6 AM ET: Puerto Rico controversy, Quarter Pounders to return, US Navy apology & more

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

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As both campaigns make their final pitch to voters, offensive comments about Puerto Rico have pushed a superstar to publicly support a candidate. Iran says it will respond to Israeli strikes, but it doesn’t want a wider war. McDonald’s says Quarter Pounders will be back on the menu soon. The Washington Post is in turmoil after it announced it would no longer endorse presidential candidates. Plus, we’ll tell you why the US Navy has apologized to an Alaskan village. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello from CNN. I'm Joe Beck with the five things you need to know for Monday
0:06.2	October 28th. Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Carmelah Harris
0:11.3	are rushing to make their final pitch to voters in key battleground
0:14.9	states as we enter the last full week of their campaigns.
0:19.3	Harris is leaning into her messaging on abortion rights and comparing her character to Trump's, while the former
0:24.9	president is digging in on immigration. Trump spoke to a packed out Madison Square Garden as he made
0:30.8	his closing arguments last night, but before he spoke, some of his
0:34.8	supporters took the stage and made some offensive comments, including comedian Tony
0:39.8	Hinchcliffe who made these remarks about Puerto Rico.
0:43.2	There's literally a floating island of garbage
0:46.2	in the middle of the ocean right now.
0:48.2	Yeah, I think it's called Puerto Rico.
0:50.5	That's caused outcry from both Democrats and Republicans and pushed Puerto Rican superstar
0:55.7	Bad Bunny to share a video to his more than 45 million Instagram followers of Harris criticizing
1:02.1	Trump. I will never forget what Donald Trump did and what he did not do when Puerto Rico needed a caring and a competent leader.
1:11.0	Both candidates have been trying to attract the
1:13.6	Puerto Rican votes, especially in battleground Pennsylvania or about 500,000
1:18.9	Puerto Ricans live. Iran is vowing to respond to Israel's air strikes on the country over the weekend, but says it doesn't
1:28.0	want a wider war. Israel says it hit military targets on Saturday, and Tehran says five people were killed.
1:35.0	Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the strikes were in response to Iran's attacks on Israel earlier this month.
1:42.0	Amidkafaz O'clock, we promised back the Iran's attacks on Israel earlier this month.
1:43.0	We promised back then that we would respond and in the early hours of Saturday morning we kept our promise.
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