
News Wrap: ICE seeks to deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda
Clip: 8/23/2025 | 4m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
News Wrap: ICE seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda
In our news wrap Saturday, Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers say the U.S. government plans to deport him to Uganda, a redrawn Texas congressional map is on its way to Gov. Abbott’s desk, federal investigators arrived at the site of a deadly bus crash in New York, a California parole board denied Lyle Menendez early release, and confusion over a Trump tariff rule is delaying shipments from Europe.
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News Wrap: ICE seeks to deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda
Clip: 8/23/2025 | 4m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
In our news wrap Saturday, Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers say the U.S. government plans to deport him to Uganda, a redrawn Texas congressional map is on its way to Gov. Abbott’s desk, federal investigators arrived at the site of a deadly bus crash in New York, a California parole board denied Lyle Menendez early release, and confusion over a Trump tariff rule is delaying shipments from Europe.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipIN TONIGHT'S OTHER HEADLINES, LAWYERS FOR KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA SAY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS TOLD THEM THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO DEPORT HIM TO UGANDA.
THE SALVADORIAN NATIONAL REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY IN MARYLAND LAST NIGHT AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM A TENNESSEE JAIL.
HE'S AWAITING TRIAL ON HUMAN SMUGGLING CHARGES, TO WHICH HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
>> HOY AH SIDO UN DIA MUY ESPECIAL PORQUE GRACIAS A DIOS.
TRANSLATION: TODAY HAS BEEN A VERY SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE THANK GOD.
I AM BACK WITH FAMILY AFTER MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED SIXTY DAYS AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING ME BECAUSE AFTER SUCH A LONG TIME, I AM REALIZING THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BY MY SIDE.
JOHN: DHS ORDERED ABREGO GARCIA TO REPORT BY MONDAY TO AN ICE REMOVAL OFFICE IN BALTIMORE.
THAT CAME AFTER HE DECLINED AN OFFER TO BE SENT TO COSTA RICA IN EXCHANGE FOR PLEADING GUILTY.
A REDRAWN TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL MAP IS ON ITS WAY TO TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT FOR HIS SIGNATURE.
THE TEXAS STATE SENATE APPROVED THE MAP EARLY THIS MORNING IN AN 18-TO-11 PARTY-LINE VOTE.
REPUBLICANS DESIGNED THE MAP IN HOPES OF WINNING FIVE ADDITIONAL HOUSE SEATS IN NEXT YEAR'S MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
REPUBLICANS HAVE A SLIM MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE, WHERE THERE ARE NOW 219 REPUBLICANS, 212 DEMOCRATS AND FOUR VACANCIES.
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARRIVED TODAY AT THE SITE OF A DEADLY BUS CRASH IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.
FIVE PEOPLE DIED FRIDAY WHEN A TOUR BUS CRASHED AND ROLLED ON ITS SIDE ON INTERSTATE 90 JUST OUTSIDE OF BUFFALO.
THE PASSENGERS WERE RETURNING TO NEW YORK CITY AFTER VISITING NIAGARA FALLS.
POLICE SAY IT APPEARS THAT THE BUS DRIVER GOT DISTRACTED, LOST CONTROL, AND OVERCORRECTED.
THE BUS WAS CARRYING 54 PEOPLE, RANGING IN AGE FROM 1 TO 74.
THE MENEDEZ BROTHERS WILL REMAIN IN PRISON FOR THE 1989 MURDER OF THEIR PARENTS.
A CALIFORNIA PAROLE BOARD DENIED LYLE MENENDEZ EARLY RELEASE, TURNING ASIDE PLEAS FROM FAMILY AND SUPPORTERS.
THE DECISION CAME ONE DAY AFTER HIS YOUNGER BROTHER ERIK WAS ALSO DENIED PAROLE.
THEY BECAME ELIGIBLE FOR EARLY RELEASE IN MAY WHEN A JUDGE REDUCED THEIR SENTENCES FROM LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE TO 50 YEARS.
EACH WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AGAIN IN COMING YEARS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS SAY HE'S BEEN CLEARED OF ANY SUSPICION BY THE TRANSCRIPT AND RECORDING OF GHISLANE MAXWELL'S INTERVIEW WITH THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THE WOMAN WHO WAS JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S GIRLFRIEND CHARACTERIZED THE PRESIDENT, A ONE-TIME FRIEND OF EPSTEIN'S, AS A GENTLEMAN AND SAID SHE NEVER SAW HIM ENGAGE IN ANY KIND OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ALWAYS VERY CORDIAL AND VERY KIND TO ME.
AND, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I ADMIRE HIS EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT IN BECOMING THE PRESIDENT NOW.
AND I LIKE HIM.
AND I'VE ALWAYS LIKED HIM.
SO THAT IS THE SUM AND SUBSTANCE OF MY ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
JOHN: SHORTLY AFTER THE INTERVIEW, MAXWELL, WHO IS SERVING A 20-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR SEX TRAFFICKING, WAS TRANSFERRED TO A MINIMUM SECURITY PRISON CAMP.
SHE'S SEEKING A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON.
AND IF YOU'RE EXPECTING A PACKAGE FROM OVERSEAS, IT MAY BE DELAYED BECAUSE OF CONFUSION OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DECISION STOP EXEMPTING SMALL-VALUE IMPORTS FROM TARIFFS.
EUROPEAN POSTAL SERVICES LIKE THE U.K.'S ROYAL MAIL AND DHL ARE SUSPENDING SHIPMENTS UNTIL THEY GET MORE INFORMATION AND CLARITY ABOUT THE RULE.
WITH THE EXEMPTION GONE, ALL IMPORTS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE TARIFF THAT'S BEEN IMPOSED ON THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL SAYS THAT LAST YEAR, MORE THAN A MILLION PACKAGES WITH GOODS WORTH $65 BILLION WERE SENTT UNDER THE EXEMPTION.
STILL TO COME ON "PBS NEWS WEEKEND,"PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT MAIL-IN BALLOTS ON NOTICE THIS WEEK, BUT WHAT POWER DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE TO END THE PRACTICE?
AND AS THE WORLD'S GLACIERS MELT, SCIENTISTS INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER EARTHQUAKES AND MORE VIOLENT VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.
♪ >> THIS IS "PBS NEWS WEEKEND," FROM DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN STUDIOS IN WASHINGTON, HOME OF THE PBS NEWSHOUR, WEEKNIGHTS ON PBS.
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