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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. After a weather delay caused by a major storm front, President Trump delivered his Independence Day address on the National Mall Saturday night. As NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports, the speech comes after Trump spoke at Mount Rushmore Friday night, where he warned of the threats of communism.

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Trump spoke for roughly forty minutes on the National Mall, where crowds had been evacuated hours before due to weather conditions. Trump's remarks wove through American history as he welcomed veterans to the stage and praised the US military.

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We are made the courage and the fire and the flesh and the blood of the best and the bravest people this world has ever produced. We are the bravest and the best.

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He also mentioned other significant people in history, including Davy Crockett and the Wright brothers. And he brought the crew of the Artemis II mission on stage, saying that America has gone to the moon and would next go to Mars. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, Washington.

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Large crowds gathered in Tehran Saturday for the start of what will be six days of mourning for former leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The supreme leader was eighty-six years old. He and four of his family members were killed in February