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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes. The
White House is calling the first round of nuclear talks
with Iran both positive and constructive. The statement followed today's
meeting between high level US and Irani officials in Oman.
Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff said the US is looking
forward to constructive discussions when the delegations meet in Oman

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again next week. Iranian State TV said Oman's foreign minister
hosted the nearly two hour session, with messages relayed back
and forth between the delegations in separate rooms. President Trump
is exempting some electronics from one hundred and forty five
percent tariffs against China. US Customs and Border Protection says
certain tech devices will be exempt from tariffs. The CBP

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issued official guidance Friday night that exempts electronic items such
as computers, smartphones, flat panel TV displays, flash drives, and
memory cards. This could especially benefit tech giant Apple, which
has a large percentage of iPads and Mac computers made
in China. The NTSB is looking into the safety record
of the helicopter company involved in the deadly helicopter crash

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in the Hudson River It crashed Thursday while the family
from Spain was touring New York City, killing a Siemens executive,
his wife, their three young children, and the pilot, Jerry
Capodlos as he and his wife recently flew on the
very same helicopter and says nothing felt off about the
New York Helicopter Tour's flight last Saturday.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Looking seen that a place smooth going up, there was
smooth coming down. The flight was what I would describe
as normal.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
The NTSB is continuing their investigation. Frontier Airlines is cutting
back its flights. The Denver based carrier announced the move
due to a drop in demand and an uncertain environment.
Frontier said it anticipated revenue growth to be lower than
expected in the first quarter due to weaken demand. In March,
Trump's trade war has rattled global markets, hitting business and

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consumer confidence. As travel is a discretionary items for many
customers and businesses, Mounting economic worries have clouded the airline
industry's outlook. I'm Lisa Carton. The Menendez brothers are celebrating
a legal win. Attorney Mark Gerago spoke outside the courtroom
after Friday's ruling.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Today is a good day. Justice won over politics.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
A Los Angeles judge said the resentencing effort for Eric
and Lyleman Andez, who killed their parents in nineteen eighty nine,
will move forward with a hearing next Thursday. Last October,
then District Attorney George Gascon recommended resentencing for the brothers,
who say they were sexually abused by their father and
that their mother was aware. However, the New DA claims
the brothers have shown no remorse for their actions. A

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cousin of the brothers, Anna Marie Brault, is pushing back
on that claim, saying they've taken full responsibility for what
they've done and have been rehabilitated. The White House is
replacing a portrait of former President Obama with a painting
depicting the attempted assassination of President Trump. Here's rob Martyr.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
A white House of Fish posted side by side photos
on social media Friday showing the painting of Trump replacing
the one of Obama at the bottom of the Grand staircase.
The new painting depicts Trump raising his fist in the
air following the shooting at his rally in Pennsylvania last summer.
A White House spokesperson says the painting of Obama remains
in the entrance hall of the White House State floor.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
Ten homeowners whose houses were damaged in the January wildfires
are suing California's last resort Home Ensure JIM Roup explains the.

Speaker 3 (03:28):
Laws it claims the California Fair Plan Association is unlawfully
denying or delaying claims. The Fair Plan is offered to
homeowners who can't find insurance in the traditional marketplace. The
plane of say their homes have smoke damage and toxic
laced ash is inside their homes. They say the Fair
Plan is telling them their homes are just dirty they
should clean it themselves, but attorneys say removing that ash

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is dangerous. A Fair Plan statement says in part their policy,
like many others, requires direct physical loss for there to
be coverage.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
Mortgage rates are going up. The average rate on a
thirty year fixed mortgage jumped thirteen bases points Friday to
seven point one percent. I'm Lisa Carton.