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Breaking news, Authority Say Donald Trump has the highest level of protection, right . Now including this security over at maralago after the apparent attempt to assassinate the nba on the Golf Course. Standby for all the new information from authorities that just came in minutes ago on the suspect and on the Investigation Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room Breaking News or lets get right to the Breaking News on the second apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump. The fbi now describing its investigation as quote, extremely serious during a Briefing And Florida Just A Little while ago, cnns Paula Reid is thomas scene for us in West Palm Beach, florida right now, paula, what stood out to you from this update hearing the Secret Service defending its Protection Plan for former President Trump anna, feeling that the suspect did not have a clear line of sight to the former president. Investigation down here
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
John Brandnew Details this hour. The second Assassination Attempt of former President Trump, the suspect Ryan Routh in custody and federally charged. New records show he spent nearly 12 hours near the Golf Course before being spotted in the trees. I am John Roberts in washington. Good day to you. Imagine if that Agent Hadnt spotted him. The story we are telling today could be quite different. Gillian the barrel of that rifle pointing out at him through a Chainlink Fence and a whole bunch of bushes. Its quite extraordinary when you think about it. John sharp eyes. Gillian better him out there than me. I am Gillian Turner in for Sandra Smith and this is america reports. Take a look at that spread the map shows just how close this guy was in the vicinity to former President Trump. This sheriff said the house back was hiding 300500 yards away from of the former president. In shrubbery along the course. Gillian they spotted a Rifle Poking out of a fence where the x was marked. And thats whe
By a convicted felon, and possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number. He has an extensive criminal history including possessing a weapon of mass destruction, a machine gun. Just Yesterday Routh was able to get within 500 yards of mr. Trump, armed with a semiautomatic rifle, just two months after the former president was shot in another attempt on his life. All that is raising big questions about the level of security around the former president. Hes not the sitting president. If he was, we would have had the entire Golf Course surrounded. Because hes not, security is limited to the areas the Secret Service deems possible, but the Secret Service did exactly what they should have done. They provided exactly what the protection should have been, and their agent did a fantastic job. Mr. Trump was unharmed after the Secret Service spotted the Rifle Scope hidden in the bushes while trump was on the Golf Course. This was in the perimeter, the bushes on the perimeter, the agent o