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AP Headline News - Jul 12 2024 06:00 (EDT)
This is AP News, I'm Rita Falle. So how did it go? President Biden's news conference last night, the AP's Josh Boke. He was able to stand and keep going and answer questions from reporters about nuanced aspects of NATO, about other parts of the economy and foreign policy. And yet on that core question of how we can turn the tide, we really don't know what the plan is. The AP's Sagar Magani has more on that. Despite growing Democrat calls for him to step aside, he insists the American people back him. And I think I'm the best qualified to win. Still, the president notes he does need to allay fears about his age and fitness. If I slow down, I can't get the tab done. That's a sign that I shouldn't be doing it. Saying there is no indication of that yet, but he did make two flubs within two hours, answering the news conference's first question about Vice President Harris. I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be Vice President, but I think she's not qualified to be President. And earlier, at a NATO summit event with Ukraine's leader. Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin. Before quickly catching himself. President Zelensky. Sagar Magani, Washington. There is frustration among Houston area residents who are trying to recover after Hurricane Beryl Center point energy says about half a million Houston area customers will be without electricity into next week in Texas emergency management chief Nim Kidd says clean water is becoming an issue. Electricity is what's causing the boil water notices in the wastewater treatment plants to go offline in addition to the other damages. Hospitals are severely impacted by this right now. I'm Ben Thomas across the nation. More than 63 million people were still under heat alerts yesterday, but that's down from earlier this week. This is AP News. Now to Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico. The AP's Margie's are let up has this testimony in actor Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial on Thursday involved law enforcement personnel who investigated the scene after a fatal shooting of a cinematographer in 2021, Alec Baldwin's attorney, Alex Spyro questioned crime scene technician Marissa Popol suggesting the investigation of the crime scene was shoddy and rushed so that police and prosecutors could focus on Baldwin. Popol denied that detective Alexandria Hancock testified about her investigation involving ammunition on the set. Hancock is expected to return for more testimony on Friday. Baldwin is charged in the death of cinematographer Helena Hutchins, who was shot when Baldwin pointed a gun at her during a scene setup and it went off. I'm Archie Zarletta. The UN expects the world population to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades. I'm Rita Foley, AP News.