First Light - Thursday, April 21, 2022

21/04/2022 25 min
First Light - Thursday, April 21, 2022

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Relentless Russian attacks pounded the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged city of Mariupol as a fighter apparently on the inside issued a video plea for help, saying defenders holed up in a giant steel plant “may have only a few days or hours left.” Clayton Neville reports on the latest. The World Bank is reducing its global growth forecast for 2022 by nearly a full percentage point, to 3.2% from 4.1%, due to the impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. John Stolnis digs into the details of this story for us. New Mexico workplace safety regulators on Wednesday issued the maximum possible fine of nearly $137,000 against a film production company for firearms safety failures on the set of “Rust” where actor and producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in October. Details from Jim Roope. President Biden is facing a growing mutiny from Democratic candidates — including five vulnerable senators — who are questioning his administration’s decision to lift a pandemic health order that has drastically curtailed migrants’ ability to seek asylum at the southern border. Mike DeBonis is covering this for the Washington Post. He joins us to discuss. We're also going to learn more about why Netflix stock is taking a nose dive as Joe Flint, media and entertainment reporter for the Wall Street Journal joins us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.