Speculation had been rampant all evening as I anchored my weekend news show that Sunday night, May 2, 2011, from Washington D.C.
Usually based in New York, we were there for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, held the night before. Ordinarily a sleepy Sunday night show, this broadcast promised to be lively because Saturday’s Correspondents’ dinner had been a blast, featuring President Obama taunting and belittling the presidential aspirations of reality TV star Donald J. Trump, who was in attendance.
