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--:-- Ryland Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Israel-Hamas ceasefire is largely holding, but President Trump says if Hamas fails to disarm, quote, we will disarm them. Disarmament was a key stipulation in the ceasefire agreement.
--:-- Adipa Shivaram: It's unclear how Trump would disarm Hamas and if it would involve U.S. personnel on the ground. Trump has said Hamas told him it would, in fact, disarm, though he later clarified that message was not directly to him but to White House officials.
--:-- Adipa Shivaram: We have told them we want disarm and they will disarm. And if they don't disarm, we will disarm them. And it'll happen quickly and perhaps violently. But the president didn't put a timeline on disarmament. He says it has to happen in a reasonable period of time, quote, pretty quickly.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Deepa Shiveram, NPR News, the White House.
--:-- Destiny Torres: Los Angeles County has declared a local state of emergency in response to the ongoing ICE raids Supervisors say it the first of its kind in response to the federal immigration crackdown.
--:-- Destiny Torres: LA County is home to some 950,000 immigrants without legal status. Supervisors say immigration raids have destabilized neighborhoods and created a climate of fear.
--:-- Destiny Torres: Local state of emergencies are typically designated after natural disasters like flooding, earthquakes, and fires, as well as crises like homelessness. The declaration allows the county to seek financial aid from the state, expedite contracting, and possibly consider an eviction moratorium.
--:-- Destiny Torres: Some business advocates were concerned about the move, saying a moratorium could destabilize housing if passed as a result. The declaration remains in place until the board moves to end it.
--:-- Ryland Barton: For NPR News, I'm Destiny Torres in Los Angeles.
--:-- Ping Huang: About 600 workers at the CDC were fired over the long weekend as part of wider plans by the Trump administration to slash the size of the federal workforce during the government shutdown.
--:-- Ping Huang: More than 1,300 CDC workers were notified late Friday that they had lost their jobs. The next day, more than half of them got emails revoking those notices.
--:-- Ping Huang: Erin Melton-Bacchus was one of them. She at the CDC Office on Smoking and Health and it was the third time this year she received a termination notice.
--:-- Ping Huang: At this point it seems like the chaos and lack of transparency is the point The cuts that remain affect CDC staff who brief Congress those working on chronic disease and nutrition and human resources staff who are called back from furlough to lay off their colleagues and members of their own team.
--:-- Ping Huang: In an email, an HHS spokesperson declined to confirm numbers but said the terminated staffers were non-essential.
--:-- Ryland Barton: Ping Huang, NPR News.
--:-- Host: Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street today as trade tensions continued to simmer between the U.S. and China. The S&P 500 gave up an afternoon gain and closed down two-tenths of a percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed four-tenths of a percent.
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--:-- Host: Open AI is partnering with Walmart to allow shoppers to make purchases directly with ChatGPT. Walmart announced that customers will soon be able to, quote, chat and buy, making products available through instant checkout in ChatGPT.
--:-- Host: This partnership marks OpenAI's latest expansion into online commerce.
--:-- Host: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a new president for its 17 million members worldwide. They're commonly called Mormons.
--:-- Ciara Hewlett: This afternoon, the church announced that Dallin H. Oaks, who is 93, is taking over.
--:-- Ciara Hewlett: The last president and prophet Russell M Nelson died last month His successor Dallin H Oaks used to be a Utah Supreme Court justice
--:-- Ciara Hewlett: Columnist Jana Reese says that background could influence his leadership. She says Oaks is concerned about the rise of political authoritarianism. He could serve as a reminder of justice and law and order and precedent and a lot of things that in America people have been throwing out the window.
--:-- Ciara Hewlett: Oaks has also long been outspoken about his beliefs against same-sex marriage. Reese says it's yet to be seen if he'll continue that trajectory as president.
--:-- Ryland Barton: For NPR News, I'm Ciara Hewlett.
--:-- Host: Leaf peeping season has arrived, but weeks of drought have muted this year's autumn colors and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual.
--:-- Host: Chlorophyll breaks down in leaves when days shorten and temperatures drop, turning them into yellows and oranges and reds, but dry weather in the summer and fall can change all that because it causes leaves to turn brown more quickly.
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