burnett outfront starts right now cnn breaking. news and good evening. i m erin burnett. we have a special edition of outfront on this sunday evening with the breaking news, the assassination attempt on donald j. trump. we have some new video just into outfront and this is video of the moment that the shooter begins firing from that rooftop. the distance is just about 400 feet away from trump. i want to play it for you in full n this one should the shooter with a gun they re lying down, then you hear the gunshots and complete chaos. now, then i want to show you just to slow this down for a moment. the first direct glimpse of the shooter at the moment he fired the shot. so right there, as you can see, we put the spotlight on it so you can see him lying there and you see him holding holding the gun, lying on that rooftop. and then this taken just moments after the officer shot the gunman dead there he is. and that their officers are up there. he has at that point, been killed
hello, i m jake tapper at the republican national convention here in milwaukee, wisconsin, where the state of our union is on edge. we are learning more this hour about the shocking assassination attempt on former president donald trump at of pennsylvania campaign rally yesterday afternoon multiple sources are telling cnn that authorities found explosive materials inside the car and the residents of the shooter, 20-year-old, thomas michael crooks, who was killed by the u.s. secret service after he fired upon former president trump also a crucial new information the shooter was flagged by local law enforcement before the shooting because he was acting suspiciously around the security check outside the rally. so far, investigators have not found any initial signs, no social media or other writings that would help provide a motive for his sick and twisted act. trump has said he was shot in the upper part of his right ear. he was examined at a hospital and released one person a
his dreadful debate and two days after his high-stakes news conference how much trouble is. joe biden still in then the clock is ticking washington and the political world still wondering who will donald trump pick as his vp and check it out targets new policy which does not make me happy. the panel is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about up first, president biden is spending the weekend with family at his beach home as doubts continued to cloud his political future despite an all out effort this week to answer democrats concerns. there are still questions about his fitness and some in his party keep pushing him to drop out then another candidate would give us a much better chance to win. democrats still divided over whether joe biden should keep running, should that conversation continued no, it shouldn t. he s earned that, right and i am going to give him that much respect. the president s still firm. he s staying in i believe remember the best
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report. i m wolf blitzer let s are in the situation room. thanks very much for watching erin burnett outfront starts right now to attack her personally. is he now just betting that she s going to be on the top of the democratic ticket. and also tonight summer camp in north korea, we ve got one student s story about what kim jong un s loyal followers did as they tried to bring watch him. it s an incredible story. he speaks to cnn. let s go outfront and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. we begin with the breaking news, a ninth house democrat just calling on president biden to withdraw from the presidential race. that democrat congressman earl blumenauer of oregon, in a statement, he writes, this is not just about extending his presidency, but protecting democracy. while this is a decision for the president and the first lady, i hope they will come to the conclusion that i and others have president biden should not be the democratic presidential nominee. and jus