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CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, who is also the president of the White House Correspondents' Association, was sitting next to President Trump as the incident unfolded. "What was going through my mind is my 7-year-old daughter was there. My husband was there. My parents were there," Jiang said. "On a night where we all came together to celebrate the freedoms and the First Amendment, we also have to think about how fragile they are in this country because … shootings and would-be shootings happen every day." "And it doesn't matter if it's the White House Correspondents' Dinner or anywhere else in this country. Nobody should have to feel that way. Nobody should have to feel scared to be anywhere in a public place," she added. Jiang said the annual press dinner is about acknowledging how vital the First Amendment is to democracy, and a chance for the press and the president "to get together in a different context and recognize the important relationship, despite how complicated it might be." https://t.co/jQgs1Niorb