June 14, 2025 • 4 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour at just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
A new poll shows a majority of Americans are opposed
to using government funds for today's military parade in Washington,
d C. The new poll from NBC surveyed about twenty
thousand adults across the US earlier this month, with a
two percent margin of error. It found that sixty five
percent of Republicans support the military parade, while eighty eight
percent of Democrats are against it. It found that seventy
(00:30):
two percent of independence are also against the parade. That
parade will feature thousands of soldiers marching through Washington, d C. Today.
That's celebrating the Army's two hundred and fiftieth birthday. Today
is also President Trump's seventy ninth birthday. Rain is in
the forecast for the DC area late this afternoon, with
no King's Day protests looming today. Mayor Karen Bass spoke
(00:53):
on Friday and she thinks her recent curfew that was
issued for the downtown Los Angeles area is having an impact.
The people that I.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Have seen on the street now are basically young people
who are you know, we're part of the protests. Were
clearly not part of the violence.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Bass said the arrests have not been for violence or looting,
but for curfew violations and unlawful assembly. She said she
expects at least fifteen different protests in Los Angeles today.
Bass went on to say she's comfortable with the law
enforcement plan in place and that there is no need
for the National Guard or the military on the streets
of LA She said, it's just not necessary. Eleven people
(01:32):
have been killed in Texas from heavy flooding in San Antonio.
The San Antonio Fire Department says others are still unaccounted
for in parts of the city submerged in floodwaters. Heavy
rains hit central Texas on Thursday, with San Antonio getting
more than five inches of rain in just three hours.
This weekend, the severe weather is moving east toward Louisiana, Arkansas,
(01:53):
and Tennessee. The conflict between Israel and Iran is making
oil prices surge. After the Friday missile strikes. Oil prices
are at about seventy three dollars per barrel, up from
around sixty nine dollars at the end of Thursday. I'm
rob martyr. It sounds like something out of a scene
from a movie. A Memphis police officer jumped into a
strange man's car during a foot chase. Mark Mayfield has
(02:15):
the story.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Video posted to social media this week shows the cops
slowing his stride and climbing into a civilians back seat
before jumping out again to rejoin the chase. The suspect,
who's wanted for multiple theft and vandalism charges, still managed
to escape. Athlready say the officer who bummed a ride
didn't break any rules, and they thanked the driver for
assisting in the pursuit.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
The Colorado Springs District eleven school board now says student
athletes must compete based on their biological sex. At Perth,
Board President Parth Melpikam insists it's about fairness in girls'
sports and protecting all students. Ali Glesner, advocacy director of
Inside Out Youth Service, says policies like student athletes must
(02:55):
compete based on their biological sex don't just divide but
in danger already vulnerable student udents.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
We are not a political issue. We're people, and so
the idea that erasing us or silencing us is a
matter of neutrality really just means that they're trying to
maintain a status quo of cystender and heterosexual power.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
The board passed the new policy Wednesday night in a
six to one vote, making D eleven the second school
district in El Paso County to take this step. The
Florida Zoo is celebrating a birthday for a tortoise that's
been alive for over a century. Zoo Miami has a
galopogus tortoise named Goliath that turns one hundred and thirty
four this Sunday. Goliath recently became a father for the
(03:35):
first time when one of the eggs hatched that were
laid by his mate named Sweetpea. An application has been
made to the Guinness Book of World Records to recognize
Goliath as the oldest first time father in history. The
Northern lights are returning this weekend. The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration says the Aurora borealis will be shimmering across
the northern US tonight because of a geomagnetic storm. The
(03:58):
colorful light display should be visible from Idaho to New
York and is most likely to appear after ten pm.
I'm Rob Bartier,
This is your twenty four to seven use update. The
latest use this hour at just four minutes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
A new poll shows a majority of Americans are opposed
to using government funds for today's military parade in Washington,
d C. The new poll from NBC surveyed about twenty
thousand adults across the US earlier this month, with a
two percent margin of error. It found that sixty five
percent of Republicans support the military parade, while eighty eight
percent of Democrats are against it. It found that seventy
(00:30):
two percent of independence are also against the parade. That
parade will feature thousands of soldiers marching through Washington, d C. Today.
That's celebrating the Army's two hundred and fiftieth birthday. Today
is also President Trump's seventy ninth birthday. Rain is in
the forecast for the DC area late this afternoon, with
no King's Day protests looming today. Mayor Karen Bass spoke
(00:53):
on Friday and she thinks her recent curfew that was
issued for the downtown Los Angeles area is having an impact.
The people that I.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Have seen on the street now are basically young people
who are you know, we're part of the protests. Were
clearly not part of the violence.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Bass said the arrests have not been for violence or looting,
but for curfew violations and unlawful assembly. She said she
expects at least fifteen different protests in Los Angeles today.
Bass went on to say she's comfortable with the law
enforcement plan in place and that there is no need
for the National Guard or the military on the streets
of LA She said, it's just not necessary. Eleven people
(01:32):
have been killed in Texas from heavy flooding in San Antonio.
The San Antonio Fire Department says others are still unaccounted
for in parts of the city submerged in floodwaters. Heavy
rains hit central Texas on Thursday, with San Antonio getting
more than five inches of rain in just three hours.
This weekend, the severe weather is moving east toward Louisiana, Arkansas,
(01:53):
and Tennessee. The conflict between Israel and Iran is making
oil prices surge. After the Friday missile strikes. Oil prices
are at about seventy three dollars per barrel, up from
around sixty nine dollars at the end of Thursday. I'm
rob martyr. It sounds like something out of a scene
from a movie. A Memphis police officer jumped into a
strange man's car during a foot chase. Mark Mayfield has
(02:15):
the story.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Video posted to social media this week shows the cops
slowing his stride and climbing into a civilians back seat
before jumping out again to rejoin the chase. The suspect,
who's wanted for multiple theft and vandalism charges, still managed
to escape. Athlready say the officer who bummed a ride
didn't break any rules, and they thanked the driver for
assisting in the pursuit.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
The Colorado Springs District eleven school board now says student
athletes must compete based on their biological sex. At Perth,
Board President Parth Melpikam insists it's about fairness in girls'
sports and protecting all students. Ali Glesner, advocacy director of
Inside Out Youth Service, says policies like student athletes must
(02:55):
compete based on their biological sex don't just divide but
in danger already vulnerable student udents.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
We are not a political issue. We're people, and so
the idea that erasing us or silencing us is a
matter of neutrality really just means that they're trying to
maintain a status quo of cystender and heterosexual power.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
The board passed the new policy Wednesday night in a
six to one vote, making D eleven the second school
district in El Paso County to take this step. The
Florida Zoo is celebrating a birthday for a tortoise that's
been alive for over a century. Zoo Miami has a
galopogus tortoise named Goliath that turns one hundred and thirty
four this Sunday. Goliath recently became a father for the
(03:35):
first time when one of the eggs hatched that were
laid by his mate named Sweetpea. An application has been
made to the Guinness Book of World Records to recognize
Goliath as the oldest first time father in history. The
Northern lights are returning this weekend. The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration says the Aurora borealis will be shimmering across
the northern US tonight because of a geomagnetic storm. The
(03:58):
colorful light display should be visible from Idaho to New
York and is most likely to appear after ten pm.
I'm Rob Bartier,
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