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President Trump is sending federal immigration agents to U.S. airports starting tomorrow,
“as the transportation security administration faces staffing issues, from the partial”
government shutdown now in its fifth week. NPR's Luke Garrett reports." Trump's supporters are, Tom Homan, is in charge of the ICE deployments to U.S. airports. On Sunday morning, Homan told CNN he doesn't have a finalized plan yet. "So work in progress, but we will be at airports tomorrow, helping TSA move those lines along."
Homan said he expects ICE agents to guard entries and exits at the nation's busiest airports. "I don't see an ICE agent looking at it in X-ray machine, because you're not trained in that." While their goal is to help TSA move passengers through security lines, Homan said ICE will still enforce immigration laws at U.S. airports. TSA security wait times have increased as more agents call out sick or quit. Most TSA officers have worked without pay during the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
Luke Garrett and PR News, Washington.
“President Trump is warning that the United States would quote a "bliterate Iran's power plants."”
If it doesn't, open the straightaway moves within 48 hours. The conflict in the Middle East is entering its fourth week. NPR's Emily Fang reports, Tehran continues to launch missiles in the region, as U.S. and his really strikes hit Iran. A spokesperson affiliated with Iran's security branches set of the U.S. targeted Iran's
energy infrastructure, it would target water desalination, energy, and information infrastructure owned by the U.S. In the Gulf, Saudi Arabia said it intercepted one of three Iranian missiles fired at it overnight. The United Arab Emirates said it was responding to Iranian drones and missiles. Speaking from Saudi Arabia, where leaders from Arab and Muslim countries are meeting Turkey's Foreign Minister warned that Gulf may be forced to retaliate against Iran.
So far Gulf countries have expelled Iranian diplomats, but they have not intervened militarily in the conflict.
“To Iran and missiles also hit Southern Israel overnight, and dream more than 120 people.”
Emily Fang and PR News, Van Turkey. Utility crews are working to restore power and Cuba after the third major blackout this month. The power grid collapsed last night, plunging the entire island into the dark. Cellular and internet service was almost entirely unavailable in most areas.
Our adages have become relatively common in recent years, because of breakdowns and infrastructure.
Damage across Hawaii could top $1 billion after weeks of heavy rain, triggered some
of the worst flooding in 20 years. Much of the state remains under a floodwatch, Hawaii Public Radio's Bill Dorman reports. Evacuation orders were lifted late Saturday for the north shore of Oahu, but were extended to parts of Maui County flooding alerts have also been posted for parts of Hawaii Island. In rescue teams have moved in where the weather has stabilized about 200 national guard members
have been activated to help with operations. This is NPR News, a British version of Saturday Night Live debuted on Sky TV last night, Vicky Barker reports. "Oh, God, what have doubled shalls?" British viewers would have instantly recognized their charisma-challenge prime minister,
Shakir Stormer in the opening skit. Also watching British TV reviewers pens poised the times of London's verdict, quote, "Britain is funny, but Saturday Night Live UK is not, yet its reviewer wants to see more understated British humor in future installments." But the Sunday telegraph calls the show, quote, "a shockingly competent spin-off, untrubbled
by either annoying Americanism or annoying Americans. And to the observer, it didn't fail, and it could have been a lot worse. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London."
French voters are casting ballots today in the second and final round of municipal elections.
There are more than 15 hundred positions at stake in the cities and towns across the country. The results will be closely watched as an indication of voter sentiment ahead of next year's presidential election. The U.S. Supreme Court here is arguments tomorrow on mail-in ballots.
The case involves Mississippi's practice of allowing a grace period for accepting ballots postmarked on election day, but arriving later, it was brought by allies of President Trump who wants to bar mail-in voting altogether, except in certain cases such as illness or nerve-serving and military.
