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“President Trump has again canceled plans to send”
negotiators to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran. Meanwhile, Israel says it will strike Lebanon with force targeting Hezbollah, despite the U.S. brokerage ceasefire. And here's Eleanor Beardsley reports."
The announcement came as Israelis demonstrated against Benjamin Netanyahu in Central Tel Aviv, one of the protesters 55-year-old Danny Cohen says it's a real dilemma. Because on the one end, it's clear that Iran
and Israel are willing their powers to and declaring the intention to eliminate Israel. He says the lesson of the October 7th Hamas attack was not to let your enemies get too strong. But at the same time, personally,
I don't trust the -- I can't government that there are generally doing it for the best interest of the country rather than their own personal political needs. Cohen says he doesn't know what will happen,
“but he trusts the U.S. government more than his own Eleanor Beardsley.”
And it's the same Pianoese Tel Aviv. President Trump is to attend the annual White House Correspondence Association dinner tonight in DC, his first appearance as President. And here's Tamara Keith reports.
In 2011, Trump attended as a celebrity guest at a time when he was on a high-profile conspiracy driven quest to get then President Obama to release his birth certificate. Both Obama and comedian Seth Meyers mocked Trump relentlessly that night.
Trump boycotted the dinner his entire first term. This year, the Association hired a mentalist instead of a comedian. And the president who calls the press the enemy of the people agreed to attend.
Press Secretary Caroline Levitt gave a preview of sorts. And his speech will be very entertaining. That is what I will tell you. So everyone should tune in. The event is meant to be a celebration of a free and independent press.
Tamara Keith and PR News.
“Police and Dallas in Houston are changing their policies”
on how officers interact with federal immigration agents after pressure from Governor Greg Abbott. Houston public media's Dominic Anthony Walsh reports the changes are already taking effect. Police officers in Houston and Dallas were forbidden
from detaining people or prolonging traffic stops due to a civil immigration warrants. Abbott threatened to revoke public safety grants unless the policies changed.
Houston had more than $110 million on the line
while Dallas faced the loss of more than $30 million on top of public safety funding for the FIFA World Cup in nearby Arlington. After the threat, both cities gave officers more discretion to hold people for immigration warrants.
Civil rights advocates criticized the changes. While Abbott says he expects other cities to follow suit, I'm Dominic Anthony Walsh in Houston. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. In Florida, a roommate of a Bangladeshi doctoral student
who disappeared with his girlfriend from the University of South Florida had his first court appearance today and has been charged with two counts of first degree murder in their deaths.
One body was found the other still missing. 26 year old Hasham Abu Garbe is being held without bond. He barricaded himself in his family home before surrendering. The king of pop is back on top. The Michael Jackson biopic, Michael.
Appears headed for a record breaking opening. Appears Bob Mandelo has more. A week ago, industry observers were saying Antoine Fuqua's long delayed portrait of pop superstar
Michael Jackson was likely to sell about $50 million
with the tickets in the US this weekend. (upbeat music) Then critics waited and talking about a troubled production history and mostly crashing the film as a sanitized PR pitch by the Jackson estate and audiences apparently decided
they didn't care with about $40 million in the till for Michael Onney. It's first day, weekend estimates have risen to as much as $100 million in North America and another 100 million plus overseas easily a record
for a pop music biopic, Bob Mandelo NPR News. Marcus Rates continued to fall. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on a 30-year fixed rate loan is now down to 6.23%. The third straight weekly drop and it's the lowest level
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