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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Biden says the cost of rebuilding from Hurricane Milton alone could be $50 billion. And here's Mara Liason has more.
President Biden gave his daily hurricane update to reporters, saying that more than 3 million people lost power because of Hurricane Milton. but he said 50,000 power line workers from 43 states and Canada had come to Florida to help restore the lines.
He said he'd spoken to 50 to 75 officials from North Carolina to Georgia, including mayors and county executives, about the damage from Milton and Hurricane Helene. He said he'll be asking Congress for a lot of reconstruction funding, but he doesn't know exactly how much.
And he repeated his promise to the hurricane victims that the government will do everything it can to help them pick up the pieces and get back to where they were. Mara Liason, NPR News.
The U.S. is imposing more sanctions on Iran's energy sector to protest Iran's missile attack on Israel earlier this month. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports the U.S. is trying to persuade Israel not to hit Iranian energy sites in response.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. has made clear there would be consequences for what he calls Iran's unprecedented October 1st attack on Israel. And so, he says, the U.S. is expanding sanctions on Iran's petroleum and petrochemical sector, adding 16 entities and 17 vessels to a U.S. blacklist. They include companies based in China and India.
The sanctions come as Israel vows to retaliate for the missile attack from Iran. The U.S. has been encouraging Israel not to strike nuclear or energy sites or do anything that would provoke a further response from Iran. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
TikTok is defending itself after confidential court records about the company were revealed by NPR and Kentucky Public Radio. NPR's Bobbi Allen reports the material shows how TikTok executives and staff discussed the app's negative effect on young people.
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