and welcome to the lead live from the republican national convention. we re in the middle of a pivotal moment in american history that will determine the fate of our nation s future. stay right here. we re going to bring you the latest reporting and critical insights to shed light on these tumultuous times here in milwaukee in battleground, wisconsin donald trump is poised to take the stage tonight, addressing the nation for the first time since an assassination it s an attempt on him during a rally in butler, pennsylvania, we have been told that that brush with death inspired the former president to throw out his original speech you can craft a new one. a new one that might strike a different tone. that s what we are being told that any rate trump twice impeached the man who s refusal to accept the electoral defeat resulted in a deadly attack on the us capitol is one of the most divisive and contntroversial figures in moden politics. he had seen over his political career t
america. overnight, former president donald trump you see this here arriving in new jersey, walking off the plane after an attempted assassination if on his life. during a rally last night in pennsylvania. rachel: president trump says a bullet pierced the top of his right ear as he then ducked to the ground before standing back up. moments later one rally-goer was killed in the shooting. two others were critically hurt. will: overnight, the fbi identifying the suspected shooter as a 20-year-old thomas matthew crooks of bethel park, pennsylvania. investigators say crooks took position on a after 130 roof 130 yards from the podium and opened fire before being shot and killed. police officers are gathering outside the suspect s home this morning after reportedly swarming the residence last night. pete: we re now going to show you the full, unedited version of the moment shots rang out. watch. take a look at what happened [gunfire] get down, get down! if. [inaudible
this is an nbc news special report. it is 6:00 a.m. eastern, i am anna cabrera reporting from new york and we are back with our ongoing coverage of the attempted assassination of former president, donald trump. gunshots ripping through a pennsylvania campaign rally, and carving their way into the history books. now, nearly 12 hours since that horrifying moment, those echoes are ricocheting across the globe and our kind on this morning s front pages. the moment donald trump became the seventh sitting or former president in american history shot in an attempted assassination. blood, dripping from his year, down the side of his face, as the secret service rushed him off the stage and into a bulletproof vehicle, all captured, live, on television. if you really want to see something, take a look at what happened oh [ screaming ] ready, on you, move! move! are we ready? are we good? shooter is down. shooter is down, or begin to move? all clear. you got my shoes
sandra: top of the hour we expect to see president biden s arrival on his way to battleground michigan on a campaign rally in detroit. we know he held a call with his phonics in congress after news conference last night who do little to convince his cliques he should stay in this race it s a busy i am sandra smith the new yorker to h you. john: great to be with you i am john roberts in washington no chopper talk this afternoon because he has the motorcade to andrews it s raining here for the first time in weeks. the president spoke for 8 minutes and took questions nearly an hour in its first news conference since that dismal debate performance. take a look at this range of headlines to sum it all up. the president s to performance did not make matters worse but may not about to improve this situation the dnc chair sees it differently. listen, i think he was clear, i think he was strong, and really come across, he put on a master class in terms of international foreign p
plus, president trump s growing hold on the republican party. usa, usa. just a few hundred people show up in washington to support the january 6th insurrectionists but it comes as a republican congressman decides running against rre-election. that environment for me is just not one that i m willing to be a part of. i ll talk to republican senator bill cassidy who voted to convict at mr. trump s second impeachment trial about his party s future. border crisis. more than 10,000 haitian migrants huddled at the u.s./mexico country. basically third world country conditions. that bad? that bad. you can t imagine. the u.s. planning deportation flights as early as today. joining me are jeff mason, maria teresa kumar and anna palmer, founder of punch bowl news. welcome to sunday it s meet the press. . good sunday morning. could our fight against the coronavirus turn into our latest forever war? the war we thought we were winning at the beginning of the summer h