NPR News: 09-07-2025 3PM EDT
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump is dismissing allegations |
| 0:07.3 | that he plans to bring war to Chicago. Trump told reporters today that he's only interested in |
| 0:14.0 | protecting the residents of the city. We're not going to war. We're going to clean up our city. |
| 0:18.9 | We're going to clean them up so they don't kill five people |
| 0:21.3 | every weekend. That's not war. That's common sense. Trump on Saturday posted an AI-generated image |
| 0:27.5 | of himself towering above Chicago surrounded by helicopters and flames. He also wrote that Chicago will |
| 0:34.7 | quote, find out why it's called the Department of War as the city |
| 0:38.6 | braces for an immigration crackdown. City and state officials in Illinois have pushed back |
| 0:44.2 | against the threats vowing to take legal action. South Korea says it's reached an agreement for the |
| 0:51.6 | release of workers who were detained in Georgia last week. |
| 0:55.6 | They were targeted during an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant. |
| 1:00.2 | NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports the South Korean government is expressing concern and regret over how |
| 1:07.2 | the arrests were handled. |
| 1:09.6 | South Korea's Yon Hap News Agency quotes presidential chief of staff Kanghoun-shek is saying that |
| 1:14.8 | officials have concluded negotiations for the release of the detained workers, and once |
| 1:19.4 | administrative procedures are complete, a chartered plane will head to Georgia to bring the workers |
| 1:23.9 | home. |
| 1:25.0 | Authorities rated the plant on Thursday and arrested more than 450 workers, |
| 1:29.3 | including more than 300 South Korea nationals, for alleged immigration violations. The plant is run |
| 1:35.5 | by South Korea's Hyundai and LG companies. It's an example of the kind of high-tech factories |
| 1:40.8 | both the Biden and Trump administrations have tried to attract to the U.S. |
| 1:45.3 | Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Seoul. |
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