'A co-worker pulled me to the ground': CBS reporter caught in crossfire during Trump assassination attempt

Jacob Rosen said he noticed that a hydraulic pipe on a crane holding up one of the speakers had been hit by a bullet and realised quickly that an effort was being made to shoot Mr Trump. File picture

A news reporter has told of his terror as he dived for cover just 100ft away from former US president Donald Trump as an attempt was made to assassinate him at a campaign rally.

CBS News campaign reporter Jacob Rosen was in the press pen at the Republican rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday evening when the assassination attempt was carried out.