good afternoon last night I spoke with Donald Trump I'm sincerely grateful that he's doing well and recovering and we had a short but good conversation Jill and I are keeping him and his family in our prayers we also extend our deepest condolences to the family of the victim who was killed he was the father he was protecting his family from the bullets that were being fired and he lost his life God love him we're also playing for the full recovery of those who were injured and we're grateful to the Secret Service agents and other law enforcement agencies who and individuals who risk their lives literally for our nation as I said last night there is no place in America for this kind of violence or any violence for that matter an assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a as a nation everything it's not who we are as a nation it's not America and we cannot allow this to happen Unity is the most elusive goal of all but nothing is important than that right now Unity we'll debate and we'll disagree it's not that's not going to change but it's going to we're going to not lose sight in fact who we are as Americans look vice president Harris and I were just briefing Situation Room by my homeland security team including the director of the FBI the Secretary of homeless security the Attorney General the director of The Secret Service my homeless security advisor the National Security advisor and we're going to continue to be brief the FBI is leading this investigation which is still in its early stages we don't yet have any information about the motive of the shooter we know who he is I urge everyone everyone please don't make assumptions about his motives or his affiliations let the FBI do their job and their partner agencies do their job I'm instructed that this investigation be thorough and Swift and the investigators will have every resource they need to get this done look as this investigation continues here's what we're going to do first Mr Trump as a former president and nominee the Republican Party already receives a heightened level of security and I been consistent in my direction of the Secret Service to provide him with every resource capability and protective measure necessary to ensure his continued safety second I've directed the head of the Secret Service to review all security measures for the all security measures for the Republican National Convention which is scheduled to start tomorrow and third I've directed an independent review of the National Security at yesterday's rally to assess exactly what happened and we'll share the results of that independent review with the American people as well and finally I'll be speaking more about this tonight at greater length from the Oval Office we must unite as one nation we must unite as one nation to demonstrate who we are and so may God bless you all and may God protect our troops thank you very much Mr President when you spoke to president Trump yesterday what did what did he tell you sir Mr President shifting our campaign strategy Mr president president