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Speaker 2: Good morning, I'm Nathan Hager and I'm Karen Moscow. Here
Speaker 2: are the stories we're following today.
Speaker 3: Karen, we will have much more on a busy week
Speaker 3: from markets and the latest developments on the war with
Speaker 3: Iran in a moment, but we begin with the very
Speaker 3: latest on the shooting over the weekend at the White
Speaker 3: House Correspondence Association dinner. Bloomberg's Alexis Christopherus kicks off our
Speaker 3: team coverage.
Speaker 4: Alexis, the California man accused of opening fire at the
Speaker 4: White House Correspondence Association dinner, referred to himself as a
Speaker 4: friendly federal assassin in writing sent to family members just
Speaker 4: minutes before the shooting. Law enforcement officials say the writings
Speaker 4: made repeated references to President Trump without naming him directly.
Speaker 4: The President spoke on CBS's Sixty Minutes, where he weighed
Speaker 4: in on the alleged shooter's manifesto.
Speaker 5: He's radicalized. He was a Christian believer and then he
Speaker 5: became I'm an anti Christian and he had a lot
Speaker 5: of change. He's been going through a lot. Based on
Speaker 5: what he wrote. His brother complained about him, and I
Speaker 5: think reported him to the police, and his sister likewise
Speaker 5: complained about him his family, who was very concerned. He
Speaker 5: was probably a pretty sick guy.
Speaker 4: Acting Attorney General Todd blanche As investigators are still looking
Speaker 4: into the alleged shooter's motivation.
Speaker 6: We believe that he traveled by train from Los Angeles
Speaker 6: to Chicago and then Chicago to Washington, d C. And
Speaker 6: we've executed search warrants on his devices as well. We've
Speaker 6: started talking to folks that know him.
Speaker 4: Thirty one year old Cole Thomas Allen is in custody custody.
Speaker 4: He is set to be arraigned on felony charges later
Speaker 4: today in New York. Alexis Christophers Bloomberg Radio.
Speaker 2: All Right, Alexis, thank you well. According to a law
Speaker 2: enforcement intelligence profile reviewed by Bloomberg, Cole Thomas Allen spent
Speaker 2: years quietly acquiring his arsenal Bloomberg's Laura Davis use our
Speaker 2: team coverage.
Speaker 7: He's a thirty one year old from California. He took
Speaker 7: a train from the West Coast to Washington, d C.
Speaker 7: And was able to check into the hotel where the
Speaker 7: event was taking place a day early, and that's one
Speaker 7: of the ways he was able to avoid scrutiny and
Speaker 7: some of the security coming into the building. You know,
Speaker 7: he has allegedly written this manifesto that Bloomberg News has seen,
Speaker 7: which calls Trump a trader and also refers to himself
Speaker 7: as a potential assassin, but it's not clear exactly what
Speaker 7: his motives were.
Speaker 2: Bloomberg's Laura Davison says Alan earned a mechanical engineering degree
Speaker 2: from cal Tech in twenty seventeen and was pursuing a
Speaker 2: master's degree in computer science at California State University, Domingez
Speaker 2: Hills as recently as last year.
Speaker 3: Well, Karen, as you can imagine, it was a frightening
Speaker 3: time for the thousands attending the dinner. David Gura was
Speaker 3: among them, covering the event for Bloomberg this weekend and
Speaker 3: continues our team coverage.
Speaker 8: The ballroom, which is in the basement of the Washington Hilton,
Speaker 8: was packed. It's about twenty six hundred people and we
Speaker 8: milled a bound, gathered around our tables, taken our seats,
Speaker 8: and then there were speeches. The president of the White
Speaker 8: House Correspondents Association spoke and we were digging into our salads.
Speaker 8: When in the corridor beyond the ballroom. We heard the
Speaker 8: sound of gunfire, and those of us who heard that
Speaker 8: noticed it wondered what was happening. That was most eerie
Speaker 8: was the silence that kind of descended on the room
Speaker 8: as those doors to the corridor busted open, and we
Speaker 8: saw police and Secret Service coming in with their weapons drawn,
Speaker 8: and they made their way through the well of this
Speaker 8: ballroom to the stage. They did that by knocking over chairs,
Speaker 8: stepping on tables, making their way onto the stage, and
Speaker 8: we saw the President, other dignitaries along with the reporters
Speaker 8: who remembers of the White House Corresponds Association Executive Board
Speaker 8: taken off of that stage, and then Secret Service with
Speaker 8: their guns drawn again pointed them at the audience as
Speaker 8: they looked to see if there was anyone with a
Speaker 8: gun in the audience as well.
Speaker 3: And Bloomberg This Weekend host David Gera notes the White
Speaker 3: House Correspondent's Association president Wi Jajang said the board would
Speaker 3: meet quote to assess what happened and determine how to proceed.
Speaker 2: Well, Nathan, President Trump is arguing the chaos and the
Speaker 2: Correspondence dinner shows why the White House needs a new ballroom,
Speaker 2: and the President made the case in an interview with
Speaker 2: Fox News.
Speaker 9: Military and Secret Service have wanted it for many years,
Speaker 9: and I'm getting it built.
Speaker 5: And the one good thing is that now everybody knows
Speaker 5: how badly needed it is.
Speaker 2: President Trump's ballroom would be used for state dinners and
Speaker 2: other events planned by the White House if it's built.
Speaker 2: The Correspondence Dinner is organized by the White House Correspondence Association,
Speaker 2: which is an outside group. Last month, of federal judge
Speaker 2: ordered construction halted on the ballroom until President Trump gets
Speaker 2: approval from Congress. The Justice Department filed yesterday for the
Speaker 2: lawsuit to be dismissed, citing the attack on the dinner.
Speaker 3: We're going to turn now care into the latest from
Speaker 3: the Middle East. There may be a new development. With
Speaker 3: the US Israeli war with Iran nearing the two month mark,
Speaker 3: Axios is reporting the Tehran is signaling it's willing to
Speaker 3: accept an interim deal with the US where it would
Speaker 3: reopen the strait of horror moves if the US lifts
Speaker 3: its blockade of Iranian ports. The report says Iran's told
Speaker 3: mediators in Pakistan that negotiations over its nuclear program could
Speaker 3: be dealt with later. We get More from Bloomberg's Juwmana
Speaker 3: Barsecci in Dubai.
Speaker 10: What Iran are putting forwards via the mediators is not
Speaker 10: an end or a solution to these peace discussions. In fact,
Speaker 10: it is just the conditions under which the negotiations with
Speaker 10: the US can continue. So you know, it's important to
Speaker 10: make that distinction. What they're saying here is in order
Speaker 10: for them to come back to the negotiating table, these
Speaker 10: are the conditions that need to be satisfied.
Speaker 3: Bloomberg's Jamana Barsecci reporting from Dubai. Iran's foreign minister Abas
Speaker 3: Saragchi is now in Russia for a meeting with President
Speaker 3: Vladimir Putin. With the US talks now at an impasse.
Speaker 2: Moneith and amid the showering relations between the US and
Speaker 2: the UK over the war in Iran, King Charles is
Speaker 2: visiting Washington to try to restore the relationship. Begin More
Speaker 2: from bloombergs U and Pons in London. You and good morning,
Speaker 2: Karen and Nathan.
Speaker 11: To say the US UK special relationship is going through
Speaker 11: something of a rough patch would be a little bit
Speaker 11: of British under statement. King Charles arrives in Washington today
Speaker 11: against the backdrop of relations with the United States at
Speaker 11: a multi decade low point. President Trump has mocked prominence
Speaker 11: of kist Arma as weak and unreliable for refusing to
Speaker 11: join the initial strikes on Iran, and he's threatened to
Speaker 11: reopen the trade deal signed with the UK last year.
Speaker 11: We do know that Donald Trump has spoken warmly about
Speaker 11: the King, calling him a fantastic man. Whether any of
Speaker 11: that royal magic helps heal the relationship between the countries, well,
Speaker 11: that remains to be seen in London. I'm you in
Speaker 11: pots Bloomberg Radio.
Speaker 9: Okay, you and thanks.
Speaker 3: Let's update markets now as we begin this new trading week.
Speaker 3: Right now, oil is on the rise. Brent is up
Speaker 3: more than two percent at one hundred and seven dollars
Speaker 3: eighty two cents of barrel. West Texas Center Media's hired
Speaker 3: by two percent as well, at ninety six twenty eight.
Speaker 3: Stock futures are mixed, with the Dow futures down about
Speaker 3: a tenth of a percent, but equities head into the
Speaker 3: week at record highs. Chip stocks have gained for eighteen
Speaker 3: straight sessions, and it's another busy week for earnings, with
Speaker 3: a focus on tech, specifically the mag seven Bloomberg's Charlie Pellett.
Speaker 9: Reports Wednesday, it's Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta platforms. Thursday
Speaker 9: it's Apple. Amy wou Silverman is head of Derivative Strategy
Speaker 9: at RBC Capital Markets.
Speaker 12: Just from a concentration perspective, that really has the ability
Speaker 12: to pump up the market even more. We're really watching
Speaker 12: that bid to call options, particularly in tech, because once
Speaker 12: you see that start going, it typically begets more upside momentum,
Speaker 12: not less.
Speaker 9: Also this week earnings from Caterpillar, Chevron, General Motors, NXP
Speaker 9: Semiconductor ups and Verizon in New York. Charlie Pellett's Bloomberg Radio.
Speaker 2: All right, Charlie, thank you. In addition to the slew
Speaker 2: of big tech earnings, investors will have a FED decision
Speaker 2: to look forward to, and we get a preview with
Speaker 2: the Bloombergs Michael McKee.
Speaker 13: This will be one of the most widely followed FED
Speaker 13: meetings in years, not because the Central Bank is going
Speaker 13: to do anything. Rates won't change. They're not going to
Speaker 13: issue new economic forecasts or a dot plot. But it
Speaker 13: is likely to be Chairman J. Powell's last at the
Speaker 13: helm of the Policymaking Open Market Committee and his last
Speaker 13: news conference before his term as chair ends on May fifteenth.
Speaker 13: It is possible, of course, he'll stay on his chair
Speaker 13: for a bit if successor Kevin Worsh is not confirmed
Speaker 13: by the Senate in time. Wall Street will want to
Speaker 13: know if Powell thinks that will change the rate calculus
Speaker 13: at all, as well as the thinking around the table
Speaker 13: about the impact of the Iran war and tariffs. Investors
Speaker 13: and even folks at the FED will be listing for
Speaker 13: any hints about whether Powell will remain at the FED itself.
Speaker 13: His term on the Board of Governors doesn't end until
Speaker 13: twenty twenty eight. Michael McKee, Bloomberg Radio.
Speaker 3: All right, Mike, thanks for Kevin Walsh's path to succeed
Speaker 3: Powell's chair just got a little easier. We get that
Speaker 3: story from Bloomberg's John Tucker. John, what's the latest, right.
Speaker 14: Nathan Will Republicans Sadator Tom Tillis dropping his blockade of
Speaker 14: Worsh's nomination to head the FED. Tillis now seems satisfied
Speaker 14: after receiving assurances from the Justice Department that they're ending
Speaker 14: a criminal probe targeting FED share Jerome Powell.
Speaker 12: They have made it very clear that the current investigation
Speaker 12: is completely and fully ended.
Speaker 14: Altil has appeared on the NBC's Meet the Press Heard
Speaker 14: here on Bloomberg Radio. He had called the criminal probe
Speaker 14: been attack on the central banks independence. The Senate Banking
Speaker 14: Committee has scheduled a vote on Warsha's nomination for Wednesday.
Speaker 14: I'm John Tucker, Bloomberg Radio.
Speaker 2: All right, John, thank you. The tensions between Elon Musk
Speaker 2: and Sam Altman are front and center of this week,
Speaker 2: as Musk's case against open Ai and it's backer Microsoft
Speaker 2: hits to trial. Bloomberg's Lisa Mateo has more.
Speaker 15: The biggest feud in tech is headed to court. Elon
Speaker 15: Musk has tried just about everything to undermine Sam Altman's
Speaker 15: leadership at OpenAI, the company they founded together more than
Speaker 15: a decade ago. Must launched a rival artificial intelligence startup,
Speaker 15: made an unsolicited and unsuccessful ninety seven billion dollar bid
Speaker 15: for the company, and his waging a legal battle.
Speaker 9: So what's at stake?
Speaker 15: Musk's lawsuit against open Ai is looking to unwind the
Speaker 15: company's for profit conversion and could cost open Ai big money,
Speaker 15: as well as trigger and overhaul of the chat GBT maker.
Speaker 15: Musk has also asked that Altman be removed from his
Speaker 15: roles at the company. Lisa Matteo, Bloomberg Radio Lisa Thanks.
Speaker 3: In another big tech development, China has decided to block
Speaker 3: meta platforms two billion dollar acquisition of agentic Ai startup
Speaker 3: MANUS analysts say it's a surprise move to unwind a
Speaker 3: controversial deal that had drawn fire for the leakage of
Speaker 3: technology to the US.
Speaker 2: Time now for look at some of the other stories
Speaker 2: making news in New York and around the world, and
Speaker 2: for that we're joined by Bloomberg's Michael Barr. Michael, good Morning,
Speaker 2: Good morning Karen.
Speaker 16: At least two people have died from a severe tornado
Speaker 16: producing storm that hit in northern Texas, and many homes
Speaker 16: have sustained major damage. The storm came through the town
Speaker 16: of Runaway Bay over the weekend, killing one person. Weiss
Speaker 16: County Judge Ad Clark says that about twenty families are
Speaker 16: displaced as search and rescue efforts continued.
Speaker 6: Texas weather it can devastate in an instant, and unfortunately,
Speaker 6: we've seen that here in Runaway Bay.
Speaker 16: The storm also hit the Springtown area, where a second
Speaker 16: person died in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Authorities, including the FAA
Speaker 16: and the NTSB our investigating a plane crash that left
Speaker 16: two people dead, one of whom was North Dakota State
Speaker 16: lawmaker Representative Liz Conmy, near Crystal Airport over the weekend.
Speaker 16: According to early reports, the plane, a single engine beach
Speaker 16: F thirty three a, departed Crystal Airport and crashed soon
Speaker 16: after in a small park northwest of the airfield, bursting
Speaker 16: into flames. This man lives near the Crystal Airport.
Speaker 17: I always listened to him, you know, because it just
Speaker 17: didn't sound right. Light was cutting out, and all of
Speaker 17: a sudden thump and a crash or a crunch, you
Speaker 17: know when I go to any right now, went around
Speaker 17: the house, looked up and there was a big orange ball.
Speaker 16: While both people on board the plane. Parish Brooklyn Park
Speaker 16: officials say no one was injured on the ground, and
Speaker 16: the airport resumed normal operations a short time later. A
Speaker 16: search and rescue effort is underway off the shores of
Speaker 16: Massachusetts after a crew member fell off a cruise ship
Speaker 16: late Saturday night. The US Coast Guards Southeastern New England
Speaker 16: sector has been searching for the crew member. Norwegian Cruise
Speaker 16: Lines say that the ship security cameras caught the fall
Speaker 16: from one of the upper decks. Global news twenty four
Speaker 16: hours a day and whenever you want it with the
Speaker 16: Bloomberg News Now Michael Barr and this is Bloomberg Karen.
Speaker 9: Thanks Michael.
Speaker 2: A time now for our Bloomberg Sports update, and for
Speaker 2: that we bring in John stash.
Speaker 1: Hour as Karin. A quartet of NBA playoff game fours,
Speaker 1: including the Celtics winning by thirty two in Philadelphia. They
Speaker 1: had an earlier winning this series by thirty one. Boston
Speaker 1: leads the series three games to one. San Antonio up
Speaker 1: three to one this first game from nineteen down to
Speaker 1: win in Portland. The Lakers lead three games that won.
Speaker 1: They lost Game four in Houston, Toronto b Cleveland. That
Speaker 1: series tied to two Stanley Cup playoffs Buffalo, Colorado and
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay, all one on the road. The Abs won
Speaker 1: their series of a sweep. Anaheim won in overtime with Edmonton.
Speaker 1: That's a Bloomberg Sports update.
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Speaker 2: We have more on our top story this morning. The
Speaker 2: suspect of the White House Correspondence dinner shooting is due
Speaker 2: in court today. He has been identified as thirty one
Speaker 2: year old Cole Thomas Allen. Police a open fire at
Speaker 2: the Washington Hilton where more than twenty five hundred people
Speaker 2: gathered Saturday night, and David Gura was covering the event
Speaker 2: for Bloomberg.
Speaker 8: The ballroom, which is in the basement of the Washington Hilton,
Speaker 8: was packed it. It's about twenty six hundred people and
Speaker 8: we milled a back, gathered around our tables, taking our seats,
Speaker 8: and then there were speeches. The president of the White
Speaker 8: House Correspondents Association spoke, and we were digging into our
Speaker 8: salads when in the corridor beyond the ballroom we heard
Speaker 8: the sound of gunfire, and those of us who heard
Speaker 8: that noticed it wondered what was happening. And that was
Speaker 8: most eerie was the silence that kind of descended on
Speaker 8: the room as those doors to the corridor busted open,
Speaker 8: and we saw police and Secret Service coming in with
Speaker 8: their weapons drawn, and they made their way through the
Speaker 8: well of this ballroom to the stage They did that
Speaker 8: by knocking over chairs, stepping on tables, making their way
Speaker 8: onto the stage, and we saw the President, other dignitaries
Speaker 8: along with the reporters who remembers the White House Corresponds
Speaker 8: Association Executive Board taken off of that stage, and then
Speaker 8: Secret Service with their guns drawn again pointed them at
Speaker 8: the audience as they looked to see if there was
Speaker 8: anyone with a gun in the audience as well. All
Speaker 8: the while, guests were quick to move onto the ground,
Speaker 8: some ducked beneath tables, and we were left in that
Speaker 8: moment of silence, wondering what was happening and what was
Speaker 8: going to happen next, and there wasn't clear guidance. Over
Speaker 8: the next fifteen or twenty minutes, I was seated on
Speaker 8: the rim of that room. Again it looks kind of
Speaker 8: like a well. The bulk of the tables are a
Speaker 8: little bit lower than where I was on this mezzanine
Speaker 8: surrounding it. After about fifteen minutes, law enforcement again came
Speaker 8: through those doors and told many of us that we
Speaker 8: had to leave, rushed us out of the room, and
Speaker 8: we went up a set of escalators and other set
Speaker 8: of escalators to the lobby and waited wondering what was
Speaker 8: going to happen next. There were reports at the time
Speaker 8: that the President wanted to come back out and have
Speaker 8: the event continue as it was scheduled, so we were
Speaker 8: waiting to see if that was the case. Some of
Speaker 8: us tried to get back downstairs. We were rebuffed in
Speaker 8: those efforts, and it became clear once we were able
Speaker 8: to use our cell phones was very difficult to get
Speaker 8: service that because of protocol, they weren't going to continue
Speaker 8: with the event. And then in another fifteen minutes time
Speaker 8: or so, the rest of the guests at the dinner,
Speaker 8: and we're talking about journalists and members of Congress, diplomats,
Speaker 8: business leaders began to make their way back up to
Speaker 8: the lobby. Once again, there was just an incredible presence
Speaker 8: of law enforcement outside of this hotel, which is in
Speaker 8: downtown Washington. D C was also the site of where
Speaker 8: Ronald Reagan was shot in March of nineteen eighty one.
Speaker 8: Then began another round of chaos as people tried to
Speaker 8: leave Connecticut Avenue, this major thoroughfare was closed down. It
Speaker 8: was very difficult to get a car or a taxi
Speaker 8: back to hotels. So again throngs of people, more than
Speaker 8: two thousand people just trying to find their way back
Speaker 8: to their hotels. After this, we got worded that the
Speaker 8: President was going to speak to the press at the
Speaker 8: White House, and some members of the White House Press
Speaker 8: Corps headed back to the White House for that briefing,
Speaker 8: and the President was there alongside the Vice President, Jady Vance,
Speaker 8: who was also at the dinner, members of the cabinet
Speaker 8: as well. The Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was there
Speaker 8: with Cash Pateel, the head of the FBI. Marco Rubio,
Speaker 8: the Secretary of State, was there as well, and the
Speaker 8: President was very gracious in his remarks about the President
Speaker 8: of the White House Correspondents Association dinner. He said he
Speaker 8: was pleased with the event and really wanted it to
Speaker 8: continue again. Protocol prohibited that from happening, but he said
Speaker 8: within the next thirty days he wanted to have that
Speaker 8: dinner rescheduled once again. He said that he wouldn't allow
Speaker 8: someone to tear apart the fabric of society that would
Speaker 8: prevent something like that from happening. He delivered those remarks.
Speaker 8: The bulk of the questions from the reporters in that
Speaker 8: room had to do with the President, having lived through
Speaker 8: a couple of events like this before that attempt on
Speaker 8: his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, another instant at a golf
Speaker 8: course of his in Florida where law enforcement killed somebody
Speaker 8: who had a gun on that golf course. The present
Speaker 8: very contemplative, introspective about that, sharing his thoughts on the
Speaker 8: prospect of him being targeted. Once before and before the
Speaker 8: night ended, we had some clarity on who the suspect was,
Speaker 8: and in broad strokes they identified him as a thirty
Speaker 8: one year old male from Torrents, California. Then on Sunday morning,
Speaker 8: Todd Blanche, the Acting Attorney General, went on television and
Speaker 8: shared a bit more information about what they'd learned about
Speaker 8: this suspect. He'd traveled from California to Washington, d C.
Speaker 8: Via train. The guns that he had he'd purchased eight
Speaker 8: months ago, and he was staying in the Washington Hilton.
Speaker 8: In that hotel, the US Attorney for the Distct of Columbia,
Speaker 8: Jenane Piro, said in remarks that she made at the
Speaker 8: Hilton after the incident took place. She anticipates filing two
Speaker 8: charges against the suspect on Monday and invoke the spector
Speaker 8: of there being more charges as they learn more about
Speaker 8: both the suspect himself and what transpired there. But a
Speaker 8: very sobering night here in Washington, DC.
Speaker 2: And that's Bloomberg's David Gera, who says police Day, the
Speaker 2: suspects spent years quietly acquiring his arsenal Nathan.
Speaker 3: All right, Karen, thank you. We want to get more
Speaker 3: now on what we are learning in the aftermath of
Speaker 3: the events on Saturday night at the Washington Hilton. Joining
Speaker 3: us now as Bloomberg News Deputy Washington Bureau chief Laura Davis.
Speaker 3: And Laura, we heard a bit about what we've started
Speaker 3: to learn about this suspect. What more are we hearing
Speaker 3: is we await his first court appearance today.
Speaker 9: Good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 7: Yes, we're waiting to hear more details about what his
Speaker 7: motive was and what his targets might have been in
Speaker 7: this There is a manifesto that the Bloomberg News has
Speaker 7: reviewed that seems to suggest that the the attacker here
Speaker 7: referred to Trump as a trader and referred to himself
Speaker 7: as a potential assassin. It's not at all clear, you know,
Speaker 7: exactly kind of what sort of the ideological methods and
Speaker 7: motives were but these are these are details that may
Speaker 7: come out as we hear more in the arrangement and
Speaker 7: additional charges that may be filed. There were two preliminary
Speaker 7: felon accounts that he was charged with related to to
Speaker 7: his handling of weapons charged over the weekend, but we
Speaker 7: have heard from prosecutors that they anticipate that more charges
Speaker 7: are still to come, so lots of details there. They
Speaker 7: also searched his house over the weekend in California, so
Speaker 7: there may be additional evidence as that comes out. There's also,
Speaker 7: you know, reports that the family is cooperating and they
Speaker 7: have actually tipped off the police to to some of
Speaker 7: as actions. So there's there's a lot of pieces that
Speaker 7: investigators are putting together as we speak here. But there's
Speaker 7: you know, sort of a always the questions are raised
Speaker 7: after an event like this of you know, what went wrong?
Speaker 7: What is you know sort of the Secret Service's response
Speaker 7: to this. In past incidents, we've seen top officials at
Speaker 7: the Secret Services their jobs, step down, resign. That is
Speaker 7: not the indication we're getting, at least so far from
Speaker 7: the White House, who's sort of indicated support for the
Speaker 7: law enforce, enforcement and authorities involved here. They put out
Speaker 7: a statement in support of the Secret Service. So lots
Speaker 7: of questions, you know, exactly on how this unfolds and
Speaker 7: what this means for both this event and other events
Speaker 7: involving the President going forward.
Speaker 3: Familiar questions, particularly at a time when the nation's capital
Speaker 3: has been under heightened security almost from the time that
Speaker 3: President Trump returned to office, with a higher National Guard
Speaker 3: presidence all around Washington, d C. As well, and now
Speaker 3: the President sort of putting out this idea that this
Speaker 3: incident at the Hilton shows why he wants a ballroom
Speaker 3: at the White House. That's now I guess on hold
Speaker 3: in terms of the construction, what to make of that?
Speaker 9: Laura, Yeah, this is a you.
Speaker 7: Know, sort of to quote Realma Manuel and sort of
Speaker 7: never let a political crisis go to waste. You see,
Speaker 7: the White House very quickly pivot to using this as
Speaker 7: an example of why that they should have a large
Speaker 7: scale ballroom on the on the White House grounds that
Speaker 7: can be more secured that is, you know, behind the
Speaker 7: White House gates and is fully within the control of
Speaker 7: the federal government and the Secret Service protection. You know, this, however,
Speaker 7: you know, begs the question of would this event actually
Speaker 7: happen in that ballroom if it were to exist. That
Speaker 7: is is not clear both if that the White House
Speaker 7: Corresponds Association want that or even if the size of
Speaker 7: this ballroom that Trump is planning would would accommodate an
Speaker 7: event of this size and scale. But this is sort
Speaker 7: of the you know, an issue that Trump is really
Speaker 7: viewed as as close to his legacy. He you know,
Speaker 7: wants this ballroom. It's hit several legal snags in the process.
Speaker 7: Trump has been sort of using this method of you know,
Speaker 7: go ahead and push forward with the construction first, ask
Speaker 7: questions later, face the legal challenges later. And he's in
Speaker 7: this moment where he's faced a series of legal setbacks.
Speaker 7: This may give him a fresh boost both you know,
Speaker 7: politically in terms of support for a project like this,
Speaker 7: as well as from members of Congress. We've already seen
Speaker 7: at least one bill from a Republican lawmaker put forward
Speaker 7: to advance the construction of this. But there's a lot
Speaker 7: of different avenues here, in different steps that would need
Speaker 7: to happen for Trump to be able to push forward
Speaker 7: with the ballroom. But this gives him, at least rhetorically
Speaker 7: a reason and you know, a very concrete example on
Speaker 7: why he should be able to have a larger ballroom
Speaker 7: on the White House campus.
Speaker 3: You mentioned that this raises questions around other events. It
Speaker 3: just so happens we have another event starting today in
Speaker 3: Washington with the arrival of King Charles the Third for
Speaker 3: a state dinner. I mean, there are a lot of
Speaker 3: questions about the US UK relationship for one thing, But
Speaker 3: does the security situation sort of overshadow all that now?
Speaker 7: It certainly does, and this is you know, kind of
Speaker 7: a concern. You know that the King and Queen from
Speaker 7: England are scheduled to arrive have a very ambitious trip.
Speaker 7: It's a four day trip. They'll be both at the
Speaker 7: White House but also on Capitol Hill. They're headed to
Speaker 7: several sites of New York and as well as in Shenandoah.
Speaker 7: So they'll be out and about a lot, and typically
Speaker 7: their security is far less than what the US President
Speaker 7: typically has of you know, they're out shaking hands with
Speaker 7: people in crowds and open air. You know, these are
Speaker 7: all the kinds of scenarios that make you know, at
Speaker 7: least US Secret Service very nervous. And then they have
Speaker 7: like to have lots of control over that, as we
Speaker 7: saw during the campaign, after Trump and the assassination attempt
Speaker 7: at Butler, Pennsylvania and that big open air rally. Trump
Speaker 7: stopped doing outside events for a period of time until
Speaker 7: they felt like they could get the security situation under control.
Speaker 7: You know that all indications are that this event, that
Speaker 7: this visit from the King and Queen will continue, will
Speaker 7: continue largely as scheduled. But one has to imagine that
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