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President Trump spoke about last week's shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., and reflected on his conversations with the family members of the victims.

Trump said the mother of Andrew Wolfe, who is still hospitalized, told him she believed her son would survive.

Trump said he spoke to family of U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, who died as a result of the shooting.

"The rest of their lives are going to be devastated. She was an incredible person, highly respected, top of a class, everything. She was like a perfect human being. 20 years old, just started. She was like a baby. She was so proud," Trump said.

The president did note that he was proud of the work the National Guard has done in reducing crime in the city.

"Despite what just happened, Washington, D.C. has become a really safe place," he said.

Trump began his Cabinet meeting, which he said would be the last of the year.

When asked about reports that the U.S. military killed two survivors of an earlier strike on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea in September, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he is "not going to prejudge any of that."

"In a preliminary review, the admiral who ordered the second strike thought it was necessary to complete the mission," Johnson said, referring to Adm. Mitch Bradley. "He's highly decorated, highly respected admiral in the Navy and he made that call."

Johnson said he has not reviewed the "scope of the mission" of "that particular strike," but he said that the incident will be something that "Congress will look at." He added that "second strikes are not unusual."

"I think it's very important for everybody to reserve judgment and not leap to conclusions until you have all the facts, and that's what we'll be uncovering," Johnson told reporters on Tuesday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson was asked about the House's plan to extend health care subsidies for Affordable Care Act beneficiaries after a reporter said two Republican members said "House Republicans are likely to get on board" with a deal.

The speaker could not confirm that update only saying that the Republicans "are moving forward" and that health care was a "complex issue."

"I can't project in advance what that will be because I don't know what the consensus is in that room," Johnson said of the plan. "But you will see our sleeves rolled up and that work being done in earnest this week as we bring all that together."