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Viewers in the u. S. And Around The World as we are covering our breaking News Today in this hour, as the the fbi now says, it is investigating what appears to be an attempted Assassination Attempt of former President Donald Trump. Donald trump yes. Just two months after for the last attempted assassination of the former president , we are told he is now safe. He is back at his Maralago Club in Palm Beach, florida this comes out after about 1 30 this afternoon, police were notified that shots had been fired in his vicinity while he was golfing at his club in west Palm Beach, florida. That is just its across The Bridge. And where maralago is as of right now, a suspect is in custody and just a short time ago, we heard from authorities with an update on how all this situation played out 30 this afternoon a call came out, shots fired. That was called by Secret Service because were in constant contact with them all the time we were notified of that and we had uterus hear that immediately seal off the area fortunately, we were able to locate a witness that came to us and said, hey, i saw the guy running out of the bushes he jumped into a black nice its and i took a picture of the vehicle and the tank, which was great so we had that information or realtime crime im center put it out to the License Plate readers, and we were able to get a handle that vehicle on i95 as it was headed in to Martin County. Weve got to hold a Martin County Sheriffs Office, alerted them and they spotted the vehicle and pull it over and done detained the guy after that, we took the victim im sorry, the witness that witnessed the incident took flew them up there he identified as the person that he saw running out of the bushes at jumped into the car. Now, in the bushes where this guy was is an ak47 seventh Style Rifle with a scope. Two backpacks, which were hung on the fence that had ceramic tile him and a gopro, which he was going to take Pictures Process right now the secret Service Agent that was on the course did a fantastic job. What they do is because they have an agent that jumps one whole ahead of time toward a president who was at and he was able to spot this Rifle Barrel sticking out of the fence and immediate the lead against that individual at which time the individual tough on all that coming from sheriff rick bradshaw, the Palm Beach County Sheriff, the Law Enforcement officials, kaitlan, have not yet named the suspect who was taken into custody on Interstate 95 after this apparent Assassination Attempt and adjusting its happened two months after trump was wounded in the ear. A lot of us remember, we saw it live here on cnn, surviving an Assassination Attempt in butler, pennsylvania. The u. S secret Service Shot and killed the gunman in that incident, the fbi says it is now in charge of this investigation in florida. Cnns Kristen Holmes is joining he is right now, kristen, what more are you learning about this incident involving the former president well, were for piecing together what we know from that Press Conference and what were being told by officials on background on the ground who are familiar with what happened. So what were told us this afternoon, Donald Trump was on his Golf Course in west Palm Beach, florida. Thats the Trump International Golf Course. He was with donor and allies, steve witkoff. They were traveling between the fifth and six Golf Hole when they heard shots. Now, what we also have been told is that essentially Secret Service had an advanced team ahead of them several holes. And that is who engaged with the suspect that they saw firing off when they saw that rifle. And i will tell you that it is also the campaign or at least advisers to the campaign who are feel the same way that that sheriff felt in terms of secret Service Behavior and what happened. Remember . When that Assassination Attempt happened in butler, there were a lot of questions as to why they did not engage with this gunman sooner. We know now that Secret Service, based on that Press Conference, did engage once they saw the rifle in the brush just off of the Golf Course. Now its not clear exactly how far it was from that rifle where Donald Trump was. But as we heard during that Press Conference, the sheriff himself saying that with that kind of rifle, which was an ak Style Rifle and a scope, it didnt really matter the distance he was still close enough so certainly within the vicinity we had been told by sources and obviously weve now heard from the fbi that they believe that Donald Trump was the Tendon Target of this suspect. You see there, who was found with these backpacks, a gopro and this longrange style missile, Donald Trump, as weve noted, is back at his Maralago Club after being held for several hours at that Golf Club as they were searching the scene, as they were making sure it was secure as theyre making sure was secure for him travel in that motorcade. Its only about 12 Minute Ride from the Golf Course to maralago, but they still had to secure the streets, make sure that it was safe for him to travel. Im sure John Miller really speaking about this later, but these Law Enforcement officials have said that they need to make sure theres not a second gunman, that theres not a second target, that theres not anyone lying in. Wait, we saw this same thing happened with butler when Donald Trump went to the hospital and then we didnt know where he was after a lockdown for several hours until he ended up at the airport. That is all systematic. It is all custom. Mary, when something like this happens, but of course this circumstance, theres nothing customary about it at all because we are talking about as youve noted, these second Assassination Attempt on the former president in the same matter of months, it has shooken a lot of those people around him up and they are obviously asking a lot of questions one of the main questions is how exactly did this Suspect Know where Donald Trump would be . Its important to maintain and to understand that Donald Trump hes not the current sitting president. He doesnt have to put out a schedule every single day. He doesnt travel with a pool that knows his whereabouts at all times. He is a candidate and he has security, but this was not an event golfing at his west Palm Beach Golf Club that was on any sort of external scheduled. In fact, hes been traveling a lot with the Campaign Travel and its very various properties that there were several people ive spoken to who didnt even know that he was in Palm Beach, florida this weekend, that he would be playing golf and these are people who talked to him on a regular basis. So while the preliminary conversations, im having with advisers and the people close to him say they are very happy with the way the security was handled. We know that after the shots were fired, Donald Trump was whisked away in a Golf Course by Golf Cart by a second set of Security Agents who secret Service Agents who put him into the club again, that was secured down there are still a lot of questions as to how exactly the suspect knew where Donald Trump was going to be and when all right. Kristen, thank you very much, Kristen Holmes reporting, Doing Excellent Reporting for us. Appreciate it very much. Kaitlan back to you Yeah Wolf it as were breaking all this down, hearing from officials during that briefing, we have our Law Enforcement analyst with us and jonathan wackrow. I want to start with you because obviously a lot of focus has been on the Secret Service since what happened in butler, pennsylvania two months ago and now today, officials there, that Breach Briefing were praising the Secret Service for how quickly they acted here that it was an agent to almost unbelievably was able to be advancing trump on the Golf Course to see the barrel of that rifle sticking out of the bushes and was able to engage with this person before Donald Trump. Obviously got to that hole as he was planning to do. And when you look at the Secret Service, its around trump, its obviously been ramped up since butler, but is it at the level that a current president has how can you tell us what that looks like well, i dont want to share too much around what the full protective structure is of the president united states, because there is a lot of national security structures that are built into that position. But former President Trump has had a significant enhancement to his protective detail, both in the women and men that surround him on a daytoday basis. But also in terms of the advanced agents the technology thats applied to protecting the former president , you know, weve seen some of these things visually. Weve seen some of the protective enhancements such as the ballistic glass that is now with him on all outdoor public events. Youve seen an increase of the size. I think kaitlan, you talked about the detail earlier. You have noticed that there have been additional agents that are surrounding the former president. So what youre seeing is actually the protective structure moving closer to the Vice President ial level which is a significant enhancement from what the protective model typically is. Performer president s such as former President Obama or bush shore, or clinton it is really a new model for the Secret Service, but its a model that has to be put into place. Because i think as wolf you had mentioned earlier, the Threat Environment surrounding Donald Trump, both from domestic threats as well as this overarching foreign threat from the iranians necessitate this level of enhancement. And it really for the Secret Service, this is unprecedented jonathan, can i follow up with you on that because heres the question. I think a lot of people watching are going to have, which is two months ago, what happened in butler, pennsylvania happened. Its not just obviously the fact that we saw trump came within an inch of his life that day, but also what we do know about the increased threat from iran that has been directed at Donald Trump at his campaign, at his family that we know of i think a lot of people will look at this and say, why are they still letting Donald Trump go out on a Golf Course that has a perimeter that is official said there once someone is in those in the shrubbery surrounding this Golf Course . Its incredibly difficult to be able to spot them. Theres three roads that surround this Golf Course. There. And i think some people may look at that and say, this is someone who golf regularly. Its very clear when he has left mar alago and gone to the international to the Trump International Golf Course about 15 minutes away. So its not like Someone Wouldnt be able well to know that hes there and how the secret Service Approach Something like that will listen as were hearing from reporting and im sure the Secret Service starts divulging more information around how the shooter was identified. There are specific protocols that have been in place for the former president when he is golfing and that structure has since been enhanced even more with additional agents. Again, today, the model worked where those agents that were flanking in advance of the president , their role specifically is to identify this type of specific longrange threat. Now the question that Followup Question is going to be in the Secret Service will need to address this is how was the outer perimeter . How is this shooter able to get to that outer perimeter . An area that should have been identified as a vulnerability previously. Again, if you are able to get line of sight from the Fence Line into the Golf Course where the former president is. In this Threat Environment that needs to be addressed fully kaitlan is, you may remember back in 2017, there was a Cnn Crew that was actually filming the then president of the united States Golf Thing with a clear line of sight that was blocked or mitigated by a box truck, but the thought that youre seeing inside the Golf Course from the exterior, this isnt the first time this has happened. So there are some questions that the Secret Service will have to answer for that but at The End of the day, the protective model that surrounds the president worked we saw that happen and more the point that communication, the immediate notification by the agent that shots were fired, that there was a suspect that communication was immediately picked up by local Law Enforcement who were able to carry very forward the immediate action of setting up a perimeter around the Golf Course and then getting the witness to identify exactly the vehicle, the tag number, and bringing it a successful resolution to the immediate threat just want to follow up on one specific point over the years ive covered the Secret Service quite intensely, and i know theres one level of security for a sitting President Of The United States. Another level of security for a former President Of The United States, like baraka bomber, a bill clinton or Donald Trump for that matter right now. But theres another level of security for someone who maybe a former president , whos also the president ial nominee of a major party, a republican president ial nominee right now. And thats a much higher level of security than just for a former president. Is that right . Yeah, absolutely. Wolf, i think right now, we have to put into context, we are in uncharted territory right now with the former president. We are seeing a no one could predict that wed have to Assassination Attempts domestically against the former president , the Secret Service was for a long time, they were a little bit on their heels trying to address this, this new and dynamic Threat Environment around the president. Now theyre leaning into it with more assets, agents. They were applying as much as they can to ensure that the former president is safe. Were seeing you physically, were seeing the control measures that are around the former president significantly enhanced as i said, its coming closer to Vice President ial, like sitting Vice President ial level protection. But there still is more that needs to be done. Again we came very close to a disaster today, and that is way too close. Again, the model has to be changing to the threats that theyre facing day in and day out now, both from domestic actors and potentially hostile foreign actors, excellent analysis, jonathan, thank you very much. John miller is with us as well, our Law Enforcement analysts. John and i assume security is going to be beefed up for all of these major players right now, not just the former president whos running for president once again, but the sitting president , the sitting Vice President , who is the democratic President President ial nominee, and some other high ranking federal officials . Well, its hard to increase security around the sitting president , Ms Jonathan described early earlier, thats quite an incredible security package. Nothing is left to chance. And that descends as you go down to lower officials including candidates. The difference with Donald Trump at this point is the security he is receiving is about as close as you would get to the president ial package for somebody whos not the sitting president because of the intelligence on the iranian Assassination Plot because of the Assassination Plot that happened in pennsylvania and i think this will bring it up, yet another level. What youre seeing though, is basic assassination tactics. We havent seen a successful Sniper Killing of a President Of The United States since Lee Harvey Oswald in texas and president john kennedy. But what we do know about these Assassins Technology has changed. Its a lot and it comes to bear here. But weve weve also seen the personality profiles done by the Threat Assessment people at the Secret Service that behavioral Analysis Unit at the fbi tells us that about 70 of these people their main goal is to hurt the hurt the person that theyre attacking. About 38 is their main goal is notoriety and 12 are anticipating theyre going to get killed in the process. So when you look at that Gopro Camera that could tell us a lot, especially if it was rolling and streaming during this incident yeah. That Gopro Video Camera is a significant development. Indeed, well have much more on that coming up. Are johnson, Everybody Standby . Were going to take another quick break. Our Breaking News Coverage will continue, right . Definitely 30 years. Ive been saying publicly what people are saying things out i havent enough money. 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The second such threat posed to the former president in just over two months. And a suspect is now in custody Yeah Wolf. And were hearing from investigators who say that as this transpired, secret Service Agents fired at the suspect in the bushes outside of trumps Golf Course just before 2 00 this afternoon was actually about onethirty. The Trump International Golf Course thats in west Palm Beach, florida. Youre looking at the map right now that comes after agents spotted this person holding a gun and in the bushes, they could see the barrel of it pointed out through them near where the former president was playing Golf Investigators say that the suspect was just a few hundred yards its actually from the former president and was equipped with an ak Style Rifle that had a scope and two backpacks and also a Gopro Camera mounted on the fence. The Palm Beach county Sheriffs Office says the suspect has not yet spoken to investigators, but is in custody. Were continuing to follow all of this once her serfaty is live at the White House where sunlen officials there obviously President Biden, Vice President harris also being briefed on what has just happened this afternoon at Donald Trumps Golf Boris in southern florida thats right. Kaitlan, both President Biden and Vice President harris have been briefed on this incident and Vice President Harris Condemning political violence its an also noting that xi is certainly glad that the former President Trump is safe. We are also hearing from her running mate tim walz, echoing a lot of those sentiments and also so adding that violence has no place in america, it is not who we are as a nation now, as you said, the president himself has been briefed and Thats Something that we saw quickly be released within 45 minutes of the Trump Campaign alerting press to this incident. We heard from the White House that the president and Vice President harris has been briefed. We are also hearing from Senate Majority leader chuck schumer. He was briefed by the acting secret Service Director Today and he noted the Quiz Take response and applauded the quick response of the Secret Service. And also said that the perpetrator must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law of florida republican congressman, meantime, a member of the Trump Assassination Task force that notably was formed after the previous Assassination Attempt back in july in butler, pennsylvania he, says that he will recall on us Secret Service to brief them on Capitol Hill this Week And Kaitlan probably the first of many members of congress who will ask for the same kaitlan sunlen serfaty. Thank you for that report. Wolf caitlin, our panel is still with us, sir, charles ramsey, jonathan wackrow, John Miller, and andrew for mccabe and andrew, let me start with you were told now the fbi, your former Deputy Director of the fbi, is now in charge of this investigation walk us through whats going on. Sure. So thats the fbi has primacy as they say, for investigations of incidents of Terrorist Incidents here in the united states. And also assassination this is all very clearly spelled out in president ial directives that date back into the 1980s what theyre doing right now, wolf is trying to consume as much information as they can possibly find about this individual. So they are likely preparing Search Warrants for any location they can tie to him his residence. Maybe he has a Work Location that they know about if he has any Storage Facilities and things like that, theyre going to want to look in those as well. They are likely interviewing people who know him parents, spouses, family members, work, associates, and friends, things like that. When they execute those Search Warrants, theyre going to be looking for devices that might contain electronic evidence. So devices that he used to search the Internet Devices that he used to access Social Media to send Text Messages or Phone Calls or emails to friends and associates all of those things will be seized and then Search Warrants will be served on the companies that provide the services to those devices so they want to know everything hes written everyone is talking to. They want to take that information and build a timeline as to what exactly he he was doing in the hours and days and weeks leading up to this event. And everything they collect that falls into that timeline all that stuff could likely be used as evidence at trial if this person decides to fight the charges against him, we know that hell be facing State Charges we heard from david ehrenburg, the local prosecutor. And i think its likely that Hell Face Federal Charges as well. We havent heard from the u. S. Attorneys office in miami, just yet, but i expect that within the next 24 hours, we certainly will. And i would expect to see this person charged one Thing Wolf that i think is really important to remember. And weve had some comments about it so far its gonna be really interesting to see exactly what this person knew when he went to the Fence Line with a gun and his gopro and all that other stuff if he knew that trump was golfing and there was would be coming around that kind of northeastern corner of the Golf Course at that time. And so therefore, he was waiting essentially at The End of the next hole next hall. Thats a very troubling thing because it raises all kinds of questions as to how did he gain access to that information . Its also possible that you didnt know any of that that he may have just taken his chances and thought trump talks about golf on the weekends all the time. Maybe ill just go out there and see if he shows up. So these are two kind of opposite ends of the spectrum on that fact. And where he ends up falling on that spectrum is going to be very important to assess the nature of the threat that he posed and that may be others involved with him i might still pose. Yeah, thats such an important part of this fbi investigation. Thats underway right now, andrew, how did he know if he in fact did know that trump was going to be playing golf at that Golf Club on this sunday afternoon. There theres no public announcement about what trump was doing, no Advance Word to the media or anyone else. Did he have inside information . And Thats Something im sure the fbi is going to be investigating a very, very carefully kaitlan, you got more on this well, wolf that is, thats exactly it is the question of also about his schedule because he doesnt have the same kind of public schedule are huge white House Pool traveling with him like he did when he was in office. But certainly we saw his motorcade coming back over The Bridge as he was turning to maralago earlier its not discrete. You know, where Donald Trump is and when hes going, if youre in that area and if you know this, and i think thats the question, Chief Ramsey, is that if you take a step back and as this investigation is playing out and were waiting to learn more about this suspect. The idea that two months after an attempted assassination of Donald Trump, that someone with an ak47 was able to get within four to 500 yards of the former President Of The United States is just mindblowing. And that is, i think the Question Everyone has right now is how how this could be able to happen. Again, as trump is obviously out on a Golf Course, probably one of the most difficult areas for Secret Service to secure well one of the things thats going to happen is as a part of this, therell be a thorough Debriefing And Analysis of the security took place. What worked, what could be enhanced . All those kinds of things are going to be very important. You know, andrew mentioned something that i think is very important when hes talking about the Search Warrants. And the seizure of electronic equipment. So smart phones, computers, what i mean, therell be looking to see if he was getting Text Messages if he was sending Text Messages, all those kinds of things because youre right. I mean, how did he know he was going to be on the Golf Course today and be lying in wait. I mean, it could be just random luck, but im not a big believer of luck. Thats going to be one question is going to be very important to have answered. And right now, we dont know if hes cooperating with investigators or not. Hopefully he is if he is that well get answers to a lot of questions. If hes not, then theyre going to have to do a lot of digging in order to be ready, come up with some answers to those questions yeah. As of the last hour, we heard he he was not yet speaking to investigators will see if that changes in the minutes and hours going forward. Chief ramsey, everyone, thank you for that. We want everyone to stand by because we are continuing to get new information and it seems even by the minute about what happened at trumps Golf Course today and what the fbi is saying was an apparent attempted assassination of him. Were going to take a quick break and be back with our new information in a moment saturdays this Fall Cnn is taking a break from Breaking News to air. Have i got news for you . Breaking news. Im getting a sandwich. 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The fbi says it is now investing getting an apparent Assassination Attempt. A second one of Donald Trump in florida this afternoon, the former president is safe. Hes back at his Maralago Beach Club fell there in Palm Beach. But this comes after just a second such threat that was posed to him. It was just over two months ago that shooting happened in butler, pennsylvania in his rally what we know right now as of this hour, wolf, is that a male suspect is now in custody we also know kaitlan that investigators are saying that us secret Service Agents spot live a Rifle Barrel sticking out of a fence over at the Trump International Golf Course, west Palm Beach where the former president was playing golf around 130 earlier this afternoon, the agents opened fire on the alleged gunman or then fled. And investigators say they found an Ak 47 Style Rifle, a Gopro Video Cameron to back backpacks in the bushes. The Palm Beach County Sheriff says the suspect was arrested a short distance away up on Interstate 95 so far, he has not been named by Law Enforcement and has not yet given investigators a statement joining us right now, cnns Randi Kaye, shes live outside the Trump International Golf Course. Carlos suarez is live outside maralago. Randy, let me go to you right away walk us through. First of all, what youre seeing, what youre hearing kring, where you are well, if i can tell you that this is very much an active Crime Scene where we are outside Trump International Golf Club, but there has been steady stream of Crime Scene vans coming in and out of here from the Palm Beach County Sheriffs department. So they feel actively investigating what happened hours ago inside that Golf Club. Also, this is Summit Boulevard here behind me, one of three very heavily trafficked areas that surround Trump International Golf Club. And as you can see, there is no traffic here behind me at all. This boulevard has completely closed off the area really still is wolf essentially under lockdown, there are police flashing lights its and barricades as far as the eye can see, no cars except for the media and other Law Enforcement are getting in and out of this area. But this all went down as you know, hours ago, theres 27 holes here at this Golf Club. And between somewhere between the fifth and sixth hole, apparently, those Secret Service members, as you said, did spot the barrel of a Rifle Poking through the fence and they were able to engage that apparent gunman and alleged gunman and then were able to chase him down up Interstate 95 and apprehended tim. So still so many questions, wolf at this hour. But one thing we do know is that there doesnt seem to be any threat to the community even though it is still under lockdown, official officials are saying that even though theres they know that the parents were concerned, theres an Elementary School in the area, theres a Public Library in the area. They said youll be able to get your children to school and there isnt any immediate threat right now. How but as i mentioned, certainly a lot of questions. Who is this gunman . What was he doing here . How did he get to the fifth somewhere between the fifth and sixth hold apparently we know he didnt go through the front gate here youre at Trump International. Theres heavy security and Law Enforcement there at that front gate. So that was not going to happen for him. So its unclear how oh, he got settled in that area, what he was planning to do. We know he had those two backpacks, the ak47 Style Rifle, according to Law Enforcement, as well as a gopro. So still wolf despite the hours, still many, many questions as we go forward tonight, and we will continue to check back with you, randi. Thanks very much. Kaitlan back to you yes we also Carlos Suarez on the scene outside of Trumps Club in maralago until 15 minutes away from from where Randi Kaye is in carlos. Obviously, we heard earlier as all this is happening this afternoon the Trump Campaign headquarters is also in west Palm Beach. The what are their major offices . It was locked down because staff was on the scene as all of this was happening as there were reports shots fired, and people were still trying to figure out what exactly was going on. What can you tell us and i should note that lockdown has since been lifted. Im told by sources but what can you tell us about the Security Presence where you are right now, what youre seeing yeah. Kaitlan. So its important to note that a lot of the Security Measures that were seeing outside of marrakesh the lago they were put in place after the first attempted assassination that took place in pennsylvania, a Southern Boulevard which connects the mainland and Palm Beach is open at this hour, though there are two Command Posts that have been set up by the Sheriffs Office there right now, not stopping any cars that are trying to get out onto Palm Beach there is a small island that does sits between the mainland and Palm Beach that is normally open to the public. And so folks are able to park there cars there and get a look at the property. However, that has been closed by Law Enforcement. And so folks are not able to stop there. And then once you get onto Palm Beach, there is its a Road South Ocean boulevard that runs along the perimeter of the maralago resort, that again has been closed since the first attempted assassination took place. It is closed every single time that the former president is at his property. And so only folks that live in the neighborhood or that are visiting someone who lives in this neighborhood are able to get out onto Palm Beach. Were about ten to 15 minutes from where Randi Kaye is where this incident took place at the Golf Course. And it took us a little bit more time to get to this location from there because as randy mentioned, there are several streets that have been closed as this investigation unfolds. And so for us to get from that location here, we kind of had to go through some different sites treats just to get out east from where this took place. The last time that we were at this location was in late july, that was when israeli prime Minister Benjamin yahoo paid a visit to the former president. And we saw these type of similar Security Measures that were in place at the time. Then they have carried over into today. And in fact at kaitlan and wolf, were being told that before the former president made his way back to maralago after this incident at the Golf Course, it appears that he may have been held up a bit because authorities were still trying to make sure that the perimeter of that Golf Course was safe. But then also the roads that he was going to take, again, ten to 15 minutes from here were also saved for him and to travel guys thank you so much for that report. Standby because well if we do have some Breaking News right now now i want to get to cnns John Miller. We did not have a name of the person who was in custody earlier. Obviously, Law Enforcement had it, but they were not revealing it to us at that time. But John Miller, youve been doing some reporting. What can you tell us . Well, weve been working with the name for some time to develop background on this individual the individual whos in custody is ryan wesley, Ralph He Born in 1966. He is 58yearsold. He has been living in hawaii. He is Construction Worker in North Carolina. When you look at his background on the criminal side, he has what appears to be eight arrests mostly for minor offenses but in his Social Media, he goes deep into his his selfproclaimed involvement in the conflict in ukraine. His efforts to recruit soldiers and bring them into the country his claims that he has been there possibly as a fighter so they are looking and digging deeper into his background. And of course, one of the things they are looking at is what is the motive . And what was the purpose of not only this alleged attempt to assassinate former President Trump, but also to record it on a Gopro Camera if not stream is for what purpose is It Propaganda . Does it have to do with one of these issues or conflicts hes been interested in is it tied to the grain . All of these still open questions now, but we are beginning to get a layered picture of the individual that they have in custody john, let me just follow up on that ukrainian aspect of this. If this individual was in favor of ukraine and wanting the u. S. To help ukraine at that at that debate that trump was specifically asked if he supports ukraine would what would he do as far as ukraine is concerned . And its very, very vague on his level of support for the ukrainian government. So its presumably thats one area of investigation. What, if any, connection to trumps position on ukraine could have played in this attempted assassination. Is that what im hearing . And that will be and there has been much discussion and you and kaitlan are very familiar with this about trumps claims that he then ukraine would have never happened if he were here, that he could end it within a couple of of days if he were reelected. But theres been much speculation that that has less to do with support of zelenskyy in that war than his desire to go a different direction. So could that be a motive from somebody who has been proclaiming on Social Media that they are committed to that fight. And committed to getting soldiers and committing to getting support for them some of the things we have read through involves his call to get former afghan fighters and to funnel them into the ukraine so there is apparently a significant interest there now, whether that is the motive is really secondary in the immediate sense to Law Enforcement because their primary job right now is lets lock this down. Lets figure out what the charges are going to be. State charges as the States Attorney indicated, a Detention Hearing to make sure this individual is kept in custody. Federal charges to follow based on what the the u. S. Attorney and the fbi bring forward, and then motive will come behind that we may not expect to hear a lot about that in the immediate sense, but itll be a great interest to us and well keep digging into that do we know john if this suspect served in the u. S military where he may have been trained to use a firearm we dont see that have claims in his Social Media that he has been overseas fighting in ukraine, which would explain a couple of things for first off, it might explain his favoring the ak47 the rifle that is most popular in eastern europe. And russia and those conflicts but it also might explain the pm his setup the ceramic plates were Body Armor and so on. But again, as you know where the early stages of this and peeling back the layers of his life as Andy Mccabe said, is going to mean going through all of his electronics not just what we can see frontfacing on Social Media, but all of those things headed hidden behind it, coming from Hawaii Living in North Carolina the vehicle he is driving apparently is registered to his daughter she may live in the area but we dont have a handle on how long he has been in the South Florida Area or whether he just traveled there to carry out this mission allegedly you say how old did you say he was John Hes born in 1958. I mean, im sorry. Hes born in 1966, which makes him 58 well, Andrew Mccabe, when youre hearing that the profile as were learning more about this, john just mentioned the extensive Social Media postings that obviously investigators are going through. But also this is a person who has a criminal record. Its been arrested eight times. Johnson for minor offenses what else are officials looking into when it comes to something like that well, its really the whole picture they want kaitlan, they want to know not only where this guy was from and what motivated in this day, but like kinda what it was his journey that brought him to this point because it tells us a lot about extremism. Generally, it tells us a lot about threat. The sort of things that for instance, in this case, Secret Service, maybe it needs to think more about in terms of the protection of the form former president. But look the small clues like the fact that hes been arrested eight times, might mitigate against the likelihood of his having had significant it can Military Experience also, things happened after his Military Experience it seems from the details that john has been able to provide the most really relevant piece or those comments about having served in ukraine that could form the basis of some sort of grievance or political or ideological philosophy that would put him could put him in conflict with the former president. So Thats Something that investigators will dig into while its not necessary to prove Someones Modus two when in the course of a prosecution, it can be very helpful improving their Intent And Intent is an element of every crime. Theres always you always have to prove that the person youve charged intended to commit the crime that theyve been charged with . Here, theyre going to look for pieces of evidence that clearly lay out his reason for being in the bushes with an ak47, looking at the Golf Course was because he was targeting the former president. Theyre going to need to be able to prove that in order to convict him of attempted assassination but it is like well, if hes this prolific on Social Media and he hasnt taken the steps that are very advanced shooter might have taken to clean their Social Media accounts before they actually took some sort of action. If hes left this stuff out there and its still visible for the General Public to see theres, gonna be a lot of evidence for investigators to sort through to understand exactly what was making him Tick Today its interesting and i want to bring you Chief Ramsey into this as well. Chief for what jumped out to you from the details that John Miller is now reporting . About this suspect well, i mean, theres a lot first of all, now we have a name and an age and thats critically important because that we didnt have before but facts like you just finished talking to andy about, you know, his attitude toward the war in ukraine, the fact that he claims he fought there and was recruiting people to go fight does that make it a motive . Not necessarily, but its certainly something thats going to cause them to want to take a deeper look at that. And again, the social Media Aspect of this mean hes 58yearsold and does have Social Media footprint, not that older people dont, but it shows that hes very active on Social Media. He did have a gopro, so he was planning on filming himself and he wanted to leave that behind in my opinion, if he had been successful and so all these things are i think important clues. But the most important clues are going to come from execution of a Search Warrants. Any evidence theyre able to gather from his home of business, interviewing friends, family a smartphones, all those kinds of things, thats where the evidence is going to really come from. And thats what theyre actively working right now. And now that his name out there obviously, theres going to be a lot of interest in tracking down friends and relatives of this individual well, wolf, just as were reporting on this and we are getting new information by the moment. I also just want to report some more news that im hearing from sources. Our colleagues have also confirmed, which is that in recent days, the Trump Campaign was briefed by us intelligence officials about new indications that iran was planning to increase its attempt to attack former President Donald Trump and those around him were hearing this from sources. Is this something that was briefed to the Trump Campaign . I should note, and i want to be very clear. Were here, we dont know that this new intelligence in this new briefing that the Trump Campaign got about this attempt by iran to escalate its attack on Donald Trump is it all related to this second attempted assassination that happened today on and his Golf Course. But it does speak to the Threat Environment that is facing him and has been facing him for several months now, as we learned earlier this summer about these attempts, im told that this was related to both the physical and also a potential cyber Attack Wolf and i just want to get back to you, Andrew Mccabe on this reporting and while we dont know that as anything to do with what happened today what it says about overall, what, what the sea good Service And Homeland security and officials are taking into account what it tells us. It gives us a very small insight into a very, very troubling, complicated diverse threats that are facing our political leadership today. And the fact that theyve been briefed on these threats means that the Intelligence Community considers them credible and reliable and things that they feel like the Secret Service and those engaged in protecting the former president really need to take action on. This brings us back to the conversation we had a little a little while ago where we were commenting on how is it that this could happen two times in just a couple of months and that someone could get this close to the president from just kind of poking in from through the, through the fence at the Golf Course theres always attention between protectees and the protective service particularly when the protectee is someone whos running for office they want to be available, they want to be within reach and interacting with the General Public. They dont want to typically project an image that looks fearful of threats and hyper focused on on security on the other hand, the Secret Service that typically like the lockdown, every detail they possibly could and never let the protectee in this case, the former president leave the house obviously, neither one of those extremes is going to happen. You have to find some sort of Balance And Middle but you could really see some changes in the way that Donald Trump conducts himself. In the next couple of months as a result of this. And one of those could be you know, not spending quite so much time on the Golf Course and places and wide open where you could really be accessed or scene create those opportunities, have line of sight or you may see a massive bolstering of resources around the perimeter for have that Golf Course. If you put a couple of marked cars all along, those four streets that border out, border the course. Youd, youd really cut down on a lot of the opportunity for anyone to sneak into that Wood Line and conduct some mischief. So theres this is only going to get worse as we get closer to the election people who are compelled to act, whether theyre lone actors or people who are driven by foreign intelligence halogens, organizations are going, are getting there in an increasingly compressed time period to conduct the actions or operations that they want to conduct. And so this is it this is the fourth quarter every every possible Security Element needs to be taken out of the Toolbox Track now and put, put to good effect yeah, i suspect that security is going to be really, really tightened at every event that trump is going to be doing from now until november, all these public events that are going on given these past two Assassination Attempts, everyone. Thank you very, very much. We of course, are going to continue following all this major Breaking News. The fbi says it is investigating this apparent Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump down in florida. The former president thank god is safe now back at his maralago home, kaitlan yeah. I just want to thank everyone for joining us as weve been following this Breaking News, wolf for the last several hours, well filter in washington, are Breaking News Coverage is going to continue can you stay here with Cnn And Erin burnett a quick Break Cnn News central weekdays. Thats seven eastern how do i love the let me count the ways messy good thing. Theres resolved love the love, resolve the mess the Ups Store is more than just the Shipping Store where the Packet Shipping Guarantee its door we know running a Small Business takes a lot of grit. So weird though weve got your backstory because when you trust us to pack and shipping guaranteed so itll get into the hands of your customers safely which is why with a stamp, our word, guaranteed store this is the Ups Store. 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