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S ALWAYS. LIZ: OF COURSE. GEOFF: ALSO DURING THAT OVAL OFFICE EVENT TODAY, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED THAT ALL 50 STATES WILL PARTICIPATE IN A NEW MEDICAID DRUG PRICING PROGRAM, AIMED AT REDUCING THE COST OF SOME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. THE PROGRAM REQUIRES MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PARTICIPATING DRUGMAKERS TO OFFER MEDICAID PRICES COMPARABLE TO THOSE PAID IN CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES. BUT MANY DETAILS OF THE ARRANGEMENT REMAIN UNCLEAR, RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRUE SAVINGS.

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TODAY THAT AIMS TO SPEED UP SAFETY MEASURES FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, INCLUDING A POSSIBLE "KILL SWITCH" FOR ADVANCED AI MODELS. THE ORDER FOLLOWS WARNINGS FROM LEADING TECH EXECUTIVES AND RESEARCHERS THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS ADVANCING TOO RAPIDLY. NEWSOM, A POSSIBLE 2028 PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER, SAYS FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH TO REGULATE THE INDUSTRY.

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DISMISSED CALLS FOR U.S. COMPANIES TO SLOW DOWN THEIR AI DEVELOPMENT. THE LONE HOLDOUT JUROR IN THE LINDSAY CLANCY TRIAL SAYS HE HAD NO DOUBTS ABOUT HER GUILT. IN HIS FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS, MICHAEL DESRONVIL SAID THROUGH HIS LAWYER THAT, BASED ON THE EVIDENCE "I THOUGHT IT WAS , ENOUGH PROOF THAT SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS DOING AND PLANNED." THAT CONTRADICTS THE JURY FOREPERSON, WHO HAS SAID DESRONVIL EXPRESSED DOUBTS ABOUT CLANCY'S GUILT BUT WANTED TO CONVICT HER ANYWAY.

THE JUDGE IN THE CASE DECLARED A MISTRIAL EARLIER THIS MONTH. PROSECUTORS MUST NOW DECIDE WHETHER TO RETRY CLANCY IN THE 2023 KILLINGS OF HER THREE CHILDREN. RUSSIANS ARE VOTING IN THE COUNTRY'S FIRST PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SINCE ITS INVASION OF UKRAINE IN 2022. THE KREMLIN'S UNITED RUSSIA PARTY IS WIDELY EXPECTED TO RETAIN ITS DOMINANCE, AS IT FACES VIRTUALLY NO OPPOSITION AT THE POLLS. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN IS SEEKING TO CAST THE ELECTION AS A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THE WAR.

MEANTIME IN UKRAINE -- FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED FLAMES AFTER A RUSSIAN DRONE STRUCK THIS SHOPPING MALL IN ZAPORIZHZHIA. LOCAL AUTHORITIES SAY ONE PERSON WAS INJURED. ALSO TODAY, FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON IS CALLING FOR INCREASED PROTECTIONS FOR CRITICAL EUROPEAN INFRASTRUCTURE, AMID A RISE IN RUSSIA'S ALLEGED DRONE AND CYBERATTACKS.

DRONE INTRUSIONS INTO THE AIR SPACE SEVERAL COUNTRIES SHOW US THAT NO ONE IS SAFE. SO IN THE FACE OF THIS, WE ACT. THE INTENTION BEHIND IT IS TO INTIMIDATE US AND TO DERAIL THE EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE UKRAINIANS. THE CONSEQUENCE WILL BE THE OPPOSITE. GEOFF: MACRON ALSO SAID HE WOULD CONVENE A G7 MEETING IN THE COMING WEEKS TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING ENERGY CRISIS BROUGHT ON BY THE UKRAINE WAR, AND EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

IRAN SAYS IT STRUCK A TANKER THAT MADE WHAT OFFICIALS CALLED AN "ILLEGAL ATTEMPT" TO PASS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THE ATTACK HAS NOT BEEN INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED. MEANTIME, IN IRAN, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FILLED THE STREETS OF TEHRAN FOR A GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED DISPLAY OF NATIONAL SUPPORT AND UNITY. IT WAS THE LARGEST SUCH