WEBVTT - Albert Mohler: Everything Nearly Changed in a Moment

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<v Speaker 1>This is Albert Moeler for town hall dot com. The

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<v Speaker 1>nation narrowly avoided a horrific tragedy Saturday night, and history

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<v Speaker 1>will record it as just that the scene of the

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Hilton looked more like a motion picture. It wasn't.

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<v Speaker 1>It was reality. Someone intending to assassinate the President of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States and as many federal officials as possible

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<v Speaker 1>made it pass the first round of security. There was

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<v Speaker 1>enormous attention to this particular dinner, the White House Correspondence

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<v Speaker 1>Association Dinner. This was the first of these dinners that

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump as president was planning to attend. Every time

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<v Speaker 1>something like this happens, however, everyone has to learn new,

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<v Speaker 1>hard lessons. I'm confident of this. There will now be

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<v Speaker 1>a new protocol for the security for the President and

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<v Speaker 1>vice president of the United States, and perhaps for others

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<v Speaker 1>in the line of succession. History often records how close

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<v Speaker 1>we have come to disaster, and then on the other

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<v Speaker 1>side of it, everything has to change in a moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps we need to learn some very constructive lessons from

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<v Speaker 1>a near miss.