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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
In just four minutes, some thirty four million people are
under flood alerts across the mid South and Southeast as
powerful spring storms batter a large section of the country.
At least seventeen people have been killed as a result
of the severe weather, with ten of those deaths reported
in Tennessee. Meteorologist Michelle Grossman.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
We are looking at a very volatile situation, destructive, catastrophic, life.

Speaker 1 (00:30):
Threatening, and that continues and will continue at least for
the next let's say, eighteen hours.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Finally pushing off to mark. Heavy rainfall is expected across
the region as a severe weather threat shifts to the southern,
mid Atlantic and Southeast into Monday. New Jersey Senator Cory
Booker says he's standing in solidarity with millions of Americans
that are speaking out against the Trump administration. Appearing on
ABC's This Week, Booker said his record marathon speech on

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the Senate floor was about highlighting actions President Trump is
taking that will put Americans in a bad spot, the.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Chaos he is unleashed on America, the financial insecurity that
he has brought to people's lives. This is not what
he promised people.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
The New Jersey Democrats said the president's first one hundred
days will be looked at as one of the worst
in the history of the country. The public feud between
Elon Musk and top Trump administration trade advisor Peter Navarro
shows no sign of stopping. Elon He's got X, he's
got a big microphone. Musk blasted Navarro on a very
public stage, posting that new tariffs are a big mistake

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for America. Navarro made the rounds on today's talk shows
trying to explain why the tariffs are a good thing.
Musk has been an ardent supporter of Trump, but states
publicly that this tariff plan is a big mistake. The
head of the World Trade Center Health program has his
job back, following bipartisan pressure from members of New York's
congressional delegation. Long Island Republican Congressman Andrew Garbarino said that

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doctor John Howard was re hired last week after he'd
been terminated by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Junior. I'm Lisa Carton. The Trump administration is revoking
visas from anybody from South Sudan Jim Forbes as the latest.

Speaker 4 (02:11):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the decision comes from
Sudan's refusal to accept deportees quote in a timely manner.
Rubio added he would deny any future visas to South
Sudanese people as well. It's the first measure targeting all
passport holders from a particular country. Several potential deportees have

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filed lawsuits against the administration, and some judges have issued
temporary restraining orders as a result.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
The US Army may get rid of up to ninety
thousand active duty soldiers due to budget cuts at the Pentagon.
More from Scott Carr.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
Defense Secretary Pete Hegsat says he's trying to cut roughly
eight percent of the Pentagon's budget to turn the Army
into a smaller, more high tech force. Cuts that large
when and bring the total soldier countdown to roughly three
hundred sixty thousand.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Elon Musk and his DOS team may be cutting jobs
at the Peace Corps. Members of the Department of Government
Efficiency arrived at their headquarters on Saturday. The move signals
that possible cuts may be imminent at the agency, which
engages in international aid and development. Although the Peace Corps
has long had bipartisan support and its funding makes up
less than a tenth of one percent of the federal budget,

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the agency has struggled to meet its staffing goals in
recent years. Gamers will have to wait to be able
to pre order the Nintendo Switch, to Matt Mattinson explains.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
The video game giant announced Friday that its delaying pre
orders due to new global tariffs. Nintendo said pre orders
will not start April ninth in order to assess the
potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. The new
console is still set to release June fifth. It'll cost
four hundred and forty nine dollars on its own, or
around five hundred bucks as a bundle with Mario Kart World.

Speaker 2 (03:55):
Nintendo's delay raises the prospect that it could hike the
price of the Switch to two and It's games further. I'm
Lisa Carton.