Immediately everyone ducked, and i was there to speak to them and hear from them and heartheir immediate reactions when it all took place. Gary odonoghue from the bbc, Where Were You . We were set up just close to the exit where people i would come out from once the shooting started and people started running and we were there with our car. We were actuallyjust about going on air. On the Bbc World Service. And you can actually hear This on the Bbc World Service recording the Shots Being fired live| while theyre coming to us. And so, we werent penned in in the way many of the media were in on the riser,. Which is the sort of big structure thats often built i at the back of these events. You probably see it with sort of Wood And Metal where the crews all stand. We werent penned in like that. So, we were able to grab people as soon as they came out and we were able to hear, i mean, the sheer Range L of anger, horror, shock, i frustration, bewilderment that the rally goers were exhibiting.
Anticipation of hearing the former president speak. For me, what was important was speaking with the people around in the hours leading up, hearing how excited they were. And then, of course, when we heard the shots fired, immediately everyone ducked, and i was there to speak to them and hear from them and heartheir immediate reactions when it all took place. Gary odonoghue from the bbc, Where Were You . We were set up just close to the exit where people i were would come out from once the shooting started and peoplej started running and wel were there with our car. We were actuallyjust about going on air on the Bbc World Service. And you can actually hear this on the Bbc World Service recording the Shots Being fired live while theyre coming to us. And so, we werent penned in in the way many of the media were in on the riser,. Which is the sort of big structure thats often built i at the back of these events. You probably see it with sort of Wood And Metal where the crews all stand. We
Why werent they able to access the rooftop, and how was the shooter able to access the rooftop. If you have your personnel there, where were they, why werent they able to get to the rooftop . Why werent they able to secure the area. I think thats going to be happening. Look, again, at the end, the orchestrater, the conductor, is the Secret Service. However, they rely on manpower from local entities. How many officers do you have. How many State Police do you have, how can you help me, and thats typically what happened here. I think were going to be seeing now the layout of what the plan was. Who had been assigned the responsibility of securing that area, and then what happened, and was it one person for that entire area. That would be questionable. Can one person actually really secure all of those buildings. All of that movement, vehicles, parking lots, trees, theres so much going on. I would question if they did the local police, how many bodies did they put there. Evy, former Presid
Good evening. Continuing aricept national coverage of the Assassination Attempt on former resident Donald Trump rooted in a moment of great challenge for our country, President Biden addressed the Nation Tonight from the Oval Office, stressing a message of national unity and and and to political violence. Tonight, i want to speak to what we do know. A former president was shot Eric An American Citizen killed while simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing. We cannot and must not go down this road in america. We have traveled it before throughout our history. Violence has never been the answer. Whether its members of congress in both parties being targeted and shot or a violent mob attacking the capital on january 6, or a brutal attack on the spouse of the former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. Information and intimidation on elected officials with the Kidnapping Lot against a sitting governor and an attempted assassination on Donald Trump york there is
Left. We have a route that runs outside the butler farm show. Route 68. And it sounded like the shots were coming from out there near the field to the left Hand Side of where we were. So it certainly was scary. We look at the Video Tape and it appears some people didnt quite realize what was happening. Were you someone who didnt know what you were witnessing . Absolutely. I tell you it was chaos at the a time. Have you been chto one of these rallies before . I have not. It was my first time at a rally and i was so excited to Go to one. We had so many people there. But i can tell you the chaos this created. Everyone was scared. You see the former president and what is happening. And you know, and then when i acertained what had happened from my Pennsylvania State Police friend, it was scary. It was my enunderstanding they Got the shooter but it doesnt make a difference because it was scary. Our E Understanding is the shooter is deceased and again, one of the spectators as well. One crit