Kimmel Controversy Takes a Turn, Surprise DeSantis Power Play, Royal Visit | 4/28/26 FIRST LOOK
The Rubin Report
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🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including how Donald Trump is demanding action against Jimmy Kimmel after a controversial joke about Melania Trump takes on new meaning following the third assassination attempt on Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner; a major political battle intensifying as Ron DeSantis unveils a redistricting plan that could shift control of Congress ahead of 2026; and a high-profile state visit as King Charles arrives in the U.S. amid heightened security concerns and global uncertainty, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, it's Tuesday, April 28th, 2026. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Dave Rubin, and this is First Look. |
| 0:10.0 | We've got a pack show for you today. |
| 0:12.0 | President Trump goes after Jimmy Kimmel and ABC after a controversial joke about Melania. |
| 0:19.0 | Ron DeSantis unveils a redistricting plan that could hand Republicans four more seats |
| 0:24.5 | in Congress, and King Charles arrives in the U.S. for a major state visit. |
| 0:30.6 | All right, let's dive in. |
| 0:32.5 | We start with a media firestorm that's quickly turning into something much bigger. President Trump is calling |
| 0:38.4 | on ABC and Disney to fire Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the late-night host made a controversial |
| 0:45.1 | joke about First Lady Melania Trump. During a monologue ahead of the White House |
| 0:49.7 | Correspondence Dinner, Kimmel mocked the event and said, Our First Lady Melania is here. |
| 0:55.8 | Look at Melania, so beautiful. You have a glow like an expectant widow. |
| 1:00.9 | Now on its own, that's already a pretty ugly line. But here's where this story changes. |
| 1:07.0 | Just days later, at that same correspondence dinner, there was an actual violent incident. |
| 1:13.3 | A 31-year-old man named Cole Allen charged a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton, |
| 1:19.5 | attempting to reach the ballroom where President Trump, Melania, Vice President J.D. Vance, |
| 1:24.9 | and top officials were gathered. Shots were fired. A secret service |
| 1:29.3 | agent was hit, thankfully in a ballistic vest, and survived. The suspect was tackled and taken into |
| 1:35.8 | custody. Inside the ballroom, chaos broke out. Trump, Melania, and others had to be rushed off |
| 1:42.2 | stage, crawling and being escorted out under heavy |
| 1:45.4 | security. |
| 1:46.8 | So now in that context, a joke about Melania being an expectant widow hits very differently. |
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