Hurricane Evacuation Saves Lives, Mass Gathering in D.C., Mortgage Rate Mystery

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🗓️ 12 October 2024

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The death toll from Milton is lower than expected because many residents got out of harm's way. Some of the leaders behind the Stop the Steal movement are back on the National Mall today. Home mortgage rates climbed this week even despite cuts by the Federal Reserve.

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0:00.0	Hundreds of thousands of people evacuated ahead of Hurricane Milton's
0:06.2	landfall this week in Florida. Officials say that's one reason the death toll
0:11.0	is lower than expected. I'm Scott Simon and I'm Aisha Roscoe. This is up first from NPR News.
0:20.0	We talked to some of the people who fled.
0:22.6	You got to be a realist and I'll always run if it's looking like it could kill us.
0:29.6	Alto a mass gathering in Washington, D.C. today organized by people connected to the
0:34.0	January 6th rally, the one that proceeded the attack on the Capitol.
0:38.1	And why did mortgage rates climb even though the Fed lowered its target interest rate.
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