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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
Chapter 2: Who paid tribute to Reverend Jesse Jackson and why is he significant?
Tributes are pouring in for the late Reverend Jesse Jackson, including from former President Barack Obama. As NPR's Elena Moore reports.
Obama praised Jackson's legacy in civil rights and politics, saying in a statement that Jackson's presidential runs in the 80s, quote, laid the foundation for his bid decades later. Jackson was a strong supporter of Obama's campaign. In a 2008 interview with NPR, he was asked to describe the role he'd play in the election that year.
Work on voter registration, voter mobilization, education, coalition building, reinvest in America, convince young America that they really do have the power to change the course of the country.
In his tribute to Jackson, Obama wrote that he and former First Lady Michelle Obama would always be grateful for Jackson's lifetime of service, writing, quote, we stood on his shoulders. Elena Moore, NPR News.
A t-shirt featuring American civil rights leaders led to a mistrial in Texas today. The shirt was worn by a defense attorney during jury selection in the case of nine people linked to a non-fatal shooting outside an ICE detention facility in Alvarado on the 4th of July. The judge said the shirt displayed what he called a politically charged message.
Trump administration threatening to quit the International Energy Agency if it continues to focus on climate change. NPR's Jeff Brady reports the U.S. has provided about $6 million to the agency, about 14% of its budget.
The International Energy Agency was created after the 1973 Arab oil embargo and conducts research on energy markets. In recent years, it's focused on the big goal in the Paris Climate Agreement, zeroing out greenhouse gases by 2050. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, speaking in Paris, said the IEA was behaving like a climate advocacy organization and should return to its fossil fuel roots.
We're all in on that. But if they insist that it's so dominated and infused with climate stuff, yeah, then we're out.
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol says he met with Wright in Paris and that it was a very positive meeting. Jeff Brady, NPR News.
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