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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
Just four minutes.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Mike Waltz is being nominated to become the US Ambassador
to the United Nations. President Trump announced the nomination on
the same day reports surface that Waltz would resign as
National Security Advisor. Walt's face scrutiny for mistakenly adding a
reporter to a signal group chat that discussed plans for
a military strike. Another round of severe weather is on
tap from Texas to Pennsylvania today. Briscilla Thompson reports severe

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weather has already hit Texas and Oklahoma City.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
More than eight inches of rain has drenched the state
so far. In Dallas, the severe weather also prompting widespread
delays at both major airports.

Speaker 3 (00:43):
They moved our flight to eight pm, so hopefully, you know,
we can we can get on that, and if they canceled,
maybe we'll just have to get on the road. Flash
flood morning, Tec area. Please receive precaution.

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The pounding rain and flash flooding causing problems on the roads.

Speaker 3 (00:58):
Too, which I'd drive through a car walk coming down
freely literally.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
When gus topping sixty miles per hour near Danville, Arkansas,
snapping this tree in hack and sending it crashing into
a daycare.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
This storm system may bring heavy winds, hail, impossible tornadoes
to several states. The strongest possibility of storms will be
in western Kentucky in the southern parts of Ohio and Indiana.
Tariffs are reportedly costing General Motors as much as five
billion dollars from its profits this year. In a letter
to investors, gm CEO shared that despite the loss, the
company is still expected to earn between ten billion to

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twelve point five billion dollars before interest in taxes. Meanwhile,
Ford CEOs as Trump's executive order loosening some of the
auto tariffs was helpful, but there still needs to be
more changes. Former Vice President Kamala Harris is criticizing President
Trump's tariff policies In her first major public remarks since
leaving the White House, Harris delivered the keynote address at
a gala for Emerge America in San Francisco Wednesday, where

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she said people are describing the recent months as absolute chaos.
The former VP said the tariffs Trump is imposed are
clearly inviting a recession. I'mly se tailor a federal judge
is blocking the deportations of Venezuelans in South Texas under
the Alien Enemies Act. Judge Fernando Rodriguez, who was appointed
during the first Trump administration, rights that members of the

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violent Venezuelan street gang trend Di'uragua are not invading the country,
and the administration's recent swift deportations, he ruled violate due
process rights. The ruling came as part of a lawsuit
brought by three Venezuelan men who claim they're not members
of the gang. A memorial to those killed in the Uvalde,
Texas school shooting has been vandalized. The town's police chief
called it senseless, cruel and says it has inflicted more

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pain in the community west of San Antonio. The Avaldi
Police Department is actively working to identify the individuals responsible,
and the chief says they will hold them accountable. A
total of nineteen students and two teachers were killed in
the twenty twenty two attack. Crosses with their names were
erected outside of rob elementary. Health officials are issuing a
red alert at Chicago O'Hara in Anat National Airport after

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a passenger was diagnosed with measles and potentially exposed hundreds
of travelers to the virus. The infected adult developed a
rash on April twenty fifth, leading to a confirmed diagnosis
of measles, and they're currently isolating at home. Another case
was identified in the same Illinois county, with the individual
seeking treatment at a local hospital on April twenty eighth.
Health officials urge anyone who may have been exposed to

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monitor for symptoms. The race among Democrats to succeed President
Trump in twenty twenty eight is underway.

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Results from several national polls show former Vice President Kamala
Harris leading other possible Democratic candidates with just under thirty
percent support. Harris is followed by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buddhajeg,
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocassio Cortes, and New Jersey Senator
Cory Booker. California Governor Gavin Newsom is on the list,
but came in fifth with only seven percent national support.

Speaker 1 (03:52):
The NBA playoff schedule features two games sixes. Tonight, the
Detroit Pistons will host the New York Knicks at seven
thirty pm Eastern. Later, the Los angele Less Clippers. Welcome
to Denver Nuggets at ten pm. I'mly S Taylor