Sunday's top stories in 10 minutes
4/26/202610 min
Gunfire erupts at the White House Correspondents' Dinner — President Trump is safe after a suspect was apprehended by Secret Service.
CBC’s Paul Hunter describes the "absolute chaos" inside the ballroom as the White House Correspondents' Dinner turned into a crime scene.
World leaders — including Prime Minister Mark Carney — are condemning last night’s shooting in Washington as a "shocking" assault on democracy.
King Charles is expected to begin a high-stakes state visit to Washington tomorrow — amid rising diplomatic tensions and a security crisis at the White House.
Doctors in Toronto are celebrating a "Canadian first" — an HIV patient in sustained remission following a historic bone marrow transplant.
One year after the deadly Lapu-Lapu Day attack in Vancouver — survivors are calling for better support and transparency over missing victim funds.
Ukraine marks 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster while warning that ongoing Russian air strikes could trigger a new nuclear catastrophe.
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe makes sports history as the first person to break the two-hour marathon barrier in an official race.
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[upbeat music] This is World Report. Good morning. I'm John Northcott. US President Donald Trump says a man is in custody after opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC. The annual event was being held at a hotel as more than two thousand guests and reporters gathered inside the ballroom. A Secret Service agent was shot, but is said to be okay thanks to his bulletproof vest. The CBC's Katie Nicholson is in Washington. Katie, what do we know?
Katie Nicholson1:03
So this was a packed event. You think the press corps was there, cabinet officials, uh, the president himself, and as the appetizer course was served, there was this loud commotion. But in the lobby, uh, and this is corroborated by video that was posted by the US president later in the evening, uh, there was a man who charged through security checkpoint there and, and shots were fired. Uh, now, DC police say the suspect was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and knives. Uh, the man was taken down, but a Secret Service