India, April 27 -- President Donald Trump has explained why he ended up on the floor while being evacuated when a shooting broke out at Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner. Trump made the remarks during a conversation with CBS News Norah O'Donnell on 60 Minutes on Sunday, April 26.

Trump was seen falling to the ground as Secret Service agents whisked him away from the dais after shots rang out. Agents were seen quickly pulling him back on his feet before hurrying him away from the scene in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton in D.C.

"I started walking, and they said, 'Please go down, please go down on the floor,'" Trump recounted. "So I went down, and the first lady went down also."

"But we were asked to go down by th...