"Live from MPR News, I'm Jial Snyder.
President Trump says he was following the direction of the Secret Service when he secretly
“switched planes for the flight back to the U.S. after a NATO summit in Turkey, leaving”
journalists and White House staff to fly on Air Force one without him. Trump spoke to reporters about the switch Tuesday evening after returning from a trip to Ohio. The Washington Post and the month was part of the reporting team that broke the story Monday.
The chair, the closest thing that came to mind was President Bill Clinton, flying into Pakistan on a plane that flew in after Air Force one in sequence. But in that case, he got off the plane immediately and plane view. It became very apparent within minutes of him landing and the news coverage and the public understanding at the time really within the day, within the hour of landing in Pakistan,
the leads of those stories all suggested, you know, a decoy was involved in getting there. The trip to Turkey has raised questions about the Qatari Gifted Air Force one and where their aids and journalists were left at risk amid tensions with Iran.
“South Carolina, Senator Darlene Graham and Congressman Ralph Norman are advancing to a”
Republican, special primary runoff election for, according to a race call by the Associated Press. South Carolina Public Radio's Gavin Jackson reports. A month after Senator Lindsey Graham died from a heart condition, voters are one step closer to having a nominee to replace him on the November ballot.
His sister Darlene, who was appointed by the governor, and urged to run for a full term by President Trump, and fifth district Congressman Ralph Norman, who lost a gubernatorial primary in June. Graham is focusing on more kitchen table issues and contrast to her late brother. While Norman, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, is concerned about the national debt
and spending. Congressman Russell Fry and former Congressman and Governor Mark Sandford did not secure enough votes to advance to the August 25 runoff, despite both being well-known in South Carolina politics.
“For MPR News, I'm Gavin Jackson and Columbia, South Carolina.”
Two Columbia now, where the debt toll from Monday's powerful earthquake is climbing more
than 180 people were killed, and officials expect that number to rise in Pierce, Katie, a riddle report. The earthquake was seven at point four in magnitude. That's similar to the twin quakes that struck Venezuela recently. But unlike that event, this one happened at a relatively deep part of the earth.
Harold Tobin is the director of the Pacific Northwest seismic network. The slip is so deep that even the people who are directly above it at the epicenter are already 100 kilometers away from the earthquake. So that makes the shaking relatively smaller, because the earthquake waves spread out like ripples in a pond.
But as we've seen, that doesn't mean they are damaging. At the same time, this depth means the earthquake has a further reach. We will take weeks to assess the full extent of its damage. Katie, a riddle and pure news. And you're listening to NPR News.
A former U.S. Marine jailed in Russia for more than four years has been released. Robert Gilman was freed after President Trump said he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Gilman supporters say he was near-death and will have a long road to recovery. National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has pre-livenarily classified the intense storm system that sweat from Iowa and Indiana as a derecho.
A straight line wind event that causes damage sometimes comparable to a tornado or a hurricane. Photos posted on social media from the Chicago area into Indiana show flooded roads, trees tangled in power lines, and homes with gashes in their roofs. Student athletes cross the country, gearing up for the start of their season as some of the year's hottest temperatures arrive from Houston Public Media, the Akiessuward
reports. This year, before teams take the field, they'll need to consult the wet bulb globe temperature reading. It's a comprehensive assessment of the heat risk. It takes into account air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and cloud cover.
Texas now joins 17 other states that mandate teams consult the readings and follow correlating guidance, which can dictate how long a team can practice outside or if it's even safe at all. Dr. Jamie Harrison is the executive director of the University Interscalastic League, which governs high school sports hearing Texas.
He says, "The bottom line is, this is the national gold standard for keeping kids safe
when working in the heat, and that's our ultimate goal." However, the readings are required for practices only and not game days when the heat can be just as brutal. Friend PR News on Bianca Seward, in Houston. Friends, fries, tater tots, Colombian Akiyako, potatoes are beloved everywhere, and yet,
they're always kind of denigrated there's a long history of racializing potatoes. Have a potato became an insult around the world. Listen to NPR's code switch podcasts in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
