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Nearly three weeks into the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, Israel has assassinated another
“member of Iran's leadership, its intelligence minister, meanwhile Iran's threatened retaliatory”
strikes on oil and gas facilities in the region, separately the international atomic energy agency is condemning an attack that appears to have struck near an Iranian nuclear power plant. NPR's Jeff Bromfield has more on that. The attack took place on Tuesday evening, I.A.E.A. Chief Rafael Mariano Grossi says
a building on the side of Iran's Bouchir nuclear power plant was struck by what was likely a "grown." The power plant's operating reactor was not damaged and there were no casualties, but nevertheless he said an attack on an operating power plant was unacceptable. This is the redest line of all that you have in nuclear safety.
If the reactor were to be struck he warned, it could spark a major nuclear incident in the region. Jeff Bromfield and PR News.
“Labor leaders are expressing shock over allegations published by the New York Times”
against one of their own civil rights and labor icon, Sessat Chavez. An investigation by the Times turned up multiple allegations that Chavez sexually assaulted, molested, and raped women and girls over many years. In a statement, A.F.L.C.I.O. President, Lishula and Secretary Treacher, Fred Redmond, called the allegations of abuse, horrific, and disturbing.
Something that no legacy can excuse.
They say the A.F.L.C.I.O. will always stand in solidarity with farm workers who have
fought for and won critical rights, and that history, quote, "can not be erased by the horrific actions of one person." The A.F.L.C.I.O. was among many labor groups that have long pushed to make a national day of recognition in his honor, a federal holiday. Now the organization says it will not participate in any activities related to Sessat Chavez
“Day, March 31st, and many have already been canceled and reassue and PR News.”
One of the accusers is 96-year-old Dolores Warta, the iconic labor leader who coined the "Chancy Sip" where they "she" revealed for the first time that she was sexually assaulted by Chavez. On Capitol Hill, President Trump's nominee for Homeland Security Secretary Senator Mark Wayne Mollin talked about the nation's disaster response. Here's in Piers, Michael Copley.
Mollin says FEMA wasn't designed to be a first responder after floods tornadoes and other
disasters. Instead, he says the agency needs to focus on supporting state officials who are on the front lines. In the state to have their emergency response, FEMA simply helping right-checks ensuring that they had the capability and the manpower if need be.
Mollin also said FEMA needs to move faster, reimburseing communities after disasters. He's seeking confirmation at the same time, a presidential review counsel is writing a proposal to overhaul FEMA. Fits and PR's Michael Copley reporting. At last, check on Wall Street, the Dow is down more than 600 points, it's NPR.
In crude, global benchmark for oil prices is now up to $109 a barrel in the U.S. average gas prices rose again today. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in the near term higher energy prices will push up overall inflation with the overall impact of the wars too soon to say, as for what the Fed decided on interest rates today, Powell says no change.
The U.S. economy has been expanding at a solid pace. While job gains ever made low, the unemployment rate has been little changed in recent months, and inflation remains somewhat elevated. And we now see that the Dow is fallen 768 points or more than one and a half percent. The Federal Aviation Administration is tightening safety rules and congested airspace around
major airports, and PR's Joel Rose reports the FAA announced today. It's suspending the use of visual separation between helicopters and planes. The FAA says air traffic controllers will now use radar to make sure that helicopters maintain a safe distance from arriving and departing planes in congested airspace. The announcement comes in the wake of last year's fatal mid-air collision.
You're Washington, D.C. between the U.S. Army helicopter and a regional jet that killed 67 people. The FAA also identified two recent close calls between helicopters and planes at airports in San Antonio and Burbank, California, that contributed to the change. After a year-long review, the agency concluded that visual separation were pilots are instructed
to see and avoid other aircraft is "not enough of a safety mitigation tool," unquote, in high traffic areas. Joel Rose and PR News, Washington.
