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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This since your twenty four to seven US update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Two people are dead and five are heard after a
shooting at Florida State University FSU Police Chief Jason Trumbauer
says the gunman who has been apprehended is a current
student at the school.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
Two victims of the deceased are deceased, and five individuals
have been transported to a local hospital with gunshot wounds.
The shooter has also been transported to a local hospital.
The two deceased are not students.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
The shooting happened near a crowded student union during lunchtime
at the Tallahassee campus. Florida State University is canceling all
home athletics events through Sunday. The issue of birthright citizenship
is heading to the US Supreme Court. A number of
lower courts a block President Trump's executive order that ends
automatic birthright citizenship. The President's executive order goes completely against
the fourteenth Amendment, which protects all persons born or naturalized

(00:55):
in the US. Stocks are closing mixed on the final
trading day of the week. The Dallas for sharp losses
driven by United Health shares Following more than twenty two percent,
and vidis Doc also tumbled, which weighed on the tech
heavy Nasdaq. Wall Street will be dark for good Friday.
At the closing bell, the doll Jones Industrial Average fell
five hundred and twenty seven points, the SMP gained seven,

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and the Nasdaq shed twenty points. It's been one hundred
days since the January wildfires that destroyed two communities in
Los Angeles.

Speaker 4 (01:23):
It's been one hundred days of resilience, one hundred days
of a.

Speaker 3 (01:26):
Community and our city refusing to give up.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also announced that all the
debris from the library and Pacific Palisades has been removed
and they're ready to rebuild. Bass adds the costs of
the rebuilding of the library will be one hundred percent
reimbursed from FEMA. Parts of the central US can expect
stormy weather this Easter weekend. Several rounds of thunderstorms are
forecast through Easter Sunday, including some bringing the thread of

(01:52):
large hail, dangerous winds, and tornadoes. The storms expand into
the weekend, with possible severe weather stretching from Texas into
Ohio and passable Michigan. On easter the most dangerous weather
as forecast for Texas, parts of Louisiana, eastern Kansas, Missouri,
and western Illinois only say tailor. The clash over immigration
between federal courts and the Trump administration is intensifying. Alice

(02:14):
Barr reports.

Speaker 4 (02:15):
One federal judge saying he'll start criminal contempt proceedings against
the administration for willfully disregarding his order to halt last
month's deportation flights to an Al Salvador Mega prison unless
the migrants are given hearings.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
Judge James Bosburg is given the Justice Department a deadline
to explain the flights. Meanwhile, the Justice Department has released
new information in the case of a man living in
Maryland who was mistakenly deported to an Al Salvador prison.
The twenty nineteen document details how police linked Kilmar Abergo
Garcia to the MS thirteen gang based on an informance testimony.
Abergo Garcia's lawyers deny the allegations. President Trump is congratulating

(02:53):
Texas lawmakers for passing a school voucher bill, which will
send millions of taxpayer dollars to private and religious schools.
State Representative Steve Toss says this will help more families
choose a school that's the best fit for their values.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
It's a monumental day in Texas, he says.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
The vote, which happened early this morning, paves the way
for vouchers to make it to the governor's desk. Every
Democrat in the state House voted against the bill. They
were joined by two Republicans who both brought up issues
with cost. The package is ballooned to nearly ten billion
dollars over the next few years. The Trump administration continues
to revoke international student visas at New York institutions. Natalie

(03:30):
Migliori has more.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
Fordham University has confirmed four student visas were revoked earlier
this month, telling The Bronx Times that the Department of
Homeland Security gave no reason. Leaman College told the outlet
one student was given fifteen days to leave the US
or risk being arrested by Immigration enforcement. New Yorker's reacting.

Speaker 3 (03:48):
Here on a visa, and they got to respect our
learned and respect our property.

Speaker 1 (03:52):
Nobody cares. We'll just stop protesting.

Speaker 2 (03:54):
This is insane.

Speaker 4 (03:55):
My daughter's a Columbia grad and it's just sad to
see what's happening.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
The Trump administration has so far poled roughly thirteen hundred
visas for students and recent grads at more than two
hundred colleges across the nation.

Speaker 1 (04:06):
I'mly S Taylor