Biden Responds to Shooting at Trump Rally

Thanks for coming folks. I've been thoroughly briefed by all the agencies in the federal government as to the situation based on what we know now. I have tried to get a hold of Donald, he's with his doctors. Apparently he's doing well. I plan on talking to him shortly, I hope, when I get back to the telephone. Look, there's no place in America for this kind of violence. It's sick. It's sick. It's one of the reasons why we have to unite this country. We cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this. We cannot condone this. And so I want to thank the Secret Service and all the agencies, including the state agencies, that have been engaged in making sure that the people... And we have more detail to come relative to other people who may be injured in the audience. I don't have all that detail. We'll make that available to you. I may be able to come back a little later tonight, but we'll put out a statement if we don't, if I'm not able to get it for you, if it's not convenient for you all. (01:02) But the bottom line is that the Trump rally was a rally that should have been able to be conducted peacefully without any problem, but the idea that there's political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of. It's just not appropriate, and everybody must condemn it, everybody. I'll keep you informed and if I am able to speak to Donald, I'll let you know that as well. But so far, it appears he's doing well, number one. Number two, that there's thorough investigating what happened to anyone else in the audience. We have some reports, but not final reports. And every agency in the federal government, and I'm going back to my phone to speak with the federal agencies that are being put together again to give me an updated briefing as anything happened, they learned any more in the last couple hours. So thank you very much and I hope I get to speak to him tonight and I'll get back to you if I do.

Mr. President, do you think this was an assassination attempt?

I don't know enough to... I have an opinion, but I don't have any facts, so I want to make sure we have all the facts before I make any more comments. Thank you.