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News Wrap: Secret Service not on radio system with local police at Trump rally shooting
In our news wrap Friday, acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said agents were not on the same radio system as local law enforcement on the day of the Trump rally shooting, the leading global authority on food security officially declared a famine in the Darfur region of Sudan and the Justice Department and FTC sued TikTok and its parent company on accusations of child privacy violations.
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News Wrap: Rowe reveals new Trump shooting response details
Clip: 8/2/2024 | 5m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
In our news wrap Friday, acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said agents were not on the same radio system as local law enforcement on the day of the Trump rally shooting, the leading global authority on food security officially declared a famine in the Darfur region of Sudan and the Justice Department and FTC sued TikTok and its parent company on accusations of child privacy violations.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGEOFF BENNETT: New information# about the assassination attempt## on former President Donald Trump# starts the day's other headlines.
Acting Secret Service Director Ronald# Rowe said today that his agents were## not on the same radio system as local law# enforcement on the day of the shooting.## That cost valuable time when local# police warned via radio that there## was an armed assailant on the roof of a# building outside the security perimeter.
This afternoon, Rowe told reporters his# agency takes full responsibility.
It's## after he partially blamed local law enforcement# during congressional testimony earlier this week.
RONALD ROWE, Acting U.S. Secret Service# Director: This was a Secret Service failure,## and so they should not be blamed.# There was somebody who did in fact## radio out that they had seen# the individual with a weapon.
What I can tell you is that that piece of# information, that vital piece of information,## and by no fault of anyone -- it was a very# stressful situation.
It did not make it over.
GEOFF BENNETT: Rowe said he will consider# having Secret Service inside what's called## the unified command post, which# is operated by local authorities,## at all times going forward to# ensure better communication.
Turning abroad now to Venezuela's presidential# election, the Biden administration has now## officially recognized Nicolas Maduro's challenger,# that's opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, as## the winner.
Other countries, including Argentina,# Ecuador and Costa Rica, have done the same.
It all comes as a fellow opposition leader,# Maria Corina Machado, said masked men## ransacked her party's headquarters overnight.# That raid follows threats by top officials,## including from Maduro himself,# that he would arrest his political## rivals.
Maduro has yet to produce# evidence of his claimed victory.
Mourners held a funeral for slain Hamas# leader Ismail Haniyeh today days after he## was assassinated in Tehran.
Attendees prayed over# Haniyeh's coffin at the National Mosque in Qatar,## where he'd lived for the last several years.# Palestinians in Jerusalem also mourned his## death.
Haniyeh was a main negotiator for# Hamas in cease-fire talks with Israel.
Last night, President Biden said the# assassination was not helpful for negotiations,## and he urged Israeli Prime Minister# Benjamin Netanyahu to act quickly.
JOE BIDEN, President of the United States:# I'm very concerned about it.
I had a very## direct meeting with the prime minister today# and very direct.
We've got a -- we have the## basis for a cease-fire.
He should move# on it, and they should move on it now.
GEOFF BENNETT: Meantime, Hezbollah# resumed a rocket and artillery fire## against Israel today.
It ended# a pause in these cross-border## strikes following Israel's killing of a top# Hezbollah commander in Beirut this week.
The leading global authority# on food security has officially## declared a famine in the Darfur region# of Sudan, where more than half-a-million## people have fled from the spiraling# violence of that country's civil war.
Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen# has this report from inside Sudan.
LEILA MOLANA-ALLEN: I'm in Port Sudan, which# is the Sudanese government's wartime capital## after the capital Khartoum was seized last# year by the Rapid Support Forces militia.
And after weeks of dire warnings, the World# Food Program says it has found evidence## of famine in Zamzam camp in North Darfur,# where around 200,000 displaced people live,## and an immediate risk of famine in 14 other areas# of Sudan.
That means that over 20 percent of## people in those areas are at immediate risk# of starvation, malnutrition, and death.
If nothing is done by September, millions of# people in Sudan could be facing full famine,## which would be the greatest famine# of recent decades.
The Sudanese## Armed Forces and the government say# there is no famine anywhere in Sudan,## and they deny claims that they have been# stopping aid crossing posts into RSF territory.
For the PBS "News Hour," I'm# Leila Molana-Allen in Port Sudan.
GEOFF BENNETT: Today, both the U.N. and# USAID led renewed calls for a cease-fire,## so that humanitarian assistance# could get through.
Aid workers## haven't been able to get supplies to the# destitute camps in Darfur since April.
Back in the U.S., the Justice Department and# Federal Trade Commission have sued TikTok## and its parent company, ByteDance.
They# claim the social media app violates online## privacy by failing to seek parental consent before# collecting data on children under the age of 13.
In a statement, TikTok said it offers --# quote -- "age-appropriate experiences"## with stringent safeguards.
On Wall Street, the poor jobs numbers today sent# stocks into a freefall over investor concerns that## the economy could be weakening.
The Dow Jones# industrial average plummeted over 600 points,## the Nasdaq dropped by over 2 percent,# and the S&P 500 lost 100 points.
And a spoiler alert.
We have the latest# from today's action at the Paris Olympics.## One of Team USA's star sprinters, Sha'Carri# Richardson, made her first Olympic strides## today, breezing through her opening heat# of the 100 meters.
Americans also secured## a spot in the final for the 4x400 meter mixed# relay, breaking the world record along the way.
In the pool, Leon Marchand of France# extended his dominant swimming streak## with a fourth gold in front of# a home crowd.
But it's Team USA## who leads the medal count at the end# of week one, with 43 medals overall.
Still to come on the "News Hour": Jonathan# Capehart and Eliana Johnson analyze the busy week## of news at home and abroad; a new book looks at# the fascinating true story of a formerly enslaved## man who was crucial to creating Jack Daniel's# whiskey; and poetry comes to the national parks.
Americans freed from Russia reunite with families
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Clip: 8/2/2024 | 3m 25s | Families reunited as Americans who were detained in Russia arrive home (3m 25s)
Capehart and Johnson on Harris' running mate shortlist
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Clip: 8/2/2024 | 9m 15s | Capehart and Johnson on Harris' running mate shortlist and Trump's latest attacks (9m 15s)
Economist says Fed too slow to cut rates, hurting economy
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Clip: 8/2/2024 | 5m 28s | Economist says Federal Reserve too slow to cut interest rates and weakening the economy (5m 28s)
Harris campaign, Democrats lean into calling Trump 'weird'
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Clip: 8/2/2024 | 4m 26s | Why the Harris campaign and Democrats are leaning into calling Trump 'weird' (4m 26s)
How a formerly enslaved man helped create Jack Daniel's
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Clip: 8/2/2024 | 8m 57s | New book chronicles the formerly enslaved man crucial to creating Jack Daniel's (8m 57s)
Kurmasheva’s husband describes reunion after her release
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'You Are Here' project celebrates poetry in natural world
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