April 26 — Acting AG Todd Blanche, Sen. Thom Tillis and Rep. Ro Khanna

April 26 — Acting AG Todd Blanche, Sen. Thom Tillis and Rep. Ro Khanna

Author: NBC News April 26, 2026 Duration: 47:33
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.

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