Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba; misleading Trump administration videos; new Dr. Seuss book; and more
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🗓️ 29 October 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Hurricane Melissa ripped across Jamaica and is now battering Cuba. |
| 0:07.6 | That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Wednesday, October 29th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:24.1 | That was the sound of Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica yesterday. |
| 0:29.1 | It was recorded by Howan Campbell via Speckti. |
| 0:32.8 | Melissa tied the record for the strongest ever Atlantic hurricane to make landfall. The storm came ashore |
| 0:40.4 | around 1 p.m. near New Hope, Jamaica, and ripped across the western part of the country. The island |
| 0:47.8 | was thrashed by heavy winds and rain. Trees and power lines fell and streets flooded. |
| 1:00.4 | Local officials said it's not yet possible to say just how destructive the storm was, |
| 1:06.5 | or how many people may have died. But Jamaican official Desmond McKenzie spoke about the damage yesterday. Jamaica's gone through what I can call one of its worst period. Our infrastructure has |
| 1:15.1 | been severely compromised. St. Elizabeth is the breadbasket of the country, and that has taken a |
| 1:23.4 | beating. The entire Jamaica has felt the brunt of Melissa. This morning, Melissa made landfall |
| 1:33.0 | again, this time in eastern Cuba. According to the National Hurricane Center, the region |
| 1:38.9 | could see 10 to 20 inches of rain, or even more, in the mountains. And late today, Melissa will make a third and |
| 1:46.8 | final landfall in the central Bahamas. Number two is a post-exclusive. The Trump administration is |
| 1:58.0 | using misleading videos to portray chaos in U.S. cities. |
| 2:02.6 | In August, the Department of Homeland Security posted a video montage on social media, |
| 2:09.6 | declaring a triumph in Washington, D.C. |
| 2:12.6 | It showed footage of federal agents making arrests and was narrated by DHS official Micah Bach. |
| 2:19.7 | Now that the border is secure, the battle for the soul of our nation turns inward, |
| 2:23.7 | as federal agents work day and night to arrest, detain, and deport vicious criminals from our nation's capital. |
| 2:32.1 | But there was one problem. Several of the clips in the video |
| 2:36.0 | had been recorded during unrelated operations months earlier in Los Angeles and West Palm Beach, Florida. |
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