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--:-- Dale Willman: Border Patrol agents continue to make arrests in Charlotte, North Carolina today. Charlotte is the latest city to experience a federal immigration crackdown. From member station WFAE, Nick De La Canale has more.
--:-- Nick De La Canale: Agents arrested 81 people on Saturday, the first day of the operation, according to Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino.
--:-- Nick De La Canale: Around Charlotte, agents were seen detaining people outside laundromats, auto shops, supermarkets, front yards, even a church.
--:-- Nick De La Canale: Outside an East Charlotte Walmart, construction worker Lopez Nunez says he fears for his undocumented wife and newborn. He's keeping them home. You really need to go outside for an emergency. If you try to stay, just stay home. Be safe. And don't open the door for ice.
--:-- Nick De La Canale: Charlotte Mayor Villalais says agents are causing unnecessary fear.
--:-- Nick De La Canale: It's unclear how long the operation will last.
--:-- Dale Willman: For NPR News, I'm Nick Della Canal in Charlotte.
--:-- Dale Willman: The FAA says air travel in the U will be back to normal starting Monday morning Thousands of flights were canceled because of the federal government shutdown which caused a drop in air traffic controllers But the announcement comes too late for some travelers including Rick Caldwell of New Hampshire who is trying to fly out of Boston today
--:-- Rick Caldwell: When we first were coming to the airport, as we were literally driving here, we got a notice that our flight was delayed. It was initially going to be delayed a couple hours, but when it was just about all the way here, they canceled it.
--:-- Dale Willman: Full flight schedules will resume starting at 6 a.m. Monday.
--:-- Dale Willman: The USS Gerald R. Ford, the country's largest aircraft carrier, has arrived in the Caribbean. As NPR's Lydia Kalitri reports, the arrival comes as tensions with Venezuela grow.
--:-- Lydia Kalitri: The carrier is bringing more than 4,000 sailors and dozens of tactical aircraft to the northern Caribbean. They join around 15,000 service members that are already in the region.
--:-- Lydia Kalitri: Rear Admiral Paul Lanzalata says the deployment of the strike group is a step to, quote, protect our nation's security and prosperity against narco-terrorism.
--:-- Lydia Kalitri: A U.S. military official told NPR Saturday that the U.S. is gearing up for possible military action against Venezuela.
--:-- Lydia Kalitri: It remains unclear, however, if President Trump plans to use military action against the country.
--:-- Lydia Kalitri: In recent weeks, the U.S. military has conducted multiple strikes on boats in the region for allegedly carrying drugs trafficked from Venezuela.
--:-- Dale Willman: Lydia Kalitri, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Dale Willman: In a reverse of course President Trump said tonight that House Republicans should vote to release any files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Trump had long been opposed to the release, calling it a Democratic hoax. But in a social media post, he now says there's nothing to hide and it's time to move on.
--:-- Dale Willman: Russian drone strikes this weekend have hit more energy infrastructure sites in Ukraine. Officials in that country say a solar power plant was among the targets hit. Russia fired 176 drones and one missile.
--:-- Dale Willman: Ukrainian forces, meanwhile, struck a major oil refinery in Russia's Samara region, along with a warehouse storing drones.
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--:-- Dale Willman: Stargazers may notice bright streaks high in the sky late tonight. As NPR's Shondalis Duster tells us, the Leonid meteor shower is expected to peak tonight, and it will continue to be seen in the night skies through Tuesday morning.
--:-- Shondalis Duster: The Leonid meteor shower happens every November. The meteors are known to be bright, colorful, and very fast, traveling at 44 miles per second.
--:-- Shondalis Duster: Meteor rates are as low as three meteors per hour, but NASA says stargazers can catch up to 10 to 15 meteors per hour this year
--:-- Shondalis Duster: The best chances of seeing the meteors will be after midnight and into the early morning hours
--:-- Shondalis Duster: The American Meteor Society says to go to a dark location away from city lights and look to the eastern sky and the constellation Leo. Meteors will be seen streaking from there in various directions.
--:-- Shondalis Duster: The moon will also be less than 10 percent full, making it easier to see the Leonids.
--:-- Dale Willman: Shondalis Duster, NPR News.
--:-- Dale Willman: For the fifth straight week, Ohio State, Indiana, and Texas A&M hold on to the top three spots in the AP College Football Rankings. Georgia moved up one spot to number four after easily beating Texas on Saturday 35-0.
--:-- Dale Willman: Ole Miss also moved up to take the number five spot, while Texas Tech climbed two spots into number six after beating UCF 48-9. They're in a tie now with Oregon.
--:-- Dale Willman: Oklahoma, Notre Dame, and Alabama round out the top ten.
--:-- Dale Willman: And North Texas is ranked for the first time since 1959 at number 22 with a win over University of Alabama-Birmingham 53-24.
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