at former president trump on the campaign trail. it went pop, pop, pop, and that s when trump went down. you notice the guy climbing up the roof 50 feet away from us. new questions about security and the gunman. who was he? the latest on an all out investigation. this is an nbc news special report. here s tom llamas and hallie jackson. good evening, i m tom llamas reporting tonight from butler, pennsylvania where former president trump was wounded in an assassination attempt last night. i m hallie jackson reporting from washington where any momenh president biden is expected to speak from the oval office. the t fbi believes the suspected shooter acted alone with an ar style rifle purchased. there are new questions on this assassination could have happened. president biden saying there is no place for this kind of violence and sharing that he did speak briefly with the former president. the last oval office address was nine months ago when he spoke about the war in
report. [ music ] good evening, it is 10:00 p.m. on the east coast and 7:00 p.m. on the westward i am stephanie ruhle, continuing our special coverage of the assassination attempt of former president donald trump. it happened last night at a campaign rally in butler, pennsylvania. tonight, president joe biden addressed the nation, calling for unity and emphasizing that violence can never be the answer to our disagreements. of violence has never been the answer, whether it is with members of congress with both parties being targeted and shot or a violent mob targeting the capitol on january 6th or a brutal attack on the former speaker of the house nancy pelosi. more information and intimidation on election officials, with a kidnapping plot against a sitting governor , or an attempted assassination on donald trump, there is no place in america for this kind of violence, for any violence ever, period, no exceptions. we can t allow this violence to be normalized. you know,
undetected, before he opened fire. the shooter has been identified as a 20-year-old thomas matthew crooks, but his motive remains a mystery. officials may learn more clues now that they have obtained his phone for examination. later tonight, president biden rather earlier tonight , president biden addressed the nation from the oval office, denouncing political violence in any form. this kind of violence, any violence, ever, period , no exceptions. we cannot allow this violence to be normalized. the political record in this country has gotten very heated. it is time to cool it down. let s go to george the lease in butler, pennsylvania. darkness, there, now. let s talk about what you have been hearing, george, from some of those people who attended the rally and witnessed the shooting. that tone and tenor the president took in the oval office, and a lot of that is what we heard right after the shooting occurred. you heard people who said this has gone too far. this rh
evangelical base? also ahead, a new deadline for the former president. days left to post a $175 million bond. does he have the money? alec murdaugh back in court facing sentencing for financial crimes. how much longer he could face behind bars, and did he break his plea deal? later, a massive cleanup today in baltimore. the plan to get the mangled remains out of the collapsed bridge out of the water and this busy port back open. hello. it s good to be with you. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with two presidential campaigns and two very different easter messages. donald trump marking the holiday attacking political opponents in all caps, unleashing on prosecutors in his various trials, posting more than 70 times, posts like this on social media and making false claims about an easter egg contest at the white house. meanwhile, president biden who is anticipating in the annual white house easter egg roll at this very moment posted
say no. absolutely. thank you for incredibly. doing that. the battle for the american presidency in 2024 will likely come to another battle of the blue wall including michigan and wisconsin. two reliably democratic states that flipped and led to donald trump s victory. votes for jill stein in both states in 2016 were larger than the vote difference between trump and hillary clinton. joe biden won back both states in 2020. winning michigan, wisconsin, and that pushed him to 270 electoral votes before georgia and arizona so it cannot be overstated how critical these battleground states are. and today, donald trump took his election denying xenophobic stump speech to michigan. our first guest tonight will be michigan s democratic governor gretchen whitmer who will join me in just a moment. trump started his day in michigan where they launched a new billboard campaign to remind everyone that he lobbied republicans to tank the bipartisan security bill. he lost to joe biden by