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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest US this hour in just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Dozens of people are dead after wildfires, rain, tornadoes, and
dust storms affected much of the country over the weekend.
Kathy Park with more Overnight.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Parts of the Northeast drenched by heavy rain and hail
after deadly stars pounded the South and Midwest as dozens
of tornadoes ripped through seven states, killing at least forty people,
uprooting trees and dismantling homes and businesses.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Reports say the majority of deaths occurred in Missouri, where
at least twelve were killed. Today, eight million people are
under winter storm watches or warnings in the West, although
that storm isn't expected to be as severe as those
that occurred over the weekend. President Trump says he intends
to speak with Russian President vladimirk tomorrow. He thinks there's
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a very good chance his words, that the US can
bring the war in Ukraine to an end. Ukrainian President
Zelensky has already accepted a US back thirty Day seasfire proposal.
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams are finally wrapping up
their nine months stay aboard the International Space Station. Tom
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Costello reports a SpaceX capsule that will be their ride
home docked at the ISS over the weekend, carrying a
replacement crew.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Bush and Sonny are one step closer to coming home.
Great to see our friends arrive. So thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
An epic space songrop.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
We're two astronauts about to celebrate the end of their
very long mission.
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NASA says. They're said to begin their journey tomorrow, with
splashdown off the Florida coast expected just before six pm.
Wilmore and Williams arrived on the Space station in June
during what was supposed to be a ten day test
flight of a Boeing Starliner spacecraft. NASA decided to leave
them there and bring Starliner home empty because of safety concerns.
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And on Wall Street, the S and P five hundred
is taking higher as the benchmark tries to continue a
comeback from a correction. I'm Michael Kassner. New York is
preparing for its two hundred and sixty fourth annual Saint
Patrick's Day Parade this morning. Jonathan O'Halloran reports.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
It's billed as the oldest and largest Saint Patrick's Day
parade on the planet. One hundred and fifty thousand are
expected to march down Fifth Avenue. Well over two million
spectators will line the streets to take part in the festivities.
The parade kicks off at eleven am rain or shine,
so spectators are hoping for a little bit of the
luck of the Irish to keep the rain away. This morning.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Kanye West is releasing new music more on the controversial
artist from Lisa Carton.
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On Saturday, Kanye dropped Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine,
which features Sean Diddy, Comb's and Kanye's daughter North.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Thank You, Thank You, No Money Jill Love.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Sources report Kim Kardashian tried to get a judge to
stop the song from releasing, saying their daughter should not
be involved in Kanye's recent behavior. The rapper has been
criticized in recent months for saying he's a Nazi and
selling shirts with swastikas on them. Meanwhile, the song's featured artist,
Diddy is currently in jail awaiting trial for multiple sex
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trafficking charges. So I'm Lisa Carton.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Singer Dave Mason is in the hospital for what's being
called a serious infection.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
And we Just Disagree.
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Mason's Facebook page says it developed quickly and the seventy
eight year old had to cancel three months of shows.
The first leg of his Let It Flow Tour was
scheduled to kick off in Augusta, Georgia, on March twentieth,
and wrap up on May eleventh. The name of the
tour comes from the title of his nineteen seventy seven
album Let It Flow, which included his biggest charting solo single,
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we Just Disagree. I'm Michael Kassner.