Here & Now

ABC announced Wednesday that "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" would be taken off the air indefinitely amid pressure from the FCC over comments Kimmel made earlier this week about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The Hollywood Reporter’s Alex Weprin joins us.

President Trump has directed strikes on three boats this month that he claims were transporting drugs. Retired Navy Capt. Jon Duffy explains why he thinks the attacks cross a “dangerous line” and discard “the rule of law.”

Former FBI agent and Yale University lecturer Asha Rangappa talks about Kash Patel's leadership of the FBI, after criticism grows over Patel's handling of the investigation into who killed conservative Charlie Kirk.

President Trump announced on Friday he would be sending National Guard troops to Memphis to fight crime. Longtime Memphian and commentator Otis Sanford explains what's being said about Trump’s announcement.

New Mexico Early Childhood Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky talks about the state's plans to offer free child care for all starting in November.

Arizona was central to conservative influencer and strategist Charlie Kirk's political vision. Soon after Kirk was killed on Wednesday, Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd stopped by a church that had been an important base for Kirk's activism.

NATO and Poland scrambled fighter jets on Wednesday to shoot down several Russian drones that entered Polish airspace. The Polish military called the incursion an act of aggression. NPR's Joanna Kakissis joins us from Kyiv.

Israel struck a building in Doha on Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says housed Hamas leadership. The attack comes as Qatar was trying to help negotiate a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. Reuters’ Andrew Mills, who was just blocks away when the attack happened, explains more from Doha.

Seoul-based journalist Raphael Rashid talks about the explosive reaction in South Korea to the arrest last week of more than 300 South Korean immigrants working to build a battery factory in Georgia.

Embark on a journey to Martha’s Vineyard, the real-life “Amity Island,” for the 50th anniversary celebration of the blockbuster film “Jaws.”