Speaker 1: This is Albert Moeler for town hall dot com. The
Speaker 1: nation narrowly avoided a horrific tragedy Saturday night, and history
Speaker 1: will record it as just that the scene of the
Speaker 1: Washington Hilton looked more like a motion picture. It wasn't.
Speaker 1: It was reality. Someone intending to assassinate the President of
Speaker 1: the United States and as many federal officials as possible
Speaker 1: made it pass the first round of security. There was
Speaker 1: enormous attention to this particular dinner, the White House Correspondence
Speaker 1: Association Dinner. This was the first of these dinners that
Speaker 1: Donald Trump as president was planning to attend. Every time
Speaker 1: something like this happens, however, everyone has to learn new,
Speaker 1: hard lessons. I'm confident of this. There will now be
Speaker 1: a new protocol for the security for the President and
Speaker 1: vice president of the United States, and perhaps for others
Speaker 1: in the line of succession. History often records how close
Speaker 1: we have come to disaster, and then on the other
Speaker 1: side of it, everything has to change in a moment.
Speaker 1: Perhaps we need to learn some very constructive lessons from
Speaker 1: a near miss.