A CBC reporter's experience at the correspondents' dinner | Two Blocks from the White House

Our Washington correspondent Paul Hunter was in the room at the White House correspondents' dinner when shots rang out. He shares new details about the scene, and fellow correspondents Katie Simpson and Willy Lowry bring us the latest on the suspect. As the political fallout continues, we ask what a third alleged attempt to assassinate Donald Trump says about the state of America.

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