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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
President Trump is announcing a ninety day pause on some tariffs.
In a post on True Social Trump said he'll also
lower reciprocal tariffs during this period. The President said the
pause is effective immediately. Trump also said he's raising the
tariff charged against China to one hundred twenty five percent.
As a result, the TAO is gained more than twenty
one hundred points. House Republicans are trying to secure the

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votes to pass a budget plan backed by President Trump.
The Senate passed a sweeping funding plan over the weekend,
and now Speaker Mike Johnson is hoping to have a
vote this week on the measure. It would allow committees
to put together legislation that would cut taxes, increase immigration
enforcement and spending on defense, and raise the debt limit
without any Democratic votes. The man accused of murdering four
University of Idaho's students in twenty twenty two is back

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in court today for a hearing. Liz Kroytz reports it
will determine what evidence could be used in Brian Coberger's
August trial.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Today's hearing likely his attorney's last chimes to make their
case before the judge after filing a flurry of motions
containing more than one thousand pages of arguments over the
last several months.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
The legal team's.

Speaker 3 (01:08):
Sparring over whether to allow text messages sent by the
two surviving roommates as the alleged murders were happening.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
Both the prosecution and defense have motions, including whether to
allow a selfie coburger took the day of the murders,
a nine to one one call reporting the deaths, and
a description of the suspect's bushy eyebrows. The hearing could
last for two days. Flooding is still threatening the Tennessee,
Ohio and Mississippi river basins. Meteorologists say the amount of
rain that fell over four days was likely to occur

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once every one thousand years based on averages. Storms and
flooding have already claimed the lives of at least twenty
three people, and economists estimate the storms will cause around
eighty to ninety billion dollars in economic losses. The Washington
Capitals will honor Alex Ovechkin for breaking the NHL career
goal scoring record of Etchkin scored his eight hundred ninety
fifth goal Sunday against the Islanders in New York to

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surpass Wayne Gretzky. A ceremony to honor Ovechkin will be
held at the Capitol One Arena before the Capitol's game
with the Carolina Hurricanes tomorrow. I'mly Sa Taylor. The European
Union is set to implement new tariffs on US goods
next week. The twenty seven nation bloc voted to approve
retaliatory tariffs in response to US tariffs sun steel and aluminum.
The European Commission said the EU considers US tariffs un

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justified and damaging, causing economic harm to both sides as
well as the global economy. The search for survivors is
continuing following a deadly roof collapse at a nightclub in
the Dominican Republic. Aaron MacLaughlin reports dozens of people spent
the night at the site hoping for word about missing
friends and family.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
According to officials, some of them have said that they
receive phone calls from their loved ones trapped inside the rubble.
Now this is very much a race against time to
find any remaining survivors.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
The collapse early yesterday has claimed at least one hundred
twenty four lives, with scores more injured. Among the dead
or two former Major League Baseball players, Octavio d'otel played
with thirteen teams over fifteen seasons after getting a start
with the Mets in nineteen ninety nine. The fifty one
year old was still alive when he was pulled from
the rubble, but did not survive. Also lost in the collapse,
Tony Blanco, who made appearances in almost sixty games for

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the Washington Nationals. A provincial governor who was the sister
of retired MLB star Nelson Cruz, was also killed. Texas
based American Airlines is teaming up with Customs and Border
Protection on a plan they say will make international flights
move more quickly. Passengers would no longer pick up their
bags when they arrive and then recheck them for a
domestic connecting flight. Instead, the luggage would be transferred automatically.

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A Minecraft movie is set to rule at the box
office again this weekend. The video game adaptation is expected
to make between sixty five and eighty two million dollars.
In its sophomore outing, the film made just over one
hundred and sixty two million and its debut weekend. Knew
this week is the action thriller The Amateur starring Romy Mallick.

Speaker 2 (03:50):
You held the gun to my wife's head.

Speaker 3 (03:52):
This is a remote the controls the device that's been
decompressing the glass beneath you. You have the wrong person.

Speaker 2 (03:57):
No.

Speaker 1 (03:58):
Also new this week is the faith based add animated
film The King of Kings, with both expected to make
between twelve and fourteen million only, said Taylor,