Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he will not release a video of a deadly airstrike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean. The decision reverses President Trump's earlier comments that he would have no problem releasing the footage to the public. More from NPR's Quill Lawrence.
Hegseth says the U.S. is at war with drug traffickers and can legally kill them on suspicion. Nearly 100 people have died in strikes on small boats. Critics call it murder. Even under the laws of war, the September 2nd strike is controversial because two survivors of an initial strike were targeted and killed as they clung to burning wreckage and waved in distress.
Hegseth says the Congressional Armed Services Committees, the Hask and Sask, will see the full video on Wednesday.
Of course we're not going to release a top secret, full, unedited video of that to the general public.
Hask and sask and appropriate committees will see it. Reactions from lawmakers that have already seen the video have fallen mostly along partisan lines. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
President Trump is escalating U.S. tensions with Venezuela. Trump says he's ordering a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers into the South American nation.
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Chapter 2: What did Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say about the airstrike video?
He calls it the largest armada ever assembled in the history of the region. The blockade comes after the U.S. seized an oil tanker in the Caribbean, alleging that that vessel was being used to help fund drug trafficking. The Venezuelan government is condemning the Trump administration's moves. Vice President J.D.
Vance was in Allentown, Pennsylvania today, highlighting the White House's work on economic issues. As Jackson White from member station WITF reports, there are signs of voter frustration.
Yolene Scott makes about $25 an hour working in health care. She says that isn't enough to cover the bills for her and her 11-year-old son.
It's like you can't live anymore. Electric bill is high. Gas prices are high. It's like you're just working to pay bills. But then you can't even eat.
Scott moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania, eight years ago to escape the high prices of New York City. She's an independent voter who supports President Donald Trump. But Scott says she hasn't noticed a difference in prices since he entered office again this year. Scott does expect to benefit from Trump's tax cut on overtime pay. For NPR News, I'm Jackson White in Harrisburg.
The 32-year-old son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his producer wife Michelle has been charged with murder. Nick Reiner is accused of fatally stabbing his parents on Sunday. Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hockman says Reiner is also facing special allegation of using a deadly weapon.
These charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. No decision at this point has been made with respect to the death penalty.
Nick Reiner is being held without bail, pending his arraignment at a later date. You're listening to NPR. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is calling on Mr. Bongino to testify before an Illinois commission that is documenting misconduct by federal agents. Pritzker says he was not given a heads-up before Greg Bongino and additional agents returned to Chicago.
Bongino left Chicago last month to oversee immigration crackdowns in New Orleans and in North Carolina. He returned today without explanation. Roughly 700 million people around the world live on less than $2.15 a day. As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, lifting the vast majority of these people out of extreme poverty may be less expensive than previously thought.
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