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Trump rushed out of White House Correspondents Dinner after security incident; no injuries reported

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Good evening South Florida. Magdalena Luis and for JC Birch. I'm Sunila Subbovic and we do begin with chaos at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Less than 25 minutes ago we noticed something come up behind President Trump. Someone start whispering into his ear. You see those images right there from inside of the ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel. And then just seconds later, you can see Secret Service agents rush in from the right side of your screen, start to whisk everyone away, among them Vice President J.D. Vance, the Associated Press reporter,

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inside reports that people were saying, quote, out of the way, out of the way. At the same time, agents first cover President Trump, get him to the way, out of the way. At the same time, agents first cover President Trump, get him to the ground, and then out of what they feared was out of get him out of harm's way. The White House just releasing a statement saying both the president and vice president are fine this evening. Some guests were told

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ducked under tables, but the most of the crowded room rushed to the exit at the head table. Agents with long guns, their eyes peeled. At this moment, all we know is that there was some quote, unspecified threat. We will keep following the events out of Washington and have more for We will keep following the events out of Washington and have more for you coming up on later editions of Local 10 News and of course on local10.com.

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