The Latest: 05/01/2025 07:59pm ET

All the latest national and international news. Topics also include finance, weather and entertainment.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Transcript

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

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Vice President Vance says that Mike Waltz is not being
fired from his role as National Security Advisor.

Speaker 3 (00:15):
I think the media wants to frame this as a firing.
Donald Trump has fired a lot of people. He doesn't
give them senate confirmed appointments afterwards. What he thinks is
that Mike Waltz is going to better serve the administration
most importantly of the American people in that role, and
I haven't.

Speaker 4 (00:28):
Agree with him.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Vance spoke Thursday on Fox News, where he said the
decision for Waltz to leave his position is in fact
a promotion, as President Trump has nominated him to become
the US ambassador to the United Nations. Waltz face scrutiny
for mistakenly adding a reporter to a signal group chat
that discussed plans for a military strike. Severe weather is

(00:49):
threatening millions from Texas up to Pennsylvania. A storm system
may bring heavy winds, hail, and possible tornadoes to several states.
The strongest possibility of storms will be in western Kentucky
and the southern parts of Ohio and Indiana. Sean Diddy
Combs is confirming he rejected a last minute plea deal
ahead of his sex trafficking trials set to start next week.

(01:13):
Kristin Marx reports.

Speaker 5 (01:15):
During a final pre trial conference in Manhattan Thursday, a
federal judge asked the disgrace to rapper and music mogul
if he rejected the offer made by prosecutors, to which
he replied yes, I do your honor. Little is known
about the deal, which first came to light last week,
other than it included a lighter sentence in exchange for
a guilty plea. The fifty five year old is charged
with sex trafficking and racketeering, accused of abusing and coercing

(01:39):
women for years. He could get life in prison if convicted.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is launching a new air Traffic
Controller recruitment and retention program. The FAA will give five
thousand dollars bonuses to all academy graduates and new hires
that complete initial qualification training. Academy graduates assigned to thirteen
FORC facilities that have faced additional hiring struggles will receive

(02:03):
ten thousand dollars bonuses. I'm Brian Schuck Tesla is denying
a report that it was looking to replace Elon Musk
as its CEO. The Wall Street Journal ranas story Wednesday
claiming Tesla's board opened a search for a new chief
executive officer last month as company stocks were sinking and
as Musk was getting backlash for his political activities. After

(02:27):
the story broke, Tesla board chairman Robin Denholm released a
statement on X calling it absolutely false. The maternal mortality
rate in the US is rising slightly, Mark Mayfield reports.

Speaker 1 (02:40):
According to the CDC, the maternal mortality rate rose to
nineteen deaths per one hundred thousand live births, which is
up from eighteen point six in twenty twenty three. Excessive bleeding,
blood vessel bloggages, and infections were among the leading causes.
The US has one of the highest maternal mortality rates
among wealthy nations. Past research also found wide racial disparities,

(03:02):
with black women dying at three times the rate of
white women. A'm Mark meefield.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
President Trump's global tariffs may mean fewer toys under the
Christmas tree this year.

Speaker 4 (03:12):
Tammy Trehillo has More, the CEO of the Toy Association,
told The New York Times earlier this week that because
of terrorists, the industry is facing a frozen supply chain
that's putting Christmas at risk. On Wednesday, Trump appeared to
acknowledge there may be a toy shortage this year. He
told reporters after a Cabinet meeting, quote, maybe the children
will have two dolls instead of thirty dollars, and maybe

(03:33):
the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more.
Trump has argued that higher tariffs will force manufacturers to
produce more goods in the US.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
Marvel Studios Thunderbolts is looking to get off to a
big start at the box office this weekend. The film,
with an asterisk in the title, features an ensemble of
anti heroes and is expected to make between seventy and
seventy five million dollars in its debut weekend. The cast
includes Sebastian Stan Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell, and David Harber.

(04:04):
I'm Brian Shook.