NPR News: 04-27-2026 10AM EDT

0:00Lying from NPR News in Washington on Corva Coleman, NPR has learned the White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is convening a security meeting. This follows last Saturday's shooting at a White House journalist dinner in Washington, DC. President Trump and other administration officials were in attendance. The meeting is intended to review the procedures that worked to stop the suspect. The suspect in the shooting is expected to appear in federal court today, and PR has identified the suspect as Cole Allen. FBI director Cash Patel told Fox News today investigators are tracing his movements. What we are going to do is continue to look at the interviews that we've conducted, the dozens and dozens of interviews we've conducted over the weekend, and put that in one place to show you what he did, how he got there, when he got there, when he arrived, how he got down to the area in question, how he was able to get through security undetected. The suspect lived in Torrance, California, investigators there are working to learn more

1:03about him as Steve Futterman reports. FBI agents went door to door yesterday, speaking with neighbors of the suspect, trying to figure out what may have led him to carry out his attack at the correspondence dinner. Those who know Alan say they can't figure it out. Moses Jambazion, whose church Allen attended when he was in college, says he was a popular person. He was faithful because of attendance, and he was always friendly and courteous to everyone. Officials believe Alan traveled from California to Washington by train, possibly as a way to avoid detection by bypassing more stringent security measures on air flights. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. Two big tech titans open a legal battle in federal court today in Oakland, California. The billionaire Elon Musk is suing the artificial intelligence company he helped create. Open AI. It is run by Sam Altman. Musk is demanding changes at Open AI.

2:04From Member Station KQED, Rachel Myrow reports that damages could reach $134 billion. Elon Musk's claim Sam Altman dropped his promise to serve humanity in favor of profit. Elon AI says this lawsuit is about Musk trying to crush a rival that's grown from a research lab into an nearly trillion dollar giant. Musk is asking the court to reverse a decade of growth. Charlie Bullock at the Institute for Law and AI says that's easier said than done. There are ways that you could unscramble this omelette, but it would be extremely difficult and extremely complicated and have very serious consequences and it would be a massive headache for everyone involved. Over the next month, expect spicy testimony under oath from two of the most powerful men in Silicon Valley. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Myrow. On Wall Street, the Dow is down about ten points. This is NPR. Wildfires continue to burn out of control in parts of southern Georgia and northern Florida.

3:06Officials in Florida say a volunteer firefighter died last week after he experienced a medical issue while responding to a brush fire. Wildfires have destroyed dozens of homes in Georgia. There have been deadly tornadoes this weekend in the central part of the U.S., at least two people died when a tornado passed through two towns near Dallas on Saturday. There have been several more tornadoes reported in Kansas and Oklahoma. One tornado confirmed by the National Weather Service hit the town of Columbus, Kansas. It's close to the border with Oklahoma. This are reporting severe damage, but there are no reports of injuries. The new movie about late pop star Michael Jackson was number one at the box office in its debut weekend, and Piers Bob Mandello has more. Michael, which stars Michael Jackson's nephew, Jafar Jackson, was expected to do well at the box office, just not this well. The superstar biopic opened to $97 million in North America and 120 million overseas

4:09making it the top live-action film premiere of 2026. Even more remarkable in just three days, it has fun and stutter kicked its way past the lifetime worldwide total of Ray Colemaner's daughter Amadeus Rocketman. In fact, every musical biopic except two, Elvis and Bohemian Rhapsody, and it's expected to pass Elvis by Wednesday, Bob Mandello, NPR News. Brian Corovic Olman, NPR News in Washington.