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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes. Vice
President Vance says that Mike Waltz is not being fired
from his role as National Security Advisor. Vans 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

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to the United Nations. Waltz faced scrutiny for mistakenly adding
a reporter to a signal group chat that discussed plans
for a military strike. The White House says if the
policies of former President Biden and Vice President Harris continued,
it would have ended the American Republic. That's what Deputy
Chief of Staff Stephen Millers said during a press briefing

(00:48):
this morning.

Speaker 3 (00:49):
And the only thing Americans want to hear from Kamala
Harris is an apology for joining Joe Biden. Remember she
was the Borderzar, joining Joe Biden in aiding in a
bed the invasion of our country.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
He criticized the previous administration's border and economic policies. The
murder retrial of Karen Reid resumes Friday. In Massachusetts. She's
accused of killing her boyfriend John O'Keefe by hitting him
with a car after a night of drinking. The jury
we'll hear more testimony from Jennifer mckabe, a family friend
of O'Keeffe, who was with Reed when his body was found.

(01:23):
A settlement is reached between the City of Chicago and
actor Jussi Smollette. Lisa Taylor reports.

Speaker 4 (01:30):
The former Empire star was convicted in twenty twenty one
for staging a racist and homophobic attack and then lying
to police. Smollett's conviction was overturned by the Illinois Supreme
Court in November. The City of Chicago filed a civil
lawsuit in twenty nineteen against the actor, claiming they spent
one hundred thirty thousand dollars on overtime during the initial investigation,
Finles Taylor.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Rapid melts across the western US are causing snowpack to
disappear up to four weeks early in some areas. Federal
meteorologists are warning of the potential havoc this could bring
on the region's water supply. I'm Brian Schuk. New reports
have the US economy heading into uncertainty over the coming months.

(02:12):
Mark Mayfield has more the GDP.

Speaker 5 (02:15):
The some of the values of goods and services produced
fellero point three percent over the last year. Growth had
originally been predicted by economists, but outlooks were revised to
negative thanks to reaction to President Trump's global tariffs. A
separate report from payroll processor ADP showed John creation sloan
to sixty two thousand positions last month, about half of

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what economists were expecting. I'm Mark Mayfield.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
Legendary University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban will join
President Trump at this week's UA graduation ceremony. Trump will
deliver the commencement speech on Thursday, Sabin and UA President
Stuart R. Bell will also deliver remarks. Alabama has strongly
supported Trump in the past three elections. All is well

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well after the discovery of a white powder force the
evacuation of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse Wednesday afternoon. Andrew Whitman reports.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
The package that officials say arrived through the US mail
was opened around four pm on the twelfth floor of
the one hundred Center Street Courthouse. Courthouse protocol took over,
so the area was sealed, the vent system was shut down.
People near the powder were quarantined and everyone else was
ordered out. No one was hurt. Still no word on
what the powder was, if it was dangerous, or who

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sent it.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
Andrew Whitman Reporting World, founded by Open Ai CEO Sam Altman,
is launching a new tool that will be able to
tell the difference between a human and an AI agent
on the Internet. It's designed to be used on the
next generation of the Internet called Web three. The tool,
called the Orbit Mini, is an eyeball scanner that verifies

(03:53):
the Web three user is a human. Altman says the
new proof of human tool is an effort to get
more people to sign up on the cryptocurrency funded Web three.
I'm Brian Shuck.