Im Ana Cabrera reporting from New York. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. And good morning. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with a scandal in battleground, North Carolina, that could have national implications. Mark robinson is facing pressure to leave the race after allegations he made racist and lewd comments on a pornography site, including declaring in one post that he was a black nazi. Robinson who is North Carolinas lieutenant governor, is denying the allegations and vowing to stay in the race. This is not us. These are not our words. This is not anything that is characteristic of me, nor has it ever been. Folks here also know my character. They know who i am. They know my voice, so to speak. This is not my voice. This is not things we would ever say or even think. Cnn published the string of incendiary comments it says it found on the Message Board dating back to 2008, well before robinson began his political career. Nbc
The Champions League taking place today. Manchester city are opening their European Campaign against inter milan, a repeat of the 2023 final which city won as they completed the treble. Its still goalless at the etihad. No goals in the game between last years runners up Borussia Dortmud who are in belgium to play club brugge, but Liam Scales has put celtic 1 0 up against slovan bratislava. Psg girona still 0 0. Earlier Sparta Prague were 3 0 winners over Rb Salzburg and it was all square between Bolgna And Shaktar donesk. Vivianne miedema scored on her Manchester City debut to help her side to a big lead over Paris Fc in their Champions League second round qualifier. City travelled to paris without Record Goal Scorer Khadija Shaw after they failed to file a visa application. They still won 5 0. Arsenal were beaten by swedish side hecken. Juventus were 3 1 winners against psg. Roma won by the same scoreline against swiss side servette. Two games under way in the English Leaue cup 3rd ro
Course. The trump international golf club spreads across 330 acres, and donald trump plays there regularly. Located in west palm beach in florida, the course is a tenminute drive from his home at maralago. The club s perimeter is more than three miles long. This is one part of it, right by a public road. There s a chainlink fence. Beyond that, you can easily see the course. And this was the route donald trump was taking during his round. He d reached hole five. According to police, as the former president played, secret service agents walked one hole ahead, as is standard. And we re told those agents spotted a rifle sticking out of the fence. Bbc verify has concluded it was somewhere in this area, which was later cordoned off. Police say mr trump was between 300 and 500 yards away, within range of the rifle. They also released this image of a rifle fitted with a scope, two backpacks and a camera attached to the fence. These events in florida happened while donald trump s safety during
Its blocked. They blocked it off. The I 95 in florida, and pictures taken by a Passing Motorist show a large number of police surrounding a vehicle. Law enforcement officers have just detained a man suspected of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. He was driving the black car seen here at the side of the road. The former president was playing golf on his own course when a number of gunshots were heard. A secret Service Agent had spotted a Rifle Being pointed from bushes at the edge of the course. They have an agent Thatjumps One Hole ahead of time to where the president was at, and he was able to spot this Rifle Barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engage that individual, at which time the individual took off. The police recovered what they say is an ak 47 Style Rifle with a scope, two backpacks containing Ceramic Tiles, and a gopro camera. We are not sure right now if the individual was able to take a shot at our agents, but for sure our agents were able to to engage w
Security had been tightened around the republican president ial Election Candidate after an Assassination Attempt injuly. Graham satchell reports. Its blocked. They blocked it off. The I 95 in florida, and pictures taken by a Passing Motorist show a large number of police surrounding a vehicle. Law enforcement officers have just detained a man suspected of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. He was driving the black car seen here at the side of the road. The former president was playing golf on his own course when a number of gunshots were heard. A secret Service Agent had spotted a Rifle Being pointed from bushes at the edge of the course. They have an agent Thatjumps One Hole ahead of time to where the president was at, and he was able to spot this Rifle Barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engage that individual, at which time the individual took off. The police recovered what they say is an Ak 47 Style Rifle with a scope, two backpacks containing Ceramic Tiles, and