Episode 9

Crews in Southern California are busy trying to clean up from the powerful atmospheric river that created mud flows and shut down the Pacific Coast Highway. Andrew Kozac has the forecast and Elise Preston reports on conditions. Vice President JD Vance stunned European leaders in Munich this week with a speech in which he painted a picture of European politics infected by media censorship and political correctness. Elizabeth Palmer has more. Hamas released three more hostages in an exchange that almost never happened as part of a ceasefire that nearly collapsed. One of the hostages, an American-Israeli citizen, learned the name of his daughter for the first time. Chris Livesay reports. President Trump pushed hard to revamp the federal workforce, including controversial layoffs. Willie James Inman reports on some of the other changes Mr. Trump is focusing on, like paper straws, pennies and the keys to a new Air Force One. The Department of Justice submitted an official request to dismiss New York City Mayor Eric Adams' federal corruption case. Adams is trying to reassure New Yorkers that he is solely beholden to them, saying he never offered to trade on his authority as mayor for an end to his case. Ali Bauman reports. The world's top male tennis player has been banned for three months after failing two drug tests. Jannik Sinner won the Australian Open last month. He claims the banned steroid must have entered his system during a massage from his trainer who was using it to treat a finger cut.