Possessing a semy automatic rifle. The individual s name is ryan wesley routh. Age 58 according to senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter. The suspect is in custody. A short while ago the palm beach county described the scene where they found him. Now in the bushes where this guy was, is an ak47 style rifle, two backpacks which were honed on the fence that had ceramic tile in them and a go pro which he was going the take pictures of. Reporter: they later released these images on what they found on the suspect. That backpack, the go pro camera and an ak47. Wesley routh lives in hawaii but previously lived in greensboro, north carolina. Some of his previous facebooks and linked inaccounts have been identified. We re checking in with you pretty regularly as we learn more about the suspect. We now have learned a little bit more about his background. His criminal record, social media profile. Give us the composite of what we re learning about who this man is in the early hou
Shooting into the Golf Course . You when the shots go off, there are going to be people very close to the gunshots calling 911. So theres a lot of information out there i suspect. Yeah, i know. I wonder chief, could you help underscore the complications of already its very difficult and challenging for you his detail, especially after an attempted assassination, but now were talking about on a Golf Course you know, obviously he has his own security there at his international Golf Course there. And that in addition to his own secret Service Detail, but give us an idea about the complications of trying to provide security anticipate any and all things while the former president is playing golf well, i mean, the Secret Service is trained in that area. I mean, we know he was on the Golf Course. I dont think we know yet whether or not the shots were fired from the Golf Course or or not . It could have been outside the Golf Course. We just dont know and as steve said before, you know, one of
Include golf. The problems that they will have to add resources that continue to be out in the open to ensure, even drones, particularly, to ensure they got the area covered and they feel safe that they are not within proximity of a sniper shot. Stay with us and for all of you joining us here. We are at the top of the Hour. 3 00 p. M. Here on the east coast. Critical news that happened about one Hour and five or 10 minutes ago in West Palm Beach, florida, while on the trump international Golf Course, the Secret Service stepped in because they heard gunshots. They do not know if this was a target for former President Donald Trump are not. There is no confirmation of that, but of course, in the effort to have safety around the former president , they whisked him away. This is what were getting from the Secret Service. They have taken him someplace safe. We do not know if you someplace within the trump international Golf Course, located in West Palm Beach but that is in close proximity to
The spacex crew today. The Recovery Ship plugged plot their capsule in the Gulf Of Mexico and it marks the end of a historic mission which includes the first civilian spacewalk. The crews reached higher limits than any other since the apollo 2 mission in 1972. Austin davis will join us and a Court Decision friday that could have a huge impact on the president ial race. Very good day to all of you from Msnbc World headquarters in New York. Welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports, again with decision 2024, just 51 days to go until the election. Early in Person Voting in pennsylvania starts tomorrow as a new Abc Poll shows a still tight race with Vice President , harris at 52 of likely voters while former President Donald Trump stands at 46 . On the issue, the Vice President leads on abortion, healthcare and protecting Democracy And Trump leads on immigration, the economy and inflation. One republican Surrogate Today say the economy is a winning issue for trump. If you look at the economy
Was about having the chance to not talk notjust about a particular Step Or Tactic but a strategy in relation to ukraine. Vladimir putin says lifting these restrictions would represent the nato alliances direct participation in the ukraine war. We heard the same argument from Russias Representative at the un. Translation if the decision to lift restrictions is really taken, from that moment, nato countries are conducting direct war with russia. In this case, we will have to take the relevant decisions with all the consequences for this that the western aggressors would face. Ukraine very much wants to be able to use these weapons. Our Security Correspondent Gordon Corera explains why. These are the western weapons at the heart of todays debate. They include american atacms and this, the british Storm Shadow system, which has a range of at least 250 kilometres. Storm shadow has already been used by ukraine against a russian base in occupied crimea last year, but up until now the countri