Thanks. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, the man accused of pointing a rifle in the direction of former President Donald Trump, what authorities are calling a second Assassination Attempt made his first appearance in Court Today and seemed to enjoy himself there. Ryan roth managed to get within a few hundred yards of the republican nominee during a Golf Outing sunday at trump international Golf Club near the former president s florida home. A secret Service Agent spotted him in a wooded area near a fence with a weapon and then opened fire. Chasing him away until his capture a short time later. There are calls for a change to the Trump Security Strategy after the second apparent Assassination Attempt in two months. We begin with Correspondent Danamarie Mcknowledge in West Palm Beach tonight. Good evening, danamarie. Good evening, bret. Officials say that ruth was camped outside trumps Golf Course for me toly 12 Hours Yesterday with food and a rifle.
Odonnell good evening and thank you for joining us. Tonight the u. S. Is seeing a dangerous increase in coronavirus cases in the south and west that could have implications for the entire country, especially as more young people are becoming infected. As america pushes forward with reopening, half of all states are now averaging more new cases each day than they have in weeks. Tonight one out of every five new infections globally is from right here in the u. S. And with florida and texas setting new records for positive tests, the governors there are warning they may need to crack down on those who arent social distancing. Tonight more than 120,000 people have been killed by coronavirus in the u. S. , and there are more than 2. 3 million confirmed cases nationwide. The white house says those increases are due to steppedup saying he ordered testing to be slowed down as a way to keep the number of infections from looking too large. All of this in sharp contrast to whats happening in new
in the south, the white house promising help for the communities ravaged by powerful tornadoes this weekend. we re live in one of the hardest hit areas. plus new details surrounding the grand jury investigating the hush money payment made during the 2016 campaign. who just testified and what he could say. we re live in paris thousands of protesters are blocking trains and streets once again over the plan to raise the pension age. we begin this very busy hour with the latest on the deadly shooting at the school in nashville. this morning the heartbroken community is in mourning after three students, all 9 years old, were gunned down along with three adults by a 28-year-old former student. today we re learning new details about the victims of the tragedy. among them the head master, a substitute teacher and the custodian. the children were 9 years old. police say a sense of resentment may have played a role in the attack adding the suspect had a map of the school and cond
according to a preliminary i understand denlt autopsy he suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating. overnight the memphis police chief vowed absolute accountability for those held responsible. i m a mother. i m a caring human being who wants the best for all of us. this is not just a professional failing. this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. all five of the officers involved in that incident have been fired. the nichols family now calling for them to be charged with murder. cnn s sara sidner is in memphis this morning with the very latest. when we hear from the family, it is absolutely sara. what do we know? the family has said we re going to get justice for tyre, if it s the last breath i breathe. that came from his mother. she talked about never having her son walk through the door again. she said he would always come in and say hello parents. she and his step dad, as you might
Message delivered and what might be next . Effectively an ultimatum for Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, that either he puts the National Interest ahead of his purse its not the interest either. He does whats best for israel or he goes within benny gantz as words, the radicals and his government or reference presumably to the farright ministers Bezalel Smotrich and tamar bengvir. Either he goes with the nation or the radicals, or else benny gantz will leave this government and you recall back in the aftermath of the hamas Terrorist Attacks of october the seventh, benny gantz was the one of the leaders of the opposition. He decided to go into the government, into the war cabinet effectively to ensure that netanyahus running of this war wasnt held hostage to the far right elements in his government and as a result, its important to understand that the way that the war has been playing out has been a result, not just that Prime Minister netanyahu and his broader cabinet, but really the