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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This since your twenty four to seven US update. The
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
Just four minutes. Maryland Senator Chris van Holland will soon
share more details about his visit with a man mistakenly
deported to Al Salvador. Garrett Haige reports the meeting occurred
last night.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
The El Salvador migrant mistakenly deported last month to a
notorious prison in that country and not seen since. My
main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar,
Van Holland wrote from El Salvador tonight I had that chance.
I've called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along a message
of love.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
Van Holland, along with Democratic lawmakers from several states, it's
calling for the government to follow the Supreme Court's order
to facilitate Atbrego Garcia's return. On social media, Van Holland
says he'll be providing more updates when he gets back
to the US. The White House is doing a full
court press today claiming a lab leak in China is
the true origin of the COVID nineteen pandemic. It published
a web page on Friday that details where it claims

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the virus first infected humans and how it spread The
White House said a Star's research lab in Wuhan had
work workers sick with COVID like symptoms in the fall
of twenty nineteen. The US will abandon Ukraine peace talks
if no progress is made with Russia. That's what Secretary
of State Mark Or Rubio said today after a meeting
with Ukrainian and European leaders. And we're not going to
continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
So we need to determine very quickly now, and I'm talking.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
About it a matter of days whether or not this
is doable over.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
The next few weeks.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
Rubio said, President Trump has dedicated a lot of time
and energy to this, but there are a lot of
other really important things going on that deserve more attention.
The suspect in the Florida State University shooting is accused
of spewing white supremacist rhetoric in his past. The shooting
killed two people and injured at least five on the
school's campus yesterday. A one time president to the political
club at Tallahassee State College says the suspect was asked

(01:45):
to leave the club because of his white supremacist rhetoric.
Vice president J. D Vance is meeting with the Prime
Minister of Italy and Vatican officials today. Vance was scheduled
to visit with Prime Minister Maloney in Rome this morning,
and we'll also meet with the Vatican Secretary of State,
who is the second highest official at the Holy See
after the Pope. Bans and his family are expected to
stay in Italy through Sunday to celebrate Easter at the Vatican.

(02:06):
Ainley S. Taylor, a federal judge, says Google illegally dominated
two different markets for online advertising technology. A US district
judge in Virginia made the ruling yesterday that could allow
prosecutors to push towards a breakup of the company's advertising products.
The measles outbreak in West Texas is now up to
nearly six hundred confirmed cases. Doctors say that's just the

(02:26):
tip of the iceberg.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
There's a lot of underreporting because many patients don't show
up to get treated.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
Doctor Ron Cook at Texas Tech says they estimated that
there are thousands of measles cases circulating. The outbreak is
putting a strain on rural health systems. The head of
Lubbock Public Health says before these cases they had not
seen the virus in two decades. In neighboring New Mexico,
there are more than sixty cases linked to the same outbreak.
Others are in Oklahoma and Kansas. The president of Mexico

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has repeated her val to deliver water to Texas farmers.
Congresswoman Monica de la Cruz says it can't come soon enough.
It will be a too long coach where we receive
a large amount initially and then deposits after that. She
expects to learn more after Easter. The Mexican president said
this week that she's trying to strike a balance between
what they're required to deliver under a water treaty and

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what their own farmers need to survive. If she fails,
President Trump continues to threaten tariffs and sanctions. UCLA students
and faculty are protesting after one of the university's international
graduate students was reportedly detained at the US Mexico border.
UCLA political science professor Graham Blair says the student is
being held at Sanya Cidro and is not yet able
to speak with their attorney. Their attorney has filed the

(03:38):
forms to see them, and they have not been allowed
access so far. And for that reason, I can't share
with you a lot more information about what's happened to
UCLA officials say the student was detained by US Customs
and Border Protection Wednesday night while trying to cross the
border from Mexico into the United States. UCLA Vice Chancellor
Mary Osako confirmed the detention Thursday night. US Customs and

(03:58):
Border Protection is not confirming the detention. The incident prompted
protests on campus on Thursday. I'm Lisa Taylor.