Monday, September 16, 2024
The 7
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🗓️ 16 September 2024
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Monday briefing: Potential Trump assassination attempt; JD Vance; Emmy winners; Tito Jackson; Caitlin Clark; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump was unharmed after a potential assassination attempt. |
| 0:06.0 | That's where we're starting the Seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Hannah Jewel. |
| 0:10.0 | It's Monday, September 16th. |
| 0:12.0 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:15.0 | Yesterday, police said a man pointed a rifle into a Florida golf course where Donald Trump was playing. |
| 0:24.9 | A Secret Service agent opened fire and Trump's detail rushed the former president to a |
| 0:29.6 | holding room. |
| 0:31.0 | The suspect fled the scene in a black Nissan, leaving behind a rifle, two bags, and a camera. |
| 0:37.0 | Shortly after, police arrested Ryan Wesley Ruth. |
| 0:41.0 | He's a 58-year-old man who most recently lived in Hawaii. Online posts show he's spent |
| 0:46.9 | recent years trying to join the war in Ukraine. He also has a criminal history, including |
| 0:52.2 | barricading himself inside a building with a gun in 2002. |
| 0:56.0 | Authorities are looking for clues for a possible motive, |
| 0:59.0 | and they're investigating the incident as another potential assassination attempt on Trump. |
| 1:04.0 | This was the second time in just over two months that a man had a high-powered rifle within range of Trump. |
| 1:10.0 | Its renewed concerns about the Republican nominee's safety ahead of |
| 1:14.4 | election day on November 5th. |
| 1:19.8 | Senator JD Vance doubled down on false claims about migrants in Ohio. |
| 1:25.5 | That's number two. |
| 1:27.6 | Last week, Trump's running mate falsely claimed that migrants in Springfield, Ohio had been |
| 1:32.2 | eating their neighbor's pets. Then Trump mentioned it during the presidential |
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