In our news wrap Thursday, a gunman in Washington, D.C., killed one person and injured 4 others before fatally shooting himself, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded a medal today to the soldier who admonished his party during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and European officials will join the next round of Ukraine peace talks.
Geoff Bennett:
Also today, police in Washington, D.C. say a gunman killed one person and injured four others before fatally shooting himself. The gunman killed a man at a gym this morning in D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood about a mile north of the White House. He then barricaded himself inside a condo building where he owned a penthouse and fired at more people from his balcony.
SWAT officers could be seen on the roof and negotiators spoke with him for more than an hour. He’s been identified as 55-year-old Matt Lambert. Police say the man he killed was 46-year-old James Stewart, the property manager.
Jeffrey Carroll:
We do know that there has been an ongoing dispute between the suspect in this case and the building condo homeowners association management regarding maintenance issues, mold, and the like uh that there was a civil case that he filed against them. So we believe that it’s related to that.
Geoff Bennett:
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser called the incident a senseless act of gun violence. As of this afternoon, one of the wounded victims was still in critical condition.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded a medal today to the very soldier who admonished his party during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Hegseth presented Specialist Thomas Iglesias with the Joint Service Commendation Medal for his conduct at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Yesterday, someone in Hegseth’s group was heard laughing as they walked away after taking photos at the site. A Pentagon spokesperson said Iglesias had quote “correctly and respectfully” reminded everyone to maintain decorum.
U.S. Envoy Steve Steve Witkoff said today that Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to allow European officials to join the next round of Ukraine peace talks, but the Kremlin would not confirm that agreement. Putin met with Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, for about two hours at the Kremlin today. The meeting capped a week of diplomacy that produced a major prisoner swap, but no firm commitments toward ending the war. Putin reiterated his sharp differences with Europe over how to achieve peace.
Vladimir Putin (through interpreter):
What do we hear from the Europeans? Once there is peace in Ukraine, they intend to deploy troops into its territory, which would mean the continuation of the war. That circle has closed.
Geoff Bennett:
Witkoff and Kushner then flew to Ireland to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this evening. He also stressed that Europeans should be at the next talks. Earlier today, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is experiencing another slowdown in Starshield, the military-grade SpaceX satellite service used by Ukrainian forces on the battlefield.
In the Middle East, Palestinian health officials say at least six people are dead, including a doctor and a teenage boy after an Israeli air strike hit one of the main hospitals in Gaza. The strike hit the surgical wing of Nasser Hospital, leaving medical supplies, overturned beds, and debris scattered across the floors. The Israeli military says it was targeting a Hamas commander and other militants, but the commander was not identified among those killed. In the aftermath, hospital workers who had been caring for patients found themselves in need of care and described the trauma of the attack.
Ayman Abu Obeid (through interpreter):
The scene was truly terrifying. People screaming in the rooms, walls destroyed, blood everywhere. We lost one of the doctors. Five wounded lay right in front of the offices among many others who had been hurt.
Geoff Bennett:
Meanwhile, President Trump is pulling Vice President JD Vance off efforts to end the war in Iran, saying in a social media post today, quote, “We don’t need a deal with Iran.” The announcement raises questions about how the president plans to end the war. And it comes after Vance pointed to the conflict as a driving factor behind Republican losses in the midterm elections. Instead, the president is asking Vance to focus on what he’s claimed to be massive corruption and crime taking place in cities and states run by Democrats.
The American Cancer Society is overhauling its recommendations for prostate cancer screening among middle-aged men. The new guidelines say that most men between the ages of 50 and 69 should undergo a blood test every two years. And for Black men or those with a family history of prostate cancer, testing should start at 45 years old and take place annually. Before doctors and patients largely decided together whether screening was needed. Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancers in men. More than 333,000 men are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. this year alone.
U.S. home sales fell 5.5% in October, hitting their lowest level since 2010 when the economy was crawling out of the housing crash of the late 2000s. Meanwhile, on Wall Street today, stocks ended lower following Jensen Wong’s resignation from Nvidia. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 200 points. The NASDAQ slipped about 100 points. The S&P 500 also ended the day in the red.
And veteran sports anhor Dan Hicks has died. Hicks spent much of his career at NBC Sports, calling Notre Dame football, golf, and the Olympics. His wife of more than 30 years, ESPN anchor Hannah Storm, announced his death following a sudden illness, calling him a devoted husband, loving father to their three daughters, and a cherished friend. Dan Hicks was 64 years old.
