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On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Israelis are celebrating the release of hostages from Gaza this morning. The first of 20 living hostages expected to be released today began just as President Trump arrived in Israel, where he's speaking to the Israeli parliament. NPR's Kerry Kahn reports from Jerusalem.
Hamas turned over the first group of seven hostages early this morning to the International Red Cross, who then turned them over to Israeli troops. The split images of the Israeli military convoy escorting the hostages just as President Trump arrived in Israel was broadcast live. Trump was greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, as well as his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and his daughter, Ivanka. A huge crowd has been gathering before dawn at a public plaza in downtown Tel Aviv dubbed Hostage Square. Cheers and applause exploded as the names of the first seven hostages was read out loud. Israel is preparing to release some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees later today.
Carrie Conn, NPR News, Jerusalem.
Officials in Tennessee are continuing their search for the cause of the explosion Friday that killed 16 people. On Sunday, families of the victims were comforted by neighbors during services at several churches. Brandon Brake says the community will remain strong.
It's going to take time, and it's going to take all of us banding together. But I know with this church family here and the other church families around, we'll come together, and we'll help each other through it.
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Governor Bill Lee also attended a local church service, and he called the losses to the community staggering. President Trump is considering using the Insurrection Act after courts blocked his deployments of National Guard troops to Chicago and Portland, Oregon. As NPR's Luke Garrett reports, the rarely used 1807 law is designed to suppress rebellion.
Two courts blocked Trump's deployment of National Guard troops last week, one in Oregon and the other in Illinois. When asked on NBC News if the Insurrection Act is on the table, Vice President J.D. Vance said, The president's looking at all of his options. Right now, he hasn't felt he needed to. But we have to remember, why are we talking about this, Kristen? Because crime has gotten out of control in our cities. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker tells ABC News Trump can't use the Insurrection Act because there's no rebellion. If the Constitution means anything, the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked to send them in because they want to fight crime. Violent crime has fallen in Chicago, but the city still averages more than one homicide a day.
Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Fears of a renewed trade war between China and the U.S. caused Asian markets to stumble in Monday trading, and Singapore stocks were down for the fourth straight day. China, meanwhile, reports that its exports to the U.S. fell 27 percent in September from the year before, but overall growth in its global exports hit a six-month high as the country has shifted its export focus away from the U.S. You're listening to NPR News. A new school to replace Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, is complete. Its opening on Friday came nearly three and a half years after a mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers. Texas Public Radio's Camille Phillips reports.
Legacy Elementary is bright, colorful, and full of windows. But those windows are bullet resistant. And even after you're let in the visitor's entrance, you need a key card to access the classrooms. At the center of the school is a courtyard that looks up into a steel two-story tree with two big branches and 19 smaller branches, representing the teachers and students who died in the shooting. Javier Casares lost his nine-year-old daughter Jackie that day.
It is a great school for these children.
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