Friday, May 12, 2023
The 7
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🗓️ 12 May 2023
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Friday briefing: Title 42; Ukraine counteroffensive; Jordan Neely; NFL schedule; Peloton recall; ‘Tears of the Kingdom’; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Migrants are crossing the US-Mexico border at a record rate this week. |
| 0:08.0 | And there's a Peloton recall in the news today. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the 7th from the Washington Post. It's Friday, May 12th. |
| 0:16.0 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:21.0 | First up, a record number of people have crossed the border illegally this week. |
| 0:27.0 | More than 10,000 people have entered per day, the highest levels ever. |
| 0:32.0 | Those numbers are expected to grow because a |
| 0:34.0 | pandemic-era border rule expired last night. The Title 42 policy allowed the |
| 0:39.0 | U.S. to turn asylum seekers away. Border patrol stations and processing centers are already maxed out. |
| 0:45.2 | This is raising questions about humane treatment and whether the government can handle this surge. Number two, a judge struck down limits on handgun sales yesterday. Current laws prohibit |
| 1:04.7 | federally licensed dealers from selling handguns to people 18 to 20 years old. |
| 1:09.6 | But yesterday a federal judge ruled that those laws violate the Second Amendment. |
| 1:14.7 | The Justice Department is expected to appeal. |
| 1:17.3 | Research has shown that this age group is more impulsive and responsible for a disproportionate number of fatal shootings. |
| 1:24.0 | The ruling could increase their access to guns. An ex-marine faces charges over a black man's death in New York City. |
| 1:41.9 | That's story number three. Daniel Penny, a white man, |
| 1:45.2 | was filmed putting Jordan Neely into a fatal chokehold on the subway on May 1st. |
| 1:50.0 | Neely's death was ruled a homicide and has sparked protest. |
| 1:54.0 | Prosecutor's plan to charge Penny with second-degree manslaughter. |
| 1:58.0 | He's expected to surrender to authorities later today. Number four, |
| 2:03.0 | Number four. |
| 2:05.0 | Number four. |
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