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A passenger jet collided with a military helicopter in the skies over Washington, D.C.
Rescuers are searching the icy Potomac river for survivors.
The water is dark, it is murky, and that is a very tough condition for them to dive in.
I'm Steve Inskeep with Michelle Martin.
And this is up first from NPR News.
The president says he plans to use the naval base at Guantanamo Bay to house people deported from the United States.
This is not the camps.
This is a temporary transit where we can plus up thousands and tens of thousands if necessary.
Okay.
Are the facilities at Guantanamo equipped to hold tens of thousands of people?
And an NPR investigation uncovers lengthy criminal records
for dozens of January 6th defendants who received pardons from President Trump.
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