Lying in wait with a gun for Donald Trump. The suspect, described as emotionless, even nonchalant as he was charged in court today. The new details about how long he may have been waiting in that Tree Line and the new Body Cam Footage of when police finally caught up to him. Also, trump moving ahead with his schedule, telling supporters his resolve is only stronger. His flurry of fundraising emails and what we know about the mood inside the Trump Campaign. Plus, President Biden declaring the Secret Service needs more help. His message and what Kamala Harris is saying about the alleged attempt on her rival. And after two close calls in just over two months, lawmakers say they want answers. Weve live on Capitol Hill with new pressure on the Secret Service. Our Nbc News reporters are falling all of the latest developments. We start with those new details about ryan routh, the man facing gun charges linked to the alleged attempt on Donald Trumps life. Nbcs Tom Winter joins me now. What mor
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Let us listen again to the joint Presser Given by us Law Enforcement officials involved in The Incident and investigation. At 1 30pm, a call come out shots fired called in by the Secret Service. Because we were in constant contact with them all the time, we were notified of that and we immediately sealed up the area. Fortunately we were able to locate a witness that came to us and said, hey, i saw the guy running out of the bushes, he jumped into a Black Nissan and i took a picture of the vehicle and the tag. Which was great. We had that information. Our real time crime centre sent that up to the Licence Plate readers, and we were able to get a hit on that vehicle on i95 as it was heading into Martin County. We got a hold of Martin County, Sheriffs Office, alerted them, and they spotted the vehicle and they spotted the vehicle and pulled it over. And detained the guy. After that we took the victim, im sorry, the witness, that witnessed The Incident, took, flew him up there, and he iden