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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman, former President Donald Trump campaigned in New York last night, again, promising to deport millions of undocumented migrants. On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program in American history to get the criminals out.

I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered, and we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail And they kick them the hell out of our country as fast as possible The FBI says its latest data show violent crime is significantly lower in the US Stanford University researchers also report that since the 1960s Immigrants have been 60% less likely to be incarcerated than people born in the U.S. Vice President Harris campaigned in Philadelphia yesterday. She released a video promising to quickly work to improve Puerto Rico's economy.

Harris's comments came as a comedian at Trump's New York rally disparaged the territory as a, quote, floating island of garbage. The Trump campaign said that comment does not reflect the views of Trump or his campaign. Gaza Civil Defense says around 830 Palestinian bodies were brought to the Kamal Adwan hospital in north Gaza. That was during the start of Israel's incursion there on October 6th until last Friday. And Piers Hadil El-Shelchi reports. The Palestinian death toll continues to rise in northern Gaza as more bodies are discovered on the streets and under the rubble, according to the Gaza civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Basalt.

Many of the bodies have been taken to the Kamal Adwan hospital, one of three hospitals in northern Gaza that have been left nearly non-functioning. Israeli troops raided the hospital last week and detained staff for hours, according to the United Nations. Israeli military said the Hamas militants were among those detained. The World Health Organization said the raid on the hospital left only two doctors to care for almost 200 patients. The UN called the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza quote catastrophic with a severe

lack of food, water and other basic needs. Hadil Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Stocks opened higher this morning as investors await news this week on the job market and economic growth. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped about 250 points in early trading. The Commerce Department reports this week on how much the U.S. economy grew in July, August and September.

We'll also learn how many jobs employers added in October. The monthly jobs report is expected to show some temporary weakness as a result of the Boeing strike and damage from hurricanes in the southeast. Quarter-pounders are going back on the menu at hundreds of McDonald's restaurants after a brief suspension of sales due to an E. coli outbreak. Slivered onions on the burgers are the suspected culprit. The fast food chain is set to report quarterly earnings tomorrow. Crude oil prices fell over the weekend after Israel's attack on Iran steered

clear of that country's oil facilities. Retail gasoline prices have dropped about four cents a gallon in the last week. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. You're listening to NPR. Supporters of the jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Nargis Mohammadi say authorities in Iran have allowed her to go to the hospital. A group that is campaigning for her freedom says Mohammadi has reported feeling sick for several weeks. She won the Nobel Peace Prize last year for her peaceful activism in Iran for human rights. Last week, Iranian authorities tacked on six more months to her prison term.

Political uncertainty has gripped the former Soviet Republic of Georgia following weekend parliamentary elections. As NPR's Charles Maynes reports from Moscow, Georgia's president now says she won't recognize election results that she claims were dictated by Russia. Georgia's president, Salome Zarabashvili, appeared with key opposition leaders to denounce official results that saw the ruling Georgia Dream Party take 54 percent of the vote as fraudulent. Zarabashvili accused

Moscow of carrying out a quote Russian special operation to rig the vote and called for mass protests in the capital Tbilisi. The election had been seen as central to putting Georgia's European Union prospects back on track after the government embraced seemingly pro-Russian policies and anti-Western rhetoric that placed Georgia's EU candidacy bid on hold. The U.S. and EU stopped short of denouncing the election results outright but called for full investigation into alleged violations. Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow. Authorities in the Philippines say the death toll from Tropical Storm Traumi has now reached more than 100

people. Unconfirmed reports say more than 150 people are dead. Many victims died in landslides triggered by torrential rain. Others perished in flooding. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News.