Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt charged with gun crimes
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Ryan Routh appeared in court in Florida after he was spotted in bushes, holding a rifle, as the former President played golf. US authorities have confirmed that the suspect fired no shots.
Also in the programme, the American pastor released from prison in China after nearly 20 years, and how Huw Edwards - the face of BBC domestic news - fell from revered star to convicted criminal.
(Picture: Courtroom sketch of suspect Ryan Routh. Credit: Reuters / Speer)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:06.8 | We're coming to you live from London. |
| 0:08.4 | My name's Paul Henley. |
| 0:09.7 | First up today, President Biden is among those calling for an upgrade to the |
| 0:13.9 | protection the US Secret Services give Donald Trump after what appears to have |
| 0:18.9 | been a second attempt to kill Mr Trump in two months. The Republican presidential candidate |
| 0:24.0 | was playing golf on Sunday when secret service agents spotted and fired shots at a |
| 0:29.2 | gunman in bushes several hundred yards away. Mr. Trump was unharmed, a man was later arrested. |
| 0:36.0 | Before boarding a helicopter in Washington, D.C. today, President Biden spoke about the incident. |
| 0:41.0 | I command the Secret Service for the expert handling the situation and the |
| 0:45.5 | former president is protected from harm and subject to it in custody. Let me just say there is no place |
| 0:52.3 | for political violence in America. None, zero, never. I've always |
| 0:59.0 | condemned political violence and always will in America. We resolve our difference peacefully the ballot box not at the end of a gun |
| 1:05.7 | America suffered too many times the tragedy of an assassin's bullet |
| 1:10.7 | It solves nothing and just tears the country apart. |
| 1:15.0 | Video posted today by the Martin County Sheriff's Office shows the moment of the suspect's arrest. |
| 1:21.0 | Ryan Ruth walking backwards with his hands up, pulling his t-shirt |
| 1:25.2 | over his head on the side of a road before he was handcuffed and led away. |
| 1:31.9 | Driver, take two steps to your right. |
| 1:35.0 | Take two steps to your right. |
| 1:38.0 | Take two steps to your right. |
| 1:40.0 | Driver, walk straight back. Keep walking. The BBC's Tom Bateman is in Florida and was at the |
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