Washington Today (8-9-23): U.S. nurse & daughter kidnapped in Haiti set free

An American nurse and her daughter kidnapped in Haiti two weeks ago while working for a Christian aid group are released. We will get State Department reaction.

Ohio voters reject a ballot measure that would have made is harder to amend the state constitution, largely interpreted as a big win for abortion-rights supports. We will talk with Politico state politics reporter Zach Montellaro (13) about what this means for abortion as an election issue.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), a Republican presidential candidate, suspends an elected State Attorney – a Democrat -- for not being tough enough on crime. We will hear from both of them.

President Joe Biden at the site of a new wind tower factory not far from Albuquerque, New Mexico talking about clean energy manufacturing and about today's one year anniversary of the CHIPS & Science Act being signed into law, which will spend billions to promote semiconductor chip manufacturing in the United States.

New York Mayor Eric Adams (D) pleads for more state and federal money to help with the influx of migrants to his city. He estimates the cost of caring for tens of thousands of asylum seekers over three years to be $12 billion.

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