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Watch Live: Biden to speak from White House after assassination attempt on Trump
Washington — President Biden will speak at the White House Sunday afternoon, a day after an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
The president spoke briefly Saturday night in Delaware after Trump, with blood visible on his face, was whisked off stage at a Pennsylvania rally when a gunman’s bullet grazed his ear. The president, who has been updated regularly by top administration officials, received another briefing in the White House Situation Room on Sunday.
While details were still emerging Saturday night, Mr. Biden said that “there’s no place in America for this kind of violence,” calling it “sick.”
“That’s one of the reasons why we have to unite this country,” the president said. “You cannot allow for this to be happening. We cannot be like this.”
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At the time, Mr. Biden made clear that although he had been briefed, the situation was still unfolding, and he wanted “to make sure we have all the facts” before commenting further. Later, the FBI identified the suspect as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
The president and former president spoke by phone on Saturday, a Trump adviser and White House official confirmed. A White House official characterized the call as “good, short, and respectful,” pointing to a description from the Trump campaign.
Mr. Biden cut his weekend in Delaware short to travel back to the White House late Saturday in the wake of the assassination attempt.
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What: President Biden addresses the nation after assassination attempt on Donald Trump
When: Sunday, July 14, 1:30 p.m.
Where: White House
How to watch: Watch live on CBSNews/com/live, or on the CBS News app
Weijia Jiang contributed to this report.
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A teacher and student killed in a shooting earlier this week at a school in Madison, Wisconsin, were identified Wednesday by authorities.
The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a news release provided to CBS News that 42-year-old Erin West and 14-year-old Rubi Vergara were fatally shot Monday morning at Abundant Life Christian School.
Preliminary examinations determined the two died of “homicidal firearm related trauma.” Both were pronounced dead at the scene, the medical examiner said.
An online obituary on a local funeral site stated Vergara was a freshman who leaves behind her parents, one brother, and a large extended family. It described her as “an avid reader” who “loved art, singing and playing keyboard in the family worship band.”
West’s exact position with the school was unclear.
The medical examiner also confirmed that a preliminary autopsy found that the suspected shooter, 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow — a student at the same school — was pronounced dead at a local hospital Monday of “firearm related trauma.” Madison Chief of Police Shon F. Barnes had previously told reporters that Rupnow was pronounced dead while being transported to a hospital.
Police had also previously stated that she was believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The shooting at the private Christian K-12 school was reported just before 11 a.m. Monday. In addition to the two people killed and the shooter, six others were wounded.
Police said the shooting occurred in a classroom where a study hall was taking place involving students from several grades.
A handgun was recovered after the shooting, Barnes said, but it was unclear where the gun came from or how many shots were fired. A law enforcement source said the weapon used in the shooting appears to have been a 9 mm pistol.
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