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President Trump says he wants to take his time and not be rushed into making a deal with Iran.
“The President spoke to reporters at the White House today's after extending the ceasefire indefinitely.”
The President also warned the U.S. is prepared to escalate if negotiations ultimately fail." "If they don't want to make a deal, then I'll finish it up militarily with the other 25 percent of the targets. They're 78 percent of the targets that we've wanted to hit. We've knocked out their manufacturing, we've knocked out their missile production, we've knocked
out their drone production, we've knocked out everything. In some cases, when I say not the 70-80-90 percent." Trump also said he would not use a nuclear weapon against Iran, adding that such a weapon
should never be used against anyone.
The ceasefire was extended earlier this week to allow more time for talks, though tensions remain on both sides. Rob Leo is urging Iran and the U.S. to come back to the bargaining table, and PR's Jason D'Rose reports the ponte of spoke today while traveling back to Rome from Africa. The pop-tled reporters that too often, the first response to international tensions is violence,
and he encouraged answers that come from "a culture of peace rather than hatred and division." The pop said that he carries with him a photo of a Muslim child who waved a sign reading "Welcome Pope Leo," during his visit to Lebanon last year. He said he's learned that child was killed during this war with the U.S. and Israel. Leo acknowledged that the situation with Iran is complex, but he also said the attacks
of caused chaos, affecting the global economy and quote an entire population in Iran of innocent people suffering because of the war. Jason D'Rose and PR News Another round of peace talks between Israel and Lebanon is taking place at the White House tonight.
The U.S. is pushing both sides to extend a 10-day cease-fire broker last week. The negotiations are being led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“The latest campaign finance report show strong, democratic enthusiasm in key house and”
Senate races, but Republican groups still hold a significant fundraising advantage with far more cash on hand, and PR's Steven Faller reports on what that can mean for the midterms. Democratic Senate candidates like Georgia Senator John Ossoff, former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and James Toloreco, vying for a Texas seat, reported raising tens of millions
of dollars in the first three months of the year.
This, as the party seeks to regain control of both chambers of Congress in November, at the same time, national Republican groups have hundreds of millions more in the bank they can use to defend important seats. Only a handful of the more than 470 house and Senate seats on the ballot are viewed as competitive, Steven Faller and PR News.
This is NPR. Ten people have been hospitalized after a shooting broke out at a shopping mall in Louisiana. Vatten Rouge police chief T.J. Moore says it does not appear to be a random act of violence. We found out, looking through surveillance videos, it looks like it was targeted two groups
“of people gotten to an argument inside the food court and started shooting at each other.”
Unfortunately, there were some innocent people that were in the area that might have also caused some rounds. In a post on social media, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said he's in contact with local authorities. No immediate arrests have been made.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first in gene therapy for deafness
and PR's Rob Stein reports. The FDA approved a gene therapy developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for a very rare form of genetic deafness. The treatment uses a virus to ferrier replacement gene into the ears of people born with this condition.
In the company's research, the treatment enabled most patients to begin hearing for the first time within weeks. The quality of their hearing varied, but some were able to hear normally, including whispers within months, and the hearing has lasted at least two years so far. Researchers hope this will lead to gene therapies for other forms of rare genetic deafness
as well as more common forms of hearing loss. Rob Stein and Pure News Stocks on Wall Street traded lower today. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 179 points. The S&P 500 fell 29.
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