News Wrap: West Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio deploying National Guard troops to DC
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🗓️ 17 August 2025
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| 0:00.0 | In the day's other headlines, more than 700 additional members of the National Guard are to be deployed to Washington, D.C. in the coming days. |
| 0:08.8 | The governors of West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio, all Republicans, say they're acting to aid the Trump administration's efforts to take over law enforcement in Washington in the name of cracking down on crime and homelessness. |
| 0:21.8 | Over the weekend, critics took to the streets to express their anger over what the administration is doing. |
| 0:27.3 | According to the latest Justice Department figures, in 2024, violent crime in the city hit a 30-year low. |
| 0:34.7 | Thousands of Israelis joined a nationwide strike today to demand the ends of the war in |
| 0:39.7 | Gaza and the return of the hostages. Demonstrators blocked the major highway between Tel Aviv and |
| 0:45.4 | Jerusalem, while carrying photos of some of the 50 hostages, Israel says, are still being held by Hamas. |
| 0:51.8 | Only 20 are believed to be still alive. |
| 0:58.6 | They criticized the government's decision to escalate military operations and called on officials to negotiate a ceasefire. |
| 1:01.5 | In Gaza City, Palestinians tried to figure out where to go as the IDF prepares to take |
| 1:06.5 | control of the city. |
| 1:07.9 | The Israeli military says it will provide tents for those who leave, but Hamas said |
| 1:12.2 | the plan will only lead to genocide and displacement. Striking Air Canada flight attendants are |
| 1:18.1 | defying a government back-to-work order, keeping the airline grounded for at least one more day. |
| 1:23.6 | The union representing 10,000 flight attendants said the order was unconstitutional, |
| 1:28.6 | and that its members won't go back to work because the airline has refused to negotiate. |
| 1:33.2 | On Saturday, Canada's jobs minister ordered the attendants to resume working |
| 1:37.0 | and sent their contract dispute with the airline to binding arbitration. |
| 1:41.5 | Air Canada said it now expects to resume flights Monday evening. Still to come |
| 1:46.3 | on PBS News Weekend, why can't Americans sleep? We look at how insomnia has become a public |
| 1:52.7 | health emergency and the environmental consequences of big tech's push to ease regulations on AI. |
| 2:03.1 | This is PBS News Weekend from the David M. Rubenstein studio at WETA in Washington, |
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