Friday morning news: August 26, 2022

Trump affidavit » A federal judge has ordered the Justice Dept. to release a redacted version of the affidavit the FBI used to get a search warrant for Donald Trump’s home.

But national security attorney Mark Zaid told the PBS News Hour that anyone expecting this decision to resolve all the public’s unanswered questions …

ZAID: Is going to be probably very disappointed in what is in this partially unredacted affidavit.

Much of it will be blacked out at the FBI's request. The Justice Department argued that fully unsealing it would reveal classified information and damage its case against Trump.

The former president demanded that the entire document be unsealed, but to no avail. Trump adviser Jared Kushner …

KUSHNER: I think that’s in the public’s interest. This way people can know whether there’s a serious allegation or this is more manufactured.

The search warrant, which is already public, showed that the FBI was investigating Trump over possessing classified information and obstructing an investigation.

The judge’s decision came hours after the DOJ submitted its final request for redactions on Thursday.

Uvalde Chief » AUDIO: [Cheers]

The Uvalde school district has fired police chief Pete Arredondo amid cheers from teachers and survivors.

The school board said he did not act fast enough in May when a shooter entered Robb Elementary school and killed 19 children and two teachers.

Jesse Rizo, a relative of one of the slain students, said...

RIZO: I don’t know what I would have done… But I don’t know any training that they tell you to sit back for an hour and wait for everybody to die and then you’re going to go in and kill somebody.

Arredondo’s attorney released a document before the meeting arguing the chief warned the school board about security issues and that Arredondo was not in charge of the many law enforcement members at the scene.

Ukraine attack » In Ukraine, the death toll from a Russian missile strike on a train station rose to 25 on Thursday.

The Kremlin claims the strike targeted a train loaded with troops and military supplies.

ZELENSKYY: [Speaking in Ukrainian]

But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the missiles hit a civilian train station in the small southeastern town of Chaplyne on Ukraine’s Independence Day. He said among the dead was an 11-year-old child.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Thursday that Russia’s crimes against civilians must be investigated.

BACHELET: The international community must insist on accountability for the many serious violations documented, some of which may amount to war crimes.

Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin ordered the recruitment of over 130,000 more Russian troops. The order will take effect January 1.

Nuclear plant update » Elsewhere in Ukraine, the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was cut off from the power grid Thursday. That after a fire damaged a transmission line.

The incident heightened fears of a nuclear catastrophe.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says Russia should immediately demilitarize the area …

JEAN-PIERRE: ...and agree to allow an international audit Atomic Energy Agency visit as soon as possible to check on the safety and security of the system systems.

UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi says he hopes to send a team of investigators to the plant “within days.”

Abortion » Several states have enacted pro-life trigger laws. WORLD’s Mary Muncy has more.

MARY MUNCY, REPORTER: Pro-life laws went into effect in Tennessee, Texas, and Idaho yesterday, according to a timeline triggered by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

All three of these states now protect babies in every case except to save the life of the mother, with one exception.

In Idaho, a judge ruled that hospitals participating in Medicare will still have to provide an abortion if the mother’s life or health is at risk.

North Dakota’s trigger law goes into effect today. There, an injunction was lifted on a law that protects babies in almost every case.

Now, doctors can get a felony charge in all four states for providing an abortion.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Mary Muncy.

Ohio Teachers Strike » Teachers in Ohio’s largest school district will likely return to their classrooms on Monday after the district and the union struck a deal to end the days-long strike.

Jennifer Adair is president of Columbus City Schools Board of Education.

ADAIR: It's really a package that was created with student outcomes at the center and what it was we needed our classrooms and our teachers and our education system to start to be.

Teacher's demands included safer buildings, better climate control, and smaller class sizes.

The deal will take effect pending a final vote by school workers and the school board.

I’m Kent Covington. For more news, features, and analysis, visit us at wng.org. 

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