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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump threatening to send even more troops into U.S. cities. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports that Trump says some cities need more than the National Guard. President Trump continues to argue that U.S. troops are needed to fight crime and illegal immigration. Speaking to U.S. troops in Japan, Trump said American cities are in trouble. And we're sending in our National Guard, and if we need more than the National Guard, we'll send more than the National Guard, because we're going to have safe cities. We're not going to have people killed in our cities.

And whether people like that or not, that's what we're doing. It's not clear what troops he has in mind. the president has deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Memphis, Tennessee, Chicago, and Portland, Oregon. But he continues to face pushback from Democratic mayors and governors, some of whom have filed lawsuits against the administration. Franco, Ordonez. NPR News. A federal judge in Chicago says she does not want to see any children tear gassed on Halloween. The judge today ordered a top border patrol official to meet with her, for a status report on the use of force. The order came after weeks of confrontations between

immigration agents and the public in the Chicago area. Air traffic controllers at airports around the country sounding the alarm about the impacts of the federal government shutdown and it's having on their profession. In Atlanta, controllers handed out leaflets passengers at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport asking them to call their senators to urge them to reopen the government. Georgia Public Broadcasting Sarah Callis reports. controllers have now received their first $0 paycheck. Maximilian Crawford, who works in Atlanta, says controllers like him work hard to keep air travel safe, but the shutdown is always on their minds.

Air traffic controllers then start to shut down. We're not responsible for ending it. We're just kind of stuck in the middle of it, and we just won't have a paycheck. The shutdown comes as air traffic control staffing is near a 30-year low. The union representing controllers says this means they are often working. with even fewer staff. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Callis at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.

Hurricane Melissa is emerging off of western Jamaica after slamming into the island today as a powerful Category 5 storm. Melissa made Lampal as Jamaica's strongest hurricane on record. NPR's Ader Peralta is keeping track of the storm. The National Hurricane Center says we should expect catastrophic damage in Jamaica. I mean, you know, these winds are just incredible.

incredibly strong. The only sort of good news that we have is that it will glance Kingston, Jamaica, which is the biggest city in the country. But, you know, the whole western part of Jamaica is going to be in the eye of this storm, and we should expect just massive amount of damage. This is NPR News. Israeli warplane struck Gaza today after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyo ordered the military to carry out what he called powerful attacks. An Israeli military official told NPR that Netanyahu ordered the strikes after Hamas carried out an attack against Israeli soldiers in an area under Israeli control. Israel is also accusing Hamas of slow walking the handover remains of Israeli hostages. The ceasefire began on October 10th, each side, as accused the other violations.

At least 64 people, including four police officers, have been killed during a massive police raid against gangs and Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian authorities moved into the outskirts of the tourist city and the deadliest police operation ever in Rio. Here's MPR's Kerry Kahn reporting. The governor of Rio State, Claudio Castro, says the city is fighting a war after gun battles broke out between heavily armed officers and members of the Red Command drug gang. Heavy gunfire and fires engulfed the hillside favelas of northern Rio home to some 300,000 people. Officials say the gang used weaponized drones to drop bombs. on officers. More than 2,500 civilian police and military officers were involved in the operation to halt the spread of the drug and extortion gangs as authorities. Large-scale police

operations in Rio Svavelas are not new, but the size and the death toll hit a record high. Local activists and opposition politicians called the operation a state-sponsored massacre. Kerry Kahn, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro. And I'm Jail Snyder. This is NPR News. Report per NPR and the following message come from the Kauffman Foundation, providing access to opportunities that help people achieve financial stability, upward mobility, and economic prosperity, regardless of race, gender or geography. Coffman.org