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5 min readThe WHCD Shooting Suspect
The mentalist Oz Perlman was performing a trick for President Trump and first lady Melania at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night—he had just guessed what press secretary Karoline Leavitt was naming her unborn daughter—when he heard gunshots outside the ballroom. Secret Service agents poured in. Perlman ended up on the floor next to the president. "I think right that moment I can piece it back when it happened," he told ABC's Jonathan Karl. "I go in my head, I go, 'Oh no, are we about to die?'" That was his first thought. Down on the floor, ABC's Lindsay Davis was among a group that quickly got outside, alongside Erica Kirk—whose husband Charlie Kirk had been assassinated just last year. Once again, a crowded event had been overwhelmed by gunfire.
The Suspect and What He Allegedly Planned
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:38) **Attack at the WHCD** - New details emerge on the suspect who tried to breach the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton.
- 2 (03:57) **Suspect Profile: Cole Allen** - The 31-year-old Caltech grad allegedly planned a mass casualty attack, referring to himself as the "friendly federal assassin."
- 3 (06:54) **Wider Threat Environment** - The attack highlights a rising trend of political violence in the U.S., with the president himself being a frequent target.
- 4 (10:53) **Iran Peace Talks Cancelled** - President Trump abruptly cancels planned in-person negotiations with Iran, ruling out any near-term diplomatic travel.
- 5 (14:30) **Stalemate and Pressure** - With talks off the table, the administration faces growing domestic pressure to end the war as gas prices rise.
- 6 (17:27) **King Charles’s State Visit** - The British monarch arrives in Washington for the first official state visit in nearly 20 years, aiming to smooth over a "battered" special relationship.
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New details emerge about the man accused of a shooting plot at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Hopes dim for peace talks with Iran. And King Charles is set to arrive in Washington, D.C. for a state visit.
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