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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Rough weather is pounding parts of the country this weekend.
Severe weather is threatening one hundred million people from Texas
to New York this weekend. Northern Texas and Oklahoma were
hit with severe storms Friday morning for a tenth straight day.
The Southern Plains is under the biggest risk. The Tennessee
Valley and southern Appalachians could see golf ball size hail

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and damaging wind gusts up to sixty miles per hour,
as well as possibly scattered tornadoes. Noah's Storm Prediction Center
has issued a level three out of five risk for
severe storms from San Antonio to Nashville and up into
central Kentucky. A federal judge says President Trump's executive order
going after a law firm that has handled legal challenges

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against him is unconstitutional. The Obama appointed judge ruled Trump's order,
labeling the firm Perkins Couey a national security risk, violates
the first, fifth and sixth Amendments to the Constitution. The
judge permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it. Canada's newly
elected Prime Minister Mark Carney is making a visit to

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the White House on Tuesday for a meeting with President Trump.
Bryan Shook has more.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
The meeting comes in the wake of tariffs Trump has
imposed on Canada and the President's proposal for the nation
to merge with the US. During a news conference Friday,
Carney said he will fight for the best deal for
Canada and only accept the best deal. The Prime Minister
also noted he had a call with Trump on Wednesday,
which he described as very constructive and said it could

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bring about a potential trade deal. I'm Brian Shook.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
And 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 C. Cuba received
a total sentence of fifty three years for more multiple
charges connected with the hate crime murder. The child was
stabbed twenty six times. I'm Jim Forbes. The deadly golf
cart crash in California involving NFL legend John Elway quote

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appears to be a horrific accident. That's according to the
sheriff in Riverside County. Elway's longtime agent and friend Jeff
Spurbeck fell out of a golf cart Elway was driving
as they left the Stagecoach Music Festival last weekend. He
passed away from his injuries. Earlier this week, Sheriff Chad
Bianco told the Denver Post that the investigation hasn't found

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any reasons to believe any criminal activity occurred. He added,
witness statements lined up and Elway did not appear to
be intoxicated. Final good bye, zerving said to the Harlem
grandmother and community leader killed in a stray bullet shooting
last week. Kristen Marx has the latest.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
Reverend Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy Friday for Exenia Mette,
known as Mamasee, the sixty one year old with Sean
as she stepped out to check on her grandson, caught
in the crossfire of two men shooting at one another.
One is charged with murder, the other attempted murder. Mourners
also included Mayor Adams.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
I'm here because I want to be constantly reminded that
these are grandmothers, these are community leaders.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
Mate is remembered for helping those less fortunate. She was
a member of Sharpton's National Action Network and the first
black woman to own a bodega in the.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
City, and the victims of the Florida State University mass
shooting are being remembered during the school's commencement ceremonies on
Friday and Tallahassee University President Richard McCullough spoke about the
two men who were killed, adding it was a tough
day in the history of FSU. Six others were injured
April seventeenth, when a twenty year old FSU student opened

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fire on campus. Mccallu said the resilience of the injured
students was remarkable. He said he was inspired by their
attitude and willingness to pick themselves back up. I'm Jim Forbes.