Trump At The Superbowl, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Turmoil, Air Aid To Gaza

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🗓️ 10 February 2025

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In a pre-Superbowl interview on Fox News, President Trump talked about his plans for the Department of Education and Gaza, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been targeted for closure, and details from an NPR reporter's flight into Gaza with one of Jordan's humanitarian flights into the territory.

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0:00.0	The Eagles dominated Kansas City to win Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans.
0:07.5	President Trump was in the audience and did a wide-ranging interview that aired during the pregame show.
0:11.7	What did he say about his plans for tariffs, Gaza, and other issues?
0:14.9	I'm Michelle Martin. That's A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.9	Employees and a U.S. agency set up to protect consumers from financial fraud have been told to stop doing any work.
0:27.7	They're shutting down literally the cops on the beat.
0:30.7	What will it mean for Americans of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot function?
0:35.2	And the country of Jordan has started sending humanitarian helicopter flights into Gaza.
0:39.9	Our NPR reporter took one of the flights to get a rare look inside a territory.
0:44.3	Few foreign journalists have been allowed to see.
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