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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest US this hour at just four minutes.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
The White House will not confirm reports it has asked
El Salvador about the status of Kilmara Brego Garcia. Lisa
Taylor has more.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
He was deported to El Salvador and what the White
House said was an administrative error, but has since said
he's a member of the MS thirteen gang. Secretary of
State Marco Rubio has reportedly been in touch with El
Salvador about Garcia, but today during a cabinet meeting, Rubio
told reporters he won't comment. Next week. The administration is
facing a court order deadline to provide an update on
steps taken to return Garcia.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
President Trump is hitting home on a number of topics.
Following a town hall event with News Nation. Trump called
into the town hall event hosted by Chris Cuomo on Wednesday,
where he said the recent polling on his approval rating
were fake polls where more Democrats were interviewed than members
of the GOP. When asked about making a deal with China,

(01:00):
Trump said, there is a very good chance, but it
will be on the terms of the US. Ukraine and
the US have signed a minerals agreement. It comes almost
two months after a White House meeting between Trump and
Zelensky derailed talks on the deal. Zelensky has declined to
sign the previous proposals of the deal. Karen Reid will

(01:20):
be back in court tomorrow as she stands accused of
murdering her boyfriend John O'Keefe by hitting him with a
car yesterday. The defense grill Jennifer McCabe, a family friend
of O'Keefe, who was with Reid when his body was found.

Speaker 4 (01:34):
As you said, that's your story correct, my story true,
it's the truth.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Reid's defense team claims she's the victim of a cover up.
Stilantis is reporting a fourteen percent drop in first quarter revenue.
The automaker is also suspending financial guidance for the rest
of the year due to uncertainties surrounding tariffs. CFO officer
Doug Oasterman says they're still absorbing terariff adjustments that were

(02:01):
announced on Tuesday, which may provide some relief to the company.
I'm Brian Schuk, the judge in the Brian Coburger trial,
has denied another defense motion to remove the death penalty
as a possible sentence, brad Ford reports.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
Defense attorneys for Brian Coburger argued the prosecution turned over
sixty eight terabytes of disorganized information. It includes photos, videos,
and other digital evidence. The judge said disclosure rules were
not violated and the prosecution is not required to organize
the evidence for the defense. Coburger is charged with the
murders of four University of Idaho students in twenty twenty two.

(02:37):
The trial is set for August. I'm brad Ford.

Speaker 2 (02:40):
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the
Vietnam War, marked by the fall of Saigon. The South
Vietnamese capital now called Ho Chi Minh City, was captured
by North Vietnam's Communist army on April thirtieth, nineteen seventy five,
after the American military evacuated the US embassy. Vietnam has

(03:00):
since been reunited and is still ruled by the Communist Party.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has launched a project aimed at
improving government services. Dina Kodiak reports.

Speaker 4 (03:12):
California has formed new partnerships to use generative artificial intelligence.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
Aided by another executive order. But now it's happening and
it's happening at a scale again not happening in any
other state in the country.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
Newsom says the state is engaging in a sandbox of
AI partners to reduce traffic on highways, enhance roadway safety,
and improve customer service at state call centers. Newsom says
the initiative is a first in the nation. In twenty
twenty three, Governor Newsom ordered state agencies to use AI
to improve services and address key community issues. I'm Dinakodiak.

Speaker 2 (03:46):
Google Play is purging nearly half the apps it's hosted,
going from a whopping three point four million apps down
to one point eight Google appears to be eliminating the
less quality apps, making it easier for users to find
and install secure and quality apps. I'm Brian Shuck.