TENNIS BALL OR LESSER BANNED ITEMS. AND OF COURSE, MANY LAWMAKERS ARE THERE OR ON THE WAY THERE TO MILWAUKEE AND WILL DELIVER SPEECHES. >> HOW WILL THE SHOOTING CHANGE THE TONE OF THIS CONVENTION? WELL, I’VE TALKED TO VARIOUS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO ARE GOING TO ADDRESS CONVENTION IN THE VARIOUS COMING DAYS, AND THEY ARE ALREADY WORKING TO REWRITE THEIR SPEECHES. THEY WANT TO INCLUDE TO THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THE FORMER. IT’S UNCLEAR, THOUGH, EXACTLY WHAT THE OVERALL TONE SHIFT IS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE THE RNC, AS YOU KNOW VERY WELL, LINSEY, IS A VERY MANICURED KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. IT IS SHOW FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND IT IS A PLAYING DOWN TO EVERY EXACT DETAIL. SO WHEN YOU GIVE A SPEECH AT THE RNC OR THE DNC, YOU HAVE TO RUN THAT SPEECH BY TRUMP CAMPAIGN IN THIS CASE OR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OR SO I’VE I’VE TALKED TO VARIOUS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO SAY THEY ARE REWRITING SPEECHES THAT THEY PLAN TO DELIVER FEVERISHLY WITH ALL THESE REFERENCES TO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT. BUT IT’S UNCLEAR IF SOME OF THOSE CHANGES GOING TO GET APPROVED BY THE RNC. CERTAINLY, THERE IS GOING TO BE A IN TONE HERE BASED ON THE EVENTS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. BUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT SHIFT IN TONE SOUNDS LIKE IS STILL UNCLEAR. INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THIS WEEK WOULD LOOKED LIKE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR YESTERDAY AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE BECAUSE OF YESTERDAY JAY O’BRIEN. OUR THANKS TO YOU LIVE FROM RNC HEADQUARTERS THERE. >> MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AHEAD . >> LET’S GO. THIS SHIP IS INCREDIBLE. IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A SCIENCE MOVIE. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. LOOK AT THAT. OH, MY GOSH. WELL, WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN ARMOR ARMOR AND IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING IN THIS. >> THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID EVERY A SURVIVOR SHARES THEIR STORY. >> I WILL NOT BE SILENCED. DO YOU FEEL THE CHURCH ACCEPTED ABUSE? >> I WOULDN’T SAY ACCEPTED. ACCEPTED SO MUCH. PRETENDED IT DIDN’T EXIST. YOU READY? KYRA PHILLIPS WITH NEWS. DOES YOUR CHURCH PROTECT SEXUAL PREDATORS? THE POWERFUL "IMPACT X NIGHTLINE" SECRETS OF THE TO GO TO CHURCH. >> THERE’S NOTHING PRETTY ABOUT HEARING THIS. NOW STREAMING ON HULU. REPORTING FROM THE PORT OF BALTIMORE, I’M ELIZABETH SCHULZE WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE, TO OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE. AS WE REPORTED, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ON HIS WAY TO MILWAUKEE AT THIS HOUR. CATHERINE IS ALREADY THERE ON SITE WHERE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION START TOMORROW. CATHERINE, THANKS FOR JOINING US. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT FORMER TRUMP’S PLANS ONCE HE LANDS? IS HE EXPECTED TO GO TO THE CONVENTION FOR A WALK THROUGH? >> WELL, WE KNOW THAT FORMER PRESIDENT IS IN THE AIR ON THE WAY HERE. HE PUT ON THROUGH SOCIAL THAT HE WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO DELAY HIS PLANS, BUT HE WASN’T GOING TO ALLOW THE EVENTS OF YESTERDAY AFFECT HIS TRAVEL PLANS. NOW, THAT’S THE BIG QUESTION. WILL HE GO OVER TO THE CONVENTION CENTER TO DO A WALK THROUGH? THERE’S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. I’M TOLD THAT TRUMP’S SCHEDULE IS VERY. ONCE HE GETS HERE, HE WILL ARRIVE. AND WHETHER OR NOT HE DOES SOMETHING PUBLIC IS STILL UP IN THE AIR, THAT’S GOING TO BE THE CASE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS HE GETS HERE ON THE GROUND BEFORE. OF COURSE, HIS SPEECH LATER ON IN THE WEEK, BUT IT’S POSSIBLE WE COULD SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT ON. BUT AGAIN, I SHOULD JUST STRESS THAT SO MUCH IS IN FLUX HERE ON THE GROUND IN MILWAUKEE WHEN THERE’S SO MUCH IN FLUX JUST IN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE WERE ALSO EXPECTING OVER THIS WEEKEND, WE WERE GOING TO PERHAPS HEAR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PICK FOR FOUR VP, HIS RUNNING MATE. ANY WORD NOW WHEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPECT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT? RIGHT. LOOK, IT’S UNCLEAR WHEN WE WILL EXPECT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. WE KNOW FROM OUR REPORTING, OUR EXCLUSIVE REPORTING IS THAT TRUMP DID MEET WITH AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE ON HIS TOP LIST, HIS LIST OF, SENATORS MARCO RUBIO, J.D. VANCE AND NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM. HE THEM DOWN AT MAR A LAGO. IN FACT, IN THE PAST 48 HOURS, RIGHT BEFORE HE WENT TO PENNSYLVANIA FOR THAT RALLY. AND NOW WE KNOW THAT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT’S BETWEEN SENATORS J.D. VANCE AND MARCO RUBIO, BUT WE JUST DON’T KNOW YET. HE WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE TO PLACE A CALL TO ONE OF THEM. AND HE PLANS AT LEAST HE WANTS TO ANNOUNCE THIS TOMORROW AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE WILL SEE KATHERINE FAULDERS OUR TO YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH US. >> I’M LINSEY DAVIS ABC NEWS. 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WAKE UP TO A SUPER FUN, TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE, EXTRAORDINARILY TALENTED MORNING. SAY GOOD MORNING TO SHAQ, JOHN AND KERRY LIE NEXT WEEK ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA AMERICA . GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I’M LINSEY DAVIS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WE BEGIN THIS SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A SHOCKING MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LIFE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION SCHEDULED TO START IN MILWAUKEE TOMORROW WILL GO ON AS TONIGHT BOTH PARTIES ARE URGING CALM AND UNITY AFTER THE HORROR THAT UNFOLDED. >> BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY NIGHT. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED HAPPENED AND HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY SATURDAY NIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE PRESIDENT TOUCHES ERE THEN DUCK FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SWARM. HE LATER PUMPED HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS AGENTS ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE. THIS STUNNING PHOTO SHARED AROUND THE WORLD TODAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING JUST THE SECURITY PERIMETER, BEFORE A SECRET SERVICE SNIPER RETURNED AND KILLED HIM. >> WANT TO REALLY SEE SOMETHING THAT TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED OVER DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS. >> SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS ON THE OF A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS THEY REACTED TO THE SHOOTING. THE FBI LEADING THE INVESTIGATION AND THE FBI DIRECTOR TOLD REPORTERS ON A CALL THIS AFTERNOON THAT YESTERDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS A, QUOTE, ATTACK ON OUR. PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL ADDRESS THE NATION IN AN OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS 8 P.M. EASTERN TIME AND HAD THIS TO SAY A SHORT TIME AGO. >> THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE OR ANY VIOLENCE FOR THAT MATTER. WE DON’T YET HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER. WE KNOW WHO HE IS. I URGE EVERYONE EVERYONE, PLEASE DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HIS MOTIVES OR AFFILIATIONS. >> BUT THE FBI DO THEIR JOB. >> BIDEN SPOKE ON THE PHONE WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE CAR DESCRIBED IT AS RESPECTFUL, SHORT AND GOOD. SECURITY BEEN TIGHTENED IN MILWAUKEE, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, AND THE PRESIDENT IS CURRENTLY ON HIS WAY RIGHT NOW . OUR TEAM IS STANDING BY TONIGHT TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN. AND WE BEGIN WITH, ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH WHO IS LIVE AT THE SITE OF THE RNC, MILWAUKEE. >> GOOD EVENING, KAYNA. LINSEY, GOOD EVENING TO YOU. SO IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ON THE TARMAC THERE IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT HE DOES PLAN ON COMING TO MILWAUKEE TO THE SITE OF THE CONVENTION. YOU CAN HEAR THEM DOING SOME MIC TESTING BEHIND ME. YOU’RE SEEING THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S MOTORCADE THERE. SO IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A BIT OF A WEATHER DELAY. BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND HERE THAT THE PRESIDENT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, IS COMING TO MILWAUKEE AFTER INITIALLY HE MIGHT DELAY THIS TRIP BY A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. BUT THEN HE WENT ONTO SOCIAL AND HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT I HAVE DECIDED I CANNOT ALLOW THE SHOOTER OR POTENTIAL ASSASSIN TO FORCE A CHANGE TO SCHEDULING OR ANYTHING ELSE . THEREFORE, I WILL BE LEAVING FOR MILWAUKEE AS SCHEDULED. AND THIS IS ALL IN AN EFFORT TO REALLY UNITE THE PARTY TO SEND THIS MESSAGE OF RESILIENCY AND STRENGTH THROUGHOUT THE PARTY. AND TO EVERYONE HERE IN MILWAUKEE. REITERATING, LINSEY THAT WE HEARD FROM THE FBI DIRECTOR, CHRISTOPHER WRAY, THAT THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. BUT STILL, LINSEY, WE ARE SEEING DONALD TRUMP AGAIN URGING TEAM TO GET HIM HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO BE THIS CONVENTION. RIGHT. HE DID NOT WANT THIS TO UPEND WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THIS WEEK. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE RNC IS GETTING TOMORROW. WE’RE GETTING WORD THAT TRUMP’S OLD FOES SOME OF ONE OF TRUMP’S OLD FOES IS NOW BEING INVITED TO SPEAK. >> YEAH, HOW ABOUT THAT FOR THE MESSAGE OF UNITY, LINSEY, WE’RE NOW HEARING THAT NIKKI HALEY WILL, IN FACT, BE NOT ONLY ATTENDING THE CONVENTION, BUT SHE WILL BE SPEAKING. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE WILL BE SPEAKING ON TUESDAY. AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT NIKKI HALEY INITIALLY WAS NOT COMING TO THE CONVENTION. ABC HAS REPORTING THAT SHE WASN’T EVEN INVITED. BUT AGAIN, SHE IS NOW SET TO SPEAK ON. SHE HAS ALREADY RELEASED HER PLEDGE DELEGATES. SHE ENCOURAGING THEM TO BACK TRUMP, TO SUPPORT TRUMP. AND THIS IS CERTAINLY A PIVOTAL MOMENT NOT ONLY FOR THIS PARTY, BUT REALLY FOR THE DEMOCRACY. AND SO FOR HER TO COME UP ON THAT STAGE ON TUESDAY, WHICH I DO WANT TO OUT THE THEME OF TUESDAY, IS MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. THAT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE AN UNDERLYING THEME, I THINK, FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AS TENSIONS ARE INCREDIBLY HIGH HERE. SECURITY MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION AND WE’LL SEE HOW THEY CHANGE IN THE COMING HOURS, DAYS. BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN PLAN TO SEE A LOT OF MAJOR SUPPORT HERE. >> TRUMP EVEN FROM HIS FORMER FOES. YES, SAFETY, UNITY, CIVILITY. I THINK THAT ALL THREE ARE REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS TOP OF MIND FOR AMERICANS AT THIS POINT. KAYNA WHITWORTH, OUR THANKS TO YOU. PRESIDENT BIDEN GAVE REMARKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE JUST A FEW HOURS AGO AFTER CONVENING HIS TOP OFFICIALS IN THE SECURITY ROOM WITH THE HEADS OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE FBI PRESENT AMID THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. HERE’S PART OF WHAT BIDEN HAD TO SAY. >> THERE IS NO PLACE IN AMERICA FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE OR ANY VIOLENCE, FOR THAT MATTER. WE DON’T YET HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER. WE KNOW WHO HE IS. I URGE EVERYONE, EVERYONE, PLEASE DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HIS MOTIVES OR AFFILIATIONS. BUT THE FBI, THEIR JOB. >> AND THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TO ADDRESS THE NATION IN AN OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS AT 8 P.M. EASTERN TIME. IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE JOINED NOW BY ABC’S MARYALICE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. MARYALICE, DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION OF THE PRESIDENT MIGHT SAY TONIGHT? >> THE PRESIDENT EARLIER TODAY SAID THAT ANY ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IS CONTRARY TO EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR. IT IS NOT AMERICA. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. I IMAGINE LINSEY THAT HE WILL REPEAT THAT MESSAGE TONIGHT DURING THAT RARE OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS. >> HIS TEAM TWEETED A PICTURE FROM HIS STATEMENT EARLIER WHERE HE IS FLANKED ON EITHER SIDE BY THE VICE PRESIDENT. THE ATTORNEY. AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DEBATE, WE DISAGREE, BUT WE HAVE TO UNITE AS A NATION TO DEMONSTRATE WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS. THAT HAS REALLY BEEN THE MESSAGE, OF COURSE, FROM THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF THE LAST 24 HOURS. WE KNOW THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS REALLY PUT A PAUSE ON ALL CAMPAIGNING AS THE PRESIDENT FOCUSES ON BEING. YOU SEE HIM THERE IN THE SITUATION ROOM, GETTING BRIEFINGS FROM HIS DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND AND TOP NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISERS. THE FOCUS CLEARLY ON THIS NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT, THE NATIONAL SECURITY SITUATION, NOT ON CAMPAIGNING OR POLITICS AT THIS TIME, AGAIN, FOR GOOD REASON. AND CAN YOU TELL ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS PROMISING TO DO AS THE NEXT STEPS REGARDING ANY INVESTIGATIONS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE UNDERWAY? YEAH, WELL FIRST, THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT HE HAS DIRECTED THE SECRET SERVICE TO INCREASE RESOURCES MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS SAFE AT ALL TIMES . THEY CANNOT LET SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. THEY HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. THE REALITY IS, EVEN THOUGH HE IS A FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, THE SOURCES I’VE BEEN TALKING TO TODAY WHO HELPED PLAN THESE SORTS OF EVENTS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY DO HAVE A SMALLER SECRET SERVICE FOOTPRINT THAN A SITTING PRESIDENT. SO WE HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN SAY THAT THEY HAVE TO MORE RESOURCES TO DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO KEEP TRUMP SAFE. >> AND HE ALSO PROMISED THAT THERE WOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO . WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED AND THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE THAT PUBLIC TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> SO MANY QUESTIONS, SO MANY CONCERN FROM NOT ONLY TRUMP SUPPORTERS, BUT ALL AMERICANS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED AND HOW WE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS AGAIN. >> A NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS HAVE BLAMED THE PRESIDENT AND. HIS RHETORIC FOR WHAT THEY SAY IS HAPPENING YESTERDAY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IS THE WHITE HOUSE ENGAGING IN ANY OF THESE CLAIMS IN WAY? ABSOLUTELY NOT. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR TO ME AND THE CAMPAIGN HAS AS WELL THAT THEY ARE NOT ENGAGING IN THAT. I DO SUSPECT IF IT CONTINUES, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO SOME POINT RESPOND. BUT RIGHT NOW, ABSOLUTELY NOT. LIKE I SAID THEY THINK THAT THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW SHOULD BE ON THIS NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT, THE NATIONAL SECURITY INCIDENT, NOT ON CAMPAIGNING. THEY WANT BE A PART OF BRINGING DOWN THE POLITICAL RHETORIC, LOWERING THE TEMPERATURE, NOT RESPONDING. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT FIGHTING POLITICAL VIOLENCE HAS BEEN A CORE PART OF PRESIDENT CAMPAIG. HIS MESSAGE. THIS IS, OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT WHO WHO DECIDED TO RUN AFTER THE CHARLOTTESVILLE ATTACK. SO SOME POINT THEY ARE GOING TO TALK AGAIN, I’M SURE, ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ABOUT HOW TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND KEEP THAT ROUTE OUT OF OUR POLITICAL DISCOURSE. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE IS ON HOLD. WE KNOW EVEN THE PRESIDENT HAS POSTPONED HIS CAMPAIGN TRIP THAT HE HAD HAD SCHEDULED TO TEXAS FOR THIS WEEK LINSEY. ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE PARKS, OUR THANKS TO YOU. WE’LL HAVE COVERAGE, LIVE COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S REMARKS WHEN HE DOES ADDRESS THE NATION TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. AND JOINING US NOW FOR MORE IS FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COUNTERTERRORISM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY, ELIZABETH NEUMANN. ELIZABETH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING. TAKE US BEHIND THE SCENES HERE. THE PRESIDENT CONVENING HIS TOP OFFICIALS, THE SITUATION ROOM BRIEFING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HAPPENING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY RIGHT NOW? WELL, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS THE SECRET SERVICE. >> THAT’S PART OF ITS COMPONENTS. AND THEY’RE ACTIVELY PREPARING FOR MILWAUKEE. THE PRESIDENT GAVE DIRECTION TO A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW, THE PLAN FOR MILWAUKEE. AND SO YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE ALL HANDS ON DECK WORKING OVER THE WEEKEND AND AROUND CLOCK TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT SECURITY PLAN AND THAT NO CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. NOW, THAT PLAN HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR YEARS AND YOU HAVE MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AT FEDERAL AND LOCAL LEVELS ALL COMING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE SECURITY. SO I FEEL QUITE CONFIDENT AS IT IS A NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY . AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS A TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE PULLING THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS OFF THAT THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY IN A MUCH STRONGER POSITION TO PROVIDE SECURITY THAN, SAY, A SMALL RALLY LIKE WE SAW THIS WEEKEND . NEVERTHELESS, AFTER AN EVENT LIKE THAT, YOU ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT COPYCAT PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE INSPIRED TO TRY DO SOMETHING. SEEING THAT SOMEBODY HAD A MINOR SUCCESS, MAYBE THEY COULD HAVE SUCCESS. SO IT CERTAINLY INCREASES THE THREAT. AND IF YOU’RE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, YOU HAVE A NO FAIL MISSION. SO YOU ARE DOUBLING YOUR EFFORTS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A SAFE, SECURE A WEEK. >> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY ? YOU SURPRISED? I WAS NOT SURPRISED. WE HAVE BEEN WARNING ABOUT THREATS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS NOW. AND CERTAINLY THIS YEAR ALL OF THOSE THREATS HAVE ESCALATED. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION TO BECOME A UNFORTUNATELY A NORM. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT THE FORMER MINISTER OF JAPAN WAS ASSASSINATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WE’VE SEEN THIS OCCUR AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD, IN THE GLOBE AND CERTAINLY IN THE COUNTERTERRORISM IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMUNITY. WE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED THAT ASSASSINATION, WHICH WAS A TOOL THAT, WAS UNFORTUNATELY QUITE PREVALENT IN OUR HISTORY. 100 YEARS AGO. WE WERE VERY CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT MAKE A COMEBACK AND IT CERTAINLY APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED AND WE SAW OVER THE WEEKEND. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS THIS KIND POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND HOW IT DEVELOPS? >> LOOK, THE REASON BEHIND WHY SOMEBODY MOBILIZES VIOLENCE IS OFTEN NOT THE IDEOLOGY, WHICH IS WHAT MOSTLY FIXATE ON LIKE WHAT’S THE MOTIVE? AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT MOTIVE. AND CERTAINLY WHEN YOU TARGET A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, FORMER PRESIDENT, IT CERTAINLY SEEMS POLITICAL RIGHT. BUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE THAT COMMIT ATTACKS LIKE THIS IS THAT IT’S ACTUALLY UNDERLYING PSYCHOSOCIAL DRIVERS ,NOT THE IDEOLOGY. THESE INDIVIDUALS USUALLY HAD SOME SORT LIFE CRISIS IN THEIR IN THEIR BACKGROUND. THEY OFTEN HAVE HAD SOME MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, NOT NECESSARILY ILLNESS, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES WE DO SEE THAT. BUT — BUT SORT OF CRISIS THAT THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE COPING SKILLS TO DEAL WITH. AND THEN WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE COMMITTED TARGETED ATTACKS IN THE PAST OFTEN ARE RADICALIZING ONLINE. THEY’RE FINDING BELONGING AND COMMUNITIES THAT GLORIFY MASS SHOOTINGS, THAT FIND SIGNIFICANCE IN CARRYING OUT AN ACT LIKE THIS. AND THEY FIND THAT THAT’S INSPIRING TO THEM. AND SO SO VERY OFTEN IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE PARTICULAR IDEOLOGY AND EXTREME IDEOLOGY OR POLITICAL MOTIVE, BUT RATHER SOMETHING THAT HAS GONE WRONG IN THAT PERSON’S LIFE. AND THEY SEE THIS AS THEIR ONLY SOLUTION. IT’S VERY TRAGIC AND CERTAINLY NOT ANSWER THAT WE THE PUBLIC WANT. BUT — BUT THE MAYBE THE POSITIVE NOTE TO THIS IS WHEN SOMETHING IS IS JUST PURELY ABOUT IDEOLOGY, BUT THESE UNDERLYING PSYCHOSOCIAL DRIVERS THAT ACTUALLY WE KNOW HOW TO PREVENT IT. WE KNOW HOW TO STOP IT. AND SO GIVEN THE THREAT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE’RE IN RIGHT NOW, I’D ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS THAT IF THERE’S SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT SHOWING CONCERNING SIGNS THAT TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE OR TALKING IN A WAY THAT CONCERNS YOU PLEASE DON’T BRUSH THAT ASIDE, PLEASE GET THAT PERSON HELP CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT IS USUALLY A CLOSE THAT NOTICES SOMETHING IS WRONG . AND WHEN WE STOP ATTACKS, IT’S BECAUSE THAT CLOSE ASSOCIATE SPEAKS OUT. >> SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN YOUR LIFE THAT’S CONCERNING, YOU DON’T BRUSH IT ASIDE AND ELIZABETH, JUST ONE MORE BEFORE I LET YOU GO. ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING SAID YOU WERE NOT SHOCKED. I THINK THAT ON ONE HAND, I UNDERSTAND, BUT ON THE OTHER, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING, LOOK, THIS IS THE SECRET. THIS IS IS AS AS GOOD AS IT GETS WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT PROTECTION. AND SO IT WOULD SEEM THAT THEY’VE PREPARED FOR EVERY OF CONTINGENCY. AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT THEY JUST THE RESOURCES ARE NOT ADEQUATE AT THIS TIME? >> THE SECRET SERVICE HAS A NO FIELD MISSION, AND IT’S ONE OF THE TOUGHEST JOBS OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY IN A VENUE LIKE WHERE WERE OPERATING. SO I WAS CERTAINLY DISHEARTENED AT THE SECURITY FAILURE. AND WE DON’T EXACTLY ALL ASPECTS OF WHAT ACTUALLY FAILED. BUT — BUT THEY THEY HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT JOB THAT WHEN YOU’RE IN AN OPEN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT. AND, YES, I MEAN, THE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED. WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH SECRET SERVICE PROFESSIONALS. EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH AN ELECTION YEAR, THEY ARE EXHAUSTED AND END UP VERY STRAINED AND STRETCHED THIN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DEPLOY THEM IN SO MANY PLACES. THEY ARE THEY THE BEST OF THE BEST, BUT THEY ARE LIMITED BY THEIR RESOURCES. AND SO MAYBE THIS IS A TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE PROTECTION IN EVENTS LIKE THIS. ELIZABETH NEUMANN, SUPER HELPFUL INSIGHT. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. NOW I WANT TO BRING IN ABC’S ALEX PRESHA WHO’S IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA FOR US. ALEX, I CAN IMAGINE THINGS ARE ARE STILL RATHER TENSE THERE IN PENNSYLVANIA EVEN ABOUT 24 HOURS AFTER THIS ATTACK. GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT YOU’RE SEEING ON THE GROUND. >> AND LINDA, YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I MEAN, WE’VE HAD DRIVERS HAVE DRIVEN BY AND CURSE AT US OR, WISHED US ILL WILL ALSO. EARLIER TODAY, THERE WAS A BACKPACK WAS LEFT UNATTENDED FOR FOR A WHILE. AND WE SAW A BAND OF FBI AGENTS PULL UP, INSPECT IT, ULTIMATELY TAKE IT AWAY. BUT THAT’S THE KIND OF ON EDGE WE’RE TALKING WHEN WE SAY THINGS ARE TENSE HERE. CLEARLY, THIS TOWN OF BUTLER, WHICH IS ABOUT 13,500, IS ON EDGE. ALSO LEARNING THAT THAT SHOOTER WAS FROM BETHEL, JUST A SUBURB OF PITTSBURGH, ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM HERE. MANY PEOPLE WONDERING HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN IN THEIR BACKYARD . WE’VE SEEN A STEADY FLOW OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS, MANY THEM WERE ACTUALLY THERE YESTERDAY AT THAT RALLY WHEN THAT GUNFIRE RANG OUT, WANTING TO SHARE ANECDOTALLY THEIR EXPERIENCES. MANY OF THEM STILL ON EDGE. YOU KNOW, THAT CHILLING SOUND OF OF HEARING THE GUNFIRE TO TAKE OVER TAKE OVER THAT RALLY YESTERDAY. BUT YES, I MEAN, FOR FOR FOR A TOWN THAT’S USED TO NOT BEING IN THE HEADLINES, THIS IS CERTAINLY A DEPARTURE FROM THEIR NORM AND. >> THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT RIGHT NOW AND NOT REASON, OF COURSE, THAT YOU’D WANT TO BE THE HEADLINES. JUST BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US. AS FAR AS THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATIONS, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE VICTIMS. WELL, SO, LINSEY, RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW TODAY THERE WAS A HUGE FOCUS IN BETHEL PARK THE THAT THE TOWN OF THIS ALLEGED SHOOTER. WE KNOW THAT THE FBI SEARCHED HIS CAR AND HIS HOME. MULTIPLE SOURCES TELLING US THAT, LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELLING US THAT THEY FOUND WHAT THEY BELIEVED TO BE EXPLOSIVES IN HIS CAR. THEY’RE RUNNING TESTS ON THAT RIGHT NOW. THERE’S ALSO BEEN A DIVING INTO BACKGROUND. WE TALKED TO NUMEROUS FORMER CLASSMATES THAT KNEW HIM FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL THAT DESCRIBE HIM AS A LONER SORTS. AND ONE FORMER CLASSMATE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, HE AN INTERESTING ONE, BUT SOMEONE WHO REALLY KIND OF KEPT HIMSELF. WE KNEW THAT HE HAD INTEREST IN RIFLES. HE HAD TRIED OUT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL RIFLE TEAM, BUT ULTIMATELY WAS WAS DENIED A SPOT BECAUSE THEY SAID HE WAS, QUOTE, A BAD SHOT. ALSO, THERE HAS BEEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO HOW HE PROCURED THAT AR 15 STYLE WEAPON. WE KNOW NOW THAT HE GOT IT THROUGH, HIS FATHER WHO HAD OBTAINED IT LEGALLY. LINSEY, OUR THANKS TO YOU. NOW, I WANT BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR MICK MULROY, WHO’S ALSO A FORMER DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND RETIRED CIA OFFICER. NICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON THE SHOW. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE LOCATION THE SHOOTER FIRED FROM? SHOULD LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE ALSO BEEN ON THAT ROOF. >> THE LINSEY THE SECRET SERVICE HAS AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT JOB AND 99% OF THE TIME THEY DO GREAT JOB. >> BUT THIS SHOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED, QUITE FRANKLY. THIS IS A CLEAR DANGER AREA. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE, EITHER ON THE ROOF OR PREVENTING OTHERS FROM GETTING ON THE ROOF. THIS INDIVIDUAL CRAWLING WITH A RIFLE WITHIN CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT, AN ELEVATED POSITION TO A CLEAR PODIUM WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SPEAKING IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE. AND I THINK EVERYBODY CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG AND DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO TO ENSURE THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. >> IN YOUR WHAT’S IT LIKE SHOOTING FROM THAT RANGE? WHAT KIND OF DISTANCE WE TALKING WITH? THE SHOOTER MOST LIKELY HAVE HAD A SCOPE ON HIS GUN SO THIS REPORTEDLY WAS AN AR-15, WHICH IS A FAIRLY IN VERSION OF AN M-16 OR AN M4 WHICH IS WHAT WE CARRIED IN THE MARINE CORPS AND THE CIA. EVEN WITHOUT A SCOPE, A 140 YARD SHOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE PRONE POSITION, IS NOT DIFFICULT. SOMEBODY WHO IS MODERATELY TRAINED COULD MAKE THAT SHOT. IF YOU HAD A SCOPE SO OPTICS ONTO IT, IT JUST GETS EASIER. SO THIS IS WEAPON THAT UP TO 300 YARDS AT POINT TARGET IS NOT DIFFICULT TO HIT A MAN SIZED TARGET AND THAT’S WHAT THIS WAS OF COURSE. >> SO THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE PERIMETER OF WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD LIKE ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY AN ELEVATED POSITION ON ON A ROOF LIKE THAT CERTAINLY WITHOUT A WEAPON IS JUST SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. >> ALL RIGHT, MICK MULROY. WE ARE SHORT ON TIME, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE’D LOVE TO BRING YOU BACK ON. THANK YOU MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND INSIGHT. >> MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AHEAD, INCLUDING WHAT THE PAST COULD TELL US ABOUT TO EXPECT NOW AND HOW THE TONE OF THIS YEAR’S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION COULD SHIFT TO. THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN IN MODELS SINGLE. >> I WANT HIM TO BECOME A MEMBER OF ONE KEY. TORTURED ME. >> HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR? IN A WORD, ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. >> NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY . THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE. >> FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R. MURROW AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST. LISTENING TO YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. OF COURSE, WE HAVE A PRESENCE, A STRONG PRESENCE AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK AND SECURITY QUESTIONS ARE BEING RAISED AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. ABC’S JOINS US NOW FROM MILWAUKEE AND SHARE YOUR LEARNING SOME NEW DETAILS ON HOW OFFICIALS WILL HANDLE FIREARMS AT THE CONVENTION. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? YEAH, THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT JUST WRAPPED UP MOMENTS AGO, LINSEY AND THIS ISSUE CAME UP IN THIS PRESS CONFERENCE AS IT RELATES TO RNC SECURITY. SO THE FIRST THING TO KNOW IS THAT THERE ARE TWO SECURITY PERIMETERS HERE. ONE IS THE INNER PERIMETER WHERE THE FISCHER FORUM, WHERE I’M STANDING, WHERE THE SITE OF THE CONVENTION IS. THAT’S INSIDE THE FIRST SECURITY PERIMETER. THEY CALL THAT THE HARD PERIMETER. YOU’RE SEEING IMAGES OF WHAT WOULD BE THE HARD PERIMETER THERE ON YOUR SCREEN AND THEN JUST WALKING DISTANCE OUT. NOT FAR OUT, THERE WAS A LOOSER PERIMETER THAT KIND OF SURROUNDS THAT HARD PERIMETER. THEY CALL THAT THE SOFT PERIMETER. WISCONSIN IS A STATE THAT OPEN CARRY GUN LAWS. YOU CAN OPEN CARRY AND AIR 15, FOR INSTANCE. AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS HERE IN MILWAUKEE IS THERE WAS AN EFFORT IN RECENT WEEKS TO TRY TO ADD GUNS TO A LIST OF ITEMS THAT WERE GOING TO BE BANNED IN THAT SOFT OUTER. BUT THAT EFFORT FAILED. LOCAL CITY OFFICIALS HERE IN MILWAUKEE, ME, BECAUSE OF THIS WISCONSIN STATE LAW, THERE WAS A LAW LAW IN WISCONSIN THAT SAYS YOU CAN’T ADD GUN RULES IN A LOCAL JURISTIC ACTION THAT CIRCUMVENT OR ARE ADDITIONALLY MORE STRICT THAN WHAT THE STATE LAW IS. THAT MEANS IN A SENSE THAT, THERE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE BANNED IN THAT OUTER PERIMETER LIKE TENNIS. BUT NOT GUNS, MEANING IN THAT SOFTER OUTER SECURITY PERIMETER JUST AGAIN, WALKING DISTANCE AWAY FROM WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO HOLD THE RNC CONVENTION, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO CARRY A GUN. BUT YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO HAVE A PAINTBALL GUN OR A TENNIS BALL OR, OTHER LESSER BANNED ITEMS. AND OF COURSE, MANY LAWMAKERS ARE THERE OR ON THE WAY THERE TO MILWAUKEE AND WILL DELIVER SPEECHES. >> HOW WILL THE SHOOTING CHANGE THE TONE OF THIS CONVENTION? WELL, I’VE TALKED TO VARIOUS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO ARE GOING ADDRESS THIS CONVENTION IN THE VARIOUS COMING DAYS, AND THEY ARE ALREADY TO REWRITE THEIR SPEECHES. THEY WANT TO INCLUDE REFERENCES TO THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT. IT’S UNCLEAR, THOUGH, EXACTLY WHAT THE OVERALL TONE SHIFT IS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE THE RNC, AS YOU KNOW WELL, LINSEY IS A VERY MANICURED KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. IT IS A SHOW FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND IT IS A PLAN DOWN TO EVERY EXACT DETAIL. SO WHEN YOU GIVE A SPEECH AT THE RNC OR THE DNC, YOU HAVE TO RUN THAT SPEECH BY TRUMP CAMPAIGN IN THIS CASE OR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OR. BOTH. SO I’VE I’VE TALKED TO VARIOUS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO SAY THEY ARE THEIR SPEECHES, THAT THEY PLAN TO DELIVER FEVERISHLY WITH ALL THESE TO THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT. BUT IT’S UNCLEAR SOME OF THOSE CHANGES ARE GOING TO GET APPROVED BY THE RNC. CERTAINLY, THERE IS GOING TO BE A SHIFT IN TONE HERE BASED ON THE EVENTS OF THE LAST 24 HOURS. BUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT SHIFT IN TONE SOUNDS IS STILL UNCLEAR. INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THIS WEEK WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR YESTERDAY AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE BECAUSE OF YESTERDAY JAY O’BRIEN. OUR THANKS TO YOU LIVE FROM, THE RNC HEADQUARTERS THERE. >> MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AHEAD . THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS AND SINGLE. I WANT TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF A MEMBER OF ONE OF KEITH ORCHARD, MI HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR? >> THE WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY. >> THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU. WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION, WHICH YOU GET TO WATCH READ. >> WHERE CAN THEY GET A GREAT DEAL? >> WHAT I’M JUST DYING TO BUY. OH, IT’S ALL RIGHT HERE, "GMA LIFE" GET THE LATEST CELEBRITY BUZZ DEALS AND DEALS AND THE COOLEST LIFESTYLE FROM "GMA". >> I LOVE THAT SO MUCH. IT’S WEEKENDS ON ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE, TO OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE. AS WE REPORTED, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ON HIS WAY TO MILWAUKEE AT THIS HOUR KATHERINE FAULDERS IS ALREADY THERE ON SITE WHERE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL START TOMORROW. CATHERINE, THANKS FOR JOINING US. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PLANS ONCE HE LANDS? IS HE EXPECTED TO GO TO THE CENTER FOR A WALK THROUGH? >> WELL, WE KNOW THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS IN THE AIR ON THE WAY HERE. HE PUT ON THROUGH SOCIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO DELAY HIS PLANS, BUT HE WASN’T GOING TO TO ALLOW THE HORRIFIC EVENTS OF YESTERDAY AFFECT HIS TRAVEL PLANS. >> THAT’S A BIG QUESTION. WILL HE GO OVER TO THE CONVENTION CENTER TO DO A WALK THROUGH THERE? BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. I’M TOLD THAT TRUMP’S SCHEDULE IS VERY FLUID. >> ONCE HE GETS HERE, HE WILL. AND WHETHER OR NOT HE DOES SOMETHING PUBLIC IS STILL UP IN THE AIR THAT’S GOING TO BE THE CASE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYAS HE GETS HERE, THE GROUND BEFORE, OF COURSE, HIS SPEECH LATER ON IN THE WEEK. BUT IT’S POSSIBLE WE COULD SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENT LATER ON. BUT AGAIN, I SHOULD JUST STRESS THAT. SO IS IN FLUX HERE ON THE GROUND IN MILWAUKEE WHEN SO MUCH IN FLUX JUST IN GENERAL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE ALSO EXPECTING THAT OVER THIS WEEKEND WE WERE GOING TO PERHAPS HEAR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PICK FOR FOUR VP, HIS RUNNING MATE. >> ANY WORD NOW ON WHEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPECT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT? >> RIGHT. LOOK, IT’S UNCLEAR WHEN WE WILL EXPECT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. WE KNOW FROM OUR REPORTING, OUR EXCLUSIVE REPORTING IS THAT TRUMP DID MEET WITH AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE ON HIS TOP HIS LIST OF SENATORS MARCO RUBIO, J.D. VANCE AND NORTH DAKOTA, DOUG BURGUM. HE HAD THEM DOWN AT MAR A LAGO. IN FACT, IN THE PAST, A 48 HOURS RIGHT BEFORE HE WENT TO PENNSYLVANIA FOR THAT RALLY. NOW WE KNOW THAT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT’S BETWEEN SENATORS J.D. AND MARCO RUBIO, BUT WE JUST DON’T KNOW YET. HE WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE PLACE A CALL TO ONE OF THEM. AND HE PLANS AT LEAST HE WANTS TO ANNOUNCE THIS TOMORROW. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL SEE. KATHERINE FAULDERS, OUR THANKS TO YOU AND. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. I’M LINSEY DAVIS, ABC NEWS LIVE . MORE COVERAGE ON THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE". TO BE IN THE KNOW GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO GET RIGHT TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH EDWARD OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. AND THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS. I AM SINGLE. I WANT TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF THE NUMBER ON THAT CAKE TORTURED ME. HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR? THE WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL. THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. ONLY ON HULU. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR. IN ROLLING FORWARD. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THE FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. FROM THE SCENE. THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE OR STREAMING ABC NEWS LOCAL ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION. IT’S OUR COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. >> MILITANTS CAME IN FROM HIGH PRESSURE TO THINK. IT’S LOUD. DAVID. ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> REPORTING FROM NOBODY COAST FOR THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY. I’M DAVID MUIR. WHEREVER THE STORY IS. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . GOOD EVENING. >> I’M LINSEY DAVIS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. WE BEGIN THIS WITH THE SHOCKING MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LIFE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION TO START IN MILWAUKEE TOMORROW WILL GO ON AS HE FLIES THERE NOW ANTICIPATED TO ARRIVE SHORTLY. THAT IS TONIGHT. BOTH PARTIES ARE URGING CALM AND UNITY AFTER THE HORROR THAT UNFOLDED IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY NIGHT. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AND HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD AND TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY SATURDAY NIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE PRESIDENT TOUCH HIS EAR, THEN DUCK FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE AGENT SWORN HE LATER PUMPED HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS AGENTS ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE. THE STUNNING PHOTO SHARED AROUND THE WORLD TODAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN SEVERAL ROUNDS FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING JUST OUTSIDE THE SECURITY PERIMETER BEFORE SECRET SERVICE SNIPER RETURNED FIRE AND KILLED HIM. >> WANT TO REALLY SEE SOMETHING THAT SAID, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS ON THE ROOF OF A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS THEY REACTED TO THE SHOOTING. THE FBI IS NOW LEADING THE INVESTIGATION. THE FBI DIRECTOR TOLD REPORTERS ON A CALL THIS AFTERNOON. THE YESTERDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS A, QUOTE, ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY. PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL THE NATION IN AN OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS AT 8 P.M. EASTERN TONIGHT AND HAD THIS TO SAY A SHORT TIME AGO. >> THERE IS NO PLACE, AMERICA, FOR THIS KIND OF VIOLENCE OR ANY VIOLENCE FOR THAT MATTER. WE DON’T YET HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOTIVE OF THE SHOOTER. WE KNOW HE IS. I URGE EVERYONE, EVERYONE, PLEASE DON’T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HIS MOTIVES OR AFFILIATIONS. >> BUT THE FBI DO THEIR JOB. BIDEN SPOKE ON THE PHONE WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE CALL DESCRIBED IT RESPECTFUL, SHORT AND GOOD. SECURITY HAS BEEN TIGHTENED IN MILWAUKEE, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, AND THE PRESIDENT IS CURRENTLY ON HIS WAY THERE NOW. OUR IS STANDING BY TONIGHT TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN. AND WE BEGIN WITH ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR WHO IS LIVE AT THE SITE OF THE RNC IN MILWAUKEE. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US, KENA? ALL RIGHT. SO, LINSEY, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THINGS GET UNDER WAY HERE. WE’RE SEEING PEOPLE DO MIKE. THEY’RE WALKING ON THE STAGE. WE ARE ANTICIPATING DONALD TRUMP’S ARRIVAL MILWAUKEE LATER TODAY. BUT WHAT IS A TOP CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS OF COURSE SECURITY. EVERYTHING IS BEING HEAVILY SCRUTINIZED IN THIS MOMENT AND JUST NOW LEARNING THAT THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN, TONY EVERS, IS NOW ASKING THE RNC TO RECONSIDER DECISION TO ALLOW FIREARMS IN WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE SOFT PERIMETER OF THIS CONVENTION SITE. NOW, IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE’S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THEY CONSIDER THEM BOTH SOFT AND HARD. SO WITHIN THIS FORUM SITE, JUST OUTSIDE, THIS IS CONSIDERED THE HARD SECURITY AREA. FIREARMS ARE NOT ALLOWED HERE, BUT THERE IS RED TAPE OUTSIDE. IT HAS BEEN THERE BY THE SECRET SERVICE. AND IN THOSE AREAS THAT IS IN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE FORUM, THEY ARE ALLOWING FIREARMS THERE. NOW THEY ARE THEY CAN BE CONCEALED WITH A PERMIT OR OPEN CARRY. AND THAT IS WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS ASKING THE RNC TO RECONSIDER AT THIS TIME. BUT LINSEY, ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT WE DID HEAR FROM THE SECRET SERVICE JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO. AND THEY’RE SAYING AT THIS POINT THERE ARE NO KNOWN THREATS TO THE 2024 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. AND THIS, OF COURSE, IS ALL IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. BUT I WANT TO START WITH THE FACT THAT THE FBI SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE, THIS WISCONSIN FIELD OFFICE, IS NOTING THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK IN THREATS THAT WE’RE ONLINE. BUT RNC SECRET SERVICE COORDINATORS ARE SAYING THEY HAVE NO CHANCE, NO CHANGES IN THEIR SECURITY PLAN AT THIS TIME. THEY SAY THEY FEEL CONFIDENT IN THIS PLAN. OF COURSE, LINSEY, THIS HAS BEEN A PLAN THAT’S UNDERGOING UNDER WAY FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. BUT EVERYTHING CHANGES AFTER YESTERDAY’S FRENZY EXCEPT THAT THE SHOW WILL GO ON, SO TO SPEAK. THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS IS HEADING TO MILWAUKEE AS WE SPEAK. AND THIS WAS VERY MUCH HE WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM WOULD CONTINUE STARTING AGAIN TOMORROW IN MILWAUKEE. YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, LINSEY. AND DETERMINATION THERE I THINK IS KEY RIGHT BECAUSE WE INITIALLY HEARD FROM DONALD TRUMP THAT HE MIGHT CONSIDER DELAYING HIS TRIP HERE FOR ABOUT DAYS. AND YOU COULD HEAR IT SORRY OVER THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY’RE STARTING TO DO THOSE MIKE CHECKS AND THEY’RE PRACTICING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF. MARCO RUBIO, WHO EVENTUALLY WILL TAKE THE STAGE AT THE RNC. OF COURSE, HE’S ALSO ONE OF THE PEOPLE WE KNOW DONALD TRUMP IS CONSIDERING AS HIS VP PICK. SO I JUST WANT NOTE THAT AS YOU’RE HEARING THAT OVER MY MIC, I’M SURE OF IT AGAIN, DONALD TRUMP IS IN THE AIR. HE IS ON HIS WAY HERE. HE DECIDED TO NOT DELAY HIS TRIP BY TWO DAYS BECAUSE HE DOES NOT WANT THE SHOOTER TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. HE WANTS TO COME HERE TO THE RNC. HE WANTS TO RALLY HIS PARTY HE WANTS TO CREATE UNITY. AND HE IS ALREADY FUNDRAISING ALL OF THIS. LINSEY, WE’RE ALREADY SEEING POSTS FROM HIM AS WELL THAT THEY HAVE NEW PICTURES OUT THERE. HE IS FUNDRAISING OFF THAT EVENT AND HE IS SHOWING HIS TOUGHNESS AND HIS RESILIENCY. THERE YOU SEE RIGHT THERE. NEVER SURRENDER THAT FAMOUS PHOTO WITH HIS FIST UP IN AIR AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN THE EAR YESTERDAY. AND SO THAT IS A NOTATION AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HE WANTS TO PROMOTE WITHIN HIS PARTY AND HE WANTS TO GET THIS THING GOING. AND IT’S AN ALL LIKELY IT’S HIGHLY POSSIBLE. LINSEY MAYBE NOT HIGHLY POSSIBLE, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY EVEN SEE HIM ON THE STAGE HERE TONIGHT. >> LINSEY WE COULD IMAGINE THAT HE MIGHT TAKE A TOUR, THE LOCATION THERE. AND I WAS STRUCK BY SEEING THAT MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. AND YOU ALSO SAID THAT ONE OF THE NIGHTS IS GOING TO BE MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. MM YES. SO EACH NIGHT WILL HAVE A THEME. AND SO HE’S GOING START IT OFF WITH MAKE AMERICA WEALTHY AGAIN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE FIRST THEME OF THE FIRST NIGHT AND THEN THE SECOND NIGHT, AS YOU POINTED OUT, LINSEY, IS MAKE AMERICA SAFE. WHAT A POIGNANT MOMENT IN TIME TO HAVE THAT. ALSO ON THAT SAME DAY ON TUESDAY, IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT NIKKI HALEY WILL TAKING THE STAGE. SHE WILL BE SPEAKING ON TUESDAY UNDER THAT THEME OF, MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. REMEMBER, SHE WAS INITIALLY NOT INVITE, BUT SHE AND SHE WAS NOT INVITED TO COME. AND NOW SHE IS COMING. SHE IS SPEAKING AND SHE HAS RELEASED ALL HER DELEGATES AND URGED THEM TO BACK DONALD TRUMP. >> LINSEY, SO MANY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LOOKING TO SEE THIS KIND OF UNITY. AND WE’LL SEE HOW LONG THAT CAN BE PRESERVED. KAYNA WHITWORTH, OUR THANKS TO YOU REPORTING IN FROM MILWAUKEE AT THE RNC CONVENTION CENTER THERE, PRESIDENT BIDEN GAVE REMARKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE JUST A FEW HOURS AGO AFTER CONVENING TOP OFFICIALS IN A SECURITY ROOM WITH THE HEADS OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE FBI PRESENT AMID THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. HERE’S PART OF WHAT BIDEN REGARDING THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S OWN SECURITY. >> MR. TRUMP IS A FORMER PRESIDENT, THE NOMINEE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. ALREADY RECEIVED A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF SECURITY. AND I’VE BEEN CONSISTENT IN MY OF THE SECRET SERVICE TO PROVIDE HIM WITH EVERY RESOURCE CAPABILITY PROTECTIVE MEASURE NECESSARY TO ENSURE HIS CONTINUED SAFETY. >> THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE NATION IN AN OVAL ADDRESS AT 8 P.M. EASTERN. WE’RE JOINED NOW BY ABC’S MARYALICE PARKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. MARYALICE. DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION OF WHAT PRESIDENT BE SAYING TONIGHT? >> WE DID JUST GET A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW FROM A CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL WHO SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL GIVE A FORCEFUL AND NEEDED ADDRESS TO UPDATE THE NATION ON THE HORRIFYING ATTACK AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND THE NEED FOR EVERY AMERICAN TO COME TOGETHER, NOT JUST TO CONDEMN BUT TO PUT AN END TO POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. OF COURSE, THAT HAS BEEN A MESSAGE FROM THIS PRESIDENT SINCE HE LAUNCHED HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN, BUT ESPECIALLY A MESSAGE FROM THIS PRESIDENT OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WHERE HE HAS NOW COME TWICE TO THE CAMERAS AND THAT AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF THIS KIND IS WHOLLY UN-AMERICAN GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT WE STAND FOR AS A COUNTRY. AND IT CANNOT HAPPEN THERE IS NO PLACE FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. I IMAGINE THAT THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THIS THESE REMARKS TONIGHT. >> LINSEY, CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT PROMISING TO DO AS THE NEXT STEPS REGARDING ANY INVESTIGATIONS THAT MAY NOW BE UNDERWAY? >> WHAT YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT THERE, THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING TO SECRET SERVICE TEAMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAMS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING LIKE THIS EVER HAPPENS AGAIN, EVEN IF THAT MEANS THAT THEY NEED TO REALLY EXPAND THE PROTECTIVE DETAIL AROUND THE FORMER. BUT HE’S ALSO PROMISING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND THAT THAT IS RELEASED PUBLICLY TO THE COUNTRY, TO AMERICANS. >> YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF AMERICANS THAT HAVE A DEEP, DEEP MISTRUST OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE PRESIDENT. AND SO I THINK THAT HE IS TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT BY TALKING ABOUT BEING TRANSPARENT. ANY INVESTIGATION HERE? ALL RIGHT. MARYALICE PARKS FOR US. THANK SO MUCH. AND WE’LL, OF COURSE, HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S REMARKS WHEN HE SPEAKS THE NATION AT 8 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS. AND JOINING US NOW FOR MORE IS MICHAEL TEA SLOOP, SHERIFF BUTLER COUNTY, WHERE THE TRUMP RALLY SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. SHRUB SLOOP, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A HOW THE COMMUNITY IS REACTING NOW? >> OUR WORLD DEVASTATED THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATE. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THEY ABSOLUTELY GO OUT TO THE FIRE CHIEF WHO WAS THERE WITH HIS FAMILY, WHO WAS A HERO TO HIS FAMILY AND ALL OF US AND THE OTHER TO VICTIMS WHO I UNDERSTAND NOW ARE IN STABLE CONDITION, THANK GOD, AND I HOPE A SPEEDY RECOVERY FOR THEM AS WELL. >> AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN DOES HAVE A GOFUNDME PAGE FOR THE VICTIMS. IT’S NOW IN EXCESS OF $1.6 MILLION. ONE BYSTANDER KILLED, TWO OTHERS INJURED. AND, OF COURSE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S OWN INJURIES. CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU ASSESS THE JOB BY SECRET SERVICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM YESTERDAY? >> THERE WAS A GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL LAW INVOLVED IN THIS LARGE EVENT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DEALING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AND HE RELATED EMERGENCIES ALL DAY LONG WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED. IT ACTUALLY LIKE FIRECRACKERS. AND I LOOK BACK, I WAS IN THE CROWD. I WAS A COUPLE HOURS AWAY FROM THE CATWALK WHERE THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE WALKING UP. AND I LOOKED BACK AND THERE WAS SMOKE. I DIDN’T THINK MUCH OF IT. THEN YOU LOOKED OVER TO THE RIGHT. THERE WAS A TRAIN THAT HAD A HUGE SET OF SPEAKERS. IT AND IT STARTED FALLING AND JUST SO SURREAL. IT JUST SOMETHING WAS GOING ON. THE PRESIDENT WENT DOWN, THE SECRET SERVICE JUMPED ON TOP HIM. THE SHOOTING HAS STOPPED, BUT EVERYBODY HAD GOTTEN DOWN. I TURNED BACK AROUND TO MY LEFT AND WAS BEING WAVED TO THE BLEACHERS. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, I’M THINKING THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY PASSED OUT. I’M MAKING MY WAY OVER AND THEY’RE REALLY REALLY HURTING ME UP. >> THEY GOT HERE AS QUICK I COULD, AND THAT’S THE FIRST TIME THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT SOMEBODY WAS ACTUALLY SHOT. >> SO WE GOT EVERYBODY OF THE WAY. I CALLED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND MEDICS. A PHYSICIAN ON SITE CAME OUT RIGHT AWAY. KAMINSKI AND THEY HAD A PENALTY AND THE BEST THEY COULD. AND HE WAS CARRIED OUT AND, TAKEN TO A SEPARATE AREA ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY. WE GOT EVERYBODY THE BLEACHERS AND HEADED EVERYBODY THAT WE COULD OUT OF THE AREA. AND THEN ENDED UP SECURING THE SCENE. IT WAS UNREAL AND SURREAL AT THE SAME TIME. >> AND WE HEARD ONE PERSON DESCRIBE THE SECRET SERVICE AS BASICALLY LIKE A CONDUCTOR, WHERE THEY’RE BRINGING IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN TRAVEL TO TWO LOCAL AREAS. SO WHAT WERE WERE WERE YOUR ROLE AS SHERIFF AND YOUR DEPUTIES, WHAT WERE YOU ASSIGNED FOR YESTERDAY? >> YEAH, MY DEPUTIES WERE ASSIGNED TO SEPARATE POSTS AND THE MAGNETOMETER, THE METAL DETECTOR AREA, THE COMMAND POST ,YOU KNOW, FOR COMMUNICATION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PARK IN KEY AREAS SECURE IN POST THAT WE WERE ASSIGNED. AND WE’RE LEARNING THAT LOCAL AND STATE POLICE LIKE YOURSELF WERE ALERTED A MAN, LIKE THE SHOOTER WAS ACTING SUSPICIOUSLY PRIOR TO THE RALLY . MULTIPLE OFFICIALS TELLING ABC NEWS THAT WITHIN MINUTES, LAW ENFORCEMENT SPOTTED, THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN ON THE ROOF AND ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE SHOOTER. ULTIMATELY THAT OFFICER WAS THREATENED WHEN THE GUNMAN POINTED HIS GUN AT. THE OFFICER THAT EFFORT TO ENGAGE HIM WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT NEW PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT WE’RE LEARNING? >> WELL, I THINK THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DID, EVERYTHING THEY COULD AS QUICKLY AS THEY COULD ONCE THE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO THEM. THEY LOOKED AT THE "START HERE" TOMORROW I UNDERSTAND, COULDN’T FIND THEM, AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT DREW THEM TO THE ROOF, WHETHER IN SPACE OR IF SOMEBODY POINTED THERE I DON’T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THE STATE POLICE WILL PROBABLY HAVE ALL THAT THEY’RE DOING THAT INVESTIGATION ON THAT PARTICULAR PART OF INCIDENT AS WELL. AND AGAIN, YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID ,ONCE YOU GOT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY ENCOUNTERED HE DROPPED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE GENTLEMAN WAS TURNING THE FIREARM, I THINK JUMPING DOWN, TOO. SO HE DID RIGHT THING AND THEN CALLED OUT. YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ON, THE RADIO, YOU KNOW, THE GUY HAD A GUN OR WHATEVER. AND I SEE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE NEWS THAT THE SECRET SERVICE AGENT ON THE ROOF, ON THE BARN BEHIND THE PRESIDENT, IT LOOKED LIKE HE’S THE ONE WHO TOOK THEM OUT. BUT IT’S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE BALLISTICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT’S JUST UNREAL. DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF THE TIME FRAME BETWEEN THAT FIRST OFFICER SPOTTING HIM AND THEN HIM BEING SHOT? >> I DO NOT. ONCE AGAIN, I THINK THE STATE POLICE WOULD HAVE A BETTER TIME FRAME ISSUE WITH THAT. I DO WANT LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR HEARINGS AND AN INVESTIGATION, THE SECURITY MEASURES YESTERDAY. DO YOU THINK THERE WAS ADEQUATE SECURITY AT THE EVENT? >> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK SO. THERE WAS QUITE A FEW OFFICERS AND ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTERS, EMS YOU KNOW, HERE’S ONE THING I LIKE TO SAY . LET’S PUT THE INVESTIGATION, TAKE ITS COURSE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THINK WE’RE ALL GOING TO LEARN SOMETHING JUST AND I GUESS I COULD HAVE REALLY STARTED WITH THIS, BUT — BUT DECIDING TO END WITH IT INSTEAD. WITH ALL OF YOUR EXPERIENCE EVER OBSERVED ANY ANY MOMENT LIKE THIS BEFORE IN YOUR LIFE? >> I HAVEN’T BEEN IN A SHOOTOUT BACK IN APRIL 1991, ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICERS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING STATE POLICE. WHEN I WORKED FOR BUTLER. AND, YOU KNOW, WE FIRST RESPONDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ESPECIALLY HAVE PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY. THEY GO OUT WITH THEIR UNIFORM ON WHEREVER THEY. YOU KNOW, GOD BLESS THESE MEN AND WOMEN. AND I EVERYBODY SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THEIR SAFE RETURN TO THEIR LOVED ONES EVERY SHIP. >> UNDERSTOOD. BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF MICHAEL TINSLEY, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE EVERY DAY. AND NOW I WANT TO BRING ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER FBI AGENT BRAD GARRETT AND BRAD THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. OFFICIALS IN MILWAUKEE SAY THEY DON’T ANTICIPATE THEIR SECURITY PLANS. BUT IF YOU WERE ADVISING THEM RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU BE TELLING? SO I THINK THE REAL KEY IS HOW GOOD IS THEIR COMMUNICATIONS, WHAT IS MAY BE THAT BROKE DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS IF THIS IF THE FACT PATTERN IS CORRECT, THAT DID ACTUALLY SEE OR OFFICERS SAW THIS GUY, THE ROOF AND HE POINTED A GUN AT THEM SO THEY MOVED AWAY, HOW QUICKLY COULD THEY RELAY THAT INFORMATION OR COULD THEY HAVE COME UP WITH SOME OTHER SORT OF DISTRACTION TO DEAL WITH THIS GUY? YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE SORT OF CREATIVE SOMETIMES, BUT THE REAL KEY IS HOW QUICK CAN YOU PASS INFORMATION? I TELL YOU, BECAUSE THESE THESE EVENTS THAT THE SECRET SERVICE PULLED, LIKE THE STATE OF THE UNION, NFL, SUPER BOWL GAMES, SO FORTH AND SO ON, JUST LIKE THE RNC AND DNC WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS THOSE THAT THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER IN THOSE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES THAT HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED. >> BUT THE KEY IS CAN YOU TALK TO EACH OTHER BETWEEN THOSE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF? AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT ANIMAL WHEN YOU GET TO THESE CONVENTIONS BECAUSE THEY’RE INDOORS. THE OUTDOOR ELEMENT AT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE DICIER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY CAN’T COVER EVERY BUILDING OUT A CERTAIN AREA. NOW, GRANTED, HE WAS AT A BUILDIS UNBELIEVABLY CLOSE TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BUT WAS ABLE TO, I GUESS, TO SNEAK UP QUICKLY AND DO WHAT HE DID. BUT, YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE ALWAYS SECOND GUESSED ON THESE THINGS, AND THEY WILL PROBABLY FIGURE OUT THAT THERE WAS THING TWO THINGS MAYBE THEY DIDN’T DO . BUT I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT. I DON’T THINK IT’S ABOUT MORE PEOPLE. IT’S ABOUT HAVING THOSE PEOPLE WELL TUNED SO THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND BE FLEXIBLE TO MOVE AND ACT BECAUSE THESE THINGS BECOME FLUID SO QUICKLY AND THIS IS A REALLY TOUGH JOB DOING SECURITY. EXACTLY. PROTECTION TYPE STUFF THAT THE SECRET SERVICE DOES. AND IT CAN IT CAN GO BAD SO QUICKLY, EVEN THOUGH, YOU HAVE ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE, ALL THE RIGHT TRAINING, ETC.. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THESE THINGS DO HAPPEN. I’M SO HAPPY THEY DON’T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT IT’S JUST A REMINDER THAT DESPITE WHAT YOU DO, SOMETHING BAD STILL COULD HAPPEN. >> AND WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WISCONSIN IS AN OPEN CARRY STATE. WOULD YOU BE CONCERNED GUNS BEING ALLOWED INSIDE THE SOFT PERIMETER? >> WELL, I WOULD, BUT I DON’T YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF LIKE THE GUNS THAT WE HAVE. AND I HAVE CONVERSATIONS EVERY DAY WITH OTHER FOLKS AT ABC ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF GUNS WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT CAUSE SO MUCH OF THE VIOLENCE AND SUICIDE, BIG GUNS BY GUNS THAT WE DEAL WITH. AND SO I SEE IT AS A REALITY THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE IT’S THE LAW IN WISCONSIN. THE REAL KEY IS CAN YOU KEEP IT AT THAT SOFT PERIMETER SO NOTHING GOES FURTHER. AND THAT’S BASICALLY GOING TO BE HOW WELL ORGANIZED THEY ARE IN THE NEXT RING. >> HAS THE SOFTWARE EDITOR. >> ALL RIGHT, BRAD GARRETT ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT IN TIME. THANK SO MUCH. >> SO MUCH MORE TO GET TO HERE ON CRIME. MORE SPECIAL OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AHEAD, INCLUDING THE PAST. COULD TELL US ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT NOW AND HOW THE TONE OF THIS YEAR’S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION COULD SHIFT. >> AND KATE AND MORNING AMERICA. >> WOW. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. ARE YOU READY? >> COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. A LOT GOING ON HERE. >> YOU DON’T JUST SEE IT. >> YOU FEEL IT. I’M IN. I’M IN. I’M IN GYM HERE. I AM HERE AND SO HAPPY I’M HERE. I, MICHAEL FORBES LIFE. >> HERE’S TO. GOOD MORNING AMERICA. CAN YOU FEEL THE MORNINGS THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES IS SO MUCH FUN. IT’S A GREAT WAY TO START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD AMERICA’S RAY OF SUNSHINE, HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA, HELPING MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE. WE ARE SO HAPPY. IT IS SO GOOD. GET READY TO SMILE AND PUT THE GOOD INTO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER. >> A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE FOR THE. WELCOME BACK. >> OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE FOLLOWING THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. LET’S GO NOW TO ABBY CRUZ ALEX PRESHA IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA FOR US. ALEX, THANKS FOR JOINING US AGAIN. THINGS I WOULD IMAGINE THERE ARE STILL PRETTY TENSE IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, ABOUT 24 HOURS AFTER THIS ATTACK. >> GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT YOU’RE OBSERVING ON THE GROUND . >> WELL, LINSEY, SO TODAY, A BIG, BIG INVESTIGATION AS WE’RE TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS SUSPECTED. HE’S FROM A TOWN ABOUT AN HOUR AND CHANGE SOUTH OF HERE CALLED A BETHEL PARK. SO AUTHORITIES SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOWN THERE TODAY. HIS FAMILY HOME, ALSO HIS CAR. THEY FOUND WHAT, THEY BELIEVE, TO BE EXPLOSIVES IN THAT CAR. BUT THEY’RE ALSO BEING QUESTIONS HERE ABOUT THE RESPONSE YESTERDAY. WERE THERE WARNING SIGNS AND ALSO, HOW DID HE GAIN ACCESS TO THAT ROOF? AND IT GOT SOME LATE REPORTING HERE FROM OUR JUSTICE TEAM. IT SAYS THAT LOCAL AND STATE POLICE, WHICH WERE IN CHARGE OF THE PERIMETER OUTSIDE OF THE TRUMP RALLY YESTERDAY, BASICALLY THEY WERE ALERTED TO A SUSPICIOUS AND HAD CONDUCTED A SEARCH. THEY SAY THAT WITHIN MINUTES THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THIS SUSPECT ON THE ROOF. AN OFFICER ACTUALLY TRIED TO ENGAGE THAT TWO SUSPECTED GUNMAN CLIMBING UP TO THE AND THEN WAS WAS BASICALLY THREATENED AS THAT SHOOTER POINTED THAT AR 15 STYLE WEAPON HIS WAY. THAT OFFICER RETREATING AND THEN SECONDS LATER THAT GUNFIRE OPENING. AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT. BUT WHAT’S WHAT’S WHAT REMAINS FROM OUR REPORTING RIGHT NOW IS WHETHER OR NOT THE SECRET SERVICE WAS ALERTED ABOUT THIS SUSPECTED INDIVIDUAL, THIS SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER, WHETHER THAT WAS INFORMATION THAT TRICKLED DOWN. AND SO AS THIS INFORMATION, AS THIS INVESTIGATION PLAYS OUT, THAT’S THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PIECES THEY’RE TO TRY TO CONNECT HERE. >> REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, JUST 20 YEARS OLD. THIS WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN HIS FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LIKE TO ASK YOU TO ALSO BREAK DOWN WHAT THE LATEST IS ON THE INVESTIGATION AS WELL AS THE VICTIMS. >> WELL, LINSEY, SO LATE TODAY WE ACTUALLY HEARD MORE ABOUT VICTIMS. THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM 50 TO 74, ALL MEN. NOW, SO KNOW ABOUT ONE. FATHER’S NAME IS COREY. HE WAS A FATHER OF TWO TO GIRLS. HIS WIDOW SAYING THAT HE DIED HERO DIVING TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY WITH A FIREFIGHTER HERE AND AN AVID SUPPORTER OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THERE WAS ANOTHER 74-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS SHOT, 57-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS ALSO SHOT. BOTH THOSE GENTLEMEN ARE NOW NO LONGER IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THEY ARE NOW IN CONDITION. THAT IS THE UPDATE THAT WE GOT FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE EARLIER TODAY. BUT AGAIN, FOR A LOT OF THE FOLKS HERE IS JUST REALLY JARRING, REALLY SHOCKING THIS HAPPENING IN THIS TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY. >> OF COURSE, HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THEIR CONDITIONS HAVE BOTH BEEN UPGRADED. >> OUR THANKS TO YOU. WELL, OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AHEAD, INCLUDING WHAT THE PAST COULD TELL US ABOUT WHAT TO NOW. WE TALK TO A PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN NEXT. AND THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS AND I’M. I WANT HIM TO JOIN THE COUNTRY. REMEMBER WHEN THAT KID TORTURED ME? >> HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR? WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. >> NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY . THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER WILL BE ON HULU, WHICH TO WATCH? WHERE CAN I GET A GREAT DEAL? AND WHAT? I’M JUST DYING TO BUY. >> OH, IT’S ALL RIGHT HERE, JIMMY. LIFE. GET THE LATEST CELEBRITY DEALS AND STEALS AND THE COOLEST LIFESTYLE TIPS FROM "GMA". I LOVE THAT SO MUCH "GMA" WEEKENDS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> WHY DO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE ABC NEWS THIS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST. >> LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. I’M JACLYN LEE HERE IN ARIZONA ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE ABORTION BATTLE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING. ABC NEWS LIVE LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE. BIDEN HAS DIRECTED THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICE TO REVIEW ALL SECURITY MEASURES. WE HEAD INTO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION TOMORROW. AS WE’VE SAID, MANY TIMES, WE FIND OURSELVES IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES THIS ELECTION CYCLE. JOINING US NOW FOR MORE AND TO PUT HIS HISTORICAL CONTEXT ON THIS, MARK UP TO GROUP ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR AND PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN. MARK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. LIKE YOU TO DO JUST THAT JUST PUT THIS IN CONTEXT FOR US ABOUT JUST HOW HISTORIC WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS RIGHT NOW REMARKABLY HISTORIC AND SO MUCH A REFLECTION OF THE DIVIDED AND DANGEROUS TIME WE LIVE IN. THE POLITICAL CLIMATE IS SO DIFFERENT TODAY AND HAS BEEN SINCE THE LATE TEENS AND INTO THE 20S. LINSEY WE’VE SEEN TIMES LIKE THIS IN OUR HISTORY BEFORE. I THINK THE THE LAST WE SAW SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS THE LATE 1960S. 1968 IN PARTICULAR WAS AN ENORMOUSLY TURBULENT YEAR WHEN YOU HAD THE ASSASSINATIONS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THEN TWO MONTHS LATER, THE ASSASSINATION OF BOBBY KENNEDY. WE MAJOR DIVISIONS IN THE AMERICAN POPULATION HAD A YOUTH MOVEMENT. WE HAD AN ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT. THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF VIOLENCE AND TURBULENCE THAT MARKED AS I GAZED AT THAT TIME. >> THIS IS A REFLECTION OF OUR TIME. LINSEY IN INCIDENTS IN THE PAST WHEN A PRESIDENT OR A FORMER PRESIDENT WAS PUT IN HARM’S WAY LIKE THIS. HOW DID OUR GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS RESPOND, THE WHITE HOUSE, CONGRESS AND THE LIKE? >> I THINK THEY RESPONDED IN THE MANNER, AS HAS PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THIS CASE. I THINK THAT THE THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, OF COURSE, WAS ON RONALD REAGAN’S 43 YEARS AGO, 69 DAYS INTO THE REAGAN PRESIDENCY. PRESIDENT REAGAN WAS SHOT, RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AND NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH IN. THAT CASE, THOUGH, THE TIMES WERE DIFFERENT. LINSEY AMERICANS UNITED AROUND THEIR FALLEN PRESIDENT AND REAGAN’S POPULAR SWORD, IT WAS ACTUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO HIM POLITICALLY. AND HE GOT REELECTED SEVERAL YEARS LATER. A HUGE LANDSLIDE WIN. WE’RE IN DIFFERENT TIMES, TO SAY THE VERY LEAST, AND DIFFERENT TIMES, I WOULD IMAGINE, WITH REGARD TO THE SECRET SERVICE AND THE RESOURCES AND ACCESS THAT THEY HAVE. WOULD YOU SAY THAT THAT THAT IS ALSO MUCH MORE ADVANCED TODAY? >> IT CERTAINLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN OUR PAST, WE HAVE MORE MEANS OF IDENTIFYING THOSE WHO BE WHO WOULD DO HARM TO OUR PRESIDENTS OR POLITICAL FIGURES AND TRYING TO STOP THOSE ATTACKS BEFORE THEY HAPPENED. SO DIFFERENT TIMES IN THAT RESPECT. I THINK HE’S. LINSEY, I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT WE HAVE CALLS FOR UNITY AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, AND THAT’S THE RIGHT. BUT IT’S ENORMOUSLY DIFFICULT TO HAVE UNITY THIS MOMENT. WE LOOK BACK AT JANUARY 6. THAT WAS A TIME WHEN WE ALL CAME TOGETHER. IN THE ENSUING DAYS AND THE FIRST FEW DAYS WE HAD AN ATTACK ON THE CITADEL OF DEMOCRACY BY INSURRECTIONISTS. AMERICANS WERE OUTRAGED, BUT SOON THAT BECAME POLITICIZED AND WE WERE ONCE AGAIN DIVIDED. SO, AGAIN, A VERY, VERY MUCH A REFLECTION OF THE ZEITGEIST AND WAITING FOR THE PLANE OF OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LAND IN MILWAUKEE AT ANY TIME. >> WAS THERE ANY SURPRISE TO YOU WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS THAT IT’S THE SHOW MUST GO ON BUSINESS AS THAT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL GO ON AS SCHEDULED TOMORROW. >> NO SURPRISE, LINSEY, BECAUSE THIS MOMENT SO MUCH A REFLECTION OF DONALD TRUMP’S BRAND. THAT ICONIC PHOTO BOUND TO BE ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS, AT LEAST OF THE 21ST CENTURY OF DONALD TRUMP PUMPING HIS FIST, BLOOD FLOWING DOWN HIS FACE FROM THE INJURY TO HIS EAR. IT WAS JUST MARKED THE DEFIANCE THAT IS THE TRUMP BRAND. HE HAS DEFIED OUR DEMOCRATIC NORMS AND TRADITIONS. HE HAS DEFIED OUR LEGAL SYSTEM. HE DEFIED THE MEDIA, AND NOW HE’S DEFIED THE ATTEMPT OF AN ASSASSIN ON HIS LIFE. SO THIS IS VERY A SYMBOL, AN EMBLEM OF THE TRUMP IN THE SAME MANNER THAT HIS MUGSHOT WAS PRIOR TO THIS. THAT WAS THE ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH OF DONALD TRUMP PRIOR TO THIS. THIS IS THE ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMP GOING FORWARD. BOTH SYMBOLIZE THE DEFIANCE THAT MARKS THIS FORMER PRESIDENT. >> AND, MARK, JUST GIVE US A SENSE OF WHERE YOU WATCHING THIS OF THIS RALLY. AT WHAT POINT DID YOU FIND OUT AND WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL REACTION WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SAW THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN ASSASSINATION ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S LIFE? >> YOU KNOW, LINSEY, I WAS WATCHING IT LIVE COVERAGE FOR ABC NEWS LIVE AND SAW IT IN REAL TIME. AND I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY WIFE AND TOLD HER TO PUT THE TELEVISION. AND IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT IT WAS AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THE PRESIDENT’S LIFE. AND IT LOOKED SO MUCH LINSEY LIKE OTHER ASSASSINATION HAVE IN OUR HISTORY. RONALD REAGAN WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN 1981, YOU COULD ALSO LOOK AT GERALD FORD, THE TWO ATTEMPTS ON GERALD FORD’S LIFE IN 1975, JUST A FROM EACH OTHER, BOTH IN CALIFORNIA, THE SAME KIND OF PLAYS OUT WITH SECRET SERVICE AGENTS DOING THEIR JOB AND CREATING A HUMAN SHIELD IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT’S LIFE ,DRAGGING THE PRESIDENT OFF TO ENSURE THAT HE IS IN NO MORE DANGER. SO IT WAS VERY REMINISCENT OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST, AND AGAIN, A SAD REFLECTION OF THE POLITICAL THAT IS MUCH, VERY MUCH A PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY. >> AND I’M ALSO CURIOUS TO GET YOUR REACTION BECAUSE RIGHT WITHIN MOMENTS OF THAT ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION YOU HAD J.D. VANCE, WHO’S RUMORED MAYBE A VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK FOR TRUMP, THE BIG RAMASWAMY, BOTH OF THEM ESSENTIALLY BLAMING JOE BIDEN AND THEN HIS CAMPAIGN FOR RHETORIC THAT LED TO THIS. YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT. >> WELL, I THINK THAT’S UNFORTUNATELY, THAT’S NOT GOING TO HELP THINGS IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE UNITY, AS THE PRESIDENT HAS CALLED FOR. WE NEED THOSE ON BOTH SIDES SOUNDING A MESSAGE OF UNITY. IT WILL VERY INTERESTING, LINSEY, TO SEE IF THE REPUBLICANS SOUND THAT AS A PARTY AT THE CONVENTION AFTER THIS TRAGEDY, THIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION ON A FORMER PRESIDENT, WHICH SHOULD HAVE NO PLACE IN AMERICAN LIFE. BUT IT IS YOUR RESPONSE, TO SAY THE VERY LEAST, TO PIN THIS ON JOE BIDEN. THERE’S ABSOLUTELY PROOF OF THAT. JUST AS THERE WAS NO PROOF THAT THE ELECTION OF 2020 WAS STOLEN FROM THEN DONALD TRUMP. >> AND I AM ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE HEARD A NUMBER OF COMPARISONS BETWEEN THIS AND ATTEMPT ON RONALD REAGAN’S LIFE AND HOW HIS POPULARITY SOARED IN THE DAYS SUBSEQUENT. BUT HE IS THIS DIFFERENT BECAUSE. AT THE TIME, RONALD REAGAN WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND NOW YOU HAVE DONALD TRUMP, WHO DURING A VERY DIVIDED, TUMULTUOUS TIME IS IS RUNNING TO BE PRESIDENT AGAIN. DO YOU THINK THAT IN THE SAME WAY THAT IT A UNIFYING MOMENT WHEN RONALD REAGAN WAS THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT, THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT? >> AGAIN, YOU HAVE THIS DIVISIVE TIME. THERE ARE SIMILARITIES. I THINK THAT THE BIG SIMILARITY BETWEEN TWO THINGS, LINSEY, YES, YOU’RE RIGHT. DONALD TRUMP IS A FORMER PRESIDENT, MAKES THIS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. BY THE SAME TOKEN, HE HAS HELD THE PRESIDENCY AND IS THE NOMINEE OF HIS PARTY TO BECOME PRESIDENT ONCE AGAIN. SO IN THAT RESPECT, IT’S SIMILAR. I THINK THE PARALLELS, IN MY VIEW, IS THAT THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON RONALD REAGAN’S LIFE SO REFLECTED RONALD BRAND IN SO FAR AS YOU SAW HIS BITTERNESS, HIS OPTIMISM HE WAS WHEELED INTO THE HOSPITAL AND HE SAID TO HIS WIFE, HONEY, I FORGOT DUCK. WHEN HE WENT INTO THE OPERATING ROOM, HE LOOKED AT THE ROOM FULL OF DOCTORS AND HE SAID, I HOPE YOU ARE ALL REPUBLICANS. AND LOVE THAT, BECAUSE THAT REFLECTED THIS UPBEAT PRESIDENT. AND AGAIN IN THAT SAME MANNER, LINSEY, THIS INCIDENT REFLECTS THE DEFIANCE THAT IS THE DONALD TRUMP BRAND. >> MARK UPDEGROVE, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR ANALYSIS. AND WE HEAR THAT DONALD TRUMP’S PLANE IS ABOUT TO ARRIVE IN MILWAUKEE SHORTLY. KAYNA WHITWORTH IS AT THE RNC AND CAIN I UNDERSTAND SECURITY PRECAUTIONS ARE BEING EVALUATED IN. JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, THE GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN ASKED THE RNC TO RECONSIDER SOME RULES INVOLVING GUNS ALLOWED NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER. YELLEN ZERO. EXACTLY RIGHT. SO AS THEY DO EVALUATE ALL THE SECURITY AROUND THE CONVENTION IN THE WAKE OF THIS ASSASSINATION ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT, THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR HERE OF WISCONSIN, EVERS HAS ASKED THE RNC TO RECONSIDER THEIR DECISION TO ALLOW GUNS WITHIN WHAT THEY CALL THE SOFT PERIMETER. SO THERE’S TWO PERIMETERS, THE HARD PERIMETER THAT INCLUDES THIS FORUM SPACE. THERE IS NO WEAPONS ALLOWED IN THIS AREA, BUT IN THE SOFT PERIMETER, WHICH IS TAPED OFF BY THE SECRET SERVICE AND VERY CLEAR AND EASY TO SEE TAPE. THEY ARE ALLOWING GUNS. IT CAN EVEN BE CONCEALED IF YOU DO A PERMIT. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, THIS DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IS ASKING THE TO RECONSIDER. BUT, LINSEY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HEARD A BRIEFING FROM THE SECRET SERVICE AND THOSE IN CHARGE ARE SAYING RIGHT NOW THAT THEY ARE CONFIDENT THEIR PLAN THAT THEY WILL NOT BE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THEIR PLAN RIGHT NOW. THIS HAS BEEN UNDER WAY FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS OF SECURITY PLANNING FOR ALL THIS. WE DID HEAR FROM THE WISCONSIN FBI SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE WHO DID SAY THEY’VE SEEN A BIT OF AN UPTICK IN THREATS ONLINE ,BUT THAT IT IS NOT CHANGING THEIR STANCE RIGHT NOW. THEY FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THEIR PLAN AT THIS POINT. BUT CERTAINLY, LINSEY, THERE IS AN ELEVATED LEVEL OF CONCERN AFTER THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT. BUT AS YOU NOTED, HE AGAIN, IS ON HIS WAY HERE. WE WERE LOOKING THERE AT THE RUNWAY HERE IN MILWAUKEE. IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT HIS PLANE IS MAKING THAT FINAL APPROACH HERE, LINSEY, AND HE IS IS DETERMINED TO BE HERE IN WISCONSIN TO RALLY HIS PARTY ,TO UNIFY HIS PARTY. WE KNOW THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ,THEIR FUNDRAISING FOR A LITTLE WHILE AFTER THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT THAT HAS SINCE RAMPED BACK UP AND ON HIS WAY HERE, WE SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA HIS CAMPAIGN SENT OUT THE MESSAGE AS A PICTURE OF HIM WITH HIS FIST IN THE AIR, AN IMAGE THAT ALL AMERICANS KNOW VERY WELL AT THIS POINT. AND HE’S SAYING, I NEVER SURRENDER, NEVER SURRENDER. AND YOU CAN SEE THE FLAG THERE IN THE BACKGROUND. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, IS RALLYING CRY AT THIS POINT FOR REPUBLICANS. AND HE DID NOT TO WAIT TO COME HERE, LINSEY, IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT ASSASSINATION, WE HEARD THAT PERHAPS HE MIGHT DELAY HIS TRIP OUT HERE BY A COUPLE OF DAYS. BUT THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY, LINSEY, I’M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. I’M NOT GOING TO LET THE SHOOTER MAKE THESE DECISIONS. I’M GOING TO BE THERE TO RALLY THIS. LINSEY AND IT IS NOTABLE THAT THERE ARE NO KNOWN THREATS TO THIS CONVENTION. AND THE RNC IS SAYING AT THIS POINT THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED PLANS. ARE YOU NOTICING ANY DIFFERENCE WITH, THE ACCESS FOR YOU SECURITY WISE? YES, IT IS INTERESTING, LINSEY, EVERY SINGLE DAY OUT HERE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A UNIQUE SECURITY BADGE TO GET US IN AND OUT. THINGS ARE REALLY TIGHT. AND YOU ACTUALLY GO THROUGH METAL DETECTORS MULTIPLE OUT HERE. WE’RE USING OUR CLEAR BAGS. WE’RE TAKING A LOT OF PRECAUTIONS AS WELL. BUT THE ONE THING YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IS YOUR OWN PERSONAL SAFETY AND YOUR OWN PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. RIGHT. AND YOU’RE KEEPING YOUR HEAD ON A SWIVEL CONSISTENTLY. THEY DO HAVE THINGS REALLY LOCKED DOWN HERE. BUT WE ARE ALSO DIFFERENT TEAMS OF SECURITY, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT BRANCHES ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SURROUNDING THIS ENTIRE AREA. BUT THIS IS ALSO REALLY CLOSE TO BARS AND RESTAURANTS AND PLACES LIKE THAT THAT PEOPLE WANT TO ATTEND. PEOPLE WILL WANT TO GO TO THOSE PLACES. AND AS JAY O’BRIEN HAS BEEN REPORTING, ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU ARE OUT ON THAT SOFT, YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A SQUIRT GUN. YOU CAN’T HAVE A TENNIS BALL. BUT COULD HAVE A WEAPON AT THIS TIME. LINSEY ALL RIGHT. KAYNA WHITWORTH FOR US, OUR THANKS TO YOU. AND AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT RUNWAY RIGHT THERE AS IS DONALD TRUMP’S PLANE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE MOMENTS THERE IN MILWAUKEE. AS WE’VE MENTIONED, THE SHOOTING IS NOW BEGUN. A NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE ENVIRONMENT AND TONE WILL BE AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WEEK. I WANT TO BRING IN ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN, WHO’S ALSO THERE IN MILWAUKEE. >> JAKE, HOW DOES THIS CHANGE THE VIBE? I’VE TALKED TO REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO SAY FIRSTLY THERE IS NO QUESTION THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE THE OVERALL TENOR OF FRANKLY, THIS CONVENTION. NOW, IF IT CHANGES WHAT WE WOULD CALL YOU AND ME, LINSEY, THE RUN OF SHOW MEANING THE. SPEAKER ORDER AND THINGS THAT NATURE, IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE IT WILL. IT ALSO DOESN’T NECESSARILY THINK IT’S GOING TO CHANGE THE THEMES OF THIS CONVENTION, BUT IT IS OBVIOUSLY GOING HANG OVER THIS CONVENTION. ONE POINT TO MAKE THAT OR ONE NOTE TO MAKE THAT POINT IS I’VE TALKED TO VARIOUS REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, ETC., WHO WERE SUPPOSED SPEAK ON THIS STAGE OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK AND A FEW THEM HAVE TOLD ME THEY ARE FURIOUSLY REWRITING THEIR REMARKS TO INCORPORATE A MENTION OF THIS NATIONAL MOMENT THAT WE’RE IN, IN THIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT. NOW, AS WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, THE RNC, THAT’S REMARKS OF EVERYONE WHO TAKES THAT STAGE. AND IF YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE YOU GOT TO RUN IT BY THE RNC. SO IT’S UNCLEAR IF THOSE CHANGES WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE IT INTO THE COPY THAT’S MADE ON THAT STAGE. BUT WITHOUT DOUBT, WHILE IT’S STILL VERY MUCH IN THE PLANNING STAGES, THIS IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THIS CONVENTION. AND YOU CAN EXPECT THIS MOMENT AND WHAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT FACED YESTERDAY TO BE MENTIONED REPEATEDLY ON THAT STAGE. >> I WANT TO PUT A FINER POINT ON THAT, BECAUSE WITH REGARD TO THE CHANGES THAT THEY’RE MAKING, THAT THEY’RE GOING TO INCLUDE THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, DO WE KNOW SPECIFICALLY HOW THEY’RE PLANNING ON CHANGING IT? >> AT THE COMMENTARY? DON’T WE CAN AT THE MOMENT, WE DON’T. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE KNOW THE GENERAL TONE THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS ALREADY TAKING HERE. AND YOU HEARD KEEPING A NOTE THAT SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THAT TRUMP MADE, IT’S WORTH REPEATING AGAIN, WHICH IS HE SAID THAT HE INITIALLY TO DELAY THIS CONVENTION FOR TWO ADDITIONAL DAYS. AND I CAN TELL YOU AS A REPORTER HERE IN MILWAUKEE AND BY THE WAY, YOU’RE SEEING ANOTHER THING THAT WAS POSTED, NEVER SURRENDER. IT GOES TO THE LARGER TONE THAT REPUBLICANS IN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ARE ALREADY STRIKING HERE. BUT I CAN TELL YOU NIGHT I WAS HERE IN MILWAUKEE AND I WAS SPEAKING WITH REPUBLICAN SOURCES WERE ACTUALLY AT THE HOTEL WHERE A LOT OF REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS ARE SAYING AND THIS KIND OF FERVOR WENT OUT AND THERE WAS THIS CONSIDERATION THAT WOULD THE CONVENTION BE MOVED. THAT RUMOR KIND OF WENT AROUND AND I STARTED GETTING CALLS FROM REPUBLICAN SOURCES ASKING ME, IS THE CONVENTION BEING MOVED. SO THERE WAS A HOTLINE ON THAT RUMOR FOR A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN CAME CLEAR INTO TODAY AND ESPECIALLY WITH THIS POST FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT THAT THE CONVENTION WAS GOING TO GO ON AS PLANNED AND A THEME OF THE CONVENTION IS GOING TO BE, IT APPEARS, FROM WHAT I’M HEARING FROM REPUBLICANS, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY WRITTEN DOWN THEME, BUT AN UNSTATED THEME IS RESILIENCE IS THIS DEFIANCE IS HOLDING THE CONVENTION IN THE WAKE OF THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, EVEN IF IT’S NEVER ON THAT STAGE, WHICH IS VERY UNLIKELY IT’S GOING TO BE MENTIONED ON THAT STAGE. THAT THEME IS GOING TO HANG OVER THIS CONVENTION BECAUSE IT’S JUST GOING TO BE IN THE AIR. >> AND I JUST WANT TO SPEAKING OF IN THE AIR HERE, I INTERRUPT YOU JUST FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE IT LOOKED WE JUST SAW VIDEO. AND I DON’T KNOW IF WE CAN RECUE THAT IN REAL TIME OF DONALD TRUMP’S PLANE TOUCHING DOWN THERE IN. MILWAUKEE, AS WE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION, WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN RERACK THAT. BUT I’M CURIOUS, SINCE PLANS HAVE NOT CHANGED, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THIS WEEK? >> WELL, THIS WAS CONVENTION THAT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN THE MOLD. DONALD TRUMP, EVERY NIGHT OF THIS CONVENTION HAS A THEME . AND THOSE THEMES ARE BASED ON TRUMP’S TAGLINE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN ON MONDAY IS MAKE AMERICA WEALTHY AGAIN. TUESDAY IS, MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. TRUMP’S VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK, WHOEVER THAT IS WHEN THEY ARE EVENTUALLY ANNOUNCED, WILL ALSO MAKE A SPEECH. AND THEN TRUMP IS SPEAKING IN THAT PRIMETIME ADDRESS ON THURSDAY. OTHER THAN THAT, THERE ARE STILL MOMENTS OF SUSPENSE IN THIS CONVENTION. LOOK, WE KNOW THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERY NOTABLE REPUBLIC AND EVEN FORMER TRUMP RIVALS LIKE NIKKI HALEY AND RON DESANTIS, NIKKI HALEY WAS A NEW PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT JUST BROKE TODAY ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS CONVENTION. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE MIKE JOHNSON IS GOING TO ADDRESS THIS CONVENTION. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. BUT THE OTHER THING THAT’S WORTH NOTING IS UP UNTIL THIS POINT, THE TRUMP VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK HAS REMAINED SECRET. IT WAS A QUESTION ALL EYES WERE ON THAT PENNSYLVANIA RALLY BECAUSE THERE WAS A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT DONALD TRUMP WAS GOING TO ANNOUNCE HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK AT THAT RALLY IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, OR AT LEAST GIVE KIND OF AN INDICATION AS TO WHICH WAY HE WAS LEANING. AND INSTEAD, OF COURSE, WAS THAT CHAOTIC, TRAGIC SCENE THAT PLAYED OUT INSTEAD. WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANY RUMBLING OF WHO THAT VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK IS BEYOND THOSE THREE THAT WE KNOW TO BE ON THE SHORT LIST, J.D. VANCE, MARCO RUBIO, DOUG BURGUM. >> BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WHAT WE’VE HEARD IS THAT THERE WAS A DESIRE IN TRUMP WORLD TO KEEP THAT VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO THE AND TRIED IT REVEAL TRY TO REVEAL IT ON THE EARLY OF THE CONVENTION IN THIS WHAT’S BEEN DESCRIBED AS APPRENTICE STYLE REVEAL. SO THAT’S ANOTHER THING TO WATCH OUT FOR IN THIS CONVENTION. WHAT KIND OF REVEAL IS THERE FOR THIS EVENTUAL VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK AND DOES IT COME AS SOON AS TOMORROW NIGHT, FRANKLY, WHEN THE CONVENTION BEGINS? SO MANY EAGER TO FIND OUT WHO THE VP PICK IS. >> JAY O’BRIEN. AH, THANKS TO YOU. NOW I WANT TO BRING IN ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR AND WASHINGTON BUREAU RICK KLEIN. RICK, I KNOW YOU’RE ON THE GROUND THERE IN MILWAUKEE AT, A CONVENTION SITE, IT SOUNDS LIKE, FOR THE PART THE CONVENTION IS BUSINESS AS USUAL. NO PLANS HAVE CHANGED. YEAH, I WAS IN THE ROOM JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. LINSEY AND THE BALLOONS ARE STILL UP IN THE RAFTERS. THE SOUND CHECKS ARE UNDERWAY. EVERYTHING IS TEED UP TO DO EXACTLY THE CONVENTION THAT DONALD TRUMP HAD LONG PLANNED. TALKED TO ONE OF THE TOP CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS AND THEY SAID, YES, FULL STEAM AHEAD. IF ANYTHING THE EVENTS OF YESTERDAY HAVE INSPIRED ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS. THERE’S CERTAINLY SOME MESSAGING THAT’S GOING TO BE TWEAKED, BUT THERE IS NO OVERHAUL TO THE CONVENTION BUSINESS. IN FACT, DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN ADAMANT WITH PEOPLE AROUND HIM. HE WANTS THE CONVENTION TO GO ON HIS PLAN. HE VIEWS YESTERDAY’S VERY, VERY SAD AND, OF COURSE, TRAGIC EVENTS AS, IF ANYTHING, JUST AN INSPIRATION AND EVEN VINDICATION OF HIS WORLDVIEW. AND I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE MESSAGING UNDER THESE UNBELIEVABLY STRENUOUS SCENARIO. >> DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO HOLD FIRM. AND IF WE CAN JUST LOOK, WHILE WE CONTINUE TALKING WITH YOU, RICK, AT A TOWER CAM FOOTAGE WE HAVE OF DONALD TRUMP’S PLANE NOW ON THE GROUND THERE JUST LANDED MOMENTS AGO IN MILWAUKEE . WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT CONTINUING ON WITH HIS PLANS AND SCHEDULE AFTER THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ROUGHLY 24 HOURS AGO? YEAH, HE KNOWS THE VISUALS. HE KNOWS WHAT IT LOOK LIKE FOR HIM TO BE FILMED DEPLANING YESTERDAY, JUST LATE LAST NIGHT AND THE EARLY HOURS OVERNIGHT IN NEW JERSEY, THAT FOR HIM TO FLY HOME. OBVIOUSLY, THE INJURIES WERE RELATIVELY MINOR DESPITE THE BLOOD AND DESPITE THE HOW CLOSE WE CAME TO AN ABSOLUTE, ABSOLUTE INVOLVING HIM. HE KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO THIS CONVENTION CITY FOR HIM TO BE. HE IS GOING TO BE RECEIVED LIKE AN ABSOLUTE ROCK STAR WHENEVER HIS IMAGE IS PROJECTED ON THE SCREEN. WE’RE TOLD TO EXPECT SURPRISES . HE MAY POP UP IN THE CONVENTION. IN THE ENSUING DAYS, AS YOU MENTIONED HE MAY EVEN CHECK IT OUT TONIGHT, WE’RE TOLD. BUT HE’S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A PRESENCE EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE AROUND THIS. AND I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE THE SOUND OF HIS PRESENCE THAT IT’S GOING TO IT’S GOING TO BRING. OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE ARE AWARE WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY’RE AWARE OF HOW HE RESPOND TO THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH. THE DELEGATES THAT I’VE TALKED TO, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS I’VE TALKED TO, ALL FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEIR SUPPORT OF DONALD TRUMP. GIVEN THE EVENTS OF LAST 24 HOURS. >> AND YOU SEE RIGHT THERE IN THAT SHOT OF THE MOTORCADE SWARMING THE PLANE, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF WE CAN SEE PROBABLY NOT FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT DEPLANING. AND I DO KNOW THAT IT’S A A IT’S A WELL-KEPT SECRET THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IS KEEPING CLOSELY THEIR VEST. >> BUT ANY IDEA WHEN WE MIGHT HEAR THE VP PICK? WE WERE WE WERE KIND OF ON ON ALERT ALL WEEKEND THINKING THAT THAT WE MIGHT GET THE BIG REVEAL. YEAH. IT’S REALLY UNUSUAL IN MODERN TIMES NOT TO HAVE A VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE PICKED UNTIL THE CONVENTION STARTS. THAT NOW APPEARS LIKELY TO HAPPEN, THAT THE CONVENTION COME TO ORDER TOMORROW WITHOUT A VP PICK. AS JAY JUST SAID, DONALD TRUMP HAS TOLD PEOPLE AROUND HIM THAT HE LIKES THE IDEA OF A BIG REVEAL, ADDING THE DRAMA, SHOWCASING UP TO THE VERY LAST MINUTE SOME OF THE STARS, THE RISING STARS OF THE PARTY. TOMORROW WOULD SEEM TO BE THE LIKELIEST DAY WHEN THE CONVENTION IS HERE. BUT ONE OF THE FUN THINGS ABOUT RUNNING A CONVENTION IS THAT YOU CAN CHANGE ANY YOU WANT TO. AS LONG AS PEOPLE AGREE, DONALD TRUMP CAN GET THEM TO CHANGE THE RULES. AS MANY AS THEY WANT AND GIVE THEM MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY. BUT I’VE CERTAINLY GOT TOMORROW CIRCLED THE LIKELIEST OF THE FOUR DAYS. >> ALL RIGHT. WE’LL BE CHECKING IN TO SEE THAT, IF YOU’RE RIGHT ON THAT. RICK KLEIN, OUR THANKS TO YOU. AND MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AHEAD. STAY WITH US. >> TRUMP THE ATTEMPT. STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE FOR BREAKING NEW REPORTS. AND STARTING TOMORROW, LIVE NONSTOP COVERAGE FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL. AND THEN AT 7 P.M. EASTERN, LINSEY DAVIS IS THERE STREAMING ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> HERE’S GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> CAN YOU FIT IN? OH, I CAN’T USE THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE, KINDNESS, JOY SURPRISES HIS SON. >> FUN. IT’S GREAT GREAT. START YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING AMERICA’S RAY OF SUNSHINE, HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE BY WEEK. I’M JUST SO HAPPY IT IS. SO GET READY TO SMILE AND PUT THAT GOOD INTO YOUR MORNING AMERICA BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE THE MORNING BETTER. >> A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE FOR THE WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL A TELEVISION TELEVISION >>. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE, TO OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE FOLLOWING THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. WANT TO GO BACK TO ABC’S ALEX PRESHA IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. AND ALEX, I KNOW THAT JUST 24 HOURS AGO, WE ALL WATCHED IN HORROR THIS ATTACK UNFOLD. GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT YOU’RE SEEING NOW DAY LATER. >> WELL, LINSEY, THERE THERE IS A TENSENESS HERE IN IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA. IT’S BEEN BUILDING BASICALLY ALL DAY REALLY SINCE YESTERDAY . MEAN A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN DRIVING BY, SOME IN BETTER SPIRITS AND OTHERS. BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE’VE HAD THINGS ON OUR WAY. PEOPLE HAVE WISHED US ILL WILL. BUT I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS IS KIND OF BUILT OFF OF YESTERDAY’S EVENTS. AND ALSO JUST OF TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF JUST HOW TENSE THINGS ARE AND ON ALERT, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS HERE. YOU SEE THE BLOCKADES STILL BEHIND. I MEAN, THERE WAS A BACKPACK THAT WAS ABANDONED IN THIS PARKING FOR MAYBE ABOUT A HALF HOUR OR SO IN THAT TIME, VAN FULL OF FBI AGENTS CAME UP . THEY INSPECTED IT, TOOK IT AWAY, BUT SOMEBODY SAW SOMETHING AND SAID SOMETHING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ON ALERT, ESPECIALLY LEARNING THAT THAT SUSPECTED GUNMAN IS FROM BETHEL PARK, WHICH IS JUST OVER AN HOUR FROM OUR CURRENT LOCATION . MANY PEOPLE HERE STILL IN SHOCK, BUT ALSO IN WONDERING HOW LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THIS COMMUNITY. BUT IT’S GOT A VERY, VERY SENSE OF ALERT. AND WE’VE SEEN GOVERNOR SHAPIRO ALSO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND EVEN EVEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO LOWER THE TEMPERATURE. THESE ARE CALLS THAT ARE CERTAINLY WELCOMED IN THIS COMMUNITY. BUT RIGHT NOW, THINGS, LINZEY, ARE VERY VERY TENSE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. >> AND WE’RE SEEING PEOPLE, AS YOU SAY, FROM SIDES OF THE AISLE EARNING, CALLING ON PEOPLE TO TONE THINGS DOWN. BUT BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US. JUST AS FAR AS THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. >> WELL, AS THE VICTIMS. WELL, LINSEY, TODAY THERE WAS A HUGE FOCUS ON THAT BETHEL PARK NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER. HIS FAMILY HOME WAS THEY SEARCHED THE HOME. THEY SEARCHED HIS CAR. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THAT AUTHORITIES FOUND WHAT THEY BELIEVED BE EXPLOSIVES IN THAT CAR. THEY’RE RUNNING TESTS ON RIGHT NOW. AND THEN ALSO THERE WAS A SEARCH INTO HOW HE WAS ABLE TO PROCURE THAT FIREARM, THAT AR15 STYLE ASSAULT WEAPON THAT HE USED IN THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. WE LEARNED HE GOT IT FROM HIS FATHER WHO OBTAINED IT LEGALLY. THE OTHER THING THAT WAS, IS BEING LOOKED CURRENTLY IS THE RESPONSE BY THE SECRET SERVICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT YESTERDAY. WE’RE LEARNING THAT LOCAL AND STATE POLICE WERE ACTUALLY ALERTED TO SOMEBODY WHO WAS SUSPICIOUS BEFORE THAT SHOOTING BROKE OUT, BUT DIDN’T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS INFORMATION THAT WAS RELAYED TO SECRET SERVICE INSIDE, THE VENUE. >> WE DO UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN’S GOFUNDME PAGE FOR THE VICTIMS IS NOW REACHED IN EXCESS OF $1.6 MILLION. ALEX PRESHA, OUR THANKS TO YOU ,SHARPE’S LOOP, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A SENSE HOW THE COMMUNITY IS REACTING NOW? WE’RE ALL DEVASTATED THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATE AND. YOU KNOW, OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THEY ASSURE WE GO OUT TO THE FIRE CHIEF WHO WAS THERE WITH HIS WHO WAS A HERO TO HIS FAMILY AND ALL OF US AND THE OTHER TWO VICTIMS WHO I UNDERSTAND NOW ARE IN STABLE CONDITION, THANK GOD AND I HOPE A SPEEDY RECOVERY FOR THEM AS WELL. >> AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAVE A GOFUNDME PAGE FOR THE VICTIMS. IT’S NOW IN EXCESS OF $1.6 MILLION. ONE BYSTANDER KILLED, TWO OTHERS INJURED. AND OF COURSE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S OWN. CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU ASSESS THE JOB? BY SECRET SERVICE AND LAW FROM YESTERDAY? >> THERE WAS A GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVED IN THIS LARGE EVENT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DEALING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE AND HEAT RELATED EMERGENCIES ALL DAY LONG. WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED, IT ACTUALLY LIKE FIRECRACKERS. AND I LOOK BACK, I WAS IN THE CROWD WAS A COUPLE ROWS AWAY FROM THE CATWALK WHERE THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE WALKING UP. AND I LOOKED BACK AND THERE WAS SMOKE, DIDN’T THINK MUCH OF IT. THEN YOU LOOKED OVER TO THE RIGHT THERE WAS A TRAIN THAT HAD A HUGE SET OF SPEAKERS . IT AND IT STARTED FALLING AND JUST SO SURREAL. IT JUST SOMETHING WAS GOING ON. THE PRESIDENT WENT DOWN. THE SECRET SERVICE JUMPED ON TOP OF HIM. THE SHOOTING HAD STOPPED, BUT EVERYBODY HAD GOTTEN DOWN. I TURNED BACK AROUND TO MY LEFT AND WAS BEING WAVED OVER TO THE BLEACHERS. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I’M THINKING THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY PASSED OUT. I’M MAKING MY WAY OVER. AND THERE REALLY REALLY HURTING ME UP. >> I GOT HERE AS QUICKLY AS I COULD, AND THAT’S THE FIRST TIME THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT SOMEBODY WAS ACTUALLY SHOT . SO WE GOT EVERYBODY OUT OF THE WAY. I CALLED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND MEDICS. A PHYSICIAN ON SITE CAME OUT RIGHT AWAY. IT WAS SCARY. AND THEY ATTENDED TO AND THE BEST THEY COULD. AND IT WAS CARRIED OUT AND TAKEN TO A SEPARATE AREA ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY. WE GOT EVERYBODY OFF THE BLEACHERS AND HEADED EVERYBODY THAT WE COULD OUT OF THE AREA. AND THEN WE ENDED UP SECURING THE SCENE. IT WAS UNREAL AND SURREAL AT THE SAME TIME. >> AND WE HEARD ONE PERSON DESCRIBE THE SECRET SERVICE IS BASICALLY LIKE A CONDUCTOR, WHERE THEY’RE BRINGING IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO TWO LOCAL AREAS. SO WHAT WERE YOUR ROLE AS SHERIFF AND YOUR DEPUTIES? WHAT WERE YOU ALL ASSIGNED FOR YESTERDAY? YEAH, MY DEPUTIES WERE STARTING TO SEPARATE THE POSTS AND THE MAGNETOMETER, THE METAL DETECTOR AREA, THE COMMAND POST ,YOU KNOW, FOR COMMUNICATION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A APART IN KEEPING THE AREAS SECURE IN. THE POST THAT WE WERE ASSIGNED . AND WE’RE LEARNING THAT LOCAL AND STATE POLICE LIKE YOURSELF WERE ALERTED MAN LIKE THE SHOOTER WAS ACTING SUSPICIOUSLY PRIOR TO THE RALLY . MULTIPLE OFFICIALS TELLING ABC NEWS THAT WITHIN MINUTES, LAW ENFORCEMENT SPOTTED, THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN ON THE ROOF AND ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE SHOOTER. ULTIMATELY, THAT OFFICER WAS THREATENED WHEN THE GUNMAN POINTED HIS GUN AT. THE OFFICER, THAT EFFORT TO ENGAGE HIM WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. >> WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT NEW PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT WE’RE LEARNING? >> WELL, I THINK THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DID EVERYTHING. THEY COULD AS QUICKLY AS THEY COULD ONCE THE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO THEM. THEY LOOKED AT THE "START HERE" TOMORROW UNDERSTAND, COULDN’T FIND THEM, AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT DREW THEM THE ROOF, WHETHER THESE THINGS OR IF POINTED THERE. I DON’T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THE STATE POLICE WILL PROBABLY ALL THAT THEY’RE DOING THAT INVESTIGATION ON THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE INCIDENT AS WELL. AND AGAIN, YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID ,ONCE YOU GOT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY ENCOUNTERED HE DROPPED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE GENTLEMAN WAS TURNING WITH FIREARM AS HE JUMPED AND DOWN TOO. SO HE DID THE RIGHT AND THEN CALLED OUT. YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ON THE RADIO, YOU KNOW, THE GUY HAD A GUN OR WHATEVER. AND I SEE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE NEWS THAT THE SECRET SERVICE AGENT ON, THE ROOF ON THE BARN BEHIND THE PRESIDENT, IT LOOKED LIKE HE’S THE ONE WHO TOOK THEM OUT. BUT IT’S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE BALLISTICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT’S JUST UNREAL. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF THE TIME BETWEEN THAT FIRST OFFICER SPOTTING HIM AND THEN HIM BEING SHOT. >> I DO NOT. ONCE AGAIN, I THINK THE STATE POLICE WOULD HAVE A BETTER TIME FRAME ISSUE WITH THAT. >> LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR HEARINGS, AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SECURITY MEASURES YESTERDAY. DO YOU THINK THERE WAS ADEQUATE SECURITY AT THE EVENT? >> I WOULD TO THINK SO. THERE WAS QUITE A FEW OFFICERS LINE. LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTERS, EMS. YOU KNOW, HERE’S ONE THING I LIKE TO SAY. LET’S PUT THE INVESTIGATION, TAKE ITS COURSE. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE’RE ALL GOING TO LEARN SOMETHING. >> JUST AND I GUESS I COULD HAVE REALLY STARTED WITH THIS, BUT — BUT DECIDING TO END WITH IT INSTEAD. WITH ALL OF YOUR EXPERIENCE. EVER OBSERVED ANY ANY MOMENT LIKE THIS BEFORE IN YOUR LIFE? I HAVEN’T BEEN IN A SHOOTOUT BACK IN APRIL 1991, ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICERS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING STATE POLICE. WHEN I WORKED FOR BUTLER TOWNSHIP, YOU KNOW, WE FIRST RESPONDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTUALLY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY. THEY GO OUT WITH THEIR UNIFORM ON WHEREVER THEY ARE. YOU KNOW, GOD BLESS THESE MEN AND WOMEN. AND I THINK SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THEIR SAFE RETURN TO THEIR LOVED ONES. >> EVERY SHIP. UNDERSTOOD. BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF TINSLEY, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE EVERY DAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US ON LINSEY DAVIS, ABC NEWS LIVE . WE’LL HAVE MORE COVERAGE ON THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER DONALD TRUMP. AND TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW AT HIS PLANE JUST LANDED IN MILWAUKEE FOR THE RNC JUST 24 HOURS AGO. IT WAS JUST AFTER 6 P.M. YESTERDAY WHEN WE SAW THAT ASSASSINATION ON DONALD TRUMP’S LIFE. NOW, EXACTLY 24 HOURS LATER, YOU SEE HIM THERE CONTINUING ALL BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR THE PLAN FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION TO COMMENCE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORK. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO BACK ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET FOREVER. >> THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE TRUMP THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE FOR BREAKING NEW REPORTS AND STARTING TOMORROW LIVE NONSTOP COVERAGE FROM THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. AND THEN AT 7 P.M. EASTERN, LINSEY DAVIS IS THERE LIVE STREAMING ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> I THINK THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. >> HE’S TARGETING YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS. AND I’M I AM SINGLE. I WANT TO JOIN THE COMPANY OF A NUMBER OF WOMEN. KEITH ORCHARD ME HOW DID SHE SURVIVE NINE DAYS OF TERROR. >> YOU WERE AN ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY. THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER WILL BE ON HULU. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION THIS COMBAT OPERATIONS ZONE. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. SOME THEIR REACTORS. WE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY TO GO. THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, LEFT A FLAG AND A TO THAT MADE THE USA GREAT WORK. I APPRECIATE THANK ISMAIL. DAVID I’M DAVID. YOU ARE YOU ARE YOU. DO YOU NIGHT. >> ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA’S NUMBER MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM? >> ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE IN THE KNOW AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST. HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE, ABC NEWS. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I’M LINSEY DAVIS. AND SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. WE BEGIN THIS HOUR WITH A SHOCKING MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LIFE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN MILWAUKEE TOMORROW. CONTINUE. TRUMP JUST TOUCHED DOWN IN MILWAUKEE IS. BOTH PARTIES ARE URGING CALM AND UNITY. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS THE NATION IN ONE HOUR TO TALK ABOUT THE HORROR THAT PLAYED IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, LAST NIGHT. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON STILL SO STUNNING TO SEE THOSE MOMENTS PLAY OUT. >> HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. ONE BYSTANDERS DEAD, TWO CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SHOT IN THE EAR AT HIS PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN RALLY SATURDAY. BOTH OF THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO GOOD CONDITION. YOU CAN SEE THE PRESIDENT TOUCHES YOUR RIGHT THERE, THEN DUCK FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE AGENTS THEN SWARMED THE PODIUM. HE LATER PUMPS HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS AGENTS ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE. THE STUNNING PHOTO SHARED AROUND WORLD TODAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS. THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING JUST OUTSIDE THE SECURITY PERIMETER BEFORE A SECRET SERVICE SNIPER RETURNED FIRE AND KILLED HIM. DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS ON THE ROOF OF A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS THEY REACTED TO THE SHOOTING. THE FBI IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION AND THE FBI DIRECTOR TOLD REPORTERS A CALL THIS AFTERNOON THAT YESTERDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS, QUOTE, AN ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY. PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE ON THE PHONE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, LAST NIGHT. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE CALL DESCRIBED IT AS RESPECTFUL, SHORT. AND GOOD SECURITY IS BEING TAKEN IN MILWAUKEE AND THE PRESIDENT IS CURRENTLY ON HIS WAY THERE NOW OR JUST LANDED THERE A FEW AGO. OUR TEAM IS STANDING BY TONIGHT TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN. AND WE BEGIN WITH NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH WHO IS LIVE AT THE SITE OF THE RNC IN, MILWAUKEE FOR US NOW, HANNAH. >> HEY, LINSEY, IT’S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. SO WE ACTUALLY JUST SAW SENATOR BARRETT FROM ALABAMA. SHE WAS JUST DOWN THERE ON STAGE. SHE WAS DOING A MIC CHECK. YOU, OF COURSE, REMEMBER, SHE WAS THE SENATOR THAT GAVE THE REBUTTAL TO THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. THAT REALLY JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE GETTING THINGS PREPARED HERE, THINGS ARE UNDERWAY. THEY DO WANT TO CELEBRATE. THEY DO WANT TO UNITE PARTY YEAR AGAIN, HEARING ANOTHER MIC CHECK AS WELL. WE ALSO KNOW THAT FORMER DONALD TRUMP HAS LANDED IN MILWAUKEE SOME TIME AGO AT AIRPORTS ABOUT 15 MINUTES OR SO FROM HERE. WE’RE ALSO UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT HIS HOTEL IS NEAR THIS AREA AS WELL. SO WILL HE TAKE THE STAGE HERE TONIGHT? WILL HE DO A WALK THROUGH? THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. WE WILL, OF COURSE, BE HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENS. BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR PEOPLE IN MILWAUKEE. THEY ARE HAPPY THAT THE PRESIDENT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, IS MAKING HIS HERE. LINSEY. HE REALLY WANTS TO UNITE THE PARTY AND HE WANTS TO THEM THAT HE WILL NOT BACK DOWN. IN FACT, WE KNOW THAT HIS TEAM DECIDED TO STOP FUNDRAISING FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE AFTER THAT ASSASSINATION. BUT THEY ARE RAMPING BACK UP HERE. AND AGAIN, IT’S UNDER GUISE OF UNITING THE PARTY AND NOT BACKING DOWN. AND SO HE FEELS LIKE IT’S IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE HERE. IN FACT, HE TOLD OUR JOHN SANTUCCI THAT WANTS TO GET TO MILWAUKEE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND THIS RIGHT IS THE IMAGE THAT YOU’RE SEEING THAT THEY’RE FUNDRAISING ON RIGHT NOW TO NEVER. IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT HE IS ALSO HELPING FUNDRAISE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THAT SHOOTING AS WELL, INCLUDING THE FIRE FIGHTER HUSBAND AND FATHER WHO WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THEY ARE TAKING CONSIDERATION WHAT SECURITY WILL LOOK LIKE AT THIS TIME. SO I HAVE A THINGS TO PASS ALONG TO YOU FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGENCIES. LINSEY STARTING WITH THE MILWAUKEE POLICE CHIEF WHO SAYS THEY WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY ILLEGAL AT THIS POINT AND THEY WILL MOVE QUICKLY TO STOP ANYTHING FROM GETTING OF HAND. THAT BEING NOTED, WE’RE HEARING FROM THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR HERE, TONY EVERS, WHO IS CALLING ON THE RNC SECURITY TEAM TO CHANGE THEIR PROTOCOL, TO RETHINK THEIR DECISION TO ALLOW WEAPONS WITHIN WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE SOFT PERIMETER, THIS CONVENTION. NOW, THIS IS AN OPEN CARRY STATE. YOU CAN OPENLY CARRY WEAPONS AND YOU CAN CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON WITH A PERMIT AND OUTSIDE THE SOFT PERIMETER, WHICH IS IN WITH WALKING DISTANCE OF THE FORUM HERE. THAT AT THIS MOMENT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED. NOW WE ARE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING HERE FROM SECRET SERVICE THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THAT. ASK THERE FROM THE GOVERNOR. BUT AT THIS POINT, LINSEY, THE RNC SECRET SERVICE COORDINATOR SAYS THEY HAVE MADE NO CHANGES TO THEIR SECURITY PLAN. THEY DON’T SEE A THREAT RIGHT NOW. THEY FEEL VERY CONFIDENT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A PLAN THAT THEY’VE HAD FOR SOME TWO YEARS AT LEAST. >> LINSEY. ALL RIGHT, KAYNA WHITWORTH US. OUR THANKS TO YOU. WE’LL BE CHECKING BACK IN WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. AND I WANT TO GO BACK BRING IN ABC’S ALEX PRESHA WHO’S IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, FOR AND ALEX, WE’VE BEEN DISCUSSING JUST HOW 24 HOURS LATER IS STILL A LOT OF TENSION ON THE STREETS THERE OF BUTLER THAT’S RIGHT LINSEY TENSION AND SADNESS BECAUSE ALSO TODAY WE’VE LEARNED MORE THOSE VICTIMS YESTERDAY TO MENTIONED THAT 50 YEAR OLD FIREFIGHTER COREY COPPER A TOUR WHO DESCRIBED AS A GIRL DAD BY GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO TODAY ,HIS WIDOW SAYING THAT HE DIED A HERO DIVING ON HIS FAMILY TO PROTECT THEM AS THOSE BULLETS RANG OUT. EVEN THE CHURCHGOING MAN AND ALSO A VERY FOND OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND THEN WE ALSO ABOUT THE 57-YEAR-OLD DAVID DUTCH OF NEW KENSINGTON PIERRE AND THE 74-YEAR-OLD JAMES COPENHAGEN OF MOON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA. BOTH THOSE GENTLEMEN WERE ORIGINALLY IN CRITICAL CONDITION, NOW MOVED TO STABLE CONDITION. AND SO WHEN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE TENSENESS NOW, A LOT OF FOLKS WERE ACTUALLY THAT BIT OF STOP BY TO TALK TO US. A LOT OF FOLKS WERE ACTUALLY AT THAT RALLY YESTERDAY AND THEY TALK, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW SURREAL IT WAS TO BE IN THAT MOMENT. AND YOU KNOW HOW THEY’RE PROCESSING IT. CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE’VE HEARD THIS THIS ECHO FROM A LOT OF THE POLITICIANS STATE AND ALSO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND EVEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ABOUT TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE HERE OF THE FOLKS THAT TALK US THAT WERE AT THAT RALLY YESTERDAY ARE ECHOING MANY OF THOSE SENTIMENTS. THEY THEY RECOGNIZE JUST HOW MUCH OF A TRAGEDY IT. BUT — BUT BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, AS THIS INVESTIGATION KERRY CARRIES OUT AND AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL SIGNS FROM THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN, TENSIONS HERE IN BUTLER AND IN THE SURROUNDING PITTSBURGH AREA WILL BE HIGH. AND IF MY GOOGLE SEARCH IS ACCURATE, IT SOUNDS LIKE BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, HAS A POPULATION OF JUST ABOUT 13,000 PEOPLE. IF THAT IS TO BE CASE THAT YOU IMAGINE THAT THAT EVERYBODY THERE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO WAS AT THAT TRUMP RALLY. >> ABSOLUTELY LENZI AND GOOGLE IS CORRECT, ABOUT 13,500 HERE IN BUTLER PENNSYLVANIA. AND SO, LOOK, I MEAN, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE, KNOW, IT’S A SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE SHEETZ PARKING LOT, IF YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH. SHEETZ THE GAS STATION, I MEAN, THIS THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY SAT BECAUSE IT’S JUST ONE OF THOSE TOWNS CHURCHES LET OUT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, FOLKS ARE HERE. THIS IS THIS IS THE THING KIND OF GOING ON. AND SO MANY HAD CONNECTIONS TO THAT RALLY YESTERDAY. MANY PEOPLE WERE FAMILIAR WITH WITH WITH SOME OF THESE VICTIMS. AND CERTAINLY FURTHER DOWN ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTH OF HERE IN IN BETHEL PARK WHERE THAT SUSPECTED GUNMAN IS FROM. YOU KNOW, WE’RE HEARING THAT THAT KNEW HIM FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THEY’RE SHOCKED THERE AS WELL. THIS IS REVERBERATING THROUGHOUT THIS PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY, IF YOU WILL. AND YEAH, I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO PROCESS PROCESS THIS NEWS. >> OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT, ALEX PRESHA. OUR THANKS TO YOU. JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ABC NEWS EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL PRODUCER MR. JOHNSON. SO, JOHN, GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT YOU’RE HEARING FROM INSIDE TRUMP’S TIGHT CIRCLE. >> WELL, IT’S INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, THERE’S BEEN I WOULD SAY A ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS AROUND DONALD TRUMP IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. I MEAN, LITERALLY AROUND THIS TIME LAST NIGHT, LINSEY WAS STILL A LOT OF PANIC, A LOT OF CHAOS, STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAD. NOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN SPEAKING TO SOURCES MOMENTS AFTER THAT SHOOTING, EVERYONE WAS CONVINCED THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE CONVENTION’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN WILL SCALE DOWN, WILL BE DIFFERENT. ALL UNITED ON THIS FRONT IN TWO WAYS. ONE, TRYING TO TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC. WE COULD TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND, BUT TWO FULL STEAM AHEAD WITH THIS CONVENTION. YOU KNOW, FROM DANA’S REPORTING A FEW MINUTES AGO, DONALD TRUMP IS ON THE GROUND. HIS FAMILY IS MAKING THEIR WAY. ALL OF THEM ALL OF DONALD TRUMP’S FAMILY FOR THE FIRST TIME. LINSEY, OF THE 2024 CYCLE. I DO THINK THAT’S AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR OUR VIEWERS ARE GOING TO BE UNDER THE SAME ROOF, MELANIA TRUMP, IVANKA AND OTHERS. NOW, WHAT I’M TOLD BY MY SOURCES IS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS TRIED VERY HARD TO GET BACK ON FOCUS. AND THE BIG THING FOR THEM AT THE MOMENT IS PICKING A VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. OUR SOURCES STRESSED NO FORMAL CALLS HAPPENED AS OF NOW. >> BUT I’M TALKING TO YOU NOT LOOKING AT MY PHONE, SO YOU NEVER KNOW. BUT THE REALITY CHANGING IT CHANGES BY THE MINUTE BECAUSE, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT HE WAS FOCUSED ON PRIOR TO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT. WE KNEW FROM OUR SOURCES THAT DONALD TRUMP HAD BEEN DESCRIBED AS REALLY BEING IN A GREAT MOOD LEADING INTO SATURDAY’S RALLY. HE HAD BEEN HAVING PRIVATE AUDIENCES WITH THE FINAL THREE CONTENDERS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE VP. HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A LITTLE BIT OF A TEASE OF THE SATURDAY, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS DONALD TRUMP IN A WAY, RIGHT? HE CAN’T CONTROL HIMSELF, LIKES TO BE HIS OWN MESSENGER. SO MANY WERE ON PINS AND NEEDLES THINKING SATURDAY WAY BEING THE LAST ONE BEFORE THE CONVENTION THAT HE WOULD SPILL THE BEANS, THAT HE WOULD PUT IT OUT THERE AS TO WHO THIS PICK WAS. BUT FOR NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THINGS HAVE CHANGED QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY. BUT THE GOAL FROM TEAM TRUMP IS, I’M TOLD BY MY SOURCES, LINSEY, GET BACK ON TRACK AND REALLY NOT ELIMINATE ANYTHING. >> AND I WANT TO PICK UP ON THAT POINT THAT WERE SAYING, JOHN, AS FAR AS TURNING IT DOWN, DOING IT DOWN A LITTLE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE WHO ARE SAYING THAT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. BUT THEN YOU DO HAVE J.D. VANCE WRITING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE ON THE SHORT LIST FOR VP OF A BIG RANGASWAMY. BOTH OF THEM IMMEDIATELY RELEASING STATEMENTS, BASICALLY POINTING THE FINGER AT JOE BIDEN AND HIS CAMPAIGN, SAYING ,YOU’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BECAUSE OF YOUR RHETORIC AND SAYING THAT DONALD TRUMP GOING TO KILL DEMOCRACY. >> AND IT’S INTERESTING, LINSEY, AFTER THOSE TWEETS OUT FROM THOSE V.P. HOPEFULS AND CABINET HOPEFULS, IF YOU WILL, FOR A DONALD TRUMP TO POINT OUT, I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I’VE EVER HEARD THIS IN NEARLY TEN YEARS OF COVERING DONALD TRUMP, HE’S CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP. SUSAN WILES AND CHRIS, LOTS OF EITHER PUT INTERNAL MEMO TO ALL OF THEIR STAFF WHICH ABC NEWS OBTAINED TELLING OF THEM, DON’T ENGAGE, TAKE THE VOLUME DOWN AND THIS IS A WERE PRETTY SHOCKING TO ME IN COVERING THEM IN TEN YEARS DO NOT DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ON SOCIAL THAT WOULD INFLAME THIS NOW LOOK THAT EVERYONE TRIES TO COPY BOSS AS DONALD TRUMP IS REFERRED TO RIGHT WITH THROWING FLAMES AND ARROWS AND WHATNOT. >> SO FOR THE TWO CAMPAIGN LEADERS OF WHOM CHRIS LOST TO BE VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA HIMSELF, TELLING EVERYBODY TONE IT DOWN, THIS IS NOT HELPFUL. >> I THINK MAYBE IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE DAM BREAKING THERE. >> BUT AS YOU NOTED, YOU DO HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE GOING BACK TO THE TRUMP PLAYBOOK. >> ALL RIGHT, JOHN, FOR US, OUR THANKS TO YOU AS ALWAYS. JOINING US NOW FROM MILWAUKEE IS FORMER NEW YORK REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE LEE ZELDIN. CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. FIRST OFF, LAST NIGHT WILL NO DOUBT GO DOWN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS A MOMENT EVERY AMERICAN WILL LIKELY REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. WALK US THROUGH WHAT WERE DOING AND YOUR INITIAL REACTION. I ACTUALLY HAD ARMY RESERVE DO THIS WEEKEND. SO I JUST FINISHED UP THE DAY, GOT BACK TO MY HOTEL ROOM, AND SOMEONE ALERTED ME THAT THIS HAD JUST TAKEN PUT ON THE NEWS AND I WAS JUST SECONDS AFTER WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE I GOT THAT PHONE CALL FROM, SOMEBODY WHO WAS WATCHING IT LIVE. YOUR FIRST THOUGHT? MY FIRST THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. ALSO, INSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT ANY OTHER INNOCENT VICTIMS AS WE LEARN SOMEBODY ACTUALLY LOST THEIR LIFE. OTHERS ARE CRITICALLY WOUNDED. AND AS YOU GO FURTHER BEYOND WHETHER OR NOT THE THREAT IS MITIGATED, WHICH IMMEDIATELY IS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT, YOU START GETTING WITNESS TESTIMONY AND CERTAIN FACTS COMING OUT AS YOU LEARN WHAT HAPPENED. AND WITH REGARDS THIS SHOOTER BEING ON A ROOFTOP IN THAT CLOSE PROXIMITY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT SHOT OFF. THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT SECURITY QUESTIONS THAT NEED PROMPT, THOROUGH ANSWERS. AND WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. SO SOMETIMES WHEN CONGRESS ASKS QUESTIONS, IT’S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU GET ANSWERS FROM MONTHS LATER OR YEARS LATER, IF AT ALL. THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE ANY LESSONS THAT NEED TO BE LEARNED FROM WHAT TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY THEY NEED TO BE LEARNED INSTANTLY TO ENSURE GOING FORWARD AS THESE RALLIES AND OTHER CAMPAIGN EVENTS ARE GOING ON, THAT THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHEN I HEARD IT WAS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. AND HOW DO YOU THINK THAT THE CONVENTION WILL BE DIFFERENT AS A OF THIS? I THINK THAT THIS FELT LIKE A GUT PUNCH TO MANY AMERICANS. WE’VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ELSEWHERE SAYING THAT THEY HAVEN’T EVEN PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE. THEY EXPRESS THAT THEY HAVEN’T LIKED PRESIDENT TRUMP. BUT IN THIS MOMENT, THEY FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK UP AS AMERICANS WITH PRIDE IN THE WAY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED. THE BRAVERY IN THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT AND A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR KNOWING THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS SAFE, THAT THE SECRET SERVICE DETAIL AROUND HIM, THEY JUMPED ON HIM AND THEY WERE ON TOP OF IT, DOING WHAT THEY PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF TIMES TO DO. AND AS YOU GET TO THIS, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TUNING IN WHO HAVE HAD THEIR MINDS MADE UP FOR A LONG TIME. BUT WHAT THESE CONVENTIONS THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE TUNING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MAYBE FOLLOWING YESTERDAY, IF WHAT WE HAVE READ AND HEARD ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ELSEWHERE, IF IT MEANS ANYTHING, THERE ARE PEOPLE TUNING WHO ARE GIVING A REAL MOMENT, A NEW FIRST IMPRESSION TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS MESSAGE AND A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY. BUT AS FAR AS AGENDA GOES, SPEAKERS WERE SET, SPEECHES WERE BEING WRITTEN. THEMES WERE THERE AND WERE PREPARING FOR A CONVENTION. THAT SEEMS LIKE IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE ON TRACK. >> YOU ARE UNFORTUNATELY AND TRAGICALLY NO STRANGER TO POLITICAL VIOLENCE YOURSELF DURING YOUR RUN FOR GOVERNOR BACK IN 2020 TO A MAN WITH A SHARP OBJECT CHARGED ON THE STAGE, FORTUNATELY WERE UNINJURED. AND THEN LATER IN THE CAMPAIGN, TWO TEENAGE BOYS WERE SHOT OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME. AT THE TIME YOU SAID THAT IT DOESN’T HIT ANY CLOSER TO HOME THAN THIS. YOUR TWIN GIRLS STRUGGLED IN THE PERIOD AFTER. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO WAS AT THAT RALLY NIGHT? AND IT IS THEMSELVES NOW STRUGGLING WITH THE TRAUMA OF OF A CAMPAIGN EVENT TURNED INTO A CRIME SCENE. THIS TRAUMA IS GOING TO HIT EVERYONE AT YESTERDAY’S RALLY A BIT DIFFERENTLY. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THESE RALLIES WHO ARE YOUNG. >> THEY WERE WERE SHOCKED BY WHAT HAPPENED. WE HEARD THIS SCREAMING RIGHT AFTER THE SHOTS RANG OUT. SOME PEOPLE WERE IN VERY PROXIMITY TO PEOPLE BEING CRITICALLY WOUNDED OR EVEN KILLED. AND IF YOU’RE SOMEBODY WHO SAW THAT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, MAYBE THE EXPERIENCE IS DIFFERENT THAN SOMEBODY WHO WAS FURTHER AWAY WHO ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS FIREWORKS GOING OFF OR IT WAS SOME OF A PRANK OR JOKE UNTIL THEY REALIZED THAT IT WAS SOMETHING WAS FAR MORE SERIOUS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY THOSE KIDS WHO ARE CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED WERE THESE PEOPLE SAW DEATH FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT’S SOMETHING WHERE YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK CONFIDENTIALLY WITH PEOPLE YOU TRUST TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE FEELING WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED. IN SOME CASES, IT JUST TAKES TIME. BUT YOU CAN’T LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS ALL BOTTLED UP AND THAT EMOTION BE VERY DANGEROUS. >> WHETHER YOU ARE A A SERVICE MEMBER GOES OVERSEAS AND YOU’RE ON YOUR SIXTH DEPLOYMENT AND YOUR BEST IS KILLED RIGHT NEXT TO YOU OR YOU’RE 12 YEAR OLD SHOWING UP AT A POLITICAL RALLY AND SOMEONE NEAR YOU IS SHOT AND KILLED DURING THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. TRAUMA HITS EVERYBODY A BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED, IT’S THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH EXPERTS AND TO BE ABLE TO TO TO GET STUFF OUT OF THEIR SYSTEM. AND HOPEFULLY OVER THE COURSE OF TIME WE DON’T SEE ANY LONG TERM IMPACTS FOR ANY OF THE RALLIES. BUT IN A WAY, I THINK OUR COUNTRY HAS EXPERIENCED A PERMANENT IMPACT FROM WHAT WE WITNESS. >> AND WE’RE HEARING, OF COURSE, OF FORMER PRESIDENT IS IS NEARING OR HAS ALREADY PERHAPS MADE HIS FINAL DECISION ON HIS VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK. THE SHORT LIST, OF COURSE, INCLUDING J.D. VANCE, MARCO RUBIO, DOUG BURGUM. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHO TRUMP SHOULD PICK? I HAVEN’T PUBLICLY ENDORSED ANYBODY. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS RIGHT IN WANTING TO PICK SOMEONE WHO ABLE TO BE THE PRESIDENT. THAT’S MASSIVELY AND WHERE PEOPLE STAND ON ISSUES, THEIR THEIR WORK ETHIC AND THEIR CHEMISTRY WITH THE PRESIDENT, THEIR LEADERSHIP STYLE. THAT’S KEY IN THE CONTEXT OF A CAMPAIGN. I THINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT FOR A PRESIDENTIAL TICKET TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT INTO BLUE AREAS, TO TALK TO LONG TIME DEMOCRAT VOTERS. WE SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS BETWEEN HIS VISIT TO THE SOUTH BRONX, ALSO GO TO PHILADELPHIA TO GO TO DETROIT, D.C. AND ELSEWHERE. I BELIEVE THAT THE VICE NOMINEE, IN A WAY, IS A BIG TIME FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR A CAMPAIGN. YES. CAN GO HEADLINE A AND THAT’S IMPORTANT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I CAN GET OUT THERE INTO THESE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE HISPANIC VOTERS AND ASIAN VOTERS AND BLACK VOTERS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN VOTING DEMOCRAT A VERY LONG TIME. BUT THEY’RE OPEN TO HEARING CONSERVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER. SO HOPEFULLY IT’S ALSO SOMEBODY WHO IS A GOOD MESSENGER FOR AN AGENDA OF WHAT A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS READY TO DO IN 2025. FORMER REPRESENTATIVE LEE ZELDIN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. REALLY APPRECIATE. >> THANK YOU. JOINING US NOW FOR MORE, FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ELIZABETH. ELIZABETH, THANKS FOR COMING BACK ON THE SHOW. TAKE US BEHIND THE SCENES HERE. THE PRESIDENT CONVENING HIS TOP OFFICIALS IN THE SITUATION ROOM ,BRIEFING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HAPPENING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY RIGHT NOW? >> LOOK, THEY’RE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. THEY’RE SUPPORTING NOT ONLY THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED AND THE FBI HAS THE LEAD. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS A LOT OF ASSETS THAT. THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SUPPORT THE FBI IN THAT INVESTIGATION. BUT THEY ARE ALSO PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURING THE CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THEY’VE BEEN PREPARING FOR FOR TWO YEARS. THE SECRET SERVICE HAS THE LEAD. THEY’RE THE LEAD FEDERAL AGENCY, AND THEY’RE COORDINATING ACROSS OTHER FEDERAL COMPONENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AS WELL AS OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. IT IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING AND ONE IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS QUITE EXPERIENCED. SO ON HAND, THEY KNOW THEY’RE IN THIS HEIGHTENED, COMPLEX THREAT ENVIRONMENT IS SOMETHING THEY’VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. AND ARGUABLY, IT KEEPS GETTING MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED AND THEIR SECURITY HAVE TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT. BUT NOW WE HAVE THIS INCIDENT SATURDAY WHEN AND YOU START TO GET CONCERNED THAT AN INCIDENT LIKE THAT DOES SOMETIMES INSPIRE COPYCATS OR OTHER ACTORS TO THINK NOW’S THE TIME TO STRIKE THAT THERE’S SOME CHAOS AND WE WANT TO ADD SOME ACCELERATION TO IT AND USHER IN SOCIETAL COLLAPSE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EXTREMIST WHO WHO THAT’S THEIR GOAL IS JUST FIND A WAY TO BURN IT ALL DOWN. AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE THESE MOMENTS OF CHAOS, YOU DO WORRY THAT MIGHT VIEW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. SO THEY’RE NOT ONLY MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THE PLANS, THEY’RE ALSO REVIEWING THOSE PLANS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AS STRONG AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN BE. >> AND ON THAT POINT, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT POLITICAL VIOLENCE, HOW IT DEVELOPS? >> LOOK, IT’S A IT’S AN INTERESTING THING. IF YOU WERE TO ASK THIS QUESTION 20 YEARS AGO, WE USED TO THINK THAT IT WAS SO FOCUSED ON IDEOLOGY THAT IT WAS IDEOLOGY THAT DROVE TO VIOLENCE . AND WHAT WE NOW UNDERSTAND AFTER TWO DECADES OF RESEARCH IS THAT THE UNDERLYING DRIVER, WHAT REALLY CREATES OPENING FOR SOMEBODY TO CONSIDER THAT VIOLENCE IS AN OPTION IS ACTUALLY PSYCHO SOCIAL. IT IS AN UNMET NEED FOR SIGNIFICANCE OR BELONGING, OFTEN ACTIVATED BY SOME SORT OF CRISIS SOME SORT OF SITUATION. IT COULD BE A COMMUNITY WIDE CRISIS AS A SOCIETAL WIDE CRISIS LIKE WE HAD WITH COVID. OR IT CAN BE PERSONAL, THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE, LOSS OF A JOB, A RECENT HUMILIATION. AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN ACTIVATE SOMEBODY TO LOOK FOR A SOLUTION TO THOSE NEEDS. AND WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER CERTAIN IDEOLOGIES, CERTAIN SUGGESTIONS ONLINE THAT VIOLENCE MIGHT SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS, THEY ARE IN THIS PLACE OF VULNERABILITY OPEN TO THOSE EXTREMIST NARRATIVES. AND THAT’S WHERE WE PEOPLE START TO MOBILIZE AND CARRY OUT OF VIOLENCE THAT CAUSE GREAT HARM. >> ELIZABETH NEWMAN, WE THANK SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> REALLY APPRECIATE IT. MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AHEAD, INCLUDING MORE ABOUT THE SECURITY CONCERNS AND THE INVESTIGATION INTO HOW THIS ALL UNFOLDED. >> STAY WITH US. AND EVERYONE IN AMERICA. >> GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. WE’RE COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. >> A LOT GOING ON. YOU DON’T JUST SEE IT. YOU FEEL. IT. I’M IN. I’M IN. I’M IN GYM HERE. I AM HERE. AND SO I’M HAPPY. I MISS MY FLAIR. DINNER IS HAPPENING TONIGHT. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS, MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW, THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> START HERE. REPORTING NEAR THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER, AS TENSIONS HAVE RAMPED UP ON TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK AS WE PREPARE FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE RNC IN MILWAUKEE. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THE SHOOTING IN PENNSYLVANIA YESTERDAY. >> I WANT TO BRING IN ROBERT BOYCE FORMER CHIEF OF DETECTIVES FOR THE NYPD. YOU FIRST. I’M CURIOUS YOUR REACTION TO THE NEW DETAILS THAT SAID LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS ACTUALLY ALERTED TO A SUSPICIOUS PERSON BEFORE FINDING THE GUNMAN ON THE ROOF AND TO TRY TO ENGAGE HIM IN YOUR EXPERIENCE? WHAT’S THE PROCEDURE AND EVENTS LIKE SATURDAY WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT GETS WORD OF A POSSIBLE PERSON WITH A GUN AT AN ENGAGEMENT? THAT’S WHERE YOU GO WITH THAT IMMEDIATELY TO ENGAGE THE SUBJECT AND THEN DEMAND THAT YOU WRAP THE GUN AND REALLY TERMINATE THAT THREAT AT THAT POINT. WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW IS IT WAS AN OUTSIDE PERIMETER AND THAT WAS PAST THAT PERIMETER AND GIVEN TO LOCAL POLICE. THE LOCAL POLICE WERE ALERTED BY SOMEONE, PATRICK, PERHAPS A WITNESS AND THEY ENGAGED AT THAT POINT BECOMES A LITTLE LESS CLEAR. THE POLICE OFFICER UP A LADDER AS HE CHASED THEM ONTO A ROOF. AND AT THAT POINT WAS WAS MENACED WITH THAT RIFLE BACK DOWN AND ASKING SHOULD EXCITED. THAT’S REALLY PRELIMINARY STUFF THAT WE’RE GETTING FROM THE FBI RIGHT NOW. SO LIES THE CRUX OF THE MATTER THAT OUTSIDE PERIMETER IS THAT IN AN OUTSIDE VENUE LIKE THAT, YOU REALLY HAVE TO STRETCH OUTSIDE OF A RIFLE RANGE AND SHUT DOWN THAT FROZEN AREAS EVERYWHERE. THAT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE IT WAS DONE. SO I’M NOT SAYING IT WASN’T, BUT FROM WHAT I CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, VACILLATION. >> AND THERE HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN CALLS FOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SECURITY AND THE EVENT AND HOW THE SHOOTING COULD HAVE HAPPENED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS THAT THAT HAVE THAT YOU FEEL NEED TO BE ANSWERED IN THIS INVESTIGATION? >> SURE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT RIGHT NOW, WE WORKED VERY WELL IN NEW YORK WITH THE SECRET SERVICE. HOWEVER, THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AND WE WOULD HAVE FLOODED THAT AREA AND IT’S SHUT OFF CARS AND PEOPLE FROM ENTERING. AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN ENTER IS A CHOKE POINT WHERE EVERYBODY GETS TESTED. SO HERE YOU HAVE THE OUTSIDE. SOMEONE BREACHES THAT OUTSIDE VENUE, PEOPLE WALKING AROUND. IT’S NOT A GOOD SITUATION. AND THAT’S WHAT I’M LOOKING AT NOW. WHETHER THERE ARE ENOUGH RESOURCES BY ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS, NOT ONLY LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS, THE STATE AS WELL. NOW, I THINK I THINK THE THE WHO ARE THE INTERIOR WAS THE SECRET SERVICE. THE OUTSIDE VOICE, LOCAL POLICE. >> WE HAVE TO FIND WHO THAT WAS. ROBERT BOYCE FORMER CHIEF OF DETECTIVES FOR NYPD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT IS AHEAD, INCLUDING HOW THE TONE OF THIS YEAR’S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION SHIFT AND WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT SECURITY PROTOCOLS THERE. AND THEY CALL HIM THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER. HE’S YOUNG WOMEN IN MALLS AND SINGLES. >> I WANT TO BE SURE WE’RE TALKING TO THE NUMBER ONE KID TORTURED ME. HOW DID SHE SERVE ON THAT NINE DAYS OF TERROR? >> THE WORD ACCOMPLICE CAME UP. NOBODY KNOWS THE REAL STORY. >> THE BEAUTY QUEEN KILLER ONLY ON HULU. LET’S GO. >> WE ARE HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN. OH, MY GOSH. WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS SEEN BEFORE. HAMMER. HAMMER. IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING EDGE. AND THIS REPORTING FROM TAYLOR SWIFT’S WORLD TOUR IN LONDON. I WILL, WHEREVER THE STORY IS. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AS WE HAVE THIS SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. I WANT TO BRING BACK IN ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN WHO’S ON THE GROUND FOR US THERE IN. JAKE, GIVE US A SENSE OF THE MOOD ON THE GROUND AS PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO ARRIVE AT THIS HOUR. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THERE STATED THEMES FOR EACH NIGHT OF THIS CONVENTION. LINSEY BUT THE SENSE WE’RE ALREADY GETTING FROM REPUBLICANS. WE’VE TALKED TO DELEGATES, WE’VE TALKED TO ATTENDEES, IS THAT IF IT DOESN’T BECOME A MAJOR THEME, AT LEAST AN UNSTATED THEME OF, THIS CONVENTION IS GOING TO BE DEFIANCE. YOU SAW FORMER TRUMP PUT IT IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST THAT HE HAD CONSIDERED. HE MOVING THIS CONVENTION BACK TWO DAYS AND THEN DIDN’T BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT TO HAVE A GUNMAN OR A POTENTIAL ASSASSIN DICTATE. THE TERMS OF THIS CAMPAIGN, I’M PARAPHRASING THAT POST OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BUT THE POINT BEING, I’VE TALKED TO REPUBLICANS WHO FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOU AND I HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING OVER THE COURSE OF THE EVENING. I’VE TALKED TO REPUBLICANS WHO ARE REWRITING THEIR SPEECHES EVEN TO THAT EFFECT. AND WE WILL SEE HOW THAT CHANGES THE MOOD FORWARD. JAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND DO WANT TO SHOW OUR VIEWERS THAT WE ARE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOKS AT THE FORMER PRESIDENT ARRIVING IN MILWAUKEE. YOU SEE HIM DEPLANING RIGHT THERE. WE’RE LEARNING FIREARM IS BEING ALLOWED IN. THE OUTER SECURITY PERIMETER HAS BECOME A MAJOR STICKING POINT FOLLOWING THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF DONALD TRUMP. WHAT’S IT COMPLICATED FOR OFFICIALS WHO WANT THEM TO BE BANNED FROM THE AREA IS IT’S ABOUT THE RNC. THEY DETERMINE THE RULES AT THIS POINT. AND SO WE WILL SEE IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE OF THE GUIDELINES AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS IN THE DAYS AND HOURS AHEAD. >> AND THAT IS OUR COVERAGE FOR NOW AT LINSEY DAVIS. >> ABC NEWS LIVES HERE FOR YOU ALL NIGHT WITH THE LATEST NEWS CONTEXT ANALYSIS. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED IN RIGHT HERE LATER WHEN WE’LL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S REMARKS WHEN HE SPEAKS TO THE NATION AT $0.08 AM EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU CAN ALWAYS US ON HULU, ROKU, PLUTO TV, THE ABC NEWS APP, AND OF COURSE, ON ABCNEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR IN ROLLING FORK. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS TOWN LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE. ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE IN ICELAND. LET’S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT, 10 DOWNING STREET FOREVER. THE STORY IS WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> HEY, EVERYONE IN AMERICA. >> GOOD MORNING AMERICA. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA ARE YOU READY? >> WE’RE COVERING THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON HERE . >> YOU DON’T JUST SEE IT. YOU FEEL IT. I’M IN, I’M IN. I’M IN GYM HERE I AM HERE. SO HAPPY I’M HERE. I’M IN ZERO. >> MICHAEL, WHERE? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I’M DAVIS. THANKS SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. WE BEGIN THIS HOUR WITH A SHOCKING MOMENT, AMERICAN HISTORY, THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LIFE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT SAYS THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN MILWAUKEE TOMORROW, WILL CONTINUE. TRUMP JUST TOUCHED DOWN IN IS TONIGHT. BOTH PARTIES ARE URGING CALM AND UNITY. AND PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS THE NATION IN ONE HOUR TO TALK ABOUT THE HORROR THAT PLAYED OUT IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, LAST NIGHT. >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON U.S.. >> STILL SO STUNNING TO SEE THOSE MOMENTS OUT. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. ONE BYSTANDER IS DEAD. TWO CRITICALLY INJURED. AFTER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WERE SHOT IN THE EAR AND HIS PENNSYLVANIA RALLY SATURDAY NIGHT, BOTH OF THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO GOOD CONDITION. YOU CAN SEE THE PRESIDENT TOUCHES YOUR RIGHT THERE. THEN DUCK FOR COVER. A SECRET SERVICE AGENTS THEN SWARMED THE PODIUM. HE LATER PUMPS HIS FIST IN THE AIR AS AGENTS ESCORTED HIM OFF THE STAGE. THE STUNNING PHOTO SHARED AROUND THE WORLD TODAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTED FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS FROM THE ROOF OF A BUILDING JUST OUTSIDE THE SECURITY BEFORE A SECRET SERVICE SNIPER RETURNED FIRE AND KILLED HIM. VIDEO SHOWS SECRET SERVICE SNIPERS ON THE ROOF OF A DIFFERENT BUILDING AS THEY REACTED TO THE SHOOTING. THE FBI IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION AND THE FBI DIRECTOR TOLD REPORTERS ON A CALL THIS AFTERNOON THAT YESTERDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS, QUOTE, AN ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY. PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE ON THE PHONE WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE CALL DESCRIBED IT AS RESPECTFUL, SHORT. AND GOOD SECURITY IS BEING TAKEN IN MILWAUKEE AND THE PRESIDENT IS CURRENTLY ON HIS WAY THERE. NOW, JUST LANDED THERE A FEW MOMENTS AGO. OUR TEAM IS STANDING BY TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN. AND WE BEGIN WITH ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH WHO IS LIVE AT THE SITE OF THE RNC IN MILWAUKEE FOR US NOW. >> HEY, CAN HEY, LINSEY. IT’S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. SO WE ACTUALLY JUST SAW SENATOR KATIE BARRETT FROM ALABAMA. SHE WAS JUST DOWN THERE ON. SHE WAS DOING A MIC CHECK. YOU, OF COURSE, REMEMBER, SHE WAS THE SENATOR THAT GAVE THE REBUTTAL, THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. SO THAT REALLY JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE GETTING PREPARED HERE. THINGS ARE UNDERWAY. THEY DO WANT TO CELEBRATE. THEY DO WANT TO UNITE THIS PARTY YEAR. AGAIN, HEARING ANOTHER MIKE CHECK AS WELL. WE ALSO KNOW THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS LANDED IN MILWAUKEE SOME TIME AGO. THE AIRPORT IS ABOUT 15 MINUTES OR SO FROM HERE. WE’RE ALSO UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT HIS HOTEL IS NEAR THIS AREA AS WELL . SO WILL HE TAKE THE STAGE HERE TONIGHT? WILL HE DO A WALK THROUGH? THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. WE WILL, OF COURSE, BE HERE WHEN THAT HAPPENS. BUT CERTAINLY THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR PEOPLE IN MILWAUKEE. THEY ARE HAPPY THAT THE PRESIDENT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, IS MAKING HIS WAY HERE. LINSEY, HE REALLY WANTS TO UNITE THE PARTY AND HE WANTS TO SHOW THEM THAT HE WILL NOT BACK DOWN. IN FACT WE KNOW THAT HIS TEAM DECIDED TO STOP FUNDRAISING FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE AFTER THAT ATTEMPT, BUT THEY ARE RAMPING BACK UP HERE. AND AGAIN, IT’S UNDER THIS GUISE OF UNITING THE PARTY AND NOT BACKING DOWN. AND SO HE FEELS LIKE IT’S TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE HERE. IN FACT, HE TOLD OUR JOHN SANTUCCI THAT HE WANTS TO GET TO MILWAUKEE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND. THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE IMAGE THAT YOU’RE SEEING THAT THEY’RE FUNDRAISING ON RIGHT NOW, TOO. NEVER SURRENDER. IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT HE IS ALSO HELPING TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THAT SHOOTING AS WELL, INCLUDING THE FIREFIGHTER HUSBAND AND FATHER WHO WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THEY ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT SECURITY WILL LOOK LIKE AT THIS TIME. SO I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO PASS ALONG TO YOU FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT AGENCIES LINSEY, STARTING WITH THE MILWAUKEE POLICE CHIEF WHO SAYS THEY WILL NOT TOLERATE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AT THIS POINT AND THEY WILL MOVE QUICKLY TO STOP ANYTHING FROM GETTING OUT OF HAND. THAT BEING NOTED, WE’RE HEARING FROM THE DEMOCRATIC HERE, TONY EVERS, WHO IS CALLING ON THE RNC SECURITY TEAM TO CHANGE THEIR PROTOCOL, TO RETHINK THEIR DECISION TO ALLOW WEAPONS WITHIN WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE SOFT PERIMETER OF THIS CONVENTION. NOW, THIS IS AN OPEN CARRY STATE. YOU CAN OPENLY CARRY WEAPONS AND YOU CAN CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON WITH A PERMIT AND OUTSIDE THE SOFT PERIMETER, WHICH IS IN WITH WALKING DISTANCE, THE FORUM HERE. THAT AT THIS MOMENT IS CURRENTLY ALLOWED. NOW, WE ARE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING HERE FROM SECRET SERVICE THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THAT ASK THERE FROM THE GOVERNOR. BUT AT THIS POINT, LINSEY, THE SECRET SERVICE COORDINATOR, SAYS THEY HAVE MADE NO CHANGES TO THEIR SECURITY. THEY DON’T SEE A THREAT RIGHT NOW. THEY FEEL VERY CONFIDENT AND THIS IS A PLAN THAT THEY’VE HAD FOR SOME TWO YEARS AT LEAST. >> LINSEY. ALL RIGHT. KAYNA WHITWORTH FOR US, OUR THANKS TO YOU, WILL BE CHECKING BACK IN WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. AND I WANT TO GO BACK, BRING IN ABC’S ALEX PRESHA, WHO’S IN BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA FOR US. AND ALEX, WE’VE BEEN DISCUSSING JUST HOW 24 HOURS LATER OF STILL A LOT OF TENSION ON THE STREETS THERE. >> BUTLER THAT’S RIGHT. LINSEY TENSION AND SADNESS BECAUSE ALSO TODAY WE’VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THOSE VICTIMS YESTERDAY. KATE MENTIONED THAT 50 YEAR OLD FIREFIGHTER COREY COPPER, A TOUR WHO DESCRIBED AS A GIRL DAD BY GOVERNOR JOSH EARLIER TODAY, HIS WIDOW SAYING THAT HE DIED A HERO DIVING HIS FAMILY TO PROTECT THEM AS THOSE BULLETS RANG OUT . OBVIOUSLY, HE WAS A CHURCHGOING MAN AND ALSO A VERY FOND OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. THEN WE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THE 57-YEAR-OLD DAVID DUTCH OF NEW KENSINGTON PIERRE AND 74 YEAR OLD JAMES COPENHAGEN OF A MOON, PENNSYLVANIA. BOTH THOSE GENTLEMEN WERE ORIGINALLY IN CRITICAL CONDITION, NOW MOVED TO STABLE CONDITION. AND SO WHEN WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE TENSENESS NOW, A LOT OF FOLKS WERE ACTUALLY STOPPED TO TALK TO US. A LOT OF FOLKS WERE ACTUALLY AT THAT RALLY YESTERDAY. AND THEY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW SURREAL IT WAS TO BE IN THAT MOMENT AND, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY’RE PROCESSING IT. CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, HEARD THIS THIS ECHO FROM A LOT OF THE POLITICIANS AND ALSO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND EVEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ABOUT TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE HERE. THE FOLKS THEY TALKED TO US THAT WERE AT THAT RALLY YESTERDAY ARE ECHOING MANY OF THOSE SENTIMENTS. THEY RECOGNIZE JUST HOW MUCH OF A OF A TRAGEDY WAS. BUT — BUT BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, AS THIS INVESTIGATION CARRIES OUT AND AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL WARNINGS SIGNS FROM THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN, TENSIONS HERE IN BUTLER AND IN THE SURROUNDING PITTSBURGH AREA WILL BE HIGH AND IF MY GOOGLE SEARCH IS ACCURATE. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA HAS A POPULATION OF JUST ABOUT 13,000 PEOPLE. IF THAT IS IS TO BE THE CASE THAT YOU IMAGINE THAT THAT EVERYBODY THERE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO WAS LIKELY AT THAT TRUMP RALLY. >> ABSOLUTE LEE LINSEY AND YOUR GOOGLE IS CORRECT ABOUT 13,500 HERE IN BUTLER. AND SO, LOOK, I MEAN, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT’S A SUNDAY NIGHT AND IN THE SHEETZ PARKING LOT, IF YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH SHEETZ, THE GAS STATION, I MEAN, THIS THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY SAT BECAUSE JUST ONE OF THOSE TOWNS CHURCHES LET OUT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, FOLKS FOLKS ARE HERE. THIS IS THIS IS THE THING KIND OF GOING ON. AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAD CONNECTIONS TO THAT RALLY YESTERDAY. MANY PEOPLE WERE WERE FAMILIAR WITH WITH SOME OF THESE NAMES AND CERTAINLY FURTHER DOWN ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTH OF HERE IN IN BETHEL PARK WHERE THAT SUSPECTED GUNMAN IS FROM. YOU KNOW, WE’RE HEARING FOLKS THAT THAT KNEW HIM FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THEY’RE SHOCKED HERE AS WELL. THIS IS REVERBERATING THROUGHOUT THIS PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY, IF YOU WILL. AND YEAH, I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST TRYING PROCESS PROCESS THIS NEWS. >> OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. ALEX PRESHA OUR THANKS TO YOU. JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ABC NEWS EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL PRODUCER, MR. JOHN SANTUCCI. JOHN, GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT YOU’RE HEARING FROM INSIDE TRUMP’S TIGHT CIRCLE. >> WELL, IT’S INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, THERE’S BEEN, I WOULD SAY, A ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS AROUND DONALD TRUMP IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. I MEAN, LITERALLY AROUND THIS TIME LAST NIGHT, LINSEY, THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF PANIC, A LOT OF CHAOS, STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAD HAPPENED. NOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN SPEAKING TO SOURCES MOMENTS AFTER THAT SHOOTING, EVERYONE WAS CONVINCED THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE CONVENTION’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, WILL SCALE DOWN, WILL BE DIFFERENT. >> ALL UNITED THIS FRONT IN TWO WAYS. ONE, TRYING TO TONE DOWN THE RHETORIC RHETORIC. WE COULD TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. BUT TWO FULL STEAM AHEAD WITH THIS CONVENTION, YOU KNOW, FROM REPORTING A FEW MINUTES AGO, DONALD TRUMP IS ON THE GROUND. HIS FAMILY IS MAKING THEIR WAY, ALL OF THEM, ALL OF DONALD TRUMP’S FAMILY FOR FIRST TIME LINSEY OF THE 2024 CYCLE. I DO THINK THAT’S AN IMPORTANT POINT FOR OUR VIEWERS ARE GOING TO BE UNDER THE SAME ROOF. MELANIA TRUMP, IVANKA, OTHERS. NOW, WHAT I’M TOLD BY MY SOURCES IS THAT PRESIDENT HAS TRIED VERY HARD TO GET BACK ON FOCUS AND THE THING FOR HIM AT THE MOMENT IS PICKING A VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. OUR SOURCES STRESSED NO FORMAL CALLS HAVE HAPPENED AS OF NOW. BUT I’M TALKING TO YOU NOT AT MY PHONE, SO YOU NEVER KNOW. >> BUT THE REALITY CHANGING IT CHANGES BY MINUTE BECAUSE, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT HE WAS FOCUSED ON PRIOR TO. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT. RIGHT. WE KNEW FROM OUR SOURCES THAT TRUMP HAD BEEN DESCRIBED AS REALLY BEING IN A GREAT MOOD LEADING INTO SATURDAY’S. HE HAD BEEN HAVING PRIVATE AUDIENCES WITH THE FINAL THREE CONTENDERS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE VP RACE. HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A LITTLE BIT OF A TEASE OF THE SATURDAY RALLY BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS DONALD TRUMP IN A WAY, RIGHT? HE CAN’T CONTROL HIMSELF. HE LIKES TO BE HIS OWN MESSENGERS. SO MANY WERE ON PINS AND NEEDLES THINKING SATURDAY WAS GOING TO BE THAT RALLY BEING THE LAST ONE BEFORE THE CONVENTION, THAT HE WOULD SPILL BEANS, THAT HE WOULD PUT IT OUT THERE AS TO WHO THIS PICK WAS. BUT FOR OBVIOUSLY, THINGS HAVE CHANGED QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY. BUT THE GOAL TEAM TRUMP IS I’M TOLD BY MY SOURCES, LINSEY, GET BACK ON TRACK AND REALLY NOT ELIMINATE ANYTHING. >> AND I WANT TO PICK UP ON THAT POINT THAT YOU WERE SAYING, JOHN, AS AS TURNING IT DOWN TO BRING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE WHO ARE SAYING THAT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, BUT THEN YOU DO J.D. VANCE WRITING ABOUT THESE PEOPLE ON THE SHORT LIST FOR VP PICK OF A BIG. BOTH OF THEM IMMEDIATELY RELEASING STATEMENTS YESTERDAY, BASICALLY POINTING THE FINGER AT JOE BIDEN, HIS CAMPAIGN, SAYING YOU’RE RESPONSIBLE, THIS BECAUSE OF YOUR RHETORIC AND SAYING THAT DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO KILL DEMOCRACY. IT’S INTERESTING, LINSEY, AFTER THOSE TWEETS WENT OUT FROM THOSE HOPEFULS AND CABINET HOPEFULS, IF YOU WILL, FOR A DONALD TRUMP TO POINT, I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I’VE EVER HEARD THIS IN NEARLY TEN YEARS OF COVERING DONALD TRUMP, HIS SENIOR CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIPS, SUSAN WILES AND CHRIS, LOTS OF TO PUT AN INTERNAL MEMO TO ALL OF THEIR STAFF WHICH ABC NEWS OBTAINED TELLING ALL OF THEM DON’T ENGAGE TAKE THE VOLUME DOWN. AND THIS IS PRETTY SHOCKING TO ME COVERING THEM IN TEN YEARS DO NOT DO NOT ANYTHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WOULD INFLAME THIS. >> NOW LOOK, DEBRIS TRIES TO COPY THE BOSS, AS DONALD TRUMP IS REFERRED TO RIGHT, WITH THROWING FLAMES AND ARROWS AND WHATNOT. SO FOR THE TWO CAMPAIGN LEADERS, ONE OF WHOM CHRIS LOST TO BE VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA HIMSELF, TELLING EVERYBODY TO TONE IT DOWN, THIS NOT HELPFUL. >> I THINK MAYBE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE DAM THERE. >> BUT AS YOU NOTED, YOU DO HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE STILL OUT GOING BACK TO THE TRUMP PLAYBOOK. ALL RIGHT, JOHN SANTUCCI FOR, US, OUR THANKS TO YOU AS ALWAYS. JOINING US NOW FROM MILWAUKEE IS FORMER NEW YORK REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE LEE ZELDIN. CONGRESSMAN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. >> FIRST UP, LAST NIGHT WILL NO DOUBT GO DOWN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS AS A MOMENT. EVERY AMERICAN WILL LIKELY REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ASSASSINATION. WALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU WERE DOING AND YOUR INITIAL REACTION . >> I ACTUALLY HAD ARMY RESERVE DAY THIS WEEKEND, SO I JUST FINISHED UP THE DAY, GOT BACK TO MY HOTEL ROOM, AND SOMEONE ALERTED ME THAT THIS HAD JUST TAKEN PLACE PUT ON THE NEWS AND I WAS JUST SECONDS AFTER WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE I GOT THAT PHONE CALL FROM SOMEBODY WAS WATCHING IT LIVE. YOUR FIRST THOUGHT? MY FIRST THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. I’M ALSO INSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT ANY OTHER INNOCENT VICTIMS AS WE LEARNED SOMEBODY ACTUALLY LOST THEIR OTHERS ARE CRITICALLY WOUNDED. AND AS YOU GO FURTHER BEYOND WHETHER OR NOT THE THREAT IS MITIGATED, WHICH IMMINENTLY IS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT, YOU START GETTING WITNESS TESTIMONY AND CERTAIN FACTS COMING AS YOU LEARN WHAT HAPPENED. AND WITH TO THIS SHOOTER BEING ON A ROOFTOP IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT SHOT OFF. THERE ARE A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT SECURITY QUESTIONS THAT NEED PROMPT, THOROUGH ANSWERS. AND WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. SO SOMETIMES WHEN CONGRESS ASKS QUESTIONS, IT’S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU ANSWERS FROM MONTHS LATER OR YEARS LATER, IF AT ALL. THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE ANY LESSONS THAT NEED TO BE LEARNED FROM TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY, THEY NEED TO BE LEARNED INSTANTLY TO ENSURE THAT GOING FORWARD, AS THESE RALLIES AND OTHER CAMPAIGN EVENTS ARE GOING ON, THAT THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHEN I HEARD WAS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM. AND HOW DO YOU THINK THAT THE CONVENTION WILL BE DIFFERENT AS RESULT OF THIS? I THINK THAT THIS FELT LIKE A GUT PUNCH TO MANY AMERICANS. WE’VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE SPEAKING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ELSEWHERE SAYING THAT THEY HAVEN’T EVEN SUPPORTED PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE. THEY EXPRESSED THAT THEY HAVEN’T LIKED PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT IN THIS MOMENT, THEY FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK UP AS AMERICANS WITH PRIDE IN THE WAY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED. THE BRAVERY IN THAT MOMENT AND A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR KNOWING THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS SAFE, THAT THE SECRET SERVICE DETAIL AROUND HIM, THEY JUMPED ON HIM AND THEY WERE ON TOP OF IT, DOING WHAT THEY PROBABLY TRAINED THOUSANDS OF TIMES TO DO. AND AS YOU GET INTO THIS CONVENTION, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TUNING IN WHO HAVE HAD THEIR MINDS MADE FOR A LONG TIME. BUT WITH THESE CONVENTIONS, THERE ARE ALSO TUNING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MAYBE FOLLOWING YESTERDAY, WHAT WE HAVE READ AND HEARD ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IF IT MEANS ANYTHING, THERE ARE PEOPLE TUNING IN WHO ARE GIVING A REAL MOMENT, A FIRST IMPRESSION TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS MESSAGE AND A VISION FOR THE FUTURE, OUR COUNTRY. BUT AS FAR AS THE AGENDA SPEAKERS WERE SET, SPEECHES WERE BEING WRITTEN. THEMES WERE THERE AND PEOPLE WERE PREPARING A CONVENTION. >> THAT SEEMS LIKE IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE ON TRACK. YOU ARE, UNFORTUNATELY AND TRAGICALLY NO STRANGER TO POLITICAL VIOLENCE DURING YOUR RUN FOR GOVERNOR BACK IN 2020 TO A MAN WITH A SHARP OBJECT CHARGED ONTO THE STAGE. YOU FORTUNATELY UNINJURED. AND THEN LATER IN THE CAMPAIGN, TWO TEENAGE BOYS WERE SHOT OUTSIDE YOUR HOME. AT THE TIME, YOU SAID THAT IT DOESN’T HIT ANY CLOSER TO THAN THIS. YOUR TWIN GIRLS STRUGGLED IN THE PERIOD AFTER. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO WAS AT THAT RALLY LAST NIGHT? AND IT IS THEMSELVES NOW STRUGGLING WITH THE TRAUMA OF OF A CAMPAIGN OF TURNED INTO A CRIME SCENE. THIS TRAUMA IS GOING TO HIT EVERYONE AT YESTERDAY’S RALLY. A DIFFERENTLY. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME THESE RALLIES WHO ARE YOUNG. >> THEY WERE SHOCKED BY WHAT HAPPENED. WE HEARD THIS SCREAMING RIGHT AFTER THE SHOTS RANG OUT. SOME PEOPLE WERE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO PEOPLE ARE BEING CRITICALLY WOUNDED OR EVEN KILLED. AND IF YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO THAT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, MAYBE THE EXPERIENCE IS DIFFERENT THAN SOMEBODY WHO WAS FURTHER AWAY, WHO ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS FIREWORKS GOING OFF OR IT WAS SOME TYPE OF A PRANK OR JOKE UNTIL THEY REALIZED THAT IT SOMETHING THAT WAS FAR MORE SERIOUS FOR THE PEOPLE ARE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY THOSE KIDS WHO ARE CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED, WHERE THESE PEOPLE SAW DEATH FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT’S SOMETHING WHERE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK CONFIDENTIALLY WITH YOU TRUST TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE FEELING, WHAT EXPERIENCED. IN SOME CASES IT JUST TAKES TIME. BUT YOU CAN’T LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS ALL BOTTLED UP AT THAT EMOTION CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS WHETHER YOU ARE A A SERVICE MEMBER WHO GOES OVERSEAS AND YOU’RE ON YOUR SIXTH DEPLOYMENT AND YOUR BEST FRIEND IS KILLED RIGHT NEXT TO YOU OR YOUR 12 YEAR OLD SHOWING UP AT A POLITICAL RALLY AND SOMEONE RIGHT NEAR YOU IS SHOT AND KILLED DURING THIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. TRAUMA HITS EVERYBODY A BIT DIFFERENTLY. BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED, IT’S IMPORTANT THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH EXPERTS AND TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR SYSTEM. AND HOPEFULLY OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, WE DON’T SEE ANY LONG TERM IMPACTS FOR ANY OF THE RALLIES. BUT IN A WAY I THINK OUR COUNTRY HAS EXPERIENCED A PERMANENT IMPACT FROM, WHAT WE WITNESS. >> AND WE’RE HEARING, OF COURSE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IS NEARING OR HAS ALREADY PERHAPS MADE HIS FINAL DECISION ON HIS VICE PICK. THE SHORT LIST, OF COURSE, INCLUDING J.D. VANCE, MARCO RUBIO, DOUG BURGUM. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHO TRUMP SHOULD PICK? I HAVEN’T PUBLICLY ENDORSED ANYBODY. I DO BELIEVE THAT THE PRESIDENT IS RIGHT IN WANTING TO PICK SOMEONE WHO IS ABLE TO BE THE PRESIDENT. THAT’S MASSIVELY IMPORTANT. AND WHERE PEOPLE STAND ON ISSUES AND THEIR THEIR WORK ETHIC AND THEIR CHEMISTRY WITH THE PRESIDENT, THEIR LEADERSHIP STYLE, THAT’S ALL KEY IN THE CONTEXT OF A CAMPAIGN. I THINK THAT IT’S VERY IMPORTANT FOR A PRESIDENTIAL TICKET TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT INTO BLUE AREAS, TO TALK TO LONG DEMOCRAT VOTERS. WE SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST THE LAST FEW WEEKS BETWEEN HIS VISIT TO THE SOUTH BRONX, ALSO GO TO PHILADELPHIA TO GO TO DETROIT AND D.C. AND ELSEWHERE. I BELIEVE THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, IN A WAY, IS A BIG TIME FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR A CAMPAIGN. YES. CAN GO HEADLINE A FUNDRAISER, AND THAT’S IMPORTANT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, CAN GET OUT THERE INTO THESE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE HISPANIC VOTERS AND ASIAN VOTERS AND BLACK VOTERS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN VOTING A VERY LONG TIME. BUT THEY’RE OPEN TO HEARING CONSERVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER. SO HOPEFULLY IT’S ALSO WHO’S A GOOD MESSENGER FOR AN AGENDA OF WHAT A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS READY TO DO IN 2025. FORMER REPRESENTATIVE LEE ZELDIN, WE THANK SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. JOINING US NOW FOR MORE IS FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COUNTERTERRORISM, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ELIZABETH NEWMAN. ELIZABETH, THANKS FOR BACK ON THE SHOW. TAKE US BEHIND THE SCENES HERE. THE PRESIDENT CONVENING TOP OFFICIALS IN THE SITUATION ROOM, BRIEFING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS HAPPENING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY RIGHT NOW? >> LOOK, THEY’RE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. THEY’RE SUPPORTING NOT ONLY THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED. THE FBI HAS THE LEAD. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND HAS A LOT OF ASSETS THAT THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SUPPORT THE FBI IN THAT INVESTIGATION. BUT THEY ARE ALSO PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THEY’VE BEEN PREPARING FOR FOR TWO YEARS. THE SECRET SERVICE HAS, THE LEAD. THEY’RE THE LEAD FEDERAL AGENCY AND THEY’RE COORDINATING ACROSS OTHER FEDERAL COMPONENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AS WELL AS OTHER FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. IT IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING AND ONE IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS QUITE EXPERIENCED. SO ON ONE HAND, THEY KNOW THEY’RE IN THIS HEIGHTENED COMPLEX THREAT ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS SOMETHING THEY’VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR SEVERAL NOW. AND ARGUABLY, IT KEEPS GETTING MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED AND SECURITY PLANS HAVE TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT. BUT NOW WE HAVE INCIDENT ON SATURDAY. SO WHEN YOU START TO GET CONCERN THAT AN INCIDENT LIKE THAT DOES SOMETIMES INSPIRE COPYCATS OR OTHER ACTORS TO THINK NOW’S THE TIME TO STRIKE, THAT THERE’S SOME CHAOS AND WE WANT TO ADD SOME ACCELERATION TO AND USHER IN SOCIETAL COLLAPSE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EXTREMIST ACTORS WHO WHO THAT’S THEIR GOAL IS JUST FIND A WAY TO BURN IT ALL DOWN. AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE THESE MOMENTS OF CHAOS, YOU DO WORRY THAT THEY MIGHT VIEW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. SO THEY’RE NOT MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THE PLANS. THEY’RE ALSO REVIEWING THOSE PLANS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AS STRONG AS THEY POSSIBLY BE. >> AND ON THAT POINT, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND HOW IT DEVELOPS? >> LOOK, IT’S AN INTERESTING THING. >> IF YOU WERE TO ASK THIS QUESTION 20 YEARS AGO, WE USED TO THINK THAT IT WAS SO FOCUSED ON IDEOLOGY THAT IT WAS IDEOLOGY THAT DROVE SOMEBODY TO VIOLENCE. AND WHAT WE NOW UNDERSTAND AFTER TWO DECADES OF RESEARCH IS THAT THE UNDERLYING DRIVER, WHAT REALLY CREATES THE OPENING FOR SOMEBODY TO CONSIDER THAT VIOLENCE IS AN OPTION IS, ACTUALLY PSYCHOSOCIAL. IT IS AN UNMET NEED FOR, SIGNIFICANCE OR BELONGING, OFTEN ACTIVATED BY SOME SORT OF CRISIS, SOME SORT OF SITUATION. IT COULD BE A COMMUNITY WIDE CRISIS AS A SOCIETAL WIDE CRISIS LIKE WE HAD WITH COVID, OR IT CAN BE PERSONAL. THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE, LOSS OF A JOB, A RECENT HUMILIATION. ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN ACTIVATE SOMEBODY TO, LOOK FOR A SOLUTION TO THOSE NEEDS. AND WHEN THEY CERTAIN IDEOLOGIES OR CERTAIN SUGGESTIONS ONLINE THAT VIOLENCE MIGHT SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS, THEY ARE IN THIS PLACE OF VULNERABILITY AND OPEN TO THOSE EXTREMIST NARRATIVES. AND THAT’S WHERE WE SEE PEOPLE TO MOBILIZE AND CARRY OUT ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT CAUSE GREAT HARM. >> ELIZABETH NEWMAN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> MORE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AHEAD, INCLUDING MORE ABOUT THE SECURITY CONCERNS AND THE INVESTIGATION INTO HOW THIS ALL UNFOLDED. STAY WITH US. >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA? WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION TO START COMBAT OPERATIONS. WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE. MILITANTS CAME IN FROM HIGH PRESSURE TO THINK IT’S ABOUT DAVID BEEK’S. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. I’M ERIELLE RESHEF IN NORWALK, CONNECTICUT. WHEREVER THE STORY, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK. AS WE PREPARE FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE RNC IN MILWAUKEE, THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THE SHOOTING IN PENNSYLVANIA YESTERDAY. I WANT TO BRING IN ROBERT BOYCE FORMER CHIEF OF DETECTIVES FOR THE NYPD. CHIEF, FIRST, I’M CURIOUS YOUR REACTION TO THE NEW DETAILS THAT SAID LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS ACTUALLY ALERTED TO A SUSPICIOUS PERSON BEFORE FINDING THE GUNMAN, THE ROOF, AND TO TRY TO ENGAGE HIM IN YOUR EXPERIENCE? WHAT’S THE PROCEDURE IN EVENTS LIKE SATURDAY, WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT GETS WORD OF A POSSIBLE PERSON WITH A GUN AT AN ENGAGEMENT. >> THAT’S YOU GO WITH THAT AND REALLY ENGAGE THE SUBJECT HAS TO DROP THE GUN DEMANDS YOU DROP THE GUN AND IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE THAT SENSE OF THAT THREAT. AT THAT POINT. WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW WAS AN OUTSIDE PERIMETER. AND THAT BUILDING WAS WAS PAST THAT PERIMETER AND GIVEN TO LOCAL POLICE. THE LOCAL POLICE WERE ALERTED BY SOMEONE, PERHAPS A WITNESS, AND THEY ENGAGED AT THAT POINT BECOMES LITTLE LESS CLEAR. THE POLICE OFFICER WENT UP A LADDER AS HE CHASED THEM ONTO A ROOF AND AT THAT POINT WAS MANAGED WITH THAT RIFLE BACK DOWN. AND THAT’S WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED. THAT’S REALLY PRELIMINARY STUFF THAT GETTING FROM THE FBI RIGHT NOW. SO THEREIN LIES THE CRUX OF THE MATTER THAT PERIMETER IS THAT HAPPENS IN AN OUTSIDE VENUE LIKE THAT. YOU REALLY HAVE TO STRETCH OUTSIDE OF A RIFLE RANGE AND SHUT DOWN A FROZEN AREAS EVERYWHERE. THAT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE IT WAS DONE. SO I’M I TELL YOU, IT WASN’T. >> BUT FROM WHAT I CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, THAT’S AN ISSUE. AND THERE HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN CALLS FOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SECURITY AND THE EVENT AND THE SHOOTING COULD HAVE HAPPENED. FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS THAT THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU FEEL NEED TO BE ANSWERED IN THIS INVESTIGATION? SURE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT RIGHT NOW, AS WE WORK VERY WELL IN YORK WITH THE SECRET SERVICE, HOWEVER, THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AND WE WOULD HAVE FLOODED THAT AREA AND SHUT OFF CARS, SHOP PEOPLE FROM ENTERING AND JUST GO. AND THERE IS A CHOKE POINT. EVERYBODY GETS TESTED. SO HERE YOU HAVE THE OUTSIDE, SOMEONE REACHES THAT OUTSIDE VENUE, PEOPLE WALKING AROUND. IT’S NOT A GOOD SITUATION. AND THAT’S WHAT I’M LOOKING AT NOW, WHETHER ENOUGH RESOURCES BY ADDITIONAL

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