NPR News: 09-03-2025 7PM EDT
NPR News Now
NPR
4.2 • 14.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 5 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NPR Privacy Policy
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This message comes from Click Here. Erased is a four-part investigation into how China is wiping Uyghur culture from existence. |
| 0:08.0 | Erased uncovers an authoritarian regime's campaign to delete a culture. Listen to Click Here wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:16.3 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump is challenging a federal court ruling that found his use of the National Guard and Marines in the Los Angeles area was illegal. |
| 0:30.7 | Laura Fitzgerald of Cap Radio reports, the troops were sent to protect federal property amid protests over immigration rates. |
| 0:38.6 | California Governor Gavin Newsom had sued the Trump administration for deploying the National |
| 0:42.8 | Guard to Los Angeles this summer. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer heard the case over a three-day |
| 0:48.5 | bench trial in August and ruled on Tuesday that the deployment was illegal. He said the troops |
| 0:54.0 | broke the law, |
| 0:54.9 | prohibiting the military from engaging in domestic law enforcement by setting security |
| 0:59.0 | perimeters and traffic blockades. The ruling was stayed until September 12th, |
| 1:03.7 | allowing the Trump administration time to appeal. Now that it has, the case heads to the |
| 1:08.3 | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. For NPR News, I'm Laura Fitzgerald |
| 1:11.8 | in Sacramento. A bipartisan bill that would require the Justice Department to release files |
| 1:17.3 | related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is gaining traction in the House, but still needs |
| 1:23.3 | more support. MPRs Claudia Grisales reports more than two dozen women connected to the case, |
| 1:29.2 | spoke at the U.S. Capitol today, urging lawmakers to pass the measure. More than a dozen survivors |
| 1:35.2 | told hundreds of rally goers the U.S. House needs to approve a bill led by Kentucky Republican |
| 1:40.8 | Thomas Massey and California Democrat Rokana to release the Epstein files. |
| 1:46.7 | Marina Lasserta identified in Epstein's 2019 indictment as minor victim one, spoke publicly for the first time. |
| 1:54.8 | We are here. We want this bill to pass. It is very important. Okay. And we need transparency. We are tired of looking at the news and seeing Jeffrey Epstein's name and saying that this is a hoax. |
| 2:04.1 | We are tired of it. |
| 2:06.0 | House Republicans will vote to support an oversight committee probe into the Epstein case. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

