Thursday, August 29, 2024

[Music] Donald Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery may have broken the law that's where we're starting the seven from The Washington Post I'm Hannah juel it's Thursday August 29th let's get you caught up with today's seven [Music] stories on Monday Trump visited the country's most prestigious and hallowed military cemetery in Arlington Virginia he was there to Mark the third anniversary of the Islamic State bombing that killed 13 US service members during the evacuation from Afghanistan that's an incident that Trump and other Republicans have sought to politicize over the years federal law prohibits election related activities at the cemetery and Pentagon officials said they gave the Trump campaign ground rules before the visit but an official told the post that Trump's team ignored them and that led to a standoff officials and other people have told the post that a cemetery employee tried to block Trump's team from bringing cameras to the graves of US service members killed in recent years but a larger male campaign Aid insisted the camera was allowed and pushed past the cemetery employee leaving her shocked the incident has caused outrage among some veterans and a statement from Arlington suggests Trump's team acted illegally the Trump campaign has shared photos and a Tik Tok from the visit here's what that sounded like like we lost 13 great great people what a horrible day it was and yesterday Trump's running mate JD Vance sparked even more outrage while talking about the controversy he said this about vice president Kamala Harris and she wants to yell at Donald Trump because he showed up she can she can go to hell Vance said this despite the fact that Harris has actually not mentioned the cemetery visit number two the Supreme Court temporarily blocked President Biden's new student loan repayment plan Biden's plan is called save it offers lower monthly student loan repayments and a faster path to loan cancellation more than 8 million borrowers are enrolled in the program Biden introduced it after his previous student loan forgiveness plan was blocked by the Supreme Court last year yesterday the court declined to lift a block on the program it's waiting for an appeals court to rule on a lawsuit from Republican Le States challenging the plan in the meantime the Biden Administration has said that collections will be paused for people already enrolled in the program the CEO of telegram was indicted and banned from leaving France that's number three the Russian born billionaire pav durov was arrested at an airport near Paris over the weekend he's the founder and CEO of the popular messaging app telegram he was questioned by French authorities for 4 days and yesterday he was charged with complicity in distributing child sexual abuse images and aiding organized crime this is an unprecedented test of the power of governments over tech companies some have criticized the investigation of durav as a challenge to free speech but child safety Advocates say that telegram permits more illegal activity including abuse images than any other major Network and the laws in most countries including France and the US do not protect platforms from prosecution over illegal content number four nine people have died in the worst leria outbreak in more than a decade the CDC issued an update yesterday it reported six new deaths from the break bringing the total to nine leria is a foodborn illness that's especially dangerous for newborn babies and people who are pregnant older than 65 or with weakened immune systems this outbreak is linked to recalled bores head deli meat 57 people have been hospitalized in addition to the deaths the CDC said this is the largest outbreak since one that was tied to copes in 2011 you can find a link to all the recalled products in our newsletter today find a link to that in our show notes number five hurricane season is eerily quiet Atlantic hurricane activity usually nears its peak this time of year and it seemed as if this August would be no exception tropical waters are extraordinarily warm and two hurricanes have already pounded us Shores but things have fallen silent since then there are a few possible reasons for this one is that air high above the Tropical Atlantic is so warm that it's actually preventing storms from brewing and Global rainfall patterns are creating storms elsewhere but meteorologists say the quiet conditions won't last and things are a lot less quiet in the Pacific right now typhoon shanan is blasting Japan today with Fierce winds and torrential rain [Music] number six newly discovered documents show that a journalist withheld information about EMT Till's murder EMT till was 14 years old when he was abducted tortured and killed in Mississippi in 1955 the next year the journalist William Branford huy wrote an influential account of what happened the murder and his reporting shocked the world and helped spark the Civil Rights Movement the article detailed the confessions of two white men who had been acquitted of Till's Murder By an all-white jury the men claimed no one else had been involved in his murder but newly released notes and letters show there was more to the story the notes suggests that huie suspected and had credible information that there were other people involved in the crime but it seems huie withheld that information to help sell his story this is a long and complicated tale so I recommend you spend some time with it today find a link to it in our [Music] newsletter if you're headed to the beach in Texas this weekend you might not like the sound of number seven venomous seaw worms are washing up on Texas Shores I'm talking about bristle worms one scientist at Texas A&M said he hadn't seen them on the Texas coast in 3 to 4 years and you might not want to see one when they're touched these w worms make you feel like your skin is on fire their bristles get stuck in human skin and deposit painful Venom that's why the Institute called these worms your worst nightmares so it's good to have a plan should you encounter one you can use duct tape to rip out the bristles from your skin then wash that area with white vinegar and warm water so throw in some duct tape and vinegar to your beach bag but it will probably still hurt quite a lot so it's best to avoid touching one in the first first [Music] place all right you're all caught up but before you go make sure you check out today's edition of The Seven newsletter that's where you can see a picture of those Troublesome venomous seaw worms to help you figure out what not to touch when you're at the beach it's also where you can find links to all the stories I talk about here on the podcast head to our show notes to find it just hit subscribe and you can get the 7 morning briefing delivered to your inbox early every weekday morning it's totally free and it could just save you from agonizing pain Someday I'm Hannah jeel I'll meet you back here tomorrow [Music]