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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
Just four minutes, at least forty two people are dead
after severe weather hits parts of the South and Midwest
over the weekend. Kathy Park has.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
More overnight parts of the Northeast drenched by heavy rain
and hail after deadly storms 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 (00:30):
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. The
White House is defending the decision to carry out deportations
under the centuries old Alien Enemies Act. White House Press
Secretary Caroline Levitt said in a statement that the Trump
administration did not refuse to comply with a court order
because certain Venezuelans deported were no longer in US territory.
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A district court judge had preemptibly barred the removal of
some migrants under the Act for the next fourteen days.
President Trump thinks there's a very good chance that the
US can bring the war in Ukraine to an end.
The president told reporters aboard Air Force one yesterday that
a lot of work was done over the weekend and
that he intends to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin tomorrow.
Ukrainian President Zelenski has already accepted a US back thirty
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day ceasefire proposal. The last person to be seen with
the missing American student, Zadik Sha Kanaki, is back on
the beach in the Dominican Republic. Jesse Kersh reports from Puntakana.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
This time, twenty two year old Joshua Reebia Biowa was
with Dominican Republic investigators who are still searching for the
University of Pittsburgh junior more than eleven days after she disappeared.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Reeby's passport is reported to have been confiscated by authorities,
and his lawyers say he's not free to leave the
hotel unaccompanied. Beilissee Riebe is being considered as a witness
to a possible drowning. Retail sales came in weaker than
expected in February. The Commerce Department reported retail sales rose
two tens percent for the month, as consumer spending slowed.
Online spending helped boose sales figures for the month, with
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non store retailers reporting in New nearly two and a
half percent gain. Consumer spending makes up about two thirds
of all economic activity in the US. Ainly s tailor.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is threatening to withhold millions
of dollars in grants from Denver. Le c Owen, a
Denver attorney, says the Trump administration is testing boundaries.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I would be very interested to know what facts the
federal government is relying on in order to even accuse
Denver of this misconduct in the first place.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
The agency sent a letter to city leaders last week
saying more than thirty two million in grants are being reviewed.
The Trump administration wants to probe whether Denver may have
violated federal smuggling laws by sheltering thousands of migrants who
arrived in the city from the southern border. Denver officials
say they've received the letter and are confident there have
been no violations. Officials are still seeing people attempt to
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bring guns on planes. At Newark Airport, Transportation Security Administration
officers intercepted two handguns and carry on bags at Newark
on Saturday and unrelated situations. A Mountain Lakes, New Jersey
man says he forgot he had the gun within with
him while at Pearl River, New York. Man was stopped
when TSA detected a loaded handgun. TSA reminds flyers that
guns are not permitted through the checkpoint. There's been five
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people flag for trying to bring guns at Newark Airport
this year. The Food and Drug Administration is issuing recommendations
for which flu shots to use. More from Scott Pringle.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
The decisions came without input from the Panel of Independent
Vaccine Advisors after a February meeting was canceled without explanation.
The FDA did, however, use its own experts working with
the Center for Disease Control. The most recent flu season,
which peaked in February, was the worst in more than
a decade.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Pepsi's getting into the pre biotic soda business. The soda
giant announced Monday it's buying Texas based prebiotic soda company Poppy.
The deals worth nearly two billion dollars. Rory McElroy is
the winner of the Players Championship in Florida. McElroy defeated
JJ Spawn this morning in a three hole playoff to
win a second player's title. Spawn was able to tie
McElroy yesterday during the final round at twelve hunder part
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to force the playoff today. McElroy now has twenty eight
career wins on the PGA Tour. Next up as the
voce Bar Championship in Palm Harbor, which begins Thursday only,
said Taylor.