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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Protests are planned today across the nation following the shootings
involving federal agents in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon. Michael Kasner
with the latest.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
Protests have not stopped in Minneapolis since Wednesday's deadly shooting
of a thirty seven year old woman by an ICE agent.
The Feds have claimed the victim was attempting to harm
the agent with her vehicle, while the video from the
scene appears too many to contradict that version of events.
On the West Coast, Homeland Security says agents were attempting
a traffic stop on an alleged Venezuelan gang member on

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Thursday in Portland, Oregon, when the driver tried to run
over the agent and shots were fired, sending two people
to the hospital. After that incident, the city's mayor, Keith Wilson,
said we're calling on ICE to halt all operations in
Portland until a full and independent investigation can take place, and.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
Nearly two dozen protesters were arrested overnight in Minneapolis. Federal
judges blanking the Trump administration from preezing around ten billion
dollars in childcare and social services funding.

Speaker 4 (01:07):
Jimroop reports the temporary order issued directs the administration to
release the funds to five Democrat led states. This after
those states filed a lawsuit against the administration over the
funding freeze. The order instructs the administration to disperse the
funds for two weeks while the legal challenge continues. The
states in question include Minnesota, California, New York, Illinois, and Colorado.

Speaker 5 (01:29):
Oh We're arrested on a variety of charges, including interfering
with a peace officer and disorderly conduct.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
A federal judges blanking the Trump administration from preezing around
ten billion dollars in childcare and social services funding. Jimroop
reports the temporary order issued directs the administration to release
the funds to five Democrat led states. This after those
states filed a lawsuit against the administration over the funding freeze.
The order instructs the administration to disperse the funds for

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two weeks while the legal challenge continues. The states in
question include Minnesota, California, New York, Illinois, and Colorado. I'm
Lisa Carton pope Leo says war is back in vogue
and a zeal for war is spreading. Matt Mattinson reports.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
The first American pontiff to cried the use of military
force in his annual foreign policy speech Friday. He told
the diplomatic corps gathered at the Vatican quote, a diplomacy
that promotes dialogue and seeks consensus among all parties is
being replaced by a diplomacy based on force. Leo did
not mention President Trump by name in his remarks, but
did speak on Venezuela. Following the US operation to capture

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President Nicholas Maduro, the Pope called on nations to safeguard
the human and civil rights of Venezuelans.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
California is filing its fifty third lawsuit against the Trump administration.
Jim Forbes says more.

Speaker 6 (02:46):
The federal government said it will be freezing ten billion
dollars in childcare and family assistants for the Golden State
and four other Democratic led states.

Speaker 7 (02:55):
This is just the latest example of Trump's willingness to
throw vulnerable children, vulnerable families, seniors under the bus if
he thinks it will advance his vendetta against California.

Speaker 6 (03:07):
Attorney General Rob Bonta says the freeze is politically motivated
and hurts families. California alone is set to lose five
billion dollars, with that funding supporting childcare for low income
families in New York.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
After Manhattan's iconic Rockefeller Center Tree goes dark this weekend,
it moves on to an even loftier purpose. Liz Warner explains.

Speaker 5 (03:28):
In early December, fifty thousand led lights come to life
atop the seventy five foot Norway spruce, kicking off the
holiday season and dazzling hundreds of thousands of guests from
around the globe. But once those lights go out, the
tree takes part and yet another special tradition, the tree
is cut down. It's lumber milled in New Jersey into
two by four and two by six beams, all branded

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with the Rockefeller Center stamp Tishman Spire. Rockefeller Center's parent
company then donates the lumber two Habitat for Humanity, and those.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
Beams soon become part of habitat. Family homes built everywhere
are from New York to Mississippi. I'm Lisa Carton