WHCD Shooting Suspect's Writings, King Charles' Visit, GA Wildfires and more

0:00Good morning, I'm Kate Baldwin. It's Monday, April 27th here, the five things you need to know to start your day. Number one, the arrangement. The suspect accused of attacking the White House Correspondence did in with this weekend will be in court today, and there are new details coming out about his possible targets and motivation. He sent a letter to family members right before he sprinted through that security checkpoint and open fire, and in it, officials say that the part-time teacher and video game developer from California called himself a friendly federal assassin, and made clear that he was targeting Trump administration officials. He wrote that he didn't want to hurt law enforcement, but, quote, would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets. And also wrote, I don't expect forgiveness. A law enforcement source tells CNN Secret Service fired at 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen but did not hit him. President Trump says the Secret Service agent, who was shot in the vest, is okay now.

1:02Allen was eventually tackled, agents removed his clothes to search him for weapons. And last night, CNN obtained an image of the shotgun that he was carrying. Police say he also had a pistol and multiple knives. The White House says that Allen's sister told police that he had changed after joining a left-wing activist group. And now the president wants to reschedule this dinner as a Pete. And we should do it within 30 days, and they'll have even more security, and they'll have bigger perimeter security, it'll be fine, but tell them to do it again. We can't let something, it's not that I want it, go, I'm very busy, I don't need that. I think it's very important that they do it again. Number two, the royal visit. So one immediate question after this weekend's scare was, will the king's visit be canceled because of it? And the British royal family quickly answered, that the state visit is still on. King Charles, Queen Camilla, are moving forward as planned this week with a few security changes

2:03you can understand. The royals will arrive this afternoon, kicking off a 4-day trip to Mark America's 250th anniversary. The king has plans to meet privately with President Trump and deliver a rare address to a joint meeting of Congress tomorrow, the only second time that's happened by a British monarch. Then it's on to New York and Virginia with a series of public events aimed at connecting with Americans beyond the nation's capital. The visit also comes at a delicate moment for US-UK relations. Trump has made zero secret of his criticisms and frustrations with the British Prime Minister over his pushback against the US launching a war with Iran. Number three, the talks. Iran's foreign minister is in Russia today for meetings with Vladimir Putin, and this is especially noteworthy as it became clear that talks between the US and Iran stalled out over the weekend. When President Trump canceled the trip, the plan tripped to Pakistan of his keen negotiators. The president is now arguing this. I said, we're not doing this anymore. We have all the cards. If they want to talk, they can come to us or they can call us.

3:06You know, there is a telephone. We have nice secure lines, although I'm not sure any telephone line is secure. Thank you, frankly, but we have secure lines and if they want, we can talk. There is also new reporting from Axias that Iran has sent a fresh proposal to the White House. One that focuses on opening the straight-of-form moves and ending the US blockade on Iran, then leaving the much more complicated negotiations over Iran's nuclear program for a later date. It's not clear how the White House feels about this. Eliminating Iran's nuclear threat was a key objective of Trump going in, but most experts have said that considering the first nuclear deal took 18 months to hammer out, reaching a new deal now wasn't happening in the span of a weekend. Sent composted new photos of its blockade, claiming that it has now turned around 38 ships. Tracking data shows that one of the few ships that did make it through this weekend was the Nord, a super yacht, believed to belong to a sanctioned Russian billionaire. Number four, the fires. Georgia is now battling the most destructive wildfires in the state's history, and the

4:09weather not yet given them a break. Over the weekend, the size of the fires doubled. More than 50,000 acres now burned. More than 120 homes have been destroyed, and the Red Cross opened a third emergency shelter yesterday to try and offer help to the hundreds of people who have now been forced to evacuate just to look at these fires. Sadly, the governor says that they believe one of the fires was started by a foil balloon landing on a power line. Oh, that's so bad. And then add in the extremely dry conditions of the state is faced, and you've got a perfect storm for it spreading and spreading fast. Neither fire is more than 10% contained right now, and look at the drought levels driving all of this. Georgia fire officials actually responded to 15 new wildfires that started this weekend, meaning that Georgia and Florida together are now fighting more than 150 active wildfires right now. One last thing, talk about a perfect match, and thank God for it. This is a story of love devotion, and sacrifice.

5:12Catherine Borgarelli is scheduled to donate a kidney to her husband, Brian, today. He's been battling chronic kidney disease for 10 years. He's been on the organ donor transplant list for three years. Every night, he's doing at-home dialysis just to have the energy to get up and go to work. I don't feel good. There's toxins in my body. I'm tired. My breath stinks. That it's a challenge. Hmm, no kidding. And then after years and years of this, the couple finds out that Brian doesn't have to look far for his perfect match. He is married to her. They have a perfect match for their kidneys. The road ahead, clearly still not an easy one. Both will face surgery and recovery at the same time, and they have their six-year-old daughter at home, but very clearly, it's all worth it. How could I not do it? Or like, it's my best friend, my partner in life, father of my child? There are more than 90,000 people currently waiting a kidney in the United States, and

6:15get this. The chance of a perfect kidney match between two genetically unrelated people is around one in 100,000, so talk about a perfect match. I'm Kate Baldwin. Those are the five things you need to know to get your day going.