Donald Trump (1:34)

Thank goodness we sent out some wonderful National Guard. They've really helped and a lot of problems they were having out there.

Michael Simon Johnson (1:44)

At the White House, Trump described the.

New York Times Anchor (1:46)

Situation as, quote, very well under control. That mixed messaging claiming early success while.

Michael Simon Johnson (1:53)

Flexing additional military power has frustrated local.

New York Times Anchor (1:56)

Officials who say they don't need or want federal help.

Los Angeles Mayor (1:59)

Do you know what the National Guard is doing now? They are guarding two buildings, that's what they're doing. So they need Marines on top of it.

Michael Simon Johnson (2:07)

I don't understand that, los Angeles Mayor.

New York Times Anchor (2:10)

Karen Bass said it's Trump who's provoking the unrest.

Michael Simon Johnson (2:13)

And on Monday, the state pushed back with this order.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (2:16)

Trump and Hegseth ignored law enforcement's expertise and guidance and trampled over our state's sovereignty.

Michael Simon Johnson (2:24)

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that.

New York Times Anchor (2:27)

The state was suing the administration, alleging that Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated federal law and the Constitution when they took control of the state's National Guard.

Michael Simon Johnson (2:38)

The complaint sought a judicial order to return control of the National Guard to Newsom. In an interview with the Times, Newsom.

New York Times Anchor (2:45)

Warned that there's no reason the administration couldn't do the same thing in other.

Michael Simon Johnson (2:48)

States, regardless of whether they have Democratic or Republican governors.

Tom Homan (2:59)

Meanwhile, you're saying these operations, the ICE operations in the Los Angeles area, are continuing right now?

Donald Trump (3:06)

Yes, absolutely. They'll continue every day, not only in California and Los Angeles, they're going to continue in every city across the country.

Michael Simon Johnson (3:14)

White House border czar Tom Homan said.

New York Times Anchor (3:16)

Last night that the immigration operations that.

Michael Simon Johnson (3:18)

Prompted the protests in the first place will continue.

New York Times Anchor (3:22)

Recent immigration raids have started targeting workplaces and are part of a broader strategy to boost the administration's deportation numbers.

Michael Simon Johnson (3:30)

In the past few weeks, those raids have happened at a construction site for student housing in Tallahassee, a a flood control project in New Orleans, and a.

New York Times Anchor (3:37)

Landscaping site in western Massachusetts.

Michael Simon Johnson (3:40)

My colleague Ernesto Landono has been reporting on the administration's crackdown.

Ernesto Landano (3:44)

Initially, they said the priority was going to be to go after people who were heartened criminals who had formal deportation orders. So that requires a lot of manpower and knocking on doors and trying to find people, which is very labor intensive. Later, we saw federal agents going very aggressively after international students and revoking high school hundreds of visas. Now the clampdown on illegal immigration is entering a new stage as work sites become a major focus. You have many people working illegally in just a handful of industries. We're talking things like construction, farms, food production, warehouses. So the government has long known that these sectors rely very heavily on people who do not have papers. And if you send agents to, for instance, a meatpacking plant or a construction site, there's a good bet you're going to find a good number of people who don't have permission to be here. So that means that overnight you can really boost the number of people you put into the deportation pipeline.

Michael Simon Johnson (4:59)

In Washington, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

New York Times Anchor (5:02)

Fired all 17 members of a federal vaccine panel.

Michael Simon Johnson (5:06)

The group was made up of experts who review vaccine data, debate evidence, and wield enormous influence, voting on vaccine recommendations.

New York Times Anchor (5:13)

For the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those decisions inform insurance companies and programs.

Michael Simon Johnson (5:19)

Like Medicaid, which are required to cover those vaccine shots.

New York Times Anchor (5:23)

Kennedy noted that two thirds of the panel had been appointed by Biden during his final year in office, and he said the move would restore the public's trust in vaccines. Kennedy alleged that members of the panel had conflicts of interest, which drove decision.

Michael Simon Johnson (5:37)

Making, a claim experts said was unfounded. The health secretary is a longtime vaccine.

New York Times Anchor (5:42)

Skeptic and in just a few months has dismantled decades of policy standards around immunizations. Public health experts called the firings reckless and extreme. The chair of the infectious disease committee.

Michael Simon Johnson (5:54)

For the American Academy of Pediatrics said.

New York Times Anchor (5:56)

The firings will only drive up mistrust.

Michael Simon Johnson (5:59)

In vaccines, calling the action a quote.

New York Times Anchor (6:01)

Unmitigated public health disaster.

Michael Simon Johnson (6:10)

The Times has been looking into how the so called AI arms race is.

New York Times Anchor (6:14)

Playing out on college campuses.

Michael Simon Johnson (6:16)

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is actively working to integrate its artificial intelligence tools.

New York Times Anchor (6:23)

Into nearly every aspect of college life.

Michael Simon Johnson (6:25)

From from tutoring to career training.

New York Times Anchor (6:28)

And some schools, rather than fight the oncoming AI title wave, are deciding to lean in.

Michael Simon Johnson (6:33)

Earlier this month, Duke University began offering.

New York Times Anchor (6:36)

Unlimited ChatGPT access to students and staff and rolled out Duke GPT, a school specific interface. OpenAI has been courting schools across the country with similar offers. It's a significant pivot given that AI has been associated with a surge in.

Michael Simon Johnson (6:52)

Chatbot fueled cheating over the past few years.

New York Times Anchor (6:55)

And it comes as other tech giants.

Michael Simon Johnson (6:56)

Like Google and Microsoft are vying to embed their chatbots into universities, cultivate future customers and prepare young people for what.

New York Times Anchor (7:04)

Some schools are calling a quote, future AI driven economy. But the widespread adoption of AI is also essentially a massive national experiment with unknown long term consequences for students. Early studies suggest that offloading tasks to.

Michael Simon Johnson (7:20)

Chatbots could diminish critical thinking skills. Some critics are concerned that colleges are overlooking societal risks, AI labor issues and.

New York Times Anchor (7:27)

Its huge environmental costs. Not to mention that it's still unclear how trustworthy or reliable large language models actually are.

Michael Simon Johnson (7:35)

They can still make significant mistakes and.

New York Times Anchor (7:37)

Confidently state false information as true, but.

Michael Simon Johnson (7:40)

Some schools are charging ahead anyway. One official from the California State University system defended the adoption of AI, saying, quote, you're worried about the ecological concerns.

New York Times Anchor (7:50)

You're worried about misinformation and bias.

Michael Simon Johnson (7:52)

Well, join in.

New York Times Anchor (7:54)

Help us shape the future.

Michael Simon Johnson (7:56)

We should note the New York Times has sued OpenAI and its partner Microsoft over copyright infringement. Both companies have denied wrongdoing.

New York Times Anchor (8:12)

And finally, singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and.

Michael Simon Johnson (8:18)

Pioneering bandleader Sly Stone Stone died yesterday from lung disease. He was 82 years old.

New York Times Anchor (8:31)

Stone led the mixed race, mixed gender.

Michael Simon Johnson (8:33)

Band Sly and the Family Stone, who.

New York Times Anchor (8:35)

Had a string of soul and funk.

Michael Simon Johnson (8:37)

Hits in the 60s and 70s, including everyday people and Dance to the Music. Stone's music had a massive influence on.

New York Times Anchor (8:48)

Later major artists ranging from Prince and.

Michael Simon Johnson (8:51)

Michael Jackson to George Clinton and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Born Sylvester Stewart, Stone grew up immersed in the gospel music of his Bay.

New York Times Anchor (9:01)

Area Pentecostal Church, and as a child.

Michael Simon Johnson (9:04)

He sang in a gospel group with.

New York Times Anchor (9:06)

Three of his siblings.

Los Angeles Mayor (9:12)

You know that I'm all about.

Michael Simon Johnson (9:19)

As a young man he became a radio DJ in San Francisco.

Sly Stone (9:22)

On and on and on. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, cats and kitties, hippies and squares. 17 Pair six with Sly and He.

Michael Simon Johnson (9:29)

Eventually formed another band with his siblings and a few others, the Family Stone, with an overarching message of acceptance. But increasing drug use and erratic behavior.

New York Times Anchor (9:39)

Led him to essentially shut himself off from the world by the 1980s. For several years, he lived out of an RV.

Michael Simon Johnson (9:47)

Stone published an autobiography a few years ago where he responded to the question of what people could take away from his life. He said, quote, music, just music. I don't want to get in people's way, and I don't want them to.

New York Times Anchor (9:58)

Get in my way.

Michael Simon Johnson (9:59)

I just want to play my songs. Those are the headlines today on the Daily why the US Is so dependent on rare earth metals from China and how the growing trade war is cutting off access.

New York Times Anchor (10:22)

That's next in the New York Times.

Michael Simon Johnson (10:23)

Audio app or listen wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Michael Simon Johnson. We'll be back tomorrow.