New WHCD Footage, Trump's New Surgeon General Pick, Camp Mystic Stays Closed and more

Good morning, I'm Kate Baldwin.

It is Friday, May 1st.

Here are the five things you need to know to start your day.

Number one, the surveillance video.

There is still more new video coming out of the lead-up to the attempted attack on the

White House Correspondent's dinner.

Federal prosecutors say this video shows Cole Thomas Allen casing the hotel the night

before the attack.

They say the video shows him walking through corridors, even checking out the hotel

gym Friday night and the hall also that would lead to the dinner's security checkpoint.

Then the video cuts to the scene that very next night when Allen storms through that checkpoint.

The US Attorney for DC says this video shows Allen shoot a secret service officer, though

it is not clear when that moment occurs.

Still, Janine Piro says there is no evidence that the officer that was shot was hit by

friendly fire.

What we do know is that he fired off that 12-gauge shotgun one time.

The cartridge was still in the weapon.

He fired that gun in the direction of the secret service officer.

And what we do know is that the secret service officer fired his weapon five times.

The secret service agent did not shoot himself.

Then there's also the selfie that prosecutors revealed.

Allen in his hotel room with several weapons on him, they were planning the prosecutors

to release all of this in court yesterday to argue Allen needs to stay in custody as he

awaits trial, but then Allen agreed to remain in custody.

So the judge said it would be a waste of time to present the evidence, though prosecutors

decided to release it anyway.

2.

The Surgeon General

President Trump is testing the theory now that third time is the charm when it comes

to Surgeon General.

He nominated former Fox News Medical Contributor Dr. Jeanette Neshwatt.

Then Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer who faced tough questions from lawmakers about

her views on vaccines.

And the president now just pulled her nomination and he's nominated the third.

Dr. Nicole Sapphire, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center specializing

in breast cancer.

Sapphire has mixed views on vaccines, I guess you could describe it that way.

He's expressed some concern about the drop in the measles shots, but has also questioned

the need for mandatory vaccines for things like COVID.

She wrote a book called Make America Healthy Again, back in 2020, but has also criticized

the Trump administration for its messaging.

Secretary Kennedy may be doing some great things in terms of getting our food healthier

again, but the messenger is going to be polarizing.

So whenever he goes in front of the camera, all of a sudden you will start seeing half

of the country not wanting to listen.

In announcing this new pick, the president also took time to slam the Republican Senator

Bill Cassidy, who's the chairman of a key committee, for holding up his nominees.

He called Cassidy a very disloyal person, urged people to vote against the Republican

Senator in his primary next month, here's how Cassidy responded.

I have boiled to the United States of America, and I'm going to do my darn to support the

president whenever we're working for the best of the United States of America.

Number three, the Camp Closure, a small victory for the families of the 27 campers and counselors

who died in that horrific flooding disaster at Camp Mystic last summer.

They have spent weeks and weeks pleading with state officials in Texas to try to stop

the camp's plans to reopen this summer.

Well, now the camp owners, camp's owners have just announced that they are withdrawing

their license to operate, saying in a statement this, no administration administrative process

or summer season should move forward while families continue to grieve on investigations

continue, and while so many Texans still carry the pain of last July's tragedy.

Now, Seal Stewart is the only little girl whose remains have still not been recovered.

Her parents have brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the camp, which remains ongoing.

They reacted to this new news, saying that they're grateful for the news, but also say

the camp's owners, the Eastland family, that they're not doing this for the right reasons.

Calling this a quote, calculated exit from a license that they were about to lose.

The mother of another flooding victim also had this to say to the camp owners.

As the camp directors and owners, who I have known my entire life, almost my entire life,

I am heartbroken that you have not only destroyed our lives, but that you've destroyed your own.

Hundreds of families had planned to send their girls back to this camp this summer, which

has been operating since 1926.

Number four, the first flights American Airlines just became the first US carrier to offer

a commercial flights to Venezuela once again, this after a seven-year hiatus.

Cena's David Culver was actually on that flight to Caracas, the plane largely filled the journalists and officials.

The environment, though, at Miami Airport, as they were marking this milestone moment, quite lively.

Now, travel for more than seven or a thousand Venezuelan Americans who live in the United States

will be getting quite a bit smoother.

I mean, you had water cannons, people, that were spraying all over the plane on arrival in departure.

And a Venezuelan carrier will also resume flights to Miami today.

US recently lifted a ban on flights that had been in place since Trump's first term.

And this, of course, comes as the two countries are trying to restore economic ties after

Maduro's ouster.

Venezuela's interim president, Delce Rodriguez, has enacted a series of reforms they say.

Though people there still face inflation rates of around 600 percent.

More right after this.

One last thing!

Take this next story as a sign to dress for success today, because there is a first grader in New Jersey

who is absolutely crushing the fashion game, and people are starting to notice.

Jordan Disler's grandma bought him his first tie, and apparently soon after, he decided to wear one

to school not just on some days, but each and every day, saying that he was inspired by watching his dad dress up,

and that it makes him feel confident.

At this point, he's managed to pull together quite the collection,

and his commitment to putting his best foot forward in this way is now inspiring one of his own

teachers to go after her own lifelong dream to write a book.

It's called, Jordan Fisher, where's a tie, and it's the celebration of expressing yourself

and your individuality?

We're trained to impart our knowledge and inspire them hopefully,

and the fact that he inspired me, that's really the most exciting and most heartfelt thing for me.

If he ever asked me a few days ago, am I going to wear ties in second grade,

and I told him, I'll have to think about that, but I think I have my answer?

Yes.

I love that he's like, I'm going to have to think about that,

but I think my answer is yes, I love it.

Happy Friday, little man.

I'm Kate Baldwin, those are the five things you need to know to get your day going.

No get going.