Israel says it killed Iran commander as both sides attack
The Excerpt
USA TODAY
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
European foreign ministers are working to establish a path to diplomacy in Geneva.
Lawmakers propose prohibiting masked agents. Plus, pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has been released. And USA TODAY National Correspondent Trevor Hughes discusses how the Trump administration is doubling down on immigration enforcement.
President Trump is calling for a special prosecutor to investigate his false 2020 election claims.
Millions of Americans will feel a heat wave this weekend. Find out where.
USA TODAY Senior Reporter Jessica Guynn tells us how some fear anti-DEI fervor could drive openly gay, trans and nonbinary executives back into hiding.
Let us know what you think of this episode by sending an email to [email protected].
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Saturday, June 21st, 2025. This is USA Today's The Excerpt. |
| 0:14.5 | Today we check in on Israel and Iran, the South of the Trump administration is leaning in on immigration enforcement and some fear that anti-DGI backlash could drive openly LGBTQ plus executives back into hiding. |
| 0:28.1 | Israel said earlier today it had killed veteran Iranian commander Saeed Izadi. |
| 0:32.6 | That came as the countries continued to trade strikes. |
| 0:34.6 | Iran's foreign minister said yesterday there was no room for negotiations |
| 0:38.6 | with the U.S. until Israeli aggression stops. But he arrived in Switzerland for talks with European |
| 0:43.9 | foreign ministers. Europe hopes to form some diplomatic path. For his part, President Donald Trump |
| 0:49.1 | reiterated that he would take up to two weeks to decide whether the U.S. should enter the |
| 0:53.2 | conflict on Israel's |
| 0:54.4 | side, enough time to see whether or not people come to their senses, he said. You can stay up |
| 0:59.5 | on all the latest throughout the weekend on USA Today.com. Two California lawmakers are |
| 1:08.1 | pushing legislation that would prevent law enforcement from covering their faces when making arrests in the state. |
| 1:13.6 | The No Secret Police Act introduced by two Democrats in the California Senate is a reaction to immigration sweeps across the country by masked agents in plain clothes who are increasingly refusing to identify themselves by name or the agency they work for. |
| 1:28.8 | Meanwhile, Mahmoud Khalil, |
| 1:33.8 | a Columbia University graduate held for months in connection with his pro-Palestinian activism, |
| 1:38.6 | was released yesterday. A U.S. District judge said the 30-year-old lawful permanent resident was neither a flight risk nor dangerous, and his prolonged detention since March was potentially |
| 1:43.7 | punitive. |
| 1:44.8 | Amid some of the recent news on the immigration front, I caught up with USA Today, |
| 1:48.2 | national correspondent Trevor Hughes, for a step back look at how the Trump administration |
| 1:52.8 | is not backing down on immigration enforcement. |
| 1:56.5 | Hiya, Trevor. |
| 1:57.4 | Hey, how's it going? |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 2 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from USA TODAY, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of USA TODAY and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.