Gaza Cease-Fire Talks, Violent Online Rhetoric, Chicago Migrant Crisis

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🗓️ 22 December 2023

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In the U.N. Security Council, negotiators try to win U.S. support for a resolution in Gaza. Violet rhetoric swirls online after Trump ballot decision in Colorado. Leaders in Michigan say Chicago is experiencing a migrant crisis.

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0:00.0	Three days of negotiation and still no agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza.
0:07.0	Diplomats continue to search for a resolution that the U.S. won't veto.
0:10.7	There could be a vote today as the death toll in Gaza tops 20,000.
0:14.4	I'm Leila Faldil with A Martinez and this is a first from NPR News.
0:18.4	Talk of Civil War is cropping up in some places online after Colorado's high court blocked
0:26.2	Donald Trump from the state's ballot. Watchdogs say they're worried violent rhetoric
0:30.6	is being normalized.
0:32.3	We're seeing the mainstreaming of this extremism and this encouragement of violence in right-wing media.
0:38.0	And leaders in Chicago say they're struggling with a migrant crisis.
0:41.0	Almost 14,000 are housed there in temporary shelters.
0:44.0	We'll hear from a Venezuelan woman who says conditions are deplorable.
0:48.0	Stay with us, we've got all the news you need to start your day.
0:57.0	The death toll in Gaza has topped 20,000 according to the health ministry there.
1:03.2	There had been proposals at the UN Security Council to call for a ceasefire
1:07.6	and to let the UN inspect aid trucks to speed up food and fuel destined for Gaza.
1:12.3	But under the threat of a possible US veto,
1:15.4	the council has been deadlocked for three days
1:17.6	and those ideas seem to be losing steam.
1:20.3	Yet there could be a vote on something today.
1:24.0	MPR diplomatic correspondent Michelle Kellerman has been following all this.
1:27.4	Michelle three days, three days of negotiation.
1:29.8	What's making it so difficult for the council to get a vote.
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