House Speaker Mike Johnson made his first television appearance since Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner on Monday morning, telling Fox News host Bill Hemmer the Secret Service needed to get its house in order.

'We need the leaders of the Secret Service to tighten up,' Johnson said, before praising his colleagues' swift response to the attack on the Washington Hilton ballroom. 

'The House is doing our jobs - Comer has already announced he is having a review with Secret Service,' he said, referring to House Oversight Chairman James Comer from Kentucky. 

When Hemmer pressed him for a date for the Secret Service briefing, Johnson declined to give one.

The Speaker also called President Trump the 'most attacked, maligned political figure in history' and praised Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman's rhetoric in the wake of Saturday's incident.

Fetterman said the attempted attack underscored the need for a new White House ballroom, a talking point quickly amplified by MAGA allies over the weekend. 

'It's time for us to come together,' Johnson added.

Images from Saturday night captured the chaos as it unfolded, including one showing Johnson being rushed from the venue by Secret Service agents.

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a teacher from Torrance, California, was seen attempting to bolt past a security checkpoint while armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and several knives on Saturday night.

He exchanged fire with Secret Service agents before they tackled him to the ground and arrested him. One agent was struck in his bulletproof vest and is expected to recover. No one else was harmed.

The White House Correspondents' Dinner, an annual black-tie gala that brings politicians and journalists together, was barely underway when the Secret Service was forced to leap into action after a series of shots rang out.

Trump released surveillance footage of Allen, dressed in all black, sprinting inside the hotel with a gun in hand before he was rushed by armed guards.

Journalists in the room captured images of top administration officials getting rushed to safety.

Video footage showed Vice President JD Vance being frantically helped off stage by Secret Service agents, as Trump and Melania ducked for cover.

Clips then showed several agents reach for the President and quickly pull him to safety. 

One image showed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and his wife, Cheryl Hines, ducking as they ran to safety.

Right behind them was Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller and his wife Katie Miller.

A photo showed Johnson being briskly escorted out by security as well.

After everyone was rushed to safety, the president spoke at a White House press briefing in the West Wing within an hour of the violence.

'It's always shocking when something like this happens,' he said. 'I heard a noise and kinda thought it was a tray going down.'

Trump said that immediately, Melania Trump recognized the sound as a 'bad noise,' adding that 'it was a rather traumatic experience for her.'

'Melania was very cognizant,' he continued.

The president also shared his wife's fear for his safety, given the multiple assassination attempts against him. 

Federal prosecutors have announced that Allen is being charged with two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence and one count of assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. 

If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison on the assault charge, while the firearm‑during‑a‑crime‑of‑violence counts carry a mandatory minimum of 10 years and can stretch to decades or even life in prison, depending on whether the weapon was discharged and the underlying violent offense.