Amy Goodman· Host0:01

[upbeat music] From New York, this is Democracy Now!

Todd Blanche· Soundbite0:17

This was tragic. It was a, a, a, a night that, that none of us will forget for a very long time. But do not forget that the system worked. The Secret Service kept us safe, and, and that man was, was quickly apprehended and subdued, um, s- minutes, seconds after he tried to breach the perimeter.

Amy Goodman· Host0:35

A gunman tries to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night, shooting at security before he was tackled to the ground and arrested. He'll be arraigned today. The Secret Service evacuated President Trump and other officials as attendees fled or took cover under tables. In his reported manifesto, the gunman said he planned to target Trump administration officials. We'll be joined here in New York by California Congress member Ro Khanna. He's calling for a bipartisan national commission on political violence. And we go to Vermont to speak with journalist and professor Jeff Sharlet, author of The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. Then, the Trump administration's announced new measures