Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Chapter 2: What happened in the shooting incident near the White House?
Federal prosecutors say the man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House yesterday drove across the country from Washington state before carrying out the attack. FBI Director Kash Patel says authorities are treating this as a coast-to-coast investigation.
We will continue to hit the streets and hit every town and every house and talk to every witness. Men and women of the FBI and the Metropolitan Police Department and the interagency to include the Department of Homeland Security, DEA and ATF are working tirelessly on this Thanksgiving day.
And I know just by talking to the leaders behind me that instead of going on and being with their families, everyone rogered up and showed up to work today.
The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia says the suspect, an Afghan national, will face federal terrorism charges. Hospital officials say both of the National Guard members are listed in critical condition. Leaked recordings of President Trump's special peace envoy speaking with a Russian official are raising new concerns in Ukraine.
NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports Ukrainians consider Steve Witkoff a tool of the Kremlin rather than a neutral mediator.
Transcripts of phone conversations revealed by Bloomberg show Witkoff giving advice to Russian President Vladimir Putin's envoy on how Putin should speak with Trump. He says Putin should flatter Trump and compliment his recent Mideast peace deal. As the head of one Ukrainian newspaper put it, Teaching murderers how to talk to Trump. Ukrainians already considered Witkoff biased.
He often spouts Kremlin talking points after visits to Moscow and has never visited Ukraine. In an interview six months ago with right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson, Witkoff was unable to name the four Ukrainian provinces he said Ukraine should cede to Russia. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
Many families in Texas are facing their first Thanksgiving without loved ones after flooding on the 4th of July left at least 138 people dead. Houston Public Media's Dominic Anthony Walsh reports the community is still working to rebuild four months later.
18-year-old Chloe Childress was one of two counselors, along with 25 young girls, swept away from Camp Mystic, the century-old Christian summer camp along the Guadalupe River. Her father, Matthew Childress, says the family is creating new holiday traditions this year, leaving town instead of staying in with family.
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