Authorities Were Warned About Suspected Trump Gunman

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🗓️ 17 September 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Sept. 17. New details emerge about Ryan Routh’s erratic behavior that set off alarm bells during his years as a pro-Ukraine activist. Plus, senior U.S. officials head to Beijing for high-level meetings. The WSJ’s Jason Douglas says they plan to highlight concerns over a wave of Chinese goods flooding world markets. And, Amazon wants its employees back in the office, full-time. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0	New details on the prior warnings made to U.S. authorities about suspected Trump gunman Ryan Ruth,
0:25.0	plus Meta-Ban's Russian TV channel RT citing foreign interference
0:31.0	and US officials head to Beijing to raise concern about a wave of cheap exports flooding
0:37.0	global markets.
0:38.0	China is producing absolutely everything, right?
0:41.0	It still does a hell of a lot of labor-intensive manufacturing and it is also now producing all the kind of high-end things that advanced economies tend to specialize in.
0:50.0	It's Tuesday, September 17th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News.
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1:02.4	We can exclusively report that U.S. authorities had been warned about the behavior of Ryan Ruth,
1:08.0	the gunman who was suspected of trying to kill former President Donald Trump last weekend.
1:13.6	Chelsea Walsh, a nurse who met Ruth several times in Ukraine in 2022,
1:18.8	told the journal that she told a customs and border protection officer about Ruth's threats of violence after she returned
1:25.2	to the US.
1:26.6	And she says she also filed an online report with the FBI and Interpol in 2023 when she heard that Ruth was attempting to recruit
1:34.7	Syrian refugees to fight in Ukraine. Walsh says neither customs nor the
1:40.2	FBI followed up with her. Customs didn't immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did the FBI.
1:47.0	Former CIA officer Sarah Adams, who helped to run an aid group network in Ukraine.
1:52.7	Says Ruth claimed to be working with the Ukrainian government
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