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On this episode of New World, one year ago in July 13, 2024, Donald J. Trump, then a former president of the United States,

and presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the

2024 presidential election survived an assassination attempt while speaking at an open-air campaign

rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. There are moments that define America. The late afternoon

hours of July 13, 2004, was one of them. In her new book, Butler, the untold

story of the near assassination of Donald Trump and the fight for America's heartland,

Selena Zito writes a narrative of that fateful day and describes the people of the heartland

and the untold story of how the president found his way back into the heart of the electorate.

I have to say, in welcoming my guest, I regard her as one of the finest reporters in the country, somebody with unusual knowledge.

And as she and I were chatting, somebody whose family goes back to the very beginning of Butler,

and so her ties to that region are amazing.

But on anything she writes, I personally recommend Selena Zito as a remarkable reporter and a great analyst.

Thank you. Selina, welcome and thank you for joining me on Newts World.

Oh, my goodness. Thank you so much. It's such an honor, Mr. Speaker. I really appreciate you taking time to do this.

You know, it's sort of amazing, I didn't realize

till later, that you were only a few feet from President Trump when the shots rang out. I mean,

what was that like? Well, in that moment, people often say when they are in a tragic situation

or they're in a perilous situation, the time slows down. And that was also

the case for me. And I remember thinking everything is happening in layers. That's what it felt like.

That's the only way I can describe it. When I saw him, again, I'm just a few feet away. I had just

seen him six minutes earlier in what's called the click area,

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