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President Biden is responding to the stunning events in Syria by sending his

National Security Advisor to the region tomorrow.

More from NPR's Mar-Eliason.

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is going to Israel to talk with U.S.

allies about what can be done to

stabilize the situation in Syria, where rebels overthrew the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the U.S. wants to make sure that the

aspirations of the Syrian people for self-governance are met.

It is in our interests, our national security interests, that Syria be stable and secure.

And for that reason, he said U.S. strikes on ISIS camps in Syria will continue.

Kirby said that so far, all the opposition groups who toppled Assad, including Islamist

insurgents, are saying the right things.

But he said, quote, we have to watch what they actually do. Mara Liason, NPR News, the White House.

The suspect in the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson showed up in court today, where he shouted to reporters.

26-year-old Luigi Mangione was taken into custody at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, yesterday morning,

after a customer recognized him.

At a brief hearing, Mangione's attorney said his client will fight extradition in New York, where he faces murder charges.

Thompson was shot from behind last Wednesday morning walking to a conference.

Mangione, a high school valedictorian with an Ivy League education, was found to have a gun in his possession,

like the one used in the killing.

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