David Smith: Washington Bureau Chief for the Guardian on attending the correspondents dinner

David Smith: Washington Bureau Chief for the Guardian on attending the correspondents dinner

Author: Newstalk ZB April 26, 2026 Duration: 6:02

The annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner took place in Washington last night, but was cancelled part way through after a shooter with multiple weapons charged through a security checkpoint.

Washington Bureau Chief for the Guardian, David Smith, was present at the dinner. 

He told Andrew Dickens, "I heard some shouting and people diving under tables, and that kind of rippled like a wave through the room, and all of us, including me and guests at our table, we dived under."

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