What happened to the National Guard members near the White House?
Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Herbst. One of the two National Guard members shot blocks from the White House Wednesday has died. President Trump made the announcement on a Thanksgiving call to military units last night. NPR's Sage Miller is traveling with the president.
Trump called Guardswoman Sarah Beckstrom a highly respected, young, magnificent person.
She was savagely attacked. She's dead. She's not with us. Incredible person. Outstanding in every single way in every department.
20-year-old Beckstrom volunteered to be on duty for Thanksgiving. She was on patrol a few blocks from the White House when a gunman opened fire. The gunman struck Beckstrom and 24-year-old Guardsman Andrew Wolf. Trump says Wolf remains in critical condition and is fighting for his life. Trump also says that he spoke with Beckstrom's family following the loss of their loved one.
Sage Miller, NPR News.
Pope Leo is in Turkey visiting a site where 1,700 years ago, early Christians produced the creed that's still spoken in churches today. Empire's Ruth Sherlock is traveling with the Pope.
Pope Leo will visit the archaeological ruins in Turkey's Iznik that are believed to be the site where, in the year 325, bishops gathered from around the Roman Empire and settled upon the Nicene Creed. The statement of Christian faith that commits to believing in one God is still spoken in churches today. It's a unifying document for a faith that has seen schisms throughout the ages
into many different denominations. Pope Leo will pray at the site of the Nicene Creed alongside Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians. Pope Leo hopes this moment will be a call for unity. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Turkey.
The death toll from a massive fire that tore through a public housing complex in Hong Kong has risen to at least 128. Cherise Pham reports bodies are still being recovered from the wreckage today, two days after the fire started.
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