Questions at an event with Oprah Winfrey. What changes in the electoral process in georgia could mean for the President Ial election. And now congress is trying to shape the future of sports gambling. But, first, breaking tonight. The Acting Head of the Secret Service says his agency failed in its mission to protect former President Trump. He blames, in part, complacency, poor communication, and a lack of clarity in dealing with local Law Enforcement particularly regarding conch of that roof from which an Assailant Shot and nearly killed the republican nominee. The assessment of the first Assassination Effort comes just five days after the second attempt on the former president s life. Correspondent David Spunt starts us off tonight from the justice department. Good evening, david. Hello shannon, good evening. Acting secret Service Director Ronald Rowe says it waS Poor communication that led to the Assassination Attempt of former president Donald Trump on july 13th. Today he announced
So, obviously, my immediate question was, can we go? can we get there? setting it up with the ukrainians was not the hard bit. Actually, it was convincing my editors and, you know, layers of management back at the times that this was a safe thing to do, or that we could mitigate the risks involved in it. Because they weren t just about the danger there. They were also these legal risks about. . . . . The legal consequences of illegally crossing into russia, which is how the russian government have perceived the trip. But you obviously persuaded them, cos you went. Just to explain, then, who you did speak to and what the terms were. I suppose the question is, whether you were changing names to protect russians, because getting people, presumably, in russia to speak candidly to western journalists must be very hard? well, yeah, these are people who lived in a very quiet corner of russia, and probably had never had anything to do with a journalist, even a russian journalist, never mind a
To protect russians, to protect russians, because getting people, presumably, in russia to speak candidly to Western Journalists must be very hard . Well, yeah, these are people who lived in a very quiet corner of russia, and probably had never had anything to do with a journalist, even a russian journalist, never mind a foreign one. I gave them their choices. I used first names only. And, you know, gave them the choice. I also made. I made very sure to speak to them out of the earshot of ukrainian journalists as much. Ukraine and had taken aggressive action there. And you attended something that sounded very fascinating, which was that ukraines civilian Military Liaison Officers were showing films to local people about the invasion. And i wonder what the reaction was to the films as you were there . Yeah, i mean, that was extraordinary, and one of the most extraordinary things to watch. There was a small audience of older people who were watching it. I spoke to one of them afterwards,
Catherine philp is world affairs editor at the times. She s reported from war zones for decades, and recently accompanied ukrainian forces across the border into kursk. So, i was coming into ukraine for. . . I ve been coming on and off since before the invasion, and this was a long scheduled visit. Itjust so happened that it came at a time when ukrainian forces had crossed the border into russia. So, obviously, my immediate question was, can we go? can we get there? setting it up with the ukrainians was not the hard bit. Actually, it was convincing my editors and, you know, layers of management back at the times that this was a safe thing to do, or that we could mitigate the risks involved in it. Because they weren t just about the danger there. They were also these legal risks about. . . . . The legal consequences of illegally crossing into russia, which is how the russian government have perceived the trip. But you obviously persuaded them, cos you went. Just to explain, then, who yo
But we are, again, expecting him to come down with some of those aides and advisors, with those lawyers, and head over to the courthouse. Im told by a number of advisors, they do not believe its going to be a long there he is. Theres the former president coming out. Stepping down. See if he walks over here and we can get any questions with him. Doesnt look like hes going to take questions, guys, so well wait on the other end there. We are going to get in the motorcade, so im going to drop off here and check back in. Kristen holmes traveling with donald trump as he made his way to Reagan National airport in virginia, and now hes on his way to the e. Barrett prettyman courthouse in downtown washington, d. C. Carrie, back to you. The idea of whether or not donald trump knew that the falsehoods he was sharing about the election were, in fact, falsehoods is something that his Defense Attorneys have suggested will be relevant and something that will be difficult for prosecutors to prove. Wha