The Secret Services protective methodologies work and they are sound, and We Saw that yesterday. But the way we are positioned right now in this dynamic threat environment, it has given me guidance to say, you know what, we need to look at what our protective methodology is. We need to get out of a reactive model and get to a readiness model. The Acting Director of the Secret Service calling for changes to the agency following sundays apparent Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump. Well bring you the very latest in that investigation. Meanwhile, the former president and his Running Mate are blaming the rhetoric from democrats for the latest attempt on his life. But its their lies about haitian migrants in springfield, ohio, that are having a real impact on that community as threats of violence continue to Shutdown Schools there. Well get into all of that straight ahead. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, september 17th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the latest developments surrounding the apparent Assassination Attempt against Donald Trump. According to the federal criminal complaint, the Suspect 58yearold Ryan ruoth, was in the area for about 12 hours before the Secret Service spotted him on sunday and opened fire. Authorities said routh did not fire a shot nor did he have a clear line of sight to shoot at trump. He had a Semiautomatic Rifle with a scope as well as two bags some food. When he fled the scene he left behind his phone. Authorities say his sell data shows he may have been hiding from 2 00 in the morning to 1 30 in the afternoon when he was found. The Martin Canty Sheriffs Office released this Video Yesterday of his arrest. He was taken into custody without incident. He was found driving on the highway nearly 50 miles away from the Golf Course after police say a witness took a picture of the car he was in. So that suspect in the apparent Assassination Attempt is now charged with two federal counts. They include possession of a Firearm And Possession of a firearm with a obliterated serial number. The charges carry a sentence of up to 20 years. Routh appeared in a Nra Court with a hearing that took a matter of minutes. He was seemingly called. When asked about his earnings he told the judge he had no money to his name but owns two trucks in hawaii that are worth about 1,000 each. He also revealed that he has a 25yearold son. Routh is being represented by a Public Defender and is due back in court for a Bond Hearing next monday. He could face additional charges as the investigation continues. So Donald Trump spoke publicly about sundays apparent Assassination Attempt and doing so for the first time Last Night. During an Extwitter Space Event with a crypto currency entrepreneur, trump recalled the moment on his Golf Corts and then praised the Secret Service agents who rushed to action. Take a listen. I was playing golf with some of my friends. It was on a sunday morning, and very peaceful, very beautiful weather. Everything was beautiful, nice place to be. And all of a sudden we heard shots being fired in the air, and i guess probably four or five, and it sounded like bullets, but what do i know about that . The Secret Service knew immediately it was bullets, and they grabbed me. I was with an agent, and the agent did a fantastic job. There was no question that we were off that course. I would have loved to have sank that last putt, but we decided to get out of there. Joining us now clint watts. Lets get your reaction to several new details we learned yesterday. First, the suspect had been in the area for 12 hours, had some supplies, began hiding in the bushes starting around 2 00 in the morning. What does that speak to you, his level of dedication and that Secret Service was able to confront him before he was able to get a clear line of sight or take a shot at the former president . Yeah, really unusual, jonathan. Really two factors when you look at this. Why was that individual able to get up to that Fence Line and stay there for so long . But at the same time the head of the secret Service Yesterday noted it wasnt really a planned golf outing, meaning they maybe didnt have enough time to do all of the sweeps that they might normally do. Look at this, though, with the Threat Situation we have seen this time and time again where there is one shooting, oftentimes Theres Someone else considering doing a shooting that might undertake an attack, and here we go just a few weeks later another person with what seems to be entirely different motives picking a place to try and potentially kill the former president. So looking at all of this, it comes down to two things. Do you have Threat Intelligence on what these threats might be . Very difficult to do when the former president is on the Campaign Trail going to lots of different locations. Second, if, again, as we have seen so many times you start looking back through the history, this gentleman has a very checkered past with many criminal violations. Everything that you read and see posted about him and his conduct when he went to ukraine briefly and the plans he was trying to put together make almost no sense at all. And many have noted that he was not necessarily stable, or they didnt trust him. So all the things put together, this isnt surprising, unfortunately, we had this kind of attack. I think therell be some questions how do we get out in front of this when we dont know who the attacker might be, but we do know wholl be attacked and thats other the Vice President or the former president on the Campaign Trail. The charges against him are all about possession of firearms, nothing about targeting trump. I assume thats because he never actually was able to, but please explain that to us. And secondly, have we learned anything else about motive here . Youre right, his political ideology seems to be all over the place and not particularly coherent. Yeah, jonathan, on the charges ive not heard the shooter actually fired a shot. If youre looking at attempted assassination or attempted murder, usually theres on overt act. What they have right now is they went with two charges, which is the firearm charges, which they can pursue. That gives them a little more time to continue the investigation, find out his the intent, was that actually what he was trying to do . Then they could pursue potentially more charges as they go. This would be the first volley and i would not be surprised if there was a second volley. Just in terms of this individual Shooter Everything from supporting taiwan, talking about venezuela, can then a lot of focus on ukraine, traveling to ukraine, at one point, but also labeled by those in ukraine as a fraudster or a part of a goofy plan to try to bring former afghan soldiers through iran to ukraine. Theres numerous instances when you look at both Social Media and communication on websites where he posted about these things. They seem absolutely crazy. Theyre not solid plans. And this person was noted by someone that had come back as an extremely violent person concerning to everyone inside ukraine. Again, it points to this nature. Once one of these attacks kicks off like We Saw two months ago several other people around the world may be thinking about doing an attack of some sort and unclear ideological motivations but show up to try to take an attack and the point of attack is thing you know theyre going after former President Trump in this case, and an unfortunate Thing Weve seen over the last decade whether its isis, you know, other attacks domestically and now going after former President Trump. Yeah, on the domestic front hes made some small donations to democrats. At the same time, on Social Media made clear supporting republicans including at one point Donald Trump himself. National Security Analyst for nbc News And Msnbc Analyst Clint watts, thank you for starting us off this morning. Well talk to you again very soon. President Joe Biden denounced the Assassination Attempt on his Predecessor Yesterday and said that the Secret Service needs more help. Take a listen to his remarks as he left the White House and then again later at an event in philadelphia. Thank god the president s okay. I think we got a full report so far. But one thing i want to make clear, the service needs more help, and i think that congress should respond to their needs. Let me just say there is no and i mean this at the bottom of my heart for those of you who know me and many of you do no place for political violence in america. None, zero, never. Ive always condemned political violence and always will in america. In america we resolve our differences peacefully at the Ballot Box not at the end of a gun. Americas suffered too many times the tragedy of an assassins bullet. It solves nothing and just tears the country apart. We must do everything we can to prevent it and never give it any oxygen. Senate Majority Leader Chuck schumer said yesterday that the upper chamber is ready to provide the Secret Service with more resources in the upcoming government funding bill. Schumer said he spoke to it Acting Director of the Secret Service about the Assassination Attempt. The Acting Director for his part said his agency has immediate needs that must be addressed. What i can tell you is that we have immediate needs right now, and we have great support not only from President Biden, and you saw his public statement today, where he said that, you know, hes going to direct his staff to make sure the Secret Service has the resources it needs. Were having fantastic conversations with members of congress. Success, we have to have it every day. We cannot have failures. And in order to do that, were going to have some hard conversations with congress, and were going to achieve that. Sasad reality heard from many Law Enforcement officials in the last 40 hours, just an extraordinary historic number of threats against Donald Trump, against Vice President harris, and yes, still President Biden as well. The Secret Services resources testing the limit, and thats even before the United Nations General Assembly begins next week in New York. Next up here, more Bomb Threats in springfield, ohio, as former President Trump and his Running Mate, j. D. Vance, continue to promote false claims about migrants eating peoples pets. Plus, well bring you the latest on a possible tiktok ban. Well go over what happened in Court Yesterday as the social Media Company challenges a law that would force the app to sell to a nonchinese owner. Those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. Check on sports and weather when we come right back what the biggest companies deliver is exceptional customer experience. 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During an Interview Yesterday here in washington, clinton was asked about her reaction to hearing about trump being targeted for a second time, and the Gop Nominee placing the blame on President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. It was horror. I mean this is such a terrible thing to happen twice in our country in a relatively short period of time, and its frightening to see violence being threatened and used in a, you know, political campaign. I worry about threats. I worry about whats being said online about many, many people not just the former president. And he should be doing if he were really a leader, he should be doing what he can to calm the waters, not try to just continue to throw, you know, Red Meat out there to get people riled up. In a related story, threats continue to disrupt springfield, ohio, following trump and his Running Mates lies about haitian migrants. Two Elementary Schools were evacuated yesterday due to unspecified threats and information received by the local police there. That brings the total to six City Schools targeted in just the past week. This was the third School Day interrupted by threats in springfield since Trump And J. D. Vance began to spread lies about haitian migrants eating pets and wildlife. The states republican governor, mike dewine, Nounced State Troopers would be providing extra security for the foreseeable future at the districts 18 school Buildings Merchandise but dewine did Dodge Questions yesterday about whether Trump And Vance are to blame for his situations. How dangerous are these lies . And do you place any blame on trump and his Running Mate, j. D. Vance . Well, first of all, you know, the Immigration Issue and the Border Issue is a very, very legitimate issue. And i think the president certainly and the Vice President ial candidate have an obligation to talk about the effect talking about it. But this is separate. But my job i think is to reflect exactly whats going on in springfield. When the mayor tells us and the chief of police tells us theres been no evidence at all of anyone eating a dog or haitians doing that. These haitians that are there are legal. Do you place any blame on trump or his Running Mate, j. D. Vance in. Look, im not here to place blame. Im here to tell what were seeing on the ground. Well have more on that story throughout the morning. Meanwhile, lawyers for tiktoks parent company, bytedance has asked a panel of federal judges to decide by December 6th whether a law should go into effect. The law which is effectively on pause while tiktoks legal challenge works its way through the courts would require the platform to be divested from bytedance and sold to u. S. Ownership before January 19th or it would face a ban in the united states. According to the New York times, two of the judges expressed some skepticism around tiktoks arguments that congress lacks the authority to pass such a law and its defense that it was being unfairly singled out. However however the court of appeals rules, legal experts expect the losing party would appeal that to the supreme court. Elsewhere, the international brotherhood of teamsters, one of the largest unions in the country could endorse a candidate in the president ial race as soon as tomorrow. This comes after they met with Vice President Harris Yesterday in what was described as a tense meeting while she defended the labor unions policies and treat the union fairly with or without its backing. Now, to be clear most major unions have already endorsed harris including the United Auto Workers and the aflcio. The teamsters have historically endorsed democratic president ial candidates. 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