Not Easy Being Green: Crackdowns at Reflecting Pool
6/22/202628 min
Facing algae-tinted waters and cost overruns, President Trump blames unnamed saboteurs for ruining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz as talks in Switzerland turn tense. And the killing of a dog by police results in grief and anger in Los Angeles.
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Brad Mielke· Host0:29
It's Monday, June 22nd, and it's not just the Reflecting Pool that's heating up. We start here. As a facelift becomes a fiasco, the Trump administration is blaming unnamed saboteurs.
Selina Wang0:44
He is now blaming, without evidence, that vandalism has caused the issues.
Brad Mielke· Host0:49
There have even been arrests this weekend. So what is in the water in Washington? Iran had one job under this ceasefire, keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
Tom Soufi Burridge0:57
What we got yesterday at one point was, via two sources in Iranian state media, was a sense that the Iranians were walking out of the talks.
Brad Mielke· Host1:04
But peace talks in Switzerland are already contentious. The neighbor called to check on the noise. Moments later, gunshots rang out.
Alex Stone1:12
The LAPD says the dog charged the officer. Others say it, it was excited and, and it came running out.
Brad Mielke· Host1:18
Why a dead dog has Los Angeles up in arms. From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Brad Mielke.