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--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): House Democrats released emails between Jeffrey Epstein and his confidants suggesting President Trump may have known about Epstein's sexual abuse of underage girls.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): As NPR's Stephen Fowler reports, the White House denies he knew about Epstein's crimes.
--:-- NPR's Stephen Fowler: The White House's assertion that the emails exonerate Trump hinges on the identity of an unnamed victim mentioned in the email, which has not been made public.
--:-- NPR's Stephen Fowler: The House is debating a bill to reopen the government on the 43rd day of the government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history.
--:-- NPR's Stephen Fowler: A large majority of Democrats are expected to vote no because it doesn't further extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, which expire at the end of the year.
--:-- NPR's Stephen Fowler: That was Democrats' main demand as they withheld support for previous Republican proposals to reopen the government.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise blamed them for scaled back and shuttered federal programs during the shutdown.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): I urge my Democrat colleagues who have voted relentlessly to shut this government down and impose this suffering on the American people to stop. Stop imposing the suffering. Let's open the government. Let's get back to the work of the American people.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): The measure temporarily funds the government through January. If it passes, President Trump would have to sign it to become law.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): After seven weeks of delays, Representative Adelita Grijalva has been seated as the newest member of Congress.
--:-- NPR's Claudia Grisales: NPR's Claudia Grisales reports the Arizona Democrats' first official act was signing a bipartisan petition demanding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
--:-- NPR's Claudia Grisales: Congresswoman Grijalva provided the final signature needed to force a December vote to release the files tied to the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender.
--:-- NPR's Claudia Grisales: Just this morning, House Democrats released more emails showing that Trump knew more about Epstein's abuses than he previously acknowledged.
--:-- NPR's Claudia Grisales: Four Republicans joined House Democrats weeks ago to sign on to the petition, which has been led by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massey and House Democrat Ro Khanna.
--:-- NPR's Claudia Grisales: Now, President Trump is working to flip one or more of those Republicans to prevent the release from happening.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Claudia Elisa Lissales NPR News As NPR Stephen Fowler reports the White House denies he knew about that President Trump knew about Epstein's crimes.
--:-- NPR's Stephen Fowler: On his true social account, he once again called questions around Epstein a hoax and said that, quote, only a very bad or stupid Republican would fall into that trap.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Here's what White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said today in a press briefing.
--:-- White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt: These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong. And what President Trump has always said is that he was from Palm Beach and so was Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein was a member at Mar-a-Lago until President Trump...
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--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): President Trump is urging Israel to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a corruption case.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): In a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Trump called the case a political unjustified prosecution.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Concerns about American influence in Israeli politics are growing.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Netanyahu is the only sitting Israeli prime minister to be indicted.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): The northern lights may be visible over much of the U.S. tonight, possibly even as far south as Alabama.
--:-- NPR's Nell Greenfield: NPR Nell Greenfield reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued an alert for a severe geomagnetic storm.
--:-- NPR's Nell Greenfield: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center has been tracking the impact of an eruption of solar material and magnetic fields.
--:-- NPR's Nell Greenfield: It's the kind of space weather that can potentially mess with electrical grids or satellites.
--:-- NPR's Nell Greenfield: But fans of the Aurora Borealis are hoping for a repeat of Tuesday night when sky watchers saw ghostly reds and greens as far south as Texas and Florida.
--:-- NPR's Nell Greenfield: If you want to try to catch them, go to a dark spot, and a digital camera can be more sensitive to light than your naked eye, so you might want to try snapping some images of the sky.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Nell Greenfield-Boys, NPR News.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Researchers have found that shouting is more effective than speaking when trying to scare off seagulls.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): The study published today tested how European herring gulls reacted to different sounds.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): The gulls tended to walk away from the speaking voice but flew away from shouting.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): The experiment showed you don't need to lash out at birds to frighten them, but you shouldn't try to reason with them either.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): They also indicate ramen song and man's voice speaking and a man's voice shouting were more effective.
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