Performer describes locking eyes with Trump as they ducked for cover during shooting

Performer describes locking eyes with Trump as they ducked for cover during shooting16 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJaroslav LukivPerformer recounts ducking for cover with Trump as shots ring outA shocked performer has described locking eyes with US President Donald Trump as they ducked for cover after shots were fired at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday night in Washington DC.Oz Pearlman - a self-described "mentalist" performing mind tricks - told the BBC he was talking to Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt when the attack happened."I went down very quickly. And then the Secret Service brought President Trump down: I would say very effectively - but quite violently," he said."We were about half-a-metre apart… face-to-face looking at each other on the ground, when I'm hearing shots and thinking to myself, 'We're about to die.'"US pool"Mentalist" Oz Pearlman (centre) said he was guessing Karoline Leavitt's baby name by writing it on a piece of paper when the shooting beganFootage from the annual event showed Pearlman standing with a piece of paper behind the three VIPs, who were all seated at a table on an elevated stage at the Washington Hilton hotel."The timing of it was just so crazy because I was right in the midst of performing for the first lady, and for the president and for the press secretary… guessing the name – the press secretary is having a baby soon," Pearlman said.He said he was trying to guess how many letters were in the baby's name, and as he ripped off a piece of paper and showed the name, he heard the gunshots.At the time, he thought "there was about to be a bomb because of the way they [secret service agents] were all going towards one table. "It didn't feel like they were looking for a shooter. It felt like they were looking to stop something from happenin...