Jim sciutto In Washington will continue to follow Breaking News out of florida where the fbi is now investigating an apparent Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump just two months after the former president was shot in the e. R. At a rally in Pennsylvania Trump is safe. He was not harmed in Sundays Incident at his Golf Club in West Palm Beach, florida a 58yearold man identified. You see him there as Ryan Wesley Rows has been detained he had weighed in on politics, on Social Media in the past at times criticizing trump a source says the Fbi Investigation has now gone global. As officials look into the alleged Assassins Background or attempted assassinate, the background earlier, the Palm Beach County Sheriff said the Secret Service fired shots at a man who was holding a rifle in the bushes along the perimeter of the trump international Golf Club. A source says trump had been playing golf at the time it is moving between the fifth and six holes his outing, we are told was a last Minute D
Moment. Today s attempt occurred as the former president and a donor were golfing at his club in west palm beach, florida. Specifically, authorities say they were walking between holes five and six which we re going to show you on a map the palm beach county sheriff s office says it received calls of shots fired by the secret service at about 1:30 p. M. Secret service spotted the engagement. They ve now detained as an agent was walking the course ahead of the former president agent that was all the course did a fantastic job. What they do is they have an agent that jumps one whole ahead of time toward a president was at and he was able to spot this rifle barrow sticking out of the fits and immediately engaged that individual at which time the individual took off well, authorities say that a secret service agent fired at the man. Unclear at this moment whether the man they ve detained fired any shots. The man was later apprehended after help from a witness. This who saw the person drive
Welcome to the whole story. Im Anderson Cooper, a little over 20 years ago to menn in naples, florida, went missing within months of each other. Turns williams and Philippe Santos and no known connection and no known ties to each other. They did have a few things in common. Both were men of color. And both were picked up by the same deputy from the Collier County Sheriffs Department on the same street in naples before they disappeared. Is deputy is the last person known to have seen both menn alive an internal Affairs Investigation showed the deputy was not being truthful about the events surrounding the disappearances but thats as far as it went, is denied any involvement and was never charged. The bodies of Terrence Williams and Philippe Santos were never found. The case which didnt attract much attention at the time, seemed to be over with no answers and no suspects over the next hour, cnn anchor and chief legal analyst, laura coates, along with siena and Crime Reporter thomas lake
Results of what amounts to a side show. A legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion but here we are. But first we should make clear that todays ruling from john mcafee was actually a victory for the rule of law and for fani willis herself. In matter of the d. A. s relationship where naman wade, the judges ultimatum amounted to this. Leave wade behind or halt prosecution of this case. It turns out to be a easy choice for d. A. Willis to make. Remember what she said when she announced the indictment. The states roll in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those that believe that results of an election are wrong, whether, because of intentional wrongdoing, or unintentional error, to challenge those results in our state courts. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to over turn georgias pr
Delay. These big moments involving the courts in the role of law, there is no one i like talking to more than congressman jamie raskin. Lucky for us, hes here in studio and hes coming up first. Plus well ask the law firm of weissmann and katya how all this might impact the classified Documents Case down in florida. Also today, dueling visits at the southern border, as a former president fires up the four machine. Im gonna ask what democrats should be doing about. It and later, Mitch Mcconnell announces hell leave his leadership post later this year. Well take a deep dive into his legacy and the Frankenstein Monster he helped create. In the years since Donald Trumps Third Supreme Court nominee was confirmed, just weeks before the 2020 election, there has been this big question hanging out there, will they help him, and if so when will they help him. Well this week the Supreme Court announced they were taking up trumps absurd claim of president ial immunity, and in turn they granted him