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9/11 Terrorist Plea Deal, Russian Prisoners Freed, Title IX Rule Change Takes Effect | August 1

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: The terrorist behind the 9/11 attack will not receive the death penalty. After more than a year, 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is free.  The leader of Iran ordered a strike against Israel. A team leader at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended approving “puberty blockers” for teens. A number of Fortune 500 companies that publicly condemned the Jan. 6 Capitol riot have remained silent following the July 13 attempted Trump assassination. President Joe Biden’s administration’s rewrite of Title IX takes effect.  Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/01/bidens-radical-title-ix-rewrite-goes-effect-blocked-26-states/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/01/exclusive-fda-leader-backed-puberty-blockers-kids-despite-finding-increased-risk-suicidality/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/08/01/these-fortune-500-companies-remained-silent-over-trump-assassination-attempt-but-condemned-j6/ Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription   Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The alleged 9-11 mastermind will not get the death penalty.

0:05.0

I'm Elizabeth Mitchell and this is the Daily Signal top attack will not receive the death penalty.

0:24.8

The New York Post reported Wednesday that the alleged mastermind and two other conspirators

0:28.8

held at a high security prison in Guantanamo Bay took a plea deal.

0:32.9

Chief prosecutor for the Office of Military Commissions

0:35.4

said in a letter to victims families,

0:37.6

in exchange for removal of the death penalty

0:39.6

as a possible punishment,

0:41.1

these three accused have agreed to plead guilty to all of the charged

0:44.0

offenses, including the murder of the 2,976 people listed in the charge sheet.

0:50.2

My colleague Virginia Allen asks Senator Roger Marshall from Kansas about the 9-11 plea deal,

0:54.9

and he called it a slap in the face to Americans who lost their lives on 9-11 and are still dealing with

1:00.1

the consequences of that attack today. But this is a slap in the face of those soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice.

1:07.0

It's a slap in the face to their families.

1:09.0

And of course, the people that lost their limbs and their eyesight and long, long problems from the burn pits

1:16.0

over there. There's so many things that resulted because of 9-11. So it's a slap in the face and again where's the leadership in the White House explaining this is why we did it.

1:27.2

The alleged terrorist are responsible for the nearly 3,000 deaths that resulted from the 9-11 attack, which is the worst terror

1:34.4

attack in our nation's history.

1:38.0

After more than a year, 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerschowitz is free.

1:43.0

Russia wrongfully convicted Evan Gerschkowitz of espionage.

1:46.6

He and more than a dozen others jailed by the Kremlin were exchanged for Russians,

1:50.0

one of whom was a convicted murderer.

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