"Life from the NPR News and Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
to piece together what led to a shooting at the Washington Hilton during last night's White
“House Car Aspondence Dinner. President Trump and the First Lady were rushed out as secret”
service agents responded to reports of shots fired inside the hotel. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Piero says the suspect was armed with a handgun and multiple knives. Right now the defendant is being charged with two counts 924C using a firearm during
a crime of violence and a second crime under 1/11 which is assault on a federal officer
using a dangerous weapon." Piero says the suspect will be a reigned Monday in federal district court and says he could face additional charges as investigators learn more. President Trump spoke at the White House after being rushed from the Washington Hilton after the suspect opened fire last night. "The man has been captured. They're going to his apartment. I guess he lives in California and he's a sick person, a very sick person."
Authorities say the suspect exchanged gunfire with secret service agents near a security checkpoint at the hotel and Piero's deepest shiver on reports. One agent was shot but was wearing a bulletproof vest. President Trump had administration officials briefed reporters after the shooting at the Hilton Hotel in D.C. "She was shot from very close distance with
a very powerful gun." Trump shared that at first when he heard the gunshots, he thought
it might be a tray falling. Trump praised law enforcement for their quick responses to the shooter and said the event though disrupted brought people together. He also said he wanted the event to continue into the evening but instead it will be postponed for a later time. "Deepish of a ROM and Piero News the White House." "Noran's foreign minister is expected to return to Islamabad a day after leading Pakistan
without meeting U.S. officials for peace talks. President Trump on Saturday called off sending a delegation, dealing another setback to cease fire negotiations. "Dori B. Scherrin has more from Istanbul."
After hopes of a new round of peace talks dimmed, U.S. negotiators may have another shot.
According to Iranian state media, Foreign Minister Abbas Arrakchi will complete his planned trip to Oman but make an unplanned return to Islamabad today. He'll continue on to Russia afterwards. Trump on Saturday canceled the U.S. negotiating team's own plan to trip to Pakistan shortly after the Iranian Foreign Minister left and told reporters he'd rejected a new peace proposal from Iran.
Trump's president, Masood Pesechian, told Pakistan's Prime Minister that his country would not enter, quote, "Forced negotiations under pressure, threats, or a blockade." Foreign Piero News I'm Dari Bouskehrin in Istanbul. This is NPR News in Washington. President Trump says the U.S. Navy is working to clear Iranian minds from the state of Hormuz, experts say clearing underwater explosives could take months,
and with a fragile ceasefire in place. And they warn it may take time before commercial
“ships and insurers consider the waterway safe again. The key shipping route remains largely”
closed, adding strain to the global economy. Six in ten U.S. adults say they favor abortion rights. That's according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute. NPR's Jason Durro's reports that majorities across most religious traditions say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Support for abortion rights has risen among some religious groups and declined among others
according to the survey. 70% of black Protestants now favor abortion being legal in all or most cases. That's up from 56% in 2010. Meanwhile, favorability has dropped slightly among men-line Protestants and white Catholics, but majorities of both groups still favor abortion rights overall. The four religious groups without majority support are Hispanic Protestants, Latter Day Saints, white evangelical Protestants, and Jehovah's Witnesses. PRRI surveyed more than 22,000 people
from all 50 states. Jason Durro's NPR News. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine, the explosion at the plant in 1986 forced massive actuations and left lasting environmental damage. I'm Windsor Johnston NPR News in Washington. Every episode of NPR's It's Bene Minute Podcast starts with a question about how culture shapes
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