Mike Baker

But first, today's BDB Spotlight.

Inside the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, with President Trump and senior administration officials all gathered under one roof, gunfire rang out as an armed man charged toward the ballroom, attempting to get past a heavily guarded security checkpoint.

Now, Secret Service and other law enforcement personnel responded immediately, rushing the president and others to safety quickly and also subduing the shooter.

Now, this wasn't some long-range threat to Trump's life like we saw in Butler, Pennsylvania back in 2024, or it wasn't a gunman hiding in the shrubbery of Trump's golf course as we saw in West Palm Beach, Florida just months later.

This time, the suspect was inside the Washington Hilton Hotel, where he was a registered guest of the hotel, and he moved through the lobby carrying a shotgun, a handgun, and several knives, which you'd think would be considered suspicious.

particularly while the hotel is hosting one of the most heavily protected events of the year.

From there, he pushed past initial security barriers and made his way toward the ballroom.

According to federal investigators, the gunman fired multiple shots, at least five to eight, as Secret Service agents moved in.

One officer was hit in his bulletproof vest and has since been released from the hospital.

But inside the ballroom, the reaction, as you can imagine, was immediate.

Guests diving under tables as heavily armed counter-assault teams swarmed the stage, and federal agents returned fire.

Vice President J.D.

Vance was pulled out, and Trump and the First Lady were then escorted out, shielded by agents.

The entire sequence unfolded in seconds, but it was enough to shut down what was one of the most tightly secured events in Washington, just minutes after it began.

Video later posted by Trump to Truth Social shows the suspect running past security barricades as agents rush toward him.

We then see the suspect tackled and taken into custody.

Authorities say he was not injured and has since been evaluated at a hospital.

He was not struck by gunfire.

This marks the third assassination attempt of Trump in less than two years.

The president, speaking hours after the attack, addressed that issue directly, saying, quote, When you're impactful, they go after you.