John Brandnew Details this hour. The second Assassination Attempt of former President Trump, the suspect Ryan Routh in custody and federally charged. New records show he spent nearly 12 hours near the Golf Course before being spotted in the trees. I am John Roberts in washington. Good day to you. Imagine if that Agent Hadnt spotted him. The story we are telling today could be quite different. Gillian the barrel of that rifle pointing out at him through a Chainlink Fence and a whole bunch of bushes. Its quite extraordinary when you think about it. John sharp eyes. Gillian better him out there than me. I am Gillian Turner in for Sandra Smith and this is america reports. Take a look at that spread the map shows just how close this guy was in the vicinity to former President Trump. This sheriff said the house back was hiding 300500 yards away from of the former president. In shrubbery along the course. Gillian they spotted a Rifle Poking out of a fence where the x was marked. And thats whe
Welcome back. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart alongside my Friend And Colleague Ana Cabrera in New York. We begin this hour with the latest on what the fbi is calling an attempted second Assassination Attempt on former president Donald Trump. Right now the suspect in this incident who authorities have identified as 58yearold ryan Wesley Routh is making his first Court Appearance here in west Palm Beach. He was arrested Yesterday Afternoon on interstate 95 about 40 miles north of the Trump Golf Course there and while trump was golfing a secret Service Agent spotted that suspect concealed in the bushes behind a fence and opened fire. Trump was whisked away to safety and was not hurt. This incident comes just over two months after trump was wounded during an attempt on his life during a rally in pennsylvania. And with us now nbcs Garrett Haake here in west Palm Beach, florida. Nbc news national Law Enforcement and sent dense Correspondent Tom Winter in Ne
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Let us listen again to the joint Presser Given by us Law Enforcement officials involved in The Incident and investigation. At 1 30pm, a call come out shots fired called in by the Secret Service. Because we were in constant contact with them all the time, we were notified of that and we immediately sealed up 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 Nissan and i took a picture of the vehicle and the tag. Which was great. We had that information. Our real time crime centre sent that up to the Licence Plate readers, and we were able to get a hit on that vehicle on i95 as it was heading into Martin County. We got a hold of Martin County, Sheriffs Office, alerted them, and they spotted the vehicle and they spotted the vehicle and pulled it over. And detained the guy. After that we took the victim, im sorry, the witness, that witnessed The Incident, took, flew him up there, and he iden