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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Millions are bracing for severe weather from Texas to New
York today. Northern Texas and Oklahoma were hit with severe
storms this morning for a tenth straight day. The Southern
Plains is under the biggest risk, Meteorologist Angie Lastman, with
more areas at risk. It's stretching from essentially Pennsylvania all
the way to Texas.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Tornado threat is low.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
We could see maybe a couple of those, but it's
more so the hail and the damaging winds that we're
going to look and essentially across parts of Texas is
where we could see those largest hailballs. Forming. President Trump's
new budget proposal calls for a mix of domestic spending
cuts and increase spending on his priorities like border security
in the US military. In a forty page letter to Congress,
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vaught said the

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cuts would lead to significant savings. The budget blueprint for
fiscal twenty twenty six also calls for increasing the debt ceiling.
President Trump wants to rename Veterans Day as Victory Day
of World War one. Trump made the announcement last night
on Truth Social Veterans Day is observed on November eleventh
to mark the end of the First World War. The
president also said he was also renaming ve Day, which

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is observed on May eighth, to Victory Day for World
War II. Secretary of Saint Marco Rubio is indicating a
peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is still on the horizon.
The secretary said the two nations are closer, but they're
still far apart. Rubio, who is now also serving as
National Security Advisor after Mike Waltz's departure, has participated in
direct talks with Kremlin officials. The comment comes after the

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US signed a minerals deal with Ukraine on Wednesday to
secure safety guarantees as the conflict continues. White House National
Security Advisor Mike Waltz is in line to be the
next Ambassador to the United Nations. That leaves a big
hole in President Trump's cabinet. Senator John Cornyn of Texas
as a replacement needs to be named quickly. China, he says,
is eyeing a takeover of Taiwan. If that happens, he

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says the US needs someone experienced in national security at
the president's side. Stocks are up on wallste with the
Dow Jones Industrial average up well over five hundred points
in midday trading ainly se Tailor. There's one more sign
today that the Catholic Church is moving closer to selecting
a new pope, and Thompson reports that the Vatican firefighters
have installed a chimney on the roof of the Sistine

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Chapel where the closed door process called a conclave will occur.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
That is where the world will focus its attention to
see what kind of smoke comes out of that chimney.
Black smoke means no pope. White smoke means someone got
two thirds of the ballots and has said yes to
being the leader of the Catholic Church.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
The conclave begins May seventh. Cardinals under the age of
eighty are eligible to vote. An Illinois man will likely
spend the rest of his life behind bars for the
killing of a Palestinian American boy. Seventy three year old
Joseph Cuba received a total sentence of fifty three years
for multiple charges connected with the hate crime murder. The
killing of the six year old happened just days after
the start of the Israel Hamas War in twenty twenty three.

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Cuba stabbed the child twenty six times and also attacked
his mother, stabbing her more than a dozen times. The
boys family were tenants of Cuba. Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big
Island is erupting once again. The latest eruptive episode started
Thursday night. Lava fountains at the north vent to the
volcano were about two hundred feet high overnight. It's the
first confirmed period of eruptive activity since April twenty second.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
Long to make it to the Partner.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
Mixing Cone On, an expanded version of Christopher Cross's breakout
debut album is being reissued. The reissue features in additional
eleven songs, including demos of four of the songs on
the original album. The demo for Ride Like the Wind
does not include a wind sound effect or backing vocals
by Michael McDonald. The nineteen eighty album led to five

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Grammys for Cross, including Album of the Year and Best
New Artist, along with Record of the Year and Song
of the Year for his first number one sailing. A
digital version of the reissue is out now, and a
June twentieth release date is set for the CD and
double vinyl versions. Ainley Steler