6.11.26 Bill Pulte’s leadership and FISA, rescuing exploited children, preparing children for online temptations, and fighting Ebola
6/11/202635 min
Surveillance and Bill Pulte’s leadership, rescuing exploited children, helping children avoid online temptations, and fighting Ebola. Plus, Daniel Suhr on Cleveland Clinic’s decision, stuck in concrete, and the Thursday morning news
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First 90 secondsMyrna Brown· Host0:00
World's June giving drive continues. Listener support helps make our journalism possible. WNG.org/donate. [upbeat music] Good morning. A key surveillance tool faces obstacles in Congress as President Trump looks for a new spy chief.
Speaker 20:21
There's a big game of chicken going on on Capitol Hill, and we'll, you know, see how it plays out.
Mary Reichard· Host0:26
And a new law puts more investigators on the hunt for child predators online. Also, a doctor fighting Ebola in the Congo.
Mark Mellinger0:34
We just surrender it to the Lord.
Mary Reichard· Host0:36
And World commentator Daniel Sur on another new sign that the gender transition wave is subsiding.
Myrna Brown· Host0:43
[upbeat music] It's Thursday, June 11th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported World Radio. I'm Myrna Brown.
Mary Reichard· Host0:58
And I'm Mary Reichard. Good morning.
Myrna Brown· Host1:00
Up next, Mark Mellinger with today's news.
Mark Mellinger1:05
The U.S. launched another round of airstrikes against multiple targets in Iran Wednesday. U.S. Central Command says the strikes were defensive and being carried out, quote, "in response to Iran's unwarranted and continued aggression." Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth says the end goal is to get Iran's leadership serious about negotiating an end to the war.