Rubin Report - Dave Rubin - Shooting Near White House, Cole Allen Judge Sparks Outrage, Texas Backlash | 5/5/26 FIRST LOOK
Aired: 2026-05-05
Duration: 07:31


=== Secret Service Shoots Suspect Near White House (03:34) ===

[00:00:04]  Hey, everybody, I'm Dave Rubin, and this is First Look.
[00:00:07]  It's Tuesday, May 5th, 2026.
[00:00:09]  We've got a packed show for you today.
[00:00:12]  Secret Service shoots an armed suspect just steps from the White House, days after a separate assassination attempt.
[00:00:19]  A federal judge apologizes to the White House Correspondents' Dinner gunman Cole Allen and bizarrely compares him to January 6th defendants.
[00:00:29]  A taxpayer funded Texas water park sparks outrage over a Muslim only event.
[00:00:36]  Let's dive in.
[00:00:37]  We start with breaking security concerns right outside the White House.
[00:00:41]  On Monday, Secret Service agents engaged in a shootout with an armed suspect just a few blocks south of the White House near the National Mall and the Washington Monument.
[00:00:51]  According to Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn, plainclothes agents were patrolling the outer perimeter when they spotted what he called the visual print of a firearm on a suspicious individual.
[00:01:05]  That's when things escalated fast.
[00:01:07]  Agents called in uniformed officers to assist.
[00:01:10]  When they approached the suspect, he briefly fled on foot, then pulled out a firearm and opened fire on law enforcement.
[00:01:19]  Secret Service returned fire and struck the suspect, who was taken to a local hospital.
[00:01:24]  And here's the disturbing part.
[00:01:26]  This wasn't contained to just the suspect.
[00:01:29]  Authorities say a juvenile bystander was also hit, suffering non-life-threatening injuries and is now being treated.
[00:01:37]  Now, timing here is critical.
[00:01:39]  Just moments before the incident, Vice President J.B. Vance's motorcade Had passed through that exact area.
[00:01:46]  The White House immediately went into lockdown.
[00:01:49]  Reporters were rushed into the briefing room.
[00:01:51]  Videos showed journalists scrambling off the North Lawn.
[00:01:55]  Dozens of Secret Service and National Guard members flooded the scene.
[00:02:00]  Streets were roped off with police tape.
[00:02:02]  And here's something else that stands out.
[00:02:04]  Inside the White House, President Trump was hosting a business event with small business owners, and it continued as scheduled.
[00:02:13]  No panic, no disruption, just business as usual.
[00:02:17]  Now, this comes at a very concerning moment because just over a week ago, there was a separate incident involving an assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
[00:02:28]  So, when you look at these incidents together, there's a pattern.
[00:02:32]  Put these two incidents together, and the pattern is obvious.
[00:02:35]  Threats are escalating, actors are getting bolder, and security around the White House is being tested in ways we haven't seen in years.
[00:02:45]  Now, to a story that's raising serious eyebrows across the country.
[00:02:49]  A federal judge has apologized to the would be Trump assassin, Cole Allen.
[00:02:54]  During a court hearing Monday, Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqi criticized how Allen has been treated in custody and even said, At a minimum, I should be apologizing to him.
[00:03:06]  Yes, apologizing to a man accused of trying to assassinate the President of the United States.
[00:03:13]  Allen had been placed under suicide watch, which meant 24 hour lockdown in a safe cell, no phone access, No visitors outside his legal team, extremely restricted conditions.
[00:03:26]  Prosecutors argued this made sense because Allen himself reportedly said he didn't expect to survive the attack, suggesting he could be a danger to himself.
[00:03:37]  But the judge didn't buy it.

=== Judge Compares Gunman To January 6th Defendants (03:52) ===

[00:03:39]  Instead, he said he was disturbed by the conditions and then made a comparison that's turning heads.
[00:03:45]  He brought up January 6th defendants, saying, I never heard of one January 6th defendant who was put in five point restraints or in a safe cell.
[00:03:55]  He even referenced gallows outside the Capitol, suggesting those defendants were treated less harshly than Allen.
[00:04:03]  Then he went further.
[00:04:04]  Allen was reportedly denied access to a Bible, denied a tablet to assist in his defense, and the judge openly mocked the system for that, saying, If we can get someone vegan food, we can get you a Bible.
[00:04:19]  He ordered the jail to fix the situation immediately and move Allen to less restrictive housing with windows.
[00:04:26]  Now, let's be very clear this is a man accused of attempting to assassinate the president, firing at Secret Service.
[00:04:34]  Entering a high security federal event with a weapon, and yet the focus in that courtroom shifted to his comfort, his accommodations, and whether he's being treated too harshly.
[00:04:47]  That's where we are.
[00:04:49]  And finally, a story out of Texas that's igniting a major debate about public spaces and discrimination.
[00:04:55]  A taxpayer funded water park in Grand Prairie, Texas, Epic Waters, is facing backlash after hosting an event that was initially advertised as Muslims only.
[00:05:06]  The event, called DFW Epic Eid, is scheduled for June 1st, and the original flyer made it very clear.
[00:05:14]  Attendance was restricted to Muslims, modest dress was required, and the entire park would be exclusively reserved.
[00:05:22]  This is an 80,000 square foot indoor water park built in 2017 at a cost of $88 million, funded in part by a local sales tax approved by voters.
[00:05:35]  So naturally, people had questions.
[00:05:37]  Critics immediately pushed back.
[00:05:40]  Seems like a civil rights violation.
[00:05:42]  Should we expect a Christians only day?
[00:05:45]  Radio host Dana Lausch asked, How is a taxpayer funded entity allowed to discriminate?
[00:05:51]  Now, after the backlash, organizers started walking it back.
[00:05:56]  A new flyer removed the phrase Muslim only and replaced it with modest dress only.
[00:06:01]  All are welcome.
[00:06:03]  The organizer, Amina Knight, said the intention was not to exclude, but to create a space centered around Eid celebrations and modest attire.
[00:06:12]  Still, the event includes a strict modest dress code, suggestions like burkinis for women, swim trunks with shirts for men, a private prayer room during the event, halal food offerings, tickets priced at $55 to $65, and importantly, the FAQ originally stated the park was exclusively reserved for Muslims.
[00:06:38]  The water park itself says it's not hosting the event directly, it simply rents the space to outside groups.
[00:06:45]  And those groups control programming.
[00:06:48]  But here's the bigger issue.
[00:06:50]  When a publicly funded facility is being used in a way that appears to exclude people based on religion, even temporarily, it raises serious legal and cultural questions.
[00:07:01]  And clearly, a lot of Americans are asking would this be acceptable if the roles were reversed?
[00:07:08]  And that's your first look this Tuesday.
[00:07:10]  Quick recap a shootout near the White House raises new concerns about security threats.
[00:07:15]  A judge apologizes to the would be Trump assassin, sparking outrage.
[00:07:20]  And a Texas water park faces backlash over a controversial religious event.
[00:07:25]  We'll keep following all of it.
[00:07:27]  I'm Dave Rubin.
[00:07:28]  Thanks for starting your day with First Look.
[00:07:30]  See you tomorrow.