Hey, everybody. It is Monday, May 15th. You're listening to the mode news podcast. And I'm back. It's Mochuanunu.

Guess who's back back again. Moch, we missed you. I am Jill Wagner. This is the place where we bring you just the facts.

And Jill, as of the last time I was here, this is the place where we try to read all the news and read between the lines.

So you don't have to. I assume that's still the case.

Funny you say that I took it out for about two or three days. I heard from a few people who were like, I miss in between the lines.

Can you put it back? And I'm like, you know what? Sure. Why not? So I think for now we're sticking with we read in between the lines as well.

The people, they're whetted to the motto. They're whetted to it. Moch, it is so great to have you back. And your trip looked absolutely incredible.

Jill, it was a really emotional, powerful trip. I had the opportunity to follow a group of migrants 111 Ethiopian Jews immigrating to Israel, dealing with adversity, discrimination in Ethiopia, and follow them as they reunite with family members in Israel.

It just don't happen as I was arriving there. That's when the conflict was heating up again to Israel and the Palestinians and the Gaza Strip.

So also documented a bit of that, which I did a bit of on Fridays podcasts for those curious and looking to learn more about my journey. We posted a bit of it on the Instagram feed on the monos Instagram feed on Sunday.

So be sure to check that out. I will have more on a future podcast as well. And I will say this being able to up close in person, document the journey of those making immigration was really eye opening.

And I mentioned this on the Instagram feed. Jill took me back in a time machine as the son of a Moroccan immigrant who did that journey in the 1960s. And the grandson on the other side of a German immigrant who made that journey in the 1930s, being able to see that in person was was really powerful, really emotional. And one of those stories, Jill, and I know you've probably dealt with this in the past before, where it was hard to separate yourself from the story.

Absolutely. There's some stories that just kind of get under your skin. And I totally get it. Well, most thank you for taking us along on that journey, really incredible stuff.

And we'll definitely be talking more about it here in the podcast. For now, though, we hope everybody had a great weekend, a really happy Mother's Day. Thanks for checking out our Mother's Day edition, where we interviewed our moms. We got tons of really good feedback and really appreciate that.

Yeah, that was a lot of fun too, interviewing our moms. If you haven't heard that podcast, definitely check that out. I think it went up on the feed late last week, just as I was coming back. Jill, how was your Mother's Day?

My Mother's Day, as I mentioned on our Mother's Day podcast is I don't I don't totally feel like it's about me. I still feel like it's about my mom and my mother-in-law. But we had a really great day. The weather was was awesome. We hosted here. We had a ton of people over. No complaints. Lots of fun. Lots of family. That's what it's about. Am I a hallmark card? What do you think?

Did I sell it? Did I sell Mother's Day? Jill, you got 364 days till the next one.

All right, most, you missed a ton of news. I hope I made you proud with this podcast all week. Let's get to the headlines.

We're going to check in on the first big test on the Southern border this weekend following the removal of Title 42 and the state of immigration policy.

North Carolina is the latest battleground when it comes to abortion. A Democratic governor is facing off against a Republican legislature.

A major election in Turkey, President Erdogan, facing a big test after nearly 20 years in power. And we're going to have an update from Israel, where Moshe, of course, just traveled back from.

The challenge ahead for Elon Musk's new hand-picked Twitter CEO, the Florida man who broke the record for the most time spent underwater. And Moshe has on the stain history.

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