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Dale Willman
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump and a number of members of his administration were evacuated from the White House Correspondent's Dinner tonight and after a man began firing a weapon outside the Washington Hilton ballroom where the event was being held. Afterward, President Trump praised the Secret Service agents who quickly tackled the suspects.
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President Donald Trump
The fact that they just unified, I saw a room that was just totally unified. It was in one way very beautiful, a very beautiful thing to see. A man charged a security checkpoint armed with multiple weapons, and he was taken down by some very brave members of Secret Service, and they acted very quickly.
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Dale Willman
One Secret Service agent was shot at close range, but he was wearing a vest. Trump said he spoke with him later and he's fine. There have been no other reported injuries from the shooting. The annual dinner was canceled after the incident, but Trump says he wants to have it rescheduled soon. NPR's Franco Ordonez listened to Trump as he spoke tonight.
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NPR Correspondent
I mean, I was taken by his, you know, kind of the conciliatory nature. You know, he was talking about how, you know, you know, he really spoke well of the press. He was very thankful. I was touched that he called on Weijia, who is the president of the White House Correspondents Association. She was up there with the president at that moment. In these video replays, you can see her kind of rushing over to kind of try to help. So I was very touched that the president kind of pointed her out and spoke, spoke then he also spoke well of, of the press. And, you know, I'm, you know, I will be, I'm encouraged by his thoughts that he does want to do it again, even, even if it is, you know, in a hard event to do.
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Dale Willman
That's NPR's Franco Ordonez with a report. He was at the Correspondent's Dinner when the firing began. Authorities have not identified the shooter yet, but they say they are confident that he was acting alone. President Trump says He's canceled the U.S. delegation's trip to Islamabad for ceasefire talks with Iran. NPR's Deepa Shivram has more on that story.
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Deepa Shivram
Trump says there was too much time wasted on traveling for in person talks. On the way back to Washington, Trump told reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, that Iranians could continue negotiations over the phone,
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President Donald Trump
have people traveling for 16, 17 hours. We're not doing it that way. We'll do it when they want. They can call me.
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Deepa Shivram
He also claimed that there's infighting among Iranian leadership and confusion over who's in charge. Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran earlier this week, though it's not clear when it will lift. The White House has just said that's up to the president. Trump says that after he canceled the travel to Pakistan, Iran came back with a better deal. He said Iran offered a lot, but not enough. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
And you're listening to NPR News. The King of Pop is back on top. The Michael Jackson biopic Michael Appears headed for a record breaking opening. NPR's Bob Mondello has our details.
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Bob Mondello
A week ago, industry observers were saying Antoine Fuqua's long delayed portrait of pop superstar Michael Jackson was likely to sell about $50 million worth of tickets in the US this weekend. Then critics weighed in, talking about a troubled production history and mostly trashing the film as a sanitized PR pitch by the Jackson estate. And audiences apparently decided they didn't care. With about $40 million in the til for Michael on its first day weekend, estimates have risen to as much as $100 million in North America and another hundred million plus overseas, easily a record for a pop music biopic. Bob Mondello, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
Palestinian Saturday buried a pregnant woman and her two children. They were killed Friday in Israeli strikes in Gaza, and at least 13 people died in those attacks, including eight people in Khan Yunis who died when Israeli forces targeted a police vehicle. Israel's military says militants threatened troops, which prompted those airstrikes. Officials in Mexico say the two U.S. federal agents killed there recently in a car crash were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico. The two are returning from destroying a clandestine drug lab in the northern state of Chihuahua when the accident occurred. Their role in the country remains unclear. Officials said Saturday that one of the men entered the country as a visitor, while the other had a diplomatic passport. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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