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00:00At a court in Florida on Monday, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Ruth was given two gun charges,
00:05one of possessing a firearm whilst a convicted felon and the second of obliterating the serial
00:10number on that firearm.
00:13The two charges could be the first of many that could be heading his way as the investigation
00:17into the attempted assassination of Donald Trump continues.
00:21We are learning more details, however.
00:23The Secret Service on Monday saying that Ryan Wesley Ruth fired no shots towards the president
00:28but instead those gunshots were indeed from Secret Service heading his way which caused
00:31him to flee the scene.
00:33Donald Trump has laid blame for this attempted assassination at the feet of the Democrats
00:37and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in particular saying that the rhetoric coming from the Democrats
00:43makes people feel emboldened to make the bullets start flying.
00:47Well Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have said that there is no space for political violence
00:51in America and we got word from the White House on Monday that Donald Trump received
00:56a phone call from Joe Biden.
00:58The official readout from the White House said President Biden spoke with former President
01:02Trump and conveyed his relief that he is safe.
01:05The two shared a cordial conversation and former President Trump expressed his thanks
01:10for the call.