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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.
Chapter 2: What happened during the shooting at the White House Correspondents Association dinner?
The man suspected of carrying out Saturday night's shooting at the White House Correspondents Association dinner is scheduled to be arraigned today in federal court on multiple charges. He's identified as 31-year-old Cole Allen, a teacher and engineer from Torrance, California. A White House official tells NPR Allen sent family members what's described as a manifesto
minutes before the incident took place at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The White House says the document stated Allen wanted to target officials with the Trump administration.
Chapter 3: Who is Cole Allen and what were his motives?
Reporter Steve Futterman has more.
NPR has confirmed that Allen visited gun ranges in Southern California. He attended at least one No Kings March. In a LinkedIn page that appears to belong to him, he describes himself as a mechanical engineer and computer scientist by degree, independent game developer by experience, and teacher by birth. NPR did not find any criminal records when conducting a background check of Allen.
That's Steve Futterman reporting. Allen was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives when he charged a security checkpoint outside the ballroom where the dinner was taking place. He was tackled by law enforcement, but not before a Secret Service agent was shot. The bullet hit the agent's protective vest. He was not seriously injured.
NPR's Franco Ordonez says President Trump is pointing to Saturday night's shooting as a reason to finish the White House ballroom.
President Trump says a shooting would never have happened if it were held in the new ballroom he's having built at the White House. He called the Washington Hilton not a particularly secure site, as he explained on Fox News.
Well, it's always tough when you have a thousand rooms. It's a large hotel right on top. And so people come down in elevators and they're right over the top of where you're speaking.
The White House ballroom is facing legal hurdles. Even if it is built, it's not clear if the dinner could be held there. The annual event is private. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
The Israeli military has issued new evacuation orders for an area of southern Lebanon not inside that occupied by Israel. As NPR's Kat Lansdorf reports, that's despite a temporary ceasefire that's been extended.
Over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to, quote, vigorously attack Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Israel then carried out widespread strikes in the south. 35-year-old Abed Amar says the Israeli military dropped pamphlets on his village of Al-Mansouri three times Sunday, warning of danger.
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