The Megyn Kelly Show - Shots Fired at WHCD in Apparent Assassination Attempt, Omar's Husband Shuts Winery： AM Update 4⧸27

00:00:00.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly. It's Monday, April 27th, 2026. And this is your

00:00:08.380 AM update. I will say, you know, it's not a particularly secure building. A gunman opening

00:00:15.280 fire inside the hotel where the White House Correspondents' Dinner gathered. Thousands

00:00:20.100 of media members and top administration officials there in yet another assassination attempt

00:00:25.520 on President Trump. One of our officers will not be able to return to their family.

00:00:31.480 One Chicago police officer killed, another fighting for his life after a robbery suspect

00:00:36.200 somehow obtains a firearm while in custody, shooting the officers before attempting to flee.

00:00:42.680 And Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's husband quickly closes his winery as questions mount about the

00:00:48.860 business's finances. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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00:02:15.260 A suspect in custody after allegedly opening fire Saturday night outside the White House

00:02:22.740 Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C., in yet another assassination attempt on President

00:02:28.340 Donald Trump's life. This one thankfully stopped by law enforcement well before Mr. Trump was in

00:02:33.700 danger. Authorities arresting 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen of Torrance, California,

00:02:39.160 at the Washington Hilton after he allegedly charged a security perimeter within the hotel

00:02:44.840 leading to a ballroom where President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and many more top

00:02:49.440 cabinet officials and their spouses were attending the dinner. More details on the suspect in a

00:02:54.820 moment. The White House Correspondents Dinner is the annual Black Tie Gala bringing together

00:02:59.340 journalists, celebrities, well, sort of, and politicians to celebrate the First Amendment

00:03:05.440 and raise money for journalism scholarships and give members of the media a chance to celebrate

00:03:10.200 themselves and wear a tux. This year, marking President Trump's first time attending as the

00:03:15.420 sitting president, Mr. Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Vice President J.D. Vance entering

00:03:20.440 the ballroom around 8.15 p.m. Just after 8.30 p.m., gunshots heard over the noise of the crowded

00:03:27.140 room. The first moments marked by confusion. Then people seen on the live feed beginning to react,

00:03:33.200 some dropping to the floor, others making a break for it. In one video taken from behind the head

00:03:38.480 table on the dais, a Secret Service agent seen grabbing Vice President Vance by the shoulders

00:03:43.660 and forcefully removing him from the scene. Just a few feet behind that, President Trump's

00:03:48.960 seen seated at the table, flanked by Secret Service. The president and the first lady among

00:03:53.920 a small group then quickly ushered off the stage. Questions now being asked about the speed with

00:03:59.300 which the president was moved to safety, particularly in light of the security failures

00:04:03.480 in Butler, Pennsylvania back in 2024 that nearly led to his assassination.

00:04:09.880 President Trump last night on 60 Minutes taking the blame for the pace of his exit.

00:04:14.600 Well, what happened is it was a little bit me.

00:04:17.720 I wanted to see what was happening, and I wasn't making it that easy for him.

00:04:21.700 I wanted to see what was going on.

00:04:25.520 And by that time, we started to realize maybe it was a bad problem.

00:04:30.160 And I was surrounded by great people. And I probably made them act a little bit more slowly. I said, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Let me see. Wait a minute.

00:04:40.440 Then I started walking with them. I turned. I started walking. And they said, please go down. Please go down on the floor. So I went down. And First Lady went down also.

00:04:51.600 Several cabinet officials also in attendance, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio,

00:04:56.880 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott

00:05:01.820 Besant, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in addition to FBI Director Cash Patel and others.

00:05:09.160 President Trump last night posting security footage of the moment the suspect breached the

00:05:13.120 checkpoint located on the floor above the ballroom. A handful of agents seen standing

00:05:18.780 near security equipment as the suspect comes charging through, breaking past them. The agents

00:05:24.340 then seen drawing their weapons and swarming toward the suspect, Cole Thomas Allen. Allen

00:05:29.460 reportedly armed with a shotgun, handgun, and multiple knives. President Trump posting an

00:05:34.600 image of Allen, shirtless and face down on the floor, hands bound behind his back with his

00:05:39.620 lower extremities covered by a foil blanket. Allen did not sustain any gunshot wounds during

00:05:45.380 the incident, President Trump telling reporters one Secret Service agent was shot at close range

00:05:50.940 but was protected by a bulletproof vest and is in, quote, great shape. It is unclear if the agent

00:05:57.000 was shot by Allen or by friendly fire from another law enforcement officer. A sprinting Allen making

00:06:03.460 it about 60 feet past the checkpoint before being tackled by police at the top of the stairs

00:06:08.800 leading down to the ballroom. Fox News host John Roberts writing on X that the shooter was still

00:06:14.660 more than 100 feet away from the president at the time.

00:06:18.120 This security breach, though, raising serious questions.

00:06:21.320 In the wake of the event, dozens of attendees reporting the apparently lax security measures

00:06:26.260 entering the property.

00:06:28.140 Fox News' Bill Malusian describing in an ex-post how he entered the building after simply

00:06:32.780 flashing a ticket.

00:06:34.280 He writes that his name was not checked against any list.

00:06:37.540 He showed no ID.

00:06:39.560 He was not patted down, nor did he pass through a metal detector as he entered the building,

00:06:44.340 first heading to a pre-party hosted by his network in another ballroom.

00:06:48.980 It was not until he was set to enter the main ballroom, Malusian writes,

00:06:53.040 that he passed through a security checkpoint and emptied his pockets for a pat-down.

00:06:58.020 Quote,

00:06:58.500 The New York Post speaking to a volunteer in the aftermath of the incident

00:07:10.360 about what she saw in the moments before.

00:07:13.020 he was literally from me to that building and there was there was a security guy there too i

00:07:19.200 mean i don't think anyone knew what he was doing just try and what did he look like i'm not even

00:07:24.040 sure what he looks like and what made you think he's a shooter how do you know i saw him put the

00:07:28.320 gun together and start shooting oh my god yes i mean he put it together and started and ran

00:07:36.260 towards the stairs to go down to the ballroom who did he shoot in what direction did he shoot

00:07:40.800 What did he shoot? I don't know what he shot. It just seemed like he was shooting all over the

00:07:45.320 place. President Trump, A.G. Blanche, and Director Kash Patel, however, praising Secret Service

00:07:51.000 late Saturday night in an impromptu press briefing from the White House. A man charged a security

00:07:57.720 checkpoint armed with multiple weapons, and he was taken down by some very brave members of

00:08:04.760 Secret Service, and they acted very quickly. We are extraordinarily grateful and appreciative

00:08:09.380 of the men and women of law enforcement that did their jobs tonight, including one who was injured.

00:08:15.680 You saw the best resolve of American law enforcement because you, Mr. President, inspire them 24-7, 365.

00:08:21.480 You give them the resources that they need, and you know, they know that you have their back.

00:08:25.320 And that's why you saw brave Secret Service agents respond immediately, swiftly,

00:08:30.100 subdue and take down the suspect and safeguard the lives of thousands of individuals at that hotel.

00:08:35.400 President Trump later pointing to the incident as evidence of the need for a new White House ballroom,

00:08:41.140 currently the subject of an ongoing legal dispute.

00:08:43.840 We looked at all of the conditions that took place tonight, and I will say, you know, it's not a particularly secure building.

00:08:54.540 And I didn't want to say this, but this is why we have to have all of the attributes of what we're planning at the White House.

00:09:04.460 It's actually a larger room and it's much more secure.

00:09:07.960 It's got drone proof.

00:09:09.980 It's bulletproof glass.

00:09:11.040 We need the ballroom.

00:09:11.800 That's why Secret Service. 0.99

00:09:13.000 That's why the military are demanding it.

00:09:15.380 They've wanted the ballroom for 150 years for lots of different reasons.

00:09:20.160 But today's a little bit different because today we need levels of security that probably

00:09:26.360 nobody's ever seen before.

00:09:29.140 New information about the alleged shooter continuing to emerge in the hours after the

00:09:33.860 attempted attack. Alan currently working as a part-time teacher and video game developer.

00:09:39.480 According to his LinkedIn, Alan attending the California Institute of Technology

00:09:44.240 from 2013 to 2017, graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering. Alan's sister confirming

00:09:51.640 to law enforcement that her brother purchased two handguns and a shotgun, which he stored at

00:09:56.720 their parents' house without telling them. He reportedly belonged to a leftist group called

00:10:01.460 The Wide Awakes, and attended a No Kings protest in California. Authorities say Allen traveled by

00:10:08.080 train from L.A. to D.C., where he checked into the Washington Hilton ahead of the gala.

00:10:13.760 The New York Post reporting on the details of a manifesto Allen reportedly shared with his family

00:10:18.600 about 10 minutes before the shooting. In it, Allen refers to himself as, quote,

00:10:24.100 the friendly federal assassin, writing that his intended targets were administration officials,

00:10:29.820 with the exception, he wrote, with no explanation, of Kash Patel, whom he wrote was not a target. 0.97

00:10:37.100 Allen writing, quote, I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat 0.87

00:10:42.420 my hands with his crimes. CNN reporting members of Allen's family did notify law enforcement about 0.91

00:10:48.700 the manifesto, though it is not yet clear if it was before or after the attack. A.G. Blanche

00:10:54.980 yesterday on NBC discussing what charges Allen is likely to face.

00:10:59.380 Yes, not atypically in a case like this. There will be an assault of a federal officer charge.

00:11:04.380 There'll be a charge about, you know, him discharging a firearm and attempting to kill

00:11:08.900 a federal officer. And then there are potentially charges beyond that that come from reviewing of

00:11:13.880 the evidence. And if we understand his motivations and as we continue to gather. But initially,

00:11:19.440 I expect those two charges to be filed tomorrow morning. So assault of a federal officer and

00:11:24.780 then using a firearm and discharging a firearm during that assault.

00:11:29.500 Allen's set to appear in court later today.

00:11:31.740 We will have much more on this today on the MK Show.

00:11:36.060 Coming up, a robbery suspect with a violent criminal history now accused of killing a

00:11:41.120 Chicago police officer and critically wounding another after opening fire inside a hospital.

00:11:46.280 And Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's husband abruptly shutting down his winery after congressional

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00:13:09.380 One police officer killed another in critical condition Saturday following a shooting at a

00:13:15.260 Chicago Hospital, where authorities were transporting a robbery suspect with a lengthy

00:13:20.260 rap sheet. Around 8 a.m. on Saturday, a male suspect, yet to be publicly identified by

00:13:26.380 authorities, allegedly robbing a family dollar store, entering the shop, displaying a gun,

00:13:32.220 then attacking a woman at an ATM and fleeing the scene with unspecified stolen items.

00:13:38.120 An online local crime website called CWB Chicago reporting, quote,

00:13:42.960 some of those stolen items were equipped with a GPS tracker that sent signals to Chicago's

00:13:48.820 Police Centralized Intelligence Center, allowing patrol units to quickly locate a suspect.

00:13:54.700 The outlet reporting officers specifically noted they believed the suspect was not carrying a

00:14:00.060 firearm when he was picked up. When the suspect told officers he felt ill, they requested an

00:14:05.480 ambulance for transport to Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital. The hospital, releasing a statement

00:14:11.020 claiming the suspect arrived on the campus around 9 a.m. where he was wanded per standard protocol

00:14:16.820 and, quote, escorted by law enforcement at all times. Around 11 a.m., the suspect opening fire

00:14:23.400 on the two officers who brought him in, then fleeing on foot. It is unclear how this suspect

00:14:29.080 was able to obtain a weapon. Surveillance video capturing him running naked in the streets,

00:14:34.560 appearing to carry a hospital gown bundled in his arms, electrodes still stuck to his chest.

00:14:41.020 Just over an hour later, the still-naked suspect rearrested in a nearby neighborhood where he had

00:14:46.580 taken cover inside a home. Cops recovering a firearm from the scene, a separate weapon from

00:14:52.540 the firearms carried by the two cops. An investigation is ongoing, authorities identifying

00:14:58.200 38-year-old John Bartholomew as the officer fatally shot in the incident. He was a 10-year

00:15:04.380 veteran of the police force. The second officer not yet identified is a 57-year-old male with

00:15:10.640 21 years on the job, he is now fighting for his life. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson,

00:15:16.480 a Democrat, speaking to reporters on Saturday. Today is a real difficult moment for our city.

00:15:24.120 It's a tragedy. Our officers stand in the way of harm every single day, risking their own lives.

00:15:33.180 and along with them risking their lives, they have family that expect them to come home.

00:15:42.040 One of our officers will not be able to return to their family.

00:15:46.700 CWB Chicago reporting the suspect, whom they are not naming because formal charges have yet to be

00:15:52.320 filed in this latest incident, had been a fugitive from the law for weeks. He reportedly escaped

00:15:58.920 electronic monitoring relating to two pending violent felony cases. The suspect has a long

00:16:05.480 criminal history stretching back to 2017, including multiple armed robberies, weapons

00:16:10.620 charges and assaults on law enforcement, according to CWB. Despite repeated arrests, the suspect

00:16:16.760 released multiple times, most recently in December 2025 on electronic monitoring while facing four

00:16:24.300 felony cases, including armed carjacking and armed robbery. One month later, the suspect

00:16:31.040 pleading guilty to the two oldest cases, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and

00:16:35.960 aggravated battery of a peace officer, the man receiving a sentence of four years and three

00:16:41.480 years to be served concurrently. From CWB, quote, with credit for time spent in jail and on

00:16:47.600 monitoring, plus the state's standard 50 percent sentence reduction, he was able to report to the

00:16:54.060 Illinois Department of Corrections the next day and walk out before sundown. By early March,

00:16:59.560 the suspect no longer complying with the terms of his release, skipping a court appearance after

00:17:04.540 officials said he left home without permission and failed to keep his ankle monitor charged.

00:17:10.760 Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's husband shuttering a winery he co-owned just weeks after

00:17:16.800 the House Oversight Committee sent a letter requesting financial information related to

00:17:22.380 that company. Former political consultant Tim Minette, co-owner of a venture capital firm,

00:17:28.780 Rose Lake Capital, and a wine business, E Street Crew LLC, now at the center of mounting questions

00:17:35.800 connected to the Congresswoman's financial disclosures. Last year, Congresswoman Omar

00:17:40.400 filing 2024 financial disclosure forms showing she and her husband Minette accumulated a net

00:17:46.700 worth of up to $30 million, an increase of 3,500% over the previous year. Forms reviewed by the

00:17:55.820 Washington Free Beacon revealing the couple valued the winery somewhere between $1 million and $5

00:18:01.800 million. In February, Republican Congressman James Comer, chairman of the Oversight Committee,

00:18:08.060 writing a letter to Minette requesting all documents and communications relating to the

00:18:12.700 finances of his two companies. Congressman Comer writing, quote, given that these companies do not

00:18:17.860 publicly list their investors or where their money comes from, this sudden jump in value

00:18:23.280 raises concerns that unknown individuals may be investing to gain influence with your wife.

00:18:29.360 When Minette did not comply with the request, the Oversight Committee then referring the matter to

00:18:34.620 the House Ethics Committee, the Office of Congressional Conduct, or OCC, which is the

00:18:41.300 House office tasked with performing the initial review of allegations of misconduct, sending a

00:18:47.360 letter to Congresswoman Omar. Shortly thereafter, the Congresswoman amending her congressional

00:18:52.380 disclosure, this time including liabilities tied to the two companies, effectively reducing their

00:18:57.720 value to zero, according to the Wall Street Journal. Aides to Congresswoman Omar citing

00:19:03.920 alleged accounting errors and her lack of familiarity with her husband's business dealings

00:19:09.620 as justification for the error. In February, after Comer's ethics letter was sent, a representative

00:19:16.660 for the winery told the New York Post the company was no longer operational. According to the

00:19:22.300 California Secretary of State's business registry, the company was officially terminated on April 4th,

00:19:29.020 two months after the first notice of an ethics probe. Scrutiny surrounding the businesses comes

00:19:35.260 as a wider fraud scandal grips Minnesota's Somali community,

00:19:39.520 of which Omar is a part,

00:19:41.400 with President Trump and some Republicans

00:19:43.320 raising questions about whether Omar's

00:19:45.360 apparently growing wealth

00:19:46.960 may be connected to that controversy.

00:19:50.020 The congresswoman denies any wrongdoing.

00:19:52.520 This incident, not the first time

00:19:54.020 Minette's wine business faced controversy.

00:19:56.800 Founded in 2021,

00:19:58.040 the company hit with fraud allegations in 2023

00:20:00.560 from an investor who claimed he was misled

00:20:03.520 into putting up $300,000 on promises of a 200% return that never materialized.

00:20:11.480 Court filings at the time indicating the winery had just $650 in its bank account.

00:20:17.460 The lawsuit ultimately settled in 2024 with no criminal charges filed.

00:20:24.300 And that'll do it for your AM Update. I'm Megan Kelly. Join me back here for The MK Show,

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Shots Fired at WHCD in Apparent Assassination Attempt, Omar's Husband Shuts Winery： AM Update 4⧸27

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