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🗓️ 14 June 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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0:00.0 | Tonight on PBS News Weekend, two lawmakers shot in Minnesota, one of them fatally, |
0:09.9 | and what Governor Tim Waltz calls a politically motivated assassination. Then waves of deadly attacks |
0:16.7 | between Israel and Iran continue, as their most intense fighting in decades shows no signs of de-escalating. |
0:23.6 | And on the same day President Trump celebrates the Army's 250th birthday with a parade, |
0:29.6 | millions turn out nationwide to protest his administration's policies. |
0:34.6 | This is not the America we know, And I think people are truly fed up and |
0:40.0 | wanted to gather to say just that. In America, we do not have a king. |
0:57.8 | Good evening. I'm John Yang. |
0:59.9 | We're following two big stories tonight. |
1:03.9 | In the Middle East, it's been another day of deadly attacks between Israel and Iran. |
1:12.2 | But we begin in Minnesota, where a person posing as a police officer killed a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband in what the governor called an act of targeted political violence. Former House Speaker Representative Melissa |
1:17.6 | Hortman and her husband were fatally shot early this morning in their home. The gunman also |
1:22.1 | wounded state Senator John Hoffman and his wife in their home. Both are expected to survive. |
1:28.2 | Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz called on Americans to stand up against political violence. |
1:33.4 | Peaceful discourse is the foundation of our democracy. |
1:38.5 | We don't settle our differences with violence or at gunpoint. |
1:43.1 | Police are hunting for the gunman who's described as a 57-year-old man. |
1:47.6 | Police said they found in his vehicle a manifesto and a list of lawmakers' names, |
1:52.4 | including the two who were shot. |
1:54.5 | And the risk of political violence extends beyond Minnesota. |
1:57.6 | In Texas, police warned lawmakers not to attend rallies at the state Capitol today |
2:02.1 | after receiving credible threats against legislators. Minnesota State Representative Lee Finkie |
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