King Charles visits turbulent Washington amid Trump security breach

0:00King Charles has been in Washington tonight, a city unsettled after the alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Foreign editor Hugh Whitfeld is here, Hugh the King is pressing ahead with the visit. What is he walking into? And Mark, officially this is about celebrating America's 250 years of independence from Britain. It'll likely be measured on whether the King can restore the UK's fractured relationship with the U.S. and changed Donald Trump's apparent dislike for Kia Sturmer. But it's also happening during another turbulent week in Washington. We're learning more tonight about the weekend's security breach. The weapons 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen was carrying as questions erased about how many shots he actually fired. And the president and first lady are tonight embroiled in another spat involving the late night host Jimmy Kimmel, U.S. correspondent Marley Hogan reports from Washington.

1:04Rarely does so much ride on a royal visit. The King and Queen welcomed to the White House a building the British burned down in 1814. I think President Trump really likes the King, I think he respects him. Maybe you could talk some sense into our president. The Trumps hosting afternoon tea for their majesty's, the mood seemingly jovial before a garden party at the British Embassy, where the King came face to face with some of Donald Trump's most vocal supporters. The King's team have priced in that something could potentially go wrong because often it does when it involves this 47th president. It nearly went very wrong at the weekend. Today, the alleged gunman Cole Thomas Allen was in court. He was carrying a shotgun, pistol and knives at the Washington Hilton. Investigators say he ran past a scanner firing the shotgun. A secret service officer opened fire to but didn't hit him before the attacker was detained.

2:11One floor above the ballroom where the president, vice president and senior cabinet members were attending. The White House correspondents dinner. It appears that there were five shots that the law enforcement fired among the three charges attempting to assassinate the president. The left wing cult of hatred against the president and all of those who support him and work for him has gotten multiple people hurt and killed and it almost did so again this weekend. The president also taking aim at TV host Jimmy Kimmel for this comment last week. Look at more. So beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow. Melania Trump called Kimmel a coward, writing enough is enough. From the president, Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired. Who in their right minds says a wife would be glowing over the potential murder of her beloved husband from Jimmy Kimmel tonight. It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80 and she's younger than

3:11I am all adding to the restless mood their majesty's have stepped into. I mean, heightened security, the King and Queen will return to the White House tomorrow for a formal state dinner, a chance to reset what has become another volatile week in America's capital. In Washington, D.C., Miley Hogan, 7 News.