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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest views this hour. In just four minutes, reports say
Mike Waltz is out as National Security Advisor. His deputy,
Alex Wong, is also reported to be leaving his post.
It comes after Walt's face scrutiny for mistakenly adding Atlantic
editor Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal group chat that discussed

(00:21):
plans for a military strike. Garrett Haig reports from the
Rose Garden where President Trump spoke to mark the National
Day of Prayer.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
This ongoing Rose Garden event just now. The President went
through a laundry list of his cabinet officials and other
senior leaders, thanking and sort of highlighting their work. He
made no mention of his National Security advisor, who was
also not seen in the Rose Garden.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
With pastors, priests and moms, preachers and more in the audience,
President Trump says we need to be one nation under God.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
We're bringing back religion in our country, and we're bringing
it back quickly and strongly.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
Speaking on the National Day of Prayer, he pivoted then
to a spending bill that's making its way through Congress.
He said, have passed it will be the greatest tax
cut in American history. It's currently making its way through
the Senate before it heads back to the House. Millions
are in the path of severe weather from Texas to Pennsylvania.
A storm system neighboring heavy winds, hail, and possible tornadoes
to several states. The strongest possibility of storms will be

(01:14):
in western Kentucky and the southern parts of Ohio and Indiana.
Forecasters are also warning of severe thunderstorms tonight in North Texas,
which could produce drenching downpours from Amarillo to Wichita Falls.
More details are emerging in the case of kilmar At
Brego Garcia. Officials seeking to keep a Brego Garcia from
returning to his native El Salvador say a second protective

(01:34):
order filed by his wife has come to light. He
was deported to the country in what the White House
said was an administrative error, but as sen said, he's
a member of the MS thirteen gang. Alleged CEO shooter
Luigi Mangioni is at the center of a new musical
in San Francisco. Natalie Migliori has reaction.

Speaker 4 (01:51):
Creators say the musical will follow Mangione's time at the
Metropolitan Detungons Center in Brooklyn with real life cellmates Sam
Bankman Freed and p Diddy by his The show runs
from June thirteenth to the twenty eighth on Natalie mcgliori
NBC News Radio Ainley S.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
Taylor.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
Attorneys for the family of one of the two people
killed in the April seventeenth mass shooting at Florida State
University are calling for full transparency in the investigation. Speaking
at a news conference in Tallahassee yesterday, civil rights attorney
Bacari Sellers says, the family of Tiru Chaba once answers,
we're asking that there be thoroughness so we can find
out what, the when, the why, and the how this occurred. Chaba,

(02:31):
a forty five year old father and Aramark executive, was
one of two people killed when a gunman opened fire
near the student union. Six others were injured. The suspected
shooter was arrested and remains hospitalized after being shot by
law enforcements. Former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke, who already lost
one Senate race, may be running again. Republicans welcome the challenge.

Speaker 3 (02:51):
The outcome would probably be the same as his sender's
last three luntions.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
Political consultant Bill Miller says that O'Rourke is loved by
a small group of Democrats. The rest to the state,
he says, is not a fan of his politics. McDonald's
sales are dropping as customers pull back their spending due
to economic uncertainty. In the US, same store sales dropped
three point six percent in the beginning of the year,
marking the second consecutive quarter of declines. Net income for

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the first quarter was one point eighty seven billion dollars,
which is a decline from one point ninety three billion
dollars compared to the same period a year ago. A
kangaroo named Sheila's back home after she escaped from her
enclosure and caused a minor car accident. Michael Kassner has more.

Speaker 4 (03:30):
Timey Kangaroo Down in Sport, Timey Kangaroo Down.

Speaker 3 (03:34):
Sheila the Kangaroo lives in Alabama, Yes, Alabama. Patrick Starr,
who runs Chock the Falla, the facility where Sheila lives,
says he's really, really thankful that she was recaptured safely.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
We were able to bring Sheila the Kangaroo back home.

Speaker 3 (03:51):
And we didn't have any injuries, and we've checked on
her already this morning and she's completely fine. Sheila was
seen hopping casually long Eye eighty five on Tuesday. State
troopers had to shut down the highway during their attempts
to catch her.

Speaker 1 (04:05):
Aimle S.

Speaker 3 (04:05):
Taylor