Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jul 09 2024 10:00 (EDT)
(upbeat music) - This is AP News. I'm Rita Falway. - President Biden's hosting the NATO summit in Washington that's underway beginning today. And a lot of people will be watching after that portobate performance against Donald Trump, the AP's Donna Warder. - American University International Relations Professor James Goldaier says Biden has something to prove at the gathering. - He's trying to use the summit to demonstrate the tremendous leadership that he's shown since he came into office in 2021. But he's definitely weakened by the performance in the debate. - Biden points to his work rallying NATO members and its stiff response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a prime example of his steady leadership. He told MSNBCC on Monday, who else do you think can step in here and do this? Donna Warder, Washington. - The temperature may hit 99 degrees in Washington, DC today. Just one of the places across the country swiltering in that miserable heat. Many of the millions left without power when Hurricane barrel crashed into the Houston area could be without power and air conditioning for days. Jury selection begins today in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Alec Baldwin, the AP's Margies are led up. - Alec Baldwin faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted in the death of cinematographer, Helena Hutchins, who was shot accidentally when Baldwin pointed a gun at her during a rehearsal in 2021 on the set of the movie Rust. Judge Mary Marlow Summer will not let prosecutors present evidence that Baldwin had a special responsibility for safety because he was also a producer. However, she will allow graphic images of Hutchins' injury from an autopsy report, as well as police lapel camera video taken immediately after the shooting. I'm Archie Zaraletta. - New AP poll, a majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban. This is AP News. - A rare voice box transplant helps a cancer patient speak again, the AP's Julie Walker. - High and nearing transplant surgery in Massachusetts, man able to speak again. His cancer is voice box replaced with a donated one. - I want people to know this can be done. - Marty Keetie and is the third patient in the US in one of a handful worldwide to undergo larynx transplant. You're gonna hear my voice right now, two months ago, I couldn't talk. - He's part of a clinical trial at the Mayo Clinic, Dr. David Lott. - My patients tell me, yeah, I may be alive, but I'm not really living. And so to me, if you look at it from that perspective, you know, being able to give that gift back to somebody, to me, that really is a vital organ. - One of the biggest critiques is that it's not a vital organ, but Lott says for people who can't breathe, swallow, or speak, it's life-changing. I'm Julie Walker. 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