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toward Iran.
“He's threatening to blow up the world's largest gas field in Iran if Iran keeps attacking”
Qatar.
This comes after Israel struck the same gas field yesterday.
Trump says the U.S. was not part of that Israeli attack. Later this morning, the House Intelligence Committee will question national security leaders, including national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard and CIA director John Ratcliffe. NPR's Greg Myri says both were asked yesterday by a Senate panel about the words of facts on world oil shipments.
But Democratic senators got to press them, specifically whether they warned President Trump that Iran was likely to choke off the flow of oil from the trade of Hormuz. Both Ratcliffe and Gabbard were pretty evasive. Gabbard said the intelligence community, long believed that closing a straight was a possibility. Ratcliffe declined to say whether he'd made this point in the days just before the war.
NPR's Greg Myri reporting.
“The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says he does not believe that current”
war in Iran can entirely eliminate that nation's nuclear program. NPR's Jeff Rumpfield has more. I.A.E.A. Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says Iran's nuclear program has been heavily damaged by repeated strikes, but speaking to reporters in Washington, DC, he said he expects it will survive the current conflict in some form.
That's because the program isn't just located at Iran's main nuclear site, he says. It's also scattered across the university's laboratories and industrial facilities throughout the country. When the current war ends, he predicts we will still have a number of issues that will require a solution.
Grossi says his agency is ready to aid negotiations and it's ready to restart nuclear inspections when the fighting stops. Jeff Rumpfield and PR News.
“A Senate committee is said to vote today on whether to advance the nomination of Oklahoma”
Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullin to be the next home land security secretary. NPR's Claudia Grisala's reports, the GOP chairman of the committee, is ready to vote no. Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul said he was against Mullin's nomination because of his past violent remarks.
Last month, Mullin called Paul A. Snake and said he understood why a neighbor brutally beat the Kentucky Republican back in 2017. Now President Trump's nominee says he's ready to move forward. I can have different opinions with everybody in this room, but his secretary of homeland I'll be protecting everybody including Kentucky as much as I will my own back, Art and Oklahoma.
Mullin says he'll bring a new piece of mind to the agency and the wake of the controversial tenure of his dismissed predecessor, Cristiano, despite Paul's objections, Mullin could be on track for full Senate confirmation to become the next DHS secretary next week. Claudia Grisala's NPR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
The federal government says the national debt has reached a new record, $39 trillion. The increasing debt makes it more expensive for Americans to borrow money and to pay for goods and services. MC Kiki Shepherd has died, for years she co-hosted Showtime at the Apollo, a storied showcase for black entertainers and B.R.s netta Uliby has this appreciation.
Starting in 1987, Kiki Shepherd was the impeccable elegant face of Showtime at the Apollo. She worked alongside prominent MCs like Sinbad and Steve Harvey. The variety shows filmed live at the historic theater in Harlem, where Shepherd channel liked on newcomers and paid tributes to legends, such as Motel Musician Eddie Kendrick.
"His was a clear, crystal, powerful tenor false set of boys."
On top of her work on screen and on stage, Shepherd also founded a non-profit that helped people with sickle cell disease and their families. Netta Uliby and PR News. "Pourful Cyclone is expected to cross two peninsulas of northern Australia soon. The joint typhoon warning center says this storm has topped sustained winds of nearly 144 miles per
hour, and that is the same as a category for hurricane." "The Saudi Supreme Court has declared that today will be the final day of the Holy month of Ramadan. The first day of celebrations of Edal Fitter will be held tomorrow. The UAE, Qatar and Bahrain have also announced tomorrow is the first day of Eid.
These will conclude Ramadan. The Holy Month observed by Muslims worldwide with fasting, prayer, and good works for others." This is NPR.
