What happened?
Extraordinarily shocking news out of Pennsylvania.
Former President Donald Trump shot and wounded at a rally
in Pennsylvania tonight.
The gunman and a rally attendee are dead.
The former president is expected to be OK.
And tonight, President Biden condemned the attack and he said
he spoke with the former president over the phone.
Joel Hillary joins us live tonight with the latest.
Joel, hi. Good evening, Jackie.
And Tammania, When we first heard from the president earlier
tonight,
he said that he'd reached out to the former president,
hadn't got in touch with him.
But now just hearing that they have had a conversation.
And as you mentioned, while the president,
former President Trump is expected to be OK,
we have got word from authorities that two people,
including the shooter are dead and two others are critically
injured tonight.
There are still so many questions about today's attack,
like who the shooter was and how they got as
far as they did.
And you know, that's a little bit old that after
just a few minutes speaking on stage during a campaign
rally in Butler,
PA, take a look at what happened.
Gunshots fire off as former President Trump grabs for his
ear,
then drops to the ground and is surrounded by Secret
Service agents.
More shots are heard as screams
and panic come from the crowd.
Probably a minute or two before the shooting,
saw a guy, grey shirt,
climbing up the metal roof on the building right beside
us
and
didn't know what he was doing,
trying to alert cops and and police
that there was a guy crawling on the roof.
And then we saw a rifle sling over his shoulder.
And,
yeah, after that, a couple shots fired off.
Tonight, President Joe Biden condemned the violence,
saying he's reached out to try and talk to Trump,
who he's been told is in the care of his
doctors and doing well.
Look, there's no place in America for this kind of
violence.
It's sick. It's sick. It's
one of the reasons why we have to unite this
country.
We cannot allow for this to be happening.
After being shielded on the ground for several seconds,
Trump, bleeding from his face,
raises his first as the Secret Service rushes him out
of the rally.
But the bottom line is
that the Trump rally is a rally that he should
have been able to can be conducted peacefully without any
problem.
A local prosecutor says the suspected gunman and at least
one rally attendee are dead.
Law enforcement officials say the shooter was killed by the
Secret Service.
The attack comes in the midst of a deeply polarized
political climate,
four months from the presidential election and days before the
start of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
With regard to the RNC,
there will be, I think,
a difference in tone. My guess is we'll see the
because
president, former President Trump is so beloved by Republicans,
there will be perhaps a more somber moment.
There may be more prayer.
WGM political analyst Paul Lisnick says in the aftermath of
tonight's attack,
he questions if new discussions about furthering Second Amendment rights
take center stage at the RNC.
Because arguably in a situation like this,
somebody shot the shooter and the shooter also have a
has a gun.
So problems in in so many directions there.
We'll see how it gets addressed at the convention.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle,
including Governor JB Pritzker, are wishing Trump well.
The governor says violence is never the answer in our
democracy.
I am closely monitoring the situation and praying for former
President Trump's recovery.
Thankful to the Secret Service for their quick response.
It's just, it's just a sad day for
America.
The Trump campaign shared a statement saying the former president
looks forward to his participation in the Republican National Convention
starting on Monday in Milwaukee.
Jackie Antimon, Joel, thank you.
All right.