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Speaker 1: And US correspondent Dan Mitchenson is with us this evening.

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Speaker 1: Killed to Dan Hi Jack. So let's start off with

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Speaker 1: news out of the US today that Iran had apparently

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Speaker 1: been plotting to kill Donald Trump, and concerns over that

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Speaker 1: plot prompted the Secret Service to boost his protection.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this has really been interesting that it started with

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Speaker 2: a report from CNN that they they being authorities over

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Speaker 2: here in the US, got this intelligence briefing from a source,

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Speaker 2: and they had this for a number of weeks apparently,

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Speaker 2: And so, as you mentioned, the Secret Service boosted their

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Speaker 2: security around the president. As for the shooter, though, whose

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Speaker 2: name we now know, Thomas Matthew Crooks, there's no trail

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Speaker 2: that has led the Secret Service to think that he

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Speaker 2: was connected to the plot. That being said, all this

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Speaker 2: information that we're still getting right now doesn't answer the

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Speaker 2: questions about the security lapse at that rally in Pennsylvania,

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Speaker 2: how Crooks managed to access that rooftop that was just

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Speaker 2: a few hundred yards away that you know, was able

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Speaker 2: to launch the show that injured former President Trump.

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Speaker 1: You know, it is actually amazing how little information has

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Speaker 1: come out about his background and his motive over the

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Speaker 1: last couple of days, don't you think. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: mean everyone immediately said, you know, this is political violence,

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Speaker 1: and I think there was a general assumption that the

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Speaker 1: assassin or attempted assassin might have been an opponent of

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Speaker 1: Donald Trump's but really we actually have nothing to base

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Speaker 1: that on at the moment.

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Speaker 2: No, no, we don't. I think we're so used to

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Speaker 2: getting information so quickly, especially with the digital footprint, as

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Speaker 2: they like to say that everybody leaves behind these days,

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Speaker 2: but we really don't. Just like, we're not getting much

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Speaker 2: information right now on this threat from Iran. I mean

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Speaker 2: they're saying, you know, we don't comment on the president's

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Speaker 2: security detail. All the questions should be directed to the

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Speaker 2: US Secret Service. And then as for the shooter. When

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Speaker 2: this first happened, they said it could be weeks, months

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Speaker 2: or even longer before we learn a lot about this

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Speaker 2: twenty year old And right now we know very little

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Speaker 2: about him except that he was registered as Republican and

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Speaker 2: that he had given just a few dollars to two

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Speaker 2: Democrats in the past.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it sort of seems as likely as anything that

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Speaker 1: this was just a really troubled young man looking to

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Speaker 1: make a splash, rather than anything that was explicitly politically motivated,

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Speaker 1: which might distinguish him from some other assassination attempts in

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Speaker 1: the past. That being said, though, Dan just be totally

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Speaker 1: clear that there is no suggestion from the reports or

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Speaker 1: the authorities at this stage that the attempt at assassination

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Speaker 1: was linked to Iran.

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Speaker 2: No, no, not not at this point. This is just

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Speaker 2: just early early days. As they like to say, this

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Speaker 2: is just intelligence that they're kind of leaking out to

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Speaker 2: the press, I think, But there is there is not

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Speaker 2: a name that's associated with this that's not, you know,

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Speaker 2: one group or is it the country as a whole.

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Speaker 2: I mean, this could this could be disproved just as

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Speaker 2: easily as it was released to the press this time tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: But we you know, and that's a frustrating thing. You

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Speaker 2: get a little teased of something and you want to

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Speaker 2: know more information because everybody's curious about it.

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Speaker 1: And now Dan singer Ingrid Andres was performing at Major

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Speaker 1: League Baseball's home run derby last night and she was

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Speaker 1: doing the national anthem, as we know, the stars and

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Speaker 1: Stripes is starspangle banner is a very difficult anthem to sing,

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Speaker 1: a whole lot more difficult than New Zealand's version. I

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Speaker 1: think you have to traverse one and a half octaves,

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Speaker 1: but she did not do a good job. Let's have

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Speaker 1: a quick listens. I don't think we want to play

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Speaker 1: that too much. Dan, we'll have no listeners left. But

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Speaker 1: actually there is an explanation, and truthfully it's a sad explanation.

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Speaker 1: It is.

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Speaker 2: It is because the first thing when you woke up

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Speaker 2: today was, apart from next to the VP choice by

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Speaker 2: Donald tr and the aftermath of this weekend shooting was this,

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Speaker 2: And I mean everybody started making jokes about it and

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Speaker 2: comparing it to rose Anne Barr, who sung the national

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Speaker 2: anthem and was booed when she did that for the

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Speaker 2: Padres years ago. But then we learned that she's been

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Speaker 2: battling a problem, and she said that on social media.

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Speaker 2: She said, I'm checking myself into a facility today to

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Speaker 2: This was not me last night. I apologized to Major

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Speaker 2: League Baseball and the fans and the country that I

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Speaker 2: love so much for this rendition. Excuse me. And she's

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Speaker 2: the daughter of a former Major League strengthen and coordinating

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Speaker 2: coach who worked for the Tigers and the Rockies and

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Speaker 2: a few other teams. And in all fairness, like you said,

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Speaker 2: that song is challenging even at the best of times

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Speaker 2: by the best of singers. And when you've had too

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Speaker 2: much to drink, I mean, you don't even want to

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Speaker 2: go there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you really don't. I don't want to go

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Speaker 1: there one I haven't drink. It's actually really interesting if

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Speaker 1: you watch, you know, international sporting games, you watch the

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Speaker 1: anthem being performed. Often unlike the countries, you see people

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Speaker 1: not singing. They've just got the hand over their heart.

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Speaker 1: And there's good reason for that. Hey, Donald Trump assassination

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Speaker 1: attempt memorabilia has hit eBay Dan.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and this is this is something you really wish

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Speaker 2: that people wouldn't do. But you're finding all these kind

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Speaker 2: of things popping up newspaper front page ads, wristbands that

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Speaker 2: were used by people who were there, aerial shots of

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Speaker 2: the land that you saw on a lot of the

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Speaker 2: networks as soon as this happened, t shirts and mugs

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Speaker 2: and wal art featuring the moment that mister Trump raised

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Speaker 2: his fist. And people are making some money off this.

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Speaker 2: I mean, there was one guy that talked to Newsweek

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Speaker 2: over here and he said, I decided to auction a

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Speaker 2: lot of the memorabilia that I had because I want

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Speaker 2: the money to go for a family vacation as a

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Speaker 2: thirty eight year old guy. And a lot of the

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Speaker 2: sellers are saying, hey, I'm really pleased with the price

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Speaker 2: of the items that I'm getting on here, and this

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Speaker 2: is a piece of history, and you know, I have

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Speaker 2: every right to sell it online and it's it's a

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Speaker 2: curiosity factor, I guess.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Thank you so much, Jan, appreciate your time as ever.

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Speaker 1: US correspondent Dan Mitchison. For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive,

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