2024-07-15
13 分钟President Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office. He used the remarks to again decry political violence, which he said has no place in American democracy. The alleged shooter, who was killed by the Secret Service, has been identified by law enforcement as Thomas Mathew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pa., a town south of Pittsburgh. The motive behind the attack is not yet understood. This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez. A note to our NPR Politics Podcast+ supporters: We've postponed publishing this weekend's bonus episode, but we'll reschedule and drop it in the feed soon. As always, thank you for being an NPR Politics Podcast+ listener! The podcast is produced by Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell and Kelli Wessinger. Our intern is Bria Suggs. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Hey there.
It's the NPR Politics podcast.
It is Sunday, July 14, and it is 09:34 p.m.
eastern.
I'm Susan Davis.
I cover politics.
I'm Carrie Johnson, national justice correspondent.
I'm Tamara Keith.
I cover the White House.
And I'm Franco Ordonez.
I cover the campaign.
And tonight, the latest on the assassination attempt targeting former President Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, as well as President Biden's message to the Nation tonight.
Kerry, let's start with the investigation.
Last night when we did the podcast, we did not have details about the shooter.
Today we've learned a lot more.
Tell us who he was.