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Terrorism and tweets, hate speech, and murder.

Hello again, I'm Mormon Alney, and this is To the Point.

Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism,

and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive.

Enough is enough.

Today, President Trump has tweeted another attack

on the mayor of London,

and there's criticism of the American news media

for alarmist reporting.

What's at stake for Britain's political stability and the future of the special relationship?

In the second half of our program, a double murder in Portland, Oregon, has revealed the ugly

past of a supposedly progressive city.

One immediate question is hate speech protected by the First Amendment. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren, Ollie, back with To The Point. The latest deadly terror attack has rocked Britain just days before Prime Minister Theresa May and her party face the voters.

President Trump's tweets and U.S. reporting have riled British public opinion over what's at stake.

Later on the program, a double murder has led to dispute about hate speech in Portland, Oregon,

and raised questions about the First Amendment.

First is news update.

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