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And he was on the green on one of the holes there, David, and obviously he saved no one else injured. And so this suspect was charged with firearms violations. Apparently, he'd been there, what, for 12 hours. This is what we're learning now that he'd been seeking out that area. Yeah, in along this fence line, he could hide in the bushes, basically. So he could not be seen, apparently, by passing motorists, but was along that fence line long enough that, fortunately, Secret Service agent discovered him at that time. That there was no line of sight to the former president, either. He never had, you know, he was, I guess, waiting for him to come closer. But he never had line of sight to Donald Trump. So I guess we'll continue to unravel his history, which has provided a lot of videos. He's been a protester of the war in Ukraine. He's visited Ukraine. He's a native of North Carolina, but has been a resident of Hawaii since 2018. And I believe he also wrote, he and his wife wrote a book, and I believe it was also somehow tied into fighting for Ukraine, if I'm not mistaken. He had apparently tried to join as a mercenary, but they told him he was too old. Now some Ukrainian officials said they thought he was, quote, "strange" and many of his neighbors and some of his writings, and he seems to be somebody who has had some challenges mentally along the way. And so he had tried to recruit people to go and fight in Ukraine, and they had reported he hadn't been able to recruit anybody. So why now, why this moment, why was he there on Sunday? Maybe they will find out, right, since they haven't an opportunity, you know, to speak with him and get more details. So 58-year-old Ryan Wessley-Wessley Ralph is in jail, and I don't imagine they'll let him out on bond, right? I would doubt it. No, that's probably not going to happen. Meanwhile, we're going to talk with the liquor control board yesterday, Tamara Rush reported. In Pennsylvania, you can now buy canned cocktails such as High Noon and Jack Daniels at grocery stores, beer distributors, and more. So the expanded rules that they could apply yesterday, and apparently, and Aaron, you talk to the press secretary for the liquor control board, they were swamped by requests to get these expanded licenses, right? Yes, he used the words as soon as he entered the phone. Thanks for reaching out. It's been an exciting day. Lots and lots of applications. So apparently, all these canned alcohol drinks, hard iced tea, I mean, there's so many of them out there now. You will be able to purchase them in places that you were not able to purchase them before, and I didn't realize, actually, until yesterday, that happy hours were mandated by the liquor control board in Pennsylvania. You mean the length of them? Yeah, I just thought that the bar and restaurant owners just created their own happy hours when it comes to alcohol. They are limited by law. You know, an interesting thing to ask when you have the fellow from the PLCB on today is a lot of these restrictions that they're sending now were revising, went into place in the 1980s in part because of concerns about drunk driving crashes and so on, the rise of mad and so on. So what happened to those concerns that prompted those regulations to be put in place in the first place, or the regulations tightened to the extent that they are. Because I was thinking that back during COVID when it became possible to do take out glasses of alcohol at bars. What happened to those concerns? I mean, and also remember the expanded restaurants were able to have sidewalks even too, in many cases where they were not permitted before, and then to be able to serve alcohol too. So we'll get the details on that, by the way, right after the news at eight, we'll go live with Pennsylvania's liquor control board and get to find details because it does affect a lot of people who'd like to imbibe. The big hockey news yesterday, the Pittsburgh Penguins signed a two year extension with Captain Sidney Crosby, who by the end of his contract will be 40 years old. And Kyle Dubas, the general manager, released a statement saying there are no words to properly describe what Sidney Crosby means to the game of hockey, the city of Pittsburgh, and the Penguins organization, he's the greatest hockey player of his generation, one of the greatest in the history of the game. So the way he works, the way he leads, has led him to a new contract, this is a no-brainer for the organization, 8.7 million. His numbers 87, he's at that number for a long time. I'm actually surprised he didn't ask for more because he certainly could have got it. Probably, I mean, but they have, he understands they got to pay a bunch of other players and for them to be competitive, he also understands he needs some help. So it'll be interesting with the new ownership group out of Boston, the fact that Sidney Crosby is going to remain a penguin, it looks like for the rest of his career, which I think is obviously great for the city of Pittsburgh, because think how fortunate we've been to have Mario Lemieux and you had Yarm or Yager, and you have Sidney Crosby, you've getting Mulcan, and at one point, you pointed out earlier, David, Sidney Crosby literally lived at Mario's house. Eventually, he got his own and I understand it's rather expansive and nice. I would imagine, so tastefully decorated. So that's what people are talking about on the Big K Morning Show. School threats continue around the region and around the country. As David just mentioned, Springfield, Ohio, but that's related maybe to another story which we'll get to in a moment, but they just in California have had issues. We've seen an arrest here of a 10 year old girl accused of making threats. A 11 year old boy has been arrested in another state, threatening a mass shooting, and this is in Florida actually. And so these school threats continue to be a major issue, and we're going to talk to a superintendent in the next hour about what they're doing about it. I mean, it's going to be difficult with social media to find ways to stop it, but nonetheless, they have to deal with it, and it has altered security plans for schools. So we'll go to the Black Hawk School District and talk to their superintendent right after the news at 730 Monday night, former president Donald Trump addressed the assassination attempt against him the previous day, this during an otherwise cryptocurrency interview with an internet personality at Trump's Marilago home down there in Palm Beach in the West Palm Beach area. It was broadcast on X spaces and though the FBI is still investigating a possible motive in the case and the attempt on Trump's life in July in Butler County, Trump said he claimed both suspects were quote radical lefts and said democratic criticism of him is to blame. He also suggested he survived because God wants him to be president. Trump complimented president Biden for calling him. And once again, called the party's nomination of vice president Kamala Harris a coup against Biden, the former president also said he needs more people on his security detail. We have a radical left force, and we have forces, you know, I say that we have a lot of evil in the world. He and his running mate JD Vance doubling down in Springfield, Ohio with the update CBS's Nicole Killian. The town of Springfield is dumping up security as viral unfounded claims about Haitian immigrants stealing and eating pets continue to circulate amplified by former president Trump and running made Ohio Senator JD Vance in Springfield. They're eating the dogs, the people that came in. They're eating the cats. They're eating their eating the pets after a pair of elementary schools, which evacuated governor Mike DeWine came to the city to announce that three dozen state troopers would be posted Tuesday so they can stay open. Look, parents are scared. And when parents are scared, we need to react and I don't blame them. Two local colleges move their classes online, including Wittenberg University, following threats targeting the Haitian community. The city also canceled a major cultural festival at the end of the month as a safety precaution. If they just backed off their words a little bit, this could help our environment. This would help. We need help, not hate. We need help. Over the weekend, members of the far right group of proud boys were seen marching through the streets in a branch of the Ku Klux Klan spread leaflets with hateful messages. While we condemn all violence, vans expressed concern this weekend, but doubled down on the false claims. It wasn't just in the meme. Create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do. Do you think a senator should make something up? Well, I don't know that that's what he meant. I think he wants to use this, I guess, to illustrate a problem that we really do have. And that is a problem along our southern border. In Springfield's little Haiti, Roman Pierre is a manager at a Creole restaurant that has been bombarded with calls. A lot of people call me, they say, you sell cart, you sell dog, I say no, we don't sell those kind of things. He says Trump and Vance should apologize. They shouldn't have good people. Governor DeWine says all of these bomb threats have been hoaxes so far and he tells me that many of these calls are coming from overseas from a specific country, although he wouldn't go into more detail. Nicole Killian struggling with mental health shouldn't be the norm. At Mindful Therapy Group, we specialize in connecting you with compassionate therapists to find the perfect fit for you. Mindful Therapy Group accepts most health insurances. Visit Mindful Therapy Group dot com to start your mental health journey today. CBS News, Springfield, Ohio. This ends the big K morning show, I appreciate you being with us, we'll keep you posted on what's happening in and around town. Of course, the top story is still what happened Sunday at West Palm Beach, Florida. And with the details of the suspect, 58 year old Ryan Wesley Ralph, who they captured 50 miles from the golf course where former president Donald Trump was playing in the afternoon on Sunday, CBS's Jared Hill. Ryan Wellesley Ralph is now facing two federal firearms charges. Before documents reveal, he was camped outside Trump's golf course for nearly 12 hours. Authorities say Ralph did not fire any shots and never had Trump in his line of sight. But the incident is raising questions about Trump's security and today he returns to the campaign trail with a town hall in Michigan. CBS's Jared Hill joins us now with the latest developments. Former President Trump has spoken with the head of the Secret Service as well as President Biden specifically about the issue of security since this latest apparent attempt on his life, saying that Biden asked if he needs more agents on his detail. Police body cam footage shows the arrests of Ryan Wesley Ralph, the man accused of trying to assassinate former president Donald Trump at his golf club in West Palm Beach over the weekend. All of a sudden we heard shots being fired in the air last night on X. The former president described the moment when, according to charging documents, a US Secret Service agent saw what looked like a rifle poking from the treeline, then fired shots in that direction. Secret Service knew immediately with bullets and they grabbed me. Everybody just, we got into the courts and we moved along pretty, pretty good. The 58 year old fled, unharmed and was later taken into custody about 50 miles away. Ralph, a North Carolina native with a criminal record appeared in court Monday on two federal gun charges. Investigators say they found a high caliber rifle with its serial numbers scratched out, a digital camera and some food. According to authorities, cell phone records show he may have been near the golf course as far back as 12 hours before the incident. He did not fire or get off any shots at our agent. The protective methodologies of the Secret Service were effective. Acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe says his agency has beefed up Trump's protection following the July assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. President Biden says the agency needs more help. He condemned political violence Monday before speaking with Trump by phone. Multiple sources tell CBS News the Biden administration has asked Congress for flexibility to boost what it spends on the Secret Service. Meanwhile, investigators continue digging into the suspect's social media posts and trying to get a warrant for his car and cell phone to try and figure out exactly why this happened. CBS's Jared Hill will continue to follow the story, but in the meantime, the campaign goes on. Coming up in our next half hour, we're going to talk to Katie KTV, political analyst John Delano and also later on this morning, right after the news at eight, the LCB and the expansion yesterday and they started accepting the request from all the different locales for an expansion of sales and alcohol. And apparently there is legislation that is being introduced to legalize recreational marijuana. I'm curious who would run that? Would it be? I know it's the liquor control board, but since they have an infrastructure in place to deal with it, who would run if they have a recreational marijuana law that allows the sales? Who would be responsible to run that? All of the states to our West, to our East, to our North in Canada, by the way, the entire country has recreational marijuana laws that are and they've been in place for the last couple of years. So for those that don't know, we do have medical marijuana laws highly regulated by the state. Aaron, I'm curious, have you ever been in a state where recreational marijuana is legal? I believe it's legal in D.C., correct? Yes. So in college, I had a friend and it's been legal there for so long. And so I obviously didn't live there, but she would share just how normal it was there. Oh, yeah, my friend just got a Rice Krispie treat, you know, it was just very accessible, very normal there. I believe we're approaching almost half the states in the country. Now there has been talk. What's difficult for this to navigate financially for the states is the fact that under federal law, it's still a class one narcotic. I know they're trying to reduce that somewhat, but they haven't been successful yet. I mean, it still is. Right. So technically, even us in the media, radio and television, cannot accept advertising for marijuana. Right. So that's what we're trying to do, and that's what we're trying to do, and it's what we're trying to do, and it's what we're trying to do, and what we're trying to do. And so I think that's what we're trying to do, and that's what we're trying to do. And it's what we're trying to do, and that's what we're trying to do, and that's what we're trying to do, and that's what we're trying to do, and that's what we're trying to do. It's an expansion of liquor sales, including harder liquors, these canned liquor, whatever you call them. Seltzer, beer, white claws when I see people drinking. Yes. So it'll be interesting to see, but that is a good question. Yeah, back in Harrisburg, and we'll have a follow up on that too. We're also going to check on, hey, when are we going to see some rain? We'll go live to Acu with our next morning. Good morning. We're everywhere. Yeah. Heather's everywhere. Where is the rain? Where it's close, but doesn't look like we're going to get any today and maybe just a little tomorrow. What's up? Yeah, this rain, of course, associated with the system that was the potential tropical cyclone eight never quite realized that potential. And now it's inland, pushing inland, and it's going to kind of slowly disintegrate over the eastern part of the Tennessee Valley and the Appalachian Mountains over the next several days. The problem is it's moving more west than it is north. And so that is keeping so far the rain down across Virginia and West Virginia. It looks like kind of northeast of Charleston is about as far as it's gotten so far. There is a chance that we could pick up a little bit of this rain in the coming days. We are looking at a possibility that it gets, I would say at least as far as the Pennsylvania West Virginia border by the end of the night tonight and then we can pick up a shower or two during the day tomorrow. Even then, though, the best chance of a shower is south of the city. And I think when push comes to shove, we probably really don't get a lot of rain out of this at all. So still hurting for some rain. And I think that a lot of people already looking ahead to the weekend. The Steelers play Sunday at 1 and pit plays at 3.30 Saturday. What about the weekend? Well, Saturday especially is looking like it's going to be a nice day kind of on the warm side actually. It looks like a high of 85 on Saturday with partly sunny skies, but definitely dry then I think a little sunnier perhaps on Sunday, maybe a mostly sunny day, highs right around to 80, but again, still drying. I don't think a lot of winds, not excessive heat. So it's warm for both games, but not excessively so and it does look dry. All right. Appreciate the update. Heather, thank you. You're welcome. Heather in almost at Heather's ambedo, an accurate headquarters Heather Zayer, our meteorologist in charge. Yeah. The weekend. Are you going to the game, Aaron? You know what, people are going to be fired up. So fired up. I'm still trying to convince Vinnie to go to a Steelers game. Well, he hasn't taken you yet? No. Have you? You've never been. I have never been. What? I know. So we'll change that this year. We got to talk to your husband. Come on, man. Right. Steelers are undefeated. Right. This is a good season to attend. Right now we're at 62 degrees. Hang out. We're going to check in with Katie KTVs, political analyst John Delano. Where do we go from here? Keep in mind, October 1st, which is coming quick. That will be the next debate, but that is between Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate, JD Vance and Tim Walso. There are no scheduled debates, and Donald Trump said there won't be in terms of he and Kamala Harris getting together again. He's done with that. Meanwhile, a lot of people will be talking about Steelers. They're undefeated. I know it's only two games, but two games on the road. That's a big deal. So when they come home to face the Chargers and Aaron, I'm shocked that you've never been to a Steelers game. You and me both, truly. We're going to take care of it, though. Would you like to go? I'd love to go to a Steelers game, especially when we know it's going to be sunny one o'clock kickoff. Yes. The atmosphere is going to be absolutely insane on Sunday, just because fans will be pumped up. So the question is becoming now Mike Tomlin speaks today at noon his weekly press conference with the media horde and everybody's weighing in on the Steelers' new offense. Russell Wilson has been unable to play because of some calf issue. So Justin Fields has started the last two games there, 2 and 0. So on his podcast, Ben Roth is burger, two times Super Bowl champ, and I think he'll end up being a Hall of Famer for sure, I said this, he's not turning the ball over. There are 2 and 0 big tests this week with the, I think the Chargers are coming in town. I, it's, it's to me, if Russ is healthy, I'm sticking with Justin. Oh, oh, so there you have it. I love when Ben says, I think the Chargers are going to come out, Ben. You know the Chargers are coming in town. So he's saying, even if Russell Wilson's healthy, you stick with what's working. Right. I don't see. Getting help from mental health shouldn't be as hard as it is. Mindful Therapy Group is here to make your mental health journey as painless as possible. Mindful partners with thousands of licensed clinicians to find the perfect fit for you. And also, accept insurance, visit mindfultherapygroup.com.