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The setting was the same as it's always been, the elegant ballroom in the basement of the Washington Hilton,

where the president, vice president, and other high-ranking officials were gathered with around 2,500 guests to celebrate freedom of speech.

But instead of being a lighthearted gathering, fear and pandemonium took hold. The White House Correspondence

dinner on Saturday marked the third time since the summer of 2024 that a gunman was able to get

dangerously close to now President Donald Trump was security to blame and what were the gunmen's

motives. Hello and welcome to USA Today's The Excerpt.

I'm Dana Taylor.

Today is Tuesday, April 28, 26.

Join me now to share insights and context on what happened Saturday night is USA Today Washington

Bureau Chief Susan Page.

Susan, it's always great to see you.

Hey, Dana, it's great to be back with you.

Susan, you were in the ballroom with the president.

Can you please start us off with a brief description of what happened?

Yeah, I can't tell you how many times I've been to this dinner, dozens of times. And it always follows a kind of template.

So people got to their seats.

We had the presentation of the colors, the Marine Band Singer let us in the National Anthem.

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