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news conference this morning. This comes after he demanded over the weekend that some
“other nations help the U.S. keep the straight of Hormuz open. Iran has essentially shut”
down the narrow waterway, and that's cut oil shipments to countries that badly need them. But other nations have declined to send ships to the region, that includes Australia, Japan, and Germany, Italy's foreign minister doubts his country will participate. The President wants to send the message that the U.S. is winning the war with Iran. And Pierre's Franco-Ordonio's reports, the repeated emphasis on winning,
comes as gas prices sour, and Americans are increasingly skeptical of the war."
Trump is very attuned to the politics of the moment, and he can see the boles,
Jenny Strummer Galley, who studies political messaging at Syracuse University, says the repetition of winning is an attempt to refocus the conversation on something
“more positive. When you watch Trump and his messaging, he's always aware of how the message is”
looking. He's a showman still at heart. And as a showman, part of his show is this vision of strength and success. The President is increasingly blaming the media, and the administration has threatened to pull broadcast licenses over coverage of the war. Franco-Ordonio's NPR News. Stocks opened higher this morning as oil prices hover around $100 a barrel.
NPR Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones industrial average jumped about 520 points in early trading.
The war with Iran is not only raising gasoline prices in the U.S., the price of jet fuel is also taking off. Some airlines have begun raising ticket prices in response. Airlines CEOs are also concerned about possible staffing shortages in airport control towers and security lines in an open letter to Congress. Airlines executives urge lawmakers to ensure that air traffic controllers and TSA agents
“are paid, even during a partial government shutdown. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessons holding”
trade talks with Chinese officials in Paris this week. They're trying to lay the ground work for President Trump's visit to China. At the end of the month, although Trump told the financial times it's possible that trip will be delayed. Asian stocks were mixed overnight. Scott Horsley MPR News was Washington. A blizzard is pounding parts of Iowa, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Randy San Roman has lived in Green Bay, Wisconsin, all his life. He says this is unusual.
Haven't had it snowstorm like this in some years. It's been some years. It's part of a huge storm system that's barreling east. Tornado watches are now posted from the Florida Panhandle up to Southern Virginia. The National Weather Service warns the mid-Atlantic now faces the greatest risk state should expect damaging winds and a chance for tornadoes. This is NPR. Multiple wildfires are burning into Nebraska, including one of the
state's biggest wildfires ever. These have burned more than 1100 square miles. The biggest is the moral fire and none of that is under control. Nebraska Governor Jim Pillan has put several counties under states of emergency and says at least one person has been killed. Voters are worried artificial intelligence will play a concerning role in promoting faults or misleading content about this year's midterm elections. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports
that's according to a recent NPR-PBS news-marist poll. The poll found more than 8 in 10 Americans expect AI will be used to spread or amplify false information about voting this year. Samuel Willy studies online propaganda at the University of Pittsburgh. He says the technology is making it easier than ever to produce convincing false content. AI generated content used at a particular moment in an electoral contest could have incredibly damaging results for democracy.
If AI gets spread that alleges something that's a lie about a particular candidate, if there is content that's generated through AI, that claims that voting locations have changed. Willy says that timing of misinformation is specially in the final days before voting can make it difficult to correct the record in time. Windsor Johnston and PR news. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains an intensive care in a hospital in Bracelia. The former right
wing leader and ally of President Trump has pneumonia. Bolsonaro is also serving a lengthy prison term for his role in a coup attempt. This is NPR.
