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Support for this podcast and the following message come from the NPR Wine Club, which has generated over $1.75 million to support NPR programming. Whether buying a few bottles or joining the club, you can learn more at nprwineclub.org slash podcast. Must be 21 or older to purchase. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. Donald Trump is defending his controversial remarks that he made Thursday night in an interview with Tucker Carlson. Trump harshly criticized former Republican Congresswoman

Liz Cheney saying she should have guns, quote, trained on her face. Trump's campaign is blaming media reports that interpreted his remarks to mean that Cheney should be executed. And the former president addressed the issue at an event in Michigan where he claimed Cheney was always looking to start wars. My administration, she was pushing that we go to war with everybody. And I said, if you ever gave her a rifle to let her do the fighting, if you ever do that, she wouldn't be doing too well, I will tell you right now. If you ever do the fighting, if you ever do that, she wouldn't be doing too well, I will tell you right now.

Vice President Harris and the former president were both campaigning in the Milwaukee area on Friday, but as NPR's Tamara Keith reports, Harris also went to less populated areas. The Harris campaign is trying to run up the score in big cities and college towns, but also trying to lose by less in more rural areas of this key swing state. Harris visited a raucous rally in the high school gym in the town of Little Shoot. Because you see, unlike Donald Trump, I don't believe that people who disagree with me

are the enemy. Yeah! He wants to put them in jail. I'll give them a seat at the table. Trump won this county in 2020, and there were Trump supporters waving flags and signs outside, but also a huge line of Harris supporters who couldn't get into the overstuffed gym.

Tamara Keith, NPR News, traveling with the vice president. U.S. employers added far fewer jobs in October than forecasters had expected. But as NPR's Scott Horsley reports, Friday's tally from the Labor Department was likely distorted by the ongoing strike at Boeing and hurricanes that rocked the southeast. The monthly jobs report shows U.S. employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, which is far below the pace of previous months, but the news comes with some important qualifiers. A drop in factory jobs, for example, was almost entirely accounted for by the Boeing strike,

and hurricanes Helene and Milton likely put a dent in job growth as well. The storms made landfall shortly before the jobs tally was conducted. The unemployment rate, which is less subject to those temporary distortions, showed no change in October. It remains a low 4.1 percent. Analysts do think the job market is gradually cooling. Wages are not going up as fast as they had been, although wage gains are still outpacing inflation, giving workers a real boost in their buying power. Scott Horsley in Fair News, Washington. All three stock indexes closed the trading week down fractionally. The Dow ended the week down 0.2 percent, closing at 42,052. The S&P and the NASDAQ also finished the week close down. The S&P was down 1.4 percent. This is NPR News.

Officials in Lebanon say at least 52 people died in the latest Israeli airstrikes in the northeastern part of Lebanon. The latest violence comes as the Biden administration says it is continuing to seek a temporary ceasefire before the November 5 election. In recent weeks, Israel has increased its airstrikes in Lebanon. Israel says to stop the Iranian-backed Hezbollah forces. The Biden administration announced a new round of funding to help native tribes access clean drinking water. As Alex Harper of Member Station KUNC reports,

$82 million will go to tribes in eight different states. Nearly half of all tribal homes in the U.S. do not have access to reliable clean drinking water. This money, which comes from the Inflation Reduction Act, is part of a federal effort to change that. Twenty-three projects are getting money to plan, build, and maintain pipelines and water treatment plants. Federal officials say this money will help with a goal to dedicate 40 percent of federal

climate spending to marginalized communities. The announcement comes as tribes in the Southwest are asking for a bigger say in negotiations about the future of water use in the region. Indigenous people have largely been excluded from talks about sharing water for more than a century. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Fort Collins, Colorado. The state of South Carolina Friday executed Richard Moore for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk.

His execution took place despite pleas of clemency from the trial judge and several jurors. From Washington, this is NPR News. 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 autografecollection.com.