before we get back to that hearing I do have a related story to bring to you take a look at this this is for the first time right now we are seeing the father of trump shooter uh snapping back at the media this was a video that was located um just yesterday by Fox News digital for the first time Thomas Matthew Crook's father was spotted in public uh since the 20-year-old gunman opened fire at former president Donald Trump's rally in Butler Pennsylvania according to local business employee and a neighbor who identified him in that picture so let's play it out for you in full right here on live now from Fox why would your son want to kill the president back off no comment no comment were there were there any warning signs Matthew no comment how's Mary holding up no comment you'll release a statement when our legal council advises us to do so until then we have no comment we just want to try to take care of ourselves right now so please give us our space have the feds released right the father saying that they are not releasing a comment right now that they demand space as well Fox News digital previously reported that Crook's parents Matthew and Mary called police hours before the shooting saying that he was missing that they were concerned about his welfare it is unclear whether they knew that he was in possession of the AR-15 registered to his father both Matthew and Mary crooks are licensed as professional counselors according to the Pennsylvania Department of State Licensing system verification system there let's play this out for you one more time before we go back to the hearing Matthew why would your son want to kill the president back off no comment no comment were there were there any warning signs Matthew no problem how's Mary holding up no comment we'll release a statement when our legal councel advises us to do so until then we have no comment we just want to try to take care of ourselves right now so please give us our space have the feds released the body to you yet all right this all coming as investigators are trying to piece together how Crooks was able to evade security around the site of Trump's rally on July 13th at the Butler Farm Show property he climbed onto the roof of an AGR manufacturing building about 150 yards from Trump's Podium and fired off several shots before snipers killed him let's go back out to the in demand hearing right now