John Brandnew Details this hour. The second Assassination Attempt of former President Trump, the suspect Ryan Routh in custody and federally charged. New records show he spent nearly 12 hours near the Golf Course before being spotted in the trees. I am John Roberts in washington. Good day to you. Imagine if that Agent Hadnt spotted him. The story we are telling today could be quite different. Gillian the barrel of that rifle pointing out at him through a Chainlink Fence and a whole bunch of bushes. Its quite extraordinary when you think about it. John sharp eyes. Gillian better him out there than me. I am Gillian Turner in for Sandra Smith and this is america reports. Take a look at that spread the map shows just how close this guy was in the vicinity to former President Trump. This sheriff said the house back was hiding 300500 yards away from of the former president. In shrubbery along the course. Gillian they spotted a Rifle Poking out of a fence where the x was marked. And thats whe
came there in february and talked about the history of the wall there. there is a wall in el paso. it is very controversial. not everyone in the in el paso liked the fact that that wall was built there. so trump has identified el paso in a way that people there don t a lot of people there don t appreciate and don t see themselves and we ll hopefully learn a lot more. but this person targeted el paso for a reason. and it was only put on the political radar or it was put on the political radar by the president. so enormous amount of tension. the person that the shooter s intent is clear in that, what the fbi called the manifesto posted about 20 minutes or so before the shooting began. susan, let s talk about the president. after losing dayton on the flight to el paso he took to twitter to attack democratic lawmakers. let me read a sentence or two. i saw failed presidential candidates sherrod brown and mayor whaley, she s the mayor of dayton, totally misrepresenting
i just don t know what i want right now. our whole lives have been shattered. and so thanks for your prayers but i couldn t give say [ bleep ] about them if there is nothing else. police officials say the shooter s intent was clear. this was a targeted attack on the capital gazette. he entered the billsi entered building with a shotgun and looked for his victims as he walked through the lower level. overnight the police searched the suspect s home and we re learning more about a possible motive. in 2011 the paper ran a story about the suspect s guilty plea to criminally harassing an old high school classmate. he filed two lawsuits over the story. both suits dismissed. the suspect is in court this morning. the capital gazette reporting