[CRAIG NIGRELLI]
A TICKING CLOCK ON IRAN
PRESIDENT TRUMP SETS A DEADLINE FOR A POSSIBLE U.S. MILITARY STRIKE.
WHY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING.
PLUS POWER PLAY IN CALIFORNIA.
A COURT SAYS TRUMP WAS WITHIN HIS RIGHTS TO TAKE OVER THE NATIONAL GUARD.
WHAT THAT MEANS… AND WHY IT’S NOT THE END OF THE FIGHT.
AND ICE ON DECK AT DODGER STADIUM.
AGENTS SPOTTED.
… FANS CONFUSED.
AND THE TEAM’S RESPONSE MIGHT HAVE MADE THINGS WORSE.
L3: PRESIDENT TO DECIDE WHETHER U.S. WILL DIRECTLY ATTACK IRAN WITHIN TWO WEEKS
Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary
“I have a message directly from the President, and I quote, based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.”
YOU HEARD IT THERE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE — WE NOW HAVE A TIMELINE OF **WHEN** PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL DECIDE WHETHER THE U-S WILL JOIN ISRAEL IN A POTENTIAL STRIKE TO DESTROY IRAN’S NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES… TWO WEEKS.
AT THE HEART OF THE DECISION… IRAN’S FORDO URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY.
IT’S BURIED DEEP UNDER A MOUNTAIN, HEAVILY FORTIFIED, AND BELIEVED TO BE OUT OF REACH **FOR ALL** BUT AMERICA’S MOST POWERFUL BUNKER-BUSTER BOMBS. THE WHITE HOUSE NOW SAYING IRAN **HAS NEVER BEEN CLOSER** TO HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU RESPONDED TO TRUMP’S ANNOUNCEMENT, HEAPING PRAISE ON HIM
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
“President Trump will do what’s best for America. I trust his judgment. He’s a tremendous friend, a tremendous world leader, a tremendous friend of Israel and the Jewish people. And we will do what we have to do, and we are doing it. We are committed to destroying the nuclear threat, the threat of a nuclear annihilation against Israel. BUTT TO: 1:30 But I have to say that the partnership with the United States, the partnership with President Trump, with whom I speak to almost every day, is incredible.”
ALL THIS COMES AFTER A DEADLY ESCALATION THURSDAY… WHEN IRAN LAUNCHED MISSILES THAT HIT A HOSPITAL IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL AND DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS NEAR TEL AVIV.
AT LEAST 240 PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED.
IN RESPONSE, ISRAEL’S DEFENSE MINISTER ISSUED A CHILLING WARNING… SAYING IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER -QUOTE- “ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO EXIST”
L3 APPEALS COURT SIDES WITH TRUMP IN NATIONAL GUARD DISPUTE
A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IS SIDING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP… AT LEAST FOR NOW… IN HIS LEGAL TUG-OF-WAR WITH CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM OVER CONTROL OF THE STATE’S NATIONAL GUARD
IN A UNANIMOUS DECISION LAST NIGHT, THE NINTH CIRCUIT RULED TRUMP CAN KEEP COMMAND OF GUARD TROOPS ** DEPLOYED IN LOS ANGELES** REJECTING NEWSOM’S CLAIM THAT THE MOVE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND FUELED TENSIONS.
TRUMP FEDERALIZED THE GUARD AFTER PROTESTS OVER ICE TACTICS TURNED CHAOTIC, CITING THREATS TO FEDERAL PROPERTY AND OFFICERS.
A LOWER COURT SAID THAT WASN’T ENOUGH.. BUT THE APPEALS PANEL, MADE UP OF TWO TRUMP-APPOINTED JUDGES AND ONE BIDEN-APPOINTED JUDGE, DISAGREED… SAYING THE PRESIDENT HAS BROAD AUTHORITY TO ACT WHEN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS AT RISK.
IT’S A TEMPORARY WIN FOR DONALD TRUMP…
THE FIGHT CONTINUES TODAY IN DISTRICT COURT.
L3: LOS ANGELES DODGERS CLAIM TO HAVE BLOCKED FEDERAL AGENTS FROM ENTERING STADIUM
MEANWHILE, PROTESTS AGAINST ICE PROTESTS CONTINUED IN LOS ANGELES THURSDAY, WITH DEMONSTRATORS BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE TO DODGER STADIUM.
DOZENS OF FEDERAL AGENTS WERE SPOTTED NEAR THE STADIUM — AND THE TEAM CLAIMED IT PREVENTED ICE AGENTS FROM ENTERING…
BUT ICE CALLED THAT CLAIM FALSE IN A POST ON X…
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BACKED THAT UP.
SAYING “THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DODGERS.
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION VEHICLES WERE IN THE STADIUM PARKING LOT VERY BRIEFLY, UNRELATED TO ANY OPERATION OR ENFORCEMENT.”
HOWEVER, D-H-S DID NOT SAY *WHY* C-B-P AGENTS WERE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
L3 BIDEN MARKS JUNETEENTH AT HISTORIC TEXAS CHURCH
FORMER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MARKED JUNETEENTH IN GALVESTON, TEXAS — THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE HOLIDAY — WITH A FIERY MESSAGE ABOUT HISTORY, UNITY, AND UNFINISHED WORK
… AND WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A NOT-SO-SUBTLE JAB AT HIS PREDECESSOR.
SPEAKING AT THE HISTORIC REED CHAPEL A-M-E CHURCH — ONE OF THE SITES WERE ENSLAVED TEXANS FIRST LEARNED THEY WERE FREE — BIDEN WARNED OF WHAT HE CALLED “ONGOING EFFORTS TO ERASE HISTORY” IN A STATEMENT THAT LANDED WITH WEIGHT… ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE POLITICAL BACKDROP.
“Still today, some say to me and you that this doesn’t deserve to be a federal holiday. They don’t want to remember…the moral stain of slavery. i’ve often called it America’s original sin.” butt to: at :56 in: “Folks we have to remember who we are, we’re the United States of America for god’s sake.”
THAT MESSAGE COMING AS PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED *THIS* ON TRUTH SOCIAL LAST NIGHT:
“Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed … It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
THE CONTRAST COULDN’T BE CLEARER.
BIDEN — WHO SIGNED JUNETEENTH INTO LAW AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN 2021 — CALLED IT A DAY TO REFLECT, TO UNITE, AND TO KEEP PUSHING AMERICA FORWARD.
L3 ERICK HITS AS CATEGORY 3, NOW DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM
HURRICANE ERICK SLAMMED MEXICO’S PACIFIC COAST THURSDAY AS A POWERFUL CATEGORY 3 STROM… WITH WINDS TOPPING 125 MILES AN HOUR.
HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS POUNDED THE COASTLINE, HITTING TOURIST HOT-SPOTS LIKE ACAPULCO AND PUERTO ESCONDIDO.
OFFICIALS REPORTED DOWNED TREES AND POWER POLES, ALONG WITH LANDSLIDES IN SOME AREAS.
ERICK IS EXPECTED TO DUMP UP TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN IN PARTS OF MEXICO BY THE END OF THE DAY … RAISING THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.
THE GOOD NEWS: THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS NOW DOWNGRADED ERICK TO A TROPICAL STORM AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND.
AND HOW ABOUT THIS? OVER IN THE ATLANTIC, NOTHING IS BREWING RIGHT NOW.
FOR FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEAST, IT’S NEARING LATE JUNE … AND SO FAR, SO QUIET THIS HURRICANE SEASON.
L3: PACERS RALLY AGAINST THUNDER TO FORCE FIRST FINALS GAME 7 IN NEARLY A DECADE
FINALLY — ITS WINNER TAKE ALL IN THE NBA FINALS COME SUNDAY
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A DECADE — THE NBA FINALS ARE GOING THE DISTANCE… THERE WILL BE A GAME 7
THE INDIANA PACERS CAME ALIVE IN GAME 6 LAST NIGHT — BEATING THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — 108 TO 91 AND TYING THE SERIES AT 3 GAMES APIECE.
IT WAS PRETTY MUCH AN UPSET. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THE THUNDER WOULD WIN THE TITLE LAST NIGHT
HEADING INTO GAME 6 — IT WAS N’T CLEAR IF PACERS STAR POINT GUARD, TYRESE HALIBURTON, WOULD EVEN PLAY AFTER STRAINING HIS CALF IN GAME 5…
HE DID PLAY AND THAT GAVE THE PACERS A BOOST. HALIBURTON SCORED 14 POINTS AND HAD FIVE ASSISTS AND TWO STEALS.
THE PACERS ACTUALLY MISSED THEIR FIRST EIGHT SHOTS AND QUICKLY FELL BEHIND 10 TO 2.
BUT THEY MANAGED TO FLIP THE GAME WITH A SURGE, SPANNING THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTERS. THEY LED BY 30 AFTER THE THIRD QUARTER.
THURSDAY MARKED THE PACERS’ FIRST DOUBLE-DIGIT WIN OF THE SERIES — AND THE THUNDER’S SECOND-LARGEST DEFICIT OF THE SEASON.
GAME 7 TIPS OFF THIS SUNDAY 7 P-M **CENTRAL** TIME.
THESE ARE YOUR UNBIASED UPDATES FOR THIS FRIDAY.
WE’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MONDAY.
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS — I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!