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Nature Conservancy Representative
This message comes from the Nature Conservancy. Nature is common ground for everyone, and uniting to protect nature can help solve today's challenges and create a thriving tomorrow for future generations. Discover why@nature.org NPR.
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Lakshmi Singh
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
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Lisa Levin
We are the people.
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Lakshmi Singh
More rallies in Los Angeles today this afternoon near City hall calling for people detained by immigration enforcement agents in the past week to be released. It has been largely calm a day after largely peaceful protests devolved into violent confrontations with officers following President Trump's National Guard deployment without the state's request. Trump said it was necessary. Local and state officials accuse him of manufacturing chaos for his own political benefit. Trump is attacking California Governor Gavin Newsom over these protests. NPR's Frank Ordonez reports. Trump's calling the governor grossly incompetent.
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Nature Conservancy Representative
President Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to crack down on protesters whom he described as professional agitators and insurrectionists. Trump was asked whether his borders are Tom Homan should arrest Newsom. Homan has threatened to arrest anybody who obstructs immigration enforcement. Trump replied it would be great if Homan arrested the governor and accused Newsom of seeking publicity. Newsom later posted video of Trump's comments on social media. He wrote, a president has called for the arrest of a sitting governor, calling it a quote, unmistakable step toward authoritarianism. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
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Lakshmi Singh
The president's extensive new travel ban is now in effect. NPR's Rachel Treisman reports. It imposes total bans on nationals of 12 countries and partial bans on seven other nations, mostly in in Africa and the Middle East.
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Rachel Treisman
The ban blocks or restricts foreign nationals from countries including Afghanistan, Chad, Haiti, Iran and Somalia. The White House says they were chosen because of factors like insufficient screening and high rates of visa overstays in the U.S. it exempts people in several categories, including green card holders, adoptees, diplomats and athletic teams traveling for major sporting events. Legal experts say it may be less vulnerable to legal challenges than Trump's 2017 ban, which was blocked, blocked, revised and upheld by the Supreme Court before the Biden administration rescinded it. Rachel Treisman, NPR News.
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Lakshmi Singh
Tropical Storm Barbara in the Pacific strengthened into a hurricane today. The storm at the time was about 150 miles southwest of Mansa, Mexico. It had top sustained winds of 75 mph. The National Hurricane center in Miami. It said swells would affect portions of the coast over the next few days. US Stocks end the day mostly higher. The Nasdaq closed up 61 points to end at 19,591. The S&P was up 5 points. The Dow was down slightly. From Washington, this is NPR News. Sly Stone, the remarkable eccentric frontman, singer, songwriter and producer of Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to a statement from his family release. His death followed a prolonged battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other underlying health issues. He was 82 years old. A United nations summit hosted by France and Costa Rica, open in the French Mediterranean city of Nice today. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. More than 60 heads of state are in attendance, along with thousands of scientists and policymakers.
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Lisa Levin
Scientific research boats, including a Norwegian three mast tall ship, are part of the summit, which is taking place on the port of Nice. Scientists say the world's ocean problems include rising seas, plastic pollution, overfishing and the destruction of marine species and environments.
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Lakshmi Singh
This planet would be far too hot to live on if we didn't have the ocean.
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Lisa Levin
That's Lisa Levin, a scientist and professor at the University of California, San Diego. She says the ocean regulates the climate by absorbing most of the heat from the atmosphere, provides food and much more.
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Lakshmi Singh
People recognize how important it is to the health of the planet.
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Lisa Levin
Levin and other scientists are calling on summit leaders to turn their recommendations into concrete actions. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Nice.
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Lakshmi Singh
A judge has dismissed director and actor Justin Baldoni's defamation lawsuit against his It Ends With US co star Blake Lively. Hadley had initially sued Baldoni for sexual harassment and retaliation. It's npr.
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Nature Conservancy Representative
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