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Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. The victims of Monday's school shooting in Madison,

Wisconsin are still not being publicly identified. Wisconsin Public Radio's Anya Van Wankton-Donk reports on the unfolding investigation.

Madison Police Chief Sean Barnes clarified his earlier reports that a second grade student made the first 911 call in Monday's shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison.

Barnes said it was actually a second grade teacher who made the call. And he said other details, like the victim's names, are part of an active investigation into the shooting.

Identifying a motive is our top priority, but at this time, it appears that the motive was a combination of factors.

Again, we cannot share that information at this time.

The shooter has been identified as a 15-year-old girl. She killed a teenage student and a teacher

before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot. Police say her family is cooperating with their

investigation. For NPR News, I'm Onyven Wagton-Donk in Madison.

Senators are meeting with several the president-elect Donald Trump's more controversial cabinet

nominees this week. NPR's Claudia Grosalz reports it could mark the last week of meetings

before confirmation hearings begin in January. Tulsi Gabbard, a former House Democrat who

became a Republican this year, faces stiff opposition to her joining the Trump administration as director of national intelligence.

Gabbard, however, told NPR she remains optimistic as she meets with senators.

Taking the opportunity to be able to engage with each of them personally and hear what's on their minds and share what President Trump's vision is and how we look forward to working together.

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