0:07[music] [music] >> April 25th, [music] Washington D.C.
0:23Correspondents dinner, camera celebrities, ballroom packed tight, suits and ties aligned. Nobody knew what was coming down the line. A man named [singing and music] Cole Allen rolled up to the gate. Shotgun, handgun, knives, a dangerous freight. Secret Service move fast, [music] shots ring in the air. One agent hit the chest, bulletproof vest right there. He walked away safe. Thank God for that gear. But the questions [music and singing] that followed got louder and clear. Was it friendly fire?
0:48The AG left it open. [music] Early reports conflicting, the full truth unspoken. And CBS clarified suspects rounded the damage, not a Collis bullet.
0:55[singing] That clears up the language.
0:57But before the facts landed, the agenda was written. The dinner became [music] the excuse. America, listen.
1:04He said, "You use the incident >> [music] >> to build the ballroom now. [singing] Strip the independence.
1:12>> [music] >> Here's the where and how.
1:14Fire [singing] everybody standing in the way. That's [music] the headline. That's what happened that day. Iran Lego annexation. Block by block it's clear.
1:22Every move constructed, every motive [music and singing] right here."
1:25Larry Wyne one day before the dinner went live. April 24th, [music] scientists took the dive. 24 board members, National Science Foundation got a boilerplate email, no explanation.
1:36"Your services are ended." [music] Copy, paste, goodbye. No hearing, no discussion. Nobody asked why. The National Science Board, [music] decades of tradition dissolved in a moment of bureaucratic decision. Democrats called [music] it a razer of independence.
1:49Republicans stayed quiet. Notable silence and it set overseas [music] research. Billions in funding out of governing body gone, left everyone wondering who fills that vacuum? Who steers the ship when the board disappears? [music] Who holds the grip? Block by block they stacking. Piece by piece they build a [music] structure where one office gets to call all the bills.
2:09HE SAID, "YOU USE THE incident to build the ballroom now. [music] Strip the independence.
2:17Here's the where and how. Fire everybody standing in the way. [singing] That's the headline. That's what happened [music] that day. Iran Lego annexation.
2:26Block by block [singing] it's clear.
2:27Every move constructed, every motive [music] right here."
2:31Back to the ballroom. No, not the one at the Hilton. The one at the White House.
2:34East Wing getting rebuilt and Trump cited security, said the current setup's broken. Said the dinner proved it. That was his token to project involved demolition, legal pushback pending.
2:44Critics say it's vanity. The debate's never ending. But he's pushing forward.
2:47Construction on the way, turning the security scare into a building day. Now Jimmy Kimmel's name got tossed [music] in the mix. Late night commentary stirring up the politics. Fox News and Jessica Tarlov went [music] back and forth. Yes, fighting accusations flying south and north. She said the rhetoric's [music] been loaded for years and it may be within a firming. Those aren't the real fears. Can't point fingers at comedians and late night jokes when the language from the podium is the one that provokes.
3:15This is not left. This is not right.
3:18This is just reading what happened that night.
3:20>> [music] >> Fact by fact, [singing] source by source, line by line. CBS, AP, and NYT follow the sign. One event, three agendas rolled into one frame. Science board fired, ballroom rising. Nobody's the same. How can AG Todd Blanche left the door cracked, friendly fire question hanging, then walked it back? That's how narratives form before the truth arrives. [music] That's how the news cycle spins and survives.
3:43They use the use the incident [music] >> [singing] >> to build the ballroom now. Strip the independence.
3:51>> [singing] >> Here's the where and how. Fire everybody standing in the way. That's the headline. [music] That's what happened that day. Iran Lego annexation. Block by block it's clear. Every move constructed, every motive right here."
4:04April 2046. [music] Write it in the books. More than a dinner, more than suspicious looks.
4:10>> [music] >> One night in Washington changed the conversation. Block by block, Iran Lego annexation. [music] >> [music]
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