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60 illegal immigrants where found by a k9 unit in the back of a truck full of broccoli

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U.S. border patrol agents Saturday discovered 60 illegal immigrants locked in a refrigerated truck, squeezed in among frozen vegetables at a Texas checkpoint as the driver attempted to smuggle them across the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.

Border patrol agents caught up with the tractor trailer in Falfurrias Saturday morning and conducted a secondary inspection when a K9 alerted officers there were bodies in the vehicle, Customs Border Patrol reported.

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Officials opened the padlock to the trailer doors and discovered the illegal immigrants laying on a sheet of ice surrounded by frozen broccoli. The temperature inside the truck was 49 degrees, officials said.

Among the immigrants were 22 Guatemalans, 17 Mexicans, 13 Salvadorans and eight Hondurans.

The agents rescued the group and took them to Falfurrias Border Patrol Station. The driver, from Guatemala, was arrested and is expected to face charges.

Sweltering temperatures in Texas this summer prompted agents to warn border residents about the dangers of smuggling in extreme weather conditions this summer.

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Ten immigrants died in July after they were left in a tractor trailer parked outside of a Walmart while temperatures remained in the upper 90s. The truck didn't have a working air conditioning or sufficient amount of water. The driver, identified as 60-year-old James Matthew Bradley, Jr., was charged in the deaths.

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Illegal immigrants found in refrigerated truck trying to cross US-Mexico border, officials say

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U.S. border patrol agents Saturday discovered 60 illegal immigrants locked in a refrigerated truck, squeezed in among frozen vegetables at a Texas checkpoint as the driver attempted to smuggle them across the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.

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Trump reread his Charlottesville statement and people criticized him for defending Charlottesville because he said there were violence's on all sides. And he called a Senate out by his first name.

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president trump today: live updates - cnnpolitics

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After going on a rampage at his Phoenix rally, Trump delivers remarks from Reno, Nevada. We're covering it live.

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At his speech in Phoenix, AZ, President Trump ditched the teleprompter. He talked about more upcoming plans, including: The Border Wall, the pardoning of Sheriff Joe Apaio

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Protests in Reno before Trump speaks. After the Reno speech he is gonna sign into a law for veterans to get disability claims.

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60 illegal immigrants were found in a refrigerated truck crossing the U.S - Mexico border. Border patrol found them at a Texas checkpoint.

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U.S. border patrol agents Saturday discovered 60 illegal immigrants locked in a refrigerated truck, squeezed in among frozen vegetables at a Texas checkpoint as the driver attempted to smuggle them across the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.

Border patrol agents caught up with the tractor trailer in Falfurrias Saturday morning and conducted a secondary inspection when a K9 alerted officers there were bodies in the vehicle, Customs Border Patrol reported.

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Officials opened the padlock to the trailer doors and discovered the illegal immigrants laying on a sheet of ice surrounded by frozen broccoli. The temperature inside the truck was 49 degrees, officials said.

Among the immigrants were 22 Guatemalans, 17 Mexicans, 13 Salvadorans and eight Hondurans.

The agents rescued the group and took them to Falfurrias Border Patrol Station. The driver, from Guatemala, was arrested and is expected to face charges.

Sweltering temperatures in Texas this summer prompted agents to warn border residents about the dangers of smuggling in extreme weather conditions this summer.

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Ten immigrants died in July after they were left in a tractor trailer parked outside of a Walmart while temperatures remained in the upper 90s. The truck didn't have a working air conditioning or sufficient amount of water. The driver, identified as 60-year-old James Matthew Bradley, Jr., was charged in the deaths.

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Illegal immigrants found in refrigerated truck trying to cross US-Mexico border, officials say

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U.S. border patrol agents Saturday discovered 60 illegal immigrants locked in a refrigerated truck, squeezed in among frozen vegetables at a Texas checkpoint as the driver attempted to smuggle them across the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said.

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a student from Milwaukee Public School was  caught on video punching teacher in the head several times

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The police officer at Benard Campbell died in a shooting a block away from my dads work

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Hank Aaron(baseball legend) says he won't watch any NFL games this season because of how the league treated Colin Kaepernick after his protest on the National Anthem.

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A man confesses of murdering his sister and 2 cousins all under 10 years old.

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The three girls, all under 10, were found dead in a single bed with lacerations to their upper body, according to the Prince George's County Police Department.

Antonio Williams' mother found her daughter and the other two children in the basement of her home.

Williams' mother had asked her son to care for the children while she worked an overnight shift.

Williams has been charged with three counts of first and second-degree murder in the deaths of his sister, 6-year-old Nadira Withers, and two second cousins, 9-year-old Ariana Decree and 6-year-old Ajayah Decree.

Police said the Decree sisters were visiting from Newark, New Jersey. Their mother was also present when they were found, at 7:30 a.m. on Friday.

A fourth child, a 2-year-old, was also in the home at the time of the killings but was unharmed.

Williams was the only adult in the house at the time of the killings, said Tony Schartner, of the Prince George's County Police Department.

Police are still trying to determine a motive.

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Man confesses to killing 6-year-old sister and 2 young cousins

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The three girls, all under 10, were found dead in a single bed with lacerations to their upper body, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Antonio Williams' mother found her daughter and the other two children in the basement of her home.

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Kim Jong Un reportedly ordered more rocket engines and warhead tips which brings us to believe he's working on a new missile design.
KCNA also unveiled pictures showing disturbing diagrams on the wall behind KIm Jong Un during his visit to the plant that makes the solid fuel engines for the countries ballistic missiles.

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Arizona mayor calls out President Trump, states "He did nothing to unite this country.".

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A man confessed of killing his 6 year old sister while his mom was at a overnight shift at work and 2 cousin he was charged with first degree and second degree murder

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The three girls, all under 10, were found dead in a single bed with lacerations to their upper body, according to the Prince George's County Police Department.

Antonio Williams' mother found her daughter and the other two children in the basement of her home.

Williams' mother had asked her son to care for the children while she worked an overnight shift.

Williams has been charged with three counts of first and second-degree murder in the deaths of his sister, 6-year-old Nadira Withers, and two second cousins, 9-year-old Ariana Decree and 6-year-old Ajayah Decree.

Police said the Decree sisters were visiting from Newark, New Jersey. Their mother was also present when they were found, at 7:30 a.m. on Friday.

A fourth child, a 2-year-old, was also in the home at the time of the killings but was unharmed.

Williams was the only adult in the house at the time of the killings, said Tony Schartner, of the Prince George's County Police Department.

Police are still trying to determine a motive.

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Man confesses to killing 6-year-old sister and 2 young cousins

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The three girls, all under 10, were found dead in a single bed with lacerations to their upper body, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Antonio Williams' mother found her daughter and the other two children in the basement of her home.

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Kim Jong Un's reveals a poster on the wall clearly mentioning a missle called "Pukguksong-3" And it is a solid-fuel, Medium-range projectile.

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On Wednesday, North Korean state media KCNA announced leader Kim Jong Un had visited the country's Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Sciences.

"He instructed the institute to produce more solid-fuel rocket engines and rocket warhead tips by further expanding engine production process," the statement said.

But it was the photos of the inspection released by state media which missile analysts seized upon immediately.

"This is the North Koreans showing us, or at least portraying, that their solid-fuel missile program is improving at a steady rate," David Schmerler, research associate at the Monterey Institute of International Studies' James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, told CNN.

One photo of Kim reveals a poster on the wall clearly mentioning a missile called "Pukguksong-3," a potential successor to the previous two versions of the missile which were both solid-fuel, medium-range projectiles.

North Korea's desire to build solid-fuel missiles is driven by their need for projectiles they can launch quickly and subtly, said Michael Duitsman, also a research associate at the James Martin Center.

"Solid fuel missiles are much faster to deploy ... a solid fuel missile is always fueled so all they have to do is drive it to the place they want to launch it," he said.

"It's much easier to put into action, much harder to catch before it launches because they're a lot less in terms of launch preparations that could be done."

All ballistic missiles owned by the United States and Russia are solid-fuel models, according to Duitsman.

In another, the North Korean leader stands next to a large copper-colored container, which experts said could be a wound-filament reinforced plastic rocket casing.

"It's not a missile test but it's still very disconcerting for people who look at the North Korean ballistic missile program," Duitsman.

"Seeing the casing ... is sooner than I expected."

Both experts said the wound-filament casing seen in one photo would be lighter than previous metal versions, allowing North Korea's missiles to fly further.

When the US Navy first switched to the lighter casing during the 1960s their missiles flew an additional 500 miles, an increase of about 50 per cent, Duitsman said. "They also switched the propellant (though)," he added.

Schlermer said it was unlikely that either the revelation of the new missiles or the filament casing were a mistake by Pyongyang.

"I don't think there's any accident about this, the shot clearly shows Pukguksong-3, this was the North Koreans showing us what we could possibly see soon," he said.

Trump: Kim is 'starting to respect us'

High-profile US leaders have praised Pyongyang for showing "restraint" in pulling back from its previous pledges to launch missiles into the sea around Guam.

One week ago, US President Donald Trump sent a tweet saying Kim had made a "wise decision" not to launch a missile, adding the alternative would have been "both catastrophic and unacceptable."

Speaking at a rally in Arkansas Wednesday, Trump claimed Kim was "starting to respect us."

"I respect that fact very much. Respect that fact. And maybe probably not, but maybe, something positive could come about. (The media) won't tell you that. But maybe something positive could come about," he told supporters.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has also presented a more conciliatory face to North Korea in recent days, saying the US was open to dialogue with the rogue state.

"I think it is worth noting, we have had no missile launches or provocative acts on the part of, or provocative actions, on the part of North Korea since the UN Security Council resolution" sanctioning Pyongyang on August 5, Tillerson said Tuesday.

"I am pleased to see that the regime in Pyongyang has demonstrated restraint. We hope this is the signal we have been looking for, that they are ready to restrain provocative acts. And perhaps we are seeing a pathway in the near future to having some dialogue"

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A man who arrived at a British airport, had a flight with a pipe bomb in his hand luggage. He has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

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A man who arrived at a British airport for a flight with a pipe bomb in his hand luggage has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Manchester Airport security staff found the device inside Nadeem Muhammad's bag on Jan. 30. It contained gunpowder and batteries inside a marker pen tube.

The 43-year-old denied wrongdoing, saying the bomb must have been planted by someone else. But prosecutors said he planned to detonate it during a Ryanair flight to Italy.

He was convicted this month of possessing explosives.

Sentencing Muhammad Wednesday, judge Patrick Field criticized airport staff for making a "wholly erroneous and potentially dangerous" conclusion that the bomb wasn't viable.

Muhammad wasn't arrested when he was initially stopped, and was allowed to fly to Italy several days later.

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A man who arrived at a British airport for a flight with a pipe bomb in his hand luggage has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Manchester Airport security staff found the device inside Nadeem Muhammad's bag on Jan. 30. It contained gunpowder and batteries inside a marker pen tube.

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A mans decomposing body was found in an elevator in a parking garage, after neighbors reported a foul odor.

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An elderly man's decomposing body was found in an inoperable elevator at an apartment complex in Denver. CNN affiliate KMGH has more.

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Man charged for killing his wife on a cruise ship, because she wouldn't stop laughing at him

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A man allegedly killed his wife while on a cruise ship in Alaska, and told a witness he did it because she wouldn't stop laughing at him, the FBI said. CNN's Jean Casarez has the story.

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Trump threatens to shut down the government and Trumps followers support him

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trump on the rampage in phoenix - cnnpolitics

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Donald Trump just showed why even some Republicans question whether he has the temperament and the capacity to serve as President.

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11 people were beheaded after ISIS attacks a checkpoint run by the Libyan self-styled national army

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At least 11 people were beheaded in an attack Wednesday on a checkpoint run by Libya's self-styled national army by Islamic State militants, a spokesman said.

Brig. Gen. Ahmed al-Mosmari said in a Facebook post that two of those killed were civilians, while the rest were soldiers.

The attack took place in the central district of al-Jufra, some 300 185 miles south of the coastal city of Sirte, which ISIS held until it was expelled late last year by Libyan forces.

Libya sank into chaos following the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

The country is now split between rival parliaments and governments in the east and west, each backed by a set of militias, tribes and political factions.

There are now believed to be almost 1,000 members across the country, the majority of which located osuth of Sirt, the Times of London reported recently.

Forces allied to Libya's UN-backed unity government successfully ISIS from the city in December, but in the past month the fighters have reappeared in desert areas where the security situation has deteriorated, according to the paper.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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At least 11 people were beheaded in an attack Wednesday on a checkpoint run by Libya's self-styled national army by Islamic State militants, a spokesman said. Brig. Gen. Ahmed al-Mosmari said in a Facebook post that two of those killed were civilians, while the rest were soldiers.

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Ex-lottery worker who rigged winnings gets 25 years in prison

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A former lottery worker was sentenced to 25 years in prison onTuesday for rigging the system in several states so he could collect the jackpots.

Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multistate Lottery Association, received the maximum sentence from an Iowa judge, who mentioned Tipton's "greed" in his sentencing.

"I certainly regret my actions," Tipton told the court. "It's difficult even saying that with all the people that I know behind me that I hurt."

Tipton pleaded guilty in June to a charge of ongoing criminal conduct for a scheme involving seven lottery tickets in five states, according to court documents. He admitted to rigging computer codes to produce winning numbers -- netting Tipton and his accomplices millions of dollars.

Tipton has agreed to pay about $2.2 million in restitution, including $1.1 million to the Colorado lottery, $644,000 to the Oklahoma lottery, $391,000 to the Wisconsin lottery and $30,000 to the Kansas lottery.

Related: Powerball jackpot hits $700 million

When Judge Brad McCall asked him on Tuesday how he intended to repay the money, Tipton said, "Initially, I really don't know."

Prior to his sentencing, Tipton's lawyer said his client was ready to accept his punishment.

"He looks forward to putting this entire matter behind him and moving on with his life after he serves his sentence," lawyer Dean Stowers said in an email to CNNMoney. He had asked the judge for a suspended sentence.

Tipton was formerly a programmer with the Multistate Lottery Association, the agency that administers state lotteries. He designed and maintained software "for computerized random number generators used to select winning lottery numbers in many states across the country," according to the office of Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.

Tipton, who lives in Texas, is accused of buying lottery tickets in various states, including Iowa, and selecting numbers that he knew would win, since he designed the program that generated the winning numbers. Tipton then gave these tickets to third parties who agreed to cash them and split the money with him.

Related: Biggest lottery jackpots in U.S. history

One of these accomplices was his brother, Tommy Tipton, authorities said. The investigation against the Tipton brothers began in 2010, with a suspicious claim for a $14.3 million Hot Lotto jackpot in Iowa that lottery officials refused to pay. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation traced Tipton's scheme to other states as well.

Eddie Tipton made a deal with prosecutors in June, in which he pleaded guilty to the Iowa charge of ongoing criminal conduct. Prosecutors dropped a charge of money laundering. He will be allowed to serve the Iowa sentence concurrently with a sentence of up to five-and-a-half years in Wisconsin, where he pleaded guilty to theft by fraud and computer crime.

His brother Tommy Tipton, a former judge in Texas, is currently serving a 75-day sentence in Texas for a misdemeanor theft charge and deferred judgment on a felony charge of conspiracy to commit theft.

The Tiptons' friend Robert Rhodes, who also lives in Texas, was the one who attempted to redeem the $14.3 million jackpot. He has pleaded guilty to fraud and will be sentenced on Friday.

CNNMoney (New York) First published August 22, 2017: 3:43 PM ET

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Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multistate Lottery Association, received the maximum sentence from an Iowa judge, who mentioned Tipton's "greed" in his sentencing. "I certainly regret my actions," Tipton told the court. "It's difficult even saying that with all the people that I know behind me that I hurt."

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Former DNI Clapper questions Trumps fitness to be in office.

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Former DNI Clapper questions Trump's fitness to be in office

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Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer sounds off on remarks

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Potential hurricane threatens Texas

hurricane is expected to hit Texas later this week.

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Harvey initially formed just east of the Windward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea. It reached tropical storm status from August 17-19, but dissipated over the eastern Caribbean after encountering unfavorable environmental conditions.

After moving over the Yucatan Peninsula Tuesday as a tropical wave, the remnants of Harvey are now emerging into the western Gulf of Mexico -- and more importantly, into an environment that is favorable for development.

Detailed forecast

Will it become a tropical storm again? Will it become a hurricane? How strong will the winds be? And how significant will the storm surge be?

These are all questions that will be answered over the next few days. As of Tuesday evening, the National Hurricane Center says there is nearly a 100% chance of Harvey redeveloping.

A few days ago, forecast models largely showed the remnants of Harvey moving into Mexico.

However, over the past few days, the majority of our forecast models have trended northward and most are now showing the storm reach Texas.

It's too early to say where in Texas, but a few days ago the risk of Harvey making it north of Brownsville was fairly low. Now that is no longer the case.

This is significant for many reasons, but most importantly, the farther north the storm travels, the greater distance to landfall. And greater distance equals more time to strengthen over the extremely warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

With the expected slow trajectory across the Gulf of Mexico, Harvey shouldn't reach the coast until Friday or perhaps even early Saturday. This is plenty of time to allow for the possibility of Harvey becoming a hurricane.

Should Harvey become a hurricane and make landfall in Texas, it would be the first hurricane to do so since Ike in 2008. According to Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane research scientist at Colorado State University, the longest streak without a hurricane landfall in the state of Texas is 11 years (1855-1865).

Flood threat

While there are many questions about the strength and impacts, one thing is more certain: flooding is big concern.

Inland flooding is often one of the biggest threats of a landfalling tropical system, but rainfall amounts increase exponentially when the storm moves at a slower speed.

The National Hurricane Center is already saying "the system is likely to slow down once it reaches the coast, increasing the threat of a prolonged period of heavy rain and flooding across portions of Texas, southwest Louisiana, and northeastern Mexico into early next week."

Again, the specific locations of extreme rainfall and flooding are impossible to project before the storm even develops. However, forecast models, such as the one below, are showing the potential for widespread areas of six inches of rainfall.

10-15" is likely in a few of the hardest hit areas and extreme amounts of over 20" are not uncommon with slow-moving tropical systems.

While it has been nine years since Texas last saw a hurricane, the state is no stranger to devastating flooding from tropical systems. In 2001 Tropical Storm Allison was a multibillion dollar disaster for the state, specifically Houston. Allison became nearly stationary for days, dropping more than 30 inches of rain across portions of the city. To this day, Allison is the only non-hurricane to have its name retired.

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Harvey initially formed just east of the Windward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea. It reached tropical storm status from August 17-19, but dissipated over the eastern Caribbean after encountering unfavorable environmental conditions. After moving over the Yucatan Peninsula Tuesday as a tropical wave, the remnants of Harvey are now emerging into the western Gulf of Mexico -- and more importantly, into an environment that is favorable for development.

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Photos could reveal new rockets and more advanced technology, experts claim North Korea's Kim called for more solid-fuel rocket engines to be built, state media said

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On Wednesday, North Korean state media KCNA announced leader Kim Jong Un had visited the country's Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Sciences.

"He instructed the institute to produce more solid-fuel rocket engines and rocket warhead tips by further expanding engine production process," the statement said.

But it was the photos of the inspection released by state media which missile analysts seized upon immediately.

"This is the North Koreans showing us, or at least portraying, that their solid-fuel missile program is improving at a steady rate," David Schmerler, research associate at the Monterey Institute of International Studies' James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, told CNN.

One photo of Kim reveals a poster on the wall clearly mentioning a missile called "Pukguksong-3," a potential successor to the previous two versions of the missile which were both solid-fuel, medium-range projectiles.

North Korea's desire to build solid-fuel missiles is driven by their need for projectiles they can launch quickly and subtly, said Michael Duitsman, also a research associate at the James Martin Center.

"Solid fuel missiles are much faster to deploy ... a solid fuel missile is always fueled so all they have to do is drive it to the place they want to launch it," he said.

"It's much easier to put into action, much harder to catch before it launches because they're a lot less in terms of launch preparations that could be done."

All ballistic missiles owned by the United States and Russia are solid-fuel models, according to Duitsman.

In another, the North Korean leader stands next to a large copper-colored container, which experts said could be a wound-filament reinforced plastic rocket casing.

"It's not a missile test but it's still very disconcerting for people who look at the North Korean ballistic missile program," Duitsman.

"Seeing the casing ... is sooner than I expected."

Both experts said the wound-filament casing seen in one photo would be lighter than previous metal versions, allowing North Korea's missiles to fly further.

When the US Navy first switched to the lighter casing during the 1960s their missiles flew an additional 500 miles, an increase of about 50 per cent, Duitsman said. "They also switched the propellant (though)," he added.

Schlermer said it was unlikely that either the revelation of the new missiles or the filament casing were a mistake by Pyongyang.

"I don't think there's any accident about this, the shot clearly shows Pukguksong-3, this was the North Koreans showing us what we could possibly see soon," he said.

Trump: Kim is 'starting to respect us'

High-profile US leaders have praised Pyongyang for showing "restraint" in pulling back from its previous pledges to launch missiles into the sea around Guam.

One week ago, US President Donald Trump sent a tweet saying Kim had made a "wise decision" not to launch a missile, adding the alternative would have been "both catastrophic and unacceptable."

Speaking at a rally in Arkansas Wednesday, Trump claimed Kim was "starting to respect us."

"I respect that fact very much. Respect that fact. And maybe probably not, but maybe, something positive could come about. (The media) won't tell you that. But maybe something positive could come about," he told supporters.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has also presented a more conciliatory face to North Korea in recent days, saying the US was open to dialogue with the rogue state.

"I think it is worth noting, we have had no missile launches or provocative acts on the part of, or provocative actions, on the part of North Korea since the UN Security Council resolution" sanctioning Pyongyang on August 5, Tillerson said Tuesday.

"I am pleased to see that the regime in Pyongyang has demonstrated restraint. We hope this is the signal we have been looking for, that they are ready to restrain provocative acts. And perhaps we are seeing a pathway in the near future to having some dialogue"

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A missing teen walks out of a forest after missing for eleven days in Tennessee.

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A teen missing for 11 days walked out of the Tennessee woods in good condition on Tuesday after disappearing following a hike with his stepfather.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park confirmed in a release that Austin Bohanan, 18, emerged from the woods at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Bohanan was taken to a local hospital, but later released, according to ABC affiliate WATE.

"We are so grateful for all the love, prayers and support from everyone," his aunt Carrie Bohanan told WATE at the hospital.

WATE said Bohanan was first reported missing on Sunday, Aug. 13 after going for a hike with his stepfather on Friday. Bohanan's great-uncle told The Associated Press it was not unusual for the teen to go camping alone.

Two search and rescue teams and 28 trained emergency responders had been searching the difficult terrain, WATE reported.

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A teen missing for 11 days walked out of the Tennessee woods in good condition on Tuesday after disappearing following a hike with his stepfather. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park confirmed in a release that Austin Bohanan, 18, emerged from the woods at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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Trump threatened to shut down the government if the wall on the southern border was not funded. Is keeping to that threat wholeheartedly. Tipping the scales on a re-election of a senator is wrote about being skeptical of the new border.

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President Trump ordered the construction of a Mexican border wall in January. The contentious pledge to build a wall and force Mexico - or Congress - to pay for it has been a touchstone of his presidency. Published On Credit Credit Image by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

WASHINGTON - President Trump has widened an extraordinary rift with his own party, as he threatened a government shutdown over his long-promised border wall and attacked key lawmakers whose votes he needs heading into a crucial legislative period.

The escalating tensions between the Republican president and the Republican Congress endanger delicate negotiations in the coming weeks to overhaul the tax system, keep the government running and avoid a costly default on the country's debt. They are the clearest signs to date that the uncomfortable alliance between Mr. Trump, who won the presidency promising to "drain the swamp," and Republican lawmakers who hoped to enact long-stalled conservative priorities, has begun to fray.

In a challenge to Republicans late Tuesday, Mr. Trump threatened to shut down the government in a matter of weeks if Congress did not fund the wall on the southern border that was a signature promise of his campaign for the White House.

"If we have to close down our government, we're building that wall," Mr. Trump told a raucous rally in Phoenix as his supporters chanted, "Build that wall!"

"The American people voted for immigration control - that's one of the reasons I'm here," he added. "One way or the other, we're going to get that wall."

On Wednesday, he followed up on the threat by attacking Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, a Republican who has said he is skeptical of building a border wall between the United States and Mexico unless, as Mr. Trump promised, Mexico pays for it. Mr. Flake is one of two Republican senators up for re-election next year in a swing state, and the president has put his finger on the scale toward a primary challenger, Kelli Ward.

"Not a fan of Jeff Flake," Mr. Trump said in a Twitter post. "Weak on crime & border!"

And amid a frosty period in his relationship with Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, Mr. Trump questioned the Senate leader's approach, faulting Republicans for failing to blow up longstanding Senate rules that make most legislation subject to a filibuster that requires 60 votes to overcome.

"If Republican Senate doesn't get rid of the Filibuster Rule & go to a simple majority, which the Dems would do, they are just wasting time!" Mr. Trump said on Twitter, suggesting a change that Mr. McConnell and other Senate Republican leaders have repeatedly rejected.

Mr. McConnell on Wednesday sought to play down the friction between himself and the president, issuing a statement in which he insisted that their common legislative priorities were on track.

"The president and I, and our teams, have been and continue to be in regular contact about our shared goals," Mr. McConnell said. "We are working together to develop tax reform and infrastructure legislation so we can grow the economy and create jobs; to prevent a government default; to fund the government so we can advance our priorities in the short and long terms; to pass the defense authorization and defense appropriations bills so we can support our troops and help implement an effective strategy against ISIL; to provide relief from Obamacare; and to continue our progress for our nation's veterans."

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, echoed that statement and said the president and Mr. McConnell "will hold previously scheduled meetings following the August recess to discuss these critical items with members of the congressional leadership and the president's cabinet."

But there is growing evidence of tensions that have erupted privately between the president and other senior Republicans as well. In a testy call this month, first reported by Politico, Mr. Trump vented angrily to Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee and the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, over Russia sanctions legislation he said would damage his presidency, according to a person familiar with the conversation. Mr. Corker insisted that he would not back down on the measure, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support.

Mr. Trump's threat on Tuesday of a shutdown introduced new uncertainty to the ambitious wish list. It sharpened a suggestion that Mr. Trump made early this year, in the wake of a budget agreement he grudgingly accepted even though it omitted money for the wall, that the United States needed "a good 'shutdown'" this fall to force a partisan confrontation over federal spending.

Mr. Trump has asked Congress to allocate $1.6 billion this year toward building a wall along the roughly 1,900-mile border with Mexico. Currently, a mix of barriers - from chain-link fences and steel walling that keep people from crossing to steel beams to stop vehicles - stretch across about 650 miles of the border. So far, Congress has provided $341 million this year to repair and bolster the existing border barriers.

Overall, the Trump administration is seeking $3.6 billion for the border wall over the next two fiscal years. In the past, however, Mr. Trump has said there is no need for a wall along the entire border, which spans four states: California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

Congressional leaders distanced themselves from the president's threat. Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin said on Wednesday in Oregon that no one wanted a dispute over the border wall to result in a lapse in government funding, adding that he did not believe that such a confrontation would be necessary.

White House officials said Mr. Trump's words were not meant as a legislative directive or veto promise so much as a message to lawmakers, including Democrats who have previously supported spending on border fencing.

"Protecting our borders is only controversial if you are looking for reasons to obstruct a longstanding and bipartisan effort," said John Czwartacki, a spokesman for the Office of Management and Budget.

Hard-line conservative nationalists such as Stephen K. Bannon, the chief strategist ousted from the White House last week, have counseled the president to take a hard line on wall funding to buck up his political base after the embarrassing defeat of legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They have warned Mr. Trump that signing a funding bill that does not include substantial sums for the wall could enrage his core supporters.

On the other hand, Mr. Trump's bare-knuckled tactics could alienate congressional Republicans when he can ill afford to lose their support.

The president wants to push through a tax overhaul by year's end, but first Republicans must approve a budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 to trigger special procedures that would allow the package to pass the Senate with only 51 votes, instead of the 60 required for most legislation.

A budget resolution is always difficult, but it will probably become entangled in another divisive issue, the debt ceiling: The Treasury Department has estimated that the government will reach its borrowing limit sometime in October, at which point Congress will have to vote to increase the debt limit to avoid a default.

Most immediately, the government will run out of money on Oct. 1 unless Congress approves new government spending bills. But in that conflict, the president may have handed Senate Democrats the whip, while inoculating them from blame. They can now filibuster any spending bill that contains wall funding, forcing Republicans to strip out the money and challenge Mr. Trump to veto it.

"If the president pursues this path, against the wishes of both Republicans and Democrats, as well as the majority of the American people, he will be heading toward a government shutdown, which nobody will like and which won't accomplish anything," said Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader.

Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the minority leader, said Mr. Trump's threat had made it clear that he was willing to sow chaos in the service of his top policy priority. "The president said he will purposefully hurt American communities to force American taxpayers to fund an immoral, ineffective and expensive border wall," she said.

Republicans privately vented their dismay at the president's tactics and language - especially his political maneuvering against their colleagues. The contest between Mr. Flake and Ms. Ward appears to have become something of a proxy fight between the president and the majority leader.

"I would just say that I think it's important that we all stay unified as Republicans to complete our agenda," Mr. Ryan cautioned.

But Ms. Sanders signaled that the president was willing to stoke such disputes if he believed it served his purposes.

"I think everybody knows this president isn't somebody who backs down," she told reporters on Air Force One as Mr. Trump returned to Washington on Wednesday. "If he thinks we need to lean in a little, I'm sure we will."

White House aides had urged Mr. Trump not to mention Mr. Flake by name at the rally in Phoenix, which he instead used to savage the news media as unpatriotic and "sick," angrily defend his response to racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Va., and praise Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff whose aggressive immigration crackdowns led to a federal conviction for criminal contempt of court.

The president criticized Mr. Flake only obliquely in the speech - "Nobody knows who the hell he is," Mr. Trump said - and waited until Wednesday morning to take aim at the senator by name on Twitter.

In an interview Wednesday on "The Brian Kilmeade Show" on Fox News Radio, Mr. Flake said, "I will continue to support the president and work with him when I think he's right, and challenge him when I think he is going in the wrong direction."

Mr. Trump appears to be in a fighting mood. Before his exit, Mr. Bannon repeatedly warned Mr. Trump and John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, that September could be the breaking point for the Trump presidency - "a total meat grinder," Mr. Bannon told them.

Conservatives will object to raising the debt ceiling unless it contains some provisions to help rein in government spending - an unlikely scenario. Instead, Mr. Ryan and Mr. McConnell will have to rely on Democratic votes to pass the increase - and put the president in the awkward position of having to sign it despite repeatedly promising to tackle the country's debt.

Mr. Bannon warned White House colleagues that that could send the conservative House Freedom Caucus into open revolt against the speaker. To placate them, Mr. Bannon counseled, the White House must extract wall funding at all costs.

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WASHINGTON - President Trump has widened an extraordinary rift with his own party, as he threatened a government shutdown over his long-promised border wall and attacked key lawmakers whose votes he needs heading into a crucial legislative period.