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Chapter 1: What significant event is reported at the beginning of this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson died this morning at the age of 84, according to a statement from his family and the organization he founded, the Rainbow Push Coalition. President Trump acknowledged Jackson's death in an online post today. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has details.
Trump called Jackson, quote, a good man with lots of personality, grit, and street smarts.
Chapter 2: How did President Trump respond to Jesse Jackson's death?
The president also made Jackson's death largely about himself in the post, touting criminal justice reform and HBCU funding he enacted. Last year, the administration gave extra funding to HBCUs, days after cutting funding to other minority-serving colleges. Trump also complained about how he is, quote, falsely and consistently called a racist by the scoundrels and lunatics on the radical left.
In addition, he managed to swipe at former President Obama in the post. Two weeks ago at the National Prayer Breakfast, Jackson's son, Democratic Representative Jonathan Jackson, led a prayer that seemed to swipe at Trump and his policies. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
U.S. Southern Command says it conducted lethal strikes on two vessels in the eastern Pacific and on a third in the Caribbean. It says 11 people were killed. U.S. Southern Command describes the men as narco-terrorists on vessels that were traveling along known narco-trafficking routes.
Critics argue the administration has not provided evidence that the boats or individuals targeted were engaged in drug trafficking. The Department of Homeland Security remains largely shut down. Congress has yet to pass a funding bill. Here's NPR's Barbara Sprunt.
Congressional Democrats sent a counteroffer to the White House late last night. Details on the trading of offers between Republicans and Democrats have been kept under wraps. Top congressional Democrats have only dismissed the White House's plan as not substantive enough. In the wake of two fatal shootings in Minneapolis by federal agents,
Democrats are demanding significant changes to the policies of DHS, specifically immigration enforcement. The latest counteroffer comes as both chambers of Congress are out this week on recess. Barbara Sprint, NPR News, Washington.
At the Winter Olympics, the U.S. has won a medal in men's speed skating, although not the color it was hoping for. Steve Futterman reports from Milan.
In the team pursuit event, the American men entered the Olympics as the world record holders and the reigning world champions, and they were the favorites. But here in Italy, on home ice, the Italian team proved to be too much. The Italians beat the U.S. in the gold medal race, and it wasn't even close, Italy winning by four and a half seconds. The Americans end up with a silver medal.
In the women's team pursuit, the U.S. was viewed as a medal contender. The American women made it to the bronze medal race, but were beaten by Japan. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.
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