It was dinner time at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, and C-SPAN had switched to a split screen: On the right side, there was Oz Pearlman, the mentalist, performing one of his feats for President Trump, the first lady and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. On the left, there was an in-studio conversation with Michael Dubke, the former White House Communications Director.
Then, at 8:34:45, there was commotion, as Trump, the first lady and others were evacuated. Twelve seconds later, host Peter Slen cut into the Dubke interview to say, “Yep. Yep. I see it. Just a second, we have an issue here at the head table.” A C-SPAN camera went into a wide shot of the room.
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For years, C-SPAN has offered the most comprehensive coverage of the dinner and, on Saturday, it once again was the sole operator of pool cameras
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