Deportation agenda shapes midterms; Titans cut Elliott; Musk warns…

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn this Wednesday, October twenty-first: immigration arrests at record highs, less than two weeks before the midterms.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Titans release a defensive lineman, and his coach defends him passionately. And Elon Musk answers Democrats who are weighing investigations.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe begin with the midterms. Chip Darnell has the story on how the immigration crackdown is landing with voters.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCNN reports ICE arrested about fifty-one thousand people in August, a new monthly high for this administration.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCBS News says about sixty-eight thousand people were in detention one recent weekend, close to the January record of over seventy thousand.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChip, is there a goal behind those numbers?

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCNN reports leaders gave a verbal directive to restore a goal of three thousand arrests a day.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's nineteen thousand a week, with a lighter weekend.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA DHS spokesperson told CNN there are, quote, no quotas on arrests.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA goal of three thousand a day, and no quota. I have heard that sentence in several capitals.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorGloria, that sounds like a very organized goal!

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorChip, no.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAl Jazeera says analysts put the share of detainees with no criminal record at seventy percent.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDHS says seventy percent are criminals once pending charges count.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSeventy percent, counted two ways. Secretary Markwayne Mullin says, quote, DHS continues to break records.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorChip Darnell, BBN News, Washington.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThanks, Chip. In the NFL, the Tennessee Titans have released defensive lineman Jordan Elliott after a gun-related incident.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYahoo Sports reports he went to retrieve a gun after a dispute at practice.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCoach Robert Saleh says he pulled a gun in the parking lot.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSaleh called it a terrible lapse in judgment, and a cry for help more than a criminal act.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe called Elliott a great man and a great father.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe team's own statement on the release ran forty-one words and gave no specific details. The coach needed far more.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorForty-one words. A press release is a short thing.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFinally, Elon Musk is warning Democrats who are weighing congressional investigations. Politico ran a piece titled, Dem gavels are coming for Elon Musk.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe wrote on X that he will find out who is really pulling the strings and come for them, not just their puppets.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHe also wrote, live by the sword, die by the sword. That's a very committed post!

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA man with a platform of his own warning the committee about puppets. I will say nothing further.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAlso tonight: elk on the highway, a pay-per-view séance, and a SpaceX share for every kid. Nobody has denied any of it.