Latest / THE DAILY BRIEF / Trump ends pause on ICE traffic stops
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- 0:00Speaker 1: In the day's other headlines, the White House official tells
- 0:02Speaker 1: The News Hour that President Trump has overturned the temporary
- 0:05Speaker 1: pause on ICE traffic stops. On social media, mister Trump
- 0:09Speaker 1: praised the practice, calling it one of ICE's most important
- 0:12Speaker 1: and effective crime fighting tools. The agency said yesterday that
- 0:16Speaker 1: it would suspend most stops after two fatal shootings within
- 0:20Speaker 1: a week. In both instances, ICE agents were also not
- 0:24Speaker 1: wearing body cameras. Today, the DHS said that moving forward,
- 0:28Speaker 1: all ICE arrest teams will have at least one agent
- 0:31Speaker 1: with a body camera. The US military launched multiple waves
- 0:35Speaker 1: of new strikes against Iran today, The third wave in
- 0:38Speaker 1: twenty four hours. US Central Command said overnight and daytime
- 0:42Speaker 1: attacks targeted dozens of Iranian missile and defense sites. Iran
- 0:50Speaker 1: launched its own wave of strikes on Gulf nations overnight
- 0:53Speaker 1: and has threatened to disrupt all energy exports from the
- 0:57Speaker 1: Middle East. President Trump has signaled that he would broad
- 1:00Speaker 1: attacks next week to include civilian targets like bridges and
- 1:03Speaker 1: power plants. On a visit to Pennsylvania today, mister Trump
- 1:07Speaker 1: said he isn't giving Iran a deadline to return to
- 1:10Speaker 1: the talks.
- 1:11Speaker 2: I don't like giving deadlines, but they pretty much know
- 1:14Speaker 2: they know the showing they better behave.
- 1:18Speaker 1: For its part, Iran's foreign ministry said today it has
- 1:21Speaker 1: no plans to negotiate. Meantime, the US naval blockade entered
- 1:24Speaker 1: its first full day back in effect. The US military
- 1:28Speaker 1: said today that its forces fired on and disabled an
- 1:31Speaker 1: oil tanker trying to break the blockade. Here at home.
- 1:35Speaker 1: The intestinal parasite that has spread to at least thirty
- 1:38Speaker 1: four states was a topic on Capitol Hill today. Doctor
- 1:41Speaker 1: Erica Schwartz, the Trump administration's nominee to lead the CDC,
- 1:45Speaker 1: told the Senate Health Committee she'd use quote radical transparency
- 1:49Speaker 1: to rebuild public trust in the agency. When asked about
- 1:53Speaker 1: the CDC reducing its mandatory reporting of cyclosporiasis last year,
- 1:58Speaker 1: doctor Schwartz said she had not been aware, but avowed
- 2:01Speaker 1: to address the outbreaks to the Missouri.
- 2:03Speaker 3: You commit to reinstating the required reporting for cyclospora.
- 2:08Speaker 1: You have my commitment to work with your staff and
- 2:10Speaker 1: work with the CDC scientists to understand what can be done,
- 2:15Speaker 1: why did it stop, and what can we do moving forward.
- 2:17Speaker 3: We shouldn't need thousands of people to get severely ill
- 2:21Speaker 3: before we reinstate programs and systems that were haphazardly canceled.
- 2:27Speaker 1: The CDC has confirmed more than sixteen hundred cases and
- 2:30Speaker 1: is looking further into more than five thousand other suspected cases.
- 2:36Speaker 1: Heavy smoke from several wildfires burning in Canada and Minnesota
- 2:40Speaker 1: is causing unhealthy air for millions of people across the
- 2:43Speaker 1: Midwest and northeastern US. In places like upstate New York,
- 2:47Speaker 1: hazy skies have reduced visibility and affected traffic. The National
- 2:51Speaker 1: Weather Service is advising people in affected areas to stay indoors.
- 2:55Speaker 1: Intense heat and drought conditions have fueled large fires across
- 2:59Speaker 1: at least fifteen states. In Minnesota, fire officials say that
- 3:04Speaker 1: shifting conditions on the ground mean they're having to prioritize
- 3:07Speaker 1: which fires to put out first.
- 3:09Speaker 2: I highly feel like this is going on for a
- 3:11Speaker 2: whole while, so I do ask for patients as the
- 3:14Speaker 2: weather does what it wants to. We have to be
- 3:16Speaker 2: able to react with the situation with the public and
- 3:19Speaker 2: firefighter safety as our number one priority.
- 3:22Speaker 1: Meantime satellite footage shows storms moving across southern Texas today,
- 3:27Speaker 1: where torrential rain has caused potentially life threatening floods forecasters
- 3:32Speaker 1: say as much as twenty inches could fall before the
- 3:35Speaker 1: storm's ease by Friday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the
- 3:40Speaker 1: Pentagon will start testing US soldiers thirty and older for
- 3:44Speaker 1: testosterone deficiency. In a video announcement with text that reads
- 3:48Speaker 1: the High t Department of War, Hegseth said the screenings
- 3:52Speaker 1: would be part of a mandatory annual health assessment. He
- 3:56Speaker 1: added that any recommended treatment, including hormone replacement therapy, would
- 4:00Speaker 1: be optional limits this initiative.
- 4:03Speaker 2: It's not about artificial enhancement.
- 4:05Speaker 1: It's about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities, ensuring you
- 4:10Speaker 1: have The current medical guidelines generally advise against blanket testosterone screenings.
- 4:16Speaker 1: The US Treasury announced today that it will begin rolling
- 4:19Speaker 1: out a new one dollar coin featuring President Trump's likeness.
- 4:23Speaker 1: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant says the coin is part of
- 4:26Speaker 1: commemorations marking two hundred and fifty years of American independence.
- 4:30Speaker 1: Despite its gold like finish, Treasury says the coin contains
- 4:34Speaker 1: no actual gold. Federal law prohibits the US Mint from
- 4:37Speaker 1: putting the likeness of a living person on currency, but
- 4:40Speaker 1: Bessint says the new coins are permitted because they are commemorative.
- 4:44Speaker 1: The coin is expected to enter circulation this fall well.
- 4:48Speaker 1: Argentina is through to the World Cup Final after a
- 4:51Speaker 1: dramatic two to one win over England. The defending champion
- 4:55Speaker 1: scored both goals late in the game in a span
- 4:57Speaker 1: of about seven minutes. Thirty nine year olds superstar Linel
- 5:00Speaker 1: Messi made the assist on both, adding to his legendary career.
- 5:05Speaker 1: Argentina will face Spain in the final on Sunday, where
- 5:08Speaker 1: they will try to be the first men's back to
- 5:11Speaker 1: back World Cup champions in more than sixty years. On
- 5:15Speaker 1: Wall Street today, stocks ended higher after a series of
- 5:17Speaker 1: strong corporate results. The Dow Jones Industrial average added one
- 5:21Speaker 1: hundred fifty points on the day, The Nasdaq rowse about
- 5:24Speaker 1: one hundred fifty points. The S and P five hundred
- 5:27Speaker 1: also posted a modest gain. Still to come on the
- 5:29Speaker 1: News hour, the latest legislative push to make daylight saving
- 5:33Speaker 1: time permanent, why fewer Americans are reading for pleasure, and
- 5:39Speaker 1: the National Youth Poet Laureate explains how he uses his
- 5:42Speaker 1: art to bridge worlds.
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- 5:50Speaker 3: Rubenstein Studio at WETA in Washington, headquarters of BBS News.
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