Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.
Protest organizers say millions of people attended no kings rallies across the country
today. Here in Albany, New York police say between 3 and 4,000 people line Central Avenue this afternoon, waving signs and banners. Stacey Newman of Albany says despite the cold and the winds she had to show up. "I'm here so my kids don't have to be here.
I don't like the way that our country is going and I don't like getting into words that we have no place being in, I don't like not having health care, I don't like not having a future for my kids so I'm here so they don't have to be." In the distance, one woman is offering free whistles to protesters along with instructions on how to use them.
“"If you see an eyesaceance, okay, on the street, three short blows, okay?”
If they are kidnapping somebody, three long ones, to warn, this is what warnings, okay, to let everybody." Israel killed three Lebanese journalists on Saturday. The journalists had been reporting on Israel's invasion of South Lebanon. The drone strike killed correspondents Ali Shwey and Fatima Ftumni, along with Cameron
and Muhammad Ftumni in a strike on their vehicle in South Lebanon. Their organization said, "Shwey had covered South Lebanon for his bullies, Elmanar, television and for almost 30 years, Ftumni was correspondent for Al-Mayadeen TV, who had been reporting live earlier Saturday. Video of the attack appeared to show a double tap strike to consecutive attacks on the
vehicle. The Israeli military after the killing accused Shwey without providing evidence of being a Hezbollah operative, its description of his activities, naming locations of Israeli troops, and maintaining contact with Hezbollah militants, mirrored normal journalistic practices. It did not mention the two others killed in the attack.
Jainarath and Pyrenees, Aman. As the partial government shutdown continues, extra-long security lines are still causing problems at some of the country's airports. TSA agents have not been paid for more than a month and summer calling in sick or leaving for other jobs.
At one of the world's busiest airports, travelers say those agents are long overdue to get a paycheck. For my advance, a member station WABE reports from Hart's Field Jackson International Airports. Passengers, Alina Marlo and her family were heading home to Seattle from Atlanta.
She says the ongoing funding issues shouldn't be happening.
“I think that that's proof of the failure of our country right now, honestly.”
That should not even be a thing when you have people not getting their money for 42 days, but that's completely unacceptable. This week, the Trump administration deployed ice officers to airports amid TSA staffing shortages. President Trump has now signed a memo promising to pay TSA workers, but it's unclear exactly
where the money would come from. For MPR News, I'm Dermai Ivans in Atlanta. And you're listening to NPR News. Police in France say they stopped a suspected bombing outside a Bank of America building in Paris this weekend.
Officers spotted two suspects outside the building early Saturday morning and said one of the suspects was trying to light a device. One person was arrested and they're still searching for their accomplice. A federal judge in Sacramento is paused a merger of local television giants that was championed by President Trump.
“As MPR's Amy Held reports, direct TV sued, arguing the merger concentrates market power,”
reduces local news and will result in higher prices for consumers. U.S. District Judge Troy Numbly ordered next start to temporarily keep technosassets separate pending review of anti-trust laws.
If the merger goes through, next start will operate hundreds of stations reaching 80 percent
of U.S. households. Congress had passed the law limiting owners to less than half of that, but the FCC granted a waiver. And last week approved the merger. Earlier President Trump had endorsed it, posting on social media the deal would quote
"help knock out the fake news." In a move, critics called censorship, next start ordered its ABC stations in September to suspend late night host Jimmy Kimmel. Numbly has ordered next start and technot to appear at an April 7th hearing to determine next steps.
A group of eight Democratic-led states are also suing, Amy Held and PR News. The U.S. Men's soccer team lost a world cup warm-up match to Belgium on Saturday, five to two Belgium tied the game one-one, just before the end of the first half, and then scored four unanswered goals in the second half for the route. Matt Turner was in goal for the U.S. It was his first appearance for the team since
last June. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. Newsmakers is NPR's newest podcast where you can find NPR's biggest interviews. We begin with Westmore, a rising star in the Democratic Party.
You know, you're never going to win long-term on anger.
Westmore, Maryland, on the midterms and beyond, you got to be able to show what an alternative looks like. That's this week on NPR's Newsmakers.
