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On the Embedded Podcast, every Marine takes an oath to protect the Constitution. Against all enemies, foreign and domestic. This is the story of a Marine in the Capitol on January 6. Did he break his oath? And what does that mean for all of us? Listen to A Good Guy on the Embedded Podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Vice President Harris is campaigning out West today as is former President Donald Trump. Both have stops in Arizona and Nevada while Trump is also going to New Mexico.

NPR's Tamara Keith reports Harris is trying to drive a contrast with Trump. At a rally last night, Trump said he's going to protect the women of this country. I'm going to do it whether the women like it or not. I'm going to protect them. Harris took notice. He does not prioritize the freedom of women and the intelligence of women to make decisions about their own lives and bodies. This race is shaping up to have a potentially historic gender gap with a significant share of women supporting Harris while Trump appears to be performing better with men. Tamara Keith, NPR News, traveling with the vice president.

A House subcommittee investigating the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic is urging the Justice Department to launch a criminal probe of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. NPR's Brian Mann reports the Republican-led panel alleges Cuomo, a Democrat, lied in testimony. Cuomo has long faced criticism for his handling of nursing home residents hit hard by COVID-19. Republican members of the House select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic say the former governor made criminally false statements during an interview about his role with the panel back in June.

They urged the DOJ to consider criminal charges. Cuomo denies any wrongdoing. His attorneys filed their own complaint with the DOJ, claiming the House panel's work is biased. This Republican effort to bring charges against Cuomo comes as former President Donald Trump is promising to use the DOJ to prosecute political opponents if he wins next week's election. Brian Mann, NPR News. U.S. Special Envoy Amos Hochstein and Middle East Envoy Brett McGurk are both back in Israel today

for talks about ending Israel's war in Lebanon against Hezbollah. NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports from Tel Aviv. Hochstein and McGurk met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss possibilities for a ceasefire in Lebanon. Netanyahu stressed that Israel's main concern remains returning citizens to their homes in the north, which means ensuring that Hezbollah has been pushed back from Israel's northern border. Tens of thousands of Israelis have been displaced for more than a year due to the frequent

exchange of fire between Israel and Hezbollah. The war between Israel and Hezbollah has become increasingly deadly. Today in northern Israel, seven people, four of them foreign workers, were killed in two separate Hezbollah strikes. Meanwhile in Lebanon, 30 people were killed by Israeli strikes just yesterday. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv. For parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, trick-or-treaters definitely do not have to worry about wearing their winter coats over their costumes tonight. Above normal temperatures mean this year's ghouls, ghosts, and goblins can hit the street

without any extra layers. The mercury forecast hit 78 degrees in New York, 76 degrees in Boston, 70 in Caribou, Maine, and even 80 in Washington, D.C. today. On Wall Street, stocks closed sharply lower today. This is NPR. The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champs again, beating the New York Yankees last night in New York, 7-6. LA clinched the series, four games to one, taking their eighth World Series title.

But it's the first time for Dodgers star player Shohei Otani, who is from Japan. NPR's Rebecca Rosman has been following the celebrations in Tokyo. The screams at the Hub Pub in northern Tokyo could be heard outside the door, with fans showing a special excitement for their national hero Shohay Otani. McNeil Ledesma is a Californian here on vacation. Finally, Otani has a championship, so I feel like this is a really big deal, and it's a blessing to be out here to celebrate with all the people from Japan. The excitement here follows more than three hours of tense, heart-stopping concentration

on what was a tight game. The Yankees led 5-0 in the third inning, but the Dodgers turned it around by the fifth, clinching the title after winning Game 5-7-6. Rebecca Rossman, NPR News, Tokyo. A representative from a moving company along with lawyers are expected to be given access to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan apartment after he failed to meet a deadline to turn belongings over to two former Georgia election workers. The pair won a $148 million defamation lawsuit against Giuliani, who falsely accused the two of cheating during the vote count in the 2020 election.

Giuliani had his bankruptcy case dismissed in July, opening his assets up for seizure. A federal judge last week ordered him to surrender those assets. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.