July 14, 2024, coverage of the Trump assassination attempt

Trump can be seen under Secret Service agents covering him onstage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.

Former President Donald Trump’s rally speech in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening began just as it had at dozens of rallies previously – his attendees chanted “USA! USA!” and Trump clapped and pointed to faces in the crowd before taking the lectern.

About 150 yards to the north of the former president, a gunman was climbing onto the roof of a building outside the rally security perimeter. He had an AR-style rifle with him. Six minutes into the former president’s speech, the gunman took aim at Trump and squeezed the trigger.

What happened next was as miraculous as it was historic. The gunman, later identified by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, fired multiple shots, including one that Trump said skimmed his ear. Trump ducked to the ground. Five Secret Service agents rushed to the stage and covered the former president, as the “pop-pop” from another two additional bursts of gunfire rang out across the Butler Farm Show grounds.

Forty-three seconds after the first shot was fired, a Secret Service agent said the shooter was down. Trump, his ear and face bloodied, was brought to his feet. He raised his fist in a defiant pose to his supporters to let them know he was OK before agents took him off the stage and into his SUV.

At least three rally attendees were shot, one of whom was killed.

Read more from CNN’s comprehensive breakdown of Saturday’s events here.

Two eyewitnesses who captured cellphone video of a gunman firing at former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday said that they attempted to warn authorities of the shooter’s position but that things “got very hectic, very fast.”

Mike and Amber DiFrischia told CNN’s Erin Burnett on “OutFront” Sunday that they first realized something had gone wrong at the event when there was running in the crowd and they were able to spot a man on the roof of a building near them.

“And then shortly after that, a guy behind me said that he had seen him. He had a gun,” Mike DiFrischia said of the shooter. “And then when he said that, I moved over a couple of feet, and I was able to … see him perfectly.”

Then he began to record.

Law enforcement officials, the DiFrischias told Burnett, asked them, “Where’s he at?” and they pointed toward the shooter’s location.

Shortly after attempting to alert authorities to the shooter’s position, Amber DiFrischia said people began to run. And then they began to hear gunshots.

“And it was just chaotic. It was so fast. First thing is find coverage. And it was just the scariest thing, you know, there’s not a lot of places you can hide there,” she said.

Read more about the DiFrischias’ account here.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday called for the country “to get back to civility” following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

When asked about how the US Secret Service failed to protect Trump, Johnson said he hasn’t gotten a “satisfactory answer” from them yet.

“I think pretty clearly, there was a security lapse, at least,” the speaker said. “For example, why were drones not used in the area? I have not gotten a satisfactory answer on that yet.”

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers remarks at a summit in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 4.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a lengthy statement on Sunday, condemning the attack on former President Donald Trump.

“The shooting of former President Trump was a disgusting act of violence that caps off an alarming, years-long trend in our politics,” she said.

Whitmer, who was the subject of a thwarted kidnapping plot, decried political violence, also citing other incidents, including the 2017 congressional baseball shooting and attack on Paul Pelosi.

She urged unity and an emphasis on how people communicate on politics.

“We can argue but we must center our common humanity. We must. We cannot forget the values that make us strong. We are a shining beacon of democracy and freedom in the world because we settle our stark differences at the ballot box. That’s what we do,” she said.

President Joe Biden, in his Oval Office address Sunday night, said that while some Americans have a different view about what direction the country should take, “politics must never be a battlefield.”

Biden said as the election approaches, there is an “added burden on each of us to ensure that no matter how strong our convictions, we must never descend into violence.”

He added that with the Republican National Convention coming this week, “I have no doubt they’ll criticize my record and offer their own vision for this country. I’ll be traveling this week, making the case for our record and vision.”

“The power to change America should always rest in the hands of the people, not in the hands of a would-be assassin,” he said.

President Joe Biden on Sunday said unity is America’s “most elusive goal,” and added that nothing is more important to the country “than standing together.”

“We can do this,” Biden said from the Oval Office.

Biden cited the Founding Fathers’ vision of democracy in his speech, laying out what has become a central tenet of his reelection campaign.

President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on Sunday.

President Joe Biden in his Oval Office address Sunday made a plea for Americans to get out of their silos where they only hear opinions with which they agree.

Listing a serious of previous attacks on public figures across the country, President Joe Biden on Sunday said the country cannot allow political violence to become normalized after the shooting of Donald Trump.

Among the previous attacks he cited the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and the beating of Nancy Pelosi’s husband.

President Joe Biden gives an address from the Oval Office at the White House on Sunday evening.

President Joe Biden began his Oval Office address Sunday evening emphasizing the need “to lower the temperature” in politics.

“I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics and to remember, when we disagree, we are not enemies, we are neighbors, we are friends, co-workers, citizens and, most importantly, we are fellow Americans. We must stand together,” he said.

President Joe Biden is addressing the nation from the Oval Office following the attack on former President Donald Trump.

An Oval Office address is rare. It’s only the third time he has chosen to do this. The last time he spoke from the Oval Office was on October 19, 2023, following Hamas’ attack on Israel.

Typically, remarks from the Oval Office are reserved for the most solemn and heavy moments in the country, according to CNN’s MJ Lee.

The address tonight will be a “forceful” update on the attack and Biden will emphasize the “need for every American to come together to not just condemn, but put an end to political violence in this country once and for all,” a campaign official previewing the remarks told CNN.

Supporters of former President Donald Trump attend a prayer vigil near the venue for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 14.

At a small park in downtown Milwaukee — ahead of the Republican National Convention set to take place in the city this week — a small group of Donald Trump’s supporters turned up on Sunday to write on a “Get well soon” sign and pray for the former president at a vigil hosted by the right-wing group Turning Point Action.

Jennifer Shoemake told CNN she wrote “I will never surrender and united we stand” on behalf of her whole family on the sign.

Christine B., however, does think both Trump and President Joe Biden can tone down the inflammatory language. “Both of them have to cool their jets, but especially now,” she said.

Multiple attendees told CNN that they believe God spared Trump from being killed on Saturday— when he was wounded from an assassination attempt at a campaign rally —and the man who led the group in prayer said as much.

“We thank you that you had mercy on our nation by sparing the life of President Trump,” he said.

CNN reporter Alayna Treene, who covers Donald Trump, attended his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when shots rang out on Saturday in an assassination attempt.

Treene described how she mainly felt a sense of surprise, given the intense security that typically surrounds rallies.

“I often feel like being in a rally is one of the safest places, because there’s always so much Secret Service,” Treene said. “With CNN, we get security for ourselves as well, just given the divisive nature of the politics right now. So it was remarkable to me to see what had happened.”

The Secret Service is currently facing scrutiny about whether it took proper security measures during the rally, with widespread concerns and questions about how a sniper was able to obtain rooftop access roughly 400 feet from the former president’s position at the podium.

Read the full story on CNN.

US President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on October 19, 2023.

President Joe Biden has delivered an address to the nation from the Oval Office only twice since becoming president. 

He will do so again at 8 p.m. ET following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

Oval Office addresses are rare, especially in recent history with Biden and former Presidents Barack Obama and Trump only using the medium a handful of times.

Full list of Oval Addresses since 2008: 

Biden:

Trump:

Obama:

Before Obama, the Oval address — while rare — was a far more frequent staple with George W. Bush addressing the nation that way six times during his presidency and Bill Clinton doing so 15 times. Reagan holds the record with 29 addresses during his two terms.

Correction: The post was updated with the correct date of Biden’s last Oval Office speech, which was October 19, 2023.

The son of slain civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday called for the country to rise above division in wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

A civil rights advocate in his own right, Martin Luther King III told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, “This is another dark period that our nation is facing, and we have to intentionally decide that we are going to do differently and better.”

“The nation must find a way to rise above division, fear and hatred, and yet we’ve not identified that. But this gives us an opportunity – a unique opportunity – to say we’re going to rise above this. We’re so much better than the behavior we’re exhibiting,” he continued. 

“I know humankind is far better than the way we’re exhibiting ourselves today,” King added. “We’ve got to find out how do we turn to each other and stop turning on each other.”

Former President Donald Trump was injured in a shooting during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in what the FBI says was an assassination attempt on Saturday night. One rally attendee was killed and two others were seriously injured.

The rally marked Trump’s last public appearance before the scheduled start of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where the Republican Party is set to formally select him as its presidential nominee.

Through videos, maps and photos, CNN pieced together what occurred from the start of the rally to the chaotic moments when gunshots erupted to, ultimately, when Trump landed in Newark, New Jersey, early Sunday morning.

View CNN’s timeline here.

Former President Donald Trump's plane is seen on the ground in Milwaukee on Sunday evening.

Donald Trump’s plane was seen landing moments ago in Milwaukee, the site of the Republican National Convention.

The visit comes only a day after an assassination attempt against Trump at a Pennsylvania rally. Despite the attack, the Secret Service said Sunday that there are no plans to tighten its security plans for the RNC, which begins Monday.

Trump will be joined by his wife, Melania Trump, in one of her rare appearances on the campaign trail, two sources familiar with the plans told CNN.

After the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, Trump flew to Newark, New Jersey, and spent time with his daughter Ivanka at his golf club in Beminster, sources told CNN.

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle speaks a news conference on June 6 in Milwaukee.

House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green held a call with US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Sunday afternoon with pressing questions on what led to Saturday’s historic security failures, a committee source familiar with the call told CNN.

Green, a Tennessee Republican, also detailed the information requests that he has out with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, which include Secret Service communications and documents surrounding the rally, the source added. 

Cheatle committed to providing requested documents to the committee promptly as able, per the source.

The committee majority now plans to hold a virtual briefing with Cheatle on Monday for members to voice their concerns and ask questions, according to the source.

President Joe Biden said earlier Sunday that “I’ve directed an independent review of the national security at yesterday’s rally to assess exactly what happened. And I’ll share the results of that independent review with the American people.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with former President Donald Trump on Sunday afternoon, according to a statement from the prime minister’s office.

US stock futures barely budged after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday, signaling calm in the markets as Trump survived the incident.

Markets crave stability, and an assassination attempt against the presumptive GOP nominee might have thrown that into chaos. But Trump appears to have escaped with mostly superficial injuries, and the market’s thesis of the race hasn’t changed.

A Trump win in November likely means the preservation or expansion of tax cuts and increased tariffs. During last month’s presidential debate hosted by CNN, he reiterated his desire to impose a 10% tariff on all imports, which would likely increase inflation and cast doubt on interest rate cuts.

Morgan Stanley research estimates that an expansion of the 2017 tax cuts would boost deficits sharply, sending the US dollar, which is already trading high, even higher. But it could also exacerbate America’s inflation crisis, which has begun to show signs that it is ending.

 Audio analysis confirms that the gunman who fired shots Saturday at former President Trump was situated approximately 110 to 120 meters (360 to 393 feet) from the podium, according to forensics expert Robert Maher.

This conclusion aligns with CNN’s analysis that the suspected gunman was situated on a rooftop 120 to 150 meters (393 to 492 feet) from the podium when shots rang out.

The shots exemplify a “crack-pop” sequence, typical when a supersonic bullet passes a microphone, before the “arrival of the corresponding muzzle blast sound,” Maher, who teaches audio forensics at Montana State University, told CNN.

The time between these markers places the shooter 110 to 120 meters from the microphone, Maher said, assuming the bullet is moving at an average speed of 800 to 1,000 meters per second, the equivalent of 2,600 to 3,280 feet per second.

Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, whose staff was attacked last year in his district office, said political violence can’t just be the “cost of doing business” following the attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump.

Last May, two staffers were injured by a man wielding a bat who came into Connolly’s district office in Fairfax. The assailant entered his office and attacked two of his aides, striking one senior aide in the head with the metal bat, he said. The attacker also hit an intern – on her first day on the job – in the side with the bat.

“My hope is that we’ll see an opportunity at the Republican Convention to tone down that rhetoric and that all of us will be more conscious of the implications of heightened rhetoric and the impact that can have on unstable individuals and that we bear responsibility as elected officials and candidates to tone down the temperature and have rational conversations about the future of the country,” he said.

A former classmate and co-worker of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman at Donald Trump’s Saturday rally, told CNN they remember Crooks as “the sweetest guy.” 

The person, who worked with Crooks at Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, added that in high school, Crooks “had a good friend group, and from what I saw, he seemed happy.” 

Earlier this week, Crooks and his colleague worked together to figure out an easier way for the nursing home residents to open packets of ranch dressing, an act the colleague said was indicative of how helpful and caring Crooks was.  

The colleague said they didn’t recognize the picture painted of Crooks after his actions.  

“He’s not a radical,” they said, noting that he never expressed any political views at work. “It’s hard seeing everything that’s going on online because he was a really, really good person that did a really bad thing. And I just wish I knew why.”  

CNN’s Alli Gordon contributed to this report. 

President Joe Biden’s address tonight will be a “forceful” update on the “horrifying” attack on former President Donald Trump, a campaign official says.

Biden’s rare Oval Office address to the nation tonight will be a “forceful and needed address to update the nation on the horrifying attack on Donald Trump and the need for every American to come together to not just condemn, but put an end to political violence in this country once and for all,” a campaign official previewing the remarks tells CNN.

The official said that Biden will use his interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt tomorrow – now set to take place at the White House instead of Texas – to “expand” on this evening’s speech. 

As for the rest of the week, both the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee will “continue drawing the contrast between our positive vision for the future and Trump’s and Republicans’ backwards-looking agenda over the course of the week,” the official said.

That comment marks a notable first acknowledgement from the Biden campaign that its brief hold on the politics in the immediate aftermath of the assassination attempt on Trump will — at least in part — resume in the coming days.

The official did not say when the Biden campaign will resume running TV ads, which were immediately put on hold following Saturday’s attack on Trump.

Former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage during the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.

Moments after Donald Trump was rushed to safety following a failed assassination attempt at a Saturday rally, some of his supporters turned toward the press pen with obscenities as they fingered reporters for blame.

Axios reporter Sophia Cai, who quoted some in the crowd warning the press, “you’re next” and that their “time is coming,” even reported that a few rallygoers tried to breach the barriers establishing the press pen, but that they were stopped by security personnel.

In the immediate wake of the horrific shooting, the news media has quickly emerged among some Trump supporters as a body to assign blame.

While the Trump campaign urged its staff to “condemn all forms of violence” and said it “will not tolerate dangerous rhetoric on social media,” some of the former president’s supporters in MAGA media vehemently assailed the press for its hard-knuckled reporting on Trump, which has sounded the alarm on what four more years under the former president would look like.

Over the course of the campaign cycle, news organizations have, among other things, reported at length on Trump’s plans to warp the federal government for his own ends, including to seek vengeance against his political opponents. That reporting is now facing scrutiny, with some Trump supporters blaming it for producing a charged atmosphere that gave way to the assassination attempt, while mostly looking past the incendiary rhetoric of the former president himself.

President Joe Biden and his campaign are facing an abrupt pivot point: After spending the last two weeks trying to salvage the president’s reelection bid, they are now grappling with a delicate national moment following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

The Biden campaign and Democrats across the party scrambled Sunday to determine how to adjust their plans to counter messaging at the Republican National Convention, which had been in the works for some time.

The Biden campaign has yet to decide when to resume its advertising campaign against Trump after pulling the ads Saturday. But that, a separate Democratic strategist said, was the easy decision. A harder question is how and when to resume, with 114 days until the election.

Biden is rescheduling his trip to Texas on Monday, the White House said Sunday afternoon. He was set to deliver remarks at the LBJ Library in Austin as part of an event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. 

Read more on how the Biden campaign is handling this moment.

BlackRock is pulling an ad that had included Thomas Crooks in it, the gunman that shot at former President Donald Trump, injuring the former president and killing an attendee at a rally near Pittsburgh on Saturday.

The 30-second video focused on a teacher at the high school, with Crooks sitting in class. The video went viral on X and other social media platforms Sunday. 

BlackRock said the “assassination attempt on former President Trump is abhorrent.” 

“We’re thankful former President Trump wasn’t seriously injured, and thinking about all the innocent bystanders and victims of this awful act, especially the person who was killed. As our leadership team communicated to colleagues last night, BlackRock strongly condemns political violence of any kind and will do our part to promote civility and unity in the country.”

People walk outside the Fiserv Forum ahead of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Saturday.

The Secret Service said Sunday that there are no plans to tighten its security plans for the Republican National Convention, which begins Monday in Milwaukee.

It was the first on-camera appearance of a Secret Service representative since the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump on Saturday. The agency has issued a series of statements following the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, but did not appear during a law enforcement news conference there late Saturday.

Audrey Gibson-Cicchino, the convention coordinator for the Secret Service, speaks at a news conference in Milwaukee on Sunday

The Sunday afternoon news conference on preparations for the RNC did not address the assassination attempt, but federal officials said there were no signs of increased danger at the convention following the shooting.

“Currently there are no known articulated threats against the RNC or anyone visiting the RNC,” said Michael Hensle, the special agent in charge of the FBI field office in Milwaukee.

Firearms will be permitted in a “soft perimeter” around the Fiserv Forum, the venue where the convention will take place, and local officials said state law does not permit them to change those plans.

“Wisconsin is an open-carry state, and therefore Milwaukee and no other jurisdiction in this state can supersede state law,” said Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson.

 “Our state law allows for the particular right to carry a firearm,” said Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman. “We as a city cannot legislate out of that.”

Former President Donald Trump is on his way to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, Trump aide Dan Scavino said in a post on X, adding a video of Trump’s motorcade at the airport.

Trump faced an assassination attempt on Saturday at a rally in Pennsylvania and said he was shot in the ear. Advisers to Trump say he is “doing well” and “looks forward” to the GOP conference in Milwaukee.

A local police officer saw the gunman on a rooftop during Saturday’s rally but was unable to engage him, Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe told CNN on Sunday.

Slupe said that Butler Township officers received calls about a suspicious person outside the perimeter of the rally and went looking to find that person. He said the initial calls that came in did not indicate the suspicious person had a gun. 

During the search for the suspicious person, officers with township police discovered that the gunman was on the roof and one local officer hoisted another to get up to the ledge. The shooter turned around, saw the officer peering over and pointed his gun at him. The officer let go of the ledge to “take cover” and save his life. The gunman then started firing from the rooftop and hitting Trump.

When asked if the overall security lapse of a gunman having a direct line of sight to Trump was a failure, Slupe said it “obviously” was.

He went on to say the agencies were not made aware of intel or red flags ahead of the rally in Butler, which the Trump campaign announced on July 3.

About a week before the rally, Slupe said there was a meeting where the Secret Service, state police, local police, bomb squads and other law enforcement divisions discussed roles and responsibilities.

“Everyone who had a potential role was in that meeting,” Slupe told CNN.

There were other meetings for security preparations, but this was the only one Slupe was aware of that involved all law enforcement divisions.

Slupe, who was positioned inside the perimeter near the firing line during the rally, said he didn’t think actual gunfire was going on when he first heard the popping noises. He described turning around to see where the noise was coming from and seeing that a rally attendee had been shot.

He said had he known there were any threats of a gunman, he would have done “everything to stop him (Trump) from coming out.”

Law enforcement block a street near the residence of Thomas Matthew Crooks in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.

FBI officials repeatedly emphasized Sunday that their investigation into Saturday’s shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally is in its preliminary stages and agents are still working to understand what happened.

The shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, had no prior contacts with the FBI and had not been previously on its radar or databases. Investigators are struggling to understand Crooks’ motives.

FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate told reporters during a call on Sunday that law enforcement officers are sifting through Crooks’ background, his day-to-day activities and social media presence, though have so far not “seen anything threatening.”

Abbate said that they had “some limited insights into recent communications that he’s made, text and phone call detail information.” That information has thus far not “revealed anything with regard to motive or the involvement or knowledge of anyone else” in the shooting, Abbate said.

Crooks used an AR-style 556 rifle purchased legally by his father, FBI officials said, and one of the things that investigators are still looking to understand is how Crooks gained access to his father’s firearm. He also had “rudimentary” explosive devices in his car, Abbate said, which are being investigated at Quantico.

An undated yearbook photo of Thomas Matthew Crooks.

Authorities identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the gunman who allegedly tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday.

So far, investigators haven’t found any evidence on social media or other writings of Crooks that might help identify his motive for the attempted assassination. The FBI is working to gain access to his phone, the agency said Sunday.

As investigations into the shooting continue, here’s what we know so far about the gunman:

The FBI said Sunday that the shooter at Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania acted alone and that it is still actively investigating the shooter’s background – including working to gain access to his phone. 

“We are working to get access to the phone,” Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office, said Sunday. “We have shipped the phone to our lab at Quantico.”

Rojek also said the FBI has “not identified an ideology associated with the subject,” but cautioned that “we’re still very early in this investigation.” 

Rojek said the FBI doesn’t “have any kind of fidelity right now on the shooter’s actions immediately prior to him engaging the former president.”

He added that the shooter’s family has been cooperative in the investigation. 

Rojek confirmed the gun used in the shooting was an AR-style rifle that was purchased legally. He also said law enforcement located a “suspicious device” in the suspect’s car and the device was “rendered safe and is being analyzed.”

Bobby Wells, assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C, said the FBI is investigating this as an assassination attempt, but also looking into it as a potential domestic terrorist attack.

Rojek said that “at this time we have no indication of any mental health issues.” He urged the public to call in any information they may have on the shooting, saying that the FBI has already received over 2,000 tips.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said he spent the morning in briefings with DOJ personnel and “briefed President Biden in the Situation Room” on the investigation. 

“The violence we saw yesterday is an attack on democracy itself,” Garland said. “This must stop.”

Two people who were shot during Saturday’s Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and who are now stable were identified Sunday by state police.

Pennsylvania State Police identified David Dutch, 57, of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, and 74-year-old James Copenhaver from Moon Township, Pennsylvania, in a Sunday press release.

The state police also confirmed the name of Corey Comperatore, 50, as the victim who was killed in the assassination attempt. His identity was announced earlier in the day by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.

The Marine Corps League of Pennsylvania, Inc., identified Dutch as a commandant in its organization in Westmoreland County. MCL Vice Commandant Matt Popovich said on Facebook that Dutch underwent two surgeries after being “shot in the liver and chest.”

“These victims and their families are certainly in our thoughts today,” said Col. Christopher Paris, the state police commissioner. “The Pennsylvania State Police continue to work tirelessly alongside our federal, state and local partners as this investigation continues.”

CNN’s Sara Smart contributed to this report.

A view of the convention floor and stage ahead of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Sunday.

A law enforcement source familiar with the Republican National Convention planning tells CNN there are discussions underway about adding more federal law enforcement agents to post positions in light of the recent shooting. 

However, the perimeter is unlikely to change, the source said, noting preparations for the RNC have been underway for a year and a half. 

The source said that there have been discussions about adding additional security for high-profile GOP members as well. 

The source said another major concern for law enforcement are events — such as dinners — outside the perimeter that are associated with the RNC but do not have the same level of security and are considered “soft targets.” 

The source noted this concern had also been discussed before Saturday’s shooting.

President Joe Biden will move forward with a planned interview with NBC News on Monday afternoon, following another briefing that morning from law enforcement officials in the Situation Room.

The White House announced earlier today that Biden’s trip to Texas – where the interview was originally set to take place – is being rescheduled. The interview will now take place at the White House, per an official.

Before the events of Saturday roiled the 2024 presidential race, Biden’s sit-down with the network’s Lester Holt was viewed as the latest key test of the president’s capabilities, following his poor showing in the CNN debate and ensuing defections from some members of his party. 

On Tuesday, Biden will participate in another national interview before delivering remarks at the NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, followed by an economic summit. Nevada is a key swing state that the president has frequented this campaign cycle.

On Wednesday, Biden will deliver remarks at the UnidosUS Annual Conference and then a campaign community event.

This post has been updated with the new location of the interview and additional details about the president’s schedule.

Marcie Grimm, the administrator of Bethel Park Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, confirmed to CNN that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man identified as the shooter at the Donald Trump rally, was a dietary aide at the facility.

Grimm added that the facility is cooperating with law enforcement and that “Our thoughts and prayers go out to Former President Trump and the victims impacted by this terrible tragedy.”

President Joe Biden delivers remarks alongside Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House on Sunday.

President Joe Biden will deliver a rare address to the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET in the aftermath of the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, the White House said.

Biden last addressed the nation on October 20, 2023, following the Hamas’ October 7 attacks on Israel.

Former President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that he is going to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Sunday as scheduled after initially considering delaying his trip following the assassination attempt. 

Here’s what Trump wrote on Truth Social:

Trump’s post comes after Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Brian Schimming said that there are no major changes being made to the Republican National Convention schedule.

CNN’s Alayna Treene and Alison Main contributed to this report.

Corey Comperatore, who was killed after a gunman targeted former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro confirmed the man who was killed at Saturday’s rally is Corey Comperatore and that he dove on his family to protect them as shots were fired at former President Donald Trump. 

“I just spoke to Corey’s wife and Corey’s two daughters,” Shapiro said. “Corey was a girl dad. Corey was a firefighter. Corey went to church every Sunday. Corey loved his community. Most especially, Corey loved his family.”

Shapiro described Comperatore as an “avid supporter of the former president” and said he was excited to be at the rally.

“I asked Corey’s wife if it would be okay for me to share that we spoke. She said yes. She also asked that I share with all of you that Corey died a hero,” Shapiro continued. “Corey dove on his family to protect them last night at this rally,” he said.

Shapiro said that “all leaders need to take down the temperature and rise above the hateful rhetoric that exists and search for a better brighter future for this nation.” 

The governor ordered that flags across the state be flown at half-staff in Comperatore’s memory.

Shapiro also said he has “not spoken directly” to Trump but he did speak with President Joe Biden over the phone.