About this episode

Kristen Welker discusses a security incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with acting AG Todd Blanche, Sen. Thom Tillis, and Rep. Ro Khanna.

Kristen Welker speaks with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) after an armed man rushed a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement. Leigh Ann Caldwell, Lanhee Chen, Adrienne Elrod and Melanie Zanona join the roundtable. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Host: Kristen Welker

Guests: Todd Blanche, Thom Tillis, Ro Khanna

Topics covered

• armed man
• security checkpoint
• gunfire
• White House
• politics
• law enforcement
• roundtable discussion

Keywords

• armed man
• White House
• Correspondents’ Association
• gunfire
• law enforcement
• politics
• Todd Blanche
• Thom Tillis
• Ro Khanna

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Organizations: White House Correspondents’ Association, NBC News, Simplecast, AdsWizz

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