Assassination attempt against Donald Trump, said to be stonefaced during his arrest and then again in court. The Secret Service and the fbi now digging into his criminal past, his potential motive, and trying to figure out how to stop something like this from happening again. Trump himself wasting no time pointing fingers, blaming democrats in a new interview, insisting the suspect was acting on, quote, rhetoric from the President And Vice president despite a lack of evidence supporting that claim. Is there any hope of bringing down the political temperature . And how does all of this impact a nation where the kind of historical Pivot Points that would maybe happen every few years now seem to happen every few weeks . A new generation is confronting political violence that used to be largely contained to grainy photos in history books. The toll it is taking on our country, our culture and our collective wellbeing. We start in florida where the Acting Head of the Secret Service is expect
good morning and thank you so much for spending some of your july 4th holiday with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting for two hours this morning. as we come on the air and some of you wake up on independence day, americans are confronting once again a uniquely american crisis, gun violence. a deadly night in america, with a pair of shootings. one claiming the life of five people in philadelphia, the very city where the u.s. constitution was drafted. another at a celebration in fort worth, texas, killing at least three people there. what we re learning about both shootings. also right now, severe weather impacting millions from intense storms in the midwest and the east coast to nearly triple digit temps out west putting july 4th celebrations literally up in the air. it would be great if it was the fourth. but it is the whole month, the whole year, we live in the best country in the world. and watch the water. two teens attacked ten mil apart in new york wh
be feeling the effects of this, the grieving process has just begun. boris, breonna? veronica miracle from perry, iowa, thank you so much. let s get some perspective on this with former fbi deputy director and cnn senior law enforcement analyst, andrew mccabe. andy, great to see you as always. i m curious to get your perspective on this tiktok post. it s anello that we ve seen from these kinds of shooters before. this desire to show what they re doing to the world. does it give you any insight as of potential motive? well, i don t think there s any real clear insight on motive. but the use of video and social media, either i mediately before an attack, or during the attack, is something that we ve seen across multiple mass shooters. really started with the christchurch shooter who broadcast his attacks on social media, and others have done that progressively.
edward waters were notified of a suspicious person. whether he ran or they happened to see someone targeting the dollar store. but anyone examining this at this stage would take that, those eyewitness reports into account in terms of what potential motive can be, and then now that we know who he is, looking for motive. was this work-related? was it ideological related? was there a manifesto? what did the parents know? all of those questions that we ll find out once we have the suspect s name. all right. thank you very much. we appreciate it. we re expecting a press conference from authorities to take place at 6:30 p.m. eastern. that s about 20 minutes from now. stay with cnn for the very latest. and as these developments come in, we ll bring them to you. so stay tuned for that. you are live in the cnn newsroom.