Shooting Near White House, Cole Allen Judge Sparks Outrage, Texas Backlash | 5/5/26 FIRST LOOK
The Rubin Report
Emma Dog Productions
4.6 • 14.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 8 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 a shocking shootout near the White House is raising new questions about escalating security threats just days after a separate assassination attempt; why a federal judge's apology to an accused Trump assassin Cole Allen is sparking outrage; and backlash over a taxpayer-funded Texas waterpark hosting a controversial Muslim only religious-themed event and what it means for public spaces and discrimination laws, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, I'm Dave Rubin, and this is First Look. |
| 0:07.1 | It's Tuesday, May 5th, 2026. |
| 0:09.9 | We've got a packed show for you today. |
| 0:12.6 | Secret Service shoots an armed suspect just steps from the White House days after a separate assassination attempt. |
| 0:19.7 | A federal judge apologizes to the White House correspondence dinner gunman, Cole Allen, |
| 0:25.6 | and bizarrely compares him to January 6th defendants. |
| 0:29.6 | A taxpayer-funded Texas water park sparks outrage over a Muslim-only event. |
| 0:35.6 | Let's dive in. We start with breaking security concerns right outside the White House. |
| 0:41.4 | On Monday, Secret Service agents engaged in a shootout with an armed suspect just a few blocks |
| 0:47.4 | south of the White House near the National Mall and the Washington Monument. |
| 0:51.9 | According to Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn, |
| 0:55.0 | Plainclothes agents were patrolling the outer perimeter when they spotted what he called |
| 1:00.0 | the visual print of a firearm on a suspicious individual. |
| 1:05.0 | That's when things escalated fast. |
| 1:07.0 | Agents called in uniformed officers to assist. |
| 1:10.0 | When they approached the suspect, he briefly |
| 1:12.8 | fled on foot, then pulled out a firearm and opened fire on law enforcement. Secret |
| 1:19.6 | Service returned fire and struck the suspect who was taken to a local hospital. And here's |
| 1:25.1 | the disturbing part. This wasn't contained to just the suspect. |
| 1:29.5 | Authorities say a juvenile bystander was also hit, suffering non-life-threatening injuries, |
| 1:35.3 | and is now being treated. Now, timing here is critical. Just moments before the incident, |
| 1:41.1 | Vice President J.B. Vance's motorcade had passed through that |
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