Acting Secret Service chief: Attempted assassination of Trump could have been prevented

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe told a Senate hearing the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump could have been prevented if his agency had deployed technology that would have revealed a drone flown by the gunman before the shooting. And in an exclusive interview, Attorney General Merrick Garland called the attempted assassination "extremely alarming." NBC News' Ken Dilanian reports.

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[deanguilliams]

It seems a lot of people were in the know. Even CNN showed up for the first time.

[markmccreadie]

Prevented? I mean you see the guy an hour ahead of time, agent after agent just ignores him or lets him go. The whole truth still has not come out. Something doesn't add up, it's seems way more than gross incompetence because 20 people who all have to be this clueless.

[pinballpsycho]

We keep hearing that some of the SS personnel at this rally were actually DHS. Do we know how many actual SS agent were there, how many were replaced and in what capacity the replacements worked?

[mikecziraky]

It could of been prevented but we were ordered to allow it to happen

[kalicokathy]

Garland hasn’t been ashamed of his disregard of the Constitution or laws

[deanguilliams]

Garland’s lips are moving. Just saying. 😎

[youtubecensors]

The chaos afterwards showed the DNC didn't have a contingency plan for him surviving.

[Bill-vown]

It's always the same People. WAKE up AMERICA 🇺🇸

[sandrapryor]

Fishy incident. Will we ever know the truth?

[monicawestrn]

Garland, why are you blaming Iran … thought Crooks was a “lone wolf”.

[lisamcneilly]

Government & Media need to stop promoting violent talk.

[ConservativeAnthem]

Garland is sick to his stomach that the assassin failed.

[garybuder]

I can't wait till someone replays the clip of ted cruz complaining about not getting an answer back to ted cruz not giving an answer to the question asked

[Karlsfrostedtips]

Nice to see someone admitting their faults

[X-dh]

Iit’s not a failure it is deliverate not to secure the AGR buiding

[ab]

Yes, and that submarine crew that forgot to close the hatch...all that flooding could have been prevented! Crooks got on the roof so easily he said "wow, this must be what it's like to come across the border!"

[Tony-ki]

Yall dont show the flag in the iconic pic btw did someone get fired for that

[southerndad]

Chance the age to purchase a firearm to 21. I mean you can buy a gun at 18 gun can’t buy beer? You can’t even buy cigs now until your 21

[CaptRich-bigp]

What's the deal; why was the photo of Trump altered?
There's something fishy going on here.

[drumtwoseven]

HONESTLY THE CLOSEST THEORY IVE HEARD SO FAR IS THEY LOOKED THE OTHER WAY FINGERS CROSSED 🤞

CRINGED THEN HAD TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND GO TO WORK

DURING WWII THERE WERE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS ON HITLER ALL FAILED AS WELL... EVENTUALLY HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE IN ONE OF HIS BUNKERS AT THE BITTER END OF WWII

THE WORLD BECAME A BETTER PLACE THAT HISTORIC DAY 💙