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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour in just four minutes. Around one
hundred million people are in the path of severe weather
from Texas to New York. Northern Texas and Oklahoma were
hit with severe storms this morning for a tenth straight day.
Authorities are releasing bodycam video of Kilmar Abrego Garcia being

(00:25):
stopped by police. Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador
in what the White House said was initially an administrative error.
The video shows him being pulled over. Back in twenty
twenty two, another wildfire is burning in New Jersey, this
time in the western part of the state.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Kristen Marx reports the fire, which broke out in a
heavily wooded area not far from the M and M
factory in Warren County Friday afternoon, has Route forty six
closed between Liberty Township and Hackettstown.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
So obviously the prolonged drought is an issue here.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
We're going into a swampy wet area.

Speaker 4 (01:01):
Assistant Division Forest Fire Warden Eric Weber cruise fighting the
fire with water dumps and containment lines, some of them
just recently battled that massive wildfire in South Jersey This
fire has consumed one hundred acres and is threatening twenty
five structures. Kristen Mark's new Jersey.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
There's one more sign today that the Catholic Church is
moving closer to selecting a new pope. Correspondent and Thompson
reports that Vatican firefighters have installed a chimney on the
roof of the Sistine Chapel where the closed door process
called a conclave will occur.

Speaker 4 (01:33):
That is where the world will focus its attention to
see what kind of smoke comes out of that chimney.

Speaker 5 (01:39):
Black smoke means no Pope.

Speaker 4 (01:40):
White smoke means someone got two thirds of the ballots.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
The conclave begins May seventh. The Trump administration is asking
the Supreme Court to give the Department of Government Efficiency
access to Social Security data. Earlier this week, a lower
court issued and order blocking DOSE from accessing the data.
In a Friday court filing, the administration argued this restricts
President Trump's executive authority. I'm Brian Shook. The Department of

(02:08):
Education will resume student loan debt collections this Monday. Starting
May fifth, student borrowers who are in default could be
referred to debt collectors or have money deducted from their paychecks.
Student loan repayment requirements were paused in March of twenty
twenty due to the COVID pandemic. New York Governor Kathy
Hokel plans to keep moving with Manhattan congestion pricing, despite

(02:32):
the FEDS threatening to withhold funding if the tolling program
doesn't stop in three weeks. Scott Pringle reports.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
Local insists the congestion pricing cameras are staying on. This
is our right to make decisions on how we want
to manage the flow of traffic, but also execute on
our priorities, which has reduced congestion. She as that data
shows congestion pricing is working. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is
threatening to withhold federal funding if the program is not

(03:00):
halted by May twenty first, the FEDS under President Trump
took back approval of congestion pricing, and that prompted a
lawsuit by the MTA, and now there's a battle in
court playing out.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
Scott Pringle reporting rapid melts across the western US are
causing snowpack to disappear up to four weeks early in
some areas. Tammy Triheo has the story.

Speaker 5 (03:21):
Federal meteorologists are now warning of the potential havoc this
could have on the region's water supply. According to an
update from the National Integrated Drought Information System, conditions have
particularly affected parts of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, causing
some basins to shift from above average snowpack to snow drought.
Washington State and Utah have already declared drought emergencies due

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to a low snowpack. I'm Tammy Tricheo.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
Mark Zuckerberg is telling investors Meta will continue aggressively investing
in generative AI. Meta has lowered expenses by at least
one percent while increasing revenue by a billion dollars higher
than expected. Meta Stop has gained more than twenty five
percent in the past year. I'm Brian Shuck