That's the truly unusual aspect of this story.

Right.

There were White House staffers aboard the plane that was apparently what was gonna be targeted.

Also Secret Service.

There are also military officers on board that plane too, and press as well.

And I think as a reporter, when you travel with the president, you have an expectation that he is a target at any given time.

But for the, the actual circumstances to be so real that the president is then moved off the plane, I don't think that that's something that, uh, most White House press are thinking about when they're traveling with him.

Tell us what you're hearing about the situation on the Lincoln and how it relates to what Dan is talking about right now in terms of long-term stress.

Do you see real erosion in this part of his base?

There are some cracks that are beginning to show, especially with young voters.

We've seen that in some polling so far.

And actually, last night, on Thursday evening, I attended a GW event here in Washington that was a Turning Point USA event, and we went to this specifically to speak with young conservatives about how they felt about the conflict.

And we got mixed reviews from, from some of these students, you know, 18 years old, who say, one of these young men said, "I have been looking at joining the Marines.

I think it's great to serve your country.

I don't see the reason why we got involved in this conflict." Um, another young man who was Iranian American from New York, is a student at GW, saying that he felt that Israel had gotten the United States involved in this Middle East war right now.

To do them in concert with each other, it's the types of things that do potentially chill or suppress votes in the future.

Uh, the w- correct me if I'm wrong, Liz, but if my memory serves me correct, the woman who was shot last week was an American citizen.

Yes, yeah.

Yeah, I mean, you know, I, I think part of the role of the press right now and part of how I see my job is we have the opportunity to be asking officials, um, who are in real positions of power.

Tom Homan, um, from my understanding from talking with folks and sources, is, um, pretty empowered within the administration.

As the borders czar, he's coordinating across different parts of the Department of Homeland Security, the White House, to a certain extent, the State Department, 'cause they handle visas, um, and looking at immigration issues, you know, broadly across the ad- administration.

So, you know, that's why I wanted to ask him that question yesterday.

I think, again, we were talking about, uh, you know, some of the videos that Americans have been seeing.

W- what advantage does that give you that maybe others don't have who work for corporate, corporate media or have corporate owners?