White House Response To Shooting, Shooter Investigation, King Charles State Visit
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🗓️ 27 April 2026
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The suspect in the attempted attack is in federal court today and not cooperating with investigators after his own family warned police just minutes before he tried to storm the ballroom.
King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in Washington today for a state visit as the White House weighs security changes following Saturday’s shooting.
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(1:54) White House response
(5:32) Shooting investigation
(9:20) King Charles
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump reads an attack Saturday night as a sign of his importance. |
| 0:06.1 | Really, if you're a consequential president, you're in much more danger than if you're not a |
| 0:10.5 | consequential president. Security tackled a gunman. NPR's Timmer Keith was there and follows up. |
| 0:15.3 | I'm Steve Inskeep with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.6 | The suspect in Saturday's attack appears in federal court today. |
| 0:24.4 | Authorities say he had a shotgun, a handgun, and knives. |
| 0:28.3 | His own family warned police just minutes before the attack, so what more is known about |
| 0:32.5 | the suspect. |
| 0:33.2 | And this weekend's shooting may have altered the agenda of the British royal visit to Washington today, |
| 0:37.9 | but there's still plenty of pageantry in politics to discuss. |
| 0:40.7 | Tensions over the wars in Iran and Ukraine have created a rift between the two allies. |
| 0:44.2 | President Trump says, though, this visit can mend that. |
| 0:46.4 | Stay with us. |
| 0:47.2 | We've got the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:58.6 | We're following up this morning on an incident at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. This happened on Saturday. A gunman tried to rush past security on the way into the ballroom where the president, vice president, cabinet members, and lawmakers were about to have dinner with the media. |
| 1:07.7 | Shots were fired. The president shared his initial thoughts after the gunshots |
| 1:11.8 | on CBS's 60 minutes on Sunday with Nora O'Donnell. How worried were you that there were going to be |
| 1:17.4 | injuries? I wasn't worried. I understand life. We live in a crazy world. NPR senior political correspondent Tamara Keith joins us. Tammy, you were in the ballroom at the Washington Hilton. Walk us through what happened. |
| 1:36.6 | There was a muffled noise that sounded like a rapid burst of gunfire. Then Secret Service agents came running into the room from all angles. The president |
| 1:47.1 | and vice president were pulled from the stage. Everyone took cover. This is a room with 2,600 people. |
| 1:54.6 | It was tense and scary as security details climbed over tables and chairs searching for people who are in the presidential |
| 2:02.2 | line of succession. What we know now is that the gunman was actually one floor above the ballroom. |
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