Rose Byrne | Trump Demands Ballroom After WHCD Shooting, Kash Patel "Likely to Be Fired": A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Seth takes a closer look at Trump and Republicans renewing their calls for a ballroom after the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Then, Rose Byrne talks about doing physical comedy for her role in the Broadway play "Fallen Angels," working with Sandra Bernhard in her first movie "Dallas Dolls" and her partner, Bobby Cannavale, getting recognized more by fans.
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump was evacuated on Saturday night from the White House Correspondents Association dinner after an armed man tried to storm the event. |
| 0:11.0 | At a press conference after Saturday's incident, President Trump doubled down on the need for his new $400 million ballroom and said, quote, |
| 0:18.0 | this event would never have happened with the military top secret |
| 0:21.5 | ballroom. |
| 0:22.1 | Okay, this whole ballroom idea is a lot of things, but top secret ain't one of them. |
| 0:28.1 | It's been dominating your word cloud for a year now. |
| 0:40.3 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, |
| 0:43.8 | please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Myers. |
| 0:46.8 | On today's show, Seth talks to actress Rose Byrne. |
| 0:49.1 | But first, a closer look. After the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, |
| 0:59.0 | the President and Republicans are renewing their calls for a ballroom at the White House. |
| 1:03.0 | For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
| 1:10.0 | First of all, we just want to start by saying that we're relieved and grateful that everyone is safe, |
| 1:14.5 | and we also want to extend our thanks to law enforcement on the scene who reacted swiftly to protect everyone. |
| 1:20.2 | CNN's Wolf Blitzer happened to be nearby when gunfire broke out and described in detail how quickly officers reacted. |
| 1:27.0 | After they served the appetizers, I walked out to simply go to the men's room, |
| 1:32.2 | but you have to walk up these stairs and walk out, which I was doing. |
| 1:36.4 | And as I was walking back towards the door to get back into the big area where the event was taking place, |
| 1:43.5 | all of a sudden I start hearing gunshots |
| 1:46.5 | in the hall right near me. And the next thing I knew, a police officer threw me to the ground |
| 1:52.7 | and was on top of me. And I was listening and watching what was going on. And apparently they got the |
| 1:59.8 | gunmen. And then they grabbed me the police officers and they |
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