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News Wrap: U.S. military strikes 2nd boat Trump says was carrying drugs from Venezuela

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🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, President Trump said the U.S. military conducted a strike on a second boat he alleged was carrying drugs from Venezuela, FBI Director Kash Patel said investigators found DNA evidence near the Charlie Kirk shooting scene that matches that suspect Tyler Robinson and the U.S. said it reached a "framework" deal with China over ownership of TikTok. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Also today, President Trump says the U.S. military conducted a second strike in recent weeks on a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela to the U.S.

0:10.1

In a social media post, the president warned, quote, if you are transporting drugs that can kill Americans, we are hunting you.

0:17.5

In that same post, he included a short video that allegedly shows the strike, which he said

0:22.5

killed three, quote, male terrorists.

0:25.4

Prior to Trump's announcement, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told reporters that recent

0:29.9

incidents between the U.S. and Venezuela are, quote, aggression.

0:36.3

Today I can announce that the communications with the government of the U.S. are thrown away.

0:40.3

They are thrown away by them with their threats of bombs, death, and blackmail.

0:45.3

That's not how we operate. With threats and coercion, there will never be anything.

0:50.3

The Trump administration defended its strike earlier this month, saying it was necessary to stop the flow of drugs into the U.S.

0:57.4

But several Senate Democrats and even some Republicans expressed concerns about the incident and questioned the legality of the action.

1:06.1

President Trump today approved the deployment of the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee, he says, to combat crime.

1:13.6

Okay.

1:14.6

In the Oval Office today, Trump signed an order that made the move official.

1:20.6

He called it a, quote, replica of his efforts in Washington, D.C., where the National Guard was deployed last month.

1:26.6

Trump said members from federal agencies, like FBI and ICE would join the troops.

1:32.4

That is, despite Memphis police reporting decreases across every major crime category in the

1:37.9

first eight months of 2025 compared to recent years.

1:41.9

Turning now to the aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination last week

1:47.6

on a university campus in Utah.

1:50.1

FBI director Cash Patel told Fox News today that investigators found DNA evidence on the scene

1:56.6

that matches that of the suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson.

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