As we continue to monitor that i don 360. How did this man allegedly get within a few hundred yards of the former president, armed authorities say with a rifle and scope how does that square with the secret service s claim? they re providing the highest level of protection also tonight, despite calls from both parties to tamp down the rhetoric, donald trump is amping it up instead. And trump running mate j. D vance defended falsehoods. He spread about haitian immigrants that today brought more threats and school closings to springfield, ohio those are parents waiting for their kids. Springfield s republican mayor joins us tonight. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin with what we know and don t know right now about the apparent second attempt on trump s life. The man arrested yesterday, ryan ruth, was arraigned today on federal gun charges. Authorities today said that ruth did not have the former president in his line of sight. And he was discovered by a secret service agent i
Cnn BreAking News you Are live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jim AcostA in wAshington. We begin this morning with BreAking News. The suspect in the second AppArent AssAssinAtion Attempt on former President DonAld Trump is About to AppeAr in FederAl Court. This lAtest incident hAppened while trump wAs golfing At his club in West PAlm BeAch, floridA, A secret Service Agent noticed the Gun Sticking for offense And fired At A mAn in the bushes who then fled the scene AfterwArd. OfficiAls found An Ak47 Style Rifle with A scope And mAteriAls for A bulletproof vest. This since the Suspect 58yeArold RyAn routh, he hAs posted extensively on SociAl MediA About his politicAl views, including his criticism of former President Trump in meAntime cnns Josh CAmpbell And cArlos suArez, they Are covering All of this for us. They hAve new informAtion on this lAtest AssAssinAtion Attempt. I wAnt to begin outside with cArlos, outside FederAl Court in West PAlm BeAch, floridA. We expect the suspect to be there so
No place in political violence for political violence in america, none, zero. In america we resolve are difference peacefully. The Ballot Box now at The End of a gun and we start with cnns randi kaye, who is following the investigation ryan Wesley Routh may have been laying in wait from his spot in the bushes at trump international Golf Club for nearly 12 hours thats according to Court Documents, unsealed today, showing Routes Phone was in the vicinity of the area. Story cutting as early as 2 00 a. M. Sunday morning prosecutors also revealed in Court Documents that the Serial Number on the rifle recovered from the area where ralph was spotted, was unreadable to the naked eye, just before 2 00 p. M. Secret service notice the barrel of a Rifle Poking through a fence at trump international Golf Club trump was somewhere between the fifth in six hole at the time when you look at the map, you see a roadway very close to holes five and six which it would make sense that that would be a locati
Extremely serious as new details emerge about the alleged crime. And the state of the former President S security also this hour, how this new threat to trump may impact the president ial race as he tries to blame it on the rhetoric of president Joe Biden and Vice President kamala harris. Its a new level of uncertainty tonight. In the already volatile 2024 Election Welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room the skis, cnn Breaking News we just learned that president Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump had what is being described by the White House as a cordial conversation on the phone. That conversation just a short while ago were told the president conveyed his relief that trump is safe after so the apparent attempt to assassinate him. And this comes as we are breaking down all the new information from a briefing by federal and local authorities, just a little while ago cnns Randi Kaye is on the scene for us
What they found on the suspect. That backpack, the Gopro Camera and nk 47. Ryan Wesley Routh was born in 1966 and according to records he lives in hawaii but previously lived in greensboro, North Carolina. He is in custody in the last few minutes some of the social Media Profiles, facebook page, and his Linkedin Account have been identified. Joining us is Law Enforcement Intelligence correspondent. We are checking in with you as we learn more. We have learned a little more about his background, his criminal record and social Media Profile. Give a composite of what we are learning this man is in the early hours of this investigation. We were told he had a criminal record but we didnt know how extensive it was. According to public records, our research department, he is over 100 criminal charges previously. Most are in North Carolina. The question we are trying to sift through is what was real and made its way to court . What was adjudicated . Was he ever convicted . Did he ever plead gu