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Missed the second half of the show? The latest on…Reps. Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi, the co-chairs of the House select committee on the Chinese Communist Party, join “Face the Nation” to discuss the House passing a bill on TikTok, Tech journalist Kara Swisher tells “Face the Nation” that although TikTok’s leadership says the company is not controlled by the Chinese government, “every Chinese company I’ve covered has had the tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party involved in it, whether they like it or not”, and UNICEF chief Catherine Russell tells “Face the Nation” that the number of children who have died so far in Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war, which she called an “astronomical, horrifying number.” “We haven’t seen that rate of death among children in almost any other conflict in the world,” she added.

The following is a transcript of an interview with UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell that aired on March 17, 2024.

New A’s third baseman J.D. Davis said he’s appreciative of his opportunity with Oakland after absorbing “a punch to the gut” when the Giants released him earlier this week. Davis, who finalized his $2.5 million, one-year deal with the A’s on Saturday, was cut by the Giants, who utilized a contractual loophole to part ways with the 30-year-old on Monday after he beat the team last month in arbitration. “It was a punch to the gut,” Davis told MLB.com’s Martin Gallegos. “You’re getting the rug pulled out from under you in a way where you’re not expecting that entirely. … It’s just part of the business of baseball. But to have that happen, I definitely had some lows in there. “However, this opportunity over here seems a little bit better than what it was over there, so I’m grateful for it.” Although Davis was awarded a $6.9 million salary after an arbitration hearing, under baseball’s collective bargaining agreement, arbitration-eligible players’ contracts are only guaranteed if they’re not decided by an arbitration panel. The Giants began the process of releasing Davis not long after signing free-agent

LOS ANGELES — Sitting next to his wife, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck slumped back in his courtside seat with a pained look on his face. Across the court, tennis superstar Novak Djokovic looked around for answers. Gary Payton II and Lester Quinones danced in front of Golden State’s bench, clearly restless. It took 23 minutes of actual time to complete the final two minutes of the Warriors’ win over the Lakers. A pair of drawn-out replay reviews disrupted the flow of a tight game, and a Crypto.com Arena shot clock malfunction brought it to a screeching halt. The officiating crew tried restarting play twice, only for the shot clock to remain frozen. Without working shot clocks, or apparently operational backup machines, the Lakers’ public address announcer finished the last 1:35 by informing the arena of the shot clock time every five seconds. “That was crazy,” Draymond Green said postgame. “Just finish the game already. That was nuts. But we got through it.” A Crypto.com Arena spokesperson and shot clock engineer declined to comment when approached after the game. The stoppages weren’t without drama. Los Angeles

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CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Mia Hamm, 52; Rob Lowe, 60; Gary Sinise, 69; Kurt Russell, 73. Happy Birthday: Nothing will stop you if you are diligent about what you want to achieve this year. The flow of creativity, combined with your insight and vision into trends, will help you conquer whatever you aim to achieve. There is so much to gain if you believe in yourself and persist in reaching your target. Personal gain, love and romance are in the stars. Your numbers are 6, 13, 20, 27, 36, 41, 45. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Shake off any negativity that comes your way and focus on what you want to achieve. Take time to pursue something you enjoy and to spend time with someone you love. Make decisions that put your mind at ease and benefit you financially. 2 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t get angry, get moving. Take your attributes and stretch them to the limit. How you react to others will make a difference and define what you can do under pressure. If you love someone, let them know and share

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (KFSN) — For the past two years, we’ve shown you the rise of golfing sensation Asterisk Talley. “I’ve definitely gotten taller, so it’s been an advantage,” she said. The 15-year-old has already won multiple tournaments, most notably last summer’s Rolex Girls Junior Championship in South Carolina. “After that, I just played my best and I didn’t really have any super bad rounds,” she said. “I just kept being consistent with top teams.” That consistency earned the Chowchilla native a special invitation to one of golf’s most prestigious venues — a spot to play in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur this April. “Hearing that news was pretty exciting,” says her dad, James. “We kind of held out to tell her until she got out school.” “Augusta wasn’t really a big goal that I had,” she said. “It was just out of reach, from what I thought.” Asterisk has been among the Augusta Azaleas before, competing in the 2022 drive, chip and putt competition. She even shook hands with former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. “That’s so special at the time, but just getting to

LOS ANGELES — From the courtside celebrities to the star power in the nationally televised game and tense finish, much of Saturday night’s game felt like a playoff game. The Warriors and Lakers, projected to play each other in an elimination play-in game exactly a month from Saturday’s meeting, lived up to the big-game billing. Each team appeared to bring their top-level intensity, Warriors coach Steve Kerr trimmed his rotation to a playoff-style nine. The game took on a different tone when Lakers star Anthony Davis suffered a corneal abrasion and didn’t return after the first quarter. And then it turned bizarre at the end, when the shot clock was suddenly fried. “Definitely weird,” Steph Curry said of the ending. “I watch a lot of golf, I want to know if they did like that ‘playing through’ thing where you see the commercials running and you’re just waiting for the game to come back. Probably not the greatest for TV.” Still, in front of Kim Kardashian, Bad Bunny and Novak Djokovic, Curry, Klay Thompson and Jonathan Kuminga combined for 80 points to vault the Warriors

Sunday, March 17, 2024 3:30AM A new memorial in Kings County is remembering the legacy of a Corcoran city councilmember. KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A new memorial in Kings County is remembering the legacy of a Corcoran city council member. Saturday morning, a life-sized half-bust statue with four historical plaques was unveiled at Corcoran’s Gateway Park. It is in honor of Raymond Lerma, who unexpectedly passed four years ago. Lerma’s grandchildren pulled back the memorial cover. Community members spoke in remembrance and gratitude for the service Lerma did for the community. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

Sunday, March 17, 2024 3:29AM A business in southeast Fresno was destroyed by a fire Saturday morning. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A business in southeast Fresno was destroyed by a fire Saturday morning. Firefighters responded to multiple calls reporting a fire on Cherry and Belgravia Avenues. Crews arrived to see heavy smoke coming out of the structure. The flames knocked down nearby power lines, and firefighters had to wait until PG&E de-energized the lines to continue the firefight. Firefighters believe the started from an electrical panel. There were no injuries reported, and no damage to nearby structures. The fire was threatening some nearby dogs and crews were able to rescue the animals. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

Sunday, March 17, 2024 4:02AM Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease that can cause severe sickness, especially in young children. MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — The Merced County Department of Public Health says it has found a case of measles. The department has identified exposures and is currently working with those people. Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease that can cause severe sickness, especially in young children. The viral infection spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, talks, coughs, or sneezes. Measles symptoms don’t appear until 10 to 14 days after exposure. They include cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes, sore throat, fever, and a red, blotchy skin rash. However, the infected person can spread the disease up to four days before a measles rash appears. The viral infection can also lead to severe complications, including blindness, brain swelling and damage, ear infections, and breathing problems. In some cases, these complications can be deadly. Measles is easily preventable by a vaccine. The Merced County Department of Public Health encourages everyone to confirm their measles vaccination status with their healthcare provider or by

Sunday, March 17, 2024 3:39AM Fresno County sheriff’s deputies rescued a trapped hiker and his dog that fell off a cliff. FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — Fresno County sheriff’s deputies rescued a trapped hiker and his dog that fell off a cliff. Authorities say a man left his group Saturday afternoon while trying to find his dog that went over a cliff near Huntington Lake Road, south of the Big Creek Power Plant. When the man did not return, deputies responded and found him about 300 feet down a steep rock face. They could see the man was injured. Thankfully, rescue teams were able to reach the hiker. He was taken to a hospital, where he is expected to recover. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved. Top Stories

The San Jose Sharks came alive a little bit too late Saturday night. With the Sharks looking listless for most of the first two periods and trailing the Columbus Blue Jackets by two goals, defenseman Henry Thrun scored at the 11:42 mark of the third period to give his team a badly needed spark. But the Sharks could not find the equalizer as Columbus goalie Daniil Tarasov made 39 saves to help hand San Jose a 4-2 loss on Saturday at Nationwide Arena. After the Sharks pulled goalie Magnus Chrona for the extra attacker, Alex Nylander scored an empty net goal with 1:05 left in regulation time to seal the Blue Jackets victory. “Just really not engaged physically,” Sharks coach David Quinn said of the first period. “I thought we give them way too much room, way too much respect. It was easy for them, too easy. “But I thought as the game went on, we got more engaged, we were more physical when we needed to be.” The Sharks now continue their road trip Sunday in Chicago against Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks. “We’ve

PHOENIX — In the shadow of two buttes, Alex Cobb’s four-month odyssey came full circle. It was here, at the Giants’ Papago Park training complex, that Cobb arrived every morning at 9 a.m. Where every day he went through five to six hours of rehabilitation. And, on Saturday afternoon, where he pitched in his first game since last September, before he underwent surgery on his left hip. “I put in a lot of sweat in the gym here,” Cobb said, standing to the side of the second of four fields, where he just completed two innings against the A’s Single-A squad. “I started having that feeling when I first got in here to warm up. It was wild to just feel like I was here yesterday rehabbing and we’re already almost at the end of spring.” With a week left before the Giants break camp, the 36-year-old right-hander is further along than anybody — perhaps except himself — could have envisioned when Dr. Marc Philippon took a knife to his left hip on Oct. 31 in Vail, Colorado. He had five anchors inserted, three bone

Devin Cooley had a somewhat spontaneous introduction to ice skating as a young boy growing up in the South Bay. His older brother, Ryan, was part of an 11-member Cub Scout group trying to earn skating badges. So his mom and dad, Heynia Loro-Cooley and Scott Cooley, and other parents took the boys to an outdoor rink in Palo Alto. Devin, then 5, saw everyone on the ice and wanted to get out there as well, and Heynia obliged by putting skates on him, too. “He’d never skated before,” Heynia said. “So, I put skates on the kid and he took off. He was better than his older brother.” Cooley hasn’t stopped since. Cooley, now 26 and in his fourth professional season, will make his NHL debut Sunday night when the San Jose Sharks play the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center. A Los Gatos native, Cooley will become just the fourth player from Santa Clara County to suit up for an NHL game, and the first to do it in a Sharks uniform. Cooley’s parents were ecstatic to hear their son had been acquired by

FALLS TOWNSHIP, Penn. — A man killed three people in their Philadelphia-area homes Saturday and was later arrested in New Jersey’s capital city following a major police response and hourslong standoff, authorities said. Steve Wilson, police director for the city of Trenton, said the man was found near a house were he was believed to have barricaded himself and was taken into custody. He apparently escaped the perimeter around the home before it was set up, according to Wilson. Wilson added that he did not believe the suspect was armed at the time. No one else was injured. The suspect was identified earlier as 26-year-old Andre Gordon Jr. Authorities said he killed his stepmother, his teenage sister and the mother of his children in shootings that stretched into two homes in eastern Pennsylvania’s Falls Township in the morning, Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn said. Officials said they couldn’t yet speak to a motive for the attacks. While Gordon had had some minor brushes with the law, they were “nothing that would indicate that anything like this would happen,” Falls Township Police Chief Nelson Whitney

Saturday, March 16, 2024 9:03PM ABC30 Central CA | Action News Stream Central California’s News and Original Shows 24/7 FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is working to rescue a trapped hiker. Authorities say he got trapped Saturday afternoon while trying to find his dog. He was hiking near Big Creek, above Camp Sierra. Deputies have not said if the man is hurt. This is a developing story. Stay with Action News for updates. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

Saturday, March 16, 2024 7:15PM Two people are in the hospital after a head-on crash in Merced County. MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — Two people are in the hospital after a head-on crash in Merced County. It happened after 6 am Saturday on Turner Island Road near Palazzo Road. The California Highway Patrol says a 26-year-old woman was driving north on Turner Island when she ran off the right side of the road. The woman corrected, but ended up in the southbound lane and hit a silver Toyota head-on. Officials say a 39-year-old man from the Toyota was flown to a nearby hospital with major injuries. The woman was also taken with major injuries. Law enforcement don’t believe drugs or alcohol were a factor. Copyright © 2024 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved. Top Stories

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FALLS TOWNSHIP, Penn. — Police are actively looking for a man who allegedly shot and killed three people on Saturday morning in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, before fleeing in a carjacked vehicle. Falls Township police officers were called to the unit block of Viewpoint Lane in Levittown around 8:52 a.m. Saturday for a reported shooting. Police say that’s where 26-year-old Andre Gordon, who was driving a stolen vehicle, shot and killed two people who lived there. Then, around 9:01 a.m., police responded to the unit block of Edgewood Lane in Levittown where Gordon allegedly shot and killed another person before fleeing the scene. At 9:13 a.m., police say Gordon carjacked a driver at gunpoint in the parking lot of the Dollar General store on Bristol Pike in Morrisville. The carjacked driver was not injured. Police believe Gordon knew all three of the victims who were killed. Gordon is believed to be currently homeless and has ties to the Trenton, New Jersey, area. The vehicle Gordon was last observed driving is a 2016 dark gray Honda CRV, with Pennsylvania registration KFR 1534, and a ‘Namaste’ sticker in