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News Wrap: FBI investigates apparent assassination attempt on Trump in West Palm Beach

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Sunday, Secret Service agents opened fire on a person with a firearm near Trump at his golf club in Florida, a university in Springfield, Ohio received a shooting threat targeting Haitian community members, Houthi rebels fired a missile into central Israel, several people died trying to cross the English Channel, and Venezuela accused three Americans of plotting to kill Maduro. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Lisa Desjardin. John Yang is away. The FBI says former

0:06.1

President Donald Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt

0:10.1

today at his golf club in Palm Beach, Florida.

0:13.0

Secret service agents opened fire on a person with a gun near the spot where Trump was playing golf.

0:18.0

His campaign says the former president is safe and back at Marilago.

0:22.0

After speaking with the former president,

0:23.9

Fox host Sean Hannity reported that an AK-47 rifle

0:28.1

was found nearby and that Secret Service

0:30.5

acted quickly to protect Trump. The agency is investigating.

0:35.6

A university in Springfield, Ohio today cancelled all planned activities and events

0:40.2

after it received an email threatening a potential shooting.

0:43.8

A Wittenberg University statement said the threat especially targeted Haitian members

0:48.4

of the community.

0:49.7

Springfield has come under a microscope after the Trump campaign's claims without evidence of

0:54.2

Haitian immigrants eating local pets.

0:56.8

On Sunday morning political shows, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance stood

1:01.7

by those false claims here on CBS's face the nation.

1:05.9

Whatever some local mayor said about this case I am hearing from dozens of

1:10.7

constituents who are concerned about these issues.

1:13.3

They are allowed to be concerned about these issues.

1:15.3

And I think it's shameful how the American media ignores them.

1:18.7

Vance also was asked about a small rally of right-wing extremist group, the Proud Boys, in Springfield yesterday.

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