Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

As wildfires continued to burn in Canada, smoke is pouring across the border into the

U.S. creating unhealthy air conditions and blanketing East Coast cities and parts of the

Midwest with a thick, accurate haze.

The smoke from fires also prompting evacuations in Canada and calls for help.

The U.S. ascending 650 firefighters helped extinguish the massive wildfires, which, according

to State Department Deputy spokesman Vidant Patel, are posing in an unprecedented threat.

The U.S. is supporting Canada as it faces extreme wildfires, which, based on our assessments,

is a contract to be one of the largest natural disasters in Canadian history.

The smoke has triggered unhealthy air alerts in major cities, including New York.

It's also causing flight delays at some major U.S. airports.

Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has testified before Grand Jury,

saying the handling of classified documents once Trump left office and alleged obstruction

of justice as the government probes the matter, that's according to a source with direct

knowledge.

Though the substance of Meadows' testimony today was unclear, the apparent ramped up pacing

of witness testimony could signal, special counsel Jack Smith's probe is nearing a conclusion.

A man accused in the plot to kid that Michigan governor's plays pleaded guilty to providing

material support for an act of terrorism, Michael Livingston from Interlock in Public Radio

was more.

Donald Sean Fix was one of five men accused of trying to kidnap governor Gretchen Whitmer

in 2020.

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