Chicago crackdown, quake rescues underway, prank turns deadly & more

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

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Chicago leaders are pushing back against a major federal immigration operation this week. Rescue teams are scrambling to reach victims of a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. We’ll explain why pilots were forced to land a plane carrying the EU’s top leader. We have an update on the fifth grader who credited his classmate for saving his life in a mass shooting last week. Plus, a TikTok trend gone wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.7	Chicago officials are bracing for a major federal immigration operation that could begin
0:43.8	as soon as this week.
0:45.9	According to multiple sources familiar with the planning, the operation could involve agents
0:50.2	from immigration and customs enforcement, customs and border protection, and potentially be backed by the National Guard to keep the peace.
0:58.0	Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker told CBS Sunday that such a move would be a quote, invasion, and has had no communication with the Trump administration about reported plans to send National Guard troops to Chicago.
1:10.0	They ought to be coordinating with local law enforcement.
1:12.6	They ought to let us know when they're coming, but they don't want to do that either.
1:17.0	And I must say it's disruptive, it's dangerous, it tends to inflame passions on the ground
1:23.0	when they don't let us know what their plans are and when we can't coordinate with them.
1:29.4	On Saturday, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order to resist Trump's crackdown
1:34.7	by not collaborating with federal agents on law enforcement duties.
1:38.9	This, as it's been a violent Labor Day weekend in the Windy City.
1:42.7	At least seven people are dead and 45 wounded in shootings across Chicago.
1:47.0	Rescue teams are scrambling to reach victims of a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.
1:53.0	According to a Taliban government spokesperson, the 6.0 magnitude quake hit towns and villages close to the Pakistan border, killing
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