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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Police in Austin, Texas, say they now have a third suspect in custody following a series of shootings there this weekend.
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We had shootings, robberies, car auto robberies, and then we had the shots that took effect on people. So four people were shot total four people. We had buildings, apartments that were shot into.
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That's Police Chief Lisa Davis. She says the shootings took place over both Saturday and Sunday and the suspects were apparently stealing vehicles as they moved around the city. Two of the shootings took place outside fire stations. Police have released no motive yet for those attacks. President Trump is defending his controversial comment on not thinking about Americans finances during talks with Iran. As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, Trump is calling it a perfect statement.
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Before leaving for China, the president drew some blowback for his answer to a question about the extent Americans finances were motivating him to make a deal on Iran.
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I don't think about America's financial situation. I don't think about anybody. I think about one thing. We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That's all.
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But never one to back down, Trump told Fox News that it was a perfect statement and that he'd say it again.
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And that question was a fake question and they didn't put my full answer. I totally care. Look, I inherited high prices.
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Trump insists this is short term pain, adding that Americans are fine paying a little more in order to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
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Taiwan's president says arms purchases from the US Are crucial for stability in that region. And Lai Ching to said Sunday that security cooperation with the US Is critical for peace. President Trump visited China this week and afterward he questioned continued US Support for Taiwan. China claims the independently ruled island has its own territory. The United nations is warning the conditions in Cuba are getting worse. And NPR's Ada Peralta reports that a blockade by the U.S. is now disrupting health care.
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A U.N. delegation visited Cuba for three days. They found that a de facto oil blockade by the US Means that some hospitals have faced power outages for as long as 20 hours. The UN found hospitals have had to delay more than 100,000 surgeries and they are struggling to provide basic services. Saying Cuba poses a national security threat, the US has tightened sanctions on Cuba. The Cuban government says money is so tight it is often having to decide whether to buy food or medicine. The two countries are involved in negotiations. President Trump has said he wants fundamental changes in Cuba, but the Cuban government has said neither their form of government nor their leadership is on the table. Aderalta, NPR News, Mexico City.
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Asian markets drifted lower in trading on Monday as concerns about the fighting with Iran pushed oil prices and bond yields higher. Brazil rent crude rose 1.9% while U.S. crude was up 2.2%. This is NPR News. The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has risen to at least 88, and health officials are reporting more than 300 other suspected cases. The World Health Organization this weekend declared the Ebola outbreak in both countries a public health emergency of international concern. This strain of Ebola has no approved treatments or vaccines. Nashville is overhauling one of its most important civil war sites with the more accurate portrayal of its history. As Cynthia Abrams of member station WPLN reports, this comes as the White House is discouraging such efforts.
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Nashville's Fort Negley was a union fort. It was constructed by black laborers, many of whom were forced into work. A multi million dollar renovation will see the site at a memorial lawn in honor of the workers, plus updated signage. Nashville Mayor Freddie o' Connell says this work is especially important right now.
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There are people trying to legally prevent histories like those of Fort Negley from being included in textbooks or even our discourse.
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O' Connell is referencing actions by the Trump administration to roll back DEI efforts, including an executive order directing federal institutions to remove quote, quote, divisive race centered ideology that casts America's history in a, quote, negative light. For NPR News, I'm Cynthia Abrams.
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In Nashville, Shay Gilgeous Alexander won the NBA's Most Valuable Player of the Year on Sunday. Alexander plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder, which is the reigning NBA championship, a champion and the team with the best record this year. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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