Welcome to the news hour. The man suspected of trying to assassinate former

President Donald Trump while he was golfing has been charged with federal gun crimes.

It is the second apparent attempt on the former president's life in just over two months,

casting an ominous shadow over the 2024 presidential race.

Laura Buron Lopez begins our coverage.

An FBI investigation is underway. One day after the US Secret Service thwarted an apparent attempt on Donald Trump's life,

just on the other side of these palm trees.

Yesterday afternoon, this country was reminded of the heightened and dynamic threat

environment, the United States Secret Service and its protectees face on a daily

basis. It happened while he was playing golf at his own course near Marilago.

No injuries were reported. Law enforcement remained clustered outside the perimeter throughout the night.

In Washington today, President Biden responded to what now appears to be a second assassination attempt against Trump.

Thank God for President O'Day.

The one thing I want to make clear is

the service needs more help.

And I think the Congress should respond to their needs

if they need more services.

The Secret Service said an agent had spotted the barrel of a rifle pointed from shrubbery that surrounds the golf course.

It was about 300 to 500 yards away from where the former

president was playing. The agent immediately opened fire and Trump was rushed

off the course. The gunman dropped his weapon without ever having fired it and

fled. Swift action of that agent doing his job, pushing out ahead, sweeping

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