textdi.com - ABC's Americas editor John Lyons said there was less security than your average Australian airport at the event and he described people screaming around him as the shots were heard.He said cabinet ministers and other important people were being plucked from tables as the Secret Service started running through the room in "extraordinary" scenes.

'Security was extraordinarily lax': ABC's Americas editor on how the shooting played out

ABC's Americas editor John Lyons said there was less security than your average Australian airport at the event and he described people screaming around him as the shots were heard.He said cabinet ministers and other important people were being plucked from tables as the Secret Service started running through the room in "extraordinary" scenes.