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
By a convicted felon, and possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number. He has an extensive criminal history including possessing a weapon of mass destruction, a machine gun. Just Yesterday Routh was able to get within 500 yards of mr. Trump, armed with a semiautomatic rifle, just two months after the former president was shot in another attempt on his life. All that is raising big questions about the level of security around the former president. Hes not the sitting president. If he was, we would have had the entire Golf Course surrounded. Because hes not, security is limited to the areas the Secret Service deems possible, but the Secret Service did exactly what they should have done. They provided exactly what the protection should have been, and their agent did a fantastic job. Mr. Trump was unharmed after the Secret Service spotted the Rifle Scope hidden in the bushes while trump was on the Golf Course. This was in the perimeter, the bushes on the perimeter, the agent o
In court amid revelations the father gave his 14yearold son an Ar15style Rifle after both had been questioned about alleged threats the boy made to carry out a school shooting. The teenage suspect was in the same courtroom, shackled and tried as an adult. Its now a campaign issue. J. D. Vance on the defense after the Harris Campaign pounced on him saying he wishes School Shootings were not a fact of life. I dont like that this is a fact of life. If you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets. We have to bolster security at our schools so that a person who walks through the front door good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington with Donald Trump speaking in new York City just at this hour. He has been lashing out at his multiple legal cases and at the judge overseeing them and at the Justice Department. The former president claiming again that he has no idea who e. Jean carroll is. The writer who won her sexual Assault And Defa
former vice president and current 2024 rival. i did check in with not only the governor, but other governors in states going through the legal process of reviewing their election results but there was no pressure. involved. also in baltimore, the search for suspects intensifying after a weekend mass shooting at a neighborhood street party killing two with dozens of more wounded. three critically. many of them teenagers. the mayor of baltimore reacting on morning joe ahead of his press conference this hour. we re not going to stop until we find those people and hold them accountable. we re not just going to stop there. we re going to find out who trafficked the gun, sold that gun and even if it s the manufacturer, everybody in the chain has to be held accountable. and millions and millions of americans are under extreme weather threats today including severe storm and hail warnings along the east coast. temperatures that could hit 120 degrees in the california desert
steve kornacki will join me from the big board to break it all down. this afternoon, president biden will honor the 19 children and two teachers who lost their lives one year ago today in the horrific uvalde mass shooting. after a moment of silence this hour coming up, in texas, across the state for the victims, their families and the community. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where speaker mccarthy just outlined his views about the debt ceiling stalemate, which a democratic official is calling, quote, a speed you bump in comments to nbc news, as the talks resume at the white house this hour, shifting from capitol hill. the treasury secretary re-emphasized this morning that there is only one week left, and that doesn t count the time needed to get a bill through both houses of congress. mccarthy said he would give his house 72 hours to read the bill once there s an agreement. the big obstacle, the size and scope of spending cuts that republicans are