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The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner turned into a nightmare on Saturday night. A gunman armed with a shotgun, handgun, and multiple knives breached a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton and exchanged fire with Secret Service agents. President Donald Trump was rushed off stage. Here is everything we know.
Trump held a press conference at the White House still wearing his tuxedo. He thanked the Secret Service and said the ordeal had caused the room full of political adversaries and the press to become "totally unified."

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00:00Massive security breach. Shots fired inside the Washington Hilton. President Trump rushed off
00:04stage. The White House correspondent's dinner turned into a crime scene. Full update in one
00:08minute on News Plus Globe. You are watching News Plus Globe. It was supposed to be a night of jokes
00:13and speeches. Instead, it became the most dramatic security incident in decades. A gunman got past
00:18Secret Service. Let's go. Just after 8.30 on Saturday, a man sprinted through a security
00:24checkpoint at the Washington Hilton. He was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives.
00:30He exchanged fire with Secret Service agents. One agent was shot in the chest but survived because
00:35of his bulletproof vest. Inside the ballroom, President Trump and Melania were on stage.
00:40Guests heard cracking sounds, then shouts of, get down! People dove under tables. CNN's Wolf Blitzer
00:46was thrown to the ground by an officer. He lost a shoe. Trump was rushed to a secure room. He
00:51wanted
00:51to stay but Secret Service overruled him. The suspect is Cole Thomas Allen, 31 years old from
00:56Torrance, California. He is a teacher, game developer, and Caltech graduate. He donated $25 to Kamala
01:02Harris in 2024. He traveled from California to Chicago to Washington by train. The acting attorney
01:07general says he may have been targeting Trump. That is your breaking news update. The suspect is in
01:12custody. The agent is okay. Trump held a press conference at the White House still in his tuxedo.
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