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8 PM Eastern time tonight to accept a deal that includes fully opening the Strait of
Hormuz.
“And Pierre's Franco-Ordonius reports, "If Iran refuses, Trump says the U.S. will start”
blowing up Iranian bridges and power plants." President Trump gave a lengthy press conference yesterday detailing the heroic efforts the military took to rescue a missing Air Force pilot. He also doubled down on threats against civilian infrastructure if Iran misses his latest deadline.
"We have a plan because of the power of our military. Where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o'clock tomorrow night, where every
power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding, and never to be used
again. I mean complete demolition." And he said, "All that will happen over the course of just four hours.
“If he wants it to, Trump has dismissed criticism that the target civilian life in this”
way would be a war crime." Franco-Ordonius, NPR News, "The White House." The Iranian leaders are rejecting Trump's demands, writing on line Iran's president says 14 million Iranians, including himself, are ready to "sacrifice their lives in defense of Iran. Another Iranian leader is calling on young people and others to stand next to
power plants today. He's urged them to say, attacking public infrastructure is a war crime." Vice President Vance is in hungry to visit that country's prime minister Victor Orban. Hungry is holding national parliamentary elections this weekend. "Look forward to seeing my good friend Victor. We'll talk about any number of things related
to the U.S. on green relationship. Obviously, I'm sure Europe and Ukraine and all the other several bigger and pretty prominently."
“But polling in Hungary suggests Orban's ruling party is trailing a center-right party.”
NASA says the Artemis mission is on its way back to Earth. NASA's celebrating yesterday's historic lunar fly-by. NPR's now Greenfield Voice reports astronauts spend hours describing what they saw to scientists back on the ground. The astronauts took turns at the windows, taking photos of craters and other landmarks. NASA astronaut Victor Glover marveled at the line between the dark and illuminated parts
of the moon. A dividing line known as the Terminator. "There's just so much magic in the Terminator. The islands of light, the valleys, the would look like black holes you'd fall straight to the center of the moon. If you stepped in some of those, it's just so visually captivating." They saw flashes of meteors striking the moon and talked about the brown and green colors they saw on the lunar surface.
NASA isn't planning to land on that lunar surface until 2028 at the earliest. NPR is no Greenfield Voice reporting. This is NPR. There's a special runoff election in a Georgia congressional district today voters are choosing a replacement for former representative Marjorie Taylor Green. The two candidates are Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Sean Harris. The district is deeply Republican, GOP leaders
are working to keep that seed in Republican control. Voters in Wisconsin are electing a new state Supreme Court just as today. Democrats hope to increase the number of liberals on the Wisconsin High Court. The University of Michigan has won the NCAA Men's Basketball title. They beat the UConn Huskies last night, 69 to 63 in the championship game in Indianapolis. From
Member Station W. FYI, Samantha Horton reports on the reaction of Wolverine's fans. In the final seconds of the game, Michigan alumna lies a corpsman stood cheering and celebrating with her best friend and husband. As a confetti rained down on the court, Carmen described the moment as pure joy. Head coach Dusty May says it was a real moment cutting down a net after the win. But what he's really proud of is bringing a joy of the sport back
to some of his athletes. This isn't just about winning this. To be honest, I'm probably a feel better about their experience and how much joy they got from playing this game. The last time Michigan won the national title was in 1989. For NPR News, I'm Samantha Horton and Indianapolis. On Sunday, UCLA won the women's NCAA Basketball title for
the very first time. I'm Core of the Coleman NPR News in Washington.
