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--:-- Dale Willman: Israelis are celebrating the release of hostages from Gaza this morning. The first of 20 living hostages expected to be released today began [pause]
--:-- Dale Willman: And just as President Trump arrived in Israel, where he's speaking to the Israeli parliament. MPR's Kerry Kahn reports from Jerusalem.
--:-- Kerry Kahn: Hamas turned over the first group of seven hostages early this morning to the International Red Cross, who then turned them over to Israeli troops.
--:-- Kerry Kahn: The split images of the Israeli military convoy escorting the hostages just as President Trump arrived in Israel was broadcast live.
--:-- Kerry Kahn: Trump was greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, as well as his son-in-law Jared Kirshner and his daughter Ivanka.
--:-- Kerry Kahn: A huge crowd has been gathering before dawn at a public plaza in downtown Tel Aviv dubbed Hostage Square.
--:-- Kerry Kahn: Cheers and applause exploded as the names of the first seven hostages was read out loud
--:-- Kerry Kahn: Israel is preparing to release some 2 Palestinian prisoners and detainees later today
--:-- Dale Willman: Officials in Tennessee are continuing their search for the cause of the explosion Friday that killed 16 people.
--:-- Dale Willman: On Sunday, families of the victims were comforted by neighbors during services at several churches.
--:-- Brandon Brake: It's going to take time and it's going to take all of us banding together.
--:-- Brandon Brake: But I know with this church family here and the other church families around, we'll come together and we'll help each other through it.
--:-- Dale Willman: Governor Bill Lee also attended a local church service and he called the losses to the community staggering.
--:-- Dale Willman: President Trump is considering using the Insurrection Act after courts blocked his deployments of National Guard troops to Chicago and Portland, Oregon.
--:-- Luke Garrett: As NPR's Luke Garrett reports, the rarely used 1807 law is designed to suppress rebellion.
--:-- Luke Garrett: Two courts blocked Trump's deployment of National Guard troops last week, one in Oregon and the other in Illinois.
--:-- Luke Garrett: When asked on NBC News if the Insurrection Act is on the table, Vice President J.D. Vance said, The president's looking at all of his options.
--:-- Luke Garrett: Right now he hasn't felt he needed to.
--:-- Luke Garrett: But we have to remember, why are we talking about this, Kristen? Because crime has gotten out of control in our cities.
--:-- Illinois Governor J Pritzker: Illinois Governor J Pritzker tells ABC News Trump can use the Insurrection Act because there no rebellion
--:-- Illinois Governor J Pritzker: If the Constitution means anything the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked to send them in because they want to fight crime
--:-- Luke Garrett: Violent crime has fallen in Chicago, but the city still averages more than one homicide a day.
--:-- Dale Willman: Fears of a renewed trade war between China and the U.S. caused Asian markets to stumble in Monday trading.
--:-- Dale Willman: In Singapore, stocks were down for the fourth straight day.
--:-- Dale Willman: China, meanwhile, reports that its exports to the U.S. fell 27 percent in September from the year before, but overall growth in its global exports hit a six-month high as the country has shifted its export focus away from the U.S.
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--:-- Camille Phillips: A new school to replace Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, is complete.
--:-- Camille Phillips: Its opening on Friday came nearly three and a half years after a mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers.
--:-- Camille Phillips: Texas Public Radio's Camille Phillips reports.
--:-- Camille Phillips: Legacy Elementary is bright, colorful, and full of windows.
--:-- Camille Phillips: But those windows are bullet-resistant.
--:-- Camille Phillips: And even after you're let in the visitor's entrance, you need a key card to access the classrooms.
--:-- Camille Phillips: At the center of the school is a courtyard that looks up into a steel two-story tree with two big branches and 19 smaller branches representing the teachers and students who died in the shooting
--:-- Javier Caceres: Javier Caceres lost his nine daughter Jackie that day
--:-- Javier Caceres: It is a great school for these children
--:-- Javier Caceres: Sadly it takes the lives of our children to make this school
--:-- Camille Phillips: I'm Camille Phillips in Uvalde.
--:-- Dale Willman: Officials in Mexico say the death toll from the massive rains hitting the central part of that country could go higher.
--:-- Dale Willman: So far, 44 people have died from landslides and flooding, but teams are still searching through the wreckage of many villages destroyed by floodwaters.
--:-- Dale Willman: Hundreds of army troops, police and firefighters are conducting rescue operations and thousands of people are facing a lack of running water and electricity.
--:-- Dale Willman: Penn State fired head coach, football coach James Franklin Sunday, less than 24 hours after a stunning 22 to 21 home loss to Northwestern.
--:-- Dale Willman: Terry Smith will serve as the interim coach for the rest of the season.
--:-- Dale Willman: The Nittley Lions had started the season as a favorite to win the national title.
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