Suspect charged in Trump assassination attempt; King Charles heads to Congress

The man accused of storming the correspondence dinner now facing an assassination charge,

what happened in court.

Plus, King Charles at the White House then heading to Capitol Hill, what he's expected

to say to Congress and what's at stake.

And Melania Trump calls for ABC to take action against Jimmy Kimmel over a joke about her,

Kimmel now responding on his own show.

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Good morning, I'm Craig DeGrelli.

We are getting a clearer picture of the man accused of trying to assassinate President

Trump at the correspondence dinner.

Cole Allen, a 31-year-old teacher from California, did not enter a plea at his first court appearance

Monday.

He's facing multiple federal charges, including attempted assassination and firing a weapon

during a violent crime.

New court filings lay out how prosecutors say this unfolded.

They say Allen booked a room at the Hilton earlier this month, then traveled across the

country by train, checking in the day before the event.

When arrested, investigators say he had two guns, a shotgun and a pistol, along with three

knives.

Prosecutors say he is not cooperating, and while the motive is still being worked out,

his own writings make clear who he was targeting.

Make no mistake, he says.

I am targeting the administration officials.

They are my targets, and I'm prioritizing from the top down the highest ranking from

the lowest.

And I will not hesitate to get involved in any kind of encounter with anyone who blocks

me from the president.

Investigators say Allen opened fire as he rushed into the ballroom, secret service agents

returned fire.

One agent was hit in the bulletproof vest, and his expected to be okay.

Allen was not hit.

King Charles heads to Capitol Hill later today, delivering a rare address to Congress as

his U.S. visit moves into its main events.

President Trump will officially welcome King Charles and Queen Camilla to the White House

later this morning with a military review and remarks, including a speech from the president.

Then they will head to the Capitol and meet with congressional leaders before the King

addresses a joint gathering of Congress this afternoon.

Tonight it wraps up with the state dinner at the White House.

The visit got underway Monday, where the president and first lady greeted the royals

on the south lawn.

Then the four posed for photos.

They headed inside for tea, a softer start, to a visit playing out against a more complicated

backdrop between Washington and London.

The King becomes just the second British monarch to address Congress, following Queen Elizabeth's

speech more than three decades ago in 1991.

Oil prices are climbing again as any real path to a deal with Iran still looks out of

reach for now.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is dismissing Iran's latest proposal, saying it falls short

of the U.S. core demand, no nuclear capability.

Iran is offering to reopen the straight-of-war moves, but only if the United States lifts

its blockade on Iranian ships and ports.

The problem, there is no movement from Iran on its nuclear program.

Rubio also makes clear the straight is not Iran's to control.

If what they mean by opening the straights is, yes, the straights are opened, as long

as you coordinate with Iran, get our permission or will blow you up and you pay us.

That's not opening the straights.

Those are international waterways.

They cannot normalize, nor can we tolerate them trying to normalize a system in which

the Iranians decide who gets to use an international waterway and how much you have to pay them

to use it.

As the Trump administration weighs the Iranian offer, oil markets are reacting.

Brent Crude, the global benchmark, is back above $100 a barrel, hitting around $111

early this morning.

U.S. Crude is also pushing higher, just under $100 a barrel.

President Trump and the First Lady are calling for ABC to take action against Jimmy Kimmel.

After his joke about Melania Trump that is now fueling a broader fight over comedy,

politics, and speech, the backlash centers on a segment from Thursday's Jimmy Kimmel

Live, which was a parody of the White House correspondence dinner, Kimmel, playing host,

joked about the First Lady's appearance.

And, of course, our First Lady Melania is here.

Look at me.

It's so beautiful.

Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.

The line drew sharp criticism from the White House, especially after a gunman rushed

a security checkpoint at the correspondence dinner two days later and fired gunshots.

On Monday, the First Lady called Kimmel's comments, hateful and corrosive, and urged ABC

to act, writing on X, enough is enough.

It is time for ABC to take a stand.

How many times will ABC's leadership enable Kimmel's atrocious behavior at the expense

of our community?

The President went further, posting on Truth Social, that Kimmel's should be immediately

fired by ABC and its parent company, Disney.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levin called the comments, disgusting.

Who in their right minds says a wife would be glowing over the potential murder of her

beloved husband?

And having experienced what I did with the First Lady on Saturday night, I can tell you

that she was anything but that.

This kind of rhetoric about the President, the First Lady, and his supporters is completely

deranged and it's unbelievable that the American people are consuming it night after

night after night.

Kimmel addressed the backlash on his show Monday night, rejecting the White House's characterization

of the joke.

It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80 and she's younger than

I am.

It was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination, and they know that

I've been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence in particular, but

I understand that the First Lady had a stressful experience over the weekend and probably

every weekend is pretty stressful in that house, and also I agree that hateful and violent

rhetoric is something we should reject.

I do, and I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation

with your husband about it, because the free speech group committee for the First Amendment

also defended him saying, quote, in America, set tire is not a crime.

The right to mock, to challenge, and yes, to offend those in power is foundational to

democracy.

The legal fight over a new White House ballroom is escalating, a preservation group is refusing

a Justice Department request to drop its lawsuit over the 400 million dollar project.

After Saturday shooting at the correspondence dinner, the Justice Department gave the group

until Monday to walk away from the case.

President Trump, along with some lawmakers, including Democratic Senator John Fetterman,

argued the breach shows the need for a secure on-site venue that can hold about 1,000 people.

But the national trust for historic preservation is holding its ground, saying nothing about

that incident alters the legal questions.

The group's lawyer put it bluntly, a security event does not change the Constitution.

The organization's CEO adds the project still needs congressional approval before any

construction moves forward.

For now, construction of the White House ballroom continues with a federal appeals court allowing

work to move ahead while the case plays out, a hearing is set for June 5th.

Finally this morning, a striking look at how AI is now reaching back into the ancient

world.

Archaeologists have used AI to recreate the face and final moments of a man who tried to

escape the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Take a look.

The image looks like a frame from a film, if you will.

A man holding an object over his head as ash and debris fill the sky behind him.

Pompeii Archaeological Park released the digital reconstruction on Monday.

Researchers built it using two sets of human remains found just outside the city walls,

along with artifacts, including a lamp and gold coins.

The city of Pompeii was buried under ash after the eruption, preserving buildings, objects,

and human remains for centuries.

Now, using AI tools, researchers are turning those remains into a clearer picture of what

people may have looked like in their final moments.

Wow.

Artepacta in Washington today markets, politics, and a royal visit all in focus.

This morning, the Federal Reserve kicks off a two-day meeting with a rate decision expected

Wednesday.

At 930, President Trump hosts King Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House with a military

review and remarks.

Later this morning, both House Democrats and Republicans hold post-meeting press conferences

on Capitol Hill.

And this afternoon, King Charles addresses a joint meeting of Congress before a state

dinner at the White House.

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