News Wrap: Trump administration revokes security clearances of current, former officials
PBS News Hour - Segments
PBS NewsHour
4.1 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | In the day's other headlines, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says that at President Trump's direction, she has revoked the security clearances of 37 current and former government officials. |
| 0:12.0 | They include some who worked on a review of possible Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. |
| 0:18.6 | In a memo, Gabbard accused the staffers of, quote, politicization or weaponization |
| 0:23.3 | of intelligence for partisan purposes. The Trump administration has launched a sweeping effort in |
| 0:28.8 | recent weeks to cast doubt on the intelligence community's findings that Russia interfered in 2016 |
| 0:34.9 | in order to benefit then candidate Trump. |
| 0:38.7 | Hurricane Aaron is churning off the coast of Florida as a category two storm as it slowly |
| 0:44.2 | makes its way up the Atlantic coastline. The massive storm is due to stay offshore, but it's |
| 0:49.7 | expected to produce life-threatening surf and rip currents from Florida all the way to Canada in the coming days. |
| 0:56.0 | Along much of North Carolina's outer banks, there are tropical storm and storm surge warnings, |
| 1:02.0 | and in some areas, authorities have ordered evacuations at the height of tourist season. |
| 1:06.0 | Local officials are warning of rough surf and large waves that could reach 10 feet, which would make roads impassable. |
| 1:13.6 | We encourage the local folks to leave as well because we're not going to be able to provide services. |
| 1:17.6 | If you have a heart attack, a medical event, house catches on fire, whatever, we can't get to you. |
| 1:23.6 | And so it's real important that people sort of heed the message. |
| 1:26.6 | This is going to be several days where we're not going to have the ability to move around in the villages. |
| 1:32.8 | The biggest ocean swells along the East Coast are expected tomorrow and into Thursday. |
| 1:38.1 | Already, officials in North Carolina say at least 60 people had to be rescued from Rip Currants near Wilmington. |
| 1:44.8 | For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is offering vaccine guidance |
| 1:50.7 | that differs from official U.S. recommendations. |
| 1:54.2 | In guidance issue today, the AAP is, quote, strongly recommending COVID-19 shots for kids age six months to two years. |
| 2:02.8 | Vaccines are also advised for older children at their parents' discretion. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from PBS NewsHour, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of PBS NewsHour and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

