2026-04-27
48 分钟This is CNN Breaking News.
We very much wanted to continue it because I do n't like to let these sick people,
these thugs, these horrible, horrible people, change the fabric of our life, change the course of what we do.
So the White House Correspondents Dinner, a Washington tradition attacked by a gunman Saturday night.
The suspect will face a federal judge just a few hours from now.
And I want to thank you for joining us on CNN this morning.
I'm Audie Cornish in Washington.
Sarah Seidner is with me from New York.
And Sarah, of course, we were both in the room as all this unfolded.
And just to show folks your point of view from that night, you actually started taking some video.
All right, so this morning we're also learning more about the suspect in that shooting.
He's a 31-year-old teacher from California.
And just before the shooting, he emailed a message to his family,
writing he was targeting Trump administration officials.
And the question this morning is, how did he get so close to all these high-ranking officials in government,
including the president, the vice president, several top-ranking cabinet members?
And this afternoon, President Trump sat down with — that afternoon,
he sat down with 60 Minutes, and he also faced questions about the suspect's motives.
I read a manifesto.
He's radicalized.