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(21 May 2025)

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Fort Cavazos, Texas - 21 May 2025

1. Various of tanks being loaded for transport to Washington, DC for the military parade expected on June 14

2. Mid of soldiers

STORYLINE:

The Army on Wednesday started loading up some of the tanks that will take to the streets of the nation's capital during the 250th anniversary celebration of the service next month, which will feature hundreds of military vehicles and aircraft and thousands of soldiers.

The event has grown extensively in scope and size since Army planners started working on a festival two years ago to mark the day and have now added a military parade — which President Donald Trump had unsuccessfully tried to do during his first term.

The Army's anniversary celebration is set for June 14, which also happens to be Trump’s birthday.

It will include concerts, fireworks, NFL players, fitness competitions and displays all over the National Mall for daylong festivities.

The Army expects as many as 200,000 people could attend and that putting on the celebration will cost an estimated $25 million to $45 million.

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Juba, South Sudan – 21 May 2025

1. Wide of Seven Days roundabout in Juba

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuong Yang, manager of Scenius Hub:

"So far the government did not make any statement addressing that issue. But I believe there is a reason as to why they take that move. I believe it’s because the country is at a very vulnerable position. It could be also because of the war that is ongoing and the revocation of the visas that happened a couple months ago."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Mawut Ochalla, 28, student at the University of Juba:

"It will also affect the security of the citizens. Those people who are deported, some of them are criminals, they have been involved in crimes. So once they are brought to South Sudan, that means that criminal activities will also increase, where the government will not have full control of the citizens around."

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Nairobi, Kenya - 21 May 2025

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Khannenje, Director at HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies:

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"At a time when South Sudan has descended into a conflict spiral that has claimed many lives and displaced tens of thousands, I think that action is not only hypocritical but extremely dangerous and it sets an extremely dangerous precedent when it comes to international peace and security, but also when it comes to respecting the rights of refugees not just in the United States but all over the world."

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Juba, South Sudan – 21 May 2025

5. Wide of people at Scenius Hub compound

STORYLINE:

Some South Sudanese residents on Wednesday weighed in on reports that the US apparently is deporting migrants to their country.

If the deportations are confirmed, that means people from Vietnam, Cuba and elsewhere are being sent to a nation they have no link to, thousands of miles from where they want to be.

The Trump administration’s pressure on South Sudan to take in deportees, including foreign ones, is in sharp contrast to Washington’s past warm embrace.

Now there is less support than ever for most of South Sudan's over 11 million people because of the cuts in U.S. aid.

Martin Mawut Ochalla, a 28-year-old student at the University of Juba, said he was worried that the arrival of the migrants could negatively affect security in South Sudan.

Chuong Yang, a manager of a youth club, meanwhile said he hoped there would be an agreement between South Sudan and the US government.

South Sudan’s police spokesperson, Maj. Gen. James Monday Enoka, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that no migrants had arrived in the country and that if they do, they would be investigated and "redeported to their correct country" if found not to be South Sudanese.

Some countries do not accept deportations from the United States.

That has led the administration to strike agreements with other countries, including Panama, to house them.

The U.S. has sent Venezuelans to a notorious prison in El Salvador under an 18th-century wartime law, an action being contested in the courts.

South Sudan has endured repeated waves of violence since gaining independence from Sudan in 2011 amid hopes it could use its large oil reserves to bring prosperity to a region long battered by poverty.

The U.S is one of the biggest donors to South Sudan’s humanitarian aid programs with the total funding in 2024 standing at over $640 million.

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(21 May 2025)

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Zawaida, Central Gaza Strip

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1. Vehicles of World Food Program parking outside their warehouses on Salah Al-Deen Street

2. Various of trucks carrying bags of flour inside World Food Program's warehouses

3. Exterior shots of World Food Program's warehouses

4. Various of trucks carrying bags of flour inside warehouses

5. Various of truck carrying aid arriving outside World Food Program's warehouse

STORYLINE:

The U.N. said Wednesday it was trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians amid delays because of fears of looting and Israeli military restrictions.

Israeli strikes pounded the territory, killing at least 86 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country is days away from implementing a new aid system in Gaza, and that it later plans to create a “sterile zone” there, free of Hamas, where the population would be moved and receive supplies.

He also said he is ready to end the war as long as Hamas releases all hostages and steps down from power — and if President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate the territory’s population outside Gaza is implemented.

Under international pressure, Israel has allowed dozens of aid trucks into Gaza after blocking all food, medicine, fuel and other material for nearly three months.

But the supplies have been sitting on the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel.

U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the majority of supplies that had entered since Monday had been loaded onto U.N. trucks, but they could not take them out of the crossing area.

He said the road the Israeli military had given them permission to use was too unsafe.

A U.N. official later said more than a dozen trucks that left the crossing area arrived at warehouses in central Gaza on Wednesday night. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.

Israel said 100 trucks had crossed into Gaza on Wednesday.

Food security experts have warned that Gaza risks falling into famine unless the blockade ends.

Malnutrition and hunger have been mounting. Aid groups ran out of food to distribute weeks ago, and most of the population of around 2.3 million relies on communal kitchens whose supplies are nearly depleted.

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New Orleans - 21 May 2025

1. Wide of police vehicle

2. Mid of New Orleans resident Brianell Carter walking

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Brianell Carter, New Orleans Resident:

"It's very, very shocking. It's a lot of danger also in the surrounding neighborhoods because, you know you got small kids that be out and about playing."

4. Mid of parked cars lining the street

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Brianell Carter, New Orleans Resident:

"It be scary at times, you know , me, because I work overnights and me trying to go to work, I have to be aware of my surroundings."

6. Wide of New Orleans resident Mario Westbrook sitting on front porch

7. Wide shot of intersection in New Orleans East where Dkenan Dennis was captured

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mario Westbrook, New Orleans Resident:

"I didn't know he was a fugitive until the police brought him out of the house. I said man, I've been talking to the man all day. Man was talking about nothing but good stuff, you know, trying to be cool, he's chilling and wanting to see about getting a job. We talk about working and everything."

9. Various of 7th ward neighborhood

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Tyler Cross, New Orleans Resident:

"Well I think it's pretty indicative of a lot of pretty significant systemic issues in the city dealing with not only law enforcement in general but also the policing and like jail system, the general corruption in the city, the lack of oversight."

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ARCHIVE: New Orleans - 20 May 2025

11. Various of Orleans Justice Center

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New Orleans - 21 May 2025

12. SOUNDBITE (English)Tyler Cross, New Orleans Resident:

"New Orleans in general, doesn't necessarily give you the safest vibes. I don't think that a small group of people escaping from jail truly tilts the scale very far in either direction from where we were to begin with."

13. Mid of Cross walking through 7th ward neighborhood

STORYLINE:

Days after 10 men escaped from a New Orleans jail by crawling through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall, five have apprehended and five remain at large.

As an investigation continues, residents across New Orleans don't really know what to think.

"New Orleans in general doesn't necessarily give you the safest vibes", says 7th ward resident Tyler Cross.

Brianell Carter says it's scary because he works overnights, "I have to be aware of my surroundings", he said.

Meanwhile in New Orleans East, Mario Westbrook says he was talking with one of the escaped inmates, Dkenan Dennis, before he was apprehended.

"I didn't know he was a fugitive until the police brought him out the house." He added, "I've been talking to the man all day."

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New Orleans - 20 May 2025

1. Wide of Orleans Justice Center

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New Orleans - 21 May 2025

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Kennedy, Attorney for Sterling Williams:

"Mr. Williams is absolutely innocent that he was used as a tool by the escapees and is being used as a fall guy by Sheriff Hutson."

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New Orleans - 20 May 2025

3. Various of Orleans Justice Center

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New Orleans - 21 May 2025

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Kennedy, Attorney for Sterling Williams:

"There was an overflowing toilet in what he tells me was a handicapped stall that should not have been in use. And this this toilet apparatus was clogged and spilling out into the floor. He was told by a deputy there was no work order. He asked, and the deputy convinced him that as he was there, could he just look at it. He assessed the situation, determined he would have to shut off the water to fix it, which he did in his role as jail plumber."

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New Orleans - 20 May 2025

5. Close of barbed wire

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New Orleans - 21 May 2025

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Kennedy, Attorney for Sterling Williams:

"The inmate, as he was there, happened to say something about shanking him. He didn't take this as a threat. He wasn't acting out of fear. He was taking this as normal jailhouse banter."

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New Orleans - 20 May 2025

7. Mid of Orleans Justice Center

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New Orleans - 21 May 2025

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Kennedy, Attorney for Sterling Williams:

"I don't think they used Sterling specifically. I think it was using the toilet specifically, and he had the misfortune of being the plumber on duty.

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STORYLINE:

A lawyer for a worker charged with helping 10 men escape a New Orleans jail says the worker did not know about the jailbreak plan.

Sterling Williams was arrested Tuesday in connection with Friday’s jailbreak.

His lawyer, Michael Kennedy, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the inmates clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they could escape through a hole behind it.

Kennedy says Williams did not allow the inmates to cut a pipe behind the toilet to create an opening for their escape.

Authorities have said that Williams was threatened into turning off the water but could have reported the threat and the men's plan.

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Boston - 21 May 2025

1. Trina Realmuto and Anwen Hughes leaving the courthouse, approaching reporters

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Trina Realmuto, Executive Director, National Immigration Litigation Alliance:

"Today the court found that the preliminary injunction was violated. The government deported individuals in violation of this previous preliminary injunction without affording the due process that is required. This is our second time to court based on violations of the court's order. The government is still refusing to provide due process to our clients which means they are not giving them notice of the country to which they're being deported - proper notice in a language that they understand. And not giving them a meaningful opportunity to claim fear, based on those countries and importantly, here, you know, our last time was - because government was seeking to deport people to Libya. And we're here today because they are seeking to deport people to Sudan. These are countries that the State Department doesn't want Americans to travel to. They are categorically not safe. They are places where our class members are not safe, and they are not being afforded an opportunity to consult with counsel and to make an informed choice about the fear that they have."

3. Hughes and Realmuto discussing with reporters

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Anwen Hughes, Senior Director of Legal Strategy and Legal Initiatives, Human Rights First:

"The fact that the government is not only choosing to violate this order, but has now, for the second time, no the third time actually, chosen to do so in a way that seems aimed at removing people in the most spectacularly harmful way possible, that is also not a legitimate purpose of the civil immigration laws."

5. Hughes and Realmuto discussing with reporter

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Anwen Hughes, Senior Director of Legal Strategy and Legal Initiatives, Human Rights First:

"This is not about any, you know, reasonable administration of U.S. immigration law. And it also poses really serious questions about compliance with the rule of law which is the foundational element of our democracy."

7. Hughes and Realmuto outside of the courthouse

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Anwen Hughes, Senior Director of Legal Strategy and Legal Initiatives, Human Rights First:

"Attempts to remove people to third countries are something that has become more common lately, which is the reason why we filed this lawsuit. I think that the particular choice of countries is spectacularly unusual. And that is to say, the particular choice of countries and the relationship or lack of relationship between those countries and the the actual deportees. So we're talking about countries - we're talking Libya and South Sudan, are countries, which in the case of Libya, you know, is known for being an atrociously dangerous place for migrants, specifically from other countries, which normally has meant, I mean, normally, which in general has meant African migrants because others would not have a reason to be passing through Libya. South Sudan is a country that's notoriously unstable. These are, at a minimum, illogical places to be sending anybody from Latin America or East Asia."

9. Plaque outside the courthouse

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Trina Realmuto, Executive Director, National Immigration Litigation Alliance:

11. Realmuto and Hughes leaving

STORYLINE:

"The government is still refusing to provide due process to our clients," Trina Realmuto, the executive director of the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, told the press outside the courthouse.

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Los Angeles - 16 May 2025

1. Pull out Teddi Mellencamp poses for photos

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Teddi Mellencamp, podcast host, former reality TV star:

"Well I think for a lot of people they are diagnosed and then they know kind of the path of what's going through. For me I had melanoma on my back and then I thought I was done and then all of a sudden I was working at the Super Bowl and I felt really sick and when I got home I went to the hospital and that's when they found, I think it was eight plum size melanoma brain tumors in my brain, and then I also had two tumors in my lungs. So it was a complete shock to all of us. I had kind of always thought that melanoma remained on your skin. And I was like, Oh, I've had 16 surgeries there, I get checks every three months, I'm good to go. So I think the surprise element really added to it. So, I didn't want anybody else to be surprised. I'd had headaches for months. And I'm so glad that like finally I trusted my instincts because forever I was like... It's just a headache, I'll get through it. I heard that people get migraines as they get older, maybe that's what's going on with me."

3. Tilt up Teddi Mellencamp poses for photos

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Teddi Mellencamp, podcast host, former reality TV star:

"The highs and the lows, whether it's through whatever kind of therapy you're going through, like I'm in immunotherapy, I did radiation, some people are in chemo, but I think it's hard. And you know, there's certain things that people say that I wanna be like, okay, don't say that, don't do that. Let's work through the positive. It's not 'how are we feeling.' It's just 'checking in with you, thinking about you.' You know, those small little edits when you're feeling your worst mean a lot."

5. Teddi Mellencamp gives an interview

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Teddi Mellencamp, reality TV star:

"I'm inspired by him in so many different ways, not just by the way he plays music or the way that he writes songs, but like how much he touches people. He's really shown me his endurance and his way to really support his family throughout these last couple months for me. And I'm just so beyond grateful for him. I couldn't imagine not being here to support him."

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STORYLINE:

Teddi Mellencamp says her recent stage 4 cancer diagnosis came as "a complete shock."

The podcast host, former reality TV star and daughter of singer-songwriter John Mellencamp walked the red carpet in support of her father at the Grammy Hall of Fame gala in Los Angeles.

In February, Mellencamp was diagnosed with cancer that had spread to her brain and lungs. She immediately underwent surgery.

"I went to the hospital and that's when they found eight plum size melanoma brain tumors in my brain, and then I also had two tumors in my lungs. So it was a complete shock to all of us," she said at the event.

Known for her role on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," Mellencamp emphasized the importance of proactive health screenings, reflecting on how she initially downplayed her symptoms: "I'm so glad that finally I trusted my instincts because forever I was like... It's just a headache, I'll get through it. I heard that people get migraines as they get older, maybe that's what's going on with me."

She also expressed gratitude for her famous father’s support as a source of strength. "He's really shown me his endurance and his way to really support his family throughout these last couple months for me."

Mellencamp says her doctors say she is responding well to treatment and believe she will make a full recovery.

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Nairobi, Kenya - 21 May 2025

1. Set up of Hassan Khannenje, Director at HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies, walking outside office, pan to sign board

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Khannenje, Director at HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies:

"For years, the United States has been perhaps the biggest benefactor of South Sudan with regards to the amount of contributions it makes either officially, directly or unofficially through US organisations or associated organisations that are operating within the theatre of South Sudan. It is still going to remain engaged. It's still a big contributor when it comes to even supporting some of the peace operations that have been going on in South Sudan. But that is not really an excuse for the United States to violate the sovereignty of South Sudan or to forcibly extract immigrants from its territory to a third country absent of a framework and even with that framework, I think considering the circumstances in South Sudan, is going to be inappropriate to deport immigrants from the United States to South Sudan when you're sending them potentially to imminent death or suffering."

3. Wide of Khannenje

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Khannenje, Director at HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies:

"Recent months have seen, South Sudan itself descend into a state of further escalation and conflict and people in this region will not expect that the United States would actually be sending potential aliens that they deemed to be unfit to stay in the United States to South Sudan. From a place that's relatively peaceful, that's the United States, to a place that clearly may not exactly be safe for those who are being deported. And this may constitute a clear violation of international humanitarian law."

5. Mid of Khannenje

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Hassan Khannenje, Director at HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies:

"At a time when South Sudan has descended into a conflict spiral that has claimed many lives and displaced tens of thousands, I think that action is not only hypocritical but extremely dangerous and it sets an extremely dangerous precedent when it comes to international peace and security, but also when it comes to respecting the rights of refugees not just in the United States but all over the world."

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STORYLINE:

An analyst said on Wednesday that the Trump administration's actions in reportedly deporting immigrants to South Sudan may set an "extremely dangerous precedent."

The comments from Hassan Khannenje, Director at HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies, come as the United States is being asked to explain why it appears to be deporting migrants from as far away as Vietnam and Cuba to South Sudan, a chaotic country that's once again in danger of collapsing into civil war.

The administration said it had expelled eight immigrants convicted of violent crimes in the U.S. but refused to say where they would end up.

If South Sudan is the confirmed destination, that means people from Vietnam, Mexico and elsewhere are being sent to a nation they have no link to, thousands of miles from where they want to be.

"At a time when South Sudan has descended into a conflict spiral that has claimed many lives and displaced tens of thousands. I think that action is not only hypocritical but extremely dangerous and it sets an extremely dangerous precedent when it comes to international peace and security," said Khannenje.

Aid organizations had offered essential help.

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ARCHIVE: New Orleans - 20 May 2025

1. Close up of Orleans Justice Center

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New Orleans - 21 May 2025

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Kennedy, Attorney for Sterling Williams:

"That Mr. Williams is absolutely innocent that he was used as a tool by the escapees and is being used as a fall guy by Sheriff Hutson."

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ARCHIVE: New Orleans - 20 May 2025

3. Wide up of Orleans Justice Center

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New Orleans - 21 May 2025

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Kennedy, Attorney for Sterling Williams:

"First off, him turning off the water is not an accusation. It's a fact. We readily admit that he is the jail plumber. There was an overflowing toilet in what he tells me was a handicapped stall that should not have been in use. Nevertheless was open and this this toilet apparatus was clogged and spilling out into the floor. He was told by a deputy there was no work order. He asked, and the deputy convinced him that as he was there, could he just look at it. He assessed the situation, determined he would have to shut off the water to fix it, which he did in his role as jail plumber."

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ARCHIVE: New Orleans - 20 May 2025

5. Various of Orleans Justice Center

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New Orleans - 21 May 2025

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Kennedy, Attorney for Sterling Williams:

"Mr. Williams had a passing exchange with one of the inmates wherein he was assessing the toilet, made the determination he needed to turn off the water. The inmate, as he was there, happened to say something about shaking him. He didn't take this as a threat. He wasn't acting out of fear. He was taking this as normal jailhouse banter."

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ARCHIVE: New Orleans - 20 May 2025

7. Various of Orleans Justice Center

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New Orleans - 21 May 2025

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Kennedy, Attorney for Sterling Williams:

"He was doing his job and was apparently used, and let me be clear, I don't think they used Sterling specifically. I think it was using the toilet specifically, and he had the misfortune of being the plumber on duty.

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ARCHIVE: New Orleans - 20 May 2025

9. Close up of barbed wire

STORYLINE:

A lawyer for a worker charged with helping 10 men escape a New Orleans jail says the worker did not know about the jailbreak plan.

Sterling Williams was arrested Tuesday in connection with Friday’s jailbreak.

His lawyer, Michael Kennedy, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the inmates clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they could escape through a hole behind it.

Kennedy says Williams did not allow the inmates to cut a pipe behind the toilet to create an opening for their escape.

Authorities have said that Williams was threatened into turning off the water but could have reported the threat and the men's plan.

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Fort Cavazos, Texas - 21 May 2025

1. Various of tanks are being loaded for transport to Washington, DC for the military parade expected on June 14.

2. Mid of soldiers

3. Wide of tanks being loaded for transport

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The Army on Wednesday started loading up some of the tanks that will take to the streets of the nation's capital during the 250th anniversary celebration of the service next month, which will feature hundreds of military vehicles and aircraft and thousands of soldiers.

The event has grown extensively in scope and size since Army planners started working on a festival two years ago to mark the day and have now added a military parade — which President Donald Trump had unsuccessfully tried to do during his first term.

The Army's anniversary celebration is set for June 14, which also happens to be Trump’s birthday.

It will include concerts, fireworks, NFL players, fitness competitions and displays all over the National Mall for daylong festivities. The Army expects as many as 200,000 people could attend and that putting on the celebration will cost an estimated $25 million to $45 million.

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