00:00U.S. President Donald Trump, Melania Trump and J.D. Vance were evacuated after an armed man stormed the lobby
00:06of a hotel where the annual press dinner was being held.
00:10World leaders expressed shock following the shooting incident at the Washington press dinner, with many focusing on the message that
00:17violence has no place in democracy.
00:20President Zelensky has accused Russia of committing nuclear terrorism as Ukraine marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
00:32An armed man stormed the lobby of a hotel where the annual correspondence dinner was being held, which was attended
00:38by U.S. President Donald Trump.
00:42The President, First Lady, Melania Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance were all rushed off stage after gunshots were
00:49heard.
00:49In videos circulating online, dinner attendees can be seen ducking under tables.
00:55Speaking at a press conference after the incident, Trump compared himself to Abraham Lincoln when he was asked by a
01:01journalist why he's frequently the target of assassination attempts.
01:05The people that do the most, the people that make the biggest impact, they're the ones that they go after.
01:11They don't go after the ones that don't do much because they like it that way.
01:16And when you look at the people that have either, whether it was an attempt or a successful attempt, they're
01:24very impactful people.
01:25Trump released video footage from the hotel's security cameras on his Truth Social account.
01:31In the images, a perpetrator can be seen running past security.
01:34The footage raised questions about security precautions and how the man was able to come so close to the ballroom.
01:42Trump also released an image of the suspect who was identified as Cole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old man
01:48from California.
01:49He reportedly had been a guest at the hotel where the dinner was held.
01:56Police believe he acted alone but did not elaborate on his intended target or motive.
02:06World leaders expressed shock after an armed man charged at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in a hotel in Washington,
02:13with many focusing on the message that violence has no place in a democracy.
02:18The suspect was seen running through a security barricade in a hotel as several shots were fired.
02:24One officer was shot but was protected by a bulletproof vest and did not suffer serious injuries.
02:30European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump after the attempted
02:37attack.
02:38Violence has no place in politics ever, she wrote on X.
02:54Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her full solidarity and sincere sympathy to Trump and others present.
03:01She said space is a free debate and information should never be, quote, poisoned by fanaticism.
03:07And German Chancellor Friedrich Merz posted online that democracies are decided by majorities and not by the gun.
03:15Other leaders from across the world, such as France's Macron, Israel's Netanyahu and Turkey's Erdogan, expressed similar sentiments.
03:27As Ukraine marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of committing nuclear
03:38terrorism.
03:39Zelenskyy said Russia is bringing the world to the brink of man-made disaster and referenced a Russian drone strike
03:46on the Chernobyl site last year.
03:48Ukrainians, meanwhile, gathered over the weekend to honor those who lost their lives, as well as those whose mission was
03:55to clean up after the disaster.
03:57On April 26, 1986, a human mistake made during a safety test led to an explosion at the nuclear plant
04:05in northern Ukraine.
04:06A UN report from 2005 estimated that 4,000 people died as a result of the accident, while Greenpeace puts
04:15the number closer to 100,000 people.
04:18Russian strikes on Ukraine continued on the 40th anniversary of the disaster, with at least three killed and four wounded
04:26overnight into Sunday.
04:27Two of the deaths were reported in the frontline northern eastern region of Sumi, while one person died in Dnipro,
04:35according to regional officials.
04:37In Russian-annexed Crimea, a man was killed in a Ukrainian attack, its Moscow-installed governor said.
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