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>> what a scary situation. being in that car not knowing what's happening. what's incredible the dispatcher keeping her calm. it is so terrifying at that moment. i need to you calm down. i need you to stay with me. that i think got her really saved in some way. >> it's almost the flight attendant syndrome. if something goes wrong, you look at the flight attendant to make sure they're calm and collected. it's the same thing. a 911 operator can make or break. >> the police are saying they don't believe there's a threat to the general public. right now they're still trying to figure out what happ...

Guys are saying we can't make that public. >> it takes a civilian government and a strong leader to say, we can talk about what we are doing. >> we tried to fight world war ii by the standards of perfection and perfect accuracy being sought now, we couldn't have fought the war. i've been reading that long wonderful history. the number of mistakes and blunders is breathtaking. yet one won the war and everybody looks back on it as a good war. they held the white house correspondents dinner last night. also called the nerd prom where we get to pretend we're friends with hollywood stars. preside...

>> all morning long we have been playing highlights from are tp president's speech at last night's white house correspondents' dinner. there are other highlights. the who's who of hollywood and d.c. we have coverage of the nerd prom. krystal, i saw this last night. i actually went to the red carpet myself. >> you did. >> not to be photographed but people kept handing me a camera saying take a picture of me with so and so. >> i was begging you to come over. you snubbed me. it's all right. i forgive you. >> you were talking to important people. >> like donald trump. >> great segue. you talked wi...

Country to a lot of people. and i could -- >> i want to get laurie in there quick, because people are talking about this online. >> so interesting that you say this. i'm monitoring what people are chatting about. they're using the same hash tag, nerd prom, but talking about baltimore. i'm looking at one that is saying, the red carpet is happening at the same time police are fighting in riot gear with protesters 30 miles away. people want to be a part of that conversation. >> yeah, it's important. i do want to get to the red carpet, to brianna keilar, jon favreau. >> hey >> i'm joined now by a ...

And new york political reporter errol lewis and patrick gavin who has a new documentary all about tonight, it's called "nerd prom", and it's about important stuff about tonight that isn't always covered. so say what you want about the red carpet and whether they should have one at an event like this, whether there should be so many celebrities there or not, but for a few hours there, it was the place to be. brianna, you know, if you were on hillary clinton, you follow her very closely. she's not there this evening. >> she's not. a number of her top aides are, but this is a very eclectic red ca...