Along with charlie hurt and joe concha. Welcome to the big we can show the big story height second assassination attempt on former president donald trump. The republican presidential candidate says he is safe and well after being targeted while golfing at the trump international golf club in west palm beach this afternoon the suspected gunman s car was pulled over by martin county police he was taken into custody. Also found at the scene the shots were fired were weapons. Hanging on a fence there were two bags of goat pro and a long gone over two months ago the former president survived versus attempt during his rally in butler, pennsylvania. Former presid president has resd to the shooting writing there were gunshots in my vicinity. Before rumor starts spiraling out of control, i wanted you to hear this first. I am safe and well. Nothing will slow me down, i will never surrender. Joining us now is host and former chief of staff to attorney general edward meese and the reagan administr
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
Ayman mohyeldin. And i am ali velshi. We are continuing our coverage of the reported gunfire and your president donald trump today in florida. We are learning details about what the fbi is now calling an apparent attempted assassination of the former president s golf course in west palm beach. Florida police can now identify the man who shot. The individual s name, ryan wesley routh, born february 18th, 1966, according to three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter. The suspect is in custody. A short while ago, the west palm beach sheriff s office describe the scene where they found him. No, in the bushes where this guy was is an ak47 style rifle with a scope, two backpacks, which were hung on the fence, that had ceramic tile in them, and a gopro, which he was going to take pictures with point it is shortly after the incident, the trump campaign issued a statement saying that donald trump is safe and unharmed. Abc is reporting that he departed maralago shortly after th
Individual because of Drone Footage. Credit for that. But why did he have any access to that distance with that rifle around the president . That has to be asked. That has to be answered. Boxes are excellent questions we need to have answered this is our continuing coverage of todays Breaking News. Everyone hello i i am Arthel Neville alongside eric shawn. We are reporting shots were fired in the vicinity of former President Trump as he was playing golf in West Palm Beach, florida happened around 2 00 p. M. Eastern time. We are expecting to hear from the palm be beach sheriffs offe in the moment to provide an update. Sean hannity has been reporting along with us, this entire hour. Sean was actually invited to play that round of golf with the president this morning but he declined, he just wanted to take the day off as he deserves it. But eric is here, sean is here for go ahead. I happen to go to breakfast with the President S golfing partner, i am friends with them, steve Wit Cough Dev
Service, because in constant contact with them all of the time we were notified of that we had units here that immediately sealed off the area. Fortunately, we were able to locate a witness that came to us is that hey, i saw the guy running out of the bushes, he jumped into a black nissan enter the picture of the vehicle and the tag which was great. So we had that information on Real Time Crime Center printed out to the License Plate readers. And we were able to get a hit on the vehicle, and i95, as it was headed into Martin County. We had a hold of Martin County Sheriffs Office and alerted them, had a spot of the vehicle and they pulled it over and they detained the guy. After that, we took the victim and im sorry the witness, i witnessed the incident, took him up there and he identified as the person that he saw running out of the bushes and jumped into the car. Now in the bushes with this guy was, is an Ak47 Style Rifle with a scope. And to backpacks which were hung in the fence whi