FBI investigates suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt and historic Emmy night for ‘Shōgun’: Morning Rundown
The FBI investigates the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at his Florida golf club. House Republicans will attempt to avert a government shutdown. And “Shōgun” dominates at the Emmys.
Here’s what to know today.
Trump targeted in another apparent assassination attempt
Two months after the attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life in Pennsylvania, the FBI said it was investigating another apparent attempted assassination of Trump at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The former president was playing a round of golf near his Mar-a-Lago home when a Secret Service agent spotted a rifle with a scope in the bushes outside of the course, according to officials. The Secret Service opened fire, but the man fled in a vehicle. A nearby witness took a picture of the car and told authorities, helping lead to an arrest.
The man taken into custody was identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, according to three senior law enforcement officials. An AR-style rifle was recovered from the scene, law enforcement officials told NBC News. The man in custody has a long criminal and civil court history, including a conviction for possessing a machine gun.
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement that Trump was “safe” after the incident. Trump left the golf course in his motorcade a couple of hours later and headed back to Mar-a-Lago. It is not yet clear if the suspect had fired any shots, according to the Secret Service.
Vice President Kamala Harris reacted to the event, saying “we all must do our part to ensure that this incident does not lead to more violence.” House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a post to X that he spent “a few hours” with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday and called the former president “unstoppable.”
Read the full story here and follow live updates.
House GOP struggles to avoid a shutdown
House Republicans are trying again at a stopgap funding measure this week, with just 15 days remaining until money runs out — and growing concerns about a federal shutdown, including among top Republicans who worry about the political fallout so close to the Nov. 5 election.
House Speaker Mike Johnson worked through the weekend, reaching out to various factions in his 220-member GOP conference to find a path forward on a short-term funding bill. The speaker’s initial strategy had called for a six-month continuing resolution tied to the SAVE Act, legislation backed by Donald Trump requiring proof of citizenship to vote. But Johnson and the whip team couldn’t muster the GOP votes needed to pass that package, and the speaker abruptly yanked the bill off the floor hours before a scheduled vote. It’s unclear if Johnson will try to tweak the SAVE Act approach or try something entirely different this week.
Time is running out to prevent a funding lapse on Oct. 1 and Johnson is trying to find a path forward on a short-term funding bill.
‘Shōgun’ nabs four biggest Emmy awards, ‘Hacks’ wins best comedy
The 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards were given out, with “Shōgun,” the historical fiction series about 17th century feudal Japan, collecting four major wins.
“Shōgun” set a new high at the Emmys, earning 18 awards overall, the most wins for a show in a single year. It won for best drama series, Hiroyuki Sanada won for best actor in a drama, and Anna Sawai took best actress. In addition to the big acting awards, “Shōgun” was also nominated for a host of technical awards, like production design, original dramatic score and stunt performance, and was the first show to take home 14 Emmys at the Creative Arts ceremony. It also won for best directing for a drama series.
“Hacks” was a surprise winner for best comedy series over “The Bear,” which won the category last year. However, “The Bear” did win three awards for the show’s cast members: Jeremy Allen White for best lead in a comedy series, Liza Colón-Zayas for best supporting actress and Ebon Moss-Bachrach for best supporting actor. Christopher Storer won best directing for a comedy series for the show. Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” also snagged four wins, including best limited or anthology series. Richard Gadd won for best actor in a limited or anthology series or movie, and Jessica Gunning won best supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie.
Catch up on the winners, the speeches and all the best moments from the show.
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Highlights from Week 2 of the NFL
The second week of the 2024 NFL season gave us some shocking upsets, an AFC thriller and some spectacular individual performances. Sports editor Greg Rosenstein breaks down the weekend’s best moments:
🏈 The Chiefs, especially with Taylor Swift watching at Arrowhead Stadium, always seem to find a way. Trailing the Bengals 25-23 late in the fourth quarter, Kansas City drew a pass interference penalty on a fourth-and-16 to keep its last drive alive. The Chiefs then won the game on a 51-yard field goal as time expired by kicker Harrison Butker.
🤠 Alvin Kamara and the Saints are rolling. New Orleans dominated the Dallas Cowboys 44-19 thanks to four scores from their star running back. Quarterback Derek Carr added 243 yards passing, two touchdowns and a pick as New Orleans improved to 2-0.
💪 Marvin Harrison Jr. finally showed why he entered the league with major hype. After an underwhelming pro debut, the Cardinals first-round pick caught four passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns in Arizona’s lopsided 41-10 win against the Los Angeles Rams.
🤩 Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold threw a 97-yard bomb to star receiver Justin Jefferson in Minnesota’s 23-17 upset victory of the San Francisco 49ers. The electrifying score was important in more than one way: it came against Darnold’s former team.
Staff Pick: Cut up and leased out, the bodies of the poor suffer a final indignity in Texas
A medical school in Texas has dissected and leased out hundreds of unclaimed bodies in the past five years — often without the consent of the deceased, and without their relatives’ knowledge. In some cases, families were searching for their missing loved one as this was happening, reporters Mike Hixenbaugh, Jon Schuppe and Susan Carroll found.
After the reporters shared these findings of their 10-month investigation with the University of North Texas Health Science Center recently, the school announced that it was making major changes in response: suspending the body donation program, firing its leaders and hiring a consulting firm to investigate its practices.
But that move came too late for some families, who were devastated to learn that their relatives were cut up after death. “It’s like a hole in your soul that can never be filled,” said Brenda Cloud, whose brother, Victor Honey, was taken for medical research and training in 2022. “We feel violated.”
— Julie Shapiro, managing editor, enterprise
Politics in Brief
Springfield visit: Former President Donald Trump plans to visit Springfield, Ohio, the site of his baseless claims about Haitian immigrants, a source familiar with the planning said.
Meet the Press: JD Vance responded to Laura Loomer’s remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris on social media, saying he didn’t like the comments and “what Laura said about Kamala Harris is not what we should be focused on.”
First to NBC: The Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee has launched a digital advertising campaign in New York urging Haitian Americans to vote this November, “in an act of unity against bigoted attacks,” according to a source who shared the plans with NBC News.
TikTok ban: TikTok is asking a federal court to stop a law that could ban the social media platform in the U.S. But two studies suggest TikTok blocks info critical of China, and a new analysis argues the firm is entangled with Chinese propaganda.
Voting: Former President Donald Trump’s campaign thinks its new get-out-the-vote strategy will serve as a silver bullet to capture key battleground states, but more than half a dozen Republicans who spoke with NBC News were skeptical of the effort.
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