DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: The man accused of firing shots outside the White House could be charged in connection as early as today.</s>LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, that's where we begin this hour. Robert Pickett remains hospitalized this morning. He is said to be now in good condition after being shot in the leg outside of the executive mansion on Wednesday. New details and new questions about the suspect are emerging this morning. Let's go now to CNN's Justice correspondent, Kelli Arena. She's standing by live in Washington with more on that for us now. Kelli, good morning.</s>KELLI ARENA, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Good morning. Well, we're waiting for right now is to find out which charge will be filed against Mr. Pickett. We are told to expect charges to be filed here at district court today, a felony charge. Prosecutors are said to be leaning toward a charge of assault of a federal officer, which carries a fine of about 10 years in prison -- a penalty of 10 years in prison. But there is some discussion going on right now as to whether or not they want to file in superior court the lesser local charge of carrying a handgun. Here in D.C., no one but law enforcement officers are allowed to carry handguns. It really doesn't matter at this point. The primary concern here is to detain Mr. Pickett. They filed one charge now, and then later on in the process can bring more charges against him. So that's what we are waiting for right now. But sources do tell us that the likelihood is the charges will be filed here sometime afternoon: a felony charge of assaulting a federal officer.</s>HARRIS: All right, thanks much, Kelli Arena, in Washington live this morning.
White House Shooting: Gunman Expected to Be Charged Today