"Life from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor, Johnston.
President Trump today ruled out using a nuclear weapon against Iran.
“He also said he has plenty of time to reach a peace deal and stress that his top priority”
is making sure that Iran never possesses nuclear weapons.
And PR's Danielle Kurt Slaven reports." Trump was "testie," responding to a reporter's question as to whether he'd use a nuclear weapon against Iran. "Why would I use a nuclear weapon when we've totally in a very conventional way decimated them without it?"
Now, I would use a nuclear weapon that you'd never be allowed to be used by anybody." Earlier this month, Trump threatened Iran on social media saying, quote, "a whole civilization will die tonight never to be brought back again," unquote. Trump also tells reporters now that he is not in a hurry to come to a peace deal with Iran saying, "I don't want to rush it.
I want to take by time. We have plenty of time."
Danielle Kurt Slaven and PR News, the White House.
“President Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend or cease fire by three”
weeks. The two sides met at the White House today for high-level negotiations. An internet blackout in Iran is approaching the two month mark with very few people able to communicate outside of the country. Tory B. Scarron heard from one Iranian who protested the regime before the war and now
feels frustrated with the extended ceasefire. A cafe worker enraged wrote to NPR that wartime conditions have put pressure on people, economically and psychologically, but that, quote, "the declaration of the ceasefire was like a bullet that completely destroyed our hopes." Despite his opposition to the regime he said, quote, "If everything ends like this
and no meaningful changes made, we too will come to believe that America is the great devil that the Islamic Republic has been proclaiming for years." Friendpire News, I'm Jerry Baskarian, in Istanbul.
“The Justice Department is reclassifying medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug.”
NPR's Ryan Lucas reports the department says it will pave the way for more research into safety and use in medical treatment. The Justice Department says it is immediately rescheduling FDA-approved and state license marijuana from what's known as a schedule one drug, the same group as heroin, to a schedule three drug, like Tylenol with coding.
The move does not legalize marijuana under federal law, but it does recognize that marijuana has medical applications and opens the door to research the effects of cannabis. The department is also ordering a new hearing to begin in LHLI to fully reschedul the drug. The move by the Trump administration comes after years of debate in Washington about reclassifying
marijuana. Ryan Lucas and PR News, Washington. At the close on Wall Street, the Dow was down 179 points, the Nasdaq fell to 19. This is NPR News. Wildfires in South Georgia have destroyed nearly 90 homes and are threatening hundreds more.
Diseases are also burning in parts of northern Florida, the officials say dry conditions are feeling the fires. Drought in the United States has reached record levels for the first time this year, or then 61% of the lower 48 states are in moderate to exceptional trout. Shareholders of Warner Brothers Discovery have voted to merge with Paramount's guidance,
NPR's Mandally Del barco reports that media mogul David Ellison offered to buy Warner
and all of its assets for $110 billion.
If U.S. and international regulators approve the merger, David Ellison would get the legendary century old movie studio, its streaming services and cable channels such as CNN and HBO. Ellison has repeatedly promised that combined Warner Brothers and Paramount merger would release 30 films a year, while shareholders approved the deal they rejected a generous compensation proposal for Warner Brothers executives.
But that vote is non-binding, meaning the board could still give current Warner Brothers CEO David Zasloth, a golden parachute, nearly $887 million dollars. This morning in New York, filmmakers protested the mega deal saying the consolidation will lead to layoffs, less competition, and more media concentration by the Ellison family, which is friendly with President Trump, Mandally Del barco and PR News.
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