White House Response To Shooting, Shooter Investigation, King Charles State Visit

President Trump reads an attack Saturday night as a sign of his importance. Really, if you're a consequential president, you're in much more danger than if you're not a consequential president. Security tackled a gunman. NPR's Timmer Keith was there and follows up. I'm Steve Inskeep with A Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. The suspect in Saturday's attack appears in federal court today. Authorities say he had a shotgun, a handgun, and knives. His own family warned police just minutes before the attack, so what more is known about the suspect? And this weekend's shooting may have altered the agenda of the British royal visit to Washington today, but there's still plenty of pageantry and politics to discuss. Tensions over the wars in Iran and Ukraine have created a rift between the two allies. President Trump says though this visit can mend that. Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day. This week on sources and methods, the latest on a Pentagon escalation in Iran after an American helicopter is shot down. We digest the week's biggest national security headlines on sources and methods from NPR. This message comes from Jerry. Many people are overpaying on car insurance. Why? Switching providers can be a pain. Jerry helps make the process painless. Jerry is the only app that compares rates from over 50 insurers in minutes and helps you switch fast with no spam calls or hidden fees. Drivers who save with Jerry could save over $1,300 a year. Before you renew your car insurance policy, download the Jerry app or head to jerry.ai/npr. We're following up this morning on an incident at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. This happened on Saturday. A gunman tried to rush past security on the way into the ballroom where the president, vice president, cabinet members, and lawmakers were about to have dinner with the media. Shots were fired. The president shared his initial thoughts after the gunshots on CBS's sixty Minutes on Sunday with Nora O'Donnell. How worried were you that there were gonna be injuries? I wasn't worried. I understand life. We live in a crazy world. NPR senior political correspondent Tamara Keith joins us. Tam, you were in the ballroom at the Washington Hilton. Walk us through what happened. There was a muffled noise that sounded like a rapid burst of gunfire. Then Secret Service agents came running into the room from all angles. The president and vice president were pulled from the stage. Everyone took cover. This is a room with 2,600 people. It was tense and scary as security details climbed over tables and chairs searching for people who are in the presidential line of succession. What we know now is that the gunman was actually one floor above the ballroom. He ran through a security checkpoint headed for the stairs that lead down to the ballroom, but he was tackled before he got there. The acting attorney general, Todd …