Gunman's Hotel Attack Foiled at WHCD

0:00It's April 27. Welcome in. This is Birmingham News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. A gum and open fire at a security checkpoint outside the Washington, Hilton during the White House correspondence dinner on Saturday night. Law enforcement took him down before he could reach the ballroom packed with hundreds of guests. A Secret Service agent took a bullet in the chaos, but the quick response kept things from turning deadly. Cecil Moses, a former FBI agent, with 32 years of service under eight presidents and ex-Madison police chief, is calling out the hotels, security measures. He'd been to the event before, as President Bush's guest, and expected tighter controls on everyone coming and going. Moses has seen it all from Kennedy's assassination to waves of unrest, but he says today's vibe hits different with all the political brawling. The raw hate in the air right now didn't shock him one bit, and he worries it could have ended in tragedy inside. No major breaches happened, thanks to the pros on the scene, and officials confirmed the

1:03suspect never made it past that first line. President Trump highlighted how it showed America's lows and highs, with leaders from both sides stepping up together in the aftermath. Moses gives big props to the Secret Service for shutting it down fast, and he's pushing for a return to real, neighborly kindness to cool off this. Boiling tension across the country.