"Live from NPR News in Washington on Corvo Colman, a key surveillance program...
the U.S. collect intelligence abroad is going to expire today.
“This is Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or Pfizer.”
Lawmakers have opposed the incoming acting director of National Intelligence Bill Pulti. He's a supporter of President Trump. Pulti runs an agency overseeing mortgages and has no intelligence background. Trump is nominating federal prosecutor Jake Clayton for the permanent job as DNI. Delaware Democratic Senator Chris Cune says it's possible Congress will vote to extend
the Pfizer measure. "We can, if someone other than Bill Pulti is acting DNI, or if someone else is confirmed as DNI, with the House out of session for a week, it won't happen soon. It won't have any significant impact on Pfizer operations in the next few weeks." He spoke to NPR's morning edition.
"There's a lack of clarity around a potential piece deal with Iran. President Trump says one is close. Iran's foreign ministry says no deal has been finalized. And Israeli air strike in Lebanon has damaged a UNESCO listed world heritage site. It's in the southern city of Tire.
NPR's Jain Arraf has details."
“The ancient port of Tire is an important Roman site, conquered by Alexander the Great”
and Key to a powerful maritime empire.
On Sunday and Israeli air strike cracked some of the 2000-year-old walls damaged columns and shifted ancient capitals in what is known as the Egyptian port, an antiquity's official not her supply tells NPR. He says some of the damage was caused when metal parts of a generator went flying, following a strike that destroyed a century-old heritage house.
Israel says it is launching attacks on his bull on Tire, on Lebanon's southern coast. It did not say what it was targeting in that strike Sunday. Jain Arraf and Pianus, Feirut. The men's World Cup soccer tournament has begun. Public transit agencies across the U.S. will move millions of fans to World Cup matches.
NPR's Joel Rose reports there are already tensions at the main rail hub in New York City. NJ transit is so worried about problems at New York's Penn Station that it's chartered two large boats, to ferry fans across the Hudson River after matches if necessary. The agency CEO Chris Colore says he told a top aide to start working on a backup plan during a recent string of infrastructure failures at Penn Station.
“"Lamps, I think I should do it some like, I'm godly hour and said, yeah, we're going”
to do a bigger boat." Colore says he will not hesitate to blame any rail problems on Amtrak, which owns Penn Station and the nearby tracks. Amtrak officials say they're prepared to deliver smooth and reliable service.
The first match in New Jersey is set for Saturday.
Joel Rose and PR News. This is NPR. A bridge connecting the U.S. and Canada won't open immediately. They're supposed to be a ribbon cutting today for the span that connects Detroit with Windsor Ontario.
President Trump wants to block the bridge opening unless his administration gets more trade concessions from Canada. The Trump administration says it is immediately suspending funding for homelessness programs in Los Angeles. The administration is citing financial mismanagement.
NPR is Jennifer Ludden reports. Federal officials say they will investigate the local agency that oversees the money. The move is the latest blow to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority or LASA, which is long coordinated services for both LA City and County. Last year, audits found it failed to properly track spending or the outcome of programs.
The county then said it will pull its local money out of the agency and the City of LA was considering the same. Now, the Federal Housing Agency HUD says it will investigate whether LASA broke any laws in its handling of federal contracts. In a statement, the local agency said it's already working to improve oversight.
LA Mayor Karen Bass noted that homelessness there has finally come down the past two years and said HUD's actions would jeopardize that progress. Jennifer Ludden and PR news. This is the anniversary of the Air India crash in the city of Ammonabad, India just after takeoff.
260 people were killed. One passenger survived the crash of the Boeing 787 known as a dreamliner. A preliminary report said two switches that controlled the jet's fuel supply were turned off. You're listening to NPR news.
The fatal shooting of a teenager at a protest in Seattle has gone unsold for six years.
Our investigation has uncovered new evidence and witnesses who say they've never talked
to police. Did police ever call you? Not once. Listen to Weakey Bus Safe, a new true crime series on the embedded podcast from NPR.
