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Tommy Hitor. On today's show, we're going to talk about the awful shooting at the White

House Correspondents Center and the predictably idiotic discourse that's ensued.

Republicans blaming Democrats, Trump trying to get Jimmy Kimmel fired, conspiracies about the

whole thing being a setup. We'll also check in on the stalemate in Iran. Why talks have fallen apart and what the options are from here. Then Love It talks to Katie Porter, who stopped by the studio, former member of Congress and one of the leading Democrats in the race for governor of California. Before we get to the news, two big announcements. Love it. Love it or leave it is going to two days a week. There's too much news and we have to cover too quickly. So we're going to get more episodes out more quickly. And we're going to be shooting it in a studio with a live studio audience for the first time. We have a bunch of amazing guests lined up, including Melissa Etheridge, Ron Funches, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Ginger Midge, and more.

We're doing a show as part of the Netflix as a joke festival, too. If you're in LA, come see our new studio at cricket.com slash events. Awesome. And also, as you may have heard on the Friday show or on Love or Leave It, CrookedCon is coming back. We got three days of events right after the midterms, November 5th through the 7th in Washington, D.C.

There's going to be live shows, tons of panels. New ways to connect with other political sickos like us.

Head to crookedcon.com and sign up for updates, including ticket release dates, lineup announcements, and a lot more. All right. So as you all know by now, on Saturday night, a gunman

charged the entrance to the White House Correspondence Dinner and shot an officer before being subdued

and taken into custody. He's now been charged with attempting to assassinate the president.

Trump and other senior officials were rushed out of the dinner by the Secret Service,

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