Can tell you the security has not let up. Earlier today, we heard Law Enforcementda crediting the qui actions of Aed Witness Who Spotd the suspect right away, before 2 00 this afternoon when the incident played out. Officials are saying that this Witness Saw the man jump out from thema brush, the shrubbery that surrounding this Golf Course and was quick to actually write down the License Plate Number of the suspects getaway vehicle. It was a black nissan, and this witness not yet identified, apparently shared the information with local Law Enforcement Rightwi away. Andri thats where local Law Enforcement on the ground was able to track down the suspect along thedo interstate. But thee interstate, as you ca imagine was pretty chaotic. Even getting to this location today, they were blocking off different ramps and roadways surrounding the Golf Course as the investigation pressed ahead but they wereat able to get the suspect. We heard earlier that this individual was pretty compliant and
Welcome back. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart alongside my Friend And Colleague Ana Cabrera in New York. We begin this hour with the latest on what the fbi is calling an attempted second Assassination Attempt on former president Donald Trump. Right now the suspect in this incident who authorities have identified as 58yearold ryan Wesley Routh is making his first Court Appearance here in west Palm Beach. He was arrested Yesterday Afternoon on interstate 95 about 40 miles north of the Trump Golf Course there and while trump was golfing a secret Service Agent spotted that suspect concealed in the bushes behind a fence and opened fire. Trump was whisked away to safety and was not hurt. This incident comes just over two months after trump was wounded during an attempt on his life during a rally in pennsylvania. And with us now nbcs Garrett Haake here in west Palm Beach, florida. Nbc news national Law Enforcement and sent dense Correspondent Tom Winter in Ne
Assassination attempt against Donald Trump, said to be stonefaced during his arrest and then again in court. The Secret Service and the fbi now digging into his criminal past, his potential motive, and trying to figure out how to stop something like this from happening again. Trump himself wasting no time pointing fingers, blaming democrats in a new interview, insisting the suspect was acting on, quote, rhetoric from the President And Vice president despite a lack of evidence supporting that claim. Is there any hope of bringing down the political temperature . And how does all of this impact a nation where the kind of historical Pivot Points that would maybe happen every few years now seem to happen every few weeks . A new generation is confronting political violence that used to be largely contained to grainy photos in history books. The toll it is taking on our country, our culture and our collective wellbeing. We start in florida where the Acting Head of the Secret Service is expect
Deadline White House starts right now. Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in New York. Again and again and again, its worth repeating, political violence, regardless of any motive, any method, or any target is antithetical to our democracy, to a healthy and vibrant democracy anywhere on the planet, full stop. Our system of government, our very way of life depends not on bullets, but on our political opinions being carried out and expressed at the Ballot Box and the Ballot Box exclusively. What happened yesterday is no exception to this simple truth. This Body Cam Footage shared exclusively with Nbc News shows the moment where police caught up with ryan Wesley Ruth in connection with what the fbi says appears to be an Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump at his Golf Course in West Palm Beach, florida. This morning, that suspect shackled, but according to reporters, calm and nonchalant appeared in federal court. The Secret Service along with the Palm Beach County Sheriff are expected to update the
President donald trump. Lots of details coming to us in the past few hours about what happened but shots were fired quite close to the former president. He was playing golf with a friend at one of his golf clubs and there were shots fired. This is at a palm beach golf course and we had a news conference room at secret service officers saying that they were ahead of the president and they spotted an ak47 president and they spotted an ak 47 rifle poking up out of the bushes and then they took aim at that suspect. The president was some way back, the former president, at the time, obviously the attacker then dropped the weapon and tried to get away in a car and rather remarkably, lots of praise for a witness who actually saw this happen and took a photo of the suspect and his car stop he was then pursued by the local police and stopped and we have had just from us media confirmation of the name of the suspect. He is ryan ralph, a 58 year old man from hawaii. Quite quickly after this happe