President Trump speaks, flanked by Vice President Vance and FBI Director Kash Patel, during a press briefing in the White House, shortly after the shooting incident on Saturday.
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Saturday’s attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was the third assassination attempt on President Trump.
Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR National Security Correspondent Greg Myre and NPR Justice Correspondent Ryan Lucas about what the
attack says about the state of political violence in the U.S. and the debate
over whether the Secret Service was ready to protect Trump and those around
him.
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