How police failed to see the suspected Georgia shooter as a threat
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🗓️ 13 September 2024
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USA TODAY Domestic Security Correspondent Josh Meyer explains what experts are saying about police failures to see the suspected Georgia school shooter as a threat.
Former President Donald Trump held his first post-debate rally in Arizona Thursday. Plus, he says he won't debate Vice President Kamala Harris a second time. We also hear about some new developments to his legal issues.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson. Today is Friday, September 13th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:19.6 | excerpt. Today, could authorities have done more to prevent this month school shooting in Georgia? |
| 0:28.0 | Plus, Trump says he won't debate Harris again. |
| 0:31.0 | And the Surgeon General's latest public health morning is about parenting. |
| 0:36.7 | The FBI got a tip that might have helped prevent the Georgia high school shooting |
| 0:40.5 | earlier this month and the investigation offers insight |
| 0:43.9 | into how such clues are handled. |
| 0:46.2 | I spoke with USA Today, domestic security |
| 0:48.1 | correspondent Josh Meyer to learn more. |
| 0:51.4 | Josh, thanks for hopping on today. |
| 0:53.0 | Happy to be here, Taylor. |
| 0:54.4 | So Josh, would you just tell us about this meeting |
| 0:57.0 | that happened between local sheriffs |
| 0:59.0 | and this father and son? |
| 1:00.7 | Why did they show up to the house in the first place and what did officials learn on that |
| 1:04.5 | debt? |
| 1:05.5 | About 15 months before the shooting the FBI received a tip actually from three separate |
| 1:10.5 | sources that there was somebody threatening to shoot up a school and |
| 1:14.3 | they included photos of guns including an AR 15 rifle and so they tried to figure |
| 1:19.9 | out exactly where the threat was coming from. They traced it to some internet IP addresses and they |
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