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President Trump is hitting home with a number of topics
following a town hall event with News Nation. Mark Mayfield
reports Trump called into.

Speaker 3 (00:15):
A town hall event hosted by Chris Cuomo on Wednesday.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
This is what other countries have done to us. We've
been the laughing stock and the whipping post.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
We've been ripped off by every country practically in the world.
The president also said recent polling on its approval ratings
where fake polls where more Democrats were interviewed than members
of the GOP. When asked about making a deal with China,
Trump said there is a very good chance it will
be on the terms of the US. Shrugging off concerns
about the economy and concerns that policies he's put in

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only benefit the wealthy, Trump said he knows what he's
doing perfectly, that his economic approach will be better for
the middle class. I'm Mark Neeyfield.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Trump says historically, black colleges and university should not be
worried about federal spending cuts. During that town hall event,
Trump said he took care of the black colleges and
HBCUs and got the more money than they ever dreamt possible.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
They were going out of business.

Speaker 3 (01:07):
They came to me about fifty people that headed up,
and they came to me the first year, and I
took care of them.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Last week Trump signed an executive order. They will ensure
HBCUs get the maximum funding they're entitled to. Trump said
during the town hall they have long term financing, and
nobody did that but him. Ukraine and the US have
signed a minerals agreement. It comes almost two months after
a White House meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky
derailed talks on the deal, which requires Ukraine to relinquish

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a major share of its future oil, gas, and mineral revenues.
Ukraine has long called for security guarantees from the US
as part of any peace deal. The deal will provide
the US access to new investment projects meant to develop
Ukraine's natural resources, such as aluminum, graphite, oil, and natural gas.
A key actress from the Emmy winning medical drama Grays
Anatomy has joined the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Ellen Pompeo's

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portrayed Meredith Gray. Since the show's premiere in two thousand
and five, which has also earned the title of executive
producer and helmed the Station nineteen spinoff series I'm Tammy Trhillo.
The Supreme Court is considering what could be the nation's
first taxpayer funded religious public charter school. Bryan Zuck reports the.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
High Court heard arguments Wednesday as Oklahoma's Saint Isidore of
Seville Catholic Virtual School is seeking to join the state's
charter school program. The school is opposed by the state's
Republican Attorney General, as well as public and charter school advocates,
who argue this would threaten the separation of church and
state by allowing taxpayer money to go towards religious education.

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If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the school,
it could allow other religious schools to apply for public
funding as well. I'm Brian Shook.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
A man in Arizona's been indicted on five counts after
a fire to test the dealership on Monday morning. Authority
say a cyber truck was set on fire at the
dealership in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa. Ian Moses was
indebted on arson charges, with each count carrying a maximum
of twenty years in prison and a fine. Of two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Graffiti with the word thief
was also seen on a wall. The White House won't

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confirm reports it's Astel Salvador about the status of Kilmar
Abrego Garcia. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reportedly been
in touch with El Salvador about Garcia, but during a
Wednesday cabinet meeting, he told reporters he won't comment.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
Well, I will never tell you that, and you know
who else, I'll never tell a judge, because the conduct
of our foreign policy belongs to the President of the
United States and the executive branch not soon judged.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
Garcia was deported to El Salvador and what the White
House says was an administrative error that has since said
he's a member of the MS thirteen gang. Starbucks has
opened a new type of store in South Texas. The
company opened its first three D printed store in Brownsville
on Monday. A large three D printing machine made panels
for the store's outer shell using a concrete like material

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when those doors in a porch were then built to
complete the concept. The store takes up about fourteen hundred
square feet and has no indoor seating. It focuses on
mobile order pick cups and drive through customers instead. I'm
Tammy Trahio