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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. As tomorrow's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin draws near, President Trump is continuing to talk about a possible second meeting that would include Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky. NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben reports. Speaking on Fox Radio's Brian Kilmead show, Trump said he has started thinking about the logistics of a second meeting. Depending on what happens with my meeting,

I'm going to be calling up President Zelensky, and let's get him over to wherever we're going to meet. I don't know where we're going to have the second meeting, but we have an idea of three different locations. Trump added that he's considering Alaska where he's meeting Putin. However, when pressed by Kilmeet about whether he had told Zelensky to be prepared to travel, Trump responded that he would call Zelensky only if the Putin meeting goes well. Trump did not specify what he would be offering or threatening Putin with in tomorrow's meeting. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News, the White House. House. Some unhoused individuals in Washington, D.C. are beginning to gather their belongings ahead of

Trump-ordered dismantlements of their encampments. Earlier this week, the president said homeless people will be moved far from the city. Amber Harding, the executive director of the Washington Legal Clinic for the homeless, says she believes federal law enforcement will begin systematically rounding up and arresting people who've been living on the street. If I say you have to go to shelter or, you know, some sort of involuntary treatment, even though you don't qualify, for involuntary commitment. And you say no, there's nothing in the law that says I get to arrest you. That is not something that exists in our law. President Trump says he initiated federal takeover of local law enforcement and the dismantlement of encampments to address rising crime in the city. That is contrary

to data showing two years of declines in violent crime. As artificial intelligence begins to take over entry-level programming jobs. The once-reliable pipeline from a computer science degree to a well-paying tech job is starting to erode. And Piers Windsor Johnson reports on how automation is reshaping opportunities and expectations for a new generation of coders. The promise used to be simple. Learn to code, get a six-figure job. But for many computer science grads, that's not always a guarantee. Robert Siemens is a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. He says shying away from artificial intelligence is a mistake. Don't ignore this new technology. Don't ignore the large language models. Instead, work with

them. Lean into the technology. Try to be creative in terms of how you use it. Experiment with it. Be creative. Experts say the trend may be permanent, and it's forcing students and universities to rethink what it means to be job-ready in an AI-saturated industry. Windsor Johnston NPR News. You're listening to NPR News. Officials in Judo, Alaska, are crediting a levy install by the city for minimizing the damage done by this week's flooding. Hundreds of homes were damaged by floodwaters in 2024 before the barrier went up. Alex Solomon with member station KT.O. has the story.

Locke and Melissa Brown are pumping water out of the crawl space of their home. The Menon Hall River hit a record-breaking crest of more than 16.5 feet, but the Browns say their home fared better than it did when it flooded the past two years. That's because of the city's new levy, which is made of steel baskets filled with sand, stacked between their house and the river. If they weren't here, it would have been catastrophic for us. Without the barrier, city officials say hundreds of homes would have been damaged. For NPR News, I'm Alex Solomon in Juneau. The United States is charging members of a major drug cartel in Mexico with federal crimes in a case that stems back to a 2019 car accident in a small town outside Knoxville, Tennessee. According to a court filing, two drug dealers were involved.

Their capture touched off a broad investigation leading to U.S. charges and multi-million dollar reward offers for the arrest of three leaders in a senior, rather senior. senior enforcers, multiple senior enforcers in Mexico, of the United cartels. The Dow is down 150 points at 44,773. The SMP is down 5. Nazak's down a fraction. It's NPR News.