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Rachel Martin
On this week's Wild Card podcast, Brett Goldstein says even though his shows Ted Lasso and Shrinking get emotional, he doesn't.
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Brett Goldstein
I haven't cried in years.
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Rachel Martin
I guess I thought you might be.
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Jeanine Herbst
Like a closet crier.
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Brett Goldstein
No, I mean, I write all this stuff because then I don't have to live it.
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Ashley Porter
Whoa.
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Brett Goldstein
She's like, I got him.
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Rachel Martin
I'm Rachel Martin. Brett Goldstein is on Wild Card, the show where cards control the conversation.
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Jeanine Herbst
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine hurst. At least 11 people are dead, dozens more w after a man drove an SUV into a crowd at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver. The driver's in police custody and authorities say they have ruled out terrorism. NPR's Becky Sullivan has more.
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Becky Sullivan
The Lapu Lapu block party was just winding down after thousands had attended throughout the day Saturday. By 8pm as the sun was getting low, hundreds of people were still walking around a neighborhood street lined with food trucks. Authorities say that's when a black Audi SUV came flying through the crowd. Bystanders detained the driver afterward until police arrived. Said acting police Chief Steve R. We have in custody does have a significant history of interactions with police and healthcare professionals related to mental health. Authorities haven't named the man, but have described him as a 30 year old Vancouver resident. Police have warned that the number of dead could continue to rise. Becky Sullivan, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
Democrats are protesting on the steps of the U.S. capitol building today, taking aim at a Republican budget proposal. This ahead of Congress's return to Washington after a two week recess. NPR's Luke Garrett has When the sun.
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Luke Garrett
Rose on Sunday, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York sat on the steps of the US Capitol livestreaming their opposition to a Republican budget plan.
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Emily Fang
That bill, we believe, presents one of the greatest moral threats to our country.
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Luke Garrett
Booker warned it would severely cut Medicaid and Social Security benefits, but Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson denies this and no specific cuts to the programs have been decided yet. D.C. teacher Ashley Porter stopped her morning run short to sit with Booker and Jeffries.
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Jeanine Herbst
It's good to know that there are.
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Becky Sullivan
People who are really thinking about Medicaid.
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Luke Garrett
The Democrats plan to sit on the Capitol steps until sunset Sunday. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
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Jeanine Herbst
Booker made history earlier this month with a 25 hour marathon speech on the Senate floor against Trump administration policies. The US And Philippine militaries are practicing firing off missiles hours after China said it had seized a disputed reef in contested waters in that area. Area. NPR's Emily Fang has more China said.
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Steve R.
It taken control of Sandy Cay, a tiny bit of land in the middle of the South China Sea, much of which China says is its territory, despite multiple overlapping claims from countries like the Philippines and Brunei. Sandy K, while small, is highly strategic. It's only a few miles from the Philippines, largest coast guard outpost in the contested seas. Meanwhile, over the last few years, the US has stepped up its military presence there as well, and it is finishing up the last week and a half of scheduled annual military exercises. The Balikatan exercises, as they are called, have gotten bigger with more troops as China has fortified its claims in the South China Sea. Emily Fang and PR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. A letter written aboard the Titanic sold for nearly $400,000 at auction over the weekend, far surpassing expectations. As NPR's Rebecca Rossman reports, the sale reflects the lasting fascination with the famous 1912 disaster.
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Ashley Porter
Auctioneers say the letter, written by first class passenger Colonel Archibald Gracie, was especially valuable because of one foretelling line. It is a fine ship, gracie wrote the day the Titanic set sail on April 10, but I shall await my journey's end before I pass judgment on her. Just days later, the unsinkable Titanic struck an iceberg and sank off of Newfoundland, killing more than 1500 people. The letter, which has been preserved for over a century, was sold by Henry Aldrich and Son, the same auction house that sold a Titanic violin for more than $1.6 million in 2013. It was purchased by an anonymous bidder. Rebecca Rossman, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
At the weekend box office, the Warner Brothers horror film Sinners took the top spot once again with an estimated $45 million in ticket sales. In its second weekend, Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan as twins, blends drama, action and musical into a Southern Gothic story. It's made $161 million so far. In second place, the 20th anniversary re release of the Star wars film Revenge of the Sith with $25 million. And in third place, the Accountant 2, a sequel starring Ben Affleck with $24 million. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.
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Emily Fang
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