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🔘 Nightly News Full Episode - Feb. 6

00:00 Introduction
01:30 Judge pauses deadline for Trump's buyout offer to federal workers
06:11 Trump says no U.S. troops would be involved in controversial Gaza plan
09:29 After mid-air collision, FAA temporarily reducing air traffic at Washington airport
11:56​ Spike in flu cases forces school closures across the country
13:55 Inside the massive effort to secure New Orleans for the Super Bowl
18:53 Uncovering America’s history through cursive handwriting

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▶️ "To Kill a Mockingbird"
✍ Harper Lee

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.

Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

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▶️ World News - February 2, 2025

00:00 Intro
02:19 story 1 Trump imposes tariffs on biggest U.S. trading partners
06:32 story 2 American businesses brace for impact of Trump tariffs
09:05 story 3 Investigators seeking black box in Philadelphia plane crash
11:12 story 4 Families of victims visit site of midair crash over D.C.
13:35 story 5 Netanyahu travels to U.S. to discuss Gaza ceasefire
14:43 story 6 Superstar Doncic traded to L.A. Lakers in blockbuster deal
16:33 story 7 Security more visible ahead of Super Bowl after NOLA attack
16:52 story 8 Ongoing dispute between Hollywood stars Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni
17:14 story 9 Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter
17:45 story 10 Grammy Preview
18:17 story 10 Caitlin Clark, A'ja Wilson jersey retirement

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🎧 Israel, Hamas conduct third round of prisoner-hostage exchange

💬 Moving on to the situation in the Middle East,.
Israel and Hamas on Thursday conducted their third prisoner-hostage exchange.
The latest exchange saw three Israelis being released in exchange for 1-hundred-10 Palestinians.
However, the exchange did not go smoothly, leading to criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Our Lee Seung-jae has more.

Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas conducted their third prisoner-hostage exchange on Thursday.
The exchange saw 8 hostages being released, comprising five Thai nationals and three Israelis.
In exchange, Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners.
The first hostage released on Thursday was a 20-year-old female Israeli soldier Agam Berger, who was among the seven female soldiers taken hostage from her unit on October 7th, 2023.

The two other Israeli hostages released on the day were 29-year-old Arbel Yehoud and 80-year-old Gadi Moses.

Meanwhile,.. among the 110 Palestinian prisoners who were released in exchange for the hostages, was a high-ranking militant officer who had been sentenced to life in prison.
Another prisoner was given 13 life sentences for killing 12 Israeli citizens.

However, the exchange saw a bit of a delay, when one of the hostages, Yehoud, was surrounded by a large crowd of Gazans.
Hamas had to build a wall around her to get her to the bus, that would eventually take her back to her family.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called this a violation of their agreement, and described the scene as "shocking."
The prisoners were released following the confirmation that the three Israeli nationals were safe.

The latest round was among the agreed-upon 33 hostages and 19-hundred Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged during a six-week ceasefire.
Seven Israeli hostages and 290 Palestinian prisoners were released in the two previous rounds.

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🔘 Nightly News - Jan. 27

00:00 Introduction
01:30 ICE ramps up arrest operations
05:20 DOJ lawyers who prosecuted President Trump fired
07:21 Deepseek shocks big tech
08:29 Frustrations mount over LA timeline to rebuild
10:35 Israeli hostages return after release from Gaza
12:16 Auschwitz survivors return 80 years after liberation
14:57 Technical issue injures dozens on united flight
16:52 congestion pricing's surprise results

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🎧 Trump threatens tariffs on Russia if Ukraine deal is not reached

💬U.S. President Donald Trump said he will impose new tariffs against Russia if a deal to end its war in Ukraine is not made.
Taking to his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, Trump said that he would have no choice but to put "high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions" against Russia, if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to negotiate to end the prolonged war.
Trump added that such tariffs would be applied to "other participating countries," as well.
However, the newly inaugurated U.S. leader did not elaborate on which countries he was referring to.

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🎧 U.S. announces massive AI infrastructure project worth US$ 500 bil.

💬 In the U.S.
President Donald Trump announced a historic AI investment project worth 5-hundred billion dollars in collaboration with tech giants.
Our Park Kun-woo has the details.

Efforts to "Save America" are being put into action.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the largest AI infrastructure project in history with investment of up to 5-hundred billion U.S. dollars.
The massive project includes three companies -OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle -that have decided to partner on a new AI infrastructure company "Stargate."

"Beginning immediately, Stargate will be building the physical and virtual infrastructure to power the next generation of advancements in AI and this will include the construction of colossal data centers, very, very massive structures."

The first data center project is already under construction in Texas.

Also on Tuesday, a mass deportation operation began in the U.S. according to border czar Tom Homan.
He said the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency will primarily crack down on illegal immigrants with criminal records, but added those without such records will also be arrested if found.
Homan said "sanctuary cities" and protected areas, including schools and places of worship, will not be exempt from arrests.

Trump also hinted at a "tax war" with a memorandum after taking office, which threaten to double tax rates for foreign nationals and companies in the U.S. in response to discriminatory taxation on U.S. multinationals by other countries.
He also mentioned potentially withdrawing from the OECD global tax pact that allows other countries to levy top-up taxes on U.S. companies.

Trump also spoke about imposing tariffs.

"We're thinking in terms of 25% on Mexico and Canada I think we'll do it February 1st."

Canada’s Prime Minister said it will "respond robustly" if "unfair tariffs" are imposed to protect the country's interests.
Trump also spoke about possible tariffs on China early next month.
However, investment banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs echoed opinion in Wall Street that Trump's recent comments on tariffs were quite moderate, but also noted related uncertainties remain in the coming days.

With easing concerns, the New York stock market, including the Dow Jones 30, closed strongly on Tuesday, up by more than 1-point-2 percent from the previous session.

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🔘 World News - Jan. 20, 2025

00:00 Intro
02:33 Second inauguration of Donald Trump displays historic, peaceful transfer of power
12:30 Trump plans scores of executive actions on economy, immigration
14:37 Trump issues sweeping pardons & commutations for Jan. 6 defendants
16:14 Takeaways from second inauguration of President Donald Trump
16:57 Pres. Trump vows to push for peace overseas, makes promise to end wars
18:08 Arctic blast hitting the Northeast, bringing frigid temperatures
18:36 President Trump signs executive order halting TikTok ban for 75 days
19:03 Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. across America

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