Gridiron dinner with many of washingtons top journalists, his favorite people. The event is a longstanding tradition where the president customarily allows himself to be the subject of jokes. We will see if that happens tonight. Boris sanchez is covering the president for us from west palm beach, florida. Give on the current turmoil in the west wing and the friction between the president and the media, can we really expect humor tonight . Thats a good question, fred. Frankly a bit surprising that President Trump would attend the gridiron dinner. Notably he did not go last year. He sent Vice President mike pence in his place. This is, as you noted, a longstanding tradition. Every president since Grover Cleveland has taken part at least once. Journalists dress up and say thing songs lampooning and mocking politicians and then the politicians get their turn to get some revenge. It really is a lighthearted affair. The last time we saw President Trump take part in anything like this was the
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4 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. And first a Major Development in diplomacy. The president of south korea has announced hes sending a delegation of high level officials to north korea on monday for a twoday visit. One purpose, to build on the dialogue that developed between the two koreas during the winter olympics. Another, to open a path to direct talks, perhaps, between north korea and the United States. Joining us from seoul to give us some context is andrew stevestons and our will ripley, who has reported from north korea numerous times is live for us from beijing. First to you, andrew, the two koreas extending the goodwill from the olympics. This sounds, perhaps, significant. Tell us what you know about this meeting. Well, it is significant. Just in the fact that they are actually having a meeting, natalie. This will be the first time in years that they have sat down and the South Koreans are sending some heavy hitters in their delegations. The delegation of ten people, its le
They have opened up the roads around the white house, and they are letting some people in and out of the white house complex, depending on their security credentials. But as you point out, this was a pretty harrowing morning and afternoon for many people around the white house. This is a very busy spot. This is a spot that many tourists come to check out the white house. And it was right before noon today where this individual came in front of the white house and fired multiple shots in an attempted suicide. That male was pronounced dead at the scene. At this point, we dont know who he is, but the secret Service Tells Us they have identified him, but theyre waiting to notify his next of kin before releasing his identity. An interesting wrinkle in the story, ana, we spotted a vehicle on the other side of where we are on 17th street, on 15th street. The other side of the white house complex, and this vehicle had alabama plates on it. And Law Enforcement on the scene told us that they wer