 Now, your top trending stories. Good morning, MNC News. Time is 545. If you're just waking up, we are waking up to much better weather than you went to bed with. Let's put it that way. In the first White House press briefing since the apparent assassination attempt on former President Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania Saturday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced official government protection for another presidential candidate who had previously been denied it.