Your Presidential Daily Brief: Trump Visits Puerto Rico | Police Question Vegas Shooter’s Girlfriend

[The Presidential Daily Brief](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/c8721847/e907718b5414e1350505c7c343fe75d4//) [The Presidential Daily Brief](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/c8721847/e907718b5414e1350505c7c343fe75d4//) 59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/2264c5d9/4c14002b2c7696ef1d9babb3cb2f1615// 59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/3aca6403/118d5ffb336b20bcba9d5066c7692569// 59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/3aca6403/118d5ffb336b20bcba9d5066c7692569//  IMPORTANT October 4, 2017  59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/afad783a/8b8041698c2aa0e41e4d1923f4395bf5// [President Donald Trump and his wife Melania step off Air Force One upon arriving in Puerto Rico yesterday. Source: Getty](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/54d2baf8/79e9923e038c29a03a22f44849f94c69//) [Trump Tells Puerto Rico Hurricane Wasn't 'Real Catastrophe'](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/8c2a96e2/0d0ef60c30196c3057487dff5412b29d//) He was only there for four hours. But in that time President Donald Trump, whose response to the plight of storm-devastated [Puerto Rico](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/48b1b472/d032f519f3d13765222e78945cfb64dc//) has been widely excoriated, told residents they should be “very proud” of the low death toll compared to the “literally thousands” killed in 2005 by “real catastrophe” Hurricane Katrina. That storm killed 1,800, while 34 died in Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria. Trump later told Fox News the U.S. territory’s $70 billion debt should be “wiped out,” though he provided no further details. Sources: [Washington Post](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/644e9778/2f5064c3f96ddda9cbe1d263340356b4//), [CNN](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/55380549/2839ee76cb86db44379cab41886070c4//), [CNBC](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6af738e9/bc50359c63c5d66ccaea0159c060856a//) Share: [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4c7bfb07/34f98ac8b27f572b14bee11727aaa197//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/5e2e3a84/10d29bc02ecc25e37300d156fa138b2b//) [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/420d31eb/6485cb6c581bbd7f22fc38eaaf06efd7//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f5f3715d/c05bbf71960ff700431bc840cbed95f9//) [Investigators to Question Vegas Shooter's Girlfriend](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/56c1512e/8d1b452c9760338921b2eb3ed9135101//) They’re hoping for answers. Marilou Danley, 62, was traveling in the Philippines when her boyfriend, Stephen Paddock, opened fire on a [Las Vegas](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ddc8622c/c2d20852e8c74b5d88343de2348fc59f//) music festival and killed 59 people. Now Danley, a “person of interest” in the case, has returned to the U.S. to speak with investigators trying to ascertain Paddock’s motive — and why he wired $100,000 to Danley last month. Meanwhile, many questioned Facebook and Google’s role in spreading fake news about the crime, after untrustworthy websites were boosted to the top of search results by the sites’ algorithms. Sources: [The Guardian](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6fc788d2/507f3cad1a2e8a73ca549154bba32beb//), [NYT](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/70e2d1d0/795f8d4196effa44e942c91b4b208a65//), [NPR](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/9d032b1a/811db006d130aa93d418008aa6cb0618//) Share: [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/52a10460/d30a83305b7022428c58c95879778b1e//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/b2d6c2b3/a935197eb0098b004c00810777085897//) [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e12b65d7/dec0a686e2319f052a79d10b0c10ffa0//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ab7dee9f/6652fbee5d6072aa344cc44b06f08b7a//) [Spanish King Speaks Out Against Catalan Independence](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/75bd6750/940313306e0759c376680c4f5f377f5a//) It’s a battle royale. King Felipe VI rarely speaks publicly, but he appeared on TV Tuesday night to denounce Catalonia’s [independence](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6fcfa94f/f17d545413c0e548d8ba93144747ed6a//) movement, saying local officials “have tried to break the unity of Spain.” He called on the national government to restore order amid a general strike in Catalonia, where shops and transport shuttered to protest police violence against would-be voters in Sunday’s referendum. Meanwhile, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said his government will act on the independence referendum by the beginning of next week, no matter the consequences. Sources: [FT (sub)](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a90eaefc/10bed42ccb8791f84fa0c6861cd10794//), [BBC](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/14e91f3b/193cd1eedbdff3d4e0d1a9678edfe009//) Share: [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/68443a29/d65cff2e963c6f76a74b9292449efa7d//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/1cb10b93/c0c98c7edf043f1e933b8201af781c8c//) [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/b2608a06/251563c2b63f3925ea88e1fea10d30d9//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ed9bd87a/682a43d3651588703e3db20ded2c3b37//) [All 3 Billion Yahoo Accounts Were Breached in 2013 Hack](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d34f0d31/f9aa34bef4cecb18a94467c1485a3422//) What’s worse than a billion hacked accounts? The other 2 billion that weren’t disclosed. Yahoo’s new owner, Verizon, revealed that the massive [hack](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/75d4f85e/027192bb12c96a6b5ae921f5c0b1cd92//) four years ago, already the biggest ever, was three times as extensive as previously claimed, affecting every user account. While all Yahoo users were already forced to reset their passwords, the hackers — who investigators believe were linked to Russia — now have their birth dates, names, phone numbers and security questions. At least three buyers have reportedly purchased the stolen data on the dark web. Sources: [WSJ (sub)](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/faa71dc9/1d134bfd50c5110f21473b0c79cb51f4//), [NYT](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/53982e60/2e126ec196385f89ff72780ac5a02dbe//) Share: [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/c6f5994d/533ede47aaf0984229593ee18e2f6283//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/fb19d060/13ca42cab901e9e84bc8ebcc069a7441//) [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/d18a258a/b404aa5e52e627191aa81f25368ebeb7//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/72870491/bad756f1cd4cc45be2fed38b8e256be0//) Briefly Know This: After Supreme Court arguments yesterday, some think Justice Anthony Kennedy could cast the [deciding vote](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/268ee0fc/bbf103430c40bb83aeabe92c02f82b0d//) to let courts restrain politically motivated gerrymandering. Text messages suggest Pennsylvania’s Rep. [Tim Murphy](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/24b48054/93e20f08a03001c56375e059eafa8846//), a staunchly anti-abortion Republican, encouraged his mistress to terminate her pregnancy. And a Mexican university conference on feminism is [under fire](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a2876c37/3ea12c4b98ae99acc754ea9e12c8a608//) for featuring 11 panelists — all of whom are male. Read This: The story of Jedidiah Brown, a 30-year-old minister who almost committed suicide on Facebook Live, points up the [emotional toll](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/7283a5be/da45c240d3eacac719b648aa8c84b9bb//) taken on young activists in 2017. Hear This: The second episode of OZY’s hit podcast, [The Thread](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/09cbc620/596208d70c142332187dcd012fc978bb//), is now available! Give it a listen — and let us know what you think at [podcasts@ozy.com](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/620a4577/154b9b70d69843bb41922af47746e37f//). 59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/b87129fe/2c2e880b5dc3f08cd8d042600fd51cc0// 59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/88c6913b/7f160ae8beac5276deae922351710b05//  INTRIGUING  [Scotland Bans Fracking For Good](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/504e1325/eb4da2c21438d3f09aef487d40ae2ca2//) They don’t have the energy. Scotland’s government has permanently extended its moratorium on the extraction of oil and gas from shale rock, known as fracking, after years of protests. While the [practice](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/1dec4a87/31aaaa43bc876e45da2a3b6df014b3e9//) has revolutionized the U.S. fuel industry, opponents argue that it contaminates water and air, as well as sparking earthquakes. In his announcement yesterday, Scottish Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse told Parliament the ban would cost Scotland a mere 0.1 percent of its annual GDP. Environmental groups lauded the ban, but deep-pocketed petrochemical companies are expected to challenge the decision. Sources: [The Scotsman](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/62b755f6/0bd3ebd45a9016c9b96d40fc75753bf7//), [FT (sub)](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/72de59ac/a2a7946c2ae5227872da10fa4ad845c3//) Share: [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6f274c91/e7edab21d44ea6f712448768524f596b//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a0ce59d1/e01a64a2605f5f1b2cba40dec82e9c1e//) [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e4c87c93/34f359fa4629d5ba0840d3691fc559fb//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ff18299b/c35965de05737fdf96c08976e2d679c4//) [Investor Pitching Moves Beyond Silicon Valley ... and Outside](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/13b8d40d/8d7327de319d37d039c019b9a8b355f5//) This isn’t business as usual. From chair-lifts to boats to bar stools, entrepreneurs looking for investors are seeking unconventional settings, leaving boardrooms — and Silicon Valley — behind. Adrenaline-infused events like Peak Pitch (on the slopes) and Road Pitch (on motorcycles), put a Shark Tank twist on the process of luring investors. Others take the pitch on the road, touring up-and-coming cities to invest in local startups. But it’s not clear if the pizazz of the setting actually has an effect on the bottom line. Sources: [OZY](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4a7f424f/e2ea4e8c5513c68aaa459cc1bcd2cabc//) Share: [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/2d46a05b/761a3a91524df62008cf3f5bde7109a7//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/8cff7b3e/6b1b3d23b8a7859c4fef50502d2ba97d//) [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/eb89a145/2f664aa2c3107d7581d3e56688e3e7ae//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4e765b94/3e980817b0a1e68f2a4329666b8bb275//) [Gravitational Wave Breakthrough Wins Nobel Physics Prize](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4e6fba6e/dbb6f6326d0f2e98c2bb50c291065af9//) Let the space-time roll. The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded yesterday to U.S. scientists Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne for their work detecting ripples in [space-time](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/3e16a129/9a45f923f2ebfff4381d1551d0f842b3//) caused by gravity, as predicted by Albert Einstein’s 1916 theory of relativity. A century later, the team of physicists, who’d been working on the problem for decades, managed to detect gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes. Barish described the waves as “another way to look at the universe” that will lead to “some enormous surprises.” Sources: [The New Yorker](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/04e0a6e0/20b57304e9093e07b0d98469f0f40a0d//), [Popular Mechanics](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/2b8a01be/dcbdef9cbc75ed3a2264264c40417567//), [NPR](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/18f065d9/e5ff800d1b7cebaed284652d2f82cd98//) Share: [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6dfdee0f/a33a0b12caf5ece2a9b44d3f0a11d2a1//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/5c7d88c6/34591f282139089028ae7099046c07ab//) [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/82c4dbff/b5e5c351179e8255ef8e22f9958a6774//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/38ee17e4/99f0052b498e904d92270675657107ba//) [Louvre Cancels Plans to Display Explicit Sculpture](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/b53a0c6a/ffe433a8aab8bec3a24f8647b19b875a//) “It risks being misunderstood.” So said the [Paris](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/c1c78b7d/1c97b8d7e4b6ed7eb9fd0a6635d702fd//) museum’s director, Jean-Luc Martinez, as the Louvre backpedaled on displaying a 40-foot tall brutalist sculpture that resembles two buildings having sex. Domestikator, designed by the Atelier Van Lieshout collective, was meant to go on display in the Tuileries Garden on Oct. 19 as part of the Fiac contemporary art fair. Some pointed out that the Louvre already displays plenty of nude sculptures and paintings, while the collective’s founder protested that the abstract Domestikator is “pretty innocent.” Sources: [The Local](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/3181b36f/5de1a4e477290a02a29b0cb3f4a7e709//), [Mashable](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e6d4042e/4bae034b4e23a84ac27cc2898e42ceac//) Share: [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/5d2bf13d/ce4d415f052ba894a2fa30dd10f20fb9//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/b38243f7/e7405bf38c214010fd8242f1e9014b42//) [Facebook](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/225e34a7/098a440a69f55796024bd9546eef56d0//) [Twitter](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/566df5af/b130777c6bffc9c774879a9218a80742//) [Dale Earnhardt Jr. Brings Moderation to a Conservative Sport](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/8c325d0a/3e7f16a6375303325c30333cbf43d035//) He’s driving in the left lane. NASCAR has a reputation as a bastion of white, rural conservatism, but Earnhardt Jr., voted Most Popular Driver for the last 14 years, has broken from the pack. He responded to the controversy over kneeling [NFL players](59d4b4b459b829ff6649614e:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/5c0800e2/560c4f8ee5d5cd495014596c5940201b//) with a tweeted quote from John F. Kennedy supporting peaceful protests, and he’s also condemned white supremacists in Charlottesville and ubiquitous Confederate flags at races. But with Earnhardt Jr. retiring in just seven weeks, it’s unlikely he’ll steer NASCAR into a new political lane. 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