Weijia Jiang: I was on stage last night with the president. This is what I saw.

President Trump and CBS News' Weijia Jiang react as sounds of gunfire were heard at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, April 25, 2026. Reuters The night was going exactly as planned. For eight months, as president of the White House Correspondents Association, I'd been working on this dinner party. Above all, I had hoped it would restore some normalcy between the Trump administration and the press. …